Zhou Ze stood up and picked up the "Seven Star Lamp" that Lawyer An had made last night.
There are two wooden sticks, one held in each hand, with three lamps on each side. There is a vine between the sticks, with the seventh lamp hanging on it.
Lawyer An waved at Xu Qinglang, and Xu Qinglang handed him a stack of talisman paper.
This talisman paper didn't have much effect, it just ignited easily. Lawyer An clapped his hands, and the whole stack of talisman papers started to burn. He then held the talisman papers in his hands and lit the seven lamps one by one.
Although it may seem a bit superfluous, according to tradition, it is disrespectful to light a fire directly with a lighter, matches, or even earlier charcoal flints.
Customs have changed a lot till now, but many places still have the tradition of using burning sandalwood to light paper money braziers.
All seven lamps were lit, and Zhou Ze walked forward slowly. It was not heavy, but he needed to raise his arms and maintain balance all the time, which was not easy, especially since the ground under his feet was extremely muddy.
Yingying originally wanted to walk in front of her boss to help clear the "roadblock", but was blocked by Lawyer An. After everyone quickly packed up their things, they caught up with Zhou Ze, who had been walking forward for a while but had not gone far.
They didn't get too close, just followed from a distance.
The fog in the mountains is getting heavier and the visibility around is extremely low.
Zhou Ze was also a man who had seen the world. He continued to keep his balance and walked forward holding the Seven-Star Lantern.
This walk,
That's more than five hours.
No one knew what secret recipe Lawyer An used to make this candle, and it showed no signs of burning out. However, Boss Zhou's arms were already numb. Fortunately, although he was usually lazy, he had a strong character and did not complain or say he wanted to give up.
We have come all the way here and have been struggling in the rainforest for so long, how can we just give up
"Why is there no movement yet?"
Bai Yingying felt sorry for her boss and couldn't help but ask Lawyer An.
Lawyer An licked his lips and did not answer Yingying. Instead, he shouted to the boss in front of him:
"Sing!"
Zhou Ze paused for a moment.
Even when he was a doctor in his previous life, he seldom went to places like KTV. He was introverted by nature, and most people would be excited if he sang alone, but it would be embarrassing to sing if others were watching him.
Fortunately, Zhou Ze also understood that this was not a singing and dancing party where he needed to perform on stage, and there were no judges to give him scores or comments or ask him what his dream was.
Zhou Ze also understood the intention and purpose of Lawyer An asking him to listen to that song, otherwise he would not have listened to it so carefully so many times.
That song isn't difficult.
In fact, it is not a military song. It was created in 1933 and seemed to be an interlude of a movie at first.
“The flags are fluttering, the horses are galloping;
Gun on shoulder, knife on waist, blood boiling like a raging tide;
The flags are fluttering, the horses are galloping;
Good men should serve their country today.
Mo... "
Zhou Ze sang well at the beginning, but his voice became lower and lower as he sang. In the end, he couldn't sing anymore and fell silent.
I wasn't too excited, nor did I cry.
There was some embarrassment on his face.
Gritting my teeth,
Zhou Ze placed the Seven Star Lamp on the ground.
Blow them out one by one,
Then,
I stopped thinking about my own cleanliness and just sat down on the muddy ground, breathing heavily and sweating profusely.
Yingying immediately ran over and helped Zhou Ze massage his arms. He must be sore after holding them up for so long.
Xu Qinglang glanced at the seven-star lamp on the ground, then looked around. There was a faint green glow in his left eye. In fact, he had been looking around before.
However,
There is nothing unusual.
Nothing is unusual, in fact, this is the biggest abnormality. Why is there no reaction at all around
Lawyer An frowned, walked up to Zhou Ze, squatted down, and looked into his boss' eyes.
He wouldn't be so foolish as to think that his boss was afraid of singing out of tune and was embarrassed to sing in front of the three of them, so he didn't sing.
Zhou Ze took the kettle handed to him by Yingying, drank two sips of water, lowered his head, poured the remaining water on his head, touched his face, and let out a long sigh, as if he had finally recovered.
"Old An."
"Yeah, I'm here, boss."
"Let's give up. I don't want any fancy clothes. I just want to work hard and get the required performance to become a captain."
Lawyer An was somewhat surprised.
He didn't expect the boss to just say he wanted to give up.
Not to mention his painstaking planning,
Just for all the hard work you guys put in to come here,
Just give up with such a light sentence
Take a deep breath.
Lawyer An suppressed his anger.
There was no expression of it.
After taking a closer look at his boss's expression for a while, Lawyer An finally understood, and the anger in his heart disappeared.
Zhou Ze bit his lip a little embarrassedly and said:
"I can't do that."
Yes,
Not afraid of difficulty, nor afraid of hardship, not even afraid of danger,
But it can't be done.
In the middle of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, 100,000 Chinese Expeditionary Forces entered Burma to fight. This was the first time since the Sino-Japanese War that the Chinese army had fought abroad on a large scale. At the beginning, the record was good. Later, due to the intentions of the British and Americans and the small calculations of the Kuomintang government's top leaders, the war situation became turbulent, and they had to retreat to retain their manpower and prepare for the second round of battles.
Du Yuming followed Chiang Kai-shek's order and ordered his troops to go through the Wild Man Mountains into Yunnan and return home.
Sun Liren refused the order and led his troops to retreat to India after completing the task of blocking the Japanese army and covering their retreat.
The more than 40,000 Chinese expeditionary troops who followed Du Yuming's order and crossed the Wild Man Mountain suffered extremely tragic casualties due to the miasma and harsh environment of the Wild Man Mountain. In the end, only more than 3,000 people actually walked out alive.
In other words, at least 30,000 bodies of the expeditionary force are buried in this Savage Mountains. The most infuriating thing is that they did not die on the battlefield in direct combat with the enemy, but died from wrong command orders from their superiors.
How many people shouted to go home, thinking of their parents in their hearts, with the longing and joy of returning home, but ultimately fell in the mud of the swamp with hatred.
“I tried, and I just couldn’t do it.”
Zhou Ze clenched his fist.
He knew what he was here to do.
He wants to be promoted to captain of police.
We need achievements and merits.
This is a great achievement, a great merit.
If I use this as a stepping stone to advance my career, my official career will be easier in the future. It is precisely because I have a strong character like Iron Man and Taishan in my body that I am qualified to make such a plan.
But when you have utilitarianism and the desire to take advantage of others,
Think about the tens of thousands of soldiers who sacrificed their lives here.
well,
In simpler terms,
Boss Zhou just feels like he’s nothing.
To do noble things with a despicable attitude,
It's really awkward.
Lawyer An thought over and over again.
Didn't say anything else, just nodded.
road:
"It's okay, boss. I understand. It was my negligence. This matter is not as easy as I thought."
The grievances, hatred, helplessness and confusion of tens of thousands of soldiers who longed to return home have been imprinted together and deeply engraved in this Savage Mountains that stretches for hundreds of miles.
Lawyer An knew that his boss had tried to do it.
It's not purely hypocritical, nor is it really because of moral cleanliness.
Lawyer An knows his boss very well.
Because my boss is a person who is easy to understand.
If there is enough benefit, the boss would probably be willing to do something against his conscience.
He did.
But it didn't work.
The reason is still due to Lawyer An himself.
Because he thought the matter was too simple.
I just thought that even if the zombie ancestor in my boss' body has fallen into a deep sleep, with Taishan suppressing him, he will not be lost because of this incident.
But unexpectedly, the simplest link turned out to be a problem.
It was as if he only thought about how to design a bomb with a very powerful explosion, but forgot to design how to detonate it.
Zhou Ze was a little tired.
Although it was only a few hours, the mental fatigue was actually heavier than the physical fatigue. Lawyer An told Yingying to set up the tent here again and rest with the boss first.
He sat in front of the extinguished Seven-Star Lamp, in a daze.
Xu Qinglang looked at the time.
Quietly began to prepare lunch.
Zhou Ze did not get up to eat lunch, but slept until the evening. After getting up, he drank two bowls of soup made from dehydrated vegetables and regained his energy.
Put down your chopsticks and bowls.
I happened to see Lawyer An coming out of the woods.
Zhou Ze lit a cigarette and asked:
"Where did you go?"
"I went to the bathroom."
Lawyer An also sat down by the fire.
"Let's try again tomorrow." Zhou Ze said.
Lawyer An nodded, "Actually, I have quite a few ideas. I have copied other military and folk songs from that era into my phone, and even some military flags from that era that I 'stole' on purpose.
However, the more methods there are, the less sincerity there is.”
Things are now at a dead end.
Zhou Ze looked up with some melancholy. There were many stars tonight.
He suddenly thought of a movie he had watched when he was young in his previous life, which should be "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber". Zhang Sanfeng taught Zhang Wuji Tai Chi and asked him how much he had remembered.
The first answer was 80% or something, then 30%, and the last answer was I forgot everything.
Then the magic power comes into play!
Zhou Ze knew clearly,
If I could forget my identity now, forget my transformation into a ghost catcher, forget everything,
Just relying on a pure heart,
I simply want to express my gratitude to those soldiers who went abroad to fight and were buried in a foreign land, and I want to lead their souls back home.
maybe,
It's done.
But this is unrealistic. He is not a child, nor is he a simple and innocent person. Even if he deliberately forgets and ignores it, he can only deceive himself but cannot deceive the tens of thousands of soldiers here.
Very tangled,
Very contradictory.
Zhou Ze lay down against the tree trunk behind him.
Looking at the starry sky,
There was a sense of helplessness in my heart.
"Boss, don't be stressed. At worst, we can just treat it as a hiking trip and stretch our muscles."
Zhou Ze nodded.
But he shook his head again.
I seem to have forgotten that I asked the same question before.
Then he asked:
"Where did you go before?"