The fire at the shrine burned for a long time, and when the fire gradually went out, the shrine that used to stand on the hillside was now in ruins, and the statues of the gods enshrined in the shrine were reduced to ashes along with the houses.

Mingtang appeared unconsciously, quickly came behind Lucius, and whispered to Lucius: "Your Highness, it has been found out that those people do not seem to have gone to the north, but to the south, it seems that Kinoshita Hideyoshi and they should have gone to the south of Fuso." ”

"Did you go to the south?" Lucius suddenly thought of Fuso's map, and muttered, "So, it's likely that they crossed the sea from Chiba to the south, but I don't know where they went?" ”

Then Lucius beckoned everyone to prepare to leave, the fishing village has been completely destroyed, and the people who know that Sakura's Rinko is in the fishing village have also revealed their true thoughts, and Lucius has no need to continue to stay, and the fishing village has naturally lost any value.

Before the layout was ready to lead out Nakatomi Kamadashi, Lucius had already secretly arranged to send the survivors of the village away and settle them all in Chiba Castle.

Just as Lucius beckoned everyone to leave, Shirou suddenly knelt down in front of the shrine that had been burned down, and kowtowed three times to the ruins very solemnly.

Seeing Shiro's approach, Mingtang whispered with some disdain: "What is there to worship? Your village has been worshiped for so many years, so many things have happened, and I haven't seen the gods you worship in the shrine appear, hmph, your gods are just some pseudo-gods who only know how to eat and worship." ”

Lucius stopped Mingtang, who was about to continue the sarcasm, walked over to help Shirou up, looked at the shrine in ruins, and said, "Often, the weak always think that if they are no longer afraid of the gods, they can be truly strong. But in fact, only those who know how to maintain a sense of reverence for the gods will truly become powerful. ”

As he spoke, Lucius looked at Shirou, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "You already have the potential to become a strong man, and I hope you can maintain that competitive spirit and reverence for the gods." ”

Hearing Lucius's words, Ming Tang suddenly asked with some puzzlement: "But Your Highness, you don't seem to have feared any gods, doesn't what you just said apply to yourself?"

Lucius smiled and replied, "I, I, too, always fear the gods, but only the gods I fear." It is the rules of the plane, and the mechanical civilization itself, awe does not mean fear, awe is respect for them, only if you respect them, you will gain their respect. ”

When Mingtang heard this, he suddenly thought of himself, and then he understood that although he chose to follow Lucius and become a butler by Lucius's side. But in fact, Lucius always gave himself respect.

Lucius seemed to know that Mingtang had figured it out, so he patted Mingtang on the shoulder and said, "Okay, don't think about it so much, let's leave as much as possible." ”

Anyway. Lucius turned around and walked towards the outside of the shrine, Mingtang naturally followed, Shirou also followed closely behind Lucius, and No. 3 and No. 4 were responsible for dealing with miscellaneous things at the end.

As Lucius guessed. Escorted by a group of samurai, Kamazu left the village and quickly headed south, soon to the southern seashore. There was a small fishing boat of humble appearance, docked at the seashore and waiting, as if it had been specially designed to wait for the lieutenants to smash them.

Among them, Kamazu and the others boarded the fishing boat, and a man wearing a hat-wearing hat stood up and looked at the people of Kamazu through the gap under the hat.

Then I heard a voice from under the hat: "It seems that your plan did not succeed, Zhongchen, and the loss this time is not small." ”

Hearing the sound coming from the Demoiselle, the Nakazu Kamazu was startled at first, and then through the dim light, he saw the faces of the people under the Demoiselle clearly, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and said, "Kinoshita-kun, you actually came here in person, can it be said that you have completely controlled Shizhou so quickly?"

The man wearing the hat on the ship was naturally Kinoshita Hideyoshi, who quietly led his men to leave Chiba according to the plan of Nakatomi Kamazu, in order to establish his own power in the search for a place.

It's just that now the whole of Fuso is in turmoil, and almost all the daimyo in various places have supported their own troops, so it is not easy to find a place where they can stand on their feet, and in the end Kinoshita Hideyoshi can only go to the near and far, and cross the sea to Seshu in the southwest of Chiba, and find a place to settle there.

Originally, according to the plan of Nakatomi Kamazu and Kinoshita Hideyoshi, it was Nakatomi Kamazu who secretly brought the emperor with him, so that with the help of the emperor's prestige, he could naturally gain a firm foothold in Seshu more quickly.

But unfortunately, Nakatomi Kamazu failed to persuade Sakura Rinko, and as a result, their original plan fell through, and they could only let Kinoshita Hideyoshi develop alone in Seshu.

But fortunately, Kinoshita Hideyoshi is a commanding general, after several small-scale wars, it took a short time to gain a firm foothold in Seshu, it can be said that in just a few months, Kinoshita Hideyoshi's power in Seshu has been completely stabilized, and there are many powerful samurai under his command to follow.

Seeing that his own strength had become stronger, Kinoshita Hideyoshi began to have new ideas, and after consulting with the Nakazu Kamazu Guò letter, he learned that Lucius had sent Du Liniang and others out.

The two of them made a plan to forcibly take Sakura's Rinko away, and by the way, try to defeat Lucius, if they can get rid of Lucius, or capture Lucius, then it will be best for the two, even if they can't hurt Lucius, at least they will rob the emperor.

It's a pity that the result was not as the two of them thought, the strength in Lucius's hands was indeed beyond the expectations of the two, they didn't expect that after Du Liniang and those people left, the two metal people around Lucius were also so powerful.

Kinoshita Hideyoshi took off the hat on his head, shook his head and said, "How can it be so easy, Seshu is much bigger than Chiba, and there are more big and small daimyo over there, and it is not easy to completely control Seshu, but for the time being, we can be considered to have a firm foothold." ”

As he spoke, Kinoshita Hideyoshi continued to ask, "With so many samurai lost this time, could it be that the group of people around His Highness Lucius has returned?"

Zhongchen Kazuzu couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head: "No, those people didn't come back, but the strength of His Highness Lucius is indeed terrifying, this time it was the two metal men around him who killed most of the samurai." ”

"Oh, those two metal men actually crushed you?"

"Yes, but then that Emiya Shirou also made a move, don't you say, that Emiya Shirou has become very terrifying after the training of His Royal Highness Lucius, and his martial arts look very powerful, ordinary samurai are not his opponents at all, even if he is besieged by a few people, he can be at ease. ”

After listening to Nakatomi Kamazu's narration, Kinoshita Hideyoshi couldn't help but lower his head and ponder, pondered for a moment, and whispered: "It seems that we still underestimate that Lucius. ”

Nakatomi Kamazu nodded in agreement: "Yes, the strength in Lucius's hands should not be underestimated, you chose to go to the castration state before, and now it seems to be a good choice, at least we are far away from the center of the struggle, I believe that soon a big war will break out between them and the Tokugawa family." ”

Kinoshita Hideyoshi narrowed his eyes when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Hehe, they are fighting with the Tokugawa family just in time, and we can take the opportunity to develop on the Seshu side and gradually control the entire southern part of Fuso." ”

Zhongchen Kamazu agreed: "Yes, if we control the south, we don't have to fear anyone anymore with the strength in our hands, and we can counterattack from the south at that time." ”

"Now, our strength is not enough, so we will temporarily avoid those powerful forces, start from Sezhou, control Shishu first, and then expand to the periphery, if we can take Owari over, it will be equivalent to cutting off a back road for the Tokugawa family, and then the Tokugawa family will only have to fight with them. ”

Regarding Kinoshita Hideyoshi's idea, Nakatomi Kamadashi was a little worried: "I'm afraid it's not easy to conquer Owari, right? After all, it is one of the three Tokugawa imperial families, and its strength should not be underestimated." ”

Kinoshita Hideyoshi said very calmly: "Hehe, don't worry, I won't take risks, now we have to consolidate our own strength first, and first control the entire Shizhou." ”

After that, Kinoshita Hideyoshi directly ordered someone to drive the boat, and the boat sailed along the coastline to the south of Fuso Province, because he was worried about the wind and waves at sea, and did not dare to go too far from the coast, and the speed along the coastline was naturally a little slower, but Kinoshita Hideyoshi and Nakatomi Kamazu were not in a hurry.

While Lucius was still on his way to Chiba Castle, he received a message from the Iron Battleship and learned the general whereabouts of Nakatomi Kamazu.

Knowing that they had gone to the southern part of Fuso Country, Lucius couldn't help but smile and said to himself: "It seems that Nakatomi Kamazu and Kinoshita Hideyoshi plan to take root in the south, avoid some battles first, wait until they develop and grow, and then turn back to counterattack us from the south to the north." ”

When Ming Tang heard this, he immediately interjected: "Your Highness, if you let those two guys develop in the south, I'm afraid it will bring us some trouble." ”

Lucius shook his head: "No, how can I make them safe? Since they want to attack in the south, I will naturally fulfill them and give them some special care." ”

Today's Fuso country, there are many large and small forces, just the daimyo with a certain strength, there are dozens of them in the country, it can be said that each daimyo has its own territory, and it will not attack others, but those samurai who do not have a territory grow up, and they will also pose a threat to those daimyos.

After all, every samurai grows up wanting to have their own territory and become a daimyo who rules the side, so the battle between the newly rising samurai and the current daimyo has never stopped.

And in Seshu, where Kinoshita Hideyoshi and Nakatomi Kamazu went, there was also a powerful daimyo who could be regarded as the dominating daimyo of the entire Seshu. (To be continued......)