Volume 7 Jiangnan Green Looking Maple Red Chapter 1031 Maple Red
In the early morning of June 18, the tenth year of Tianzheng (1582), the night was still dark, but the fighting in Maple Leaf Mountain City did not stop for a moment.
Hattori Hanzo, who had already entered the city many times, tried to persuade Imagawa Kaede, Yu Qiu Shang and others to escape from the city with him, but was rejected. He even tried to send someone out by force countless times, at least not to let Yu Qiuping's bloodline be cut off again.
Because in his eyes, Maple Leaf Mountain City is already in danger, and it would not be surprising if it falls at any time. The soldiers of the Red Leaf Army have suffered all casualties, and the civilians as volunteers have also suffered nearly 30% of tens of thousands of casualties. The corpses in the city can no longer be piled up - this
It is a proportion that would cause an ordinary army to collapse, but the people of Maple Leaf Mountain City are still persisting. They were stunned to let this city that could fall at any time hold on until the early morning of the 18th, and hold on until the bonfire was lit in the distance - that is the red leaves
A signal for military reinforcements.
Seeing the bonfire, the Maple Leaf Mountain Castle volunteers cheered thunderously and their morale was boosted. They once again repulsed the Oda Army's offensive. But Hattori Hanzo knew that this was Maple Leaf Mountain Castle's last chance to shine - its casualties did not support its persistence until tomorrow.
Sunset. Hanzo Hattori took advantage of the situation and proposed for the last time that he would take advantage of the chaos to send Imagawa Kaede and others out of the city, and finally got approval.
Before leaving, Imagawa Kaede led the brothers Yu Qiu Shang, Yu Qiu You, and Yu Qiucen into the basement of Maple Leaf Mountain City, and gave them some final explanations.
"Shang'er, after you leave the city, go straight to the Hongye Army's reinforcements. You will be the commander-in-chief. Only with a commander in chief can we have a chance to win this battle."
Yu Qiu Shang didn't answer, but clenched his palms tightly. The nails embedded in his flesh were enough to show his determination.
"You'er, take Cen'er with you and protect your sister. After you leave the city, run east. Someone will pick you up as you go east."
"Who will come to pick us up?" Yu Qiuyou asked in surprise, "We don't have any ninjas deployed there..."
"Believe mom, there will be someone." Imagawa Kaede smiled softly as if comforting a crying child, then took out a book wrapped in paper from the bookshelf behind him and handed it to Yu Qiuyou.
In the hand, "If you hear the news about the fall of Maple Mountain City and mother's misfortune, you should open this book. Otherwise, you cannot open it under any circumstances."
"Mom...won't you leave?" The three siblings were stunned when they heard this.
"I will stay, the city needs a backbone. This is your father's city, and I will never live to see it fall." Imagawa Kaede said softly without any doubt, but found that Yu Qiucen's eyes suddenly changed.
Tears welled up in her eyes. Then she stepped forward, gently touched Yu Qiucen's hair as she had done when she was a child, and whispered, "Don't worry, if Cen'er doesn't cry, my mother will definitely not die. Even if it's for
Your father, I will not die either. Because as long as I am alive, no one will remember every detail of your father's youth. I promised him that no matter which one of us encounters misfortune, the other one must live firmly.
, you must not die for love. See the world that he couldn't see, experience the life that he couldn't experience, and complete the dream that he couldn't complete for another person. Your father's dream has not been completed yet, so I won't die.
, don’t worry. You must also remember that no matter how many people die, no matter how bad the situation is, as long as you have a breath left, you must continue to fight to protect your father’s reforms and protect the people of the world.”
"Mother..." Yu Qiu Shang, who had been silent for a long time, finally couldn't help but say, "You don't need to do this for your father. The child actually wanted to say it a long time ago... It wasn't you who had been teaching the child.
Can't you become a red leaf that only lives for others? Then you don't need to live only for your father. Wouldn't you become the red leaf that you least want to be..."
Yu Qiu Shang's words made Imagawa Feng's eyes flash for a moment, and then she lowered her head and said nothing. But after a moment, she raised her head with tears, opened her hands and slowly embraced the three children.
In her arms, she whispered her story:
"Your grandmother is also my mother, the red leaf that Shang'er just mentioned. She fell in love with my father. From then on, she only had father in her heart. All the joys, sorrows and joys were caused by him, and she could no longer tolerate anyone else in her heart.
That's what my mother said to me: "Falling in love with someone is like being willing to turn into a red leaf for him. In front of him, you can only laugh, not cry, and all the joy, anger, sorrow, and joy arise because of him."
He endured all the pain in love, and all that was left to him was beauty and happiness.'"
"I used to think that my mother was so pitiful and pathetic. She lived such a humble and helpless life. She had no self at all and pinned everything on my father. So I vowed that I would never be like her. When I think of her, I can't help but feel sad.
Tears. When I was with your father, I told him about this many times. I didn’t want him to become a red leaf for me, nor did I want to become a red leaf for him, because I think red leaves are always painful.
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"But later, when I saw her more and got older, I gradually realized that my mother was not as pathetic as I imagined. On the contrary, she was lucky. In this illusory and chaotic world of the Warring States Period, life was as fragile as the wind.
In Zhongcanzhu, all the old order and ethics have fallen apart, and people are also helpless in it. However, the world is so difficult that people cannot survive without sustenance. Some people pursue power, and some people practice cultivation.
In terms of martial arts, some people are drunk and debauched, and some people convert to Buddhism... They all look different, but in fact they are all the same. They just want to find a sustenance. With sustenance, people have hope and the motivation to live.
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"My mother escaped. She did not work hard to find her own sustenance. Instead, she placed all her trust in her lover according to her inner feelings. Although her life was extremely difficult, she missed her most of the time during the year.
She spent the time in pain, but her heart was relaxed. She only needed to keep looking forward to her father's coming, and she had no confusion. Until her death, she was just waiting for her father to come."
"But what about me? I struggle more than my mother. I have been struggling for almost thirty years. On the one hand, as your father's wife, I dedicate everything to him; on the other hand, I always warn myself not to become just
Hongye, who lives for him, cannot let all his joys, sorrows, and joys arise from him, and cannot only regard his dream as his own dream. I stumbled between two different situations, and I just maintained my daily operations every day.
Doing what you should do, but you can't see the sustenance of life, and don't know where to go. It's okay when you are busy, but in the silence of the night, the feeling is really painful. But I know that he is already very painful.
I'm tired and never show these emotions in front of him - this makes me even more painful, because isn't this more like Hongye who can only laugh but not cry?"
"Until one day when I was thinking randomly, I suddenly started to ask myself, why did I fall in love with him? Is it because of his appearance? Is it because of his talent? Is it because of his always gentle and sunny smile? Is it because of his face?
Did you remember that Japanese song my parents sang? It seems not. Like countless women from the Wu family, I also fantasized about my husband's heroic appearance - but every time he
When he appeared in my fantasy, he was never in military uniform on the battlefield, but in a down-and-out street wearing simple commoners to help the people. I gradually realized my original intention back then - I didn't love him because of how good he was.
, but because we have the same dream - we don’t want anyone to suffer, and we don’t want any family to be separated. Because we have all experienced life and death, and have been hurt by red leaves, so we don’t want others to feel the same pain.
His fervent heart was passed on to me, and he was in my heart."
"I finally understood that as the mistress of the Yuqiu family and as his wife, all my support for his career does not come from my love for him. To be precise, my support and love for him are two things
, all stem from the common dream we share. His dream and mine are the same, from the beginning. It’s not that I accepted his dream because I became a red leaf to him, but because our dream, love and everything are
We understand each other, so I am willing to be a red leaf for him."
"My mother and I are different. My choice to become my husband Hongye is not an escape, but a choice I made after experiencing countless days and nights of struggle and confusion. I love him and everything about him,
Even all his shortcomings are because of the dreams we shared through each other's eyes when we first met. I know very well that as a woman, there are many things in this era that I cannot do with my own hands. He is the one I dream of.
Carrier, I am willing to support him to do anything, not only for him, but also for herself, the girl who dreamed that all families could be reunited."
"I don't remember which year, month or day it was, or there was no such moment at all. But after I decided to become a red leaf for him, I decided to give up my memories, love, dreams, everything.
The relief and joy in handing over the matching red leaf without any reservation is something that people like my mother, who avoid choices, cannot understand."
"I used to be very afraid of him leaving, very afraid of him leaving this world... You can understand it as returning to Ming Dynasty, which is not important. I used to think that I was afraid of him leaving because I was reluctant to leave him because I missed him, but now I realize
It's not just that. What I'm more afraid of is that he left the dream he had worked hard for for half his life for the sake of family love, and left the dream for which we gave everything, making both my life and his life meaningless."
"I will not say, 'He is the whole meaning of my life' like other women from the Warring States Period. On the contrary, I feel that it is I who give him meaning. I am the only one who has the same dream as him - only those who long for peace.
Countless households in the country have recognized what he did, and his life is meaningful. Even if he is gone, for his meaning and for the meaning of my life, I, Imakawa Kaede, will continue to fight and create the world of our dreams.
s future."
"Of course, I don't think he is gone. He must still be waiting to come back somewhere. Because he always does what he says, and he never lies to me. He promised me that he would come back, and he will definitely come back.
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After watching the children leave with the Tokugawa ninjas, Imagawa Kaede slowly raised her head and looked at the silent sky.
Ping, where will you look at me?
Unconsciously, Kaede Imakawa softly recited the poem that had filled his life. In the vast night sky, I seemed to be able to hear him saying the next sentence just like he did back then.
The heart is like a red leaf dyeing the divine pavilion