POW camp

"No, it's impossible!" Corto's face was extremely ugly, he hissed and threw the photo in his hand on the table, "This is absolutely impossible!"

Hovis didn't speak, but looked at him with pity.Lan Ting picked up the color photo, on which was a little girl in her teens, the snow-white gauze skirt was stained with blood, giving people a very strong visual impact.The girl's eyes were wide open, as if she was complaining about something.

"No——! No, it's not true..." Coto repeated a sentence over and over, his face contorted in pain, completely overwhelmed by the horrific scene in the photo.

Hovis sighed, and said in a low voice: "We are sorry for your daughter's matter, and we didn't expect Hill to do it suddenly..."

"It's impossible!" Coto jumped up like an electric shock, his red eyes fixed on Hovis and Lan Ting, his hatred was surging, as if the two people in front of him were the real murderers, "You lied to me!"

Hovis paused for a moment and said, "I understand that this is hard for you to accept, but the source of the photo is very reliable, I..."

"Lie to me! Lie to me!" Coto took out a newspaper from his pocket and threw it on the table. "Hill still contacts me. He said that if I don't show up within three days, he will abuse me." Daughter. You are lying!"

Howes picked up the newspaper, and in the middle was still the missing person notice, under the blurry photo of the girl it was written: Haiwei? ?Corto, 15 years old, wearing a royal blue dress, missing his left arm, went missing on April 4. Please go to No. 28, xx Street three days later if you know his whereabouts. Thank you very much.

Corto pointed at the small print with a trembling finger: "April 4th is the day you captured Fancheng and I fled. Hill's meaning is very clear. He wants me to meet him at this place in three days, otherwise I will die." Will cut off my daughter's left arm! You are lying!"

Hovis pondered for a while, and said slowly: "Kotto, everyone is more willing to believe in the good side when encountering things. I can understand your love for your daughter. But the facts are the facts. Haiwei has long been tortured and killed by Hill Now, just after you escaped from his control, he just set a trap for you and wants you to enter the urn. Think about it, if you rush to the place agreed in the newspaper, you will never return. Did he cut off your daughter? arm, how could you know?"

He paused, and added: "Besides, our information was provided by the crown prince of Ole Kingdom. It should be said that the accuracy is very high. I hope you can think about it carefully."

Corto stood there dumbfounded as if he had been hit with a club head-on, looking extremely old and sad.Howes and Lan Ting looked at each other, feeling very sorry for each other.Hovis patted Coto on the shoulder lightly, and walked out side by side with Lan Ting.Just as he closed the door, he heard heart-piercing howls from inside.

The two walked into the yard and were silent for a long time, feeling very depressed.Lan Ting looked up at the silhouettes of birds passing by in the sky, and said leisurely: "Sometimes I really don't want to admit it, but in fact I am really not suitable to be a spy. I am too arrogant and stubborn. You drove me away from the special training back then. Team, that's right."

"But I also regret using that extremely strong method, knowing that you value reputation and reputation more than life." Hovis met Lan Ting's eyes, "If you do it all over again, I think, I I won't be so humble and conceited..."

"Are you apologizing?" Lan Ting approached Hovis.

"Of course." Hovis shrugged and leaned closer, with the tip of their noses only a finger away.

"No sincerity." Lan Ting snorted coldly.

Hovis smiled and kissed Lan Ting's lips.

This kiss was gentle and lingering, containing inexplicable emotions in each other's hearts.Maybe everyone is like this. Only when you see the pain of others will you cherish your own possessions.

Lan Ting seemed to think of something, suddenly pushed Hovis away, and said proudly: "I declare in advance that I will no longer do the next one."

"Oh?" Hovis raised his eyebrows, "I thought this kind of thing was customary."

"It's your size!" Lan Ting completely jumped, "The previous few times were all forced by you!"

"so?……"

"So you have to let me press it twice!"

"This kind of thing will happen later, who knows what will happen in the future?" Hovis said lightly.

"Hey!"

Hovis smiled and took Lan Ting's shoulders: "Go, I will take you to meet someone."

He walked shoulder to shoulder with Lan Ting through the long corridor, and from time to time met his subordinates who greeted them happily.This is like a small country, although it is only the bottom of the society.Most of them are from the background of soldiers, and their educational level is not high, but they value friendship. This kind of feeling is deeper and stronger after being tempered by life and death on the battlefield and baptized by blood.It is impossible for them to betray Lan Ting, so there is no need to hide it.

The two walked to the living room. A young man was sitting on the sofa cautiously. When he saw the two of them, he immediately stood up and saluted Lan Ting: "Captain Lan Ting."

"Gail!" Lan Ting jumped forward in surprise, hugged the young man tightly, separated after a long time, and punched him hard, "You boy, where are you going?"

"I'm going back to my hometown." Gail smiled, took off his hat and fiddled nervously, "I...I want to introduce a job to Mr. Hovis..."

"Why?" Lan Ting was stunned, and only then did he realize that Gail's mental state was quite good, at least he shouldn't be a national of the victorious country, much worse than when he was in the prisoner-of-war camp.The young man had a sad face, even a forced smile. He was still wearing a military uniform, but his epaulettes and collar patches were gone.

Gail found Lan Ting staring at him, and smiled bitterly: "I'm not a soldier anymore, they...they fired me..." He held back his resentment, and finally found someone willing to listen. Weeping, "They examined me... They said I was a prisoner of war... Captain, you know, I never surrendered, never... But they didn't listen at all..."

Lan Ting was filled with grief and indignation, and his eyes were red.

Gail sobbed for a while, calmed down, and continued: "I have no choice but to look for a job everywhere. But once I got my resume, I was a prisoner of war, and no place was willing to hire me. The subsidy for demobilized soldiers in the local area has been delayed. Willing to give it to me, I really... really have no choice... Fortunately, I met a former comrade-in-arms, let me come here to try my luck, I didn't expect to meet the captain, I'm really... really happy..." He He wiped away the tears on his face with his dirty sleeves, but his smile was sincere.

"What about your fiancée? Also..." Lan Ting asked softly.

"No, no," Gail said sternly, "She's a good girl, she's coming with me, she wants to stay with me."

Hovis stepped forward and patted Gail on the shoulder: "Don't worry, I will make arrangements for you and your fiancée. Not only will you have a job, but you will also have many comrades in arms to hold a wedding for you."

Gail couldn't hide his excitement and gratitude, and gave a very standard military salute to Hovis.Lan Ting said: "You take a good rest first, we must get together when we have time."

Gale's eyes sparkled and he nodded emphatically.

As soon as Gail left the living room, Lan Ting slammed the wall hard, and cursed: "Damn it! We have fought for so many years, worked hard, bled and sweated, and finally let them sit back and blame us instead! What is the world?"

Hovis lamented: "The people of this country are too good at forgetting. Like Gail, at least they are lucky enough to save their lives. What about those who died on the battlefield? Commemoration is just empty words. How many years, I will continue to talk about it in the future." He poured a glass of wine and handed it to Lan Ting, "Our generation has experienced this at least, and as time goes by, the next generation, the next generation, In the next generation, who will remember? Who will miss? Maybe when the situation changes and social unrest occurs, the red will become black, and the black will become red again."

Lan Ting walked to the window and pushed it open.Towards dusk, the sky took on an amber glow.The walls, roof ridges, and treetops are also painted with a setting sun, which is so warm that people want to hug them.

"How can I be as good as I want, but I want to be worthy of my heart." Lan Ting murmured, and suddenly turned around, "Hovis, I want to find the remains of those comrades in arms in the future, so that each of them can return to the motherland. Go back to your homeland. The history is too long, we can’t control so much, we only do what we can and must do.” He seems to have made a certain kind of determination, or he has always had this kind of thinking, but Just say it out.He said, "The court is coming up the day after tomorrow, Hovis, and I want to be in court."

Warm yellow light shone on Lan Ting's firm and handsome face, and Hovis stepped forward step by step, hugging him gently.This is Lan Ting, he can completely hide his name for the rest of his life, but he doesn't.He chooses to face it, even if the result is death.No matter how much setbacks and pains you encounter, the belief in your heart will never be shaken, and you will refuse to be mediocre, and you will refuse to live in mediocrity.

A hasty knock on the door interrupted the tranquility between the two, and Hovis suddenly had a bad premonition.He stepped forward to open the door, and saw Locke standing outside the door in a panic. "What's the matter?" Hovis asked.

"Sir, that man...he's gone..."

Hovis was taken aback, and said in unison with Lan Ting: "Coto!"

"Let's go!" Coto was concerned with Lan Ting's case, and there must be no accidents.Howes didn't care about riding in the carriage, so he pulled out a horse and whipped it and flew out.Just turning to xx street, there was a loud "boom", which made horses stand up in shock.A puff of smoke rose not far away, and people panicked and shouted loudly, and hurried past the horses.Hovis waved his arm resentfully and frowned, unexpectedly he was still a step behind.

At the same time, the adjutant walked up to Hill quickly: "General, the matter has been settled. Coto triggered the bomb, and there are no bones left, but we also lost a few people."

"Are you sure it was Corto who died?"

"At that time he was the closest to the bomb, it should be him."

"I don't want to, I want to! You have to continue to investigate until you are sure that the person is Corto."

"Yes, General."