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After settling the people onto a merchant ship in Hakata Bay and letting the two boatmen who stayed behind take care of him, Masarashi returned to his temporary residence at Seifukuji Temple. At this time, Kamiya Sage had already finished discussing with Kizo Shigetada, and hurriedly returned to Kamiya's house to prepare relevant supplies. Two days later, two merchant ships of the Kamiya family will return to Higashimatsuura with Masahiro.

"Your Highness, I'm really sorry to visit rashly, I don't know if Hakata and his party are having fun today?" In Masahiro's residence, Master Zen Rong, the abbot of Shengfukuji Temple, asked.

"Hehe, it's a good experience," Mashiro said with a smile. Masara can be sure that the other party knows about his travel situation today, and as a force that cannot be underestimated in the Hakata area, Seifukuji has its own intelligence network.

"His Royal Highness's way of tea Zen is really unique, which makes the poor monks admire. It happened that a friend of the poor monk visited, and after learning about His Royal Highness's outstanding insights from the poor monk, he was also full of praise, and now this friend invited him to the other courtyard for a while, I wonder if His Royal Highness Lu Dao intends to go to see it? After small talk, Master Chan Rong invited straight to the point.

"Oh? I don't know what to call the friends of Master Ludao? Suddenly receiving the invitation, Masahiro couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and hurriedly asked after reacting.

"Hehe, Your Highness, all beings are equal in front of the Buddha, and now we are just tasting tea and talking about the Tao, so why bother to stick to identity?" Master Chan Rong smiled mysteriously.

"Ahh It's under the picture, Master, please lead the way, I'm looking forward to meeting the Master's friends below," Masayo replied with a bow.

"Your Highness, please come here" Master Chan Rong folded his hands and returned the salute, and then took the lead in getting up and leading the way.

Passing through the path of the courtyard with lush flowers and plants, Masara soon came to a small courtyard, and Master Zen Rong walked in first, and Masara motioned for the two cloaked people who followed to wait outside the courtyard, and then walked in as well.

The yard is not large, surrounded by some flowers and plants, in the center of the yard is a small pavilion, and next to the pavilion are several old plum blossoms. At this moment, a middle-aged man who looks to be in his 40s is sipping tea alone in the pavilion, and a small monk is watching the tea stove on the side. Zhengliang followed behind Master Chan Rong and slowly walked behind the middle-aged man.

"Hehe, my lord is really so elegant, I can enjoy the fun of life by drinking tea alone here," Master Chan Rong said first.

"Ahh The master is here, please sit down, it's just an occasional thought, but it makes the master smile" The middle-aged man was awakened from his contemplation, and hurriedly saluted, and at the same time he also saw Zhengliang behind Master Chan Rong, slightly stunned, and then looked at Master Chan Rong and said, "Who is this?" ”

"This is the strange man I mentioned to you this morning," Master Chan Rong introduced.

"Ha Lu haha, it turned out to be His Royal Highness Zhengliang who has a unique view of the way of tea Zen" The middle-aged man immediately reacted, it was obvious that he got the relevant information of Zhengliang from Master Chan Rong, "Sure enough, I have seen people, Your Highness's morning 'Xing, the people are suffering, the people are suffering, the people are suffering, and the rise and fall of the world are made of soil' is really a portrayal of the people's livelihood in troubled times!" ”

"Huh?" This time it was Masara's turn to be a little stunned, because the middle-aged man had just uttered an exclamation that he had inadvertently uttered in the morning.

"Ha Lu Haha, His Royal Highness Masara doesn't need to be surprised, Zai Xia happened to be in the crowd in the morning, but I thank His Highness for driving away that annoying guy and allowing Zai Xia to return here" The middle-aged man Ha Lu Ha Da Lu smiled, "Now let's officially meet Sagara Takeren of the Fujiwara clan in the Xia Ouchi family." ”

"In the lower Luo family, Luo clan Masahiro", Masahiro bowed and saluted back, "It turned out to be Sagara-sama, and I was rude just now." …,

Zhengliang was secretly surprised, he didn't expect to meet a big man here. It is no exaggeration to say that the person in front of him, together with Tao Longfang, another important minister of the Ouchi family, directed the demise of the Ouchi family. Sagara Takeren was born in the Sagara clan of Higo, and because he was proficient in literature and history and excelled in internal affairs, he was gradually reused by Yoshitaka Ouchi. If things continue to develop according to this situation, then the Ouchi family will not have the disaster of destruction later. The turning point was in the ninth year of Astronomy (1540, i.e., this year), when the Niko family launched a joint war against the Mori family. In 1542, despite Sagara Takeshito's advice, Ouchi Yoshitaka led an army to counterattack Tsukiyama Tomita Castle, the base of the Niko clan, but in the end, the Ouchi clan lost many of its generals, and even the heir Ōuchi Harumi drowned due to the sinking of the warship.

After returning to the territory, due to the defeat in the Battle of Izumo, he lost his interest in martial arts, coupled with the blow and displeasure of his heir, and Yoshitaka Ouchi, who was on the verge of mental collapse, began to place his affection on Kyoto culture. On the other hand, Yoshitaka Ouchi began to favor Sagara Takeren of the Bunji faction, and the reason for this is that this prince had vigorously opposed it before the Izumo expedition, so it can be seen that Ouchi Yoshitaka deeply regretted the expedition, and Taurakabo, who had advocated the expedition in advance, could feel an unprecedented crisis of confidence. Gradually, Sagara's status reached the level of being able to compete with Tao, which became the biggest threat to the Ouchi clan's pen head Tao. At this time, the internal contradictions of the Ouchi family began to slowly reach a climax from the initial brewing, and the Ouchi family was divided into two camps headed by Sagara Takeren and Tao Takabo. The struggle between Tao Longfang and Sagara Takeren initially began with a few arguments, but as Ouchi Yoshitaka became more and more partial to the Sagara faction, Takabo's relationship slowly changed, and even called Sagara Takeren "a corrupt old monk". However, in 1545, in the struggle between the two camps, Sagara Takeren was defeated by Tao Takabo and was forced to leave his home, and Tao Takabo regained power, and in 1547, Sagara Takeren was invited by Ouchi Yoshitaka to go out again, and the two camps were opposed again. In order to reconcile the contradictions between the two factions, Ouchi Yoshitaka once wanted to marry Sagara Wuren's daughter to Tao Longfang's son Nagafang, which made Takafang, who had always looked down on Wuren, feel a great shame. On the other hand, Sagara even forcibly occupied the Tao family's territory behind Yoshitaka's back, which shook the Tao family's most fundamental interests. In 1550, the retreating Tao Takabo and Naito Yoshimori attempted to assassinate Sagara Takeshi, but were discovered by Yoshitaka Ouchi. As a result, the strength of Tao Longfang in the Ouchi family was greatly weakened.

Originally, Tao Longfang had a very deep affection for Yoshitaka Ouchi. He grew up as a boy in Yilong and has always been loyal. When retreating from Izumo, he personally protected Yoshitaka Ouchi's retreat. However, as Elan indulged in a life of luxury, his playthings became demoralized. Tao Longfang, who did not want to fall into the fate of decline with the main family, launched the following rebellion in line with the belief that "God does not take it, but suffers from it". On August 29, 1551, the 20th year of Astronomy, as an opportunity to rebel against Takashi Tao, who was rumored to be a rebel by Takashi Aokei, Takashi Nagato and Yoshisugi Shigeju of Toyozen, who were also dissatisfied with Yoshitaka Ouchi's favor and Sagara Takeshi, launched a rebellion. Tao Longfang and Jiang Liangrongfang led 3,000 Tao troops from Tomita Wakayama Castle, Ouchi Yoshitaka had received the news in advance, and his cronies Leng Quan Takatsu led 10,000 troops to fight, but on the spot of the confrontation there were about 2,000 soldiers who were countered by Tao Ce, and in the ensuing battle, Ouchi deserted more and more so that the command was ineffective, and finally the whole army retreated, and only about 60 people were left in the escape from Zhou Fang to Nagato. Yoshitaka arrived in Nagato, ready to cross the sea and flee to Kitakyushu, but encountered a storm at sea, and fled to Nagato Taining Temple after the worst, and committed suicide in the temple on September 1, only 45 years old, and his legal name was Ryufukuji Temple. Also martyred were Ryosen Takatoyo, Okabe Takakei and others. And Takabo's nemesis, Sagara Takeren, had learned the news in advance and fled to Chikuzen's Sugi Xingyun Office. Sugi Koyoun resolutely supported Yoshitaka and took in the fleeing Sagara Takeren, so he was attacked by Tao Takabo and died in battle in 1551, while Sagara Takeren was killed in Hanao Castle. …,

"Hehehe, His Royal Highness Masatsura doesn't have to be polite", after seeing Masahiro bow down, Sagara Takeren hurriedly returned the salute, "Recently, I heard that there is a famous fierce general in Higashimatsuura, who is known as the 'Eagle of Higashimatsuura', I wonder if Lu Dao is related to His Royal Highness Masatsuura?" ”

"It is precisely in the future that the so-called 'eagle' is just a mispraise from the world," Masahiro said modestly. At the same time, he was secretly frightened by the intelligence ability of the Ouchi family. The fact that a daimyo with an income of hundreds of thousands of stone was able to notice the news of a small place really made people deeply admire his meticulous intelligence ability.

"Oh? It turned out that His Royal Highness Masarashi was the one who personally slashed more than a dozen first-class 'eagles' in the battle with the Nakoshi people, and His Highness's bravery, even the general of the Tao Longfang of the own family was also appreciative, and once said that he wanted to compete with His Highness" Sagara Takeren immediately praised.

"Lord Sagara has won the award, how can he compare with General Tao Longfang", Masashi hurriedly said. Just kidding, it's not a good thing to be remembered by a radical Geng like Tao Longfang. Now that I think about it, the rumors of a war with Na Yue Ming that were exuded in order to confuse the powerful around me were a bit exaggerated, and now it's a bit of a thing to shoot yourself in the foot.

"Hehe, His Royal Highness Zhengliang doesn't have to be modest, the Tao Longfang of this family is only 20 years old, His Royal Highness Zhengliang looks younger than Tao Longfang, the future is really unlimited, I don't know if His Royal Highness Lu Dao has the idea of investing in this family?" Takeren Sagara continued. In 1540, the Battle of Yamashiro in Yoshida-gun, when Tao Longbo was 20 years old, was his first battle. For this battle, people have always focused on the unparalleled strategy of Maori Yuan, the strong wall before the war, the flexible defense and the surprise attack during the war are incomparably exquisite, but without the magic stroke of Tao Longfang's surprise attack on the Nizi main formation, then all the efforts of Yuan will be in vain after all. became famous in the first war, and Tao Longfang began to be known as the unparalleled general of the Western Kingdom. And at this moment, Luo Zhengliang is also beginning to become famous, and maybe one day, two people who are also young will meet one day.

"This?" Zhengliang didn't expect the other party to recruit him at all, he must be unwilling to live under someone else's roof, but it's not very good to refuse rashly, now make friends with the other party, maybe you can get the other party's assistance.

"Ahem, two adults, the tea is ready, let's take a seat" Just as Zhengliang was quickly thinking about how to answer, Master Chan Rong on the side suddenly opened his mouth and invited.

"Hahaha, but I forgot the purpose of this time, His Royal Highness Zhengliang, please!" After Sagara Takeren heard this, he smiled and invited Masahiro.

"Hehe, Sagara-sama, please!" Zheng Conscience breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and bowed in return.

So the three of them discussed the way of tea Zen again in the pavilion.

This tea party can be said to be very complete, the three of them talked very happily, until the evening Sagara Takeren said goodbye and left, before leaving, Sagara Takeren once again invited the Luo family to join the arms of the Ouchi family, and at the same time mysteriously reminded Masato to pay attention to the movements of the Harada family, the uncle of Harada in the morning was a person who would repay him, and he thanked Masato for this. At this point, the Luo family and Sagara Takeren can be regarded as official friends.

Recalling today's meeting between the two, it can be said that it was an extremely serendipity thing. Now Sagara Takeren is only a retainer of the Ouchi family who is gradually reused, so he can still make friends with a small tyrant like the Luo family, once Ouchi Yoshitaka is defeated by the Niko family two years later, and Sagara Takeren is completely reused, the Luo family may not be able to enter the eyes of Sagara Takeren.

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