"Thank you for your hard work, Masakiyoshi. I have appointed you as the leader of the interrogation committee, and you are allowed to wait for three days of rest before performing your duties." Kira Manshomaru was very satisfied with Hattori Masakiyo's efficiency. He was able to get Murasame Maru quietly. In terms of ability, even a hundred horse warriors are not as good as him.
"I have something important to report." Hattori Masakiyoshi raised his head and glanced at the young man waiting outside the door. Kira Manshomaru immediately pushed the young man away, "If you have anything to do, just tell me."
"Your Majesty... he caused a big disaster in Kanto, and Lord Furukawa died."
"What? Koga Koga is dead?" Kira Mansomaru jumped up and shouted: "You mean Ashikaga Haruji is dead? How? Was he killed by you? What on earth did you do? Tell me clear!"
"No! I have absolutely no such treasonous thoughts." Hattori Masakiyoshi was also anxious. He directly touched his head to the ground and knelt on the ground unable to get up. He kept explaining: "I followed the instructions of the master of the hall to attack at night. Furukawa Imperial Palace first set fire to the south side of Kurun, and then caused a riot in the west side of Kurun. They took the opportunity to drive Lord Furukawa out of the castle tower. His subordinates took advantage of the chaos and sneaked into the castle tower to obtain the Murasame Maru and evacuate. Everything went smoothly without any mistakes. , it was not until the next day that I learned that Lord Furukawa accidentally fell into a well and drowned."
"..." Kira Manshomaru's expression at this time was indescribable. He wanted to laugh but couldn't. He wanted to cry but couldn't. He fell down on the tatami and stared at Hattori Masakiyoshi, "Are you talking about the death of Koga Furukawa and you?" It doesn’t matter, he didn’t have enough eyesight to walk and fell into the well and drowned himself?”
"It's absolutely true! I am willing to swear to the gods and Buddhas! Every word and every word I said is true!" Hattori Masakiyoshi said again: "The next day, the chaos at the Furukawa Imperial Palace spread the news of the death of Lord Furukawa. Takasuke Kada, the elder of the Fang family, announced that someone killed Lord Furukawa that night."
"Don't gasp when you speak from now on, and just say it in one breath, okay?" Kira Manshomaru's tense nerves instantly relaxed, "How could such an accident happen? That unlucky Mr. Furukawa drowned like this? What a coincidence. Alright?"
"I don't know, because it was a moonless night, and I only heard faint cries. Because the mission was urgent, I retreated without going to investigate. It was probably at that time that Mr. Furukawa lost his footing and fell into the well. !” Although I don’t understand what “panting” means, I still understand the second half of the sentence.
"The Furukawa Kōkata family believed that Kōgata's death was the fault of the Hojo family. The elder Takasuke Adena led the Furukawa retainers to arrest the late Hojo Sakyouden's daughter Yoshunin and her son Umechiyo Omaru and hang them to death. Then Takasuke Adena continued He elected the Ashikaga Fuji clan as the new Lord Furukawa, and on that day, with the heads of Hoshunin and Umechiyo Omaru as memorial flags, he issued a Kanto crusade order and called on the Kanto samurai to crusade against Hojo Ujiyasu."
"What's going on? You really don't have any problem here? Why did the death of Ashikaga Haruji bypass the Hojo family? The Furukawa family killed the Hojo family's daughter and grandson again. Where did all this go? Kira Mansomaru felt that he was in a mess again, and he was anxious to ask the whole story: "Go on, what happened next?"
"Yes! The reaction of the Hojo family was a bit strange. They issued a mobilization order the day after the death of Yoshunin mother and son, but they seemed to be still arguing about some issue and never came out. The people of Kanto also seemed to be frightened. In short, the minister had not come back before According to the news, a major earthquake occurred on the seventh night after the death of Lord Furukawa Kokata. Numerous houses collapsed and numerous civilians were killed and injured. Some people said that this was the evil spirit of His Highness Ashikaga Haruji. Then there were rumors that the earthquake occurred in the seventh year of the Meiji Period. Rumors." Masakiyoshi Hattori said while carefully observing Kira Manshomaru's movements.
"Keep talking! What rumors are there?"
"The devil is born, the earth is shaking!"
"Na...Nani? Is there such a rumor? Why have I never heard of it?" Kira Mansomaru asked himself that he had read a lot of books, but he had never heard of such a thing. There are rumors among the people.
He didn't know much about it. Kansuke Yamamoto had never paid much attention to things other than military strategy, art of war, and political strategy. Nobusada Ohuchi was an enthusiastic fan of Kyoto culture. Neither teacher took folklore seriously.
, he, a master disciple, naturally doesn’t know anything.
"Because there is a legend about Nue appearing in the Eastern Kingdom in the seventh year of the Ming Dynasty. According to legend, Nue once ate all the people in a village. It seems that the evil spirit of His Highness Koga Furukawa put the monster into Kanto." Hattori Masakichi found out this legend after searching his guts.
Let me tell you the whole story clearly. Nue is a very famous monster in ancient Japan. In "The Tale of the Heike", it is a big monster that makes even the emperor uneasy. For this reason, there is also a legend that the three Minamoto clan, Yorimasa Nue, retired from the throne.
Since it was Nue who appeared in the Eastern Kingdom, the nature of the matter has completely changed. More than sixty years have passed since the Ming Dynasty earthquake. At this time, the ancient rumors of "demons are born and the earth shakes" suddenly spread among the people of the Eastern Kingdom.
It was obvious that someone was stirring up trouble secretly. This rumor was in line with Lord Furukawa's crusade order, and was aimed directly at the Hojo family.
"Odawara Castle, known as the strongest castle in the Eastern Kingdom, also suffered huge losses in this major earthquake. Most of the houses in Odawara Castle were damaged, and even many residences of the Hojo family collapsed. This was also widely rumored to be the grievances of the Furukawa family.
The spirit is asking for life."
"Hiss! So cruel? This is the fate of Hojo Ujiyasu!" Kira Manshomaru took a breath of cold air. Wraiths are very famous. There were many famous wraiths in the Heian period, such as Sugawara, the god of learning.
Michizane's predecessor was the famous evil spirit that plagued the Heian Dynasty for more than a hundred years.
Another famous resentful spirit Taira Shomon is also very famous. He is called the first ancestor of the Japanese samurai and laid the foundation for the samurai family to rebel against the imperial court. It is said that the imperial court at that time hated this traitor who openly rebelled and claimed to be the "Emperor", so
After Taira Shomon's head was sent to Kyoto, the imperial court issued the order to "show the head" for the first time.
"Exposing the head" has become a routine intimidation method after the annihilation of rebels during the Warring States Period, but it has never happened in the Heian Era. Exposing the head of the deceased to the public is regarded as a desecration of the deceased, but in this case
For those with treacherous intentions like Ping Jiangmen, the imperial court could use this method to scare the treacherous people by killing chickens and frightening monkeys.
Therefore, when the imperial court announced that the head of the traitor Taira Shomon would be hung in front of the gate of the prison in Shichijo Kawara, everyone in the court was angry about it. However, as Taira Shomon's head began to rot, it became popular among the people.
Many rumors spread, such as hearing Ping Jiangmen's wild laughter and roaring in the middle of the night.
A man named Tōroku Sakon came over and turned the head of Shomon to the east, and then sang a poem: "The fatal wound on Shomon's forehead was given by Tōta Tōta." Tahara Tōta was Fujiwara Hidego's original name.
Therefore, Pingjiangmen's head suddenly roared: "I want to merge with my body, and I will have a showdown with you when I go back!"
Then this rotten head shouted "My body!" and flew into the sky towards Kanto, because this incident caused a stir in Kyoto. Everyone was worried that this resentful spirit would be resurrected and cause another disaster.
There was a huge wave of turmoil, but no new news came from Kanto, so the court was able to settle down.
With these two large resentful spirits as foreshadowing, the power of Koga Furukawa's resentful spirits will not be much smaller. The first seven days after his death, the Great Kanto Earthquake will be triggered, and then "The Demon Reborn" will drive the Hojo family to death.
!Whoever still stands on Hojo Ujiyasu's side must have something wrong with their brains. Needless to say, there will definitely be trouble in Kanto again.
But there is another question that interests Kira Mansomaru: "Are you doing nothing with the Hattori ninjas and watching the turmoil in Kanto?"
"My ninjas have also contributed to the spread of rumors. From Hitachi in the east to Ueno in the west, my ninjas are doing their best to spread rumors..." Hattori Masakiyoshi told the rumors he made up one by one, such as Hojo Uyasu wanted to kill
There are many unreliable rumors about Ashikaga Haruji himself as a Kanto official.
Of course, there are also some high-level rumors. For example, Hojo Ujiyasu wants to follow the example of the former Hojo family and kill all the Minamoto samurai families in Kanto. He supports Umechiyo Omaru as the Kanto Duke. He himself wants to learn from the former Hojo family and take charge of his own power to unify the ten countries of Kanto.
So, this is actually not a rumor. The Hojo family married their daughter to the Ashikaga Haru clan, and after the Kawagoe Night War, they forced the Ashikaga Haru clan to abolish the Ashikaga Fuji clan who was born to the late Mrs. Amanada. They had the plan to completely control the Furukawa clan.
Moreover, ever since Hojo Ujitsuna changed the Miao character for Ise to Hojo, they have been working hard in Kyoto in the hope of getting a better name from the shogunate to rule Kanto. By the time Hojo Ujiyasu had won the Kawagoe Night Battle, he was asked to fight
I came up with the idea of being the governor of Kanto. In the past few years, I have given gifts to the officials in Kyoto, and I have always wanted to seek the position of governor of Kanto. However, the shogunate is not stupid and has never agreed to the Hojo family's attempt.
The plan to seize the Kanto governorship spread widely in Kanto. Hojo Ujiyasu didn't think it was a bad idea at first. He always thought it was a good opportunity to intimidate the Kanto samurai family. Who would have thought that the death of the Kanto master would happen again?
, coupled with the coincidence of the Great Kanto Earthquake, combined with these half-true and half-false rumors, it hit the nail on the head. The two "national traitors" and "demon" that were placed on the heads of the Hojo family will soon be taken.