Chapter Seventy-Seven: Twenty-Seven Glasses of Wine
There is an old ballad in the Federation called Twenty-Seven Cups of Wine.
The song goes like this: The first glass of wine, the sun is shining, and the green vines outside the window climb into my eyes. The second glass of wine, the spring breeze was gentle, and the leaf tips brushed my eyebrows. The third glass of wine, the chirping of birds, pecked at my heart. The fourth glass of wine, shadowed on the lintel, made me forget who I was. In the fifth glass of wine, the boy will fly, through the layers of forests......
Eleven glasses of wine, the mountains are verdant, and there is an old man who is drunk with a stone. Twelve cups of wine, peeking into the abyss, the cliff is still old. Thirteen glasses of wine, snails with horns, the other world is as tired as this world. Fourteen glasses of wine, the eyes are getting tired, and the people around the fire are gradually sleeping......
Twenty-five glasses of wine, remembering my father, the raindrops outside the window fell. Twenty-six glasses of wine, black flies do not fly, if you and I are palpitating hide under the leaves to watch the autumn rain fade. Twenty-seven glasses of wine, a few tears, gently put down the glass.
This ancient song has always existed in the public textbooks of the federal national elementary schools, and it is a poem that probably all federal citizens have learned. This poem uses ordinary simple and even somewhat humble language to tell the story of a young man who drinks alone in the rain, looking at the scenery outside the window, his mind gradually flies into the mountains and rivers, and after several generations of imagination, he finally returns to his own body, recalls his deceased relatives, and tears alone......
This simple and moving poem, the original author has long been verifiable, and in today's highly developed scientific and technological civilization, not many people will still remember this little poem in their hearts.
When Xu Le was in Donglin Region, he rarely had the opportunity to hear this song, except in the movie of the great director Lin Longji, who cleverly used twenty-seven glasses of wine as the background music throughout the whole movie.
The last time Xu Le heard twenty-seven glasses of wine, it was in the same bar in Linhai Prefecture. Shi Qinghai, who drank an extremely large amount of alcohol, finally got drunk after drinking twenty-seven large glasses of liquor in a quiet bar on that rainy night. He taps the wine bottle with his chopsticks, accompanied by the rhythm of Dang Dang. I sang this song soothingly and with great emotion.
The singing is not very good, but the somewhat hoarse voice tortured by tobacco and alcohol, accompanied by these lyrics, seems to be particularly vicissitudes and wants to make people cry. The first shuDao.net and when the last song comes to the memory of his father, the flies do not fly. When you put down your glass...... Shi Qinghai finally cried and lost his voice, and let his tears run across the ...... Xu Le's placket.
So when he saw the text message and saw the five words of twenty-seven glasses of wine, Xu Le immediately understood that this text message was sent by Shi Qinghai. It has been almost a month since he has been able to contact Shi Qinghai, Xu Le's heart is already a little anxious, but because there is a big problem in his own brain, and some time ago, Shi Qinghai wanted to carry out some secret mission of the government. has also disappeared mysteriously for dozens of days, so Xu Le is not too worried.
At this time, he finally began to worry, Shi Qinghai Land was a brand new number. And the pronoun of twenty-seven glasses of wine is used, and in this world, except for oneself and the other party, probably no one can understand who twenty-seven glasses of wine refer to. What made Xu Le feel even more confused and nervous was that Shi Gongzi asked him to be careful of Zhang Xiaomeng...... Why is that?
Zhang Xiaomeng has been secretly serving the Medellín parliamentarian on the anti-government side. On the last day of last year on the subway tower. She had already committed serious disciplinary violations. told Xu Le. Xu Le thought to himself. After all, Shi Gongzi is a local official of the government's Federal Bureau of Investigation. Could it be that the government found Zhang Xiaomeng. That's why he sent a text message to warn himself?
But Medellín is now a federal parliamentarian. And the other day on the news. The old man also issued a joint statement with the governor of Jingzhou. Even if the government knows that Zhang Xiaomeng serves the Medellín parliamentarian. Zhang Xiaomeng shouldn't have any problems?
Xu Le was lying on the hospital bed. His eyes narrowed slightly. I thought about it for a long time. Gave up the idea of pulling back that unfamiliar number. There's something strange about this. He's going to be a little more careful. Press your finger on the number two on your phone. I didn't press it down. In the end, he pressed one down.
"Something. I'd like to ask you a favor. ”
"What's the matter?" Tai Zhiyuandi's voice on the other end of the phone was very calm.
"I have a friend named Shi Qinghai. He is the Chief of Section 4 of the FBI's Field Service Office...... I haven't been in touch with him for many days. I don't know if he knows if I am hospitalized. The starting shuDao.net "" continued. ”
"I know that your family has a good relationship with the government, can you please help me find out if there is something wrong with him? If he is carrying out some secret mission of the government...... Please help me confirm it as well. At least I don't have to worry too much. ”
Tai Zhiyuan's voice on the other end of the phone was silent for a long time. Xu Le, who was half-leaning on the hospital bed, squinted his eyes. I felt a sign that it wasn't so good.
"I know Shi Qinghai is your friend. Tai Zhiyuan took the phone and said calmly: "I knew about the news about him a few days ago, and I thought I would tell you at that time, but your current health is too bad, so I didn't say it." ”
A puzzle flashed in Xu Le's squinted eyes, and he asked, "What happened to him?"
"That friend of yours is wanted by the FBI. Tai Zhiyuan said: "In this case, you naturally have no way to contact him. ”
"He is an official of the Investigation Bureau, how can he be wanted?" Xu Le's expression changed drastically and he asked in surprise.
"I don't know exactly what the charges are, but I think it has something to do with intelligence and something. ”
After Xu Le was silent on the other end of the phone for a long time, he asked very seriously: "I will be discharged from the hospital immediately, can you help me buy a ticket back to Linhai as soon as possible?"
Tai Zhiyuan on the other end of the phone frowned slightly, he didn't expect that Xu Le, who had always been calm, would make such a decision immediately after hearing the news. He said in a deep voice of disapproval: "What do you want to do? Don't forget, you are still a seriously wounded man, and one leg is still a cripple!"
"The injury is almost healed, although the leg can't move, but at least he can use crutches and use a wheelchair. Xu Le heard the concern in the other party's angry tone, so he was not angry and explained.
Tai Zhiyuan said categorically: "Impossible, the general hospital will not let you be discharged." ”
"So I need your help. Xu Le said: "Shi Qinghai is in trouble, I have to go back to see what is going on." ”
"I can help you find out what's going on. Tai Zhiyuan didn't tell Xu Le all the truth, because he knew Xu Le's character. If Xu Le knew that Shi Qinghai was investigated by the federal government because of him, and was finally wanted, I was afraid that Xu Le would go back more resolutely.
"But calm down, you're just a student, and you'll be back in the waterfront right away. What use can it be?" Tai Zhiyuan frowned and persuaded him: "And don't forget, he is now a wanted criminal in the Federation!"
Xu Le, who was on the other end of the phone, said after being silent for a long time: "I always have to go back." ”
Federally wanted criminals, in the hearts of ordinary federal citizens, are certainly the object of avoidance. However, Xu Le himself is the most hidden wanted criminal, not on the list, he believes that if he can return to Linhai, he is in danger at this time, and Shi Qinghai must be very lonely. It will definitely be as easy to find yourself as you did when you texted just now, and you will ...... Ability to help each other.
Tai Zhiyuan on the other end of the phone was silent for a long time. said: "Things in Linhai Prefecture are very complicated, don't go back." ”
He was thinking about it for Xu Le, but Xu Le didn't think about anything at all at such a tense moment, and replied directly: "I have to go back." ”
Tai Zhiyuan's voice rose in annoyance, and he reprimanded, "Can you calm down?"
Xu Le on the other end of the phone was silent for a long time, his voice did not become louder, let alone angry, but he said calmly: "Shi Qinghai is my friend. You too. I can't be too calm or mature when something happens to my friend. If I'm in the gym, I'm calmer and more mature...... You're dead. ”
There are many concepts about friends, but in Xu Le's mind, when the other party has a big problem related to life and death, he has to appear by the other party's side and help the other party without thinking about it, which is called a real friend. Very deliberately let himself get along with Xu Le's conversation. It's as natural as an ordinary federal citizen, but he's not an ordinary person after all, but the top class in this society. Tai Zhiyuan's desire to control is naturally strong, and occasionally in his speech and demeanor, there will always be a little bit of a superior posture, which is exactly what Xu Le is not used to.
When he found out that Xu Le was beyond his control, he couldn't help but sigh when he was in a complicated mood. He looked at the phone in his hand that had been hung up and smiled self-deprecatingly. I thought it was because that guy saved himself more than once. Therefore, it is even more important to prevent the other party's unwise actions.
"Let the hospital locals strengthen their control, and don't let Xu Le sneak back to Linhai. Tai Zhiyuan calmly explained to Steward Jin beside him: "I have begun to investigate Zhang Xiaomeng. And Shi Qinghai has become a fugitive...... Xu Le's return to Linhai at this time can only make everyone misunderstand and will not do him any good. ”
"Do you want to use coercive measures?" said Steward Jin on the side.
A hint of mockery flashed between Tai Zhiyuan's delicate eyebrows: "Fortunately, he is injured now, otherwise if he really wants to be discharged from the hospital, with those bodyguards of our family, who can stop him?"
Steward Jin smiled slightly, understanding what the young master meant. After experiencing the gymnasium, the security personnel of the Tai family all knew that the young master had a student friend next to him, and what amazed them the most was that this student showed a stronger combat ability than special forces in that assassination incident.
"Then it's not a measure, just let people follow him 24 hours a day, and block him in the hospital with a wall of flesh. ”
(Yesterday, the leader and I confirmed, there should have been no book reviews deleted these days, and some book friends have reported that the book reviews are missing, and I am not very clear, but the recent book review system seems to be indeed prone to rollbacks, which is very troublesome.) : It's terrible that someone can turn over the love letter I wrote five years ago and get it on the front page, and the world has a search...... Fortunately, this is always the only object of love letters, otherwise there would have been a big problem. Twenty-seven glasses of wine were ok, and the next chapter was before nine o'clock in the evening. )