At this moment, in the Maple Leaf Mountain Castle Castle, Yu Qiu Shang was staying up late correcting official documents. In the quiet night, the familiar footsteps on the corridor were so clearly audible. Chacha opened the door and brought a pot of tea and some snacks.
In front of Yu Qiu Shang's desk.
"Why aren't you asleep yet?" Yu Qiu Shang looked at Cha Cha's slightly bulging belly and whispered in a reproachful tone, "It's getting late?"
"Your Highness, you should also take a rest early." Chacha bowed to Yu Qiu Shang, and looked at Yu Qiu Shang's deep dark circles with distress, "These days are really too hard."
"I'll go to sleep after I finish the work." Yu Qiu Shang nodded, but had no intention of stopping his work. At this moment, footsteps sounded again in the corridor. Yu Qiu Shang could hear it,
It's his mother's - just a lot quicker than usual.
"Shang'er, Chacha, please go down to the third floor first. I'm going to prepare to light the top floor of the castle tower now." Imagawa Feng opened the door and asked Yu Qiu Shang and Cha Cha to hurry out. Only then did Yu Qiu Shang realize that there was someone behind Imagawa Feng.
He was followed by many guards.
"What's wrong?" Out of trust in his mother, Yu Qiu Shang didn't question it. He picked up the official documents and started walking out, asking at the same time. Chacha also helped Yu Qiu Shang pick up another stack of official documents, and quickly
Follow him and leave.
"It's a coup." Kaede Imagawa said simply and honestly, but these words frightened Chacha so much that she dropped the official document on the floor.
"Coup?" Yu Qiu Shang was also stunned. He stared blankly as Imagawa Kaede began to instruct the guards to fill the castle tower with flammable objects and spread oil in one go. "What do you mean..."
"Amano-sama has a coup, and Sanada-sama may also be involved." Imagawa Kaede answered Yu Qiu Shang's question while ensuring that the fire would be strong enough. Nobuyuki Sanada and Nobushige Sanada, who were beside Yu Qiu Shang, also heard the news.
I was so frightened that I couldn't say a word.
"Coup..." Yu Qiushang pursed his lips and pondered for a moment, and immediately realized what was happening at the moment, "Does Lord Amano want to support Ayou's return?"
"That's right, and Yu'er has probably entered the city." Imagawa Kaede glanced in the direction of the east gate, with some warmth and longing in his eyes, "I haven't seen that child for a long time..."
"But..." Yu Qiu Shang also looked at Dongcheng, but found nothing unusual, "What is going on? Why did mother conclude that it was a coup? And why did she think it was Amano-sama and Sanada-sama..."
"Did you read the military information that Nirvana prepared to send back tonight?" Imagawa Feng asked Yu Qiu Shang.
"I saw it." Yu Qiu Shang recalled the letter sent back by the ninja from the Military Intelligence Department in the morning, "There is nothing abnormal."
"When Nirvana left the city this morning, I asked a guard to follow him out, and asked him to come back in person in the evening to report the news no matter what, unless he died." After Imagawa Kaede finally confirmed the deployment, he immediately led Yu Qiu
Shang and the others walked downstairs, "However, the ninjas who came back to report were still the ninjas from the Military Intelligence Department, not my bodyguards. I also sent Suiko to the city gate to keep an eye on it, but even now there is still no reply."
"So..." Yu Qiu Shang suddenly realized what he was saying and stopped in his tracks.
"So it's a coup. Someone seized the correspondence and forged a copy. Nirvana was also deceived out of the city. At this time, there is no other possibility for the coup except supporting Ayu to fight for the family governor, so Amano-sama must be the person in charge.
.And the person who tricked Nirvana out of the city in the morning was Sanada-sama himself. In addition, we have been talking to Amano-sama all day long.
We know nothing about the actions of the crow. It is certain that the ninjas from the Military Intelligence Department are no longer working for us, so Sanada-sama is very likely to be involved." Imagawa Kaede concluded simply, "The reason why I didn't do it this morning
Let me tell you, I am also afraid that my paranoia will cause discord between you and the important ministers. But it seems that my ominous premonition has come true. Of course, it may be a misjudgment, but at this moment, whether it is a misjudgment or not, we need to act immediately
There is a reaction. Setting fire to the castle tower is a warning to Nirvana."
"Madam!" After hearing what Imagawa Kaede said, Sanada Nobuyuki and Sanada Nobushige suddenly knelt down and leaned over to apologize, "Father..."
"You two are innocent, continue to be loyal to His Highness." Imagawa Kaede did not have the slightest suspicion, but directly comforted, "In other words, I am afraid that it is because you two are with His Highness that your father will
Choose to hedge your bets and let him support Ayou."
"This..." Sanada Nobuyuki and Sanada Nobushige obviously hadn't turned the corner yet, they knelt on the ground motionless in a daze.
"Why should we light the castle tower? Wouldn't it be faster to send people out of the city to inform? How about lighting up the smoke? The signal to burn the castle tower is so vague. What should Nirvana Bei do if he doesn't understand it?" Yu finally regained his senses and began to think.
Qiu Shang immediately proposed another plan.
"Don't underestimate Mr. Amano. Since he is going to take action, the four gates must have been sealed, and it is impossible to send an envoy. And he chose to do it in the dark night, so that we can't send out smoke. The only thing that can warn us now is
The method is to light the castle tower." Imagawa Kaede looked at the dots of fire in Maple Leaf Mountain Castle in the darkness, "I don't know how many places have been suppressed by crows. If the Military Intelligence Department is involved, the situation will be even worse. All ninjas
If they all rebel, the defenders in every place will be blind, and they may have been secretly defeated one by one. This city is too big, and it will be really troublesome to prevent civil strife..."
"Then what should we do now?" Yu Qiushang's keen sense of war allowed him to guess the actions of Amano Keide's backhand, "They should be coming to control the castle tower soon. We can't be caught, we must break out immediately!
"
"That's right. After breaking through the siege later, we will light the castle tower to attract attention. But we need to send people to stay behind to ensure that the fire can burn for a while." Kaede Imagawa glanced at the situation around the castle tower with a cold eye, and then quickly walked downstairs.
He walked away and said, "I just don't know if it's too late..."
"Madam!" At this moment, Morita Yasho, who had been guarding the first floor, hurried upstairs and said to Imagawa Kaede, "An unknown number of suspicious people suddenly appeared outside the castle tower, and the stables have been occupied!"
"It's too late." Imagawa Kaede sighed slightly, and then returned to his stern look again, "Strictly guard the four gates and the castle tower."
"Nobuyuki Sanada, Nobuhige Sanada, go upstairs immediately and light a fire." Kaede Imagawa ordered the two brothers who were still kneeling at the bottom of the building, "Be prepared to confront your father!"
"Yes!" Nobuyuki Sanada and Nobushige Sanada no longer hesitated. They responded firmly and quickly ran upstairs.
At the moment when the fire started rising upstairs, Imagawa Feng solemnly said to Yu Qiu Shang: "Shang'er, you should also be prepared to fight against You'er."
"I understand." Yu Qiu Shang tightened his grip on the scabbard at his waist and nodded heavily.
Not long after the fire started, the sound of rapid horse hooves came from the direction of Dongmen Street. That was not the garrison in Maple Leaf Mountain City, but the soldiers brought by Yu Qiuyou from Kyoto.
A thousand elite banners came.
"It's the fault of your parents that brought you two brothers to where you are today. It's because we are too partial to you." Imagawa Feng raised his hand and stroked Yu Qiu Shang's cheek, then sighed and said, "
Please forgive mom and dad."
"This is a matter between us brothers. We can solve it ourselves without mother having to worry about it." Yu Qiu Shang turned away and strode downstairs.
But as he walked, the sound of his firm footsteps became softer and softer. Yu Qiu Shang thought about Yu Qiu You's voice and smile, and the determination he had just made slipped away quietly. He hated his own weakness and fiercely
Punched on the wall.
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"It's shocking." Looking at the blazing roof of the castle tower, Masayuki Sanada in the shadow frowned and clicked his tongue repeatedly, "Madam's reaction is really fast. Nirvana will rush back when he sees the light of the fire, right?
We should have sealed off the castle tower later, so that Nirvana Bei would have to come back later."
"It's not just to scare the snake, she has already made arrangements. If we are too late to take control of the castle tower, they will break through." Amano Keidero shook his head and said coldly, "Don't underestimate anyone."
Look at Madam, she is a ruthless character who is more powerful than the First Master in critical moments."
"Second Young Master's courage this time is really beyond my imagination." Sanada Masayuki looked at Yu Qiuyu who was commanding the Oda family's flag to surround the castle tower outside the castle tower and was preparing to launch a strong attack. "He actually didn't even do anything to persuade him to surrender.
Just do it directly?”
"No, this is precisely because he is not courageous enough and is forcing himself." Amano Keide looked far away, and he could faintly see the firelight of the castle tower shining on Yu Qiuyu's back, "He was afraid that he would end up talking to his mother and brother after
I couldn't bear to be ruthless, so I gave up trying to persuade him to surrender."
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"Good fellow, why don't you even start a fight without even talking about it? This second young master is really nothing!"
At this time, at the west entrance of the first floor of the castle tower, Morita Yasho was instructing the guards to block the door with everything they could find to withstand the impact of the Oda army outside the door. The Oda army outside the door was shouting at this time
Haozi, holding a ramming stick, pounded the door one after another. Since the guards lacked long-range firepower, they were unable to counterattack the attacking party on the second floor, so they had to stand behind the door.
"traitor!"
I don’t know which of the guards yelled first, and the name immediately spread throughout the four gates of the castle tower. The guards of the Yuqiu family threw all the obscene words at the Oda army outside the door.
, but the Oda troops were unmoved, and only Yuqiuyou was embarrassed.
At this moment, he was standing on the front line, staring at the crumbling door. He did not dare to raise his head, because he was afraid that he would be shaken once he saw the familiar castle tower and those familiar people under the firelight.
"This is my duty, this is the infamy I must bear." Yu Qiuyou said over and over again in his heart, hypnotizing himself over and over again, "I can't hesitate, I can't back down."
At this time, the residents in Maple Leaf Mountain Castle Main Maru and Ninomaru had been awakened by the sound of killing sooner or later. They walked out of their houses inexplicably, only to find that the castle tower had been ignited with blazing fire, and there were blazing fires coming from around the castle tower.
There was a violent collision. The frightened residents were at a loss, and there was a faint trend of chaos in the city. Various rumors spread like wildfire, but the security officers of the Yuqiu family had already been informed by Ya and the Military Intelligence Department.
Chapter completed!