After Lin Yiqing finished the order, he turned his head to look at Yusaku Uehara and Xia Mei, and saw that the two of them were still hugging each other, hugging each other tightly and refusing to separate, Lin Yiqing smiled slightly, and couldn't help but think of Xiaotong.

When the two of them reunited after a life-and-death mission, they were like this, but now, he could never be like her again......

Lin Yiqing didn't want to disturb them, and was just about to walk away, but Xia Mei saw him, suddenly broke away from Uehara Yusaku's arms, and ran towards Lin Yiqing.

"Wait a minute!" The girl shouted eagerly.

"What's the matter?" Lin Yiqing turned around and looked at the girl in front of him with some curiosity.

"Can you ...... Let everyone go? The girl bowed to Lin Yiqing, looked at the captives behind her, hesitated for a moment, and plucked up the courage to ask.

"You think I'm going to kill them?" Lin Yiqing looked at the girl with crimson cheeks, smiled, and asked rhetorically.

"That's not what I meant, please don't misunderstand......" The girl bowed her head shyly.

"We still have important things to do, and we can't take them with us." "According to public international law, they will all be released after signing a pledge that they will never participate in the war. ”

"Thank you very much!" The girl's eyes were full of gratitude, and she bowed deeply.

"If you want to thank you, thank Mr. Nanzhou!" Lin Yiqing smiled and looked at Yusaku Uehara who came over, "Of course, there is also Yusaku." ”

The girl looked at Yusaku Uehara and couldn't help but step forward and take his hand.

"Ten days off for you, be brave." Lin Yiqing gave a meaningful smile to Yusaku Uehara and waved his hand. Turned around and left.

Yusaku Uehara's heart trembled. My heart is full of gratitude. He looked at Lin Yiqing's back as he turned away, his eyes couldn't help but be a little moist, and his hand held Xia Mei's fingers tightly.

At this time, Natsumi is completely immersed in the joy of saving everyone's lives and reuniting with Yusaku Ichihara, forgetting the fear of being separated from her parents.

It's getting late.

In the moonlight, there was only a heavy breath in the marching procession. Nozu Michikan walked, walked. Gradually, he returned to that contemplative state of mind, but now it was not himself who occupied the center of consciousness, but the soldiers in front of him and behind him.

On the way to Kyoto, he kept gathering the defeated government officers and soldiers, and now he has assembled a force of about 1,000 people.

"Why do they still listen to me? …… They just listened to me and said that reinforcements would be coming soon. …… Don't they know that I am lying to them? They shouldn't be unaware of this. …… So what exactly are they obeying for? They listened to me because they felt they had heard good news. But why do they think that's good news? He thought to the bottom of it, realizing that there was no ray of hope in his heavy and dark heart. …… The reason why they think it's good news is because they want to think it's good news, and the fundamental reason is that they're on the battlefield just like me. ”

Nozu Michikani was suddenly surprised by his discovery, as if it had just happened. "Since they have gone to the battlefield like me, they have the same life and death issues to consider as I am. …… The secret of the truth is that although they went to war. But they don't want to fight, they want to get wealth, status, and honor, like a true samurai......"

It was this last sentence that broadened the horizons of his closed heart, and he could now see not only a cloud and a black cloud in the sky, but also the trees in the distance.

“…… How come I haven't noticed this simple fact in the past? Nozu Michikani asked himself, excited by the discovery, "I didn't notice because I only noticed myself and not others, and I didn't notice that I was facing the same fate with them. …… That black cloud means death, and the other white cloud represents life, and they each loom over the lives of all of us. …… After the war, will any of them be court-martialed? ”

Such a thought jumped out of his mind coldly, across his mind. "No, that thing was also disgraceful, terrible, unimaginable for them; Compared to me, they are real warriors and soldiers. Since they think about life and death as I do, they will certainly look at the duties of a soldier and the dignity and honor of a samurai as I do. They, like me, have no choice but to fight valiantly to win......"

The cliffs in the distance are getting closer and closer to protrude into the depths of the sea of clouds in the southwest.

The moonlight was now brighter and brighter, as if it were going to turn night into day. The black cloud of death was still floating gloomily in the sky that permeated Nozu's soul, but because of Fang Cai's meditation, the white cloud of life was also much stronger for the first time, and it had the strength to compete with the black cloud. "Why am I so scared? …… Is it because I have a deep fear of death? ”

At this time, Nozu Michikan suddenly remembered his lost brother Nozu Zhenxiong.

"As long as you don't admit that death exists, it doesn't exist!" The sonorous voice of the elder brother echoed in his ears.

“…… But death exists, and I know it, and the despair I have had in my heart shows that I know it......"

"But why am I so desperate? …… Because I only have myself in my heart, and I understand that my power is small? In the face of the wheels of war, my life is not even as tough as a small grass? ……”

Nozu's musings interrupted. He knew that many of the problems in his mind had not been solved, but because of the above contemplation, his mind became a little more open and relaxed, and the courage that had been lost was quietly returned. After all, for the first time since he walked into this war, tonight he no longer feared the terrible battles that were destined to behes.

If my brother Nozu Zhenxiong is here, I'm afraid that he may not be able to do better than himself, right?

Suddenly, Michikan Nozu remembered his wife Yuko and daughter Natsumi again.

"Brother, Yuko, Natsumi...... Where are you now? How's it going? ......," Nozu Michikan sighed in his heart.

At this time, the sky was already dark and there was no trace of starlight, and Mrs. Yuko walked on the cold and hard mountain road. Only the rustle of shoes on broken leaves could be heard. The cold air exhaled a circle of white air in his mouth, and the freshness and coldness of the cold night gradually attacked. Yuko walked in silence, saddened by the thought of her daughter falling into the hands of the Satsuma. Although she knew that even if she saw her husband, he would not blame her, but she felt that life was helpless - if she could ask her to replace her daughter, she would be willing, but now she could not do anything.

In the cold wind, she stopped and sighed on her back, shrunk her neck, and finally pulled up the collar of the general's coat slowly. The cold of the cold night slowly began to hit in circles, and the yellow-brown birds in the distance curled up like withered leaves on the branches of the winter night and swayed with the wind. Her eyes were heavy as she stared at the dark night without a single starlight, and she began to walk briskly. The cold air hit her face, and she stiffened her face and whipped at the cold knife like a knife, but she tried her best to look into the distance without blinking. At this moment she wished that the weather would be colder, and that it would be whipped like a knife on her expressionless cold face, perhaps only then would she feel more at ease.

It was already late in the night, and the government soldier followed silently behind her.

Yuko met him on the way to escape, he claimed to be a member of the 2nd Brigade, a subordinate of her husband, Yuko didn't remember this face, but she had no choice but to go to Kyoto with him now.

The two walked for a while, and a person on the mountain beam stood quietly wrapped in a military coat, his face could not be seen clearly from a distance, only two eyes were bright and bright in the dark, like a cold star. When the soldier saw him, he suddenly shouted, and the man on the other side replied. The conversation between the two men seemed dark and mysterious in the darkness, an indescribable horror and darkness. The man was behind her, his eyes were fixed on her back, she couldn't help but shrink her neck, covered her face with her gloves, felt a stiff hot flush behind her - the man was three feet behind her, his eyes could almost see through her. She hurried a few steps forward so that she could pull away from him. Fortunately, he didn't catch up, but followed her unhurriedly, letting the light from the torch in his hand shine as far away as possible, in case she slipped on the wet road.

Yuko walked wildly, and she didn't dare to imagine the new person who was following her. What does he want? The thought of his dark eyes made her uneasy. And the man behind her was close behind her, she was fast and he was fast, she was slow and he was slow, he followed her like a ghost shadow in the dark woods. There was a hard stone on the ground, and she suddenly stepped on it and fell to the ground. The fire behind her also stopped, and stood quietly, shining on her. The man neither came nor spoke, but stood not far away and watched her sit quietly on the ground.

Yuko raised her eyes and looked into the light, where the faint figure just stood quietly. The halo of the torch in her hand spread out in circles in the darkness, illuminating her eyes with pain. She covered her eyes with her hands, and sat up at once, knowing that she must not express her fear at this time, she quickly stood up, and the torches shone again, and this time she decided to go her own way, and she would never pay any more attention to the fear that unrelated people had brought her. The night was deeper, and the faint yellow light was at her feet, and Yuko gathered her coat and slowly walked her long road with the long shadow of the night. (To be continued......)

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