After Chu Xiang jumped off the city wall, he felt that Chu Xiang had left. Everyone on the city wall cautiously raised their heads and glanced sideways at Chu Xiang's figure.
No one dared to make a sound. The boy's footsteps on the sand seemed very harsh. The beasts in the distance seemed to have stopped roaring with a tacit understanding. All the creatures around him seemed to be dead. It was so quiet that even the sound of falling snowflakes sounded like What could be heard was the boy's heavy breathing, which he tried to suppress but still seemed too heavy.
Li Shengxue's room was on the lowest floor on the west side of the earth building. The young man pointed to the inside of the room and stood sideways.
Li Shengxue's room was short and small. Chu Xiang, who was 1.7 meters short, had to bend down to get in. It was so small that he was right next to the bed as soon as he entered.
In addition to a bed, there is a table in the room. There are many books piled messily on the table, covering all subjects. There is a dirty notebook on the table, and the words on it are as messy and disordered as the books on the table. .
Chu Xiang picked up the notebook and read every word written on it carefully. There were many formulas and other advanced knowledge in the notebook that Chu Xiang couldn't understand. When he flipped through the pages to the end, Chu Xiang saw what he was looking for. .
There are only two sentences at the end of the notebook: "The ideal I have been fighting for for twenty years turned out to be just a joke. After I die, scatter me on this land so that I can see more clearly." Sighed With a sigh, Chu Xiang closed the notebook.
Is ideal just a joke, and does its destination only end in death? Just like Li Shengxue in front of him, he still said that he had to go to the sky to see clearly.
Li Shengxue is unwilling to give up, even to death, but the ideal he strives for has been shattered. His life has lost its supporting skeleton, just like a walking corpse. Only death is his destination.
"No. Ideals are not a joke." Chu Xiang said flatly.
"Where is Teacher Li's body?" Chu Xiang asked as he walked out of the low room.
"In the fields outside." The young man said awkwardly.
"Take me there." Chu Xiang said. The young man led the way to the door of the earth building. He looked around nervously at the people around him, but no one dared to say anything.
Chu Xiang directly pushed open the door of the earth building. Everyone was silent. The young man walked out of the earth building and came to a cemetery only twenty meters away from the earth building. There were more than a dozen wooden signs erected here, one of which had Li Shengxue's name written on it.
Standing in front of Li Shengxue's grave, Chu bowed to him. Those who live for their ideals are worthy of respect at all times.
After a salute, Chu Xiang waved his hand, and the snow and earth mounds were swept away, revealing Li Shengxue's already stiff body. He photographed the body out of the cemetery. With a thought, Chu Xiang photographed everything in Li Shengxue's room and placed it under Li Shengxue's body. .
"If you are unwilling to give up and want to see clearly, then you shouldn't lie on the ground. I will let you watch from the sky all the time. Look at the world with me and witness our results. Is the ideal a joke?" Chu Xiang slowly He said, the flames of the book and quilt that he had taken shot up, and in an instant, they were already igniting with fierce fireworks.
The blazing firelight illuminated the boy's plateau-red face. The boy's rough hands were tightly clasped together, with tears flashing in his eyes.
At some point, the people in the earth building came out and stood at the door looking at the two people and the fire burning in the air with indescribable expressions.
The body swallowed by the flames quickly turned into ashes, and even the bones and teeth were burned into ashes. It floated in the air, unable to be blown by the wind or hit by the snow.
He stretched out his hand and grasped the ashes, then Chu Xiang stepped into the sky and headed straight into the sky. The dust-like ashes fell with the wind and snow, scattering on this small town in the middle of the mountains, and disappeared into the wind and snow, just as silently as when he came.
Chu Xiang left, leaving this small town where his ideals had fallen. He didn't want to find out who made Li Shengxue lose his ideals. What made Li Shengxue feel that his ideals were shattered and he chose to end his life of fighting for his ideals.
A person who lives for his ideals and dies for his ideals is both his misfortune and his luck. Although this destination is not perfect, is cruel, and makes people unable to see the beauty, it is true.
Support education is a job with a strong mission and lofty ideals. No one can imagine the suffering that every support teacher suffers in remote and poor places. What hinders them is not only the hardship at work, but also the hardship in life.
Chu Xiang suddenly remembered that there was a classmate who went to the countryside to teach and his hometown was here. I wonder what happened to him now.
He turned around and headed towards Tianzhu City. Not long after, Tianzhu City came into Chu Xiang's eyes. Tianzhu City is not big, one kilometer long and wide. It is built on the ancient city wall. The city wall is fifteen or six meters high. There are wild beasts wandering everywhere outside the city, which can be said to be in danger.
The guards on the city wall were not surprised when they found Chu Xiang. Tianzhu City is an important traffic thoroughfare, and they probably saw many experts come here through the siege of the beasts.
Jumping up to the top of the city, Chu Xiang said, "I'm here to find someone." The cautious guard nodded and did not embarrass Chu Xiang.
"May I ask, where is the city government?" Chu Xiang said.
"That's the building." A guard pointed to the tallest white building in the distance.
"Thank you!" Chu Xiang nodded, jumped off the city wall, and headed towards the white building. After Chu Xiang left, the guard at the top of the city immediately used the intercom to notify the headquarters: "A master came and said he was looking for someone. He is now going to the city hall." When they came to the white building where the city hall is located, this compound It is an office that combines military and political affairs, is where the government is located, and is also the headquarters of the Tianzhu garrison division. It seems that in order to improve efficiency, the military and government were integrated into the same compound to facilitate rapid response to various emergencies.
Chu Xiang was not familiar with the government's procedures, so he directly asked the soldier on duty at the door: "I want to check the information of a friend I haven't contacted for a long time to see if he is still alive. What should I do?"
"Go into the third building on the right, Office 204 on the second floor. After providing your identity, we can check it for you." The guard on duty said.
When Chu Xiang was asking questions, someone was secretly paying attention to him. Two masters with high cultivation level and Danjin level auras were watching them secretly. They were also listening carefully to their words.
Of course, the people following them could not escape Chu Xiang's perception. He knew that they were only acting under orders to maintain the stability and safety of Tianzhu City, but Chu Xiang pretended not to know.
After swiping his fingerprints to enter the government compound, the soldier in the guard box glanced at the information displayed on the computer, his expression changed, he quickly stood up, stood at attention and saluted and shouted: "Hello, Chief." The soldiers in the guard box said hello, and several other soldiers quickly held their guns. Stand at attention and say hello in unison.
The word "chief" made Chu Xiang stunned for a moment, and then he remembered that he was still a colonel. In this place where the division commander was the largest, the highest military position should be major general. A colonel was indeed the chief.
After smiling, Chu Xiang turned around and returned the greeting: "Thank you for your hard work." He probably had never seen a leader as downtrodden as Chu Xiang. Although his body was clean, his clothes did not look like a leader. Instead, he looked like those refugees in the city. There was also a nondescript sword hanging on it, looking like a refugee returning to the city.
The eyes of several soldiers fell on Chu Xiang curiously. They secretly watched the two men and put down their guard. They were also a little curious about what kind of leader this was.
In Tianzhu City, except for the major general and division commander who came in and out, the guard would stand at attention and salute and say hello to the commander. Others did not receive this treatment. At most, they only saluted. Could it be that this casually dressed man was a major general.
As soon as Chu Xiang walked away, several soldiers on duty couldn't wait to look at the soldiers in the guard box, wanting to know which leader had just entered.
"Demon Lord Chu Xiang." The soldier in the guard box said in a low voice. Demon Lord Chu Xiang, the world-famous Demon Lord Chu Xiang actually came to Tianzhu City. When he came here, he walked past in front of him. Several soldiers on duty were stunned.
The man just now didn't look like a master, nor did he have the legendary power to overwhelm the heroes. He was just like an ordinary hunter, so how could he not be surprised?
"Is it true?" Someone asked in a low voice in disbelief.
"The fingerprint information shown can still be fake." The soldier in the post said unhappily. The two people who were secretly watching were stunned for a long time when they heard the soldiers on duty. The man just now really didn't look like a master. He didn't have the temperament of a master at all. He looked nothing like the videos on the Internet.
Went to Office 204 on the second floor. Someone was consulting in the office. There was only one clerk inside, so Chu Xiang had to wait outside the door.
Tang Hong, where are you? You're not dead. Tang Hong and Chu Xiang are college classmates. They both like to play football. As a native of the northwest, Tang Hong is not very tall, but he is very strong. Many defenders who are taller than him cannot withstand his impact. He has good physical strength, fast speed, and good footwork. He often completes wonderful cooperation with Chu Xiang, who controls the midfield. Their names are well-known in the school's football circles.
But it is a pity that after his sophomore year, Tang Hong, who felt that he had no opponents in football, switched to basketball. From then on, Chu Xiang could only fight alone, causing a bloody storm in the football world.
Not long after, the consulting man left in frustration. Chu Xiang walked into the office, glanced at the name tag, and said to the man behind the desk, "I'm looking for someone whose hometown is in Xiaxin County."
"What's your relationship with him?" The man named Zhao Huaxin behind the desk raised his head and asked.
"Classmate." Chu Xiang said. Zhao Huaxin nodded, pushed the fingerprint detection machine in front of Chu Xiang and said, "Please verify your identity." After verifying the fingerprints and looking at Chu Xiang's identity information, Zhao Huaxin said, "Colonel Chu, what is your classmate's name and nationality? , how old are you, and where do you live?”
"Tang Hong, Tang of the Tang Dynasty, magnificent Hong, Han nationality, born in 1990. I only know that his hometown is in Xiaxin County. He graduated in 1993 and worked in the Ministry of Education of Tianhe, New Province." Chu Xiangdao .
Zhao Huaxin worked on the computer for a while, then turned to Chu Xiang and said: "Unfortunately, Colonel Chu, Mr. Tang Hong died in the line of duty nine months ago." Sighing silently, Chu Xiang stood up and said: " Thanks!"
"You're welcome, please forgive me." Zhao Huaxin said. As soon as Chu Xiang walked out of the door, Zhao Huaxin said: "Colonel Chu, Mr. Tang Hong is buried in the Wolong Mountain Cemetery in the north of the city. You came all the way, why don't you go and have a look." Chu Xiang frowned, stopped, turned around and said : "He died in the line of duty in Tianzhu?"
