"Anyway, even if I raised my objection to Oda Nobunaga, I would have done it, so why spare me again!" Looking at the fire that had been burning on the mountain for a day, I kept comforting myself for my troubled mood. I've never been interested in construction work, so let's build a few "floating houses" and let him go!

I didn't hear the voice of the attendant announcing the "lord ......," and Niwa Nagahide didn't notice it until he came behind me. It wasn't until the Hanbei Takeaka stretched out his hand and pulled it that I woke up suddenly.

"What do you think? So focused! Although Niwa Nagahide was worried, he still had the same amiable tone as before, and he didn't see any emotions such as anger at all.

"Niwa-sama, I'm really sorry yesterday......" I said with a wry smile at him. No matter what unspeakable pain I have, but in that situation yesterday I hung him out after all!

Niwa Nagahide is an extremely humble person, although he is not a world-famous top master in domestic affairs, diplomacy, and military, but he is a rare all-round talent! What is even more remarkable is that he has no political ambitions (at least I don't see it), and always plays a silent role in reconciling the various factions of Oda. He adheres to the golden mean in everything, neither wantonly forming a party to ask for bribes, nor refusing people to "fake and high" thousands of miles away!

When I built Sanyue House, I often sent him gifts in order to repay him for his repeated support and cultivation. But he only accepted the usual rites, and always politely refused to accept slightly larger amounts of money! If there is anything valuable, it is only a few ancient books that I have collected for him. In this era, those who still limit their interests and hobbies to this, even if they are bad, are limited!

"You don't have to say that, I understand your difficulties!" He interrupted my words of apology and smiled wryly at me. "If I had been a few years ago, maybe I would have laughed at you for being so hearty! But now......" He shook his head and sighed, "Although as a courtier, he shouldn't say that, but the lord he ...... Now I'm starting to be a little suspicious of those powerful retainers! ”

"I'm relieved if you can understand me......" I let out a long exhale, feeling the boulder in my chest move a little. Seriously! Compared to the monks who were going to die anyway, this incident made me more concerned.

"Have you heard?" He asked me as if he had suddenly remembered, "My lord summoned His Royal Highness Inaba Ichchitetsu to Qibu for some temptation, and he was almost killed on the spot!" ”

"There is such a thing?!" I was really shocked that no one told me about such an important thing.

"You've been staying in Wakasa for the past two years, and you've only been staying in Gibu for a while on New Year's Day! So it's not surprising that I don't know......" Niwa Nagahide nodded and told me about the whole thing. "I don't know who said to the lord: Inaba Ittetsu is a self-righteous and brave person, and he is extremely influential among the wealthy families of Mino! It is very likely that he will rebel against the lord for a trivial matter, and if he does so, he will be in danger at any time. ”

"The Lord is convinced?" I asked anxiously. Since Inaba Ichitetsu is framed against him in Mino, I don't know what will happen when I'm in Wakasa!

"At least half-believed!" Niwa Nagahide nodded. “…… In the name of holding a tea party, the lord invited Inaba Ichitetsu to Gibu Castle, and then ambushed a lot of heavily armored samurai in the rooms on both sides, and killed them on the spot when they found something wrong! But somehow he actually let Inaba Yitie find out, he actually calmly recited Han Yu's Yunheng Qinling poem to a landscape painting on the wall, and gave a very detailed explanation in everyone's amazement! ”

"And then?" I asked nervously. For some reason, I always felt that this matter was very closely related to me.

"The lord immediately got up and repelled the ambushed samurai......" Niwa Nagahide said with a seemingly relaxed look: "At that time, the lord laughed and said, 'I thought you were just a rude and reckless man, but I didn't expect you to have such deep literary attainments!'" But guess what Inaba Kachitetsu replied at the time? ”

"How did you answer that?" I asked blankly.

"It's really exciting!" Speaking of which, Niwa Nagahide couldn't help but laugh. “…… Inaba Yitetsu took out a hidden dagger from his bosom and put it in front of the lord and said, "The old minister just doesn't want to die unjustly!" 'You say how adventurous this is!' ”

"He's so daring!" Although it wasn't me, I couldn't help but feel a pang in my heart.

"If only a few years ago, the lord would not have listened to these untruths and suspected his subordinates! But now......" After laughing, Niwa Nagahide's expression is even more lonely.

"Actually...... This can't be blamed entirely on the lord! "Seeing him in this state, I couldn't help but comfort him." Back then, when I was in Owari, the lord of the territory and the army could grasp it alone, and naturally pointed out the country and the arrogant people! But now...... Ay! "I can't help but sigh when I talk about it now." The land is bigger, the army is bigger, and the enemy is stronger on all sides! It is no longer possible for the lord to dominate the world alone, and he has to delegate the power in his hands, sometimes it is still a very great and dangerous power, and the lord will naturally be suspicious after such a long time. We, the retainers, must not only be loyal and serve, but also be more considerate of the feelings of the lord sometimes! ”

"I'm relieved that you can think like this!" Niwa Nagahide patted me on the shoulder with relief. "Zhongbei, although you are not very high in the ranking of the family at the moment, you actually have the strength and influence of the first minister! Your attitude towards some things in this situation will be crucial to the future trend of the entire Oda family. Look at it more, and your future is limitless! And with these words he departed.

After Niwa Nagahide left, I continued to ponder alone. Oda Nobunaga cared about Inaba Itchitetsu's recklessness and bravery, as long as he showed that he was a man with brains, Oda Nobunaga was happy to let go, after all, his 50,000 stone territory couldn't afford to make too many waves! And Inaba Ischitetsu's last attitude is tantamount to telling Oda Nobunaga unmistakably: Don't force the tiger to jump over the wall! …… But what about me? I'm afraid it's not that easy to pass! …… In the original system of the Oda family, it is conservatively estimated that my strength has already accounted for a quarter, will Oda Nobunaga see this as a prelude to a split or even "lower and higher"? I'm afraid that this possibility is very large! …… According to Oda Nobunaga's usual style, even if it is not immediately "dealt with", it is time to start cutting power! But now...... I'm afraid that in this way, the Oda family will have internal turmoil and its strength will be greatly reduced, and the Oda family's current internal and external troubles will ...... So it seems that the safest way is for him to be inseparable from my help, but ......

"Who?!" I was startled by the shouting of a guard in front.

"Let's see, what's going on?" I was displeased with the command to one of my attendants.

"Repay the Lord!" After a while, the attendant ran back again. "The patrol over there caught some people who escaped from the mountains, and now they are being interrogated!"

"Let's take a look!" I led a few of the people around me towards that direction. Here my soldiers surrounded more than thirty men, shivering in front of the flickering tips of their spears. Anyone who doesn't have to look closely can guess that these are a few monks who have slipped through the net, even though they are not wearing monk's robes; Even though they all had turbans wrapped around their heads; Although they carry seemingly ordinary burdens, it is not difficult to identify their identities from their temperament, bare sideburns, and the strange shape of their burdens. "Who are you?" I asked knowingly.

"We ...... Be...... I...... The monk I asked ...... stammered and looked panicked, as if he was afraid that others would not know that he was going to tell nonsense.

"Your Excellency!" At this time, a middle-aged monk in his thirties walked out of the crowd and picked up my questioning. "We are scholars who live in the mountains and have never participated in any association activities! Because he saw the army surrounding the mountain, he had to avoid the war to avoid the war. We are all good citizens of our duty, and please make it easier for adults! ”

"Reader? …… Good citizens? ......" I repeated these words as I looked at the monk in front of me. He has a slender and tall body, although it is not strong but not thin, a white and pure long round face with two slender and long, like fox eyes, high nose bridge, thin mouth, giving people a feeling of quiet, faithful and reliable. But if you think about his words carefully, you can understand that there is not all that is true and the concept has been changed, reader? Is a monk considered a scholar? "Where do you want to go?" I continued to ask.

"Lord Huiyu...... "This monk is very bold, and he actually talks calmly between the swords and guns." We want to go to Kyoto and vote for His Royal Highness Nobuki Konoe, the Right Minister! Now that His Royal Highness Oda is in charge of the peace of the world in, it is really the blessing of the court and the people! Therefore, we wanted to find a clean place where we could study with peace of mind. ”

"The world is peaceful?" I almost didn't laugh out loud when I heard his words, this is the first time I've seen someone who can talk nonsense with such eyes open! If Lin Tongsheng is compared to him, he is simply like a preschooler. "You ......"

"Whoa!" Just as I was about to try him further, a little monk next to him probably fell to the ground for fear of dropping his baggage, and the books that fell out of it spilled all over the ground. "Huh!" Seeing this, the surrounding soldiers immediately raised their spears at them, and the monks were so frightened that they took a few steps back and huddled together. I walked over slowly and picked up two from the ground.

The thin one on it is only a few pages, and the old yellowed title page is printed with the three words "Diamond Sutra". Turning the page of the book and looking carefully, the first title painting is the Buddha Shakyamuni Dharma diagram, the knife technique is beautiful, the expression is solemn, it is a work close to the mature period of printmaking. Looking at the money on the back cover, it is actually a volume engraved by Wang Jue in the ninth year of Xiantong of the Tang Dynasty (868). The second book is much thicker, and it is a handwritten copy of "Tongji Dialectical Theory" by an anonymous person in the Song Dynasty.

"You ...... Let's go! I waved at them.

"Thank you, sir!" After recovering from the shock, the monks hurried behind me, and the army had made way for them.

"Wait!" With my sudden words, everyone was frozen on the spot again. "Take your ...... 'ledgers' away!" Without looking back, I raised my hand and held up the two books.

"Thank you, sir!" The monk who had just answered was not polite, turned around and took the book from my hand and turned to leave. After walking a few steps, he suddenly stopped, looked deeply at my back and then at my handsome flag, and then hurried away without looking back.

"I don't know how many ...... have been destroyed in this fire," I didn't notice his expression, and I was stunned again at the fire on the mountain.