Matsunaga and Nagahide came here in good spirits, but returned in despair.
After returning to Hakogokuyama Castle, the two immediately found Kyogoku Takamasa and told Kyogoku Takamasa exactly what they had seen and heard during the trip.
After listening to the two words, Kyogoku Takamasa also fell into silence for a while.
"We don't have much food left, and the war in Ii City may break out at any time. Just now, Jinsuke and the others sent back news that the Takashima family seems to have been angered and has the intention of sending troops to Ii City."
"As for the Numata family? Let me go and meet them in person!"
Although the Numata family of Kumagawa Township seemed inconspicuous and unknown, Kyogoku Takamasa was quite impressed by them.
The Numata family of Kumagawa Township is a branch of the Ueno Numata family. After moving to Wakasa, the situation was difficult. Historically, the Kumagawa Numata family worked hard for nearly a hundred years before building a Kumagawa Castle (walled village?) in Kumagawa Township. However, they were soon attacked by Takeda retainer Matsunomiya Genban Yun, and were eventually driven out of Wakasa and moved their family. Went to Omi.
In fact, although the Kumagawa Numada family is a bit rubbish, it still has two celebrities.
First of all, historically, Numata Yumitsu, the strategist under the daimyo Tsugaru Nobubu in the Tohoku Tsugaru region, was born in the Kumagawa Numata clan, and his father was Numata Mitsukane.
Secondly, Numata Mitsukane also had a daughter named Musk (Kojuin), who later married Hosokawa Fujitaka as his wife and gave birth to Hosokawa Tadaki.
Based on these, although the Kumagawa Numata family is a bit rubbish, Kyogoku Takamasa did have a deep impression of the Kumagawa Numata family.
Xiongchuan Township, Numata Hall, it’s late at night.
In this era when there are few entertainment activities, after dark, one has to either "have a wife and children on the hot bed" or toss and turn alone in a lonely and long night.
Obviously, as a "single dog", Numata Mitsukazu couldn't sleep at all at this time. Especially from the room next door to Numata Mitsukane, some kind of ecstasy moans came from time to time, which made Numata Mitsukane's whole body feel hot and he couldn't calm down for a long time.
"Although my brother is strong, if he does this every day, it will be too much for his body, right?"
"What's strange is that I haven't seen any of the ladies pregnant for so long. Could it be that?" Numata Mitsuwa's mind was in a blur, filled with all kinds of thoughts, and it was a mess.
A quarter of an hour later, the sound next door finally stopped, but Numata Mitsukazu found that he could no longer sleep.
After sighing and getting dressed, Numata Mitsuwa found a bottle of wine and went to the courtyard, where he drank by himself under the dim moonlight.
"Your Excellency is so elegant!"
Suddenly, a slightly hoarse voice sounded, causing Numata Mitsuwa's nerves to tense up suddenly.
"who!"
"come out!"
As soon as Numata Mitsuwa finished speaking, a thin man wearing a blue ninja uniform walked out from the shadows in the corner.
"Ninja?"
"Did the Matsugiya family send you here?" Looking at the sudden appearance of the ninja, Numata Mitsuwa couldn't help but lie. He unconsciously placed his right hand on the handle of the knife at his waist and looked at the other person warily.
"It's so boring that you guessed it all at once!" The ninja stretched out and walked to Numata Mitsukazu and sat down. "I squatted in the corner for a long time. Not only did my ears suffer, but my feet also suffered. It's numb." As he said that, the ninja began to rub his feet.
"This person is so unscrupulous. He is either a fool or he is confident. I have to be careful." Mitsukazu Numata did not dare to act rashly. He still stood there with his sword drawn and looked at the ninja motionlessly.
"Aren't you tired of standing like this?"
"Don't worry, as a very principled ninja, I only kill one person a day. You are lucky, I just killed one this afternoon, so you won't die before noon!" The ninja took out a bitter from his arms. No, he actually started playing in front of Numata Mitsukazu.
Numata Mitsuwa felt that he had been humiliated, "How dare a mere ninja dare to humiliate me like this? Isn't it true that Matsugiya Genban sent you here just to kill me and my brother? Then stop talking nonsense. It's still unclear who will win." !”
"Don't try to provoke me, I won't make exceptions for killing people. That's all, I'll come back after noon, and I'll take your head later!" After saying that, the ninja stood up from the ground and quickly disappeared into the darkness.
"I am a very principled ninja." In the darkness, the ninja stuck out half of his head and continued to emphasize.
Arrogant!
Extremely arrogant!
Numata Mitsukazu is already furious, but at this moment Numata Mitsukazu is not sure whether what the other party just said is true or false. The top priority is to find Numata Mitsukane so that his brother can be on guard.
In the darkness, a pair of eyes were staring closely at Numata Mitsuwa's every move. When he saw Numata Mitsuwa turn around the corridor and knock on the door in front of a house, the figure in the darkness disappeared again.
"My lord, isn't it a bit rude to visit us so late?" Mitsui Takatora yawned outside the Numata residence and said slowly.
Kyogoku Takamasa on the side suddenly said with a cold face, "If we can't get food anymore, we will be hungry tomorrow, so hurry up and call the door!"
As soon as he heard that he was going to be hungry, Mitsui Toraoka suddenly became anxious and rushed over to knock on the door.
In the Numata residence hall, the brothers Numata Mitsukazu and Numata Mitsukane were both confused.
First, there were ninjas who sneaked in late at night with unknown intentions, and now several samurai from the Kyogoku family came to ask for an audience. When did the Numata family become so popular?
Seven or eight people were sitting around Numata Mitsukane's house. Under the light of the fire, the atmosphere seemed a bit awkward.
"It's almost noon now. Isn't it too rude for you to come so late?" Numata Mitsukanemoto was about to start the second attack tonight with his wife, but he was woken up by his brother Numata Mitsukazu, saying that a ninja had sneaked into the house. .
Before Mitsukane Numata could order the neighbors to check the house, Kyogoku Takamasa and others came to the door, which made Mitsukane Numata feel very bad.
Kyogoku Takamasa smiled at Numata Mitsukane, and then said, "Numata-sama, under Kyogoku Sakyojin, the head of my family, Kyogoku Musashi, is my father."
"It's indeed rude to visit late at night, but I have to obey the emergency, and I ask for your forgiveness, Numata-sama."
As soon as Kyogoku Takamasa finished speaking, Numata Mitsukane, who was sitting in the chair, quickly looked at each other.
Numata Mitsuwa looked at Kyogoku Takamasa with half-squinted eyes, and then said softly, "It seems that my guess is correct. The Kyogoku family has indeed intervened in Takashima County."
"There are wars happening all over the country right now, and food is a scarce resource. We do have food, but you and I are strangers, so why should I sell it to you?"
"So when Sakyo enters the palace, please take them back, and please take back these gifts as well." As he said that, Numata Mitsuwa pointed to some gift boxes placed in the middle of the room.
After listening to Numata Mitsukazu's words, Kyogoku Takamasa still looked at Numata Mitsukane and the two with a smile, and then slowly said, "Since you don't want to sell food, how about you listen to another proposal?"
"What proposal?"
"Submit yourself to my family and become a retainer of my Kyogoku family!"
