[Comprehensive] Takasugi-kun's Melancholy

In the eyes of adults, Takasugi-kun is a child who is too smart. He can climb a few steps on the tatami before other children can stand up. The baby is still babbling, but he can already express himself clearly. Even The howling and crying that usually occurs in children has never happened to him, and he is usually quiet, so quiet to the point of silence.

If he was born in an ordinary samurai family, he would definitely become an excellent eldest son. He would grow up under the eyes of everyone, with a halo all over his body, surrounded by praises, but in Takasugi's family, he could only face his father's increasingly resentful eyes, like a Growing up silently like a transparent person, even the servants dare not say a word to Takasugi-kun casually.

If it was an ordinary child, he would have become autistic long ago, right?Looking at the rough food in front of him, Takasugi-kun picked up the chopsticks. He was only 5 years old, with only a short finger, but he was able to hold the chopsticks firmly. He even said before eating: "I It's on."

Although he has long been used to this rough food with a harsh throat, Takasugi-kun still silently slanders his current father in his heart: How much hatred does it take to abuse a child like this!

Obviously Takasugi-kun is not an ordinary child. Although he has no memory of his previous life, he has an adult soul under that skin, and it is for this reason that he can grow up so healthily.

Gao Shanjun has never seen his mother since he was a child. Fortunately, when he was very young, those maids did not avoid him too much, so he was able to piece together his life experience from a few words.

My mother is the only daughter of the Mifune family. When she married into the Takasugi family, the Takasugi family was still an upper-class samurai family. Although the Mifune family was gradually declining, it was within the acceptable range. The Patriarch's hands have declined at an extremely fast speed. In the past two years, he angered the feudal lord and became a low-level warrior with an annual salary of 200 stone.

But the Mifune family is just the opposite. Although the descendants have withered and there is only one only daughter left in this generation, this woman is a very powerful character. The Mifune family grew rapidly, and showed no mercy to her husband's family. Even the Takasugi family's ancestral home in the Changzhou Domain was taken over. So good.

That lady hates people calling her "Mrs. Takasugi", and she always uses the name "Mrs. Mifune" to the outside world. She has been living in the ancestral house of the Changzhou clan shortly after giving birth to Mr. The marriage has long existed in name only.

If you hate Takasugi so much, why did you give birth to yourself?Takasugi-kun has always been puzzled, according to the maids, Mrs. Mifune used to be submissive, and somehow she suddenly became like this.

Takasugi-kun is obviously the biggest victim of this tragic marriage. As the eldest son, not only did he not receive the treatment he deserved, but he could not even guarantee the most basic life. The children of other families started to learn Sinology and basics at his age. However, he wanders around the house like a ghost every day, and it is extremely rare to see even books.

Gao Sugi-kun put down his chopsticks and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: his "father" can't even do a soft job!

According to those maids, Mrs. Mifune has always wanted to educate Takasugi-kun herself, but Haruki Takasugi kept him, not only that, but also used him to earn the basic expenses of Takasugi's family every year. In this case, Takasugi However, Jun's life is not as good as that of ordinary servants, and it really makes him not know what to say.

He silently thought about today's plan. After eating, he went to the yard for a couple of laps to digest his food, and then did some basic physical exercise. If he was lucky, he could go to Mrs. Tazi's place to listen to two Waka songs.

Takasugi’s house occupies a large area. Even Takasugi Haruki cannot stare at Takasugi-kun all day long. The courtyard managed by Mrs. Tazi is even less populated. It is thanks to this blessing that Takasugi-kun found a place to study. Chance.

Takasugi-kun went a little early today, and Mrs. Toko was sweeping the fallen leaves on the ground with a broom.

"It's a bit early today, young master." Mrs. Tazi looked at the sundial standing at the foot of the courtyard, and greeted Gao Shan-kun with a smile.

"Tazi," Takasugi-kun jogged to the woman's side, "Are you still reciting waka today?"

"Okay." Tazi smiled gently, with fine lines appearing in the corners of his eyes, not only does not look old, but also has a charm that only mature women have.

Tazi is not young, and women of her age are usually grandmothers, but for some reason, she has been guarding this small courtyard alone, without even a relative.

"Let's recite Master Nengyin's waka today," Tazi picked up a dead branch and gestured on the soft soil, and chanted softly, "The autumn wind is rustling, the red leaves of Sanshishan are flying gracefully, the clear stream of Longtian River, dyed brocade."

Tazi's waka recitations are basically from "Xiaocang Hundred People One Poem", not only the content of the waka itself, but she can even tell all the allusions in it and the author's deeds, and she has written a very good character with a strong character. When she was young, she must have been a well-bred lady from a rich family.

"Hey, Tazi," Takasugi-kun looked at the high wall of the enclosure, "What do red leaves look like?" He felt that he should have seen that kind of leaves in his previous life. The shape of a palm is red and the color reflects the sky in autumn. It's as beautiful as Huoshaoyun, but it doesn't feel real in retrospect. After all, he has never seen Maple Leaf in the past 5 years.

Tazi's smile became more gentle, but there was no sympathy or pity in it. She just told Takasugi-kun the appearance of the maple leaf in an ordinary way: "The shape of the red leaf is very delicate, just like your hand, young master. , but the color is a bit darker than Huoyan, if you really want to compare it, it’s probably the color of the sunset glow, when the wind blows in late autumn, it will rustle down, turning the whole land red." She paused He touched Takasugi-kun's head, "Young master will definitely see it in person in the future."

"Have you ever seen the scene of falling red leaves, Tazi?" Mr. Gao Shan couldn't help asking after hearing what she said.

"I saw it when I was young." Tazi responded softly, but did not expand the topic. Gao Sugi-kun also wisely refused to ask. Tazi never mentioned things about her when she was young, which was a taboo existence for her.

"If there is still a chance, do you still want to see the red leaves, Toko?" Seeing Toko looking at him in surprise, Takasugi Jun turned his head away, "I said 'if'."

Toko seemed to understand something, she rubbed Takasugi-kun's hair, she seemed to want to say something but in the end she didn't say anything, she turned her gaze to the waka that she just wrote, silently lost in thought, not knowing what she was thinking.

Takasugi-kun took the opportunity to look at Tazi's face from the corner of his eye. Although he had experienced vicissitudes, he could still vaguely see how beautiful he looked when he was young.

"If you have written down the writing method, go back first." After a while Tazi woke up, she glanced at the sundial, and said to Takasugi-kun, although Takasugi-kun could occasionally find time to come and sit with her for a while, but it has been a long time There is still a possibility of being discovered by Takasugi Haruki. At that time, not only Takasugi-kun himself, but also Toko will be unlucky.

"I'll come back next time." Gao Shanjun also realized that he had been here for a long time, jumped up and ran back in a hurry, he turned his head inadvertently at the corner of the courtyard, and saw that Tazi was still sitting upright There, the posture is elegant and lingering.

Will his mother, whom he has never met, be as elegant as Mrs. Tazi?This question flashed through Takasugi-kun's mind. Although he never admitted it, Mrs. Tazi has all his fantasies about his mother. If possible, he hopes that his mother is also such an elegant, beautiful but very strong woman .

But the so-called "come again next time" had no chance to come true. Not long after Takasugi-kun returned, his father came to Takasugi-kun's room with a pale face, followed by a strange maid, although the maid was dressed in plain patterns The kimono, but the material is completely different from the servants of ordinary people, and it is not an exaggeration to say that she is a young lady from a small family, and more importantly, her familiar face,

Tazi? !Takasugi-kun's pupils shrank for a moment, and he almost blurted out the familiar address. Fortunately, he endured it. When Takasugi-kun took advantage of his father's inattention, he took a closer look at the other party, only to find that her facial features were slightly different from Tazi's, and she was taller than Tazi. She is too young, but she has the same gentle feeling and intellectual temperament as Tazi.

"Gui'an, young master." As soon as the maid saw Takasugi-kun, she bowed to the highest standard. She fell on the ground with her forehead pressed against the tatami, and only raised her head after Takasugi-kun accepted her greeting.

"I am ordered by Mrs. Mifune to take the young master back to the ancestral home of the Changzhou Fan." The maid did not estimate Takasugi Haruki's mood at all, and she only had Takasugi-kun in her eyes.

A very loyal maid, Takasugi-kun thought silently, but apparently she is only loyal to his mother.

"What's your name?" Takasugi-kun asked after a while, his voice was clear and clear, not like a 5-year-old child at all.

"Back to young master, my name is Ayu, Yu of Feather." Ayu replied respectfully.

"What is your position with your mother?" Takasugi-kun continued to ask.

"It's the personal maid, young master."

At this moment, Takasugi-kun was really surprised. After all, Ayu was only in his teens, so he didn't expect to have such an important position.

"When are we leaving?" he finally asked the question.

"The horses and chariots have already been prepared. If you need them, we can start now." Ayu obviously came prepared, Gao Shanjun finally understood why his father's face was so pale.

"Then let's go now." Gao Sugi-kun replied with a long sigh of relief.

When he walked out of the mansion where he had been imprisoned for five years, Takasugi-kun looked back like a ghost, but he didn't see Mrs. Tazi. What he saw was that the mansion gradually drifted away and disappeared from his sight among.