The meeting with Nawa and Takedo, the leaders of the Higo Sekipo Ninja Clan, soon came to an end.

Although the Roche family now has its own ninja Black Hawk, Black Hawk generally performs some tasks that are hidden by the family and needs reliable people to perform, while the Guan Po Ninja is ready to perform some tasks that fan the flames of the fat queen. The role of the two is not the same.

Nawa Wuduo left soon after receiving a satisfactory employment price. And Masayo's team once again embarked on the journey to Karatsu Tokoji Temple.

After that, the team came all the way to the Tokoji Temple in Karatsu without incident. After the two little monks in front of the temple learned that it was the lord of the country who arrived, they hurriedly ran into the temple to report.

Masahiro simply walked inside and looked around. Tokoji Temple is built on a lush hilltop. The most famous of them is a strange teahouse pavilion. The ceiling of this teahouse pavilion is made of logs and bamboo, and it shows the shape of an oil-paper umbrella, which is very rare. It is said that this tea pavilion was built by a monk who returned to the Wa Kingdom from the Tang Dynasty and came to Dongguang Temple to meditate. The name of the tea pavilion is also very interesting, and it is named "Siyu Pavilion".

After learning of Masaliang's visit, as the host, Kuaikawa Shaoxi hurriedly came out to greet him.

Looking at this high-ranking monk who has gradually become an important position in the Luo family's territory, Masara can't help but feel sad for Takeda Shingen.

If it weren't for the sudden appearance of Masayo, Shoki Kuaikawa would have traveled around Kanto after his affairs in Kyoto were over. Later, he became acquainted with Takeda Shingen, and was invited by Takeda Shingen to serve as the abbot of Yamanashi Keirin Temple.

Because he had been in Mino for many years, he would serve as a diplomatic monk between the Takeda family and the Saito family. Responsible for the liaison between the two. Later, Takeda Shingen decided to become a monk. It was Saki Kuaikawa who gave Takeda Shingen the name of 'Dharma Sex Courtyard Kiyama Shingen'. It is said that he was also one of the designers of the Takeda Shingen Banner 'Sun Tzu Siru Mantra no Banner' (i.e., the Wind Volcanic Forest).

It can be seen that the relationship between Kuaikawa Shaoxi and the Takeda family is extraordinary, and he also has considerable influence on Takeda Shingen.

In the tenth year of Tensho (1582), the Takeda army was defeated at Mt. Tenmu, Takeda Katsuyori committed suicide, Oda Nobunaga ordered Takigawa Ichiyi to summon Kuaikawa Shaoki to Azuchi Castle to preach the Dharma, and the monk Kuaikawa refused to go to Nobunaga because he "burned Mt. Hiei, killed thousands of old and young and weak, and did not go with the Buddha", and closed the door of Huilin Temple. Nobuchi was furious. More than 1,000 people from the Jiafei Raiders surrounded the temple and piled up salaries, wanting to burn the fire to force the monks out of the temple. "With more than 100 apprentices, they died in the fire.

There are different opinions on this matter, and there are two other theories, one of which claims that the reason for Nobunaga's burning of the temple is that the temple offered the body of Katsuyori to the temple, and the other says that the reason is that the temple harbored Jiro Sasaki, the son of Rokkaku Segzhen. However, there is no doubt that Kuaichuan Shaoxi and more than 150 monks were martyred with the temple.

Now that Masahiro has dug up the foot of the wall like this, Takeda Tiger will become a monk in the future, and I don't know if Lu Dao will still take the name "Xinxuan", that is, it is likely that there will be no name "Takeda Xinxuan" in the future. And the banner of the "Wind Volcanic Forest". I don't know what the road will be like. Think about it, because of such a move of his own, he made Takeda Tiger suffer so many losses. Masato seems to be a little embarrassed.

There is also the one in front of me because of the sentence "Anzen does not have to be a landscape, but the fire in the heart is cool." And the famous monks of later generations are estimated to not die. But in Zhengliang's opinion, this is the fact that he saved the life of Kuaichuan Shaoxi.

After saluting each other and knowing the purpose of Masahiro's visit, Shoki Kuaikawa took Masahiro directly to the gate of one of the temple's courtyards, and then took his leave.

Masahiro slowly walked into the courtyard, only to see that in the center of the courtyard, the most famous "Siyu Pavilion", at this time there was a person sitting cross-legged on the mat, with a Buddhist scripture between his legs, and was holding Buddhist beads with his eyes closed and chanting silently.

Seeing such a scene, Masato Weiwei smiled, then deliberately made the footsteps louder, and slowly walked in front of the people in the pavilion.

After Masara slowly sat down across from him, the middle-aged man who was reciting the scriptures finally opened his eyes. I haven't seen him for a month, Kikuchi Yoshitake's image has changed a lot, wearing a black monk's robe, although his head is not shaved, but his temperament is more calm and indifferent than before, and he really looks like a high monk.

Regarding Kikuchi Yoshitake's performance at this time, Masashi didn't care. Don't look at Kikuchi Yoshitake's calm and indifferent appearance, in fact, in his heart, he is full of ambition for Higo.

This guy is actually one of the most important people in the list of Higo that Masarashi personally handed over to Shinnosuke Akabane. But before Shinnosuke Akabane could find him, he himself took the initiative to find him shortly after Masarashi returned to Hizen Nakamura Castle.

Remembering the scene when he first met Yoshitake Kikuchi, Masarashi thought it was funny. It's obviously a down-and-out villain, and if it weren't for Masayo's defeat of the Otomo family coalition in Hizen, according to historical development, this guy would have been killed by the Otomo family army like a lost dog and fled to Nanfeiqian, and then lurked.

Even so, he came to Zhengliang for help with the attitude of an equal. After feeling Kikuchi Yoshitake's mentality, Masarashi gave Kikuchi Yoshitake a few very confused answers, and then threw him directly to Toko Temple for people to monitor. If it weren't for the sudden arrival of Aso Weinao, Masarashi planned to take the opportunity to promote Higo's layout, Masarashi wouldn't have remembered this guy.

"Looks like Kikuchi-sama's breath is getting better and better!" Masato said directly. The tone seemed a little unkind.

"Domon Hizen Mamoru and Master Shoki Kuaikawa took care of it." Kikuchi Yoshitake is also a scheming person, and immediately pretended not to hear Masayo's sarcasm, but said quite gratefully.

"The last time Kikuchi-sama asked for assistance, I thought about it carefully, you see, this is the family's condition for assistance." Masashi came this time and decided to be too lazy to go around in circles with Kikuchi Yoshitake, so he came straight to the point. If the other party is still unconscious, then send him back to the fat queen. Anyway, even if Kikuchi Yoshitake is unwilling to cooperate with the Luo family, as long as he himself is still in Higo, it is for the Otomo family. It's just a nuisance.

Kikuchi Yoshitake calmly spread out the letter given by Masayo. As you read deeper. His expression, which had been quite calm, immediately became hesitant, and even the hands holding the letter trembled at the end.

After reading the letter, Kikuchi Yoshitake took a deep breath, then leaned over and saluted Masahiro, "Hizen Mamoru Lord, this condition is too difficult for Zaixia. Next...... I really can't do anything to betray my allies. ”

Hearing this, Masahiro on the other side couldn't help but sneer at Kikuchi Yoshitake in his heart. After this guy gained a foothold in Higo, he tried to rebel against his brother who single-handedly pushed him to power. Although this elder brother Yoshikan Otomo is indeed just using Kikuchi Yoshitake as a puppet.

But in any case, Kikuchi Yoshitake's rebellious behavior is also immoral. It is a complete lack of faith. No festival guys. Now this guy is talking to Zhengliang about faith and discipline in turn. This makes it impossible for Zhengliang not to be sarcastic.

Of course, no matter how sarcastic the political conscience is, this cannot be shown, but he said more patiently:

"What are you waiting for? The family has already made it clear that they just hope that the Otomo family will not have time to concentrate all their energy on the family. As for the fat queen, it's your world. Are you worried that your family will break the covenant? In order to achieve this, this family is willing to take out such a large number of weapons, will they still turn their backs on Your Excellency? Besides, if you are still worried, in addition to providing these weapons, we will also provide you with a consistent number of weapons. ”

"Is that true?" Kikuchi Yoshitake, who still had a righteous and awe-inspiring expression, heard this. Immediately, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked.

"That's true. It depends on how you choose, now this place has always been the place where the family wants to attack, if you are willing to cooperate, the benefits are naturally a lot. And after this is done, it will be more convenient for the family to provide assistance to you. Masato said.

After receiving Masayo's promise, Kikuchi Yoshitake still seemed a little hesitant. This decision-making is indeed too important for him, if he chooses to join the Luo family, although he will get a greater backer, but at the same time, it also indicates that he will lose the backer he has been relying on. Therefore, even though Masayo's offer was quite tempting, he was still hesitant.

"Look at it again."

After saying that, Masarashi took out another envelope and gently threw it in front of Kikuchi Yoshitake, and then quietly watched Kikuchi Yoshitake's reaction.

Kikuchi Yoshitake picked up the envelope, glanced up at Masara for some reason, and then turned to open the envelope and picked it up to look at it.

In an instant, Kikuchi Yoshitake showed a look of surprise on his face, and then he looked up at Masayo, and read the letter again and again as if in disbelief.

Zhengliang sneered and said, "Are you satisfied with the sincerity of your family now?" ”

Kikuchi Yoshitake heard Masato say this, nodded, folded the letter very solemnly, put it back in the envelope, and then sent it back to Masa.

Kikuchi Yoshitake looked at Masara and said, "Thank you very much, Hizen Mamoru Lord, I am very sorry to spend the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain below, Your Excellency is really a person who has the heart to help my Kikuchi family, and I would like to thank you here." ”

Masarashi smiled slightly, the reason why Kikuchi Yoshitake had such a change of attitude was all due to this letter, and this letter was the cooperation agreement signed between Masara and Higo Sekipo Ninja Leader Naga and Takedo.

The letter contains a number of references to Sekipo's ninjas secretly assisting Kikuchi Yoshitake to resist the Otomo family's power in Higo, and at the end of the letter is Masayo's handwriting and Ryu's seal.

This was deliberately left by Masahiro, and in addition to this letter, there were several letters of agreement signed for different people. Of course, they are all used to buy people's hearts.

If Masarashi and Kikuchi Yoshitake confirm mutual cooperation and provide such a letter, it will only show that the two are in a cooperative relationship. Now take it out in advance, and the meaning for Kikuchi Yoshitake is completely different.

In Kikuchi Yoshitake's opinion, Masarashi had secretly provided him with assistance when it was clear that he might not cooperate with him. This made Kikuchi Yoshitake have to believe in the sincerity of Masayo's cooperation.

Of course, this matter has another meaning entirely. In fact, whether Kikuchi Yoshitake is willing to cooperate or not, he will let the Guanpo ninjas carry out these plans. Because only in this way can the water after fertilizer be muddyed. Only the Luo family can have the opportunity to fish in troubled waters. And showing Kikuchi Yoshitake this cooperation agreement in advance is just a move to buy people's hearts for the sake of Masayo.

"If Kikuchi-sama still can't make a decision, then I can wait a few more days, but I'll soon leave Jucheng for a while, and if Kikuchi-sama has a decision, but can't find it in time, I'm afraid it will affect the cooperation between you and me." Seeing that Kikuchi Yoshitake was already a little moved, Masato hurriedly said.

Kikuchi Yoshitake is indeed very entangled in his heart at the moment, and the feeling is like the uncomfortable scene when he has diarrhea and constipation. He knew that the opportunity had appeared in front of him, but he didn't know whether this opportunity was hell or heaven.

Under Masaliang's indifferent and calm gaze, Kikuchi Yoshitake slowly opened his golden mouth and said...... (To be continued......)