Volume 7 Jiangnan Green Looking Maple Red Chapter 931 Puzzle
"My lord, what is going on in the imperial palace, can you tell us?" Unlike Oda Nobunaga who focused on the murderer, Akechi Mitsuhide has been thinking about the imperial family's situation since the incident, but the news has been leaked by Oda Nobunaga.
It has been under lockdown for a long time, and Akechi Mitsuhide himself does not know the specific situation.
"Your Majesty is gone. The assassin's methods are so ruthless that there is no possibility of rescue." Oda Nobunaga obviously went to the scene to see the corpse. He frowned and shook his head, "Many people died in the palace.
People, and strangely..."
"What's weird?" Seeing that Oda Nobunaga only spoke half of his words, Akechi Mitsuhide asked anxiously, and everyone else's attention was also attracted.
"The body of the priest who defected from Ise Shrine was discovered." Oda Nobunaga sneered twice, and then showed a "somewhat interesting" expression.
"What?" The important ministers present were all shocked when they heard this.
"Did he really do it?" Ikeda Hengxing was the first to cry out in surprise, "He has been lurking for 20 years? Not only did he massacre the Ise Shrine, but he also dared to attack the emperor? I'm afraid he's not a madman.
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"It's not as simple as you think." Oda Nobunaga blocked the sighs that the ministers had not had time to express with one sentence, "Do you know? That guy did not die in the imperial palace, but died outside the imperial palace.
In the alley. It's very possible that he didn't even enter the imperial palace door."
"What?" Everyone was shocked again, and Ikeda Hengxing couldn't help but interrupt and asked, "They didn't even go in. How did His Majesty get assassinated?"
"According to eyewitnesses, a close associate of His Majesty named Iwabe Shunte suddenly committed an attack when he saw His Majesty." Oda Nobunaga snorted twice, then shook his head and said, "And you said it was a coincidence or not, according to the
Our ninjas reported that the confidant named Iwabe Shunsuke had just returned from delivering a message before meeting His Majesty, and happened to pass by the alley where the priest died."
This time, everyone in the castle tower was stunned and speechless. They just looked at Oda Nobunaga with wide eyes.
"Where is the murderer?" Niwa Nagahide was stunned for a while and then murmured, "Have you caught him?"
"Already dead." Oda Nobunaga could no longer hold back the sneer on his face. The corners of his mouth gradually flattened and he said coldly, "He was killed on the spot by the guards after committing the crime."
"It's so confusing! How can you leave no one alive at this time?" Niwa Nagahide gritted his teeth angrily after hearing the result, "Why are these guards so reckless?"
"But if the perpetrator was killed on the spot..." Unlike Niwa Nagahide, Yu Qiuping immediately realized a bigger unreasonableness, "Then..."
"Then who is the emperor's bodyguard who ran away from the southwest of Kyoto? That Oe Shohei..." Akechi Mitsuhide obviously thought of Yu Qiuping in a tacit understanding, and took over Yu Qiuping's abrupt words.
"Are you talking about coincidence?" Oda Nobunaga's face was so gloomy at this moment that he could almost wrinkle his face. "That Oe Shohei who fled from Kyoto overnight was the one who killed Iwabe Junte on the spot."
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Everyone fell into silence, and no one could understand this shocking information in a short period of time. After a while, Niwa Nagasaki asked in confusion: "Is it... murder and silence?"
"What a smart move, Tsk." Oda Nobunaga suddenly laughed twice, then spat hard on the floor, then lifted up his wooden shoe and crushed it hard on the place where he spat.
, "The Fuma ninja was killed after reporting the message to the priest. The priest was killed after reporting the message to Iwabe Shunshou. After Iwabe Shunshou killed His Majesty, Oe Shohei killed him... He was killed on the spot, as His Majesty the Emperor.
On the grounds of his own safety, no one could accuse him, but he could quietly and completely obliterate the information. Then Oe Shohei, the hero of the rescue, sneaked out of the palace and escaped overnight, and our Oda family couldn't even find out the slightest bit of inside information.
…What a plan, no one will be left alive for us.”
"How long do you think Oe Shohei can live?" Oda Nobunaga spread his hands and shook them up and down, "Someone will come soon and silence him too, and then where can we find that unknown person?"
, the silencer who disappeared without a trace?"
As soon as Oda Nobunaga finished speaking, the Kamao clan knocked on the door, handed a piece of paper to Oda Nobunaga's nickname, and then handed it to Oda Nobunaga. Oda Nobunaga just scanned it.
With one glance, Yun Danfeng casually crumpled the note into a ball and threw it to Niwa Nagahide, who was sitting closest to him. Niwa Nagahide untied the paper ball and opened it, and his face turned pale.
"Oe Shohei...the body was found in Settsu Province, and the murderer is unknown."
Niwa Nagahide read out the contents on the paper in disbelief, and everyone present looked at each other again, not knowing what to say.
"Look, look, all the clues have been cut off, and there is nothing left. The mastermind behind this is really good at it, hehe..." Oda Nobunaga laughed twice, walked to the desk casually, and then
He suddenly kicked up and kicked the table away, and the tea utensils placed on the table shattered to pieces on the floor.
"Everyone is disposable and will be killed as soon as they finish their work. Moreover, there are actually insiders who have been hiding in Ise Shrine and the Imperial Palace for more than ten or twenty years? Just waiting to attack today? Twenty years ago
Our Oda family is still a small wealthy family in Owari, right?" Hearing this, Ikeda Hengxing felt incredible, shaking his head and sighing.
"In other words, they don't care at all who is in power. The reason why they installed insiders in Kinki so early is to disrupt the situation one day when someone in Kinki becomes powerful." Akechi Mitsuhide gave a possible inference, "Twenty years ago, there was
The force that made this arrangement is determined to make those who gain power in Kinki irreversible..."
"I know such a force." Yu Qiupei recalled that more than 20 years ago, when he was still the general, he took dozens of subordinates to the east of Suruga to investigate the robbery and murder of the messenger, and cooperated with the Takeda family and the Hojo family.
The reconnaissance team battled wits and courage - it was also during that incident that he met Masayuki Sanada.
He vaguely remembered what Imagawa Yoshimoto said to him after returning to Sunfu.
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"Have you ever seen anyone fighting on the street?" Imagawa Yoshimoto suddenly asked in a jumping tone, almost making Yu Qiuping unable to keep up. "The more fierce the shouting, the less afraid to fight. They hope that their fierce momentum can
It scares others away. But those real masters often don't say a word and take action as soon as they are told."
Yu Qiuping seemed to suddenly understand something, and an idea flashed in his mind.
"The cause of this incident is probably that we went to war with the Oda family at the Owari border twice in a row, which caused the other two families to worry about our intention to go to Luo."
"So, it is precisely because the Takeda family may break their alliance at any time that they do not want to stir up trouble and hope to paralyze us so that they can get the maximum benefit when they suddenly betray their trust." Imagawa Yoshimoto said about such things.
, but it seems that he has not yet formally discussed Waka calligraphy and painting, "That tiger might be eager for me to go to Luo, so that it can spring out and bite me."
"The most painful thing in the world is to make a choice." Imagawa Yoshimoto suddenly solemnly looked into Yu Qiuping's eyes, "Especially making a choice without regrets is the most embarrassing."
"Once we succeed in going to Luo and control Kinki, the Takeda family will have no choice but to abandon their alliance with us.
The alliance starts a war, so they don't have to worry about what to choose." Yoshimoto Imagawa looked relaxed again, "On the other hand, Hojo is in a very difficult situation. If they don't abandon the alliance, they will have room for development, and they won't have to fight to the death. On the contrary, if
They broke the alliance and instead made wedding dresses for the Takeda family, arousing the hostility of the Imagawa family. They might even join forces to invade Sagami like they did before the Zentokuji alliance was established."
"But, if they don't abandon the alliance, they can't restrict the speed of the Imagawa family's development," Imagawa Yoshimoto said with a somewhat gloating smile, "So once we go to Luo, the Hojo family will be extremely entangled and don't know what to choose."
"That's why they took such measures to create a crisis at the border, which made me realize that the Zentoku-ji alliance was not stable, but they still maintained the alliance to allow themselves to dominate Kanto with peace of mind. They intercepted and killed the messenger to demonstrate to me,
It shows that they may be disadvantageous to us." Imagawa Yoshimoto shook his head, "But the more fierce they scream, the less confident they are. In fact, they have no courage or determination to break the alliance. They just want to create a burden for me and make me afraid to rest assured.
We go to Luo and dare not increase our strength."
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"The Sagami Hojo family has been the dominant hegemon in Kanto more than 20 years ago, but to this day, their power has still not stepped out of Kanto. They are the family that lacks the courage to go to Luo, and they are also the most afraid of someone who will dominate Kinki after going to Luo - because
They have no determination to use the loss of Kanto as a bargaining chip to start a war with Shangluo forces - this has been the case for twenty years." Yu Qiuping repeated the judgment that Imagawa Yoshimoto had made twenty years ago, "And they did do so in the twenty years.
Years ago, we had the strength and connections to move up and down like this.”
"There happens to be a ninja from Fuuma. Before, I was thinking of using this incident as an excuse to start a war with the Hojo family. But now, I don't have to make excuses anymore. This turtle from Kanto stuck out his head and bit it.
If I take one bite, don't even think about shrinking back." Oda Nobunaga gritted his teeth and cursed, and at the same time gave a high-five, "Just wait, I will have to pay you back at the gate of Odawara Castle for all the trouble I've suffered today."
"My lord, you must not raise an army out of anger." Upon seeing this, Niwa Nagahide hurriedly walked to the center of the room and knelt down to Oda Nobunaga and admonished him, "Now His Majesty is assassinated and the artifact is lost. It seems that the master died an untimely death. There are successive blows.
There has been an undercurrent surging within the Oda family, and at this time, we are going on an expedition..."
"I know that I know. You don't need to read me like Mr. Hirate. Don't you know how troublesome the situation is now?" Oda Nobunaga impatiently pulled out his folding fan and waved it, signaling Niwa Nagahide to sit back quickly.
, "No matter what, we must first block the news and strictly prohibit leaking of His Majesty's assassination. To the outside world, let's say that His Majesty died of illness and supported his equally sick prince to ascend the throne first to stabilize the overall situation."
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid you won't be able to convince the public with these words." Niwa Nagahide raised his head again and admonished, "This matter has become a hot topic. There are all rumors in Kyoto. The news of His Majesty's assassination can no longer be concealed.
Well...it's time for our Oda family to announce this kind of news..."
"Does that mean we have to admit that it was our Oda family's poor security that led to the Emperor's misfortune? What will the whole world think of us? Things have already happened at Ise Jingu Shrine, the Agukuni Song and Dance Ensemble, and Kenryo Master. At this time, in our Oda family's
If this happened to the core Kyoto, where would I put my face?" Oda Nobunaga asked angrily.
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Along with the anxious discussions among the monarchs and ministers in the Nijo Castle Castle, there was an on-site investigation of the place where the two Hatamoto teams were killed in the southwest of Kyoto. The ninjas who were originally busy were surprised when they saw a figure appear.