Chapter 847 The Japanese were driven away, but the war did not
After taking a nap in the guest room arranged by Ms. Zhou, when Wei Ran was woken up by a knock on the door and went downstairs, Xia Shushi was sitting on the sofa next to the fireplace, talking to Zhou Guochang's brother and son.
What are they talking about.
On the tea table among the three generations of old, middle and young people, in addition to the wooden box filled with relics that Wei Ran had seen before and the photo album placed on the box, there was also a transparent file bag.
"Wei Ran, you didn't expect me to come here so soon, did you?" Xia Shushi saw Wei Ran coming downstairs and immediately greeted him warmly.
After glancing at the other person's clothes without having time to cut off the tags, Wei Ran smiled and sat next to him, "You guys came in such a hurry, and you didn't even say hello?"
"The second thought that you must have found the recipient, so he arranged for me to come over quickly."
Xia Shushi pointed to the transparent file bag placed on the tea table, "Mr. Zhou insists on waiting for you to come down before opening it."
"Old sir, you don't have to be like this." Wei Ran bowed respectfully and apologized, "We are just postmen delivering letters, so we are not qualified..."
"It's okay, do you want to eat something first? I just saw that you were sleeping soundly, so I didn't wake you up."
"No, let's get down to business first." Wei Ran said politely. He was also curious about what the letter left by Monk Sehao said.
Hearing this, Mr. Zhou took out a multifunctional knife produced by the Japanese from the wooden box, took the envelope from Zhou Guochang's son Zhou Qiguang, opened it carefully, and pulled out a light yellow piece of paper filled with "
Letter paper with calligraphy.
"Qi Guang, after all, this letter is written to your father, so you should read it first. After reading it, if you think you can show it to us, just read it." Mr. Zhou put the multifunctional knife back into the wooden box and said.
"Okay." Zhou Qiguang unfolded the letter and scanned it quickly, then cleared his throat and read:
Brother Guochang
By the time you read this letter, the civil war has probably stopped. Are you and Brother Shouzheng's comrades also preparing to go home?
When I wrote this letter, I already had a premonition that I was about to die. I chose to die in this abandoned temple, thinking that I might have a chance to meet Brother Shouzheng, have a glass of wine together, and guess the numbers.
Back to business, I have placed some of the important relics of Squad Leader Liang and Brother Shouzheng in the attic of my bedroom in my secular home, where it is ventilated and dry and will not rust or rot.
The rest of the things that are not afraid of decay are placed in the cave in the back mountain, along with the remains of Squad Leader Liang and Brother Shouzheng. When you send them back to China, take them with you.
In addition, there is still a lot of gold bars and silver coins you left behind, which can be used for relocation expenses. I have left enough property for my distant nephew and his family, so they don’t need to take too much care of them.
Secondly, in the past few days, I have been dreaming every night. In the savage mountain in my dream, there are always lonely souls and withered bones lamenting and crying. So after sending off Squad Leader Liang, Brother Shouzheng and others, please move me to that cave and let me
Brother Dai Shouzheng and Squad Leader Liang accompanied them.
Finally, there is no need to tell my distant nephew the location of the cave and the details of his death. After the relocation, the entrance to the cave can be sealed directly, and there is no need to visit him in the future.
Foolish monk Sehaoliu
"That's all." Zhou Qiguang sighed, "When I was young, I still had some memories of Master Sehao."
"Your aunt's daughter, your eldest cousin, is the child of Master Sehao." Mr. Zhou said in an astonishing way, without any intention of avoiding Wei Ran and Xia Shushi.
"What?!" Zhou Qiguang was stunned, and Wei Ran's heart also trembled.
"Why have I never heard of this?" Zhou Qixiang, who was listening on the side, asked in surprise.
Mr. Zhou picked up the teacup and took a sip, "Why are these old almanacs being told to you for no reason? Just listen to this. Your eldest cousin doesn't know."
"I definitely won't tell." Zhou Qiguang was the first to promise, and Zhou Qixiang also nodded quickly.
"Old man, the cave mentioned in the letter just now..." Xia Shushi helped change the topic and asked tentatively, "Do you know where the cave is?"
"this…"
Mr. Zhou shook his head with regret, "Young man, it's a good thing that you want to send those expeditionary force soldiers home, but I still
I really don’t know where that cave is.”
Seeing Wei Ran and Xia Shushi looking at each other with doubts on their faces, Mr. Zhou took the initiative to explain, "That cave, only my brother, Master Sehao, and the elder brother Shouzheng I mentioned know where it is."
"What should we do?" Xia Shushi subconsciously asked Wei Ran.
"Are you still going back to Mo's Village, where there is no electricity?" Mr. Zhou asked.
"We are going back," Xia Shushi said before Wei Ran could speak, "We are preparing this time..."
"In that case, let's rest here for a day."
Mr. Zhou didn't wait for Xia Shushi to finish speaking before he said, "I'll make arrangements to have Qi Guang take you back and help you find the location of the cave."
"Do you have any clues?" Xia Shushi asked in surprise.
"No"
Mr. Zhou shook his head, "I only know that the cave they went to is in Dangtongnong Mountain behind Mo's Village, but that mountain is a virgin forest. I want to find that mountain from there..."
"Old sir" Wei Ran, who had been looking through the photo album just now, interrupted the other party rather impolitely before he finished speaking.
"What's wrong?"
Mr. Zhou was very well-behaved and did not get angry because of Wei Ran's rudeness. Both his tone and expression remained as kind as ever.
"If you can let me temporarily borrow this photo album so that I can study it, maybe I can find that cave." Wei Ran looked at the other person and said seriously.
"How are you going to find it?" Mr. Zhou asked with a hint of examination.
“My geography is pretty good”
While speaking, Wei Ran opened the photo album, pointed to one of the photos and said, "This photo can capture the cave, two mountains in the distance, and the shadow of a stone. Through this information, and
With information like this on other photos, I might be able to find the cave."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "How confident are you?" Zhou Qiguang asked proactively.
"It's better than sitting here, isn't it?" Wei Ran asked, spreading his hands.
Hearing this, Zhou Qiguang and Mr. Zhou looked at each other, finally nodded and said, "Okay, but..."
"I'm not taking this stuff out of the house"
Wei Ran smiled and said, "Also, can you let me take a closer look at the contents of this box? Maybe I can find some clues."
"Let's go to my study." As Zhou Qiguang spoke, he had already taken the initiative to help Wei Ran pick up the wooden box on the tea table.
"I'm causing you trouble," Wei Ran said politely as he stood up, picked up his briefcase and followed.
"I'll give you a hand." Before Xia Shushi could finish his words, he stood up and chased after him, walking into the study with Wei Ran.
After a while, Zhou Qiguang returned to the living room alone and sat next to Mr. Zhou.
"Has your cousin replied to the letter?" Mr. Zhou asked while pouring tea.
"I'm back"
Zhou Qiguang lowered his voice slightly, "It seems that he was contacted through official channels, and the level seems to be quite high. But it seems that the person on the surface is not Wei Ran, but a young man named Qin Shu."
"What? A beast?"
"Qinxu, the garrison that guards the border." Zhou Qiguang explained at the side.
"What kind of bad name is this?" Mr. Zhou was stunned when he said this, "You can't be a descendant of Brother Shouzheng, right?"
“Doesn’t seem to be the case”
Zhou Qiguang replied, "His Qin is the Qin of Qin Shihuang. And I heard from my cousin that there seemed to be media reporters with official station logos in Mo's Village. They seemed to be preparing to shoot a documentary."
Hearing this, Mr. Zhou thought for a while and said, "In that case, let's see what help we can provide. In addition, let your cousin say hello to the gold mine bosses around you and don't embarrass them."
"What if that Wei Ran really finds that cave..."
"It would be a good thing if I could find it."
Mr. Zhou said without thinking, "Your father left suddenly and didn't even leave a route. Otherwise, it would be the turn of a few idiots to do it?"
"Then what if..."
"Where did you get so many chances?"
Mr. Zhou sighed, "This matter is ours
We haven't done a good job in these years, so as long as there is no problem with the whereabouts of those little guys, let your cousin help. If it succeeds in the end, prepare a thank-you gift for each of those young guys. It doesn't need to be too expensive, but
My intention must have arrived."
"Yes" Zhou Qiguang said respectfully.
"besides"
Mr. Zhou emphatically reminded, "Remind your cousin, the rafters in the first place will die first, so just try your best to do what you can in secret. Don't make it known to everyone, let alone make a fuss about this kind of thing. Those of them
People cannot see the light, let alone get involved."
"Understood, I will talk to my cousin about these things later." Zhou Qiguang agreed respectfully.
"What is the origin of that young man named Wei Ran?" Mr. Zhou finally asked.
"It seems to be a historian from Maozi's side who has been in the news before." Zhou Qiguang thought for a while and added, "Probably a Chinese."
"On the way to the electricity-free place, try to make it as comfortable as possible." Mr. Zhou said as he walked towards the greenhouse with his hands behind his back, "But don't be too exaggerated."
"Don't worry, I will make arrangements." Zhou Qiguang promised again.
"Go ahead. Remember to give your father a stick of incense before you leave."
After saying that, Mr. Zhou picked up the hoe again and walked through the glass door into the warm and humid glass flower room.
At the same time, in the study room next to the flower room, Wei Ran also called Xia Shushi to clear out a solid wood table after roughly observing the surrounding environment.
"What's the progress on your side?" As Wei Ran spoke, he took out a pair of rubber gloves from his briefcase and put them on carefully.
"There's not much progress. We're all waiting for news here." Xia Shushi rolled up his sleeves and asked, "Do you think there are clues hidden in this?"
"We won't know until we check it out."
As he spoke, Wei Ran patted Xia Shushi's hand away as he was about to pick up the wooden gun case. He reached out and took out a pair of gloves from his briefcase and handed them over, "You are responsible for taking photos of that album. Take them carefully. Pay attention to the first step after taking the photo.
Check to see if there is anything reflective."
"Only taking photos?" Xia Shushi had already taken out his mobile phone while speaking.
"Yes, just take photos"
Before Wei Ran finished speaking, he had already taken out everything from the wooden box and placed them in categories on the large solid wood desk.
However, what puzzled Xia Shushi was that after some observation, Wei Ran just carefully refolded the old military uniform and put it into the box, and then carefully wiped the other small items.
Put it in the box.
In the end, there was only an FS fighting dagger, a British Army P44 kettle, and the Browning Hi-Power pistol in a wooden gun case left on the table.
First he picked up the dagger and looked at it. Wei Ran put it into the leather scabbard and put it back in the box. Then he picked up the kettle, carefully removed its canvas cover, and took out the cover cup and nylon filter.
Different from the kettle in the metal book, this canvas cover also has a small glass bottle for purifying tablets. However, there are no purifying tablets in this bottle. Instead, it is about the size of a finger and seems to be made of ivory.
seal.
What's quite special is that although this seal is not big, its shape is the same as the one Wei Ran and I saw before. It is an FS fighting dagger inserted into a cluster of dragon boat flowers.
At the bottom of the seal, or rather on the flat surface of the roots of the cluster of dragon boat flowers dyed red by the ink pad, there was a pattern that they had seen on the envelope.
"Wei Ran, does this seal have any meaning?" Xia Shushi lowered his voice and asked curiously.
"Maybe, it has nothing to do with us."
Before Wei Ran finished speaking, he had already put the small seal back into the glass bottle and closed the lid.
"There seems to be water in this kettle," Xia Shushi said. He had unscrewed the metal lid of the kettle and smelled it. "It seems to be wine."
"Tighten it. I told you not to touch anything that has nothing to do with us."
Wei Ran took the kettle back from the other party's hand, screwed the lid carefully, wiped it carefully, put on the cup and canvas cover, put it back together with the small glass bottle, and put it into the wooden box.
"Hurry up and take pictures, take every picture."
Wei Ran urged Xia Shu
Shi made a sound, and without waiting for the other party to respond, he reached out and opened the pulp-coated wooden gun case, and pulled out a Browning high-power pistol from it.
After removing the magazine and playing with it, maybe it has been forgotten for too long. The gap in the sleeve of this pistol has been stained with black sludge. When you gently pull the sleeve, you can still clearly feel the jerky resistance.
"Clang"
With a crisp knocking sound, a bullet was pulled out of the barrel of the gun by the extractor and hit the thick table.
He picked up the bullet and looked at it, and also weighed it. Unwilling to give up, Wei Ran looked around, picked up a stapler, pressed the bullet and began to shake it from side to side.
Unfortunately, when he took a lot of effort to pull out the warhead, there was no secret at all in the bullet casing, just grains of propellant.
Not to mention disappointed, Wei Ran dismantled the other two bullets in the magazine in the same manner until he was sure that there was nothing in them, and then he stopped completely. He turned to dismantle the Browning pistol.
It became a table part. After carefully wiping off the sludge on it, I restored it to its original shape and put it back into the wooden gun box.
"Nothing found?" Xia Shushi, who had been watching, couldn't help but ask.
"Have you finished taking the photos?" Wei Ran took off his gloves and asked as he walked into the bathroom attached to the study.
"It hasn't started yet," Xia Shushi grinned, and quickly took pictures of the photos in the album in accordance with Wei Ran's request.
As the two of them were busy, time passed by and the sky outside the window gradually darkened, but warm lights lit up in the greenhouse.
In the hotel in London, Anfisa patted her chest and made a promise to Suisui in the video, "Don't worry, sister Aurora, I will definitely help you hide it from the boss, and I will never let him know that you secretly returned home."
to Volgograd.”
"With your words, I feel relieved!"
In the video, Suisui and Anfiya were each chewing chicken feet while asking, "How is the situation over there?"
“I don’t know, you haven’t contacted me yet.”
As Anfisa spoke, she picked up a fake Chinese passport and waved it, "But in order to reassure you, he gave me his passport at noon. Without this, he can't go anywhere. But you,
When you contact him, you must be careful not to let him notice that you have gone back."
“Don’t worry, don’t worry!”
Suisui shook the chicken feet in her hand and said, "That's it, I'll bring you something delicious when I get back."
"Thank you, sister!" Anfisa said her thanks with a smile on her face. She waited until Suisui on the other end hung up the video, then immediately threw away the fake passport in her hand and continued to sit on the plank in the hotel room.
In the blink of an eye, at noon the next day, Wei Ran and Xia Shushi were also riding in the car driven by Zhou Qiguang. They said goodbye to Mr. Zhou and Ms. Zhou, went straight to the airport, and boarded a cargo flight to Free Power without any hindrance.
Of course, although it is said to be a cargo flight, the plane still has a passenger cabin, but there are only three people from Weihan and two beautiful Asian flight attendants in special clothes in the cabin.
Although Zhou Qiguang kept saying that this was a flight arranged by his business partner, both the two particularly enthusiastic stewardesses and the captain who came out to say hello made Wei Ran and Xia Shushi suspicious of this elegant-looking man.
Do middle-aged people really have such a so-called business partner?
Regardless of whether Zhou Qiguang was telling the truth or a lie, after a long flight, when the cargo plane landed steadily at Mandalay Airport, there was already a middle-aged man wearing an airport uniform under the ramp.
The fat man has been waiting for a long time.
"Wei Ran, what do you think the origin of Mr. Zhou is?"
Xia Shushi took advantage of Zhou Qiguang and the fat middle-aged man to communicate in Burmese, and leaned into Wei Ran's ear and asked in a low voice.
"It doesn't matter where he comes from." Wei Ran glanced at the ground service vehicle with police lights behind the fat man without any trace, but he was also thinking about this problem in his heart.
Before the two of them could figure out the answer, Zhou Qiguang waved to them casually, "Get in the car with me."
"coming"
Wei Ran and Xia Shushi responded in no particular order and followed Zhou Qiguang into the ground service vehicle. The fat middle-aged man in uniform helped the three of them load their luggage.
After loading the suitcase, I didn't forget to help close the car door eagerly, then got into the cab and stepped on the accelerator.
However, after the car circled the airport for more than half a circle, it finally stopped next to an Airbus EC135 helicopter painted in red and white.
What particularly concerned Weiran was that although most of the helicopter was white, the red areas were painted with continuous dragon boat flowers.
"Let's go, we can get there as soon as possible."
Before Zhou Qiguang finished speaking, he had already opened the car door, and the fat man in charge of driving also opened the door at the same time, and took the initiative to help put the suitcases of the three people into the cabin of the helicopter.
After looking at each other and Xia Shushi, Wei Ran pointed to the fuselage of the helicopter outside, "The dragon boat flower is painted on the plane, right?"
Xia Shushi was stunned for a moment, obviously thinking of something, "You mean..."
"I didn't say anything." As Wei Ran spoke, he had already bent down and got out of the car, and followed Zhou Qiguang into the helicopter's cabin.
When Xia Shushi followed up, the fat man also drove back a certain distance after closing the hatch, and then stood at the front of the car, waving enthusiastically like a greeter on an airplane.
It's a pity that this effort is destined to be seen by a blind man. Don't say that Zhou Qiguang didn't notice it. Even the man in charge of driving the helicopter didn't take a second look at him. Instead, he looked back at Zhou Qiguang and others until they waited.
The three of them fastened their seat belts, then took off and flew away from the airport while communicating with the tower.
Just over an hour later, the plane landed in the open space outside Mo's village. Through the porthole, Wei Ran also saw the winding river next to Mo's village.
Compared with more than half a century ago, there is no more casually discarded military equipment on the bank of the river, and even the area of the village has become much larger. But what remains unchanged is the way of life of the locals.
.
The continuous paddy fields, the leisurely buffaloes, the villagers with bridles tied around their waists and bamboo hats, and even the stilted buildings with smoke floating in the air, all seem to have remained the same as they were in 1942.
"After all these years, there's still a war going on in this damn place." Zhou Qiguang, who was also looking outside, muttered to himself.
"yes"
Xia Shushi then sighed, "The longest civil war in the world started at the end of World War II, officially started in 1960, and has not completely stopped until today. With the current situation, the civil war without electricity is probably still going on.
Hit half a century."
"The Japanese were driven away, but there was no war." As Zhou Qiguang sighed, the helicopter's blades slowly stopped rotating.
"Let's go and take a look."
Zhou Qiguang opened the cabin door himself and said as he walked out, "This helicopter will always be waiting for us. If we need it, just come over and say hello at any time. The driver understands Chinese."
Before he finished speaking, an off-road vehicle in the distance drove over with its horn honking. Before the off-road vehicle with a Chinese domestic license plate could stop, Qin Er had already stuck his head out and pulled
He greeted loudly and enthusiastically, "I knew it must be you! Brother Wei Ran, you are willing to come and help! Is this Mr. Zhou?"
