"It's you?!" Nagasaka Tadashi's eyes widened in surprise, and his hand, which had not let go, pulled out half of the knife. He knew the name of this man anyway, but this person shouldn't have been here anyway.

There are not many entertainment activities in places like Tohoku, and Nagasaka Tadashi's favorite thing when he was a child was to listen to his father talk about the war, among which there are many heroes such as Oda Nobunaga, Takeda Shingen, and Uesugi Kenshin, but more are those fierce generals who charge into battle.

Hashiba Hideyoshi, alias "Monkey", this important figure in the post-Oda Nobunaga era cannot be ignored, and the main reason is that he was also an important enemy of the Qing clan who later mastered the stars of the world. The destruction of Shibata Katsuya was an important part of the end of the troubled times, and the "Seven Guns" also achieved prestige.

However, Nagasaka Tadashi also understood a truth, since the death of Hashiba Hideyoshi, the crime has not been pardoned by the imperial court, and all the family members and retainers have been supervised on Oki Island. I had never heard of the amnesty, so leaving the detention without permission was a great crime of rebellion.

"You want to take me to the shogunate for a reward? This is really a 'shortcut to heaven'!" Kiyomasa Kato squinted at the knife in Nagasaka's hand and said, his tone full of mockery.

"Although it is also the duty of a samurai to arrest rebels, there is not much such interest in the lower ranks!" Nagasaka Tadashang's face turned red, and he put away his knife and said stupidly. The momentary nervousness just now was just an instinct after hearing this name, and at this time, he could not have the slightest idea of being loyal and filial to the Star Shogunate.

"Actually, life and death are already very light to me, if it weren't for the unfulfilled wishes, it would be good to give you my head to complete a wealth and prosperity!" Kato Kiyomasa lowered his head and looked away, sighing helplessly with a bit of loneliness. "The lord who I have served all my life has gone, and I have not left a direct blood relative. But it has reached this situation today, even if Lord Hideyoshi and his descendants are afraid, they will remain incognito, and they no longer have other ideas!"

Nagasaka nodded silently, and finally let go of the hilt of the knife and drank the wine in front of him. Suchang's favorite turbid wine was unusually spicy at this time, and the aftertaste in his mouth was unexpectedly bitter.

"How unfortunate I am compared to my companions. I didn't die on the battlefield!" The green tendons on the back of Kato Kiyomasa's hand burst out and trembled slightly. "It's a blessing to think about it now, and as a samurai, I've fulfilled all the responsibilities before and after my death. No more humiliation, no more inner torment, everything is very simple!"

This time, Nagasaka Tadashi filled his wine glass for himself, and suddenly he felt that he was far luckier than the person in front of him. I have at least one local group, but what is this person in front of me? A samurai who has lost his master's family may still be able to earn a living as a bodyguard or a robber, so what's the point of living without the purpose he has been fighting for.

"But I'm the luckiest. Because at least I'm alive now!" Kato Kiyomasa's tense face suddenly relaxed, and there was no excessive change in tone, which made Nagasaka Tadashi, as an audience, a little uncomfortable for a while. "As long as there is still a chance, and there is still the possibility of fulfilling the wish, isn't it worth having a big drink for this?"

Although Nagasaka Tadashi also took a sip of his glass out of respect for a dedicated samurai, he was very dismissive of his opinion in his heart, so he said in a tone of some pity: "Could it be that you still want to rely on the power of one person to subvert the Shogunate of the Stars, this is a bit too whimsical, right?"

"Isn't it impossible? Why?" Kiyomasa Kato actually tilted his head and asked this question rhetorically.

Nagasaka Tadashi shook his head, and said twice: "I have always lived in the remote northeast, and I don't have much knowledge. But even so, I know. Now the Shogunate of the Stars is as stable as Mount Tai. Now even if you gather the power of all the daimyo in the world, it is difficult to compete with it, and not to mention that most of those daimyo are cowardly people!"

"It's really insightful, and it should be revealed again!" Kiyomasa Kato laughed. It seems that he has completely forgotten that in the dead of night, he should not disturb others anymore. "Now the common people are cowardly, and even the bandits wash their hands a lot, let alone start a rebellion. To be honest, the current world of stars is indeed like the iron bottom of the copper gang, but it is not without flaws. But that's not my purpose, I'm not interested in this world, so it doesn't matter!"

"So what are you going to do?" Nagasaka Tadashi looked at the other party a little confused.

"My purpose is very simple, that is, to take the life of the old dog of the Qing clan with my own hands!" The wine glass finally couldn't withstand the huge pressure, and it was shattered in Kato Kiyomasa's hands with a rattle. "The old dog of the Qing clan was insidious and cunning, not only designed to frame Hideyoshi's soldiers in defeat and death, but also made him bear the stigma of the ages. If the Zhuxing Qing clan is allowed to live in peace, then the murdered Hideyoshi Gong and countless others will not be able to live in peace underground. That's why I swore by the heavens: even if the sky has no eyes. I'm going to stab a line with the knife in my hand!"

"Then why don't you go to Yulong Mountain City, he has lived there for more than twenty years, but everyone knows it!" Nagasaka Tadashi suddenly had to face this person very unreasonable, and even said that he was simply crazy. "If you can kill the Zhuxing Qing clan, then no matter what the world comments, it will be a feat worthy of being famous in the annals of history. Is it necessary to come to Nara?"

"Do you think I haven't been?" Kato Kiyomasa smiled slightly and pulled open the collar, revealing a scar inside, which seemed to be still fresh from the upturned flesh color. "Although the old dog of the Qing clan is full of benevolence and morality, he actually knows that he has done too many things that hurt nature and reason. He lives in Yulong Mountain City, which is quiet and quiet on the surface, but in fact he kills every step of the way. I've tried to infiltrate Dragon Mountain Castle twice since I escaped from the Hidden Barrier, and the second time I almost lost my life!"

Nagasaka Tadashi was dumbfounded, and he didn't know what to say, whether to admire or fear.

Although he hadn't left the Northeast before coming out this time, he also knew the place of Yulongshan Castle, not to mention that it was splendidly luxurious, and it was by no means worse than Osaka Castle in terms of precautions. A wanted fugitive dares to sneak into the assassination alone, is there really something wrong with his brain?

"It's just pitiful, the Zhuxing Qing clan actually walked out by themselves!" Kiyomasa Kato said something as if he was laughing, but he looked like he was gritting his teeth. "Although the Nara Stars Kiyoshi Clan is still heavily guarded, there are always more opportunities. There will always be a place to go through in the queue, and if you plan well, you can definitely make it in one shot!"

"In three days, the Zhuxing Qing clan will leave Nara, so you won't be following you to Kyoto, right?" Nagasaka Tadashi couldn't help but ask, and there was a faint fire burning in his heart.

Although he has never said it, his hatred for the Zhuxing Qing clan and the Zhuxing regime has gone deep into the bone marrow. Although it is just a kind of venting, this is already an instinct that cannot be restrained, not to mention that there is still a faint expectation in the bottom of my heart.

"Don't bother, I'm just going to do it when he's gone!" Kiyomasa Kato gently poured the chopsticks in his hand as if he were holding a knife. "Now that Nobukiyoshi has left Nara, and most of the daimyo have gone, the defense of this place has been reduced. When they were about to leave at the end of all their trips, it was also the time when their defenses were at their weakest, and I just wanted to hide in their queue and make a sudden move!"

Nagasaka Tadashi looked at Kato Kiyomasa in a daze, and suddenly had a very bad feeling. "What do you mean!" He asked in a low voice.

"You understand correctly, that's what I mean!" Kato Kiyomasa didn't take candy either, and admitted it calmly. "On that day, the Tokugawa team was in front of the queue of the Shisei clan, and the last seat of the Tokugawa family was His Royal Highness the noble lord Kohonda Tadamasa. We were going to ...... when we passed Tsurubashi."

"It's absolutely not going to work!" Nagasaka slammed the table and roared loudly. The plate of salted boiled broad beans fell off the table, and beans spilled all over the floor.

Kiyomasa Kato sighed, as if he felt sorry for the waste of those beans.

"For me, if I can kill the Zhuxing Qing Clan, I won't hesitate even if I lose my life!" Realizing the "confidentiality" of the content of these words, Nagasaka Tadashi lowered his voice a little. "If I help you get into the queue of the Honka, then no matter whether you succeed or fail, you will definitely be implicated in the contemptible lord, and even the entire Tokugawa family. In Shimo-Mikawa, the samurai have received the great favor of the Tokugawa family for generations, and they must not do such a thing!"

"Is Your Excellency really for the Tokugawa family? I don't think so!" Kato Kiyomasa's voice was slow and long, with obvious sarcasm.

"Of course!" Nagasaka Tadashi felt that he had been seriously insulted, and this was absolutely intolerable. "If it's for the future of the Tokugawa family, then even if it is to break my body into ten thousand pieces, it will not hesitate. But the thing now is to push the Tokugawa family to the point of no return, and I will not do it under any circumstances!"

"No wonder...... It's no wonder that the Tokugawa family has fallen to where it is today!" Kiyomasa Kato shook his head and sighed, lowering his eyelids and no longer looking at Nagasaka Tadashi. "Forty years ago, when the storm was stormy, Nobunaga Gong achieved the hegemony of the Oda family with a thunderous blow. On the other hand, the Tokugawa family is just a young man from Imagawa who turned around and threw himself into the door of the Oda family. It turns out that the samurai under his command are all such ignorant and courageless people, no wonder this is the case!"

"What do you mean by that? Is there any crisis in the Dao Chuan family right away?" Nagasaka Tadashi's heart tugged again.

"My only goal in this world is to kill the old dog of the Qing family, as for other things, I don't care!" Kiyomasa Kato's glass was already broken, so he picked up a flask and poured a large gulp. "If you really want to know, then I can find another one for you!"

"Who?" Nagasaka asked nervously with wide eyes.

"Me!"