At this moment, Lucius stood by the pond in the backyard garden of the Takeda family's mansion, watching the beautiful koi fish in the pond swim continuously, and from time to time koi would jump on the surface of the water and devour the fish food that Lucius threw on the water.

Looking at the koi fish competing for food, Lucius suddenly said to himself: "It looks like the fish's appetite has been hooked, and it will start to hook down soon." ”

I don't know when I came to Lucius's side, Koji Takeda happened to hear Lucius's words, and he was immediately surprised.

For most of the past half a year, others have made contributions outside, only Koji Takeda still sticks to the Takeda family's one-third of an acre, and it can be said that because he wants to contain the Tokugawa family, he has almost never left Chiba.

And the retainers and generals of the Takeda family have not been able to leave Chiba, and they have not been able to get even a little benefit in the turmoil for more than half a year.

It's just that there is Takeda Koji pressing on it, coupled with the strong strength that Lucius showed before, plus there is also His Majesty the Emperor, the people of the Takeda family naturally dare to be angry but dare not speak.

Today, Koji Takeda specially came here, in fact, he wanted to talk to Lecius to see if he could let the Takeda family also get a piece of the pie, after all, the chaos is coming, if the Takeda family always sticks to their own one-third of an acre, then the result will inevitably be that the rivers are declining, and they will definitely become very weak in the future.

Without Takeda Koji to speak, Lucius understood his intention, and without looking at Takeda Koji standing next to him, he continued to stare at the koi fish competing for food in the pond and said to himself: "Hey, you fish only have food in your eyes, but you don't know that there is still a person standing by the pond, waiting to catch you all." ”

Hearing Lucius's words, Koji Takeda was suddenly shocked, as if he had thought of something. The words that had already come to my lips were scared back.

Standing there and thinking quietly for a moment, he vaguely noticed that it seemed that Lucius seemed to be pointing something, and finally he couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "Your Highness, did you throw food for these fish to compete for, in fact, you wanted to catch them all? In that case, wouldn't this pond be deserted?"

"I? I didn't think to catch all the fish, for to me they were just playthings in a small pond, and it wasn't worth it for me to give them to the net, and besides, I needed them. Hold the pond for me, and add some life to the pond by the way. ”

Takeda Koji breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, what he was most worried about now was that Lucius would attack them, and now he knew that Lucius didn't have that idea, and his hanging heart suddenly relaxed.

But just as Koji Takeda breathed a sigh of relief, Lucius continued: "However, I am not the only one standing by the pond to feed, and the others have cast a lot of bait. I'm waiting to close the net. ”

Hearing that Lucius said that there were other people waiting by the pond to collect the net, Takeda Koji's newly relieved heart hung again, and this time he would no longer play dumb riddles with Lucius. He asked directly: "Your Highness, you said that there is still someone waiting to collect the net, but I don't know who that person is?" Could it be that he is even more powerful than you?"

Lucius glanced at Koji Takeda meaningfully. smiled and said, "Hehe, that person may not be better than me, but that person has the ability to hide his traces." It's true that he's above me, and he's a scheming guy, and it seems like he's got a little ahead of me. ”

Takeda Koji said without a bitter face: "Your Highness, you are now more and more like an Oriental, and the tone of your voice is a bit like that of the Middle-earth Empire. ”

"Oh, yes, hehe, that's good, when I go to Middle-earth, I believe it will be easy to integrate into Middle-earth, with the language I've learned about the same. ”

Koji Takeda responded with a smile: "Your Highness, in fact, you don't have to worry, the Tang Empire in Middle-earth, that is a country that can tolerate and accept a qiē, even if you don't know the language of Middle-earth, as long as you show your strength and ability, the Tang Empire will accept you very politely." ”

Lucius turned his head to look at Takeda Koji and asked, "Koji, have you been to the Tang Empire in Middle-earth, how do you know that they will accept me?"

Koji Takeda replied respectfully: "I haven't been there, but many of us in Fuso have been, in the heyday of the Tokugawa family, we once selected outstanding children from the daimyo samurai from all over the world, and sent them to the Tang Empire in Middle-earth to study, and those who returned from studying brought back a lot of rich products and technologies of the Tang Empire." ”

"Oh, so the Tang Empire allows you to go to him to learn technology, and it will give you a wealth of goods, which require you to spend money to buy codes?"

Koji Takeda then replied: "In terms of property, we need to trade with our own products, but those advanced technologies don't require us to spend money, as long as we are willing to suffer losses to learn, we will naturally be able to ask others to teach, but some of the top technologies are also not learned." ”

"By the way, those monks and people from other sects who came from Middle-earth also came back with the people you sent to study?"

Takeda Koji nodded: "Yes, those monks, Taoist priests and people from other sects came back with those who studied in Middle-earth, and then they began to preach in Fuso, but what was really accepted by Fuso was actually only Buddhism, but other sects were also compatible with Shintoism." ”

Lucius lowered his head and pondered: It seems that the civilization of Middle-earth still affects Fuso, and it seems to have penetrated into Fuso's own civilization, no wonder the gods of Fusang have become so powerless.

At this moment, Takeda Koji suddenly remembered what Lucius had said before, and suddenly asked in surprise: "Your Highness, you, the people you said who laid the bait before you couldn't be those guys from Middle-earth, right?"

Seeing that Koji Takeda had guessed some clues, Lucius simply stopped hiding it and said bluntly: "You guessed very right, don't doubt it, have you ever thought about why the Tokugawa family and those daimyo samurai who have risen in various places, why do they dare to openly disobey the royal family who are descendants of the gods?"

Takeda Koji is not a fool, after being reminded by Lucius, he immediately understood the problem, and said in horror: "Your Highness means that in fact, behind them, there is the help of those Middle-earthers?"

Takeda Koji then continued: "But didn't you say before, Your Highness, that the turmoil in Fuso began with those ghosts and gods? Those ghosts and gods were brought back by Amaterasu. ”

Lucius couldn't help laughing: "Hehe, Koji, you are really a tendon, those ghosts and gods were brought back from the Nine Shadows Abyss by your Amaterasu, but now that they have lost the jurisdiction and restraint of your gods, how can they continue to safeguard the interests of you mortals in peace?"

Without waiting for Takeda Koji to speak, Lucius continued: "What's more, now that your native civilization has been infected by the Middle-earth civilization, and even your Shinto religion has been influenced by foreign civilization sects, haven't you thought about why your Shinto churches are influenced by foreign sects?"

Takeda Koji was dumbfounded, and he couldn't speak, he understood what Lucius meant, and knew that Lucius wanted to say that the Middle-earth civilization had invaded their Fuso country, affecting their entire Fuso civilization, and even those ghosts and gods brought back by Amaterasu had already chosen to take refuge in those sects in Middle-earth.

If that's really the case, Fuso Country is really already a pond in the eyes of others, and others have laid down the bait, and now they are just waiting for the final net.

Seeing Takeda Koji stunned, Lucius reached out and patted Takeda Koji on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry too much, things are not dangerous to that point, you still have a chance to break that net." ”

Lucius didn't tell Sù Takeda Koji, in fact, he was already vaguely aware that the guy who might invade Fuso should actually be his old rival, that is, the descendant of the Red Heart royal family, after more than half a year of playing with the Tokugawa family, Lucius can basically confirm the identity of the opponent.

Although he didn't know what role the other party played in the invasion of Middle-earth, Lucius was already sure that the other party was obviously doing things for some people in Middle-earth.

Judging from the number of times the two have fought each other for most of the year, the other party obviously can't let go of his hands and feet, and it seems that he has been suppressed in some way, which makes the other party fall behind in several encounters.

Now as the situation in Fusang gradually becomes clearer, Lucius believes that the real mastermind behind the scenes is about to appear, and the descendant of the Hearts royal family will also launch an offensive against him at the last moment, trying to confront him head-on at the end, which can be regarded as a test of himself before leaving Fuso.

This kind of temptation, Lucius is happy to make a move, because this will also expose something to the other party, which will be more beneficial for Lucius to enter Middle-earth in the future.

Takeda Koji received Lucius's stability, gradually came to his senses, looked at Lucius and bowed down and said: "Your Highness, it is Takeda who has lost his temper, you can rest assured, Takeda will absolutely support Your Highness." ”

Lucius smiled and waved his hand, "It's okay, I know your loyalty, and you can rest assured that the Takeda family will definitely have a status that belongs to you." ”

After receiving Lucius's promise, the purpose of Takeda Koji's trip was achieved, and before leaving, Takeda Koji couldn't help but say to Lucius: "Your Highness, you need to be careful of Oda Nobumitsu, he is also an ambitious guy, and now that he has gained enough strength, I am afraid that he will find a way to get out of your control." ”

Hearing this, Lucius smiled and nodded: "Okay, I know all this, but we still have to trust Oda, I don't want to attack him or you unless we have to." ”

Takeda Koji knew that Lucius knew what he wanted, so he didn't say anything more, and after bowing to Lucius, he turned around and left lightly.

There was only one person left on the pond, looking at the koi fish in the pond that gradually calmed down, Lucius couldn't help but smile and said: "Red Heart, I know that you have prepared the big net, and in your eyes I have also stood in the net, but unfortunately, you don't know, I have actually been standing outside the net and watching you." (To be continued......)