The Commonwealth has an old song called Twenty-seven Cups of Wine.
The song goes like this:
The first glass of wine, the sun is shining, the ivy outside the window crawled into my eyes. For the second cup of wine, the spring breeze blew lightly, and the tip of the leaf brushed my eyebrows. The third cup of wine, birds chirping, pecking at my heart. The fourth cup of wine, shadowed on the window lintel, made me forget who I am. The fifth cup of wine, the young man will fly, through the layers of green pinnacles...
Eleven cups of wine, the mountains are green, and an old man was drunk on his pillow. Twelve cups of wine, peeping from the abyss, and the cliffs give back the years. Thirteen cups of wine, snails have horns, and the world is as tired as this world. Fourteen glasses of wine, my eyes are getting tired, and the people by the fire are gradually falling asleep...
Twenty-five glasses of wine, thinking of my father, the raindrops fell outside the window. Twenty-six glasses of wine, black flies do not fly, if you and I are palpitating, you and I hide under the leaves to watch the autumn rain fade away. Twenty-seven glasses of wine, play a few tears, and gently put down the wine glass.
This ancient song has always existed in the public textbooks of the Federal National Primary School, and it is a poem that all federal citizens have probably learned. This poem uses ordinary and even a little simple language to describe a young man drinking alone in the rain, looking at the scenery outside the window, his mind gradually flew into the mountains and rivers. , recalling the deceased relatives, alone but in tears...
The original author of this simple and moving poem has long been unverifiable, and in today's highly developed scientific and technological civilization, not many people still remember this small poem in their hearts.
When Xu Le was in the Donglin Region, he rarely had the chance to hear this song, except in the movie of director Lin Longji, who cleverly regarded twenty-seven glasses of wine as Background music throughout the movie.
The last time Xu Le heard twenty-seven glasses of wine, it was at the bar in Linhai Prefecture. In the quiet bar on that rainy night, Shi Qinghai, who was extremely drunk, was finally drunk after drinking twenty-seven glasses of spirits. He tapped the wine bottle with chopsticks, and sang the song soothingly and emotionally to the rhythm of Dangdang.
The singing is not very pleasant, but the somewhat hoarse voice tortured by tobacco and alcohol, accompanied by these lyrics, seems particularly vicissitudes of life, and it is about to make people cry. And when he finally remembered his father and put down his wine glass... Shi Qinghai finally burst into tears, letting tears run across... Xu Le's shirt.
So seeing the text message and seeing the five words twenty-seven glasses of wine, Xu Le immediately understood that this text message was sent by Shi Qinghai. It's been almost a month since he couldn't get in touch with this guy Shi Qinghai. Xu Le's heart was a little anxious, but because there was a big problem in his own mind, and some time ago, Shi Qinghai was in order to carry out some secret mission of the government. , has also been missing for dozens of days, so Xu Le is not too worried.
At this time, he finally began to worry. Shi Qinghai used a brand new number and used the name of twenty-seven glasses of wine. In this world, apart from himself and the other party, probably no one can understand the name of twenty-seven glasses of wine. Who is it referring to. What made Xu Le even more confused and nervous was that Mr. Shi told him to be careful about Zhang Xiaomeng... Why is this
Zhang Xiaomeng has been secretly serving the Medellin Congressman from the anti-government side. On the last day of the subway tower last year, she had seriously violated the discipline and told Xu Le. Xu Le thought to himself that Mr. Shi was an official of the government's FBI after all. Could it be that the government found Zhang Xiaomeng, so he sent a text message to warn himself
But Medellin is now a federal congressman, and in the news a few days ago, the old man also made a joint statement with the governor of Jingzhou. Even if the government knows that Zhang Xiaomeng is serving the Medellin Congressman, Zhang Xiaomeng shouldn't have any problems, right
Xu Le lay on the hospital bed, his eyes narrowed slightly, and after thinking for a long time, he gave up the idea of dialing the unfamiliar number back. There was something strange in this matter, and he had to be more careful. He pressed his finger on the number two of the mobile phone, but he didn't press it down, and finally he pressed it down.
"Something. I'd like to ask you a favor."
"What's the matter?" Tai Zhiyuan's voice on the other end of the phone was very calm.
"I have a friend named Shi Qinghai. He is the section chief of the fourth section of the FBI's foreign service office in Linhai... I haven't contacted him for many days. I don't know if he knows about the news that I am in the hospital."
"continue."
"I know that your family has a good relationship with the government. Could you please help me to check if there is something wrong with him? If it is said that he is carrying out some secret mission of the government... Please help me to confirm it. 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, half leaning against Xu Le, who was sitting on the hospital bed, squinting his eyes, he felt a bad sign.
"I know Shi Qinghai is your friend." Tai Zhiyuan took the phone and said calmly, "I learned about him a few days ago, I thought I'd tell you then, but your health is too bad now. , so I didn't say it."
A doubt flashed in Xu Le's squinted eyes and asked, "What happened to him?"
"The FBI is looking for your friend." Tai Zhiyuan said: "In this case, you naturally have no way to contact him."
"He is an official of the Bureau of Investigation, how could he be wanted?" Xu Le's expression changed greatly, and he asked in surprise.
"I don't know what the specific crime is, but I think it has something to do with intelligence and the like."
After being silent for a long time on the phone, Xu Le asked earnestly, "I will be discharged from the hospital immediately, can you buy me the fastest plane ticket back to Linhai?"
Tai Zhiyuan frowned slightly on the other end of the phone. He never thought that Xu Le, who had always been calm, would make such a decision immediately after hearing the news. He said in a deep voice with disapproval: "What do you want to do? Don't forget, you are still a seriously wounded person with a disabled leg!"
"The injury is almost healed. Although I can't move my legs, at least I can use a cane and sit in a wheelchair." Xu Le could hear the concern in the other party's angry tone, so he didn't get angry and explained.
Tai Zhiyuan said decisively, "Impossible, the General Hospital will not let you out."
"So I need your help." Xu Le said, "Shi Qinghai is in trouble, I have to go back and see what's going on."
"I can help you find out what happened." 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 finally wanted, I'm afraid he would go back more resolutely.
"But calm down. You're just a student. Even if you return to Linhai right away, what's the use?" Tai Zhiyuan frowned and persuaded him: "And don't forget, he is now a wanted criminal in the Federation!"
Xu Le on the other end of the phone said after a long silence, "I always have to go back."
Federal wanted criminals, in the minds of ordinary federal citizens, are definitely the objects that they cannot avoid. However, Xu Le himself is the most hidden wanted criminal, not on the list of wanted criminals. He believes that if he can return to Linhai, he is now in a critical situation, and Shi Qinghai, who must be very lonely, will definitely be the same as when he texted just now. , it's easy to find yourself, and you... have the ability to help each other.
Tai Zhiyuan on the other end of the phone was silent for a long time and said, "The matter in Linhai Prefecture is very complicated, you don't want to go back."
He was thinking about 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 angrily and scolded, "Can you be calmer? Be more mature!"
Xu Le on the other end of the phone was silent for a long time, his voice did not become louder, nor was he angry, he just said calmly: "Shi Qinghai is my friend. So are you. When my friend has an accident, I can't be too calm or mature. If In the gym, I'll be more calm and mature... You're dead."
There are many concepts about friends, but in Xu Le's mind, when the other party has a big problem of life and death, he wants to appear by the other party's side and help the other party without thinking. This is called a real friend.
I have to say that although Tai Zhiyuan has always deliberately made his conversation with Xu Le as natural as an ordinary federal citizen, he is not an ordinary person after all, but the top class in this society, Tai Zhiyuan's desire to control Naturally strong, in his occasional speech and behavior, there will always be a bit of a superior attitude, which is exactly what Xu Le is not used to.
When he found that Xu Le was out of his control, he couldn't help sighing in addition to his complicated mood. He looked at the phone that had been hung up in his hand and smiled to himself, thinking that it was precisely because the guy saved him more than once that he had to stop the other party's unwise actions.
"Let the people in the hospital strengthen the control, and don't let Xu Le sneak back to Linhai." Tai Zhiyuan calmly explained to the housekeeper Jin beside him: "The investigation of Zhang Xiaomeng has begun, and Shi Qinghai has become a fugitive... At this time Xu Le Going back to Linhai can only make everyone misunderstand, and it won't do him any good."
"Do you want to use coercive measures?" Butler Jin asked for instructions.
A trace of mockery flashed between Tai Zhiyuan's delicate brows: "Fortunately, he is injured now, otherwise if he really wants to be discharged from the hospital, with the bodyguards in our family, who can stop him?"
Butler Jin smiled slightly and understood what the young master meant. After going through the gymnasium, the security personnel of Tai's family knew that there was a student friend beside the young master. What surprised them most was that the student's performance in that assassination incident was stronger than that of a racial soldier. combat capability.
"Then it's not a measure, just let people follow him 24 hours a day and block him in the hospital with a meat wall."