Dongzhou Mansion, the residence of the Sakura samurai family.

"Smack!"

A teacup slammed into the face of a military commander with the tea inside, accompanied by Sakuratakeyama's angry roar.

"Waste, a bunch of waste, the face of the Sakura Takeshi family has been lost to you!"

The smashed general's face was flushed, tea was dripping from his face, and he could only whisper in a humble voice.

"Your Excellency, according to the results of our search, that Zhang San ..... It should be dead. ”

"Dead?"

"Should.... It should be dead. ”

Sakuratakeyama stood up from his chair, walked in front of the general in two steps, and raised his hand to receive two loud slaps.

He slammed him and yelled.

"Dead? You say he's dead? What about corpses, I ask you what about corpses? Yes? ”

Seeing that this person was beaten very badly, another serious general next to him couldn't help but explain out loud.

"My lord, that Zhang San was seriously injured, maybe he accidentally fell off the cliff during the escape."

Sakuratakeyama turned his head to look at him.

"Didn't you look for it under the cliff!"

"Find ..... Looked. ”

"What about the corpses?"

"No body found, probably taken by a wild beast..."

Turning the output target, the furious Sakuratakeyama Yu fanned the general who spoke next to him again.

"Maybe? You told me maybe? Then I ask you, what if he hadn't been taken by the beast, or even fallen off the cliff at all? Yes? ”

"Your Excellency!"

"Rubbish, a bunch of rubbish!"

.....

Nearly 10 days have passed since the Sakura Sakura family's birthday banquet, but the murderer is still outrageously not caught.

This is Dongzhou, the territory of the Sakura Warriors, and the murderer even disappeared from under their noses when he was seriously injured, which is extremely weird.

According to the information sent back by the generals, "Zhang San" escaped from the city with the eldest lady hostage, and plunged into the dense forest in the east.

The first pursuers immediately followed, but when the men and horses arrived a little late, they found that there were only a dozen corpses of their own people left in the dense forest, and the only one who survived was Sakuratake Chiya.

When the generals asked Sakuratake Chiya which direction the murderer had run away, she kept silent, probably frightened.

Combined with the situation on the ground, there are only two possibilities.

One, the person who called himself Zhang San still retained his strength, and even if he was seriously injured, he still wiped out the first wave of pursuers, and then fled, but this situation is extremely unlikely.

Second, someone picked him up, and after escaping into the jungle, his companions disposed of the first wave of pursuers for him, and then used it as bait to lure the follow-up pursuers in the wrong direction.

The second possibility is extremely high, because the generals have found a large number of traces of escape in the search, if it is not that "Zhang San" is too careless, then it must have been left by someone on purpose.

.....

After calming down, Sakuratakeyama sat back in his chair with a gloomy face.

"Ah Yun didn't come back."

The generals immediately replied.

"I'm back."

"Call him over."

"Yes."

This matter can be said to have been miserable by Xia Feng, and the person he brought back from outside suddenly had a "neurotic attack", no matter how he said it, he couldn't get out of it.

But fortunately, Sakura Takeyama took Sakura Takeru very seriously as a junior and didn't blame him too much.

Sakura Takeun is the leader of the younger generation of the Sakura Takeshi family, and unlike those generals who work hard for the Sakura Takeshi family, he even values the family's reputation more than his own life.

The head of the family did not punish him, which made him even more uncomfortable, so since the first day that "Zhang San" disappeared, he has been leading people to search for him day and night.

....

Inside the room of the head of the house.

Sakuratakeyama asked with a blushing face.

"Ah Yun, how's it going?"

Ying Wuyun's eyes were bloodshot, and the whole person looked as if he hadn't slept for days and nights.

"I have issued arrest warrants to nine large towns and dozens of towns in Dongzhou, and all medical centers have issued strict warnings to control all patients who seek medical treatment for knife wounds in the coming period, and immediately notify the local garrison when they are discovered."

Sakuratakeyama's eyes were cold.

"Will those village doctors really report it?"

"Don't worry, the head of the family, I have personally supervised it, if anyone dares to know and not report it, the whole family will be killed."

....

The last knife was stabbed by Sakura Takeun himself, and even if it didn't hurt his heart, that kind of injury was very fatal.

Sakura Takeun is also a person who practices martial arts, and in his impression, even his retired grandfather, the former No. 1 swordsman in the Eastern Kingdom, Sakuratake Juyaro, is unlikely to heal on his own after suffering that kind of knife wound.

As long as "Zhang San" is still alive, he must go to a certain medical center in Dongzhou, if there is no medical center to report, then there is a high probability that he should be dead.

....

Subsequently, Ying Wuyun reported in detail some details of the arrest warrant, such as some characteristics of "Zhang San".

After hearing his words, Sakuratakeyama's face softened slightly.

"This matter is likely to be related to the Xigong family, that Zhang San must be found, and he must see people alive or dead to see corpses."

Sakura Wuyun bowed his head.

"Understood."

"Well, the follow-up will be handed over to you to deal with, you can mobilize the manpower at will, even if you don't find anyone in the end, there must be a result."

Sakuratakeyama said the word "result" very seriously, and Sakura Wuyun naturally understood what the head of the family meant.

"Understand, I will definitely handle it properly, and it is impossible to affect the reputation of the Sakura Martial Arts family because of this matter."

"I'll leave it to you."

"Yes."

Solemnly responding, Sakura Wuyun turned around and walked out the door.

Before going out, Sakuratake Yamao's voice came from behind, and this time, there was no coldness in his voice, but a little more helplessness.

"What's going on with Qianye, still don't you want to say anything?"

Sakura stopped and turned around.

"Qianye is a girl, and it will definitely take some time to relieve this kind of fright, so the head of the house doesn't have to worry."

Sakuratake Yamao leaned back in his chair with a complicated expression.

"Qianye, this child has no friends since she was a child, only a few brothers grew up with her, and now she is also an adult, and she has a lot of worries, Ah Yun, you usually take more time to accompany her."

"I will."

"Well, you go get busy."

....

....

Inside the courtyard of the Sakura Samurai Mansion.

Sakuratake Chiyo sat alone in the gazebo, staring blankly at the lake all afternoon.

Until the sun set, Sakura's voice came from behind.

"Xiao Qian."

Sakura Takeshi Qianye turned her head slightly, her beautiful face was full of sorrow at the moment, of course, she was not sick, let alone injured, maybe it was just a heart disease.

"Brother Yun."

In the past, every time she saw Ying Wuyun, she would shout "Brother Yun" coquettishly, but this time, she didn't.

Sakura Wuyun is not a fool, he naturally sees the thoughts of Sister Qianye.

Walking up to her, the two of them looked side by side at the lake.

"Xiaoqian, some people are destined to be strangers to us, and they are also destined to be passers-by in your life."

Sakuratake Chiya's voice was soft.

"Is he still alive?"

"There is very little hope, even if you are still alive, it is difficult to really live, after all, this is Dongzhou."