Qingden said to Sanako and others beside him:

"Don't be nervous, they don't seem to be thieves."

Although he said this, he still raised his right arm slightly, ready to draw the sword at any time.

Soon, this group of cavalry stopped steadily 10 meters away in front of Qingdeng, and then cast a series of wary and doubtful glances.

After seeing the large amounts of blood on Qingdeng and others' bodies, horror filled their cheeks.

Before the other party could say anything, Qingdeng took the lead:

"Who are you?!"

The leader of the cavalry—a dark-skinned strong man—responded without hesitation:

"We are the samurai under the command of Lieutenant General Sakonoe Gon! We are here with Shitani Saemon!"

Qingden raised his eyebrows.

"Lieutenant General Sakonoe Quan...that is to say, you are the feudal lords of the Owari Domain?"

The strong man at the head...that is, Hosotani Zaemon, held his head high with a proud look on his face.

"Exactly! Who are you? Why did you break into our territory?"

Owari Clan - one of the "Three Imperial Clan".

Its territory basically covers the entire Nobi Plain (one of Japan's three major plains), so it is extremely wealthy and has a height of 610,000 koku.

In terms of comprehensive strength, he is the strongest among the "three imperial families".

The current person in power of the Owari Domain is the 16th generation lord, Tokugawa Yoshiki, who has just turned 6 years old this year. The official title awarded to him by the Kyoto court was from the three Lieutenant General Sakonoe Gon.

According to the political convention that "the official position in the imperial court is more important than the official position in the shogunate", the most formal honorific title for Tokugawa Yoshiki is Lieutenant General Sakonoe Quan.

This is the same as the fact that most people respectfully call Matsudaira Yoshiho "Higo-sama". (Matsudaira Yoshiho's imperial official position is ranked from Higo-sama to the top five)

As soon as Hosotanizaemon finished speaking, the expressions of Ayoto and others experienced subtle and interesting changes.

Sanako blinked and murmured:

"The territory of the feudal clan...are we in the territory of the Owari clan now..."

From Iga to Owari... the straight-line distance alone is a full 80 kilometers!

Counting the extra steps taken due to the rugged terrain and impassable roads, the pursuit distance of Qingdeng and others was at least hundreds of kilometers!

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