Chen Sheng couldn't help but be moved when he saw such a scene. Faintly, there are already some bad omens. Princess Ashi also felt that something was wrong. She asked, "Mr. Ning, what is Brother Nobunaga doing hiding here?" Didn't you say that Imagawa Yoshimoto was going to call? Why doesn't he hold a military meeting with everyone? ”

Rather than empty, he did not answer, and only walked by himself. In an instant, the three of them went up to the third floor of the castle tower. Several Ji warriors with long knives in their hands were guarding the corridor. Princess Aichi recognized it, and they were all her sisters-in-law, that is, the wife of Oda Nobunaga, and the confidant of Princess Guidie of the Saito family in Mino. She was very uneasy in her heart, and cried out, "Sister-in-law, are you here?" What about the big brother? ”

A soft sigh came from the room at the end of the hallway. Immediately, I heard the pleasant voice say, "Mr. Ning, have you brought Ah Shi here?" Alas~ Okay, you guys come in. As soon as the words fell, the few Ji warriors immediately moved a few steps to the side and made way for a passage. Princess Ashi couldn't wait to trot over and opened the paper door of the room with a "huh~". In an instant, her face became pale, and there was no more blood to speak of. The whole person was like being hit by five thunderbolts, and he stood in place on the spot, unable to even walk half a step.

Chen Sheng's face sank. Strode forward and walked straight into the room. I saw a beautiful young woman kneeling in the room, presumably it was Nonghime Guidie. Beside her, Oda Nobunaga, dressed in white underwear, lies flat on a tatami mat. The placket on the left side of his shirt was already stained red with blood, and his chest was flat and silky, and he didn't breathe at all. Obviously, this is no longer a living person at all, but a cold corpse - a corpse!

Such a strange change is really unexpected. Chen Sheng couldn't help but ask, "What is this...... What's going on? He spoke, and his hands were not idle, and he went to undress the corpse and examine the wounds. However, I saw a very obvious wound on the heart of the corpse. It seems to have been killed with a single sword. The assassin's movements are extremely clean. When I checked the skin of the corpse again, I saw that even the corpse spots had appeared. Even if Pu Guanshui is called over right now and asked him to use the "Soul Crystal Ball", he must have been exhausted, and the gods are difficult to save.

"Celestial God Sect. The one who killed the lord of Oda was none other than the Tenjin Sect. Ning Bukong walked into the room and waved his hand to close the paper door tightly. said lightly: "The kidnapping of Princess Ashi is actually a plan to divert the tiger from the mountain. The real purpose was to lure Ning away from the Lord of Oda, so that he could carry out the assassination. Although the tiger that was successfully mobilized by him in the end was not Ning himself, Ning was injured by Brother Chen at that time, so that he was unconscious, and he was unable to protect the lord of Oda. Alas~ Time is also lucky, what do you say? ”

"How can it be the Heavenly God Sect?" Chen Sheng was puzzled. said: "He was obviously in a shrine dozens of miles away, and he also had a fight with Chen. He doesn't know how to do it, so how can he come here to harm Lord Oda? ”

Ning Bukong said slowly: "The Heavenly God Sect itself really didn't take action in person. But he has collected a lot of cow ghosts and snake gods, and his command is known as two ghosts, three generals, four guards, five blades, and six demons. Why do it yourself? ”

Chen Sheng shook his head and said, "Impossible." I've seen a few of the five blades and six demons under his hands. Yes, they do have some skills. But no matter how great his skills are, it is impossible to openly break into Cheongju City to assassinate him in this extraordinary period. And...... Looking at this wound, it can be concluded that the murderer suddenly broke out at a very close range. How did the bunch of cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods under the Celestial God Sect get close to the Lord of Oda? ”

That's what the words say. But in fact, Chen Sheng had no doubt that this matter was arranged by the Heavenly God Sect. Because he was always puzzled by the sudden initiative to retreat under the great situation of the Heavenly God Sect at that time. Thinking about it at this moment, when the Tenjin Sect received the news that Oda Nobunaga was dead, there was no point in fighting again. That's why they gave up the battle and retreated. Therefore, the only thing Chen Sheng wanted to know now was how the Heavenly God Sect had managed to do this?

Ning Bukong sighed and said, "This person from the Heavenly God Sect is really more terrifying than he imagined, and his shili is much bigger than he imagined. The reason why the person who shot this time was able to successfully assassinate him was only because no one could have imagined in advance that he was actually a subordinate of the Heavenly God Sect. Because of this, no one would be defensive against him at all, not even the lord of Oda. ”

Chen Sheng asked in a condensed voice, "Who is this person?" ”

Ning Bukong smiled bitterly: "One of the four guards under the command of the Heavenly God Sect. Shibata Gonbei Rokuro Katsuya. ”

"What? Shibata Katsuya? He is actually a subordinate of the Heavenly God Sect? The unexpected answer surprised Chen Sheng. And for good reason. Who is Katsuya Shibata? Historically, earlier than the period when Oda Nobuhide was still reborn, Shibata Katsuie was already the number one fierce general of the Oda family, nicknamed "Oni Shibata". After the death of Oda Nobuhide, he became a retainer of Oda Nobuyuki. However, when Oda Nobuyuki rebelled, Shibata Katsuya took the initiative to defect to Oda Nobunaga. Since then, he has been greatly trusted and reused, and has become the chief patriarch of the Oda family, following Oda Nobunaga to the east and west, and has made many military exploits.

Oda Nobunaga broke through the "Nobunaga Siege Network", exiled Ashikaga Yoshiaki, the last general of the Muromachi shogunate, and dominated, and even named Shibata Katsuya as the general of the Hokuriku Raiders, and let him sit in Echizen Kunibei no Zhuang Castle, responsible for fighting the Echigo Uesugi family. After Oda Nobunaga's death due to the "Honnoji Incident", it was Shibata Katsuie and Kinoshita Toyoshiro (who had changed his name to Hashiba Hideyoshi at that time) to convene the "Cheongshu Conference" and decide the fate of the Oda family after that.

Based on the above, in the original history, the position of the Shibata Katsuya in the Oda family can be called pivotal. And such an upright samurai would actually obey the orders of the Tenjin Sect, and even follow its orders to assassinate Oda Nobunaga with his own hands? I have to say, it's really hard to accept.

Rather than seeing things in the air, it seems that he can see more clearly than a clear-eyed person. Even if Chen Sheng didn't speak, his reaction was still vivid and vivid to Ning Bukong. He said coldly: "Ning understands your feelings. Because when he just learned the identity of the murderer, Ning's feelings were no different from those you have now. However, the people who witnessed Shibata Katsuie's assassination at the time were ironclad evidence. No need to question. ”

Chen Sheng was slightly stunned, and then quickly came back to his senses. "How are these people doing now?" he asked. Also Where is Shibata Katsuie? ”

Ning Bukong said indifferently: "In order to prevent the news from leaking, those witnesses have been cleaned up. As for Shibata Katsuya, after he did it, he was captured alive at that time. Ning, together with Mrs. Nongji, tortured him a few words. Hehe, I don't know. It turned out that the four guards under the command of the Heavenly God Sect were almost the same as the Shibata Katsu family, and they were important ministers under the princes of one side. And these four people all have the word 'soldier' in their names. As for what their full names are, not only Shibata Katsuya doesn't know. All four of them only know their own business. Hey, these secret hands arranged by the Heavenly God Sect are really far-sighted. ”

I see. The so-called four guards, the real name should be the four guards. The so-called Bingwei was originally the title of an official subordinate to the "Soldier Guard", an institution of the Ritsuryo Imperial Court in Japan's Heian period. The descendants of these officials often like to refer to themselves by the names of the official positions held by their ancestors. After a few hundred years, there were at least tens of thousands of samurai in Japan with the word "bei" in their names.

The example of Shibata Gonbei Rokuro Katsuya has been exposed, and there is no need to say more. A person with the word bei in his name...... The most widely known are none other than Takenaka Hanbei Shigeharu and Kuroda Miyabei Takataka.

Both of them were strategists and strategists who were known for their resourcefulness. In the former, Toyotomi Hideyoshi once recruited him to his banner with the "gift of three visits". The status in the story of Japan's Warring States period is similar to Zhuge Liang in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". The latter is more like Jia Xu in the story of the Three Kingdoms. Scheming and scheming, the means are very spicy. He fished in troubled waters in the Battle of Sekigahara and occupied almost all of Kyushu. If it weren't for the two armies of Tokugawa Ieyasu and Ishida Mitsunari on the main battlefield of Sekigahara, who had only spent one day separating the winners and losers, Kuroda Miyabei might even have seized Kyushu and become king independently.

Of course, at this time period, whether it is the Takenaka Hanbei or the Kuroda Palace Guard, they are still unknown. And they were strategists and literati. It's not a category at all with a fierce general like Shibata Katsuke. Therefore, no matter what direction they deduce, it is unlikely that they are one of the four guards under the command of the Heavenly God Sect.

All in all, even if you know that the word "Bingwei" is in the name of the four guards, it still doesn't seem to be of much help to how to get them out of the vast crowd. And the Oda family's top priority is not to track down the identities of the other three guards. It must be known that Imagawa Yoshimoto is leading a large army to attack, and Oda Nobunaga was assassinated by the family's number one fierce general at such a critical juncture. Internal and external troubles are coming, how do the Oda family deal with it?

Such a problem, if another ordinary woman were to face it, there would be a chance that eight or nine times out of ten would be in a hurry, and the six gods would have no master. But Mrs. Nohime is no ordinary woman. Legend has it that when she got married, her father, Mino Province, Michizo, gave her a short knife and told his daughter, "If Nobunaga is really a big fool like the legend, then kill him with this sword." But Nohime's answer was, "Maybe this knife will stab my father too." The strength and maverick nature of his character can be seen from this.

Therefore, after the initial shock, Mrs. Nohime quickly adjusted her mood and issued a series of orders in the name of Oda Nobunaga to control the situation from further escalating. Now the city is still largely stable, and the greatest credit goes to Mrs. Nonghime. As for how to tide over this...... She already had an idea, too.