However, before the messenger could return, a guard from the north gate of Ruojiang City hurried over.
"My lord, I am personally asking for an audience with you outside the north gate!" The guard directly reported a piece of news that shocked both Hatakeyama Takamasa and his retainers.
"How many people are there with the Yu Qiuzhi Department? How many people are there? Why didn't you hear any noise or see the torch just now?" Yu Zuoxinjiao stood up and asked nervously.
"There is only a group of more than a dozen guards, and there is no one else." The guard was a little nervous, and he took several breaths before continuing: "Yu Qiujibu said that his ninjas discovered that a large number of ninjas from the Miyoshi family had been mixed into Ruojiang City. Maybe
He would be plotting something against Prince Yuqiu, and the Hatakeyama family might also have facilitated the infiltration of the Miyoshi family ninjas. Therefore, he came in a hurry and wanted to make it clear to His Highness."
"A large number of Miyoshi family ninjas have infiltrated?" Hatakeyama Takamasa frowned when he heard this, and his right hand subconsciously pressed on the handle of the knife at his waist, "Is it convenient for the Hatakeyama family to do it? How come I haven't heard anything? It's all nonsense.
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"That's right, my lord! This Yu Qiuzhi's group must be up to no good! Lord, let's evacuate immediately!" Yuzuo still refused to give up and asked Hatakeyama Takamasa to evacuate immediately.
"Although it's nonsense, as Yu Qiu's leader, he will definitely not betray his trust. If he really has evil intentions, how can he dare to come here with only a dozen people? Aren't you afraid that I will take him down directly?"
Hatakeyama Takamasa shook his head, waved his hand and ordered: "Let Uakiji's troops come to the castle tower. If Uakiji's troops don't resist, then let the troops from Tokiwabei come into the city as well."
"My lord! How can you lead a wolf into your house!" Yuzuo Xinjiao was shocked when he saw this, "You must not do this! Leave the castle tower as soon as possible!"
"What's going on with you today!" Hatakeyama Takamasa yelled angrily, "Do your duty as a retainer! Just carry out your lord's orders!"
Yuzuo Xinjiao was scolded in full, and he resignedly walked out. However, the apologetic expression on his face disappeared immediately after exiting the room, and a resentful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. He walked straight down the stairs, and
The guard at the door said hello and prepared to leave the castle tower. However, at this moment, a guard came hurriedly on horseback. When he saw Yuzuo believing in religion, he immediately got off his horse and reported in a deep voice: "Your Highness Yuzuo,
Something bad has happened! Just now, I suddenly saw many ninjas in black attacking the dojo where Mr. Yuqiu is practicing! The lives of Mr. Yuqiu and Mr. Morita are unknown!"
"What? Someone attacked the dojo?" Yusa Shinjiao was shocked when he heard this. However, he reacted almost instantly, rolled his eyes, and immediately shouted in a low voice to the dozens of Hatakeyama family guards on the first floor of the castle tower.
, "Quick! Go to reinforce the dojo! You, go inform the lord and ask him to send more reinforcements!"
As soon as they heard that important hostages were attacked and their captain's life and death were unknown, the guards of the Hatakeyama family suddenly panicked. Originally, they only obeyed the orders of Hatakeyama Takamasa, but the current situation was critical, and Yusa Nobuyoshi, a writer-literate family man,
He became their backbone. Dozens of guards hurried towards the dojo in the moonlight. No one noticed that Yuzuo Xinjiao was from
Sneaking away from the side, he turned around and slipped into a small wooden house in the darkness.
"Your Highness Yusa, how are you? Has Hatakeyama Takamasa come out?" The Miyoshi family ninjas who had been waiting here for a long time asked in a low voice. They had just seen a large number of Hatakeyama family guards dispatched, and now everyone was ready to fight.
"No, that old stubborn refused to come out!" You Zuo Xinjiao scolded fiercely, "And what's going on with you! Didn't we make an agreement before that we are not allowed to act without permission? Why have you already attacked Yu Qiu Shang?
There are countless ninjas from the Yuqiu family protecting Yu Qiu Shang, you are just trying to scare off the enemy!"
"Huh? No? None of our people should have moved!" The Miyoshi family ninjas who were looking at each other were confused by Yuzuo's words, "Did Liusuke act without authorization?"
"Stop talking about these useless things, anyway, I have already tricked most of Hatakeyama Takamasa's guards into sending reinforcements!" Yusa Shinjiao interrupted in a deep voice, "I originally wanted to trick that old stubborn man out of the castle tower and let your
Hundreds of ninjas swarmed him and killed him. But he refused to come out. Amaki Momiji and Tokiwa Bei will be arriving soon, so I can only ask you to get ahead of them, storm the castle tower, and kill Hatakeyama Takamasa!"
"That's all!" The leading Jonin nodded and made a gesture, and the other Chuunin gathered around him dispersed to inform their Genin to prepare to storm the castle tower.
"Remember, the plan that your Highness Miyoshi Mikyu and I made before!" Just when the jounin was about to leave, Yuzuo Shinjie grabbed his sleeve again, stared into his eyes, and said viciously
Repeated: "Kill that old guy Takamasa Hatakeyama, support his younger brother Masarai Hatakeyama to come to power, and let me take over the power of the Hatakeyama family! Then you Miyoshi family are not allowed to reveal the fact that I participated in the murder. I will take full responsibility for it."
I'll blame it on you! And in return, I will disrupt the order of the court and make the Yuqiu family fall into chaos without a fight! Remember, Hatakeyama Takamasa must die, not live!"
"I understand, Your Highness Yuzuo, please keep this in mind!" The jounin bowed to Yuzuo Nobujiao and left quickly. Yuzuo Nobujiao showed a fierce look on his face, snorted coldly, and looked at the castle tower.
In the direction, he murmured to himself: "My lord, my lord, you don't listen to my subordinates' advice and want to cooperate with the ambitious Yuqiu Zhibu. Seeing that the power of our Hanoi wealthy family is getting less and less, the Hatakeyama family is getting more and more
The crisis is getting worse, but you still remain indifferent. You are such a stubborn old man. You have completely ruined the Hatakeyama family's business in the past ten years. You are not suitable to be a household governor at all!"
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At the same time, in the dojo where Yu Qiu Shang was.
"You said there are ninjas from Miyoshi's family who are coming to attack, but where are they?" Morita Yasho was waiting in the dojo, and every second made him extremely tortured. The horror is not terrible, waiting for the horror in the dark is the most despairing.
"You're not here to lie, are you?"
"Absolutely not. A large number of ninjas must have infiltrated the Miyoshi family." Crow's ninja nodded firmly, "It's just possible that the attack hasn't come yet."
At this moment, there was a sudden gust of wind at the door. Immediately afterwards, another Crow ninja entered the dojo and reported in a low voice: "Captain, Your Highness is about to enter the north gate of Wakae Castle Ninomaru."
, please immediately lead your troops to protect Mr. Yuqiu and go to the north gate of the main pill to wait for the meeting."
"Yes." The leading ninja immediately called on his subordinates to protect Yu Qiu Shang and prepare to leave. At the same time, he sent an invitation to Morita Yoshio, "Mr. Morita, do you want to go with us?"
"Okay, anyway, I don't know what I'm going to do if I stay here now." Morita Yaxiang scratched his hair, nodded in agreement, and patted Yu Qiu Shang on the shoulder, "The Lord gave me the same order.
To protect Mr. Yuqiu, let’s go with you.”
A group of people hurriedly left the dojo in the night and headed north delicately, just missing the Hatakeyama family guards who came for reinforcements. The guards of the Hatakeyama family were at a loss when they arrived at the empty dojo - the dojo was occupied.
The ground was devastated, but there was no blood on the ground, let alone among the corpses. What kind of situation was this?
However, just when Yu Qiu Shang, Morita Yoshiho and Crow and their group rushed to the north gate of Honmaru, violent shouts and fighting sounds suddenly erupted from the castle tower not far behind them. Morita Yoshiho and
The other guards of the Hatakeyama family were shocked and hurriedly looked over there, only to find that figures were already shaking in the corridor of the castle tower, and a fierce fight was taking place.
"No! It's to lure the tiger away from the mountain!" Morita Yoshiho reacted instantly, "The ninjas of the Miyoshi family are not trying to kill Mr. Yuqiu, they are trying to kill the master!" As he spoke, he hurriedly drew the knife in his hand and called to the guards of the Hatakeyama family.
They rushed towards the castle tower together, "Quick! Go back and save our lord!"
"Sir, should we go for reinforcements?" A crow ninja asked their leader in a low voice. The crow ninja hesitated for a while, but shook his head firmly and said, "No! Our order is to protect the young master.
Lord, please make peace with His Highness at the same time! The situation in the city is currently chaotic, the night is dark and the wind is high, and the enemy is unclear. We may not know what trouble will happen! We don’t know how many people there are in the Miyoshi family and whether anyone from the Hatakeyama family is involved in the rebellion! And there are only ten people around His Highness.
Several guards, if we are not here, His Highness's safety will not be guaranteed."
"Guard the north gate of the Honmaru, and meet with His Highness first!" The leading ninja made a judgment, "Protect the young master first..."
Halfway through the words, the ninja suddenly froze on the spot.
Because in the darkness, Yu Qiu Shang, who was standing next to them just now, had disappeared.
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Morita Yasho led his people into the ground floor of the castle tower, and immediately saw the corpses of the guards lying on the ground. The dozen or so Miyoshi family ninjas who were going upstairs saw reinforcements coming.
He immediately turned around and came forward.
"Go! Protect the Lord!" Morita Yoshio roared and rushed forward, leading his subordinates towards the Miyoshi family's ninjas. These ninjas were not in a hurry to decide the winner with them, but
He kept tossing and turning, trying to delay time.
Morita Yasho saw their intentions, and his heart became even tighter. There should be hundreds of people in the castle tower, so why was the first floor breached so quickly? Could it be that the Miyoshi family was so outnumbered, so wouldn't Hatakeyama Takamasa be in danger?
In desperation, Morita Yasho left half of his men broken, and then he took the remaining half and rushed through the Miyoshi family ninjas with all his strength, and went straight to the second floor.
Chapter completed!