Chapter 598: Light and Shadow (2)
When Yu Qiuyu came back to his senses, the situation had been controlled by the ninja of the Raven. They were scattered along the main roads and high ground around the hillsides, guarding against any civilians who might escape. The remaining hundred or so people huddled in a heap, shivering as they looked at the fierce crow ninja and the dozen corpses on the ground.
Yu Qiuyou swallowed and looked at everything in front of him in disbeliefβit was all his order. His gaze wandered in the bloody Shura field, gradually focusing on the corpse. He slowly moved his heavy steps towards the corpse, the man he had just shot to death. Yu Qiuyou walked to his side, looking at the despair and pain in his eyes that were difficult to close, as well as the hollowness and bottomless darkness in his pupils, and suddenly felt a wave of nausea in his stomach. He squatted down and clutched his hands on his chest, almost throwing it out. The blood trickling from the corpse had slowly spread to the tips of his shoes.
Just when Yu Qiuyou's face was fighting, trying his best to control himself not to vomit, he suddenly remembered the girl's sobbing sound not far away.
"Daddy! Daddy... Father! β
Yu Qiuyou turned his head a little hard and looked in the direction where the voice came from. It was the outer part of the crowd, and a crying little girl was trying to break free from her mother's embrace, calling for her father, trying to run towards the corpse next to Yu Qiuyou, but her mother grabbed her fiercely. No matter how much she struggled, the little girl could not rush out of her mother's arms, and her strength became less and less, until at last she leaned into her mother's arms as if she had resigned herself to her fate, and began to cry over the corpse. And the mother who was holding the little girl had no less tears on her face than the little girl, but she didn't let out a whimper. She has just lost her husband, and at the moment she is trying her best to suppress her extreme grief and want to protect her only remaining child.
"Mother, what's wrong with Daddy! Mother! Daddy won't die! Mother! β
"Mother, what should Daddy do!"
"Mother, let's go save Daddy!"
"Mother, are those people bad people! Why are they beating daddy! β
The little girl's sobs and wails were like a heavy hammer, striking again and again on Yu Qiuyou's heart. He couldn't believe that he had done everything in front of him, that the honest farmer, the pillar of the family, the husband of a beautiful wife, and the father of a lovely little girl had been killed by himself.
He was innocent.
What did I do...
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However, at this moment, a rush and dense footsteps also sounded on the side. Yu Qiuyou turned his head to the other side and found that the person who came was the soldiers of the two platoons of the second company of Tokiwabei, who had arrived in a hurry. The leader is none other than his elder brother - Yu Qiuyan. Yu Qiuyou could clearly see the sadness and anger in Yu Qiuyou's eyes after seeing the corpses and blood in front of him. He walked briskly over to the corpse and crouched down to check the faces and clothes of several people. After confirming that these people were just unarmed people, this usually taciturn and moody teenager completely broke out.
"Ayo, what are you doing! You gave the order, right? Do you know what you did? Yu Qiuyu stepped forward, grabbed Yu Qiuyou's collar with one hand, pulled the squatting Yu Qiuyou up, and yelled at him, "These are unarmed people!" How can you kill innocents indiscriminately! Are you crazy! β
"I don't want to! What are you doing? Yu Qiuyou's mentality was already close to collapse, and when Yu Qiuyu yelled at him, his emotions were completely unbalanced, and he yelled back at Yu Qiuyou, "They have discovered your whereabouts!" They found out that Tokiwa was ready! If the news leaks, the whole plan is over! I have to stop them! But someone has already run away, so I can only give the order to do it! β
"Then you're killing someone? Then you're killing someone? Yu Qiu Yan laughed angrily, and after glancing at the corpses on the ground, he continued to roar at his younger brother, "They are just villagers passing by!" What are they doing wrong! Why do you kill? β
"Why? Just because I am the second son of the Yuqiu family, I am my father's child, and I am responsible for the Yuqiu family! If one of them runs away and leaks the news, our plan is over! Yuqiu's family is about to be in big trouble! For the sake of Yuqiu's family, what is it to kill a few people! Yu Qiuyou roared loudly without fear, "Brother, you have always been like that!" Think about yourself in everything, and do everything according to your own mind! Have you ever considered other people's feelings? Have you considered the Yuqiu family? You are not only you, you are also the young master of the Yuqiu family! You don't think about the Yuqiu family, who thinks about the Yuqiu family? β
"You don't have to go online here! When did the Yuqiu family have an order to allow you to kill innocent people indiscriminately? Yu Qiuyu seemed to be angered by Yu Qiuyou's words, and shouted even more angrily, "The good reputation that Yuqiu's family has saved for more than ten years, do you just ignore it?" If we kill innocents indiscriminately, what difference is there between us and those samurai who treat human life as if it were a mustard? What will others think of Yuqiu's family! β
"Master Amano has long said that there must always be someone who does dirty things in a family." Yu Qiuyou spat on the ground fiercely, grabbed his brother's left hand with his right hand holding his collar, and said in a deep voice, "Do you think Yu Qiu's family has come all the way to the present, how clean their hands are?" Do you think the Yuqiu family hasn't done anything bad? Do you think that Yuqiu's family has never killed any innocent people? That kind of family is long gone! The reason why you, your father, and so many others have clean hands and a good reputation is because Master Amano has quietly done all the dirty things! Master Amano is the one who really sacrifices everything for the Yuqiu family, and he doesn't hesitate to dirty his hands to protect the Yuqiu family! You people are nothing but cowards who shirk responsibility and sin! For the sake of his innocence and good reputation, he disregarded the interests of the family! β
"What did you say!" Yu Qiuyu made a hard effort and pulled Yu Qiuyou over, and the two of them almost touched their noses, "What's the point of becoming famous with such dirty means?" In the end, it is not that it will be defeated by the same dirty means! It's just a matter of making the people suffer in vain! Do you know why the Yuqiu family is invincible? Do you know why the Red Leaf Army is invincible? It's because everyone knows that we are on the side of righteousness, and we don't do bad things! That's why everyone welcomes us, so the brothers can fight without distraction! β
"Hold him up! Send it back and leave it to your mother! Yu Qiuyan threw down a sentence and signaled to Morita Evil Xiang and the others behind him, "How can you dare to violate the iron law of military discipline to kill innocents indiscriminately!" If you do this, your whole person will be ruined! I shouldn't let you follow Amano-sama anymore! Bad minds all day long! β
"The crow's people are not under the control of military discipline, and you can't control me!" Yu Qiuyou shook off Yu Qiuyou's hand holding his neckline. He took two steps back, looked at his brother with extremely strange eyes, and then laughed miserably twice, and scolded in a low voice, "Okay, brother, you can't look down on me like that, okay?" You have such a beautiful first battle, and your martial name is praised all over the world! Your brother, now you can only go to the first battle as a spy, you are not satisfied, and you have to arrest me and send me back, so that my reputation will be ruined! Are you so jealous of me? Do you think I'm rare for the governor? Do you think I'm going to rob you? β
"What are you talking about?" Yu Qiuyu was speechless in shock by Yu Qiuyou's words, and it took a long time to pop up such a sentence.
"What are you pretending to be confused? What are you thinking in your heart, do you think I don't know? Yu Qiuyou laughed mockingly, looking at Yu Qiuyu with provocative eyes. Morita Evil Xiang behind Yu Qiuyan frowned, and he was already on the verge of breaking out.
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However, just when the two brothers Yu Qiuyan and Yu Qiuyou were arguing violently, there was a sudden commotion in the crowd. I saw that more than 30 villagers seemed to have discussed it, and suddenly ran in the direction of the neglected woods. The ninja of the Raven was a little distracted just now because of the quarrel between Yu Qiu Yan and Yu Qiu You, and he couldn't intercept it in the first place! And as long as those thirty or so villagers ran into the woods, they might not be able to catch them if they wanted to!
However, on the part of the road they rushed to the woods, on the side was an iron artillery platoon of the second company of Tokiwabi! But the distance between the two is nearly 100 meters, and it is too late to rush over and stop the villagers! But! Due to the sudden change just now, these fifty iron gunners have already been loaded! Just launch a salvo and you can stop them!
"Fire! Fire now! Seeing this, Yu Qiuyou rushed to the edge of the hillside without saying a word, and shouted at the iron artillery platoon below the slope, "Fire!" If they had fled into the woods and had leaked the news! That's it! β
"No fire!" Before Yu Qiuyou's words fell, Yu Qiuyu had already stepped forward and shouted to his subordinates, "I order you as the deputy commander of the second company of Chang Panbei!" No fire! Those are civilians! β
"Yuqiu, are you crazy!" Yu Qiuyou was already blue at this moment, his eyes were red, and he yelled angrily, "You're ruining the whole plan!" Destroy the entire Yuqiu family! Is it just for your good name? β
"Shut up!" Yu Qiu Yan roared sharply, "No fire!" That's an order! β
"Fire! Don't care about any orders! What you are holding in your hands now is the lives of thousands of people in the Yuqiu family! For your brothers, your Highnesses, your families, and the thousands of people in the Yuqiu family, what are these dozens of people! Fire! Seeing that the villagers were about to run into the woods, and the pursuing ninjas and the other 50 pikemen of Tokiwa were obviously too late to catch them, Yu Qiuyou was already too anxious to care about anything, and quickly stepped to the edge of the cliff on the hillside, and shouted hoarsely, "I order you to fire immediately!" Otherwise, I'll jump off the mountain! β
"Bang."