This time, not only did the Great Bear Asanohide speak alone, but the retainers of the Echigo Uesugi faction spoke one after another, and on the other side, the Nagao family guardian faction represented by Honjo Minoru also followed the counterattack, and the two sides quarreled.

The noisy and dizzy Nagao Jinghu announced on the spot that the evaluation meeting was over, and the atmosphere of the two Echigo retainers stared at each other unhappily, and most of the samurai of Mikawa were in the mood to watch the excitement, and Kira Yoshitoki, who had not spoken from beginning to end, also put away the folding fan and left.

"Wuweidian, please wait a minute! The Lord is invited! "A samurai blocked the way of Kira Yoshitoki, and after a closer look, it turned out to be a henchman samurai next to Nagao Jinghu, whose name is Biwajima Yachiro, who is the same age as Nagao Jinghu, and is the widow of the Nagao family on Biwa Island.

Kira Yoshishi nodded, followed him to the castle tower, at this time the long-tailed Jinghu was drinking glass after cup, and he had already drunk two bottles of old wine in a short time, looking at his slightly red and winey appearance, Kira Yoshishi could only shake his head and persuade: "Jinghu Hall should still be modest, although drinking is good, it will hurt your body if you drink too much." ”

"It's okay, I've had a good amount of alcohol! You don't know yet, do you? Drinking alcohol is a great way to get into meditation! The long-tailed Jinghu took a sip of the wine cup and drank it all, and said drunkenly: "Do you know when you are righteous? The Nine Zen Masters of the Chexiu Sect once told me that the wisdom and kindness of a human being are not enough. One is to meditate. Second, meditate. The third is to meditate, but there is no other way to meditate, meditate!"

"The Zen master also told me a parable of the dog in Zhaozhou, and a monk asked the master of Zhaozhou: 'Does the dog still have Buddha nature?' From the Master of Counsel said: 'Yes! Soon after, the learned monk asked, 'Do dogs still have Buddha nature?' But the monk said, 'No! ’

I Jinghu thought about it for half a month and couldn't understand it, and then asked the Zen master and said: Delusional thinking is not Zen meditation, like cold water blistering stubborn stones. It's useless to think about a thousand years, tell me that if I can comprehend it, I will know, if I can't comprehend the samadhi, the dog has Buddha nature, and there is no need to be delusional!"

Nagao Jinghu drank one cup after another, but Biwajima Yashiro, who was standing aside, was still indifferent, which made Kira Yoshishi a little dissatisfied, and reached out to take away the wine cup, but was deftly dodged by Nagao Jinghu, and said with a smile: "Don't think I'm drunk." This little bit of alcohol doesn't bother me......"

As he spoke, the long-tailed Jinghu's body suddenly shook and almost fell. Fortunately, the puppet-like Piwajima Yashiro quickly held on to him, and Kira shook his head and said: "Don't drink it, drinking hurts your liver, you get angry and sad, I know that Jinghudian is angry in my heart, but I must not use my body to get angry." ”

"You know what? I'm tired of the endless bickering, and I've been fighting over the three granges for three years between Nakajo Fujishi and Kurokawa Morimi, and I've heard this level of arguing almost every month, and it's for this reason that my mentor, Master Koyu, will work tirelessly back and forth to solve my problems! I'm really tired of all this, and a few months ago I even wanted to stay in Kyoto and become a Zen monk! ”

Nagao Jinghu's pessimism was completely unexpected by him, in his impression that the dragon of Echigo will always be determined to forge ahead, when will it become the current decadent appearance, Kira Yoshishi was a little puzzled, but still out of instinct persuaded and said: "Don't be discouraged, the enemy is hiding in the shadows to laugh at our loss, and we can't be discouraged in adversity." ”

"Where is the enemy? Kai's Harunobu Takeda? That cunning man must be worried about the earthquake in Kanto Koshin right now! Nagao Keitora laughed, Echigo suffered heavy losses because of this earthquake, but Kanto and Kai, where the earthquake occurred, were not much better, and this strong earthquake is also considered to be an aftershock of the big earthquake a few years ago, and the magnitude is only a little lower than the last big earthquake.

"The earthquake seems to be concentrated in Musashi Province, and the impact on Sagami and Kai is also very large, and it is reported that the death toll has exceeded 1,000 people, countless houses have collapsed, the earth has cracked, and farmland has been destroyed, and he is not the only one who is in trouble this time." Kira Yoshishi pointed out something, so that the long-tailed Jinghu also shook his head with a smile.

In fact, what he means is that there must be a great epidemic after the catastrophe, and the last Kanto earthquake forced farmers to abandon their land and flee because of the rampant plague, and this time there must be a plague epidemic, and Hosokawa Fujitaka's post-disaster response regulations are to prevent this problem, but unfortunately the people of Echigo do not see this, but choose to refuse rudely.

Kira Yoshishi said worriedly: "I am still worried about the progress of post-disaster reconstruction and the resettlement of the victims, so many people oppose it at today's assessment meeting, which makes me very worried about the resettlement of these victims, once it is not properly handled, these homeless people are easy to cause greater turmoil due to the famine caused by lack of food and clothing, unclean water and food will cause a terrible plague, dead cattle and horses must not be discarded at will, those are the source of the plague." ”

Hearing this, Nagawei Jinghu also realized the seriousness of the disaster, nodded and said, "This is indeed a problem, I will urge them to strictly enforce it!" ”

A long day has passed, and for some people, it is not very good today, but this must not include the long-tailed tiger hime, because today she sneaked out again, just like she used to sneak out, with the Ji samurai guard that she secretly formed, and pretended to announce that it was his brother's order, and deceived one side of the city gate to go down the mountain to play.

She is the smartest at grasping the timing, always able to sneak back before the long-tailed Jinghu finds out that she has run out, and every time she can succeed in saving the day, so that she can quickly win the love of the little maids, after all, there are more stories under the mountain than on the mountain, even if you go down the mountain every day to play, you will not feel bored.

This time is different from the past, because she went to a very meaningful place, Kasugayama Castle Town, Naoetsu Port, and the temporary settlement of all the homeless victims in the nearby countryside, in the dense tent pile, you can often see the guard unit with the word "Tongxin" on its body patrolling past, Aju told her that this is the villagers' self-defense force organized by the Kira family, responsible for maintaining law and order, and arresting criminals is the basis for protecting the peace of the party.

Under the guidance of Ah Ju, they quickly set up a simple tent in front of a vacant lot, and presented delicious pastries to the children in the temporary settlement.

"If I have the chance, I will definitely come again!" Changwei Jinghu thought happily: "And Sister Aju, the pastries she made are so delicious!" And sencha is also fantastic! Tiger Ji likes Sister Aju so much! ”

When Kira Yoshishi returned to the hall full of exhaustion, he heard laughter from the opposite room not far away, looked at the cold and deserted appearance of his residence suspiciously, and said depressedly: "It seems to be the laughter of Tiger Ji, where is Aju?" Where did the other maids go? Am I abandoned? ”

Far away in Kai's Hesakikan, Takeda Harunobu was also worried about this sudden earthquake, one of the two mountains of Takeda, the Koyamada family was seriously damaged, and half of Kai was suffering from this earthquake, and his life was not necessarily better than that of Hojo Shiyasu, and the road near Musashi's Hachioji area was destroyed by a series of earthquakes, so that a major road from the Takeda family to Kanto was interrupted.

Takeda Harunobu, who was originally in Shinano's crusade against the rebels, also had to terminate this military operation, and rushed back to Kai for disaster relief, and the military situation in front was handed over to his younger brother Takeda Nobuyoshi to manage on his behalf, and his good brother Takeda Nobushihiro naturally wanted to bring back Kai, and the military situation was handed over to a group of henchmen such as Nobuharu Baba, Kasuga Toranosa, and Yucho Kudo to control the situation steadily.

Since suffering a big loss on Kawanaka Island last year, Takeda Harunobu has been thinking about how to get that piece of land back, if it weren't for this sudden earthquake, maybe he would have calmed down the situation of the North and South Shinano at the same time, and then planned a new North Shinano strategic plan.

Thinking that the road connecting Kanto was destroyed by a landslide, Takeda Harunobu said with a headache: "Although there are some regrets, let's slow down for a while!" Post-disaster reconstruction is also a headache! ”

The first strategist of the Takeda family, the producer of the Takeda family's "Koshu Lawdo's Second Order", Masatake Komai, comforted him: "The lord doesn't have to worry, the Echigo Nagao family may not be safe!" ”

"Oh? Why? ”

"At the beginning of this year, the Kira Takeden in Kyoto led more than 4,000 troops to Echigo, and it must have been a time of panic for the people at this time, and it would not be possible to pose an effective threat to Shinano in a short period of time." Masatake Komai said: "What's more, Echigo is not so peaceful, the dispute between Nakajo Fujishi and Kurokawa Mori has been going on for a long time, and it is reported that Hojo Takahiro has often had grievances since he was taken away from Kashiwazaki Acting Official, and the conflict between the guardian faction and the old guardian faction in the Nagao family is fierce, these are all opportunities that we can take advantage of." ”

"Well, tweak! It's really in line with the usual strategy of my Takeda family. Takeda Harunobu stroked his beard and smiled: "Please leave the matter of the adjustment to Gao Baizhai, if you need it, but it doesn't hurt, the most important thing in the hands of this family is the chess stone gold of Koshu!" ”

"Your Majesty understands! Please rest assured! Masatake Komai said confidently: "Shinano's success, your subordinates will not relax, it is better to let His Royal Highness the stable sacrifice, let the eldest son Saburo succeed the Mochizuki family, and serve as the second servant!" ”

"This is a good note, Xinfan will leave it to my family!" Takeda Harunobu nodded, and said: "In this way, my Takeda family can rest for a year and prepare for next year's Okushinano!" (To be continued......)