Miyoshi Nagakei holds the head of Anzhai Dongkang and keeps telling about the old things of his childhood, the difficulties and dangers of the four brothers starting a business, the heroic spirit of enterprising Kinai, the perseverance of setbacks, and the glorious glory of dominating Kyoto, while talking from time to time laughing or crying, indulging in the majesty of Mitsuki that is no longer elegant and plain in the past.

The world-famous Miyoshi Changqing was completely crazy, and watching his loved ones die one by one hit him so hard that in the last stage of his life, he couldn't even maintain the most basic thinking ability, just crazily holding the rotten and smelly head of Anzhai Dongkang, and no one was allowed to touch it.

Even his own uncle, Yasunaga Miyoshi, was expelled from the castle tower without hesitation, relatives and the like were as meaningless as clouds in the sky in his eyes, and any uncles, nephews, cousins, and cousins were worthless, and if they wanted to take away the territory and power, they had no worries in this life.

Miyoshi Changqing was crazy and stupid and repeatedly chanted: "I stand on the Santu River with my body, the flowers on the other side bloom like blood, try to ask the depth of the Santu River, and the fire shines on the road for a journey......"

At the beginning of the tenth year of Eiroku, Miyoshi Nagakei completed the last journey of his life in the castle tower of Katyuji Temple, and his death meant that the Miyoshi family entered an era of turmoil and chaos.

"The Miyoshi family fell into the hands of the three of Miyoshi and Matsunaga Xiu, and His Royal Highness was excited to stay up all night and hold a grand song party to celebrate, which was too frivolous and undignified." Kuga Harumi is Ashikaga Yoshiteru's maternal uncle. He is also a retired right minister. Therefore, it is also unceremonious to criticize the shogunate.

Tsuda Munekazu said, "His Royal Highness is too happy too early. Shangluo, the young family governor who had just entered Xia Sanhao's house, the three of them showed off their might in front of many ministers, and asked for a word from His Royal Highness, and His Royal Highness realized that his situation had not fundamentally changed. ”

Ashikaga Yoshiteru was embarrassed so small that intelligence is not a secret in the circle of high-ranking samurai, Tsuda Munekazu, as a core member of the Sakai Town, happened to be able to haunt that circle, and had his own special intelligence channel to know some specific details, if he dared to say it, it was not called a rumor, it was all high-quality information that had been strictly screened.

Over the years, working with the Kanto Ashikaga family has become richer than before. As a well-known cultural figure in Sakai Town, he has close contacts with wealthy merchants in Kyoto, and knows some information that ordinary people don't know, so he has a unique understanding of the changes in Kinai, and Ashikaga Yoshiteru's emotional ups and downs and the process of experiencing great joy and great sorrow are based on this rumor-like gossip.

Of course, Odate Qingguang also knew that there was such a thing, but he was a courtier, and he couldn't talk about the ugly things about the humiliation of the master's family, so he had to talk to him left and right: "The three of them should be planning some ulterior purposes!" When Kyoto was far more powerful than the Miyoshi Repair Temple, it was a bad choice to let them act at will, and I always felt that something ominous would happen in Kyoto, which was not reassuring. ”

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In the side hall of Jishoji Temple at the foot of the eastern mountain of Kyoto Castle, which is only a few dozen kilometers away, his wife Kiko hummed a song softly to lull her four daughters to sleep. Even though she did not need to take care of her children herself, this stubborn and gentle woman still insisted on feeding and raising her children.

Leave your child's room. Seeing her husband take out the beloved knife and wipe it repeatedly, the bright knife light flashed a little cold light in the reflection of the candle flame, and the eyes of Wise Guangxiu were full of fanaticism and persistence, just like appreciating a peerless treasure, looking at the knife in his hand over and over again.

"Your Highness, the children are asleep." Wife Kiki Heiko slowly sat beside him and snuggled up to him, every time she leaned on the broad shoulders always made her feel extremely relieved, a simple and stubborn woman is always like this, in her mind her husband will always be the best samurai in the world, and the facts have proved that she is right, Akechi Mitsuhide's choice to leave Mino with his retainers is not wrong, he is indeed a great excellent samurai.

"This is the first time that Mitsuhide has been rewarded, and now I think back to the time when I left Edo Castle, His Royal Highness personally gave me a sword, armor, and a war horse, and I will never forget it!" Wise Mitsuhide held the sword in his hand and volleyed a few times, the deep blade flashed a piece of snow-white, and the dazzling slashing and stabbing did not have the slightest effect, which did not have any impact on the lady beside him.

Kiko Tsumiki was familiar with her husband's personality, and from the rhythm of his breathing and the way he spoke, she could sense that her husband was very excited, so she said with a smile: "His Royal Highness must be a very majestic samurai!" ”

"Heezi must not know! In the eastern country, there are no more than two samurai who can get the sword, big armor, and war horses, and everyone is a powerful samurai who is famous in Kanto and even the world. "Wise Mitsuhide's words are sonorous and powerful, and his eyes are as firm as iron, and he is not at all like the gentle and elegant appearance of the past.

Wife Mu Xizi smiled slightly: "The concubine thinks that His Highness's new mount is very majestic!" I heard that many samurai in the shogunate were very envious, and I think His Royal Highness also attached great importance to His Highness. ”

"His Royal Highness is very kind and respectful of me, when I expressed my willingness to go to the Kanto Shogun's Mansion, His Royal Highness said that he admired my talent very much, but Kyoto needs more samurai to stay, so I came back......" Akechi Mitsuhide said vaguely, as if he deliberately covered up something, if someone else was present, he might notice that there was something hidden behind Akechi Mitsuhide's vague words, and Tsumiki Heiko was just a simple woman, even if she heard some smiles, she couldn't think of such a deep level,

Put away the sword and put it back on the altar respectfully with both hands, turned around and gently stroked his wife's cheek, and said lovingly: "Now that I am the head of the fourth team of the shogunate, promoted to the level of a powerful samurai of the shogunate, there is no shortage of money, food and maids at home, so Ah Xi will stop doing heavy housework." ”

"The maids are clumsy, and the concubines are afraid that they will not do well and spoil things, after all, the things at home are cleaned up by the concubines themselves, and they can find it when they think that they will use it, and they will definitely be in a hurry if they are replaced by maids." Kiko Tsumiki is a very beautiful woman. Even in Kyoto, her pretty face and fair skin can be ranked at the top. It's a pity that the beautiful face was ruined by a few hideous and terrible herpes scars.

Wise Mitsuhide sighed secretly. Persuaded apologetically: "It doesn't matter if the maids don't do it well, it doesn't matter if it's messy, it's okay if you break something, as long as you have Axi's guidance, you must be able to get started as soon as possible!" After all, Ah Xi is the most beautiful and hardworking woman in Minong! ”

"Your Highness, don't praise it like this, it's already very happy to serve Your Highness as a concubine! There are so many beautiful princesses in Kyoto City who are much better looking than concubines. His wife Mu Xizi's face turned red, and he said squirmingly: "Your Highness's order, the concubine will arrange for the maids to do it tomorrow." ”

The two talked for a while, and when the second watch was part, his wife Mu Xizi couldn't bear the sleepiness. Snuggled in his arms and fell asleep in a daze, Akechi Mitsuhide gently picked up his wife and put her in the bedding to cover the quilt, got up and blew out the candle and walked out of the room gently, there was no trace in the silent corridor, and it was not convenient for the samurai who were boarding to let the maids live in the temple together, so they were ordered to come in and serve during the day and return to live in the town outside the temple at night.

Looking around, I found that the lights in Jishoji Temple had already been dimmed, the monks who had finished their evening classes had rested early, and the shogunate barracks outside the temple were very quiet, and there was no need to dig trenches or guard Kyoto day and night. The strength of 3,000 troops only needs to be rested at sunrise and sunset.

Akechi Mitsuhide stood in the corridor and waited patiently, and after a while, he saw a black-clad samurai walk out of a dark corner. This samurai is the Hattori security chief who has just met with Hidetsuna Kamiizumi, and the elusive predecessor Hattori Hanzo still maintains a poker face expression, just nodding at him lightly even if he says hello.

This was not the first time Akechi Mitsuhide had seen him, he had been dealing with Hattori Honchera five years ago at Jishoji Temple, and he knew very well that the samurai in front of him, who was not good-looking, was between middle age and old age, and it seemed that he had been in an important position in the Kanto Shogunate, and for some reason he had returned to Kyoto to be in charge of intelligence collection and identification, as well as contact information.

Akechi Mitsuhide stepped forward and asked softly, "What are the new orders of His Royal Highness?" ”

"The chaos in Kyoto is imminent, and the Hyuga Guardian must be mentally prepared, and must not hesitate when it is necessary to go out of battle, and everything is to ensure the absolute safety of the target person." Hattori's expression has remained unchanged for thousands of years, and even the emphasis of his speech is flat and straightforward, lacking the necessary steep ups and downs in his tone.

Akechi Mitsuhide hesitated: "Is it going to be messed up so soon?" I understand that I am sure that 1,800 of the 3,000 troops are in control, and the remaining 1,200 people are still uncontrollable, and it will not cause danger to the great cause of His Royal Highness. ”

"Hyuga Shou Hall must remember one thing, His Royal Highness does not have any great cause or ambition intentions, and the king's mouth can enter the ears of the lower ones, and I don't want the third person to hear similar words again." The chief of the abdomen did not hesitate to reprimand a few words, and said: "1,800 people are not enough, a little more than 2,000 people is the best, the fifth team is the head of the Okan glow, and the third team is the head of the Kuchiki Mototsuna, and the action of the Hyuga Shouden will be fully cooperated." ”

Wise Mitsuhide bowed with shame on his face: "I'm sorry, I can save it in the next time, and I must remember it next time." ”

"Remember the following words, I only say it once, and I won't repeat it a second time, it's still the old rule that I put my mouth into your ears, and no third person is allowed to find out about the relatives and family members of Hinata Mamoru." Hattori Baochang said unhurriedly: "The three of Miyoshi will need urgent attention in the near future, once they find that they have abnormal behavior, they must act immediately, they are very likely to do something against His Royal Highness the Shogun, and the task of Hyuga guarding the temple is deeply related to the upcoming events......"

Akechi Mitsuhide was not stupid enough to ask him how he knew that the three of Miyoshi had abnormal movements, as early as more than ten years ago, there was a legend that said that there was a mysterious ninja army under the general Ashikaga Yoshito, the general of the town guard, and this group of people were all so skilled that they never showed their true faces, and it is said that they have incredible power, and they can kill demons and eliminate monsters for the Kanto Princess, and there are many achievements under the pacification of the Eastern Kingdom.

With the rich knowledge and wisdom experience of Akechi Mitsuhide, of course, he doesn't believe that these ninjas can have such magical skills, and not believing it doesn't mean that he will doubt how many skills the samurai who have been reweighted by Ashikaga Yoshitoki, at least the elusive skills of Hattori Baocho are not something that normal samurai can do.

“…… Ashikaga Yoshimu, the official of Hirashima, was paralyzed by a stroke, and when the Miyoshi Repair Hall was dying, the three of Miyoshi contacted the Hirashima public for the first time in an attempt to do something wrong. Due to the turmoil inside and outside the Miyoshi family, people are unstable and temporarily stopped. In August this year, the young governor of the Sanhao family, Shangluo, successfully received a word and changed his name to Sanhao Yiji. Matsunaga Shu contacted Miyoshi and the three people had a secret conversation three times, the content of which is unknown, and Miyoshi Masaysu went to the Awa Province Hirashima Imperial Palace to contact the Hirashima Prince's family, and the second time limit family governor Ashikaga Yoshikin, the specific content of the conversation is unknown......"

Hattori Baochang's mouth was like a roaring iron cannon, and a large number of records were read out in one go, and the speed of his speech made Akechi Mitsuhide's tongue sudden, and Akechi Mitsuhide's brows became tighter and tighter when he listened, and he didn't whisper until the call was finished: "This three good families really want to abolish His Highness the Shogun, doesn't he know that His Royal Highness is supported by the shogunate?" ”

"I don't know. With the information in hand, you can't directly judge the truth, maybe you're scared, maybe you're not afraid, it's just a thought. Hattori replied with an ambiguous remark.

Akechi Mitsuhide paced back and forth in the courtyard with his arms crossed, and muttered in his mouth: "It stands to reason that the three people of Miyoshi should be cautious and restrained, it stands to reason that with the strength of His Royal Highness the Gongfang, the Kinai group should be restrained, and according to the situation in Tokaido, Oda Danshoden should give up Matsudaira Ieyasu...... But why haven't any of these truths been achieved? ”

"It stands to reason that the five lower Hinata Mori who received the Imperial Court from the Imperial Court and received the respect and promotion of His Royal Highness the Shogun, should serve the Shogunate wholeheartedly, and it stands to reason that His Royal Highness the Shogunate received the Shogunate's permission......" Hattori Chief wanted to ridicule Akechi Mitsuhide's thinking that was too naïve and naïve. It's just that if you accidentally say a taboo topic, you quickly close your mouth, and if you continue to talk about it, you will talk about Ashikaga Yoshitoki.

Akechi Mitsuhide also wisely closed his mouth. He also knew that many things could not be explained clearly according to reason, and he sighed and said: "It stands to reason that the shogunate Gongfang Hall is the general of the world and the co-lord of the world, and should be unconditionally supported by the heroes of the world, but all this has never happened, it stands to reason that the emperor of Kyoto Ouchi is the supreme person of the eternal lineage, and he should be supported by the people of the world, and this kind of thing has never happened. ”

The Kanto Ashikaga family is so strong, and it is bound by the influence of various impositions imposed on him, just because he is the closest to the top of the shogunate system, every word and deed of Ashikaga Yoshishi will be overinterpreted into several meanings, and some interpretations are contrary to the original intention he wants to express, which is the adverse effect of deepening fame.

Oda Nobunaga is an ally of the Kanto Ashikaga family, and he is still determined to abandon the relationship between his in-laws and allies to maintain absolute independence, and he continues to move to the Tokaido and the side close to Kinai, and Matsudaira Ieyasu, who caused a big mess in Mikawa Country, is also taken in It also shows that Oda Nobunaga's strategic thinking is constantly changing, which shows from the side that this person's ambition and determination are not simply to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, as for how strong the alliance relationship between Ashikaga Yoshitoki and Oda Nobunaga is, I am afraid that only the two parties will know.

The situation of the three good people and Matsunaga Hide, it is not much different, it is certain that the three of Miyoshi are tied together and cannot be worth a Miyoshi Yoshixian, and Matsunaga Hide cannot be compared with the normal Sanyoshi Changqing, the three of Miyoshi are a group of selfish and powerful samurai who act according to narrow thinking, and Matsunaga Show is a pure conspirator and part-time minister.

They are equivalent to parasitic members of the system built by Miyoshi Changqing, as the towering trees of the Miyoshi family decay to the point of collapse, these silverfish are ready to take the opportunity to do something earth-shattering with ulterior motives, and to accumulate enough prestige and influence to compete for the ownership of the last bit of the Miyoshi family's family business.

"Depose His Royal Highness the exiled general, and install a new general who is more puppet and obedient? What's the point? Do you expect this puppet to command the will of the Kanto Shogunate? "Akechi Mitsuhide doesn't care about the reckless dethronement of the three of Miyoshi, and he doesn't really understand how much point it means to change a puppet.

"If those samurai of the Miyoshi family would think so far away, there would definitely be no slander that killed Anzhai Dongyasu!" Hattori snorted lightly and said: "There is also Miyoshi Yoshiko's death is also inseparable from Matsunaga Hide, there is information that Miyoshi Yoshiko met with Matsunaga Hide half a month before his death, and accepted some Yamato native gifts, and the remaining local gifts after Miyoshi Yoshiko's death disappeared inexplicably." ”

Sensing that he was very unkind to call Matsunaga Hide, Akechi Mitsuhide felt that Hattori Captain should have some more conclusive information in his hands, so he said: "Matsunaga Hide's mind is gloomy and ruthless, his younger brother Naito Sokatsu is a powerful general in the Miyoshi family, it is said that one arm is crippled or given by the defeat of the left near hall, and there is also Matsunaga Hide's sister-in-law Matsunaga secretly helping the former Furukawa Gongfang to make trouble, this family is indeed not a good person." ”

"Without further ado, His Royal Highness the will of the public cannot be changed, to ensure the safety of the target person must not be mistaken, and in addition, to ensure that there is no fire in Kyoto City, the last Kyoto fire burned down half of the city, and it took so much effort to rebuild, and it must not be burned down by that group of people again." Hattori nodded to him, walked to the dark corner and disappeared without a trace. (To be continued......)

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