In Tayama Castle, Aki Kokuyoshi-gun, Honshu, Mori Yuan took the letter handed by Mori Takamoto and opened it and read it.

The letter tells the story of a conflict between Sagara Takeren and Tao Takabo over how to deal with the Maori family. After learning that Tao Longfang, who advocated suppressing the Maori faction, left the scene angrily, Maori Yuan knew that the opportunity to alleviate the Maori family's predicament had come.

"It seems that the old man is going to go to Zhou Fang in person to meet the probing lord once."

"Huh? Father, I'm afraid this trip is inappropriate. "With rumors flying all over the place at this time, I really don't know what Yoshitaka Ouchi and the other Ouchi retainers will think? If there is a mistake, then Maori Yuan, who is the pillar of the Maori family, will be in danger, and Maori Takayuan, as a sister-in-law, naturally disagrees with this trip.

"It's okay, the old man believes that the probing master can distinguish between right and wrong." Mao Liyuan said.

"Even if my father-in-law doesn't embarrass my father, it's likely that the attackers hiding in the shadows will attack us halfway." Mori Takamoto continued to admonish.

"Hehe, if the other party really intends to let the rumors continue to frame the family, then he will definitely not send someone to attack halfway, otherwise it will be equivalent to helping the family clear the suspicion." Mao Liyuan said confidently. But Mao Li Yuan was wrong, and the military situation of sneaking up on Mao Li Yuan and going to the Zhou Defense Ouchi Pavilion halfway was indeed helping to clear the suspicion of the Mao Li family, but he didn't know what to do, among the Mao Li family, the most scrupling of Masahiro was Mao Li Yuan himself, if he let the political conscience Mao Li Yuan personally set off to Zhou Fang, he would definitely not let go of this opportunity to attack his team at any cost.

"If that's the case, this time you must bring more troops!" I saw my father and made up his mind. Maori Takayuan had no choice but to suggest bringing more military forces to escort along the way.

"Nope. We have to be careful at this time. Therefore, it is better to bring less military power. Unexpectedly, Mao Liyuan refused again.

It's just that Mao Li Yuan is also an old and cunning person, before leaving, he actually divided the team to the Zhou Fang Great Inner Pavilion into three teams, and Mao Li Yuan and the others were hidden in the sedan chair, so that people could not tell which team would have the Mao Li family to really go to Zhou Fang (of course, they didn't know the way, Mao Li Yuan would personally hide in it).

After the three teams set out from Tayama Castle in Yoshigun, they first passed through the Kumagai clan territory in Numata Prefecture. Then cross the Ota River. When he got here, he belonged to the direct domain of the Ouchi family, which is why Maori Yuan did not agree to bring more troops to protect it. After all, at this sensitive moment, the Maori family suddenly appeared in the territory directly under the jurisdiction of the Ouchi family with so many troops, and it was easy to arouse the disgust of other Ouchi retainers and wealthy families who were already suspicious of the Maori family. The Mori Yuan was even more worried that even if the Mori family did not clash with the local tycoons along the way, the attackers who were hiding around would find a way to fan the flames.

Mao Liyuan is indeed not wrong, Kato Duanzo did receive an order from Masayo. It is necessary to prevent the Maori envoy from going to Zhou Fangguo to explain to the Ouchi family, and he is also prepared to fan the flames on the way of the Maori envoy's advance. It's just that Kato Duanzo never thought of it. The Maori family even sent three emissaries at once.

At this time, Kato Duanzo was hiding in a small hut on the side of the Ota River near the pond carp, one and a half miles north of Imayama Castle, of the Ouchi family, waiting for news from the inside of the Mori family.

Known as the Five Bridges, it is now known to no one but the locals, but it is said that it was later the epicenter of the atomic bombing of the U.S. military. Now the area is crossed by waterways, and the small bridges are densely covered like cobwebs, making it very easy to hide and escape.

From the small bridge to the withered reeds, to the shade of the embankment, there are hundreds of people in ambush. Not only that, from a private house in front to several villages on the other side, there are careful arrangements and deployments everywhere.

The treetops of the willows glow white, and the blue sky is reflected on the water. A farmhouse boat docked in front of the hut. The farmer untied the boat from the trunk of the tree and looked at the water, as if to say to himself, "There are three teams, one of which goes along the land route by sea, one from the mouth of the Ota River, along the land coast, and the last one also starts from the mouth of the Ota River, but takes the Seto Inland Sea in the open sea." ”

"Okay, there you go."

As early as that year, when Masara followed Yoshitaka Ouchi to conquer the Niko family, the Luo family detective, who had secretly pretended to be a local peasant and settled here, immediately rowed a small boat as if nothing had happened, and sailed towards the opposite bank.

"I didn't expect that as the lord said, the other party was very cunning! Now this point of manpower is unable to intercept the three messengers at the same time, if you forcibly intercept one team, not only can you not intercept the other two people, but it will even let the Maori family be cleared because of this, in this case, you can only give up this interception plan. Kato Duanzo thought helplessly. Before going to Aki Country, Masara had already given Kato Duanzang the authority to make his own decisions according to the situation, and in the current situation, Kato Duanzang decisively decided to give up the volley plan.

So Kato Duanzo immediately made a gesture to an old man who was burning a fire in the house, and this old man was also a detective who had settled here in advance and was responsible for monitoring An Yiguo's situation. When Yoshikawa Kokei was forced into seclusion by Mori Moto, it was these people who rescued Yoshikawa Kokei before Mori Moto's killer against Yoshikawa Kokei, and then secretly sent him to the territory of the Luo family.

The old man took a dirty cloth and covered his face, and walked out of the house. He was going to convey Kato Danzo's decision to the land route, so that the people who had ambushed him would immediately disperse and then go into hiding.

So only Kato Duzo was left in the house. He had a fish cage and a fishing rod in his hand, and there were five or six small crucian carp in the fish cage.

"I almost forgot." Kato Duanzo muttered something in a low voice, walked out of the hut, came to the embankment, and hung a white cloth on a hazel branch. The cloth shone white on the vast flat ground, and it was very conspicuous. This is a code to inform the Luo family detective who has passed through here to cancel the temporary secrecy.

Carrying a fishing rod and cage, Kanzo Kato slowly walked down the embankment, threw the line into the river, and continued to catch fish.

Mao Liyuan, who was advancing on the waterway in the coastal zone of the land of Aki Country, did not know what to do, and because of his caution, he escaped the catastrophe. If he were killed because of this, it is estimated that Masahiro would dance with joy. It's just that this time it seems that luck is not on the side of the Luo family, so Mao Liyuan escaped because of this.

On this ship of Mori Motosa, in addition to himself, there is also his sister-in-law and the injured second son Yoshikawa Motoharu. Even if he inadvertently escaped a catastrophe, but what kind of adventure did Mao Liyuan have in Zhou Fangguo next?

(Thanks to "dscfd, boredom, ING~, book friend 121219123228186" for becoming the deacon of this book.) Thanks to the monthly pass of "Emperor Kai, Wei Guobu". Thanks to "Midoria" for the tip. (To be continued......)