"Uncle Akeem, how long does it take to get to your friend's house from here?" Wei Ran asked after nailing the cover on the last simple coffin.
"It's not too far just by flying," Akeem replied with a smile. "A round trip only takes an hour and a half at most. But when we get to the airport, and then from the airport to his house, I'm afraid it will be a waste of time."
Only an hour will do.”
"In that case, let's set off quickly!" Alexei slapped himself on the neck as he spoke, "There are so many mosquitoes in this damn place."
"I won't go"
Wei Ran unexpectedly said, "Professor, I'll stay here. While I'm watching here, I won't lose anything. I'll also look around to see if I can find anything else."
"Victor, it's not safe here." Akeem frowned, "There are brown bears and wolves here, no matter which one you encounter..."
"I have a shotgun." Wei Ran pointed to the shotgun placed on another coffin not far away, "Don't worry, I will climb up the tree if I'm really in danger."
Professor Alexei hesitated for a moment, then finally nodded and said, "Then please pay attention to safety and make sure the satellite phone can be connected at all times."
"Don't worry, I'm not a child anymore."
Wei Ran said, having already lifted one end of the simple coffin, "Come here and help. I will help you take these three to the dock."
The two old guys looked at each other, and finally came together. They worked together to place the three simple coffins on their respective bathtubs, and dragged them to the dock outside the forest.
After a lot of trouble, the three simple coffins were transported to the lake and put on the plane. Weiyan stood on the pier and said, "Professor, remember to call Mr. Alexander, and remember to call me when you arrive.
I didn’t even know that Uncle Akeem flew to Norway and got busted for drunk driving.”
"Are you worried that it would be dangerous if I drink and fly a plane, so you don't want to follow me?" Akeem asked, blowing his beard and staring.
"How can it be"
Wei Ran spread his hands with a playful smile, but the expression on his face was as if he had guessed what he was thinking, "Anyway, Uncle Akeem, remember to fly slower, after all, you have been drinking."
"You don't need to remind me about this kind of thing"
Akeem untied the cables that fixed the plane angrily, and after beckoning Alexey to board the plane, he said, "Young man, please also pay attention to your safety."
"It's definitely safer than you." As Wei Ran spoke, he had already taken off the shotgun originally slung on his shoulder.
Watching the plane glide and take off on the lake, and then completely disappear from sight after circling for a while. Wei Ran did not dare to waste time at all, and took out the platoon boat originally obtained from Baiyangdian from the metal book as quickly as possible.
"Finally we can use this boat." Wei Ran jumped on the boat and rowed toward the other side with the oars skillfully.
The distance between the left and right was less than a hundred meters, so naturally he didn't waste much time. After the bow of the boat rushed to the lake shore, Wei Ran immediately jumped onto the rocks on the shore to put away the boat, and then took out the metal book.
The half-track motorcycle rushed to the destination marked in the metal book with the help of the satellite phone's navigation map.
Thanks to the powerful off-road capabilities of the half-track motorcycle, not much time was wasted in the next dozen kilometers, except that the thick bushes and the large mosquitoes that could be seen everywhere were a bit torturous.
After climbing over two short mountains that were not too high, Weiran glanced at the straight-line distance of less than 200 meters on the navigation map. After looking around, he put away his half-track motorcycle and took a deep dive with his shotgun.
Qian stepped into the forest.
Soon after, he saw the two iconic large stones and the wooden house built on the two three-meter-high stones. In addition, there were also wooden houses built around the old-looking wooden house.
There is a ring of rusty barbed wire, and even a layer of colored steel tiles that are almost rusty on the roof.
Using barbed wire to protect long-uninhabited hunting huts seems to be a common practice among Finnish hunters. At least it was the same practice when we first visited the blizzard hut that has been made into a movie.
However, compared to that small house, this place has obviously been abandoned for too long. Not only the padlock on the barbed wire fence gate has been completely rusted, but even the iron warning sign hanging on it has been blurred and can only be barely seen.
There was a faint Finnish word for "private property" written on it.
After walking around the barbed wire fence and seeing no trace of human activity, Wei Ran thought for a moment, put on the German boots in the metal book, put his shoes aside, and then climbed over the barbed wire fence easily.
Without rushing into the door, Wei Ran opened the shed on the left side of the wooden house first.
To his surprise, although the wooden shed looked shabby on the outside, at least the two sheds were exceptionally neat inside. Not only were stone walls built on both sides, but there was even an I-shaped sign painted in red above the head.
The steel beams and even the ground were paved with smooth stones, but most importantly, there was a half-track motorcycle covered with canvas parked here!
Gently lifting the dusty canvas, Wei Ran couldn't help but smile. It could be seen that the car was well preserved. Not only was the chassis framed by logs, but there was also a large amount of sludge remaining on the tracks on both sides.
.On the metal shelves against the wall, there are also several oil drums that are also covered with dust, and a fuel-fired generator that was obviously produced after World War II.
"It seems that they have not abandoned this place..."
While Wei Ran muttered to himself, he re-covered the canvas that served as a car cover, and then carefully cleaned the fingerprints he left before exiting the shed on the left.
Walking to the door of the wooden shed on the right side of the wooden house, Wei Ran opened the wooden door and found that there was no structural difference between the wooden shed here and the wooden shed on the left. And the things piled up here were things like cement or colored steel tiles and even welding rods.
For construction materials such as nails, one of the relatively well-preserved welding rod packaging boxes can barely tell that the production date is 2013.
After retreating and closing the door, Wei Ran finally stood at the door of the wooden house, took out the lockpick tool that had been kept in the food box, and easily opened the keyhole covered with a layer of grease.
With a "squeak" sound, the wooden door opened, and a familiar scene came into view. The only difference was that there was an extra electric light on the shed above the head, and the few furniture were covered with plastic sheets.
In addition, there are more than a dozen photo frames hanging on the wall facing the fireplace. Without exception, these photo frames are all photos of Quentin and others, and the photos in each photo frame are also marked with
Time for group photos.
Looking through time one by one, the first group photo is from 1945, and there is a kind-faced Quentin in the photo. The four people in the photo have bath towels around their waists, and hold wine glasses in their hands. Quentin’s hand
, and also held on to the extended camera shutter cable.
When the group photo was taken in 1946, there was no longer Kantan in the photo, and the smiles on the faces of Quentin and the three of them had disappeared. Instead, there was a trace of sadness, and there was a single photo of Kantan next to it.
Moving on, from 1947 to 1957, the three people in the photo were gradually surrounded by women, and then more children. In addition to the fireplace in the wooden house, the background of the photo also had a fur shop. Their
The clothes on my body occasionally changed into suits or traditional Finnish clothes with strong Lapland characteristics.
In the past ten years, Quentin and Gale in the photos have grown older little by little, and Dorian has become more mature. At the same time, there are more and more children surrounding them.
However, the group photo marked with the time came to an abrupt end. In 1958, these people never took a group photo again.
The only photo that reappeared next was a group photo of Quentin and his family, and the time stamp on it was 1961.
In a subsequent photo, the people on it were Gale and his wife, and the time stamp on it was 1988.
From the records in the metal book, we can know that the time on these two photos is exactly the time when Quentin's family suffered an avalanche, and when Gale and his wife fell ill and died one after another.
At this point, only the last wooden picture frame is left on the wall, but there is no photo in it.
"Could it be that Dorian is still alive?" Wei Ran raised his eyebrows, but at this moment, the satellite phone in his pocket rang.
He took out the phone and pressed the connect button. Before he could speak, he heard Professor Alexei on the other end of the phone shout in panic, "Victor! Victor! I don't have much time, remember to help."
I will take good care of Aurora! Tell her and your aunt that I love them!"
Wei Ran's heart sank and he asked nervously, "What's wrong with you?"
"It's okay, I just want to tell you that the plane has landed safely."
Professor Alexei changed his tone to a relaxed tone, and at the same time, Wei Ran could vaguely hear Akeem's undisguised laughter on the other end of the phone.
"These two old bastards..." Wei Ran gritted his teeth and cursed in his mind. He was too lazy to listen to the other party's nonsense and simply hung up the phone.
Putting the satellite phone back into his pocket, Wei Ran did not dare to delay and took the time to walk around the upstairs and downstairs of the wooden house.
Unfortunately, apart from finding half a bottle of potato wine with a production date of 2010, he didn't find many valuable discoveries. Naturally, there was no way to verify it. In 1958, Quentin, Gale and
What exactly happened between Dorian.
"Is it possible that we really want to visit that address in Lille, France?"
Wei Ran hesitated for a moment, but finally suppressed the impulsive idea. Just like the advice he gave Alexei and Akeem before, it was best to find the corpses dug up in the shelter through official efforts.
the truth.
And before the insider appeared, it was obviously not a rational thing for him to rush to the address recorded in the metal book to find out.
Thinking of this, Wei Ran could only suppress his thirst for knowledge in the end, turned around and left the wooden house.
After re-locking the wooden door and blocking the keyhole with the remaining sludge, Wei Ran sat on the doorstep, waved his hand and took out the metal book, and then took out the only film inside next to the photo of the half-track motorcycle.
.
Lifting it up and pointing it at the bright sunshine overhead, the image of four people with big towels tied around their waists and drinking wine around a warm fireplace is clearly visible in the film.
"Sure enough, the photo needs to include Quentin?"
Wei Ran murmured to himself, and was about to put the film in his hand back into the paper bag next to the photo, but found that the metal book on his lap turned to a page automatically, and then, the red swirl on the back
