The meeting with Sagara Takeren went quite smoothly. Although Sagara Takeren didn't fully believe in the matter of the Shaoyi family's collusion with the Otomo family, the seeds of suspicion had been planted, and when he went back, he would definitely try his best to confirm it. Once the alarm Yoshitaka Ouchi took out the letter for comparison, the Shaoyi family could only ask for more blessings.

Regarding the Luo family's request for support, Sagara Takeren expressed great interest. Of course, what he is interested in is mainly how the Luo family will join the Ouchi family. For this reason, Sagara Takeren proposed the idea of the Luo family becoming an outsider (subordinate daimyo), which was politely rejected by Masarashi. The reasons are reasonable. With the current situation in Hizen, once the Luo family announces that it has become the appearance of the Ouchi family, then the Luo family will definitely fall into the surrounding hostile to the Ouchi family. At that time, the Luo family not only couldn't help the Ouchi family control Feizen, but even had to surrender to the Shaoyi family. For such a result, Sagara Takeren is obviously unacceptable.

The final result of the discussion between the two is that the Luo family is still hiding in Hizen for the time being, secretly assisting the Ouchi family to completely control Hizen, and at the same time, once the Luo family falls into a crisis, the Ouchi family will secretly give support. After the discussion, Sagara Takeren left in a hurry, and he had to hurry to report the news he got this time to Yoshitaka Ouchi.

And Zhengliang is also quite satisfied with the harvest of this meeting. It is completely enough to temporarily pretend to take refuge in the Ouchi family and let Ouchi support the Luo family through this period. As for the matter of taking refuge, Zhengliang didn't pay attention to it at all. According to the progress of history, after the victory over the army of the Nizi family this year, Yoshitaka Ouchi already thinks that the Nizi family is twilight, so next year, at the instigation of Tao Longfang and others, the Ouchi family will launch a strategy against the Nizi family, and everyone should know the final result. It ended in a crushing defeat for the Ouchi family, and even the heir of the Ouchi family died in that battle.

Ouchi Yoshitaka was devastated by this and began to lose interest in expansion, and Sagara Takeren, who represented the Bunji faction, would quickly rise to power. Gradually opposed to the Tao Long room. At that time, the Ouchi family will have no energy to take care of Hizen's affairs at all.

On this occasion, Masarashi also expressed to Sagara Takeren his hope that the Ouchi family would help him obtain positions in the imperial court and shogunate. In the last retainer evaluation, Kakuma Ishimune proposed that Masayo should obtain an official position or a service position as soon as possible. As long as you have an official position, you have the righteousness to act. Just as the Shaoyi family issued a summoning order to the Luo family in the name of guarding. Of course. The authority of such an official position is based on strength, and if you don't have the strength, no matter how big the official position is, no one will pay attention to you.

The Ouchi family is one of the few daimyo that can be called one of the giants. He has a certain right to speak in the imperial court, and with his help, Zhengliang will have a much greater chance of obtaining a greater official position. Of course, you still have to rely on yourself for everything. So after completing his meeting with Sagara Takeshi, Masarashi boarded a ship bound for Kyoto. This time, he will personally go to Kyoto to obtain an official position.

Before the boat starts. Masara received a report from the detective, and it turned out that after the Luo family destroyed the Kamimatsunura and Goto clans, they became famous, and various heroes and powerful people sent people to infiltrate the territory of the Luo family with various intentions, trying to find out the news. With the implementation of the Luo family's law, the popularity of reporting suspicious people and receiving food rewards was very popular among the people, resulting in more than 50 spies who were reported and caught by the people in just a few days, and the reward of five stones per person was a reward of hundreds of stones. With such a large number, Togo Heiji certainly couldn't make up his mind, so he had to send someone to consult Masayo's decision.

With a wave of his hand, Masashi approved the awards, but. I also hated these spies who had infiltrated my own territory, and decided in my heart that it would be impossible for these fellows to be pardoned if they did not work as slaves in their territory for several years.

With everything in order, the fleet of three merchant ships officially set off. The fleet made its way along the Xuanjie Beach. At noon on the second day, it passed through the Kanmon Strait, and the fleet continued to move forward without danger.

In the afternoon of the third day. The fleet entered the Azuki Sea, also in the Seto Inland Sea. From here, the number of islands on the sea began to increase, and the number of ships came and went.

"My lord, it's Itsukushima ahead," said the boatman hired this time.

"Itsukushima?"

"Yes, sir. Itsukushima Shrine above is our guardian saint of the sea, and every time you pass by, the villain pays homage from afar on the boat," said the boatman. Due to the limitation of their status, they are not allowed to go to the island to worship casually, so they have to visit from afar on the boat to pray for the blessing of the guardian saint of the sea.

Ignoring the boatman's introduction to the scenery of the island, Masara remembered something else. Itsukushima, later known as Miyajima. A few years later, it was here that the Maori family defeated Tao Longfang, and even forced Tao Longfang to commit suicide. Since then, the Ouchi family has embarked on the path of destruction. This time, it was so close to that legendary place, which made Masahiro sigh.

"My lord, the front is about to enter the sea area of the Murakami Navy, I'm afraid that there will be ships coming to intercept it, as long as you hand in the sail and don't pay for it, you can pass safely" Just as Masara was pondering, the fleet had already quickly left Itsukushima and headed forward. Fearing that the adults on the ship, who were obviously not ordinary people, would get angry because they were being obstructed by Murakami's navy, which would lead to a conflict, the ship's family informed Masato in advance.

As the boatman expected, after a quarter of an hour, several boats of the Murakami family rowed head-on. The boatman was obviously familiar with them, and while talking to the sailors, he handed over the sail money. After receiving the seal of the coin, the sailors quickly rowed away and began to head towards another merchant ship.

"Is the stronghold of Murakami's naval army nearby?" Masarashi looked at the Murakami water army that was gradually moving away and said.

"It's really nearby, but if you go any further, you'll soon encounter the checkpoint set up by the Murakami family, and ordinary people can't get close to the place where they live," the boater said cautiously. After hearing Masayo's question, the boatman subconsciously thought that Masato seemed to be interested in the Murakami family's sailors, so he immediately answered cautiously.

Masara was indeed interested in this water army, because he remembered Takeshi Murakami who was left in Nodaka at the moment. Takeshi Murakami, who has been following Masashi for several months, seems to be quite calm, and it is estimated that his ability to be good at thinking in the future is developed at this time. Perhaps, it won't be long before he gets back on the island and reclaim everything that belongs to him.

The flotilla took the seal provided by the Murakami family and came all the way to Harima Beach unimpeded. At this time, it was already afternoon, and Masahiro asked the fleet to rest at the nearby harbor. This era was different from later generations, and sailing at night was a great risk. This is especially true in the inland sea zone, where there are many islands and reefs. So Masato plans to rest here tonight and then move forward tomorrow.

The place where the ships docked was a modest harbor, and not far from it was the Urakami family's Tomita Matsuyama Castle. Under the protection of everyone, Masahiro chose several houses close to each other as a place to rest.

Soon. Night fell. The moon also quietly rose.

And Zhengliang is to study tomorrow's itinerary. According to the schedule, tomorrow you only need to continue along Harima Beach and cross the Akashi Strait to enter Settsu Bay. And the first destination of the trip, Kaimachi, will be reached.

"Huh?" At this moment, the political conscience was alarmed, and the skill system in the body also responded.

Followed by. With a "squeak", the wooden door was pushed open, and Kato Duanzang, the head of Masarashi Security this time, walked in quickly: "Your Highness! ”

"Well, looks like you've found out too? Go ahead and see what's going on? Masato said. Obviously, Kato Duanzo, who was already in the upper ninja realm, also discovered the danger.

"Yes, Your Highness" After receiving the order of Masayo, Kato Duanzo bowed and retreated. Then there was a series of shouts outside, apparently Kato Duanzo giving the order to guard Masayo's safety. Even Fei Duan and Ahri walked into the wooden house after getting permission from Masaara. The close guard in charge of Zhengliang.

After making arrangements, Kato Danzo headed towards the place where the signs of danger were heard.

And Masashi and others are quietly waiting for the results.

"No," Masahiro suddenly shouted, and the word Jigang in his hand couldn't help but tighten.

Hearing this, Fei Duan and Ahri immediately looked around the room vigilantly.

"Buzz ......" At this time, a brain-piercing chirp sounded.

Masato instantly felt dizzy. Thankfully, the system responded immediately, and in an instant, the invading vertigo was removed. Masahiro is fine here, but Ahri and Feiduan around him are much more difficult, and I saw that the two of them had blue muscles on their faces. It is clear that there is a great struggle going on.

"Who's coming, please show up" Zhengliang shouted.

The chirp subsided. Fei Duan and Ahri also returned to normal in an instant. But Masashi saw a shocked and solemn look in the eyes of the two. Obviously, the attack method that Phil thought of made the two of them feel tricky, even helpless.

"Come with me to meet our guests," said Masarashi as he shook the word Yoshioka in his hand after the two of them had fully recovered.

"Your Highness?" The two men were clearly trying to admonish.

"The other party has been waiting outside for a long time, besides, the enemy who can't be seen is the most dangerous," Masarashi said and took the lead towards the wooden door.

"Squeak" Feiduan and the two walked quickly to the front, opened the wooden door first, and then dodged out first.

Masato then walked out.

I saw that all the guards who were originally guarding outside had fainted to the ground at this moment, temporarily losing their combat effectiveness. In the bright moonlight, Masara saw a middle-aged man wearing a hat and ordinary civilian clothes standing quietly on the grass not far away.

"Hey! It's a pity that Xiaoyue is not here, otherwise with the joint efforts of the two of us, the two samurai lords around Your Excellency would not be able to support it until now. Tell us about yourself! Your Excellency may call me Long Yin," the middle-aged man spoke first.

(Author's Note: A Million Words?) Entering the fifth month of writing the book, it has finally reached one million words. For the author, a million words is a watershed, a new beginning. Even if the grades are very poor, there has been no opportunity to recommend, but I will persevere, just for the hobby, just for the one commitment to you to complete the book, thank you for your continued support. ）

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