Lin Yiqing stepped forward and pulled the dagger out of Kintaro Kawamura's throat, and suddenly a stream of blood spurted out and splashed on him, but he didn't realize it. He took a step closer, grabbed Kawamura Kintaro's hair with his hand, waved the dagger in his hand, and cut it violently, cutting off Kawamura's firstborn in a few strokes.

Seeing this terrifying scene, many people held their breath.

Lin Yiqing threw Kawamura Kintaro's head to a ninja warrior and said calmly: "Send it to the Satsuma traitor Kawamura Junyoshi and remind him of the fate of being a traitor." ”

The ninja warrior caught the head, saluted, and walked briskly out of the hall.

Lin Yiqing held a dagger full of blood and slowly came to Heihachiro Togo.

Heihachiro Togo looked at Lin Yiqing, who looked like a god, and his body began to tremble.

"Kill me, Lin Jun." Heihachiro Togo whispered, "I'm sorry for everyone, so let me die to atone for my sins." ”

Lin Yiqing turned his head to look at Xixiang Takamori, who saw Lin Yiqing's inquiring gaze, shook his head slightly in pain, sighed, turned around and left without looking back.

Lin Yiqing turned his head and stared at Togo Heihachiro tightly, Togo Heihachiro felt the murderous aura emanating from his body, and as soon as his legs were weak, he was about to collapse to the ground.

A strong hand reached out and held him up.

"I won't kill you, Togo-kun." Lin Yiqing looked at Heihachiro Togo and handed the dagger in his hand to a squire samurai.

Hearing Lin Yiqing's words, Togo Heihachiro's whole body shook violently, but he still lowered his head and didn't dare to face Lin Yiqing's gaze.

"You are a comrade-in-arms who fought alongside all of us. We have been through the battles at sea together. How could I possibly use a butcher's knife against my comrades? Lin Yiqing said word for word. I waited so long and didn't do anything to you, I hoped that you would stop the precipice, but unfortunately, you didn't. ”

Lin Yiqing's words penetrated into Togo Heihachiro's body like a sharp arrow, and he cried bitterly.

Hikonojo Uemura and several Satsuma Navy captains who were standing on the side watched this scene, and tears rolled in their eyes.

"There's nothing wrong with the idea that you want to leave a spark for the Satsuma Navy. But you're doing it wrong. Lin Yiqing sighed, "You may not realize it now, but I think you will understand it soon." ”

Lin Yiqing turned to look at Uemura Hikonojo and the others, as if to them and to Togo Heihachiro: "But there is one thing, I can assure you that the fire of the Satsuma Navy will not be extinguished. Not now, not in the future. ”

"It's not just the Navy. The glory of the samurai will not be extinguished! ”

Hearing Lin Yiqing's last words, except for Heihachiro Togo, who was crying bitterly, all the people in the hall roared angrily.

After imprisoning Heihachiro Togo, Lin Yiqing, who was full of blood, asked about the battle situation, and after listening to the reports of the generals, he returned to his residence in Kumamoto Castle.

Hearing that Lin Yiqing was back, He Yunqing and Chiho Kirino all ran out of the door to greet them, but when they saw Lin Yiqing coming in covered in blood, they were immediately startled.

The clothes on Lin Yiqing's body were torn everywhere, and there were blood stains all over his body, and the bloody smell was mixed with the smell of gunsmoke, which went straight to his nose, which was in stark contrast to the two neatly dressed beautiful women in front of him.

"You...... Are you hurt? Chiho Kirino asked in surprise, "What...... There will be so much blood ......"

"Don't worry, this blood is someone else's, not my own." Lin Yiqing replied with a smile.

Chiho Kirino was relieved at this time, she stepped forward to help Lin Yiqing take off her blood-soaked coat, but was stopped by Lin Yiqing with her hand.

"Help me get some hot water, I need to take a good shower, some blood and brain plasma are stained on the skin and condensed, and I can't wash it off without hot water." He said that this is actually the reason why he has not changed his clothes since he returned to the city, not that he doesn't want to change, but that his clothes can't be taken off normally now/

Hearing Lin Yiqing's vicious words, He Yunqing gave a cold war, "You...... How many people have been killed......"

"I can't remember." Lin Yiqing smiled bitterly, took out his katana, and showed it to He Yunqing.

He Yunqing was even more surprised to see that the knife in Lin Yiqing's hand was not only completely curled, but also cracked in some places.

This treasure knife can be said to be completely useless.

The katana in Lin Yiqing's hand is the famous "four carcass cuts" given to him by Saigo Takamori, the so-called "four carcass cuts", that is, people are hung on the beam, and the knife is cut horizontally to break the carcass, and the "blade first" is not rolled or damaged, named after the carcass, there are "two carcass cuts", "four carcass cuts" until "seven carcass cuts", it is a first-class treasure knife, and such a treasure knife is cut like this, you can imagine how many people this knife has cut.

Chiho Kirino didn't dare to think about what Lin Yiqing had experienced, at this moment, there was only joy and joy in her heart. - Because her husband has finally returned.

The hot water is a hot spring in the Kumamoto Mountains, and it was soon transported and packed in the bath, Lin Yiqing lay down directly, and the water in the bath quickly turned from red to black, about half an hour later, Lin Yiqing carefully "uncovered" the clothes on his body in the water, and then changed to a pool of water, even so, when he entered the water naked again, the blood scab condensed on his body still remained, at this time He Yunqing and Kirino Chiho also changed into yukata, entered the pool, and scrubbed himself for him.

When Lin Yiqing's body was completely washed, it was already dusk.

At this time, the temperature has dropped, and the cool air is very comfortable blowing on people's faces. The sunset sets against the emerald sky, and the quiet birdsong can be heard from time to time in the distant forest, mixed with the gloomy shadows of the green field, and the bamboo forest is like a mist drifting in the shade of branches and leaves. Sitting in the yard, you can smell the unique fragrance of the bamboo branches.

Lin Yiqing in the sun was still wearing a military uniform, showing his dark face and figure in the light, he looked into the distance with shocking black eyes, and stood there silently, motionless.

Chiho Kirino looked at those black eyes for a long time, those eyes looked silently into the distance in the sun, still so resolute and resolute. She hung her head in silence. It's quiet.

"Qiansui ......," Lin Yiqing called softly.

"Huh?" Chiho Kirino looked up. found that Lin Yiqing had already turned around. was staring at her.

"Hug me......" Lin Yiqing said.

She looked up, Lin Yiqing's handsome face was reflected in the sunlight and glowed pale white, looking at herself affectionately.

She suddenly stepped forward and hugged him, and she hugged him so tightly that she seemed afraid that if she relaxed a little, he would disappear from her presence.

Lin Yiqing grabbed her waist with one hand, grabbed the crook of her leg with the other, and hugged her horizontally. She immediately tightened the strength of her wrist and raised her body as high as she could, her starry eyes staring faintly at the man she was holding in front of her, his good-looking, pale and slightly sweaty face carefully careful not to get wet with the person in her arms.

At this moment, neither of them spoke, just let the rising warm current slowly move in the bodies of the two people, Chiho Kirino even slowly closed her eyes, at this moment, she thought that the person in her arms would kiss her. After waiting for a while, she opened her eyes. The handsome pale face above just looked at himself in silence. She slowly closed her eyes and stopped looking at him. His hands gripped him harder, feeling his warm, hot skin.

He doesn't know what he's thinking at the moment, and at this moment, she would rather not think about anything at all, just focus on the person in front of her, this matter, what the great cause of the king of diligence, what the great righteousness of the nation, she doesn't think about it and doesn't want to think about it. She just wanted to lie in this man's warm arms forever and all the time, hug him tightly, and be hugged by him tightly, feel the powerful heat of his male skin, feel her delicate softness in his arms, feel his hot chest, feel his deep and handsome face, feel the tension and comfort of being held tightly in his arms.

At this moment, she even wanted to escape with him desperately, as long as it was him, even if it was the ends of the world, even if it was the deep mountains and forests, as long as it was him, as long as it was with him, no matter whether it was life or death in the world, ignoring the grievances of the world, as long as it was with him, terrible and incorrigible madness! But what could be more desperate than this real, touchable body? She wants to be with him! She just misses him!

Lin Yiqing hugged her and stood motionless, looking at it for a long time, for a moment he would mistakenly think that it was a stone statue that had gone through thousands of years of wind and frost.

She slowly raised her head and looked at him, and from the current angle, he had a deep and shocking beauty. It's just that that kind of beauty is a kind of male beauty that belongs to him and belongs only to him. She looked at him steadily. All attraction comes from the attraction of beauty. At this moment, no matter which woman will be attracted by his incomparable handsomeness, right? She thought to herself.

She slowly turned her eyes to move forward. Above the green forest, a huge red orange was hanging diagonally on the branch, and when she saw it, her eyes immediately stopped moving, but stared at it fixedly, watching the red sphere sink little by little, and then suddenly glowed with golden light at the moment when it was about to fall to the horizon, and then it went out again, and turned into a big red orange again.

"See? It's beautiful, isn't it? The person in the ear said softly.

She stared at the red ball, which was slowly sliding down the mountain, little by little, with the cool air of the morning, falling bright red but not scorching, little by little from the west, and in an instant, it shone brightly, like any ordinary dusk, bringing boundless freshness and tranquility.

"It's really beautiful, but I haven't paid much attention to it before." Chiho Kirino hugged his neck, stared at the setting sun, and whispered.

"Yes! When I go to sea, what I often see is the beauty of the sunrise, and the beauty of the sunset is also realized today. Lin Yiqing sighed.

"What did Hanpeng realize?" Chiho Kirino asked.

"The sunset can also be magnificent, although tonight is in darkness, Anzhi will not rise again the next day, and shine on the earth!" Lin Yiqing said loudly.

Hearing Lin Yiqing's words in the afterglow of the setting sun, Chiho Kirino understood, and there was a look of perseverance in the eyes of the sheared water.

She has already made up her mind to accompany her husband through this dark road and welcome the arrival of light!

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Spending too much time alone can lead to a desperate and painful situation.

Yoko Shimazu was dull today, even though the quiet wind in the woods was blowing across her face, and she was just stunned and didn't feel anything.

The horse leaned forward on its own. From time to time, he flicked his ponytail and flapped mosquitoes and flies. Hand tugging on the stiff reins of the horse. One man and one horse, he slowly paced in the light and shadow of the forest. Walk around the familiar old tree that sways alone in the wind like a lone eagle. Ahead was a long, lonely dirt road, and in the distance of a deep ditch on the side of the road, there were lush bushes buried under the tall trees, and there was a vague and gloomy atmosphere. Jiao Yang shone aimlessly in the sky above the forest, and the cicadas on the trees were singing motionlessly and silently, and the long forest was as dead as silence. Only the sound of water and the sigh of the water could be heard in the silence. Beside the forest path, there are lonely and desolate vines and grasses standing lonely under the forest, controlling their mouths. It was as if it were crying out miserably, in the wilderness. At last she slowly jumped off the horse and walked alone with the reins of the horse in the woods. Walking in such a lonely place, slowly watching the scorched sun shine on the ground, as if only in this way can people truly realize the true existence of that living individual. It also feels what the loneliness is that only living individuals can understand. Everyone will leave, and in the end you'll be the only one left. Yoko Shimazu gradually realizes that she can never go back to the past, in this lonely and helpless world. She covered her face.

In the deep forest, those lonely silent stars of sunlight quietly spread on her. Silently, not a single sound could be heard. The scorching heat hangs behind you. The deep green of that summer was reflected in her shirt, which rose and fell. She finally knew that she could no longer get rid of the boundless loneliness of that time. The white horse also stopped quietly, and stood quietly behind it, chewing in its mouth, waiting for its mistress. The shadows of the sun flickered faintly on the horse's back in the dark corners, and were reflected on the black hair and white clothes, but they did not feel the scorching heat of life. She closed her eyes and clung to the back of the tree alone.

No one knew that the news of Lin Yiqing's death rumored in some newspapers had brought her a melancholy and desolate state of mind at the moment.

She couldn't help but think about the worst, because after Lin Yiqing left Kumamoto Castle, she lost her trace, and it has been almost a month now.

For a long time, a cool breeze gradually blew over the forest, accompanied by the green bamboo leaves. She squinted her eyes and looked up at the sunlight shining through the forest, and the sunlight shone silently and coldly, making people unable to open their eyes, and the sky and the earth were silent, an unbearable loneliness that could not be seen. Slowly, she let go of the white horse, and walked over alone, and fell straight down on the open grass. Her heart was really tired. What to do, to live like this? Alone, lonely and lonely to live? Pretending to live with interest for something you don't like to do? Living for the sake of mission and responsibility?

There is nothing but this boring and painful life!

She even began to think about her future death. If she could do everything now, she wouldn't mind death. He died as if he had fallen asleep.

Now, she has only one person to face death.

She slowly closed her eyes, now that she had accepted this real world where there was no happiness and no hope to speak of, then, so be it. She hugged herself tightly in the darkness, but the pain hugged her. She struggled, a tiny person who struggled with pain on the earth. However, when she opened her eyes and looked at the brilliant light, she knew that she was powerless. Her body was weak, and at that moment, she gave up the struggle and collapsed there all at once. Quietly, the silent sun shone down, and she fell there looking at it. Even if her heart radiates warmly above the sun, she still can't feel the heat and vitality of life, her face is hot, but her heart is cold. When there is no mental strength, to live is to die. Die, die quietly like this! Her desperate black pupils opened and widened, looking at the scorching sun above, quietly feeling the loneliness of life. The sun shone down, shining on the ground as she lost her struggle. She was dying quietly.

The sun shone high and silently on the earth, and she slowly closed her eyes and sank into the darkness.

"It's coming to an end......"

"You got your wish, Japan has been ruined by you......"

"But you ruined Japan, and you ruined yourself......"

"Is that what you want?"

She said to herself, as if she were asking him, as if she were asking herself.

I don't know how long it took, but suddenly, the long whistle woke her up, and she remembered what she was doing here today.

Yoko Shimazu got up suddenly, quickly led the horse, stood on the stump and turned over the horse, kicked the horse straight out of the forest, and ran to the distant peak. At this moment, she was awake again, and returned to her original calm and confident state.

She rode a horse and soon followed the mountain road to the summit. Riding a horse and looking into the distance, the blue sea in the distance stretches as far as the eye can see.

She took out her binoculars and searched for the source of the whistle, and soon she spotted the blue-painted steam warships on the sea.

There are many warships on the sea today, and she carefully identified the flags of the warships, and found that among these warships, in addition to the warships of Qianguo and France, there are also many British warships!

And what surprised her was that today's warships of Britain, France, and Qianqian seemed to sail in the same direction, and it was more like they were going to act together!

"Could it be ......" Yoko Shimazu's mind suddenly flashed like a flash of lightning.

"You bastard, you deceived me so hard......" she couldn't help but laugh as she understood something. (To be continued......)