After the song ended, the shrine maidens retreated to the side to prepare for the next show. At this time, an uninvited guest broke into the hall. A seasoned samurai rushed in and loudly reported: "My lord! It's not good! Hojo Tango Mamoru has launched an attack."
Rebellion!”
"Nani!" Nagao Kagetora threw away the wine cup and stood up with a whoosh, his face turned from rosy to pale. Before that, he was drinking happily, but when he heard about Hojo Takahiro's rebellion, his body swayed and he almost fell down.
The most disgusting thing in his life dictionary is the word "betrayal". The past fifty years of Echigo were filled with too many conspiracies and betrayals. One after another, the dramas made his father die with hatred and made him
Excellent brothers died one by one, forcing him to turn against his eldest brother Harukage, and even forced his brother to abdicate, which directly caused Nagao Harukage to die in depression.
From the moment his brother passed away in despair, Nagao Kagetora hated everything related to betrayal from the bottom of his heart. The Nagao family paid countless innocent lives for these disgusting words, and now he still has to face it
In this cruel reality, Hojo Takahiro, one of the seven members he relied on most and the first to follow him, betrayed him.
This made him furious, and he shouted desperately: "Moori Takahiro! Why did you betray me? Why?"
This shout was like the sound of a thunderstorm, causing the atmosphere of the banquet to plummet from the peak to the bottom, like the cold wind of winter freezing into the heart. Nagao Kagetora's face was as pale as paper as if covered with a layer of frost, and his eyes were sharp and sharp.
The warriors who looked at each other were so shocked that they lowered their heads. No one dared to provoke this angry tiger.
Kira Yoshitsune saw that this was not going to work, so he stood up and persuaded him: "Brother, let's calm down first, and first find a way to solve the problem of why Hojo Tango Mamoru suddenly rebelled! We need to understand the cause and effect, so that we can find a way to solve it."
"Yes! Brother, please sit down first. Don't be angry when everyone is here." Torahime then grabbed Nagao Kagetora and tried to persuade him to sit down, but Nagao Kagetora's expression changed.
It was ugly, so I kicked away the obstructing glass of wine and drank one glass after another of my favorite drink.
Honjo Minoru bowed gratefully to Kira Yoshiki. At this juncture, they really couldn't calm down the angry Nagao Kagetora. Only the Echigo First couple could calm down the angry tiger.
"Why did Hojo Tango rebel? Where is Yasuda Echuden?" It is a well-known fact that Yasuda Keimoto is guarding Kita Shinano. This is Nagao Kagetora's expression of trust in the Mori family, but this is how Hojo Takahiro repays the Nagao family.
The generous treatment made some people start to worry about whether there will be any problems with Kita Shinano's Yasuda Keimoto.
"Yasuda Echichu-den is no problem." Honjo Minoru immediately denied the possibility, because Yasuda Keimoto once wrote a letter to persuade Hojo Takahiro, but Hojo Takahiro claimed to be the first-class Echigo general, and he was obviously not a good person.
People who accept remonstrances, this is why Nagao Kagetora originally chose Yasuda Keimoto to guard Echigo. Compared with Hojo Takahiro's self-interested self-interest, Yasuda Keimoto appears to be more loyal and cautious.
"Why is that?"
At this time, Kira Yoshi saw the ninjas of the Hattori family quietly approaching from a distance to contact the chief of Hattori. Then the chief of Hattori made a gesture to him and passed a note to him, which read: "Hojo Dan
Later, he secretly met with the Takeda family envoy, accepted two hundred taels of gold, and launched a rebellion."
"It's too late." Kira Yoshihide sighed, and when Torahime also looked sideways, he handed the note to him to see.
"Hojo Tango secretly met with the Takeda family envoy?" Torahime exclaimed and immediately attracted the attention of several people. When the note was forwarded to Nagao Kagetora, most of the samurai in the hall had heard this sentence and looked at the master.
The face of the head of the Echigo Kingdom was as gloomy as water, and no one dared to say more.
Nagao Kagetora didn't say anything after reading the note, and just drank one cup after another. Echigo had a Genzaru ninja army affiliated with the Nagao family, but this ninja army had always been used to spy on external intelligence, but rarely used internal information.
This action is related to Nagao Kagetora's aversion to surveillance, so much so that he still relies on the intelligence network that the Kira family is still establishing to pass on the news.
"Brother, stop drinking. It will ruin your health." Kiragi advised him while gesturing to Toki to help. Toni also walked over and grabbed his cup, and accused him unabashedly.
: "Brother, isn't it a bit irresponsible to do this? Drinking can't solve any problems!"
Nagao Kagetora stared at his sister, stretched out his hand and said: "Torahime! Give me the horse cup back!"
"No! You can't drink anymore!"
"If you don't give it to me, I can still drink it!" Nagao Kagetora ignored his sister's threat, grabbed a bottle of sake that he hadn't drunk yet, and drank it in one go. This made several elders of the Gakudai family sit down.
If you can't hold it any longer, you can't drink too much from the bottle.
Kira Yoshitsune saw something was wrong and hurriedly took his hand and urged: "You can't drink like this! You don't cherish your body! Meisakuden! Fengzenden! Come and help my brother to rest!"
"I'm not drunk! This little wine won't make me drunk at all! You guys underestimate me Kagetora!" Nagao Kagetora suddenly burst out, pushing away Kira Yoshitoki and Honjo Mino who were trying to get closer, Nagao Kagenobu stood up.
Cursed: "I'm telling you! Takeda Harunobu can't hit me! Ohma Asahi can't hit me! Hojo Takahiro can't hit me! You can't even kill me Kagetora!"
"We know that no one can defeat brother! Brother is the undefeated Dragon of Echigo! The invincible God of the Northern Army! Brother, please put down the bottle first, and please don't drink any more!" Kira Yoshishi tried to lean in and grab it.
He tried to remove the bottle, but he still failed. Nagao Kagetora raised his neck and drank a kilogram bottle of sake in one go. Counting that he had drank eight bottles of sake in the two hours since the banquet started.
, including what he was drinking, it was the ninth bottle.
At this moment, another samurai broke into the hall. This samurai seemed to be an acquaintance. His arrival immediately aroused the exclamations of several wealthy families. The samurai saw that the hall was in a deadlock. A group of monkey musicians and
The priestess and miko stood in the hall at a loss, and said loudly without much thought: "My lord! Honjo Nobunaga and Kurokawa Moromi came to the city to rebel! They also formed an alliance with Mogami Yoshimori of Dewa Kingdom and the Ashina Mori clan of Mutsu Kingdom.
We agreed to send 5,000 troops each to attack Haetsu, but the vanguard force of the Daihoji family of Dewa Province, with 500 troops, has actually entered Haetsu, and the whereabouts of the Ashina family are temporarily unknown!"
The expressions of everyone present changed suddenly. Honjo Minoru stumbled and fell in the middle of the hall. Several Echigo samurai stood up and roughly pushed the shrine maidens of Ido Shrine to drive them away. For a moment, the shrine maidens screamed, and the Sarugaku Master
The sound of panicked shouting, the sound of tableware being smashed in the hall, and the angry shouts of the Echigo samurai shouting for revenge were mixed together.
At this moment, someone shouted: "Look at me, my lord!"
Everyone turned around and saw that Nagao Kagetora's face was turning green and white, his body was trembling and he suddenly fell down on the table. The hall fell into chaos. No one expected that things would turn out like this.
, for a moment, the panicked warriors drew out their swords one after another. This time, the tea cake was stabbed in a big way, and the flash of swords and shadows frightened the little surname and the maids, screaming and running away.
Honjo Minoru shouted: "Put away your weapons! Where is Jinglian Palace?"
"Here!" Nagao Kage walked over with a livid face.
"Seal Kasugayama Castle, and no one or thing is allowed to leave Kasugayama Castle before receiving an order!"
Nagao Kage even glanced at the Echigo people in the hall, nodded fiercely and said: "Please don't worry Misakushu! Not even a bird or a mouse can escape from Kasugayama Castle!"
"Very good! Everyone, listen, please go back to your respective homes now, and don't spread any news among yourself! Is this okay? Wu Weiden, Bunzen Shuden, and Her Royal Highness the Princess?"
"No problem!" The three of them answered in unison. Kira Yoshitori supported Nagao Kagetora and said eagerly: "Leave the arrangement to Mimasaku Shoden. The top priority is to invite a doctor to treat my brother. What is the best condition?
Important things."
Nagao Kage was upset, and without any idea for a moment, he took advantage of the situation and said, "Then let's send people down now to collect all the famous doctors from Kasugayama Castle, Naoetsu and even Echigo! Treat the Lord!"
"This is inappropriate!" Nagao Masaki shook his head and rejected this suggestion.
"Then what do you think we should do?" Nagao Kagenobu was also a little cocky. He stared at Nagao Masakei and stood up to him. The two had been at odds with each other as early as ten years ago when Nagao Harukei was in power. What they were fighting for was nothing more than this.
Who is the leader in a clan, and who has more say. Ten years later, Nagao Kagenobu has fulfilled his wish to become the head of a clan, while Nagao Masaki is just a new minister, and is highly jealous of Nagao Kagetora.
Therefore, he was extremely unkind to his former relatives.
"You two, stop arguing!" Honjo Minoru intervened to resolve the confrontation between the two.
Naoe Mitsuna, who had been pondering for a long time, finally said: "It is indeed inappropriate! Such a big movement can easily be detected by spies hidden in the army, and it is easier for the samurai in the country to have bad ideas. At this time, people are heartbroken.
No chaos! I think the doctors in Kasugayama Castle are the best. I remember that there is a famous doctor next to Wuweidian?"
"Yes! He is the legitimate son of the medical sage Konaose Michizan, and his name is Konaose Morima." Kira Yoshi said worriedly: "It's just that his medical skills are probably not half as good as his father's. I'm afraid..."
Honjo Sano was not in the mood to discuss medical issues. After knowing that this was a medical sage, he said with satisfaction: "Without further delay, let's ask this Qu Naoseden to come over and diagnose and treat the Lord!"
In a panic, Kasugayama Castle was completely under martial law from the inside out, and the priests and shrine maidens from many shrines were also invited to live in a house. Anyway, the most important thing in Kasugayama Castle was the house, and the only one to be careful about was Echigo.
In the chaotic situation, what worries Kiragi Toki is the condition of Nagao Kagetora.
The few doctors in Kasugayama Castle can only treat people with knife wounds, arrow sores and other external injuries, and they can also work part-time to treat common diseases such as headaches, fever, colds, and fever. They are helpless about Nagao Kagetora's condition.
Relying on one person, Morizuma Suminao, after receiving the bills, diagnosis, and prescribing medicines, Morizuma Suminao walked out with a serious face. (To be continued.)