Volume 6 Recruiting people to hear Luocheng flute in the air, Chapter 817, meeting the scene
On the evening of January 2, the eighth year of Tensho (1580), Akechi Mitsuhide, Ikeda Tsuneaki and Sawaki Yoshino came to the Mibuji Temple where Yu Qiupei was staying to visit Yu Qiupei who was attacked.
"Has the murderer been found?" Ikeda Hengxing asked eagerly before Yu Qiuping could sit down, "What a great skill. He can lead dozens of people to Kyoto to assassinate him! How many people can I bring in?
There are ten people!”
"No." Yu Qiuping winked at Ikeda Hengxing, indicating that he should not pay attention to this topic, but apparently Ikeda Hengxing didn't see it, but continued to ask: "Then check it! Can dozens of people come in?
Explain, you can’t get out if you go out! After the martial law in Kyoto (), we will conduct an investigation and give them a trap to catch turtles in a jar!"
"My lord is unwilling to investigate this matter." Seeing that Ikeda Hengxing still didn't understand, Yu Qiuping sighed helplessly.
"What?" Sawaki Yoshiyuki was stunned when he heard this, "My important minister was assassinated in Kyoto. Is this just over?"
"Your Highness Ikeda, Lord Sawaki, this matter has a long history, so it's best not to pursue the matter further." Seeing that the two of them still didn't understand, Akechi Mitsuhide had no choice but to explain.
"A deep connection? What can be in this Kyoto..." Ikeda Hengxing said in surprise, and then halfway through, he suddenly realized what Akechi Mitsuhide and Yu Qiupei had been keeping secret.
"You mean this assassination was done by my lord?" Ikeda Hengxing shouted in disbelief, which scared Yu Qiuping and quickly stood up to see if anyone heard outside the door.
"It's probably not my lord's fault." Mitsuhide Akechi shook his head and said.
"And Your Highness Akechi, why did you suddenly run to the gate of Honnōji Temple with your guards today?" Ikeda Tsuneaki, like a baby full of questions, pestered Mitsuhide Akechi again and asked.
"Okay, Hengxing, don't ask anymore. It's not good to know too much about some things." Yu Qiuping waved his hand towards Ikeda Hengxing and made a gesture of silence. At this moment, someone at the door suddenly remembered
There was a knock on the door. Yu Qiuping opened the door. Mori Ranmaru leaned into Yu Qiuping's ear and whispered a few words. Yu Qiuping showed a helpless and somewhat relieved expression on his face, and then sat down again.
"What's wrong?" Akechi Mitsuhide looked at Yu Qiuping's expression and vaguely felt that this matter might be related to today's assassination.
"The latest news is that His Highness Lin was released from Mount Koya." Yu Qiuping shook his head, but there was a bit of sadness between his brows.
"What? After His Highness Sakuma, His Highness Lin also..." Sawaki Yoshiyuki clapped his hands on the tatami in surprise, "Really? Why?"
"It's true. The reason is that His Highness Lin sided with Oda Nobukatsu in the battle for family governor more than 20 years ago." Yu Qiuping replied with a wry smile.
"Are you kidding me?" Hearing this, Ikeda Hengxing slammed the table angrily, "What are you doing, my lord? His Highness Lin and His Highness Sakuma are both descendants of the Oda family! Isn't it embarrassing for everyone?
Isn’t it clear that you don’t treat your retainers as human beings? How could someone exile an elder from the Bi family just to settle old scores from decades ago?”
"Of course it's not because of old accounts from decades ago, that's just an excuse." Yu Qiuping added in a low voice.
"Huh?" Ikeda Hengxing was stunned, staring at Yu Qiuping for a long time, and then looked at each other with the equally puzzled Yoshiyuki Sawaki. He glanced at the quiet Akechi Mitsuhide beside him, then looked at Yu Qiuping, and suddenly realized: "
Could it be that...this assassination of Hong Ye was planned by His Highness Lin? The Lord didn’t want to make this matter public, so he just found a reason to chase and release His Highness Lin?"
"I think so too." Akechi Mitsuhide nodded, twisting the folds of his clothes with his small hands uneasily, "The reason why someone suddenly asked me to go to Honnoji Temple with the lord's seal may be part of the plan.
But as an outsider, I don’t know what exactly happened.”
"Why did His Highness Lin want to assassinate Momiji?" Yoshiyuki Sawaki asked a question that Ame Qiupei had also raised to Amano Keitoku before, "Hongye, do you have any grudge against His Highness Lin?"
"There is no grievance. His Highness Lin wants to mess with me, maybe he just wants to pull out the thorns in the master's family." Yu Qiuping slowly relaxed his body, leaned on the desk, and explained helplessly, "After all, the Yu Qiu family is
The Oda family is the number one samurai family, and I have had disputes and quarrels with my lord before, and coupled with my status as a subordinate of the Imagawa family, His Highness Lin must be worried that I will be detrimental to the lord's family."
"How is that possible? Why should Hongye suffer this injustice?" Ikeda Hengxing angrily defended Yu Qiuping, "That old guy Shibata is sitting on the Hokurikudo, why didn't His Highness Hayashi go to him? He was really doing it back then.
Those who betrayed our lord almost killed us all on the battlefield!"
"That's right!" Yoshiyuki Sawaki sang loudly, "Yes, His Highness Lin betrayed the lord with that old guy Shibata back then! It's better now, His Highness Lin himself is worried about Hongye! Why isn't he worried about himself?
Will there be a rebellion?"
"So the master released His Highness Lin, and the reason was that he betrayed the master's family more than twenty years ago, which can be regarded as a kind of beating." Akechi Mitsuhide Ikeda Tsuneki and Sawaki Yoshiyuki were very annoyed and said to comfort them,
"This can be regarded as being on Hongye's side in this dispute. You two don't need to worry too much. My lord understands Hongye's loyalty."
"It's getting late, you should go back first, I have nothing to do here." Yu Qiuping smiled and nodded towards the three of them, got up and sent them out, but Akechi Mitsuhide kept slowing down and walked at the end. Yu Qiuping noticed
After the three of them left, they still waited at the door. Sure enough, Akechi Mitsuhide left and returned not long after, but she had already changed her clothes and came back dressed as a maid.
"Don't you need to avoid suspicion?" Yu Qiuping did not tell Akechi Mitsuhide the truth of the matter. Akechi Mitsuhide didn't know that it was Amano Keitoku's scheme that dragged her into the water. Yu Qiuping felt guilty, so he whispered, "I
After the assassination, you also suddenly received false news asking you to go to Honnoji Temple. My lord must have some doubts about our relationship. Doesn't it matter if you stay here late at night?"
"I arranged for my substitute to return home, so I wore this to hide from others." Mitsuhide Akechi followed Yu Qiuping into the inner room. Yu Qiuping ordered the guards to keep outsiders away. The inner room of Mibuji Temple is in the middle of the pond behind the side hall.
The island was connected by only a wooden bridge and was very secluded. Only after Akechi Mitsuhide confirmed that no one was there, he calmly spoke in a female voice: "Hongye, you have to be more careful."
"What's wrong?" Yu Qiuping sat down opposite Akechi Mitsuhide and made her a cup of tea.
"Thank you." Akechi Mitsuhide bowed to Yu Qiuping, and then lowered his voice and said, "Of course it's because of this."
"His Royal Highness Lin has been released. Didn't you just say that the lord is on my side and he does not think that I will rebel." Yu Qiuping himself also felt guilty, so he spoke more, "If the lord is suspicious,
How could I just let this matter go so easily?"
"But His Highness Lin is my lord's teacher after all, and he is also a veteran who has been with my lord for so many years. My lord will most likely listen to what he says." Akechi Mitsuhide's brows were full of worry, "After all, no matter what, Yu Qiu
The strength of the family is too strong. And you are from the Imagawa family. Mrs. Kaede is also the daughter of Imagawa Harube. Not only does your son have the blood of the Imagawa family, he is also married to the daughter of the Asai family..." At this point, Akechi Mitsuhide said
He was even more worried, "What's even worse is that the young master has unparalleled martial arts skills at a young age. Moreover, the previous incident of disobeying the marriage contract directly violated the lord's wishes. How can the lord trust him to succeed to the throne? I want to target you,
Maybe it’s not just His Highness Lin.”
"You mean...this matter may be the master's instruction?" Yu Qiuping himself was a little shocked when he expressed this conjecture.
"I don't know, I just want you to be more careful. I'm too worried about you." Akechi Mitsuhide picked up the tea and brought it to his mouth, but finally put it down. The tea reflected Akechi Mitsuhide's worried expression and reddish cheeks.
Eye socket.
Suddenly there was a rush of footsteps in the corridor. Yu Qiuping stood up very vigilantly and blocked Akechi Mitsuhide behind him. Mori Ranmaru opened the door and said to Yu Qiuping: "Your Highness, Oda Hall has suddenly arrived.
! Before the guard at the door announced, he had already walked to His Highness’s room!”
"What?" Yu Qiuping and Akechi Mitsuhide were both a little panicked when they heard this. The secret room that Yu Qiuping is currently in is a house behind the side hall of Rensheng Temple. It is surrounded by pools and only a small bridge leads to the side hall. And from the door is a
Turning the corner, you can go directly to the side hall - in other words, if Amakihei and Akechi Mitsuhide want to leave now, they will directly bump into Oda Nobunaga on the small bridge. If Oda Nobunaga discovers Akechi
Mitsuhide is a girl, so the joke is really big.
"Go and ask the guards to hold the master, don't let him come here now!" Yu Qiuping immediately looked around, trying to find a place to hide people. However, the secret room was quite quiet, with nothing else except a few trees.
Well, there are no hidden compartments in the house.
"This... Your Highness... Why are you missing?" Mori Ranmaru was stunned at a loss, but looking at Yu Qiuping's deliberate use of his body to protect the woman behind him, he expected that Yu Qiuping's embarrassment must be related to this woman.
Could it be that he was having an affair with the concubine of Oda Hall... Such a thought came to Mori Ranmaru's mind.
"Just say...just say..." Yu Qiuping thought hard, not knowing what kind of excuse to find, and finally whispered to Mori Ranmaru like a broken jar, "Just say I am having sex! You guards are afraid of embarrassment
, so I don’t let the lord see me! Go quickly!”
"Yes!" Mori Ranmaru immediately accepted the order and left, leaving Yu Qiuping and Akechi Mitsuhide awkwardly looking at each other in this small room. Yu Qiuping's words of "having sex" just now made Akechi, who was already shy due to his feminine personality,
At this moment, Mitsuhide wanted to find a crack in the ground and crawl in. He was so embarrassed that it was hard to see anyone.
"Why did my lord come suddenly?" Akechi Mitsuhide asked in a low voice, somewhat uneasily.
"Either you are looking for me in an emergency, or you are discovered!" Yu Qiuping reacted immediately, "The Oda family has many ninjas in Kyoto, and your traces may have been seen. The lord may think that we are plotting something, he
I must be surprised that you suddenly sent troops to help me relieve the siege today, so I came to check it out in person."
"Then what should I do?" Akechi Mitsuhide looked around, his cheeks flushed with anxiety, "I need to find a set of men's clothes quickly! Otherwise, what should I do if the lord breaks in and finds out that I am a girl?"
"Where are the men's clothes here?" Yu Qiuping glanced at his own clothes, and then at the petite Akechi Mitsuhide, "I only have one on me, and I'm a few times older than you. How can you wear it? You can tell at a glance.