Outside the woods of the corner tower of Cheongju Castle, Aichi Ten Ami immediately asked after discovering someone nearby.

"Ten Ami?" The hearty voice of Maeda Toshiya was immediately heard on the opposite side. It's not just Maeda Toshiya, there is a figure shaking next to him.

"Who did you bring here?"

"Ah Song, the woman I haven't passed through the door."

"You brought a woman?" Ten Ami looked in surprise at the bushes opposite. The little woman who was just eleven years old at the Maeda Toshiya was staring blankly.

"What the hell are you thinking?" Toshiie Maeda was silent.

"Are you going to bring the little eleven-year-old woman here?"

"Do you need to ask?"

"Oh. Is this how you fight back against me? You are too incompetent. With a woman, where are you going? Ten Ami finally couldn't control the mouth of the river: "You don't want to take her to Suruga Province, right?" If you want to wash away the snow and shame, you can wash the snow in Owari Province, so why go to Mikawa, Enoe, and Suruga? Are you going to spread your shame all over the three kingdoms? ”

"Only a clever monkey like you would think that. Since he ran away, he had to take his wife with him. Have you ever heard of Mino's Wise Ten Guards? ”

"It's the nephew of Michizo Saito, right? What does he have to do with you? ”

"He traveled with his wife around the world, and he could survive wherever he went. I'm going to take my bride with me too. ”

"Oh." Ten Ami sighed dumbfoundedly, "It's really ingenious, I admire it very much!" Don't you think it's too reckless to go with such a with you? What a dog. You ......"

The woman couldn't bear it any longer, and said, "Shut up." ”

"Humph! I'm mean by nature, so please don't care. ”

The gods often create things that human intelligence cannot predict. Aichi Ten Ami is the creation of the strange gods and spirits. Looks like a flower. The tongue is like a serpent. His flamboyance. Even the side chambers of the lord Oda Nobunaga are ashamed of themselves. Only Oda Nobunaga's wife and Oda Nobunaga's little sister Aichi. Barely comparable to his looks. But because of this, his harsh words are even more unbearable.

"Even if it's you, I, Asong, can't spare you." Eleven-year-old Ah Song, although she is not of size, is a well-known competitive woman in Cheongju City. Since she served by her wife's side, she gradually became less like a child under her influence. In history, after Amatsu married Maeda Toshiie, he was named Maeda Matsu from then on. After the death of the Maeda Toshiie, he became a monk and was called Yoshiharuin. He was one of the famous three ladies of the Warring States.

"This girl will definitely become an indispensable virtuous helper by Inuchiyo's side in the future." Madame often says this. At this moment, Ah Song suddenly walked out of the shade of the tree to the moonlight. Although she was still a young girl, her eyes radiated a terrifying light.

"So you're a dog, too?"

"I'm not a dog. You read it wrong. ”

"Then, you are both a man and a beast. Have you forgotten that you once wrote a love message to a and was flatly rejected? ”

"You...... You ......" ten amican't bear the wolf bèi suddenly. He did not forget about it, and heard that his wife always praised Ah Song, and he once wrote a love letter to Ah Song with a mocking meaning. And the eleven-year-old girl, like an adult, replied with a cold but measured letter, the general content of which was: I have promised to marry someone else. If you agree to your request, it will be contrary to the way of women. It's also not humane, please cut off this thought.

Ten Ami didn't know what to do for a while. The "lady" of the Maeda Toshiya is really articulate.

"Humph!" Maeda Toshike said, "You not only insult me, but also disrespect my wife, I am a samurai, if I tolerate it any longer, what kind of face will I live in the world?" Draw your sword, Ten Ami! ”

Toshiya Maeda seems to have used this place as a stage for theatrical performances. The two opened up and confronted each other with knives in the moonlight.

Just when Mori Shinsuke was about to come with the corpse, Ten Ami should come out of the unclean door and disappear in the night; But when it was time to disappear, the Ten Ami remained here. Because the Maeda Toshiya is one of the people who have been expelled, it doesn't hurt even if they are seen. But if the ten ami's who were supposed to die were seen, they would have lost their efforts.

Ten Ami was in a hurry: they had to decide where they were going as soon as possible. If Maeda Toshiie, who was supposed to be expelled, and Juami, who was supposed to be killed, met under Mikawa Castle, they would become a laughing stock. He held the knife and said, "Since the bride is so precious, don't show it in front of people." Hide her tightly under your armpits. ”

"Less nonsense. I will not spare you. I have made up my mind to kill you. I'm not as quick to talk as you are. ”

"Since you can kill me, kill me. Where will you run away with your beloved bride? It is the Hisamatsu Sado Mori ...... of Aguju"

Ten Ami was hinting that Maeda Toshiya should go to Sado Mori, but Maeda Toshiya suddenly approached with a knife and said, "If you want to escape, why bother to go to your allies." I'm going to the enemy in Owari. "Ten Ami couldn't help but be very wolf.

Maeda Toshiie's idea is not unreasonable, and it makes sense that those who killed the lord's favored vassals and were expelled should hide in the enemy. Maeda Toshiya is honest and stubborn, and since he has decided, I am afraid that he cannot change it lightly. Ten Ami's heart is very heavy.

"I," Maeda Toshiie whispered, "I know Matsudaira Motoyasu very well, and I know the people around Motoyasu. With this relationship, Mikawa must have a place for me. ”

Having said that, but there are also contrary reasons and grounds, Ten Ami wanted to tell Sù Maeda Toshiya the possibility of the opposite, and said with a stern face: "Inu, you are still a stupid person in the final analysis. But if even the Maeda family's dog goes to Motoyasu's retainer to seek refuge, it will only hinder the progress of the matter. How stupid! ”

"Less nonsense. Come! ”

"Come on!" Ten Ami clenched the sword and suddenly stabbed it hard, and Maeda Matazaemon Toshiya gently pulled away Ten Ami's knife to the left, raised the sword that had been trained with Oda Nobunaga's sword, and slashed it violently to the right. But the sensation surprised him so much that he jumped aside and bent down to check.

Ten Ami had studied under Hirata San, and he was also considered to be extraordinary in swordsmanship, he should have known that Maeda Toshiya would push his sword away and fight back, but he seemed to have stepped on something under his feet, and his body was actually under Maeda Toshiie's menacing sword.

"Inu...... Are you really chopping? Ten Ami snorted. Suddenly fell to the ground.

"Ten Ami ......" Maeda Toshiya quickly leaned over to Ten Ami. Then he moaned lowly, "Oops! ”

Ah Song had long since returned to the shade. Keep an eye on the two. Although Maeda Toshiie hadn't revealed anything to her beforehand, with her sharp mind, she had already guessed the meaning of today's duel.

Toshiie Maeda bent down to examine the wound. Surprisingly accurate. From the base of his neck on the left side to his chest, the grass around him was already stained red.

"Ten Ami, alas!"

Juami's father died heroically in the Battle of Kodozaka, and he was orphaned since he was a child. It's not easy to grow up, and if he can complete the task smoothly this time, he will probably be rewarded handsomely. Revive the family's voice, but I didn't expect to end my life like this. I don't know if I heard Maeda Toshiie's voice, Ten Ami used his last strength, clung to the grass beside him, and twitched like a grasshopper that had been stepped on. "Inu...... Go ......."

He tried to say something, but the words that followed became more and more blurred, and before long, the handsome, fair face did not react at all.

"Quick, run. Someone is coming this way. ”

Seeing that this qiē seemed to have been arranged in advance, Ah Song walked over quickly. Urging Toshiya Maeda, who was still on one knee.

Maeda stood up abruptly, his hands folded. He bowed to the Ten Ami, and then quickly wiped the sword. How can life be so coincidental and unpredictable! Angry Maeda Toshiya wanted to kill the harsh Ten Ami more than once. Maeda Toshika's love knife, Akasaka Senjuin Yasuji, seemed to know his master's thoughts, and killed him on his own initiative.

Maeda Toshiie withdrew his sword from its scabbard and silently crouched down in front of Amatsu. Ah Song obediently leaned on his back. Maeda Toshiya picked her up and walked around the corner tower to the left.

Mori Shinsuke came alone to the maple bushes. But he was still a little worried, took a few steps back, pricked up his ears and eyes, and walked to the place where Shi Ami fell.

"I'm really impatient, I'm dead." He said to himself, "Alright, put away the corpse, cover it with a mat, and remove the corpse." ”

It was not serfs who carried the corpses of prisoners. Because he was afraid that the matter would be revealed, he chose two low-level samurai who were also from the Maeda family. Two low-ranking samurai threw the moved corpse into the grass and covered it with a mat, and then one of them walked towards the corpse of Juami: "Ahh ”

"It's bleeding, it's pretending to be true." Shinsuke stood there and smiled bitterly. He still thinks that this qiē is all acting.

"Who killed whom?"

"It was Maeda who killed the lord's favored Aichi Ten Ami......"

"Huh? Kimiko Maeda? …… Bad thing! I'm afraid he's going to be expelled. This samurai originally belonged to the low-level samurai of the Maeda family, and was immediately shocked when he learned that his son had killed his lord Oda Nobunaga's favored servant Aichi Ten Ami.

Shinsuke Mori smiled lightly and kicked the stone at his feet.

"Why did Maeda Kimi-kun kill Ju Ami-kun? He's not a man of small size...... "Low-level bushido," this knife is really powerful. Wipe from the left side of the neck all the way to the chest. ”

"Don't be verbose, quickly wrap the body in a mat. If asked, be sure to keep it a secret. Ten Ami relied on the favor of the lord, regardless of the occasion, regardless of identity, and spoke harshly. Finally ended up like this. Alas! ”

Shinsuke thinks that Juami is playing dead, and wants to kick him when he is inconvenient to speak, so as to be ashamed of being humiliated on weekdays.

"Yes, yes. I'm going to keep it a secret. But excuse me, why replace the corpse? ”

"Don't ask."

"But it's tragic...... Even the neck fell off. Neck...... The neck was almost chopped off! ”

"What?" Mori Shinsuke leaned in. "Broken neck? What's going on? ”

He approached, bent down to look at the Ten Ami in the arms of the low-ranking samurai, and suddenly exclaimed. Through the silver-gray moonlight, he could clearly see that Ami's lips were tightly closed, and he had completely lost his breath. On the cheeks of the grass, there was a thick black blood clot sticking. Mori Shinsuke patted his head in panic and whispered, "Put it down, you don't have to move." ”

Because the grievances on weekdays are too deep, Maeda and Saemon really killed Ten Ami. Although Oda Nobu-sama earnestly advised, however...... Mori Shinsuke felt that he had no choice but to tell Oda Nobunaga the truth.

"Quick! Bring the corpses back to the unclean gate and quickly close the gate! ”

Maeda Toshiya disobeyed the Lord's orders and killed his friend, and he must not be allowed to escape. He probably hasn't escaped from the city yet. All gates must be closed immediately. Raid Maeda Toshi's house. As for how Oda Nobunaga ruled. It's no longer his new Maori helper's business.

The low-ranking samurai and another low-ranking samurai obediently put the prisoner's body back on the car and sped away.

After all three of them left in a hurry, Maeda Matayamaemon Toshiya, who was hiding nearby, watched the three disappear from his eyes in a daze. Ah Song on his back didn't seem to understand what was happening in front of him. "Ah, Meteor." She put her mouth to Maeda's ear and pointed to the sky.

Maeda Toshiya slowly turned Ah Song up and said, "Ah Song." ”

"Hmm."

"Go back to Madame yourself."

"Nope." Amatsu shook his head, "I'm not Madame's maid, I'm the wife of Maeda Matazaemon Toshi's family." ”

"But I was on a business trip. It's about to be beheaded. You don't know, I ...... Mistakenly killed Ten Ami. ”

"Huh?"

Ah Song's eyes widened at this time, staring at Maeda Toshiie's face from behind. "Did you really kill Ten Ami?"

Maeda Toshiya sensed Amatsu's gaze and nodded. "So, go back by yourself. The lord will not blame you. Do you understand? ”

"No," Ah Song shook his head, "if you are killed, Ah Song will go with you." ”

Maeda Toshiie smiled wryly and stepped forward. He didn't take the young Ason's words to heart at all. He was going to carry Amatsu to the inner court, reprimanded him and put it down, and then went to Oda Nobunaga. Left to Oda Nobunaga's ruling, even if it is beheaded. He didn't complain.

"You are naturally intelligent, but you must not be arrogant because of this, but love others with a broad heart."

"Yes."

"Good boy. Ason, I'm ......"

"Listen, what's the sound?"

"Someone is manhunting me. Listen, they are running towards the gates...... Do you understand? The gates of the city are closed, and there is no way out. It would be a great shame for my life to escape. So be obedient and go to Madame. ”

But Ah Song didn't listen at all. Dotted lights floated in the vast night.

"Zuo Gongzi ...... again," someone shouted behind him.

A dark shadow flashed in the bushes of bushes nearby. Maeda Toshiya couldn't help but take a step back and put on a posture of battle, "I, Maeda and Saori, neither run away nor hide. Who are you? ”

The black shadow suddenly "shh Toshiie Maeda asked again, "Who?" ”

"Zuo Gongzi again!"

"Is that you? You don't get involved. "The person who came was the low-level samurai who was in charge of transporting the corpse before, the low-level samurai Kizo Shigetada from the Maeda family.

Kizo Shigetada was recruited by the Maeda family a few years ago, and after several years of hard work, he was appreciated by Maeda Toshimasa's father, Maeda Toshimasa, and was recommended by Maeda Toshimasa to work under the main Oda family last year.

Of course, this is the identity of Muzo Shigezhong on the surface, but in fact, his real identity secretly is a retainer of the Luo family. Kizo Shigetuda was one of several retainers who followed Masato when the Luo family first started, and later as the head of the monomi, he was specifically responsible for helping Masato recruit talents designated by Masato in various places, and at the same time was responsible for establishing intelligence pavilion sub-stations in various places. Due to his long-term absence from the Luo family, his true identity is now known except for a few ministers from the dragon who have worked with Kizo Shigetada, as well as the upper echelons of the Intelligence Pavilion.

Even Kizo Shigetada's family in Kyushu didn't know what he was responsible for, only that his status in the Luo family was not low, which can be known from the fact that as Kizo Shigezhong's family, they enjoyed many good rights and treatment.

A few years ago, Kizo Shigetada and a dozen of his subordinates pretended to be ronins under the orders of Masayo, and joined the homes of daimyo and powerful people such as the Oda family and the Imagawa family in different ways. Since not many people even in the Luo family knew him, he simply infiltrated the Oda family without even changing his name.

For some time now, with Imagawa Yoshimoto about to go to Luo, the Oda family has become nervous, and Kizo Shigetada, who is lurking in Oda's house as a fine saku, is naturally very careful to observe the movements around him. And just this afternoon, Mori Shinsuke, who was his boss, suddenly ran to find him and another low-ranking samurai who was also from the Maeda family, and asked them mysteriously:

"You're both from the Maeda family?"

In the face of such a strange question from Mori Shinsuke, Kizo Shigetada and another low-level samurai naturally nodded and admitted.

"Listen, there's a mission for you now, but no matter what happens. Do not let the fourth person know. Otherwise, wait for the lord to cut off your heads. ”

After hearing such a warning from Shinsuke Mori. Kizo Shigezhong immediately anticipated that this task would not be easy. And the fact is indeed as he expected, as the former head of the Maeda family, the fourth son of the Maeda family, actually killed the new lord Oda Nobunaga's favored close attendant, which is a big deal, so after following the orders of Mori Shinsuke to transport the body of Aichi Ten Ami to the designated place, he immediately rushed back, only to see that the former master of the family and the left son actually planned to go to Oda Nobunaga to confess his guilt.

Who is Oda Nobunaga? That's a strange person, and even more so a tyrant-like governor when he's angry, if Maeda Toshiya goes to confess his sins at this time. It must not have a good result, and then he first thought of the list of talents given to him by the lord Zhengliang, including the name of the left prince in front of him, so he had an idea and quickly jumped out:

"Zuo Gongzi, please come down with your ministers."

"Where to go?"

"For the sake of Oda Nobunaga, I will lead you out of the imclean gate."

"No!"

"Bastard, if you send it to the door now, the fiery horse will kill you immediately."

"I'm ready to be beheaded."

"That's muddy...... Oda Nobunaga has already lost one of his henchmen, if even you are killed. The lord will lose two of his favorite generals, and the loss will be doubled. You don't even understand that. What a fool. Get out of here. If he kills you, Oda Nobuta will regret it later. It is not an act of loyalty to make the lord regret it. You escape first, and if you can complete the task that originally belonged to the two of you, you will be worthy of the Ten Ami. ”

After Muzo Shigezhong finished speaking in one breath, Ah Song immediately whispered in agreement: "Although I don't know who he is, he has a point. Let's run. Maeda Toshiya stood up and saw the fires in the city gathering more and more.

"If you kill Maeda Toshiie, the lord will regret it afterwards......" This sentence pierced Maeda Toshiie's heart like a steel needle. He knew that his lord favored him, so he ran away, and it was really difficult for the honest Maeda Toshiya.

Seeing that Maeda Toshiya was lost in thought, Kizo Shigetada suddenly ran over and grabbed his hand. "Don't be cranky, there's only one way out. Isn't it, girl? ”

"Yes." Ah Song said, "Bringing double losses to the lord is the greatest disloyalty. Let's go! ”

After speaking, as if she remembered something, she patted Maeda Toshiya on the shoulder, stared at Kizo Shitada, and said, "Although I don't know who you are, I want to ask you for something." ”

"Although. In the next used to be the samurai of the Maeda family. It was with the recommendation of the Maeda family that he was able to become a samurai of the Oda family. ”

"In that case, then, after we escaped, don't tell the lord that Zuo killed Shi Ami by mistake, you can say that Shi Ami was secretly in love with my Ah Song, and Zuo killed him on impulse...... You have to hide the truth completely! ”

"Okay." Muzo Shigezhong responded, couldn't help laughing, almost laughed, he hurriedly covered his mouth. With such an innocent and cheerful girl by her side, it seems to dilute the bleak remorse of the Maeda Toshiya.

"I understand. If that's the case, Zuo Gongzi is really unbearable. Alright, let's go. Kizo Shigetada pulled his hand and left, and Maeda Toshiya hurriedly followed. He closed his lips tightly and wept uncontrollably.

"The situation is getting more and more tense, and Nobu-sama Oda still has a lot to do with us. It's a critical juncture. How could Chiyo Gongzi, who was indispensable to the Oda family, die at such a time? ”

"Not bad."

"It's amazing that the girl understands that. As long as Maeda Toshiya is alive, he will definitely be able to complete the task of him and Ten Ami-kun. Right, girl? ”

"Of course. Hirata Sanjun also said that the left is the strongest person. The trio groped their way across the parched valley in the dark. On the way, they encountered a group of searchers, but Kizoshige came forward and shouted at them instead.

"We are Fujii Uemon's men, and we have come to check the road to the unclean gate. Whoever is coming, report your name immediately! ”

The other party hurriedly replied: "New here, we are also Fujii's subordinates." Then they turned to the barracks in Erdao City.

"Soon, it's here. Also, this is a friend who met when he wandered in Sanhe and Junfu, if Zuo Gongzi went to Sanhe and Junfu these places, he couldn't help but go here to take a look, after seeing my paper, they would naturally know that Zuo Gongzi was a close friend under him, and he would definitely be able to provide some help to Zuo Gongzi. ”

At this time, Muzo Shigethu took out a piece of white paper that he had carried with charcoal before he hurriedly came, and wrote the location of some of the Luo family's secret outposts in Sanhe and Junfu, when the Luo family's intelligence cabinet personnel saw these papers with the Luo family's proprietary password, they would naturally know that the person who came was very important, and they must do their best to stay.

After stuffing the paper into Maeda Toshiya's hands (in a hurry, Maeda Toshiya didn't know why Kizo Shigeta had a piece of paper with him, so he had to stuff the paper in his arms and put it away), everyone had already come to the impure door, and at this time, the impure door locked from the inside was unguarded, so Kizo Shigetada's lock was neatly opened and the wooden bolt was removed.

At this time, the sky kept streaking through the shooting stars, and in the paddy fields outside the city, there was the sound of frogs.

"Loyalty!" Maeda Toshiya looked out of the city and whispered to himself, "Maeda Maeda Saemon Toshiya owes you a favor since the day I met you. As long as I live for a day, I will not forget a day. ”

"You're welcome...... In such a time of crisis. Well, leave it at that. Please take care of ......" Kizo Shigetadashi also shed tears.

In this way, in the moonlight, Maeda Toshiya, the fourth son of the Maeda family, hurriedly walked out with his wife Amatsu.

"Hey, I hope you go faster, and I also hope that you can go to the secret post of the family in Sanhe and Junfu, so that the lord and the prince will be able to take Maeda and Zuo Gongzi under his command." Looking at the two Maeda Toshi's family who were gradually moving away, Kizo Shigetada thought to himself......

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