The sea is the true home of sailors. They were born on land, but almost all of their lives have been at sea, and most of them will return to the sea with their friends. Only when they are under the sails, the sea breeze whistling in their ears, and the waves stirring all around, will they feel truly safe.

The people of Ryuo Island rushed into Osaka Bay, walked along the Gengshen position for about 5 miles, and then turned to the Shinkun position and headed for the Jijishima Sekisho. The coast in this area is too broken, and you have to be careful, even if it is far from the coast, Liu Guan still ordered half sail to move forward in case it hits the reef, and you can't be too careful in the dark night.

The captain of the cabin, the second went to sea and drove out all the irrelevant people. Although he had left Sakai Port, this sea area could not be said to be safe, and Liu Guan ordered the sailors to check their armaments and be ready to fight at any time.

There were only a few people in the cabin, such as Chongwen, Liu Guan, Wang Shishi, Hanako, Ma Huizhong, Tomita Shoji, and Chai Demei, who survived the Ouchi family, some sat on chairs, and some sat on the bookcase. Chongwen and Hanako sat on the couch, and it was really thrilling to rush out of the city, and everyone was still in shock.

Chongwen said: "Stone, how did you get into the city, didn't the checkpoint stop you?"

Wang Shishi said with a smile: "This is the second plan to go to sea, he stripped the clothes of those tricks, ordered a few of us to change into the shorter ones, hide the sharp blade, and sneak into the city at night." It's also a great luck, and the level didn't interrogate us, otherwise we wouldn't have said a word, and we would definitely be exposed. ”

Chongwen couldn't help laughing, and laughed: "The little clothes of the maid didn't let you break them, it's really amazing." ”

Wang Shishi said embarrassedly: "Don't mention it, thanks to the wide cuffs and open placket, otherwise where would you wear it." When we entered the city, we broke into the tailor's shop, and drove the shopkeeper up to make us clothes, and the profiteer demanded 5 taels of silver from me!"

Chongwen patted him on the shoulder and said, "Thanks to you for disrupting the pursuers, otherwise we would have been trapped in the city, but how did you know that we would escape from the southeast corner gate." ”

Wang Shishi was surprised: "How can it be us? The six of us only have two short blades and one long knife, and it is okay to sneak attack a few lone servants, how can we break through hundreds of soldiers?"

After we entered the castle, we have been wandering around Shitennoji Temple, secretly monitoring the movement in the temple. Yesterday was fine, but today there were a few chiefs, sitting in the cage-like bullshit sedan chair, and a guy with a saber appeared outside the temple. I thought it might be the chieftain's guards, but they didn't pay much attention to it, but I didn't expect that at night, these guys gathered more and more, and there were thousands of people who had joined the mother, and the streets were blocked, as if they were going to fight.

I just felt bad, I wanted to rush into the mountain gate to report the news, the street was tightly blocked, how to get in. I waited around the damn monk's temple a few times, and all the doors were guarded, and I was in a hurry, and when I saw a fire in the east, there was a disturbance, so we ran over.

I saw a man in black attacking the police, and I thought it was a friend who had been ambushed in advance by going out to sea, so we took advantage of the chaos to kill a few and rushed over. Seeing that someone was running towards us, I shouted, only to know that Da Wai was attacked and had just escaped. ”

Liu Guan said: "I received your letter yesterday, and I know that you are fine, and the brothers are quite sure. But today they could not wait for the left and the right to come, and when they saw that there was a great chaos in the city and that the fire had risen, the brothers became anxious and rushed into the city to save the people.

But the police on the shore were really annoying, so I made up my mind to clean up the guys on the shore with artillery fire first. These little dwarfs are really not afraid of death, and after being bombarded by us, many people actually jumped into the dinghy and rushed to the boat. We fired a few rounds of firearms, but we couldn't stop them, so we had to pull the anchor and raise the sails, and take care of the dinghy in the harbor first. It's entangled, and you're going to get out, it's dangerous. ”

Chongwen pondered for a while and asked Tomita Shoji, "Lord Tomita, those black-clothed men who attacked the shogunate army are the Ouchi family horses?"

Chai Demei translated, Tomita Shoji bowed and bowed, and said, "It's definitely not the Ouchi retainers, they are the Ashtuo party." ”

Chongwen asked, "What is the Ashta Party?"

Shoji Tomita said: "It's an assassin, a killer, a bad monk who specializes in collecting money to kill people for his patrons. ”

Chongwenqi said: "Then where is your lord?"

Shoji Tomita said: "I really don't know, in the same ignorance as the big sea, suddenly the shogunate army came over, and I fought in a daze, I don't know what happened." ”

Chongwen felt more and more that this matter was strange, he was suddenly attacked, Yoshihiro Ouchi was nowhere to be found, and there were assassins to save him. What is the reason, what does this have to do with today's tea room negotiations, and what does it have to do with the alliance between Ryuo Island and the Ouchi clan, it was like falling into a fog for a while.

Chongwen turned his head to look at the little maid and asked, "Hanako, how did you know that the shogunate army was coming to arrest us, and Baba rushed to report the news?"

Hanako was wrapped in a wide fur coat, like a kitten, and when she heard Chai Demei translate, she said softly, "It was His Highness Nohime who sent me." ”

Chongwen's heart lit up, and it seemed that figuring out the cause and effect of the matter still had to fall on Hanako. He tucked the neckline of the little maid and asked softly, "What the hell is going on, you tell me." ”

Hanako said timidly: "After Her Royal Highness Nohime came out of the tea room, her face was full of tears, and I slept after serving her to take a bath. Not long after lying down, His Highness suddenly sat up and said, no. I asked His Highness what he needed, but His Highness just sat still and didn't say anything, thinking that Yoshinobu had passed away, and His Highness Nohime was overly sad.

At this moment, Lord Sun Saburo Jiaoyou broke in with a few retainers, saying that the lord had an order, and everyone immediately withdrew from the Bamboo Forest Garden and retreated to Wakayama Castle in Kii Province, and they were not allowed to bring anything with them, and set off immediately. Her Royal Highness Nohime was shocked, and she said to Lord Koyo, do you remember what she said to His Highness Odekai in the morning, and if she remembers, she will go and save them immediately.

Sun Saburo taught Lord Yu to ask why. His Royal Highness Nohime said that the lord made a huge mistake, he betrayed His Royal Highness Ozukai, which will bring ruin to the Ouchi family, whether it is for the Ouchi family or for the friendship with His Royal Highness Ozukai, he must go to save people, she doesn't have to care about it here, she will change her clothes and set off immediately.

Master Jiaoyou looked a little frightened, saying that he could not disobey the orders of the lord. His Royal Highness Nonghime said that of course he could not disobey the orders of the lord, but the Asheda party could. His Royal Highness Nohime pulled out this short knife, compared it to her neck, and said that if Sun Saburo didn't teach Lord You, she would kill herself by cutting her throat now. His Royal Highness Nohime really went to the hand, and the tip of the knife stabbed into the flesh and blood.

Lord Jiaoyou couldn't, so he had to agree, and asked his retainers to protect His Royal Highness Nohime and leave immediately. Seeing that Lord Jiaoyou was gone, His Royal Highness Nohime handed me this short knife and asked me to immediately inform His Highness Da Kouhai to fight a bloody path and run as far as possible. His Royal Highness Nonghime's neck is bleeding, and his eyes are terrifying, I can only look for you with a knife, and you will know everything in the future. ”

Er went to sea and was confused, so he had to ask: "Who is this eldest lord of the mother, and why did you betray us?"

Chongwen fully understood, and sighed in his heart, not knowing what it was like. After a long time, he said: "The name of this lord is Ouchi Yoshihiro, he is the minister of the country, he wants to be the overlord of Western Chu of the country, so he wants to do a business with my Dragon King Island, after all... He still betrayed us. ”

Erchuhai asked, "Why did you meet Nohime again?" ”

Chongwen said: "Yoshihiro Ouchi is the father of Nohime, and Nohime's name is Ouchino. ”

The second went out to sea and gasped, and scolded: "Entering the mother, my father hurt us, but my daughter sacrificed her life to save us, what kind of mess is this." How can such a loving and righteous daughter have such a treacherous father!"

Chongwen shook his head slightly, and said after a long time: "Yes, this Ouchi Yoshihiro should really go on stage to act, he acted too similarly, he deceived me, but he couldn't fool his own daughter." She thought about it quickly, but she didn't expect her father to move so quickly. ”

Erchuhai asked in a trembling voice: "Da Chuhai, what the hell is going on." ”

Chongwen said: "This matter is a long story, and I am about to discuss it with you, so let's talk about it briefly." This Ouchi family is in charge of the 8 countries of the country, and monopolizes the overseas trade between the country and Dakang and Lili, and has a lot of money and strong soldiers, and has always been regarded as a thorn in the side of the shogunate.

Now that the shogunate Yoshihiro is seriously ill, he hopes to establish his son Kakune Yoshimitsu as the next general, and this Ouchi Yoshihiro intends to follow the younger brother of Yoshihiro from the Kamakura Prince, so he has a deep conflict with Muromachi. This time, the important ministers of the shogunate finally united, preparing to eliminate Ouchi Yoshihiro by force, supporting the concubine Kakune Yoshimitsu, and carrying out exploration and trade with Dakang.

It just so happened that we had waited for the people of Ryuo Island to arrive at Sakai Port, and Ouchi Yoshihiro thought that the new route we had opened up would be beneficial to him, and that if he formed an alliance with us, he could quickly transfer the forces of Yamaguchi Castle and Shu's visit to the region, so that the shogunate would not be able to defeat him.

So I made a deal with him, and Dragon King Island could help him transport troops by sea. If he defeated the shogunate, the Kamakura Gongkata succeeded to the throne, and Ryuojima and the Ouchi family joined forces to monopolize the maritime trade of the entire country. Kang cargo and Nanban freight to Ryuo Island, Ouchi's fleet and we trade on Ryuo Island, and we do not participate in the coastal route of the country. ”

Erchuhai frowned and said, "Is there anything wrong with this transaction?

Chongwen sighed and said, "Now I understand that Yoshihiro Ouchi has never expected a new route. Although the old route was a bit troublesome, he could control the more important countries bordering the Seto Inland Sea, and he didn't want to give it up at all.

He also never intended to use the new route to transfer troops, and even if he transferred his 20,000 soldiers to, it would still be impossible to defeat the Shogunate's heavy ministers. If he wants to transfer troops by sea, it must be through the old route of the Seto Inland Sea, and we have also seen the strength of the Hosokawa Navy, it is impossible to block the combined forces of the Ouchi Navy and the Murakami and Shiohusu Water Forces, so why should he use the new route?"

Erhai was still a little confused, and he said confusedly: "In that case, what else is he talking about with us?"

Chongwen said: "In order to stabilize us. In fact, since I entered the Four Heavenly Kings Temple, I have already entered his ranks, and it is ridiculous that I still want to become an ally with him and share the benefits of Kang Yan's trade, which is really foolish. ”

Liu Guan asked, "What does this mean?"