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The staff officer was taken aback when he realized Long Yin's bold idea.

"However, if this is the case, Lone Star can only go there alone, and no one can accompany him to supervise. Isn't the risk too high?"

Others present also agreed, "Yes, for such an important thing, leave it to him alone, in case something goes wrong..."

Long Yin waved his hand disdainfully, "The biggest advantage of Lone Star is obedience. He is much more reliable than any of you in terms of performing tasks. It is because ordinary people don't have subjective messy ideas that they always put Orders come first, and you will never question your superiors, give me a hundred lone stars, and I can wipe out the entire galaxy."

He stood up and paced in the council hall, "Don't you think that the unprecedented seeding of the tree of souls and the lone star that only appears once every 500 years are coincident? It's almost like Someone secretly arranged it."

"The people in the church usually like to talk about God and God. According to their theory, it is God's will to let the lone star and tree species appear at the same time to help us expand our territory. If we miss this opportunity, we will still We'll have to wait another 500 years."

"Lone Star has been an intern with the army for these years, and his performance is very satisfactory every year. I am as assured of his ability as his loyalty. Since it is a secret plan, the fewer people who go there, the less it will attract others' attention."

He propped his arms on the table, "Someone leaked the previous plan, and everyone here today is someone I can trust. I hope you will keep two points in mind: [-]. The public should not let the public know a word about this matter; Reporting to the marshal is not allowed."

Someone raised his hand weakly, "But, the Marshal can't never know about it, what should we do then?"

"Don't worry, the marshal must agree with it. It's just that the bishop has been singing the opposite tune. If he convicts him afterwards, I will bear the consequences alone."

Jing Yu was summoned by the military just after returning from the expedition. Such a situation is extremely rare. In addition, Ling Xing has a ghost in his heart because he concealed his awakening. Ever since he left, he has always been uneasy.

Fortunately, he came back after only half a day, but what he brought back was not good news.

"Are you leaving again? Isn't this year's military mission over? Why did they send you out just after you came back?"

Jing Yu came back to say goodbye to Ling Xing. Although the military department requested to leave immediately, Ling Xing taught him that before going out, he must say goodbye to his family, otherwise his family would be worried.

"There is a temporary emergency mission."

Ling Xing was not happy, "What urgent task do you have to go for? You are still a baby, don't you usually just train with the army?"

"No, I'm the only one going on this mission."

Ling Xing was even more surprised, "What is the mission?"

Jing Yu never hides anything from Ling Xing, "Go to Lansu Xing to plant a peach tree."

Ling Xing shook his hands, looked left and right, and hurriedly pulled Jing Yu into the church. When he got to a place where no one was around, he held back his beating heart and asked calmly, "You say, Where are you going and what are you doing?"

Jing Yu repeated honestly, "Go to Lansuxing to plant a peach tree."

"The military department asked you to go so far to plant a peach tree? Is this what they say?"

"No, they just gave me a peach pit and asked me to choose a place with fertile soil to plant it in."

The more Ling Xing thought about it, the more strange it became. The military department's move made it impossible for him not to be connected with recent social hotspots. What's more, because of the church, he has always been paying close attention to the whereabouts of the tree species.

"Is that peach pit on your body now?"

Jing Yu lowered his head, and took out something from his left breast pocket. Ling Xing took it with a little hesitation and looked at it carefully. It looked ordinary and ordinary, and he couldn't believe that it was the soul tree that caused the outside world to stir up trouble.

His eyes flashed, and he returned the peach core to Jing Yu, "Wait here for me! Don't leave! Remember?"

Jing Yu didn't ask why, he always listened to Ling Xing's words, and now he just nodded.

Ling Xing walked away quickly, and after getting out of Jing Yu's hearing range, he quickly called the bishop.

"what happened?"

As soon as the other party was connected, Ling Xing couldn't wait to ask, "Master Bishop, have you ever seen the real tree species of the tree of soul?"

"of course."

"What does it look like?"

"Appearance? It's very ordinary. People who don't know it will regard it as a peach pit. If I didn't see it being picked from the tree of souls with my own eyes, I wouldn't believe it at all."

"It's really..." Ling Xing whispered to himself.

The bishop wondered, "Why are you asking this?"

"No, I just asked," Ling Xing said hurriedly, "Don't bother you, I'm busy, I'll hang up first."

He hung up the phone in a panic, and figured out the military's intentions in the shortest possible time while walking back.

Let the lone star break through the soul traction and plant the trees to the Orchid Star, which is equivalent to expanding the previous circle limited by the soul traction to two. It turns out that the previous guess that the tree species will be planted to the Huangsu Star is far from reaching the military goal. The extent of Fang's ambitions.

What should I do, this matter is happening in front of me now, do I really want to let it develop and watch the military's ambition spread through Jing Yu's hands?He concentrated on thinking about countermeasures, and when he raised his head again, Jing Yu was already in front of him.

As expected, Jing Yu was still waiting there, and when he saw him, he said, "I've already said goodbye, the military department asked me to leave immediately, I should go."

"Wait a minute!" Ling Xing subconsciously stopped him before he thought of a solution.

"Is there anything else? Oh yes, the seeds? I'll remember to bring them."

"No, it's not about this." Ling Xing's brain was running fast, "You just came back, and you have to leave so soon, I, I am very reluctant, you can stay for one more day before leaving."

"This is an order from the military department."

"I know, but the military department just wants you to plant a peach tree. It doesn't matter if you plant it early or late, right? This is not a particularly urgent order, is it?"

"But……"

Ling Xing stepped forward and grabbed his arm, "You have been away for a whole month, and you only stayed for one day when you came back. Lan Su Xing is so far away. I don't know how long it will take to come back after this trip. Just listen to me and stay for one more day. , okay? Please."

Seeing what Ling Xing said, Jing Yu agreed with half hesitation.

The night when Jing Yu was forced to stay, Ling Xing was always restless. Even if he prepared the most sumptuous dinner, it could not offset the low-level mistakes he made repeatedly at the table due to distraction.

I can only be thankful that Jing Yu is not a person who knows how to read words and expressions, but anyone with a normal EQ can see Ling Xing's uncharacteristic behavior here.

But Jing Yu was still as usual, and wiped out all the food that Ling Xing had prepared for him, and then picked a book to talk to him, even Ling Xing stammered and read many mistakes, and did not express any doubts.

The lights in the bedroom in the backyard of the church were quickly extinguished. It was a quiet night, and the people in the insect and bird house outside the house fell asleep early.

Until there were no more waking creatures except those nocturnal animals, a figure quietly crawled out of the bed.

The person on the upper bunk is still sleeping soundly, half of his face is exposed to the moonlight, and the other half is hidden in the shadows. The carving is very three-dimensional.Looking at his sleeping face, Ling Xing couldn't help but want to go up and touch his straight nose bridge or his tight lips, but fortunately he restrained himself in the end.

Jing Yu's coat was hanging on the bedside, Ling Xing closed his eyes, took three deep breaths, finally mustered up the courage to reach out, and touched the tree seed that looked like a peach pit in his breast pocket.

A hand stretched out from the side, clasped Ling Xing's wrist firmly and forcefully, Ling Xing's hand trembled, and Fang realized that Jing Yu, who was still asleep just now, opened his eyes at some point and was staring at him intently. Own.

This scene was stalemate for a long time, and the frozen time finally began to melt slowly. Although Ling Xing was caught, he still refused to let go of the tree species.

"Listen to me, Jing Yu," he swallowed, and tried his best to choose his words, "this is not a peach pit at all, it is the tree species of the tree of souls, the reason why we have soul traction is because of the lighthouse existence, and the lighthouse will only work within the range of the tree of souls."

"The military department asked you to go to Lansu Xing, not to let you plant some peach trees. They want to use your hands to plant trees in places where they can't go. The next step is to ask you to find coolies locally. Build a lighthouse for them. When all this is done, they will be able to come and go between the two places freely, and even set foot in places farther than the Pleiades."

"Jing Yu, I have been trying to instill in you the idea of ​​peace for so many years. Even though I know that you will definitely take the path of war in the future, I still insist. Even if I can be merciful to what I have said to you, it will not be in vain for every book I have read for you in the past seven years."

"You are a lone star, and your fate has been determined since you woke up. I am just your caretaker in your infancy. In your long life, only these short seven years belong to me. I have nothing about you in the future." right to interfere."

"But, but this is the only thing." The corners of Ling Xing's eyes glowed, "If you really planted the seeds, it would be equivalent to helping the military double the size of the battlefield that can be invaded, and then how many lives will be ruined and innocent people will die in vain , since I already know about this matter, I cannot allow it to happen no matter what, let alone allow the person I value the most, that is, you, to plant the cause of this evil with your own hands."

"When I was a baby, I personally experienced the tragic event of annihilation. I was once heartbroken, and then I was saved by God. I was thinking, if God wants me to live, there must be something to it, until I met you."

"It wasn't until I met you that I realized that God made me live for so many years just to wait for your appearance."

"Your joining has made my life complete and perfect, with no regrets. Even if it ends at this point, I won't feel any regrets. So when I made this decision, I was already on the track of life ahead of time. That's a full stop."

"If you want to stop me, kill me here. You can also act as if nothing happened. After tonight, I will take the initiative to surrender to the military and let the military sanction me."

The postures of the two people did not move, until the nocturnal creature cooed twice from outside the window, and one of them moved.

Jing Yu let go of Ling Xing's wrist little by little, and took it back again. The whole process was like a slow-motion replay, quiet and long.

Ling Xing was so moved that he closed his eyes, leaving only two words in his mouth, "Thank you."

The next day, a storm swept through the army headquarters.

"What? The tree seed was stolen?!"

Long Yin heard such news early in the morning and rushed over angrily, "Who did it?"

The subordinate reported, "The caretaker of Lone Star turned himself in in the morning, saying that he had stolen the tree seed, but refused to explain where he hid the tree seed."

"Absurd! Wasn't he ordered to go yesterday?"

"Yes, but for some reason, he delayed it by a day."

Long Yin gritted his teeth, "I was opposed to handing over people to the church to raise them from the beginning. If the tree seed is gone, should I go to the church to ask for it?"

The staff officer reminded, "When he surrendered himself in the morning, I noticed something was wrong and stopped him privately, but it still attracted the attention of some people. This matter is still a secret outside, so don't leave because of a moment of excitement. The sound of the dew, not to mention the current whereabouts of the tree species is unknown, if it spreads out, it will definitely cause an uproar."

His words awakened Long Yin, now they have no name for their teachers, and they don't even have a name to ask their crimes openly, how can Long Yin bear it.

"What about people?!"

Immediately someone brought Ling Xing over.

"Say! Where are the tree species?"

Ling Xing said calmly, "I stole the tree seed myself. Jing Yu didn't know about it. It has nothing to do with him."

Long Yin patted the table, "I asked you about the tree species!"

"I won't hand over the tree seeds to you. Have you ever explained to the public about your private plan to plant the trees on Lansu Star?"

"When will it be the people's turn to intervene in the military's decision?"

"Then why when I mentioned this matter, people here are sneaky. The marshal didn't show up when such a big incident happened. Could it be you who made the decision on your own?"

Long Yin clenched his fist, wishing to beat him up here.

"I'll just ask you one last time patiently. Don't think that you have a gold medal for avoiding death if you are a baby. Tree, plant, where, where, where?"

Ling Xing's expression remains the same, "No matter how many times you ask, the answer is the same, I won't say it."

Long Yin waved his hand and summoned his subordinates, "Go to the church, dig three feet into the ground, and find it for me too."

The subordinate was just about to leave when he was ordered to leave, but was stopped by Long Yin, "Also, call Gu Xing back, and don't allow him to stay there any longer!"

"Yes, sir."

The pastor of the church finished his morning prayers for the day, when he heard a noise coming from outside.

When he rushed outside, he saw many people in military uniforms digging up every inch of land in the yard. The flowers that Ling Xing and Jing Yu had planted together were ruthlessly shoveled to pieces.

"What are you doing?"

He hurriedly stepped forward to stop him, but was stopped by the oncoming soldier with one hand, "Executing military affairs has nothing to do with you, please don't interfere."

"This is the courtyard of the church, why are you messing around?" the pastor said angrily.

But the other party completely ignored his opinion. Several people went directly into the church and searched around inside. The pastor wanted to follow, but he was firmly restrained in place.

Some believers came to perform routine morning prayers. Seeing this scene from a distance, they were frightened and retreated, not knowing what happened.

After a while, Jing Yu came out with a suitcase in his hand, followed closely by two soldiers.

"Jing Yu, what happened? What about Ling Xing?"

Jing Yu walked past him as if she hadn't heard what he said. His expression when he left was exactly the same as when he came, without any change. He had lived here for seven years, and there was no feeling of reluctance when he left .

The soldiers sent by Long Yin searched all the rooms and courtyards of the church, even searched the pastor who knew nothing about it, and repeatedly questioned whether anyone else had been here the day before, only evading the pastor's question. no answer.

The catastrophe lasted for a full six hours. When the military personnel evacuated without finding anything, the entire church was as horrible as a tornado passing through.

The pastor anxiously dialed Ling Xing's terminal number over and over again, but couldn't get through, and finally had to call the bishop.

When the bishop received the news, he hurried to the military headquarters. When Long Yin saw this person, he cursed inwardly for trouble.

"Lieutenant General Long Yin." The bishop greeted him unceremoniously.

"My lord bishop," Long Yin replied politely, "I am not a church here, did you go to the wrong place?"

"Your people demolished one of our churches in the morning, and a child in the church is still missing. Are you not allowed to come and find someone?"

"Child?" Long Yin laughed, "You call a baby who is more than seventy years old a child?"

"No matter how old he is, he is still a child, and crimes committed by a child cannot be punished in the same way as adults, not to mention that you can't even get him charged."

Long Yin sneered, and just about to answer, the staff officer secretly tugged his cuffs from behind, making him take back his words in time.

"Well, if you say it's a child, it's a child. Your child came by himself, but no one forced him."

The bishop did not listen to his explanation, "I only give you one choice, either you tell the reason for his detention, or let him go."

Long Yin was about to get bored, according to the reports of his subordinates, they found nothing in the church, and that Ling Xing insisted on refusing to say anything, if the bishop puts pressure on the matter to get out, then this matter will be ruined. Big trouble.

"Okay, you can take the person away, but you have to take care of the person, after all, the infancy is very fragile." He specially bit the word "fragile" very hard.

For his threat, the bishop gave Ling Xing a fierce stare, and soon someone brought Ling Xing over, seeing that the other party was unharmed, the bishop was relieved.

"what is the problem?"

Long Yin pricked up his ears calmly.

The bishop blocked Ling Xing with his robe vigilantly, "Let's go, let's go back and talk."

"Tch," Long Yin spat disdainfully behind them.

"Lieutenant General, it seems that the bishop is completely ignorant of this matter, and the line of Ling Xing handing over the seeds to the church can be ruled out."

"But he is still a member of the church, maybe he just didn't have time to hand it over. Keep a close watch on them. During this time, everyone who enters and leaves the church will be recorded."

Ling Xing returned to the church and almost cried when he saw that his and Jing Yu's hard work had been destroyed.

The bishop also felt uncomfortable. The once thriving flowers and plants were mixed with the soil, scattered all over the place, dilapidated.

Ling Xing went to the greenhouse to get the shovel without saying a word, and began to squat down, little by little, to plant the surviving flowers and plants back to their original places. The bishop and pastor also came to help him. It has only been restored to a quarter of its original appearance.

A hand was placed on Ling Xing's shoulder, "Let's take a rest first, we will continue tomorrow."

Ling Xing is already tireless, but thinking that there are still two people around, and they won't leave if he doesn't leave, he reluctantly agrees.

Taking this opportunity, the bishop asked tentatively, "Don't you want to tell me why you went to the military headquarters? Could it be related to the call you made this morning?"

Ling Xing opened his mouth and was about to speak, but then he thought that if he didn't say this, it would be his own doing, but if he did, the church and the military would inevitably break out again.At that time, the military department is likely to bite back and label the bishop as the mastermind behind the scenes. Maybe even the church will be implicated and charged with theft.

Thinking of this, he tightly closed his mouth again, refusing to utter a single word no matter what.

The bishop and the pastor looked at each other helplessly, they didn't even know the problem, how could they solve it?

Ling Xing's bedroom was also turned into a mess, and the messy books all over the floor could not offset the emptiness created by the disappearance of a person. Before Jing Yu came, Ling Xing had lived here alone for more than sixty years, but he had never felt so deserted.

Sleeping on the lower bunk, it seemed that he lacked some kind of weight from the upper bunk, which made him feel light and insecure.

Another week passed in such a day, and the bishop came here frequently, trying to find out the truth from Ling Xing, but he had made up his mind not to mention it.The bishop returned without success, and the people Long Yin sent to monitor him couldn't find any clues.

After a long time, some people couldn't sit still. Seeing that the chance of recovering the lost tree species became increasingly slim, the most angry thing was that they knew who the thief was, but they couldn't punish him. How could Long Yin swallow this breath.

Seeing that the matter could not be dragged on, his staff had to give him advice.

"The matter of the tree species has not been settled for so long. The people have been waiting for the military to give an explanation. The marshal also mentioned it twice. In my opinion, no outsiders have known about this matter yet. Let us treat it as that false The tree species are real, just promise them to plant them in their own country, and forget their wish.”

"And then? Grow a peach tree?"

"It's true that we saw it grow from the tree of souls with our own eyes, but the tree of souls has produced such a strange thing for thousands of years. There is no precedent at all to prove that it must be a tree species, and all this is just an expert's opinion. Just guessing."

Long Yin closed his eyes and took a deep breath, although he felt that this suggestion couldn't be more stupid, but he couldn't think of a smarter way.

"Even so, I really can't bear to let a thief hide like this."

At this time, someone knocked on the door and came in, "Lieutenant General."

Long Yin raised his eyelids, the person who came in was a health care doctor, "Speak."

"I did a routine medical on Lone Star this morning and found this."

Long Yin took the report from him, and quickly read the three or five lines, "You said Lone Star has awakened?"

"Yes, but he was injected with a tranquilizer for the young state, so he didn't show it."

Long Yin wished he could crush the report, "Ling, Xing..."

The staff officer had an idea, "I have an idea."

"Say."

"Lone Star has awakened, and he would have found one of his kind to kill. No matter what, this person's death is doomed."

"If Lone Star mistakenly kills another young girl who lives with him day and night during the coming-of-age ceremony, no one will be suspicious, and it will save the military the trouble of selecting a candidate. Wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone."

"It makes sense," Long Yin's eyes flashed a dangerous light, "Do you have that kind of tranquilizer remover?"

The military doctor was a little flustered after hearing the staff officer's words, but he quickly lowered his eyes and replied, "Yes."

"That's good," Long Yin gritted his teeth, "I don't need to teach you how to do it?"

For the first time in many days, Jing Yu was summoned in front of Long Yin.

"You violated a military order once and caused irreparable losses. The crime is the same as treason. According to military law, the death penalty should be executed."

Jing Yu stood straight and listened to his speech without raising any objection, even if Long Yin ordered him to die, he would carry it out without hesitation.

"But the military department has decided to lenient you and give you a chance to make up for your mistakes. Moreover, this order is of great benefit not only to you, but also to your caregiver."

Long Yin walked in front of him, lowered his voice and said, "After all, you don't want to see him disappear, do you?"

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Ling Xing silently closed the Bible in his hand. Recently, he spent his time chanting scriptures and confessing every day except repairing the garden. In the precepts of the church, he committed three violations of breaking his promise, lying and stealing, and he has no face to continue. Served as the priest here.

Every year at this time, the pastor would go to Alien Star to study the teachings, and this year was no exception. When he came back, he would find an opportunity to raise this point with the pastor.

The footsteps behind him reminded him that someone had entered the church. Ling Xing, who thought it was a visit from a believer, turned around, but saw an unexpected person.

"Jing Yu?" He said pleasantly, "You come back..."

Jing Yu took a step forward, and the other party never had a chance to say the last word to welcome him home.

He only felt his eyes go dark, Ling Xing's wrist was lifted weakly in the air, and a holy music scripture fell to the ground.