"Now tell me your requirements," Soran asked while already starting to lock the roller shutters of this house.
"Tell me about this anchor!" Weiran suddenly changed the subject, raised his finger and pointed at the anchor not far from the gate and asked, "Has it always been here?"
"This anchor?"
Seeing Wei Ran nodding, Sauron replied with a smile, "It doesn't have a long history. My grandfather fished this anchor out of Kiel Bay in the summer decades ago. At that time, he even thought it was caught in the net."
Whale, but when he mustered up the courage to dive into the water, he discovered that the fishing net had caught the anchor, and it took a lot of effort to fish it out."
Hearing this, Wei Ran's interest in the anchor immediately disappeared, and he simply asked through conversation, "Tell me about your grandfather, what does he do?"
"fishermen"
"Fishermen?" Wei Ran was stunned, and subconsciously turned his head to look at the house not far away, "Where is your great-grandfather?"
"Also a fisherman"
Sauron obviously saw Wei Ran's doubts and took the initiative to explain, "But according to my father, when he was very young, my great-grandfather briefly ran a tavern. After the surrounding fishermen returned from fishing,
, would come to the tavern he ran for a drink. Later, as better-decorated bars appeared in the surrounding towns, the number of people in his tavern became less and less. Later, he simply closed the tavern and took my grandfather to become a fisherman.
.”
Is it a tavern?
Wei Ran subconsciously looked at the cast iron mailbox on the other side of the door. The mailbox was painted with brown paint and took the shape of an oak barrel. The size was the same as a real oak barrel. However, thinking about it, this house was once a
The pub, having something like this at the door seems to complement the postbox. I looked around the mailbox and found that in addition to the image of a cantaloupe-sized griffon on the top, there was also the "Lübeck Foundry" around it.
·1929".
"Isn't this mailbox also fished out of Kiel Bay?" Wei Ran asked, tapping the mailbox gently.
"It's not"
Sauron pulled the back of his head and explained honestly, "I asked my father this question when I was a child. According to him, this thing has been placed at the door since he could remember, but since the tavern closed, it has been
It was put in the basement behind the bar. When I renovated this place not long ago, I found it, repainted it and put it here."
Taking out his mobile phone and taking a photo of the mailbox, Wei Ran looked around for the last time at the surrounding environment, and then said with a smile, "Okay, I have no questions for the time being, I will investigate as soon as possible, and
I will give you an answer before the agreed deadline. In addition, during the investigation, I may come here to visit from time to time."
"welcome any time"
Sauron said happily, "I will be here before summer comes. You just need to call me half a day in advance. But..."
"What's wrong?" Wei Ran saw the embarrassment on the other person's face and took the initiative to ask.
"Before the results of your investigation come out, I may renovate and maintain the basement. I don't know if this will cause you trouble."
"Renovation and maintenance?" Wei Ran was stunned and frowned subconsciously. This could really bring trouble.
"I'm going to use this house to do business."
Sauron spread his hands, "Especially the basement. I plan to use it as a secret gathering place. Although the things inside are very interesting, at least I have to find a way to move the coffin out."
"Just moving the coffin?"
Soran shook his head, "The floor may also need to be replaced, and there is no heating in the basement. To solve these problems, I'm afraid all the things inside will have to be moved up."
this...
Wei Ran suddenly felt worried. He had originally planned to come back after the new year and use the metal book to investigate and find out what secrets were in the basement. After all, the other party's deadline was very loose. Not only could he take advantage of this period to get down to business
It’s actually a festival, and you can also make preparations along the way.
But if the other party is renovating the basement at any time, Weiran is not sure that the things moved out of the basement can send him back to the correct time point.
In particular, all the arrangements in the basement were obviously prepared for espionage activities. He could even roughly guess that the main targets of the espionage personnel hiding here at that time were most likely the German ships entering and exiting Kiel Port.
.
However, it is unknown which country sent the espionage personnel and the specific time when they were working behind enemy lines here.
Although there seemed to be a lot of things left in the basement, it was actually cleaned very clean, so clean that he couldn't find any useful clues at all.
So the only thing he can be sure of at the moment is that there was probably a man and a woman hiding in that basement, but more importantly, I am afraid that only with the help of the metal book can we know what happened here.
Because of this, he had to choose as accurately as possible to stand on the side of the intelligence personnel at that time. In other words, if he wanted to avoid standing on the wrong team, the only way was to rush to the basement before this strong man named Sauron
Only when it's changed beyond recognition.
You have to add more money, otherwise it will be a big loss...
Wei Ran, who originally wanted to go home to celebrate the New Year, secretly made a decision. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Sauron, in this case, I'm afraid I have to work overtime..."
"I understand!" Solan said generously before Wei Ran finished speaking, "How about 300,000 euros? If it's not enough, I'll discuss it with my dad."
"The rich man struck by lightning!"
Wei Ran cursed secretly, waved his hands seriously and said, "I believe you will not disappoint me regarding the commission. What I want to say is, if you plan to renovate that basement, then I'm afraid I will have to renovate the basement before you
Before it's demolished beyond recognition, I have to work overtime here to continue looking for clues, so if you don't mind, I plan to search this house carefully for a few days to see if I can find any overlooked clues."
"No problem, here's the key."
While Solan was speaking, he took out a bunch of keys from his pocket and handed them to Wei Ran, then raised his finger and pointed to the town not far away, "I will help you find a hotel nearby. You can come here at any time to look for clues.
"
"Aren't you worried that I will steal the gold bars inside?" Wei Ran reminded after taking the key.
"Those gold bars are not worth 300,000 euros"
While Solan was speaking, he even handed the car key to Wei Ran, "I'll let you use this car too. I'll go to the town to find a hotel for you first. When the arrangements are made, I'll send you the address and we'll have dinner together in the evening."
How about it?"
"Then I'll trouble you."
Wei Ran took the key, weighed it, and watched as the other person walked slowly towards the town, which was only separated by a pier, with his hands in his pockets.
It wasn't until Sauron disappeared that he reopened the rolling shutter door that had been locked recently, sat down on the wooden chair behind the bar, and began to think about whether he needed to prepare something in advance and put it in the food box, and what to do if something went wrong.
Be careful if you are on the wrong team again, what situations you may face when the time comes, and how to remedy it.
After going through all the imaginary consequences, he stood up, leaned against the door frame and looked at the situation outside. When he saw that there was nothing abnormal, he immediately locked the rolling shutter door and walked towards the one connecting to the basement.
small room.
Once again, he went into the basement along the passage in the fireplace. Wei Ran fumbled to find the light switch and turned it on. Then in the dim light, he carefully checked the basement again.
After confirming that there was no monitoring equipment in this underground space, he immediately sat next to the table filled with manuscript papers, took a deep breath and took out the metal book.
In the past, when he used a metal notebook, the largest object he could draw with that metal quill pen was just a tank. Now, he had no confidence at all whether he could draw this basement.
While he was waiting, the metal book lying on the table slowly opened to the blank page 17, and the metal quill began to rustle out a pattern.
Obviously, this pattern was drawn by Li, and it was exactly the table in front of Wei Ran. It was just different from what he saw. On the table drawn by the quill, not only were the two radios placed, but there were also a large number of scattered
There was a used manuscript paper, and there was also a figure with long hair on his back. He was holding the earphones close to his face with one hand, and holding a pencil in the other hand as if he was writing something on the manuscript paper.
In the upper middle position of this pattern, beside the fireplace with a bonfire, there is a person squatting. However, the person in the pattern can only see the shoulders below, and a stack of food he is delivering to the bonfire.
The manuscript paper, as to whether he was a boy or a girl, and what he looked like, left Wei Ran with countless daydreams.
With a "clang" sound, as the metal quill fell on the table, several lines of text appeared below the pattern it had just drawn:
Role identity: Siren Tavern, bartender Victor
Return mission: Assist Romeo in completing the intelligence transmission, cover the existence of Juliet and the basement, ensure that they are not discovered, and take 10 photos.
Skill mission: assassinate the chained dog Adam and hide the body to ensure that it is not discovered within a week.
Romeo and Juliet? So many tasks? What skills are they this time?
While Wei Ran was muttering secretly, his field of vision was already occupied by intense white light. Immediately afterwards, retro music and the voice of a woman singing came to his ears, and the singing and music were also mixed with noisy
The sound of conversation and occasional laughter.
"Why is it so lively..."
Wei Ran blinked hard, and when he could barely see the outline of his surroundings, he realized that he was standing behind a wooden bar, holding a glass and a clean towel in his hands.
Looking around again, Wei Ran couldn't help but twitch his eyebrows. He could recognize that this was the hall on the first floor of the house. But at this time, under the bright light of the crystal lamp above his head, there were at least twenty people.
Men wearing World War II German naval uniforms each held their female companions on their arms and danced amidst the lights and music.
He turned around and looked to the left of the counter. On the small stage, which was not too big, there was a woman who looked 80-90% similar to the first French goddess in the 1980s and 1990s. She was holding a metal microphone.
Wei Ran was singing a song that she had never heard before, and on both sides of the female singer, there were several scantily clad girls doing a hot dance that exposed their thighs from time to time.
"Here... have a glass of liqueur"
While Wei Ran was observing the surrounding environment, a drunken officer sat on a high stool next to the bar.
After looking at the opponent's rank of major, Wei Ran calmly put down the towel in his hand, turned around and searched on the wine rack, pulled out a bottle of liqueur and poured a full glass for the opponent.
The major picked up the wine glass and looked at it. He smiled drunkenly at Wei Ran, then raised his head and drank all the wine. Unfortunately, he seemed to have used too much force, even though the whole glass of wine went into his mouth.
inside, but he also leaned back, fell off the high stool and lay heavily on the floor.
"What the hell is this a German naval officer?"
Wei Ran looked at the major who fell to the floor and couldn't get up with a puzzled look on his face. He looked so drunk that he smelled like hair.
While he was in a daze, another man with an unknown military rank wearing a shirt had already grabbed the major and helped him to sit down at a table not far away. The two of them were arm-in-arm.
What are they talking about.
Picking up a new cup, Wei Ran wiped it with a towel while observing the crowd around him. Most of these drunken soldiers were wearing navy uniforms, and a few were wearing air force uniforms.
And judging from their few words, it seems that these navy have just returned from a battle. From time to time in their words, they will say that so and so died in the battle, so and so was burned to death, and that a certain captain's wife almost cheated on him.
He told half-truths and half-false tidbits about all his comrades in the submarine.
However, before the beautiful female singer finished singing a song, and before Wei Ran heard any valuable information, the door of the tavern was pushed open from the outside, and the cold wind mixed with rain made everyone
Everyone shivered subconsciously. Then a chained dog wearing a raincoat came in, making everyone quiet down.
"Adam, we are on vacation. Can you please leave quickly so as not to ruin our fun? We have reserved the venue today." The man who helped the drunk major not long ago had a hint of helplessness and disdain in his impatient tone.
"In that case, I guess you wouldn't mind buying me a drink."
The chained dog glanced around, took off his coat and hung it on the hanger at the door. He walked slowly to the bar and sat down. He knocked on the table and said, "Have a glass of gin and an extra slice of mint."
Wei Ran looked around, found a bottle of gin and poured the other party a glass, then said apologetically, "Sorry, we've run out of mint."
"It's okay, don't be sorry."
The chained dog was unexpectedly polite. He picked up the cup and drank it all in one gulp. Then he stood up, walked over to the major who had drunk too much, and whispered something into his ear.
With a "clang", the major, who was still drunk just now, stood up suddenly. He didn't even care about the chair he knocked down, and pressed the shoulder of the chain dog, "Adam, are you telling the truth?"
Adam looked around and said gently, "I'll wait for you in the car outside."
After saying that, he gently pulled the hand on his shoulder and walked towards the door of the tavern. The major staggered and stood up straight, fastening his buttons while chasing outside.
Almost at the same time as the two people left the tavern one after another, the hall that had just quieted down immediately recalled the sound of whispering conversations.
Just at this moment, the wooden door on the side of the bar opened, and a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties walked out with two bottles of wine. The beautiful singer on the stage also changed a song and started singing again.
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Under the cover of this noisy noise, the middle-aged man waved to Wei Ran, "Victor, come here and help move the red wine out."
"Okay!" Wei Ran quickly put down the cup in his hand and followed him into the room behind the bar.
"Victor, it's too late. Frank and the others must be in trouble." The middle-aged man whispered into Wei Ran's ear, "We must find a way to kill Adam tonight!"
