After Saito Michizo's death was confirmed, the Oda army set out from Tomitaso and returned to Kiyoshu Castle for three full days.

It's a one-day journey, so why break it up into three days?

Many people can't understand this, and what Sasa Narumasa saw was Oda Nobunaga's slightly disappointed look.

"Nobuyuki, that idiot, can't seize such a good opportunity......"

Nobunaga would occasionally mumble alone, but of course Seimasa knew that Nobunaga brought out all his troops and deliberately vacated the castle of Kiyoshu in order to lure Nobuyuki into rebellion...... But Nobuyuki seemed to have seen through this trap, and just didn't move.

The forces of the Oda army were disbanded under Kiyoshu Castle, but Sasa Narumasa did not return to Hira Castle, but stayed in a dormitory under Kiyoshu Castle.

avenged his father's revenge and slashed Saito Michizo as he wished, but Sasa Narumasa was not happy.

In addition to the relationship between Dao San and Guidie's biological father, Dao San's assertion before his death also made Cheng Zheng angry.

Could it be that he is really inferior to Oda Nobunaga?

Since he came to this world, does he really want to be Nobunaga's retainer for the rest of his life and be subservient to others forever?

Can he replace Nobunaga?

A few days later, Nobunaga's main room returned to the castle.

This time, Gui Die went to the Bodhi Temple of the Oda family, Manshoji Temple, to chant sutras for his dead father. Although Daosan is not buried here, she can't return to Mino, and she can only pay tribute to her ancestors in this way.

Not to mention...... Returning to the butterfly to Wansong Temple has another purpose.

After Xiao Shami led Guidie to a quiet meditation room, he retreated with interest, and the maid behind Guidie, Shenxue, looked around vigilantly and nodded at Guidie.

At this moment, the screen on one side of the room was slowly opened, and a young samurai holding a sword upside down came into view.

Sasa Naruma slowly knelt down and raised the sword above his head with both hands:

"I'm sorry!"

At the beginning of Guidie, she still had some expectations, and she still had a trace of luck about Daosan's life and death, but when she saw Cheng Zheng behaving like this, her heart sank immediately.

"Father is dead?"

Cheng Zheng's body bowed lower:

"Yes...... I killed him. ”

After knowing the news of San's death, Gui Die imagined many possibilities, whose hands did his father die?

The military newspaper said that she died at the hands of Nagai Michikatsu and Bamboo Waist Daochen, and she subconsciously wanted to ignore the name Nagai Michikatsu and throw all the blame on the person who called Bamboo Waist Daochen, because Nagai Michikatsu can actually be regarded as her cousin, and Guidie doesn't want her relatives to kill each other.

Although Sazuo Chengzheng has a great hatred for Daosan, Guidie has long regarded Chengzheng as a family member, and of course he doesn't want Daosan to die at the hands of Chengzheng.

Merely...... Cheng Zheng has personally admitted it.

Guidie felt a little short of breath for a while, her heart ached, staring at Cheng Zheng who was lying on the floor, not knowing how to deal with it, tears had already poured out of her eyes, hitting the tatami mat bit by bit.

"Why...... Why is it your ......?"

She seemed to question, and she seemed to mumble to herself.

Hearing Guidie's sad voice, Cheng Zheng was a little dazed for a while.

Why?

Why did he have to kill Michizo Saito with his own hands before he would give up?

Even if he didn't interfere, Dao San would definitely die under the knife of Nagai Daosheng and Bamboo Waist Daochen, he just had to wait and see.

Killing Dao San by himself can certainly relieve his hatred, but what good is that? Gui Die is so sad now, isn't it because he has done such an unforgivable thing?

But...... Shouldn't he take revenge on Daosan?

Wasn't he and his father Toki Yoriyi cornered by Saito Michizo back then? If he doesn't take revenge on Daosan, how can he be willing?

For a while, these two diametrically opposed thoughts filled Chengzheng's mind, and the happiness of successful revenge and the guilt of killing Guidie's father came to his heart, making Sazo Chengzheng feel a wave of panic.

How should it be?

"Returning to the Butterfly...... I'm sorry about your father, but I'm ...... Even if I had to do it all over again, I'm afraid I'd stick with my current choice...... I killed your father, I admit it. I'm the one who made you very sad, and I admit it, and I'm sorry. If cutting off my head can relieve the hatred a little, then please raise this knife and end my life. ”

"Huh...... Kill you, and the dead will be resurrected? ”

Guidie wiped her tears, turned her back, and said coldly.

"You know that I can't kill you, so in this case, stop pretending like this."

Gui Die's voice suddenly cooled, and Cheng Zheng's heart slowly sank to the bottom of the river.

"It's not posturing...... It's—"

"I told you so! I can't kill you, if you have the heart to plead guilty, why don't you cut your stomach? Can you do it? ”

Gui Die rudely interrupted Cheng Zheng.

It seems that Cheng Zheng will not be easily seppuku, and her words became more and more sharp:

"If you want to plead guilty, don't cut your stomach, but take a knife and let me, a woman who doesn't know martial arts, kill you, isn't this pretense? Sasa Chengzheng, since you killed my father, why didn't you run away, how dare you come to see me again?! ”

Cheng Zheng was robbed of his white by her for a while, naturally he was powerless to refute, he opened his lips, wanted to speak and stopped, but he didn't know what to say or what to say.

"You go, I don't want to see you again."

Although Gui Die's words were in a hurry to leave, he immediately got up and stepped out of the meditation room, not willing to stay even a quarter of an hour.

Cheng Zheng sat in place in a daze, his heart was mixed, and after seeing the back of Gui Die's head and leaving without looking back, the remorse in his heart finally overwhelmed the desire for revenge and condemned his cowardly soul.

"It's disgusting......"

***

A hundred miles away in the Sunfu, Imagawa Shikibu Daisuke Yoshimoto was sitting in a small teahouse.

The monk who ordered tea on the opposite side was burly and thin, looking like a farmer-like figure, and his actions and postures of ordering tea did not fully meet the requirements of etiquette and tea ceremony teachers, but he had a solemn bearing, and his seemingly random movements also made people unconsciously intoxicated.

"As the teacher expected, Oda Nobuyuki did not raise troops, and Nobunaga had returned to Kiyoshu safely."

"Soga...... At this moment, our army still has no chance to mobilize the whole country, and the diplomatic mediation with Hojo and Takeda is also at a critical time...... It is impossible to go out to fight against the Oda clan. Since the owner of the hall is here, he has already made up his mind in mind? ”

The old monk finally put away the bamboo brush at this time and slowly pushed a bowl of tea in front of Yiyuan.

"Although Oda Nobuyuki did not rebel, he was ready to act for a long time, and what he lacked was just an excuse to raise troops."

"That makes sense...... However, it is necessary to create a situation that is unfavorable to Nobunaga, and not to let them see the clues...... If you want to commit a conspiracy, you have to be cautious. ”

The corners of Yoshiwon's mouth raised a knowing smile:

"Teacher, don't worry, I'll let Ii Naomori do it myself. If you can't let Oda Nobuyuki rebel, it won't be a success! ”