After finishing the email communication with Katianka and having nothing to do, Wei Ran simply took out the things in the metal book one by one and did some maintenance. These strange and weird things are his treasures, so they are certainly worth taking care of.
care.
Of course, thanks to the protection of the metal book, these things are in pretty good condition.
But even so, he carefully polished the bayonet he first got and the anti-Japanese machete he got later, and then carefully wiped the binoculars, food boxes, medical kits, kerosene gas lamps and other objects.
Even the platoon boat obtained in the Baiyangdian Anti-Japanese War was carefully maintained inside and out with beeswax left over from the renovation of this studio a few years ago.
The pistol Alexander gave him, as well as the SVT40 semi-automatic rifle he obtained on the Finnish battlefield and the Solothurn anti-tank gun also obtained from Finland, were carefully disassembled by him, and every part and bullet was carefully disassembled.
Wipe it clean and apply gun oil.
Taking advantage of the time for maintenance, Wei Ran also took stock of the contents of the metal book. It was sent to the battlefield nine times. In addition to the stories and negatives harvested, this book also became more and more interesting.
Like a discounted treasure chest.
Today, the only cold weapons in this metal book are a Mauser bayonet and a well-made anti-Japanese machete. The hot weapons include a CZP09 pistol made of titanium alloy with a silencer, and a rifle with a sight
SVT40 semi-automatic rifle, and a Solothurn S18-1000 anti-tank gun for which he had high hopes.
These three thermal weapons basically solve the firepower required for close-range firefights, fire suppression, and long-distance sniping.
In addition to these, there are also many auxiliary items. The first is a life-saving medical kit and a frequently used double-layer food box.
Secondly, there are telescopes, kerosene gas lamps, three 20-liter titanium alloy oil drums, and the largest platoon boat that has only been used once. Although these things are not used often, they can be used in certain situations.
provides tremendous help in the environment.
Of course, there are also the kerosene lighters that come with the kerosene gas lamps and the Kiev 30 film camera that I have never used before, as well as the Rollei twin reflex camera that is more suitable for B-type photography and the silver portable that seems to be only used to show off.
flagon.
The last one left was Gu Qin Yaoguang, who acted as a psychiatrist.
Speaking of which, this thing is still a New Year's gift from a metal notebook that always wants to kill itself, but its effect is actually the greatest.
Nowadays, basically every time he comes back, he takes out this guqin and plays the only Guangling San he knows how to relieve himself from the various negative emotions he brought back from various battlefields.
After cleaning everything and sending it back to the metal book, Wei Ran deliberately filled the wine bottle that had been consumed long ago with Professor Alexei's private collection of gin, and then placed the Guqin Yaoguang on the table.
He took a sip of wine and gently strummed the strings of the piano leisurely.
While he was enjoying the petty bourgeoisie, Herbert, who was far away in Moscow, was also reporting the "latest investigation progress" to Mrs. Amanda on the phone, and by the way hinted that the price would need to be increased if the investigation encountered trouble.
A little further away in Vienna, Austria, Katenka, who had been lying in the hospital all day, was also discharged from the hospital and successfully received a relatively good compensation from the insurance company.
Taking a taxi back to the Shudong Bookstore, which had been burned down to only a rough room, Katenka sighed secretly, and then without any nostalgia, she got into her car that had been parked on the opposite side of the road in advance, and left the place without hesitation.
The city where I grew up.
In the corner of an unmonitored underground parking lot on the edge of the city, Kajianka, wearing rubber gloves and thick toe gloves, carefully took out a few luggage and luggage from the cargo box of a truck that had been parked for an unknown length of time.
The photos of old Katenka were put into the trunk of his car one by one.
Before leaving, she deliberately left a gap in the truck's cab door, took out a large euro and deliberately threw it on the ground near the cab, turned around and drove her car out of the dim underground parking lot.
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It took a whole day to get to Turin, Italy. Katenka parked the car in the parking lot opposite Gubijing Pasta Restaurant, and then did not get out of the car. Instead, he directly put on the steam goggles and laid down
The seat begins to catch up on sleep.
Waiting until it was completely dark, Katenka took off her blindfold and looked around. After confirming that there was nothing unusual, she immediately took out the silent pistol that the old Katenka had left for her from under the floor mat, gently opened the car door and walked towards
Gubijing Pasta Restaurant.
Using the key provided by Weiran, she opened the rolling door and took a look at the restaurant, which still had traces of the fire. The girl, who was still wearing flashy clothes, patted her forehead, turned on the pistol safety, and checked each room carefully.
Although the condition on the first floor is a bit miserable, fortunately the bar on the second floor is in pretty good condition. There is also a separate small living room and bedroom that can be used for living.
Katenka breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and went downstairs to move the colorful suitcases in the trunk of the car up to the second floor one by one.
"Start a new life here"
Katenka looked out the window at the strange city shrouded in night, murmured something to himself, stretched, and unhurriedly took out his laptop from the box and placed it on the bar on the second floor.
, tapping the keyboard quickly, looking for various information about Herbert.
At noon the next day, just as Weiyan was sending Mr. Nikolai home from the airport, he received another email from Katenka.
After downloading the file attached to the email to his computer, Wei Ran looked at it for a few times before showing a look of surprise.
I have to admit that Katenka found a lot of information. In this packaged document, there was not only basic information such as Herbert's address, license plate number, and passport number. There was also information about how he used false identities to illegally raise funds on the Internet.
The dark history of financial fraud, and the transaction evidence that he teamed up with some art thieves to steal oil paintings from the home of a rich British man and sell them illegally.
Even in another email screenshot provided by Katenka, he also saw that Herbert arranged for people to monitor and try to kidnap "the Chinese man" at Fort Augustus and asked for the burial address of the "Charlotte Treasure"
Communication records.
Could it be that those people sent by Charlotte were not to monitor him? But to protect him? Wei Ran later figured out the key. Since no one kidnapped him at that time, could it be that Charlotte discovered something was wrong?
No, no, no, Mr. Charlotte shouldn't have that much ability, so who else could it be? The old man in camouflage uniforms who brought back the wooden box from Libya? Maybe it could only be him. No wonder he offered to "drop in" at that time.
Take yourself to the airport.
With the help of this belated intelligence, Wei Ran figured out the key, and by the way, he saw Herbert's true nature clearly, and at the same time, he also somewhat believed in Katenka's intelligence investigation ability.
But compared to these, what really surprised him was the information about Mrs. Amanda.
According to the documents provided by Katenka, Mrs. Amanda is the owner of a venture capital company. She does have a brother, and he did disappear in the winter of 1988.
But her brother was not named Leo, nor was he a gold prospector, nor was he a second-rate explorer keen on treasure hunting. He was a doctor of meteorology from a university in France at that time. As for the German who came to Amanda's door
He is actually her brother's meteorology tutor.
According to this record, which is marked as coming from a university archives, Amanda’s brother’s real name is Eric, and his tutor’s name is Jonas. Regarding the death of the teacher and student during the expedition, in that French
There have been records in colleges and universities, and even the principal at the time of the incident was implicated.
In addition, according to the information found by Katenka, the mother of the Amanda brothers and sisters is Norwegian, and they probably spent the ten years before going to college in Strasbourg, France.
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This is not important information in itself, but on the map marked by Katenka, this French border city is only separated from Germany by the Rhine River.
At the same time, the introduction to this city also mentioned that the local language is a German dialect called Alsatian. In other words, Mrs. Amanda can probably understand German, and she will definitely know some Norwegian.
!
She concealed her brother's identity, and most likely concealed her ability to understand German when they first met at the airport a few days ago. So who is Mrs. Amanda guarding against? Herbert? Or all the help?
Her search for treasure?
Finally, he glanced at Mrs. Amanda's detailed address, contact number, email and office address in Paris, as well as her license plate number. Wei Ran couldn't help but begin to doubt the credibility of the information provided by Katenka.
If all this is what she found, how did she find so many things in two days? Could there be any mistakes or fabricated fake news?
In addition, what exactly is Mrs. Amanda looking for? What she is looking for is so attractive that a venture capital company owner condescended to come to Volgograd to wait for her for several days.
After closing the few documents he had just opened, Wei Ran couldn't help but cast his eyes on the safe at his feet. He was hesitating whether to use that watch to go back to 1988 to see what happened.
This idea is both necessary and actually unnecessary.
The reason why it is necessary is that at least you can satisfy your curiosity and see how different the truth is from the information about the brother and sister that Katenka investigated. By the way, you can also truly understand Amanda's intentions, lest you really
Get into trouble.
It's not necessary, just because in the final analysis of this matter, as long as you find a way to reveal the dirty information about Herbert, you can completely cut off contact with Amanda.
But the consequence is that I have no way to distinguish Katenka's ability, let alone whether the Amanda in the future will find me with a new story and client for the same "treasure".
But what really gave him the idea were some details, such as the fact that this incident took place in the relatively safe year of 1988, and that the only people participating in the expedition seemed to be a doctor of meteorology and his mentor.
For another example, after taking stock of the materials and equipment in the metal book a few days ago, Wei Ran simply wanted to accumulate more practical things, etc.
As for whether to tell Mrs. Amanda the final result of the investigation, the answer is undoubtedly no. After all, Wei Ran is now a man who has appeared on TV, has been appointed as an honorary consultant to an official museum, and is also a shareholder of a large film studio.
public figures.
This kind of historian who focuses on academic research naturally has to draw a clear line between himself and the evil-minded social person like Amanda, who is full of bad ideas.
