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According to the passenger number, the girl who was supposed to be sitting in the 4L open ground transfer cabin had already sat in a medium-sized bus with an old-fashioned energy source and a somewhat pungent smell at this time, and was on her way to the Qinglongshan Military Management Area.

The middle-aged uncle with an obscene face was still sitting beside her. Zhang Xiaomeng looked at the primitive scenery outside the window, and was silent for a long, long time, not knowing whether she was thinking about the innocence of the past, or thinking that the news of her death would be given to her parents who were far away from the sea...... and Xu Le, what kind of impact did he bring.

The old-fashioned passenger car is constantly undulating on the mountain road, and the middle-aged man with a straw hat on his face seems to enjoy the rhythm. He is very familiar with the road around the mountains and four states, and even if he closes his eyes, he knows which section the bus has walked to. Maybe he was a little thirsty, the middle-aged uncle took off his straw hat, opened the kettle he was carrying with him and took a sip of water, only then did he notice the stunned look of the girl next to him.

The slightly messy bangs on her forehead, mixed with the dust and sweat in the mountains, looked a little embarrassed, and the girl's ruddy face had a faint sadness. He looked at this young face quietly, and smiled slightly, he has been dealing with people all his life, so when he was a few years ago, he dared to enter the Bi-Moon Festival ball alone, and had face-to-face negotiations with representatives of the federal elite, he was very good at reading people, so he was very satisfied with Zhang Xiaomeng's performance at this time, a young man who was loyal to his faith and had suffered great setbacks would mature quickly and become an indispensable fresh force in the great cause in the future.

The future of the revolutionary army is to be pinned on these young people, and the obscene-looking uncle sighed softly in his heart.

Zhang Xiaomeng found that he had woken up, lowered his eyes slightly, and asked softly, "If I want to die, what will happen to the archives of the Charter Bureau?"

"Being able to think about this question proves that you have made a lot of progress in the direction of professionalism. The uncle smiled and said: "No one can change the data of the computer in the Charter Bureau, but there is always a link for the data to reach the political axe department, and there are people in the link, as long as there are people, there is a way...... I'm an old guy with a special approach to people. ”

"Why did you personally arrange for me to leave?" Zhang Xiaomeng looked at him, how could the number two person in the [***] army take the risk of coming to S1 because of himself, although he knew some things about Councilor Medellin, but it was still not enough to explain the problem.

"There have been traitors at the top of the organization, which has seriously damaged our cause...... But as I told you before, I can't change everyone's opinion of that comrade parliamentarian, after all, in a way, he represents the public image of the comrades in the mountains in the federation...... It's just that I think you are innocent in this incident, you have a good background, but because of your kind heart, you have sympathy for Qinglong Mountain. We should be grateful to young people like you, and not to watch a girl...... Killed in the course of a struggle and a conspiracy of betrayal. ”

Speaking of this, a faint sorrow flashed between the middle-aged uncle's eyebrows, for his ideals and beliefs, he has been fighting in the Federation for many years, but now the situation is becoming more and more worrying, completely unequal resources, information and armed forces, so that the [***] army can only survive in front of the federal army. Although more and more ordinary people in the Federation have chosen to sympathize with the [***] Army because of the influence of George Carlinism, it is ...... As Medellín stepped out of the mountains and into politics, most of those hearts turned to him for his non-violent advocacy.

The world in the mountains is about to become an abandoned world. He was a brilliant intelligence leader, but not a brilliant political leader, and he knew about the undercurrents in the committee, but he could not quell them, after all, Medellín's ideas, although suspected of capitulation, were very attractive in difficult circumstances against the backdrop of the deliberate softness of the federal axe.

In order to compete with the forces of the Medellín faction, the leader of the [***] army, Nanshui, also had to temporarily abandon the armed struggle and instead seek cooperation with certain forces of the Federation. That's why he made his trip to the Federation, the Bi-Moon Festival Ball, the cooperation with the Tai family, and the time when Councilor Pabur walked down the ramp of the transport plane...... That touch of solemnity blown by the wind.

The middle-aged uncle's brows were furrowed deeply, like a Sichuan character, and the intelligence of all aspects, especially the confession of the girl next to him, combined the intelligence source of the assassination incident at the Linhai City Gymnasium, as well as the mastermind behind the subsequent attempt to frame the intelligence system of the [***] army, thereby destroying the reconciliation agreement between Pabur and Qinglongshan...... It's Commissioner Medellín, or Councillor Medellín.

However, he has no evidence, and Zhang Xiaomeng's confession alone will never shake the lofty status of the highly respected Medellín in the committee and in the hearts of the people in the four states around the mountains.

What made him feel even more extremely worried was that Medellín was not stupid, and that he was incomparably rich in political wisdom and experience, and that this committee member did not understand that if the armed forces of Qinglongshan really perished, then the last of his servants who could gain a foothold in the federal political arena would also disappear? The struggle of the political line was one thing, but after all, the two sides were rooted in the same land, and if even the ground on which they stood was scorched, no one would be able to take root and sprout......

This question is too far-reaching to think clearly, the middle-aged uncle looked at Zhang Xiaomeng, who was deep in thought beside him, and said with a hint of pity: "For me, there is another very important reason for you to follow my side to learn and prepare for the future, and that is the relationship between you and Xu Le." ”

Zhang Xiaomeng glanced at him in surprise, not understanding what important his relationship with Xu Le was, his eyebrows gradually squeezed together, he took a deep breath, and said seriously: "I won't hurt him again, let alone agree to use him." ”

"Rest assured. ”

The middle-aged uncle had already retracted his gaze and began to read a magazine in his hand with relish, as if he was talking to himself, as if he was telling Zhang Xiaomeng again, saying: "Xu Le is a sympathetic and emotionally inclined to our people...... This can be determined from the details of these past sayings, and all such people are what we want to fight for. What's more, he is still a character who can influence Tai Zhiyuan's choice. Maybe it's a year, maybe it's five years, maybe it's longer, as long as you can influence him, it's worth the wait."

The magazine in his hand seemed to be a weekly newsweek, but in fact, in the page, it was a very detailed information summary material, and the material on this page at this time was all the details of Xu Le's arrival in the university town of Linhai Prefecture.

The number two person in the [***] army, the most successful intelligence leader in the thirty-seventh constitutional calendar, quietly looked at the file about Xu Le, and calmly thought in his heart that maybe the surname is the most important foundation for the development of any career, and Xu Le, a seemingly inconspicuous little person, seems to be more than any character he met on this trip to the Federation...... All have more possible surnames.

How did Xu Le know Tai Zhiyuan? The middle-aged uncle squinted slightly, and his fingers gently rubbed the edge of the straw hat, which was a puzzle for the S2 [***] army, and for those who paid attention to all the subtle movements around the heir of the Tai family. Judging from the archives, Xu Le, a veteran soldier with no relatives and no reason, could never have the opportunity to get close to Tai Zhiyuan in Ewha University.

"If it's really H1, then why does Xu Le have the permission to enter H1? If Xu Le can really enter H1, then when the First Military Academy visits, the black mecha suddenly appears...... Is it Tai Zhiyuan who is in control, or Xu Le who is in control? If Xu Le is in control, where did he learn that kind of control method?"

The second leader of the army smiled, quickly sorting out and analyzing in his mind. He has been dealing with people all his life, and he is an old guy who has a special way to deal with people, and at the moment when the career of the [***] army is forced to enter a low period, he has set his sights on the future, and has cast his eyes on the young man who is still very inconspicuous.

At this time, Zhang Xiaomeng had already tilted his head to the side, looking at the scenery outside the window in a daze, his eyes gradually sparkling, missing but strong and no longer missing.

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Xu Le's injuries were not all healed, but he no longer needed 24-hour intensive care, and the unnecessary medical equipment had already left his hospital bed, and the experts of the General Hospital of the First Military Region also confirmed that his epilepsy was caused by external pressure, and the abnormal discharge phenomenon of the cerebral cortex would not cause substantial damage to his body and brain.

So he moved out of the ward and into a quieter sanatorium at the back of the General Hospital. The facilities here are more complete, and the hot springs are steaming among the green trees, and if it wasn't summer in the southern hemisphere at this time, maybe he would really want to go down and take a dip. And the TV in the room, there is no medical control, the whole channel is open, but Xu Le is still used to only watching the news channel and channel 23, he is not a person who cares about federal affairs, but after escaping from the Donglin Region, these bizarre encounters make him have to care.

On the same night, he saw the news of the crash of the spacecraft flying from the Hong Kong capital Xinze Aviation Airport to S2, to be precise, the crash of the air-to-ground transfer module. Xu Le's pupils shrank slightly, his fingers pressed slightly, staring at the clear light screen, looking at the names and photos of passengers that gradually flashed.

"Zhang Xiaomeng, female ......"

Xu Le only heard these four words, and saw the photo of the girl with a serious expression and black-rimmed glasses on the TV, and then his brain buzzed, and he couldn't hear any sound anymore, the news anchor's slightly mournful broadcast voice was automatically silenced, and the photo on the screen began to gradually blur, without black-framed glasses, bangs gently swaying in the breeze, smiling eyebrows, as cute and charming as an elf......

This is Zhang Xiaomeng, the real Zhang Xiaomeng's appearance, on the news, in the photos, they are all fake.

Xu Le rubbed his eyes, turned off the TV, lay on the bed, covered the quilt, shrunk up, and began to sleep, although he couldn't sleep, he still began to fall asleep, his eyes were wide open, his body trembled slightly, and suddenly he felt that the summer in the southern hemisphere of the S1 planet, the temperature was also so low.

Unable to sleep in the middle of the night, his mood was like a sad song.

He sat up silently, turned on the TV again, connected to the federal network, entered the official website of the General Administration of Aviation and began to query, constantly refreshing the page, I don't know how many times he confirmed, how many times he checked, he removed his fingers a little numbly, lay on the bed limply, stared at the snow-white ceiling and began to be in a daze.

At this time, how he wished that everything he saw in his eyes, like those structural drawings, was a picture in his mind, not a real thing. But after staring at the snow-white ceiling for a long time, there was no picture in front of me...... Getting some sleep does not make the sad news you heard before become fake.

The next day, Xu Le woke up on time according to his biological clock, brushed his teeth, washed his face, ate breakfast, and then walked into the quiet garden of the morning light, sat on the slightly cold stone chair, his buttocks did not touch the ground, and used that strange posture to squat the horse steps taught to him by his uncle, and at the same time carefully and attentively smacked, remembering the trembling in his body, the trajectory of the existence and running of the sourness.

The slightly hot shiver represents a mysterious power that has broken through the area where he was operating in the Donglin Region back then, gradually taking over his entire body, prompting each pair of his muscle fibers to begin to rub against each other, squeezing each other, extremely painful and pleasant.

However, that sour feeling was in his heart, in his lips for a long time, which made him want to vomit. His face was slightly pale, and his eye sockets were a little sunken, but the small eyes were a little deep.

In the surrounding woods, there are several bodyguards of the Black Eagle Security Company, who are boredly looking at the surrounding environment, now the situation has calmed down, their task is not as heavy as a few days ago, they just don't understand, Xu Le's walk today seems to be longer than a few days ago.

Xu Le stayed in this quiet garden until noon, and then he said to the staff of the Tai family, and under the covert protection of several bodyguards, he walked out of the recuperation area and came to a steakhouse in the living area of the First Military Region, and began to eat Chinese food.

Before eating, he handed the waiter a bill and whispered something for something.

The knife and fork gently scratched the delicate appearance of the synthetic steak, and Xu Le lowered his head and slowly chewed on the very uniform meat fibers, without looking up. Because he didn't dare to look up, he knew that when he looked up, he would see that the seat opposite him was empty.

He and Zhang Xiaomeng had eaten together many times in the cafeteria, and he was deeply grateful to that girl, who had never left under the gaze of those strange eyes because she was an auditor and seemed to be a poor doorman.

The first official date between him and Zhang Xiaomeng was to eat steak in a restaurant in Linhai Prefecture, and he was deeply grateful to that girl for giving him the first heartbeat in his life, the first kiss, the first kiss, the first love, even if it was charity, this is also the most beautiful charity in the world.

The waiter walked up to him, disguised his doubts, and handed over a bag of biscuits. After Xu Le thanked him, he tore open the biscuit bag, took out the puppy biscuits inside, and began to stare in a daze.

He and Zhang Xiaomeng met for the first time because of a bag of puppy biscuits.

Xu Le began to eat biscuits, and tears flowed uncontrollably.

After the death of his uncle, he once swore that he would never cry again in the future, but today I don't know why, I just can't help it, I always feel empty and sour in my heart, like nothing will ever be able to fill that empty space, and it may be that from knowing Zhang Xiaomeng's death last night to this morning's daze in the morning garden, those sour tastes have been hidden for too long, stimulating his tear ducts.

A well-dressed young man wept silently in a lively restaurant. This is the living quarters of the First Military Region, and there are many soldiers in civilian or military uniforms, their families and friends, and many of them look at the young men in tears by the window in amazement, with sympathy or contempt.

They thought that the young man was crying because he had lost his love, but they didn't know that the young man thought that he had lost his lover forever.

Wiping away his tears, Xu Le regained his composure, took out a letter from his arms, and began to read it silently and carefully. This letter was written to him by Shi Qinghai before leaving, and he had already read it once, but when he knew about Zhang Xiaomeng's death, he wanted to read it again, because in his opinion, Shi Qinghai and Zhang Xiaomeng are actually the same people in their bones, those who he doesn't know and are willing to sacrifice something for their ideals.

The last few paragraphs of Shi Qinghai's letter are written like this.

"I used to think I was tired of being a spy, even though I hated the Federalist axe so much because of my father's misfortunes...... But in the middle of this, I felt tired and nervous, so I wanted to give up. It is for this reason that I began to try to break away from the organization, of course, in a passive way. I can never betray this organization, because I share their ideals and respect them. But I was really tired, so I looked for a lot of opportunities to try to be a less important person...... The confrontation at the door of the nightclub is one of my attempts, and I'm sorry that this incident has dragged you down. ”

"However, when I was most tired and tired, and began to doubt the ideals I once believed in, I personally brokered a reconciliation agreement between the organization and the Pabur Councillors, although I was only an intermediary and never played an absolutely important role. But I knew that I had done the right thing, and that doing the right thing would still bring me a certain sense of mental pleasure to my numbness. ”

"But at that time, I still wanted to leave, I didn't want to care about all the things in the world anymore, I just wanted to drink quietly alone, singing twenty-seven glasses of wine, having a free moment on the beach, thinking of my poor father, who had never been in the capital in his life, who only knew how to take care of that little farm, and who died mysteriously. ”

"But at this moment my guide died in front of me, and he jumped from a very high building, as if he had jumped into a cloud, but fell to the ground. My teacher was actually like my second father in many ways...... It's amazing that although I have hatred for that traitor, I am not carried away by this hatred, but I am much more sober. Looking at the teacher's body lying on the roof of the car, I suddenly understood that I was still willing to fight for the ideal I had back then. ”

"This ideal is not ridiculous, nor is it something distant and unattainable for the people or for you and me...... We're just trying to make the world a little bit better, a little bit fairer. At least there will be no more people like the Tai family, the Seven Families, and politicians...... This kind of existence above the law, at least there are fewer ordinary people in the world who died silently like my father. ”

"There has never been true fairness in this world. There was no imperial power in the past, nor is it in the current constitutional period, and it may not really be in the future. The empire doesn't, the triangle doesn't, and even I sometimes suspect that there may not be one on the Qinglong Mountain side. But not all that exists is reasonable, and what has not appeared is not all that cannot be pursued. Fairness and justice may be a very illusory word, but it is better to work for it than to be insensitive. ”

"There is a vague goal ahead, walking, it is always possible to reach it, if you don't go, you can never touch it. I have carefully calculated that I will live at most ninety years in this life, and people will always die, and in this case, I would rather die on the path I choose to take. ”

"I am writing this letter to you, not to influence you in anything, but that I am lonely in this world, and the role I play is destined to be lonely, and I want to tell you what I think. I probably won't reconnect with the organization, because since we are on the same path, it doesn't really matter if we have a partner or not, as long as we are working in the same direction. ”

"The fairness of this world does not necessarily require sacrificing everything you have, and I have always believed that being a law-abiding policeman, a lawyer who does justice, and a brave fighter against the invasion of the empire are all positive efforts for the fate of the Federation. You...... is a guy with a somewhat overflowing sense of justice, living according to your ideas, if not it can affect the world, at least it can affect the small environment around you...... In that sense, we are partners, and we have many partners in this world. ”

"Live, and then live well, live in peace, that's enough. Brother, I'm just going to find peace of mind. ”

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Xu Le silently folded the letter paper and put it in his personal pocket, where there was also a business card and a new bank card, which were the most important things in his life. Then he thought of Zhang Xiaomeng from this letter. It was still difficult for him to understand the thoughts of many people in the Federation, but after reading Shi Qinghai's letter again, his heart was touched.

People always have to die, and dying on the path they choose may be a kind of happiness. Xu Le thought quietly about Zhang Xiaomeng, the suspicion and anger he had before were not important at this moment.

Xu Le is a very silent and direct person, he doesn't know anything, he doesn't have any ideas, he is a young man who exists with intuition and intuition. He slowly looked up at the news playing on the light screen in the restaurant.

On the news, the opposition political leader Congressman Medellín, who gave a speech at the Capital University, is announcing that he will be the running mate of Governor Ross in Beijing and participate in the presidential election that will begin at the end of the year.

"If you can become vice president, won't my woman die in vain?" Xu Le took one last look at the news footage and walked silently towards the outside of the restaurant.

(To be continued)