Diaoyu Island, the main island of the Diaoyu Islands, is an inherent territory of the People's Republic of China, located in the East China Sea, about 356 kilometers away from Wenzhou City, about 385 kilometers away from Fuzhou City, about 190 kilometers away from Keelung City, with an area of 4.3838 square kilometers and a surrounding sea area of about 170,000 square kilometers. The inherent territory was "surrendered" to Japan in 1972 by the United States, along with the Ryukyus, and the Ryukyus did not belong to Japan historically. The dispute between China and Japan over the Diaoyu Islands arose. Since the 1970s, non-governmental groups organized by Chinese have repeatedly launched the "Baoyu Campaign" to declare sovereignty. During the 2014 APEC meeting, Japanese media said that Abe made concessions on the Diaoyu issue and admitted that there was a sovereignty dispute.

Li Yuanhao and his entourage did not go through much thrill on September 11, 2015 to come to Diaoyu Island, and according to the original plan, led the No. 1 fishing boat to land in the west, and finally set foot on Diaoyu Island after making some concealment of the fishing boat.

Blue sky, white clouds, intoxicating sea breeze, rising and falling seabirds, bare bedrock on the island, protruding peaks, camellias, palms, purslane, cacti everywhere. Everything is the same as in the dream, but Li Yuanhao's heart is less excited and more excited. As a Chinese, stepping on this place where few Chinese have ever visited, this inherent territory of China that is still disputed between China and Japan, the excitement is indescribable, Li Yuanhao just feels that he is a little trembling with every step, but he is so determined.

When they followed the path with some traces to the summit of the central mountain, no one in the group spoke, and they all stood quietly on the top of the mountain. Looking at several islands in the distance hanging quietly in the sea, and seabirds flying and frolicking from time to time, Li Yuanhao believes that most people should have the same feeling as himself at this moment, a feeling of intoxication. Yes, as if knowing that the Chinese people are coming, the Diaoyu Islands seem to show their beauty to the fullest, so that the people who come are infinitely intoxicated.

Hey, I don't know whose sigh woke everyone up from their intoxication, followed by a few sighs, I don't know that when sighing that China was weak, the rampant foreign powers led to the division of the country; Or the country is strong, but the land is not yet peaceful; Or is it lamenting whether the vague shadow of the distant sky is where the Ryukyu Islands are located?

Cai Tang and Lin Wenlong are directing people to carry out the funeral work, the three monks have begun to read the scriptures of the transcendent soul, Cai Guizheng and the people are lighting ten special lamps, and Mr. Feng Shui is holding a compass to determine the direction and position.

After Mr. Feng Shui determined the location, someone dug ten rectangular graves 90cm long, 50cm wide and 1.2m deep in the determined location, and quickly assembled them with prefabricated reinforced concrete blocks prepared in advance, and then carried out relevant waterproof and moisture-proof treatment measures, and then put a special board with a seven-star logo in each grave pit, and finally put the urn on the seven-star board.

When the time was calculated by Mr. Feng Shui, the tomb was closed, and the surrounding area was tamped, and the burial work was completed. The top of each pit is embedded with a special stone tablet engraved with famous information and other materials.

When it was dark, Li Yuanhao had already arranged for people to set up a tent in the recess of the mountain. At this moment, Diaoyu Island is full of tranquility, only occasionally there is the call of seabirds and the collision of waves crashing on the reef, Li Yuanhao stands quietly and enjoys. Hearing the sound of light footsteps behind him, he turned his head slightly and saw Lin Wenlong walking over.

"Mr. Li, you may be a little puzzled today, in fact, most of our funeral customs continue the way of the Ming Dynasty, and the chanting of high monks is the transcendence of the deceased; We call the windproof special lamp, also known as the longevity lamp, and also called the soul-attracting lamp, which is to guide the deceased to find the way to devotion; The seven-star board of the cushion is to hope that the deceased can rest in peace as soon as possible and devote himself to a good family in the next life. In the past, there were customs such as conjuring spirits, writing a martyr's list, staying with him, dropping boxes in front of the coffin, and warming tombs, but now many of them have slowly changed. Lin Wenlong told Li Yuanhao about their strange behavior during a series of burials during the day, paused and continued: "Maybe most people think that this is a superstition, but we have been passing it on in front of a culture, and it is also to express respect and good wishes for the deceased." ”

Li Yuanhao looked at Lin Wenlong, there was no ridicule in his eyes, but he said with a complicated expression: "Hey, what qualifications do we have to laugh at you, many cultural inheritances of the Chinese nation are gradually forgotten because they are afraid of being ridiculed by others, some are slowly lost as low-level tastes, and some cannot be used as a means of making a living or can not bring economic benefits to people and are abandoned, in fact, it is more of a sadness." The inheritance of culture not only needs to be passed on by someone's heart, but also by someone who can inherit it with heart. ”

"Elder Lin, can you tell me about the Ryukyus in the eyes of your ancestors?"

"Since becoming a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, many people have come to the Ryukyu Kingdom, and the Han culture has been influencing the Ryukyuan people, bringing them from barbarians to civilization. Influenced by the Han culture, there are Confucius schools and Tianhou temples in the Ryukyus, and Buddhism is widely spread; The king ascended the throne in accordance with the etiquette of the princes of the Ming Dynasty, and would bow in the direction of China to show his sincerity to the Central Plains; Before the fall of the Ryukyus, many people even considered themselves Chinese, and some people considered themselves to be Ryukyuan and Chinese. Lin Wenlong fell into grief after speaking, and the Ryukyu culture that he had mourned for hundreds of years was destroyed in an instant; He mourned the Ryukyuan people who had suffered numerous casualties under Japanese colonial rule; He lamented the U.S.-Japan Battle of Okinawa, in which the Japanese slaughtered nearly 260,000 Ryukyuan, bringing the Ryukyuan people to near extinction.

Seeing Lin Wenlong looking into the distance, full of tears, Li Yuanhao did not interrupt his mourning.

"We came to Diaoyu Island this time to stay for seven days, mainly because China has just had a military parade, and Japan should not dare to be arrogant for the time being, and we will keep vigil in front of the tombs of our ancestors for seven days to fulfill our filial piety. Lin Wenlong said faintly for a long time.

Peaceful days always pass quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it is September 18, 2015.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, when everyone gathered to return, Cai Tang found that his son Cai Gui and his fiancée Xiaoya were not there. Li Yuanhao decided to take Lin Yue and Wang Qiang along the way down the mountain to look for them, and the others scattered in place and waited.

After walking for half an hour, the three of them finally saw Cai Gui and Xiaoya on the edge of a mountain cliff, and the depression of the previous few days made Xiaoya, a 20-year-old girl, a little willful when she was about to leave. At this time, he was chatting loudly with a satellite phone, Li Yuanhao quickly stepped forward and grabbed the phone, and scolded sharply: "I don't want to live anymore, I am not safe now, it's just nonsense." ”

When he went to the island, Li Yuanhao strictly forbade the use of satellite phones to avoid the signal being discovered by the Japanese Maritime Guard patrol ship patrolling nearby. Who knew that when she was about to leave, this Xiaoya was so messing around.

Xiaoya was stunned for a moment, and cried loudly in fright, while shouting with a crying voice: "It's almost time to leave, what can you do, why yell at me, you are invited by several of us, I just called my friends to show off and show off." ”

Cai Gui grabbed Xiaoya, shook his head and looked at Li Yuanhao, as if he felt that Li Yuanhao was a little too much, after all, he was about to set off and return, and the sea was calm and calm, and it didn't look like there was any danger.

"How long have you been talking here?" Li Yuanhao asked, with no expression on his face.

"It's just over an hour, I'll go back with you now, what's the big deal." Xiaoya walked back indifferently as she spoke.

Li Yuanhao always had an ominous premonition, feeling that something more serious was going to happen, so he called Lin Yue and Wang Qiang, and said to the two: "Xiao Yue, Qiangzi, I don't feel good, you take the others to withdraw from the east to the boat, I will drive the No. 1 fishing boat to the south and north, and I will meet you and return after an hour." Remember, if I don't come back in an hour, you have to retreat immediately in that direction with the rest of you, and our patrol boat should be in this direction at 12 o'clock, and immediately approach it when you see it. ”

Lin Yue saw that Li Yuanhao looked worried, so he grabbed Li Yuanhao and said, "Boss, let's go." ”

"I'd better go, boss, don't you see that nothing has happened at the moment, you take the people to go first, and I will catch up later." Wang Qiang said with a relaxed face, in fact, he was also very nervous, after all, when he was in the army, Li Yuanhao's premonition never missed, it was a sense of vigilance that had been trained in his long-term special forces career.

"I hope I'm overthinking, but I'll go, on the way here, I and the fishing boat pilot have learned to drive this kind of fishing boat seriously, and we are already very proficient, you two don't worry." After Li Yuanhao finished speaking, he prepared to walk to the hidden place of the fishing boat on the west side of the mountain.

"Boss" Lin Yue and Wang Qiang followed and wanted to stop it.

"This is an order, you won't listen to me now, your task now is to bring the others to a safe place, now hurry up and carry out the order, I will be back soon, if there is any accident, you remember to give me a good life." Li Yuanhao yelled at the two of them domineeringly, and after hugging the two together, he turned around and walked down the mountain without looking back.

Looking at Li Yuanhao's limping figure, Lin Yue and Wang Qiang's eyes moistened, and the boss would not let the brothers go into danger whenever they felt the danger. Looking at Li Yuanhao's disappearing figure, they could only pray in their hearts that the trip would end successfully, and the boss would not encounter any accidents.

After Lin Yue and Wang Qiang came to the top of the mountain to gather everyone, they once again emphasized that everyone should turn off the equipment with the signal and everything must obey the command. Then he led the group along the newly opened road to the east of the fishing boat.

Half an hour later, after Lin Yue and Wang Qiang took everyone on the No. 2 fishing boat and settled down, the two waited anxiously with binoculars on the deck.

At this time, Li Yuanhao was driving a fishing boat on the sea north of Diaoyu Island, and when he saw two black dots slowly approaching from the telescope, his heart tightened, did he come?

Is it a patrol ship from the Japan Coast Guard? Or what about patrol ships of the Chinese Navy?

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