different warring states of japan

Chapter 2139: A Way to Survive Death

Ming Liyou smiled freely.

"What is Princess Songshang's plan? I will obey your advice."

Matsumoto Kaori nodded vigorously.

"Please give me your orders, Senior Song Shangyue Xue."

Matsue Sae sighed.

“I am just making some guesses. The saint may not care about the deaths of Nagano Yoshimori and Harada Munetoki, but he cannot help but care about the Ichijo family’s instigation of the samurai under Shiba.

Xintian Feidi is located in the gray area between the two families’ borders, and is the best gathering place for the two martial arts families to communicate privately.

Now, the Ichijo Legion has achieved brilliant results on the peninsula, and there are more than one or two samurai families under Shiba who are jealous. Many voices have emerged, hoping that the saint will cooperate with Ichijo Hideyoshi to conquer the peninsula together.

In my observation, the sage would be very angry about these remarks, but he would not allow them to offend the people and undermine the righteousness between the ruler and his subjects.

As the activities of Ichijo's retainers in Tobita Shinchi become more rampant, more samurai under Shiba will be deceived and bewitched.

This is what the saints worry about most.”

Ming Liyou narrowed his eyes and thought for a while before he spoke slowly.

"So what you mean is that the saint doesn't care about the death of Nagano Yoshimori and Harada Munetoki, but is just like Xiang Zhuang dancing with a sword, aiming at Pei Gong?"

Matsumoto Xiang then suddenly realized.

"The death of two high-ranking samurai families is not important, but the key is to take the opportunity to suppress the rampant private political transactions of Tobita Shinchi and cut off the samurai families under Shiba's command who are eager to cooperate."

Matsukami Sae nodded.

"The saint intends to launch a purge, but he is concerned about political stability and does not want to create trouble out of nothing, so he needs a reason and evidence.

This is the key reason why a small figure like Yamaguchi Ichi can show off his power by using Mikazuki Munechika as an excuse to go from house to house for advice and never let go of this case.

Of course this is just my judgment. I dare not say that I am 100% sure, but I am still 60% to 70% sure.

That’s why I said, Ming Li Ji, it doesn’t matter whether you die or not.

The saint never cared about who killed Nagano Yoshimori and Harada Munetoki. He wanted to use this incident as a handle to purge a group of peacemakers who were bewitched by the Ichijo family and make an example of them. "

Ming Liyou and Matsumoto Kaoru gasped. Although they had guessed a little bit due to the guidance of Matsukami Sae's ideas, they were still shocked when the answer was actually put on the stage.

The saint wanted to carry out a purge just when the Grand Council System had just been established and the provisional shogunate had just been stabilized, in order to purge the pro-Ichijo faction samurai.

This is a big move, so naturally there needs to be sufficient reasons. Otherwise, it will cause panic among the people and the newly stable political situation will become turbulent again.

The cadets took it as their duty to be loyal to the saint, and the first thing they did when they woke up every day during the semester was to shout their loyalty to the saint's portrait.

In the hearts of these young female warriors, saints are the symbol of holiness.

But after a year with the saint, Matsue Sae had long since lost her charm, just as Napoleon's queen did not think Napoleon had any special charm.

As the saying goes, distance produces beauty.

Even if you live under the same roof with a very beautiful woman day and night, after a long time you will find that she also needs to eat, poop, burp, and fart, and it will be difficult to deify her anymore.

Therefore, what Akari Yu and Matsumoto Kaoru dare not think about, Matsuue Sae can objectively analyze, because she does not have a beauty filter. In her eyes, the saint is a person with flesh and blood and emotions.

As a human being, you can be noble at times and selfish at times; you can never be stereotyped as holy and innocent.

After this layer of window paper was broken, the three of them felt relieved. Ming Liyou sighed.

“Politics... I really thought politics was too simple.

Song Shangji's words awakened me from my dream. I think your judgment is very likely to be correct. With this 60% to 70% certainty, you can really give it a try. "

Matsumoto Kaori smiled.

"If this judgment is correct, then we can break free from this vortex and no longer be troubled by this matter."

Killing is never a trivial matter, especially when two high-ranking martial artists were killed and someone saw them.

Even though Sanyo Qinghai turned around and left, it seemed that the three men had something on him.

But if one day, the three of them rise to high positions of power, there is no guarantee that Sanyo Qinghai will not turn around and use this matter to threaten the three of them.

Power positions can change, and the targets of threats can also shift.

Such a big handle fell into the hands of Miyoshi Kiyoshi, or even in the hands of the Sanada family. The three of them will never sleep well in their lives.

Instead of worrying about it all your life, it is better to just solve the problem and get complete relief.

This was also what Matsue Sae originally intended, which is why she remained calm when Akari gave up on herself and was about to turn herself in.

Because the best solution to this matter is never to keep it secret for a lifetime and spend a lifetime in fear, but to blast it at a targeted location.

Matsukami Sae refilled the three glasses on the table with wine, then picked up one of them and looked at the two of them resolutely.

Mingliyou and Matsumoto Kaoru understood what he meant and raised their glasses together. The three glasses of wine stuck together in the air and collided violently, and the three of them drank it all in one gulp.

Matsukami Sae said coldly.

“Ming Liyu, you should go to the Divine Guards, but don’t turn yourself in, just cause trouble.

She bravely made a scene like a woman who truly loved her man, exposing all of Yamaguchi's dark thoughts to everyone.

I have collected some information here, which is evidence of how Ichijo's retainers in Tobita Shinchi won over and bewitched powerful samurai in places such as Akai in Tamba Province and Isone in Omi Province.

You have to write them down one by one, and then tell it all out when the time comes.

Remember, on the one hand, we must emphasize Qingye's innocence, and on the other hand, we must expose the shamelessness of those shady political collusion, and let the saints hear and see it through the eyes and ears of the divine guards. "

Mingliyu nodded.

The three of them would give the saint whatever he wanted. As long as they opened a gap that might lead to the enemy connecting to Tobita Shinchi, the divine guards would have a reason to go in and tear open the hole to obtain more evidence.

As for the saint, he has probably been waiting for the evidence for the past two months.

It's just because Yamaguchi is cautious and cunning that he has been unwilling to conduct an in-depth investigation and has only been dealing with the murder case. In fact, he is just pretending to be ignorant to protect himself.

Now that all the evidence is in front of Yamaguchi, she has to take action. If she continues to pretend to be ignorant, she will lose her life.

Seeing that Akari understood her intention, Matsukami Sae turned her gaze to Matsumoto Kaoru and spoke slowly.

"Princess Matsumoto, why don't you go meet Kiyomi from the Sanada family?

Tell her that it was me, Matsue Sae, who killed Nagano Yoshimori and Harada Munetoki. My conscience has been tormented for the past two months. I don't want to continue deceiving the saint, so I decided to tell the saint everything.

Not only the murder, but I will not hide the fact that Master Qinghai is Miyoshi Masayasu from the saint.

I am loyal to the saint and will never hide anything. Please forgive me."