On the day they arrived in Madrid, Diane replaced Mr. Hans and warmly entertained Wei Ran and others for a sumptuous Spanish meal, and also enjoyed a flamenco dance.
In general, except for the paella, which was slightly overcooked, the rest of the food and dance performances were more in line with the tastes of Wei Ran, Suisui and the Katenka sisters.
As for Channing, this American who only deserves to eat McDonald's has no right to be picky about his diet.
"You guys have a good rest today"
After Diane sent the well-fed Wei Ran and others back to the hotel, she followed Comrade Channing, who was eating and drinking but deliberately not drinking. However, before entering the hotel door, Diane apologized and said that he was going to visit a local.
The friend then drove his rented car and disappeared from sight as Wei Ran, Suisui and others watched.
"I'll take you around Madrid tomorrow," Diane said as she led Wei Ran and others to the hotel.
"Sister Diane often come here?" Suisui asked curiously.
"I only got here two days ahead of you."
Diane waved her hand, "But Mr. Hans arranged a tour guide for us."
"Is there a bullfighting show on our itinerary?" Suisui asked the question she had been looking forward to on the way.
"I'm afraid not"
Diane explained, "I was also looking forward to the bullfighting show before coming here, but the bullfighting season in Spain is from March to the end of October every year. We are late, and there will be no bullfighting show during this season."
"What about wrestling? Will there be Spanish wrestling?" Suisui continued to ask.
"This wish will be fulfilled"
Diane helped everyone press the elevator switch and said, "As far as I know, there will be a very exciting wrestling show before the auction."
Before Diane finished speaking, the elevator door was opened and everyone walked into the elevator.
After agreeing on a gathering time tomorrow, Wei Ran and Suisui took the Katenka sisters into a three-room suite arranged for them by Mr. Hans.
This arrangement may be just a little joke made by Mr. Hans, or it may be just a smoke bomb that he helped release. No matter what the original purpose was, at least the hidden danger of being divided was avoided in terms of safety.
While the Katenka sisters were checking the room, Suisui also pulled Wei Ran to sit down on the sofa in the living room and asked, "Are we going to participate in the auction this time?"
"Do you want to take some pictures back?" Wei Ran asked with great interest.
"If there's anything I'm interested in, I really want to take some pictures and go back."
Suisui said enthusiastically, "I haven't participated in a formal auction yet."
"This auction is probably not official..."
Wei Ran muttered secretly, but then said, "Except for that flag, if you encounter anything else that interests you, you can try to take a picture."
Hearing this, Suisui immediately realized something, "So that flag..."
"Mr. Hans is going to give it to me as a gift."
Wei Ran paused, then "adapted" the scene where Hans took him to meet friends in another hotel's conference room to be more decent, and then relayed it to Suisui.
"We have to thank Mr. Hans properly."
Suisui breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this. She didn't really know anything, but she just wouldn't take the initiative to get curious. Now that Mr. Hans was willing to help, she was finally not so worried.
“There will be opportunities in the future”
Wei Ran responded with a smile. Although he owed Mr. Hans a favor this time, he did not count on him.
While the two were chatting, the Katenka sisters also carefully checked the suite again. Only when they were sure it was safe, did they get into their bedrooms.
"Let's go back and rest too."
Suisui yawned, opened her arms and let Wei Ran carry her into the bedroom.
While these young people were busy catching up on jet lag, Channing had already driven the rented car and followed the navigation to the entrance of a small shop that ran an antique business.
At the same time, in the conference room of the hotel where Mr. Hans took Wei Ran, none of the "respectable people" left.
"We've been sitting here for a long time"
Rabbi Reutz said, "So gentlemen, do you have any new ideas?"
“Come to the auction on time”
One of them stood up and said, "I don't want to be locked up by that vampire and used as raw materials, and he just invested a lot of money in me this year."
"What if we kill the vampire?" In the conference room, one of the old guys suggested, "Kill the Chinese guy by the way."
"I didn't hear anything. I will attend the auction on time in three days."
Rabbi Reutz stood up as he spoke, and walked out of the smoke-filled conference room in no particular order with the first person who stood up.
Suddenly, the noise of tables and chairs was heard one after another, and in the blink of an eye, only the person who proposed to kill Mr. Hans was left in the conference room.
"The chips offered by the person who issued the reward are far from enough to balance the risks involved in killing the vampire Hans. They are not even enough to pay for the trouble caused by killing the Chinese."
Mrs. Alonna, who finally walked out of the room, kindly reminded, "Everyone is just pretending. Mr. Hans is just giving everyone an excuse not to do anything to that Chinese man. I didn't expect that you are the only idiot who really wants to do that."
I’m tempted by this ridiculous reward.”
After saying that, Mrs. Alona ignored her old friend with cold sweat on her face and was the last one to leave the conference room.
Mr. Hans, who was almost resting in his room, also received a call from Rabbi Reutz.
"What an unexpected surprise," Mr. Hans said with a smile, "Rabbi Reutz, see you at the auction."
"See you at the auction"
Rabbi Reutz hung up the phone with a smile, then looked at each other and walked into the elevator amidst tacit laughter.
On the second day after arriving in Madrid, Wei Ran, Suisui and the Katenka sisters, who had recovered from jet lag, wandered the streets of Madrid with great interest under the guidance of Diane and a middle-aged female tour guide who could speak Russian.
Spend time in alleys and famous attractions.
Generally speaking, the attractions are very good, but those who pretend to be enthusiastic and come up to strike up a conversation, but in fact are always trying to steal or defraud some property, which greatly reduces the experience.
After two consecutive days of sightseeing, we briefly visited several famous attractions. Channing, who had not been seen for the past two days, finally returned to the hotel on the eve of the auction and knocked on Weiran's door.
"Victor, please come to my room." Channing said nervously as Wei Ran opened the door.
After a slight hesitation, Wei Ran looked back at Anfisa, then raised his chin towards Suisui who was brushing her teeth and washing her face in the bathroom.
After Anfisa nodded, Wei Ran walked out of the room and closed the door behind him.
Following the seemingly unsuspecting Chan Ning, he walked into the room opposite him. After the other party signaled Wei Ran to close the door, he immediately put the backpack he had been carrying on the table, "Victor, guess what, I'm going to go there in the next two days."
Where is it?"
"Are you going to be a wrestler?" Wei Ran gave an answer in a nonsensical manner.
"I'll be hammered to a pulp"
Channing grinned and excitedly asked Wei Ran to sit down, lowered his voice, and said slightly proudly, "I found the old house where the flag was found, and spent a sum of money to find some from it.
Other interesting stuff.”
"Take it out and take a look?" Wei Ran said, already looking at the other party's bulging backpack.
"Of course, I invited you here just to share the surprise."
Channing said, already opening the zipper of the backpack and taking out the contents one by one.
The one placed closest to him was a Medal of the Second Spanish Republic, which was awarded to soldiers who participated in the International Brigade that year.
The second item that was taken out was a Soviet SSH36 helmet. This is an absolute rarity. Because there are so few of them in existence, even if the quality is relatively poor, one can easily sell for a high price of two thousand US dollars.
This is already a high price for the category of steel helmets.
The steel helmet in front of me has no stress cracks, no bullet holes or marks from bullet impact, and even the original paint has not been corroded by rust.
What's particularly important is that on the left side of the helmet, there is a hammer and sickle painted in white paint, and on the back of the head there is a red three-pointed star, while on the right side, it looks like a finger is dipped in paint, from top to bottom.
Three color blocks of red, yellow and purple were randomly painted on the bottom.
"This medal and this helmet cost me 3,500 euros to buy." Channing said, having already taken out the third item from his bag. This time it turned out to be two seals, tied together with a red cloth strip.
Two seals.
This first seal is made of blood red with yellow spots, and has a square cross-section. On the seal, the yellow spots are all carved into the shape of carp, which is particularly beautiful.
Looking at the second seal, it is a cylinder. There is nothing carved on the top, but it has an eye and a red cloth strip.
This red cloth strip also passed through the gaps left between the carps carved on the previous seal.
After getting Chan Ning's consent, Wei Ran took out a pair of silk gloves he carried with him and put them on, then picked up the square-shaped seal and looked at it.
"Yu... Yan... Lin... Yin, Yu Yanlin Yin? Is he a Chinese?"
Wei Ran was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at the second seal. This time, the seal was engraved with a half-Japanese name: Matsui.
As for the other half, unfortunately, a piece of the seal, which was made of no apparent material, was chipped off, leaving only the surname Matsui.
"These things were all found in that old house."
Channing said, "The medal and these two small stones are in a palm-sized leather pocket, and they are tied to the helmet's laces."
"What have you been doing these past two days?" Wei Ran asked curiously as he put down the two seals.
"I also asked for some news"
Channing said, “The owner of that old house passed away 30 years ago, and the current owner has no direct blood relationship with the original owner.
He didn't even know there was something in the safe in the basement, let alone that the flag inside had been stolen."
"Have you told the other party?"
"I'm not a fool." Channing spread his hands, "I just bought these things and didn't do anything else."
"That's all?"
"Of course not"
Channing said, "According to the current owner, he cleaned out the old house this fall and found a photo of the suspected original owner. Someone bought the photo for 100 euros."
"100 euros?" Wei Ran raised his eyebrows, "What's in the photo?"
"He only said it was a photo of a few soldiers and didn't think there was anything special about it."
Channing pointed to the steel helmet on the table, "But he remembered that someone in the photo was wearing that steel helmet."
"How about selling these things to me?" Wei Ran asked.
"No no no"
Channing waved his hand without thinking, "Victor, although we are friends, I don't plan to sell this helmet. It will become my collection. I want it..."
"Where are these?"
Wei Ran pointed to the two seals and asked, "How about selling them to me? 3,500 euros."
"make a deal"
Channing agreed to this deal without any thought, "Victor, is there anything special about these two seals?"
"This seal may come from a Chinese soldier"
Wei Ran pointed to the blood-red seal and said, and then pointed to another one, "This seal seems to be for recruiting people. I want to see if I can find their owner."
"If you find it, please let me know the good news," Channing said.
"I will transfer the money to you later," Wei Ran said as he put away the two seals.
"Will you bid in tomorrow's auction?" Channing nodded and asked slightly uneasily.
"At least I won't bid on that flag."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Wei Ran said, "But I'm not sure whether Mr. Hans and his friends will bid."
"If you can say that, I'm very satisfied."
Chan Ning breathed a sigh of relief. The reason why he invited Wei Ran over was actually to find out what the other party was saying.
As for being able to sell the two small stones that were just gifts at a high price of 3,500 euros, it was a pure surprise for him.
Without wasting any more time in Channing's room, Wei Ran took the two seals and left, returning to their room.
"What happened?" Wei Ran, who had been waiting for Suisui to close the door, immediately asked.
"I lost 3,500 euros, but I bought this."
Wei Ran shook the seal in his hand, "Can you lend me your lipstick?"
"I'll get it!"
Suisui ran back to the bedroom before she finished speaking, and soon ran back with a lipstick.
Taking the lipstick, Wei Ran, who had already washed his hands, applied the lipstick on his fingers, and then applied the lipstick on his fingers to the seal.
At the same time, Anfisa also took the letter raft provided by the hotel and asked Wei Ran to put the seal on it.
"Yu Yanlin seal? Yu Yanlin? Is he a Chinese?" Suisui asked.
"At least he's Chinese," Wei Ran said, looking at the seal on the letter. Then he took out his phone and retrieved the photo of the flag that Chan Ning sent to him, and found the sentence written in Chinese in the photo.
of “Fighting for Your Freedom and Ours.”
"Do you think the words on the flag were written by this Yu Yanlin?" Wei Ran asked Suisui.
"I don't know" Suisui shook her head, "but I want to believe that he wrote it."
"Fight for your freedom and ours"
While Wei Ran was playing with the seal he had just bought but had not had time to pay for, he was repeating the Chinese phrase on the flag, while at the same time focusing on the three-pointed stars pinned to the previous photo.
If a Chinese named Yu Yanlin had participated in that battle, and if he had written that Chinese sentence on the flag, would one of the 27 three-pointed stars be his?
If one of them belongs to him, does it mean he was killed in battle?
Amid these doubts, Wei Ran couldn't help but look forward to tomorrow's auction - he wanted to get that flag that could be described as "romantic", and he was even more curious about what kind of unknown group of people were hidden behind that flag.
story.
"Don't worry"
Suisui patted Wei Ran on the shoulder at this time and said firmly, "If those soap guys are not willing to take a photo of that flag and give it to you tomorrow, then let me take a photo of it and I will give it to you.