Warring States Eagle

In Tianshan City, Aki Kokichi County, Honshu, Mori Moto took the letter handed over by Mori Takamoto and opened it to read.

The letter described the conflict between Taketo Sagara and Tao Longfang about how to deal with the Maori family.After learning that Tao Longfang, who advocated suppressing the Maori family, left the field angrily, Mao Liyuan knew that the opportunity to alleviate the Maori family's plight had come.

"It seems that the old man will go to Zhou Fang to meet Mr. Tanti in person."

"Ah? Father, I'm afraid this trip is inappropriate." With rumors flying all over the sky at this time, I really don't know what Ouchi Yoshitaka and other Ouchi family retainers will think?If there is a mistake, Mori Moto, who is the pillar of the Maori family, will be in danger, and Mori Takamoto, who is the son-in-law, naturally does not agree with this trip.

"It doesn't matter, the old man believes that Mr. Tanti can tell right from wrong." Mao Liyuan said.

"Even if father-in-law won't embarrass father, those attackers hidden in the shadows are likely to attack us halfway." Maori Takamoto continued to advise.

"Hehe, if the other party really intends to let the rumors continue to frame our family, then they will definitely not send someone to attack halfway, otherwise it will be tantamount to helping our family get rid of the suspicion." Mao Liyuan said confidently.But Mao Liyuan was wrong. The army who attacked Mao Liyuan halfway and went to Zhou Fang's inner hall was indeed helpful to remove the suspicion for the Maoli family, but he didn't know that among the Maoli family, Zheng Liang was the most scrupulous It was Mao Liyuan himself, if Zhengliang knew Mao Liyuan and set off to Zhoufang himself, he would definitely not miss this opportunity to attack his team at any cost.

"If that's the case, we must bring more troops this time!" Seeing that his father had made up his mind.Maori Takamoto had no choice but to suggest bringing more troops to escort along the way.

"No. We must be cautious at this time. That's why, it's better to bring less troops." Unexpectedly, Mao Liyuan refused again.

It's just that Mao Liyuan is also a cunning and cunning person. Before he set off, he actually divided the team going to the inner hall of Zhou Fang into three teams, and Mao Liyuan and others were hidden in the sedan chair, making it impossible to tell who they were. Only in that team will there be an emissary from the Maori family who actually went to Zhoufang (of course they don't even know, Mao Liyuan will hide in it himself).

After the three teams set off from Tianshan Castle in Jijun County, they first passed through the territory of the Kumagai family in Numata County.Then cross the Ota River.Once here, it belongs to the territory directly under the control of the Ouchi family, which is why Mao Liyuan disagrees with bringing more military guards.After all, at this sensitive moment, the Maori family suddenly brought so many troops to the territory directly under the control of the Ouchi family, which could easily arouse the resentment of other imperial family retainers and wealthy families who were already skeptical of the Maori family. Conflicts erupted out of nowhere, and what was supposed to be a journey of analysis would turn into a real "rebellion".And Mao Liyuan is even more worried that even if there is no conflict between the Maori family and these local wealthy families along the way, the attackers hiding around will find a way to fan the flames.

Mori Moto was indeed right, and Kato Danzo did receive Masara's order.Be sure to prevent the Maori envoy from going to Zhou Fangguo to explain to Ouchi, and also prepare to fan the flames on the way of the Maori envoy.It's just that Kato Duanzang never thought of it.The Maori family actually sent three envoys at once.

At this time, Kato Danzo was hiding in a small thatched hut on the Ota River near the Ota River, a mile and a half north of the Ouchi family's Jinshan Castle, waiting for news from the Mori family.

This place is commonly known as the Five Bridges, and now no one knows its name except the locals, but it is said that later it was the center of the atomic bomb explosion of the US military.But now the waterways cross here, and the small bridges are densely covered with cobwebs, which is very convenient for hiding and escaping.

From the small bridge to the dry reeds, and then to the shade of the embankment, hundreds of people are ambushing.Not only that, there are careful arrangements and deployments everywhere from a private house in front to several villages on the opposite bank.

The tops of the willow trees are glowing white, and the blue sky is reflected on the water.A farm boat docked in front of the hut.The farmer untied the boat from the tree trunk, faced the water, and seemed to be talking to himself: "There are three teams in total, one is going along the seaside road, and the other is starting from the mouth of the Ota River, going along the land and the coast. , the last one also departed from the mouth of the Ota River, but traveled far out to the Seto Inland Seaway.”

"Okay, you go."

As early as when Zhengliang followed Ouchi Yoshitaka to conquer Nizi's house, the detective of Luo's family who secretly pretended to be a local farmer and settled here immediately rowed a boat and sailed towards the opposite bank as if nothing had happened.

"I didn't expect it to be as the lord said, the other party is very cunning! Now this manpower is unable to intercept the three groups of messengers at the same time. If we forcefully intercept one team, not only will we not be able to intercept the other two groups of troops, we will even be killed because of this." Let the Mori family be washed away, in this case, we can only give up this interception plan." Kato Duanzang thought rather helplessly.Before going to Aki Country, Masara had already given Kato Danzo the authority to make his own decisions according to the situation. In the current situation, Kato Danzo decisively decided to give up the interception plan.

So Kato Duanzo immediately gestured to an old man who was burning a fire in the house. This old man was also the detective who had settled here in advance and was in charge of monitoring the situation in An Yi Country.When Yoshikawa Xingjing was forced to live in seclusion by Mao Liyuan, it was these people who rescued Yoshikawa Xingjing before Mao Liyuan killed him, and then secretly sent him to the territory of the Luo family.

The old man covered his face with a dirty cloth and went out.He was going to convey Kato Duanzang's decision to Lu Lu, so that the people who had ambushed were disbanded immediately, and then went into hiding.

So Kato Danzo was the only one left in the house.He had a fish cage and a fishing rod by his hand, and there were five or six small crucian carp in the fish cage.

"Almost forgot." Kato Duanzo muttered in a low voice, walked out of the hut, came to the embankment, and hung a piece of white cloth on a branch of a hazel tree.The piece of cloth shone white on the vast flat ground, which was really conspicuous.This is the secret signal to inform the Luo family detectives passing through here to cancel the operation and temporarily hide it.

Kato Danzo took the fishing rod and the cage, slowly walked down the embankment, threw the fishing line into the river, and continued to catch fish.

Mao Liyuan, who was advancing on the waterway in the coastal area of ​​Anyi Country, didn't know it, and escaped the catastrophe because of his caution.If he was killed because of this, it is estimated that Zheng Liang would dance for joy.It's just that luck was not on the Luo family's side this time, so Mao Liyuan escaped unharmed.

In addition to himself, Motoshi Motozu also had his own son and injured second son Yoshikawa Motoharu on board the boat.Even if he escaped unintentionally, what kind of adventures will Mao Liyuan have next in Zhou Fangguo?

(Thanks to "dscfd, bored, ing~, book friend 121219123228186" for becoming the deacon of this book. Thanks to "Kaihuang, Wei Guobu" for the monthly pass. Thanks to "Green Mia" for the reward.) (To be continued..)