On the morning of February 17, some reinforcements from the Tohono-Americano family arrived in Inayayama Castle. Due to the urge of Saito Ryuki, they did not have time to assemble the entire army, so they had to lead some of their confidants and standing troops to Inayayama Castle first, which was considered as a mission to Saito Ryuki. Saito Ryuki had no plans to use their troops, as long as their heads arrived, they could witness the atrocities of the Ando family - fewer people would reduce the concerns of the Ando family.
Of the 5,000 direct-level direct-level people of Saito Ryuki's own, 3,000 people left Inabayama Castle and moved west today. Their mission is to monitor the movements of various noble families in Nishimino. If someone advances to Inabayama Castle, they must report immediately.
In order to sell a flaw, Saito Ryuki lured Ando and Takenaka Shigeji to capture the city, and he scattered the remaining 2,000 people directly under the jurisdiction of Inaya Mountain Castle. Ando Ryuki's army was stationed in the barracks of Shimocho of Nishijo. The heads of the wealthy family who came to Tohoku Mino were placed in the barracks northwest of the city by Saito Ryuki.
In order to avoid the ambush plan being leaked and alarmed the snake, Saito Ryuki did not inform the majority of the soldiers in the direct-level soldiers of his plan. He only informed his Naoshi family, his direct-level generals and trusted samurai who were in charge of the position of generals and above, so that they could prepare to command the troops at any time. At the same time, he also ordered martial law in Inayayama Castle, and anyone who went in and out must take Saito Ryuki's command arrows.
These ordinary feet were inexplicably led to ambush in the Inaha Mountain City, and they were all confused. However, no one was fool, so naturally he vaguely felt that their opponent might be the Ando family.
Everything was ready. Saito Ryuki was just waiting for Ando Mori to get angry and come into the city. Then he immediately asked the ambush troops in the city to attack and defeat Ando Mori. At the same time, he marched towards Nishimino in the name of striking rebellion.
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At the same time, in the prison of Inahayama Castle.
As his death approached, Yu Qiuping was no longer as frightened as before. After all, this was not the first time he was locked in prison and was waiting to be executed. The dozen or so prisoners who had been with him for many days seemed to be more anxious and worried than Yu Qiuping.
However, Jiro, who should have arrived at the post today, has not come to prison for a long time, which makes Yu Qiuping a little worried.
"Eemon, why haven't Jiro come today?" Yu Qiuhei asked a prison guard who usually chats with Jiro.
"Report to Your Highness," Yuemon replied respectfully, as if Yu Akihei in the prison was his direct superior. "Jirou's mother seemed to be sick, so Jiro might be taking care of her at home."
"That's it." Yu Qiuping sighed slightly, "Will he be punished if he doesn't come for a day?"
Before the other prisoners could reply, a sudden sound of rapid footsteps came from the other end of the prison. Immediately afterwards, Jiro quickly ran towards this side. He fell along the way, and he was unaware of it, and his hands and feet were climbing up and continued running.
"Brothers, save my mother!" Jiro rushed to the front of everyone and knelt down suddenly, "My mother has been infected with the wind and cold! This wind and cold are so great. Many people in the city of Inayashan are sick! My mother is weak when she is old and is about to be unable to survive! They said that the medicine for treatment is only available outside the city and must be taken three times a day. But now the whole city is martial law and there are no allowed to go in and out of the city. Only people with connections can transport the medicine in. It is so expensive to fry the medicine! My family is not enough. Can brothers help me? "
"Great kindness and great virtue, I will never forget it!" After Jiro finished speaking, he lay on the ground and kowtowed everyone a few times. These prisoners were all righteous brothers who were always together day and night. They took out a lot of broken silver and copper coins from their arms and stuffed them into Jiro's hands. Jiro hurriedly thanked him, but Yu Qiupi could see from his eyes that the money might not be enough.
Yu Qiuping felt soft and suddenly smiled, then turned around and searched in the straw under him. After a while, he found the few taels of gold he had hidden here before.
"Jirou, I still have some money here, take it." Yu Qiuping smiled and held the two taels of gold in his hand and handed them to Jiro. The prisoners around him were stunned for a moment. Those taels of gold could be worth the salary of more than a dozen of them for several years!
"This...this!" I have never seen Jiro, who had been so much money at once, even said something unscrupulous. "How can this make it! How dare the young man take so much money for His Highness! My mother can't use so much money for treatment!"
"Anyway, I'm dying, so what's the use of keeping money?" Yu Qiuping shook his head and smiled relievedly, "After you deduct the money for treatment, you can share the remaining money equally. Take it home to add some new clothes for your family and buy some delicious food. Even if I thank you for taking care of me for more than ten days."
After Yu Qiuping finished speaking, he opened Jiro's hand and stuffed the gold into his hand. He then used his fingers to let him hold the gold. "Okay, go and buy medicine for my mother," Yu Qiuping smiled at Jiro, "Don't delay my mother's illness."
However, after Yu Qiuping said these words, Jiro's body did not move, but just stared at Yu Qiuping in a daze, and tears began to shake in his eyes. He hesitated for a moment and turned his tentative eyes to his companions around him. After everyone was stunned for a moment, they nodded resolutely.
Then, just before Yu Qiuping reacted, the prison guards immediately began to fumble on their bodies, some began to help Yu Qiuping open the handcuffs, some helped Yu Qiuping open the handcuffs, and some wanted to open the door of Yu Qiuping Prison.
"What are you doing!" Yu Qiuping asked loudly in surprise.
"Your Highness, you shouldn't have died here for nothing!" Jiro did not look up, but lowered his head and tried hard to untie Yu Qiuping's handcuffs, "We will let you out now, you will definitely find a way to escape from Inayayama Castle!"
Jiro's words were always agreed by more than a dozen prison guards around him. They didn't say much, so they untied all the shackles on Yu Qiuping's body, surrounded Yu Qiuping and walked out the door. No matter how Yu Qiuping said he would stop him, he ignored them. Yu Qiuping saw that the situation was about to get out of control, but in desperation, he shouted loudly:
"Stop it all!"
Yu Qiuping's loud shout suddenly calmed the dozen jailers, and their movements stopped. Yu Qiuping turned around silently and staggered his eyes so that the jailers would not see their slightly red eyes due to the touch.
"Are you crazy?" Yu Qiuping shook his head and scolded softly: "A serious offender like me is not those little thieves who secretly rob, but they have to be taken seriously. If I run away, you can't even get away with it. The Saito family will not let you go!"
"You are not afraid!" Jiro said proudly in a deep voice when he heard his chest.
"Aren't you afraid? What should you do with your family?" Yu Qiuping frowned and whispered a lesson in dissatisfaction: "Remember! You are not living alone in this world, you still have your mother, you still have your wife and children, they are all counting on you!"
Yu Qiuping said as he looked around more than a dozen prison guards, paused and continued to speak, "Jirou, not only you, but you! If I leave, you and your family will be implicated! Maybe the whole family will die! Are you crazy?"
After saying that, Yu Qiuping squeezed back from the stunned jail stroke, walked back to his own cell alone, sat on the ground, and began to handcuff himself.
Actually, why don’t I want to leave? But even if you let me leave the cell, how can I escape from the heavily guarded Inaya Mountain City? In the end, I will just be in vain to lose my entire family’s life.
"Why are you standing there? Please help me lock it!" Yu Qiuping shouted to the prison guards while holding his handcuffs awkwardly, "There's Jiro, hurry up and buy medicine!"
However, the stunned jailers still did not move. After a moment, a low sob began to sound in the cell. Gradually, it spread into the sobs of more than a dozen big men with red eyes.
Yu Qiuping was stunned for a moment and suddenly smiled with a little self-deprecating smile, but a little pride and peace of mind were revealed in his smile.
They have clearly made up their minds to give up their kindness and fall into the deepest darkness to achieve their goals.
But in the end, I still chose to be that bad guy. Because I still couldn't bear to see those innocent people suffering because of myself. Over the years, I may still have no growth. I still silly boy who vowed with Changzheng and Qinglun to use "light and righteousness" to correct the world.
Your Highness, did I make this choice right?
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On the afternoon of February 17, the flu in Inayayama Castle was very serious. Even a young samurai who was temporarily living in the city accidentally got infected. He was the younger brother of Takenaka Hakusaki and Takenaka Shigeji. At this moment, he was bedridden in a wujiayashiki, coughing constantly. The two Saito samurai who were originally responsible for monitoring him saw that he was very sick, so he stood outside the door carefully to avoid being infected by him.
At this time, Tianshou Pavilion in the Inaoshan City.
"What?" After hearing the report from his subordinates, Ryuki Saito was still a little unbelievable. "You said Takenaka Shigeji requested to enter the city at the gate of the city, saying that he would give his younger brother medicine."
"Yes," the guard reported honestly: "Previously, Your Highness ordered martial law throughout the city, and you need your command arrows and seals to enter and exit the city gate. Therefore, Lord Takenaka wanted to ask Your Highness to borrow your command arrows and seals for your time to use, so that he could make it easier for him to go back and forth in the city to buy medicine for his younger brother to treat his illness."
"Is Takenaka Kusato sick?" Saito Ryuki was stunned for a moment and asked at the ninja leader beside him.
"Go back to your highness, that's exactly what it is," the ninja leader replied honestly: "He has also been infected with this cold. He really needs herbs from the mountains outside the city to treat it."
"How many people did he bring?" Saito Ryuki asked hurriedly.
"Your Highness, there are 17 people in total." The guard recalled for a while and replied in a low voice.
"Seventeen?" Saito Ryuki was stunned again, then chuckled disdainfully.
Chapter completed!