Carrie couldn't move me, so he left the box with his coffee and sat down next to me.

"Regarding Tang Wan, in fact, Mrs. Hong can give you more detailed information. Don't be too sad, born in this era, if a person does not have more than a dozen masks with different identities, he simply cannot live well. I don't know how to comfort you, at least there is no ...... between you and Tang Wan made a big mistake, and did not step into the siege of marriage, everything still has time to save and correct the mistake......" Jiali was poor in words, and finally shut up silently and looked at me deeply.

No one can see the great trauma of my spirit, and besides, I do not want to show my wounds to the world and listen to the sympathy and mercy of others. That would have no practical meaning and would only add to the troubles.

"Mr. Xia, condolences. Carrie said again.

"I'm fine, thank you. I nodded to her.

Unspeakable sadness is the greatest sorrow, Tang Wan gave me hope, destroyed hope with her own hands, pulled me out of the quagmire of ordinary life, and resolutely let go, letting me fall into the quagmire again.

"In this case, I will go first, and you will be quiet by yourself. Karrie stood up playfully and put down his coffee cup.

I didn't answer, she took a step forward, leaned over silently, and lightly imprinted a faint kiss on my forehead.

"Poor children, poor young men, poor warriors...... If Tang Wan is your Achilles' heel, I am willing to use my life's emotions to heal you. Carrie said to my ear.

Her lips touched my earlobe, moist and warm.

I didn't look up, maybe when I did, her lips would touch mine, and the relationship between us would become inexplicable.

"Goodbye, the door of my heart has been open to you. With that, she turned lightly and walked away from the flanks.

I don't want to accept any girl's confession, and I have to wait until Tang Wan's shadow is completely removed from my heart before I can start a new emotional journey.

At about ten o'clock in the morning, Mrs. Hong sent someone to inform me: "Half an hour later, I will gather in the living room and climb the mountain to worship the Buddha." ”

I left the couch where I had been sitting for more than two hours, and my muscles were stiff, and even my mind and thoughts were stiff. When I go out to climb a mountain, I can just move my body.

For more than two hours, I have been reminiscing about Tang Wan. In my heart, she is like an epiphany blooming at the same time, beautiful and mysterious, joyful and hopeless.

The girls of Jinan have the true colors of Shandong people, honest and honest, have no ambitions, and only seek the order of life, fall in love, get married, have children and daughters, respect the elderly, raise children, retire and grow old, and end of life...... Everything to be done is not much different from the previous generation. I don't want that kind of life, and I don't want that kind of partner, which is why Tang Wan moved me deeply when he appeared.

Tang Wan has too many shining points that Jinan girls do not have, like a dazzling star, appearing on the road ahead of my life.

I've hated darkness for a long time, so as soon as she appeared, I couldn't help but be drawn to it, and I couldn't help myself. She not only attracted me, but also Yan Gexing, a successful person in the thaumaturgical world from the Yanwang Mansion in the capital.

"What can I do?" I muttered to myself.

After two and a half hours of thinking, my mind did not become clearer, but more chaotic and confused.

On the way to Mrs. Hong's reception room, I bumped into the people coming from the opposite side several times, and I was dizzy again and again, and I had to hold on to the wall to move forward.

Several responsible waiters came up to me and hugged me, but I waved them back.

I am like a traveler drowning in a swamp, and if I can't save myself, no one else can save me. Tang Wan is my swamp, vast and boundless, I don't know if I can wade through it safely.

When I reached Mrs. Hong step by step, my clothes were already soaked with cold sweat.

The reception room was full, in addition to Mrs. Hong and Jiali's cronies, there were also a few people left from the 12-person round table.

"Let's go. Mrs. Hong came out of her room and ordered loudly.

She changed into a magenta hiking outfit, wore a white visor hat on her head, and held a bottle of sports drink in her hand. From the outside, she is just a white-collar worker who loves sports, and she does not show the domineering of a big man at all.

I followed at the end of the crowd, trying to straighten up and suppress the depression that had accumulated in my chest.

There is a cobblestone path in the backyard of the Palace Hotel that leads directly to the VIP entrance road on the west side of the north gate of Qianfo Mountain.

The air was filled with the smell of incense, and looking to the southeast, the sky above the Temple of the God of Wealth was filled with smoke, and it must be those seekers who poured from all over the country were burning incense and worshipping.

The foot strength of the people in the team was different, and the formation became longer and longer, and gradually became a long line of 200 meters.

I always followed the back of the line, twisting my waist and shaking my arms as I walked, moving my body.

If Mrs. Hong wants to talk to me, she will definitely send someone to invite me.

The procession did not go up along the North Gate Mountain Road, but kept walking through the trail, passing the Temple of Wealth, the stage, and the Reclining Buddha, and reaching the west side of the Tang Huai Tethered Horse Pavilion.

The Tang Huai of Thousand Buddha Mountain is genuine, and the "Tang Catalpa and Song Huai" in the Fan Gong Pavilion in Qingzhou are called "the three ancient trees of Shandong".

The origin of the tethered horse pavilion is related to Qin Qiong, the founding father of the Tang Dynasty, when he came to Qianfoshan to pray for his mother's blessing and tethered the horse here. In order to praise Qin Qiong's loyalty and filial piety, later generations established this pavilion and commemorated it forever.

At this moment, the branches of the ancient Tang Huai are hung with red ribbons for blessings. The breeze is blowing and fluttering.

Mrs. Hong did not send someone to invite her, but walked to the end of the team and laughed at me kindly: "Young man, you can't support it just halfway up the mountain? You should set an example for everyone and show the vitality of young people." Look, languishing, addicts alike!"

Under the sun, the beads of sweat on her forehead were crystal clear, like pearls.

There are very few people in a high position who can maintain a positive attitude, and it is impossible for almost all big people to be like her, who can put aside complicated official duties and concentrate on climbing mountains without distractions. To do this, she has become almost a saint.

I didn't say anything, just slowly twisted my waist, deliberately controlling my sadness.

"If everything is because of Tang Wan, I have a compromise solution. She's my man, and after this battle, I'll let her leave the dragon group and regain her freedom. If you still want her at that time, you can naturally take her to live and fly and perch at the ends of the earth. If you don't want her, you can also choose another lady's beauty and a small jasper to achieve a perfect life of poetry and banquet. Look-" she pointed to the intersection east of Tang Huai, "It's a fork in the road, there are roads up, down, and east, how to choose, the right is yours." Even if you go back down the mountain, you can't do it. Mr. Xia, you have plenty of choice, so why worry about it? I see you, you are really 'a young man who doesn't know the taste of sorrow, and he is worried about giving new words'. There are thousands of girls in the world who are better than Tang Wan, why would they take the initiative to hang themselves on a tree? Wouldn't that become a laughing stock in the thaumaturgical world?"

It is indeed an important junction, some people go up the mountain, some people go down the mountain, some people turn to go to the Thousand Buddha Cave, and some people come to this side and explore along the path.

Mrs. Hung's words have been made clear, no matter what I choose, she has given me the green light to pave the way for me to be free from worries.

"Thank you. I whispered.

Mrs. Hong laughed: "Look at you, you are weak and sick, like a useless scholar who has been hungry for three days. Hurry up, and when you get to the flat ground east of the Thousand Buddha Cave, my people will spread out the tarpaulin and invite everyone to have a picnic. ”

I am not as free and easy as Mrs. Hong, maybe she can't afford such a thing on her.

Everyone rushed to the east, passed the Thousand Buddha Cave, and arrived at the pine lawn.

On weekdays, it is a place where tourists rest and children play. Now, probably Mrs. Hong's people have cleaned up in advance, not only is it empty, but the fallen leaves and weeds on the ground have been cleared.

The entourage took out the oilcloth and spread it on the ground, forming a ten-meter-square picnic table, and then put the cold dishes on the table, and opened more than a dozen bottles of Tsingtao beer and four bottles of imported red wine.

Mrs. Hong took off her shoes, stepped on the tarpaulin, and beckoned everyone to take a seat.

No one dared to go forward, they all looked at each other, laughed, took a little food, and walked to the corner beyond the pine lawn, and at last I was left alone.

"Mr. Xia, come up and sit. Mrs. Hong greeted.

The weather was fine and the wind was light. The smile on Mrs. Hong's face was bright and warm, almost making people forget the many troublesome trivialities under the mountain.

I took off my shoes and slowly stepped on the tarpaulin.

"Sit, what to drink?" asked Mrs. Hong.

I nodded wordlessly, picked up a bottle of beer, and raised it to her.

"How can we solve our worries? Of all the poems left by Cao Mengde, I love these two alone. Life is too short to indulge in sorrow. Wouldn't it be nice to turn the sad page as soon as possible, forget the past, and start all over again?" she also held up a bottle of beer, first saluted to the top of the mountain, and then raised her head to drink.

I took a slow sip of my beer, savoring the slightly bitter taste of the hops and frowning involuntarily.

"Look at you, it's here again. Mrs. Hong laughed.

I can't force a smile, and I don't want to pretend to forget Tang Wan for a minute, I just keep my true colors and slowly digest my pain.

"Carrie was tortured to extract a confession, and just called me to say that there was some unexpected surprise. Mrs. Hong said.

Jiali took Du Zhou away, and under severe torture, Du Zhou must know everything and say everything. A profiteer like Du Zhou is not worthy of sympathy, and if he can obtain the information in his stomach in a simple and convenient way, there is no need to maintain a gentlemanly attitude.

One thing drops one thing, and Jiali's thunderbolt style can just restrain the scoundrel of Du Zhou.

I nodded, "That's great." ”

"When there is good news, rejoice with good wine. It's a pity, it's a pity, there's no music here, and it's always a little less interesting. Mrs. Hong said, took out her mobile phone, clicked it a few times, and played a love song by a mainland singer surnamed Xue.

The song was once a smash hit, with bitter lyrics and tactful tunes, which expressed the feelings of a lovelorn person very expressively.

Mrs. Hong chose this song for me with ulterior motives.

"What else do you want from me? How can I ......" The singer surnamed Xue's voice was full of magnetism, asking himself sadly and feeling sorry for himself over and over again.

"Madame is playing this song to me, is it to rub salt in my wounds?" I asked.

Mrs. Hong laughed: "You haven't lost your sense of humor, that proves that you have broken free from the bitterness of love words...... Okay, you didn't waste our expectations of you in vain, you survived the hardships, and you are a good man!"

Tang Wan's affair is an unknown, and it is not certain whether everyone will survive, so why bother to worry about an unknown? I am not a young boy of seventeen or eighteen years old, and I am willing to be angry and give up on myself for the loss of a girl. In that case, no matter how deep Daming Lake is, it will not be able to accommodate suicides.

As an adult, I have to endure the "unbearable lightness", take time to heal, and make sure that I let go of my baggage and travel lightly.

Once I got rid of my own burden, my mind became sensitive again, and I quickly discovered the abnormality of Mrs. Hong. Ever since she went to the pine lawn, she hadn't stopped laughing, and that was the real forced laughter.

As the big man of the dragon group, she should be calm and introverted, solemn and generous, instead of bursting out laughing for no reason and becoming like an upstart.

"What's wrong?" I asked in a low voice when she waited until she had no more smiles on her face, leaned closer.

The people around us dispersed, and within twenty paces, there were only the two of us, not afraid of the walls and ears.

"You're in a normal mood, so I won't hold on. Madame Hong suddenly withered, propped herself on the ground with one hand, and hung her head deeply, "My superiors are very dissatisfied with the plan for this battle, and they want me to wait honestly until he has discussed with his advisers for three days and three nights before he can give new instructions." Whether it is a war or a drag, it is not known. The thaumaturgists I summoned were all on their way to Qingdao, Yantai, Weihai, and Penglai from all over the country, and I also informed the local liaison staff to make proper arrangements for this group of people in secret. You see, the arrow is already on the string, and I am in a dilemma, back and forth, to shoot or not to shoot?"

I smiled wryly: "Madam, I knew it wasn't that simple. There are too many governors in the dragon group, and they control it layer by layer, and when all the instructions come down, the water in the East China Sea is dry. ”

Earlier, when she told me that her superiors' approval was "that the king's order will not be subject to the king's life abroad", I was apprehensive and felt that this was not a good sign.

In ancient times, when the generals went out to fight, due to the long distance and inconvenient communication, all the monarchs would deliberately allow them to adapt to the situation, and everything was based on the overall situation of the war. As long as you can win, the general can decide for himself.

Today, in the 21st century, it is completely different, with a phone call and an e-mail call to report the situation, and an hour by plane from the capital to the East China Sea can patrol the entire coastline. If the higher authorities want to intervene, it is not a problem to change the combat order hundreds of times in a day.

"I want to be the master, but others make me unable to be the master. I want to fight, but others pull me back, so I can't take a step. Now, I'm confused, and I don't know if what I'm going to do is right or wrong. Do you know? The higher authorities said that this matter involves a great deal of importance, and that he will activate the military secret talks channel of the major powers, completely hang me and Jiali up, set up air power, and cannot move. Now, we can only drink and blow the wind here, and nothing else can be done. Mrs. Hong said.

If we are just idlers with no ambitions, we are naturally willing to do more than less, chatting and playing, wasting time, and easily making money and becoming officials.

I was also deflated: "Since the boss said wait, let's wait." ”

Mrs. Hong smiled dismally: "Don't miss the opportunity, you won't come again." If, after three days and three nights, the higher authorities order an attack, then it will be even more difficult for us. The sea is unpredictable, and it is like a blind man touching an elephant when he goes out to sea with so many people. The mermaids are not ornamental fish, they are bloodthirsty and murderous, and we don't even have a chance to win. Going to sea like this is tantamount to suicide. ”

My head is big, and under the command of mediocrity, geniuses will also become headless flies, sent to the door, and be the enemy's sword.

"Don't say it, don't say it, drink, drink. Mrs. Hong shook her head violently, her face full of fatigue.

Women after the age of thirty are not attractive, especially in a disheartened and depressed emotional state. I have nothing but pity for Mrs. Hong in my heart, but there is nothing I can do.

I'm not a big man, I can only help her charge, but I can't decide her fate.

The big people who really set the mountains and rivers and turned the world around were all sitting high in the capital, pointing out the country in front of the satellite map, completely ignoring the life and death of the dragon group.

Wine can indeed relieve worries, and after Mrs. Hong and I each drank five bottles of beer, our sorrows turned into wine and drifted away with the mountain wind.

"Tang Wan is a very good girl, diligent, self-disciplined, intelligent and capable, it only took seven months from the entry to the promotion to the commissioner of the city. I personally recruited her, cultivated her, and regarded her as my little sister. The Tang Sect in Shuzhong has always been the most taboo enemy of the Dragon Group, and I hired Tang Wan exceptionally, and I also took a responsibility. Thankfully, she didn't disappoint me, and she was loyal to the dragon group, with the only goal of eradicating the mermaids and returning peace to the East China Sea. I checked Tang Wan's information, and seven of her previous generation had seven big names who died in shipwrecks in the East China Sea, and the cruise ship 'Momiji Maru' from Tokyo to Lianyungang sank late at night, and it didn't even have time to send a distress signal. There are many clues that the 'Red Leaf Pill' was mixed with mermen, and the mermaids murdered 322 people on the ship in order to seize the four tons of medicinal materials of the Tang Gate in Shuzhong. Tang Wan knew that there was no hope of revenge for a person, so he put aside the rivers and lakes and threw himself into Bai Dao, trying to take revenge with the help of Bai Dao's identity. She once told me that her father's revenge has not been avenged, and she will never start a family. After this battle, I hope you both have a good home. Mrs. Hong said drunkenly.

Death is also one of the destinations of life, and I dare not think about what the future holds. Especially after knowing that the mirror room fell to the bottom of the East China Sea, I couldn't think of any kind of power that could make it resurface.

Time passed quickly, and Mrs. Hong and I drank bottle by bottle, and the sun soon rose from the southeast to the top of our heads, and then slipped from the top of our heads to the southwest.

The retinue was tired, and most of them lay down under the pine trees and fell asleep.

When the people were quiet, the tired birds began to return to their nests, and the sounds of birds in the shade of the surrounding trees gradually increased.

"Wait, Jiali is coming, it's coming......" Mrs. Hong couldn't hold it back, and lay on the tarpaulin, her eyes blurred, and she was about to fall asleep.

"Okay, you sleep first, and when Jiali arrives, I'll call you. I said.

Mrs. Hong hummed twice, lay down flat, closed her eyes and fell asleep.

Under the nest, there are no eggs. If 2,000 thaumaturgists from China and the United States died in the East China Sea because of the wrong choice of fighters, it would greatly damage the vitality of the thaumaturgical world, and there would be no day to recover.

In my opinion, the only way is to stop the war, put the problem off the ground, and wait for the right moment to restart Lady Hong and Carrie's plan.

If you want to achieve great things, the right time, place, and people are indispensable. Now, the "three talents" are all lost, can they not be defeated?"

I continued to drink tiredly, waiting for Carrie to show up.

At the top of the mountain, there was a sudden burst of singing.

I looked up and listened, the singing voice was simple, the rhythm was ups and downs, it was not modern music at all, but an ancient song that was rare in the world.

"The stars are dark, and the sky is in the southeast. Jingwei reclamation, flying non-stop. Praise the father day by day, and the heavenly machine is thirsty for killing. Dayu controls the water, and all rivers return to the sea. The times are not good, and the heroes are ghosts. Time does not wait, and all nations are for the sake of Ze. Blessings and misfortunes are the only ones I bring on myself. The soul of the dead has moved, and the vicissitudes of life ......"

The lyrics are very obscure, and the voice comes from an elderly man who is extremely old and has experienced all the vicissitudes of life.

I looked to the top of the mountain, and a brown figure haunted the pine forest, approaching quickly.

There were four ways to reach the top from the pine flat, but the figure did not take any road, and went straight down, and it only took ten minutes to reach the flat.

It was a thin, withered old monk, dressed in brown robes and a decayed robe over his shoulders, and his appearance was extremely sloppy. Half-inch long hair grew from the top of his head, gray and white, covering the ring scar.

A monk deserves respect, but his appearance is really detrimental to the image of a monk.

"You understand my song?" he squinted at me.

I nodded, "Yes." ”

He sneered and sat down in the corner of the tarpaulin: "Tell me to hear it?"

I recalled the lyrics and cautiously replied, "Man and the sea never stop fighting." The existence of the ocean is not a blessing for mankind, nor does it contain more than just elements that are beneficial to mankind. The ancient gods have long been aware of this, so there is a theory of Jingwei reclamation. Jingwei is just a pretended image, representing all the forces that fight against the ravages of the East China Sea. As for the other ancient stories mentioned by the master, I can't make associations for a while, so I can only say so much. Ashamed, ashamed. ”

Ancient myths are not only stories, each legend represents an ideology and ideology, and different regions represent different modes of thinking and concepts of good and evil among the people, which cannot be generalized, let alone confused.

"Can you drink?" asked the old monk.

I nodded, and he grabbed a bottle of red wine and drank it mouth-to-mouth.

When a monk abstains from drinking, he breaks his vows, especially in a Buddhist holy place like Thousand Buddha Mountain.

"Can you eat meat?" he asked again.

Without waiting for me to answer, he picked up a chicken leg and ate it in a big gulp.

I didn't make a fuss, all strange people must have strange deeds, and it is because of their strangeness that they have strange abilities.

After eating the chicken legs, he wiped his fingers on the tattered monk's robe and turned his gaze to the sleeping Mrs. Hong.

"I'm not here to wake you up, I'm here to wake her up. The old monk said.

"It is an honor to listen to the teachings of the master. I said.

"It's not teaching, it's all wisdom, it's in song. If you understand it, you can understand it, and if you don't understand it, you don't understand it, there is no other way. You only know that Jingwei reclamation is anti-riot, but you don't know that Kuafu is also anti-riot every day. The ancient gods and men ignored life and death and emphasized morality, and Kuafu knew that he was invincible, but he went all out, and in the end, the great cause was not achieved and the middle way died. Dayu controls the water, manipulates hundreds of rivers to carry boulders and loess to attack the East China Sea, and changes the water nature of the sea with mountains and rivers, which is a good policy to cure the symptoms and cure the root cause. Later, the sea turned into mulberry fields, strange fish turned into cattle and horses, and the people finally lived a good life. The real success is Dayu, so he was embraced as the emperor by the common people, and his political achievements surpassed Yao Shun. Rivers, lakes and seas, people, insects, birds and beasts, all opportunities, one eliminates the other. Today, there is no Jingwei, Kuafu, and Dayu, which has led to turmoil in the sea and frontier. There is no other way but to re-select the heroes, lead the heroes, and start a war in the East China Sea. As you realize, man has never conquered the sea, but he can't stop pursuing it. Those who are not of my race will have different hearts. When human beings kill all the ocean aquariums, it is the time when the world is truly peaceful. The old monk said.

His words were cruel and realistic, and at the same time they were appetizing to me.

The lord of the merman is powerful, and the aquarium in the sea must be coerced by it and fuel the flames.

If the East China Sea is cleared in one fell swoop, then this threat from the water tribe will disappear forever.

"What should I do now?" I asked.

"Where there is a blockage, there is a dredge, what are the difficulties? The same thing, some people can't do it, and some people can solve it, and it is precisely because of the difference in fate and momentum. If you want to be the king, you must bear its weight and hold up the world, so as to show the domineering spirit of the king. The old monk replied.

I pondered his words, and it came to my senses. Mrs. Hong can't handle her superiors, and if she goes to another person, maybe there will be room for things to be loosened. Waiting is just a waste of time, and only by taking quick action can all problems be solved. If you drink to drown your sorrows like I am now, you won't be able to solve the problem for the rest of your life.

"Okay, I see. I nodded repeatedly.