It took too long to train his body last night, and Xu Le woke up a little late. After cooking a bowl of instant porridge, instead of going for a morning run in the park and having morning classes as planned, I turned on the TV subconsciously. Watching TV news has become his main job these days. He wanted to see the progress of the demonstrations in the federation, the strike situation in the four states around the mountains, and whether Medellin, which he is most concerned about, will walk out. The Justice Department building, but did not expect that the federal news channel actually started broadcasting breaking news early in the morning.
The emergency parliamentary hearing should have something to do with his concerns, so he didn't go out, silently thinking about the power flowing in his body while waiting for the hearing. However, when the beautiful girl appeared on the news screen, Xu Le didn't know if his waiting was correct.
The girl cut her hair short, dressed more plainly, and had a calmer expression. She looked in the direction of the camera and smiled slightly, she walked into the venue, she stepped onto the rostrum, she put her hand on the Magna Carta, and she began to take the oath.
Xu Le thought that he was dazzled or hallucinated. The biggest possibility was that the damn omnipotent federal computer had invaded his brain again, giving him the illusion of epilepsy, otherwise he shouldn't be able to see her.
However, his reason gradually came back, telling him that it was all true and it could scare him, especially when the girl said her name, he gradually got out of his absent-mindedness and walked to the front of the TV screen. , stretched out his fingers and touched the face of the girl in the news lightly. He didn't hear what she was saying, but his body was shaken by the cold touch.
Standing silently and dazedly in front of the light screen for three seconds, Xu Le turned around and took a piece of clothing from the closet behind the door and put it on. He went out and entered the elevator to the underground parking lot.
He got into the driver's seat of the black car, fastened his seat belt, and turned on the car's light screen to watch the live broadcast of Federal Television. He started the car, drove away from the apartment at the fastest speed, and rushed onto the No. 2 highway, heading towards the distance. Drive away in the Capital Territory under the clouds.
"You mean the Charter Bureau can make mistakes too?"
"The Charter Bureau can't make mistakes, but people can."
On the car screen, the parliamentary hearing continues. Xu Le didn't look down, but listened carefully to every word the girl said. The expression on her face didn't change in the slightest, but it was a little pale, and occasionally a blush that didn't know what it meant.
"You used to be a returnee from the North, and according to your own account, you are still a spy for the anti-government army. I don't understand why you risked being arrested and returned to S1 and asked for this special hearing. ."
In the light screen, Senator Zion frowned, preventing Zhang Xiaomeng from answering, and continued: "A woman who has no loyalty to the Federation and is capricious, how credible is your testimony?"
"I'm loyal to the Commonwealth, but not to the Commonwealth."
The on-board anti-radar equipment had already been turned on, and the probes along the way had failed to detect the black car passing by like a ghost. Xu Le didn't know how much he was speeding, and he didn't have the energy to care about the swearing drivers on the highway. Squinting concerned about the progress of the hearing, he drove all the way into the Capital District, bypassed the empty Hawking Avenue, turned to Charter Square, but was blocked by the busy traffic near Parliament Hill.
Without any hesitation, Xu Le casually threw the car on the street, closed the door with force, and ran towards the parliament building in the distance. Running all the way, sorting his clothes all the way, only then did he notice that he had randomly grabbed a military uniform without epaulettes.
The traffic in the capital is not usually so busy and crowded. I don't know if those demonstrations are blocking traffic and people's communication. Xu Le angrily squeezed out the young students holding placards, and by the time he ran under the stone steps of the parliament building, a long time had passed.
The front of the parliament building was crowded with news media who heard the news. Only a few large TV stations were allowed to broadcast the hearing. As many as hundreds of reporters and videographers were standing on the side of the lawn. In front of the good Parliament Hill background, he hurriedly reported the situation to the channel director, doing instant news connections, and the scene was chaotic.
Xu Le passed through the heavy cameras, walked up the stone steps quickly, and came to the door of the parliament building, where he was stopped by the cordon outside the door and the hundreds of military police who were facing the enemy. Outside the cordon, in addition to the reporters, there were some excited people who came for no apparent reason.
Excited all around.
Xu Le wiped the sweat from his forehead. On this cold day in the late autumn, he was sweating profusely. Across the shoulders and brim in front of him, he looked at the main entrance of the tall hall of the Parliament Building, and gradually calmed down after hearing the voices of discussion in his ears.
Seeing that the girl was still alive, he didn't know why, he didn't need a reason, his body rushed out of the apartment as if he was being controlled by instinct, and came to the place closest to her. But at this moment, he suddenly thought, what should he do
Could it be that, as in the movie, the soldiers of the expedition to the galaxy returned home with honor and gave a speech at the rally in the Capital District, when suddenly his lover whom he had not seen for three years shouted his name on the other side of the lawn, so he Stunned, raised his head, looked from afar, surprised, jumped off the stage, jumped into the pool, brought white water all the way, startled a few lazy waterbirds, ran away, then hugged each other in the pool, bowed his head and kissed, with tears , is a reunion.
Is it a reunion? But this is not a reunion. Xu Le felt a little cold, but still stood stubbornly at the door, waiting for the girl to appear.
The flashing lights lit up, and Zhang Xiaomeng walked out of the parliament building under the escort of officials from the Ministry of Justice. With a confident and steady smile on her face, she shook hands with the congressman who made a special trip to see her out, and said something softly.
A news reporter handed over the microphone and asked questions loudly. Zhang Xiaomeng smiled lightly and did not answer the actual content, but she perfectly displayed the image of the anti-government army in the mountains with her composure and sincerity.
Across the crowd, Xu Le quietly looked at the girl in the middle of the stone steps. It's been a long time since he looked at her so closely. In the past, he looked at her only from a distance of a dining table. He used to look at her from a distance, but now it's like a galaxy separated by a crowd. so far away.
Zhang Xiaomeng has become a lot more mature. This kind of maturity does not mean that the harsh natural environment of Qinglong Mountain has left an indelible mark on the girl's face. She is still young and beautiful, but there is a little more temperament to say no. Uncompromising perseverance.
I don't know how many things happened to her this year. The elf girl with the red devil horns has grown up after all. Xu Le watched silently, thought silently, watched her face the reporter with a sincere smile, and thought about the snow and porridge in the Meiyuan girls' apartment. Those memories he never forgot, but became unforgettable because of her death. But for some reason, seeing her appear alive in front of his eyes at this time, the memories of those who often fall into a dream at midnight suddenly became indifferent.
At this moment, Xu Le saw Zhang Xiaomeng in the flashing light turn his head sideways, his calm and steady eyes wandered a little, as if he was looking for something in the crowd, and then those eyes fell on his face.
On the stone steps of the highest federal authority, Xu Le and Zhang Xiaomeng's eyes met across the crowd and noisy voices. At this moment, nothing but them seems to exist anymore.
Zhang Xiaomeng's eyes flashed with a trace of surprise, a trace of helplessness, a trace of guilt, a trace of sadness, a trace of unease, and a trace of joy. In the end, countless emotions were just a teardrop, which slowly flowed down from the corner of his eyes.
Xu Le quietly watched her weeping in the crowd. The originally complicated and excited emotions suddenly became transparent and calm.
A reporter in the crowd asked a question aloud. Zhang Xiaomeng, who was dazed and weeping, came to her senses and turned her head slowly, but it was so difficult.
The lights around her were so bright, Zhang Xiaomeng clenched her fists tightly, so she only saw each other later than him before. At that moment, she thought she was wrong.
It was the first time in federal history that a female anti-government fighter suddenly came to the Capital Territory to testify on Parliament Hill. The reporters and the public had been following the proceedings of the hearing before, and were deeply impressed by the composure and perseverance of this young girl on the stone steps. This girl possessed a kind of feeling that her peers in the Commonwealth did not possess. Temperament, this kind of temperament is extremely charming in front of this grand building.
However, at this time, many reporters and the public noticed that she, who had always been calm and determined, suddenly got wet eyes.
"Miss Zhang Xiaomeng, may I ask why you are crying?" the reporter asked loudly, "Is it because I thought of the unfair treatment I had suffered, or because I was angry at the despicable actions of the Medellin Congressman?"
"The flash is too bright." Zhang Xiaomeng replied with a smile. There was laughter all around, and in the laughter, the girl looked around, but sadly found that the boy had disappeared into the crowd.
The moment she turned her head away, Xu Le didn't hesitate any longer and turned to leave. He's been here, and he's seen it, confirmed it, and that's it.
He walked down the stone steps alone, before being stopped by a group of Justice Department officials in trench coats and black umbrellas.
The sky above the Capital Territory is cloudy and thick, but the probability of rain in late autumn is very small. Pedestrians on the street and reporters up and down the stone steps did not bring umbrellas, so these officials wearing windbreakers and holding black umbrellas are particularly eye-catching. .
Windbreakers and black umbrellas, which are standard for Justice Department officials after the fall, are like those heavy black commercial vehicles of the FBI, which clearly show their identities.
"Are you Xu Le?" An official of the Ministry of Justice stopped him, showed his ID, and said, "There is a case that needs your assistance in the investigation. I hope you can cooperate with us."