The four of them took their respective guards and quickly arrived at the South City Tower. Under the doorway, several Asahina samurai who maintained order were arguing with four Okabe family heralds. The four Okabe family heralds.
The soldiers seemed to be shouting loudly that they wanted to see the commanders immediately. The huge movement had already attracted many people to gather around. Among them were several guards of the commanders, who seemed to be returning to report.
Asahina Taichao raised his eyebrows, but it was not convenient to stop those people, so he walked straight to the door. After those few people saw Asahina Taichao coming, instead of restraining themselves, they made the noise even louder.
"There is an order from the House Governor's Hall to be passed on to several of the Lord's Highnesses and Lords! Why are you stopping us from entering?" the leader shouted loudly.
"Could it be that His Highness Asahina has done something sinister and is afraid of being found out?" Another person shouted loudly.
"Let us in! Let us in!" Several people pushed the Asahina family samurai and shouted at the same time, "If you obstruct the messenger, are the Asahina family planning to rebel?"
"Stop spewing blood!" Asahina Taehyung was the first to yell angrily: "I think it is your Okabe family who is up to no good! Tell me, what happened to the messenger sent to my little brother!"
Yu Qiuping's face tightened, and he wanted to stop his idiot brother, but it was already a step too late. He accidentally leaked the information that the three of them had begun to suspect the Okabe family. This was extremely bad.
Sure enough, the four messengers exchanged glances quickly after a moment of astonishment, apparently reaching some kind of consensus.
"I don't know how many people are here, but what is your order from His Highness Okabe?" Asahina Taichao said straight to the point.
"I have received orders from His Highness, requesting to see several adults of the master's family. I hope His Highness Asahina will report on my behalf." Several messengers said in a neither humble nor overbearing tone.
"Your Excellency, you are out of touch," Sena Shitoshi said with a smile, "If anything happens, we can report it on your behalf. You don't need to go there in person." Sena Shitoshi's seemingly enthusiastic words are actually a request.
Several messengers honestly explained the information they wanted to convey.
"How dare you trouble your highnesses!" The orderly soldier also started practicing Tai Chi. "The body of the family governor is wrapped in horse leather. The army's morale is unstable. Your highnesses are shouldering heavy responsibilities. How dare I trouble your highnesses?"
Just as the two sides were arguing, several commanders of the directly-administered troops also rushed to the scene. The scene suddenly became a bit embarrassing, and Sena Ujitoshi and others were embarrassed to stop a few more messengers. It seemed that the messengers
The big commotion just now did have an effect, attracting several commanders from the main family.
"Several adults!" Upon seeing the target coming, several of the messengers changed their reluctance to say anything and knelt down without saying a word. The leader took out a scroll from his arms and held it respectfully.
On hand.
"What is this?" Asahina Taichao asked warily.
However, several messengers ignored him and still respectfully held the scroll in their hands and faced the direction of the commanders. "My lords, please take a look." The commanders were stunned for a moment and stepped forward.
Yu Qiupei and Sena Shijun couldn't stop them, so they had to let them pass. One of the commanders reached out and picked up the scroll.
"This is the last order from the Governor's Hall!" The moment the commander took the scroll, the messenger suddenly said loudly. Yu Qiuping and the four others were shocked, but it was too late to stop them.
The commander was stunned for a moment and hurriedly opened the scroll. Several other commanders around him also came over to watch, but they were all stunned in place. After being stunned for a long time, they held the scroll closer and looked at it carefully.
After a while, they looked at each other again and nodded slightly in disbelief.
"It's the notes from the House Governor's Hall that are correct..." Several people murmured in disbelief, "How did this scroll get into your hands?"
"When the House Governor's Palace first arrived at Narumi City, he gave this scroll to my Highness." The messenger said with tears: "I told him not to open it unless there is an accident. If an unexpected situation occurs and he cannot be contacted, he should be contacted immediately.
Open this scroll and check it out, it contains his instructions... Who would have thought that this is the last order of the Family Governor's Hall..."
"What the hell." Yu Qiuping said secretly: "How could His Highness the Governor of the family come up with such a secret? How could it be possible..."
"It is indeed the handwriting of the Governor's Hall... I will never admit my mistake in this life." Several people muttered silently again, and then raised their heads in confusion, looking at Yu Qiuping and others with resentful and suspicious eyes.
Yu Qiuping was startled for a moment and asked, "Everyone, what does this mean?"
"Please read it for yourselves." The commander was silent and handed the scroll to Asahina Taitomo.
Asahina Taimo unfolded the scroll silently. Surrounded by Yu Qiupei, Sena Ujitoshi, and Asahina Taiheng also got behind him, watching the scroll slowly unfold, revealing the wild but freely retractable handwriting on it. Yu Qiupei carefully
He watched carefully as each stroke appeared on the scroll, and he immediately recognized the handwriting.
"It is indeed home..."
The second half of the sentence ended abruptly.
Because there was a line of words written on the scroll.
"If I am unlucky, you will immediately return to the teacher to challenge me! Those who have two minds will definitely be in Minghai at this time!"
"What...how..." Yu Qiupei was stunned. Out of his trust in Imagawa Yoshimoto, his first reaction was to doubt Sena Ujitoshi and Asahina Taitomo who were both in Narumi. But after a moment of thinking, he
He immediately gave up the idea. Sena Ujitoshi and Asahina Taitomo were loyal and would never do such a thing.
Sena Ujitoshi, Asahina Taitomo, and Asahina Taiheng were also at a loss. They stared blankly at the scroll, speechless for a moment.
"My Highness is suspicious," the leading messenger said first, "the conspirator! It is Yuqiu Hongye!"
"Our Highness searched for a long time near Dagao Castle and found dozens of guards from the House Governor's Hall." The messenger said loudly: "They said that they had prepared flammable materials in the castle tower and then gathered at the south gate.
They waited for the Governor's Hall to come out of the castle tower and then retreat together. However, they suddenly received a messenger holding the Governor's order arrow and seal, telling them to evacuate immediately without waiting for the Governor's Palace. Not long after they left, the castle tower was occupied
Lit. At that time, they were a little worried about the whereabouts of the family governor's hall, so they searched everywhere. As a result, they saw that their troops were defeated miserably and were forced to evacuate together with the defeated army."
"And we heard that His Highness Sena and the masters of the master's family met the messengers holding the family governor's arrows and seals in Ozazama. They forced everyone to retreat, and then they allowed the Oda family to retreat calmly and attack Narumi.
City’s opportunity!”
"Unfortunately," the messenger looked at Yu Qiuping, "the seal and arrows of the Shadow Warriors happened to be handed over to Yu Qiu Hongye, who was responsible for the Shadow Warriors' plan to lure the enemy. My Highness suspected that it was Yu Qiuping who arranged for someone to take them.
The order arrows and seal letters falsely conveyed orders, causing the army to lose! They even arranged for people to follow the grain and grass team into Mininghai City and took the opportunity to lock the four gates. Then they sent people to use the order arrows and seal letters to trick the guards into leaving the city, making my highness mistakenly believe that the family governor's palace
Now that you have left, leave Narumi, burn down the castle tower, and burn the governor's palace alive in Narumi Castle!"
"And after everything is done, he plans to return to Mininghai City, lie to everyone, and take advantage of the chaos to gain more power in the family in one fell swoop!" The messenger scolded fiercely: "Fortunately, the family governor's hall was aware of Yu Qiuping's plan beforehand.
He was so ambitious and left behind a legacy, otherwise we would all be kept in the dark by him now! The family governor's hall is dead, and those arrows and seals will be dead without any proof!"
"So, my Highness sent us here to gather everyone and capture the traitor Yu Qiuping! Follow my Highness to fight against the rebellion!"
How could this happen... Yu Qiuping stood there blankly. He didn't understand what happened and why His Highness the Family Governor would leave such an order. Did he really doubt himself? Or was he misjudged? Why did everything originally point to Gang?
All the evidence from the family pointed to him in an instant.
what do I do?
Yu Qiuping avoided the somewhat hostile glances of several generals directly under the Central Government and was at a loss.
"That's nonsense!" Before anyone could react, Hina Taehyung shouted out. He snatched the scroll angrily and threw it to the ground. He looked at the generals who were staring at Yu Qiuping.
Shouted sternly: "You guys are stupid! This scroll is indeed the handwriting of the House Governor's Hall! But which eye of yours saw who is the traitor written on it, and which eye saw that the House Governor's Hall wanted to
To whom should I give this scroll?"
These words woke everyone up.
"Perhaps the House Governor has written this in advance, intending to send it out of Narumi Castle and leave it to us! Let us attack Okabe Gennobu, who was in Narumi Castle at the time!" Asahina Yasuhiro shouted: "On the way, Okabe Gentobu was killed.
The letter guy snatched it! Instead, he used it to attack us! The family governor's palace has been staying in Narumi City, and it might have been controlled by Okabe Motobu long ago! The letter of the arrow seal and other things were also robbed by Okabe Motonobu.
Coming!"
As soon as these words came out, several generals under the direct jurisdiction who had been extremely suspicious of Yu Qiuping just now began to hesitate. Asahina Taiheng's words were rude or not, but they were very reasonable. After all, this ambiguous scroll did not specify who was the right person.
Rebellious.
"Everyone, please listen to me!" Seeing that the situation had turned around, Shun Sena immediately recounted their previous analysis. The Okabe family's messenger got furious several times and tried to interrupt, but was always interrupted by the Asahina family.
Got it under control.
"I, Lord Sena, respectfully invite all of you to join us in our crusade against the traitors!"
"My lords, please trust His Highness Okabe to defeat the traitors!"
People from the two groups hold different opinions and can't argue with each other.
For a long time, several generals directly under the Central Government looked at each other, and finally sighed.
"I'm really sorry for letting down the good intentions of the two Highnesses." Several people shook their heads and said, "We really can't tell who is the traitor and it's inconvenient to intervene. Since His Highness the Governor was unfortunately killed, we can only return to Sunfu City with His Highness the Governor's body.
, listen to the order of the young master." After several people discussed it, they continued: "We will take Itami-sama's sea ship and return to Sunfu Castle by sea. I hope that both your highnesses will exercise restraint and not to engage in war. Everything will wait for the young master.