Early in the morning, Xia Xun and Zheng He's residence in the Flower Palace was suddenly surrounded by a group of warriors.
This was the residence of the shogun, and it was impossible for the samurai to surround it without the nod of Ashikaga Yoshimori, who stood at the door facing the courtyard with a long knife in his hand.
There was also an old man standing next to him with a knife, his hair was already gray, but he was domineering, and when he looked at it, he was angry, although he was half a step behind Ashikaga Yoshisho, but he stood there steadily, but he had taken away the brilliance of a bright young general, just like when Cao Ying met with the Xiongnu envoy, he asked Shangshu Cui Yan to pretend to be the king of Wei, and he pretended to be a guard to stand aside, although he was a guard, the momentum was taken away.
There were dozens of Ming guards guarding near the envoy's residence, they were not to be outdone, they drew their swords out of their sheaths, and a pole of fire was erected on the wall, and the two sides were tense, and the guards and warriors were shouting and scolding in the language of their respective countries, but they could not understand what the other party was saying.
After a while, Xia Xun and Zheng He walked out of the room leisurely, the two of them seemed to have just finished breakfast, Xia Xun was still holding a white silk scarf in his hand, gently wiping the corners of his mouth, and when he walked out of the courtyard door, he slowly stuffed back his sleeves.
Xia Xun ignored the tense situation around him, and just greeted Ashikaga Yoshinori and Shogun Spo with a smile: "Your Excellency General, Your Excellency General Yijiang, early in the morning, what are you doing?"
As soon as he saw the two of them, General Spoyi roared angrily: "Bold, you actually broke the agreement, used troops against the broken waves, strong winds, and duck reef islands without authorization, and also sent your army to land and fight, and now the bandits are wandering everywhere, making a mess everywhere, you must take responsibility for this and take them down."
General Si Boyi gave an order, seven or eight Japanese warriors immediately rushed up, raised their long knives to threaten them, Xia Xun's guards had no time to move, Zheng He suddenly turned around, as if a whirlwind was blowing on the ground, so fast that even his face and movements could not be seen clearly, only to see a clear shadow rolled in front of those samurai, the sonorous sound was endless, when Zheng He stood in front of Ashikaga Yoshinori and Spo Yoshisho again, the long knives in the hands of the seven or eight samurai were already in his hands.
Those warriors seemed to have seen a ghost one by one, screaming that they didn't dare to advance, they didn't dare to retreat, Si Boyi was shocked, immediately pulled out the knife out of the sheath, roared, and slashed at Xia Xun in the face, this knife was like a bolt of lightning, but Xia Xun came first, and a long knife in Zheng He's hand had somehow fallen into his hand, and Si Boyi's full force had just been slashed into the air, and it was not necessarily a slash to the waist, and a knife in Xia Xun's hand had already reached his heavenly spirit cover.
Xia Xun has always been obsessed with the sword of Luo Kedi's power of heaven and earth, and after several years of hard training, although he may not have the power of Luo Kedi's knife back then, it is more than enough to deal with the Si Boyi general in front of him.
Spoyyi's whole body was shaken, his arms scrambled, and he desperately stopped the next slash, and his face turned pale.
Ashikaga Yoshimochi didn't expect that these two Ming envoys had terrifying martial arts, and he was startled, he immediately took two steps back, and said sharply: "What are you going to do here, but this is the book, not your Daming, do you think you can escape our pursuit?"
Zheng He snorted coldly, seven or eight long knives were thrown to the ground, jingling sounds, Xia Xun turned the knife in his hand, held the tip of the knife, handed over the handle of the knife, and said with a smile: "We didn't want to escape at all, why should we escape, this is the residence arranged for us by Your Majesty the King."
I don't know if Your Excellency will be able to do the Lord of His Majesty the King, or if Your Excellency the General can ignore His Majesty's mission."
The faces of Ashikaga Yoshimochi and General Spo became extremely ugly, and General Spo received a report from his subordinates, saying that the Ming army did not act according to the time agreed by both sides, but suddenly launched an attack on the islands of the surging wind and breaking waves, killing one by surprise, and all the islands suffered heavy losses, most of the pirates and almost all the ships and a large number of supplies were destroyed in the fire, and a small number of pirates who escaped ashore were also pursued by the Ming army, and they couldn't help but be angry, and immediately like a cat whose tail had been trampled on, they couldn't wait to find it.
One of the largest pirate gangs on Yajiao Island was actually his people, and it was his retainer Oda family who was sent out to rob merchant ships and plunder the Ming Dynasty as pirates at his behest.
General Spo Yoshimitsu is also an ambitious man, and his status and fame today are actually not as good as when the Hosokawa family was in its heyday, which is understandable, because Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was still a child when he became a shogun, and Hosokawa was like an emperor in charge of this auxiliary minister.
And now Ashikaga Yoshimitsu who can influence When he and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu have political disagreements, and gradually become a fire and water, he began to set his sights on Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, who is not loved by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, and to protect this kid, the power of the Spo family is likely to go further.
However, until now, Ashikaga Yoshinori had no real name, no power, no money, and no capital that could be used to buy the daimyos.
Ashikaga Yoshimochi was also furious when he heard that his economic resources were destroyed, and he didn't want to follow General Spoyi to kill him, but he didn't expect Xia Xun and Zheng He to be more arrogant than them, so he calmed down a little, remembering the special identity of these two people, and the importance that Ashikaga Yoshimitsu valued them.
General Spo's ships, goods, and men were all destroyed, but this is a secret that cannot be disclosed, and if it is only to break the agreement on coordinated operations, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu has not yet expressed his opinion, and it is their turn to be the master Thinking about the stakes, Ashikaga Yoshinori suppressed his anger a little and defended, "I have no intention of harming the two noble envoys, but as a general, I have the right to ask you to give an explanation for your team's breaking of the agreement and rashly raising troops, so that I can report it to my father." ” Xia Xun said: "Of course, we will explain this matter, but because the stakes are high, we hope to have an interview with His Majesty the King."
General Si Boyi gritted his teeth and said viciously: "Then, please ask the two noble envoys to go to the Beishan Hall with me." ” "No, no, no" Xia Xun smiled and shook his head: "Here, I will be protected by His Excellency the General as a matter of course, I'm not sure if it's safe to go to Beishan here."
So, I decided to wait here and wait for His Majesty the King."
After Xia Xun finished speaking, he turned around leisurely, and Zheng He slowly dusted off his robe and walked side by side with him.
Si Boyi held the handle of the knife tightly, and the green tendons in his hand flared up, but thinking of Zheng He's ghostly skills and Xia Xun's thunderous and lightning knife, he never dared to hand out the knife again.
At the gate of the courtyard, Xia Xun and Zheng He were very polite: "Gonggong Zheng, please" "No, no, no, the Auxiliary Princess, please" "Oh Zheng Gonggong first please" "Auxiliary Princess, please first" Ashikaga Yoshimoru watched the two of them make a gesture, only to be so angry that his face was red and white for a while, he flicked his sleeves and left angrily Ashikaga Yoshimitsu with three leaders and four positions, rushed to the Flower Palace, together with his son Shogun Ashikaga Yoshinori, sat down at the negotiating table like the Eight Great King Kongs, Ashikaga Yoshinori and Spo Yoshinori were full of anger, and the other ministers were also angry, but there were only Xia Xun and Zheng He sitting opposite, with a calm expression.
"It is true that our army did not attack as scheduled, and I admit that we have a bitter heart, and before I say what we are doing, I would like to make sure that your Majesty the King and your Excellencies, you are determined to eradicate the pirates, and you do not mean to be biased."
General Si Boyi said angrily: "Your Excellency Yang Xu, what do you mean by this?"
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu raised his hand and smiled, "Of course we are determined to eradicate the pirates, and our sincerity should not be questioned. ” Xia Xun said: "Okay, I have a piece of evidence, I want to ask His Majesty the King and all the adults to take a look, is it okay?"
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was a little curious, but he didn't ask, just nodded, Xia Xun immediately called someone to present the evidence, it was a knife, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu took the knife in his hand, looked at it carefully, and pulled out a sharp blade, examined the knife, reinserted it into the sheath, looked up at Xia Xun, and asked, "What does this mean?"
Xia Xun said: "This knife is a trophy captured in my Daming Elephant Mountain, and it was obtained from a pirate leader.
On the handle of the knife, there is the family pattern of the original owner of the knife, near the Shuangyu Sea, my Daming sailor once fought with a relatively powerful group of pirates, including a warship on which the pirate leader was riding, and the flag hung was also the same pattern.
From this, I can be sure that they come from the same family. ” Those ministers hadn't looked at the knife carefully, and when they heard Xia Xun say this, they all looked at Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's hand curiously, and only the faces of Ashikaga Yoshinori and Spo Yoshimitsu changed slightly.
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu handed over the knife in his hand, let his subordinates check it, looked at Xia Xun and said, "What does this matter have to do with your breaking of the agreement?"
Xia Xun said: "After I arrived in Kyoto, I once asked people for advice, and I got the news that this is the family crest of the Owari guardian Oda family, I am worried that by His Majesty's side, there will be pirates' eyes and ears, although I deceived Your Majesty, but I did not mean to offend, you also said that I hope to eradicate pirates, so what I did is exactly what Your Majesty you want, I want to deceive pirates, not you." ” General Spoy shouted: "Presumptuous, do you mean that among the people here, there are people who have fornicated with pirates?"
Xia Xun raised his eyelids, glanced at him casually, and said, "I heard that the Oda family is the retainer of your Spo clan."
"Bastard, you're suspicious of me," Spoy slammed the table, and Huo Ran pulled it up.
Ashikaga Yoshiman frowned slightly, and said with a calm face: "Sit down" General Spooyi glanced at him, swallowed his anger and sat down slowly.
Xia Xun said: "I received news that when we captured Yajiao Island, our army captured a very important thief, surnamed Oda, can Your Excellency the general bring someone to Kyoto for interrogation, I think some things can be revealed."
Sitting on the right side of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, there was a minister in his twenties, his face suddenly showed excitement, and blurted out: "Your Excellency, I think what the envoy of the Ming Kingdom said is very reasonable, if among us, there are indeed people who report to the pirates, and the Ming team is doing it cheaply, and the purpose is to fight the pirates, and they have no intention of offending your dignity, and this matter should not be pursued further."
However, this pirate leader is an important clue, everyone here is loyal to His Excellency the Prime Minister, of course I don't believe that anyone will fornicate with pirates, but it is inevitable that no samurai around him will do inappropriate things.
This matter should be properly investigated, and I am willing to make a trip for Your Excellency to release this important person's witness back to Kyoto."
General Spoyi said coldly: "Hosokawa Mitsumoto, what do you mean, do you want to go against me?"
Hosokawa Mitsumoto said nonchalantly: "I just want to dig up the people who have fornicated with pirates, if Spo-kun thinks that this is against you, can Spo-kun admit that he has something to do with pirates?"
General Spoyi was furious: "Bastard, this envoy of the Ming Kingdom keeps saying that the pirate leader of Yajiao Island is from the Oda family, haven't you heard?"
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He turned to Ashikaga Yoshimitsu again and said, "Your Excellency, I think this is a conspiracy of the Akito, and we should not be fooled."
Xia Xun said: "I can't listen to my side of the words, and I don't seem to be able to hear the side of the Spo Leader, is it a conspiracy, is it a trial of that important person and criminal."
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu nodded quietly and said, "Okay, let's send someone to escort this pirate leader back to Kyoto first, and then talk about it after the trial." ” General Si Boyi was a little anxious, and hurriedly said: "Your Excellency, you know that Hosokawa Manyuan has always been at odds with me, and it is impossible to guarantee justice if he comes forward."
Hosokawa Mitsumoto was just about to sneer at him, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu had already raised his hand to stop him, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu looked at a fifty-year-old man next to him, and said, "Tayama-kun, then this matter will be entrusted to you."
Tian Shan Kiguo was watching the play next to him, but the cold messenger pushed it on his head, and he couldn't help but complain.
However, it is the three leaders who are in charge of government affairs, and the heads of the chamberlains in charge of the military must not be allowed to do this.
Among the three leaders, Si Boyi will be the suspect, Hosokawa Mitsumoto has always been at odds with Si Boyi, and the most suitable person can only be himself.
Tayama Kikuni agreed with a bitter mouth.
Ashikaga Yoshiman glanced at Xia Xun opposite, the corners of Xia Xun's mouth were slightly escaping a smile, and a smile that was not easy to be noticed also passed quickly from Suffikaga Yoshiman's eyes.
Without his cooperation, the development of events may not be as Xia Xun hoped, but even if he knew that Xia Xun had ulterior motives, he would cooperate with Xia Xun's actions: General Si Boyi had grown strong enough to threaten him and must be weakened More importantly, he wants Yoshiji to inherit his inheritance, yes, but this alone is satisfying the world, who can understand his Ashikaga Yoshimitsu great ambition What he wants, not just a shogun, what he wants is to end the thousand-year inheritance, the rule of the imperial family of the eternal lineage His son will become the new emperor of the country, the emperor surnamed Ashikaga, and he will become the emperor Who is using and who is not yet known.
It's just that sending that pirate leader to Kyoto can bring down General Si Boyi, this is absolutely impossible, if General Si Boyi is so easy to fall, he would have done it a long time ago, so he is looking forward to it, he wants to see what else this Ming official can do.
To be continued: