The arrogance of the city

Chapter 1708 Last Wish
If you want to talk about Cao Xiuge, there may be mixed opinions, but if you want to talk about the entire Cao family, everyone may only be in awe and make a unanimous evaluation.

Full of loyalty!

Regardless of faction.

Rao had teamed up with the Li family to attack Mr. Cao, but Song Luoshen had never heard his grandfather say a bad word about the Cao family in all these years.

Not a word.

But this is also the indifference and cruelty of reality.

Although we all know that the Cao family is utterly loyal to the country, when there is a need to unite, the Li family, the Song family, and those stakeholders have no hesitation or hesitation.

People who don't do it for themselves will be punished by heaven and earth.

When one's own vital interests are threatened, it doesn't matter whether the opponent is good or bad, loyal or treacherous.

"It's a pity that I haven't been able to admire Uncle Cao's demeanor with my own eyes. But I heard from my grandfather that Uncle Cao was a generation of Confucian generals who treated people mildly and ruled the army rigorously. In terms of character, you are not at all like him. "

Song Luoshen said softly.

At the age of three or four, people don't remember things, and when the man who hoped to carry the Cao family's backbone died in battle, she was only three or four years old. As for whether she has seen that man, it is true. There are not many impressions, but in her mind, she can vaguely describe a look.

Tough and resolute, yet gentle and elegant.

"Of course I can't compare to him."

Cao Xiuge's eyes were a little distracted, and then he came back to his senses and poured himself a drink.

"So, all I can do is try not to embarrass him."

Li Futu picked up his wine glass.

"Respect the heroic souls underground."

Cao Xiuge's eyes trembled, then he picked up the porcelain cup and touched Li Futu.

Head up and drink.

He wiped the corner of his mouth and asked with a smile, "What position do you plan to arrange for me?"

Song Luoshen looked at He Wugui.

"After discussion and decision, you will go abroad as a representative for a visit, and you will join the Emergency Military Intelligence Department after you return."

He Wuzhen said: "If you have any opinions, you can raise them now."

Visiting abroad at this time is obviously a further contact with the heads of state.

This is no ordinary entrustment.

Cao Xiuge, who lived a few years as an ordinary person, nodded and smiled.

"I have no objection, I obey the organization's arrangement."

He Wuzhen nodded, and at the same time, took out a document from his body.

"Here is your commission."

"So formal?"

That being said, when Cao Xiuge took over, it was very formal, using both hands.

"This time going abroad, the itinerary must be very tight, and the time will not be too short. I'm sorry, at this time, I will transfer you out."

As Li Futu said, he glanced at Zishu.

The newlyweds are at the right time, even if they can take the mouse with them, the couple who have just received their certificates obviously don't have much time to travel around.

"fine."

Cao Xiuge, who could be said to be in danger, turned his head to look at Zishu.

"There is no rush to enjoy the moment, we are still young, and we will have a long time to come."

There is ample time.

Li Futu and the others didn't speak anymore.

A few people sat for a while, and then left the tavern.

Li Futu, Song Luoshen and the others did not continue to bother the pair of master and servant who had finally achieved a positive result.

After parting at the entrance of the tavern, Cao Xiuge took Zishu's hand and walked to the stone arch bridge connecting the two banks, leaning on crutches.

He looked at the river slowly moving into the distance, and said softly: "I heard that this river leads to the North Sea, Zishu, you said we are talking here, my parents, can you hear me?"

Zishu pursed his lips tightly and did not make a sound.

After not getting a response for a long time, Cao Xiuge withdrew his gaze from a distance and turned his head.

"What's the matter? It's fine, why are you crying?"

Under the moonlight and in the lake, the corners of the eyes of this woman who never seemed to understand weakness were shining brightly.

She stood there without answering, as if she was afraid that if she spoke, the emotions she had tried so hard to suppress would collapse in an instant.

"Are you feeling sorry for me?"

Cao Xiuge reached out to wipe away her tears with a gentle arc.

"I once stood on the top of the mountain that everyone looked up to. I was so honored and the scenery was boundless. Others can only envy me. I am such a lucky person, so what is there to feel bad about?"

Zishu didn't move, but the teardrops wiped more and more.

Cao Xiuge smiled wryly.

"Don't cry, I'm afraid there won't be many opportunities for two people like this in the future. You don't plan to spend it in tears, do you?"

He deliberately put on a straight face, as before, taking out the air of being the master.

"I order you not to cry."

People are not grass and trees, and there will always be times when they lose control of their emotions, but Zishu is not an ordinary person after all. He took a deep breath and suppressed the surging emotions in his heart. After a while, he said in a hoarse and low voice: "Prince, the matter Is it really that serious?"

Although she just sat there quietly and didn't ask anything, she still sensed something from Song Luoshen and He Wuzhen's personal appearance, and from the lines of several people.

Cao Xiuge didn't avoid talking anymore, nodded, turned around and looked into the distance, and sighed softly.

"It may be hard to believe, but I'm afraid the end of the world is really coming. In the past few years since Emperor Yan disappeared, he discovered an underground world, just below our feet, at an unknown depth. There, there lives a Humans are the same, but they are far more ferocious and warlike than us. They are tired of the harsh and difficult living environment underground, and they want to find a place that is more suitable for their survival. Therefore, one day in the not-too-distant future, they will come to our world."

Even though he was prepared, the truth that Cao Xiuge told was too shocking, and Zishu was inevitably a little distracted for a while.

Cao Xiuge looked at the rippling river water.

"It's hard to accept, right? But life is always like this. Even if we are caught off guard and overwhelmed, we can only choose to face it."

"But, Prince, you no longer hold any position. You are just an ordinary person now, no different from those around you. Why do you want to take on the pressure that you don't have to bear, and why do you agree to help them?"

Zishu finally couldn't help asking.

Hate, perhaps out of the question.

But if you say no complaints, it must be false.

In any case, it is because of them that the prince has become like this.

"You think I'm helping them?"

Cao Xiuge smiled lightly.

"Zishu, this is not an ordinary calamity, but a catastrophe that will sweep across the entire human race. No one can be wise enough to stay out of it. Under the trample of the foreign race, no one can be spared."

"This is the land my parents defended with their lives. I cannot allow it to be destroyed."

Cao Xiuge's voice was very soft, his eyes were in a trance as he watched the river slowly flowing northwards and eventually merging into the sea.

"In this life, my own wish has failed, so I can only do my best to fulfill my parents' last wish."

Standing at the intersection of the moonlight and the lake light, Cao Xiuge tried his best to stand up straight and smiled softly.

"I can't let the people of the world live up to me, so I can only teach my Cao family to live up to the people of the world."

Seeing the back figure leaning on crutches, who was slightly hunched no matter how hard he tried, Zishu behind him tightly covered his mouth, and for the first time in his life, tears welled up in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)