Espionage: I became sworn brothers with Zheng Yaoxian at the beginning, and became the Seventh Broth

Chapter 832 A Joke

The operation has now reached its final stage.

Of the two main targets, only one remains, and that person is poisoned. Whether they are alive or dead is now impossible to determine accurately.

But that doesn't matter, we'll find out once we go in.

As soon as Ye Shaohong gave the order, Su Wenqian was the first to take action.

He cautiously walked to the bar counter, and in the instant he turned, the gun he was holding was also pointed at the inside of the bar counter.

Upon glancing at it, Su Wenqian immediately frowned.

"Damn it!" "What the hell is this bad luck!"

Su Wenqian's hateful curses naturally reached the ears of Ye Shaohong and Yan Shuangying.

Curious, they went closer to take a look.

Upon seeing this, Ye Shaohong and Yan Shuangying's expressions also darkened.

They were all quite indignant.

What did they see?

They saw an elderly Japanese man in his fifties or sixties kneeling on the ground behind the bar.

He was bare-chested and had a piece of cloth in his mouth.

On his lower abdomen, a rib knife had been deeply embedded in his skin, leaving a wound more than 20 centimeters long.

Large intestine, small intestine, fresh blood, and undigested and partially digested filthy matter all dripped down.

It fell to the ground. "That old Japanese devil committed suicide!"

Seeing this scene, Ye Shaohong was furious.

He wasn't angry that he'd lost a potential credit; he was angry that he'd missed the chance to personally kill that old devil.

A Japanese general.

It's obvious without even thinking that his hands are stained with the blood of the Chinese people, and he carries countless sins on his shoulders.

But because of that slight delay, the old Japanese soldier was given the opportunity to commit suicide.

It's too good for him to die so easily.

"and many more!"

"That old Japanese devil isn't dead yet."

The one who spoke was Yan Shuangying, a man from outside the Great Wall. As early as September 18, 1931, after the Mukden Incident, he had already clashed with the invading Japanese. Through years of confrontation and life-and-death battles, Yan Shuangying had gained a certain understanding of the Japanese temperament and national traditions.

I've certainly heard of committing seppuku (ritual suicide by disembowelment).

Therefore, when faced with the puzzled looks of Ye Shaohong and Su Wenqian, Yan Shuangying immediately offered an explanation.

According to Yan Shuangying, the Japanese did indeed have a tradition of committing seppuku (ritual suicide by disembowelment).

This tradition is said to have originated in 989 AD.

It wasn't a glorious beginning.

The founder was a man named Fujiwara Yoshi from the Fujiwara family of the East. By day, he was an elegant nobleman.

At night, he would transform into a demon and wreak havoc, harassing and killing the people of Kyoto.

At the time, the feudal constables of Japan repeatedly plotted to capture him, but he escaped each time. It took the authorities a long time to investigate and discover Fujiwara no Yoshi's true identity. One night, the government constables launched a large-scale operation and surrounded Fujiwara no Yoshi's noble residence.

Seeing no hope of escape and not wanting to fall into the hands of low-ranking constables and damage the reputation of the Fujiwara family, Fujiwara Yoshi personally stabbed his own stomach with a knife in front of many constables.

He removed his internal organs, threw them to the constables, and then committed suicide.

During the Kamakura Shogunate period.

As the samurai class in Japan gradually gained control of the state, the spirit of Bushido spread widely, and the practice of seppuku (ritual suicide by disembowelment) became prevalent.

At that time, any soldier who was defeated and fled, or anyone who committed a serious mistake, could use this as a way to escape the punishment of the state's laws.

In order to protect their reputation.

Have a look.

This is the Japanese devil. The idea of ​​committing suicide to atone for one's sins originated with a demon, but it eventually spread because it could preserve one's reputation and allow one to escape legal control.

If that's all there is to it, well, what can you do when the Japanese have such a unique national character?

People with questionable thinking and a tendency to make rash decisions can still be understood and accepted if they retain some of their customs and habits that are different from others.

As things progressed, it gradually became distorted.

After the war ended and peace was restored, some Japanese who had been insulted chose to commit suicide as an atonement.

They also developed more than ten different types of death.

The most widespread and considered the most orthodox method of suicide involves the person tidying up their clothes and appearance before stabbing themselves in the lower abdomen with a knife, cutting horizontally to the right, and then cutting upwards.

The procedure involves allowing the internal organs in the lower abdomen to spill out through the wound; this is called a "cross cut."

During this process, the person committing suicide must keep their legs tightly closed, and there must be no bending or creases in the abdominal wound.

After death.

The body of a person committing seppuku can only fall forward, not backward; otherwise, it will be considered a breach of etiquette and a failed act of seppuku.

At this stage, this act of seppuku was still a relatively traditional Bushido practice.

But gradually, new changes began to occur.

Some people who were about to commit suicide felt that cutting their stomachs with a knife was too painful, and in a moment of inspiration, they came up with a new idea.

Many people, after making the first incision, find the pain unbearable and thus arrange for a "second" to accompany them.

The term "kaishakunin" here generally refers to someone with exceptional swordsmanship.

After the person attempting suicide cuts open their abdomen, they will walk up to them from behind and sever their head, helping them complete their act of suicide and preserving their dignity.

During this process, the responsibility borne by the "kaishakunin" was hailed as a lofty honor by the Japanese devils.

They will be admired by their people.

If the second is not skilled enough and fails to kill the person committing suicide with a single blow, it is a grave mistake, an insult to the deceased, and a disrespect for Bushido.

If a situation truly arises where the second (kaishakunin) strikes the person attempting suicide but the person survives, then the second must also commit suicide as an apology.

That's pretty bizarre, isn't it?

That’s nothing.

According to Yan Shuangying, the subsequent changes were even more unbelievable.

Gradually, even the Japanese soldiers grew unwilling to accept this ancient method of self-destruction, finding the pain and agony of cutting themselves with a knife too intense. However, to save face, they continued to carry it out.

then what should we do?

At this moment, some brilliant strategist appeared and changed the Japanese soldiers' ancient method of suicide, replacing the wakizashi short sword they used for suicide with a folding fan or a wooden sword.

Gently glide it across the lower abdomen.

Then a "kaishakunin" (second) would step in and cut off their heads.

In this way, they could be said to have fulfilled the spirit of Bushido and preserved their own and their family's reputation.

Ultimately, the Japanese devils were also slowly degenerating.

Their traditions, which originated from brutality, have slowly evolved into something that is no longer authentic.

After recounting these events, Yan Shuangying pointed to the man who had committed suicide. Ye Shaohong and Su Wenqian immediately burst into laughter.

What are they laughing at?

Because that old Japanese soldier's body had already fallen backward, which meant one thing: his suicide attempt had failed.

Even if the Japanese soldiers came to collect his body afterward, they would not feel the slightest respect for the old Japanese soldier upon seeing this scene.

Perhaps they'll even curse a couple of times in anger.

Most importantly, that old Japanese soldier really wasn't dead.

He also heard Yan Shuangying's explanation to Ye Shaohong and Su Wenqian, and he also heard Ye Shaohong and Su Wenqian's laughter.

Immediately, the old Japanese soldier's eyes rolled back, and he almost fainted.

"You bastards! You...you are all wicked!"