The story that should be told, the veins that should be sorted out, through the narrative of the three people's chatter, are clearly laid out on the dark wooden floor, the room is quiet, and the three people sitting cross-legged on the ground are not as silent as the red clay teacup in front of them, but with their mouths open like the teacups.
After a long time, Master Fan pulled the soft white robe down again, covering the slender legs that had been exposed by excitement before, looked at Xu Le and Zhong Yanhua, and asked with an inexplicable emotion: "I said, such a big thing, such a violent thing, the three of us are like idlers who have nothing to do after eating, sitting on the sofa and chatting about celebrity scandals, will it seem that there is a lack of respect for history and a little disrespect for the predecessors?"
"Then what should we do" Xu Le lowered his head and replied in a muffled voice: "Are we going to hold a joint press conference between the two sides of the universe, and invite Huaifucha and Pabur to attend together?"
Zhong Yanhua looked at Master Fan's face and added meanly: "Do you still have to invite Jian Shui'er to sing and cheer up, Her Royal Highness the princess and Madman Li are dancing in front of the mecha?"
"I just think there's too much difference between the importance of the content of the discussion and the atmosphere of the discussion."
Master Fan laughed bitterly at himself, then looked at Xu Le and said seriously: "But there are still many details in these stories that have not been sorted out, as the only researcher of comparative literature in the Federal Empire, you know that I value these details very much, and details determine everything." ” "It's okay, I'm going to stay here for a while."
Xu Le replied: "Regarding those details, I think there should be some historical materials in this courtyard, I want to take a look." ” "No problem, after all, you also have the blood of our Hua family in your body."
Master Fan frowned at him slightly: "But before opening up these historical materials, I have a question, according to your surname, why do you suddenly care so much about the historical origin of the empire and the federation In other words, now that we have basically sorted out some historical clues, what is the meaning to you?"
Xu Le was silent for a moment, then raised his head and replied sincerely: "I don't know, as you said, I am a guy with no spirit of exploration, and I may be curious about those long-ago stories, but I have no desire to follow the exploration. ” Master Fan nodded, and said in a regretful tone: "On the contrary, the Tai Zhiyuan kid you introduced to me should be more interested in these stories, but I heard that he wants to run for federal president now, so I can't expect too much from him." ” "Why?"
asked Xu Le suspiciously.
Master Fan replied: "The difference between a politician and an explorer is like that of a cat and a dog. ” After a slight pause, he stared into Xu Le's eyes, and suddenly said: "I probably understand why you are suddenly interested in these things, it is because since your life experience was revealed, you have not had a clear identity in the past few years of wandering in the universe, this kind of confusion is a very dangerous thing, you want to solve this problem." ” Xu Le's eyes slowly narrowed, his pupils gradually shrank, and he said, "What do you mean?"
"You want to prove something, you want to prove that since the Imperial Federation people are also from the ancestral planet, then they are all the same human beings."
Master Fan looked him in the eye and said calmly: "Since this is the case, it is no longer very important whether you are from the Federation or the Empire, and your state of mind can be truly peaceful." ” "Perhaps, but I'm not one of those philosophers who like to ask questions and have the perseverance to think about where I came from, I'm not even a third-rate philosopher."
Xu Le glanced at Zhong Yanhua and continued: "Except for some reasons that I can't tell you, I really can't understand why I am suddenly interested in these things, but I have a vague feeling that these stories may be very important to me, to many people. ” For Xu Le, the library is a place with deep memories, and the library of Naxi State University and Ewha University occupied a very important place in his short life.
In the past two years of traveling in the counties of the Empire, he has also visited many historical libraries with royal prefixes, collected many books, and a small number of those books filled the simple classrooms of Sangqu Town, most of them were littered in some secluded corner of the ship.
But he knew that the library in this white courtyard must be completely different from the libraries he had seen before, because it contained history and secrets, otherwise why were there still those heavy black cloths floating in the rooms he had visited back then The wooden lattice door slowly slid away, revealing layers of black cloth trembling in the wind, thousands of volumes of various files neatly arranged in the space separated by the black cloth, because no one had read it for many years, and the thick books had a dead smell of silence.
"This is a family rule set by the ancestors, I don't know why, she likes black cloth very much."
Master Fan pointed to the black cloth hanging straight from the large room and explained to the two behind him: "Although the ancestor has passed away for hundreds of years, no one dares to disobey her rules. ” Xu Le took off his shoes, put on the prepared white foot covers, and walked towards the quiet room, Zhong Yanhua put his shoes neatly outside the door behind him, and then sped up to follow.
Master Fan accompanied them to the second gate and refused to go in again, in his words, he had read these lifeless records since he was a child, and he had too many bad memories in his mind, and he didn't want to repeat the torture again.
However, just before he left, he suddenly looked into Xu Le's eyes and said, "I have found the answer to my question." ” Xu Le asked, "What?"
"Peace."
Master Fan smiled like a flower, "You want peace." ” Xu Le then understood why he was suddenly interested in these secrets, and replied after a moment of silence: "Don't think about what I have done on the battlefield, don't remember whether I once discussed with Commander Zhong whether the progress of the war has been reached, whether I am a third-rate philosopher or not, I must admit that I am now in the cracks, and I don't return to the Federation because I can't find a way to solve this problem, because my identity dooms me to have no choice." ” The eyebrows that were as rich as ink were still as straight as knives, and his expression was still calm, but at the moment he looked extremely serious, he looked into the eyes of the master and said, "I can only hope that there can be peace on both sides." ” "What if you can't?"
"In a limited space, both sides need resources, especially the current Federation, but what happens to the Empire when the Federation grabs enough resources and grows stronger" "A male lion with a pair of sharp teeth will let go of its prey if the empire survives and begins to fight back, and the wolves whose homes have been destroyed will give up their thirst for revenge" "If the war between the Empire and the Federation is bound to continue forever and tragically, what will you do, what can you do, like the tragic hero in the eight-part series, to die for this tragic fate" Because of the heavy and draped black cloth in front of him, Master Fan's calm tone was like a bullet without feeling, coldly and forcefully pressing.
Xu Le looked at him and replied, "I'm not that kind of person, if I had the strength or power of the hero of the eight-part series, I would directly kill that emperor and end that war." ” "Killing an emperor can only end a war, and as long as human society is divided, there can never be only one war."
"No one can control the world after death, and it is impossible to even infer what impact what I am doing now will have on the world after death, so I can only be responsible for the world I live in."
"Very good, I locked you and Xiaoshi in this courtyard a few years ago, and that's what I want to do, and I'm very happy that you can get back on track now."
Master Fan looked at him with a smile and said, "In my opinion, in fact, you have always wanted to kill Pabur, whether it is for the girl next to you, or for any other reason, and now you seem to have a very strong reason, that is, to end the war, so can you tell me when you are going to go back to the Federation to kill Pabur?"
"Pabur is not an emperor, killing him will not end this war, I am not the creator, I can kill him with the absurd reason of even looking at him unpleasantly, and I will not be hypocritical enough to kill him on the grounds of cosmic peace."
"If you can kill Pabul, then I am willing to risk killing your father, the true emperor, to cooperate with you."
Xu Le was stunned for a moment before he understood what Master Fan was talking about, his thick eyebrows slowly wrinkled, and he looked at him and said suspiciously: "Just now you said that you were a little sorry for the grand story of interstellar migration, could it be that we are standing barefoot in front of the black cloth at the moment and talking about this kind of thing, but it seems not so frivolous, can you have some slightly more feasible and normal suggestions?"
"Killing the President of the Union and the Emperor is undoubtedly the easiest and most direct way to end this war, and my suggestion is very feasible."
Master Fan looked at him and shook his head, and sighed: "It's a pity that you are afraid of being accused of hypocrisy and hypocritically refuse to accept the former, and your husband's classmate is your biological father." ” Xu Le frowned and was speechless.
"I told you that year, according to distant legends that are about to be blurred, that my ancestors, though they were the greatest oligarchs of war, were the ones who hated war the most."
"War oligarchs" "Yes, he is the father of the ancestor of the Hua family."
"It seems complicated."
"It's more complicated than you think."
Master Fan waved his hand and continued: "Based on the family motto, whether it is my father or me, we have been thinking about ways to end this war.
My father's idea was to do racial integration, which was what the Federation called the Seed Plan, especially the fusion of royal family and Federation bloodlines, and I thought of another way to integrate. ” "I thought it would be the best thing if you and Xiaoshi could get married, but it's a pity that you are no longer the successor of the Federation God of War, but have become her own brother."
Master Fan looked at Xu Le, whose face was a little ugly, smiled, and said: "But I heard that President Pabul has a daughter named Miss Dale, this girl worships you fanatically, do you want to try to have a relationship with her to see if the Federal President has become the father-in-law of the Imperial Prince, how can this war continue?"
Xu Le spread his hands helplessly and sighed: "Can you think of something else besides the genital revolution?"
To be continued: