The man's vicissitudes of life sounded like thunder in Jiang Lan's ears: "Your father is my mentor, the pride of our institution, he is the hero of this country and this nation, can you understand what I say?" ”

Jiang Lan was stunned by the man's words, the irresponsible man who hated for so many years, the man whose mother never wanted to mention too much, the man who caused her mother to worry all her life, was actually a national hero? What's wrong with the world? Is this true? Should I be proud of it or should I be sad about my years of resentment? The ups and downs of her heart and her thoughts are not enough to describe the complex excitement of Jiang Lan's mood at this moment.

After a while, Jiang Lan: "My mother has always known, hasn't she?" ”

The man nodded: "Four years after your father left home, your mother started to suddenly get sick, right?" ”

Jiang Lan recalled and affirmed the man's statement.

The man continued: "Your father died in the line of duty that year, and your mother became ill because she attended your father's secret funeral, and afterwards we arranged your brother's work behind our backs, and your brother didn't know about it. ”

Jiang Lan was speechless for a long time, the middle-aged man and woman accompanied her, and the three of them stood silently, thinking about the same person in their hearts, the man who had been infamous by his relatives for more than ten years, and the man who had made outstanding contributions to the country but could only be unknown.

Jiang Lan finally returned to reality from her thoughts, gently wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and asked, "What do you want me to do?" ”

The middle-aged man and woman looked at each other and finally nodded, and the man: "We hope that you can carry on your father's legacy and contribute to this country that has endured hardships and is still surrounded by foreign powers, struggling to rise!" ”

Jiang Lan: "Don't you think my political stance is not firm enough?" ”

The middle-aged man smiled: "Your father had the same opinion as you back then, his sacrifice has proved that the interests of the party and the interests of the country are the same, your political ideas meet our requirements, and I prefer to believe that you will eventually find a stage for you to realize your ideals in our institution." ”

After that incident, Jiang Lan's life changed dramatically. In the days that followed, she was recruited to the Fifth Division of the National Military Strategic Intelligence Agency, referred to as the Fifth Division of the Military Intelligence Agency, and became an intelligence worker. At this stage, her task is to sever all relations with the outside world and receive special training from the Military Intelligence Agency.

Jiang Lan now knew that the middle-aged man's name was Fu Daping, and the woman's name was Lin Muchun. They are all teachers of Jiang Lan's new group of members.

Beginning with theoretical education, the focus is on the characteristics and brutality of the work on the secrecy front. Fu Daping's voice resounded in his ears: In the future, your work will not only face a dangerous underground struggle environment, but also in some special circumstances you may face misunderstandings from your loved ones, friends and superiors, and then you will have no choice but to endure silently with firm conviction, no matter how much you pay for it! At the end of the day, no matter how outstanding your contribution may be, you will always be unsung heroes.

"In the cruel environment of struggle, with the psychological destruction of suffering and even betrayal and separation, what can we use to support our determination to continue our cause? Belief! The belief of a strong country! Faith in absolute loyalty to the Motherland! Belief in absolute loyalty to the cause of the party! ”

When Ye Haodong missed Jiang Lan in the prison in Western Xinjiang, Jiang Lan was training driving skills, and Ye Haodong was worried about Jiang Lan when Jiang Lan called Jiang Wei, Jiang Lan was training shooting; When Ye Haodong dreamed of Jiang Lan at night, Jiang Lan was trained in various Western etiquette poker skills and special skills such as wine identification; No matter how much Ye Haodong misses Jiang Lan, an indisputable fact is happening, and they are drifting away from each other.

In February '99, a large-scale snowstorm broke out in western Xinjiang.

On the 18th of February, there was a white-haired wind blowing on the desert. The headquarters of the Cotton Factory Squadron received an urgent notice that several families had gone to Nanshan Wozi, and the herdsmen who had temporarily settled there sent a request for help to the Shiweizi Reclamation District through the mobile phone of a Russian who had traveled there.

After receiving the notice from the division headquarters, the squadron immediately contacted the cadres of the unit and held an emergency meeting at the same time. On the part of the troops, because the instructors went home to visit relatives, the only cadres in the company were the company commander and Chen Hong, the deputy company commander and platoon commander. There are even fewer cadres in the prison, and the cadres on duty in Baimaofeng Prison for several days in a row can't go back to Shiweizi, and the people on Shiweizi can't come to the prison, and now the squadron cadre on duty is only He Ruoqiu. So Chen Hong became the only person to lead the team to carry out the rescue mission. But he has a dilemma in carrying out this task, he is not familiar with the terrain and routes in this area, in such weather, if he is not familiar with the terrain and rashly walks into the desert, then the next group of people who need to be rescued will definitely be them. After thinking about it, He Ruoqiu actually only had Ye Haodong as a suitable candidate in his hands.

Nanshan Wozi area is located in the north of the cotton factory squadron station more than 80 miles of place, where the terrain is a bit like chelica, usually no snow season, there is a good place for herdsmen to shelter from the wind when grazing, but they are afraid of the snow season, especially the blizzard and strong wind in these days, the white hair wind blows, there becomes a snow nest, the snow on the desert is sent by the wind but is stopped by two chelated claws, and the snow naturally accumulates thicker and thicker. If there were herders settling there at this time, the fate could be imagined.

On the stormy desert, the snow mounds are blown into pieces, facing the wind, people basically can't open their eyes, and the vehicles can't be used. In the low temperature of minus 30 degrees, Ye Haodong walked at the front of the team, Chen Hong followed closely behind him, and the soldiers of the other two classes were wearing fur coats, one deep and one shallow, one followed one after the other. The fighters each carried a small pot of diesel fuel and a bag of fried noodles on their backs. Ye Haodong was carrying a large piece of sauced beef and a military kettle of liquor that he had obtained by using his power for personal gain.

The wind direction is blowing from west to east, Ye Haodong and they are slightly tired of walking against the wind, everyone squints and shrinks their necks, there is ice ballast hanging on their eyelashes, and there is a little bit of bright ice particles hanging on the stubble on the side of their mouths, and everyone's faces are blown red by the wind.

Ye Haodong ate a stomach of beef before leaving, and drank two large mouthfuls of hot liquor, and he was so hot that he was so angry that he actually opened the military pot and drank a big sip before singing.

Hengduan Mountain, the road is difficult to travel, the sky is like fire and water is like silver...... The soldiers and civilians were close to each other, and the soldiers who followed behind had no energy to speak even when they were tired, and at this time, seeing that a prisoner of re-education through labor had such a pride that was not afraid of the wind and snow, everyone was in high spirits, and took out the majesty of the world's first iron army, and sang with Ye Haodong.

It's strange to say, in the wind and snow, their singing seems to have the effect of a prickly canopy, and the white-haired wind that has been raging for many days stopped miraculously after their singing sounded. Seeing this scene, Ye Haodong and Chen Hong were extremely excited, and while scolding the thief that God is also a cheap bone who bullies the weak and fears the hard, they led the team to speed up their pace and quickly rushed to the mountain nest where the herdsmen were trapped.

The phrase "easy to know is difficult to do" is especially suitable here, and the familiar road, after being covered by heavy snow, is extremely difficult to walk. After an eight-hour trek, they finally arrived at noon the next day where the herders had asked for help. The snow on the periphery of the snow nest was no longer waist-deep, Ye Haodong walked at the front of the team and endured the greatest forward resistance, still roaring with pride, but this time he couldn't hear what he was roaring, and the equally tired and panting soldiers naturally didn't sing and harmonize. After wading through a snowy road, the group finally came to the place where the trapped herdsmen lived, where there were three herdsmen, including the Russian traveler, a total of fourteen people. These people have been trapped for many days, they have eaten all the food they can eat, they have been out of food for two days, although there is still a little cow and horse dung that can be burned, but they don't dare to use it too much, the temperature in the tent made of felt is not much different from the outside, and the food is cut off for two days at such a temperature, and the torment that people need to bear can be imagined.

The soldiers took out diesel fuel and fried noodles that they were reluctant to use along the way, tore off several large pieces of felt, soaked them in diesel, raised the fire, and then took out the fried noodles and gave them to the herdsmen with freshly boiled snow water. Ye Haodong looked at the short Russian with some curiosity.

Finally waiting for these people to eat enough, Ye Haodong asked the Russian curiously: "Can you understand Chinese?" ”

The Russian actually nodded, and said in a strange tone: "Listen, yes, clear, white, but, say, no, good." ”

Ye Haodong laughed: "Dude, you are good enough, tell me what is your name?" ”

Russians pronounce in their native language: "Viktor!" Afraid that Ye Haodong didn't understand, he said in Chinese: "I, of, name, very, long, you, we, can, directly, this, what, call, me." ”

Ye Haodong repeated: "Victor, three words are long enough, don't mind if I call you Tuozi." ”

Victor nodded.

Ye Haodong asked him: "Far away, what are you doing here this season?" ”

Victor said that he had come for a tourist, and that he had come with a few companions, but when the white-haired wind blew, they dispersed, and he came here in a daze.

Ye Haodong originally wanted to talk to him more, but this guy was too hard to speak, and Chen Hong seemed to be suspicious of this guy, so Ye Haodong had no choice but to give up. After a few people had a full meal, Ye Haodong proposed that he couldn't stay here longer, and that everyone should go back to prison immediately when the wind stopped. The herdsmen's cattle and sheep can no longer take care of it, so they have to fend for themselves, fortunately here is a heavy snow nest, wolves are afraid to approach, cattle and sheep can not get out, the weather is better in the future, the snow melts, and it is not too late to come back to catch up, and now it is still important to take care of life. So the group hurried on the road just after noon. The way back was a little tailwind, and it was easier than when I came, until I was about to reach the prison, and the desert suddenly changed again, and the white-haired wind blew again, but fortunately, everyone had reached the destination of the trip.

After everyone had dinner, in the squadron headquarters, Uncle Amurjiang, who was in tears with gratitude, held Ye Haodong's hand tightly and excitedly: "The great savior sent by Allah, God bless you, a good cadre of the party!" ”

Ye Haodong was quite happy to hear it at first, but as soon as the old man's last sentence came out, this guy's face suddenly became extremely unnatural, hey, who let us still be a labor prisoner, dog, we were discriminated against.