After the sun set, Kuro sneaked out of his own house in Kishidake Castle Castle, and then quietly came to a hidden corner of the castle town.

The moon hasn't come out yet. Standing in a hidden corner and looking east, I saw a compound made of bricks and tiles hundreds of meters away. At this time, the courtyard was already lit up, and a few bush branches bloomed randomly by the wooden windows of the courtyard, reflecting on the partition door of a house next to the courtyard, as if they were painted.

"My father will die soon...... "Kuro suddenly thought of life. He pondered these questions all the way, from the time he got the news today until now. The beautiful Tenhe River hangs in the night sky, and the water of the Matsuura River at the foot of Mt. Kishidake laps against the rocks on the shore with a soft sound.

My sister in Iki will give birth to a child...... It's incredible that a new life is about to come to this world. And with the birth of this child, the father will also leave this world, which is also incredible. In this world, no one can live a long life. However, there are old people and young people in every era. Born and then died, dead and resurrected, there will always be many people in this world. In whose hands is life and death in his hands? Is it a god or a Buddha?

Kuro's real name is Tsurutamae. The Tsuruta family was originally a wealthy family under the command of the Hizen Hakata, but eight years ago, the Luo family invaded the territory of the Hakata family, and although the Hakuda family fought back, they were ultimately defeated. Later, after an agreement between the two parties, Hata and other defeated wealthy clans moved to Iki Island, and Hashata's territory in Hizen was completely occupied by the Luo family. The Tsuruta family, a wealthy family under the command of the Hakata family, also left Hizen for Iki on that day, leaving only himself who had been lost in the war and the two retainers who were responsible for protecting him.

In order to survive, he and his two retainers resolutely pretended to be ordinary lords. Then he settled in a village near Kishigaku Castle. He was fourteen years old. in the family. He is the second son, in front of him is his brother Nao Tsuruta, and after him is the third brother Katsuru Tsuruta, and he also has a younger sister. But none of this has anything to do with him, because he has to survive under the leadership of the Luo family.

Fortunately, the two retainers did not abandon him, but instead disguised him as a member of their two families, thus allowing him to escape the fate of being identified in the Luo family's population register.

So, that's it. Nao Tsuruta lived in fear near Kishidake Castle. It wasn't until three years ago that he was found by a retainer of the Tsuruta family who had sneaked in from Iki Island, and then he became a hosaku ambushed in the territory of the Luo family. Regularly in charge of liaising with a woman in a courtyard a few hundred meters away. Then the information provided by the woman was regularly sent to another Hosaku in Karatsu. Tonight, he came to this place of contact again, and then skillfully picked up the information that recorded the recent movements of the Luo family. It's just that at this time, he pondered again. The imminent death of his father and the imminent birth of his sister's child gave him a lot of ideas.

In the night, the crickets began to whine. In his opinion. The blooming bush clover flowers are incredible, and there are both young and old human beings. Equally elusive. Hata, Shaoji, Otomo, Ouchi, Roche, they are fighting back and forth, how long will they fight? Just like this year's cicada is different from last year's cicada, although the length of time in the world is the same, people and cicadas are the same. The slain leaves this world, and the murderer cannot live forever either......

Luo Zhengliang is eclectic in employing people, farmers, townspeople, ronins, 'Mingguo people', and even 'ghost people', all of which have become a force in his hands under his ingenious instigation. He was anxious to take over the world by force, hated all the old things, sat on the throne made of the white bones of the former nobles, and became the new overlord. He couldn't understand Roche's behavior. The strong men of the past must have done the same thing wearing a moral mask. These disguises often prevent the unexpected, but Masato even threw away these masks. For his own sake, he incited his people and made them pay for him without scruples. Yes, in his opinion, those village leaders who instill in the villagers every day that they worship Luo Zhengliang and are grateful to the Luo family are just inciting the people.

Walking out of the secret place of the town, the wind gently brushed his face. Is the same wind blowing in Iki, caressing the cool nights there? The shadow of his dead mother suddenly appeared in Kuro's mind. When my mother died, my siblings hugged each other and wept. This kind of scene made him faintly realize the joys and sorrows of life.

My mother has died, and the rest of my father, brother, brother, and sister are on the other side of the sea, and the family could have shared the joy of family together, but why do people always build a high wall to separate them for inexplicable reasons? Why can't relatives get together? From this time on, doubts about the impermanence of the human world sprouted in Kuro's heart.

Just when Jiurou was puzzled, he didn't know what to say, in the courtyard where he had just stared, a man was slowly walking in.

"Well, this place is nice." After taking a look around the courtyard, Zhengliang said to Taijiu Ling, who had arrived in a hurry. Behind Tai Jiu Ling is her sister Tai Jiu Sakura.

Two years ago, the sixteen-year-old Sakura was accepted as a righteous sister by Masahiro, and then married Yoshida Shigemasasaku, a retainer of the Luo family. After Sakura got married for too long, she completely got rid of the character of following Mei Ji everywhere, and soon became a good wife, and now she is even more pregnant, and she is about to be a mother. This time, she came to visit her sister Taijiu Ling, and asked her sister for advice on what to pay attention to after pregnancy. She didn't expect to meet Masahiro here. When she thought of asking Zhengliang why she didn't marry her without any scruples, her own face turned red. So he hurriedly asked Zhengliang for peace and then retired to rest.

"Okay, don't panic, I just came back from Fenghou tonight, and I suddenly remembered you before entering the city, so I came to see you." Masara smiled and said to the nervous crowd, but this sentence was obviously aimed at Taijiu Ling.

Taijiu Ling is indeed very nervous now. The man had never been to his place since she had settled here. But it was on this night that she came suddenly, and she who had just fallen asleep was immediately dressed and hurried in the service of the maid. At this time, Masahiro and his men walked through the courtyard and came to her bedroom.

"Won't you let me in and sit?" Zhengliang looked at Taijiu Ling's bedroom, and then said with a smile. The latter didn't know what to say. can only take Masashi into her bedroom like a puppet. Two personal maids followed the two inside. Masayo's guards stood guard outside the bedroom.

"Sit down. Is the situation okay over there? After casually sitting down on the floor. Masara asked directly.

After sitting down in front of Zhengliang cautiously for a long time, Ling said, "The monthly profit is not bad, and the specific accounts have been given to several ladies." There was also a set of the same books at home, and if the adults wanted to check them, the little woman would immediately have them fetched. ”

"No need." Zhengliang said directly: "Do you remember your eldest sister? ”

"Eldest sister?" For too long, Ling was confused by Zhengliang's sudden question. She did have a sister. And it's two. One is her second sister, and it was Masara who rescued her second sister and her second sister's daughter from Ishida's house. Now she has settled her second sister and two mother and daughter in Tangjin, and now she lives peacefully. As for the eldest sister, she lost contact a long time ago. So when Masa-ra asked about her sister, she subconsciously thought that Masa-ra was asking her second sister. It's just that why did he ask about her second sister? Doesn't he like that he has set his second sister as the host of Tangjin Commercial House?

"Maybe you don't even know the way, right? Your eldest sister is in Iki at this time. Zhengliang glanced at Ling for a long time. Go on.

"What? Eldest sister in Iki? Suddenly getting the whereabouts of her long-missing eldest sister, Ling couldn't help but scream for too long. In other words, she was pleasantly surprised at this time, after all, she had obtained the whereabouts of her relatives.

"Do you remember when I was ambushed by the Otomo family and the Ouchi family coalition last year in Chikugo?" Just as Taijiu Ling was about to continue to ask Zhengliang about her eldest sister's situation, Zhengliang talked about other topics.

"Do you know why my whereabouts were known to the enemy in the first place?" Masara said with a smile on his face: "Is that because I have the other party's fine work by my side?" ”

"Finesse?" After too long, Ling couldn't help but tremble in his heart. She knows this man too well, he would never say these things in front of you for no reason, and he would come to you to say these things at a time when everyone was about to fall asleep. Could it be that he was doubting himself? But I really didn't betray him! Thinking of this, Ling couldn't help but feel a blockage in his heart for a long time, and tears involuntarily poured out of his eyes.

"What do you think? Fool! Seeing that the woman in front of him suddenly cried, Masa-liang immediately knew that she had misunderstood what she meant. So he stretched out his hands and hugged her in his arms. Then he said.

For too long, Ling was frightened by Zhengliang's sudden movement and stiffened directly.

Masarashi continued to hold her regardless of it, and continued: "I'm talking about your eldest sister, who told the Ouchi family about my whereabouts, and then the Ouchi family relayed my whereabouts to the Otomo family. You almost killed me! Hehe! Thinking that he almost died at the hands of a woman, Masahiro couldn't help but laugh at himself. Don't really underestimate the women in the world. I thought that the woman would be quiet after escaping to Iki, but I didn't expect that she wouldn't be able to settle down at all.

"Eldest sister?" For too long, Ling couldn't care about her ambiguous posture with Zhengliang at this time, but she was shocked. Didn't this man say that her eldest sister was in Iki across the sea? Why did he suddenly appear next to Masahiro again? Could it be that she has returned? So why don't you come and recognize yourself?

"Don't think about it." Masahiro's right hand patted her beautiful buttocks, and then continued, "You still don't know the identity of your eldest sister, do you? Is she the main room of the Bo family? At this time, she was still in control of the Hata family on Iki Island, and the current governor of the Hata family was her son. ”

"Huh?" Too long to be completely shocked. All along, she didn't know that her eldest sister was married there by her ruthless father. At that time, she was still young, and she only knew that before her eldest sister got married, her mother once hugged her eldest sister and cried all night. She hadn't seen her since she got married, and she had heard from her father that she had gone far away and couldn't come back to visit them. Now I suddenly learned that she had married to Bodo in the same country. It's just that why the two families are so close to each other that she doesn't come back to visit? Is there something going on here? In an instant, Tai Jiu Ling thought of a lot of questions.

"Your eldest sister is really a difficult opponent, and she almost killed me. Even more rare. She sent someone to find you early in the morning. But they didn't send anyone to recognize you. Instead, I found someone close to you, and let her become a spy on the situation of my family. You say, don't you? Orange! After saying this, Masara looked at a maid beside him whose face was already pale.

"Oranges?" Taijiu Ling screamed in surprise, and then sat up abruptly from Zhengliang's side, looking at the maid Orange who was already kneeling on the ground with a trembling face.

The two maids in the room in front of her, including Orange, came from the maids who had been with her since she was a child, when she lost her husband and son, and when her life was almost meaningless. It was these two maids who had been with her to take care of her. Now Masa-ra suddenly tells her that Juzi is the informer. He was a little incredulous. But on second thought, it seems to make sense.

Yes, since he can go in and out of the backyard of the Luo family, and even participate in the evaluation meeting of some of the Luo family's decisions, the oranges around him will indeed have many opportunities to observe Zhengliang's actions up close. It's just that, no matter what, she can't believe that the orange is the same fine work. So she suddenly hugged Masahiro's neck and cried out loudly:

"No, sir. No, oranges are not finely made. By no means. She panicked and almost lost control.

"Alright, alright. Needless to say. Orange, I know that you have to become a meticulous worker because your family is under control, and then, as long as you do what I say, I guarantee that you and your family will be fine. Zhengliang said to the orange who was still trembling while comforting Taijiu Ling. Masara is going to use a counter-trick to make the orange pretend that she is not discovered, and then pass on some misinformation to the public. For this set, Masahiro from later generations is very familiar with it.

After calming down Taijiu Ling, and then teaching Juzi some tricks of counter-scheming, Masara asked his men to take Juzi and another maid who was stunned by what happened suddenly. How to arrange it next depends on the intelligence cabinet.

"Alright. Don't worry, those two maids of yours will be fine. Now it's time to talk about you. Zhengliang wiped the tears on Ling Ling's face lightly, and then said.

It took too long for Ling to realize that his posture with this man was very inappropriate at this time, and his face couldn't help but turn red, and then he planned to sit down again, but he found that he had been tightly hugged by this man.

"Tomorrow I'll take your two maids to the backyard of the city." Zhengliang raised his jade-like chin for too long with his right hand, so that her dark and emerald eyes were facing him, and then said.

After listening to Zhengliang's words, Ling Ling's head shook with a "boom" again.

Yes, all the while, she loved and hated this man. This man is her husband-killer enemy (and even her son-killer, but Jiujiu Ling doesn't know about it). She has always been very conflicted about this man's feelings. It's just that when she lost her husband and son, and when she almost lost the meaning of survival, she suddenly found that this man had become the spiritual pillar of her survival.

She herself didn't know when this man had taken possession of her heart. Maybe it was when her husband gave her to this man as a hostage, maybe when she was ready to dedicate herself to this man in exchange for his husband's great revenge, or maybe it was when she was unmoved by the man who was beautiful in the face of her beauty...... In short, she unknowingly fell in love with this man.

During the Warring States Period, for women, love was a luxury, some only had political tools, and some only had to be obedient. But having already died once, she no longer cared about that. In order to get closer to this man, she resolutely refused this man's offer to arrange for her to settle in a beautiful place.

Then choose to follow in his footsteps. In order to get close to him, he resolutely begged him for permission to run a commercial house. For a woman, in such an era where men are respected, she runs a commercial house that only men do. How many hardships have to be experienced during this period. But she endured it in silence. Just to have a chance to get close to him. She didn't know what was wrong with her, but it seemed like she was in a demon.

She even selfishly thought about finding an opportunity to fall in love with him overnight, and then prayed to be able to conceive a child because of it. Then she quietly left alone, waiting for the child to be born, she raised the child alone, and no matter whether he or she grows up, as long as he (she) grows up, he will inherit the surname of the Taijiu family, so that the bloodline of the Taijiu family will continue. And her affection for this man followed her body into the dirt.

Now this man told her personally that letting her move into the backyard of the lord's mansion in Kishigaku Mountain City was obviously equivalent to giving her a name, and this man also admitted himself positively. Thinking of the women who used to go to this man's backyard to meet him, her heart couldn't help but feel sad. Now that she had finally gotten her wish, her unassailable tears flowed again.

Of course, Zhengliang had already noticed the idea of this stupid woman, but he also knew that this stupid woman was a stubborn woman, and he directly made it clear, which might lead to the disappearance of this stupid woman, so Zhengliang has never clarified this relationship.

But as the Intelligence Pavilion told him about the situation of her maid, he knew that Lu Dao could not go on like this, whether it was this woman or the merchant house under this woman, it was extremely important to Zhengliang, so Zhengliang sat in Fenghou for a while, and after the overall situation was completely stabilized, he rushed back to Hizen's residence, and then directly came to cut through the chaos tonight when he arrived. Of course, due to the distance, Masato did not know what to do at this time, and several guests from Kyoto, accompanied by the Luo family's official Moritaka, had already begun to set off for Hizen Province.

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