Phantom

An Zixin blinked her big eyes, looked at Ruan Zhou'an and said, "Jiang Zi, what's so bright about that week, can you get in touch?"

Ruan Zhouan immediately said honestly: "I have his phone number, I'll call to see if I can get through..."

After 1 minute, Ruan Zhouan said depressedly: "That person turned off the phone..."

An Zixin cursed in her heart for wasting the girl's time, and was about to turn around and leave when Ruan Zhouan stopped her again, An Zixin tried her best to put on a smile and said, "Is there anything else?"

Ruan Zhouan gritted his teeth and said, "Student An, I know the address of Zhou Hengliang's home. I'll take you there. Actually... that, I'm also a little worried about the teacher. He has never disappeared for so many days without any reason..."

An Zixin thought for a while and said, "Okay, let's take a piece, I happen to have a car, and I have some friends to go there with me!"

Ten minutes later, Ruan Zhouan stared dumbfounded at a dozen Italians in black suits and sunglasses with tough faces, and stammered, "Student An... why are all your friends foreigners..."

An Zixin said seriously: "Academia knows no borders, and history is a precious heritage belonging to the whole world. These friends are all from Italy. They are dedicated to learning and admire Professor Li very much..."

Ruan Zhouan trembled and said, "Really...really?"

An Zixin patted him on the shoulder and said, "Why not! Do you know Marco Polo? He is an Italian. It can be seen that this nation has loved our oriental history since ancient times..."

Ruan Zhou'an seemed to be convinced, but he still felt a little uneasy and said, "Then why are they... all wearing black suits, black ties, and black sunglasses. What's wrong... like... black..."

An Zixin hurriedly interrupted: "Black, you are black! Wearing black is a gangster?! Wearing a suit means that people respect Professor Li and pay special attention to this meeting. It's just more formal. This is etiquette, understand. don't know?!"

Ruan Zhouan was finally convinced, and said honestly, "Okay, I'll lead the way..."

Zhou Hengliang led An Zixin and a large group of Italians all the way to an old alley in the capital.

No matter how you look at this alley, it is full of historical precipitation, and it is hidden behind the bustling business center, forming a sharp contrast, especially the feeling of traveling through time.This is also a major feature of the capital.

It was evening now.It was getting dark, there were very few street lights in the alley, and there was quite a long section of the road that was completely dark, so Robert immediately led the people to disperse the formation.Faintly surrounded An Zixin in the middle.

An Zixin also admired her in her heart.This handsome Italian guy with a serious expression and a deadpan expression is sincere and reliable in what he does.No wonder those two old men hold him in high esteem.

Soon, Ruan Zhouan led them to a door, and he knocked hard on the door.He even called Uncle Zhou a few times!Too bad no one answered the door at all.

At this time, the childish curly-haired Alessio came over, squatted down and looked at the lock, and then said to An Zixin quickly in Italian: "This door has been pried, and it happened recently... ..."

In the past few months, the little beauty was forced to learn some Italian by those two old men, so she could understand it better. She hesitated and said, "Can you open it again?"

Alessio patted his chest triumphantly, then took out a thin needle, slowly inserted it into the keyhole and began to pry it up. An Zixin remembered this person's resume. This young man is actually only 16 years old this year. Zi Xin is also three years younger. According to the resumes given by the two old men, his parents died when he was ten years old, and he was abused by his adopted aunt. He ended up living on the street as a thief. Later, he was spotted by the two old men on the street. He was captured and slowly trained as a subordinate.

After all, the prince brothers are old and sophisticated, and they are very accurate in judging people. An Zixin has already discovered the extraordinaryness of this young man in the past few days. In addition to possessing a very powerful thief skill, this Alessio also has the ability to observe. He is unique among people, he was the one who discovered the secret room in the warehouse last time.

An Zixin was thinking about something, when she heard a click, the door had already opened, Alessio smiled triumphantly, and was the first to slip in!

Ruan Zhouan stammered, "Isn't it...it looks...so bad, this...illegal intrusion...lockpicking...illegal..."

An Zixin scolded angrily: "Aren't we here to find your teacher? Just now, this Italian classmate said that the lock here has been picked, and I am worried about your teacher's safety, okay?! Stop talking nonsense, and come in with me quickly." Find someone!"

When Ruan Zhouan was pushed by her, he might really be worried about his teacher, so he stopped talking and walked in the second.

Seeing that An Zixin was also following inside, Toledo came over and said in a low voice, "Let Ricardo go in with you, and Robert and I will lead the others to guard around."

An Zixin nodded, Ricardo immediately followed, and the other Italians disappeared into the dark alley in an instant.

Ricardo has a bald head and is in his thirties. He is an older member of the team, but his combat power is quite astonishing. He is the second best player in the team after Robert!

Ricardo is a very serious and meticulous person, so it makes sense for Toledo to arrange for him to come in. Searching the room is what he and Alessio are best at. In addition, they have been closely following Anzi The little dog 'cow' under Xin's feet, these two people plus a dog is definitely the best partner to find a secret.

After entering the door, An Zixin noticed that it was a standard old-fashioned courtyard house. It was estimated that it was a residence of a wealthy family in the old days, and there was a porter at the door.

It was dark and silent in the courtyard at the moment, and there were no lights in the room.

By the moonlight, An Zixin faintly noticed that in the wing rooms surrounding the courtyard, many windows were covered with dust, and no one had lived in it for a long time, the only exception was the east wing room, only those few houses were a bit popular , at least recently.

Ricardo, Alessio and the 'cow' scattered to search without hesitation. Ruan Zhouan pointed to the east wing and said, "That archaeologist Zhou Hengliang lives here, and I accompanied the teacher once... "

An Zixin was taken aback, nodded, and then carefully pushed open the door of the east wing. The door was not locked, and it opened with a creak. After she walked in, she pressed the switch, and the light turned on immediately. .

The entrance is the living room, with ordinary old-fashioned furniture and an old sofa, and then the bedroom. Although Zi Xin is not a detective, she can tell from the things in the room, especially the clothes, that the owner here should be a bachelor.

It's a pity that nothing of value was found in the room, so she had to ask Ruan Zhou'an, "Do you know what your teacher and this Zhou Hengliang talked about?"

Ruan Zhouan scratched his head and tried to recall, "I really don't know the details, but I just know that Zhou Hengliang seems to have gone to the west and joined a joint archaeological team. Everyone died in the desert, and he came back alone. According to the outside world, he found nothing, but he told my teacher that he actually found something..."

An Zixin immediately asked, "What is it?"

Ruan Zhouan said with an embarrassed look: "Student An, I don't know about this. Anyway, Zhou Hengliang encountered a bottleneck in his research on this thing, so he found my teacher. You know, he is a top expert in the history of Xixia... ..."

An Zixin blinked her big eyes, and murmured, "So that's how it is..."

At this time, the door was pushed open, and Alessio, Ricardo and the 'cow' ran in one after another. The first two shook their heads to indicate that there was nothing of value to be found, let alone the 'cow'. You can tell by the honesty of squatting there, if it finds something, it will definitely throw itself on the master as soon as possible...

The two people and the dog quickly focused their search on this house that had been lived in. They searched inch by inch. Suddenly, Alessio let out a snort, and his eyes were fixed on the hole on the wall. A wall clock, An Zixin inexplicably asked him if we were there?Have you never seen our Huaxia wall clock?

Alessio shook his head, Nuonuo said: "The hanging is a little crooked..."

As soon as the words were finished, I saw the 'cow' rushing up, this guy bit the wall clock without hesitation and pulled it, the wall clock was torn off by it immediately, revealing a small black hole behind it.

The 'cow' is really smart, knowing that the important thing is what's behind it, so it threw away the worthless wall clock, jumped up and put its little paws into the hole, and soon it pulled out a piece of paper .

Then I happily handed it over to the master, with a look of begging for praise.

An Zixin opened the thing while comforting the 'cow', only to find that it was actually a hand-painted map. This map is definitely not our common urban traffic map, but a professional topographic map. There are many things marked on it, such as altitude , distance, etc. Unfortunately, An Zixin was not caught by this person at all, she was completely blind and couldn't understand...

Just as she was struggling, she suddenly heard Ruan Zhouan, the top student behind her, say in surprise: "This is a topographic map near Heishui City!"

An Zixin said inexplicably, "Black Water City..."

She was about to say something when she suddenly heard a rattling sound from the roof, and then suddenly a black shadow rushed over!I didn't expect that there were people hiding on the roof!

An Zixin's reaction and movement were quick, and she quickly backed away holding the map. The one who jumped down was a middle-aged man, holding a machete in his hand and slashing down quickly. In a hurry, An Zixin had time to escape, but she happened to be holding the map in her hand, so she hesitated.

At the critical moment, a strong body suddenly blocked in front of her, it was the bald Ricardo!

I saw that knife slashed firmly on his body, blood spattered, but Ricardo didn't even waver, and punched him without hesitation!The swordsman didn't expect this foreigner to be so tough, and he didn't escape this time, and he was punched and flew out!

Immediately afterwards, there were a few more noises from the roof, and three more guys with knives jumped down!

An Zixin yelled "hide well" to Ruan Zhouan, then pulled out the stick given by Lin Wenzhou, went up to meet Alessio and the 'cow' together! (To be continued..)