Honshu Kansai Anyi Kuni-gun Tayama Castle. Just after the New Year, the retainers and wealthy families who had just sent off the territory, and Maori Yuan, who was in his fifties, began to bury himself in heavy government affairs again.

At the age of twenty-one, he led his retainers to repel the invasion of the Takeda family, who was guarded by Aki, who was defending the Takeda family, with a weak position, and since then, he has continued to accumulate experience in warfare and has become a samurai giant. With his outstanding political skills, he made the people live a prosperous life; He has a sharp eye, insight into the stakes, and long-distance and close-range attacks; Relying on powerful force and wise strategy, seize every opportunity to expand your territory. After decades of hard work, the Maori family has become the most powerful wealthy family in the country of Anyi, and even the power of the Nizi family has penetrated into the range of power of the Nizi family in the north. Now, with the help of the Ouchi family's strength, the power of the power is extended to the three kingdoms of Bigo, Bichu and Misaku in the east, and assists the Ouchi family in fighting against the local Niko family.

At this time, Yuan was sitting quietly in the bedroom of Tayama Castle in Jijun, with his eyes half-open, looking at the fresh green wood of early spring on Baimu Mountain in the distance. He looked thoughtless. With more than 50 years of military career, his life is as thick as a mountain. He was deep in thought.

Several retainers came to the door, saw that Yuan was in meditation, and immediately went quietly again.

The sound of the shrike bird constantly breaks the calm of the spring garden. The third person to come to the bedroom was Moto's sister-in-law, Mori Takamoto. Mori Takagen looked very anxious.

"Is it Taro?" After a while, Yuan finally spoke, "Taro, what's the alarm?" "His son-in-law, Mori Takamoto, was humble and gentle, and was well recognized by his retainers and possessed unparalleled leadership skills. Enough to dominate the future Maori family. So in Yuan's heart. The sister-in-law is the best candidate for the governor. It's just that the sister-in-law, who has always behaved like a pampered and unfazed person, looked a little panicked today, which made him feel a little surprised.

"Father-sama is not good, Jiro was attacked in the castle town." Maori Takayuan immediately reported in a slightly choked voice.

"How's it going?" Although he suddenly heard that his second son, Yoshikawa Motoharu, had been attacked, but Mori Motoharu still tried to maintain a calm form, his eyes widened, and he asked in a low voice.

"I have been rescued and are now being treated in the West Garden. Just ......"

"Just what's going on?" Hearing his son-in-law's tone, Mao Li Yuan's heart couldn't help but chuckle. Hurriedly asked. The safety of the second son is related to his next plan, and the safety of his son, if it is unfortunate at this time...... Thinking of this, Mao Liyuan, who was still forcibly calming, also became nervous.

"After the doctor looked at it, the preliminary diagnosis was that Jiro's left hand could not be saved."

"That's the life saved." After listening to Maori Takayuan's answer, Maori Yuan couldn't help but feel a little relieved in his heart, although he was sad that his second son was hurt, but he still immediately asked:

"Why didn't you send someone to report such an urgent matter earlier? Did the attacker catch it? ”

"Father, do your job in a hurry. At that time, the son was anxious to save Jiro and sent people to pursue the attacker, so the son had to send his retainers to report it. It's just that the retainer came back to report that his father was pondering. Erchen hurriedly came to report. As for the attacker, he is still on the hunt. ”

"How many people came to attack Jiro, the people who openly attacked their own family in the castle town, and those patrol soldiers are all rubbish?" It is indeed a shameful thing to be attacked against one's own personnel in the heart of the Maori family's lair.

"Father-sama, according to Jiro's attendants, there is only one person on the other side." Mori Takamoto reported with a little shame. He was not ashamed of himself, but of the few attendants who were responsible for protecting Motoharu Yoshikawa. Five or six attendants not only could not protect Yoshikawa Motoharu, but even killed two people and injured several others. This is simply a shameful thing, so when those few Yoshikawa Motoharu attendants blamed themselves and cut their stomachs, he didn't stop it.

"What? Only one person on the other side? This time, even Maori Yuan was surprised. In an instant, he felt that this matter was not simple.

"Father, father." Before Mao Liyuan continued to ask, there was another loud cheer in the courtyard. This voice is the voice of the third son, Takashi Kobayakawa.

"Father...... Father" As soon as the words in the courtyard fell, a boy of sixteen or seventeen years old broke in. This person is none other than Mori Motosashi's son, Kobayakawa Takakei, who inherited the position of the governor of the Kobayakawa family of the Aki country.

"Tokushoumaru, what are you?" At this time, Kobayakawa Takakei looked quite embarrassed, and the armor on his body had dropped several accessories, as if he had just experienced a big battle. And didn't he set off this morning to rush back to Kobayakawa's house?

"Father, brother, I was attacked in the middle of rushing back to Kobayakawa's house, but fortunately, I waited for my vigilance to repel the sneak attacker."

"What?" Within a day, his second and third sons were attacked, and Mao Liyuan couldn't sit still anymore at this time, so he stood up directly. In this way, if he and his sister-in-law go out today, it is very likely that he will also be attacked. This time, the enemy is attacking the Maori family in an all-out way.

"Immediately order the border of the territory to be blocked, and order all important intersections of the territory to set up checkpoints to search for assassins." Mao Liyuan immediately ordered. Maori Takamoto, who was also aware of the seriousness of the matter, immediately took the order.

In the evening, in the council hall of Tayama Castle in Yoshigun, the Maori family and ministers gathered.

After searching for most of the day, no trace of the two groups of attackers could be found, but fortunately, this attack only targeted Yoshikawa Motoharu and Kobayakawa Takakei, and not the rest of the Mori family. It's just that in this attack, Yoshikawa Motoharu was seriously injured (although his life was saved, his left arm has been scrapped ever since). Since he was facing the first ninja of the Luo family, and the number of guards around him was small, he was already lucky not to be killed), and Kobayakawa Takakei was only a little frightened (he was facing a part of the Luo family's black hawk sneak attack team, but because he had dozens of guards around him, and they were all very vigilant at the time, the effect of the sneak attack was greatly reduced. Thus allowing Kobayakawa Takakei to escape).

What made Maori Yuan feel even more serious was that the matter was serious. In the process of searching for the attacker. The Maori family found rumors circulating in the towns and villages of the territory. The content of these rumors is mainly about how the Maori family used conspiracy to form the Liangchuan system, how they conspired to kill the Inoue Motokane clan, who were important ministers in their family, how they forced more than 200 retainers and wealthy families to submit blood letters of allegiance, how they conspired to inherit the position of family governor, how they used the Ouchi family to expand the power of the Maori family, and Ouchi Yoshixing's last words about taking care of the Maori family.

The worst thing is that most of these rumors are true, and they can be deduced from many things, although they add a lot of content to smear the Maori family (this time, Masato did not blacken the Maori family to death, after all, the most easily believed rumors are rumors that are true or false, so such rumors are the most harmful to the Maori family). But it is basically in line with the facts.

When Mao Liyuan learned about the content of such rumors, he couldn't help but stay in place in surprise, the content of the rumors was so true that even his sons didn't know anything about it except for himself. Where is it that the divine can know these inside stories? Mao Liyuan instantly felt as if there was a pair of eyes watching him in a hidden place at all times, and even knew the legendary ninjutsu mind reading technique to know his inner thoughts.

Such rumors were a great blow to the Maori family's rule over the territory. When the retainers and the people heard such rumors, they were likely to believe them if they thought about it for a while, and they lost trust in the Maori family. Even everyone is in danger (they are afraid that the Maori will do the same to them). What's even more deadly is that if these rumors are known by the Ouchi family. Then there will be a great turmoil, and at a critical time when the Mori family needs the support of the Ouchi family to expand their strength to Bigo Province, Bei China, and Misasaka Province, such rumors can be said to have hit the fate of the Mori family.

So he sensed the seriousness of the matter, so he quickly gathered the important ministers of the family, his sister-in-law Mori Takamoto, and his third son, Kobayakawa Takakei (the second son, Yoshikawa Motoharu, could only stay in the ward to recuperate during this time and could not move) and others to discuss coping strategies. These people in the council hall are people that Maori Yuan can fully trust, so there is no need to worry about mixed things. Ever since the rumors emerged, Mori had sensed an inexplicable mood in his home, with some people suspicious of the Mori family, and some people looking for details that had leaked their secrets. In this case, Maori Yuan must act decisively.

"Father, there must be someone within the family who leaked some of the family's secrets." Son-in-law Mori Takamoto said. The rest of the people in the council hall also nodded in agreement with Mori Takamoto's inference, otherwise it would be difficult to analyze why there were so many family secrets in the rumors.

"Investigate the people in your own family, and be sure to search for this detail. Leave this to Taro. Mao Liyuan was also a decisive person, and he immediately decided.

"Yes, Father." Mao Liyuan, who received the order, immediately received the order.

"Father, elder brother also has to coordinate the affairs of the family, it is better to let the son be in charge of this matter. It's just a good time to share some heavy responsibilities for my brother. At this time, the third son, Kobayakawa Takakei, suddenly pleaded.

"Well, that's fine, you go and assist your brother, and follow your brother's instructions." After a little thought, Mao Liyuan agreed. It's just that he let Kobayakawa Takakei be Mori's assistant.

"Yes." Although he was dissatisfied with not being able to take the lead alone, he still accepted the appointment with a look on his face.

"I'm afraid the most important thing at this time is how to deal with the rumors within the territory, right?" After deciding to investigate the internal affairs of the retainers, the Shishido Takaya, the son-in-law of the retainer and Mori Motosho, immediately directly raised the biggest problem facing the Mori family at present.

As soon as the Shishido Takashi family said this, the entire council hall suddenly fell silent. This is the most sensitive matter, and it is difficult for everyone to express their opinions.

"As for the interior of the family's territory, we will immediately send additional personnel to investigate the various towns and villages, arrest all those who spread these rumors, and then execute all of them. Seal the borders in the name of searching for Assassins and stop rumors from spreading outside the territory. Although this measure will cause dissatisfaction and panic among the people in the short term, it has played a role in setting an example and can quickly curb rumors.

It's just that this practice also gives others the feeling that they want to cover up and have no silver three hundred taels here, and under the deliberate misdirection of people with intentions, it will become another means of other people's rumors to attack, and it further verifies the authenticity of the rumors. And Masara is this kind of person.,This time he sent more than 200 people to the detectives and black eagles into the various places scattered to the Ouchi family and the Maori family.,And then launched a large-scale "public opinion" war against the Maori family.。

Such large-scale and organized attacks and rumors are definitely the first in the history of the Warring States, and it seems that there will be a battle between Mori and Masayo immediately afterward.

(Thanks to "bigfacecat1, Water Lotus Dream Moon, MeTaTron, Remembrance* Like Water, Sui&Wind, ayiben, Xingziyun, Hanhai Sand in the Shimmer, King of Bones, Baishi Jing, Mizuwakaba, Admiral Hood, xsioa, Aisha" commuter passes; Thanks to the reward of "Wind Flying Earth, Green Mia". (To be continued......)