Tokugawa Iehiko really didn't want to set foot in this shrine in the mountains if there was no way, and at this moment he knelt on the wooden steps outside the main house of the shrine, quietly waiting for the permission of the people in the house.

This taste made Tokugawa Ihiko feel unusually unhappy, and he had the urge to get up and turn away an hour ago, but reason still made him kneel outside the door and wait.

More than half a year has passed, and Tokugawa Ihiko has been living like a year for most of the year, almost every day like sitting on pins and needles, every day I want to send troops to Chiba, or wave the army to pacify the surrounding daimyos, but without the permission of the people in the shrine, Tokugawa Ihiko did not dare to do that.

In the words of the lord in the main house half a year ago, Tokugawa Iehiko now needs to send out the generals loyal to him and let them attack in various places, and the Tokugawa family must stay in Edo to attract the attention of Chiba, and be regarded as the emperor who holds Chiba back.

Half a year ago, Tokugawa Iehiko did as he was told, and sent almost all the generals under his command out, allowing them to establish their own power in various places, and by the way, to curb the rise of those poor samurai daimyo in various places.

However, the result was that the generals of the Tokugawa family, except for the first six of the four heavenly kings and the sixteen generals, were in a precarious situation everywhere.

In the past six months, the number of places controlled by the Tokugawa family has not only not increased, but it has been greatly reduced, and now the Tokugawa family is almost only left with some places southwest of Edo.

The elders of the family shouted and even questioned Tokugawa Iehiko's plan, and under the persecution and pressure of the elders, Tokugawa Iehiko had to come to the shrine again.

The door of the shrine finally opened, and Tokugawa Iehiko did not dare to hesitate at all, so he quickly took off his shoes and walked up the stairs and walked quickly into the main house of the shrine.

This time, there was no curtain in the house, and Tokugawa Iehiko clearly saw three people kneeling in the room. At the head was a middle-aged man dressed in the service of the Tang Empire in the Middle Earth of the East, and behind the middle-aged man knelt a young man with low eyebrows and ears.

What attracted Tokugawa Iehiko's attention was that he was sitting side by side with a middle-aged man, his entire face was wrapped in white cloth, and he couldn't see whether it was a man or a woman at all, and even Tokugawa Iehiko couldn't see clearly through the gap in the white cloth on the other party's face, and he couldn't even see the other party's glasses clearly.

Tokugawa Ihiko was stunned for a moment, and the middle-aged man in Middle-earth couldn't bear it at first, and whispered, "Tokugawa family master, why are you here?

Hear the other party's fluent Fuso dialect. Tokugawa Isahiko suddenly came to his senses, and quickly knelt down and saluted the three of them: "Tokugawa Ihiko has seen three adults. ”

The middle-aged man who came from Middle-earth waved his hand and said, "The head of the Tokugawa family doesn't need to be polite, since we are allies, we should naturally help each other, it seems that you have something important to say, right? ”

Knowing that the other party didn't seem to want to talk nonsense, Tokugawa Ihiko hurriedly said: "My lord, Ihiko is here to ask, and the Tokugawa family will continue to endure it." Are you holding Chiba back?"

The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment when he heard this, turned his head to look at the person wearing a white cloth next to him, and then looked at Tokugawa Ihiko and said, "This should be a plan made in advance, what else does the head of the Daochuan family have now?"

Tokugawa Isahiko didn't dare to raise his head to look. Naturally, he didn't know the strange look of the middle-aged man, so he just lay on the ground and said, "My lord, it's not that Tokugawa Iehiko has any ideas, it's just that now all over Fuso are rising together." If the Tokugawa family had remained conservative like this, I am afraid that soon the samurai with heavy armies in various places would rise. ”

The middle-aged man was obviously a little dissatisfied, and turned his head to look at the man with a white cloth on his head. Instead of answering Tokugawa Iehiko's question, it seems that he intends to ask why the masked man did this arrangement?

Seeing this, the masked man did not continue to be silent, but said with a smile: "Hehe, the head of the Tokugawa family is actually too worried, and now that the heroes of Fuso are rising together, do you think that the Tokugawa family is completely in control of the situation? I let you not shrink out of it, just to let your Tokugawa family retain its strength." ”

Hearing this voice, Tokugawa Isahiko was taken aback, because he had recognized this voice and knew that this was the person he had been facing before.

After being stunned for a moment, Tokugawa Isahiko continued: "My lord, Tokugawa Ihiko knows your hard work, but now that the Tokugawa family has retreated again and again, if it continues to shrink, I am afraid that it will lose all the land except for the river outside." ”

When the middle-aged man heard this, he immediately felt a little annoyed, and asked the masked man in a deep voice: "Bai Meng, you have to give me an explanation, this is not the result that the Holy Empress wanted to see at the beginning, why did you let the Tokugawa family shrink all the time?

Regarding the middle-aged man's anger, the masked Bai Meng did not have any fear, and still said calmly: "Master Pei Yan doesn't need to be so anxious, isn't the situation as bad as he said?"

Then Bai Meng continued: "Actually, I asked the Tokugawa family to do this, in order to contain the emperor of Chiba, and also to contain the highness from the West behind the emperor, only after containing them, can we have more opportunities to do more things." ”

"Bai Meng, you seem to be familiar with that highness from the West, right? You have mentioned the other party more than once, it seems that you are very jealous of the other party, right?"

The middle-aged man Pei Yan came from the powerful Tang Empire in the Middle Earth of the East, and according to the order of the monarch of the Tang Empire, he specially came to control the situation in Fusang.

The monarch of the Tang Empire had the heart of annexing the four seas, and had already regarded Fusang as a thing in his pocket, and over the years he had continuously sent a large number of people from various sects into Fusang, just to gradually infiltrate Fusang, so as to gradually control Fusang, and finally hold Fusang in his own hands.

Originally, it was Pei Yan who was directly responsible for Fusang, but later, this masked young man from Shahai somehow gained the trust of the Tang Empire's monarch, so he also participated in the annexation plan of Fusang.

Pei Yan was actually very unhappy about Bai Meng's sudden appearance and sharing of his own power and credit, but because of the order of the Holy Emperor of the Tang Empire, he could not disobey and could only recognize Bai Meng's participation, but even so, Pei Yan was constantly looking for the other party's mistakes.

Bai Meng, who was covered with his face, also knew Pei Yan's attitude towards him, and understood that the other party wanted to find his own handle and drive him back from Fusang.

Therefore, Bai Meng naturally did not tolerate Pei Yan's unceremonious ridicule, and immediately ridiculed him: "Hehe, Lord Pei Yan, you seem to be too worried, in front of the majesty of my Tang Dynasty, what kind of waves can a little royal highness from the West make?"

Pei Yan couldn't answer the words when he was half-spoken, and Bai Meng continued: "What's more, even if I am afraid of the other party, isn't there still Lord Pei Yan where you are in charge?"

Tokugawa Iehiko, who was kneeling in the main room, heard this, and immediately sighed in his heart: Amazing, he actually said a few words, not only resolved the crisis, but also passed the crisis on to others, this Bai Meng is really a ruthless character.

Even Tokugawa Isahiko heard the clues, how could Pei Yan not know that Bai Meng's words were thorny? Immediately, he smiled and said: "Hehe, the young man is a young man, he is too angry, I think this is also the reason why the Holy Queen doesn't like you, since it is your old opponent, then you should deal with it yourself." ”

Regarding Pei Yan's-for-tat, Bai Meng did not continue to argue, but said with a smile: "Hehe, Lord Pei Yan, Xiaosheng was sent by His Majesty the Holy Emperor, so he naturally wants to share his worries for the Holy Emperor." ”

The corners of Pei Yan's eyes twitched slightly, and then he laughed on his back: "Hahaha, good, well said, worthy of being the celebrity in front of His Majesty, Tokugawa Iehiko, since Lord Baimeng asked your Tokugawa family to contain Chiba and that Western Highness, then you should do what he said." ”

Hearing this, Tokugawa Iehiko suddenly felt bitter in his heart, thinking that a new adult had come and wanted to fight with the original Baimeng, so he would take the opportunity to give himself and the Tokugawa family some opportunities.

But now it seemed that the new adult had fallen behind, and now had no time to take care of him and the Tokugawa family, and Tokugawa Isahiko knew that he had to think of another way.

However, just when Tokugawa Iehiko thought there was no hope, suddenly Bai Meng spoke again: "Tokugawa Iehiko, in fact, you don't have to completely shrink now, some of the strength of the Tokugawa family should be displayed to deter some young people, otherwise where is your general's face?"

Hearing this, Tokugawa Ihiko was stunned at first, and then there was a burst of ecstasy in his heart, and he kowtowed to Bai Meng and Pei Yan and said, "Thank you two adults, the Tokugawa family will definitely not let the two of you down." ”

Seeing the back of Tokugawa Ihiko leaving happily, the little boy who sat behind Pei Yan and never spoke, suddenly said: "Two adults, why do you want to play such a play in front of him? Could it be that we still need to be afraid of the Tokugawa family? That guy just now really doesn't look like a big general." ”

Pei Yan scolded sternly when he heard this: "Xiao Tong Xiu wants to talk nonsense, hmph, that guy just now is definitely not a good person, don't be deceived by his superficial cowardice, besides, how can your family have the qualifications to act with Lord Baimeng?"

Bai Meng then laughed: "Hehe, Lord Pei Yan, you are really stingy, although you and I are our own masters, but now that we are here in Fusang at the same time, we naturally have to put the interests of my Datang first, so those disagreements between you and me should be put aside now." ”

Pei Yan snorted coldly and didn't say anything, but it seemed that he had agreed with Bai Meng's meaning, temporarily put aside the estrangement between the two, and focus on the overall situation at hand.

Bai Meng saw that Pei Yan was persuaded by himself, so he no longer dwelled on the previous question, and instead sighed in a low voice: "It's a pity that I haven't led out that Western Highness so far, it seems that I still underestimate that opponent." ”

Hearing this, Pei Yan suddenly sneered and said: "Hehe, with your little tricks, how can you deal with others?" In fact, your current layout is already very good, but there is a fatal flaw, you have not been able to get what you wanted, but such a little flaw, as long as you make up for it, you will definitely be able to succeed." ”

Hearing this, Bai Meng hurriedly bowed down and kowtowed to Pei Yan: "Lord Pei Yan, please teach me, that Western Highness is my lifelong enemy, please help me ......" (to be continued......