In a meditation room at Huilin Temple, Takeda Katsuyori is sitting under Takeda Nobuyoshi.

When Takeda Nobu heard Takeda Katsuyori tell that Takeda Yoshinobu had rebelled and that Iifu Huchang had cut his stomach, he just sighed and said nothing.

Takeda Katsuyori said: "Uncle, because of my brother's rebellion, the retainers are panicked, so I come this time to invite my uncle to go out of the mountain to assist my father and deal with the family's major affairs." ”

Hearing this, Takeda Nobuhiro smiled, turned the rosary in his hand lightly, and said, "Shiro, is this really what you mean?"

Takeda Katsuyori heard it and was speechless for a while.

Takeda Nobuyhiro seemed to have understood everything, looked at Takeda Katsuyori and said, "Shiro, this is what someone else came to ask me, right?" I guess the person who can make you ask this question is either Sanada Yutaka or Li Xiao, right? ”

When Takeda Katsuyori heard Takeda Shinshiro say this, he knew that his intentions were exposed, and his face was quite red.

It is indeed Li Xiao who said to Takeda Katsuyori that among the Takeda family, Takeda Shinfan is the only person whose ability is not inferior to Takeda Shingen.

You must know that Takeda Shinhu favored Shin Fan back then, and intended to change the family governor to be inherited by him.

After Takeda Shingen exiled his father, Takeda Shinhiro vowed to assist his brother, which enabled the Takeda family to survive that crisis, and everyone knew about it.

Because of Takeda Nobu's selfless behavior, he was admired by the retainers of the Takeda family.

This time, Takeda Yoshinobu lost power, so in case Takeda Shin returned to the vulgar and competed for the position of family governor, it was not without opportunity to use his position in the minds of all the retainers.

And in Li Xiao's eyes, after the battle of Kawanakajima, Takeda Nobuyoshi broke away from history and did not die, he must calculate this, in case he has the intention of competing for the governor, he must take precautions as soon as possible.

In the end, Li Xiao asked Takeda Katsuyori to test whether Takeda Nobuyoshi had the intention of re-entering the mountain.

Unexpectedly, Takeda Katsuyori was not good at concealment, and was immediately seen through by the wise Takeda Shinshihiro.

Takeda Shinho glanced at Takeda Katsuyori, put down the rosary, and said with a slight smile: "Shiro, you and Taro, I grew up watching you since childhood, so I understand your surname." Taro has been silent since he was a child, and he seems to be quite stable, but he is scheming in his heart, while you, on the contrary, are straightforward and seem to be a little frivolous, but face his heart and don't cheat, so he has no bad intentions. ”

"So I originally guessed that if you were not as good as Taro before the age of thirty, you should be better than Taro after the age of thirty. But you've done it now. ”

"Uncle." Katsuyori Takeda regretted his temptation.

Takeda Nobuyhiro stopped his hand and said, "You don't have to feel guilty, if you ask me if I have any intention of coming out of the mountain again." Then I answer you, twenty years ago, I would not have competed with my brother for the position of governor, and now I will not compete with you. At that time, the Takeda Stable was Shin Fan, but now he is just a monk, and he has no intention of secular things, and he is sitting in meditation at Huilin Temple with peace of mind. ”

Seeing this, Takeda Katsuyori was moved, bowed to the ground and choked up and said: "Katsuyori still asks his uncle to go out of the mountain to help his father reorganize the Takeda family, Katsuyori feels that his ability is insufficient. ”

Takeda Nobuyhiro laughed, put his hand on Takeda Katsuyori's back, and said, "You don't have to be like this, Katsuyori I said, I'm very optimistic about you." Seeing you like this in the past few years, I am deeply pleased that there is a successor to the Takeda family, but I think the one who is happier should be my brother. I have a hunch that I will see in you the Takeda family taking over the world. ”

"So you don't have to worry about anything, just do it!"

"Oh!"

After seeing that Takeda Nobuyhiro expressed his support, Takeda Katsuyori agreed loudly.

After Li Xiao finished his lunch, he wandered around Huilin Temple, and this was the second time he had come to Huilin Temple.

The last time he was here was three years ago, when he met with Takeda Nobuyoshi and Shoki Kusakawa and wooed Sanada Masayuki to join Takeda Katsuyori's camp.

Right now, Takeda Katsuyori went to meet Takeda Nobuyoshi, and he wandered around, enjoying the scenery in the lower Zen temple, and digesting his food by the way.

Li Xiaoxin walked leisurely and walked to a rather remote courtyard, which was very desolate, with lush forests and grass.

At this time, I suddenly heard someone in the depths of the courtyard chanting: "Since the chaos, I have been in the Jingguan for fifteen years. re-emerged from the old mountain and grew white hair, but pretended to be a new volume to Qingxian. ”

Li Xiao listened to the other party's words, and his tone was sonorous, and he actually pronounced it in Chinese.

Li Xiao couldn't help but be curious, and motioned to Shigang Yiyu and the others to stay outside the courtyard gate, and walked into the forest by himself.

When Li Xiao walked into the depths of the forest, he saw a black-clothed monk sitting boiling water.

When the other party heard someone stepping on the grass, he couldn't help but turn his head, and when he saw Li Xiao, he smiled slightly and saluted.

This monk was the diplomatic monk who was said to persuade Anayama Nobuyan to let the Imagawa army enter Kai.

Li Xiao naturally didn't know his identity, but it was quite strange to see him cooking tea in the wild alone, and asked, "The poem that Your Excellency chanted just now is from Du Xunhe." ”

When the other party heard Li Xiao say this, he was surprised, and said: "Exactly, I didn't expect Your Excellency to be so profound in Sinology, oh, by the way, these days I heard Master Kuaichuan say, there is a guest of the Ming Kingdom in the temple, presumably Your Excellency is the famous Lord Li Danma Shou." No wonder so. ”

It is no wonder that the other party's last sentence is so, naturally it is to explain to himself why the other party understands Chinese poetry.

Li Xiao smiled and said: "It is in the lower part that the master obviously has a deep research in Sinology, I don't know what to call the master?" ”

The monk lowered his head and said, "Poor monk Hu Zai Zongyi, meet Master Li Danma Shou." ”

Hearing the other party's name, Li Xiao's body was shocked, and he thought: Tiger Zai Zongyi, oh, mygad, isn't that the learned monk who cultivated Date Masamune in later generations?

Although the monks of the Rinzai sect did not have a good reputation during the Warring States period, they left an important position, and their most famous is the Taiyuan Xuesai monk who trained Imagawa Yoshimoto and Tokugawa Ieyasu.

In addition to Taiyuan Yukisai, Oda Nobunaga studied under the Rinzai master Sawahiko Munen at an early age.

Takeda Shingen also studied under Yu Qixiu Motobo.

And Sawahiko Soen and Kihide Motobo are both outstanding students who graduated from Owari Zuizumenji, so in a sense, Oda Nobunaga and Takeda Shingen can be said to be the same brothers.

And now, as the teacher of Date One-Eyed Dragon, Tiger Ya Soyi has also studied under the two famous monks of the Rinzai sect, Qixiu Motobo and Kuaikawa Shaoxi.

"But Lord Mamori, why are you so shocked? Have you ever heard of the name of a poor monk before? Tiger Zai Zongyi asked.

Li Xiao laughed and said casually: "It's a coincidence, it's just that the name of the master reminds me of a poem by Li Taibai, so I was stunned." ”

Hu Zai Zongyi smiled slightly and asked, "I don't know what kind of poem it is, Lord Dan Ma Shou, think of the poor monk?" ”

Li Xiao nodded, and said with a straight face: "It's an ancient style of Li Taibai, the poem is a little forgotten, but I still remember the first few sentences, which said, King Qin swept [***], and looked at He Xiongzai!" Swing your sword to break the clouds, and the princes will come to the west. ”

Speaking of this, Li Xiao paused and said with a smile: "So the master's legal name sounds very domineering in my ears, haha, domineering." ”

"Domineering," Hu Zai Zongyi also laughed, and said: "But Lord Ma Shou, the words are really ingenious, and the poor monk likes this domineering word very much." Oh, the tiger looks at He Xiongzai, the tiger is Zongyi. ”

After a pause, Tiger Zai Zongyi said: "It is a great opportunity to meet with an elegant person like Tajima Mamoru here, so I also ask Tajima Mamoru to allow the poor monk to order tea for Your Excellency as a sign of respect." ”

Li Xiao was stunned for a moment, and said, "But there is no tea room here?" ”

Tiger Zai Zongyi pointed to the sky with his hand, and then pointed down to the ground, and said: "But Lord Ma Shou, why do you need a tea room to taste tea, can't you use the sky as the roof of the tea room and the earth as a stacked seat?" ”

Li Xiao suddenly realized, thinking that there is a card called 'Wild Point' in Taige 5, isn't it just drinking tea in the wild.

The wild point comes from the fact that the samurai generals went out to fight, and because of the inconvenient conditions, tea parties were held in the field.

Historically, after Toyotomi Hideyoshi pacified Kyushu, he held a grand tea party in the wild, which was known as the 'Kitano Great Tea Party' in history.

So listening to what Huzai Zongyi said, Li Xiao realized that it was his own turtle, and immediately said, "Thank you master." ”

Li Xiao sat on the ground, looking at the verdant scenery in the courtyard, chatting and drinking tea with Hu Zai Zongyi.

During the casual conversation between the two, Li Xiao could see that Hu Zai Zongyi was not only knowledgeable, but also an ambitious person.

During the Warring States period, if it was not for the samurai minister, it was very difficult to rank among the ordinary people, and the ninjas, bandits, and countrymen were all the last.

Therefore, the better way out is the businessman and the monk.

It is said that at that time, the Buddha country, from the ministers, samurai, to the common people all believed in Buddhism, so the temple monks had a very high status at that time.

However, there are also many sects among the monks, such as the monks of Honganji Temple who cheat and eat and deceive the river, and the Tiantai sect talks about people's surnames of good and evil, and the Buddha retribution in the afterlife, while the Rinzai sect focuses on epiphany and Zen machine, so many Rinzai monks are erudite people.

Huzai Zongyi and Li Xiao chatted, concealed his origin, but it can be heard that he has lived a period since childhood, very difficult to say, and then studied under Qixiu Yuanbo, Kuaichuan Shaoxi, learning Buddhist scriptures, Sinology, knowledgeable after this has a reputation, and then gradually a martial artist invited him as a family to ask monks, teaching the children of the martial arts before the Yuan service.

However, at that time, Huzai Zongyi felt that he had not achieved great success, but was just hanging on paper and failed to be pragmatic, so he decided to travel around to increase his knowledge.

After five to six years, he returned to Kai, and decided to think about it for a few years behind closed doors, and by the time he felt that he had learned something, he was already a man of the age of no doubt.

When Li Xiao heard this, he had already made a decision, of course he couldn't let go of such a talent.

Li Xiaoyan said: "It turns out that Master Fangcai, once he has been in Yanluo for fifteen years, he has re-emerged from his hometown and has gray hair, which is to sigh that he has achieved his knowledge, but he is no longer confused. ”

Hu Zai Zongyi smiled slightly, and said: "Du Xunhe's life is close to Buddhism, so his poems are deeply Zen, even Master Kuaichuan is the same, his favorite is the sentence 'Tranquility does not need to be landscape, reduce the fire in the heart'." ”

Li Xiao knew that this poem was the poem recited in history, when the Takeda family perished, and when Kuaikawa Shaoxi and Huilin Temple were burned together.

Li Xiao continued: "Master Huzai, I have ambitions in my heart, I don't know if I can help in the next step. ”

Hearing this, Hu Zai Zongyi smiled slightly and said, "But Lord Ma Shou looks up to the poor monk too much. ”

Li Xiao said sincerely: "The master doesn't have to be modest. ”

Seeing that Li Xiaoqi was very sincere, Hu Zai Zongyi said: "Lord Li Xiao, you should not refuse to be familiar with the poor monk at first sight. However, the poor monk had promised Master Kuaichuan to stay in Huilin Temple and comprehend the Buddhist scriptures, so he could not leave Kai. Therefore, Master Li Xiao went to Yuezhong, and the poor monks could not accompany him, so I am very sorry. ”

Li Xiao saw that Huya Zongyi said this, and he also knew that he couldn't force it, since he decided to stay in Huilin Temple, he couldn't follow him to Hokuriku. After all, he still couldn't get the assistance of this Rinzai sect master.

However, Li Xiao thought about it, he immediately went to Hokuriku, and according to the rules, the eldest son Li Zheng would definitely stay in the Hesaki Pavilion.

Since he can't teach by Li Zheng's side, it's important to find him a famous teacher, and this Toriya Soyi, who once taught Date Masamune, is obviously the most suitable candidate.

Since he went to Beilu with him, it was not bad to stay in Huilin Temple and teach Li Zheng for himself.

At that moment, Li Xiao had already said what he thought in his heart to the Tiger Sect.

Huzai Zongyi was very surprised when he heard that Li Xiao had entrusted his son to him, but he still bowed down and said: "Since it is the invitation of Lord Danma Shou, the poor monk must do his best." ”

When Li Xiao heard that Hu Zai Zongyi agreed, he smiled very happily, thinking that Li Zheng had the teaching of Hu Zai Zongyi, so he also let go of a matter of his heart.

"My lord, there is an urgent letter from you."

At this moment, one of Li Xiao's siders hurried into the courtyard.

This person, Li Xiao, recognized that it was Yokotani Yukiyo, and he came in a hurry, apparently to get his own intelligence network from the Hokuriku direction, and to convey some kind of information to him.

Li Xiao's face was solemn, and he quickly opened the letter and looked at it, and it was really as the letter brought him a hundred thousand urgent news.

The head of the Jimbo family, Jimbo Chief, personally went into battle at Toyama Castle and mobilized 2,000 troops to attack his own castle in Hokuriku.

At present, Chengsheng City has been surrounded by the army of the Divine Protection Chief, and the specific situation is unknown.

In addition to the position of the chief of the gods, another faction in Vietnam, the Shiina family, also had a change, and the head of the Shiina family, Shiina Kangyin, also issued a mobilization order to the various wealthy clans in Matsukura Castle, preparing to assemble the army.

When Li Xiao heard this, he was also a little shocked, Chengsheng City was not only an important stronghold for himself, but also the only foothold of the Takeda family in Hokuriku.

If it is lost, it will be difficult for either himself or the Takeda family to accept the consequences.

Li Xiao saw that Chengsheng City had been surrounded for three days, and the internal and external news was cut off, and he couldn't help but say angrily: "When did this letter happen? Why did Yokotani Yushige report to me now? ”

Yokoya Yukiyoshi said: "My lord, Echichu Hida is covered with snow right now, and the transportation is inconvenient, if the news is passed back and forth, it is already slow, and this is the fastest that my brother can do." ”

Li Xiao nodded, he knew that Yokotani Yukiyoshi was right, he shouldn't have started this nameless fire, since the incident had happened, he had to find a way to remedy it.

Hmph, this god protector is really not surprising at all, as soon as the winter in the northern continent is over, the troops will come to the city.

Li Xiao immediately made a decision without thinking, and now he didn't even have time to stay a few more days, and he had to rush back to Hida immediately.

(To be continued)