In the ward, the retainers who suddenly found that the family governor Otomo Yoshikan had died suddenly panicked. Everyone first accused each other of killing the governor, and then quarreled again. In the end, it was only under the persuasion of Usui Jiansu that everyone quieted down.

After calming down, everyone first reached a consensus on covering up the death of the family governor, but it was only the issue of the family governor's heir. Irita and Wakabayashi Echigo Mamoru insisted on following the last words of the family governor, while Saito Harima Mamoru, Kosaii Yamato Mamoru, Tsukumi Misaku, Taguchi Kurato Sakuro and others disagreed and insisted on making the eldest son the family governor. And the mortar Jiansu has become the middleman between the two parties. In the end, everyone quarreled and broke up.

After returning to his residence, Irita and Wakabayashi Echigo Mamoru first discussed. After repeated discussions, the two immediately divided into two routes, Irita kinsei immediately set off for the Funachikan (i.e., Otomokan) to assist the Shioichomaru mother and son who had been left there by Otomo Yoshikan in order to avoid arousing the suspicion of others and taking control of the military situation of the Funachikan, while Wakabayashi Echigo was to return to the naval garrison, and then led the naval army to Beppu Bay to strengthen the prestige of Shioichimaru mother and son.

Saito Harima Mamoru, Osai Yamato Mamoru, Tsukumi Misakumori, Taguchi Kurato Sakuro and others originally considered that the family needed stability during the period when the governor had just died, so they originally decided to stay put, and wait for the retainers to finally discuss the heir of the monk governor before arranging other matters. As a result, he suddenly received an urgent report that Irita and Wakabayashi Echigo Mamoru had secretly left Kakumu Rei Castle.

This surprised everyone, and they realized that Irita and Wakabayashi Echigo Mamoru couldn't wait, and in desperation, they had no choice but to take action one after another. Usuki Jiansu was even sent as an envoy of the Otomo family and immediately set off for Zhoufang. Prepare to take Otomo Yoshijin, who is still there as a hostage, home. The other retainers split up to contact the other retainers. Suddenly, the originally quiet Jiaomu Li City surged up.

"Is this true?"

With such obvious fluctuations in Kakumu Rite City, it was naturally impossible to escape the reconnaissance of the Great God Family, which had been operating here for three generations, so the Great God calmly quickly obtained information about the special actions of Irita and the others.

So he quickly found Kato Danzo, who was hiding in his home again, and told Kato Danzo the news. The latter also immediately relayed the news back to Masahiro who was in Kishigaku Mountain Castle through the black eagle of the Luo family.

The political conscience said that the opportunity he had been waiting for was about to appear, so he immediately secretly led the cloaked people and the samurai team to start rushing to Higo Province. On the border between Higo and Bungo, the various teams of the Luo family had quietly assembled in a scattered manner as early as half a month ago. As soon as Zhengliang arrives, he can start acting. Relevant military rations and other logistical materials have also arrived at the border in a dispersed manner. Arguably. In just half a month, the Luo family was ready for battle (among them, the construction of the marching road played a great role, greatly shortening the time for marching and transporting materials).

At this time, the retainers of the Otomo family were still arguing over who to appoint as the governor, completely unaware that an eagle who was familiar with the general historical trend was already preparing for a sneak attack on the border.

After returning to the Fuuchi Pavilion, Irita Qincheng quickly helped Shioichimaru mother and son control the military situation of the Fuuchikan, and immediately threw himself into the action of canvassing for Shioichimaru mother and son.

As for the pestle Jiansu, he was still on his way to Zhoufang at this time. It's just that Yoshitaka Ouchi, who is far away in Zhoufang, has received the news of the internal changes in the Otomo family in advance. After some discussion with the retainers, Ouchi Yoshitaka finally decided to let Otomo Yoshiken's sister-in-law, Otomo Yoshijin, return to Otomo's house in order to cope with the unexpected situation (at this time, the Ouchi family also speculated that Otomo Yoshikan was seriously injured by Luo Masayo). There may be accidents).

"Whew, can you finally go?" Yoshijin Otomo, who has been under house arrest for several months, after learning that he can return to Otomo's house. He exhaled a slight breath in his heart, and then followed the few kinship warriors who had been guarding him with an indifferent expression and walked out of the courtyard.

"Young master, the ship to return to Fenghou is ready, should I get on the ship immediately?" After walking out of the courtyard, the samurai beside him asked. Since there is no longer a need to put Otomo Yoshitown under house arrest, and this place is located near the Yamaguchi Museum of Ouchi Home Castle, the Ouchi family army, which was originally responsible for monitoring and guarding Otomo Yoshitown, has left early.

"Let's just take the boat back." For this place where he was placed under house arrest, Otomo Yoshijin didn't want to stay at all.

So several Otomo samurai immediately escorted Otomo Yoshijin to the boat by the river. They were going to take a boat to the beach first, and then transfer to a sea boat to return to Bungo Province. At this time, Otomo Yoshijin did not know that his father had died, and the retainers were fighting secretly over who would succeed the family governor.

At this time, a group of Ouchi soldiers came over, and the samurai led by them said to Otomo Yoshizhen:

"My lord, I came to escort you back to Bungo Province on the orders of the lord of my family." Yoshitaka Ouchi is not a fool either, and in this sensitive period, he still considers his safety for the sister-in-law of the Otomo family.

"No need, please go back and thank Dazai-sama on your behalf." Yoshijin Otomo somewhat rudely rejected Yoshitaka Ouchi's arrangement.

After being rejected by Otomo Yoshijin, the samurai of the Ouchi family did not return immediately, but ordered a dozen or so ashigaru under his command to stand by nearby, and then he went back to ask for new instructions.

"Who are you?" As soon as the soldiers of the Ouchi family walked away, another group of people who looked like farmers surrounded them, and the samurai around Otomo Yoshijin immediately stopped them, and he thought that these people were the boatmen arranged for them by the Ouchi family.

"I ...... We are ......" and a folk man seemed to want to identify himself, and while introducing himself expectantly, he approached.

"Wait, you stand for me!" The samurai seemed to realize that something was wrong, and immediately stopped drinking.

I saw that the farmer who was the leader pushed away the samurai of the Otomo family who was about to stop him at this time, and then suddenly pulled out a dagger from his arms and stabbed it at Otomo Yoshijin, who was standing by the river impatiently watching the boat preparation. Among the other farmers behind him, a few people rushed out in an instant, and killed the samurai of the Otomo family.

"Assassin!" The samurai of the Otomo family immediately shouted.

Then they were instantly confronted by the Assassins who had suddenly appeared. The soldiers of the Ouchi family, who had just left nearby and were still on standby not far away, also noticed that something was wrong, and immediately rushed towards this side with shouts of killing. The bank of the river was suddenly filled with swords and shadows.

"Huh?"

At the beginning, the assassin of Otomo Yoshijin was so fast that the other Otomo samurai realized that Otomo Yoshijin was in danger, but they couldn't make any more moves. On the contrary, Otomo Yoshizhen was in a hurry, and after screaming, he jumped backwards and jumped directly into the river.

"Poof!"

"Young master!"

"Damn!"

All sides suddenly let out different cries.

"Withdraw!" Seeing that Otomo Yoshikan, who jumped into the river, was washed directly into the middle of the river by the turbulent river, and then disappeared, pretending to be a farmer, Ahri, who had just been in charge of assassinating Otomo Yoshijin, had to beckon his men to leave quickly.

The samurai of the Otomo family and the soldiers of the Ouchi family who had just arrived were anxious to find the town of Otomo Yoshi, which had jumped into the river, and did not concentrate their forces to pursue Ahri and the others for a while, so Ahri and the others were able to escape smoothly. (To be continued......)