Chapter 549 11. Shou Guini Is Unwilling to Act Rashly

Although he was almost the last one to know about his wife's pregnancy, it didn't stop Xiao Pingtai from being happy!

On the way to the city, the samurai officials along the way stopped to greet Xiao Pingtai, saying congratulations and so on. Although they were all repetitive words, Xiao Pingtai was happy to hear them, and his smile never stopped all day long.

Heiroku was transferred to Fukuchi County to be the county governor, and Kurosawa was promoted to be the head of the Imperial Calculation Group. Tatsuzo was promoted to the Imperial Calculation Group as a calculation person to ensure that both income and expenditure were closely monitored by his own people.

Although people are in high spirits when they are happy, once Heiroku left, the whole mountain could not find anyone who was better at accounting than him. Xiao Pingtai's workload suddenly increased a lot, and he was anxious to go home to see his wife and children, and he was restless.

"Tanzheng can go on duty first, and I will complete the rest." Kurosawa still had a big bald head. Maybe he had been a monk for a long time, so he simply stopped growing long hair.

"Your sister is about to give birth, right?" Although it was exactly what he wanted, Xiao Pingtai still had to pretend to refuse.

"Yes, in the next few days."

"Ming Goro is not in the city, you should always pay more attention to him."

The two chatted for a while, and Xiao Pingtai roughly glanced at the numbers behind. It was mainly the miscellaneous taxes collected after this summer harvest, land money and the like. It was about the same, and there was not much difference from the numbers in previous years. So he packed up with peace of mind and left the rest to Kurosawa.

Nothing could stop Xiao Pingtai's ardent desire to go home.

As soon as he got home, Xiao Pingtai couldn't wait to ask where A Ling was. When he learned that A Ling was sewing socks, he immediately went to find her.

"Just buy socks on the street, why sew them yourself."

"When did we start to care about such trivial matters?" A Ling put down the needle and thread.

"Isn't it because I'm afraid you'll be tired?" Xiao Pingtai's old face blushed.

Usually, Xiao Pingtai really neglected things at home. After all, he was busy with military affairs most of the time. Even when he returned to the mansion, he almost went to the city every day to serve his duty, and he could only say a few words to A Ling all day long.

"Okay, okay, I'll apologize to you here! Hehehe..."

"Nothing happened in the city today?"

"Nothing can be more important than you and your son!" Xiao Pingtai took A Ling's hand.

The two sat down and chatted for a while, and Mrs. Hosokawa also came to see her daughter as usual. If she has never given birth to a child, she must have a married and pregnant woman to take care of her.

Besides, she will have a grandson in five months, and you are anxious.

Chatting about family matters, they are happy. Eating as usual, just as I was about to take a bath, Murakami Yoshimitsu came again.

Logically speaking, no matter how hard you run, you shouldn't run home in the dark at night. I don't know what kind of shit happened again, but it won't be a war. If there is a war, the city will definitely start beating the drums.

Although Murakami Yoshimitsu came late at night, he didn't look too anxious. He just had a little bit of sadness, as if something had gone wrong.

"Which news? Ueno? Kitanobu? Echigo? Or Kyoto?"

"Suruga!"

"We have contacted Shoukenni!" Kodaira was shocked.

"We have contacted, but unfortunately..."

"Don't say half of your words!" Kodaira saw that Murakami Yoshimitsu was hesitant and was a little anxious.

"Shoukenni is not well, she has been bedridden for more than half a year."

Since the separation of the three families, the family name of the Suruga Imagawa clan was usurped by the Takeda family, and Imagawa Hikogoro is now the head of the family. Shoukenni, who actually participated in the Imagawa clan's regime, was ordered by Takeda Shingen to live in seclusion, and her place of seclusion is unknown.

In the Tone River War last year, the samurai who supported the Takeda clan in Suruga Province, especially the Red Guards, were beaten dozens of times by Kodaira, and a large number of them died. The Takeda clan's control over Suruga Province declined, and with the truce, the Yamanouchi family hoped to contact Shoukenni and make her work for the Takeda clan in Suruga.

But Takeda Shingen was a top-notch old traitor in those days. He strictly sealed off the news, and it is said that he even killed the two old maids that Shoukenni usually used.

He said that Shoukenni could worship Buddha with peace of mind and pray for her husband and sons. In fact, it was imprisonment, and it is even possible that this "female daimyo" was killed.

With a try-it attitude, Kobayata arranged Murakami Yoshimitsu at the time, asking him to mobilize informants in Suruga to find Shoukenni's whereabouts. It would be best if he could contact Shoukenni and exchange interests between the two sides.

After more than half a year, he finally found the person.

Darkness under the lamp!

After searching everywhere, there was no trace of her. Finally, it was discovered that Shoukenni was in Sunpu Castle, at Shouning Temple under the castle.

Shouning Temple is the burial place of Imagawa Ujimoto, or to put it bluntly, the grave of his husband. The graves of Imagawa Yoshimoto and Imagawa Ujiki are also in Shouning Temple. Takeda Shingen really asked her to pray for her husband and son as announced.

However, because it is a burial place, not a public temple. Therefore, ordinary tourists or people are not allowed to enter the temple to worship, and Shoukenni is confined in the backyard of the temple.

If it weren't for accidentally hearing from a dung-carrying fireman that there was an old nun in the backyard of Shouning Temple, Xiao Pingtai might never find this person.

As long as you know where the person is, everything else will be easy.

Gold opens the way, and everything will be successful.

Such a large piece of ten-liang gold judgment in front of you will make anyone gasp!

It took more than a month to slowly approach the fireman who was bribed to clean and handle the toilet. Finally, a tightly tied fish maw was sealed inside the toilet, and a very short secret letter was stuffed into it, mixed in the golden soup, and finally contacted Shouguini.

The old nun said that the disease was not really a disease, but she was over 70 years old, her body could not keep up, and all kinds of body functions were aging rapidly. So at first glance, there were all kinds of problems, and she could only stay in bed most of the time.

But a bad body does not mean a bad brain. A brain that has experienced ups and downs and calculated others for more than 50 years has definitely not aged with age, but has become more sophisticated.

After receiving the secret letter from the Yamauchi family, Shouguini knew that this was just a pawn for the Yamauchi family, but if she wanted to regain independence in the hands of the Takeda family, it would definitely not be possible with only the two or three remaining kittens of the Imagawa family.

Only by introducing external aid from the Yamauchi family and cooperating inside and outside can the Imagawa family be revived.

The old nun was also a person who would not release the eagle until she saw the rabbit. She did not want to exhaust the remaining vitality of the Imagawa family. The only reply to the Yamauchi family was "wait".

If there was no major change in the Takeda family, she would never take action.

Regarding the secret contact of the Yamauchi family, the old nun was completely cautious and did not make any actual promises or agreements.

This made it very difficult! Without the old nun's leadership, Suruga could not find a more powerful internal supporter.