Regarding the comments of the dealer family about the joint conspiracy between the Luo family and the Ishikawa family to deal with the banker, Masara naturally didn't know, and even if he knew, not only would he not feel annoyed (after all, he really didn't unite with the Ishikawa family), but he would be happy.

Because he just wants to prepare for China, and even the rest of Shanyang Dao except for the area occupied by the Luo family will fall into this kind of chaos. After all, now Zhengliang is in the process of layout, waiting for the next huge move of the Luo family.

Of course, Zhengliang is happy, but there is one person who may not be happy.

In a valley near the mountain castle of Aki Koku's Mori family, there are several houses lined up around the earthen ramparts, which look like the mansions of the local tycoons in the neighborhood, but the houses are a little nondescript, and some of the eye-catching places are obviously newly renovated, revealing fresh wood, and the backlit areas are really dilapidated.

On the roof of the house, you can see a few wisps of green smoke, which is the heat of the hot springs. The closer you get here, the more you can smell the pungent smell of hot springs, which was once a place for the samurai lords of the Ouchi family to heal and recuperate, but after the decline of the Ouchi family and the rise of the Mori family, the Mori family did not pay attention to this for a while.

As a result, there is no special income to keep the hot springs running, and nearby farmers, and even cultivators who can afford to pay a little money, can enter and soak in it. In an era when medical facilities were almost non-existent, physicians were mostly treated by samurai, and the lives of the poor were largely left to their fate, hot springs were the only place where you could heal your illness and relax your body.

The hot springs here are not as famous as the Yubara Springs of Misasaka Province. It's not as famous as the Beppu hot springs in Bungo Province in Kyushu. However, it is also an important place for people and passers-by to recuperate. There are so many people who come here that it's always crowded.

It's just that in the past ten days, the hot spring has been deserted, and there are more than a dozen samurai masters who are rarely seen in and out, and the patrol guard nearby is abnormal.

In fact, it was the Maori family's governor Maori Motoshi who occupied this place.

In view of the increasingly debilitating physical condition of Maori Moto, the doctors who specialize in taking care of Maori Motoshi are also helpless for a while. After he couldn't invite the famous doctor of the Luo family to come to help, he had to tell Mao Liyuan to recuperate more.

So Maori Yuan had the idea of coming here to cultivate. Although it is not a famous spring, it is only a little famous in the countryside, and the only thing that Maori Yuan values may be that he can see the smoky Koriyama Castle here, and he can also get information from all over the world for the first time.

Mao Liyuan is a person who is attached to power, and the most unbearable thing for him is to stay away from Koriyama Castle, if it weren't for the fact that it is thousands of meters away from Koriyama Castle, he would be able to return to Koriyama Castle in a few steps if he returned urgently, and he was not willing to come here to recuperate. Although his body no longer allowed him to deal with heavy and messy government affairs, the young and strong ordinary samurai were also a little anxious when facing complicated government affairs. What's more, is it an old and frail Maori Yuan?

In early spring, the weather is still a little cold. Although he was in the hot spring house, and even soaked his body in hot water, Mao Liyuan still felt that his body was a little cold, and he could only lean on the bamboo fence with a pale face, and he was in a daze without saying a word.

"How is the lord doing? Physician. At this time, there was a conversation in the corridor outside.

"The lord's condition is a little better than the other day, but he still needs to take a good rest." Those were the words of the physician who was in charge of the care of the Maori Moto.

"Lord, the Shishido Takashi family asks to see you!" The Shishido Takashi family was the son-in-law of Mori Motosatsu, and was always responsible for delivering news about Koriyama Castle and the hot springs during this time.

When the Shishido Takashi family walked in, Morimoto pretended to sit up straight and looked strong. It's just that as soon as the Shishido Takashi family saw Mori Moto's face, they secretly screamed in their hearts that something was wrong, and the other party's face was even paler than when they visited the previous time.

Hot springs are very effective in the treatment of people's diseases, but this time it is useless for Maori Yuan, I am afraid that he is already terminally ill. Takashi Shishido's head lowered more and more, and he was afraid that his expression would give Mori Moto a bad idea.

Mao Liyuan pointed to a bamboo mat next to him and said, "Sit!" ”

The two boys who had been in charge of serving Mori Motosho on the side saw the arrival of the Shishido Takashi family, and quietly bowed down from the side door and carefully covered the door, leaving only Mori Motoshi and Shishido Takashi in the wooden house, and Mori Mototo didn't like others to disturb him when he was dealing with government affairs.

After sitting down, the Shishido Takashi family said, "My lord, news has just come from Bizen Province that there has been a fierce battle between the Matsuda family and the Urakami family, and the winner has been decided overnight. ”

Mao Li Yuan didn't have any expression on his face, just "oh", indicating that he understood, and then said: "I just said that Urakami Zongjing was too eager, it seems that this time it was Matsuda Motomori who won't win, hehe, I'm afraid that the Urakami family will suffer heavy losses after this time, and there will be no way to bother me again in the next few years." ”

Bizen Kunichu, the Urakami family and the Matsuda family have always been mortal enemies, and it has always been the Matsuda family that has the upper hand before, if it weren't for the alliance with the Maori family later, the Urakami family has even been oppressed by the Matsuda family to the territory of only one county (in history, the Urakami family also gradually became stronger after the rise of the Maori family, but unfortunately, in the end, the Udaki family made a wedding dress). However, since the alliance with the Urakami family, especially after the Urakami family suffered a little loss in the First Battle of Itsukushima, the Urakami family has always hoped that the Mori family can help the Urakami family deal with the Matsuda family.

However, although the Urakami family is an ally of the Mori family, the Matsuda family and the Mori family secretly have a good relationship, not to mention that the Mori family has always planned to maintain the situation that has always been in this Bizen country, so that the wealthy families of the Bizen country are even more dependent on the Mori family. Besides, at this time, the Luo family entered Sanyang Road strongly, although at this time the Bizen country was still separated from the area controlled by the Luo family by a Bei China, but in order to be able to make these local forces maintain their power under the call of the Maori family in the future, and resist the Luo family together, the struggle between these wealthy families should not be too fierce.

And this time the defeat of the Urakami family was naturally able to make him happy, so after thinking about it for a while, Mori Moto said: "Wait a minute, and send him some tea cakes that I bought from the merchants in Kyoto last time, to show that we are allies." ”

The Shishido Takaya tapped his fingers lightly, bowed to the ground and whispered, "My lord, it was the Urakami family who won the final victory, and now they have pacified the remnants and entered Xiangden Castle. ”

There was a deathly silence in the wooden house as he spoke, and only the sound of the hot spring bubbling from outside the house was heard, and Mori Moto coughed, his eyes widened, and he looked at the Shishido Takashi family, and said, "What are you kidding, the Urakami family has won?" ”

Of course, the Shishido Takashi family knew why Mori Moto's feelings were like this, that is, he was also shocked when he learned the news from Bizen Province, and the Urakami family, who had previously relied on the Mori family to arbitrate from it, now defeated the Matsuda family, who had been suppressing it, if it wasn't for the repeated confirmation of the news, he would have heard it as a joke.

The Shishido Takashi family shook his head honestly and replied: "Lord, this is not a joke, and the subordinates have repeatedly confirmed that this matter is not a lie, but a real thing, the Urakami family has indeed defeated the Matsuda family, but the specific situation is still being confirmed, but from the information learned, it is the Matsuda family that has a civil strife, and the Urakami family's vassal Utaki family suddenly seems very powerful, so he defeated the army of the Matsuda family in a battle and won the victory, Matsuda Motomori fled back to his territory in the western part of Bizen Province at this time, I think I want to use the power there to go back for revenge. ”

Mao Liyuan coughed twice, looked at the front with a slightly dull gaze, and muttered softly: "I didn't expect it, I didn't think of it!" This is what happened. ”

After a while, his eyes focused on one point, and he ordered: "Takashi family, you immediately go to Bizen Province to congratulate the Urakami family on their victory, and the gifts will be handled as appropriate." At the same time, he is in charge of arbitrating the feud between the Urakami family and the Matsuda family, trying not to let them continue the civil war, and informing them that their greater enemy is the Luo family. ”

In fact, at this time, Mao Li Yuan was also very depressed, and he had spent a lot of effort to blame the Luo family, in order to set off various forces in Shanyang Province to jointly hostel the Luo family, and as a result, during this period of time, there were also many attacks on the Mao family in various parts of Shanyang Road, and there were even incidents that caused civil strife in various families.

Although Mao Liyuan saw at a glance that this was obviously a trick of the Luo clan, he even sent someone to explain this conspiracy to the forces of the Shanyang Kingdom. However, the Luo family also pointed out that this was a conspiracy of the Maori family, and it was a trick of the Maori family to use various forces to act as a vanguard for the Maori family against the Luo family.

As a result, the Luo family's method of "returning the way of others to their own bodies" directly made Maori Yuan completely helpless, after all, those forces are not stupid, and when facing the dispute between the Maori family and the Luo family, they naturally maintained a wait-and-see attitude.

Whenever he thought of this, Mao Liyuan felt very helpless and depressed.

And the Shishido Takashi family also knew about these troubles of Mori Motosho, so after receiving the order of Mori Motosho, he immediately bowed and said, "Your subordinates obey the order!" ”

Then he left. Although he is the son-in-law of Maori Yuan, he is also a little disappointed in the situation of the Maori family when facing the Luo family, and even he has the idea of secretly contacting the Luo family, after all, even if he has an in-law relationship with the Maori family, this is all on the premise that his family can survive!

(Thanks to "leely" for her 100 coin tip support.) (To be continued......)