After returning to Inta without any danger, Wei Ran and Jima stayed in a hotel known as Inta's best hotel under the leadership of the grocery store owner. Of course, Wei Ran needed to pay for all this.
"Victor, let's rest here for a day and leave here by train tomorrow night." Before Jima could finish his words, he had already entered the room with his arms around the female hunter who was almost hanging on him.
Shaking his head helplessly, Wei Ran went into his room, looked at the snow-covered city outside the window, and finally decided to take a bath and have a good rest before going out to take pictures early tomorrow morning.
However, as night fell, an old man carrying a long roll of cloth limped into Inta and checked into an inconspicuous small hotel on the edge of the city.
In order to get rid of the animal trap on his leg, he wasted a lot of time, and for this reason he completely lost track of Ji Ma and Wei Ran.
But even so, the old guy's face still showed excitement that he couldn't hide. Although the two cunning young people didn't make any money, the results of their busy work in that abandoned gold mine for half a year were all in their own hands.
In the backpack.
For him, this is already an astonishing amount of wealth that will allow him to live comfortably for the rest of his life. As long as he successfully boards the train to Europe tomorrow night, whether it is the two young people who ran away or
The companions who died in the abandoned gold mine have nothing to do with him anymore.
In the blink of an eye, the next morning, after eating a surprisingly caloric breakfast, Wei Ran walked out of the hotel with his old Leica camera and drove the van Jima rented from the grocery store owner in this not-so-big pole.
Wandering around the city aimlessly. From time to time, I clicked the shutter on some buildings or even pedestrians.
It is difficult to say whether this small city, which was originally built outside the sight of "Russians in Europe", is considered a great masterpiece of the Soviet era, or a bloody and cruel Soviet era. It is true that this small town founded by coal in the early days of World War II burned to the ground.
I don’t know how many innocent or damned lives there were.
But on the other hand, like a warrior who challenges the harsh natural environment, he provides nearly 60,000 local residents with all the necessary conditions to call it "home".
The van covered with snow drove slowly on the slippery streets, occasionally pulling over to the side. As the shutter was pressed again and again, the shops, coal factories, wood processing plants and even police stations built in the Soviet era or
The bakery is forever fixed on the film.
In addition to these cold buildings, the adults and children who wrapped themselves tightly, and even the beautiful girls who did not hesitate to smile and be enthusiastic when facing the camera, also made him raise the camera again and again.
It was not until noon, when heavy snow began to fall overhead again, that all the films he brought this time were taken, and Wei Ran put away his camera with satisfaction and went into an inconspicuous small restaurant on the street.
After simply ordering a main dish that was similar to fish stew but with a lot of cream, and a small plate of sliced riba, and then receiving a small glass of vodka from the owner for free, Wei Ran was already thinking about returning to Kazan.
Afterwards, Nikolai will introduce himself to a place to increase his probability of surviving on the battlefield.
However, just as he was lost in thought, the door of the small restaurant was pushed open, and before an old man with a sloping foot stepped in, he caught a glimpse of Wei Ran, who was sitting at the table by the window eating hazelnuts.
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There was a soft "squeak" sound, and the small door hung with a thick cotton curtain was closed again. The old man who was about to go in had already turned around and left, disappearing into the small alley next to the hotel.
Wei Ran, who was completely unaware of this, almost took the time to finish his lunch, then slowly stood up to pay and leave. Next, he would go to the hotel to pick up Jima, and then the two of them would go back to Inta, where they would wait for the southbound train.
However, just as he opened the door and left the small restaurant, before the mist evaporating due to the temperature difference at the entrance of the hotel behind him dissipated, a man wearing a cotton hat and scarf had already pressed a gun against his lower back.
"If you don't want to stay in Inta forever, just leave with me honestly."
While the man was speaking, he clapped Wei Ran's hand that was about to be raised, grabbed his wrist and twisted it to his back, and continued to threaten in a hoarse voice, "Don't make unnecessary moves, and don't make loud noises."
Sound, have you seen that white van across the street? Go in honestly, I guarantee you will survive."
Wei Ran looked around. Due to the increasing snowfall, there were very few pedestrians and cars on the street. There were even no cameras on the surrounding telephone poles that were common in China.
After trying and failing to break free from the other party's restraint, Wei Ran could only bend down and get into the dilapidated van under the other party's push.
"Put the cuffs on yourself"
Taking the handcuffs thrown at him, Wei Ran glanced at the pistol hidden in the opponent's sleeve, and after a moment of hesitation, he stuck it on his wrist.
The person outside the car checked with great caution, then searched Wei Ran's body, confiscated his mobile phone and camera, then picked up a bundle of climbing ropes, tied him to the seat and personally helped him.
He put on a blindfold.
As the car door banged, a moment later, the hijacker started the car and disappeared into the heavy snow.
Feeling the increasingly bumpy road conditions under his feet, Wei Ran, who was in darkness before his eyes, secretly guessed the other party's plans. On the other hand, he didn't know if it was because he had experienced the baptism of Position 19 and the Battle of Stalingrad, but he was surprised to find that he
There was no feeling of fear at all.
Although he knew that this was a dangerous illusion, he gradually became calmer and calmer, and just waited patiently for the car to stop.
After at least an hour, the driver finally turned off the engine, then opened the door and pulled off the blindfold on Wei Ran's face.
The sudden light made Wei Ran squint his eyes subconsciously. Before his eyesight could recover, he was roughly pulled out of the car by someone outside the car, pushed him into an abandoned mine, and tied him up.
A mine cart covered in rust.
"What did you find in the safe?" Following the question, the man who had been covering his face tightly finally took off his scarf and hat, revealing an old face with sideburns.
"Sure enough, it's you," Wei Ran asked with a smile, "Before we got in the car, I noticed that your legs and feet were inconvenient. Did you really step on the animal trap?"
"Don't try to provoke me into killing you." The old man put the pistol on the seat. "I'm just looking for money, not killing anyone."
"Where are your companions?" Wei Ranhun asked nonchalantly, "Why didn't you see them come out?"
Hearing this, the old man was too lazy to talk nonsense with Wei Ran and put the gun directly on his head, "Where are your companions? Where is the gold you stole from the safe?"
Wei Ran glanced at the TT33 pistol in the opponent's hand, and then at the empty factory buildings around him. A strange smile suddenly appeared on his face, "Old guy, your companion was killed by you, right?"
Before the other party could reply, Wei Ran said very cheerfully, "If you really want to get the gold we found in the safe, you'd better let me call Jima. If you delay for a while, he might have already boarded the train.
Leaving Inta, you have to know that that is more than ten kilograms of gold. If he knows that someone is holding me hostage, he might run away directly, so you also want to get that gold, and I want it too, so we are
We can cooperate.”
"More than ten kilograms of gold?!"
The expression of the bearded old man who was so close immediately revealed greed that could not be hidden at all. After hesitating for a moment, he finally took a step back, turned and walked towards the van outside the mine.
However, the moment he turned back, a slender Mauser bayonet appeared in Wei Ran's left hand. Without any effort at all, the sharp blade easily cut the rope that bound his body! Before he could even wait for the force that originally bound his body to
The rope fell to the ground, and the bayonet in his hand had turned into a black matte pistol!
"boom!"
After a crisp gunshot, a fatal bullet was immediately drilled into the back of the old man's head with his back turned!
"Plop!"
The old man lost his life in an instant and fell directly to the dusty ground, and his pistol also slipped onto the mine tunnel full of cinders.
Compared with the first killing in Stalingrad, Wei Ran's reaction this time was particularly dull. After calmly withdrawing his gun, he glanced at the opponent's body, and then began to worry about the world he had lived in for more than 20 years.
Trouble caused by murder.
After hesitating for a moment, Wei Ran rummaged in the other party's pocket, used the found key to unlock the handcuffs, and then walked out of the mine carefully, looking at the surrounding environment.
Everywhere he looked, there were all kinds of mining equipment covered with snow, as well as a fresh rut and a van that didn't even turn off the engine.
To Wei Ran's relief, there was no third person in the van. Apart from his camera, there was only a tattered canvas bag and an SVD sniper rifle wrapped in canvas.
Looking back at the mine, Wei Ran didn't call Jima in the end. He simply couldn't trust him, so he wouldn't give him the evidence of his murder.
But leaving the old man's body in the mine is obviously not okay. Although it can be seen at a glance that this place has been abandoned for a long time, no one can guarantee whether anyone will come here.
After thinking about it, he found a flashlight from the car, got back into the mine, righted the overturned mine cart, and then picked up the other party's body and put it into the mine cart.
Amidst the harsh noise of creaking, Wei Ran held a flashlight in one hand and pushed the mine cart with the other, carefully walking towards the depths of the mine. It can be seen that this mine is probably often flooded in the summer, and in many places, the tracks
A hole has appeared underneath that has been washed away by the water flow, which is good news for Wei Ran who wants to destroy the corpses and eliminate traces.
As the ground got deeper and deeper, the speed of the mine cart became faster and faster. In the end, it didn't even need to be pushed by the gas, and it rushed into the silent darkness by itself.
By the time Wei Yan walked along the rusty track for nearly half an hour to catch up with the mine cart, there was no light from the cave entrance behind him, and even the temperature seemed to be nearly 20 degrees.
The mine cart had collided with the rusty mechanical equipment at the end of the track, and the body was thrown to the foot of the rock wall not far away.
After taking a closer look with a flashlight, I found that the mine tunnel extended from here to many branches, some of which had collapsed, and some of which could even hear the sound of rushing water.
"Be a good person in your next life."
Wei Ran muttered something in a low voice, bent down and inspected the old man's broken body. After taking away all the bills and other things, he threw it into the water-filled mine pit. Finally, he looked around.
Due to the environment, he quickened his pace and left the mine at a trot.
Returning to the surface, Wei Ran found his mobile phone. Unfortunately, there was no signal at all in this damn place.
In desperation, Wei Ran could only return along the rutted road on the surface. It was not until he drove from the bumpy snowy road onto the road covered with ice that he roughly determined his location according to the road signs.
"I didn't expect to come to the outskirts of Shangyinta. I'm afraid this old man just wanted to grab a piece and ran away by train."
Wei Ran muttered, and slowly stepped on the brakes about ten kilometers away from Shangyinta City. Then he removed all the personal belongings that could be found in the car, including the license plate, and stuffed them into the old canvas bag left by the old man.
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"What is this?"
Wei Ran, who was about to tighten the strap of his backpack, accidentally caught a glimpse of golden color. When he took out the extra heavy can, his eyes immediately widened!
This can bottle is not very big. Looking at the remaining jam trademark on it, it only weighs 200 grams, but it weighs three or four kilograms in your hand! Based on this alone, you can almost confirm that this is
Those golden particles in the small bottle are definitely gold sand!
"It seems Jima really guessed it right."
After getting excited, Wei Ran looked up and looked out the window. Seeing that there was no vehicle passing by, he immediately stuffed it into his jacket pocket, and then continued to look through the canvas bag for possible hidden treasures.
Unfortunately, in addition to two loaded SVD sniper rifle magazines and two TT33 pistol magazines, this tattered canvas bag only had an old-fashioned push-button mobile phone and a few crumpled rubles in change.
Turning his head to look at the sniper rifle still placed on the back seat, Wei Ran put the two rifle magazines into his pocket, then opened the car door with a tattered canvas bag and took the sniper rifle on his back.
Just walk forward on your shoulders.
It wasn't until more than half an hour later that Wei Ran called Jima's phone number and asked him to pick him up in the van that had been left in front of the small hotel.
Ji Ma, who was seizing the last moment to exchange hunting skills with the female hunter in the room, didn't know why Wei Ran ran to the outskirts of Shangyinta without seeing her all morning, but seeing that it was almost time to set off, he simply said goodbye.
The female colleague who was too hot to wear clothes left the hotel where she was staying.
After walking around in the heavy snow for nearly two hours, Jima finally drove the van from the direction of Shangyinta.
"Why did you come here? And why didn't you tell me there was no key in the car when you asked me to pick up the car?" Jima opened the car door while speaking, but he immediately realized it when he saw the canvas roll Wei Ran carried on his shoulder.
What.
"Are you hurt?" Ji Ma asked with concern after waiting for Wei Ran to get into the car and close the door.
Wei Ran shook his head, "Go back quickly."
Seeing that he didn't want to say anything, Jima wisely didn't ask any more questions, and roughly turned the direction of the van, gliding in the direction of Shangyinta.
