It seems that it has been almost a week since Suisui returned to China. With the help of the Katenka sisters, her classmates, and Wei Ran's parents, Suisui successfully organized an industry travel itinerary press conference.
In the same week, Jima had taken his parents and Maya, and with the help of Aunt Fu, who was both a translator and guide, fled from the capital to Qin Province. From what they said, it was obvious that he was preparing to celebrate the New Year.
In the past half month, after seeing the Terracotta Warriors and Horses, I went for a walk in the hometown of the giant pandas.
In contrast, Wei Ran was much more leisurely. During this week, in addition to working as a driver for Suisui and others, he also got the license plate for his newly purchased car with the help of her partner. The only thing he did was
The private event was just a walk around the airport, trying to buy a warehouse that was secluded enough.
It's a pity that the capital is the capital after all. Even in a suburb an hour's drive from the airport, if you want to buy a closed warehouse or a small farmhouse that can park the transport truck in the metal book, the money you need to spend is already enough.
My hometown bought a house and became wealthy.
As for the purpose of buying a warehouse for parking, it was just to use it as a safe that was safe enough.
After all, as long as you endure the severe pain and park the transport truck inside, as long as anything can be put into the safe of that vehicle, even if Erlangshen comes with the dog, there will be no clues.
But after all, it was just a safe, and Wei Ran was reluctant to spend hundreds of thousands for a safe—even if he was going to be the first to put the gold bars at home in it.
"Forget it" Wei Ran finally chose to give up and decided to wait until he returned to his hometown in Cangzhou to think of a solution.
However, before he could drive away from the small village where he had just viewed a house, Xia Shushi called again.
"Brother, when is it convenient for you to come over?" Xia Shushi asked with a playful smile as soon as the call was connected.
"I just..."
"My brother, you've been back for a week." Xia Shushi blocked the excuse that the former was about to say.
"No, this look..."
"It looks like there's still about half a month until the New Year." Xia Shushi blocked his excuse for the second time.
Hearing this, Wei Ran shook his head helplessly. In the past few days, he repeatedly rejected Xia Shushi's warm invitation. One of the main reasons was that he wanted to spend the New Year in a down-to-earth manner. The second main reason was that
It comes from the fear of Savage Mountain.
But on the other hand, during this week, Xia Shuseki could only make one phone call a day, so it was really not appropriate to always refuse.
Thinking of this, Wei Ran pondered for a moment and then said, "I can go, but we can agree in advance. Don't expect me to help you investigate anything during this period of time ago. I really don't have time.
Besides, even if I go, I won’t be able to stay for a few days and may have to come back, and I still have a few friends from Russia here.”
"Ok, Ok!"
Xia Shushi immediately said cheerfully, "Send me your ID number and I will buy a ticket for you now!"
"I can just buy the ticket myself, and you can send it to me at the landing airport." After saying that, Wei Ran smiled and changed the subject, "How is the old man doing now?"
"I heard that my memory seems to be failing these past two days." Xia Shushi sighed, and then said as if he was used to it, "It's okay, we are all used to it."
"At that time, if there is no conflict in time and it is convenient for you, please take me to see the old man."
"That's so convenient!" Xia Shushi said happily, "Our time here doesn't conflict!"
"Then it's settled"
After a few words, Wei Ran hung up the phone. After waiting for the other party to send a message, Wei Ran immediately dialed Suisui's number and briefly explained his plan to go to Dian Province.
"How many days do you plan to go?" Suisui on the other end of the phone asked, putting down the pickled chicken feet he just picked up.
“Not sure how many days to go”
Wei Ran paused deliberately, and then asked, "You guys have been pretty busy with business these days. Do you want to go shopping together?"
"Go! Of course I want to go!"
Sui immediately responded to Wei Ran's invitation and complained, "Everything in this capital is good, but there is nothing delicious. It's just a good time to change the taste."
Hearing this, Wei Ran said with a smile, "Let Anfisa buy a plane ticket. It's a great gift to fly."
"Okay!" Suisui agreed with a stern voice, hung up the phone and urged Anfisa, who was enjoying the donkey rolling, to buy a ticket quickly.
At the same time, Xia Shushi, who was far away in Yunnan Province, also hung up the call to his home. The second person sitting next to him also put out his cigarette butt, "Did your friend agree to come?"
"Finally persuaded," Xia Shushi said, looking at his cell phone, "I don't believe what he will be able to find out from that box of junk."
"Wait a moment!"
The second generation reacted immediately, "Okay! You're such a jerk, I finally understand. Your real purpose is to compete with your friend, right?"
"You are the only beast that eats shit!"
Xia Shushi raised his middle finger angrily, "You're overthinking. I just want to help you investigate. Besides, I'm also curious about the origin of that helmet."
"Are you more curious about whether your friend who is traveling with you is more powerful than you?" The second looked at the other person suspiciously.
"That's impossible! Absolutely impossible!" Xia Shushi waved his hand, "I'm just naive..."
"You are just a piece of shit"
The second gave him a middle finger in return, and then asked a practical question, "Brother, let's put aside whether your friend is reliable or not. If you invite him over this time, how much hard work is appropriate for him?"
"How do I know this?"
Xia Shushi thought for a moment and made an ambiguous guess, "I guess ten or twenty thousand is about the same, right? But I guess he is a wealthy owner. Instead of giving him hard-earned money, why don't you give him a hard-earned salary?"
Use your mind in other ways."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Still a rich man?" the second generation asked happily, with a more playful tone in his tone.
"That person can give that number to that helmet just by opening his mouth."
While lowering his voice, Xia Shushi made a scissor hand gesture without leaving any trace, and then asked deliberately, "I definitely can't take out that much. Don't tell me, I guess you can't take it out either, right?"
"If I could easily spend so much money, why would I spend it to celebrate the Chinese New Year?"
When the second son said this, he rolled his eyes and asked with a sleazy look, "How about when your friend comes, I will arrange a few girls from northern Myanmar and we will have a bachelor party?"
Hearing this, Xia Shushi waved his hands indifferently, "You are not worried that after this matter is exposed, your sister and your brother-in-law will sneak you back and have your foreskin removed again like last time, so you can just arrange it as you like."
"Can you please stop mentioning this?"
The second generation shrank his neck subconsciously, and then glanced in the direction of the door uneasily, then he stood up with a haha, and walked out and said, "I won't waste time with you bitch, wait for your friend
When it arrives, please remember to ask for the price."
Watching the other party open the door and leave, Xia Shushi took out his cell phone again, pulled out the photo of the helmet and fell into deep thought.
At the same time, he was not the only one staring at the photo in deep thought. In the first class cabin of a flight that was about to take off from the airport in Houston, USA, Carlos was also staring at a black and white photo in a daze.
In an office relatively close to Weiran, there were also people staring at the computer screen showing a video of Weiran being interviewed in Russia, with expressions of sudden realization.
As the saying goes, there are as many misfortunes as there are coincidences in this world. Less than an hour before Cross's flight landed at the airport, the flight taken by Wei Ran and others also took off from the same airport, bound for
reached the southern tip of the land of China.
More than an hour later, Carlos tried to call Wei Ran, but the only reply he received was a cold shutdown tone.
That afternoon, when Wei Ran walked out of Fengyi Airport with Suisui and others, he immediately saw Xia Shushi waiting at the pick-up gate.
"Do you have a girlfriend?"
Xia Shushi looked at Suisui who was holding Wei Ran's arm in surprise, and then looked at the three girls standing behind Suisui. The expressions on their faces became more and more weird. He did know that Wei Ran would bring a few people here.
But he didn't expect that he would bring a group of girls.
"Is it weird that I have a girlfriend?" Wei Ran asked in confusion, but Suisui, with a smile on her face, was obviously waiting for his explanation.
"No, I've never seen you show off before." Xia Shushi grinned, but his eyes involuntarily drifted to the Katenka sisters and Lola.
Hearing this, Wei Ran smiled but did not explain. Since he took several intelligence gathering classes with Teacher Anna at the Hongqi Forest Farm, he immediately closed his circle of friends and almost never posted on other social platforms.
Any photos or anything like that.
After briefly introducing Suisui, the others, and Xia Shushi to each other, the group followed Xia Shushi out of the airport and got into a business van.
"Let me introduce you"
Xia Shushi cleared his throat, pointed to his companion sitting in the passenger seat, twisting his upper body and said, "This is my fault, Qin..."
"Qin II"
The driver obviously didn't want Xia Shushi to say his name. He shook hands with Wei Ran warmly and cordially and said, "You can just call me the second generation. I've heard of Brother Wei for a long time. It's troublesome to come all the way this time."
You guys come here to really add to your..."
"Okay, okay"
Xia Shushi obviously didn't want to give the second son a chance to talk nonsense, so he introduced several girls led by Suisui, and by the way also named her relationship with Wei Ran, as well as the relationship between Katenka and others and Suisui.
"Um, wait a minute, I suddenly remembered that I have to make a call." Nisei and Suisui smiled and said hello to Suisui and the others, then opened the car door and jumped out of the cab in a hurry, hiding.
I started making phone calls from afar.
"What's wrong with him?" Wei Ran asked curiously.
"These two bitches originally thought you were bringing a few friends here, a few men."
Xia Shushi gloated and revealed the old story of his good brother, "So this guy found some girls from northern Burma somewhere. Now that my sister-in-law is here, I must have given an urgent notice to give those girls a holiday."
Hearing this, Wei Ran and Suisui looked at each other. Although they didn't say anything, their eyes expressed the same content - another quarter horse!
"Is there any meaning behind the name of your brother?" Wei Ran wisely changed the subject and asked, "Who in the old Qin family named himself Er Er?"
Hearing this, Xia Shushi looked outside, lowered his voice and winked and explained, "This guy's name is Qin Shu, from Shu on the border. But when his father named him, he obviously forgot that their family name was Qin."
"Qin Shu? Beast?" Wei Ran shouted out the homophony of this name with great joy, and he and Suisui also had sudden smiles on their faces.
"Don't call his name in front of him."
When Xia Shushi saw that the center of the topic had hung up the phone and walked back, he immediately increased his speaking speed and reminded in a low voice, "Anyway, just call him the second generation. Only his grandparents can call him that bad name. His father can't even call him his name."
Be anxious."
Before Wei Ran and Suisui could agree, Qin Shu also sat in the cab and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I just had something urgent that I forgot to deal with."
"It's okay." Wei Ranquan pretended not to know the truth and waved his hand in an easy-going manner.
"Zhu Shi, please tell Brother Wei the specific situation."
The second son clearly pronounced the nickname he had been calling for more than 20 years. Apparently, he had already guessed that someone had revealed his secrets just when he was on the phone.
"Beast and pig food?" Wei Ran and Suisui looked at each other again, and the smiles on their faces became harder to bear.
In contrast, Xia Shushi looked unconcerned. After the second stepped on the accelerator, he immediately described the previous actions of the sinister owner of the B&B in a focused manner.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Watch 500 once, for half an hour at a time? You are not allowed to take pictures?" Suisui muttered in surprise, "This is too dark."
"No." The second person in charge of driving nodded with deep sympathy.
"It's rare for two enemies to come to your doorstep. If it were you, I would kill you severely."
Wei Ran gloated and joked, "If you hadn't shown so much importance in the beginning, you wouldn't have been treated like this."
Hearing this, Xia Shushi and Er Er looked at each other awkwardly, but they could not find any reason or excuse to refute.
After chatting all the way to the door of the B&B located on the Erhai Lake, Wei Ran and others' eyes lit up. Regardless of whether the boss was evil or not, at least the place was beautifully maintained. It is a typical Bai four-in-five patio-style building.
There is a lush bamboo cluster on one side of the entrance, and a variety of succulent plants on the other side.
"This place is quite beautiful," Suisui couldn't help but praise.
“Beautiful is indeed beautiful”
The Second Sigh sighed, parked the car in the parking space next to the cluster of bamboos, and said with a grimace, "I just saw how beautiful this place is, so I wanted to stay for a few days and have a rest. I didn't expect the boss here.
The heart is so dark."
"It's too late to complain about this now"
Xia Shushi had already opened the passenger door as he spoke, "Brother Weiran, would you like to rest first or take a look at those things first?"
"Let's take a look first!"
Wei Ran said with great interest, after all this time, he was naturally curious about what was so special about the other things he found along with the helmet.
Under the leadership of Er Er and Xia Shushi, Wei Ran and others carried their luggage, walked through the beautiful gatehouse and walked into this extremely exquisite double-story courtyard, and walked around a small courtyard.
After climbing the rockery, I walked into the room that served as the front desk.
"Brother Wei, how many rooms are there?" As he spoke, the second generation had already opened the money clip originally tucked under his arm.
"Is there a triple room?" Suisui asked after asking the Katenka sisters for their opinions.
"Yes." The balding boss pointed to the price list hanging on the wall behind him, "How many rooms do you want?"
"One room for three people and one room for two people."
“Want a room on the second floor”
As he spoke, the Second Prince slapped a wad of cash on the bar, "How about I let my brother take a look at the rags in your broken box later, and arrange a nice meal for us with the remaining money in the evening?"
"no problem!"
The balding boss grabbed the money and stuffed it into the money counter twice. He handed over the two room cards and said with a smile. "As long as the money is in place, you can eat whatever you want. The rooms are on the second floor. To the right of the door.
Just go up the stairs next to it.”
"You guys should go to your room and take a rest first." Wei Ran handed the room card and his mobile phone to Suisui, "I'll take a look at this boss's treasure first."
"Kame, let's go up first."
Suisui greeted the Katenka sisters and Lola, and led them towards the second floor. At the same time, the brothers Er Er and Xia Shushi also left Wei Ran behind and diligently chased after them to help.
The girls moved their luggage to the second floor.
"Take off your coat, let me search you." As the B&B owner spoke, he had already pulled out a handheld security scanner from the bar. By the way, he also took out a pair of disposable cotton slippers and handed them to Wei Ran.
Seeing this, Wei Ran took off his coat and threw it on the sofa, put on the cotton slippers provided by the other party, and let the other party pretend to scan his body with the security scanner.
After confirming that Wei Ran didn't have a camera hidden on his body, the boss nodded with satisfaction and led Wei Ran into a room not far from the bar.
"In one hour, when the alarm clock rings, you either have to pay in cash or you have to come out." As the boss spoke, he pulled out a key from his collar and opened the padlock of the camphor wood box on the table.
"no problem"
Wei Ran smiled and nodded. After waiting for the other party to leave and close the door, he habitually looked at the layout of the room.
As far as the eye can see, the only window is not only equipped with an anti-theft net, but also has a camera directly above the head.
The surrounding shelves were filled with bed sheets, bedding and the like that are common in hotels. In the center of the room, on a bamboo table, was a small camphor wood box.
Gently opening the lid of the box, Wei Ran couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. There were far more things inside than he thought.
After a slight hesitation, Wei Ran reached into his pants pocket and took out a pair of rubber gloves and put them on, then took out a mask and put it on, and then carefully picked up the steel helmet he had seen in the photo from the box.
Compared with the photos, the real thing can be seen more clearly, but even so, he could not see the reason for a while. At most, he could only confirm that at least this helmet was indeed a genuine British MK-2 type helmet, and it was
Even the blue sky and white sun emblem on the top is intact.
Objectively speaking, this helmet is in really good condition. Apart from some paint peeling and rust, there is no other damage at all. The only flaw is that the suspension system inside is missing.
Putting the unremarkable steel helmet on the table, Wei Ran took out a few more water bottles from the box.
Among these kettles, there are not only eight enamel wood-stopper kettles that were widely equipped by the British Army during World War II, but also two kettles with cup sleeves used by the U.S. Army during World War II.
Carefully taking off the cup cover and looking at the brand mark on the bottom of the kettle, Wei Ran couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. One of the two kettles was made of aluminum and was produced in 1939. After unscrewing it, he could still smell a faint smell of kerosene.
taste.
Another US military kettle is made of stainless steel and was produced in 1943. I tried to unscrew it, but there was no smell at all inside. However, it is logically impossible for a kettle produced in 1943 to catch up with the retreat of Savage Mountain?
Suppressing the doubts in his heart, Wei Ran continued to take things out of the box.
What he took out next were three sets of one large and one small set of British Army M1937 lunch boxes, as well as a Type 92 lunch box issued by the Japanese, plus an aluminum M1931 lunch box that the German Army equipped in large quantities in the early days of World War II.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "How come the German equipment is also out?"
Wei Ran muttered to himself and opened the Japanese lunch boxes and the German lunch boxes one by one. Unfortunately, although there were many parts in these two lunch boxes, there was nothing superfluous at the same time.
Unwilling to give up, he carefully looked at the production stamp left on it and saw that there was no useful information, so he put it aside.
I continued to take out the box, and what I took out this time were two kerosene lamps covered with thick sludge. Each of the handles of the kerosene lamps had a cotton wick about half a meter long tied to them.
At this point, the only things left in this wooden box, apart from an engineering shovel that seemed to be produced by the Japanese and a pickaxe that also came from the Japanese, were only some scattered small items.
These include a small knife that is very similar to the multi-functional Swiss Army Knife that is on the streets today, a double-ended gun oil can that was distributed in large quantities by the US military during World War II, and a zippo lighter with a white copper shell.
Unscrewing the two lids on the oil can, Wei Ran discovered that there was solidified red paint remaining in one chamber of the oil can, and the same solidified white paint was in the other chamber.
On the lighter, a name was written in red paint on one side - Liang Yimin. Looking at the other side, the same font, the same red paint writing, but the four words "Every man is responsible" are mottled and unclear.
.
Finally looking at the empty wooden box, Wei Ran took two steps back, looked at the miscellaneous things on the table, and thought to himself, how many people would be needed to carry these things into Savage Mountain?
move.
Not to mention anything else, let alone the stainless steel US military kettle produced in 1943, the other 9 kettles alone are a big burden. The significance of the kettle's existence is self-evident. If it does not contain water, it will not continue to be carried.
of necessity.
On the other hand, although a soldier can hang ten kettles filled with water or kerosene on his body, this indirectly makes the soldier lose his combat ability.
What's more, he will definitely need to carry weapons and ammunition, as well as probably not much food supplies. From this point of view, if you want to carry these things into Savage Mountain, you will probably need at least three to four people, and then consider those lunch boxes
The number, Weiran's final guess, was probably four people.
But the question is, how many of the four hypothetical expeditionary force soldiers walked out of Savage Mountain alive? And...
Wei Ran picked up the stainless steel kettle produced by the US military in 1943 and looked at it carefully, thinking secretly whether it was possible that the people who used these items were not the ones who entered Savage Mountain, but someone else.
