After nightfall on June 8, the tenth year of Tianzheng (1582), inside Maple Leaf Mountain Castle.
Since both Crow and the Military Intelligence Department were under the control of the coup faction, Maple Leaf Mountain City had no idea what was happening at the foot of Dongshan Mountain, nor did they know that the messenger they sent to mobilize the Red Leaf Army to return to the division was captured before even leaving Hanoi.
Detained. As the setting sun gradually disappeared into the horizon, night also shrouded this giant city. With the last remaining light, the guards at the east gate of Maple Leaf Mountain City discovered hundreds of cavalry galloping from the northeast on the official road.
"Why didn't I receive a notice that friendly troops were about to cross the border before? Why didn't the ninjas from the Military Intelligence Department send an early warning? This is already within visual distance..." The guard captain's face instantly darkened. He did not dare to do so in extraordinary times.
"Everyone is on alert and notifies the castle tower immediately!"
However, before the guards on duty at the city gate could take action, Crow's ninjas quickly swarmed onto the tower. At first, the guards thought there was some urgent mission to be performed, but then they were surprised to find that Crow's ninjas were attacking
The target was the guards themselves. In the lightning flash, no one had time to react under the attack of the elite ninjas, and no one woke up until they were slaughtered to death.
"Lord Amano?" The guard captain recognized Amano Keide's face. He was the person leading the team. "What are you doing?"
Amano Keitoku didn't mean to explain more to him. He waved his hands and the two ninjas who captured the guard captain gave him a hard blow on the back of the head and tied him up with the other captured guards.
The city was suppressed.
"Open the door." Amano Keide ordered again.
"Yes." The elite Jonin Yamai Rokuro, an old subordinate who has followed Amano Keitoku for many years, immediately carried out the order as usual after receiving the order - Crow's rule is that no matter how absurd the order is - even if it means destroying Maple Leaf Mountain Castle.
Even if the gate is opened to a strange cavalry, it must be executed immediately. And Yamai Rokuro's subordinates, like Yamai Rokuro himself, are full of doubts, but they also follow the instructions meticulously. As the east gate of Maple Leaf Mountain Castle is slowly pushed open, return
Rokuro Yamai, who returned to Amano Keitoku's side, hesitated to raise the question of transgression.
"Sir," Rokuro Yamai said in an inaudible voice beside Amano Keitoku, "What are we going to do?"
"You don't need to know this." Amano Keide responded coldly, "Just do it, and I will bear all the responsibilities."
"Yes." Yamai Rokuro didn't dare to ask any more questions. He bowed and stepped aside. It wasn't until soon after that he saw the leader of the cavalry entering the door that he realized what was happening now.
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"Master." Yu Qiuyou, who was dressed in military uniform, saw Amano Kyoude waiting at the door with his hands behind his back, and immediately stood up and dismounted to salute.
"Second Young Master." Amano Keide also bowed slowly, and then made a "please" gesture, "Enter the city quickly."
"Master..." Yu Qiuyou was obviously much more hesitant than Amano Keide's decisiveness, "Are we really going to launch a coup?"
"If it's not true, why did I ask you to come back?" Amano Keide responded calmly, as if Yu Qiuyou was asking a nutritious question.
"But Master, this is a coup... Isn't this equivalent to betraying the Yu Qiu family..." Yu Qiuyou pulled the reins of his horse uneasily, hoping to stop the restlessness.
"This is not a betrayal of the Yuqiu family, this is to protect the Yuqiu family. If you continue to make trouble as your brother did, the Yuqiu family will be destroyed sooner or later. Either because of the disobedience, the Oda Hall was destroyed, or because of the anger of the people in the territory.
And die." Amano Keide said in a deep voice without any doubt, "The First Lord's decision to let the eldest son succeed him was wrong from the beginning. That boy may be a good general, but he is definitely not a good one.
Governor House."
"But now I rely on the support of the Oda family and your master's coup to seize the position of family governor? What will the world think of me? Isn't this equivalent to drawing a sword against my brother and mother?" Yu Qiuyou took a step forward,
The voice also became a little higher unconsciously.
"Do you still want to keep your good reputation? If you don't even have this awareness, I advise you to go back to Kyoto immediately and just be a pampered caged bird." Amano Jingde heard Yu Qiuyou say these words
, and immediately scolded him with great disappointment, "You don't have to hesitate, don't have expectations. If you do such a thing, you will be infamy for thousands of years. Historians will write you down as a person who betrayed your family because you were greedy for the beauty of your sister-in-law, and finally for the sake of
You are a villain who took back the position of governor and carried out a brother-killing coup with the support of the Oda family. The world will rebuke you, future generations will despise you, and even the Yuqiu family will be full of criticism and disdain for you. Everything you have done will destroy yourself.
Pushed into the endless abyss.”
"Then..." Yu Qiuyou listened dumbly to Amano Jingtoku's description, and the hand holding the horse's rein began to tremble violently.
"But by doing this, we can save the Yuqiu family, the foundation created by your father, and the lives of countless people in the Yuqiu family. They will not be in danger because of the eldest son's misbehavior, let alone because of the eldest son's treatment of Oda.
Because of the disobedience of the main hall, he was forced to die under the attack of the Oda family!" Amano Keitoku also took a step forward, put his hands on Yu Qiuyou's shoulders, looked directly at his cheek, and whispered seriously: "Return
Do you remember what I said to you on the day you were sent to Azuchi Castle as a hostage?"
"Disciple, I remember." Yu Qiuyou nodded blankly.
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Before leaving, Amano Keitoku talked to his apprentice for the last time.
"Master."
Few people know what kind of blow Yu Qiuyou has suffered in the past few days, but Amano Jingde knows it very well. It was after years of struggle and contradictions that he finally established the faith that supported him in moving forward in this world, but not long after
Then suddenly collapsed.
"Go." Amano Kyoude put his hands behind his back and stared at Yu Qiuyou.
"While His Highness is away, I will use my own means to protect the Yuqiu family." Amano Jingde solemnly said to Yuqiu You in an extremely deep tone, "You are my most important weapon."
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"Then do you still remember what you promised me?" Amano Keide asked in a low voice again, his plain and dry voice carrying the magic power that penetrated people's hearts.
"Disciple, I remember." Yu Qiuyou nodded blankly again, countless memories of the past appeared in front of his eyes.
Killing my brother and forcing my mother, my reputation will be ruined, and I will be infamy for eternity... This is my future. However, this is also my duty, as the second son of the Yuqiu family. The second son is destined not to enjoy the eldest son from the day he is born.
Glory and the spotlight can always only be a foil in the shadow, but like the eldest son, he has to shoulder the important responsibility of protecting the family. This is the second son, I have known it for a long time. In order to protect the Yuqiu family, in order to correct those who were led astray by his elder brother.
Yuqiu's family - If my brother can't fulfill his duty, then it's up to me!
Yu Qiuyou gritted his teeth, holding the horse's reins with almost convulsive strength, as if all the hesitation, timidity and hesitation in his body were driven out of his body. What was left was only the unshakable strength.
Faith. He categorically roared out the promise he made to Amano Keitoku at that time in a deep voice:
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"As long as it's for the Yu Qiu family." Yu Qiuyou understood the heavy meaning of these words, but he still raised his chest and said without hesitation, "I would rather have seven hardships and eight hardships befall me."
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In Maple Leaf Mountain Castle, the first person who noticed something strange was reviewing the Mitsubishi Chamber of Commerce's daily accounting books.
Sena Ujiyoshi. Although there were no mistakes in the day's itinerary, the businessman's intuition still made Sena Ujiyoshi feel that something was wrong. However, before he could delve further, he heard a sound coming from around the mansion.
There was a huge movement. After a while, many figures flashed outside the house. Then the door of the room was opened, and Amano Keide appeared at the door.
"Gonbei?" Sena Jiyoshi rubbed his eyes and looked at Amano Keitoku in disbelief, "What are you going to do? What have you done to the people in my house?"
"I have recalled the second young master from Kyoto, and now I want to send the second young master to take over as the governor of the family." Amano Keide explained to Sena Shiyoshi () as briefly as possible, "I don't expect Sena-sama to be on our side.
On the other hand, I would like to ask Sena-sama to wait in the mansion for a few days. The Takenaka family's mansion, the Naoe family's and Sanada family's mansions, as well as the living quarters of the Momiji family members are all under control.
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"This is a coup, Gonbei." After reacting, Senaji smiled bitterly and shook his head, then stood up, "Hongye trusts you so much that he gives you full command of the most elite and secretive crows.
It turns out that you used crows to stage a coup? To bully Hongye’s orphans and widowed mothers? How should you face him under your spell?"
"It is for the sake of the First Lord that I act like this. I want to protect the Yuqiu family that he created." Amano Keitoku was not swayed by Sena Uji's words, "And I have told the First Lord a long time ago.
But if he is no longer here, I will use my own means to protect the Yuqiu family. After the incident is completed, I will commit seppuku to apologize to him."
"Do you really think that putting the second son in power is a better choice for the Yuqiu family? All Hongye's reforms will be abolished soon, and the second son-in-law of the Oda family will probably become a puppet of the Oda palace, right? Return to the ancestors
After the establishment, each samurai will lead his own fiefdom, and the Red Leaf Army will probably be split into various families to command separately. That powerful army, which is famous all over the world, will soon be disintegrated." Sena Uji said to Amano with his fingers.
Jingde settled the accounts, but was interrupted by Amano Jingtoku:
"At least it will allow the Yuqiu family to continue."
"Why are you in such a hurry to call the second young master back? Originally, it was just a simple disagreement between the eldest young master and the Oda Lord Hall. There will definitely be room for maneuver with more communication. Why did you push the situation to this point, Gonbei?
An endless battle for the governor?" Sena Ujiyoshi sighed in confusion, "You have always been smart in the past, but what are you doing now?"
"Now that we take the initiative, the situation can still be controlled by our Yuqiu family. As long as we quickly change the family governor, the Yuqiu family can be preserved intact." Amano Keide clenched his fist and showed Sena Shiji.
The palm of his hand, "But if we don't take action now, one day the eldest son will really bring the relationship between the Yuqiu family and the Oda Grand Hall to an irreparable point... Then the Oda Grand Hall will start to liquidate the Yuqiu family, and the Yuqiu family's
The future is not something we can decide. How many people can live in the Yuqiu family and how much land is left will be at the mercy of the Oda family."
"In order to prevent the rotten fingers from threatening your life, did you just chop off your hands in advance? Didn't you even consider whether the fingers could be cured?" Sena Shiyoshi laughed twice, then helplessly held his head in his hands, "But you will
Something done.”
"It's up to you." Seeing that Amano Keitoku didn't mean to say anything more, Sena raised his hand obediently, "I remain neutral. Anyway, no matter which young master comes to power, he won't have trouble with money."
"Choose wisely." Amano Keide nodded, and then bowed to the Sena family before retreating, "The ninjas of Crow will stay in Sena-sama's mansion to guard the four gates. I hope Sena-sama will not do this.
A pointless struggle.”
Chapter completed!