During the Warring States period, father-son fights for the sake of the family were very common. The most famous ones are the Takeda family's Takeda Shingen who exiled his father Takeda Shintora, or Saito Yoshiryu who defeated his father Saito Michizo, and Asai Nagamasa forcing his father Asai Hisamasa to live in seclusion.

In these struggles, although the retainers of the family will choose to take sides or remain neutral, when the results are decided, they will continue to follow the victors, regardless of who wins or loses. As mentioned before, the competition for the governor of the family is like fighting for the family property, and the retainers are also family property, but they have the property of their own choice. But as long as it is a family property, when one side wins, that family property naturally belongs to the winner.

Of course, it is not without other circumstances, such as when Saito Yoshiryu and Saito Michizo were enemies, Akechi Mitsuhide would rather wander other countries than serve Saito Yoshiryu, but after all, this is only a minority, and the vast majority of people still honestly follow the victors and continue to move forward.

Revolt? That's impossible, because it's impossible for the retainers who are family property to get involved in the war for the governor, and they don't have that qualification! This is also the reason why Shibata Katsuya and others chose to remain silent. Because no matter what happens between Oda Nobutada and Lu Xin, a family governor and an eldest son are just family affairs after all. It's just that this family is too big, so big that if you don't handle it well, it will become a mess in the world.

However, this is not absolute, because since it is a dispute over family property, as long as those who are qualified to inherit the family property, they can naturally come forward to fight. And there is no doubt that in addition to Oda Nobutada, there is another person who is qualified to inherit the family property of the Lu family, and she is Oda Shinna.

Although she is a woman, Oda Shinna has long been an excellent samurai, and it can be said that as long as she is willing to inherit the family property, she is undoubtedly the most powerful contender. Even, compared to Oda Nobutada, he is even stronger, because Lu Xin did not designate an heir to the family governor, with Lu Yi's help, Oda Shinna is undoubtedly stronger than Oda Nobuta in terms of qualifications and strength.

And the only thing that Oda Nobutada can be stronger than Oda Shinna is his male identity and the support of the imperial court and Buddhism. It's just that how many people really take this advantage to heart?

At the end of May, Shibata Katsuie, Niwa Nagahide, Akechi Mitsuhide and others all had two letters in front of them, which were written by Lu Yi and Oda Nobutada. In the letter, Lu Yi directly moved Oda Shinna out, and made it very strong that anyone who tried to be neutral would be treated as a traitor.

This kind of talk is very arrogant, or it is simply intended to force people to the side of Oda Nobutada. But the problem is that although in the name of Oda Shinna, everyone understands that this is Lu Yi's warning to them. No one doubted the anger of the Assassin Lu Yi, as they were both aware of the emotions between Lu Yi and Lu Xin.

Some people don't hesitate about this, while others have to think about the path ahead.

Tamba, Eight Upper Castles.

"What the hell are you hesitating about?! Oda Nobutada's joint imperial court and Buddhism to assassinate the lord is a great rebellion! It's shameful enough that our retainers can't help the lord to take revenge, but now under the joint orders of Lord Lu and Lord Oda, you still have to hesitate?! Hashiba Hideyoshi looked at Akechi Mitsuhide and asked loudly.

"Hashiba-sama, that's the Emperor! It's the Emperor! O family of emperors of the eternal lineage! Is this going to be in our hands?! Akechi Mitsuhide shouted excitedly. Since Lu Xin's death, his emotions have been out of control, and his former calmness and steadiness have disappeared.

Hearing this, although Hashiba Hideyoshi wanted to refute, he didn't know how to refute for a while. Yes, the Emperor, a presence that no Japanese is unfamiliar with. Although they didn't care about the emperor on weekdays, at this moment, Lu Yi had already made it clear that he wanted to kill those who participated in the assassination of Lu Xin. Then the emperor, naturally, is also one of them.

In fact, among these retainers of the Lu family, many people are very entangled in this. Just as Ryu Shin feared when he was preparing to replace the emperor, the emperor, although he was not powerful in the samurai era, was still the only ruler of Japan for thousands of years, and he was almost a god. Even samurai who came from ordinary peasants, such as Hideyoshi Hashiba, were full of reverence for the emperor.

Speaking of which, although many of the retainers of the Lu family did not say it, after guessing Lu Xin's thoughts, they couldn't help but slander Lu Xin for having nothing to do, after all, to unify the world, wouldn't it be okay to open a general directly? Why do we have to replace a god-like being with no real power?

Of course, if Lu Xin succeeded, then the old ministers who followed him all the way to fight the world would not say anything. However, Lu Xin failed and died in battle, so in the face of Lu Yi, who was ready to inherit Lu Xin's legacy, these people had to think more.

After being silent for a while, Hashiba Hideyoshi stood up and said in a deep voice, "Everything I have is given by the lord, so I won't let go of Oda Nobutada's rebellion!" After saying that, Hashiba Hideyoshi turned around directly.

Seeing this, Akechi Mitsuhide didn't hold back, but just turned his head to look at Hosokawa Fujitaka on the side, "Hosokawa-sama, what do you mean?" ”

"Haha~ It doesn't matter what I think anymore~" Hosokawa Fujitaka chuckled when he heard this, "Before I came, I had already handed over the position of family governor to Zhongxing, and when he was studying at Azuchi Academy, those teachers didn't teach him the idea of loyalty to the emperor. ”

Hearing this, Wise Guangxiu's eyes lit up, and he immediately said in surprise, "That's right! How did I not think of this solution! Just after speaking, Akechi Mitsuhide shook his head a little helplessly, "But my eldest son Kokyung is only 8 years old at this time...... Let him decide, isn't it ......"

"Ha~ Wouldn't it be nice to hand it over to Yuzi? Anyway, when she was in Azuchi Academy, she yelled every day that she wanted to become a Ji warrior under the command of Lord Lu. Hosokawa Fujitaka shook his head and smiled.

"That girl...... "Wise Mitsuhide smiled helplessly when he heard this. As in history, a long time ago, Akechi Mitsuhide planned to marry his daughter Tamako to Hosokawa Tadashi's son, Hosokawa Tadashi. It's just that...... After growing up a little and entering Azuchi Academy, the gentle, obedient and quiet Hosokawa Tamako disappeared, and was replaced by a lively tomboy, but was also influenced by the girls among the students to become a girl with dreams.

"Then it's decided, at least, I don't have to continue to dwell on this matter." Mingzhi Guangxiu pondered for a moment and said. He couldn't convince himself to show his sword to the Emperor, but he couldn't convince himself to help assassinate the man who held him in high esteem. Escaping, then, is obviously the best way out of the middle of the road.