Hattori Masanari was captured, and the elite ninjas brought by the Hattori family were all wiped out, and after getting this news, Tokugawa Iehiko did not convene his elders, retainers, and generals to discuss.

Instead, he left the mansion alone and went down a hillside outside Edo Castle, climbed the stone steps, and soon came to a quaint and quiet shrine alone.

Stepping into the shrine, he walked straight to the wooden steps outside the main house of the shrine and knelt down, as if he sincerely wanted to pray for the gods in the main house of the shrine.

The door to the main house of the shrine opened on its own without Tokugawa Iehiko opening his mouth, and then Tokugawa Iehiko got up carefully, patted the dust off his body, took off his shoes and placed them on the stairs, and then walked barefoot up the stairs and entered the main house built on a high place at the shrine.

Hattori Masanari, who was stunned by the pond, originally thought that he would not tell the other party anything, but in the end, under the influence of the other party's sincere gaze, Hattori Masanari still said a qiē.

Listening to Hattori Masanari's account, Lucius felt a little surprised, and couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "You mean, in Edo Castle, there is a separate shrine for the Tokugawa family? Even you don't know what kind of god is enshrined in that shrine? No one has ever entered it except Tokugawa Iehiko?"

"Not bad. Hattori nodded and said, "I tried to enter, but just by getting close to the shrine built on the mountain, I felt a terrible crisis, and in the end I had to give up." ”

Lucius pondered and muttered, "And that shrine was specially built after Tokugawa Iehiko succeeded the family governor?

Hattori Masanari is sure: "I can be sure of this, even the family of Tokugawa Iehiko and his juniors, no one has ever entered that shrine, it is basically an isolated place, and no one can approach it except Tokugawa Iehiko." ”

Seeing that Hattori was so sure, Lucius knew that there must be something strange about that shrine. And I'm afraid there are some important people in the shrine.

Lucius glanced at Number Three, who immediately understood what he meant, turned around and quietly left, while Lucius continued to ask Hattori Masanari unappreciatively.

I soon learned that Tokugawa Ihiko had the four most loyal to him under his command, as well as sixteen generals, almost all of whom were loyal to him and would never betray Tokugawa Iehiko, and each of them was a master with strength, and only the sixteen generals had troops in their hands. It was almost enough to sweep across the entire Fuso.

"Oh, if Tokugawa Iehiko has such a large army in his hands, why would he allow the daimyo to govern themselves, and why don't they take all the power back into their own hands?"

Hattori Masari shook his head and said: "Don't do that, because those daimyo not only have troops in their hands, they also have the support of ghosts and gods, you must know that no matter how strong the sixteen generals and the four heavenly kings are, they can't be stronger than the ghosts and gods, if Tokugawa Iehiko dares to wave troops to clean up the daimyo in various places, the ghosts and gods in various places will definitely be angry." ”

Hearing this, Lucius frowned slightly and asked, "You mean, the chaotic situation in Fusang right now. Is it actually what the ghosts want to see?"

Hattori Masanari hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded and said, "Yes, in fact, the entire situation in Fuso today is exactly the result demanded by the ghosts and gods. ”

"Why? Why are your spirits worshipped? And to keep you in chaos, what good is it for them that such chaos is? Is it that they just want you to keep fighting? Isn't peace better for them?"

Number Four asked puzzled, he didn't understand why the ghosts and gods of Fuso. Those who would ask Fuso like this want Fuso to fall into this kind of turmoil.

Without waiting for Hattori to answer, Lucius spoke first and whispered, "I think I know what those ghosts and gods are up to." I'm afraid that those ghosts and gods just want to use this turmoil to accumulate their respective faith power. ”

This time, even Hattori Masanari looked at Lucius suspiciously, obviously No. 4 and Hattori Masanari didn't quite understand what Lucius meant, and couldn't figure out why the ghosts and gods needed to accumulate the power of faith and let Fuso fall into turmoil? Isn't the worship of a large number of believers in peacetime more powerful for them?

Lucius Nature Way No. 4 and Hattori Masanari were puzzled, and after thinking about it, they explained to the two: "It's actually very simple, Fuso has 80 million ghosts and gods, if there is no turmoil, how many people will be needed to support the faith power needed by so many ghosts and gods?"

Hattori Masanari didn't quite understand what Lucius meant, but he was probably able to understand a little, while No. 4 had clearly understood, and he suddenly felt a burst of horror.

Fusang has as many as 80 million ghosts and gods, so many ghosts and gods, even the largest empire in the West is not enough to support the required faith power, let alone a small country like Fusang, I am afraid that the population of the entire Fuso may not be able to reach 80 million.

But since ghosts and gods are called gods, then they need to gather the power of faith, and only with enough faith power can they become more powerful and give some feedback to the worshippers.

And the 80 million ghosts and gods are able to obtain enough faith power from the whole of Fuso, which will inevitably cause a war between ghosts and gods, and war will inevitably break out between each other in order to compete for belief in ghosts and gods, and those believers who believe in different ghosts and gods will naturally attack each other under the influence of ghosts and gods.

But in fact, there is another way, and in the midst of turmoil, the creatures will develop a stronger faith, especially in the precarious situation, and will instinctively crave the comfort of the gods.

Therefore, if the 80 million ghosts and gods of Fusang deliberately provoke the entire Fusang turmoil, and then use the turmoil to force people to have strong beliefs, they will naturally be able to solve the belief power needed by the 80 million ghosts and gods, which can be said to be a very extreme method of oppression.

After listening to Lucius's account, Hattori Masanari suddenly felt frightened, stared at Lucius and stammered: "You, you, your meaning, meaning, yes, yes, those, the ghosts and gods we believe in, in fact, have been secretly instigating war, so that our faith can be strengthened?"

Lucius nodded: "According to the inferences you just said, I'm afraid that's the case, and it may even be even more terrifying, ghosts and gods are also fighting each other, and you are just cannon fodder." ”

Hearing this, Hattori Masanari was completely stunned, and he became depressed when he stood there alone, as if he had lost his fighting spirit to basically survive.

Seeing this, Lucius sighed, stepped aside and didn't say anything more, because he could see that reality might be too cruel to Hattori Masanari, because he should be a true believer in Fuso Shinto, but he didn't expect that he was just a pawn and cannon fodder of 80 million ghosts and gods.

I'm afraid that it will be difficult for anyone to accept such a fact, and even some people who are not firm enough may become crazy at that time, and whether they can survive can only rely on Hattori Masanari himself.

At this moment, in the shrine on the mountain, Tokugawa Isahiko was kneeling alone in the main house of the shrine, which was furnished in the same way as most shrines in Fuso, with almost no difference.

But Tokugawa Iehiko, who knelt in it and waited, felt an invisible sense of oppression, which was a very powerful force, which made Tokugawa Iehiko restrain the spirit of his own governor, and even more so that he didn't even dare to come out of the atmosphere, so he could only kneel there like a devout believer and wait quietly.

I don't know how long it took, but finally a voice came from inside the shrine, a door separated by a cloth curtain: "Tokugawa Iehiko, it seems that you are in serious trouble. ”

"My lord, please also please, please save Ihiko, save the entire Tokugawa family, now that there is a highness from the west, the status of my Tokugawa family is already in jeopardy. ”

There was silence behind the curtain for a while, and then the voice that couldn't tell whether it was a man or a woman, old or young, came out again: "Your Highness from the West? Tokugawa Iehiko, it seems that you are really in big trouble, this Your Highness from the West is a very powerful person." ”

As soon as he heard the voice inside, he actually knew the other party, and Tokugawa Isahiko hurriedly kowtowed and said, "My lord, you, you must help me and help me get rid of that guy." ”

There was silence in the curtain for a long time, and the voice responded: "Don't worry, don't worry, the Tokugawa family is still useful to us, and we naturally won't ignore you, but Tokugawa Ichihiko, you need to be patient for the time being, you can't go to the other party, you have to give us some time, and wait for us to arrange a qiē properly." ”

Tokugawa Isahiko suddenly felt a little unhappy when he heard this, thinking that he had already lost a lot, and now he came to beg the other party, but the other party let himself endure it, if so, then why did he come to the other party?

However, Tokugawa Iehiko didn't dare to say it explicitly, because he knew that the guy behind the curtain was powerful, and he also knew that there was an even more terrifying force behind that guy.

Therefore, Tokugawa Ihiko could only say euphemistically: "My lord, I can forbear, but in this way, the resistance within the forbearance family will be very high, and I am afraid that it will be a little unfavorable for me to control the zhì family." ”

Hearing the words behind the curtain, there was a burst of laughter: "Hahaha, Tokugawa Iehiko, don't play this little trick in front of me, you can go back with peace of mind, I promise you, I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer within three days, you can always wait for three days, right?"

Tokugawa Ihiko was overjoyed when he heard this, and quickly kowtowed to the other party and said, "Yes, yes, thank you so much, my lord, Tokugawa Ihiko will go back here and wait for your good news." ”

Then Tokugawa Iehiko got up and slowly withdrew, closed the door outside the main house, and then hurriedly walked down the stairs to leave the shrine in the mountains, obviously even Tokugawa Iehiko didn't want to stay near the shrine for long, just wanted to leave the shrine as quickly as possible. (To be continued......)