"Before that, I'm curious as to how you know the names of the people in the photo." Wei Ran was the first to ask his inner doubts.
Charlotte picked up the glass and took a sip of whiskey with ice cubes, and said with emotion, "My mother told me the names of these people in the photo. According to what she said during her lifetime, my father went to Libya to find
These are the people who have unexpected events.”
"Didn't your mother mention the treasure?" Wei Ran couldn't help but ask.
Charlotte shook her head, "I asked my mother more than once, but she didn't know. She only said that my father brought this group photo back from Libya after the war, and brought it back together with you outside.
That oil drum I saw.
And ever since he got that photo, my father was like a man possessed and would go to Libya almost every winter, until he encountered an accident in the desert and never came back."
Brought back from Libya after the war?
Wei Ran sighed secretly. It seemed that one of Carlo and the others had gone to the dry well in the desert after escaping from trouble and left the group photo.
"Now can you tell me how you got this map?" Charlotte asked.
"I found it together with the code book."
Wei Ran once again gave the exact same answer as not long ago, and then came up with a tried and true excuse, "But the other party didn't want to reveal his identity. It was only after I promised him that I had the opportunity to buy these things. And I
I have already inquired, and these things were only purchased from others a few years ago."
The messy study room fell into silence for a while. After a long silence, Charlotte drank all the whiskey in the glass, looked at Wei Ran and asked seriously, "Victor, are you interested in following the directions of this map?"
Find this treasure?"
"Not interested in"
Wei Ran rejected the other party's proposal without thinking. More than seventy years ago, Libya was full of artillery fire. Today, more than seventy years after the end of World War II, Libya is still unsafe. Although he regrets what happened to Harry and that short period of time, Libya is still unsafe.
Friendship, but will not rush to Libya to die in a hurry.
"Forehead..."
Charlotte didn't expect Wei Ran to refuse so simply. After being stunned for a moment, Charlotte asked, "Don't you want to unlock the secret of this treasure?"
"I'm not an explorer"
Wei Ran picked up the wine bottle on the table and poured half a glass of whiskey for each of them. He said bluntly, "And Libya is too dangerous. I don't want to go to that place to die. But I suggest you ask Herbert.
Maybe he'd be willing to risk it and see."
"Do you have this map..."
"Don't worry, Mr. Charlotte."
Weiran finally understood what the other party was worried about, and simply made it clear, "At least after I got this map, I didn't go to Libya according to the marks on it. And since Mr. Herbert took the oil drum
There is only one week between sending it to my studio and deciding to meet with you. Even if I wanted to go, I would not have the time or opportunity at all.
The reason why I chose to come to the UK from the distant Volgograd to meet you after I got enough commission was not because I wanted to sell it for a good price. I just wanted to hand over the map to you in person to avoid leaking the news about the treasure.
.”
Taking a sip of wine, Wei Ran continued, "Mr. Charlotte, handing this map to you personally is the only way I can help you. As for going on an expedition, forget it, I'm just a guy who can't even shoot a gun.
Ordinary people who have not touched much, museums and historical archives are what interest me."
"So you don't need extra compensation?" Charlotte looked at Wei Ran in surprise.
"No need, not even the travel expenses of a thousand pounds a day."
Wei Ran said matter-of-factly, "Of course, if possible, I hope to have the opportunity to try my luck on Loch Ness and see if I can capture the water monster with my camera. This is the only thing I am interested in besides coming here to meet you."
matter."
Charlotte, who was greatly surprised, stared at Wei Ran for a long time, then shook her head in disinterest and said with a smile, "It seems that I am the only one who cares about this treasure hidden in the desert. But no matter what,
Victor, I still want to thank you.
Let's take a rest in the hotel today, and I'll find someone to drive a boat to take you to Loch Ness early tomorrow morning. If you can really find the water monster, maybe that's the treasure you're interested in."
"If the Loch Ness Monster can be found, it will indeed be a treasure."
While Wei Ran was talking, he touched the tattoo on the tiger's mouth of his left hand without trace. The flash of heat just now made him just want to find a quiet place to see what good things he got.
A few words temporarily dispelled Charlotte's doubts. After Wei Ran waited for the other party to call Herbert back on his mobile phone, he simply followed him and checked into a small hotel less than 5 meters away.
"Victor, where is the treasure?" Herbert asked in a low voice in German before closing the door.
"I'm sorry, I can't say that." Before Wei Ran could finish his words, he closed the door directly, and then quietly put his eyes on the cat's eye.
Herbert, who was outside the door, subconsciously took a step back, frowned and whispered something in French, then turned around and got into the room opposite the door.
At this point, Wei Ran locked the door and carefully checked the entire room inside and out. Then he took advantage of opening the window for ventilation and looked outside without leaving any trace.
When he turned around, a disdainful smile appeared on his face. With the "cold knowledge" he learned from the Hongqi Forestry Farm, he could almost see at a glance the position facing his window outside.
An individual sits in a car and monitors his room in a very amateurish manner.
There is no need to guess, it was definitely arranged by Charlotte, the old gentleman next door who was obsessed with looking for treasures. Obviously, the other party was still worried that someone had misappropriated the treasures that belonged to him in advance.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! How did that guy Harry give birth to such a good son? Wei Ran muttered to himself, kicked off his shoes and lay on the bed, then covered himself with a quilt.
By the light of his cell phone, Wei Ran took out the metal book and watched helplessly as he turned to the back of page 14, showing the extra blue counter-rotating vortex under the red vortex with three oil barrels.
Under Wei Ran's gaze, the metal quill wrote under the blue vortex, "Dear friend, I am very happy that you came to my home as promised. Please accept this small gift!"
When the metal quill hit the soft bed, Wei Ran's only trace of dissatisfaction with Charlotte disappeared. He reached into the blue vortex and took out a particularly beautiful silver portable wine bottle.
pot.
This small hip flask is only about the size of a palm, and is completely flat. It can only hold a hundred milliliters at most. Although the size is smaller and the overall shape tends to be flatter, its shape is similar to the kettles distributed by Germany during World War II.
Very similar.
The left half of the silver pot body has a beautiful hollow pattern. The hollow part can be clearly distinguished as a well in the desert.
What is quite clever is that the hollow outline of the well is presented by a crystal glass bottle wrapped with a silver body. Under the light of the mobile phone, the crystal clear crystal glass and the brown-red whiskey contained inside reflect beautifully.
The light gives the group photo carefully carved on the right half of the pot body a strange brilliance.
The carved group photo was not the one taken by Wei Ran at his birthday party, but the one taken by German journalist Pell before he decided to set out to find water. In this photo, Wei Ran was once again lucky enough to be there.
listed among them.
Turning the jug over, you can see that on the other side, there are not many hollow patterns but they occupy almost the entire area. They represent exactly the hand-drawn map found at the bottom of the well that pointed out the way out for them.
In addition to these beautiful hollow patterns, Wei Ran also found the Lydian amber gold coin that was not given to him. This gold nugget, which was only the size of a thumb joint and had a clear lion pattern, was firmly embedded in the hip flask.
Cover.
Look at the bottom of the flask again. On a not too big area, the same sentence is engraved in three rows in Italian, German and in English that Wei Ran cannot understand, "For our friendship,
cheers!"
"Cheers to our friendship..."
Wei Ran unscrewed the lid of the pot and muttered something to himself, put the crystal glass spout to his mouth, and took a big sip of whiskey that he was still not used to drinking under the quilt.
