After meeting with the lord and the head of the sect, Usuki quickly walked out of the courtyard where the lord was, and then walked quickly through the long corridor in the city, through the gate, out of the city, and directly back to his home in the city.

"How's the young master?" As soon as he returned home, Usuki Jiansu asked the next person. The young master that Usuki Jiansu said was the son-in-law of Otomo Yoshitomi.

"I was picked up by the people of the Master of the Full Moon Fang." The subordinate immediately replied. The master of the full moon is the name of the Dharma after the monk of Ryuzoji Takanobu (also known as Ryuzoji Takanobu).

"Hmm." After hearing this, Usuki Jian nodded quickly, and then ordered his subordinates: "Lead the horse!" ”

The servant quickly ran to the stable, pulled out a sturdy brown-maned horse, and carefully handed the reins to the mortar Jiansu.

After taking the reins, he said again: "If anyone comes, say that I have gone to patrol the neighborhood." Then he rode away.

Urado Castle was built against the sea, with two castles, three castles, a large castle gate, and four moats, making it a strategic point for many embankments. The pestle and the horse shuttled through the city.

Outside the city, there is a completely different world. The sun is shining and the sea breeze is gently blowing. The sight of the people toiling but toiling vigorously in the bright sunlight was a far cry from the dreary city of the city. The people are ants who are busy for the masters of the city, and how they can survive this year is the thing they are most concerned about. As for the newly changed owner of Urado Castle, they actually don't care too much.

The fields outside the city were full of peasants at work, and Usuki rode his horse through them, and soon he came to a stately mansion made of stone. He reined in his horse. Fly down. This is not your average mansion. There is a trench dug around the house. There is a drawbridge hanging from the gate. Directly opposite. A sturdy arrow tower stands in the wind.

"Hey!"

Usuki Jiansu shouted while wiping his sweat, "Open the door for me!" Hearing his shout, the battle-hardened brown-maned horse neighed. With a muffled "squeak", the door opened.

"Inside, please!" Seeing that it was the familiar Usu, a man wearing a fur sleeveless shirt walked out, lowered the drawbridge, and took the reins from Usuki.

The interior of the house is simple and spacious. On the left hand side is a row of warehouses, and on the right hand side is a large camphor tree. The branches of the camphor tree stretched out and covered the roof of the stables. After handing the reins to his subordinates, he didn't squint and went straight to the lobby door that was quietly bathed in the sun.

"Master Teacher." The one who crouched on the quaint floor to greet the Usuki was Otomo Yoshitomi.

"Well, train well!" When he saw Otomo Yoshitomi's outfit, Usuki Kansu knew that the young master who had been rescued by him in Bungo Province was learning spearmanship from Ryuzoji Takanobu, so he encouraged. Later, Usuki Jiansu found Ryuzoji Takanshin himself in the study.

A bamboo curtain was hung on the front of the study, and Usuki walked quickly past the seat of Ryuzōji Takanobu and slowly sat down on the seat in front of the bamboo curtain. Then he said:

"There's something I have to ask you for today."

"What do you mean......" Ryuzoji Takanobu asked calmly.

Usuki Jian Su frowned, and said slowly: "The news from the Changzong and my family lurking in the fine work of the Ichijo family. The Ichijo family is about to form an alliance with the Luo family. These two must not be allowed to form an alliance! I have come to you today to ask you to take action personally, and by whatever means, to prevent them from forming an alliance! ”

Hearing this, Ryuzoji Takashin first frowned, and then nodded. There is no need for Usuki Jiansu to say more, he also knows that the alliance between the Ichijo family and the Luo family will pose a threat to the two of them, so for the entrustment of Usuki Jiansu, Ryuzoji Takanobu naturally agreed immediately.

"How will the two of them form an alliance?"

"It is said that a family sent out a princess."

"In that case, what would happen if the princess of the Ichijo family was killed halfway?"

"This? It's hard to predict how the Yi family and the Luo family will respond, but they have to try. ”

"If that's the case, then it's so certain. But you are responsible for commanding the men and horses of the Changzong and my family to assist me in my actions. ”

"It's nature. Changzong and my relatives have already arranged some manpower for me, I just need to tell these people, those people of yours are local pirates hired by me, as for you, it is better not to show your face, so as not to be discovered by the relatives of Changzong and my department, and once again scruple about you and me. ”

"Hmm. So be it. ”

……

The departure date of Ichijo Kita is scheduled for March 16

Nakamura Castle suddenly became busy. Ichijo Kita would bring two maids over, and as for the other guards, after Ichijo Kita boarded the Ro's ship, they would return to Ichijo's home city, Nakamura Castle (also known as Nakamura Imperial Palace).

"Miss is not familiar with the world, not to mention food, clothing, daily life, daily makeup and other details, all have to be taken care of by the two of you. In addition to daily chores, you also have to be careful about your meals, especially responsible for tasting them to prevent poisoning, you know? "When the old lady Aniko was preparing her luggage for a Kita, whenever a Kita left, she chattered and told the two maids repeatedly.

And a Kita is just an innocent and cheerful girl. After carefully checking the gifts that the family gave to the Luo family, she asked with a carefree smile, "Will my mother come to Luo's house to see me?" She tilted her head, looking so innocent.

Ichijo Kita's mother is the daughter of the Otomo family.,Originally, after marrying a house, she also lived a happy life for a while.,And she gave birth to a sister-in-law Ichijo Kaneda and a daughter Ichijo Kita.。 It was only later, after the death of her husband that her life became unpeaceful.

First of all, the mother's family Otomo was destroyed by the Luo family, and the son who urgently inherited the position of the family governor was always too lazy to manage the affairs of the family and had conflicts with the ministers in the family, and due to the incompetence of the son, the family also began to be invaded by the Motoyama family and other families, and now, her beloved daughter is going to be sent to the Luo family as a hostage. In fact, in her heart, she would rather her daughter marry than be placed under house arrest as a hostage, but in any case, as a woman, she can't change the fait accompli. So she could only sigh helplessly:

"Hey! This is the fate of the Sengoku woman! ”

No matter how Ichijo Kita's mother sighed. With the Luo family's envoy arriving in Nakamura City. The hostage team will soon set off for Nakamura Castle.

On the day of departure, Ichijo Kita first said goodbye to his mother, and then came to Ichijo Kaneda:

"Brother, I'm leaving."

"Well, take care of yourself." Although Ichijo Kane is a little incompetent, he is also a little reluctant at this time for his sister who has grown up playing with him since he was a child.

"Yes. Take care, brother. "Ichijo said goodbye to his family one by one.

When she was about to step into the palanquin on the steps of the gate, she turned around. raised a pair of eyes as clear as water, and looked intently at the retainers who came to see him off. In her big watery eyes, there were no complicated emotions, only the innocence unique to her age. The light of the embroidered gold belt is faintly visible under the smock, and the set off is even more moving.

A maid couldn't help but wipe the corners of her eyes with her cuffs, bit her lip vigorously, and stood there with her head down. They are also very reluctant to give up this princess who often brings them joy at home.

"Take care, take care!"

Everyone said goodbye one after another, and at the same time there was infinite desolation hidden in their hearts. I don't know when it started. Women became the tools of politics. In troubled times, women work for the benefit of the family. can only hide his feelings and strive for more interests for the family.

The sedan chair was lifted, and a sedan curtain was still open. The eyes of the people who saw them off were red, and they stood there motionless until the sedan chair left the city gate. The sun was shining brightly at this time, and the call of a yellow warbler could be heard from the woods near the moat.

Descending the stone steps, Ichijo looked back and smelled the fragrance of plum blossoms. When the team walked to Erdao City, two sedan chairs were added, which were the two maids who accompanied Ichijo Kita to the Luo family as a hostage.

Originally, there was no such arrangement in the Yi family, but at the strong request of the envoy of the Luo family, they had no choice but to make such an arrangement. Even so, many retainers of the Yi family still laughed at the Luo family for doing this too much. Regarding the reaction of these people, the envoy of the Luo family only smiled disdainfully, look at it, and soon you will know why it is like this.

After Ichijo Kita accepted the greetings from the two maids, the sedan curtain was pulled down again. When they exited the three gates, twenty heavily armed guards were added to the front and rear of the ranks. Out of the three city gates, through the cherry blossom forest next to the residence of the important minister, to the outer city gate. The front door was already full of retainers' families, who wanted to take the opportunity to see the princess in style.

"Huh? What's going on? ”

Everyone looked at each other. Not only was the sedan curtain closed, but the number of send-off teams had increased to three. The same sedan chair, the same dress, the three teams are no different. People immediately began to talk to each other about where Princess Kita sat in a sedan chair.

At this time, Ryuzoji Takanobu was hiding in a small thatched hut on the edge of the 400,000 River, one and a half miles north of Nakamura City. The waterways intersect nearby, and the small bridges are dense like cobwebs. From the small bridge to the withered reeds, to the shade of the embankment, there are hundreds of people in ambush. Not only that, from a private house in front to the village on the other side, there are careful arrangements and deployments everywhere. The lords in the houses, the fishermen who boated on the water, and the farmers who worked in the fields were all subordinates of Ryuzoji Takanobu. As long as Longzao Temple Longxin gave an order, they immediately became sailors and robbers, and when they entered in an orderly manner, they retreated without a trace.

A farmer carrying a shovel hummed a little tune and came to the hut where Takashin was hiding in Ryuzoji Temple: "My lord, they have already set off. ”

The treetops of the willows glow white, and the blue sky is reflected on the water. A farmhouse boat docked in front of the hut. The farmer untied the boat from the trunk of the tree and looked at the water, as if to say to himself: "There are three teams, and two of them are disguises." The third one is said to be true. ”

"The third?"

"Yes."

"Oh, there you go."

The farmer rowed his boat as if nothing had happened, heading toward the opposite shore. Ryuzoji Takanobu glanced at an old man who was burning a fire in the house, and the old man took a dirty cloth to cover his face and walked out. He's going to give orders to the land.

There was only one person left in the house. He had a fish cage and a fishing rod in his hand, and there were five or six small crucian carp in the fish cage.

"I almost forgot." Ryuzoji Takanobu muttered in a low voice, walked out of the hut, came to the embankment, and hung a white cloth on a hazel branch. The cloth shone white on the vast flat ground, and it was very conspicuous. Ryuzoji Takanobu carried a fishing rod and cage and slowly walked down the embankment. Throw the line into the river.

Ryuzoji Takanobu caught the second crucian carp. The first team came along. He didn't look up. Just staring at the water reflecting the blue sky. The team crossed the bridge and headed for the opposite bank.

The second team arrived. Ryuzoji Takanobu still didn't look up, as if he was completely immersed in fishing. He sat there quietly, staring at the water. The team was about to go up the bridge when suddenly, with a shout all around, a group of ronins rushed out of the dry reeds and the shade of the embankment, and surrounded the family send-off procession.

"Impudent!"

"Don't come. Otherwise, you won't be killed! ”

"Quick! Fast! Turn the bow of the boat! ”

It's like piercing a hornet's nest. The calm water town suddenly fell into chaos, but Ryuzoji Takanobu still stared at the buoy on the water.

There was a sword and sword shadow on the riverbank. Those who were chased, those who were hunted and killed, those who shouted and held swords at each other, and those who stood by the palanquin with a big knife in hand, were in a mess. The two sides confronted each other nervously, and no one dared to take it lightly.

The farmers working in the fields asked, "What's the matter?" What's wrong? What happened? As if they were going to see the excitement, they ran towards the sedan chair. Nearly 20 small civilian boats on the water also approached the shore, and the people on board took out their knives and guns hidden in the boats one after another, and joined the besiegers, and the strength and weakness became clear in a blink of an eye.

The guards who saw them off were pestered by the first group of people, so how could they have time to deal with the new besiegers?

"You can't let them take away the sedan chair. Sedan chair ......"

"We swear to protect the princess!"

There were bursts of mournful shouts. In the sun, the sword is exceptionally bright. Because each sedan chair is covered with straw mats. So both sides couldn't tell which sedan chair belonged to Princess Kita. However, as the attacking party, there is no need to distinguish who is inside. After they approached the sedan chair, they directly raised their guns and stabbed them directly into the sedan chair, but after stabbing several shots in a row, there was no sound inside, and everyone immediately lifted the straw mat of the sedan chair, only to find that there was another article in the three sedan chairs:

"Scarecrow?"

"No one?"

"Fooled!"

"Damn it!"

After discovering the plan, the besiegers immediately began to flee. And the guards of the sedan chair were also confused by the situation inside the sedan chair at this time. Obviously, they didn't know beforehand that the three palanquins were full of clothed scarecrows, and Princess Ichijo Kita and her two maids were long gone.

At this time, Longzuo Temple Longxin Fang in the distance raised his head and looked at the three-seated sedan chair, without the slightest joy on his face, and did not seem to pretend to be calm.

"Have you been fooled......

He muttered something to himself, began to reel in the thread, and then, slowly walking up the embankment, he removed the strip of cloth that hung from the hazel tree. No one could see that he was the commander of the riots.

After walking for about five or six towns, Ryuzoji Takanobu suddenly stopped. He saw a fourth team approaching from a distance. Of course, this team should have known what had happened, but the pace was not chaotic at all, the guard was not relaxed, and there were more guards.

"Oops!" Ryuzoji Takanobu secretly complained. Obviously, the one sitting in this sedan chair is the real princess of the family.

"Who leaked the news, the other party is obviously on guard."

Ryuzoji Takanobu sighed, but there was nothing he could do, so he could only watch from a distance as the team walked over in an orderly manner.

When the hostage team arrived at the seaside port, Takeshi Murakami, who was the general escort for the hostages, stood on the bow of the ship and said with a smile: "Is it finally here?" Look at the faces of those guys in the Ichijo family this time? Haha, what about making you laugh at the construction of your own family? If it weren't for our Jianyì, your princess wouldn't know what the situation was at this time. ”

At this time, there was a tense atmosphere in Nakamura Castle, where he had bid farewell to the princess of the Ichijo family before.

"What's going on? Can anyone sue me for what's going on? Ichijo Kaneda asked with a grim face.

Regarding the arrangement proposed by the Luo family before, many people in the Yi family, including him, secretly laughed, but now, in fact, as the Luo family expected, someone really dared to attack the princess of the Yi family in the territory of the Yi family, this is simply a direct slap in the face to him, it is strange that he is not angry.

"Obviously, there are people who don't want the family to form an alliance with the Luo family." Chongchen Ichijo Yasumasa said with a solemn face. Due to the incompetence of Ichijo, all the affairs of the Ichijo family at this time were almost controlled by him.

According to the previous agreement with the Luo family, the journey from Nakamura City to the seaside port is the responsibility of the Ichijo family themselves (after all, even if the Roche family is willing to send someone to escort them along the way, the Ichijo family is for the safety of the territory.) I don't want the Luo family's army to enter its territory). After boarding the ship at the harbor. The safety of the princess of the Ichijo family began to be handed over to the Luo family.

Ichijo Yasumasa didn't expect that he would almost have an accident during the part of the journey he was responsible for arranging, but fortunately he had listened to the advice of the Luo family's envoy and arranged several fake sedan chairs (in fact, these sedan chairs were indeed ridden by Ichijo Kita and his two maids before they started, but when passing through a forest that had been prepared for a long time, Ichijo Kita and the three of them changed from the sedan chair to another sedan chair, and her maid changed to accompany her. Even the guards who accompanied him before were all left, and the three-sided sedan chair outside was replaced by other guards who didn't know the situation). Otherwise, once something happens to the princess, the retainers who have been in control of his family's affairs before will take the opportunity to ask him to step down. But even so, he still has a lot of resentment towards those who attacked the princess, and if he finds an opportunity, he will definitely give his full support to fight them, but unfortunately, these people have fled at this time.

"The other party seems to have arranged for this, and even after discovering that they were deceived, they retreated very well, so that the pursuit of their own family failed." The important minister Toi Soshan directly pointed out the strength of the attacker this time.

"Who exactly started this attack?" The retainers began to discuss.

"Alright." Seeing that the discussion is becoming more and more intense. But there has been no conclusion, and Ichijo Yasuma had no choice but to stop it. And asked respectfully to the Luo family's envoy Shenwu Shaoce, who had been silent before, "Lord Envoy, I am fortunate to have your reminder before, otherwise I am afraid that this time the alliance between you and me will inevitably be affected, but I don't know what the envoy thinks about this matter?" ”

With Ichijo Yasuma saying this, everyone in the Ichijo family couldn't help but turn their eyes to Shenwu Shaoce, since the envoy of the Luo family was able to warn and take precautions, then the envoy of the Luo family would naturally know who was behind this attack, right?

Facing the eager gaze of the whole family, Shenwu Shaoce was a little disdainful in his heart, I really don't know that when he first raised the warning, many of these guys still had a sneering look at it. However, since the two sides are allies, Kamiya Shaoce is not easy to express the thoughts in his heart, but said with a solemn face:

"The family actually didn't find out about this in advance, and this warning was just in case, after all, in the Shikoku region, there must be some forces who don't want you and us to form an alliance."

Shenwu Shaoce's sentence was quite skillful, and first of all, the Luo family itself was excluded. Although everyone knows that if this attack is successful, it will not be beneficial to the Luo family, but after all, there are still some guys who will not understand this truth, so Shenwu Shaoce simply removed the Luo family from the beginning, and at the same time, he also deliberately strengthened the last sentence in his tone, so as to guide everyone's attention.

"Could it be the Xitu Temple family?" Sure enough, as soon as Shenwu Shaoce's voice fell, a retainer immediately woke up.

"Not bad! It is very likely that it is the Xitu temple family. Immediately, a retainer chimed in.

"This? Look, Lord Emissary? Seeing that the retainers suddenly concentrated their firepower on the Xitu Temple family, Kang Zheng, who suddenly remembered the alliance between the Xitu Temple family and the Luo family, immediately looked at Shenwu Shaoce with a little embarrassment.

"Hehe, Lord Kangzheng doesn't need to scruple, in my opinion, as long as the forces that will be affected after the alliance between my family and you, it is possible to plan this attack." Finding a change in Kang Zheng's expression, Kamiya Shaoce said immediately.

Although the Xitu Temple family is an ally of the Luo family, and the Ichijo family is now also an ally of the Luo family, the Luo family does not want the two to form an alliance, but hopes that the two families will continue to maintain the previous confrontation (Masara did not agree to marry the Ichijo family, mainly to avoid a princess who would abandon the Utsunomiya family, so as to worsen the relationship between the Ichijo family and the Utsunomiya family of Yiyu Kingdom, so as to be unable to cause a pincer attack on the Xituji family), only in this way, In order to prevent these forces from expanding rapidly and breaking away from the control of the Luo family, they even need the Luo family to act as a referee from time to time to intervene in the disputes between them, so that the power of the Luo family can infiltrate these forces.

Therefore, it is precisely for this reason that when the whole Ichijo family raises suspicions about the Xitu temple family, Shenya Shaoce will not defend the Xitu temple family.

"In this way, does the envoy think that the Xitu Temple family is seriously suspicious?" At this time, the important minister of the Ichijo family, Tuju Zongshan, said suddenly.

"Hehe, yes, yes." As long as he didn't immediately deny Doi Zongshan's words today, then he believed that the rumor that "the envoy of the Luo family believed that the Xitu Temple family was behind the attack on the princess of the Ichichi family" would quickly spread to the territory of the Xitu Temple family.

Even if these messages can't break the relationship between the Xitu Temple family and the Luo family, at least they will form a barrier against the Luo family in the hearts of everyone in the Xitu Temple family. It's just that although the Luo family wants to limit the expansion of these forces, the premise is that the Luo family wants to maintain ties with their allies. With such a vicious trap, Shenwu Shaoce naturally wanted to scold Doi Zongshan for being an old fox.

"Ladies and gentlemen." After denying Doi Sozan's designation, Kamiya Sakuze said in a loud voice again, "I have already pointed out that as long as the two sides form an alliance, the forces that are unfavorable to them are all likely to be the masterminds of this attack, and these forces are not only forces outside Tosa, but also in Tosa itself. ”

"Tosa country?"

"The Benshan family?"

"How is that possible? The Benshan family has gone at this time, and if the Benshan family is angered again because of this, then it will face the danger of being attacked by the Ben family and the Changzong family, in this case, is it possible that the Benshan family is the mastermind? ”

"So...... Changzong my family? ”

(Thanks to the support of the two monthly passes.) Thanks to the support of "Air Acceleration" 588 points.

Last night, I was almost hit by a truck from behind, sweating, and at night on the road with relatively few vehicles, these trucks looked a bit overbearing. I was really shocked into a cold sweat, and in the future, for the sake of safety, I will go home as early as possible. (To be continued......)