"Sir! It's not good!" The ashigaru shouted loudly to Matsushita: "His Royal Highness Ando was suddenly detained by people from Saito Hall in the city!"
"Huh?" Matsushita's confused eyebrows instantly knitted together, and he asked calmly and in a low voice: "Where are they from?"
"The Saito-den suddenly transferred their directly-controlled troops outside the North City into the city. His Highness Ando, ​​who was staying in the castle tower, was caught off guard and was detained by the Saito-den!" the ashigaru reported like a cannon.
Situation: "Now the people from Saito Hall are expelling the defenders of our Ando family in the city, and all key positions have been taken back by Saito Hall!"
When Yu Qiuping heard this, he immediately realized that a coup was taking place at the moment! Saito Ryuuki seemed to want to take back control of Inabayama Castle that had been deprived of him before, and took advantage of Mamoru Ando to catch him unprepared.
stand up.
Before the Ashigaru finished speaking, there were noisy and dense footsteps immediately outside the door. It seemed that many people were rushing towards this direction. A moment later, the door was pushed open. One of the elders of the Rokujuku clan of the Saito family, the Naoomi faction
Leader Hineno Hiroshi strode indoors with dozens of samurai. He was supposed to be confined to his territory, but now he appeared in Inabayama Castle. It seemed that this was really a premeditated coup. Yu Qiuping secretly
Something bad is going on. If he is stuck here, he will be in trouble.
This Saito Ryuuki was probably once again dissatisfied and willfully carried out a coup!
"Sir, you're fine." Hinanohiro put his hand on the handle of the knife and looked at Matsushita Qingran coldly.
"The previous contract was clearly written in black and white, and Inabayama Castle was handed over to the Nishi Mino wealthy family." Matsushita Qingran was obviously very angry. He tried hard to suppress his anger and said in a deep voice: "Why did Saito Daiden betray his promise and move?
They seized the city in a coup and detained His Highness Ando. And now, why do you have the right to break into the Ando family's mansion without permission?"
"Why?" Hinenohiro sneered, drew the knife in his hand, and pointed at Uakiuhei sitting on the tatami, "Because of the Ando family's lack of vigilance, the Oda family's governor, Uakihira, actually touched the gate of Inabayama Castle.
None of them noticed it! Because of this oversight, Your Highness Ando has been arrested and imprisoned! Inabayama Castle is safer if the Saito family guards it themselves!"
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As soon as Hinenohiro said this, Yu Qiupei and Matsushita Qingran's expressions immediately changed. They did not expect that Hinenohiro actually recognized Yu Qiupei. But how could I be recognized? I just arrived at Inoguchi Town today.
How did the Teng family discover me? Could it be that they were following me all the way?
Yu Qiuping swallowed, took a deep breath, adjusted his mood, and turned around to start performing, hoping to get through. However, before he could say his quibbles, he was stunned.
Because he saw a person following Hineno Hiroshi - that person was one of the village chiefs in Yu Qiuping's territory. He had met Yu Qiuping several times. Because he opposed Yu Qiuping's circuit court policy, he not only tried to threaten the people in the territory,
, also wanted to bribe the judge, so Yu Qiuping dismissed him from the position of village head.
Unexpectedly, he actually defected to the Saito family! He knew me! It turned out that he recognized me! Yu Qiuping originally wanted to pretend to be a businessman and get through, but he probably won't be able to escape this time.
"See clearly, I am the village chief!" The village chief cursed fiercely at Yu Qiuping: "I know you, you can't even think of running away! I just saw you in the castle town, I didn't expect you to not run away
, I came here to eat instead!”
In an instant, countless thoughts flashed through Yu Qiuping's mind.
The matter is already very clear. It was this village chief who defected to the Saito family, and then happened to recognize Yu Qiupei in Inoguchi Town today, and reported it to Saito Ryuuki. Saito Ryuuki used this as an excuse to take advantage of the opportunity to make trouble, and used the uninspected
He detained Ando Mamoru on charges, regained control of Inabayama Castle, and now wants to arrest Yu Qiupei.
Being caught at the gate of Inabayama Castle, I would definitely not be able to escape! But Matsushita casually allowed Oda family retainers to eat in the mansion instead of truthfully reporting the arrest of Yu Qiupei, which might also lead to trouble! Especially now.
In this kind of coup situation, Hinano Hiroshi could use this as an excuse to imprison Matsushita Qingluan together, leaving the Ando family destitute!
In the flash of lightning, Yu Qiuping had already reacted. He stood up and looked at the village chief for a moment without fear, then turned his head to face Panasonic Qingran, and whispered very apologetically: "Sir, it's really
I'm sorry, I shouldn't have lied to you. I'm not a businessman, Masayuki Imai, that's just my pseudonym. Let me introduce myself. I'm the general of the Oda family, Yu Qiupei, the governor of Yeli County. Please give me some advice.
Sorry for causing trouble."
"You!" Panasonic Qingluan reacted immediately when he heard what Yu Qiuping said. Yu Qiuping wanted to pretend that Panasonic Qingluan didn't know his identity, so that Panasonic Qingluan would not be caught on the spot for shielding the enemy.
Being arrested for treason can only be regarded as a dereliction of duty, and he was deceived by the Oda family's craftsmanship! Unexpectedly, Yu Qiuping's first reaction in such a short period of time was to cover himself. Matsushita Qingran's eyes turned red.
, his heart was extremely moved, but his face pretended to be furious: "You actually lied to me!"
"Now that the matter has come to this, what else is there to say?" Yu Qiuping sneered, "If it wasn't for the information about Inabayama Castle, why would I lie to you?"
The development of the matter caught the village chief and Hinano Hiroshi off guard. They originally thought that Matsushita Karun was shielding the rebels of the Oda family, but now it seems that Matsushita Karun was unaware of it, so it was difficult for them to act rashly.
"Then why are you still standing here?" Yu Qiuping stared at Panasonic Qingran, "Are you waiting to see the joke of me being arrested in a panic?"
Matsushita was stunned for a moment, and realized that Yu Qiupei was urging him to leave quickly before Hineno Hiroshi could react. Indeed, if he didn't leave at this time, things would change later. Although Ando Mamoru was detained, as long as Matsushita
Qing Luan could quickly hide in the Ando family's military camp, but Hineno Hiro couldn't do anything to him.
"Wait for me!" Matsushita Qingran glanced deeply at Yu Qiuping, said this pun, then turned around and left in a hurry. Hineno Hiroshi, who couldn't react in a hurry, didn't do well.
With no excuse for arrest, I had no choice but to relax and walk away in a hurry.
Matsushita walked to the end of the corridor lightly, turned his head quickly, and glanced at Yu Qiuping quietly.
Hongye...you are so worthy of your friend. I will never let you down.
Just wait for me. I will definitely rescue you.
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After seeing his friend leave safely, Yu Qiuping let out a sigh of relief.
Calm down, you still have things to do.
Yu Qiupei understands that Sena Ujiyoshi's caravan and his guards are also in danger at this moment. If the Saito family takes advantage of the situation and starts an investigation, they may not be able to escape. He must find a way to remind them that he has been exposed and arrested!
Several Saito family warriors around him have slowly walked towards Yu Qiuping, ready to capture him on the spot. There is not much time left for him.
Yu Qiuping looked around the room, gritted his teeth, and pounced on the table where he and Panasonic had just had a casual meal. He grabbed the two wines on the table and threw them towards the wood-burning stove not far away.
It collided with the inside of the furnace wall, making a huge cracking sound. The full amount of wine splashed out and poured onto the blazing fire, causing the flames to shoot up extremely high. Dry wood in winter is easy to catch fire, and the wall close to the furnace is very easy to catch fire.
It was burned all of a sudden!
Hinenohiro was shocked by Yu Qiuping's sudden move. He didn't understand what Yu Qiuping was going to do, but he immediately sent his men forward to capture Yu Qiuping. Yu Qiuping dodged, rushed to the skylight, and took the Chidori from his waist.
He took the scabbard and threw it fiercely out of the sky window. After watching the Chidori go up into the sky, he was relieved and caught him. The two knives clamped viciously on his neck, and the two men immediately held the rope to hold Yu.
Qiupei was tightly tied up and his mouth was gagged with rags. Then, he was roughly escorted out of the mansion by the group of samurai and went straight to Inabayama Castle.
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At this time, the fire that broke out in the Ando family's mansion immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the castle town, and Sena Ujiyoshi's caravan was no exception. Sena Ujiyoshi hurriedly took Honda Tadakatsu, Ryuko and others to the scene of the fire.
They rushed over - because Honda Tadakatsu said that Yu Qiupei went there to eat. However, they had just walked halfway when they saw Chidori falling on the road. The blade and scabbard were separated for a long time, and the ground
There were also traces of heavy objects falling to the ground, which looked like they had been thrown from a long distance.
"Momiji is in danger!" Sena Ujiyoshi reacted immediately. He grabbed Honda Tadakatsu and Ryuko who were about to rush over and told them to go back immediately to organize the caravan to leave Inoguchi Town. At the same time, he
Go find out the news.
Soon after, Ame Qiupei was discovered in Inoguchi Town and was arrested. Saito Ryuuki imprisoned Ando Mamoru for the crime of neglect due to lack of vigilance, and staged a coup to regain control of Inabayama Castle.
The news spread throughout Inoguchi Town. After hearing the news, the guards such as Honda Tadakatsu and Ryuko were furious and demanded to rush into Inabayama Castle to rescue Amakihei, but were stopped by the calm Sena Ujiyoshi. Saito
Longxing's party would never have thought that Yu Qiuping might have accomplices, and the castle town would be subject to interrogation. So he immediately sent a messenger to report the situation to Kuroda Castle, and at the same time led the caravan to evacuate quickly.
Sure enough, after listening to Hinanohiro's report on Yu Qiupei's abnormal behavior during the final resistance, Saito Ryuuki immediately concluded that Yu Qiupei was notifying his accomplices to evacuate. He hurriedly sent his men to search Inoguchi Town, but unfortunately found nothing.
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Soon after, Saito Ryuuki regained the power of Inabayama Castle, and the news of the imprisonment of Ando Mamoru spread throughout Mino and Owari. The rich people of West Mino were excited, while the attitudes of the rich people of East Mino and North America were relatively different.
Ambiguous and thought-provoking.
The news of Yu Qiupei's arrest also spread back to Kuroda Castle. Because the Yu Qiu family had lost its backbone, the whole family immediately became chaotic. Naoe Tadayei, the general responsible for the stay, immediately ordered the entire army to impose martial law and sent envoys and the Nonomura family, Kato
The Hara family and the Kaede family communicated with each other, and at the same time sent a large number of troops to the concession on the north bank of the Kiso River, using both hard and soft tactics to prevent the four wealthy families from making any changes. After a brief period of shock and grief, Imagawa Kaede immediately stabilized his mind and asked Qingshu
The castle sent intelligence to request reinforcements, and at the same time asked the remaining troops to move to the border between Yeli County and the Inuyama Oda family to guard against Oda Nobukiyo taking the opportunity to make a sneak attack.
After Qingzhou City learned about the arrest of Yu Qiuping, they immediately sent an army led by Mori Katsari to support the Yu Qiuping family territory to suppress the changes in the villages in Yu Qiuping's territory and to guard against attacks by Oda Nobukiyo and Mino.
.At the same time, Oda Nobunaga also sent a diplomatic envoy to communicate with Mino, hoping to pay a huge ransom in exchange for Uakiuhei, but was rejected by the angry Saito Ryuuki. After that, Oda Nobunaga still tried hard to negotiate with the Saito family.
Envoys were sent to communicate, but they were still unable to redeem Yu Qiupei. In the end, Saito Ryuuki simply refused to meet the Oda family's envoys.
Yu Qiupei was imprisoned in a cell in Inabayama Castle and lost contact with the outside world. However, Saito Ryuuki did not dare to imprison Ando Mamoru for too long in case he angered the Ando family and other Nishimeno wealthy families. He was placed under house arrest.
On February 10, he released Ando Mamoru and sought to reach a settlement with the Simino wealthy family - on the condition that Saito Ryuuki was allowed to control Inabayama Castle, and Hineno Hiroshi and Takekow Naomitsu joined the joint meeting of important ministers.
In order to discuss how to negotiate with the Saito family, the main wealthy families in Simino, at the invitation of Takenaka Shigeharu, met together in the castle where Ando Mamoru lived on the morning of February 13. However, the host of the meeting, Takenaka Shigeharu, was delayed.
Before he arrived, although the three Simeon people, Fuwa Koji and others complained, they had no choice but to wait patiently for his arrival.
When the sun turned to the west, Takenaka Shigeharu finally came on horseback. This usually handsome young man had bloodshot eyes and was very tired. It looked like he hadn't rested for a long time. Before he could sit down, the wealthy family of Simeron
To be continued...