"There is no clue at all, this time the incident happened suddenly, the clue is only a little bit in the village, the torrential rain at that time almost destroyed all the traces, and we don't know which direction people are running." A slightly younger officer responded.

The people in their mouths guessed that it might be the businessman who called himself Pei Di, Pei Di? Merchant? Maybe it's all just a façade.

The rain outside has stopped, but it can't stop the busy pace of the police, and the four-person table has changed three times since I came in, and the meal has been settled and left, like a canteen. The boss seemed to have not seen such a business for a long time, and the smile on his lips was a huge contrast to the tense faces of the policemen.

"Company commander!" I stood up and watched Xu Yong walk in quickly, alarming the people who were eating on the side, and their eyes converged on the two of us.

"Did you order?" It was rare to see Xu Yong take off his military uniform, and he waved his palm downwards to signal me to sit down.

I pulled the menu aside and turned it around the table and handed it to him, "No." ”

"Let's have two bottles of wine first, and the dishes are still the same." The company commander and the boss are still so familiar.

The boss brought two bottles of liquor with a smile, and Xu Yong smiled back, "Add another dish, we probably sit for a long time today and disturb your business." ”

"Where, wait." The owner turned around and went to the kitchen.

Accepting the smile, Xu Yong turned his face to look at me, "Do you ask first, or will I talk first?" ”

I hooked the corners of my mouth, "I don't listen to you yet, let's talk about it first." ”

"It's been four years, and the four seasons are now different." As we drank our first glass of wine, Xu Yong began to tell the story of the past that I had never experienced.

Only exists in Xu Yong's memory...

"Xu Yong's Diary":

Three months ago, in the former area of the jurisdiction experienced a small arrest operation, a total of 33 drug dealers were arrested, five killed, the main participants in the operation did not suffer major casualties, but the team sent to guard was mishapant, three were killed, two were missing, and one was seriously injured and unconscious. I have always felt guilty that I should not have sent them there to guard alone, but if I didn't send them, who should I send, and who should I choose to die for them.

At that time, it had only been three months since the fall of Zhuang Yan's team. The dry season is not over yet, but my vacation is over. In just a few months, drug trafficking and smuggling activities on the border have suddenly become rampant, and a new type of narcotics has been smuggled from the Golden Triangle region to various provinces and municipalities in China through China's borders on a large scale, and the harm of narcotics to the whole society has once again suddenly deepened, like a storm sweeping in without warning. After receiving an order from my superiors, in order to cooperate with the public security organs to stop illegal drug trafficking activities, I led my company to advance again near the boundary marker deep in the rainforest.

There are no regular roads, no villages, only green and those who hide in the dark green.

The operational information mentions the scope of the drug dealers' activities and provides an approximate number of people, but does not mention the weapons and equipment of the other side, or the degree of militarized training. We suffered heavy losses, with two people killed on the spot and five seriously wounded, all we achieved was the capture of the AK-12 assault rifle, a world-class firearm with a rate of fire of 600 rounds per minute, left behind by the murdered drug dealers. It makes me wonder if they're drug dealers? Or mercenaries.

The operation ended in failure.

Since then, there have been frequent raids every few months, and I have learned from the experience and adopted a conservative strategy in the operation, but even so, every military operation has involved the death of soldiers, and the anti-drug operation has intensified, as if it has developed to the point of a small armed conflict.

Every living life that fell before my eyes tested my nerves that were already tense enough, and when the red blood poured out of their young bodies, I couldn't help but think more than once that I should die for them. Until one day I couldn't bear it anymore and was about to apply for a transfer from the company, and no one could get used to seeing these familiar faces suddenly disappear.

In the five months since I left the company and returned to the divisional headquarters, the anti-narcotics military operations have not stopped, but the bad news has come more frequently than when I left. Recruits were killed one after another, instructors were seriously wounded, and the newly appointed company commander in the fifth month was also killed on the spot while performing his mission. At that time I received a letter that was not long, just a few lines, written to me by a veteran of that company.

"Company Commander Xu, congratulations on your promotion and return to the division headquarters. We miss the days of squandering blood with you all the time, we are okay, the camp has improved the food, and we will usually organize some cultural and artistic activities to adjust the atmosphere, after all, in such a peaceful era, no one has ever seen a bloody war before. It's just that the big guy really misses the time when you are there, you are there, everyone's backbone is there, and the whole heart is connected, and we have to return the peace of our forest. But now many people are gone, the tiger (Kang Jianhu), the sixth son (Cao Yongzhou), the instructor, and the big Zhuang who stood guard at night in the bed next door yesterday also died. Say I'm not afraid that's false, the new company commander will come when the new company commander leaves, it's just that the big guy really misses you, I don't think everyone has rich combat experience, and those soldiers who have practiced countless times in the playground can only be as fearless as you can only be as fearless as you if they have seen blood. ”

Fearless? Only newborn calves are fearless, and the situation will certainly not get better with new company commanders and new recruits.

So I came back and increased the number of sentry posts and doubled the intensity and quality of training. I was reluctant to leave them behind until the drug dealers I beat disappeared completely, but when will they become the leaders?

Xu Yong sighed deeply and swallowed a glass of white wine, "I don't stand on the post, the post is still there, those soldiers who can't come back, but I think about how to bring them back." ”

"It turns out that the situation has deteriorated to this point, but fortunately you stayed, and you are more familiar with the surrounding situation. No wonder there are so few people in this town, and the whole picture feels dilapidated and depressed. I swallowed a glass of liquor and comforted.

"You can pay more attention to the news of the past, in fact, there are not many details mentioned in the report, after all, creating a harmonious and comfortable living and working atmosphere is more important than anything else, but the frequency of anti-drug and anti-drug propaganda has increased significantly." Xu Yong filled the two glasses with wine again, "If there is anything you want to ask, just ask, you can always hit the muzzle of the gun if you are unlucky, and the most unlucky thing can always meet you." ”

"What the hell is going on this time? Today, the police questioned me all afternoon, and finally when I left, I dropped a sentence that among the three people who were killed was my own people, and I subdued them because they were bullies, at least no one looked like a policeman. ”

"So you are not to blame for this, the police have already inquired in the village and inquired clearly, and the situation at that time was exactly what you described, and they were all eyewitnesses."

"So who the hell are the cops? And who is Pei Di? ”

"The tallest one, Pei Di? Yesterday, the police searched for a night, and they couldn't find the person described at all. Xu Yong's words suddenly reminded me of the eyes that were tied up and unable to speak last night, and those sharp eyes were indeed not owned by ordinary bullies and bandits.

I poured a full glass of wine and walked out of the store, spilled the wine across my chest on the steps, looked up at the empty sky, and said silently in my heart, "Brother, I'm sorry, I hurt you." ”

"It's not your fault." Xu Yong shouted behind me.

"I understand, but it's because of me." Thinking of the punch he received in the interrogation room this morning, I felt more ashamed in my heart, and the relationship between Officer Li and the police officer who died must be unusual.

"It's like if I didn't send you on a guard mission in the first place, who do you think I should send? In fact, whoever goes may have the same result, I have to bear this debt for the rest of my life, and I can't hide from it. "Sometimes we know that the road ahead is thorny, but we still have to carry a weight forward.

"The police said that future operations will be affected, and this time it will add to the chaos."

"Originally, it was planned that three days later, there would indeed be another big operation, and the armed police would cooperate with the police, but this operation was canceled, and maybe a few policemen and soldiers would have been saved because of this. (It is recommended that a somewhat philosophical sentence be followed before the following mysteries.) For example, ah, there is no such thing as a good thing in the world. Xu Yong lit the cigarette between his fingers and looked at the incandescent lamp above his head nothingly.

"When did you start researching such a mysterious thing?" I also ignited the lighter.

Xu Yong shrugged his shoulders, the corners of his mouth tilted his neck downward, "There are some things that can't be hidden, so don't blame yourself too much, I still have to stay here, I don't know what will happen in the future, you should also find something else to do, there is no point in dwelling in the past." ”

I picked up my glass, "Listen to you." ”

"Do you remember Dong Jian? Contacted me some time ago. ”

Dong Jian, a veteran when I first joined the army, did not pack up our group of recruits, and no one disobeyed him if he was a good person, giving people the impression of being particularly righteous.

"What's wrong?"

"After he was discharged from the army, he joined a security company in the Special Administrative Region, and his business seems to be very busy and needs manpower recently, so he asked me to recommend him a few brothers who have been discharged from the army to him." Xu Yong filled another glass of liquor.

"Security company?"

"The security company, it doesn't seem to be the same. He specifically mentioned you and wanted your contact information, which I didn't have time to give him at the time. Xu Yong also picked up the wine glass, and his alcohol consumption was still as good as before.

Noncommittal, I clinked glasses with him.

"It's probably to do some security work, such as large venues, or important press conferences, anyway, some more important occasions or people need to be safeguarded." Xu Yong only knew a rough idea, "Actually, Dong Jian asked you about it when he contacted me, but at that time, you had just recovered, and I didn't tell him much about the past because I was worried about your situation at the time." ”