The middle-aged officer leaned against the wall and choked silently, a few of us glanced at each other, got up and walked to him, and saluted with a military salute, Luo Quan, who was the deputy of the squad, said softly: "Report to the chief, it is our fault for failing to protect the Qin squad leader, please punish you!"

The first lesson to learn in the army is respect, when we meet veterans who don't know the level we don't know, we take the initiative to call them "squad leader", and treat the officers we don't know as "chiefs", and the five of us stand as straight as javelins, and we speak with a thick sense of guilt in our tone.

The middle-aged officer wiped the tears off his face with both hands, put on his military hat again, and returned a military salute to us, and said in a hoarse voice: "There is nothing wrong with you, being a soldier horse leather shroud is a kind of glory, besides, Lao Qin still has a glimmer of life, you don't have to feel guilty, you are all from the sixth class of Razer, right?"

"Yes, Chief!" we replied together.

The middle-aged officer nodded and said: "You are all good, this mission has been completed very well, the Political Department will reward you, and the garrison will definitely give special rewards, all very good, don't let this matter become your demons, take a break!"

"Yes, Chief!" we saluted again.

The middle-aged officer's mind was not on us at all, but after saying a few more official words, he left the corridor with his head held high, it should be to make a phone call, or notify someone, and the five of us returned to the door of the emergency room, looking at the indicator light above the emergency room like pins and needles.

Time flew by minute by second, and the brothers stood motionless in front of the door like wood, everyone's eyes were full of longing and expectation, we were looking forward to a miracle, waiting for the news of Qin Laoba's safe return.

After about ten minutes, the middle-aged officer returned to the corridor and stood beside us, staring at the door of the rescue room with the same anticipation.

"Director Gao, how is Lao Qin?" someone behind him asked softly.

A few of us looked back and saw a middle-aged man wearing a coffee-colored jacket with a slight bow and four or five young men in white shirts gathered behind us.

The middle-aged officer known as Director Gao spat out and said, "It's still being rescued." "Listening to the tone of the voice, the identities of the two should be similar, and I guess they should be colleagues or something.

"Then why don't you go back to our military hospital? The environment and treatment equipment of this kind of regional hospital are too simple, aren't you careless about human life! Transfer to the hospital, and I will immediately notify the General Hospital of the Armed Police in Beijing to take it over. Xie Ding glanced at the emergency room, and his tone of voice was a little anxious, and he knew at a glance that it was definitely not a show.

Director Gao frowned and said: "Lao Qin was shot in the spine, and it is estimated that he is bleeding, and he can't move at all, from Yanjiao to the capital for dozens of miles, this process is enough to kill him, I specially brought a few excellent military doctors, Section Chief Wang, I remember that you are friends with Dean Qian of the 301 General Hospital, and Dean Qian is an expert in the treatment of gunshot wounds, can you invite him to come over." ”

"Dean Jiang is on his way here, I hope that Old Qin Ji will be natural!" The middle-aged man who thanked the top sighed, and as he spoke, eight or nine forty or fifty-year-old officers walked over, and inadvertently glanced at their ranks, I couldn't help but gasp, good guy! The lowest is the rank of major, and several are lieutenant colonels and colonels, and looking at the military uniforms, there are not only the army, but also the air force and the armed police.

Through their exchanges, I probably guessed that these officers should be Qin Laoba's comrades-in-arms at the same time, and I didn't expect that Qin Laoba, who didn't look good, would have such a high network of contacts, not only in the army but also in politics, and the level was not low, but Qin Laoba never showed it, and he had always been very low-key guarding the small shop, acting as the person in charge of the Shishi Field Office.

Luo Quan whispered to me: "There are also people from the garrison, and those two lieutenant colonels are the leaders of a certain regiment in the garrison. ”

I twisted the bracelet given to me by the monk, and prayed from my heart to bless Qin Laoba for safety, if Qin Laoba can really survive this time, from now on I am willing to worship in the temple, and I will knock every immortal.

During this period, a garrison general with the rank of major took us to the doctor's office and asked for a reciprocal explanation, and when we returned to the emergency room, the officers gathered outside had dispersed, and the door of the emergency room was opened, leaving Lily sitting on the plastic bench at the door in a daze.

"Sister Lily, where is Team Leader Qin, and how are the others?" Luo Quan hurriedly ran over to ask.

Lily Qiang cheered up and said: "I have passed the dangerous period for the time being, and I have just been picked up by a military medical vehicle specially sent by the Political Department. ”

"Thank goodness!" everyone breathed a sigh of relief, tears glistening in each other's eyes.

Lily bit her lip and said: "Qin Lao's spine is injured, and the lumbar muscle and bone marrow are seriously strained, even if he can be cured, he will only be able to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair in the future, if there is no accident, he will take this opportunity to retire, Chenghu, Qin Lao asked me to bring you a sentence, if you have the opportunity to return to Shishi in the future, you must be patriotic." ”

"Well, I remember!" I tapped my head twice.

Lily sighed and said, "Protect the Stone City, which is Qin Lao's hometown." ”

"It's mine too!" I assured with my fists clenched.

"Well, come with me! There is a big man who wants to see you, restrain your emotions, and don't show any dissatisfaction in front of him. When Lily said this, she gave Luo Quan a special look, and after seeing that we all nodded in agreement, Lily took us out of the hospital.

Follow Lily into a military jeep, the car carried us in the direction of the capital, when entering Haidian District, I obviously felt that Luo Quan's breathing next to him was heavier, and his chest fluctuated and fluctuated, especially when he entered a street market called "Wanshou Road", Luo Quan's pupils dilated, and he asked softly to Lily, who opened a house in front: "Sister Lily, is that big man the same surname as me?"

"Hmm. Lily nodded, and Luo Quan exhaled a long breath from his mouth.

Hearing their questions and answers, an unrealistic thought suddenly popped out of my heart, could it be that it was Luo Quan's grandfather who was going to meet us this time? The pinnacle man who was really in charge of the garrison? After thinking about it again, it was unlikely, what is the identity of Old Man Luo, even if he has a relationship with Luo Quan, it is unlikely that he will meet a few of us hairy soldiers.

The car stopped in front of the house in a courtyard house, and Lily stopped and nodded at us: "Go, Luo Quan must be familiar with the environment inside, I repeat it again, don't show any dissatisfaction, this is an order!"

"Yes, squad leader!" we all responded.

In the capital, where every inch of land is valuable, it is already a glorious thing to be able to own a house, and if you want to live in such a three-in, three-out quadrangle compound, it is not only how much money can be spent to do it, but more importantly, you have to have a considerable status.

After getting out of the car, Luo Quan's expression was solemn and he led us inside without saying a word, I felt like a mirror, thinking that this courtyard should be Luo Quan's home, but what made me curious was why there were no guards outside the door, and it looked very ordinary inside?

Stepping into the threshold, looking around, the yard is not a dense bamboo forest, the small courtyard paved with bluestone slabs is cleaned up, and there is a wooden carved corridor to go forward, Luo Quan sighed and said: "Don't look around, there are more dark sentinels here than you imagine, let's step into this courtyard, at least two sniper rifles aimed at you and my head, this is my ancestral home, before moving into the military compound, I have been living here, and now this is my grandfather's retirement home." ”

"Your grandfather's retirement home? Ma Jing couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

Luo Quan nodded slightly and said, "Well, it's the same as you guessed." ”

Passing through the carved corridor, there is a small square courtyard, there is a thick Tsubaki tree surrounded by two people in the courtyard, an old man leans on the recliner and holds a wooden fan made of the master and sways gently, and there is a blue and white porcelain teapot on the small table next to it, gently humming the Qin dialect, indulging in his own spiritual world, the artistic conception is distant and indifferent.

Luo Quan took us to stand five meters away from the old man with complicated expressions, quietly pondered but did not make a sound, after a long time, Luo Quan took two deep breaths and saluted a straight military salute: "Commander Luo!"