novelraw Chapter 1004 [Chapter 6] 18
Chapter 1004 [Chapter 6] 18
He couldn't tell whether what was passing through his mind now was "Oh, that's true" - because he expected things to turn out like this - or "Why did this happen?" Are they all fake?"
Before he had time to think of other places, he heard a burst of chaotic footsteps.Immediately, from the previous room, a man with a bloody head stumbled out. He didn't even have a steady center of gravity, so he planned to raise his right hand. The light flickered, and the metal gun barrel flickered. The cold light in his hand seemed to be a pistol!
Earthwork:! ! !
However, the young girl named "Xuezi" seemed to react faster than him.
She quickly turned sideways, and skillfully placed Xixiang from the side of Michi and herself within the range of the pistol - the other side was directly facing the earthwork, so as to be alert to his movements at the same time - loudly He shouted: "Stop and don't move! Otherwise, Master Cong Dao will die before you shoot me!"
That person looked like a guard, maybe he was successfully attacked by her just now in the house, probably because he was hit on the head, there was a wound on the forehead, blood flowed down and almost covered the entire right eye; The pistols were wobbly and difficult to aim. When she stopped her so loudly, the whole person shook a few times.
The hostage Xixiang Congdao was very calm.The earthwork heard him sigh.
"Miss Kujo, why is this so?" He said.
Earthwork:? !
...Nine Articles? !
Why has he been meeting people with the surname "Jiu Tiao" recently? !Are there so many people with the surname "Jiu Tiao"?How often can you meet one in the mountains and plains of Kagoshima? !
He immediately thought of the young man with the same surname "Kujo", Saburo, who fought against him in the rainstorm on the hillside of Tawarazaka.
No, although the "Kujo Saburo" covered the lower half of his face with a scarf, it can be concluded only by the comparison of the upper half of his face that he and the "Yuezi" in front of him—no, Miss Kujo—are not at all the same. not similar.
However, this not-so-popular surname recently appeared so frequently in front of him that it was enough to make him alert.
...Moreover, he seems to know a "Miss Kujo".
That woman, who has an identity, is the adopted daughter of the declining noble Kujo family.
Nine rules.
——That is, Kiyohara Yukiha.
First, the surname "Jiu Tiao" reappeared in front of him after ten years.Then again today, a woman with the word "Snow" in her name appeared.
...Is all this just a coincidence? !
But, didn't he know? !Kujo Noriko—that is, Kiyohara Yukiba, was reduced to ashes ten years ago because of the exhaustion of Rakshasa's power, and disappeared in the wind of Hakodate——
She could have saved herself from dying.However, he was the one who gave her the water change, turning her from a normal person into a Rakshasa with a much shorter life; and then, it was him again, who didn't say "it's okay, that's all in the past" when she was expecting Instead, he turned and left her, saying that he had to think about it, that he still had some grievances in his heart, and left her alone in the mountains of Hakodate...
Hijikata felt that the heart that had been silent for many years in his chest seemed to be slowly starting to beat up and down again.
Boom, boom, boom, boom—
But the "Xuezi" with an unfamiliar face in front of him—no, "Miss Kutiao" spoke in a cold voice.
"This sentence should be what I want to ask you, Lord Congdao....Master Congdao, why is this so?"
There was a ghostly smile in her voice.
"Abandoning my brother, ignoring Master Saigo's ambitions, do you want to sit back and watch Master Saigo fall into danger and not help you? ... Well, that's right, if you step on the elder brother who is always shining and attracts everyone's attention, in the future, Saigo The glory and status of the family will be inherited by you alone—"
Earthwork: "..."
Ah, the scolding was so harsh.This "Miss Jiutiao" really doesn't show any kindness to the younger brother of "Master Xixiang"? !
However, Xixiang flashed a clear sense of pain from Tao's face.
Tufang thought, he clearly knew that what the "Miss Jiutiao" said was a trap, and he deliberately said it to shake his mind, but he was still tricked, didn't he.
"...It's not like that!!" Xixiang Congdao suddenly showed a huge courage that was not commensurate with his thin body, and roared loudly.
He inevitably shakes his head when he roars.Hijikata was surprised to see that "Miss Kutiao" who lied about her name as "Yuezi" moved the short knife pressed around his neck in time, which prevented Xixiang Congdao from being cut on the spot because of his emotional agitation.
Hijikata quietly observed Xixiang Congdao and the "Miss Kujo".
Now he can confirm one thing - the purpose of this "Miss Jiutiao" should have been to sneak into the barracks from the very beginning to meet Xixiang Congdao.The identity of the geisha "Yukiko" should be just a disguise, and this "Miss Kujo" should be on the side of the Satsuma Army, because she seems to be speaking on the side of the Saigo-sama, and also strongly accused the persistent Xixiang, who stood on the side of the officers and soldiers, followed the road.
So, maybe she was sent by the Sa army to persuade Xixiang to surrender?
Tufang didn't know what Xixiang was doing from Dao to the front line.He now also bears the false name of "Katsuto Naito", and his status in the army is not very high. It is not like during the Boshin War ten years ago, when he can easily obtain top-secret information that only the high-level officials will know. and intelligence.
However, his keen insight, analysis and judgment have not disappeared with the passage of time.After a short thought, he came up with the most likely reasoning: Xixiang came here from Dao, in fact, he should also be looking for an opportunity to contact Satsuma, and then try his best to persuade Satsuma to surrender from the standpoint of the government and the army.
This is a very easy conclusion to draw—the battle was not progressing smoothly, and the harsh weather and terrain caused both sides to fight extremely hard; even though they had prepared for the worst, no matter who stayed in Tokyo Whether it is a big man with the surname "Okubo" from Satsuma, or the younger brother of the Saigo family who came to the front line, or a high-ranking Congdao lord in the government army, there is still a sliver of expectation , hoping to end this war as soon as possible and avoid more unnecessary consumption and sacrifice.
...However, the current meeting is not going well.
Tufang slowly frowned.
Although he didn't know what happened in that long room, what Xixiang Congdao and this "Miss Kutiao" said, but now it seems to him that every word and deed of "Miss Kutiao" It can make Xixiang Congdao's efforts to continue to communicate and persuade with Satsuma to naught——
Could it be that this "Miss Kujo" is not a special envoy sent by Takamori Saigo to meet with Congdo Saigo privately at all, but... is it a representative of the diehard faction in the Satsuma army who is determined to go its own way and intends to fight the official army to the end? !
Hijikata's expression froze.
Just as he came to this ominous conclusion, he heard Xixiang Congdao's next words.
"...I, of course, want to ask my brother why I did this... Is there a way to peacefully resolve what my brother wants to do..."
Then, Hijikata heard the answer from "Miss Kujo".
"Master Xixiang's letter, haven't I already handed it to you? That's what Master Xixiang wants to do... Take everyone to Beijing and ask yourself whether the current government wants to let the former Everyone of the gentry lives... If the government answers 'no', then there is no way to resolve it peacefully."
Although the contents of the words were horrific, that "Miss Jiutiao" had a hint of a smile in her voice at the end.
"Master Congdao, why are you still so naive after so many years~"
Xixiang was shocked from the road.
"you……!?"
"... When you come here, do you want to see your elder brother leading those Satsuma men who are loyal to him to fight in the heavy rain, and people continue to die, or do you want to lead the elder brother you have always admired by the nose, so that Does he obey you?" The "Miss Jiutiao" said slowly.
"... Either one, you can't do it right now." She paused and said a cruel conclusion.
"If you really wanted to follow your brother, you could have from the beginning...but, you didn't."
"I finally came here until now, just to seek peace of mind for myself.... Waiting for your elder brother to reject your persuasion and your follow, then what else can you do? The camp of the officers and soldiers said loudly that you, as a younger brother, must follow your elder brother to the end?"
Suddenly, she withdrew the dagger that was across Xixiang Congdao's neck.Then, with his left hand, he pushed Xixiang Congdao's shoulder hard.
Maybe it was because he was caught off guard, or maybe it was because what she said deeply shook his mind, Xixiang Congdao seemed to have no resistance at all, staggered forward a few steps along with her strength, and then turned his head suddenly Come, looking at her with an unusually astonished expression, even opened his mouth slightly.
Although in the next moment, without giving the people on both sides who were going to rush up to save him a chance, the dagger lay across his neck again like lightning, continuing to threaten his life; For that fleeting moment he saw what this daring young woman was like now.
From Saigo Congdao's point of view, the young woman in front of him was a gentle geisha "Yukiko" before, but now she has taken off the gorgeous furisode kimono and only wears the undergarment and the white hem There were dots of blood on his face—it was just now when she made a sudden attack in the inner room and smashed the forehead of the guard who was on standby in the next hut—holding a short knife in her hand, she held him sideways in the courtyard Here, at the same time guard against the two opponents.
On her left is the guard who is bleeding head but is still struggling to stick to his post and wants to attack, and on the right is the older-looking junior officer with a low rank patrolling around here tonight.
Xixiang could tell at a glance from the way that Miss Kujo's stance and the internal language displayed by her body made her inexplicably more wary of the older officer on her right, as if she was facing a big enemy—— But at the same time, she seemed almost completely indifferent to the young guard on the left who was battered and bleeding.
This discovery made Xixiang Congdao couldn't help remembering the old officer in his heart.
The author has something to say:
February 8:
I seem to have forgotten to mention yesterday that this Xixiang Congdao is the younger brother of Xixiang Takamori, and in the Dahe drama, he is played by Ryo Nishikido hhh
So everyone can assume that his appearance is very good [Hey!
This chapter talks about the problems between him and his brother. In short, Okubo Toshimichi’s policy has made the old gentry no longer alive. The old gentry in Satsuma launched Saigo Takamori as a representative to fight against Okubo Toshmichi【.
So the Southwest War broke out.
Xixiang Congdao is on the side of the officers and soldiers.So after the war, what should he do or what should he do, he was not liquidated, and he became a high-ranking official
In view of his poor record afterwards, the girl sprayed him a little harder now
The girl is playing a big game of chess w
As for why the girl did this, I will explain it slowly in the process of narrating!
Next update; tomorrow.It's about this time [fall down]
28 bottles of CS bacteria; 5 bottles of Shuiqian Moyin;