Beat Generation

trapped beast

Wu Ershan had tinnitus for several days, good and bad. Every night, she could dream of the moment when she rang a pistol, a grenade, and threw it in the wrong direction. , and later, she passed out.

Taking a picture with a small mirror, the scar on her forehead gradually disappeared. She suddenly regretted why she didn't listen to Wen Xi and Bo Mei's persuasion when she was studying, even if she went to a light-weight basic military training?She can't even throw pistols, grenades, and bullets.

Their generation had to participate in military training every winter and summer from elementary school to high school. At that time, they were always preparing for the possible day when the South and the North would fight. mantra.

"Is today better?" Zhan Banbi came in with a glass of freshly squeezed banana juice and a wild boar leg sandwich, "Let's have breakfast."

"...Is there no news about Xiao Huanxi?" Wu asked.

"Yes."

Wu Ershan took a sip of banana juice, "She must be in Bo Hui's hands, is there a way for you to contact him?"

"He has refused three times, my request for a conversation."

"..." Wu's face darkened, "Then what's going on with the rumors outside?"

Zhan Banbi took the banana juice that Wu had drunk, and took a sip, "What rumor are you referring to?"

"You were ordered by the country to set up a special task force to go deep into the south to fight against smuggling and smuggling..." Wu looked at Zhan Banbi, "The three of us made an appointment, why Wen Xi's life and death are uncertain now, you clearly know why she disappeared, Why is it rumored that she escaped from the southern country because of smuggling and resisting arrest!??"

Zhan Banbi looked at Wu, and Wu felt that her elk-like clear eyes were filled with dense mist. She tried to use the past friendship of the four of them to clear up the mist, but she found that it was In vain, Zhan Banbi is so determined that no one can open the window in her heart.

"Ershan, we have known what the Wen family does since we were young, and we also know how many people's blood was on Wen Xi's hands. If she is here, you can ask her if she can count how many people she killed. How many debts have you owed? Now that she is gone, there will always be people under her who can't sit still, creating a little public opinion, a little confusion, and there are many people who want to take her position." Zhan rubbed Wu's shoulder, " You have to heal your wounds. Don't think about it."

Wu looked at the early summer sunshine outside the window. She lowered her head and asked in a deep voice, "When are we going to rescue her? We can't leave her alone."

"It's coming soon. Wait. I'm asking for an order from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This time the matter is much more serious than we expected. I've covered everything that can be covered, but I can't cover some public opinion. Yes. Maybe in the near future, our southern country and the northern country will send people to Zhanmu River to have a border dialogue." After Zhan finished speaking, he left the ward. At first, I felt that Wen Xi might not be able to swim the Zhanmu River anymore.

Wen Xi's disappearance was like a hollow snowball, getting bigger and bigger, and the entire Wen family remained motionless. Rong Lanzhi refused to see anyone in the name of mourning, and she didn't order anyone to spy on Zhanmuhe, as if it was completely As if disregarding Wen Xi's safety.The more Rong Lanzhi stood still, the more heated the eight southern provinces became. Rumors were flying all over the sky that the North had used thunderous means to rectify Wen's family this time, and was the first to take off Wen Xi's head. Some say that the northern government has eaten up all the snail shells on the southern issue, and now they are so angry that they directly put pressure on Rong Lanzhi, making her unable to speak at all; what's more, they say Wen Xi is just the beginning. If Nanfang doesn't take the initiative to make full concessions on taxation and other issues, then I really don't know whose child will die outside for no reason... An unexpected incident happened to be in such a sensitive place. Zhan Banbi knew that this was an uproar, and there were more and more problems. She could only temporarily stop all this by killing the source.

After coming out of the hospital, she went straight to the government building. Secretary Guan had already prepared the documents needed for the video conference. Zhan Banbi sat in front of her seat and took a deep breath.

"Drink Peony Spring to soothe your throat. Today's meeting may be a bit long." Secretary Guan reminded.

Zhan Banbi nodded. After she took a sip of Peony Spring, she changed into another look. The holographic screen was turned on, and she said, "Good morning, Prime Minister Zhan. Good morning, Minister Xu."

Minister Xu is the Minister of Foreign Affairs. He said, "To make a long story short, Zhanmuhe's attitude has begun to soften. I will gather with the relevant personnel of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Beiguo as soon as possible to urge Zhanmuhe to complete a border dialogue. There has been a lot of discussion about this unexplained exchange of fire on the Internet. For more than ten years, Zhanmu River has been very peaceful, and there have been occasional small-scale armed conflicts between villages, but it has never been like this time."

"We have every reason to suspect that Northland may be secretly intensifying the situation in Zhanmuhe," Zhan Banbi said.

Minister Xu nodded, "The civil strife is about to begin, and the northern thieves are waiting. This is the situation I was most afraid of seeing back then."

Premier Zhan smiled, "Minister Xu, we have seen a worse situation than this. The soldiers came to cover up the water."

The entire meeting started with Zhan Muhe's dialogue, and the list of participants could be drawn up in the afternoon at the earliest. After the meeting, Premier Zhan left Zhan Banbi behind. Through the holographic screen, Zhan Banbi found that her father was watching with a scrutiny. Looking at her, Zhan held the pen halfway, and responded head-on to his father's inquiry.

"She is just like her father, eccentric, self-righteous, and aloof. With the beautiful mountains and rivers in the south, she can dominate everything."

"Who?"

Prime Minister Zhan crossed his hands, and he looked at Zhan Banbi, "Banbi, over the years, you have kept more and more things from me. This is a good thing. The more you keep from me, the more things you can bear." , I am very relieved that your two younger brothers are not as responsible as you are. But sometimes, I don't even know where my eldest daughter... has gone?"

"I have always been here, by your side, Father, to fight for the future of our southern country."

"Then this time, I hope you won't be soft-hearted again. Over the years, you have let her go many times. You have fed your good friend Wen Xi with a sip of wine and meat. One day, she will turn around and bite her." kill you."

After Prime Minister Zhan said this, he dropped the pen in his hand!Zhan Banbi took a deep breath, she leaned back on the chair, her face was cloudy and uncertain, and the father and daughter fell into a brief silent wrestling.

In the end, it was the father who spoke first.

"Banbi, you should often go home for dinner. Your mother always blames me for giving you too much work and raising you like a son."

"..." Zhan Banbi stroked her hair. Her fair and slender fingers ran through her long black hair. Secretary Guan noticed that her fingertips were trembling slightly. Zhan leaned on the seat and took out the lighter from the drawer. In front of her father, she lit a cigarette. Since five years ago, Zhan has never smoked in front of her father. For the sake of the image of a gentle, gentle, fair and hard-working director, and for the promotion of Zhan's mother's idea of ​​"public officials" Smoking ban] Well, she did not smoke in a government building for five years.

Secretary Guan gritted her teeth and managed to get through an emergency meeting. The tense conversation in front of her was even more urgent.

"Father. What do you want me to do?" Zhan took a puff on his cigarette and asked.

"You shouldn't support Wen Xi anymore. Her strength will soon overwhelm Rong Lanzhi. She will be more terrifying than Rong Lanzhi." Father Zhan said earnestly.

"Father, I supported Wen Xi and helped her get to where she is today, all because of you. Without Wen Xi, Rong Lanzhi would be a headache for you now. As you can see, she just died... If you are a good friend, you can make troubles known to the north and south. Rong Lanzhi blatantly mentioned Bo at the funeral, why did she take you seriously?"

Zhan's father stopped talking, and Zhan Banbi stopped talking. She smoked cigarettes one after another, "Wen Xi is my good friend, and I need her to live. Father, I value her more than you can imagine."

"I was young too, haha, I was a soldier with Bo Zhengtao and Wen Conglai, but now they are gone, I am still alive. It is good to value love and righteousness, but Banbi, Dad wants to tell you, Bei The South is different, you and your friends from the South have already chosen a position when you were born, and you will not have to change it in this life."

Zhan Banbi curled his mouth and changed the topic: "Father, I think I'll go home for dinner often after I've been busy for a while."

"That's good.... By the way, please invite Ershan and her little wife to come to your house when you have time."

"I'm afraid it will be difficult. They are newly married and still playing around."

"I didn't expect that among you juniors, Er Shan's child was the first to get married."

Zhan's father left the meeting room, and Zhan Banbi also left the meeting room. She crushed out the cigarette butt, drank a whole cup of Peony Spring, and then her complexion returned to normal. Miss gave a lot of green lights, if it weren't for you, Director, she would have been overwhelmed by Rong Lanzhi's momentum, how could it be so smooth?"

"Secretary Guan, I'm really generous to her in private, but it's all due to her own good fortune that she can get today's reputation." Zhan blinked, and she took another deep breath, "I can't let the Wen family only Only Rong Lanzhi dominates." She laughed again, "Speaking of which, the heir disappeared, Rong Lanzhi was able to hold his breath so calmly, it seems that their 'mother-daughter' relationship is really terrible."

[Zhanmuhe Fire Incident] From a domestic incident full of suspicions from the north to the south, it has evolved into an international incident that requires three-party dialogue. Rong Lanzhi is sitting at home watching the behind-the-scenes pusher escalate the incident. She really admires this pusher So much so that Wen Chongli talked to her, and she was full of praise for this pusher.

"Mom, Xiao Huanxi has been missing for so long, don't you really worry about her at all?" Wen Chong had sent Yang Fan and others to search and rescue Wen Xi in private, but Rong Lanzhi was silent.

"What's there to worry about. Do you really think that little bastard Bo Mae will kill your sister?"

"Their siblings have long been outlaws, what else can't be done?"

"Chong'er, if our people go to save people, it won't look good. Looking back, we should say that we in the south directed and acted ourselves, and the orphans and widows are sympathetic. Don't you think the newspapers are getting better and better these two days? You really should study hard. Staying in the Air Force every day, you haven’t learned any tricks. I learned from Zhan Banbi. She was about to go to jail when things broke out, but now it’s all due to her. She is so A way to end this is really rare." Rong Lanzhi frowned, "Bo Mei won't kill your sister, don't worry."

"Mom...why are you so sure?"

"She likes her very, very much, but she doesn't know it herself. And...the one far away in Huanjing, I'm afraid she doesn't know it until now. They have been in love for a long time." Rong Lanzhi looked at Wen Chong with a cold face, " When love comes, it cannot be stopped, the longer it is blocked, the more turbulent it will be when it is revealed, it will be suffocating.”

Wen Chong saw Rong Lanzhi's face as a veteran in love, and was even more worried for a while. His sister is both civil and military, and her appearance and conduct are first-class. Road, I am afraid that in the future, under the nine springs, it will be difficult for Wen Chong, the elder brother, to see his parents again.

Secretly, someone has been sent to investigate, and obviously he wants to put his name on the list of the diplomatic corps and go there to find someone in person.

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Another dawn has come.

Wen Xi was gently pulled out of the pit by the hook. Today, she went to the doctor to change her dressing as usual. The injury on her leg has healed completely. She can run and dance now, but she only dances with shackles on her feet. Fortunately, she used to practice I'm used to carrying heavy weights when boxing, but I don't think it's too heavy.

At this time the sun has not yet come out, Wen Xi is eating breakfast while looking at the buffaloes that are plowing nearby. Long timber, Bo Hui seems to have hired someone from a village to repair the base for him, and the sound of logging and chainsaws can be heard everywhere.

Some people will look at her curiously, and Wen Xi will smile at them, and often at this time, the guards will scold her, and the soldier will say: "Miss Bo, you are forbidden to laugh at others! You are forbidden to talk to others. say!"

Every time she finished saying this, Wen Xi could see the soldier's hands trembling when he turned off the gun, and she thought that the soldier felt the same as herself that Miss Bo's ban made people laugh... Wen Xi's face I laughed, but I felt that these words were very familiar, how could I not be familiar with them?This is obviously copying what she said to Zhuang Mei back then.

Wen Xi didn't expect that she could remember it so clearly... A hurtful word, a punishment that crushed her self-esteem, every piece, big and small, it turned out that she had carved them all into her bones.

"After breakfast, you can bask in the sun for five minutes. After a short rest, you have to participate in labor."

Wen Xi nodded, the daily cycle of life was no different from going to jail, basking in the sun was letting the wind go, and working was moving bricks, making handicrafts, washing clothes or picking bananas in the woods.

Today it seems that she is making handicrafts. Wen Xi has no wisdom in handicrafts since she was a child. After several days of learning, she can't make a small bench or a small bamboo mat. She only knows the most basic paper lanterns. .

This place is hardly civilized, every house is a former building, and paper lanterns are very popular.

Wen Xi was very serious about making lanterns. She was whipped a few times when she looked around, but now she kept her head down every time, until the soldier told her to stop, she just pretended to be doing it non-stop.

With her hair loose like this, wearing an old red dress, obediently bowing her head to do things, even her eyebrows and eyes are no longer aggressive, Zhuang Mei will hide behind the shelf and watch, she can look at it all afternoon, thin Hui asked her why she was looking at it, and she replied that only by looking at her like this could she remember how she tortured her in the past, and she wanted to return the one that did not fall.

Bo Hui didn't doubt that he was there, but only told the girl who was serving her personally to pay attention to safety.

Sometimes when it rains outside, the ground will become wet and soft. Wen Xi would pick up a bamboo pole and hang up all the lanterns piled on the ground one by one. Walking in the air, Wen Xi looked like a red phantom in a trance, shuttled back and forth, as if very busy.

In these unreal moments, Zhuang Mei will feel that time passes very slowly, and the space is also distorted. She can only see the red shadow floating... Finally, after working as a supervisor for a day, she will make a long A long dream about that red shadow.

Zhuang Meishen thought that she was going through a kind of torment she had never experienced before. Thousands of ants were gnawing at her heart, and thousands of spring bees were buzzing and stinging her memories. She thought of the memories of the past five years. Every thing is so clear, there are good and bad, Wenxi gave her the worst life that seems to be the most ordinary, the firework of these firewood, rice, oil and salt often made her cry in the middle of the night, but it also taught her There are many people who should have sophistication... Zhuang Mei desperately thinks about Wen Xi's badness, vileness, vulgarity, and cruelty, and from time to time, some good, beautiful, gorgeous, and unfathomable things about Wen Xi will pop up in her heart...

In the end, Zhuang Mei asked someone to hook Wen Xi who was sleeping in the pit on a dry night.

Wen Xi who was sleeping was really taken aback, she thought that Zhuang Mei had played enough, and taking advantage of the dark sky, she wanted to send her on the road.

Going this way, Wen Xi knew that she had no way out, and she couldn't wait for reinforcements, so she turned pale and was ready to die.

There was a table and a chair in front of her, Wen Xi sat down, and the soldier retreated behind her, yawning.

Wen Xi looked around, and there were curtains with intricate patterns in front of her eyes. A faint candlelight flickered at the end of the curtains, and she could see a very vague figure sitting opposite her.

"Bo Mei?" Wen Xi yelled, a white ball of paper rolled over from the other end of the curtain, Wen Xi picked it up, opened it, and there was Zhuang Mei's handwriting on it.

[It suddenly occurred to me that in the past five years, we didn't seem to have a good meal. 】

When Wen Xi saw this sentence, a mournful smile appeared on his face.

"Yeah. I can even have a meal with my competitors, but I always end up with you."

Another ball of paper rolled over, and Wen Xi opened it——

[Tonight, let's have a good meal and let me give you a ride. 】