There was silence in the assessment room.

At this time, everyone, including Sasa Narumasa himself, was worried and waited for Oda Nobunaga's verdict.

Did he guess right?

Although Narumasa remembers that Oda Nobunaga and Saito Michizo met at Shotokuji Temple, will history repeat itself?

Or rather...... Will they make history again?

"Sasa Narimasa, you are very good!"

When Oda Nobunaga's voice sounded in the hall again, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"I'll reward you with the wind, and in three days, you will go to Mino as my messenger and convey my gratitude to my father-in-law in Inabayama Castle."

"Hay!"

In this way, Sasa Narumasa received a diplomatic mission to "present it to the Saito family".

He was supposed to return to Hira Castle to wait for Nobunaga's gift to Michizo to be ready, but before leaving Nakono Castle, he was summoned by someone.

The person who came to deliver the message was Guidie's personal maid, who came from Mino with her at the beginning, named Shenxue.

When Shenxue led Chengzheng to the inner court, she saw Gui Die sitting under the porch reading a book.

After a quick glance around, Cheng Zheng didn't see the fourth person, but the ninja hiding in the shadows probably couldn't hide.

Thinking of this, Cheng Zheng pretended to be a thief and looked east and west, and finally stared at Gui Die's pretty figure with squinting eyes, and couldn't even blink.

"What is Madame reading?"

Gui Die closed the page and looked up.

"Sun Tzu Room."

"Huh? It's actually not easy to be a spy, especially a double agent, I don't know what Mrs. wants to do, maybe Chengzheng can help. ”

"I count on your help, but I don't know if it's going to be the Year of the Monkey...... I have a letter here, so please give it to Michizo Saito. ”

As he spoke, Gui Die took out the folded letterhead from his arms and handed it to Cheng Zheng with both hands.

Cheng Zheng was a little puzzled why she was so formal, and she was also learning to return to the butterfly, she took it with both hands, and when her fingers pinched the letterhead, Cheng Zheng felt that the letter was a little strange.

Although the paper on which Gui Die wrote the credit was of good quality and thick, the letter was not so thick.

He raised his head and met Guidie's watery gaze, and he couldn't help but tremble in his heart.

What was she trying to say?

It is said that the eyes are the windows of the soul, and at this time, Cheng Zheng hopes that the eyes can speak.

But no, the eyes can't speak, and the eyes can't resort to words.

But...... Wait, why not make eye contact?

Cheng Zheng's brain opened, and he immediately met Guidie's eyes, staring at her without blinking, trying to read what she wanted to express from her eyes.

…… What do you want to say, my little princess?

…… I, I actually,

Gui Die smiled bitterly and shook his head, giving up the urge to express himself, in that case, even if he said it, he might not believe it......

Gui Die's desire to speak stopped again, which made Chengzheng puzzled and almost crazy.

"I heard that Lord Zuozo is proficient in Sinology, I wonder if I can teach you a lesson or two?"

"Huh?"

Gui Die blinked her left eye and smiled:

"It's Han poetry, I heard that Lord Zuozo is very good at it, I don't know if I can teach a thing or two?"

"Oh! No problem! ”

Cheng Zheng suddenly realized...... Gui Die, is this asking him to make a show?

However, what does she want Han Shi to do?

Naturally, no one answered Zuo Zuo's doubts, but he didn't bother to think about this kind of inconsequential question, so he took the pen and paper from Shenxue's hand and wrote four lines with a brush.

"Alright."

Shenxue took the so-called "Han poems" from Cheng Zheng's pen, and after just one glance, she couldn't help but laugh out loud.

There is no other reason, the word of Sasa Chengzheng...... It's not just ugly, it's ugly.

But when Guidie saw those lines, he couldn't help but be a little surprised.

She didn't expect that Zuo Zuo Chengzheng would really write Chinese poems.

"So, take your leave!"

After Sasa Chengzheng left, Gui Die carefully read the Chinese poem three times, dried the ink, and carefully put it away.

After a few days, Oda Nobunaga took advantage of the opportunity to go out with Guidie and Deep Snow to let the ninja take out this "physical evidence".

He turned out the "Chinese poems" written by Cheng Zheng, firstly, because of curiosity, and secondly, because of his ...... is also afraid that Chengzheng will be confused by the posture of the butterfly, and turns to work for Saito Michizo.

In the two years that Yu Sasa has been with Narumasa, although they have done some ridiculous things together many times, Nobunaga feels that Narumasa is different from other small surnames.

…… Despite the respectful manners shown by Sasa Narumasa, it always gave Nobunaga a feeling of untamability.

People like Ikeda Hengxing and Maeda Toshiya have long surrendered to Nobunaga's crotch. Next, it's no problem to go to the soup for him, but only Zuo Zuo Chengzheng...... That man is like an untamable wolf!

But Nobunaga couldn't help but smile when he saw Narumasa's handwriting.

Cheng Zheng wrote a Chinese poem, which is also a love poem:

The chicken reports that the moon is broken,

Send you a long sigh inside and outside.

It can be seen that the ink marks of the ruler are light,

Don't cry a thousand times.

"Huh...... It's really a sad and hypocritical boy. ”

Nobunaga smiled disdainfully and waved his hand for the ninja to put everything back to its original state.

He got up and strode out of Guidie's room, the ninja carefully closing the paper door behind him, as if they had never been there.

"Sasa Narimasa, it's almost time to get to Inabayama Castle now."

Nobunaga turned his gaze to Mino.

At this time, it had been ten full days since Saito Michizo sent an envoy to Owari.

Three days earlier, Sasa Narumasa had entered Inabayama Castle from the east by way of Toki Castle via Toki Prefecture.

Three days ago, Sasa Narumasa sent off Akuni Lori outside Hira Castle.

Cheng Zheng's previous guess was good, this Lori was really from a samurai family, but what Cheng Zheng didn't expect was that Lori's father seemed to be a samurai at the level of a swordsman.

The swordsman who came to Hira Castle to pick up Ah Kuni, called himself Hokita Toyogoro, and said that he was Ah Kuni's cousin.

Of course, Chengzheng won't believe his side of the story, but Ah Guo nodded and admitted, so he couldn't get in the way.

It's a little strange to say, Ah Guo, this girl, has lived in Cheng Zheng's house for more than half a month, and she has made a lot of trouble, and Cheng Zheng should have hated her very much.

But when they were separated, they couldn't hate it.

He once wished that Aguo Lori would get out of here quickly, but when she really wanted to leave, he was a little reluctant.

"Have a safe journey!"

He waved his right hand at the distant Aguo Lori.

"We'll definitely see you again—"

Ah Guo's voice gradually became inaudible, and Sasa Chengzheng shook his head with a wry smile and woke up from his memories.

Because he deliberately avoided the town of Inoguchi, he quietly approached Inabayama Castle and presented his name under the castle.

Looking up, Inabayama Castle looks like a giant python lying on Mt. Inaba, and the castle looming in the mountains and forests shows the great strength of the lord of Mino.

Half an hour later, Narumasa met Michizo Saito in an assessment room in the Honmaru castle tower of Inabayama Castle.

He tried his best to suppress his trembling voice, and bowed down:

"The envoy of the Oda family, Sasa Narumasa, greets His Highness Saito!"