"Riege... doesn't exist at all."

Just this sentence made Semine Shin-shou and Asahina Taishou stunned again.

"Your Highness..." Semei Toshi shook his head and said, "In order to investigate this traitor, we have invested countless efforts in the past two years. Two years ago, the Oda family's incredible surprise attack was almost impossible without the help of the traitor. Why did you suddenly think that there was no traitor?"

"I am going to review the matter." Asahita Ao also spoke, "When the First Lord was alive, we asked us to secretly investigate the traitors many times. We have read all the investigation reports below. The First Lord must have determined that the traitors existed, so he acted like this."

"That's because you haven't read all the investigation reports." Shouguini smiled helplessly, but did not respond to the puzzled eyes of Asahinata and Semei Shizushi. Instead, he continued to speak: "I said that there is no traitor, but there is definitely no. The Imakawa family is solid and loyal to the former lord. No one betrays the Imakawa family."

Semenashi Toshi and Asahinataya looked at each other, and both saw confusion in each other's eyes. They both felt that the traitor must exist - and it was Okabe Motonobu, and Shoukaini insisted that there was no traitor, and it was probably hiding something. After hesitating for a moment, Semenashi Toshi said, "Your Highness, do you have any confidential information? It's impossible for me to know..."

"That's right." Shouguini said calmly: "But you just need to remember the official caliber of the Imakawa family - the traitor does not exist. The first lord... was killed in an accident because of his carelessness."

Senashi Toshi swallowed, he knew that Shoukaini's subtext was already obvious. She hoped to draw a quiver for this infighting. Whether it was the Asahina or the Okabe, they would not have to start a war with each other as traitors.

However, the Okabe family is really a traitor! Keeping the traitor will cause endless troubles! In addition, the intimate relationship between the Okabe family and the Takeda family... What should we do if the Okabe family colludes with Takeda! How can we stop tracing the cause of death of the first lord in order to embellish the peace? How can we deserve the kindness of the first lord!

"Your Highness!" Semeishi Toshikawa made up his mind and was about to persuade him, but Shouguini shook his head and stopped him.

"Old man knows what you want to say." Shouguini said slowly: "Even if there is a traitor, he will leave it alone. What should he do if he causes trouble one day?"

Semine Shizuki quietly looked at Shouguini's blood-filled turbid eyes, waiting for her answer.

The answer he had waited for was the most powerful answer he had ever heard in his life - even the courage of Imakawa Yoshimoto.

"Just don't give him the chance to make trouble."

The room suddenly became quiet, and only the sound of Shouguini plucking the rosary rhythmically remained.

"The first lord... is too confident." Shouguini sighed sadly, "Believe in your own strength, believe in your own charm, believe in your ability to suppress your subordinates. Therefore, they use people without doubt, giving their retainers a lot of space for autonomy and opportunities to show their own strength, thus becoming a helper for their rapid expansion."

"In the end, I was defeated by this." Shouguini whispered, "Even if he was not defeated by this, after Lao Shi and him were a hundred years old, how could Goro suppress a group of full-fledged retainers, and how could he firmly sit in the position of governor of this family?"

"You are all trusted people, and I won't hide it from you." Shouguini sighed, "My attitude towards retainers is closest to your old lord. We must suppress it, check and balance it, and we must never give them a chance to show, but we must firmly grasp it in our hands."

"That time two years ago," Shouguini looked at Tohinata, "Your retainer surrendered to the Okabe family and reported that you concealed the inspection place was planned by me. The purpose was to take back the territory from the retainer. The first lord didn't agree with it and said that he could suppress you."

Asahita's pupils contracted violently and froze in disbelief.

"Rieve, traitor..." Shouguini said to herself: "What kind of person will become traitors? Those with two hearts."

"What kind of people have a second heart? Those who have ambitions and are dissatisfied with vested interests. In other words, those who are capable of treason will have a second heart."

"But, everyone who can stand in your position will not be a mediocre person without ambition. In other words, everyone may have a second heart, so how can they be prevented?" Shou Guini's tone suddenly dropped sharply, and a sharpness that the two had never seen before appeared in their eyes, which made them feel scared.

"It is the most ridiculous to rely on emotional loyalty to maintain systematic governance." Shouguini shook his head calmly, "How can we trust something like emotion?"

"Your Highness's words... are really embarrassing to the inferior." Semeishi Toshi swallowed, "I am sincere to the first lord..."

"Old man knows, but that's only now. Can you guarantee that this emotion will never change with the rise of strength and status?"

Semine Shin-sama was speechless for a moment, but Suki Ni chuckled: "If General Ashikaga had never been sincere to Emperor Go Daigo, how could he be so reused? But when he arrived at the great land of Kanto, he had tens of thousands of troops, but he still rebelled under the instigation of ambition. Even if he had no idea, why would his subordinates want to go up to the next level?"

"Not to mention the distant ones, Xiaolu Fan Man was respectful and loyal to Imakawa's direct descendants. However, when he really tasted the beauty of the supreme power, he was no longer willing to give up. Tao Longfang was also sincere to the Daou family, but looking at the fall of the lord and the decline of the lord, he raised the flag of rebellion."

Semine Shin-shou and Asahinata looked at each other, not knowing what to say, but just lowered their heads silently and looked at the tatami in front of them.

"You are now loyal to the First Lord because the First Lord himself is so unique that you can suppress you. And you have grown up with him since childhood and have a deep relationship. In addition, the Imakawa family has been developing continuously for more than ten years, and your family is growing stronger." Shou Guini changed the subject, "If the new governor is no longer wise and powerful, but is incompetent. The Imakawa family is becoming increasingly weak, and your family is gradually heading towards the end with the Imakawa family, will you still maintain the loyalty of today? Don't you want to find a way out for yourself?"

Asahi Nai Tai and Semei Shizu Shun looked at each other and nodded heavily. Seeing the two of them doing this, Sokuni smiled and shook his head, "It's okay, it doesn't matter."

"Over the years, I have seen through it. The emotions that retainers have towards the master's family are not important, and whether they are loyal or not is not important." Shouguini said with some relief, "As long as we can weaken the strength of retainers, provoke the relationship between retainers, check and balance the retainers, and make everyone have no chance of rebellion, no one will be in a second mind. Even if everyone has a second mind, what kind of storm can it cause?"

"Goro is only the lord of preservation at most. It is also his misfortune to be born in this cruel and chaotic world." Shouguini sighed, "It is impossible for him to control the gradually stronger retainers with his personal ability like the first lord. The gradually stronger retainers will eventually break away from control. Only by weakening the strength of the retainers can the Imakawa family be avoided. If the retainers cannot be weakened, Lao Shi dares to conclude: If nothing else, Tori will be in chaos within five years."

"The thorn that the first lord had not had time to pull out could only be done by the old man." Shouguini seemed tired and slowly closed her eyes, still fiddling with her rosary in her hand, "This is why I am, watching your civil strife continue to consume, but I don't send anyone to mediate. This is the opportunity to weaken the retainers, provoke your relationship, and give Goro the opportunity to establish his authority."

"So," Shouguini suddenly held the bead in his hand, "I don't care whether the traitor is the Okabe family or the Yuqiu family, my old body doesn't care so much. As long as they can weaken them and make them have the desire to make trouble, they don't have that strength or opportunity."

"Since that's the case," Serezushi asked anxiously: "Since your highness didn't arrest him because he suspected that Hongye was a traitor, why did he have to kill him? Is Your Highness just looking for a scapegoat for this unrest? Your Highness thinks that the Okabe family's forces are complicated and it's more troublesome to clean up, and Hongye has no foundation, so he has to execute him!"

Shouguini took a deep breath, slowly opened her eyes, staring at Semeishi Toshi: "Don't you understand yet?"

"Old man is old and can't help Goro for too long." Shouguini began to fiddle with the rosary in his hand again, talking about his life and death, but it seemed to talk about this unrelated matter again: "Old man is still a bit weak in his own question, which can maintain the peace under his control. If he can give Lao Man another ten years and let Lao Man leave a system of checks and balances for his family, Lao Man has confidence. Not to mention you two," Shouguini's eyes flashed, "Even if Yuan Xin has two hearts, this system can be suppressed."

"It's just Yu Qiuping..." Shou Guini smiled bitterly, "I have absolutely no confidence in using any system to suppress him. It's okay for me to live. If I have been a hundred years later, no one in the next generation of the Imakawa family can compare with him, how can I control him? What if he wants to usurp power?"

"And don't forget." Shouguini sighed, "If Goro had lost his heir, he and Feng's son could be integrated into the position of the family governor. If he wanted to seize power, it would be easy. Staying him would be a disaster for the Imakawa family sooner or later. Only by taking this opportunity to execute him for the two charges of Naruto City's missed opportunity to kill the first lord and the use of soldiers to privately use military forces against his colleagues. Moreover, in such a big mess in the Imakawa family, one must find someone to take responsibility and stabilize people's hearts."

"But Your Highness! Hongye is loyal to the Imakawa family! He will not become a second-minded person, but will become the next mainstay of the Imakawa family! How can he become a scapegoat!" Semeishi Toshi defended.

"Fellowship will change with status and time." Shouguini shook his head, "Now he is indeed loyal. When he really takes over the power, do you think he will be like Zhuge Kongming? He is not a Japanese samurai, but a person from the Ming Dynasty. He has no feelings for the samurai tradition and will definitely have the intention to replace him. He can't afford to take this risk."

"But your Highness... this is too decisive." Asahina Tai Ao also said, "Although Hongye is talented, his foundation is unstable after all. We have so many important ministers in the past, we can definitely check and balance him. Your Highness doesn't have to worry about him so much, right? He doesn't have any unrivaled ability."

"You guys are... Fang Jumaru he is..." Shou Guini nodded slightly, but his words came to an abrupt end.

Asahina Taisho and Sena Nai Shin-shou were stunned for a moment, not knowing why.
Chapter completed!