At 6:40 that night, Fang Wuying drove his big Mitsubishi with a military license plate and took Xiao Wu to the designated place.

It was a not-so-boisterous clubhouse. They went all the way up to the seventh floor, through a hallway full of plants, to room 703.

Fang Wuying glanced at Xiao Wu, reached out and knocked on the door.

The door was pulled open from the inside, and a middle-aged man in his early fifties in a black suit appeared in front of them.

"Captain Fang?" He looked at Fang Wuying.

"It's me." Fang Wu replied.

"This is probably Xiao Wu. Please come in. He smiled and spoke softly.

From the perspective of this person's age, this kind of title is not a big deal, but such an unfamiliar face, and with such a friendly name, it will inevitably give people a feeling of "shallow words".

The two of them entered the room, and Fang Wuying looked around, there was no one else in the room.

Xiao Wu snorted, "May I ask ......?"

"Oh, yes, I don't want to make it clear first." The man smiled, "It's not me who wants to see you two today, it's my father." Please wait here for a moment. ”

He made a polite gesture, then turned and walked out of the room, closing the door.

Walking around the room with large ornamental plants, Fang Wuying was a little confused: "I haven't heard that this club has any connection with the General Staff?" ”

"Someone's behind the boss?"

"I said, let's talk about something, why don't you just go to the office?" Fang Wuying asked again, "Even if you should go to the review meeting, then you shouldn't come to this kind of place......

The two of them were confused, when the door opened, and a man walked in from the outside.

I saw that the man's beard was white, and his face was furrowed, and at a glance he knew that he was a very old man. Although he looks eighty or ninety years old, his body is still straight, and his movement is not inconvenient in the slightest.

The old man was wearing a military uniform, and when Fang Wuying's gaze fell on the old man's shoulder, he couldn't help but take a breath!

That's a golden star.

He reflexively jumped up and saluted: "Good chief!" ”

Xiao Wu was not a soldier, and he didn't know how to greet the other party, but he saw that Fang Wuying reacted like this, and he also noticed that the situation seemed to be serious.

The old man gave Fang Wuying a military salute back, and then made a gesture: "The two Majesties don't need to be formal, please sit casually." ”

This kind of title clearly showed that people had pinched the handle of the two of them in their hands, Fang Wuying's face turned a little pale, and Xiao Wu was so panicked that he didn't know where to put his hands and feet!

The old man saw Xiao Wu's panic, and he smiled and said, "Xiao Wu, you really don't know me?" ”

"Huh? ......" Xiao Wu stumbled, "Uh, this, I'...... I haven't seen you ......"

"Lying." The old man interrupted him, "We only met last week, and you operated on me like digging coal." ”

Xiao Wu's brain, boom!

He looked at the old man dumbfounded, and after a while, he whispered, "...... Eagle wings? ”

The old man laughed: "It's me." ”

It turned out to be Eagle Wings!

Fang Wuying and Xiao Wu were all stupid! They never expected that the person who was going to see them today would be that Eagle Wing!

The old man didn't care about their jaw-dropping surprised expressions, he sat down slowly on the sofa: "I'm sorry, no matter how you don't accept the old, people are really old, and their legs are broken, and they can't support it for long......"

As if in a dream, Xiao Wu slowly walked up to the old man and glared at him with extremely impolite eyes: "...... Are you really Eagle Wing?! You're alive?! ”

The old man smiled tiredly and serenely: "It's me, if I don't see you for a week, I will become eighty or ninety years old, which scares you, right?" ”

Only then did Xiao Wu realize his inappropriate behavior, and he quickly took a step back: "...... Yes, I'm sorry! ”

"Don't be sorry." Eagle Wing waved his hand, "Anyone who encounters this kind of thing will be scared." ”

It was indeed Eagle Wing, although his face was full of wrinkles, although even his eyebrows were snow-white, although he was wearing the general's military uniform, but that old face still showed old characteristics tenaciously and unyieldingly, so after studying it for a long time, the young, heroic face of Eagle Wing in his memory finally coincided with this old face in the hearts of Fang Wuying and Xiao Wu.

He is old, too old, his skin is sagging, his cheeks are sunken, his blood has been exhausted, and his eyes that were originally clear and bright have become cloudy, but the momentum has not changed from the past.

"I've been looking for you ......"

This was the first thing Eagle Wing said after the greetings.

Fang Wuying and Xiao Wu glanced at each other.

"But no matter how hard I try, I just can't find it." Eagle Wing smiled bitterly, "I've been looking for you for many years, and I started to pay attention to clues just after liberation,* and after that, I'm worried that you have already gone overseas...... But there is not a single piece of information on all sides. ”

Fang Wuying also smiled bitterly: "Chief, I'm a recruit who hasn't been in the army for a long time." ”

"Don't call me chief." Eagle Wing shook his head, "Yesterday I was called Little Brother, but today I became the chief, don't you feel awkward?" ”

“……”

"So, what shall I call you? His Majesty Murong. ”

"No......" Fang Wuying paused, "I'm no longer Murong Chong." ”

Eagle Wing nodded knowingly: "Okay, Lieutenant Colonel." It's true that you're not a rookie, but when I enlisted you in the army, I really didn't expect to be where you are today. ”

Fang Wuying's expression was extremely stunned!

"Do you remember Director Liang?" Eagle Wing smiled at him: "More than ten years ago, he took your information, crossed various levels and human barriers, and made a special trip to me to tell me that it would be a pity if you didn't enlist in the army." ”

"Yes...... You approved my enlistment?! ”

"Not only." Eagle Wing shook his head, "Actually...... I must confess that the entire Completely New Talent Training Program was originally born in the hands of me and Director Liang. ”

Fang Wuying looked at Xiao Wu, the two of them were almost shocked!

"Director Liang is in charge of technology development, and it should be said that he proposed this idea, but all this is under the control and supervision of the General Staff, and I am the original main person in charge of the General Staff." He paused, "But the stack of materials that Director Liang showed me at that time, your photo is not at all like now, well, by the way, that photo was taken when you just left the Sixteen Kingdoms, more than ten years." At that time, your appearance and temperament were too feminine, very different from now, and you hadn't even cut off your long hair. ”

Fang Wuying hesitated for a moment before saying, "In the past ten years, my appearance has changed a lot. ”

"It's also to blame myself for not looking closely, and I really didn't know what your name was at the time." Eagle Wing smiled, "Xiao Wu only said that you were his cousin, and nothing else, even told me his surname." ”

Fang Wuying laughed, he turned his head to look at Xiao Wu, who was still a little uneasy: "We still hope that the less information is exposed, the better." ”

Eagle Wing nodded: "So, I took the certificate of good citizenship with the words 'Wu Haichao' written on it, and I couldn't find this person." In the whole of China, there are tens of millions of people with this name? But until five years ago, all the Wuhai tides were wrong. ”

Xiao Wu's expression finally relaxed a little, and he scratched his head: "Uh, I'...... I just changed my name five years ago. ”

Eagle Wing sighed, "Destiny." At that time, I had already retired, and I no longer handled specific affairs, so I didn't know about your name, Your Majesty. ”

Xiao Wu lowered his head slightly.

"On the contrary, I am most familiar with Fang Wuying, because Director Liang insisted on letting you enlist in the army, and even before you fully adapted to modern society, he had this plan." Eagle Wing said, "In order to achieve the goal, Director Liang is able to defy public opinion and insist that you leave the institute and go out to live alone. Originally, his proposal was opposed by everyone, but I gave him a ticket and said, if something really happens, I will be responsible for this old bone, and I will not be the general. At the time, I just wanted to break the rules and take risks. ”

Fang Wuying's expression was very wonderful: "...... I really didn't expect that I was always grateful to the person who made the decision, and Director Liang only said that because there were people above to support him, there was such a result, but I didn't expect this person to be Eagle Wing. ”

Eagle Wing laughed, "Don't thank me, not at all." It seems to have some kind of intuition, it tells me: this should be done, it must be done, I don't want to be bound by the rules and miss out on such a great talent. This also includes the ...... of the target in the first place"

"Pick a target?"

"That is, who exactly is going to be brought back to the modern age." Eagle Wing said, his gaze turned to Xiao Wu, "I added your name to the target list, I didn't say the name Wu Haichao, but Li Yu." ”

“…… But, but why? ”

After a long silence, Eagle Wing spoke: "I have to admit that there are always personal feelings mixed in this matter - remember my teacher?" You should remember, right? ”

"Mr. Long?"

Eagle Wing nodded: "Actually, the target selection is neither cultural nor political, but population. For example, the ancient non-Han ethnic group or the Han people who are more than 1,000 years old, most of them who are too close will not be selected, because basically there is no genetic research value - of course, this is mainly based on the research needs of Director Liang, with all due respect, it seems that I am talking about laboratory mice, but please forgive us, after all, we can't establish a real relationship with you before we really get in touch, and for us researchers, you are just names in the history books. But Xiao Wu, you are my personal designation. This is a kind of commemorative selection. ”

"Yes...... Is it because Mr. Long likes my words? ”

"And that's not all." Eagle Wing said in a deep voice, "And because your words have saved the lives of our group countless times, you may be displeased, but my teacher is really a genius, and a set of code words used to exchange special news between the core of our group of people is determined by him on the basis of Song Ci, and out of preference, your words are used a lot." Including the last one, you must be very upset, right? He haphazardly combines the words you and your father, but the point is in this messy patchwork. And the sentence I asked you to convey was even more important: the next day, the Shanghai underground party headquarters and the three branches included in this sentence were all evacuated. Because we agreed in advance, once this sentence is given, it means that there is a spy inside, the location is leaked, and all employees must evacuate quickly with a cipher machine - the person who chased and killed me is a traitor, and his original organization code name is in your sentence. ”

A wonderful air flows in a closed room, that invisible subtle change, reminiscent of the paradox of fate.

"But in the end, I couldn't save Mr. Long......"

"That's none of your business, Xiao Wu." Eagle Wing shook his head, "It's because they found out that even the branch personnel who had been eyeing the eyeliner had been evacuated, and the Japanese became angry and aimed their anger at the object of their suspicion - what I want to know at the moment is, which of you two did the incident of Seiichiro Aokawa?" Or did they work together? ”

Finally asked about Xiao Wu's death hole!

His face turned pale, and his fingers clutched the armrests of the sofa!

“…… I did it. He said word by word, "This matter has nothing to do with Captain Fang, he hasn't even touched the weapon." Therefore, I should be the only one who will be punished. ”

"Punishment?" Eagle Wing was stunned and burst out laughing!

Xiao Wu looked at him stupidly!

When the laughter was over, Eagle Wing's expression seemed to fall into some kind of contemplation.

"Let's put it this way, Xiao Wu." He suddenly spoke, "The Japanese have scheduled a general sweep that night, and guess what will happen if that sweep goes ahead as scheduled?" ”

"What...... What the? ”

"Well, then there will be two fewer people at a celebration on October 1, 1949." Eagle Wing winked playfully, "As for who they are, although both of them are deceased, I can't tell you their names. ”

Fang Wuying and Xiao Wu both felt a huge impact!

"It was just a two-hour delay, and that's it, the illogical death of Cangchuan made the Japanese dizzy, and they mobilized troops that should have been elsewhere to search the area around private homes and along the roads like crazy."

At this point, Eagle Wing's expression became a little elusive.

"Fate, what an amazing thing! If you hadn't suddenly killed Cangchuan, and the planned operation of the security station had to be delayed for two hours—nay, maybe less than two hours—the two men would not have been able to get to the dock and escape the sweep. In that case, what will happen to China in the future? Oh, God knows! The reason why I know this is because they once thought that I killed Cangchuan, and that it was I who risked my life and death to go into the tiger's den alone and save the lives of my comrades. So after the liberation, maybe they were too confused, they even went to me and asked me in person how they escaped from Cangchuan's private house at that time, because they couldn't analyze the possibility. Of course, at the same time, these two people also want to use their influence to thank me. ”

Fang Wuying listened to all this silently, and his expression became very complicated.

"I quickly clarified the facts to the two of them, and the three of us agreed that this matter had something to do with the two of you, so including those two people, who have been looking for you since the liberation, and of course they will not succeed, because you are both modern after the death of the two of them...... And all I can do is to replace the teacher and a large group of surviving comrades-in-arms to express my gratitude to Xiao Wu you thousands of years ago. Eagle Wing paused, then added, "Of course, this thanks also includes those two. ”

Fang Wuying rubbed his forehead: "Ahh......h Which of the decades or even thousands of years is the beginning? Who is the cause? Who is the fruit? ”

Eagle Wing laughed: "I don't know! I've been thinking about this question for decades and haven't figured it out, and yesterday, I didn't understand it even more. ”

"Yesterday?"

"Xiao Wu, you were almost hit by my car last night. It's right in front of you. ”

"Ahh Yesterday's car was ......"

"It's mine." "The driver was about to get angry," said Eagle Wings, "and I leaned forward, and happened to see you both—the old man was so shocked that he almost suffered a stroke on the spot: what else can span decades without changing his appearance at all?" At that moment, I suddenly understood who you were. ”

So, this is the last step of all clues: after meeting Xiao Wu and Fang Wuying on the street last night, Eagle Wing finally meets the person who has been searching for decades without success.

“…… But the clues you left back then were really a headache. Eagle Wing sighed, "Especially the 43 Baojia Street - it wasn't until after the liberation that I finally stood outside the door of 43 Baojia Street that I realized what a ridiculous joke it was." ”

“……”

"In addition, I also inquired about the whereabouts of Mama Mary two years ago." "When she returned to Dresden in 1943, I ...... Sorry, I only found her entry records. ”

Xiao Wu only felt chills all over his body!

"Where's she?!" He asked in a trembling voice, "Where did Maria go?!" ”

Eagle Wing shook his head: "I don't know...... No one saw her again, and I searched for her repeatedly, and the Germans tried their best, but no one could find her. Xiao Wu, she's likely to be in the final bombardment......"

“…… She promised me not to go back to Germany! Xiao Wu suddenly lost control and shouted, "Why does she have to go back?!" ”

"Xiao Wu, this is Maria's decision." Fang Wuying pulled Xiao Wu's arm, "It seems that she didn't listen to your trip to the United States." ”

"Did you persuade her to go to the United States? Not. Eagle Wing nodded, "It seems that this is the case, Xiao Wu, even if he informs someone of what is going to happen in advance, he may not be able to change the established fate." ”

Eagle Wing's words were too heavy, and the three of them didn't speak for a while.

"By the way, I forgot the purpose of my visit today." Eagle Wing stood up and took out two heavy leather bags from the leather bag he carried.

"Here's the file for both of you." He smiled, but his tone was very solemn, "This is also the final information." ”

"Final information?"

"If they are destroyed, then there will be no one in this world who can use your past to blackmail you." "Rest assured, I have not violated the law or military discipline, because you are now a legitimate modern citizen." These two things are the last things Eagle Wing does for you. You can choose to keep it for yourself, or you can choose to store it in the institute for future research. And then, you don't need any special help from the outside world in your life. ”

Fang Wuying took the two cowhide bags and handed one of them to Xiao Wu.

"Alright, it's time for me to go." Eagle Wing sighed, "It's nice to see you two again before you get into the ground...... Today is a purely private meeting, and this is also the place that I asked my son to find that has nothing to do with the military, and no one except the four of us knows what happened here today. So, please both of you remember that you haven't seen me, and I haven't seen you. Got it? ”

Fang Wuying nodded: "Understood." ”

"Goodbye, then, Your Majesty." Eagle Wing smiled, "I'm very happy, fate is still merciful to us, after all." ”

After Eagle Wing left for a long time, neither Fang Wuying nor Xiao Wu spoke. They came out of the building in silence until they got into the car, and no one knew what to say.

"I'll send you back first." Fang Wuying said and started the car.

Xiao Wu nodded.

When the car drove home, Xiao Wu got out of the car with the cowhide bag, Fang Wuying saw him leave, and suddenly, called him.

"Xiao Wu."

Xiao Wu stopped and looked back at him.

"Actually, I want to ......," Fang Wuying said, and smiled, "Those words you wrote are still valuable after all." ”

Xiao Wu was stunned, and also showed a pale smile: "...... Maybe. ”

Then, he waved at Fang Wuying and turned around and walked home.

Maria's incident, maybe Xiao Wu will be burdened with it for the rest of his life, so he shouldn't think about it suddenly.

But that's life.

No matter how painful, how ridiculous, how unbearable, when one day, you can finally look back at it calmly, it will become the final evidence that you are alive.

He sighed, inserted a CD into the record player, and pressed the switch.

Behind the rousing guitar sound, there was a somewhat hoarse male voice, Fang Wuying started the car, and the shining Mitsubishi military vehicle, like a behemoth, slid silently through the bustling crowd on the street.

"I hope you remember me, you street child, I miss you whenever and wherever I am, I hope you can know how much you mean to me, whenever and wherever you are like my life......"

The singing is still flowing, and outside the car window, the modern city is full of lights and crowds......

Brilliant as a dream.

Appendix

Fate is a very, very complicated thing, well, it gives me the concept of being like a big net, covering you tightly, and all you can change is the shape of the net. Acceptance, more suitable for survival than struggle.

PS: Don't ask me who those two people are, because, I don't know hehe~

Uh-uh, by the way, who else is that, Yu Tong shoes. I really don't know how many Ks there are, I won't count that, and this article hasn't been written yet~