Chapter 642: Caged Bird
The 23rd Finishing Division will be responsible for the garrison of the entire island of Kyushu in the future, so the defenders of Nagasaki are also their people, and it is convenient for the mercenary division to be stationed in Nagasaki. The 4th and 11th Divisions, which had originally captured Nagasaki, had already left for Honshu to besiege the Choshu Domain. Without these two main divisions, it was much easier for Asano and Zenyu to arrange private affairs for Takumi Takizawa.
Nagasaki was not under fire, and the 4th and 11th Divisions did not do anything to disturb the people in order to establish their image, so the castle remained the same as usual. Asano's personal soldiers easily followed the address provided by Takizawa and found the daughter of the ordinary merchant that Takizawa was talking about. As Takizawa said, this woman is not a person, but a large family, with five people. Zenyu and Asano secretly got the family into the inner city, found a safe and hidden place to hide, and stayed up until the dead of night before sending the poor woman to Takizawa's room.
"Kyoko, are you okay?" Takizawa has always been steady, even if this ordinary woman is sent to him, he is expressionless. But as soon as Asano and the others withdrew, he immediately rushed to his former wife and asked with concern.
"Ah...... Husband...... Ah......h
A group of brutal soldiers rushed into the house, and then secretly escorted the family around, and Kyoko, who had never seen much of the world, was already paralyzed by fright. When she was brought to Takizawa alone, her heart was full of all kinds of messy thoughts, and she was even ready to die and be martyred. When the high-ranking alien nobleman walked in front of her, she realized that this person was actually the husband she had been thinking about day and night.
"Don't be afraid, those people are my subordinates, they won't hurt you, and your family is safe!" Takizawa stroked the back of his former wife, and comforted the frightened woman in a gentle tone.
"Husband...... Woo woo...... "Kyoko threw herself into Takizawa's arms, she was crying incessantly, fear and joy were intertwined, she needed to vent her emotions so much.
"Don't cry, don't cry! It's okay! Takizawa knew how dangerous it was for him to hold his former wife, but he couldn't bear to push the poor woman away.
"I'm sorry husband, it's me who was rude! Congratulations to the triumphant ...... Eigui ......" Kyoko solemnly saluted Takizawa, but she really didn't know what words to use.
"I'm sorry, I'm back!" Takizawa also solemnly apologized to Kyoko, his return would bring more harm to this woman.
"Husband, have you become a great official?" Kyoko is kind and simple, she didn't notice Takizawa's apology at all, wiped away her tears with a smile, and asked about Takizawa's career.
Kyoko hadn't seen much of the world, but she also knew that her husband was a member of the Manchurian Army, and the alien invaders who defeated the feudal lord this time were her husband's fellow travelers. So many soldiers listened to their husbands, and he lived in such a luxurious room, he must have become a great official. Kyoko, who has had a hard time all these years, is very happy, and she has begun to fantasize about becoming the wife of a city lord, and she doesn't notice that her husband has distanced herself from her.
"Yes, I'm a big official, and I'm now the forehead of North Manchuria!" Determined to be Chen Shimei's Takizawa, when he said this, he still couldn't help but feel guilty in his heart. He turned his head, trying to avoid Kyoko's heartbroken expression.
"Is Ebu the feudal lord of Northern Manchuria? Is it an official who is bigger than the daimyo of the clan? Kyoko's face was full of tears, but it was full of smiles, and she didn't know what the Manchu phrase meant.
Takizawa was a little overwhelmed for a while, there is no such thing as a horse in Japan, because all the Japanese royal family is *, all of them are married to their own people, and there are very few cases of marrying outsiders. And even if something like marrying the palace happens, the emperor's son-in-law does not have a separate title. It's hard for Takizawa to explain to Kyoko what kind of official the white forehead is, and he doesn't want to tell him bluntly about marrying another woman.
"Hmmm! It's big, bigger than the daimyo of the clan! Although Takizawa didn't know what to say, he couldn't bear to snub Kyoko's eager gaze and replied with an inexplicable sentence.
"Bigger than the daimyo of the clan?" Kyoko's mouth grew in surprise.
"I'm a relative of the Great General of Northern Manchuria!" After much hesitation, Takizawa still spoke up.
"A relative of the Great General? How could you be a relative of the Great General, who also went to China from Japan? Kyoko is as cute as a little girl, but it's a pity that her naïve guessing will only bring more pain to herself.
"The general is a Manchurian, how can he be Japanese?" Takizawa lowered his head and said bitterly, hoping that Kyoko could guess the answer for herself.
"How could a great general become your relative?" Kyoko never seemed to guess that cruel answer.
"I married his sister!" Takizawa pinched his thigh and gave the most cruel answer.
Kyoko was speechless for a while, the expression on her face changed again and again, from surprise to despair, then to a smile in despair, and finally to helpless grievances. Kyoko didn't want to accept this cruel truth, how she wished her husband had just played a little joke on her, but when she stared at Takizawa's face full of pain, she knew that it was all true, it was a fact that could not be changed and could not be resisted.
"When did this happen?" After a long silence, Kyoko asked with a desperate smile.
"It's been a few years!" Takizawa replied vaguely.
"If you go to Manchuria, you'll ......" Kyoko never wanted to believe that as soon as Takizawa went to Manchuria, he immediately threw himself into the arms of others.
"It's been more than a year!" Takizawa's head pressed lower and lower, and he was ashamed of the woman in front of him.
Kyoko still had so much to ask, and she didn't know where to start, so she fell silent with her mouth open. Under the bright candlelight, Kyoko especially wanted to see her husband's face clearly, but Takizawa almost buried his face in his clothes, and he lowered his head deeply, so that Kyoko couldn't see it at all. Kyoko watched hard, but the more she tried, the more futile it became, and finally Takizawa's face became more and more blurred in Kyoko's eyes.
"Is she good to you?" After a long stalemate in the sinking, Kyoko asked a woman's question.
The general's sister is such a noble status, and Kyoko is just the daughter of a merchant. Whether the Shogun's sister is more beautiful than herself doesn't seem to be a question for Kyoko, who is not very confident in her face. In the face of such a noble person as the general's sister, Kyoko, who is ashamed of herself, no longer has the courage to compare who is more beautiful. But she just wasn't convinced, she just wanted to compare, she had been holding on for many years, and she didn't want to give up like this.
"She treated me very well, and she has treated me very well all these years!" Takizawa tried hard to remember that Junyu treated him well, but now his heart was Kyoko in front of him, and Junyu's voice and smile became more and more blurred.
"That's good!" Kyoko agreed expressionlessly, and got up to leave.
"Wait...... Don't go! Takizawa almost jumped.
Kyoko turned around and didn't move, looking at Takizawa blankly, but her eyes were already empty, and a person's heart died in an instant just now. Years of waiting have turned into nothingness, and after days and nights of hard work turned into cakes, Kyoko's heart can no longer carry anything. The Takizawa in front of her is no longer the husband she has been looking forward to for many years, but a noble stranger, a person who has nothing to do with her.
"I have already found someone to arrange for you and your family, they will settle your life, and when the war is over in the future, they will send you to Osaka or Edo, and you will have no worries about food and clothing!" Takizawa said the only thing he could do.
"Won't Her Highness the Princess know? Aren't you afraid of losing your noble position? Kyoko was still expressionless, and her voice was unusually hollow, like a zombie ghost.
"She knows, she agrees with me to settle you!" Takizawa did not erase the Kuanren of the rumor.
"She knows I exist?" Kyoko's pale face regained a hint of blood.
"Hmmm! She knows that I have confessed to her everything, she does not pursue it, and is willing to give you a superior life! Takizawa lowered his head again, he had lost his dignity as a Japanese man, and he had to obey his wife's orders.
"Can I do a side room?" Kyoko asked excitedly.
The noble identity of the general's sister is there, so Kyoko has not fantasized about the absurd idea that she became Takizawa's wife earlier, so it should be the main room. She wants very little, as long as she retains her identity as Takizawa's wife, as long as her years of hard work are no longer unsettled.
"No, Jun Yu is acceptable, but her family can't accept it, and even your existence will not be accepted by the Yehenara family! If you let the general or others know about your existence, they will definitely erase you, and the Yehnara family will not allow any taint! "Takizawa, who has joined the Yehenala clan, knows too well the thoughts of the old people in those clans. If Kyoko's affair is exposed, Takizawa may just receive some punishment and not be too serious, but Kyoko and her family will definitely be erased, as if they never appeared in this world.
"Why do you care about us!" Kyoko's heart broke again.
"I'm sorry, I don't want to, I don't want to disappoint you, but I can't help it! The will of the general cannot be violated, I must obey everything of the general, I have no room for resistance, even if I die, there is no way! And now this matter is no longer my business alone, if I insist on disobeying, not only will I die, but you will die, even my former commanders and subordinates will also die! Takizawa's emotions finally collapsed, and he began to cry like a child.
"I don't like Junyu, I don't love her, but I must be his husband, and I must enter the responsibility of a husband, because this is the will of the great general!" Takizawa finally spoke out about the bitterness in his heart for many years.