62. Shouldering the mission (shuttle)

On a small dirt hill, Lieutenant Colonel Sowen was looking into the distance. Although Suowen is a lieutenant colonel of the Hongguo military, he is a native of Qi and an Oroqq of Qi.www.biquge.info

Sowin tightened his coat and walked. He walked very slowly, as if thinking about a problem, he headed in the direction of Yunzhou, the south of the Qi Kingdom.

The quicksand in the bay of the Red River moves the hills imperceptibly. At that time, there was a very high sand dune between the kingdoms of Yu Hong and Qi, which no longer exists today.

Today, there is another sand dune on the border of Hongguo. This sand dune is unusual, firstly, it is quite ancient, and secondly, it has a stone monument on top, which has been erected for a hundred years to commemorate the friendship between the two countries of Qi and Hong. From the top of the dunes, you can see the whole area and determine the direction.

Sowyn walked towards the dunes and ascended them.

When he reached the top of the hill and saw that there were four boundary stones at the four corners of the milestone, he sat down on one of the boundary stones, leaned his back against the mile stone, and began to observe the map at his feet. He seemed to be looking for a familiar path. The vast area appears hazy in the twilight, with only the horizon clearly outlined, a black line under a white sky.

He saw piles of rooftops in six towns and villages, and high coastal bell towers miles away, which could give the voyager directions if necessary.

A few minutes later, Sowin seemed to find what he was looking for in the haze. His gaze rested on a place with trees, walls, and roofs, and it was a collective farm, sandwiched between plains and trees, faintly visible. Sowin nodded in satisfaction, as if to say to himself: this is it. So he traced a path through the fence and the crops in the air with his fingers, and every now and then observed a vague, unformed object. The thing fluttered on the roof of the upper room of the manor. Sowyn seemed to be asking himself: what the hell is this? Since it was dusk, its color and shape were blurred. It's fluttering, it's certainly not a weather vane, and it can't be a flag.

Sowin was tired, and sat down on the boundary stone and flickered, as soon as the tired man rested.

Every day there is a time that can be called silence, and that is the time of tranquility, the time of dusk. It was this moment, Sowyn was enjoying it, he was watching, he was listening. What? Even fierce people have their melancholy moments. Suddenly, a voice passed by, and it didn't disturb the tranquility, but it accentuated the tranquility. It was the voice of a woman and a child. Sometimes there is this unexpected sound of joy in the dark. Due to the thorny bushes, Sowin could not see the people who made these sounds, and they walked towards the plains and forests at the foot of the dunes. The clear voice reached the contemplative Sowin on the top of the hill, and it was so close that he heard it word for word.

A woman's voice was saying, "Hurry up, Queen Xu Cai." Where are you going?"

"No, go over there. ”

The conversation takes place in two voices, one high and one low:

"What is the name of the collective farm where we live now?

"Nanyunzhou Kouhe County and the United States Independence Datong Freedom, Beauty and Happiness Collective Farm. ”

"Can you remember, it's still far away?"

"Walk for another half hour. ”

"Let's hurry up and get some soup. ”

"It's too late for us. ”

"It should be the way. But your little one is tired, and you're a woman with no strength, and we can't hold these three children. You've already hugged one, Xu Shishi, she's like a piece of lead. This little glutton, you weaned her, but she kept holding it. This habit is not good, I have to let her go! Oh, she deserves it, the soup must be cold. ”

"Heh, the shoes you gave me are so nice, they seem to have been made just for me. ”

"It's better than being barefoot. ”

"Hurry up, Xu Qilong. ”

"He's the one who delayed us. As soon as he met the little girl, he spoke. Like a big man. ”

"Well, he's not even five years old. ”

"Hey, Xu Qilong, why are you talking to the little girl in the village?"

A boy's voice replied, "Because I like beautiful women." ”

Then the woman said, "Why, don't you know her?"

"Yes," said the little boy, "she gave me candy this morning." ”

"Oh, that's amazing!" the woman cried, "we've only been here for four days, and he's a little bit of a ****." ”

The sound is far away. All was silenced.

Souwin was motionless, he wasn't thinking, he was barely meditating. All around him was tranquility. Peaceful, trusting, lonely. It was still very bright on the dunes, and it was almost dark in the plains, and it was completely dark in the woods. The moon rises in the east, and a few stars hang from the pale blue zenith. Although Sowin was full of worries and emotions, he sank into an inexpressible, infinite tolerance and generosity. He felt a faint glimmer of hope rise in his heart, if the word hope could express the anticipation of civil war. As far as he could see, he had just escaped the fierce and unforgiving sea to land, and the danger seemed to have vanished. No one knew his name, he was alone, and the enemy did not know where he was. He left no trace, because the sea does not leave anything. He was nowhere to be found, nowhere to be found. He felt so relieved that he almost fell asleep—

This Suowen, who was trapped by all these distractions in both his state of mind and his situation, felt a strange charm in the tranquility of the moment. The earth and the sky were silent.

All he could hear was the wind blowing from the sea, and the sound of the wind was a constant bass, and over time, it was almost no longer a sound.

Suddenly, he stood up.

His attention was suddenly awakened, and he looked at the horizon. Something kept his gaze still.

He was staring at the great bell tower in front of him, far away on the plain. Something unusual happened on the bell tower.

The bell tower has a clear outline. There is a conical body on the top of the building, between the tower body and the male body is the bell room, the bell room is square, the building is empty, there is no wind plate, it can be seen in all directions, this is the Lanhe style.

At this moment, this bell chamber seems to be opening and closing in an even and orderly manner. The tall windows are all white for a while, dark for a while, leaking out of the sky behind them, blocked for a while, bright for a while, caught again and again, opening and closing, continuously, like a hammer striking an anvil.

The Great Bell Tower of Kouhe County was directly in front of Sowen, about two miles away from him. Suo Wenchao looked to the side, and on the horizon stood the bell tower of Bianping County, and its bell room also opened and closed like the bell tower of Kouhe County.

Suo Wen looked at the bell towers within the range of his glasses, on the left was the bell tower of Bianping County, on the right was the bell tower of the collective township, and on the opposite side was the bell tower of Kouhe County.

The bell chambers on all the bell towers were black and bright.

What is it and why?

This indicates that all the clocks are swinging.

They are black and white, and they are swinging violently.

What's wrong? Obviously a wake-up call.

Did you find yourself? Why didn't you send someone to arrest you when you found out? Instead, you rang the bell, heh, this is not in line with the consistent practice of the Qi military. Suo Wen said in his heart.