Shocked by Maeda Toshiie's analysis, Shiba Yoshigan's mind was a little confused. He lowered his head to think and organize his logic.
Judging from Maeda Toshiie's statement, whether the relationship between the Shiba family and the Oda family is harmonious or hostile mainly depends on Yoshihiro Shiba's attitude towards Oda Nobunaga.
Oda Nobunaga is ambitious, and the Oda family's move to Luo is unstoppable. Will the Shiba family stand up and try to help others, or will they cooperate and coexist?
As long as Shiba Yoshigan is willing to cooperate, Oda Nobunaga will not be his enemy, and will even continue to retain Owari Shiba's barb-like external domain, which will backfire and prick him again in the future.
From a political point of view, it is unbelievable that Oda Nobunaga's correct approach should be to withdraw from the feudal clan as soon as possible without leaving any future troubles. But from an emotional point of view, Yoshihiro Saba believes in Maeda Toshiie's judgment.
First, Maeda Toshiie has followed Oda Nobunaga since she was a child. She knows Oda Nobunaga very well, and her ideas have reference value.
Secondly, Shiba Yiyin knows that he is too handsome. This appearance and temperament come from the system. He is a completely unreasonable and awesome person.
No matter how powerful Oda Nobunaga is, she is still a human being. She has feelings and will make mistakes. Because humans are not fleshless machines, so purely rational.
Shiba Yiyin thought about it and couldn't help but sigh. Being handsome is the original sin, and I am indeed the unforgivable sinner of being handsome.
Inexplicably confident enough to accept this logic, Shiba Yiyin knew what to do. It was nothing more than doing what Green Tea Diao was best at, not refusing, not taking the initiative, not being responsible, and being ambiguous day by day.
Yoshigami glanced at the serious Maeda Toshiie. Although he already had the heart of a male cousin, he couldn't show it, lest his holy and innocent character collapse, and he had to perform the performance.
In Maeda Toshiie's eyes, Shiba Yoshigage's face gradually turned ugly. Suddenly, she realized that she had ignored the most important thing, which was the importance men attached to chastity.
She hurriedly wanted to explain, but Yiyin reached out to stop her. Yiyin forced a smile and said.
"I know you didn't mean it.
Three years have passed. I thought I could hold my head high and return to Owari. I thought I could protect you without being constrained by Oda Nobunaga.
I didn't expect that Oda Nobunaga was so powerful. In the past three years, she has not been idle. The development of the Oda family has far exceeded that of the Shiba family.
This time when I come back, I still have to bow to her."
Maeda Toshiie's head was sweating. She only thought about the benefits of retaining Owari Shiba's collar, but she temporarily forgot that her master had suffered the unbearable humiliation as a man.
Yoshigan Shiba exchanged his chastity for this territory. Maeda Toshiie actually wanted to use this piece of land to seduce Oda Nobunaga's delusions. This is adding salt to Yoshigan Shiba's wounds.
Maeda Toshiie slapped himself hard and wanted to hit him again, but Yoshigami grabbed his wrist.
Yiyin touched her slapped cheek and said distressedly.
"Does it hurt? It's all red."
Maeda Toshiie choked up.
"I'm a bastard, I'm not a human being, I actually came up with such a bad idea.
I don’t want this Owari Shiba collar anymore. Odaisho, let’s think of another way.”
She stammered and wanted to make up for her mistake, but Yoshigan was unwilling. Isn't it just to maintain an affair with Oda Nobunaga? The worst thing is to drink tea with her a few more times, it's no big deal.
However, looking at Oda Nobunaga's rebellious mentality of loving conquest, perhaps Yoshigan could be more cold-blooded and not let her succeed easily, which would be more effective.
Maeda Toshiie's strategy worked, so how could Shiba Yoshigan give up? He shook his head firmly.
"no.
You are right, we don't have the confidence to fall out with the Oda family now, so we must maintain a good relationship.
Owari Shiba leader, I will leave it to you. Toshikahime, please."
Looking at Shiba Yoshigan's sincere eyes, Maeda Toshiie felt sour in his heart. What kind of bastard was he? Why did he have to push this young man into the fire pit again and again.
Last time, I brought him to drink tea with Oda Nobunaga. This time, I gave him advice and made him endure the humiliation of Oda Nobunaga.
A low growl erupted from Maeda Toshiie's throat, like the whine of a wounded animal.
Sibo Yiyin held her head, touched her hair, and said.
"Don't be sad, I don't care, I really don't care. Everything is for the survival and continuation of the Sibo family.
The Oda family is in dire straits, and Ashikaga Yoshiaki and the others have led the wolf into the house, which is a foregone conclusion. I must protect the Shiba family in the coming storm.
Thank you, Li Jiaji. Thank you for your love and support, I really appreciate you."
Maeda Toshiie kept shaking his head with tears streaming down his face.
"Otaisuo, please stop talking."
Yiyin held her face and gently pressed her lips to hers, leaving her at the first touch.
"Toshikahime, I am a man and I cannot become a general. Since Ashikaga Yoshiaki wants to be a general so much, give her this position.
Oda Nobunaga is so powerful, I need more friends, not more opponents, to resist her threat.
You are willing to take risks to protect Owari Shiba for me, stabilize the Oda family for me, and prevent the Oda retainers from becoming hostile to me again.
I'm really happy, Li Jiaji."
Yoshigan held Maeda Toshiie in his arms, whispered words of thanks in her ear, and thought about the next step.
The obstacle for the Oda family to go to Luo has been removed, and it is coming fiercely. Ashikaga Yoshiaki and Shiba Yoshigan competed to go to Luo, but in the end they took advantage of Oda Nobunaga, who was determined to become a man of the world.
Yoshigami had to face reality and began to consider wooing Ashikaga Yoshiaki. As he himself said, in this world of female supremacy, it is impossible for him to become Ashikaga General because his gender does not allow it.
The shogunate power conflict between Ashikaga Yoshiaki and Shiba Yoshigan has become a secondary conflict under the threat of the ambitious Oda Nobunaga, and his strategy has to change accordingly.
If we grasp the main contradiction of the Oda family and let go of the secondary contradictions first, then Ashikaga Yoshiaki will be worth winning over.
Maeda Toshiie couldn't care about this at this time. She hated that her plan had missed Yoshigan's scars. She was moved by Yoshigan's true feelings. She had mixed feelings and became increasingly unable to control her emotions.
She cried in the arms of her beloved boy, venting all her infatuation, watching, patience, and longing for the past three years.
The two hugged each other and let time fly by without knowing it.
———
It was already sunset when Maeda Toshiie left. She stayed in the residence for too long and could not stay any longer to avoid suspicion, so she left.
After seeing off the reluctant Maeda Toshiie, Yoshigan Shiba knew that Oda Nobunaga had come.
Looking at the respectful face of the Kamao clan, Yoshihiro asked.
"You blocked her out of the inner court?"
"Hi!"
"Do you know that she is a famous person with a fortune of 1.4 million shi? You didn't even want to inform her, so you weren't afraid that she would be angry with you?"
After bowing, Kamoji said firmly.
"It is an order from the imperial court that no one is allowed to disturb me during my meeting with Lord Maeda Toshiie.
To eat the emperor's salary and to be loyal to the emperor, the Pu Sheng clan dare not go against your will."
Yiyin was amused in his heart, it was simply nonsense.
No one is allowed to disturb? When there was an emergency during the meeting, you didn't come in and knock on the door to announce it? Today's Maeda Toshiie became an exception?
Yiyin looked at the solemn expression of the Hamo clan, and carefully observed it to find any clues, but found nothing.
He thought with a wry smile, everyone is too smart, which is really exciting and worrying.
"Ujigo-hime, I'm in trouble for you."
Kamo clan kowtows to the ground and hits his head on the tatami with a bang.
"The Imperial Palace is the real torture!"
Yiyin was startled. Seeing her gnashing her teeth, she couldn't help but shake her head. This child had really been deceived by him.
Recalling Maeda Toshiie's unnatural behavior when leaving, Yoshihiro could only helplessly give the system a thumbs up.
The effect of not committing crimes in this life is really awesome. The facts are not important, no matter what the anti-justice silver does, he will be a perfect victim.
He shook his head and stopped worrying about the matter, thinking about Oda Nobunaga's purpose.
Given her temperament, if she is willing to take the initiative to come, she has already put down her dignity and seeks cooperation. If she cannot reciprocate the favor and stimulates her to explode, I am afraid it will be out of control.
Yiyin said.
"Tomorrow, please invite His Highness Oda to come for tea. Let's inform Maeda Toshiie and ask her to join us at the banquet."
"Hi!"
Yoshigan felt a little tired after saying that. He drank tea with Maeda Toshiie a little too much today and wanted to take a rest. But when he saw Kamao clan retreating without any sense, he asked.
"Any thing else?"
Kamojigo said in a low voice.
"The Third Master of Baidi has arrived."
Yiyin's eyes flashed and he said.
"Let her in."
"Hi!"
When Pu Shengshi went out to call for help, Yiyin closed his eyes and waited.
When he was in Kanto, he was horrified when he heard the bad news that the general had been killed. He sent the Santafu of Hundred Lands to lead an elite army and a group of ninjas to return to the nearest island in the snow to find out the situation.
It was originally agreed that we would listen to the report from the Third Master of Baidi after returning to recent times.
However, the world is changing. Because the Oda family is about to go to Luo, he has to change his plan and make an emergency return from Tokaido.
Before setting off for Echigo, Yoshigan had already sent a message to his fellow Kwantung Army members through Kirigakure Zaizo's Kwantung Army group, asking the Santafu of Momochi to come and meet him.
In the past few days, Yiyin stayed in Qingzhou City. On the one hand, he was waiting for the arrival of Maeda Toshiie, and on the other hand, he was also waiting for the return of the third wife of Baiji.
Perhaps because of the exhaustion after tea, Yiyin became drowsy. I don't know how long it took, but when he opened his eyes again, it was already the lights were on.
Seeing the Kamouso clan and the third Taifu of Baidi kneeling respectfully, Yi Gin asked.
"Why didn't you wake me up?"
Pu Sheng clan bowed.
"You work too hard, I can't bear to disturb your rest."
When Yoshigami noticed the lingering sadness on Kamao's eyebrows, he knew that the misunderstanding was getting deeper and deeper. He had been drinking tea with Maeda Toshiie for most of the day. In her eyes, it must have been tragic and tragic, right?
Yiyin sighed, feeling that this matter could not be explained clearly, so he simply changed the topic and asked Baiji Santaifu.
"Is the matter cleared up?"
"Hi!"
Bai Di San Taifu bowed and then became a little hesitant.
When she left Kanto, she was full of confidence and wanted to take this opportunity to completely eliminate the Fujibayashi sisters, engulf the same group of ninjas, and become the sole head of the Shiba family's intelligence department.
Finding out the truth about the Kyoto Incident was unexpectedly easy. She accidentally caught the stupid Fujibayashi Anzu, and there was nothing she couldn't ask for under Miki.
But when she was most proud, she was slapped hard by Akechi Mitsuhide.
The death of Ashikaga Shogun was not a simple regicide, but a heinous crime that was carried out by the tacit understanding of the ministers, local powerful factions, recent feudal lords, and even Shiba's ministers.
Momochi Santao couldn't believe what Akechi Mitsuhide said. She thought about it carefully, Shiba Yigen, the benevolent and righteous leader, could never be a participant. That bastard Akechi Mitsuhide was trying to scare her.
But the problem is that the real participants in this major case cannot afford to offend her.
She could ignore the powerful military families outside the Sibo family. She didn't care about offending the foreign vassals by eating the food of the Sibo family.
However, Akechi Mitsuhide, Maeda Yoshida, Takada Haruno and other important officials of Shiba are not clean, so how can she dare to bite people casually?
To be a dog, you need to have the consciousness to be a dog. Shiba Shichen is not a simple person. These people really want to bear a grudge against themselves. It would be difficult for the third wife of Baidi to die happily.
Shiba Yiyin frowned when he saw her silence. On the side, Kamao clan bowed and left, leaving the room to the two of them alone.
Seeing that Pu Sheng's village was leaving, Bai Di San Taifu still didn't speak, Yi Yin snorted coldly.
"What? Did you not find out, or do you just don't want to say anything?"
The Third Taifu of Baidi trembled all over, kowtowed to the ground and said.
"I'm so sorry, I was just wondering where to start."
Yiyin sneered.
"Just tell me whatever you can find out, Bai Di San Taifu, do you still have to think about what you can't tell me?"
The third wife of Baidi didn't dare to say anything.
How could she handle Yiyin's heart-wrenching words? If the people dare to hide their master, are they still planning to keep the eagle dog for the New Year?
She gritted her teeth and said.
"I passed through the Iga Secret Route of Nakasendo and returned to Koki, and I happened to bump into the fugitive Ninja Fujibayashi."
Yiyin said in shock.
"Escape nin? Fujibayashi Anzu?"
"Hi! Fujibayashi left her post without permission and fled to the Shinano Mountains. I happened to catch her. Then she told me the truth about the great changes in Kyoto.
I took her back to the Chudo Group's stronghold in Iga, and Fujibayashi actually killed her."
Yiyin was even more surprised.
"Fujibayashi Mukuro killed Fujibayashi Xing?"
"Hey! I took Fujibayashi Muku and went to Akechi Mitsuhide, but I was asked to stay in Iga country and take Fujibayashi Xing's confession to wait for the master's return."
Yiyin asked, as the more he listened, the more something seemed wrong.
"Akechi Mitsuhide stopped you from continuing the investigation? Where is Fujibayashi? Where is the confession?"
Bai Di San Tai Fu took out a document, handed it to Yi Yin with both hands, and said
"Lord Akechi Mitsuhide said that there has been a lot of chaos recently and she needed Fujibayashi to do something, so I let her go."
Yiyin took the document and found that it was a copied copy and asked.
"Where is the original confession?"
Bai Di San Taifu said in a low voice.
"It was burned by Akechi Mitsuhide. Both the original and the transcript were burned. This confession was rewritten from memory after the fact."
Yoshigan's heart was filled with ups and downs. What was going on with Mitsuhide Akechi? He suppressed his doubts and lowered his head to read the confession.
Bai Di San Taifu did not dare to raise his head and stared down at the floor in front of him. The cold sweat on his head flowed down drop by drop and hit the tatami.
The only sounds in the room were Yiyin's turning of papers and his increasingly heavy breathing. Suddenly, the sound of turning papers and his breathing disappeared at the same time.
Bai Di San Taifu's eyes were wandering, and when she was thinking about whether to raise her head, there was a bang, which scared her heart and made her peek carefully.
I saw Sibo Yiyin's eyes were red, the documents in his hand were overturned, and the confession documents were scattered on the ground.
