On the tenth day of October of the 17th year of the Astronomical 19th.

This day is a big day for Dazaifu, Chizumaeko, because a significant tea party will be held here today.

When the maid Aning got up, she opened the window and looked at the sky outside. A day ago, she and several maids were temporarily arranged to enter the somewhat dilapidated Dazai Mansion. Although she and her sisters didn't know why they were arranged to come here, she knew from the busy preparations of the past two days that a big man must have come here. Later, she found out from the few little novice monks who were also temporarily transferred here that a tea party would be held here.

When Aning saw Master Chanrong who presided over the conference with his own eyes, he immediately believed it. Master Chanrong is the most famous monk in the neighborhood, and has also won the respect of many adults for his superb tea art and virtue.

Master Chanrong's words "As long as people who are interested in tea ceremony, no matter merchants and people, they can carry a container, a pot, and a coarse pot is fine. Sweep the mat to wait for the emperor. If you still don't want to come, it will be useless to treat it in the future..." Even Aning, as a maid, has heard rumors about it.

When everything was ready for the tea party, it was already noon. Aning, one of the tea party serving today, saw that monks from several nearby temples and even several temples in the Hakata area arrived at the tea party. However, these monks seemed to be waiting for some big figures. After arriving at the Dazaifu, they all waited quietly after a little greeting.

"Here you come, please pay attention to your salute." While waiting, a little shaman hurriedly walked in from outside and whispered to remind him. Aning and others quickly knelt on the ground.

The person who came was Zhengliang and others.

After personally leading the army to monitor Akitsuki Fumizuki and led his subordinates to leave Yesu Castle through the Ancient Mountain Castle. On the one hand, Masara ordered the Akitsuki family to follow Akitsuki and go to the eastern part of the Chizuki country (actually according to the previous agreement, it became a hostage to ensure the safety of the Akitsuki family's members moving away from the western part of the Chizuki country). On the other hand, Masarara left Kinoshita Masana to lead some troops to monitor the evacuation of the remaining Akitsuki family and gradually took Yesu County.

After settled these things, Masayoro led his army to Yamaki Castle to meet with Yoshida Shigemasa and others who were resting there and receiving Jigoku Mihara County. After a brief pause, he led his army to Shibata Castle, the main castle of Jigoji family.

Masara had already read the letter from the samurai who had entrusted the samurai to Masara to the samurai before the death of Chu Zi Weimen. After reading it, Masarara couldn't help but feel a little sad. The only enemies that the Luo family faced when they rose up in Feiqian were the only ones, Chu Zi Weimen and Ryuzaoji Takashi, who have committed suicide. Now Chu Zi Weimen has disappeared. In less than ten years, these wealthy families who have experienced generations have disappeared into the tide of history. Masarara couldn't help but feel a sense of crisis. Just like these families, as long as they are not careful, the Luo family is likely to follow the footsteps of these families. This also alerted Masarara and made him not be complacent because of the achievements made by the Luo family now.

After arriving at Shibata Castle, Masara did not immediately order the siege, but asked the samurai who had been guarding the head of the Chuziwei Gate to enter the city with the letter from the Chuziwei Gate and the head. Masarara decided to give everyone in the city a chance to choose, whether to die or live, they would choose their own.

Fortunately, the remaining officials of the Zhuzi family in the city finally wisely chose to open the city and surrender when facing the Luo family army with more than 10,000 people outside the city. So the Luo family soldiers took over Shibata Castle without taking action.

Regarding the Zhuzi clan, Zhengliang also abides by the agreement in the last words of Zhuzi Weimen that their tribe members voluntarily surrendered. He did not slaughter them, but moved them away from the local area. They will be dispersed to Feiqian, Feihou, and various parts of Zhuzi. From then on, although the Zhuzi clan retained his bloodline, it was almost equivalent to extermination of the clan.

After leaving behind the Chizuki Shengqing and others in the Inner Political Pavilion who were hurriedly rushing to take over the territory of the Zhuzi clan, Masayoshi officially set out to attend the tea party in Dazaifu the next day.

The person who invited Masayoshi to attend this tea party was Master Chanrong. Masayoshi was extremely familiar with Master Chanrong. When the Luo family had just risen and went to Hakata for the first time to seek funds to develop the family, Masayoshi and others settled in the Hokufuji Temple hosted by Master Chanrong. Later, with the help of Master Chanrong, Masayoshi was able to escape from Hakata's pursuit and intercepting family and safely returned to his territory.

A few days ago, Masara, who was resting in Fengmaki Riji City, suddenly received a letter from two masters, Emperor Xuanzhi and Kuikawa Shaoxi in Feimaki. It turned out that Master Chanrong officially invited Masara to Dazaifu to attend the tea party. He also directly stated that the people attending the conference were all monks from temples in Hakata area.

As many temples that should not be underestimated in the Hakata area, after learning through their own intelligence network that the Luo family defeated Otomo and the two coalition forces of the Ouchi family and had already taken advantage of the victory to enter the Chuqian country, they decisively chose to contact the Luo family. In fact, it also proved the foresight of these monks. Just when they were preparing for this tea party, the Luo family had completely occupied the Chuqian country and suppressed the Qiuyue family and forced the Chuzi family to surrender, and the troops pointed directly to the Dazaifu area controlled by them. After learning that Masayoro was in Shibata Castle, these monks quickly asked Master Chanrong to come forward to set the date of the tea party today.

Shibata Castle where the Shuzi clan is located (the area of ​​the later generations of the Shuzi city) is actually less than one mile away from the Dazaifu area. Under the escort of the army, Masara quickly approached his destination.

Half a mile away from Dazaifu, Masaru left most of his accompanying army, and then continued to advance with only a team of 200 people. According to the agreement, both sides could only bring 200 people into the area within half a mile of Dazaifu. In order to ensure Masaru's safety, on the day he received the invitation from Master Chanrong, a large number of black eagles and reconnaissance members entered the local area. Masaru also set out to rush here after several groups of black eagles confirmed that there was no danger near Dazaifu.

As we approach Dazaifu, we saw a plum tree forest growing lushly. The buildings of Dazaifu are hidden in this plum forest. Along the way, we can see many various buildings that have gradually become dilapidated.

The Daizaifu was established in 663 AD. It was the military and administrative center of Kyushu at that time. It was the department that governed Kyushu and took on all the government affairs of Kyushu, including national defense, diplomacy, etc. The prince served as a honorary commander, and Daizai was a substantial commander. Since the right minister Sugawara Domain, the Dazaifu General has been a minister's crime and moved to the left. Since the Kamakura Guardian, the Muto clan has been serving as a member of the Dazai Shao-e. Unfortunately, with the decline of the court and the shogunate, the Bo

With the rise of the economy in many regions, the Dazaifu was ineffective at this time and eventually lost its position as the economic and political center of Kyushu. Now it is occupied by local temple forces and has become a place dedicated to the temple. Although Yoshitaka Ouchi, who had just become the guardian of the Kitakyushu region, applied to the court for permission to obtain the position of Dazai Daiyi from the court to obtain approval, he was unwilling to confront the local temple forces, so he has never actually occupied this place.

At this time, Master Chanrong and others had already set up a tea table in a pavilion in Dazaifu. Masayoro, accompanied by Master Chanrong, greeted the monks from the temples who were greeted one by one, and then walked into the tea table surrounded by reed mats.

Then the tea party officially began, and the sound of pots and pots colliding everywhere in the tea table, as if everyone was showing off their proud famous instruments. These monks actually took out the tea instruments that were under their chests. As the king of the three kingdoms who were fat and fat, Zhengliang naturally could not be rude, so he also took out the tea instruments in his family that he could take out for the time being.

The tea party at this time was not the kind that I usually drank tea in a teahouse in later generations. It had certain procedures and rules. So during the entire tea party, everyone discussed the topic about tea. For this topic, the Zhengliang from later generations was naturally not too bad, so he, who was originally the protagonist of this tea party, immediately gained the favor of many tea ceremony enthusiasts.

In fact, Masayoshi was also very clear that as long as Masayoshi was willing to come this time, it would release enough kindness to these temple forces. In the previous letter to Masayoshi, Masayoshi also clearly told Masayoshi that the temple forces in the Hakata area were willing to make friends with the Luo family, and even were willing to assist the Luo family in the Hakata area. In return, these temple forces also hoped that the Luo family could make appropriate concessions. After all, they had heard of the temple system in the Luo family's territory. Just the policy of confiscating the fields of the temple touched the fundamental interests of these temples. As the Luo family unstoppable settled in the western part of the Chuqian Kingdom, they were naturally worried about the temple policies that the Luo family would follow. This is also the place where the two sides directly confronted after the tea party.

At about four o'clock in the afternoon, the tea ceremony ended. At this moment, it started to rain in the sky.

Looking at the rain floating in the breeze outside the pavilion, Master Chanrong, who was the host, said to Zhengliang with a smile:

"Mr. Dazai Shao Er is really destined to be with Fengyu!"

Master Chanrong's words were a joke on the surface, but they expressed two meanings. One was to take the opportunity to touch on the incident when Masayoshi escaped from Hakata with his assistance. After all, it was a stormy day. Secondly, he secretly recognized the official position of Masayoshi Dazai Shaoer.
Chapter completed!