At the moment when he saw the smile of the eldest family, Masaki Tanba finally understood the plan of the Narita chief and his painstaking efforts to protect the Narita family...... He should have been proud to have such a lord, because in the eyes of the world, his lord Narita has always been the "great fool of Ninja City".

However, it is such a "big fool of Ninja City", after the lord of the castle, Narita Nagatai fled to Odawara, he took on the responsibility of Ninja Castle and carried the future of the entire Narita family.

In order to preserve the name of the Narita family, he sent the young lord Narita clan Zhang to Odawara, but sent the princess Narita Kai to the Nagao family.

In order to ensure that the villagers outside the city did not freeze and starve to death in the next winter, he stubbornly guarded the food stock of the ninja castle and did not back down a single step.

In order to save the lives of the people of Ninja Castle, he opened the castle and surrendered, wanting to exchange his death for the life of the whole city.

All this ...... Masaki Tanba understood that he had enough reason to be proud and proud to have such a lord, and no matter where he wandered in the future, he would always be able to pat his chest and say...... I used to be a retainer of His Royal Highness Narita Narita, the Shinobi Castle Generation......

However, Masaki Tanba, who understands all this, can be proud, proud, and unforgettable, but he can't laugh.

He should have laughed, but he cried.

The boy bleed and did not shed tears, just because he did not reach the wounded place.

Masaki Tanba's eyes were already full of tears, and Narita Narita on the other side was still smiling with a dull smile. Tanba took a deep breath, stretched out his hand to wipe away his tears, strode behind his eldest kin, and drew his sword.

The wine roll who had been guarding outside the hall saw all this, and he sat on the ground weakly, crying silently.

He is just an ignorant teenager with dreams, when has he ever seen someone die so indifferently and generously?

Fortunately, the eldest relatives found Tanba to make mistakes, and if he was looking for a wine roll, I'm afraid he wouldn't even be able to lift a knife.

It was in the hall of the Honmaru castle tower that Narita Narita unwrapped his samurai suit and gently pulled out his ribs.

It was only at this time that Masaki Tanba remembered why the eldest relatives had eaten breakfast so delicately today...... It turns out that he has been ready to die since then.

"Tamba...... I want you to change your name to help you. ”

Before the blade could be added, the eldest relative suddenly said again.

"Nope! I'm the lord of Masaki Tanba...... There will always be only Narita Narita! ”

Tanba's answer was unusually firm...... As a traditional samurai, Tanba has never heard of the allusion of picking roses and eating on Shouyang Mountain, but he knows that life is in the world, and it is best not to live against his own heart.

His mind is ...... Only recognize this one sovereign, this life and this life!

"So...... Don't slip your hands later. Your marksmanship is good, but your swordsmanship is ......."

Before he died, the eldest relatives did not forget to tease Tanbo, so he smiled and pressed his ribs against his flank, and the cold tip of the knife poked into his skin first...... First I felt cold, then I felt pain......

"Stop!" (Dame Mess)

A beautiful girl stood outside the door, just hearing this voice, Narita was stunned, and the movements in her hands stopped.

Of course he remembered the voice, she was Ah Guo.

But Ah Guo originally lived in a corner of Ninomaru, why did he come here again?

The eldest relatives thought about it for a while, and immediately felt annoyed again...... It is difficult for ordinary soldiers to be the opponent of Ah Guo, although she is held in the city as a hostage, but the eldest relatives can't have many people to guard her. So the reason why Ah Guo is still a hostage of Shinobi City is also due to her voluntariness.

Or rather...... What was she waiting for?

Maybe Ah Guo is waiting for someone, but that has nothing to do with Narita's long relatives anymore.

The eldest relatives clenched their ribs and prepared to stab the ...... Ah Guo shouted again:

"You're the governor of the Narita family!"

As soon as this sentence was shouted, not only the eldest relatives did not understand, but even Masaki Tanba, who was a bystander, did not understand.

The governor of the Narita family is obviously Narita Nagataya, so how can he be a long-term relative?

"If you have a seppuku...... The Narita family is really going to perish! You see! ”

Ah Guo threw away a letter in front of the eldest relative, and the paper was full of dense Chinese characters, and the eldest relative only felt that the Chinese characters were extremely ugly, but there was no doubt that all the contents were written in Chinese characters.

"This is a letter from Zuo Zuo Chengzheng, he mentioned that he wants you to be the governor of the Tian family!"

The attention of the eldest relatives was involuntarily attracted by the "letter from Sasa Narumasa", and his narrow eyes widened to read the words in the letter...... He leaned down and snatched the rib from the hands of his eldest relative.

Ah Guo breathed a sigh of relief, and took two steps forward to hand the letter to the eldest relative.

The murder weapon of self-murder was snatched, and the eldest relatives just sighed, but there was no indignation, so they took the letter from Ah Guo and read it.

He just looked at the first line...... I feel that my old face is hot...... There is no other reason, just because this letter is a love letter written by Sazo Chengzheng to Ah Guo.

"Your Highness doesn't have to mind, if you want to avoid suspicion, you can look directly at the middle part."

- Whether the Narita family is retained or not depends on whether Narita Chang is willing to surrender or not. The Narita family seems to have always been a wall grass, and it's useless to keep it, but I think Narita's eldest family is not bad, and if the Narita family's family name can survive, it is estimated that it will depend on his merits......

This is in Chengzheng's letter, and it is useless to keep the idea of disposing of the Narita family.

Just one sentence can determine the survival of a family, and the weight of Sasa Chengzheng's power can be seen. Although Narimasa was only the elder of the castle lord family of Wanshi at this time, the eldest family knew that Sasa Narumasa was not the kind of person who fired empty cannons, and he said that it was useless for the Narita family to keep it, and he thought that he had already decided to treat the Kanto wealthy clan with a harsh hand. In that case......

The family name of the Narita family survives, and it depends on the life and death of the eldest relative.

The eldest relatives were shocked and frightened, and immediately understood that they must not die at this time.

"Now, does Narita-sama still insist on seppuku?"

Ah Guo leaned over and asked.

"No need. I wanted to apologize with death, but I didn't expect that Lord Nachizosuke would appreciate it so much...... Since you don't have to die, let's live well! ”

Once the idea of martyrdom with death is dispelled, the eldest relatives have returned to the "Highness Adou" of the past.

Ah Guo breathed a sigh of relief and put his mind at ease. She saw Shinobi Castle raising the white flag, so she made great efforts to come to Honmaru, and was about to ask Narita why he surrendered, but found that he was going to seppuku...... In a hurry, Ah Guo only wanted to save people, so she took out the letter that Chengzheng gave her a few days ago to stop her eldest relative, she was not confident that she could prevent her eldest relative's self-destruction, but the crooked fight was correct, and it had an effect. This was an unexpected, but a happy thing.

When Ah Guo was so happy, Masaki Tanba on the side had already put down his weapon and knelt down at her feet:

"Thank you Princess Aguo for saving your life!"

Tanba's words were earnest, but his head hung low, and he didn't dare to look at Ah Guo at all...... Today, Ah Guo has surpassed the concept of a wealthy princess in his heart and has become a saint-like existence.

"In that case...... Then I don't have to stay in Ninja Castle, please Narita-sama give me a horse, I want to go out of the city. ”

"Okay...... Let's take Princess Aguo with Tamba...... Hiss ......"

As he spoke, the eldest relatives gasped, and when he was about to cut his abdomen, he could poke his ribs into his stomach without hesitation, and even had time to feel the various sensations of the tip of the knife entering his body, but at this moment, he couldn't bear the small and shallow wound, and almost cried out in pain.

Masaki Tanba walked to the stable step by step, he knew that Ah Guo was behind him, but he didn't dare to look back.

He was afraid to see Ah Guo's happy expression, probably because...... She'll be able to meet Sasa Naruma soon.

But at this moment, although the expression on Ah Guo's face was rich, there was absolutely no such thing as joy, in fact, she was very confused......

…… Where does she go from here?