Chapter 505: Encounter with the Sword Saint
"The foreign minister pays a visit to Lord Dazai." This time it was Naru Morinobu who had been the last envoy to the Luo family to express his friendship with the Luo family.
"I don't know what Lord Sheng Xin is doing this time?" After accepting the other party's salute calmly, Zhengliang asked directly.
"The foreign minister came on behalf of his family this time to express his surrender to Lord Dazai." Naru Morinobu immediately explained his intentions.
"Hmph, since it's a surrender, then why didn't your family governor Yu Jiu Shengding come in person?" Masarashi said with a dark face.
After Naru Morinobu heard Masayo's questioning, he also complained bitterly in his heart. This time to seek peace, the Yujiu family was obviously calculated by the Luo family, so that the strength of his strongest naval army could not be brought into play, so for the matter of peace, Yujiu Shengding himself also had a resistive attitude, if it were not for Yujiu Chunding has been admonishing, it is estimated that Yujiu Shengding will not take the initiative to make peace.
But after deciding to sum, in what way? Again, this becomes a problem. With the previous style of the Hizen Eagle of the Luo family, just offering a surrender letter would definitely not make the other party retreat, so after discussing with Ujiu Chunding, he finally gritted his teeth and decided to let Ujiu Shengding's sister-in-law Ujiu Shengzhong go to the Luo family as a hostage, as a condition for surrender, the Ujiu family asked the Luo family army to withdraw from the waters of the five islands, and at the same time returned the captured ships of the Wudao naval army to the Uku family.
After the conditions for the sum are decided, the last thing left is the candidate for the envoy. With the current relationship between the two families, this errand is really not a good errand, in this era, there is no habit of two armies fighting without cutting down, and one accidentally angered the eagle in front of the fat. Then it's easy to click. So none of the retainers was willing to take on this task.
In the end, Uku Mori had no choice but to appoint Naru Morinobu as an envoy. The reason for assigning him was that the last time he had an accident, the Luo family's friendship task was not done well. This time the Uku family was attacked. After the worst, Naru Morinobu had no choice but to come to Masayo in fear. Now that Zhengliang is suddenly in trouble again, he naturally wants to cry.
"Outside...... Foreign Minister, Ben ...... The ...... of the family was nervous, and Naru Morinobu couldn't even speak incoherently, "The family is willing to send the young master of the family to you as a hostage." ”
"Oh? Then you are going to surrender like this? ”
"The family hopes that Lord Dazai will be able to completely let go of my family's previous disrespectful behavior, and that you will be able to stop the army and return the waters of the Goto Islands and the ships of the family in the harbor." Naru Morinobu said stiffly.
"Huh!" Masarashi laughed angrily at the request of the Uku family. Masara's smile completely frightened Naru Morinobu. His knees weakened, and the whole person fell directly on the ground, begging for mercy directly:
"Please ask Lord Dazai to forgive the life of the minister, this is the order of the head of the family, and the villain is just passing the word."
"Good, good!" Masahiro said with a smile, "Sure enough, he is worthy of being the master of the Yujiu family." You go back and tell Yuku Shengding that his plan to secretly unite with the Amakusa family and the Hakata family to constantly intrude on the territorial waters of his family has been sold to the Amakusa family. The Uku family must be responsible for what they do, and this battle can only be stopped if Uku Shengding personally surrenders the city. Otherwise, when the city is broken, it will be the time when Yu Jiusheng will be killed and the clan will be destroyed. ”
"Yes. Yes, the villain must have truthfully passed on the words of Lord Dazai. Seeing that there was a chance to live, Naru Morinobu immediately said. So, just like that, Naru Morinobu rushed back to Egawa Castle with Masayo's words.
Not long after Naru Morinobu left, Masarashi unexpectedly received a request to see Kanji Fukuda.
"Kanji, didn't you follow the Second Standing Naval Force led by Guna Tong to clear all the ships in the waters of the five islands? Why did you come here all of a sudden? After seeing Kanji Fukuda, Masara immediately asked.
"My lord, my lord, and others came across three strange merchant ships when they were clearing all the ships in the nearby waters." Kanji Fukuda reported immediately.
"Oh?" Since Fukuda Kanji reported like this, then there must be a situation, so Masara motioned to Fukuda Kanji to continue.
"There are dozens of people on these three merchant ships, most of them are strong people, and all of them are carrying weapons, although the other party cooperated with the request of the family to come here to gather, but refused to allow the people of the family to board the ship for inspection, and now the owner of the other party seems to want to meet the lord in person." Kanji Fukuda continued to report.
"Oh? Who is the other party? ”
"The other party just said that he was from Kanto and was traveling around."
"In that case, let their master come here and see him." Zhengliang said later.
Soon, an old man with a gray beard and hair, and even the eyebrows on his forehead, silently followed a samurai who was in charge of guarding the door of the tent.
Although the old man looked plain, the moment he walked into the big tent, Masahiro felt a pinprick feeling. This is the system's built-in early warning function, and whenever you feel this way, it means that there is a potential danger in the vicinity of Masashi that can threaten his life.
"Huh?" At this time, the old man, who had already come not far from Zhengliang, let out a sigh of admiration in surprise, and then said with a smile, "Sure enough, it is worthy of the fat eagle who is both wise and brave, and he has such a keen intuition. ”
"Your Excellency?" Masarashi asked suspiciously. At the same time, he motioned to the two samurai who led the way, standing on either side of the old man, playing the role of surveillance. The feeling of danger that this old man gave him was too intense, and he had the feeling that he had when he first encountered the dragon roaring moon from overseas, and even at this time, this feeling of danger was even more intense. Masara even had the urge to pick up the oni cut held by Naoshige Nabeshima on his side.
"It's a pity, it's a pity!" The old man didn't answer Masaara's words directly, nor did he mean to be angry because Masara signaled the two samurai beside him to monitor him, but just shook his head a little regretfully and said.
"Oh? I don't know what Your Excellency regrets about it? Seeing the old man behaving like this, Zhengliang couldn't help but ask suspiciously.
"I have heard that there is a hero with unparalleled wisdom and courage in Kyushu, and it is indeed worthy of his reputation when I see it today, but if you want to continue to practice your martial arts, then you must achieve the integration of the three of 'heart, technique and body'." The old man said to Zhengliang with a smile.
"Oh? I don't know what is the integration of the three of 'mind, technique and body'? Masato asked involuntarily. When the old man mentioned the integration of the three of 'heart and technique', Masara suddenly thought of one person, that is, Tsukahara Buchuan, who was respected as the sword saint by the future sword general. (To be continued......)