Astronomical thirteenth year late July, night. In the courtyard of Yoshinaga Ouchi, Yamaguchikan Castle Town. A maid quietly walked to a side gate of the courtyard with an oil lamp in her hand, and then looked around a little distractedly.

"Tuk, tuk, tuk" At this moment, three slight trick sounds sounded outside the side door.

After hearing this voice, the maid almost dropped the oil lamp in her hand due to excessive panic in her heart. Grasping the oil lamp tightly, the maid opened the wooden bolt of the side door with a shudder.

At the moment when the side door was opened a small crack, several dark shadows flashed through the crack, and the leader looked at the maid, nodded to the maid, and followed her into the depths of the courtyard.

In the reception room of the courtyard, Yoshinaga Ouchi was enjoying Noh with Mori Takamoto. Perhaps because he was also sent to the Ouchi family Yamaguchikan for political reasons, Ouchi Yoshinaga became good friends with Mori Takamoto, who remained in the Yamaguchi Pavilion as a hostage.

Tonight, under the arrangement of Ohara Kenmoto, the envoy recently sent by the Otomo family to Zhoufu to improve the relationship between the Otomo family and the Ouchi family, Ouchi Yoshinaga and Mori Takamoto enjoyed Noh together.

"What about the guards? Why don't you see a guard? In a corridor not far from the reception room where Noh was performing, Kohara Kanmoto, who was in his forties, asked suspiciously. Just now, his henchman Quan Roku came to report that it was Naito Xingsheng, a major minister of the Ouchi family, who had secretly come to visit, and was waiting in a wooden house at this time. So Ohara Kanmoto immediately told Ouchi Yoshicho to retreat and hurried over.

During this period of time, Ohara Jianyuan, as the envoy of the Otomo family, can be described as a spring breeze. Suddenly he became a very popular person in the Ouchi family. Of course. This is inseparable from his giving gifts everywhere like a joy and getting the secret help of Naito, a major minister of the Ouchi family. So he hurried to the meeting after learning that Naito was secretly coming. I just walked along the road, but I found that there was not even a single guard along the way. So the question was immediately raised.

"Your Excellency. It seems that Naito does not intend to let the superfluous people know his secret, so he specially ordered the villain to dismiss the rest of the people. The henchman behind him, Kwon Liu, immediately replied.

"Hmm!" Ohara Jianyuan did not doubt him, so he continued to move forward.

In the distance, the wooden windows of the reception room also reflect a little light, which is eye-catching. After a short walk, an earthen wall stood silently in the darkness, and on the opposite side, the warehouse was hidden among the trees. Like a craggy rock. Ohara simply took out the headscarf from his arms. It's not so hot anymore, and the sweat on my body has dried. He put on his turban, quickened his pace, and hurried along the willow shade by the earthen wall to the door of a wooden house. At this time, oil lamps were lit in the wooden house.

"My lord, this is it." Kwon Roku behind him said.

"Squeak!" Ohara Jianyuan nodded, and after signaling to Zhilu, he directly pushed the door and walked in.

"Lord Ohara Kanmoto, are you finally here? I've been waiting for a long time. Just as Ohara Jianyuan walked into the wooden house, he suddenly felt a cool breeze. Then he was pushed hard in the back, and his mouth was covered at the same time. The man was also pushed into the cabin. Afterward, he heard an unfamiliar voice.

"Hmmmm......" was suddenly attacked, and Ohara immediately writhed in panic, while his mouth kept making sounds. What surprised him the most was that he found out that it was his confidant Kwon Roku, who had always been doted on, who attacked him from behind.

"Surprised, huh?" Kwonroo's deep voice came from his ears, "You shouldn't, you shouldn't treat Lily like that." ”

"Lily?" Ohara was taken aback again. Lily was originally his maid, and once when he was taking a bath, he had a whim and directly occupied the lily who was waiting for him to take a bath. Afterwards, he originally planned to include the lily as a side room, but it was strongly opposed by the main room, and the reason for the opposition was that the lily was the daughter of a peasant. With such an identity, he is not even qualified to become a concubine of Ohara Jianyuan. At that time, it was also the time when Ouchi Yoshicho was about to go to the Zhoufang Yamaguchi Pavilion, so Ohara Kanyuan simply sent the lily to Ouchi Yoshinaga and came to Zhoufang as a personal maid. It's just that he can't figure it out now, why did the henchman behind him suddenly mention Lily?

"Lily is my cousin, and we got engaged very early. But since you did that to her, I broke off her engagement and want you to treat her well. However, you disliked her identity and sent her here...... I'm already yours, and so is Lily, you...... You shouldn't be ...... like that" Speaking of this, Quan Roku was already a little excited, his speech was a little unsmooth, and the hand holding Xiao Yuan Jianyuan became tighter and tighter, and Xiao Yuan Jianyuan even felt that his breathing was not smooth. But compared to the poor breathing, what made Ohara Jianyuan feel even more suffocated was the fact that he had just learned the way. He didn't expect that he would inadvertently snatch the woman of his favorite henchman.

"Alright, it's almost time, it's time to send him on his way." Just when Ohara Kanyuan was still surprised, the person who spoke at the beginning in the wooden house walked up to Ohara Kanyuan and said.

"Hmm......mm" After hearing this, Xiaohara Jianyuan, who was still in shock, immediately had a bad feeling.

"Puff" There was a sound of a sharp weapon entering the flesh, and Xiaoyuan Jianyuan suddenly felt a pain in his throat, and then a large amount of liquid flowed out of his neck. His voice, which had been made out of nervousness, suddenly became indistinct.

"Go with peace of mind, the Otomo family will not be the opponent of the family after all, and the lord of your family will come to meet you soon." The person who attacked Ohara said in a low voice while slowly wiping the still bloody kunai on Ohara Kanmoto's clothes.

"Ah......" Ohara Kanyuan obviously realized who was planning to assassinate him, and he was immediately startled, and after making a sound similar to an exclamation, he completely lost his breath.

"Put him down, he's dead." The person who made the shot glanced at Kwon Roku, who was still tightly covering Kohara Jianyuan's mouth, and said. At this time, Quan Liu's left hand covering Ohara Jianyuan's mouth was already covered with blood.

"Poof!" After quickly dropping Ohara's body to the ground, Kwonroku froku, and then looked at the only remaining person in the cabin.

"Is it the little maid who is looking for you to be a good friend?" The other party said with a smile. Kwon Roo didn't reply, still looking at the other party fixedly.

"Don't worry, after bringing us here, she'll go to the side door to pick us up."

"Huh?" Quan Liu's face changed, and he immediately let out an exclamation.

"Hehe, the two guards outside the side door have been taken out by us, so it's safe there." The other party obviously knew what Lu Daoquan was worried about, so he continued to say with a smile.

Quan Liu breathed a long sigh of relief after hearing this, and then looked at the other party steadily, obviously looking forward to the other party's next words.

"Please rest assured, what the family promised you will never be violated. My family has already set up a good place for you to live in Hizen, and you and your friends have already settled there, so you can rush there overnight to meet them tonight. The other party said after the most reluctance.

After getting the promise he cared about the most, Kwon Roku nodded, and then after looking at the body of Kohara Kenyuan who was lying on his back on the floor of the wooden house, he turned around and came directly to the wooden door, opened the wooden door and walked out.

The people behind him also followed Quan Liu. At this time, outside the wooden house, there were already two people waiting outside.

"The matter has been completed, immediately send someone to report to the lord urgently, and you can also tell Lord Duanmu that you can start the next plan." Said the man who walked out of the house. This person is the flying section of the Luo family, and the other two who are already waiting outside the wooden house are Taketori Snake Ranmaru and Tatsu Mitsuryūjun.

On the second day, when the news of the assassination of the envoy who had come to the Otomo family to make friends reached the ears of Yoshitaka Ouchi, Yoshitaka Ouchi was holding an assessment.

"This matter must have been sent by the Luo family." Shanxing Xingyun immediately spoke. As soon as Shan Xingyun said this, everyone in the council hall immediately fell silent. Even now everyone knows that the relationship between the Luo Dao family and the Luo family is delicate, and the attitude towards the Otomo family is also imminent, although the assassination of the envoy of the Otomo family, everyone thought that it might be sent by the Luo family, but no one dared to say it clearly. Now that someone is the first to speak out, they are naturally happy to watch the play.

"Report, lord, the Luo family guest will ask Duanmu Qingzheng to see him." Just then, the samurai came in to report.

"Let him in." Yoshitaka Ouchi said, above the throne. After this period of recuperation, his complexion at this time is much better than when he just returned from Izumo's escape.

"Foreign Minister Duanmu Kiyomasa pays a visit to Lord Dazai." After receiving permission, Duanmu Kiyomasa quickly walked in, and then saluted Yoshitaka Ouchi.

"Qingzheng, what are you doing here?" After Duanmu Kiyomasa finished saluting, Yoshitaka Ouchi asked directly.

"Lord Dazai, the foreign minister heard that the envoy of the Otomo family was attacked in the mansion last night, so the foreign minister came here today to prevent some villains from taking the opportunity to drive a wedge between the Ouchi family and the Luo family's alliance." Duanmu Qingzheng said meaningfully.

"Hmph, stop acting, do you plan to continue to deceive the head of the family now?" At the moment when Duanmu Qingzheng's words were finished, Shan Xingyun interjected without saying anything.

"Hahaha." Duanmu Qingzheng suddenly smiled heartily when he heard this.

"Bold, it's rude here, do you think your family is nothing?" Shan Xingyun said angrily.

"Hehe, if the foreign minister is rude to Dazai Daiji at this time, then you have now ignored Dazai Daiji and spoken directly, this is the following offense." Duanmu Qingzheng looked directly at Shanxingyun Road.

"You?" (To be continued......)