Coincidentally, when the two husbands arrived in Kyoto, they happened to be recognized by a retainer of Saito Shimazo, who was out on errands. As a few retainers who have been following Saito Michizo for a long time, he naturally knows a lot of wealthy family governors in Mino Country, so he has really seen Akechi Mitsuhide, and knows that this person is the in-laws of his own lord, and when his own lord needs manpower, such a talent will naturally be accepted by his own lord.

So after secretly following Akechi Mitsuhide and determining their residence, the retainer immediately returned to Saito Michizo's residence and reported the situation to the lord Saito Michizo. After listening to the report of the retainers, Saito Michizo immediately understood what happened to the two husbands and wives, after all, Saito Michizo had just sent someone to Mino Province to spread rumors, and he naturally knew what happened to the Akechi family. So after a little consideration, Saito Michizo asked his retainers to invite the two husbands and wives, who were calculating the next itinerary and Sichuan Zi in the dormitory.

Suddenly met his old lord in the Kyoto area, and learned that the old lord was not killed, and he also met his aunt here, Akechi Mitsuhide was naturally overjoyed. And the two families were also embarrassed because of the changes they had encountered before. After some reminiscence, Saito Michizan built yì wise Mitsuhide to the Roche who was already in full swing at this time, after all, Saito Michizo at this time was just sending people under the fence and receiving relief from the Luo family.

With the help of the Luo family alone, it would be good to be able to raise several of Saito Michizo's own daughters and two minor children, and besides, he would save some coins for Saito Michizo's own operations. Thinking of this, Saito Michizo also had to thank his son-in-law Masayo, it seems that this son-in-law intends to fund some of his operations against Mino Province. So on the coins and even in the intelligence. They all gave him a lot of support. Let his affairs be carried out smoothly.

But even so, if the addition of a retainer like Akechi Mitsuhide, who is not needed for the time being, will increase the burden for Saito Michizo. What's more, even if he is a relative of the main room, Saito Michizo doesn't fully believe in Akechi Mitsuhide from the roots, and besides, Saito Michizo can be seen from the conversation with Akechi Mitsuhide, this young man's ambitions are high. With his own situation at this time, it is impossible to leave the other party. So after some consideration, and with the consent of Akechi Mitsuhide, Saito Michizo recommended Akechi Mitsuhide to the Luo family.

It was already the beginning of April of the second year of Koji (1556) when Moritaka Ichijo in Kyoto sent Akechi Mitsuhide's letter of seeking a priesthood and a letter of recommendation from Saito Michizo to Masarashi, and at this time Nagato Province and Zhou Province were gradually settling down, except for Arryu Castle and Numa Castle, which were still in stubborn resistance. For this reason, the slave team of the Luo family has increased by many members, and these have added a lot of free labor to the construction of the territory immediately following the Luo family.

After receiving a letter from Akechi Mitsu-so. Zhengliang was taken aback at first, he didn't expect that this historical bull man actually planned to join the Luo family. At the same time, Masato also remembered history. It is true that Mitsuhide Akechi had planned to come out of the Maori family after the Great War of Itsukushima.

At that time, Mori Moto personally interviewed Akechi Mitsuhide, but in the end, he still did not use Akechi Mitsuhide. At that time, some retainers were not admitted when they saw that Akechi Mitsuhide's talent was so good, so they raised doubts with Mori Moto.

Mao Liyuan replied like this: "Shibei Mitsuhide's Miao character is very good, his intelligence is indeed sensitive, and he is both civil and military, and his achievements in the future will definitely not be under me." But, I see that he has a gloomy face, an eagle looking at a wolf, and his mood is invisible, and there is a wolf side to this kind of person's character, but he is still asleep inside, and when he awakens in the future, the first person to devour is his master. ”

Although I don't know if this passage was made up, at least in history, Maori Yuan did politely reject Akechi Mitsuhide's request. And knowing that Mitsuhide also crushed Oda Nobunaga's ambitions and launched the Honnoji Rebellion, it seems that he really devoured the lord. Of course, Masato would not conclude that Akechi Mitsuhide was a person just because he knew that Mori Moto had just said such a paragraph about Akechi Mitsuhide. But Masato also has his own considerations.

First of all, Masato is not clear about the situation of Akechi Mitsuhide. Judging from some historical materials, Akechi Mitsuhide's concept is inclined to be traditional and conservative, but Akechi Mitsuhide is too much to touch. This is known from his motives for launching the Honnoji rebellion until later generations have been studied by later generations for a long time. In such a situation, Masato is not willing to put such a person by his side who is likely to be unable to grasp it, which is equivalent to planting a time bomb on his side, Masaliang does not want to be suddenly hit from behind by his own retainers. Although according to the military system of the Luo family at this time, generals could not lead troops out of battle without receiving the letter of instruction from the military cabinet and Zhengliang and the flower monogram, unless they were attacked by the enemy. But as a resourceful person, I don't like to have elements around me that I can't control and are uncertain. In this regard, Masarashi is similar to Michizo Saito.

Secondly, Masara doesn't like Akechi Mitsuhide as a person. Because in his opinion, the coup d'état launched by Akechi Mitsuhide for some reason caused his wife and children to suffer a disaster. After the Honnoji Incident, all four sons of Akechi Mitsuhide were killed, and even his daughter, who was lucky enough to escape, was accompanied by infamy all her life, and finally could not escape the fate of self-immolation. And his other relatives, in the following decades, also suffered a lot (although later a niece Kasuga Bureau indirectly helped him avenge). For a man who can't guarantee his wife and children, even in this cannibalistic Warring States era, Masahiro is still quite contemptible.

Of course, Masato cannot deny the excellence of Akechi Mitsuhide's talent, and he will also be a famous general in history, and later records about him are more smearing materials, mainly because he was deliberately smeared by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who later seized power. Masakira would not have fully believed these obviously smeared accounts.

However, Masarashi was still affected by the deeds of Akechi Mitsuhide's betrayal of Oda Nobunaga in the original history, and was unwilling to put an unstable factor by his side, so Masara finally decided not to use Akechi Mitsuhide. Of course, Masarashi also intended to help this famous general in history, so he wrote a letter ordering Ichijo Moritaka who was in Kyoto to help with the operation, and recommended Akechi Mitsuhide to the twelfth shogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru. I believe that Ashikaga Yoshiki, who is in dire need of talents, will be very happy to use this talent of Akechi Mitsuhide, and because of this, he will deepen his good impression of the Luo family.

According to the information found by the Black Eagle Expedition lurking in the Kyoto area, Shogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru has recently been aggressively and secretly recruiting talents, including samurai, cockfighters, and singers, etc., almost as long as there is a certain skill, Ashikaga Yoshiteru wants it. After receiving a large amount of money and food from the Luo family's secret support, Ashikaga Yoshiki was able to hold back his energy to increase his own power. Of course, in order to avoid overly stimulating the Miyoshi family, who was still in control of the Kyoto area at this time, Ashikaga Yoshiteru also listened to some of the previous suggestions of the Luo family, and tried his best to develop his own power in secret. In this era, the average daimyo did not pay much attention to the so-called intelligence capabilities, which can be seen from the low treatment of ninjas in many places. And the Miyoshi family happens to be such a big name, so for Ashikaga Yoshiteru's series of secret actions, the Miyoshi family has not been aware of it until now.

As Masashi expected, after Akechi Mitsuhide performed some iron cannon skills, he was immediately recruited by Ashikaga Yoshiteru Yoshiteru and directly awarded the rank of Ashigaru Shogun. This made the two husbands and wives very happy. Therefore, Akechi Mitsuhide is also very grateful for the Qiē that the Luo family has done for him.

Since then, Akechi Mitsuhide has stayed in Kyoto, training the iron artillery team for the general, and at the same time devoting himself to interacting with the staff and ministers. Just after Akechi Mitsuhide finally settled down in Kyoto, his original master, Michizo Saito, showed his shattered fangs again. (To be continued......)

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