Astronomical 18 (1549), the cherry blossoms have begun to bloom, and warblers are crying everywhere in the mountains. It was the immature voice of early spring, and it was a tactful singing that flowed into everyone's ears like a clear spring.

This is the courtyard of the residence of the lord of Mt. Yama Castle in Hizen Kunishi, Kyushu. Masarashi's sister-in-law, Karaomaru, his second son, Song Wangmaru, and the eldest princess Mihime (i.e., Tian Miko) are slowly learning to mari, and Masayo's daughters are teasing Masara's second daughter, Haruhime, who is just one year old, while watching the three children play with great interest. Masara's second daughter was born last year, born to Butterfly Hime. Because he was born in the spring, he was named Haruhime.

At this time, Masara himself spread a carpet under the corridor, enjoying the happy scene in the courtyard. Because Tang Wangmaru and others were very diligent in their studies during this period of time (even unanimously praised by several teachers such as Kakukuma Ishizong and Yamamoto Kansuke), and Masato did have little time to spend with his family during this time, he organized everyone to play in the courtyard of the mansion for a day today (which almost made the three little ones crazy).

The sun was shining, and in the courtyard I looked into the distance, and the top of Beizhen Mountain in the distance glistened under the snow. Masarashi's body rested lightly on the buttoi, dressed in a Kyoto-style outfit, and his eyebrows were drawn, and he was not so much admiring Kemari as he was observing the beauty of the women, and at the same time remembering the affairs of his family. Just yesterday, he personally met with Kato Duanzo, who rushed back from Bungoku, and learned about some of the situation of Otomo's family at this time.

During the battle between the two families in October last year, Otomo Yoshikan was directly hit by a shot by Masayoshi when he was about to escape and be saved, and then urgently hid in Kakumurai Castle under the escort of the army. Since then. He barely appeared in public. In the opinion of Zhengliang. At this time, Otomo Yoshikan should be healing. It's just that the Luo family's strategy failed again (plus this time. The Otomo family has been defeated by the Luo family three times in a row), and when the people of the wealthy families in the country were panicking and needed the family governor to immediately stand up and stabilize people's hearts, Otomo Yoshikan was quiet.

This made all the retainers in the family speculate, and even rushed directly to Jiaomu Li City to try to see the governor. And the Ouchi family, as an ally, was also dealing with the attack of the Luo family, while urging the Otomo family to hurry up and go out again to build the country, so as to reduce the pressure on the Ouchi family to face the counterattack of the Luo family, and stop the Luo family's invasion of Chikuzen country, but until the Luo family completely occupied the western part of Chikuzen country. Then after signing a peace agreement with the Ouchi family, the Otomo family still didn't take any action. This made the Ouchi family have to pay attention to the situation of Otomo Yoshikan.

In the situation that the Ouchi family is facing attacks from both sides by the Niko family and the Luo family, and there are unstable factors within the territory, the Ouchi family also urgently needs a stable Otomo family to help him share the pressure. And they also knew the news that Otomo Yoshikan was shot and injured by Masahiro himself (this news was actually deliberately promoted by the Luo family's detectives in various countries, and the purpose was naturally to create chaos in the enemy's territory while promoting the martial arts of the family governor Masahiro. The power of public opinion from later generations was very powerful, so naturally they tried their best to make use of it), so at the end of last year, they also sent an envoy to Kakumu Rei Castle to learn about Otomo Yoshikan's injuries.

And in order to dispel everyone's speculation, avoid domestic commotion, and even cause such a powerful person as the Luo family to covet it, Otomo Yoshikan unexpectedly appeared at the Otomo family's New Year's annual meeting at the end of last year. Since then, the situation in the Otomo family has gradually begun to stabilize again. Even the envoy of the Ouchi family returned to the Ouchi family after the Otomo family's New Year's annual meeting.

After receiving information from Okami Zhenmasa sent back by Kato Danzo, Masarashi immediately came to a conclusion. That is, Otomo Yoshitsu is clearly seriously injured, and even dying. Otherwise, he would definitely not have met with the retainers in the form of a separate curtain (as for the statement of the doctor in charge of Otomo Yoshikan's treatment that it was for safety, Masarashi did not believe it at all).

Could it be that Otomo Yoshikan is really dying? Wouldn't the change in the second-order collapse of the Otomo family that appeared in history come to naught. No, the Otomo family must not be allowed to transition safely. Even if you can't let the second-order collapse change repeat, you have to find a way to create chaos within the Otomo family, and only in this way can the Luo family have a chance.

So Masahiro immediately issued several orders yesterday. The first is to have the Intelligence Pavilion send a large number of people into Bungo Province, and while continuing to closely monitor the changes in the Otomo family, it is also necessary to spread a large number of rumors.

The first rumor is that Otomo Yoshikan, the governor of the Otomo family, is about to die because of his injuries. As for the most direct evidence, of course, it is the way that Otomo Yoshikan adopted to meet with the retainers of the Otomo family through the scenes.

The second rumor is that Otomo Yoshikan decided to pass on the position of family governor to Mikoshiomaru. The position of the governor of the family did not belong to the eldest son, Otomo Yoshijin (who would later be known as Sorin), nor was he the second son, who had changed his name to Ouchi Yoshinaga.

The third rumor is to extremely scandalously promote the eldest son, Otomo Yoshizhen, and at the same time highly praise the wisdom of the third son. For example, the eldest son, Otomo Yoshijin, is rough and greedy for pleasure, but the third son, Shioichimaru, shows the potential to be wise and knowledgeable.

The fourth rumor is to talk about the abolition of the eldest son, as if he is speaking for the eldest son.

The four rumors appeared at the same time, naturally in order to muddy the pool of water in the Otomo family. If only the first two rumors are spread, it will only make the retainers of the Otomo family realize that they are the bad intentions of foreign pretenders, and if the four rumors are spread together, it will cause confusion among the retainers of the Otomo family, and prevent them from gathering together in constant suspicion.

After issuing the above order, Masarashi issued a new order to Ahri and the others who were in the Ouchi family perimeter area.

I don't know what the reason is, after the war with the Luo family was temporarily over, the Ouchi family did not immediately release Otomo Yoshizhen, who was temporarily in Zhou Fang as a hostage of the alliance between the two families, back to the Otomo family. Now after learning the news that Otomo Yoshiken is in critical condition, Masara naturally wants to immediately monitor the movements of Otomo Yoshijin. The so-called name of a person, the shadow of a tree. As a famous British lord of the Otomo family in history, Masara really does not want Otomo Yoshijin to inherit the position of the governor of the Otomo family.

After formulating plans for the Otomo family and the town of Otomo respectively, Masara immediately ordered the border and other relevant combat teams to secretly prepare for battle, and even asked the Cabinet of Internal Affairs and the Logistics Department to prepare for another big battle. Opportunity only favors those who are prepared. No matter what changes occur within the Otomo family this time, Masarashi must also be ready to get the opportunity to get the fighter at any time.

In response to Masayo's request, Togo Heiji and others immediately raised objections because of the successive wars and post-war arrangements. As a result, the food reserves at home are already in a critical state. If there is another big war, it is likely to lead to a food crisis, and even the daily operation of the territory will be affected. When the time comes, we can only pray for a good harvest this year.

Zhengliang is naturally very clear about the consumption of grain in the territory, but the opportunity is rare, and besides, it is equivalent to borrowing from this year's harvest in advance. Masayo, who was accustomed to this way of life in his previous life, naturally directly rejected the advice of Togo Heiji and others. So the entire Luo family has quietly prepared for a new war. (To be continued......)