In the storage room of the B&B, Wei Ran stared at the objects on the bamboo table for a long time, and finally picked up the lighter with the name "Liang Yimin" written on it, and the two-head lighter with the remaining paint on it.
Gun oil can.
Putting these two things on the lid of the camphor wood box, he did not rush out. Instead, he began to think about how to get one of the two things for a reasonable reason.
Whether we should help Xia Shushi and his animal friend investigate this time, and whether we should use metal notebooks if they investigate, we can put them aside for now.
If he really needs to investigate, he can't come back again, and he can't use a metal book in a place monitored by cameras.
In this case, it is crucial to obtain a medium in advance that can make the metal notebook work.
He picked up the helmet again and looked carefully at the Chinese characters written on it with red paint. Wei Ran looked at the Chinese characters on the lighter again, and finally unscrewed the double-ended gun oil bottle and took a look.
After thinking for a moment, Wei Ran put these things on the table one by one, and then opened the door.
"Brother Wei, do you see anything?"
Before he could walk out of the storage room, Xia Shushi and Er Er, who had been waiting outside, immediately stood up, and the latter even asked the question he was most concerned about.
"I see something." Wei Ran smiled and nodded, then looked at the boss with a curious look on his face, "Would you like to listen together?"
The bald boss nodded immediately when he heard this, and even turned around to get a can of Coke from the refrigerator for Wei Ran.
Taking the Coke politely, Wei Ran pretended to take a sip, and then said, "I guess Xia Shushi can also see that among those things, apart from the helmet, there are actually two key things."
"Lighter and that kettle produced in 1943?" Xia Shushi responded quickly.
"really"
Wei Ran nodded, "If the owner of the lighter and the helmet are the same, Liang Yimin's name is the most critical clue. In addition, if the stainless steel kettle also belongs to him, it can basically be judged that the person who used these things at that time did not participate in the retreat.
Operation Savage Mountain.”
"I've been looking through documents about the expeditionary force these days," Xia Shushi continued, "but I couldn't find any records related to the name Liang Yimin."
"There were so many people in the two expeditions, and there were so many mechanics on the Burma Highway. With such a huge number, and the imperfect records at the time, it is normal that they cannot be found."
When Wei Ran said this, he picked up the Coke again and glanced at the owner of the B&B who was listening next to him, and then said with pretense of regret, "However, it's just the first trouble that can't be found. Even if
Once we have found it, we still need to find a way to prove that the helmet was worn by this soldier named Liang Yimin."
"How do you prove this?" II asked confused.
"I have temporarily thought of a method."
Wei Ran deliberately did not go to see the boss, "The first method is to find a criminal investigation policeman or the like to take notes and make sure that the characters and the name on the lighter were written by the same person.
This can at least prove that the words on the lighter and the helmet were written by the same person, which indirectly proves that the person who wrote the letter knew Liang Yimin and also knew the helmet."
"Also, is there any other way?" the boss asked subconsciously.
"Among these things, the most important ones are the helmet, the lighter, and the stainless steel US military kettle."
Wei Ran, who had been waiting for him for a long time, smiled and said, "The remaining bits and pieces can only be regarded as extras at best. If you can explain the text on the helmet and lighter, those things together can probably be sold for 18,000 yuan."
, if I don’t know clearly, I probably won’t be able to sell it at a high price.”
Having said this, Wei Ran paused deliberately, turned to look at the boss, clapped his fingers and said, "I just looked at those enamel kettles, and most of the eight kettles were leaking.
If this is not leaked, you can still sell it for one, two, three, thousand, no problem, but now, no one will want five or six hundred. Of course, if you want to secretly repair it, it is probably worth it once it is repaired.
If you're fifty or sixty, you still have to meet someone who's blind."
Without waiting for the boss to say anything, Wei Ran continued, "Let's not mention the stainless steel kettle for now. The aluminum kettle made by the US military is barely a product of the early World War II, and it is unlikely to sell for three or four thousand. The German lunch box is also
It's hard to say whether the three British army lunch boxes can be sold for several thousand. Those who are willing to buy can sell them for one or two thousand, while those who are unwilling to buy won't even look at them twice.
As for the other little bits and bobs, like that knife and oil can, if you are willing to sell them, you can probably sell them for 500 together. If you are not willing to sell them, just keep them for yourself, they are all trashy stuff."
After finishing this big call, Wei Ran still didn't give the B&B owner a chance to speak. He raised his finger and pointed at Xia Shushi, "Generally speaking, among your things, the only ones that are really valuable are your helmets and lighters, and even that stainless steel one."
The kettle can only be regarded as a clue item at best.
But if you want to sell these things at a high price, you have to let him check them clearly. If you can’t check them clearly, you really can’t expect how much these things will sell for.”
After saying that, Wei Ran picked up the Coke again and took a sip, "That's the thing, I'm not interested in these things, and the main premise of what I just said is that those things are not fake."
"What do you mean by that?" The B&B owner suddenly became unhappy, "I brought these things back personally, they can't be fake!"
"Where was it before you brought it back?"
Wei Ran put down his Coke and asked, "As far as I know, that place in Myanmar is not only rich in jade but also wood. For these two jobs, this kind of steel helmet can be used as a protective helmet, and it can be used on the helmet I wear.
The straight-word count is completely justified."
"What are you..."
The owner of the B&B opened his mouth but didn't know how to explain it for a moment. Although Wei Ran was making up nonsense, he knew about his family affairs because his own family knew about his family affairs, and his cheap father-in-law worked in the local jade mine.
"It's okay if you have confidence"
Wei Ranhuan nonchalantly pointed in the direction of the storage room, "The paint in the double-headed oil can has dried. You can spend ten or twenty thousand yuan to find a professional research institute to do an appraisal and see if the paint is
The ingredients may determine the production time and manufacturer of the paint.”
"One, ten or twenty thousand?" The boss grinned, then shook his head, "I don't have that spare money. Are you young guys trying to trick me into doing some appraisal?"
"Boss, how much money have I spent on you just to see your broken helmet these days?" II asked helplessly, "How about you return the money to me and you can keep the broken helmet?"
"I'm not forcing you to spend money." The bald boss immediately turned his back, obviously not planning to return the money to the former.
"Since you don't want to do this, you don't want to do that either. Don't even think about selling that helmet at a high price. Where in the world can there be so many without money?"
After Wei Ran finished speaking, he threw the empty can into the trash can, stood up and walked out, saying, "Brother Soseki, let's make arrangements for where to go tomorrow."
"Okay! I've found a place a long time ago!" Xia Shushi was also smart. He stood up immediately and started to recommend the surrounding attractions and food while walking out.
"correct"
Wei Ran, who had already stepped out of the threshold with one foot, turned around and reminded Er Er, who was also about to get up, "Brother Er Er, if this boss plans to sell you that broken oil can, let you do a test.
If so, you have to think about it."
"What are you thinking about?" Er Er, who had already realized that Wei Ran seemed to be playing hard to get, asked pretending to be confused.
“What else to consider?”
Wei Ran reminded bluntly, "How dare you sell a broken steel helmet with an unknown origin for so much money? How about selling that broken oil can for tens of thousands? Anyway, don't agree to this. You want to buy that steel helmet?"
, I want to verify the authenticity, so it’s okay if I’m willing to test it, but the market price of that broken oil can is 100 yuan at most, so don’t waste your money.”
"Don't worry!" II immediately promised, patting his chest, "I will definitely not let him trick you."
"That's ok, let's not eat here tonight, let's find another place."
After saying that, Wei Ran ignored the balding boss with an ugly face, turned around and left the room, and took Xia Shushi for a half-circle along the corridor before finding a place to sit down.
Taking the thin cigarette from Xia Shushi, Wei Ran squinted his eyes, followed the blue smoke to look at the second son who had not come out of the room where the front desk was, and commented with a smile, "Your friend is quite smart.
ah?"
"He is indeed not stupid," Xia Shushi commented sullenly as he leaned against the vermilion pillar, "This guy is just a bit of a jerk sometimes."
Hearing this, Wei Ran smiled, but didn't say anything.
"Did you see anything else?" Xia Shushi asked in a low voice.
Wei Ran nodded imperceptibly, and also lowered his voice and said, "Those things need to be used by at least four to five people. When fighting in tropical and subtropical jungles, the most important thing is to bring enough water, so one person has two kettles. If you look at it this way,
Those eight enamel kettles are just enough for four people to carry.
What confirms this is the five lunch boxes. After all, you can bring more kettles, but there is no need to bring too many lunch boxes. After all, it is Savage Mountain, and there is nothing to eat in it. Bringing too many lunch boxes is a burden."
"What do you want to say?" Xia Shushi looked at Wei Ran in confusion.
"Ignoring the kettle produced in 1943, let's assume that those people were going to Savage Mountain at that time. Assume that there were four to five people at that time, and each of them brought two jugs of water, an additional jug of kerosene, and two cans of water.
Oil lamp, a sapper's shovel and a sapper's pick."
After constructing the prerequisite background, Wei Ran suddenly asked, "But why is it that only the man named Liang Yimin left behind his lighter, and also left behind the helmet with the Chinese characters written all over it?"
"I don't need to tell you how important a lighter is in a place like Savage Mountain, right?"
Weiyan continued to raise obvious questions one after another, "There is also the aluminum American military kettle that is obviously used to hold kerosene. It has a lighter and fuel... No, considering the two kerosene lamps, even the kettle
When you run out of kerosene, there is no need to throw away the lighter, and there is no need to throw away the helmet with so many positive words written on it. It obviously has a special meaning.
If these things were discarded, then it can be guessed that the soldier named Liang Yimin died somewhere in Yeren Mountain."
Seeing Xia Shushi fall into silence, Wei Ran took a puff of cigarette and said slowly, "Of course, we may have another guess."
"What guess?" Xia Shushi asked subconsciously.
"Maybe only Liang Yimin survived?"
Wei Ran looked at Suisui, who was waving to him from the second floor, and waved back while saying, "If he survived for some reason, it would be fair for him to keep these things that originally belonged to his comrades."
Having said this, Wei Ran looked at Xia Shushi, "What about you? Which guess do you prefer?"
"Me?" Xia Shushi spread his hands, "From a personal perspective, of course I hope there will be survivors..."
Having said this, Xia Shushi immediately realized something and turned to look at Wei Ran, "You mean, maybe we can find something at the house of his little wife who ran away?"
"I didn't say anything"
Wei Ran spread his hands, "But I know that if you really want to investigate things like finding a needle in a haystack, going to his little wife's house is the most likely way."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Before Xia Shushi could say anything, II had already walked out of the room where the front desk was.
"It seems that your friend took down the oil can," Wei Ran said with a smile.
"I just forgot to ask, do you think there is something wrong with the oil pot?" Xia Shushi looked at Wei Ran curiously.
"I once investigated an artillery piece, and there was a shell casing remaining in the barrel of that artillery piece, which was also filled with paint."
Wei Ran calmed down, suppressed the memories of his friends at Don Position 19, and continued with a normal expression, "At that time, I found the identity capsules of several Soviet Red Army soldiers in the solidified paint at the bottom of the shell.
.”
"So you suspect there might be something hidden in that little oil pot?" Xia Shushi asked in surprise.
"Shh-"
Wei Ran made a gesture, and the latter immediately closed his mouth and gave Wei Ran a thumbs up in surprise.
"The Beauty of the Sun and the Moon"
"These are just guesses. After all, the oil can is not big, and the things hidden in it are not too big either."
Wei Ran said, raising his chin towards Er Er, who was walking towards the two of them, "But it is still a possibility, so let your friend make arrangements. Don't eat here at night, and find a place far enough away.
place.otherwise”
Wei Ran grabbed Xia Shushi, who was about to get up, and said, "In addition, buy some turpentine, some paint stripping water, and a bottle of diesel or gasoline. Let me think about it. In this way, I can buy a kettle that can heat up quickly.
Get a washbasin and a bucket of water. Finally, find a place and let's try to wash out the paint inside."
"Turpentine, paint remover, diesel or gasoline..." Xia Shushi muttered and nodded, "I'll let him arrange it now!"
"Let's meet at the door," Wei Ran said, stood up and walked toward the stairs, "I'll call them down."
"Wait a minute, wait a minute."
This time, Xia Shushi grabbed Wei Ran and asked with a wink, "Brother, if those twins or that little beauty don't have boyfriends, can you introduce them to me? Or you can give me their contact information.
I'm looking for someone to practice Russian with."
"they?"
Wei Ran, dumbfounded, patted Xia Shushi on the shoulder, "Just give up on this idea. You can't control these three."
After saying that, Wei Ran didn't bother to explain. He flicked the cigarette butt that he had taken two puffs away, and walked up the wooden stairs to the second floor. Xia Shushi was left scratching the back of his head with a regretful look on his face, and turned around and walked towards the direction.
The second generation walked over with him.
Slowly arriving at the second floor, Wei Ran asked Suisui, who was taking photos, "How does the room feel?"
"It's not bad. The scenery is pretty good. You can see Erhai Lake at a glance." While Suisui was speaking, Anfisa, who was leaning against the door, also made a subtle gesture towards Wei Ran, covering one eye and one ear.
.
Seeing this, Wei Ran secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "You guys clean up, we will go somewhere else for dinner tonight."
"Did you see anything just now?" Suisui asked curiously.
"It's hard to say." Wei Ran said, "Let's go change clothes! Let's try the special dishes here today."
Hearing this, Suisui immediately stopped asking any more questions and asked the Katenka sisters and Lola to go back to their rooms and change their clothes.
By the time the group of them went downstairs and left the B&B, Xia Shushi had been waiting in the cab of the business van for a long time.
"Where is your friend?" Wei Ran asked curiously.
"He went to prepare the materials according to your instructions."
After Xia Shushi and others got into the car, he took out a double-headed gun oil can from his pocket and handed it to Wei Ran. Then he stepped on the accelerator and drove the car further away while saying, "With your help, this is the end of the world."
I cheated that damn boss."
"How do you say that?" Wei Ran unscrewed the lid of the oil can and asked absently while looking at the solidified paint inside.
Xia Shushi looked at the B&B farther and farther in the rearview mirror with joy, and kept explaining, "The second generation agreed to take this thing for testing. Accordingly, after receiving the testing report, the boss
Refund him all the viewing fees that he cheated on us before."
"Are you really going to get tested?"
"What kind of test?" Xia Shushi curled his lips and turned around to find someone to get a test report.
"That's enough." As Wei Ran spoke, he screwed on the cap of the oil can and put it in his pocket.
After only half an hour's drive, Xia Shushi parked the car in front of a hotel with the help of the navigation system.
"Let's just go here. Qin Xiu said their Bai cuisine is the most authentic."
Xia Shushi introduced everyone while leading them forward. When they were about to enter, he even said "Please come in" in Russian.
Unfortunately, although the Katenka sisters and Lola both responded, there was an obvious sense of distance in both their tone and demeanor.
Xia Shushi didn't take it seriously at all. After leading everyone to the private room that had been parked in advance, he greeted the waiter to serve the food without even intending to wait for the second son to come.
From the distinctive three-course tea, to various dairy products, various small cakes made from flower products, and various mushroom products that are said to be non-toxic, the large round table was filled with various dishes as they were served in turn.
When they tasted it, both the Katenka sisters and Lola fell into a daze, and then they skillfully picked up the tachyon and started tasting one bite after another.
Wei Ran and Suisui were equally rude. Anyway, Xia Shushi said there was no need to wait for the second generation, and he enjoyed the food better than anyone else.
During the dinner, the second emperor was not there, so the topic naturally revolved around him. According to Xia Shushi, the second emperor was his friend who grew up with him since the days of crotchless pants. The relationship between the two was almost better than that of real brothers.
relative.
However, when asked about why he was interested in the helmet and what industry he was engaged in, Xia Shushi hesitated and talked about it, obviously not wanting to talk about these topics.
Fortunately, neither Wei Ran nor Suisui are stupid. The other party doesn't want to talk about it, so naturally they won't continue on this topic.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Seeing that the meal was almost finished, the second generation also knocked on the door from outside and came in. He picked up the tea cup and touched it with Wei Ran and others.
After finishing the drink, he said, "Everything is ready as you said."
"How was your food?" Wei Ran put down Kuaizi and asked Suisui and others in Russian.
"Can you pack up a portion of this and take it home to eat?" Sister Katenka asked, pointing to the flower cake with only one piece left on the table, without any idea that such a request would make their boss lose face.
"Can you please pack a portion of this?" Wei Ran switched back to Chinese and said apologetically to Xia Shuseki, "These foreigners think it tastes very good."
"No problem! Of course there is no problem!" Xia Shushi left the box as he spoke.
Seeing this, Suisui stood up at the same time, picked up the cup, drank the remaining half cup of sweet rice wine in one gulp, randomly picked up a piece of paper and wiped her mouth, then said expectantly, "Let's go quickly.
I also want to see what good things are in that little pot."
"Let's go." Wei Ran smiled at Er Er who stood up and followed the latter out of the box.
After waiting for a while in the parking lot, Xia Shushi got into the business van with four gift boxes and gave them to the four girls in the car one by one. Then he started the car and drove straight in following the SUV driven by Ni.
In a community not far away.
“This is it”
When the car stopped, the second took out a key and opened the rolling shutter door of a garage. At the same time, he kept explaining, "I rented a garage nearby temporarily. I bought all kinds of things and gave them away."
Came here."
Before he finished speaking, the rolling shutter door was pushed down overhead with a crash. Immediately afterwards, II also turned on the lights of the garage.
After looking at the things placed on the table in the middle, Wei Ran also had a paratrooper gravity knife in his hand.
Use the tip of a knife to open the lid of the bucket of water. After Wei Ran put away the knife, he poured the water into the thermos and let it heat up quickly. Then he took out the double-headed oil bottle from his pocket, and then took out a pair of rubber gloves to put on.
Then unscrew the two metal lids, pour the paint stripping water in and tighten the lids.
After waiting patiently for a few minutes, Wei Ran waited for the water in the thermos to boil, then threw the oil pot into the basin, and then poured the hot water on it.
“The next step is to wait.”
Wei Ran took off his gloves and put them in his pocket. He pointed at the chemical cleaning agents on the table and said, "Try all kinds of them. You can always find a way to dissolve the paint in the oil can. Then you will know if there are any hidden things inside."
