War Photographer's Notebook

Taking the car arranged by Jia Ya to the hotel where Sui Sui and the others stayed, Wei Ran bid farewell to the taciturn but answering little driver, and walked to the first floor of the hotel with the gift prepared by the other party. hall.

However, to his surprise, before he passed through the revolving glass door, he saw from afar beside the sofa in the rest area not far away, two people wearing beach shorts and floral shirts were sitting sprawled. A scumbag with a smug smile on his face, and a beautiful girl covered in little bells.

"Didn't you go home and fix the radiator?"

After Wei Ran walked through the glass door, he asked Qin Er Shi who was waving to him, dumbfounded, and then waved to Zhong Zhen who was sitting on the other sofa with his arms around the girl without waiting for his response. Waving, "Are you done too?"

Zhong Zhen, with a beard growing on his chin, patted the ass of the "Little Bell Second Generation" sitting on his lap, and at the same time raised his chin towards the tablet computer in the girl's hand, "I came here on purpose I watched your performance, but Xia Shushi's translations are all about shrimp machines? He learned English from a fortune teller?"

"I don't know how he translated." Wei Ran spread his hands innocently, "I called you to translate if I knew it a long time ago."

"Don't get cheap and act like a good boy"

Qin Ershi took out the zippo lighter with the words "Defend the Home and the Country" written on it, lit a cigarette, and said in a puff of smoke, "This idiot is not stupid at all, look at what you asked during the interview Those dogs shook their heads when they heard the question, this is clearly a good thing they did, and you and that rich French woman are to blame."

Qin Ershi finished his point, and before Wei Ran, who knew what was going on, took over the conversation, he changed the subject with a playful smile, "Meet my little aunt? How do you feel? Pretty or not? Do you want to be me?" Little uncle? Let me tell you, Zhong Zhen almost cried when he saw the picture of my little aunt."

"I'm so frightened that I'm about to pee." Zhong Zhen picked up the former's lighter angrily, and lit a cigarette for himself.

"I also want to live two more years." Wei Ran patted the handle of the suitcase, "Shall we chat here?"

"Come with me!"

Qin Ershi snapped his fingers, put his cigarettes and lighter into his pockets and stood up, lifted his beach shorts indistinctly, and was the first to walk out of the hotel gate with his flip flops.

"Let her send your luggage up for you first." Zhong Zhen pointed to the new bell beside him, and then put on a command in Burmese that Wei Ran could not understand.

"This one can't understand Chinese?"

As Wei Ran spoke, he let the pretty little girl respectfully take the suitcase and the paper bag full of presents from him.

"Can't understand"

Zhong Zhen paused, and walked out side by side with Wei Ran, saying, "This little girl is too timid, she is not smart, and her academic performance is not very good, but fortunately she is obedient."

"I found out that you are a fetishist." Wei Ran joked as he walked out, "How do you like girls? You just like bells."

"Wei Ran is right. For him, girls are just incidental."

Qin Ershi, who was walking in front, echoed loudly without looking back, and he and Wei Ran each got a middle finger in response from Zhong Zhen as they wished, and then they beckoned the other two to follow him into a car. An unassuming black sedan.

Qin Ershi, who was in charge of driving, didn't mention where he was going, so Wei Ran and Zhong Zhen naturally didn't bother to ask, let alone talked about any serious business.

In less than 10 minutes, the old city in the car window has turned into a farmland full of crops. When the car window is lowered, the evening wind that blows in head-on also brings the unique salty smell of the sea.

After driving along this country road for only five or six minutes, Qin Ershi stepped on the brakes. Before that, Wei Ran also heard the sound of waves coming from the wind.

"Go, go."

Qin Ershi had already pushed open the car door while speaking, turned his back to the high beams that were not turned off, and walked towards the coastline in the distance.

The group of three walked forward for a distance of tens of meters, and Qin Ershi stopped and said, "Now the Internet has been fired."

"None of my shit." Wei Ran spread his hands innocently.

"This slap is very loud"

Zhong Zhen took out a pack of cigarettes and distributed one to Wei Ran and Qin Ershi each, and then took out a lighter to light for everyone, and then continued, "I didn't take it seriously when the second emperor called me over to watch the news." , but now I can see that the noise you made is much more effective than what I have worked hard for for several months."

"Wait first." Wei Ran looked at the two people blankly, "What you said is really the same thing as what I thought you said?"

"Isn't it the same thing?" Qin Ershi realized after speaking, "Didn't you watch the news?"

"The last time I watched the news was before I boarded the plane in Palau"

Wei Ran truthfully said that on the flight from Palau to Philippine Monkey, he had been chatting with Jia Ya and testing each other, and when he got off the plane and changed into a helicopter, even just in the car, he had been closing his eyes and resting his mind.

"Let me tell"

Zhong Zhen took a sharp puff of cigarette and said, "Now almost the whole world knows that recruiters like to eat people, Wendigo has almost become synonymous with recruiters on the Internet, and even recruiters themselves find it too disgusting. "

"About three hours ago, someone broke the news on the Internet that the man-eating devil pilot and the descendant of the devil pilot who was eaten were the owner of the Palau devil daily food store that was popular on the Internet a while ago, saying that the two of them seemed to be in the same relationship. Situations like sharing a wife.

Moreover, the news on the Internet mentioned that according to insiders, it seems that the first French wife of one of the shop owners chose to divorce because she couldn't bear such a perverted thing. "

Qin Ershi gloated and dusted off the cigarette ash, took a puff and continued, "Then, many netizens collected and sorted out some perverted family traditions of little devils, and then the devil's government also came out to throw the blame."

"A high-ranking devil official with cerebral palsy even said on social platforms that the ogre family is Palauan and not a recruiter"

Zhong Zhen continued happily, "Now even Palau officials have been dragged into a war of words on the Internet."

"Didn't the U.S. government make a statement?" Wei Ran asked happily.

“They are also very lively now”

With a cigarette dangling from the corner of his mouth, Qin Ershi said one by one, "Now there is a poll on the Internet. The main content is where to bury Captain Evans. Some say that he should be buried in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Some said that he was buried in his hometown of Oklahoma, and some said that he was buried in the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippine monkey country. These are still reliable. At least now in the American Cemetery in Manila, there is still his on the memorial wall of the missing soldiers. name."

"It's still outrageous. It is suggested to bury him on Helen Island in Palau, but change the name of that island to 'Johnston Island' or Indian Chief Island."

"The front is quite outrageous, but the latter suggestion is good."

Wei Ran immediately agreed, and of course he agreed. He arranged for sister Katenka to propose this suggestion, so it's no wonder he didn't agree.

Zhong Zhen spread his hands, "There are still some people who are high, and even suggested that they be buried at sea in the waters near Samar Island."

“There are even more outrageous”

At this time, Qin Er Shi was completely looking like a happy person. "Someone suggested that they should be buried in the cemetery where they were recruited and licked as compensation, and that the devils should use October 10th as the day of repentance."

"This suggestion is also good." Wei Ran thoughtlessly praised the second outrageous suggestion that he asked Kajianka sisters to help send out.

“Really good”

Zhong Zhen said with a smile, "This one and the one about changing the name of the island just now are very popular, but they are all slaps in the face. Although these are not proposed by the US government, they are definitely poking at the G-spot of the Americans. And the lung tubes of the devil and the second devil."

"Whether it's the devil's side or the silly beauty's side, there are people calling for offline demonstrations on the Internet."

When Qin Ershi said this, he looked at Wei Ran abruptly, and asked in an unusually positive tone, "You did all of this, right?"

"It's none of my business to talk about it? But if there are more speakers, maybe the parade will really have hope."

Wei Ran sighed regretfully, but it was almost like admitting something in disguise. At the same time, he couldn't help but think of the crazy proposal of the Cuban lunatic back then - as long as you go to the parade crowd
Qin Ershi and Zhong Zhen looked at each other, and then sighed as if expressing their opinion, "Yes, it would be great if there were more people, but don't worry, a total of ten mental hospitals for the first phase have already started selecting sites. It will be able to open the door to welcome customers in half a year at the most, so that the lunatics can enjoy the fun of surfing the Internet."

"So fast?" Wei Ran looked at him in surprise.

"There are plenty of mental illnesses in this world"

Zhong Zhen flicked his cigarette butt away and gave an irrelevant response, "Don't worry! More and more people will speak up in the future."

"The other people you want are almost ready." Hua scratched his head and thought for a while, and then reminded, "That...the number of people may be a bit too much."

"How much?" Wei Ran asked cautiously.

"According to your request, a total of 19 core members of the fraud gang were obtained. There are men and women. They are all scumbags who can be sentenced to death several times. Of course, they can speak English."

Qin Ershi paused, then continued, "In addition, we have found 28 beautiful girls, all of whom are under the age of 23, homeless, have no surname disease, have no history of studying and are completely voluntary.

They are basically forced into the sex industry for various reasons, more than half of them are of mixed race, and the remaining half are either Asian or abandoned second-generation whites. "

After a short pause, Qin Ershi continued, "There are also those disabled people you want. There are a lot of them. A total of 26 people were found, and all of them are under the age of 15. Basically, they all have congenital or acquired leg disabilities. Most of them were abandoned by their original families, and before we found out, most of them were begging for a living, but basically they can speak English and none of them can speak Chinese.”

"It's really a bit much." Wei Ran raised his eyebrows, and then said, "But it's okay, it can be arranged."

"Then there is the part of the healthy child you want in the end."

Qin Ershi spread his hands, "But this job was taken over by my little aunt. She doesn't allow me and Zhong Zhen to get involved in this kind of thing, otherwise she will beat me to death."

"She's already told me about it"

Wei Ran grinned helplessly. Speaking of which, these "talent" requests were actually all made by Kajianka sisters. He was just a hand-off shopkeeper who worked for the employees.

"Okay, that's all we have to say." Qin Ershi spread his hands, "Do you have anything to say?"

"When did the revenge you promised to help me start?" Zhong Zhen asked before Wei Ran could speak.

"Soon." Wei Ran thought for a while, and added, "It will start before October at the latest."

"Then I'll wait for you for another month and a half." Zhong Zhen was extra straightforward.

"I thought you had to rush me." Wei Ran joked with a smile.

“It's never too late for a good meal”

Zhong Zhen grinned, "Through this incident, I can see that you are better at stabbing people than I am."

"What do you mean I'm better at stabbing people than you?" Wei Ran shook his head dumbfoundingly, "How can you boast so much?"

"If you can't boast, then don't boast"

Qin Ershi put his arm on Wei Ran's shoulder and asked with a playful smile, "I almost forgot, there is one more thing, look, we found this person for you, where are we going to send them next?"

"If you really have no room, my uncle's mine has room." Zhong Zhen, who praised his failure, said kindly.

"I'll find a friend to pick him up later, and let him contact you when the time comes." Wei Ran patted his forehead after speaking, "When will Xia Shushi come back?"

"I guess it will take three to five days to say less."

Qin Ershi replied, "I contacted him before I met you. He is still on the American warship. What's the matter? Do you have something to do with him?"

"Something really happened"

Wei Ran greeted the two of them as they walked back and asked, "When the time comes, will he return directly to the country or come here?"

"If that Baozilian next to you hasn't left yet, he will definitely come here." Zhong Zhen said jokingly.

"Then I guess he will definitely come here." Qin Ershi said affirmatively, "What do you want to do with him?"

"I saw an antique by accident, and I wanted to let him show it." Wei Ran said casually, but actually chose to keep the main reason for looking for Xia Shushi a secret for the time being.

"You find me for this matter"

Qin Ershi patted his chest and said, "Although I don't study history, I know more about antiques than he does."

"Just you?" Wei Ran looked at the other party suspiciously.

"You look down on people, don't you?"

Qin Ershi patted his chest, and said proudly, "My grandfather is a serious master of cultural relics restoration. I have helped my grandfather since I was a child. I am not a buddy. I am bragging. If I can steal all the cultural relics I have seen If you come out and sell it, at least you will have to shoot it two hundred times.”

"For the sake of being shot two hundred times, you can show this thing." Ran said, opened the car door, picked up his mobile phone, called up a photo and handed it to the other party.

The thing in this photo is naturally the golden cast of the woman in ancient costume found on Helen Island.This thing is still in the food box.However, he has nothing to do these days, and he also checked the small words on the statue through the Internet.

According to the answer found on the Internet, the line on the statue "Zhaoxiao, Pure Fuji Sensation Holy Concubine" is the title given to the sea goddess Mazu by Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

In other words, what he found and hid by Akila, the ghost pilot, was a golden Mazu.The answer was indeed simple, but it was too simple for him.

"Damn it! Where the hell did you get it?!"

Qin Ershi let out an exclamation when he saw the photo on the mobile phone, and then swiped the screen to zoom in on the photo to observe the details carefully, but he was not in a hurry to get into the cab at all, even, even Zhong Zhen leaned his head over to watch the excitement.

These two scumbags were not in a hurry to go back, but Wei Ran was in a hurry to go back to see his girlfriend, so he simply opened the door and pushed the two into the rear compartment, while he himself got into the driver's cab, steering the car and began to turn around.

"Quickly tell me, where did you find it?" Qin Ershi asked impatiently.

"Picked up on the beach by the sea" Wei Ran rarely spoke the truth.

"Do you see my letter?"

Qin Ershi snorted, and then explained, "This Mazu is either a modern fabrication, or it was blown up."

"How to explain?" Zhong Zhen, who was also watching the excitement, asked.

"Golden?" Qin Ershi asked Wei Ran who was driving.

"Pure gold" Wei Ran gave a short response with words like gold.

"Pure gold?!"

After Qin Ershi let out an exclamation, he was stunned for a while, and then tapped Wei Ran's phone screen with his fingernails, "Okay, then let's assume that she is pure gold first, let's say that she is a modern fiction, Judging by the size, at least it can’t be as big as a mineral water bottle?”

"It's not that thin, it needs to be stronger, it's about the same as a pulsating bottle." Wei Ran replied while driving.

"Such a large golden statue must weigh about 20 kilograms?" Qin Ershi asked the second question.

"Almost" Wei Ran replied truthfully.

"So you see, even if it is a modern fabrication, even if the workmanship is not considered, if this Mazu is really pure gold, it is equivalent to 20 catties of gold, and it would cost two to three million RMB."

"What if it's not something fabricated?" Zhong Zhen subconsciously asked.

"That's the real thing"

Qin Ershi magnified the photo on his phone, pointed to the corner and said, "See, Zhaoxiao is pure and pure Fuji Sensing Shengfei, this is the honorary title given to Mazu by Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang."

"So this is from the Ming Dynasty?" Zhong Zhen asked without knowing why, "So what? How much is it worth?"

"This is no longer a matter of more money and less money. Even if she is from the Ming Dynasty, it is not something ordinary people can worship."

Qin Ershi restored the photo to its original size, "At least through the photo, I can't see anything wrong with it, no matter the shape or the metalwork. But our China lacks copper, and it has been lacking since ancient times, so in ancient times, even a bronze statue was great. It is no ordinary person who can afford such a large golden statue."

"Too"

Zhong Zhen nodded in agreement, "Ordinary people can't afford it at all. Such a big piece of gold might have been able to change an official in ancient times."

"Not only can't afford it"

Qin Ershi returned the phone to Wei Ran, "Even if you can afford it, you must not be afraid of stealing it.

Tell me, in the Ming Dynasty, where did the Mazu worshiped not worry about being stolen? "

"Official?"/"The imperial court?" Wei Ran and Zhong Zhen gave answers with similar meanings in unison.

"Maybe, but the officials still say that they are guarding themselves."

Qin Ershi said vaguely, "In fact, whether it is the court or the official, according to the previous generations of old Zhu's emperors, they should not be vulgar enough to cast a statue of Mazu in gold. Especially the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, he is definitely not able to do such a thing. Regarding the matter of making a fuss, I have stayed in a serious temple, and I will not insult Mazu with gold."

"So?" Zhong Zhen gave up thinking.

"I guess the person who cast this golden statue of Mazu might not be a decent person."

Qin Ershi thought for a while, and then continued, "I guess, the one who can use gold to cast the statue of Mazu may be thinking of letting Mazu save the last life, such as a disaster, a collapse, a shipwreck, The capital chain is broken. These natural disasters and man-made disasters, once this Mazu image is sold, it will turn around and make a comeback.

Of course, the imperial court would not worry about this kind of problem, and compared with gold, for the imperial court, mutton fat jade was obviously of a higher grade.

So I think that the person who cast this Mazu statue might be a pirate-like character.Of course, the premise of all this is that this Mazu looks like the real thing, not a copy of later generations. "

"So at least this statue of Mazu may actually be the spiritual belief of pirates?" Wei Ran, who was in charge of driving, changed the subject after speaking, "Which way should we drive?"

"Turn right at the intersection ahead"

After Qin Ershi finished pointing the way, he just responded, "I didn't say anything just now, it's my guess, but my aunt's boss is fine with Mazu, as if I didn't say anything, anyway this statue As long as the Mazu statue is not a modern fabrication, it is definitely a special cultural relic, even if he is not a pirate, he must be a big merchant."

"Very valuable?" Zhong Zhen asked the most straightforward question.

"what you said"

Qin Ershi smiled, "If this thing is made of gold and it's from the Ming Dynasty, it might sell for eight figures if you work hard."

"Ten million million? RMB?"

"Could it be the kyat?"

Qin Ershi was amused by Zhong Zhen, "Mazu is a typical representative of religious beliefs in the Greater China cultural circle. It belongs to the kind that can sit in the first row when gods hold meetings. There are many believers in the coastal areas of China and Southeast Asia. .

But I have heard and seen statues made of mud, wood, stone, bronze, white jade, and emerald, but I have never seen a golden statue. Just because of this alone, it belongs to the poison of scorpion feces. . "

"That thing can reach tens of millions?" Wei Ran asked in surprise.

“It’s really possible if you meet someone you really like and the money is not bad”

Qin Ershi asked ambiguously, "However, the material of this thing itself is enough to weed out a large number of collectors, so it has a price but no market. It is indeed worth the price, but it may not be sold, but if If you are in a hurry to sell, I don’t think it will be a big problem to sell it for 600 million.”

"Speaking is tantamount to talking in vain"

"This thing is not really in your hands, is it?" Qin Ershi asked in surprise.

"Why don't I tell you, I picked it up on the beach." While speaking, Wei Ran had already steered the car to turn a corner at the intersection, and changed the subject and asked, "Which direction should we go next?"