In Shimazu Yoshihisa's heart, his second brother Shimazu Yoshihiro has a lot of credit to the Shimazu family. At that time, in order to avoid the threat of the Luo family, whose forces had infiltrated the Nanhizen area, and even more so to concentrate the family's energy on dealing with the hostile wealthy clans in Satsuma Province, the second brother, who was only eight years old, was sent as a hostage to the Luo family's village in the middle of the city (that is, the Zhengliang Jucheng Xuefu Castle at this time).

Since then, he has not seen his second brother Shimazu Yoshihiro in person again for 12 years, and his father and mother have only kept in touch with his second brother through letters. Although his father once scolded his second brother for his incompetence at home, and when he was by the side of the Luo family's governor, he could only report his safety to the family every time he wrote back, but he did not send some Luo family secrets to the family, such as many strange laws and techniques that made the Luo family concerned about by the surrounding daimyos.

Even if the second brother has not been able to use the opportunity of being by the side of the Luo family governor to secretly send useful information to the family as his father expected, just by staying by the side of the Kyushu Eagle Roshi Masara as a hostage, thus buying time for the family to develop and bringing temporary security, it is enough to make the entire Shimazu family grateful to him. For so many years, Shimazu Yoshihisa has been looking forward to the day when he will meet his second brother again, and now he has finally waited for such an opportunity. turned out to be waiting for the end of his conflict with his father, which is really unpredictable.

Why did his second brother have such a situation? As a brother of the Shimazu family, I learned from my father's education from an early age that if the Shimazu family wants to become the masters of Satsuma, Osumi, and Hyuga again, then the Shimazu people in the family must first learn to unite. Especially his four brothers. It is even more necessary to twist into a rope. Right now. After leaving the Shimazu family for more than ten years, the second brother who had been following him at the beginning had changed so much, and it seemed that he had completely become a retainer of the Luo family, which was really surprising to Shimazu Yoshihisa.

"Hizen Eagle Luo Clan Masaliang, how did you influence your brothers?" Faced with such a change in his second brother Shimazu Yoshihiro, Shimazu Yoshihisa couldn't help but ponder.

In fact, it was not only Yoshihiro Shimazu who was influenced by Masayoshi. At least at this time in Kyoto, there are still two people who have changed their life trajectories because of the Luo family and the Luo family's family governor.

In the square courtyard of a private house in Kyoto, Michizo Saito, a pit viper who had fled from Mino Province a month ago, was slowly putting away a letter at this time.

The letter paper of the letter is very exquisite, and at a glance, you can know that it is the unique paper of the Luo family, because at this time, in the entire Wa Kingdom, only in the territory of this overlord-level daimyo can produce such exquisite paper, and this kind of paper is generally rarely spread outside the territory of the Luo family, so this kind of paper has become a favorite treasure of many daimyo ministers.

The owner of the letter is none other than Saito Michizo's second daughter, Saito Guidie, from the beautiful font on the letterhead. Michizo Saito felt his daughter's deep concern. Even Pit Viper Michizo, who has always been known for his ruthlessness and insidiousness, couldn't help but be moved to moisten his eyes at this time.

"Huh. It seems that people are getting old! ”

Gently wiping the rim of his eyes with his hand, Saito Michizo muttered to himself mockingly. It's no wonder that Saito Michizo felt so much, after all, he was attacked by his own sister-in-law, and in addition to losing the one qiē that he had run all his life in Minoko, he also lost two biological sons there. Later, he and a few of his family members, under the protection of the few remaining retainers, sneaked from Mino-kuni to Kyoto with great difficulty, and on the way, he even experienced even greater hardships than when he had risen from a small oil merchant.

Fortunately, in the Kyoto area, his party was warmly entertained by the retainer of the Luo family, and finally settled in this private house, and there were even some samurai of the Luo family nearby who were secretly protecting his family, but in Saito Michizo's opinion, this was also surveillance.

During this time, he also exchanged several letters with his son-in-law Masaara, and in the process, the news of the Luo family's battle in Itsukushima had reached Kyoto.

"It's really worthy of my son-in-law Michizo Saito!" Daosan, who learned the news, praised in front of his retainers. Of course, it was just a rumor from the people of Kyoto, and this could not be believed, so in the previous letter, Michizo tested his mysterious son-in-law by congratulating his son-in-law. And what made Michizo praise this mysterious son-in-law again was that the other party did not answer his spy directly, but only told him in the letter that he didn't need to worry too much and could live in Kyoto with peace of mind.

"Hehe, what an interesting son-in-law!" Michizo Saito found himself suddenly in love with this kind of thing of spying on his son-in-law in letters. And in the letter, he found that this son-in-law seemed to have a tacit understanding with him, and he didn't mention whether he went to the Luo family's territory.

Yes, Michizo has suffered a lot, and even at this time, he still needs the financial assistance of Masayo's son-in-law to settle down and live in Kyoto, but he has no plans to go to Masayo's son-in-law for the time being. Of course, he also admitted that he did not take Zhengliang's reminder to him seriously at the beginning, which was indeed a big mistake. But he doesn't regret it.

In his eyes, the son-in-law of Masayo must not be underestimated, everything this son-in-law does has its purpose, otherwise this son-in-law would not have sent people from Hizen in Kyushu to Mino Province in the central region of the Wa Kingdom to kidnap his pearl.

This son-in-law's actions must not be underestimated. Although, from a geographical point of view, the distance between the Meinong Kingdom and the Luo family's territory is still far away for the time being. But many things can not be avoided just because of geographical distance, and with Daosan's own style, it is natural to push these uncontrollable things away from his side as much as possible.

What's more, Dao San never likes to be passive, if he obeys Zhengliang's advice, it makes Dao San feel a little led by his son-in-law, which makes him a little resistant in his heart. Because of this, Dao San will not go to the Luo family's territory to join the Luo family. Once he travels there, he becomes a caged bird. It even became a tool for the Luo family to seize the Meinong Kingdom in the future.

"Overthinking? Hehe. Don't underestimate this son-in-law's ambition! ”

Michizo Saito muttered to himself in his heart. As for how he saw the ambition of Masaara's son-in-law? Very simple. You look at the personnel layout of the Roche family in Kyoto, and the layout in Minokoku. If this son-in-law has no ambitions, with his daimyo in the Kyushu region, as for making so many arrangements so far away from the territory? Michizo could even be sure that the Luo family had some arrangements in other places that he didn't know about, except for Kyoto and Minokoku.

Such an ambitious son-in-law, as Dao San, who also has a lot of ambitions, can he not be guarded? This is also the real reason why he has been reluctant to completely trust Masayo, the son-in-law, when he was in Minokoku before. Isn't there a threat from a distance? This is also actually very difficult to determine. You must know that he Daosan has gone from a person who has nothing to become the overlord of the United Nations country. With a powerful name like the Luo family, it is completely possible to make a storm from a distance in the Minong Country, and even seize the Minong Country. In this regard, Dao San had to guard against it.

He didn't plan to go to the Luo family's territory to join the son-in-law of Zhengliang, Dao San had a good reason, but this son-in-law deliberately did not mention inviting him to go to the Luo family's territory to reunite with his daughter, in Daosan's opinion, it was Zhengliang's son-in-law who was afraid.

Is this really the case? Of course not. In fact, it was Zhengliang who was too lazy to cause trouble. Once Michizo Saito, a guy known for his intrigues, enters the Luo family, it is difficult to guarantee that something will come into trouble. At that time, I will have to spend some time dealing with these things, which is really unnecessary. Moreover, from the several letters exchanged with this father-in-law, Zhengliang could also see that this father-in-law had no intention of taking refuge in himself, so he simply pushed the boat down the river and thanked this not simple father-in-law.

Maybe in the eyes of others, Masarashi seems to be too cautious, even if Michizo Saito is a pit viper, after losing Mino Country, he is just a toothless pit viper, and he can't cause too much trouble.

Is this really the case? Then you're obviously going to be disappointed. After settling down in the Kyoto area, Michizo Saito immediately showed his shattered fangs. He had a few of his loyal men who had followed him to Kyoto sneak back to Mino Province again, and then began spreading rumors throughout Mino Province.

So, what is the content of the rumors? Roughly speaking, I Saito Michizo is not dead, and I do not recognize the legitimacy of Saito Yoshiryu's rule over his Mino country, and finally warns everyone in Mino Province fiercely, making it clear that he Saito Michizo will come back, and when he returns to Mino Province, it will be the day when those traitors who betrayed him will be punished.

This rumor is very ruthless, first of all, Saito Michizo's remarks not recognizing the legitimacy of Saito Yoshiryu's rule have caused a lot of trouble to Saito Yoshiryu, and he has to send additional defenders on the border to prevent the surrounding forces from fighting the idea of Mino Country. Moreover, the rumor that Saito Michizo is not dead also makes some of the actions he did after the First World War of Nagara River seem ridiculous, which affects his prestige among the wealthy families of Mino Province to a certain extent.

But this is not the most headache, the most terrifying thing for everyone in Minokoku is the rumor that Saito Michizo wants to return and take revenge. You must know that Saito Michizo ruled in Mino Province for a long time, and during this time, Saito Michizo left a deep sense of fear on these people. Now you suddenly find that there is a pit viper in the dark staring at you all the time, ready to bite you at any moment. In such a situation, it is strange that these wealthy families are not afraid.

To Masara's surprise, in the process, Saito Michizo did not avoid any of the Luo family samurai who were responsible for "protecting" him (in fact, these people were members of the Luo Family Intelligence Cabinet), as if he deliberately told Sù that Masayo behind these people did not have any need to avoid his son-in-law, nor did he have any secrets to hide. Of course, Masarashi would never believe this, and for the pit viper of Saito Michizo, Masarashi did not regard him as a simple father-in-law at all.

Sure enough, soon Saito Michizo's true purpose came out, and after letting Masarashi clearly understand the plan against Mino Country, he really proposed to the Luo family that he hoped that the Luo family could provide some support such as intelligence and even coins in the process.

Out of the same hope that the local area of Mino Province was for the purpose of chaos, and the Luo family could also take the opportunity to deepen the infiltration of forces in the Mino region through these means of Guò Saito Michizo, Masara naturally agreed directly to Saito Michizo's request.

But this also woke up Zhengliang. Obviously, Michizo Saito knew that the Luo family had arranged a lot of eyeliner in Mino Country. Now Michizo Saito also realizes the power of the Luo family's eyeliner, and he begins to pay attention to it. This is not a good thing, no one knows that Saito Michizo will be able to return to Mino Country in the future, but once he returns, I am afraid that he will immediately attack the Luo family's eyeliner. In addition, Mino Province, Owari Province and other places are the places where important historical events will take place in the future, and it took the Luo family more than ten years of arrangement and a lot of manpower and material resources to establish a set of intelligence systems in the local area, in order to more thoroughly monitor the movements of these areas. The intelligence system that was finally established, Zhengliang didn't want to be destroyed by Daosan, which would affect some of the Luo family's plans in the future.

Therefore, in Masaliang's view, Saito Michizo's request this time was obviously for the purpose of spying on the details of the Luo family's local intelligence system, so Masara immediately ordered that the intelligence personnel of the Luo family would never be allowed to contact Saito Michizo's personnel, and the Luo family would only provide relevant information to Saito Michizo through people who were already familiar with Michizo in Kyoto. As for whether this information will be deviated due to the delay in time, which will affect Saito Michizo's strategy, it is not for the Luo family to consider, after all, the Luo family can provide information It is already benevolent and duty-bound.

After this incident, Zhengliang completely realized that this father-in-law will definitely not make people worry, and if he is not careful, anyone will be bitten by him. The pit viper is still a pit viper, and even if it ends up under the fence today, it can still stretch out its broken fangs in another way, and then spew venom. Toothless pit vipers are still venomous. With such a father-in-law, Masashi naturally can't ask for trouble to come back. (To be continued......)