Before the words fell, I vaguely felt a murderous aura coming from the right rear.

"I beg your pardon!" Xiujing couldn't help it, "My brother already has a main room and a sister-in-law, and the sister-in-law has already established a relationship with the princess of the main family, so this matter is absolutely impossible." ”

"What if it's just a side room?" Takimotoji asked rhetorically, "If it was just a side room, His Royal Highness Saemon wouldn't have to be separated, and it wouldn't cause trouble to the family, right?" ”

As a side chamber? I was a little surprised. I'm the guardian generation.,The original relatives are also the guardian generations.,His sister-in-law married into the Kira family as a side room.,That's an act of self-depreciation.。

What's more, I'm just a retainer. Above me, there is the presence of Oda Nobunaga.

"Your Royal Highness, what do you think?" I asked directly.

"My lord hopes to ally with the Kira family and attack the territory of the Miyoshi family together. Afterwards, Sanki was returned to the Chosho family, and Awa was cut by the Kira family...... What does His Royal Highness Saemon think? ”

I looked at him in amazement, wondering if he was babbling nonsense. Although the Miyoshi family has been greatly injured and has many internal contradictions, it can still unite in the face of external enemies, and it is still very binding on the major wealthy families. With the current strength of the Kira family and the Nagazong family, it is undoubtedly a fool's dream to solve the Miyoshi family.

It is even more impossible to divide and cut off the country of Awa. The current policy of the family is to stabilize Kinai, and attacking Awa is contrary to Nobunaga's policy, and if I suggest it to Nobunaga, I will not only not be supported by Nobunaga, but will be reprimanded. And if I don't inform Nobunaga, just as a private action, I can only beat the side drum; Nobunaga gave me the task of guarding the territory of Kamiwa Izumi, and if I decided to raid on such a scale without permission, I would definitely greatly offend Nobunaga's authority.

For the Changzong family, this is also a very unreasonable thing. At present, Tosa has not been unified, so it is impossible for the Nagazong and my family to plot against the Miyoshi family, right? According to history, the invasion of Sanuki by the Nagazong family was after digesting the Ichijo family.

So, why did Takimoto Temple say that? What are his intentions? I thought hard.

Seeing that I fell silent for a while, Xiujing took the initiative to take over the topic: "If Changzong and my family want to be an alliance, please show sincerity." At least, the elder brother's Kira family's old collar must be returned. ”

"Haha! His Royal Highness Kira Hidekei, right? Brother Ling's ambition, does His Highness really understand? Takimoto Temple smiled, "If Brother Ling's eyes are still on that old collar, how can there be the rich territories of Ise and Izumi today?" How can there be a status of Shimowazumi guardian and a great future in Kinai? ”

Xiujing wanted to continue to say something, but I stopped him with my eyes. At this point, I already had a clue.

"His Royal Highness Takimotoji's words are very reasonable," I nodded, "It's just that I don't know something, and I ask His Highness Takimoto Temple to explain my doubts." ”

"Your Highness Captain Saemon, please speak."

"As far as I know, Chosamune's family hasn't unified Tosa yet, right? Why did they go to the near and far to attack the country of Sanuki? ”

"His Royal Highness Captain Saemon may not know something," Takimotoji said, "At present, in addition to the main family, Tosa does have the Hata, Ichijo Imperial Palace in Takaoka County, and the Yazumi family in Azumi-gun. However, both our lord and His Royal Highness An Yun Guohu married the sister of a power in the Nayan Palace, and they are close relatives to each other. Therefore, the war in Tosa Ichikoku has been completely extinguished, and there will be no more sword soldiers. ”

"I see." I nodded, roughly understanding what he meant.

Obviously, Changzong's family is going to do something to the An Yun family in An Yun County. According to the original history, it was indeed at this time. However, now that I am in Xia Hequan and have a powerful water army in my hands, the Yuan Qin must worry about my intervention. He sent Takimoto Temple to come to me, probably to win me over, or at least to probe my tone.

As for the words "they are close relatives to each other", that is completely unreliable. Yuan Qin doesn't care about such a thing at all. Maochen Benshan, who was just destroyed by him last year, married his sister, isn't that also a close relative? There is also a family, is the family of the Changzong family, the original Changzong my family was destroyed, it was re-established by a family, the country relatives before death, solemnly explained to the relatives "do not forget the kindness of a hall", the relatives are not still extinguished. Not only that, but his own nephew and son-in-law Kira Qinshi, his own sons Kagawa Kinwa and Tsuno Kintada, and two sisters-in-law, Ikeyori and Hagawa Kiyomune, are also seppuku, poisoned by poison, claustrophobic, and have not been soft at all.

By the way, that Hagawa Qingzong probably can't be his sister-in-law, because the Yuan family is already ready to send that sister to Kira's house. Also, I robbed the main room of the original family, Ishitani Nana, and he robbed the main room of Ito Yoshiyi, the lord of the capital of Kyushu, and became a sister-in-law of a certain family, and formed a brother-in-law with An Yun Guohu, which is really very good...... After thinking about this, I had a plan in mind.

"I'm really sorry, I can't agree to the marriage, and it's even more impossible to attack the Miyoshi family together," I said with a regretful expression on my face, "At present, the main family is doing its best to stabilize Jinai, and the task I received is to stabilize Izumi Province, and Miyoshi Yoshitsugu and others, who are monitoring the direction of Hanoi, have no authority to freely decide the direction of the raider, and there is no way to draw any troops." ”

"His Royal Highness Captain Saemon!" Takimoto Temple looked even more regretful and disappointed than me, "Is there really no way?" ”

"Perhaps, wait another two ......or three years," I replied uncertainly, "and when the main family has stabilized Kinai, we should be able to start exterminating the Miyoshi family." ”

"I see," Takimotoji said, "Thank you for your candor." ”

"It's just that, at that time, please consider your own position! As the guardian of His Royal Highness Motokin, in the face of the power of His Royal Highness Oda Danmasa, how to act, you might as well ask His Royal Highness Motojin to think about it from now on...... Hehe! Perhaps, by the time of the day, my family will still be under me! ”

"We have our own decision on this matter." Takimoto Temple's face changed slightly, and he replied neither humbly nor arrogantly.

"So be it." I stood up.

"Congratulations to His Royal Highness Captain Saemon." Takimoto Temple is not flat on the ground, but the etiquette is extremely thoughtful.

Back in the room, Xiujing thoughtfully: "Brother has other plans, right?" ”

"Oh, why do you think so?"

"My brother's words are false, and they sound very reasonable. It's just that I always feel that it doesn't fit my brother's habits...... Are you confusing Takimoto Temple? ”

"That monk is really angry," Xiao Xia interjected angrily, "It's obvious that my brother was beheaded, but I can still talk to His Highness casually, and it's ...... And send a woman to Your Highness! ”

"You're angry about the latter, aren't you?" I looked at her with a smile.

"In short, I can't reconcile with Changzong and my family, that's the common enemy of His Highness and Xiujing!" Xiao Xia said confidently.

"You, the surname is still so jumpy," I took the Haiyue in her hand, "However, you are right, it is impossible to reconcile with the Changzong and my family." Xiujing, and Yuan Qin and I will think so. ”

"So what ......is the purpose of the brother?" Xiujing asked.

"Changzong's family, it's likely that they will immediately attack the An Yun family." I replied to the question.

"I see!" Xiujing suddenly realized, "So my brother said that he was powerless to intervene and let the Changzong family remove his vigilance, and finally stimulated the Changzong family to speed up the action?" ”

"yes, I'm basically telling the truth. The Yuan family must also think that I am ready to rely entirely on the main family to revive the family business, right? …… What's more, according to the current situation, he really doesn't have much time. If he wants to compete with the Oda family, he must speed up his actions and unify the entire Shikoku as soon as possible. ”

"Motoko wants to unify Shikoku? Did he actually think like that? Xiujing asked in surprise.

"Yes, I know this very well," I nodded, "Shikoku Island has always been barren, and the wealthy families really don't have much of a lot of money...... But in villages without birds, bats like Moto-kin occasionally appear. ”

Xiujing gave me a strange look, and stopped talking, as if she had a different opinion. As a result, he just followed my words and asked, "What is my brother going to do?" ”

"I've decided to focus most of my attention on Tosa in the near future, and the Hattori family will be responsible for investigating the actions of the Nagamune family and the Yasuki family, and the part of the naval army that helped build the castle in the Kumano area will also be withdrawn...... When the Yuan Qin attacked An Yun's family in a big way, we will concentrate our elite forces and break into the territory of Changzong's family from the sea, and give it a hard blow! ”

"Are you finally going back to Tosa?" Xiao Xia said happily, her eyes shining brightly.

"I also hope to be able to fight the Changzong family. However, if you rashly attack Tosa, how will the main hall be explained? Also, if you have to spare your troops, if something happens in the territory......"

"No problem. I will leave 2,000 men to defend the city, and then pay a high price to hire the Saga people to serve and replenish the lack of strength," I replied confidently, "...... As for the reason for the battle, how about you say that you want to take your mother back? ”

"Not bad! Now I really have a chance to pick up my mother! Xiujing was also excited, "It's really ashamed to say it, it's been almost twelve years...... Although I have my sister to take care of me, I still send someone under the fence after all! And also in the enemy's house......"

"Seeing His Highness and Xiujing's current achievements, Lord Baoxinyuan will definitely be very pleased." Xiao Xia said.

"Then that's it." I made a decision.

……，…… When I returned to my room in the evening, Xiao Xia looked at me and suddenly smiled.

"What are you laughing at?" I'm baffled.

"I remembered His Highness's words during the day," Xiao Xia replied with a smile, "Your Highness said that Shikoku is a village without birds, and the Yuan Qin is an occasional bat, so what is His Highness himself?" ”

"Do you ask me?" I smiled to myself, "...... It's a turtledove...... Or the cuckoo. ”

"Isn't that a bird?" Xiao Xia leaned up affectionately, "Your Royal Highness of the concubine body, originally the number one figure in the four countries, is definitely more powerful than a bat like Yuan Qin!" ”

"Yes, yes." I replied casually.

Xiao Xia, you must not know that there is an idiom in China called "dove occupies the magpie's nest", right?

It's just comparing itself to a cuckoo, isn't it too unlucky? Of the thirty-four summer songs in the "Ancient and Modern Songs", twenty-eight of them are written about the cuckoo, most of which are sad sounds, such as "When the female cries bitterly, people also mourn", "The cuckoo sounds in the meaning, and I compete with the sorrow", "The cuckoo calls in the clouds, you can only hear it if you don't see it", "The sound of the cuckoo is sad, and the tears are as many as water leaks", etc., there are few good ones. This is the pessimism in my bones and the feeling of impermanence in the world, and then expressed it in the emotions of sad scenery and things.

There is also General Ashikaga Yoshiteru who was killed, and the sentence of his death is "The drizzle and dew in May are still coming, and I will send my name Cuckoo Wing." Soaring into the sky", which also mentions the cuckoo.

What's even more unlucky is the legendary Sanscarlet sentence. Oda Nobunaga: If the cuckoo doesn't call, kill it; Toyotomi Hideyoshi: If the cuckoo doesn't call, tease it; Tokugawa Ieyasu: If the cuckoo doesn't call, leave it ...... All in all, cuckoos are ravaged stupid birds.

In this era, there are indeed too many people who have been ravaged, no matter how noble your status is, no matter how prominent your power is, no matter how virtuous your character is...... For example, Takamasa Hatakeyama, who was exiled to Kii Province last month, once had 40,000 troops in Kawachi, Kii, and Yamato in an attempt to revive the shogunate, but was exiled for the first time; The second exile was even more depressing, and it was his own important ministers who started him, and it was his younger brother who he cultivated as the heir of the clan. Even so, he never hated that younger brother, and when his younger brother was murdered, he immediately pulled a bunch of miscellaneous soldiers from Kii to avenge his younger brother. However, in the end, he lost everything he had, and he could only wander in his own realm, supporting the rest of his life with God's faith.

Well, there is really no way, there must be a choice, or rather, there is finally such a question in front of us, and I will add one more sentence: if the cuckoo is not called: replace it!

"What is Your Highness thinking?" Seeing that I was very distracted, Xiao Xia couldn't help but ask.

"I'm thinking, it's been almost twelve years since we last met, and my mother probably won't be able to recognize me when she sees me."

"How is that possible? There is a wonderful connection between parents and children. With a motherly smile on her face, Xiao Xia looked very beautiful, and there was a dignified appearance that was very rare in her.

"Really? Looking at you, who do you think of? Keitaro or Kaizu? ”

"I've thought of it, but ......" Xiao Xia showed a mischievous look, "and Senjuhime...... And you, Your Highness! ”

"Then you can really do it!" I teased.

"If you think about it, Your Highness is really pitiful," Xiao Xia looked at me seriously, "It seems that he was separated from his parents not long after he was born, right?" It's been almost 30 years, but I've only met once more than 10 years ago...... The situation of that day, the concubine still remembers it very clearly. ”

"You say I'm pathetic?" I smiled, "I'm the general who has commanded a country's 20,000 troops!" ”

"However, no matter how powerful a person is, there must be unspeakable sorrow in his heart." Xiao Xia argued.

I looked at her strangely.

"Your Highness?" Xiao Xia showed a cautious expression, "The concubine said this, didn't she underestimate Your Highness too much, and make Your Highness angry?" ”

"No," I wrapped my arms around her, "you're a little different tonight...... Very empathetic and beautiful! ”

(To be continued)