After getting in touch with Sawada Yaon, Liu Xing and others quickly reunited with the members of the samurai faction lurking near Tokyo, and then returned to the Sawada Manor outside Osaka City safely.
Because the bathing method in Blackstone Mountain Prison is very retro. To put it bluntly, you take a bucket of water and pour it on yourself, so Liu Xing and others chose to go back to the room and take a good bath. After all, the smell on their bodies was really unpleasant.
smell.
However, Yin En still went to tell Sawada Yayin about Liu Xuyu before that, so Sawada Yayin had already begun to investigate Liu Xuyu's location.
In the room, Liu Xing looked at Zhutori flying around in mid-air, and said somewhat speechlessly: "Great Lord Zhutori, am I not taking a shower? Why don't you go first?"
Taketori snorted coldly and said: "Young man, you think too highly of yourself. Do you actually think that I have thoughts about you? As for letting me go, it is even more impossible, because you still have to help me.
Think about what to do now."
Liu Xing sighed, but he didn't expect that Zhutori would throw himself a big problem as soon as he came back.
To put it simply, Taketori recently met an admirer named Shimazu Hiromichi, who is Shimazu Nakano’s nephew.
Shimazu Hiromichi is currently regarded as the spokesperson and secretary of Shimazu Nakano in the samurai faction, so he has always wanted to meet Taketori after learning about Taketori. After all, "Princess Taketori" is very famous in the island country.
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Of course, if Shimazu Hiromichi was just a simple admirer, Taketori would still be willing to meet his believer to satisfy his vanity, but Taketori knew the moment he saw Shimazu Hiromichi.
This guy has no good intentions towards himself.
Although Taketori's strength is not as good as before, Taketori, as an ancient god, can still sense people's hearts, so Taketori can tell at a glance what the person in front of him is like towards him.
So Taketori knew very well that Shimazu Hiromichi wanted to pursue him.
Hearing this, Liu Xing didn't know whether Shimazu Hiromichi was a man with pursuits or a chuunibyou who read too many Japanese light novels, so he began to want to pursue a goddess.
But having said that, after Liu Xing switched to Shimazu Hiromichi and thought for a moment, he felt that Shimazu Hiromichi was justified in doing this. After all, Taketori is the real national goddess of the island country. If he really has a chance to catch Taketori
If so, wouldn’t it be developed?
Let’s not mention Taketori’s strength. Just the name Taketori can bring a lot of benefits to Shimazu Hiromichi. First of all, he can stabilize his position in the samurai faction. After all, the Sawada family relies on Taketori to be able to survive.
On par with the Shimazu family.
Then there is the battle for the next head of the Shimazu family.
At present, Shimazu Nakano only has one daughter, so Shimazu Nakano brings Shimazu Hiromichi, his nephew, to work with him. However, Shimazu Nakano leaves his son-in-law Shimazu Takeshi in Kyushu to manage the family business.
There is a very special habit in the island country, that is, some heads of large families who only have daughters will choose to let their son-in-law change his surname and become the successor to the head of the family. Therefore, the island country has many so-called civilian members, who are known as ordinary people.
spokespersons, but in fact, nine out of ten of them are the sons-in-law of those wealthy families, and they are able to achieve something by relying on the resources of their father-in-law's family.
Back to the topic, Liu Xing had heard that the Shimazu family was in a succession battle, because Shimazu Nakano's current attitude is very subtle, and he has never made a positive statement, and he is also considered to have little regard for Shimazu Hiromichi and Shimazu Takeshi.
A bowl of water is the same - while letting Shimazu Hiromichi be inseparable from him, he also let Shimazu Takeshi be responsible for the operation of the family industry.
So now even the members of the Shimazu family don't know who will be the next head of the family, Shimazu Hiromichi or Shimazu Takeshi.
Therefore, Shimazu Hiromichi is now here to pursue Taketori. To put it bluntly, he wants Taketori to support him. After all, if Shimazu Hiromichi can have a goddess as his wife, then Shimazu Nakano will have to pass on the position of head of the family to him.
Shimazu Hiromichi said.
Of course, Shimazu Hiromichi also knew that the possibility of him pursuing Taketori was very low, so Liu Xing felt that Shimazu Hiromichi's current idea should be for a "name".
Now Shimazu Hiromichi actually wants to put on a show to let others know that he has been pursuing Taketori, so that he can give others the impression of an "infatuated kind".
With this "name", Shimazu Hiromichi's net worth has also increased.
However, this gave Liu Xing a very headache.
Because Shimazu Hiromichi clearly wanted to gain a good reputation and had no hope of pursuing Taketori, it was very difficult for Liu Xing to persuade Shimazu Hiromichi to quit.
As for the use of force, it is even less reliable, because Shimazu Hiromichi is Shimazu Nakano's right-hand man and a strong contender for the next head of the Shimadzu family, so it is impossible for Liu Xing to directly beat Shimadzu Hiromichi.
After a while, he told Shimazu Hiromichi not to touch his goddess.
Uh, why does this sentence sound weird?
Liu Xing shook his head and said helplessly: "Master Taketori, you should also know that Shimazu Hiromichi simply wants to use you to build his reputation. He doesn't really like you and is greedy for your body."
"Of course I understand this, but this guy is really annoying. He comes here every two days and talks to himself in the air, saying some random things." Taketori replied a little irritably.
Liu Xing could imagine this scene - Shimazu Hiromichi stood still in front of a piece of air, and then began to express his love words to Taketori with an affectionate face, while Taketori looked at him speechlessly on the other side.
Liu Xing sighed and said: "Then what can I do? It's impossible for me to beat him up just once I see him. After all, he is also a high-level figure in the Wu family faction, so Mr. Taketori, why don't you come with him?"
Why don’t you just go outside for a walk?”
Zhutori rolled his eyes at Liu Xing and said angrily: "Huh, trash, you humans are all trash!"
After saying that, Zhutori turned into a plume of smoke and flew out of the bathroom.
Meow meow meow?
Liu Xing looked at the ceiling in confusion, wondering what was going on with this inexplicable sense of déjà vu.
But after thinking about it carefully, Liu Xing felt that Taketori and Sylvanas were quite similar. They both had a good background at the beginning, and then were enslaved by evil forces. Finally, they successfully regained their freedom and became someone.
Important figures in power.
If that's the case, is Taketori planning to tear down the altar of a secret church?
After taking a shower, Liu Xing returned to the living room to prepare for lunch, although it was already two or three o'clock in the afternoon.
After everyone arrived, Sawada Yaon again told what happened between Taketori and Shimazu Hiromichi. It seemed that Taketori also went to see Sawada Yaon.
"This Shimazu Hiromichi has something, he actually dares to use bamboo to boost his reputation." Zhang Jingxu said with some surprise: "But this guy is confident, after all, judging from the current situation, we can't do anything to him.
Because he is still Shimadzu Nakano’s spokesperson no matter what, so we still have to give Shimadzu Nakano’s face.”
Zhang Wenbing on the side nodded and said with a smile: "Isn't this a common operation at all times and in all countries? What's more, many people nowadays even risk their lives in order to become famous."
Sawada Yaon shrugged and said depressedly: "So I think this matter is very troublesome, because we can't hit that guy or scold him. Now let alone Taketori, even Zhu Li and I can't.
I’m almost bored to death with him.”
Sonoda Juri nodded very cooperatively.
At this moment, Ding Kun suddenly changed the subject: "In this case, it seems that the dispute over the head of the Shimazu family has entered a fierce stage!"
Liu Xing and others looked surprised at Ding Kun, wondering why Ding Kun said this.
Ding Kun chuckled and said seriously: "I believe everyone already knows about the Shimazu family's succession struggle, right? This competition related to the next head of the Shimazu family should be over soon. After all, this public and military battle forced Shimazu Nakano to
He has to determine his successor in advance, because as the Kōwu War progresses, assassinations of senior enemy figures Yu by both sides should become more and more frequent, and the probability of something happening to Shimazu Nakano will be very high."
"Judging from the current situation, if Shimazu Nakano does not establish a successor as soon as possible, then the Shimadzu family is likely to fall into internal strife after his accident, because both Shimazu Hiromichi and Shimazu Takeshi will feel that they are Shimazu
The new head of the family, and their respective supporters will choose to stand in line for their own interests, and even other forces want to take this opportunity to get a piece of the pie."
"It's impossible for Shimazu Nakano not to understand this, so he should decide his successor during this period. That's why Shimazu Hiromichi would make such a move at this time. After all, from his perspective, at this time
By obtaining the support of another force through marriage, his chances of winning in the fight for the position of head of the family can be greatly improved, and Taketori is the most cost-effective candidate."
"First of all, it is impossible for Shimadzu Hiromichi to seek marriage alliances with those families with the same status as the Shimadzu family, because Shimadzu Nakano would therefore suspect that Shimadzu Hiromichi had reached a cooperation with that family - that family supported Shimazu Hiromichi as the next successor of the Shimadzu family.
The head of the family, and Hiromichi Shimazu will sell out the family interests to that family after he succeeds, so Shimazu Nakano is even less likely to hand over the position of head of the family to Hiromichi Shimazu."
"Of course, Shimazu Hiromichi cannot choose to marry a weak family, because he will not get much support in this way, so Shimazu Hiromichi's best goal is to marry a being more powerful than the Shimadzu family, and
As the Shimazu family is currently one of the most powerful families in the island country, Shimazu Hiromichi can only focus on Taketori, who is a god. Moreover, he does not really want to marry Taketori, but just wants to borrow Taketori's name.
Oppress Shimazu Nakano."
At this time, Yin En suddenly realized: "So, it is impossible for Shimazu Nakano to ask Taketori about the progress of her and Shimazu Hiromichi at this time, so Shimazu Hiromichi can say some ambiguous words to mislead Shimazu Nakano, so Shimazu
Nakano will favor Shimazu Hiromichi because of Taketori, which is really a good plan."
Ding Kun nodded and continued: "But I think that Shimazu Takeshi is not a fuel-efficient lamp. After all, as a son-in-law who stepped in and was able to be on an equal footing with Shimazu Hiromichi, this is already a very remarkable thing.
, because sons-in-law like him are actually just tools in many big families, so I’m worried that the Shimadzu family’s internal strife will begin in advance.”
Sawada Yaon frowned, nodded and said: "If I remember correctly, Shimazu Takeshi's father was Shimazu Nakano's college classmate. At that time, Shimazu Nakano had an affair with a member of another big family in school.
There was a conflict, so the two parties arranged to have a fight, and Shimazu Takeshi's father helped Shimazu Nakano block a knife at that time. It was also because of this knife that Shimazu Takeshi's father had been weak for many years.
He passed away when he was in high school, so Takeshi Shimazu had the opportunity to become the son-in-law of the Shimazu family. Of course, Takeshi Shimazu's own ability is still very outstanding. Although Hiromichi Shimazu is also good in ability, he is still not as good as Takeshi Shimazu.
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Hearing this, a picture emerged in Liu Xing's mind - Shimazu Takeshi stood in front of Shimazu Hiromichi, who became the head of the family, holding a Noh mask, and then yelled "I don't want to be a human being anymore, Daodao".
"In this case, if Shimazu Nakano now chooses Shimazu Hiromichi as the next head of the Shimazu family, then Shimazu Takeshi may choose to establish himself as king, or will he fall to the public faction?" Zhang Jingxu said with a frown.
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Sawada Yaon nodded and said affirmatively: "Shimadzu Takeshi currently has many supporters in the Shimadzu family. The most important thing is that in those Shimadzu family industries, the executives who are not members of the Shimadzu family are basically all
He is already a member of Takeshi Shimazu, so Takeshi Shimadzu can divest all the Shimadzu family properties from the Shimadzu family in a short period of time as long as he operates properly. If this is true, then the Shimadzu family will be seriously injured.
, and the structure of the samurai faction will also be disrupted, because the Shimazu family, whose strength has been damaged, can no longer serve as the leader of the samurai faction."
"Domino... If there is turmoil in the Shimazu family, then the samurai faction may also fall into civil strife, because except for the Shimazu family, other forces in the samurai faction are not strong enough to convince the public, and they may go their own ways.
, the Wu family faction has turned into a ball of scattered sand!" Liu Xing said worriedly.
Liu Xing sighed, knowing that the dispute over the Shimazu family's heir should be a hurdle that the Wu family faction was about to face. If the Wu family faction accidentally fell down, the balance of victory would tip to the public faction.
Of course, Liu Xing also knows that the public faction should also be facing the same crisis. After all, the Cthulhu Running Group game hall will not favor one side, so the battle between public and military is not a simple racing, but a