When Akechi Mitsuhide heard what the three said, he said with a smile: "In troubled times, this is your opportunity to make contributions. If you don't mind it, why don't you just follow me!"
The three people hurriedly expressed their gratitude and said, "The general loves his soldiers as much as his own children. It is a blessing for the three of us to be under the general's command!"
Yakami Castle was completely occupied by Akechi Mitsuhide, and the surrendered troops were reorganized and joined Akechi Mitsuhide's army. Because they killed Hatano Hideuchi with their own hands, Zeng Yi and the others were considered to have come into contact with Akechi Mitsuhide, but Akechi Mitsuhide did not give the three
Instead of taking any position, they treated the three of them as bodyguards and took them with them! This is exactly what the three of them wanted!
Akechi Mitsuhide stayed in Yakami Castle for a day, and after handing over the affairs of Yakami Castle to several of his retainers, he set out with his soldiers and returned to Azuchi Castle. Azuchi Castle was Oda Nobunaga's hometown.
When traveling between Kyoto and the main city of Gifu, he needed to stay at Anyangji Temple in the fishing village of Azuchi. Therefore, after Nobutada succeeded the family governor, Nobunaga ordered his minister Niwa Nagahide to build a new castle in Azuchi. Azuchi Castle is located on the top of a mountain more than 100 meters above sea level.
The seven-story building is 65 meters high. There is a highway running through the city, and temples and military commanders' residences were built along the road.
Azuchi Castle is completely a city built by Oda Nobunaga for his own rule. There are servants and slaves in the city, basically all of them are Oda Nobunaga's important ministers and the families of his generals!
Entering Azuchi Castle, the three of them acted calmly, but they were already looking around with their peripheral vision. After returning to Akechi Mitsuhide's residence, Akechi Mitsuhide had no time to rest, so he ran to meet Oda Nobunaga. Such a meeting,
Naturally, Zeng Yi and the others would not be taken with them. The three of them hid in the room arranged for them by Akechi Mitsuhide and discussed countermeasures!
The fourth child whispered: "This time I was lucky. Fortunately, I got into Akechi Mitsuhide's team and was responsible for the security level of Azuchi Castle. It's really hard for us to come in if we are unfamiliar with the place!"
Zeng Yi nodded and said, "Did you just discover Toyotomi Hideyoshi's mansion?"
"No! I looked carefully at all the places I passed by, and I didn't find the Toyotomi family's mansion!"
The third child shook his head and said he didn't find it. Zeng Yi was silent for a moment and said, "Let's see if there is a chance tonight to go out and explore and look for the Toyotomi Hideyoshi family's mansion!"
A few hours later, Akechi Mitsuhide returned to the mansion. When he came back, Akechi Mitsuhide had a gloomy look on his face. For him who had just made great achievements, this expression was completely inappropriate. At night, Akechi Mitsuhide gathered several retainers and came to the house.
They were discussing this, and the three of them were assigned to guard the gate. Yes, they were guarding the gate. The three of them did not show any unwillingness to this!
Akechi Mitsuhide summoned his retainers, obviously not wanting others to know about the meeting, so Zeng Yi and the others guarded the door. They didn't even want Zeng Yi and the others to know that the gatekeepers were located a long way from the room where the meeting was held. However,
He really underestimated Zeng Yi's hearing. Although the distance was far away, Zeng Yi could still hear some content intermittently!
"Master! It is obvious that the general intends to suppress you! In order to capture Yashang Castle, you even sacrificed your mother and made great achievements. Now General Oda Nobunaga has asked you to be responsible for receiving Tokugawa Ieyasu. This matter
..."
"Be careful! There is no need to say anything more about this matter. Since the general trusts me and asks me to receive Tokugawa Ieyasu, I will do my best!"
"Master! This matter needs to be planned in advance, just in case...in case...you also have a way out!"
"Toyotomi Hideyoshi, haven't you returned yet?"
"Master, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and his troops are attacking Takamatsu Castle! It has been going on for more than ten days!"
After eavesdropping on the group intermittently, the third child curiously asked in a low voice: "What are you talking about? What's the secret?"
Zeng Yi said nonchalantly: "It's nothing, it's just a matter of great merit, disagreement between the emperor and his ministers, suppressing the heroes, and so on! But I heard news about Toyotomi Hideyoshi. It seems that this guy is not here, and is leading troops to fight outside!"
"It's better not to be there! We just happened to find an opportunity to go to Toyotomi Hideyoshi's residence. If Ambergris is at Toyotomi Hideyoshi's house, we can just steal it!"
Akechi Mitsuhide's secret meeting lasted for several hours. After it ended, the three of them were ordered to go down to rest. In the dead of night, the three of them sneaked out of Akechi Mitsuhide's mansion and quietly investigated everywhere. Toyotomi Hideyoshi was Oda Nobu.
The residence of the number one general under the commander was actually easy to find. After a while, the three of them found the residence of Toyotomi Hideyoshi!
The three of them couldn't wait to go in and investigate. Toyotomi Hideyoshi was leading troops outside and there were not many manpower in the mansion. The three of them wandered around and found nothing. They wanted to arrest someone and ask about places like the treasure house of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's mansion.
Afraid of disturbing the situation, I had no choice but to give up!
After finding the residence of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the three of them were not in a hurry. Oda Nobunaga asked Akechi Mitsuhide to be responsible for entertaining Tokugawa Ieyasu. Akechi Mitsuhide will not leave this place for a while. The three of them have plenty of time to explore slowly.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi's Residence. As long as the three of them are in Toyotomi Hideyoshi's residence, I don't believe there is anything they can't find!
In the following days, the three of them acted as three bodyguards in front of Akechi Mitsuhide during the day, and at night they secretly went to Toyotomi Hideyoshi's mansion to look for ambergris. For several days in a row, the three of them actually found it in Toyotomi Hideyoshi's bedroom.
In a secret room, there were several sets of exquisite island armors and several very sharp samurai swords hidden in the secret room. However, the ambergris that the three of them were most looking forward to found nothing, so that the three of them began to doubt that ambergris would be able to
Was he taken away by this guy?
The original plan was to continue the investigation for a few days, but something unexpected happened when Mitsuhide Akechi entertained Tokugawa Ieyasu! Although Mitsuhide Akechi was dissatisfied with Oda Nobunaga, he did not show it.
He also fulfilled his responsibilities for the tasks assigned by his superiors. Everything had been prepared, and all the dishes for Tokugawa Ieyasu were also ready, just waiting for Tokugawa Ieyasu to attend the banquet!
But before the banquet started, Oda Nobunaga went to check the dishes for the banquet and smelled a foul smell in one of the dishes. Oda Nobunaga immediately said angrily, "Akechi Mitsuhide planned to serve rotten dishes."
"?" In fact, it was because the preparation materials gave off a non-rotten natural smell due to the weather. Nobunaga discovered it when he inspected the kitchen, but he did not accept Mitsuhide's explanation! He immediately removed the dishes and dismissed Mitsuhide Akechi from his reception duties.
Akechi Mitsuhide didn't even attend the banquet. He drank alcohol all night in the house with a dark face, making Zeng Yi and the others unable to go out and went to Toyotomi Hideyoshi's mansion to investigate!
