"Kosaburo Sakurai?" Uesugi thought for a moment and shook his head honestly, "I've never heard of it."
"But that's right. I left the family sixty years ago, and I haven't heard any news about the family since then." Uesugi Yue said to Sakurai Kogure, "Sixty years ago, Sakurai Kozaburo was probably not born. It’s even more unreasonable if I know your father.”
Sakurai Kogure just nodded slowly and said nothing. It seemed that she did not want to discuss the topic of her father in depth.
But after all, Uesugoshi is an old fox who has lived decades longer than the girl. No matter how well Sakurai Kogure hides it, Uesugoshi can see at a glance that when the topic of his father is mentioned, there is something hidden in Sakurai Kogure's eyes. That haze.
Uesugoshi can probably guess why Sakurai Kogure subconsciously wants to avoid this topic. He once succeeded the head of the Snakekihachi family. Although it was not long ago, people in high positions will be exposed to the darkness of the family to some extent. Face... that was the darkness that had continued from his time, no, it was a disease, a stubborn disease that existed in the Sheqiba family from a long time ago since its birth.
Meeting is fate. As an old man who can't understand the family's practices, Uesugoshi cannot eliminate the contradictions in the family itself, but he feels that it is necessary for this descendant of the family who he likes to ease the knot that has troubled her for a long time. ...What's more, this girl is very likely to become his daughter-in-law.
"Koshio, who is the head of the Sakurai family now?" Uesugi Koshi asked Minamoto, winking quietly at Minamoto.
"It's Sakurai Nanami." Minamoto received Uesugoshi's look and introduced in detail, "Sakurai Nanami is the only female head of the eight families besides Erashi. She is smart and capable, and her reputation in the family is very high. Gao... By the way, the head of the Sakurai family is the younger sister of Kozaburo Sakurai who was mentioned earlier."
Saying that the current head of the Sakurai family is Sakurai Kogure's biological aunt, Uesugoshi nodded.
"Then what do the Sakurai family think of the fierce ghosts?" Uesugoshi changed the subject.
Yuan Zhisheng paused, his expression a little hesitant.
The Fierce Ghosts have always been a taboo topic, not only in the Sakurai family, but within the entire Snake Qihachi family. Almost every family has members defecting to the Fierce Ghosts every year. The Executive Bureau has always treated clan members with hidden bloodline risks Different colors are used to indicate their potential threat level. The highest level of threat is bright and eye-catching red. Once marked red, it means that they have become enemies of the family... and all members of the Menggui are of the highest level. red.
This means that once a family member defectes to the Fierce Ghosts, he will automatically become an enemy of the family and will be killed without mercy!
"The enemy, the Sakurai family regards the fierce ghosts as their enemies." Minamoto said silently, "It should be said that not only the Sakurai family, but also the entire Snake Qihachi family regards the fierce ghosts as their mortal enemies. This has never happened in the family. Changed stance."
Uesugoshi didn't express any opinions on Minamoto's words. He just remained silent and noncommittal.
"But in fact, among the eight heads of the family, the Sakurai family's attitude towards the fierce ghosts is relatively less hostile. Last time I met the Sakurai family head in the elevator and mentioned the attack on the Kukakukan. After learning about our When the action failed, I could tell that the Sakurai family was secretly relieved. I could see that the Sakurai family still had elder-like feelings for Sakurai Kogure." Minamoto paused, "But Sakurai Kozaburo seems to have I didn’t think so…”
"Huh? What did that guy named Sakurai Kozaburo say?" Uesugi asked.
"Sakurai Kozaburo once told me that he felt...deeply ashamed for having such a daughter who betrayed the family." Gen Zhisheng glanced at Sakurai Kogure vaguely.
Sakurai Kogure was silent with her head lowered, her face neither happy nor sad.
"Kozaburo Sakurai told me that he wanted to kill his unfaithful and unfilial daughter with a knife, but he hated that he did not have the ability to execute her, so he asked me not to show mercy when facing his daughter. , there is no need to leave the whole body or collect the body, it is best to use a big fire to burn the body without leaving a trace after killing Sakurai Kogure." Yuan Zhisheng did not look at Sakurai Kogure's expression when he said these words , "The original words of Kozaburo Sakurai are... "With such a daughter in the Sakurai family, I have no face to face my clan, and no face to face my head of the household.
As my sister who has worked hard to govern, I, Kozaburo Sakurai, pretend that I have never given birth to such a daughter. I implore you, young master, to kill the evil "ghost". Otherwise, if the evil "ghost" is allowed to run rampant, Kozaburo Sakurai will have no choice but to die to apologize." "
After hearing this, Sakurai Kogure remained indifferent, as if the person who tried to execute her was not her biological father at all, but an insignificant passerby... However, in fact, Sakurai Kogure had to pinch her wrist to stop the trembling in her palm. , a fleeting sadness flashed across the depths of her pupils, which meant that the girl's heart must have been violently stung by the words Yuan Zhisheng had just relayed to her father, but she endured it, not wanting to be aware.
"Father?" Uesugoshi shook his head, "According to what you said, the guy named Sakurai Kozaburo is not a thing at all. Is such a person called a father? Don't tarnish the two sacred words of 'father'." Okay? "
The entire Japanese room fell into silence, and everyone was silent. No one could comment on the words of Sakurai Kozaburo or Uesugoshi, because no one present had a complete concept of the identity of "father".
Sakurai Kogure needless to say, those extremely hurtful words came from her biological father Sakurai Kozaburo. Sakurai Kogure defected from the family at the age of fourteen and never saw her father again. The relationship between her and her aunt Nanami Sakurai is not as deep as that between her and her aunt Nanami Sakurai. The brothers Minamoto and Minamoto have just met their biological father. Lu Mingfei has not been able to see his father all year round. Chu Zi Before Hang had time to understand his father, the man disappeared and there has been no news to this day. Caesar's father...Caesar always felt that there was no difference between the bastard alive and dead.
To put it this way, in fact, the childhood memories of the entire room of them couldn't be combined to form a complete father.
"When I say these words, I feel like I'm being sycophantic. In fact, I have only been a father for a short time. He has been a father for more than 20 years, so he must be more experienced than me." Uesugi Yue sighed, " But I just feel that a father shouldn’t do this to his own children, and family members shouldn’t do this to each other... This family has been suffering from a disease for a long time, and no matter how many generations have passed, the disease has not been cured, because no generation of family heads can truly The root of the disease has been found."
"Zhisheng, let me ask you, if we had met today not in front of me, not in this Japanese room, but on the battlefield, would you have executed Xiaomu as her father said?" Uesugi Yue asked Xiang Yuansheng.
Yuan Zhisheng glanced at Sakurai Kogure. After being silent for a moment, he nodded slowly and answered truthfully: "Yes."
"Yes, this is in line with the family's behavior. The "ghost" should be killed. This approach is just. The family has always implemented this justice. Sakurai Kogure, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said softly, "It's justice that doesn't stop bleeding."
"It seems that the family's actions are not discussed by the dragons and horses of the fierce ghosts. Over the years, many people have died at the hands of the fierce ghosts. I have investigated you, Sakurai Kogure, and you are responsible for at least ten lives! "Minamoto Chisheng said coldly to Sakurai Kogure, "Although the family is not completely righteous, at least it is not reduced to a traitorous organization like the Fierce Demons who regard human life as trivial."
"Is there no blood debt in the hands of the family? The family is always noble, and the "ghosts" are always humble. We are born with a humble fate, and our dangerous bloodline is our original sin... Yuan Zhisheng's parents That's what you're thinking, right? In fact, it is no different from my father's idea. Sakurai Kogure looked at Minamoto Chisheng calmly, "The fierce ghosts are the enemies of the family, and they were purged by the family. This is a matter of position. I can't argue with you, no matter how you deal with it... But what crime does my brother have? Woolen cloth?"
"Your brother?" Yuan Zhisheng frowned slightly.
"My brother's name is Akira Sakurai. Most of you may have never heard of this name, because in the eyes of people like you, he is just a negligible little person." Sakurai Kogure said, "My brother is twenty-three years old this year. , he was judged as a "bloodline with the potential for out-of-control" since he was a child. Before he was fifteen years old, his color patch was always yellow. "
"So Sakurai Akira has been living in the mountains. In the monastery built by his family, there are solid stone walls on all sides, and the stone walls are electrified barbed wire. Sakurai Akira has no freedom and no friends. His world will always be just
A square sky. Sakurai Kogure said calmly, "Every year, the family has a law enforcement officer to do a blood test for Sakurai Akira. If it is yellow, he will be safe. If it is orange, he will be transferred to a stronger prison. If it is red, he will be transferred to a stronger prison." He would be executed on the spot, and on Sakurai Akira's fifteenth birthday, he finally got the green color code for the first time."
"Green, seeing this beautiful color, Sakurai Akira thought he was finally free, but what the law enforcement officer said next made him fall into the abyss." Sakurai Kogure said, "The law enforcement officer said Sakurai Akira has been acting very Well, if he gets the green mark every year, he can expect to be free at the age of forty."
"Forty years old is half a person's life. Sakurai Akira has never left the church in the mountains. At forty years old, he has nothing to do. Who would want to start a family with him? At forty years old, he has no relatives. He has aged before he has had time to grow up. Can he still keep up with this society?" Sakurai Kogure asked, "Tell him this, what's the difference between telling him this and killing him?"
"My younger brother was actually killed when he was born and was not buried until he was forty years old. We "ghosts" are all the same. Our freedom and our lives have been killed by our families since we were born. We are the only ones alive now. Our resentment, our hatred, our mutilated bodies... incomplete "human beings" like us are pieced together into a group of fierce ghosts who long for freedom. They are defined as mortal enemies by their families. They are all "ghosts" who deserve to be executed. Our relatives They all regard us as a disgrace, just like my father. Sakurai Kogure looked into Minamoto's evil eyes without hesitation, "I dare to ask you all, parents, what deprived us of our lives... is it our sinful bloodline that we were born with, or is it our family's so-called righteous will?"
Before Yuan Zhisheng could answer, Sakurai Kogure suddenly stood up and bowed to him: "I have finished speaking. If you parents can see my father, please relay these words on behalf of Kogure... A meaningless guy like me I'm deeply sorry for bothering everyone for so long."
Looking at Sakurai Kogure who was sitting down again, Yuan Zhisheng opened his mouth, but could not say anything. Although Sakurai Kogure's voice was soft, every question he asked was like a powerful hammer, hitting Yuan Zhisheng hard. On top of students' original sense of right and wrong... Yuan Zhisheng now feels a little tight in his chest.
"Fengjian Liuli's girl is so cruel. This is the first time I've seen Xianggui look so aggrieved." Caesar whispered in Chu Zihang's ear.
"Miss Sakurai is quite powerful." Chu Zihang rarely agreed with Caesar.
"Jiaosheng, actually I have a question in my mind to ask you." Koshiya Uesugi suddenly spoke, "If you don't know the truth that the child is not a "ghost", or if the child is really a "ghost", you can't do it again. If you meet him, will you stab his heart with a knife without hesitation and kill him? "
Gen Zhisheng fell into a long silence again. Uesugoshi's question pulled him back to that rainy night, the downpour, the long knife that pierced the chest, the lonely and ruined dry well, and that face as pale as a ghost. face... Yuan Zhisheng wanted to say no, because he felt Yuan Zhisheng's eyes, which were full of the younger brother's hope for the elder brother, as well as the hidden fear... Fear of hearing that sad answer, fear of brother Just like ten years ago, I would abandon myself in that abyss of loneliness and despair.
But Yuan Zhisheng didn't want to deceive the other party. If his brother was really a "ghost", Yuan Zhisheng wouldn't be able to say that he would never kill him. He had been a law enforcer for so long, and he knew very well that "ghost" Once the plant is out of control, it will be no different from a bloodthirsty and dangerous beast. If it were in the past, Minamoto Chisheng felt that he would still choose to kill his relatives in the end... But what Minamoto Chisheng didn't want to admit but had to admit was that just now Sakurai Kogure The words made the "justice" in his heart waver a little.
"If the young girl is really a "ghost", I will be very sad. I don't want to kill my brother, but I can't change the fact that he is an extremely evil "ghost". Once the bloodline is out of control, the young girl will no longer He is a child, and maybe killing him is the only thing I can do for him. This is my brother's decision..." Minamoto looked at the lonely Minamoto next to him, and then looked at Sakurai Kogure. , and finally he sighed deeply, "That's what I used to think."
"Now I am a little confused. What is the responsibility of the parents, what is the justice of the family, how to cure the family's illness..." Yuan Zhisheng, who has always wanted to be strong in his life, revealed his helplessness for the first time, "Father, please Please explain it to me."
