The man lay flat on the ground and no longer had the strength to stand up, so he just shouted with all his strength.
"The descendants of the Oda family of Inugami County, Omi, have been treated unfairly, and we ask Lord Yoshitsugi Otani to make the decision!"
The man reported his home in such detail that Otani Yoshitsugi's expression moved.
At that time, Todo Toradaka integrated all ten villages of Todo into Todo leaders for the sake of his own family business, making the Todo family a great name. The method was very cruel.
Later, she was killed by Oda's orphan who appeared out of nowhere. After her daughter Takatora Toudo inherited the Toudo family, she resolutely left the Shiba family and followed the Asai family.
This matter was shrouded in mystery, and the deepest nails buried by the Shiba family in Omi Country were pulled out, which made both the Oda family and the Asai family heave a sigh of relief.
Later, the Oda and Asai families turned against each other and fought bloody battles with Omi, leading to the destruction of the Asai family.
And Takatora Toudo, who was once known as one of Shiba's three close friends, had to move under the sects of various lords because of his wrong choices, and was ridiculed by the samurai family as a crossing bird.
The former Oda orphan disappeared without a trace after assassinating Toudo Toraka, and now there is another person claiming to be a descendant of Oda, which makes Otani Yoshitsugi immediately feel alert, always feeling that something big is going to happen.
She hesitated and asked.
"Do you have proof?"
The man gasped, took out a stack of certificates of thanks from his arms, and held them high.
“There are seven certificates of thanks written by the saint himself as proof!”
With a cautious look on his face, Hatamoto carefully took the certificate of thanks from the man's hand and walked towards Otani Yoshitsugi, who was already seventy-eight percent convinced at this moment.
During the Norada War, the Asai Army faced off against the Hexagon Army. The Saints were weak at that time and could only rely on the savages of the Todo clan to fight.
The Oda family is a master of spear skills in Inugami County. One mother and seven daughters are all masters of spears. In order to capture the enemy's position first, only one daughter was left to guard the stove, while the remaining one mother and six daughters entered the enemy's formation and achieved outstanding military exploits.
After the war, the saint wrote seven certificates of thanks in his own hand, and promoted the Oda clan to the imperial family, writing all his military achievements and status on the certificates of thanks.
This man can name seven certificates of thanks, and most of them are fake.
Sure enough, after glancing at the certificate of thanks handed over by Hatamoto with both hands, Otani Yoshitsugi immediately recognized the saint's handwriting. It was indeed the seven certificates of thanks written by the saint himself.
Otani Yoshitsugi quickly dismounted, held the stack of certificates of thanks in both hands, and walked up to the man in a few steps.
A clever man from the town had already stepped forward to help the man up and put his back in his arms.
The seriously ill Oda descendant looked at Otani Yoshitsugi getting closer and closer, and suddenly felt sad when he thought of his mother, wife, and the child who was less than two months old in his wife's arms.
He has long been disheartened and has no memory of this cruel world. The reason why he still refuses to die today is the resentment in his heart.
Why... Obviously we just want to live well and live a good life through our own efforts... What did we do wrong and why did it become like this...
Oda's vision was blurred. It turned out that he had burst into tears unknowingly. He came from a lower class background and could not explain any big principles. He only knew the simple principles of repaying debts and killing people to pay for their lives.
The Maeda family owes him a house, and the Kamao family owes him their life. He may not have the strength to ask for it, but he will use his own life to cry out for injustice!
The man struggled and took out another object, which turned out to be a bloody book. The fingers of his hands were already covered with wounds, just for this bloody book.
Otani Yoshitsugi was horrified when he saw it. He personally took the man's blood letter and read it silently.
This sight made me even more horrified.
The cry of grievance written in the blood letter involves two important Shiba ministers. One is Kamao, the central figure most respected by the saint, and the other is Iga Maeda, the most powerful samurai leader in the Kinki region of the Shiba family.
Otani Yoshitsugi was heartbroken. She and Maeda had been friends for many years and had a deep friendship. How could she not feel numb when she saw that an old friend was involved here?
Just when she was hesitating, she suddenly heard Hatamoto exclaim.
"My lord, he bit his tongue and committed suicide!"
Otani Yoshitsugi looked up and saw blood pouring out of the mouth of the last descendant of Oda, with a relieved smile on his face, as if he was longing for the joy of leaving this world and reuniting with his dead relatives.
Otani Yoshitsugi's heart fell into an ice cave, and his back was dripping with cold sweat.
She did not doubt the identity of this descendant of Oda, nor did she doubt the injustice written in her blood.
But Otani Yoshitsugi didn't think that a man who was seriously ill and helpless could rush all the way from Minamiomi Hino Castle to Kyoto, and then happen to rush out to cry out for injustice while he was patrolling the streets.
This person should be real, and this thing should be true, but this scene of crying injustice must have been arranged by someone.
Otani Yoshitsugi looked around and saw countless townspeople whispering, but could not find any trace of the mastermind behind the scenes.
He knew that someone was designing him and the Shiba family, but Yoshitsugi Otani was unable to struggle because this was Kyoto.
There are too many eyes in Kyoto, and it is impossible for her to seal up today's grievance and completely cover it up. What's more, with Otani Yoshitsugi's character and temperament, she will not cover up the grievances of her former comrades.
The people behind the plan saw through Otani Yoshitsugi's character and also saw behind the seemingly prosperous life of the Shiba family. The contradiction between the central and local governments was already very serious.
It's like firewood and straw piled high. If only one spark is missing, a raging fire will ignite and everyone will be involved.
As for the two core figures in the central region, Kamao clan and Maeda interests, the conflict they tried their best to avoid may break out because of this bloody letter in the hands of Otani Yoshitsugi.
Maeda's interests led to the pre-sale of housing in the school district, which led to the bankruptcy of Oda's daughter-in-law Qianyan's loan family, and Oda's descendants fell ill from fear.
As the governor of the Kamao clan in Kamao clan, he was not strict with his subordinates. Aochi Shigetsuna forced Sengan to commit seppuku. Then Oda Siniang came to argue with him, and she let the Kamao clan warriors besiege him until he died.
If they were just two ronin, it would not be a big deal whether they died or not, but Aochi Shigetsuna tried to cover up the facts, desecrated the sacred ritual of seppuku, and bullied those who shouldn't be bullied.
Why is the army the most protective of its shortcomings? Because if you let your comrades back-to-back face the injustice today, there will be no comrades to back-to-back with you tomorrow.
The Wu family regime is a large-scale military government. Warrior Ji who performs meritorious service may not be prosperous and wealthy, but at least she cannot be bullied to death.
The Pu Sheng family acted roughly this time, covered it up afterwards, and wantonly trampled on the most sacred ritual of seppuku of the Wu family, which is inherently problematic.
Not to mention that the Oda family was really wronged, even if the Oda family was rude and troublesome, just the seven letters of thanks written by the saint in Otani Yoshitsugi's hand were worth the heads of seven high-ranking samurai families.
How many of the heads of the seven high-ranking samurai families are the Maeda and Kamao families planning to separate? When these seven heads fall to the ground, can the Maeda and Kamao families still coexist peacefully?
Behind the Iga-Maeda family who were interested in Maeda, there were not only the local samurai family of the Kinki Shiba clan, but also the Kaga Maeda family and the Owari Shiba clan of the Maeda Toshi family. The two Maeda families were connected with each other.
Pu Shengshi Township was inexplicably involved in this matter, and if it took the blame, the Tongxin Secretariat of the Central Committee would only feel that it was looking for trouble, so that Pu Shengshi Township, who was dedicated to public service, was wronged and wronged.
How will the young and vigorous faction of Tongxinzhong react? How will Naomasa Ii, who can't tolerate sand in his eyes, view this matter?
Just imagining it, Otani Yoshitsugi's eyes were already filled with turbulent waves.
Taking one last look at the body of the last descendant of Oda who closed his eyes with a smile, Otani Yoshitsugi carefully put away the seven certificates of thanks and the blood letter, finally sighed and said.
