Forbidden City of Heze + Dalufei

It wasn't until he drove out of the dawn base and got on the road for a long time that Zi Luo finally broke the silence.He obviously also knew that Junliu was unhappy, so he asked as lightly as possible, "Why is Yanliang here?"

Junliu sighed, although he knew that there was no escape between the two and they would meet one day, but this was far more hasty than he thought.

The distance between the dawn base and the giant current base is not far.After Junliu explained the reasons in general, the convoy slowly drove into the gate of a new inspection site.

In this way, Zilo accompanied him to see the four bases of the Revolutionary Army located in the mezzanine area.When the work was coming to an end, the light of dusk had faded, and in the icy blue dusk of the evening, the temperature dropped rapidly, the air convection became active, and the cool breeze blew through the clothes.Junliu was wearing a black woolen overcoat, and was reviewing the team under the headlights of the playground. He faced the armed forces of tens of thousands of people alone, and he was not stage frightened. Simple casual clothes, but his gestures are calm and unhurried, which is in balance with the veteran officers around him.

Zi Luo sat in the car watching from a distance, and an impulse rose in his heart, wanting to run over to join the team, become one of these unknown soldiers, become his soldier, and accept his strict scrutiny and orders that cannot be disobeyed .

He had been his soldier, fighting to protect his country and what was dear to him.Now that he was out of the way and saw this scene, Zi Luo recalled how glorious and happy it was.

If a person has both the ability and the opportunity to protect the one he loves, how can it not be the best embodiment of his life value?

It was already dark after the review, and they had a low-key light meal in the officer's cafeteria under the persuasion of the head of the base.

After returning to the car, Junliu showed signs of fatigue. He pulled his coat up to cover his chest, leaned on the seat and closed his eyes to rest.Zi Luo thought he was asleep, so he didn't bother him, thinking that it would be a long and bumpy journey back to the central area, and he had to take a good rest while the road conditions were good.

Tired enough this day, Junliu felt exhausted all over, and his heart continued to throb. Under the cover of his coat, he clutched his chest tightly with his hands, and endured silently with his eyes closed, not wanting Qi Luo to notice the strangeness.

He took a few slow and deep breaths, and finally managed to catch the breath, and his muscles relaxed.Then he opened his eyes, secretly wiped the cold sweat off his head, turned his face to Ziluo, and asked, "Are you tired? Does the wound still hurt?"

It was too dark in the car, and under the flashing yellow street lights, Zi Luo couldn't see his face clearly, only heard the other party's weak voice, and hurriedly held his hand, "I didn't stand up very much, can I How tired? Can you take care of yourself? Your voice is hoarse."

"Who told them to force me to speak to so many people, and the effect of the loudspeaker is poor, so I have to shout at the top of my voice." Junliu moved a little towards him, and leaned his shoulders on his chest.

"Did you catch a cold? The wind is so strong on the playground, and you still stand in the middle blowing it." Zi Luo touched his face, his skin was cold, "Go back and take a hot bath."

"Don't go back yet." Junliu said softly, "I still have places I want to show you."

"It's so late, where are you going?" Zilo asked in surprise.

"I thought I could finish the work in the afternoon, but I didn't expect it to be delayed for so long, but it's rare to come out together, and I don't want to waste it." Junliu seemed to deliberately whet his appetite, and leaned in front of him, with a hint of pretense on his face.

"Xiao Luo, do you still remember the first time you went to my house?" He asked suddenly, "In Heze, it was also late at night, and we were sitting in a military vehicle. Everything was as it is now."

"I remember," Zi Luo recalled, "I saw your parents who I only watched on TV before, I was so nervous that I didn't know how to speak."

"Actually, I'm afraid too."

"What are you afraid of?"

"I'm afraid it will make you get closer to me." Junliu said with a self-deprecating smile, "I'm looking forward to it, but I'm afraid at the same time."

After speaking, he raised his head and looked closely into Zilo's eyes.His black eyes were in the dark background, and the dim light of the street lamps slid across the transparent cornea, revealing the deep details inside. His eyes flickered and flickered like fire, firmly attracting Zi Luo's attention.

"If I go to your house now, are you afraid?"

Qi Luo was really stunned, and couldn't help looking out the car window. Although the night was dark and there was almost no scenery to be seen except the road, he seemed to understand suddenly, and asked with wide eyes, "How do you know... where I used to live of?"

"I know more about you than you can imagine." Junliu smiled meaningfully, "Fortunately, although the settlement you lived in is relatively close to the outer zone, it is still under the control of the Revolutionary Army. Within the control range, there is not much danger, let's sneak in and have a look?"

"But my house..." Qi Luo quickly realized the "fear" that Junliu said, and he said a little embarrassedly, "It's just a brick and tile shed, and it has been abandoned for a long time. There is nothing in it. , it’s really nothing to look at.”

"How could there be nothing?" Junliu said thoughtfully, holding his chin, "There is your past."

Not long after, the convoy stopped in front of a large shantytown with sparsely lit lights, and Junliu helped Ziluo get out of the car.A group of people turned on the flashlight and took a photo in the distance. The crumbling bungalows were close to each other, stretching along the road into the depths of the night. Upon closer inspection, there were ruins everywhere. Because they were close to the front line, the buildings that were originally shoddy were seriously damaged. Humans chose to relocate to avoid disasters, leaving patches of abandoned ruins, and only a small number of residents are still staying behind.

The night seemed so deep, and the scattered stars shrouded overhead, emitting tiny shimmers.They entered by stepping on the uneven path under their feet, and soon got caught in the intricate forks and lost their way.

When he was young, Zilo wandered in this slum every day, familiar with the direction of every street and the characteristics of every corner, and he could feel home with his eyes closed.But after many years, the war has forcibly changed its appearance, and the recognition at night has decreased. Even if he tries to mobilize the memory deep in his mind, it is difficult to find some identifiable markers.

After barely going around a few times, the guard captain who had been following them became a little impatient, and reminded aloud: "Your Excellency, it is wartime after all, and this place is close to the front line. I am afraid it is not suitable to stay for a long time. Let's go back to the headquarters as soon as possible."

Junliu responded perfunctorily, then turned his head and whispered to Qiluo, "I'm so annoying, these followers, is there any way to get rid of them?"

Zi Luo thought about it seriously, then grinned abruptly, showing a sly smile, "I'll try!"

The two then walked forward for a while, still looking around, when they passed by a dark two-story brick house in front of them, Qi Luo raised his flashlight to take a picture, then turned his head and whispered something to Jun Liu.Junliu then shouted to the dozen or so guards following him, "I found it! It's here. Come here and guard the door carefully. Let's go in and have a look."

"Your Excellency, let me accompany you in." The captain of the guard leaned forward cheekily.

"This is his private residence. I want to go in and take a look. By the way, let's talk about the old days. What are you doing?" Junliu looked at him with disgust, and his tone was very strong.

The captain of the guard had a bad nose, so he had no choice but to stand where he was, watching Junliu help Qi Luo go in.As soon as the gate was closed, he snorted angrily, thinking that you would not be far away even if you were half-crippled, so he ordered his guards to surround the house back and forth, and sat and waited for them to finish their work.

Under Zi Luo's instructions, Jun Liu carried him up to the second floor.It turned out that this was an old shop, with two living rooms upstairs and a warehouse full of sundries.The two first turned on the lights in the corridor and the bedroom, and then ran into the warehouse and locked the door behind them.

Junliu put Qi Luo against the wall, and then moved the dusty tables and chairs in the house together to set up, climbed up lightly, and pushed open the entrance partition of the attic on the roof.

It took some effort to transport Ziluo to the attic, Junliu had to act as a ladder, first he picked him up and climbed onto the table, then squatted down and moved him to his shoulders to resist, holding his breath and lifting him up.Fortunately, Zi Luo's arm was slightly injured, and he still had some strength. As soon as he went up, he supported the floor of the attic, and with both hands, he brought his body inside.

After they entered the low attic, they turned on the flashlights and quickly began to remove the plastic partitions and tiles on the top of their heads. They dug a big hole in the roof in a few strokes. After that, the two repeated their tricks and successfully climbed to the roof. Outside.

There was a thick layer of dust on the roof, and Zi Luo didn't care about the dirt. He clung to the roof and crawled with his hands and feet, which was lighter than walking.Junliu sneaked his head out, glanced at the idle guards downstairs, and happened to meet Qi Luo's gaze when he turned his head. The two smiled at each other, and began to move cautiously, climbing towards the roof of the next room .

The houses in the slums are extremely dense, and it is very common for neighbors to share a partition wall, which connects countless undulating roofs to form a new land. Ziluo and Junliu moved slowly in one direction, but there was no obstacle The ground was more than 100 meters away from the original place.

"The houses here are all built by the residents themselves. The quality is very poor. The roofs are often damaged and leaking, and they need to be repaired at any time." Zi Luo finally had the opportunity to show off his wit, "So the larger houses generally have attics, which can pass through. On the roof. When I was a child, my sister and I used to climb to the roof to look at the stars."

Speaking of this, he seemed to have suddenly remembered something, raised his head and straightened his back, and looked towards the distant horizon.

Dalufei's cool season can be described as a crisp autumn, dry and less cloudy, and the air is very transparent, so he clearly saw a few clusters of bright lights far away in the sky, which were brightly lit high-rise buildings in the outer area.

The wide field of vision quickly awakened his sense of orientation, and reminded him of where his little home was located in this vast ocean.

He was as excited as if he had returned to his childhood, and hurriedly led Junliu to approach in a certain direction.

The waning moon was thin and bright, as if someone had scratched through a hole in the sky, peeping at the two sneaking around.It took him a lot of energy to identify the roof of his own house, and finally Qi Luo was paralyzed on it, lying on his back with a large font, taking a deep breath of the cool air around him.

Junliu crouched on the eaves and looked down, and saw that the poor hut was overgrown with weeds and piled up with piles of rocks. One earthen wall could no longer withstand the erosion of the rain, and half collapsed. After peeling off a few tiles and looking down, the inside of the room was so dark that it was hard to see clearly.

It is such a dilapidated hut alone at the edge of the world, a small corner that will be soaked by wind and rain, destroyed by war, and crushed to ashes by the years at any time. It has successfully raised a person he likes. Junliu thinks it is amazing. It was as if some profound magic was hidden there.

"Look, I told you, there was nothing, no surprises, no treasures. When we left, we took everything we could, and gave the neighbors what we couldn't. Not a single piece of furniture was left here. Down."

Thinking about it now, although I have lived here since I was sensible, for more than ten years, I have no attachment. After my sister is gone, this house, including this land of poverty and depression, is disgusting.

And the place that really gave him a sense of belonging was He Ze.The Royal Military Academy, the Air Force Academy, Lan Xiao, Instructor Lu, Michael, Xia Xiyuan, and the back mountain where Junliu met. What happened there in just a few years is beyond the reach of generations of people in this slum. imagination.

Zilo stretched his limbs soothingly, releasing the pain from the wound, and then he closed his eyes comfortably, "If you want to see it, go down and take a look, I can't move. Be careful of mice biting you."

Junliu didn't go down, but crawled to his side, rubbed his head on his shoulder, lay down next to him, and cast his gaze at the distant starry sky.At this moment, the night was dark and the fields were silent, only the faint chirping of insects could be heard from the depths of the ruins, and they were held in the air by the hut, surrounded by boundless darkness, as if they were on a raft in the vast night sea, far away from everything There are no dangers in the world, no limbs and no eyesight but the other side.Both of them enjoyed this alone time very much, they held hands tightly and didn't speak for a long time, only their quietly exhaled breath was blown away by the passing wind.

"Xiao Luo, do you still have any impression of your parents?" Junliu asked tentatively, taking advantage of the peaceful atmosphere.