That man must have been very skilled. Miss Kujo has been lurking in the camp for so many days as "Yukiko", so she should know something about that person. So as soon as she came out of the longhouse with herself in her hands, and bumped into the man head-on, her body really tensed - Saigo was strangled by her neck all the time, and of course she was aware of the changes in her.

Until she finally created a chance for the two of them to be alone tonight, and revealed her identity, he had no idea that this person was the adopted daughter of one of the old Chinese who followed her brother, Miss Kujo.

In his mind, although he had only met once or twice, Miss Kujo's appearance seemed to be more beautiful than the woman's appearance. However, he remembered that his brother seemed to have mentioned in their casual conversation in the past, that although the branch of the Kujou family could barely touch the edge of the old Chinese clan, it had fallen miserably, and that the head of the family, Kujou Tadashi, was also a fool with great ambitions and talents, and that his only son was weak, and that only his adopted daughter, Miss Kujou, still had some skills and skills, and it was worth using them—so changing her appearance by some means of disguise was also one of Miss Kujo's skills, right?

When she took out her brother's letter and revealed her identity as the "Kujo Noriko", he was surprised at first, but gradually a little hope rose in his heart.

I hope that my brother will still be willing to listen to him, understand the difficulties of the new government, and stop making trouble...... If this continues, it will only make everyone miserable, and the Saigo family, which has been revitalized with great difficulty, will be torn apart again, and there will be nothing left-

However, when he had read the short letter, he lifted his eyes, and his heart was cold, and he saw her sitting in front of him.

When he was young in Kyoto, he used to have a little affection for the beautiful geisha who came to accompany him, but now, no matter how beautiful she was in front of him, he could no longer have the same heart palpitations as he had been.

The letter in his hand seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, and he shoved it into the small lamp lit behind him as soon as he returned his hand. The candle in the lampshade immediately lit the thin piece of paper, and he took it out, and watched it burn from one corner, and the little dim flame stretched on the paper, devouring his brother's words little by little, and at last, she silently pushed over a small empty porcelain plate, and motioned for him to throw the burned letter into the plate, which saved him from the danger of burning his hand.

And then, what did she say? It seemed to be something about the same as it is now.

Her gentle and beautiful voice, but the words she uttered were extremely harsh and harsh, and in the end, she was simply full of color.

She asks him why he didn't stand with his brother, and asks him if he knows that his brother Kobei has been killed in battle, and that his nephew Kikujiro may have lost a leg due to a battle wound......

"Can you easily give up your family, your brother, the people you think you think are generals?!" she asked him sharply.

Saigo felt that he couldn't say anything for a while.

My brother who has been looking up until now...... So far, I have been fighting to follow my brother...... Now, are you standing on two different paths?

He tried to squeeze out a smile, feeling that he could not lose face in front of this young girl, or lose the prestige of the Saigo family, but that smile was only a flash in the pan, and only stayed on his face for a moment before disappearing.

Still, the young girl seemed unwilling to let him go. She pressed forward step by step, and every word she uttered calmly seemed to knock him down into a deeper abyss.

"...... 'follow the way'. She read the name softly, then looked up at him again.

"Why did Congdao-sama call me that?" she asked suddenly.

Saigo said: "......"

He felt like he couldn't say a word. Heavy pain, incomprehensible sadness, and powerless anger all huddled together and filled his chest.

The adopted daughter of the Kujou family—the wonderful woman who actually supported the entire declining branch of the Kujou family—didn't hear his answer, so she tilted her head slightly, showing a bit of mischievous and willful innocence, and just casually threw out everything that shouldn't be said like a child who didn't understand the gravity of the matter.

“…… Shingo-sama. She waited for a moment, but did not hear his answer, so she called the name again in a low but clear voice.

Saigo Congdao: ?!

Yes. This is his previous name. Shingo Saigo.

As if sensing the futility of his attempt to escape the meaning behind the name, the adopted daughter of the Kujo family, who was almost disgusting and almost cruel, suddenly laughed softly.

"Shingo-sama, why did you become 'Follow-sama'?

Saigo Congdo: !!

One hit.

A sword pierces the heart.

Without the slightest resistance, he felt his chest instantly pierce through the sharp blade that had been transformed into by that gentle question.

He understood the double meaning behind her question. It was precisely because of this that a certain fact that he had deliberately avoided thinking about after his brother had raised the army also resurfaced in front of him.

At this moment, he suddenly understood something.

This woman is here to stop him.

She made it clear that his efforts were useless. From the moment my brother chose to join the army, it was impossible to go back to the past.

He opened his mouth, and with several struggles it took a few words to squeeze a few words out of his dry throat, and his voice was hoarse as if it had been polished by gravel.

"Why...... To block ...... Shall I meet my brother, Miss Kujo?!"

Ah, yes, that's it.

The words that are spoken word by word are all words of the heart. The fact that it should not have been clearly exposed, she also tore the veil of shame on the surface and put it in front of him. Rather than taking his brother's position as a harsh rebuke of his hostile brother, she was standing on a higher, more objective standpoint, reminding him that an impassable and irreversible wall had been erected between him and his brother, and that his efforts and expectations were a kind of foolishness that could not be conveyed to his brother—and that there was no need to convey them to him.

Because, maybe my brother has already understood all this.

He saw the young girl in front of him with a pale face but still dazzling, and slowly hooked Tu Zhu's lips and revealed an incomprehensible smile.

“…… Because, I like this kind of drama. ”

She actually gave an answer that he was least likely to guess!

Saigo's heart sank!

Tonight, after learning her true identity, he had been quietly searching every corner of his memory, trying to find out anything about her, but by now, all he could remember were bits and pieces.

For example, he remembers that once when he was chatting with his brother and a few reliable subordinates who followed his brother loyally, they once mentioned Choshu's Junjie, and then, I don't know which one of them was here, he smiled and said, "Ah, that Kujou Tadashun used to take refuge in Choshu back then, but then Mr. Takasugi died too young, and they lost their home like rootless duckweed, so they turned to Saigo-sama's disciple;

…… So, the Miss Kujo in front of her is actually towards Choshu, more than Satsuma?!She didn't think about her adoptive father's choice to go to Satsuma from the beginning, so she deliberately embarrassed them?!

However, Miss Kujou's next words with a smile did not solve his confusion, but made it even more incomprehensible.

"Isn't this the new world that Satsuma wanted to pursue in the first place......? First he took refuge in Aizu and declared Choshu an 'enemy of the DPRK,' then he made a big turn and cooperated with Choshu and attacked Aizu as an 'enemy of the DPRK,' and finally he betrayed Choshu -- and now, Satsuma himself is ...... No, even between siblings, there was infighting!"

She said in a cheerful tone, and in a few simple words, she summed up the great changes that everyone had experienced in the past ten years, which made Saigo even more certain that the adopted daughter of the Kujo family must have maintained her tenacity and stood on the cusp of the tide of the times from beginning to end, because it was impossible to talk about these things in such a familiar and playful tone if you did not know all about these changes and the connections between them—

He couldn't decide what to do, but the next moment the Kujou lady laughed, looking very happy.

"If you want me to say, it's wonderful. Satsuma ...... who have come this far Can I finally understand a little bit of the pain of others?" she said slowly.

"Brothers and sisters are forced to go their separate ways, and the friends who have grown up together hate each other, and finally, the brothers, whom everyone regards as generals and commanders-in-chief, are about to be abandoned and swallowed up by the torrent of this age......

Saigo listened to her voice silently, slowly counting and connecting the tragedies that happened at different moments, so that every link in this fateful tragic journey sounded extremely clear at the moment—and inevitable.

Suddenly, her voice stopped, and she lowered her gaze as if it had touched her somewhere in the journey.

After a long silence, she slowly regained her head. Saigo was stunned to find that there was a bright and crystalline water floating in her eyes.

"It seems a bit out of place to say that at the moment—" she said slowly, her eyes shining with a stubborn and insane glint in her eyes.

"I'm going to say—"

"I'm so happy to finally get to this day. ”

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August 15:

First of all, applaud the thousandth chapter in my number!

In addition, it just so happens that the synopsis of this chapter is such a sentence, what a wonderful coincidence

When I opened the pit, I definitely didn't expect to be able to write so much

In fact, this article is also a combination of several articles that I originally wanted to write with the same people.

Each volume can almost become an article on its own

In short, it would not have been possible to get to this point without everyone's encouragement

Give the cuties a heart!

Next, I will finish this article well, please continue to eat it happily ww

A little note from this chapter:

This chapter is almost written from the perspective of Saigo from the Tao, so consider the appearance in the Taihe drama, and add drama to him.

The little guards mentioned in this chapter are the four men of the Saigo family, who followed the eldest brother, and were very sober-minded and far-sighted, but unfortunately they died soon in the Southwest War. His strategy was also not adopted, leading to defeat.

Saigo is the third son of the Saigo family, so Kobei is his younger brother.

Kikujiro is the son of Saigo Takamori, who was forced to have his leg sawed off due to injuries sustained during the Southwest War.

Well, the processes that the girl summarized at the end are actually the tragic processes of the Shinsengumi at the beginning

Tragedies are all similar

The happiness that the girl showed at the end seems to be a bit excessive.,But considering that she's standing in the position of the Shinsengumi.,It's understandable.。

Next update: tomorrow.

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