Original God, but the real world

Chapter 134 133-Calming Down People
It is a very important matter that Thomas’ Eye of God was confiscated.

His identity determined that the shogunate would not hunt him down just because he had the Eye of God.

Thomas is the household manager of Kamisato's family.

This status already makes one a close retainer of Kamisato Ayato and Kamisato Ayaka. In other words, the Eye Hunting Ceremony is to rub the face of the shrine official on the ground.

I clearly know Thomas' identity and that he accepted protection from the Kamisato family.

But even so, I will take away his God's Eye and turn him into a useless person.

You can't stop it.

All struggles are for the benefit of the initiator of the struggle. This is the most essential answer to war.

If there is no profit, then war will not happen.

Similarly, Thomas being pinned to the ground and left to die was also a simple demonstration by Kujo Takayuki.

With this move, he directly trampled on Kamisato Ayato's face under his feet repeatedly.

Unable to protect even his own close ministers, the prestige of the shrine magistrate has plummeted, and the families following the shrine magistrate and the Kamisato family will also understand who is the better choice.

Family-style following is always accompanied by a simple relationship of interest. I will choose to follow you only if you can make my family strong and prosperous.

For a master like this who can't even protect his own close ministers, who would choose such a weak and incompetent boss unless there is really no other way?
To be honest, the coexistence of the three principles is a ruling model accepted by everyone.

The Inazuma shogunate had used the Three Bugyo to handle affairs for more than a thousand years, and the fact that the Tenryo Bugyo had reached such a level cannot be explained simply by the word "inappropriate".

Kujo Takayuki totally disregarded the company's magistrate.

But under normal circumstances, he would never be so arrogant.

Therefore, the only thing that could give him enough confidence was the Eye Hunting Order.

The Eye Hunting Order is a good opportunity to eliminate dissidents.

As long as you don't surrender to me, I will keep an eye on the person with the God's Eye in your family and turn him into a waste.

Everyone who possesses the Eyes of God in this era is a person of strong will and outstanding talent.

Even in Inazuma's powerful family, it is not easy to have such a close minister.

Kujo Takayuki naturally wouldn't dare to take action against someone like Kamisato Ayaka.

But if a close retainer like Thomas dared to defect to the Kamisato family, he would turn the other person into a waste.

It doesn't take much.

After the incident with Thomas, anyone who has any respect for life and death will make a choice for the Kamisato family.

And if he seized the opportunity and killed one or two more people, the Kamisato family would collapse.

No one would choose to be attached to such a weak family, even if he holds the seat of shrine magistrate - but what power can a shrine magistrate have if he can't even keep his retainers?
Seeing that Kujo Takayuki went to such an extent, the judgment of the envoy from the Takagi family was indeed correct.

He is really too arrogant.

The corners of Jiang Qing's lips curled up slightly.

Frankly speaking, he didn't trust Ying Si Jin and the Ying Si family either.

After the fall of the Kujo family, this group of people's first reaction was not to fight, but to imprison Kujo Kamajima and force him to sign a confession.

The confession describes the heroic confrontation between the Takagi and Kujo families - in reality, none of this happened.

Political speculation is indeed normal. The nobles in the ancient Donggong also relied on this method to complete a span that normally took more than ten years and directly grasp power.

A new emperor appoints new ministers, that's normal.

But the speculative approach of the Takashi family is really unpleasant.

Speculation requires some price to be paid after all. It doesn't make sense for you to catch someone and then think you can take the position of the leader.

Jiang Qing really couldn't believe their bottom line - but then again, the other party's lack of bottom line was a good thing.

This means that Jiang Qing only needs to do what is required by the contract, and does not have to worry about the life and death of the Yingsi family.

The contract is a reasonable solution for both parties to resolve the issue of Kujo Takayuki. As for what happens after that... who knows.

"I think such a secret should be enough for the Takagi family to gain the recognition of the Kamisato family," Jiang Qing thought for a moment, "How about this, the Takagi family might as well go a step further and gain the trust of the Society Bugyo."

"During the investigation on Kaijima, Kujo Takayuki was about to take action against a close retainer of the Kamisato family."

"At the hunting ceremony for the 100 God's Eyes, Thomas will perform on stage."

Jiang Qing looked sincere, "With this kind of information, I believe that the Yingsi family can gain the trust of the Society Minister."

"In this way, after the fall of Kujo Takayuki, the Takashi family, with the support of the Kamisato family, will naturally have a greater chance of ascending to the position of Tenryo Bugyo."

Jiang Qing did not directly say that he would ensure that the Yingsi family would ascend to the position of Tianling Bugeng.

But his words do lead in that direction.

He defeated Kujo Takayuki, overthrew the Kujo family, and won over the shrine magistrate as an ally.

If the Yingsi family can do these things, they will naturally be the new Tianling.

Even if the messenger did not have such an idea, as long as he understood the whole matter according to Jiang Qing's words, he would still feel that Jiang Qing was actually making such a guarantee again.

The Takagi family cooperated with Kaijima to defeat the traitor Kujo Takayuki and ascended to the position of Tenryo Bugyo.

But Jiang Qing never said that.

Because he can't.

The death of Kujo Takayuki is one thing, and who will become Tenryo Bugyo is another.

Toppling your boss doesn't mean you can replace him.

This should be a very simple truth.

Jiang Qing's smile was gentle.

But everyone is too greedy.

Greed can make people ignore many simple truths.

The Kujo family occupied the position of Tenryo Bugyo, which seemed to be the biggest trouble for the Takagi family to make further progress.

But for Inazuma, the biggest trouble in power always comes from the general.

Only when He recognizes you, you are qualified to go further.

Toppling the Kujo family and ascending to the throne are two different things.

But there is no need to remind the other party. They are smart people and can see it themselves, right?

The messenger's expression became more respectful.

In a way, intelligence gathering capability is actually part of strength, and a pretty good one at that.

Because in the internal struggles of human beings, intelligence can solve many problems, but strength cannot.

No one person's violence can prevail over a country.

It is no exaggeration to say that Jiang Qing's words just now were as if he was standing over Kujo Takayuki's head and watching what he was going to do.

Kaijima even knew that Tenryo Bugyo was planning to have a confrontation with Sha Bugyo.

This will be a battle where the outcome is already decided, but the result will have far-reaching consequences.

The Shabuyuki will lose, and the Tenryobukyō will step on the Shabuyuki's shoulders and go to a higher place to overlook all the living beings in Inazuma.

Such a plan should have been kept secret, because the society would certainly not stick its face out to get hit.

If Kamisato Ayato knew that Kujo Takayuki was planning to step on the Shrine Bugyo and push the Tenryo Bugyo to the highest position of power, he would have to fight back.

It doesn't matter whether you succeed or not, at least you have to do something.

Even though you know someone is plotting against your confidant, you don't plan to fight back at all, just because you know you will lose.

No one would be willing to follow such a person.

This is certainly troublesome.

When the matter is done, Kamisato Ayato can only choose to accept reality.

The Eye Hunting Ceremony was presided over by the Shogun himself, and no Inazuma would try to do anything at this time.

It cost Kujo Takayuki nothing to use the general's divine power to attack his competitors.

Before the Eye Hunting Ceremony, Kujo Takayuki must fight with Kamisato Ayato.

Of course he can win, but this kind of effort is too much of a loss and unnecessary.

So he had to keep it secret.

And Kaijima knew it.

The Takagi family was not aware of the deal between Kujo Takayuki and the Fatui, but the envoy was very clear that the shogunate was definitely not going all out.

In any war, regardless of whether it is about speed or stability, it is natural to be able to resolve the war quickly, save supplies, and preserve the lives of soldiers.

However, the shogunate never gave its full effort.

Unless Kaiji Oomikami is resurrected, the shogunate should not take such measures to hide its military power.

That leaves only one answer.

Kujo Takayuki is grazing the rebels on Kaijima Island.

I thought the rebels were birds in a cage, but I didn't expect that their abilities far exceeded the expectations of the Yingsi family.

Isn’t this a bird in a cage, but rather a pig pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger, preparing to teach Kujo Takayuki a lesson?
The messenger was silent.

No matter what, whether it is the other party's sincerity or ability, this cooperation has great potential.

He was certain in his heart that he had made a decision.

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"The Yingsi family is not very trustworthy." Coral Palace Xinhai looked at the envoy's departing back and spoke lightly.

"Of course." Jiang Qing spread his hands. "To be honest, I even think Ying Sijin may have already expressed his position to the Kujo family."

"Express your willingness to pretend to cooperate with the shogunate for the sake of the Tenryo Bugyo-sama."

As he spoke, Jiang Qing laughed out loud: "Anyway, they didn't lose anything."

There is actually no need to doubt such things.

Of course, Kujo Takayuki knew that Takagi Susumu was unwilling to be his dog, and the Takagi family wanted to overthrow the Kujo family.

But he will still use the Yingsi family.

Because he is confident that his power will not be taken away, and also because the Takagi family has this value.

"Yes," Coral Palace Xinhai also smiled, "How could someone like Kujo Takayuki worry about his power being taken away by others?"

He has reached this position and has pushed the position of Tianling Fengxing to the top of the three Fengxings.

He was the only one who had achieved this in hundreds of years.

Kujo Takayuki's success was certainly due to various arrangements of fate, but to say that he was incompetent is purely unreasonable.

Even the fools do not take such a person seriously.

Whether you are arrogant or conceited, it is impossible for you to worry about your subordinates usurping your power.

So from the very beginning, the Yingsi family had a way out.

They can continue to choose the Kujo family.

Of course, neither advancing nor retreating is also a way out.

"Whether or not a servant is abandoned is never determined by the master's intentions, but by the servant's value." Jiang Qing let out a long sigh, "The Yingsi family has value that will not be abandoned."

Therefore, Takagi Susumu doesn't have to care about Kujo Takayuki's suspicion.

Anyway, Kujo Takayuki would not have given him any trust.

Working with such people is a double-edged sword, it may not necessarily kill the enemy, but it will not necessarily hurt you either.

Ultimately, it all depends on how Haizhidao performs.

They performed well, so the Takashi family is naturally an ally of Kaijima.

They were defeated by the shogunate. The Takashi family was a loyal retainer of the Kujo family. They came to explore the secrets and pretended to be an ally of Kaijima.

"But it doesn't matter." Coral Palace's heart smiled, "It's almost time."

The reason why the messenger had to be sent at this time was, of course, because the fire of life of those who used the evil eye had burned out.

The envoy will definitely pay attention to these "warriors" who performed outstandingly in the war - he has to pay attention.

The Coral Palace Heart Sea brought these people together.

She did not explicitly tell these people the consequences of using the evil eye, but in fact she could have told them.

But in order to make a deal with the Fatui, the Coral Palace's Heart Sea kept the Evil Eye a secret.

After all, confidentiality is the basis of the transaction between the two parties.

However, the Fatui knew very well that the secret of the Evil Eye could not be concealed for too long, so they needed to turn Kaiji Island into ruins.

Anyway, Inazuma is secluded from the country, so as long as Umijima can become history, and with the help of Kujo Takayuki, this matter can easily become a little secret.

As for the current war situation, there is no way to hide it.

With so many people using the evil eye together, someone will eventually notice the problem with the evil eye.

What's more, these warriors who fought hard against the shogunate never believed in the favor of fate.

They knew that the evil eye had a price.

But they probably didn't guess that the price of the evil eye would be so heavy.

So at this time, some people accepted the inevitable death, while others felt that Coral Palace Xinhai had betrayed them.

It is obvious that in order to gain an advantage on the battlefield, Xinhai of the Coral Palace chose to use the evil eye, a life-threatening tool.

She did not explain the cost of using this weapon in advance, but gave the weapon to everyone.

This is of course also a betrayal.

The envoy of the Takagi family will tell Kujo Takayuki about the chaos within Kaijima, and Kujo Sara will also notice this chaos.

The former would make Kujo Takayuki give up his attention on Kaijima and focus on how to suppress the other two magistrates' offices.

The latter would cause further discord within the shogunate army and force Kujo Sara to send troops.

This is the last chance for a decisive battle.

What Coral Palace Xinhai and Goro discussed most was how to proceed with the next step after victory, but they were not concerned about victory itself.

Because the winner is so obvious, there is no need to worry too much.

Or to put it another way, the shogunate army had no way to deal with internal and external troubles, so there was really no need to think about the future, which was taken for granted by Pingli.

The gap in strength is so huge that the story could end here.

All the schemes in the world are nothing more than strengthening the weak and weakening the strong in exchange for the opportunity of victory.

We can't even win this battle. It can only be said that life is so difficult now, we might as well just give up.

"Please, Lord Coral Palace."

Jiang Qing stretched out his hand and gestured, "You have to sort out the internal troubles first."

"of course."

Coral Palace Xinhai held Jiang Qing's hand and said, "You have to come with me."

Jiang Qing tried to pull away, but found that the other party was holding it very tightly.

"Are you nervous?"

After hesitating for a while, Jiang Qing came up with this answer.

"Of course." Coral Palace Xinhai nodded as a matter of course, "I have never betrayed the people of Haizhi Island, but by mistake, I betrayed those warriors."

"I still have to convince them to accept my betrayal, which is really not what I am good at."

"So?" Jiang Qing asked tentatively.

"So you have to help me." Coral Palace Xinhai said.

"This is beyond my ability. To be honest, I think the prestige of the Coral Palace is enough to overwhelm these people."

Jiang Qing was slightly stunned.

Damn it.

With the plan having reached this stage, why is it that internal conflicts are the only problem?
"You think too much. There are very few people who can die for their beliefs, and even fewer who are willing to die for a dead god." Coral Palace Xinhai said with a serious expression.

"As a miko, shouldn't you have a little respect for your god?"

"As a miko, I must first protect the people of God."

Jiang Qing fell silent.

The only thing that drives a war is profit.

There are many reasons that drive an anti-invasion war.

The simplest and most rustic reason is to survive.

If God isn't an option, then using survival as an excuse should be an option, right?

Jiang Qing made up his mind quickly without much thought.

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There are many resistance soldiers who drive the evil eye.

In the plot line, the Fatui lurk among the resistance, they select those who are willing enough to fight, and then persuade them to accept the Evil Eye.

Some people are aware of the problem, but they ignore it.

Life and death are imminent, and the only thing that can help you, your comrades and your family get through the difficult times is the tool in your hand.

If it were anyone else, it would probably be difficult for them to refuse.

This is why Teppei chose the evil eye.

The rebels were not too resistant to this weapon.

Firstly, they were unaware of the terrible price paid for the evil eye, and secondly, they had no choice.

And the timeline of the transaction between Xinhai in Coral Palace and the Fatui.

She reached a cooperation with the Fatui, extorting enough evil eyes and supplies, which the Fatui used in exchange for the protection of secrets.

Of course, better protection would be for all those who knew about it to die.

This is exactly what the Fatui are doing.

They really couldn't cover it up any longer.

The performance of these people who used the evil eyes on the battlefield was really outstanding, and Kujo Sara felt that there was something wrong no matter how he thought about it.

It doesn't matter if one or two capable fighters appear occasionally in the rebel army, but if a group of capable fighters suddenly appear, and she is not curious at all and does not want to investigate at all, then she would be unworthy of her status as a general.

But the more she tried to investigate, the more difficult the Fatui became.

Kujo Sara is not a good person. She may not notice the intelligence problems once or twice, but every time she mentions these people, she either cannot find out anything about them or there is no problem, as if they are supposed to be that strong.

Even if she is just stupid, she should have noticed the problem.

What's more, she is a general who fought on the battlefield.

This comes from two conflicts.

In Inazuma Castle, they reached a contract with Tenryo Bugyo for the rich man's plan.

In order to show his sincerity, Kujo Takayuki agreed to a less important item - to put some pressure on the rebels to give the evil eye room to play.

At the Evil Eye Factory, the Fatui officers guarding the factory decisively chose to accept the request of Coral Palace Xinhai.

He had no way to resolve the threat posed by the Heart Sea of ​​Coral Palace, and he didn't dare to ask the scattered soldiers to step in.

At that time, all the executives who were qualified to participate in the decision-making gathered in Inazuma City to observe Ying and the Liyue Immortal who suddenly appeared.

They had every reason to suspect that these two lunatics were out for revenge.

Not long ago, Tartaglia released the Demon God in Liyue Harbor, and Rosaline took the Heart of the God of Rock.

Taking away the Heart of God was a contract between the two gods, and the immortals were completely unaware of it.

But Tartaglia's actions are obvious and are indeed worth settling accounts with.

Rosaline used the secret in exchange for Qixing's non-prosecution, but the immortal didn't care about Qixing, so that was of course fine.

As soon as Inazuma's plan was launched, they went straight into the castle tower to meet the shogun.

It can't all be a coincidence, right?

The Fatui's real executives are actually keeping an eye on the castle tower.

There was no way they couldn't pay attention.

The executive officers all have their own thoughts and what they want, but the Queen only wants the Heart of God.

If you want the Heart of God, who else can you go to if not the general?
It is precisely because of this that the problem of two command logic arises.

Fortunately, they quickly found a solution.

As long as the rebels are defeated, all problems will be solved.

And it just so happens that Jiang Qing’s method is the same.

As long as the shogunate army is defeated, everything can start over.

Everyone has similar goals and the means of solving problems are exactly the same.

So this is the situation.

Two groups of people gathered in the camp.

The generals and officers of the rebel army, as well as the warriors who used the evil eye.

This is a very "eye-catching" state. Anyone can see that these people who drive the evil eye have gray hair and are obviously at the end of their lives.

They gathered here, they were waiting for an answer.

"How is Lord Coral Palace going to deceive us?"

The generals were thinking.

This situation is too obvious. Combined with these dying records, it is not difficult to understand what price they paid to achieve that level.

But the evil eye - this weapon was spread by Xinhai of the Coral Palace himself.

They did not want to question Coral Palace Xinhai, they just wanted to get a satisfactory answer and then continue the decisive battle with the Shogunate army.

Among all people, Coral Palace Xinhai is the least likely to betray Haizhi Island.

No matter what she is doing, the people of Kaiji Island believe that she must be doing it for the continuation of Kaiji Island.

The shogunate may let anyone go, but it will never let go of [Current Goddess] and the Coral Palace lineage.

To root out the enemy is the greatest respect for the enemy.

Therefore, no one would not believe in Coral Palace Xinhai's determination to fight against the shogunate. She really has no way out.

"You are able to gather here without bringing soldiers with you. It seems that we can still continue to communicate."

Coral Palace Xinhai walked to the front of the stage, followed closely by Jiang Qing.

Everyone's eyes were on them.

“We don’t crave the truth.”

Wu Lang, who was waiting in front, still maintained a respectful attitude, "But Lord Coral Palace, these people still need an explanation."

Without Goro taking the lead, this threatening conversation would not have happened.

However, Wu Lang is also Coral Palace Xinhai's accomplice.

She needs to calm people down before the final battle.

(End of this chapter)