No matter how long the movie is, it will have an ending, and no matter how long the grief is, it will be alleviated. The mourning gradually subsided, and everyone began to silently clean and bury Honggao, and then left the body in the cabin to be buried after docking. Stepping out of the cabin, Honggao's subordinates faintly surrounded Jingzhen and the two, and the atmosphere on the deck was tense again. The samurai and ninja at the head gathered to discuss a few words, and the samurai came forward to make a statement:

"Boy, what are your plans now?"

"The teacher has passed away, and Jingzhen is now in turmoil. I had planned to arrive in and make plans again, but now I'm going to take it one step at a time. ”

The warrior snorted coldly: "Master, hasn't Your Highness mentioned a word of himself to you in the past three years?" ”

Jing Zhen shook her head and said, "Never." ”

"Hmph, Your Highness will never forget you on his deathbed, and repeatedly warned me and Kubei not to tell you the slightest bit of the inside story, just to cut off the past you are carrying, so that you can spend a peaceful life without knowing and worrying, but you are really a good teacher who loves disciples like children!"

"But Your Highness didn't think about who would bear the relief of the past I was waiting for! After decades of wandering and waiting, did he let go of it with a single thought? We will never say yes! ”

The ninja known as Kubei tried to lighten the mood, but the samurai went straight on:

"Boy, listen to me! Your Royal Highness, that is, your master, is the second son of the 14th head of the Ouchi clan. His Royal Highness has been smart and benevolent since he was a child, and he is deeply loved by the palace, so he is deeply feared by his brother Yoshixing Ouchi. In the fourth year of the Ming Dynasty (1495), when the main hall was seriously ill in bed and could not be a director, Ouchi Yoshixing and the traitor Tao Wugo colluded with each other, and claimed that His Royal Highness had rebelled under the pretense of the order of the main hall, killed His Royal Highness Naito Hiroki and other important ministers of the family, and forced His Royal Highness to become a monk, thus usurping the position of the head of the family. (Note 1)

"I'll wait for the right moment. Finally, in the third year of Daiei (i.e., 1523), when the pseudo-rebellion (referring to Ouchi Yoshiko) and the Hosokawa clan were opposed, they found an opportunity to set things right, and raised troops to support the restoration of His Highness. As a result, the news leaked, the success was lost, and the backbone of the loyal ministers was almost wiped out, and only a few people such as me led His Highness to fight out of the siege and temporarily took refuge under the Otomo clan in Kyushu. ”

"In the first year of Xiangroku (i.e., 1528), he died of pseudo-rebellion in Yamaguchikan. I was overjoyed, and I took His Highness to escape from the house arrest and surveillance of the Otomo clan alone, and went to Izumo to borrow troops from Lord Niko Sukusa to raise my righteousness. As a result, just like the Otomo clan, Lord Jiujiu had the intention of being a strange commodity, and only wanted to control His Highness and did not want to really send troops to help. So we can only take His Highness to continue to rotate around Yamashiro, Yamato, Awa and other places, but there is no help. In desperation, His Royal Highness decided to temporarily hide in the Qianjia clan, who had always been a friend, to wait for the opportunity. As a result, I didn't expect that because of you, a little ghost, decades of hard work and loneliness were in vain. ”

The words have been spoken. You are deeply gracious to Your Highness, and you should do your best for the great cause left by Your Highness. Although His Royal Highness is dead, if the temple Saemon (note 2) is still there, there is still hope for a comeback. If you're a little clever, you should give advice and dedication to Saemon-sama! ”

Although Jingzhen had already expected that Honggao would have a future, she was also dumbfounded when she heard it, but she didn't expect the master to actually play a revenge drama for the prince in distress. Later, when I saw the samurai and ninja in front of me talking about supporting the son of the master and raising the anti-flag again, their eyes were shining and their expressions were excited, and my heart was already cold.

With the identity of the master and the previous title, it is not difficult to guess that the two are the Ouchi clan's important minister Takeaki and the former leader of the imperial ninja army Tokuoka Kubei. Shirt Wuming is short and strong, with dark skin, hair like a needle, and Zhang Fei is reincarnated; Tokuoka Kubei is not tall, covered in a black fish-scale suit, with only his eyes exposed, and he looks like a standard ninja; It's extraordinary. In addition, the master is well-versed in the past and the present, and he is outstanding in civil and military affairs, he should have been able to achieve a career.

However, there are mountains outside the mountains, and compared with the peerless hero Ouchi Yoshiko, who has a foothold on Yoshizhi, holds the power of the shogunate, and establishes the most prosperous power in Ouchi, the master and servant are far from enough, and the hard life has become a typical example of repeated defeats and repeated defeats. Now that Ouchi Yoshiko is dead, he has been in power for 34 years, and there are many cronies in his family, and there are countless people who are grateful and convinced; In addition, Ouchi Yoshiko, as the eldest son of the former head of the family, Hiroshi Ouchi, has inherited the family's name.

Therefore, the previous two attempts of Shan Wuming and others to support themselves were all without great righteousness outside, no strong support inside, and there was no possibility of success. Now that the master is dead, Ouchi Teruhiro's influence and appeal are even weaker, even if Jingzhen has a plan to manage Zhong and Le Yi, he is unable to return to heaven.

Touched by Honggao's death, Jing Zhen has decided to live up to his expectations and achieve something great in a down-to-earth manner. Naturally, he would not follow the ideas of Takeaki and others, and stumble on the wrecked ship of Teruhiro Ouchi, which is destined to sink. There are thousands of roads in the world, and after you can walk out of a thoroughfare, you can make every effort to help Ouchi Huihong and repay the teacher's kindness.

Therefore, in the face of Shirt Wuming's aggressive trend, Jingzhen was not to be outdone. Rhetorical question:

"Although I am talented in civil and martial arts, but now I have no great achievements after all, what is the role of my master's legacy? In terms of martial arts, after fighting a few people, they will die of exhaustion; The dissertation was not even more commanded and coordinated without half a battle or half a mediation, and could not obtain your trust and obedience. ”

"If you think that letting me fight with the team as a pawn and kill a few people is worth three years of hard work for my division, I will automatically obey the order without complaint; Otherwise, you should take a gamble with me. ”

Sho Takeaki was silent, and Tokuoka Kubei opened his mouth and asked:

"Boy, what do you want to bet on?"

"Just bet for ten years! In ten years, I will be able to show you hope for decades of unfinished business! ”

Shirt Wuming took over the conversation and said mockingly:

"I saw that you were full of momentum, and I thought you had a lot of ability. As a result, one mouth is ten years, or hope. I will also speak such empty words. ”

Jing Zhen said calmly: "His Royal Highness Wu Ming has been in a high position for a long time, and His Royal Highness Jiubing Wei is the leader of one party, so he won't understand the reason for not being able to reach it quickly." Although the hypocrisy is dead, the general trend has been achieved. It is simply impossible to mobilize people's hearts from within, and to gather a large number of responders; Only by exerting force from the outside and bringing in a strong reinforcement to press in, and help His Royal Highness Huihong return to the old mansion. ”

Although Xie Wuming was not angry with Jingzhen, he couldn't help nodding in approval when he heard this, and was about to continue listening, but Jingzhen stopped talking and couldn't help urging:

"Imp, go on."

"What else needs to be said about this, ten years later, the strong reinforcement will naturally be me. I vow to do my best to help His Royal Highness Huihong restore the country, and those who violate it will be abandoned by everyone and God! ”

Shan Wuming was about to habitually start to laugh, but was forced by Jing Zhen's extraordinarily solemn expression, so he also thought about it.

Seeing that his attitude was loose, Jingzhen further followed,

"In ten years, if I become a force, I will do my best to help His Royal Highness Huihong; If it doesn't work, then let you and others fall, whether it is to take my actions or to pioneer His Royal Highness Huihong, there is nothing else to say! ”

Without waiting for everyone to answer, Jingzhen finally struck while the iron was hot, and excitedly said,

"The ancient giant of the Ming Kingdom, Lu Buwei, said that the profit of doing business and cultivating the land is ten times the profit, the profit of selling rare curioses is a hundred times the profit, and the king of the country is a thousand times the profit. Today, you have only paid to temporarily let me go, and what you may get is one party and one country, and you can't make up your mind, no wonder it hasn't been my teacher's business for decades! ”

After discussing with Tokuoka Kubei for a while, he finally stopped hesitating, and Tokuoka Kubei came forward to make this bet, and at the same time provided some additional investment to Keizada: after arriving in Wakasa Province, the ship and the goods on board were handed over to Keiza to operate, and half of the income was obtained; With three special pieces of bitter deed, we will provide Jingzhen with help within our ability three times, and send a message through the agreed channel when needed.

Note 1: Ouchi Takahiro, when he became a monk, he was called Dahuyuan Zunguang, and after returning to the world, he changed his name to Ouchi Takahiro. As the younger brother of Ouchi Yoshiko, the male lord of the Ouchi clan, there are almost no detailed descriptions and records, and it is speculated that as a sinner who was involved in rebellion twice, the relevant traces were erased by the Ouchi clan, which is so secretive. But judging from the operation of being played by Ouchi Yoshixing, the difference in ability is more than an order of magnitude.

Note 2: Teruhiro Ouchi, Shiro Saemon of Milk Name, son of Takahiro Ouchi. After the failure of the rebellion, Ouchi Takahiro followed him to take refuge in the Bungo Otomo clan (it is also said that Ouchi Takahiro was defeated and died, and his remnants escorted Ouchi Teruhiro to defect to the Otomo clan), which became a bargaining chip for the Otomo clan to win over and split the Ouchi clan and the Maori clan. Especially in the third year of Koji (i.e., 1557), after the Ouchi clan was destroyed by the Mori clan in Nagato and Yamajo Castle, and the last lord Ouchi Yoshinaga committed suicide, Daiuchi Teruhiro, the son of a thief, became the only seedling of the Ouchi clan and the last hope for revival.

But most of the hopes ended in dashing. In the twelfth year of Eiroku (i.e., 1569), the Otomo clan and the Mori clan went to war again, and the head of the Otomo clan, Otomo Sorin, out of the calculation of creating internal contradictions for the enemy, sent Ōuchi Teruhiro, who had been mixing rice in Bungo for a long time, to lead a partial army to land in Zhou Fangguo, gather the remnants, recover the old land, and restore the name of the Ouchi clan. However, at that time, the Mori clan was in full swing, and Ouchi Teruhiro's "Restoration Movement" soon failed, and he himself committed suicide in Chausu Mountain in the Tokai area, and the Ouchi clan, a famous family of Zhou defense that lasted for more than 400 years, officially died out.