above the point of the knife

Chapter 66 Contact
Anthony's father believed in the Orthodox Church, but Zhou Sen, Anthony did not force him to believe in religion, so for now, he does not have any religious beliefs.

Father Anthony was already ten years old when he adopted him. In many families, ten-year-old children actually know a lot of things besides mental retardation.

Zhou Senyuan himself had been sensible for a long time.

Zhou Sen is Chinese, so the family still celebrates the Spring Festival every year, that is, they have a meal of dumplings on New Year's Eve.

Then buy two strings of firecrackers and set them off in the yard.

There are no ceremonies such as worshiping ancestors.

Very simple.

It's like this every year, nothing new, very boring.

This year, Zhou Sen went upstairs after eating dumplings. Although he bought firecrackers, he was not in the mood to set them off. According to the family rules in the past, old people did not set off firecrackers on New Year's Eve.

Father Anthony is dead, although the person is not alive and the body is not alive, but the Japanese will not fabricate such a news to deceive themselves.

Therefore, there is a high probability that he will never see Papa Anthony again.

Although it was the emotion left over from the original body, Zhou Sen was still a little bit infected, a little sad.

Open the "Russian Fables" bought at "Yiguzhai" during the day.

In fact, Zhou Sen is not very interested in these Russian fables. Generally speaking, the fables of many countries and nations have similar meanings.

What he wanted to know was the fable of "The Hunter and the Wolf" he heard on the radio. Although it was somewhat similar to our own story of "Mr. Dong Guo and the Wolf", this snow wolf with black eyes was different from the Zhongshan wolf.

It did not avenge its kindness, but chose to fight against its former ethnic group, and finally sacrificed itself to save the hunter.

The cognition of the Russians is somewhat different from ours. They even dare to raise ferocious beasts like black bears. They are worthy of being a fighting nation.

This story can also be understood as that wolves also have spirituality and know how to be grateful, which is much better than many wolf-hearted people.

The hunter also saved his life because of his kindness at the beginning. Every drink and peck was God's will.

What Zhou Sen wanted to know was why this fable was suddenly broadcast on the radio late at night, and it was by no means a supernatural event.

It must have a purpose, but he still can't solve this secret, maybe the original body can, but he is not sure whether the memory of the original body was lost when it was passed on to him, anyway, it is related to this aspect, He really couldn't remember either.

We can only find the answer from the details of this story.

If he hadn't happened to see this "Russian Fable" at "Yiguzhai" today, he really wouldn't have remembered it.

In the catalogue, there was indeed such a story about wolves, but when he was in the bookstore, there were too many people, and he couldn't calm down to study it.

Finally, I can wait until I can concentrate on nothing else.

Zhou Sen read this fable carefully, and it is indeed about the love and hatred between a wolf and a hunter.

But this story tells about a wounded wild wolf. The hunter wanted to kill it for skinning, but when he saw the wolf begging for mercy, he was moved. He rescued the wolf and brought it back to the residence for treatment. After the wolf recovered from his injuries, he returned to the forest, and every once in a while someone would send some pheasants, hares, etc. to the hunters.

Hunters don't need to hunt, but also live a life without worrying about food and drink.

The story is short and has the meaning of leading people to be good, but for children, it may be more misleading.

After all, wolves live in harmony with humans, and only exist in stories. Once someone believes it is true, it will be a tragedy.

Different stories, spread, reprocessed through art, and then told by different people, may already be two stories from the original story.

After carefully comparing the details of the two stories, Zhou Sen still found some differences. They were also wolves, one was driven out of the pack at a young age, the other was injured, and the color of fur and eyeballs was emphasized, while the other There is no such detailed description, one is to get along with the hunter day and night, live together, the other is to return to the forest after being injured, and the final ending is different, one is for the hunter to fight with his former group, and the other is just Grab some wild game to repay the favor...

Black eyeballs, driven away by the ethnic group...

How to put it this way seems to be similar to myself. It seems that the wolf's eyeballs have never been heard to be black, only humans have them, and they are a unique color for yellow-skinned Chinese.

Driven away by the ethnic group and adopted by Father Anthony, he was indeed squeezed out by a group of beggars, unable to get anything to eat, and dying of hunger.

It is almost exactly the same as the experience of Little Snow Wolf in the story.

As for the following story, it has not happened yet, so there is no way to compare it. If the hunter is Papa Anthony, he is already dead at this moment, and there is no need to save it by himself.

Zhou Sen was startled suddenly, this is too impossible, isn't it?

If so, why did the Japanese make up such a big lie to deceive themselves?
The more you think about it, the more chaotic your mind becomes.

Forget it, maybe I think too much, or I don't want to, let's talk about it after a sleep, and forget everything when I wake up, anyway, he doesn't want to get involved in these things.

But can you hide?
……

About the reconstruction and expansion plan of Ningxiang Pavilion.

Although I am not used to writing vertically, there is no way. People in this era are used to this way of writing and reading, so you can't come up with something different. (It’s not that it’s not written horizontally, it hasn’t fully formed a mainstream habit yet)
Waking up early the next morning, after breakfast, Zhou Sen locked himself in the bedroom, he didn't want to stay in the study anymore.

Started to write at the desk.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, other people’s families would visit each other, visiting relatives for New Year’s greetings, etc. He was alone, with few friends and no relatives to visit.

He didn't have to go to work, so he might as well stay at home and write out the plan for the Ningxiang Pavilion. He was afraid that after this point, he might not have time.

Zhou Sen locked himself in the room, full of ideas, focused on nothing else, as if there was nothing outside. Even Lucy just lay on his lap, very well-behaved, not daring to make a slight movement, for fear of disturbing the master's writing.

"Master Vasim, there is a gentleman outside the door who claims to be Migunov asking to see him!"

"not see."

"But he claimed to be an acquaintance of Master Anthony, and he said that he came here to meet him and wish you New Year's greetings." Irina explained.

"You invite him to the living room to serve tea, and just say I'll be there in a while." Zhou Sen was writing to the point, he didn't want to be interrupted by others, but he couldn't turn away the guests, even though he didn't know them.

"Yes."

After a quarter of an hour, Zhou Sen came down from upstairs in his nightgown, thick overcoat, and slippers, holding Lucy in his arms. If the other party didn't say that he was an acquaintance of Papa Anthony, he didn't want to see him at all.

With a high nose bridge, brown eyeballs, slightly curly hair, and two tawny beards, the Russian man in front of him, who was slightly shorter than him, looked young.

Seeing Zhou Sen, he actually took off his hat and bowed to him.

This was the etiquette of meeting the superiors in the Tsarist Russian era, but now, this has long been out of fashion.

"Mr. Migunov, we don't seem to know each other. What are you looking for?" Zhou Sen walked over and sat down on the sofa.

"I'm here to visit you on behalf of Mr. Rozayevsky. By the way, I would like to say Happy New Year!" Migunov once again said respectfully.

"Let's talk about it."

"Mr. Rozaevsky wants to talk to you about Mr. Anthony Robin," said Migunov.

"What are you talking about? I don't even know him. What's there to talk about?"

"Master Vasim, you may not know that Mr. Rozaevsky is Mr. Anthony Robin's loyal comrade-in-arms and partner."

"Really, why has no one ever mentioned it to me?"

"This may be a matter of timing. There are some things that Mr. Anthony Robin did not tell you, but now, you must know something. This is your responsibility and obligation." Migunov shrugged his shoulders and explained.

"Okay, at 10:30 tomorrow morning, I will wait for you at the North Restaurant of the Modern Hotel. It won't be too late." Zhou Sen thought about it, and he could refuse. The other party would definitely not give up, rather than being constantly harassed , might as well meet once and listen to what he has to say.

"Okay." Migunov agreed straight away. The purpose of his coming was to get Zhou Sen to agree to meet. As for where to meet, that was not a problem.

Rozayevsky, Zhou Sen has never seen this person, but as a policeman in Bingcheng, he naturally knows this person.

This guy is one of the big leaders of Belarus who "anti-Soviet and anti-communist" in Bingcheng, and he is also a lackey of the Japanese.

It is the legendary Russian traitor.

He also served as the deputy director of the Russian Overseas Affairs Bureau of Japan in Ice City. Needless to say, the Overseas Affairs Bureau is a secret service agency, which was created by the Japanese to work among the Russian expatriates in Ice City and the secret agents in the Soviet Union.

This person wanted to meet him only because of Father Anthony's status as a "pastor", which he didn't want to assume at all, and it would be best if someone could take it over.

After taking two casual bites at noon, Zhou Sen went back to his room and continued writing his "plan". Anyway, he had nothing to do for a day.

All afternoon, Zhou Sen was writing, and his fingers ached a little. He had never written so seriously in his life, except for writing a love letter to a female classmate he had a crush on when he was in school, which really racked his brains.

Meow!

Lucy was a little dissatisfied. The little master hadn't rested at home for a long time, and didn't play with it anymore. The little paws desperately scratched his arm.

"Okay, Lucy, don't make trouble. I'll finish writing in a while, so I'll play with you, okay?" Zhou Sen quickly reached out to comfort this clingy little thing.

This little thing is quite spiritual, if it weren't for it, he would definitely not be able to discover some of the family's secrets by himself.

Including the climbing traces in the fireplace chimney in the case of Shelkin's murder, he was also inspired by the traces left by Lucy's climbing, so he determined that the traces in the chimney were forged.

Its purpose is to mislead the direction of the police's detection.

Suzanne is indeed not an easy woman. However, she has regained her freedom now. I don't know if she has left the ice city or is lurking in a corner.

He had a feeling that he would see this Susannah again.

(End of this chapter)