Chapter 313 3. Monk Jueqing’s Conspiracy

Iwase Motomasa was excited to hear this and went up to chat with Monk Shizuo. The two of them had a common father for nine generations.

Although Monk Shizuo was tall and strong, he didn't seem to like to communicate with others and was a little introverted. It was only when he heard that Iwase Motomasa was from the Takeda clan of Koshu that he became interested.

Their Takeda clan of Kunishu was also a powerful existence thirty years ago. They once served as the guardian of Aki and assisted the Ouchi clan in Kyoto to support the general.

It was a pity that they were defeated in the Battle of Tanaka Ide, which not only made Mori Motonari successful, but also lost their own family business. In the end, only the shuryu Ankokuji Ekei still had some fame. As for this monk Shizuo, he was not even a shuryu, but could only be called a shuryu. He separated from the Takeda clan of Kunishu more than a hundred years ago.

However, the samurai family was one family eight hundred years ago, either Minamoto or Taira. The two of them now affectionately called each other brothers.

The two of them were so excited about chatting that they said they wanted to have a martial arts competition, and everyone agreed.

Monk Kakuei was quite pleased with himself, because even the brave warriors in the public service under Ashikaga Yoshiteru could not compare with Monk Jingkong. Several sword and spear masters were defeated by him, showing his superior martial arts.

Iwase Motomasa was naturally good at martial arts. He was a man who was going to win fame and fame, so how could he be unfamiliar with martial arts? He shouted "good", took the spear and danced with it.

Monk Jingkong originally held a Zen stick, but of course the Zen stick was not good for fighting. He handed it to the attendant outside. Wow, the Zen stick almost overwhelmed the attendant. It was made of solid iron, with copper skin and iron bones, and dozens of pounds were no problem.

No wonder they say that he is good at breaking gold sticks, and one force can defeat ten skills. If you hit him with a stick, not to mention people, even cows and horses will be killed.

He also knew that it was too dangerous to use the golden stick to compete, so he changed to a cast iron spear, which seemed to be specially made. The spear head alone was 70 to 80 centimeters long, with blades on both sides. It was no problem to say that it was a long sword, which was very intimidating.

Iwase Motomasa was confident in his bravery at the beginning, and fought him hard twice, but it was obvious that he did not get any good results. His physical strength was greatly depleted, and there were flaws one after another, and the speed of swinging the spear was much slower. It was also because the monk showed mercy and did not use the golden stick, otherwise the scene would be ugly.

As for everyone else, they could only watch the excitement, the crackling fight was in good shape, and there were many thrills. Even Ashikaga Yoshiki admired Iwase Motomasa's martial arts for being able to hold on for so long under the big monk.

In the end, Iwase Motomasa took the initiative to admit defeat. Monk Jueqing smiled faintly on the surface and praised him for being very good. In fact, he was still very happy in his heart, proving that he had the ability to judge people. No one else noticed it, but he was the only one who discovered the fierce monk Jingkong.

Ashikaga Yoshiteru is now very rich, so he gave each of them a small sword made in Omi as a reward, which is completely different from the previous one. The Shogun gave it to Monk Jingkong with both hands folded in thanks, and Iwase Motomasa was moved to tears and knelt down to thank him.

Originally, this was just a small episode, and everyone just watched the excitement. When they were about to continue drinking and bragging, a Fugong standing in the corridor asked for a fight.

Ashikaga Yoshiteru saw who was coming, but just refused. Kobayata quietly asked Sanyuan Fujitaka why he couldn't do it. Sanyuan Fujitaka said to Kobayata meaningfully that it was an unfair victory.

Kobayata was puzzled, but Imagawa Yoshichika found something wrong. He turned around and asked his brother-in-law: "This Fugong doesn't have an Adam's apple?"

Hearing the voice, Kobayata looked carefully and found that this Fugong was really a woman.

How could there be a woman among Fugong!

It turned out that after Miyoshi Nagayoshi died, a large number of Fugong in Kinai surrendered to Ashikaga Yoshiteru. The armed forces under Ashikaga Yoshiteru expanded more than double, and those who had always been loyal to him were naturally reused and promoted.

The father of this woman was a fellow servant who wandered with Ashikaga Yoshiharu. Later, Ashikaga Yoshiharu came to Beijing, and the family settled down, and then this woman and his brother were born.

But two years ago, he caught a cold, and his health was not good after wandering in his early years. He died without taking over.

Leaving behind an orphan and a widow, Ashikaga Yoshiteru still liked this kind of loyal minister very much, and helped the little boy who was only five or six years old to come to the age of ceremonies, so there was one more Ozaki Masashi in the fellow servants.

But how could a six-year-old boy stand on duty? It was impossible, so his sister took the name of Ozaki Hyogo Masashi and took over.

And in the fellow servants full of men, a woman can actually stand on her own feet, needless to say, she must have a very big fist.

No wonder she dared to challenge the monk Jingkong, who was not easy to mess with at first glance. There was not much real ability under her, and she could not do such exciting things at all.

In the end, of course, the two people did not fight. After all, Ashikaga Yoshiteru had a heart to protect loyal ministers, and the monk Kakuei was embarrassed to let his men fight with a woman.

That Ozaki Hyogo Masamoto was also temporarily transferred away, and someone else came out to take charge.

When the cocktail party was over, the Yamanouchi family's large group of people retreated to the Yamanouchi residence, but Ashikaga Yoshiteru deliberately left Kobayata and Imagawa Yoshichika, saying that there was an important matter to discuss.

When Kobayata and the other two sat down, they found that there were indeed no idle people. In addition to the monk Kakuei, there were only a few close retainers such as Mitsugu Fujitaka and Wada Koremasa.

This made Kobayata feel inappropriate. He was a minister of the ministers, how could he participate in such a secret meeting? He simply watched with his eyes, nose, mouth, and heart, and sat behind Imagawa Yoshichika, pretending to be dead.

Ashikaga Yoshiteru did not allow Kobayata to hide, and directly called Kobayata to speak out his thoughts.

Monk Kakuei became a member of the Ichijoinmon clan and escaped from the shogunate's cage, but his horizons broadened. He found that the Rokkaku clan, an important reliance of the shogunate, began to weaken, and he was ready to win over a strong ally for the shogunate.

The two brothers had a lot of capital and were willing to marry the daughter of the previous shogun, Princess Ashikaga.

And who was the target?

Miyoshi Yoshitsugu!

My God! There are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests!

Ashikaga Yoshiteru had shown interest in Miyoshi Yoshitsugu's thousands of troops earlier, and discovered the contradiction between him and the Miyoshi Three. Now, under the advice of Monk Kakuei, he was ready to spend a lot of money to win over the Miyoshi clan, which still had some reputation in Kinai.

Miyoshi Nagayoshi was still powerful even after his death, and his reputation of being invincible in Kinai benefited his son Miyoshi Yoshitsugu.

If this could be accomplished, Miyoshi Yoshitsugu would have the two banners of the Miyoshi family and the shogun, and he might be able to fight on equal terms with the Miyoshi Three and Matsunaga Hisahide.

With this, the shogunate continued to recover slowly, and the more days it recovered, the stronger the shogunate's power would be.

No matter what the final result is, Ashikaga Yoshiteru, who sits on the mountain and watches the tigers fight, will never suffer a loss. It would be best if both of them were defeated, which would make it easier for Ashikaga Yoshiteru to profit from it.

And their price was just a sister!

A huge profit, but a sister was lost!

Kobayata looked at the monk Kakuei in his heart. This monk was really good at playing tricks.