Xu Le admired Lin Banshan very much. This admiration was not the kind of reverence that Lin Douhai and Nan Xiangshou had for the second generation of the seven great families. Instead, it was a faint yearning for a certain kind of bearing that he could not possess.
When he first saw the man with mountain-like shoulders in the high-speed train carriage at the first port, he was an ordinary technical director of the Nutshell Company. The other party had been a legend for more than ten years and had single-handedly made a name for himself in the world.
After a few years of occasional contact, he went from a technical director to a felon of the Federation to the successor of the Army God. However, Lin Banshan was still Lin Banshan. There seemed to be no obvious difference between the two.
But he had to admit that the man's aura seemed to be born naturally. Standing there, he was like a mountain. Just by looking at him from a distance, he could see his elegant demeanor. It was something that a mine pit stone like him could never learn.
At this time, when he heard the rumors from Bermuda, he couldn't help but think of a certain Federation rumor that Tai Zhiyuan had once told him. Before the former director of the Bureau of Proclamation retired, his favorite candidate was not Cui Judong, who had been an assistant for many years, but Lin Banshan, who had no connection to the Bureau of Proclamation in the eyes of outsiders.
Xu Le frowned, narrowed his eyes, and said thoughtfully, "The Federation can do whatever they want in a foreign land like Bermuda. Lin Banshan is really not simple."
"Of course not."
Li Wei looked at him and said seriously, "No matter how strong you are, even if you become the crown prince of the Empire, I can still treat you as a brother. But for someone like Lin Banshan, even if he wanted to treat me as a brother, I wouldn't dare."
"He seems to be born to be below others. For example, in a venue, even if he sits quietly in the last row, everyone will think that the last row is the front row."
"You have a very high opinion of him, and he is very artistic," Xu Le said with a smile.
Li Wei shrugged, drank the wine in front of him, and said with emotion, "Because that person is very artistic. Bermuda often describes his vision as being dedicated to appreciating beauty in the universe. Don't you think this is sour?"
"But this is really apt. All the people of Bermuda, including the big shots you saw at the meeting yesterday, if they were to tell the truth, they would definitely believe that Lin Banshan is most suitable for the job. It's either the president of the Federation or the emperor of the Empire."
Xu Le gently held the wine glass and smiled. Could it be because of this temperament that Lin Banshan refused to be the Director of the Bureau of Proclamation?
Li Wei continued, "But to him, being the president and emperor is the stupidest thing to do. There's no point in being responsible for the country and the people. It's not as comfortable as being the king of the underworld in Bermuda."
Xu Le shook his head and said, "Everyone has their own responsibilities. Lin Banshan broke out of the family and became the rarest rebel of the seven great families. He seemed to have no feelings for the family, but he still wanted to protect his useless younger brother. Now, he still wants to return to the Federation to fight the government on behalf of the family. "
Li Wei smiled and did not continue the topic. He said casually, "Now, Brother Banshan's son is still in Garth City. His favorite woman is called Li Feirong. Coincidentally, she has the same surname as me. A few days ago, she wanted to recognize me as her brother, but I refused. But do you want to see them?"
Xu Le replied, "No, I'm here in Bermuda for business."
"Speaking of business, although the armistice agreement has been signed, those old guys in the meeting will definitely not dare to go back on their words in a short time. But what if the Federation government directly sends people over? Even if the charter states that they are dead, they can still think of other ways. I don't have the confidence to go against the Federal Army. "
A worried look appeared on Li Wei's face.
Xu Le admitted that his worries were justified. The Federation's charter clearly stated that the government could not interfere in the internal affairs of Bermuda. However, the arrival of Descartes and the mercenaries under Nutshell showed that these restrictions were just a thin layer of fiber paper with no real binding force.
"That's why I'm here." He looked at Li Wei and said, "After Lin Banshan left Bermuda, the biggest influence on this star field is not the Federation or the Empire, but the West Woods."
Li Wei vaguely guessed what he meant. He frowned and asked, "In the past few years, many of the troops loyal to the Zhong family in the West Woods have been transferred to the frontlines. I also heard that the capital ring has been controlling the amount of strategic supplies and weapons."
"You should have heard of the Iron Fortune Teller. In the past three years, they have been secretly and openly supporting the Zhong family in the West Woods. As long as they have money, it is possible. The basic equipment of the West Woods military is still guaranteed. Of course, their current strength is definitely not as strong as when Commander Zhong was still alive, but it is not difficult to intimidate Bermuda. "
After a long silence, Li Wei sighed and said, "That's good."
Xu Le asked curiously, "What's good?"
"Abducting girls is great, especially abducting Cillin's Zhong family's little princess for three years. That's the best thing. With just a few words, I can be sure that Cillin's military will send troops over to support me."
Li Wei shook his head and sighed. "When I was in Wangdu, I saw her. She left a deep impression. That little girl is the first person I have ever seen in my life who has not seen pirated discs. She is indeed the little princess of the West Woods Zhong family."
He asked very seriously, "I saw her before I left the hotel. The little girl has grown up and become very beautiful. When are you going to make your move?"
He looked very serious, but in fact, he was very shameless. Xu Le glared at him.
Li Wei shrugged indifferently, then looked at him seriously and asked, "At such a tense time, you can't have appeared in Bermuda just to support me. In fact, before you came, you probably didn't know that I was in danger. What do you want to do?"
"This time, there are four things, besides the West Woods …"
Xu Le frowned slightly, and after a moment of silence, he said,
"I want to find a way out for my brothers."
"Going to war with the Federation government is very dangerous. Once we fail, even if we are lucky enough to survive, my brothers in the team will no longer be able to find any foothold in the Federation. Bermuda is their only back up, their only way out."
Speaking of this, he remembered that when they left Ink Flower Planet, in order to leave Paul and the two imperial soldiers behind, the spaceship did not directly fly out of the atmosphere. When they landed at the imperial headquarters, Xiong Linquan and the others' faces were very ugly.
"They can't go to the empire."
Xu Le looked at Li Wei and said, "If that day comes, I will entrust all of Xiong Linquan's brothers to you. I hope you can treat them well."
"No problem." Li Wei replied with a smile, "You know that one of the important reasons I came to Bermuda is to leave you a way out. Since you can't use it now, it's not a waste to let your brothers use it."
Then he excitedly added, "In the future, with a group of seven men wandering the streets, who would dare to provoke me? I really want to advise you on this matter. "
"Virtue." Xu Le said with a smile, "The fourth reason is that I want to see you and see if this oldest friend of mine still has this virtue."
Li Wei did not laugh. He noticed that Xu Le did not say the reason, but did not ask. He said in a deep voice, "You seem to be saying your last words. It's inauspicious."
"In the past, when I was in the federal army, before 3320 went on a mission, before I went to kill Macklin, there were many times when I left my will like today. I even wrote two copies of my will."
Xu Le smiled and continued, "But I'm still alive now. I left the empire on a ship, passed through the Gary Corridor, avoided The Glory Of The Charter, and came to your territory. I'm sitting in front of you alive, eating barbecue and drinking with you."
He patted Li Wei on the shoulder and said seriously, "It's really difficult for smelly and indestructible Eastwood Mine Pit stones like you and me to die."
After the emotional hug with Paul on Mo Hua Planet, Xu Le and his sister, Huai Caoshi, had a conversation that no one knew about. In that conversation, the angry and disappointed princess sternly opposed Xu Le's stupid decision to return to the Federation to fight for those outlanders and tried to use the most powerful means to turn this objection into reality.
Xu Le did not resist, but when Huai Caoshi's fist was about to hit his head, he said something very similar to the above sentence. He said it very sincerely, so sincerely that he felt that he was a stone that would not die.
However, the edges of the white stones in the Eastwood Mine Pit would be weathered by time. The stones on the top of Kaqi Peak would slowly collapse under the light of the stars in the vacuum. The hardest diamond would be worn out into a tacky appearance. It would be worn on the finger of a woman to show her pride and stubbornness.
How could there be a stone that would exist forever in this universe?
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At the small square table of the barbecue stall, the brothers who had not met for a long time no longer repeated the seemingly firm and powerful conversation that was, in fact, too complicated and tasteless. They officially began to drink and compete in drinking. When they were tipsy, they began to recall bits and pieces of their childhood like old men.
For ordinary men, thirty years old was the prime of their life. However, for Xu Le and Li Wei, they had come from the remote and desolate Eastwood Mine Pit to the starry sky. In just thirty years, they had experienced stories that ordinary people would never experience in their lifetime.
They were still young, and their mentality was not old, but the past suddenly became extremely distant. If they did not try to recall it, they were afraid that they would forget it.
Why was the Green Hills of the Hexi Region so beautiful? How could such a lush shrub grow on the barren red soil? Why were the stones in the depths of the mine so smelly? So much so that the Eastwood Stone became synonymous with smelly and hard?
This was all thanks to the Eastwood Orphans who had been peeing all year round.
The two drunk men helped each other out of the barbecue stall, walked into the alley, unzipped their pants, and began to pee in broad daylight.
Li Wei drank until he vomited, but he insisted that it was because the roasted lamb leg was too fishy.
Xu Le also drank until he vomited. He had never thought about whether the qi in his body could dissolve the alcohol. Even if it could, he would not bear to, because what he drank today was not just wine, of course, it was also not some damned loneliness, but the past.
It was a very sour word, but that was what the two boys at the small square table of the barbecue stall thought. Every time they thought that they would never be able to return to the days when they were little boys, which man would not secretly feel sour in his heart?
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Both of them were in high spirits as they returned to the hotel. However, just as they entered the hotel lobby, a fifteen or sixteen year old youth saw the drunk Li Wei and did not hide the disgust on his face. He frowned and reprimanded, "Why are you so drunk? You know what kind of situation you are in, but you are not cautious. "
The boy's clothes were simple but expensive, purely hand-sewn. It was obvious that his family was not ordinary. At this moment in Bermuda, he actually dared to treat Li Wei with such an attitude. That could not be described as simple.
Xu Le, who was drunk, did not see the boy's clothes clearly. This boy dared to be rude to Li Wei. His eyebrows slowly raised, but when he noticed the next scene, his thick eyebrows suddenly smoothed out, but his eyes narrowed.
This was because he saw that the boy in front of him was holding a fair and delicate hand.
Zhong Huoyan's small hand.
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