[Rebirth to the Future] Diplomacy

The winter sky is starting to clear up, and the warm winter sun is particularly gratifying.

Rong Pei's body has slowly recovered, and there is no obstacle to walking and running.During this period of time, the people in Yunlai Hong Kong showed the greatest tolerance to the Secretary-General who was frequently caught by accidents. This kind of tolerance has already spread to the entire western part bounded by Heishui Prefecture. A long silence expressed understanding.

The timing was so coincidental, Rong Pei spent most of the winter in a state of semi-illness leave, which just allowed him to avoid the dilemma of expressing his opinion on Le Tang's defection to the Far East Federation.

While Rong Pei, who was gradually recovering, was still trying to get acquainted with everything outside, Le Tang's situation had changed drastically.

Le Tang, who was always a bit timid when talking to strangers, seemed to have changed suddenly. He was used to appearing in front of the camera in the uniform of the Far Eastern Federation, and he was used to speaking freely in the Far Eastern Conference. , He even called Yunlaigang City Council from time to time, and asked about Rong Pei's situation without hesitation-after learning that Rong Pei had not recovered from his illness, he expressed regret with regret.

The people in Yun Lai Hong Kong were angered by his rampant face when he gained power, but they couldn't stand up and criticize Le Tang, because they remembered that Rong Pei rushed to the Far East immediately without caring about clearing up the suspicion, and after knowing Le Tang Tang was hit hard by the reluctance to return to China and suffered a serious illness.

At this juncture, no one can bear to add fuel to the fire.

Rong Pei gradually regained some of his previous habits, such as reading newspapers and periodicals carefully after getting up early every day.He noticed that the new changes in the Far East were put on the headlines of the newspapers and magazines everywhere, and only the western newspapers thoughtfully mentioned it, and he suddenly smiled.

He put on the coat Tao An bought for himself, wrapped it in a scarf, called the fur ball and walked out the door.

Gao Jingting has been very busy recently, because Han Ding has already sent the plan to the military, and the highlight of this year's Ice Sculpture Festival has been arranged for the military.People couldn't come to accompany Rong Pei, but Ji Lei sent him here, euphemistically saying "Let Mao Qiu also have a company".

As soon as Rong Pei opened the door, he saw Xie Yunxi waiting outside.

Rong Pei didn't have a deep impression of Xie Yunxi, but recently he could recall more and more things, and after a little thought, he could recall who Xie Yunxi was.Rong Pei was not disgusted with this kid who was originally arranged by Li Fujun to replace him by Gao Jingting's side, but in the end kept saying that he wanted to pursue him.He smiled and said, "Why come here when you have time?"

Xie Yunxi said plausibly: "Aren't you going to inspect Xishan? I'm also a serious graduate of a military school. I must have a better grasp of that period of history than you. Maybe I can give some advice."

Rong Pei patted him on the head: "Then let's go together."

At this time, the sky was fluttering with snow, and the sky was covered with salt-like snowflakes, which looked white.

Xie Yunxi was a little confused, he once thought about chasing Rong Pei and giving him care and warmth that others could not give him.But when he actually came to Yunlai Port, he found that Rong Pei was not lacking in these things - Rong Pei was always surrounded by them.

At least Xie Yunxi has never seen a politician who can stay in his original position after losing the ability to act and think.Everyone around him didn't mean to leave him, but they were still tied together tightly because of his accident.

Xie Yunxi found that the boundless loneliness and pain that lingered around Rong Pei at first had already been dispelled.

This means that Rong Pei has pulled out the last weakness, and has become stronger, more determined, and more difficult to be shaken.

Xie Yunxi felt something sprouting quietly in her heart.

Different from the previous throbbing caused by "resonance", different from the previous desire to get close to Rong Pei, he wanted to stand beside Rong Pei and his partners and walk forward with them.

He thought of Li Fujun, who cultivated him carefully, and the oath he read at the graduation ceremony of the military academy. In a person's life, the weight of love is very small, and he doesn't need to contend with it.

Whether it's out of gratitude to Li Fujun, or out of consideration for the future and future, he should not continue to pursue Rong Pei.

He is still young, he should do something better.

After Xie Yunxi figured it out, her gaze became firm."Have you thought about your vision for this ice festival?" he said.

Rong Pei said, "I've seen the planning after the municipal administration has been perfected."

Xie Yunxi bent over and picked up Ji Lei, and fed Ji Lei's favorite candy into its mouth: "Then tell me about it along the way."

Rong Pei glanced at him.

Xie Yunxi said: "Gao Jingting guarded me like a thief, and never told me about these things. Tell me about it, maybe I can give some advice."

Of course Pei knew Xie Yunxi's ability very well, so he generously spread out his plan in front of Xie Yunxi: "Actually, it's not a great idea, I just want to take this opportunity to push Yun to come to Hong Kong. The Ice Sculpture Festival is over." More than half of the time, tens of thousands of tourists have been received and sent off, but this is just following the old rules, and there is nothing special about it. Our idea is to gradually restore the historical west-in fact, we have already started to work hard. Wait until As winter draws to a close, we have a big exercise."

Xie Yunxi's brows twitched: "Practice?"

Rong Pei said: "It is held together with the military's winter exercise, and the theme is also 'recovery'."

Xie Yunxi vaguely grasped the clue: "First restore the grand occasion in the west, and then restore—the war—and the post-war after the war?"

Rong Pei admired Xie Yunxi's sensitivity: "Yes."

Xie Yunxi paused in place without saying a word.

Rong Pei raised his eyebrows: "What's wrong?"

Xie Yunxi said, "You are digging open the wounds of the empire."

Everyone in the West after the war remembers what it was like.With Heishuizhou as the boundary, the large area of ​​land going west was abandoned by the empire. The refugees came to the steel bridge in Heishuizhou, looked at the river wide enough to divide the land in half, looked at the Heishui State, which is as stable as Mount Tai but refuses them to enter, has completely fallen into despair.

The once glorious seaports and cities in the west have all been turned into ruins. The wreckage of aircraft ships and the bones of soldiers are all over every corner. Reptiles and wild birds occupy this piece of land that once belonged to the empire. In the evening of the bloody sun, there was a desolate cry.

This is the most shameful volume in the history of the empire. No one dared to tear off the veil covering it and face the bloody wound directly.

Rong Pei said: "If the wound won't heal for a long time, it's best to cut it out ruthlessly."

Xie Yunxi laughed and asked curiously, "How much have you recovered?" Rong Pei at this time has actually gradually converged to a normal state.

Rong Pei looked at him: "When have you ever heard that a patient can judge how much better his illness is?"

Xie Yunxi also knew that she asked a stupid question.He lowered his head and remained silent for a while. When he raised his head, he showed two sharp canine teeth: "Do you know who was the one who guarded Heishui Prefecture and ordered the bridge to be closed and abandoned to the west during that tragic battle?"

Rong Pei smiled and said, "Li Zhenxing from the Li family?"

Xie Yunxi said, "No, it wasn't him. At that time, Li Zhenxing was seriously injured and unconscious. The person who gave orders on his behalf was his adjutant."

Rong Pei frowned, and then guessed: "Li Zhenxing's adjutant...surnamed Xie?"

Xie Yunxi said: "That's right, the surname is Xie—the person who actually gave the order was my ancestor Xie Hanzhi. Our family has been on good terms with the Li family for generations—it's not so much a good relationship as it is like the Hao family's relationship with the Gao family." Li Zhenxing woke up shortly after my ancestor gave the order. He was angry with my ancestor's decision, so he led people into the war zone, and finally died fighting to defend the west. My ancestor has always defended Heishuizhou , My ancestor died of illness shortly after the end of the war. The Li family bore the crime and shame of abandoning the west, but our family was also far away from the core of the Li family, gradually declining, and I was the only one left in my generation. "

Rong Pei listened to Xie Yunxi calmly narrate the history of the Xie family, and couldn't help but look at him more.

At that time, if the west was not abandoned and the scope of defense was not reduced in time, it was very likely that even the inland states would become war zones. The west was a lesson for what would happen to the territory ravaged by the then Emperor Hagerhaus.

Therefore, what Xie Hanzhi did at that time cannot be said to be wrong.It's just that there are few people in the entire empire who can make that kind of determination. The best example is Li Zhenxing who is sober - he can't accept this situation at all.

Rong Pei felt that if he encountered that situation, he might make the same decision: sacrificing a few people and protecting the majority is the most rational choice.

Rong Pei patted Xie Yunxi on the shoulder and said, "That's the most correct way."

Xie Yunxi smiled: "So if you want to 'restore', you can leave me a place."

Rong Pei looked at him.

Xie Yunxi turned her head, silently staring at the glow of the sky.

He is the only one left in the Xie family, since Rong Pei wants to open the wounds of the empire, then he should stand up on behalf of the Xie family.

Regardless of whether it was scolding or praise, what the ancestors of the Xie family did should be restored exactly - because until his death, his ancestors still had no regrets!

It was the most regrettable thing for his parents who died young to see the Xie family disappear into the empire without a sound. Li Fujun gave him the best conditions, so he should seize every opportunity.

Xie Yunxi turned her head back, looked at Rong Pei and said, "Give me your 'restored' Heishuizhou."

Rong Pei smiled and said, "No problem."

Seeing his smile, Xie Yunxi's heart skipped a beat for no reason.He suddenly thought of a possibility, stared at Rong Pei and said, "Is this already in your arrangement?"

Pushing in this direction, the reason why Gao Jingting excluded himself became very clear: he also played a role in the planning, and he had to abide by the principle of confidentiality before the exercise.

Rong Pei raised his hand to sweep the fur ball's snow-white feathers, and did not hide it: "I planned to let Colonel Qiu look for you in two days, but I didn't expect you to come here by yourself."

Xie Yunxi had already experienced Rong Pei's ability when he was in the east, so he quickly accepted it calmly.Facing Rong Pei's gaze, an unprecedented fighting spirit was ignited in his heart: "That's just right, saving the effort of adjusting the plan." Let's go and have a look, I have to be familiar with the western map restored with ice and snow. "

Seeing that Xie Yunxi's pace became quick and easy, Rong Pei smiled and followed.

The furball seemed to be infected too, it flapped its wings away from Rong Pei's shoulder, and while flying forward, it called out to Ji Lei: "Run, run!"

Ji Lei understood what it said, and opened his legs to chase after the fur ball.

Xie Yunxi was amused by them, and shouted: "I'm coming too!" He opened his legs and ran after Ji Lei.

Rong Pei watched Xie Yunxi running and making trouble with the two little guys from a distance, and couldn't help but smile.

Sure enough, he was just a child.