Nine idlers

After paying the waiter, Yakov closed the door and was about to ask Xu Changqing what else to order, but Xu Changqing spoke first and said, "Did you feel that something was wrong when you entered the hotel?"

"What's wrong?" Yakov froze for a moment, recalled the previous situation, shook his head, and said, "Is there anything wrong? It's the same as a normal hotel, did you find anything?"

"Haven't you noticed it? You said it now, it's the same as a normal hotel." Xu Changqing woke up the other party and said, "It's not the tourist season, and the situation in Zagreb is so chaotic, like what we encountered today I'm afraid it happens often during this period, so there shouldn't be so many distinguished foreigners gathered here. Now there are at least 20 big people who are either rich or expensive in the hotel reception hall. This is still outside, inside the room There are probably a dozen or twenty people, and the Sunset Hotel is almost full, and according to the information I have read about the Sunset Hotel, even when the business is at its best, the occupancy rate is not so high."

"There is indeed something wrong." After Xu Changqing's reminder, Yakov quickly realized what was wrong. He thought for a while and asked, "How about I go out and find out the situation?"

Xu Changqing nodded in agreement, and said, "Alright! Maybe I can find out something interesting."

Yakov exited the room, and not long after, a waiter knocked on the door of Xu Changqing's suite, and handed over to Xu Changqing the local intelligence information that Yakov had requested from the peripheral members of the Security Committee through coded words.

Although the Sunset Hotel was a stronghold on the outskirts of the Soviet Security Committee, most of the people working here were not agents of the Security Committee. Only a few high-level officials like the front desk manager were real agents.In order to protect these hard-earned strongholds, this kind of resident front-line agents generally will not directly contact the agents who come here to perform tasks, so as to avoid being involved in any accidents and destroying the hard-earned establishment. Stronghold.

Xu Changqing returned to the living room and spread out the two local morning newspapers in his hands. There were two pieces of paper sandwiched between the morning newspapers. The papers were filled with numbers of different sizes, and each number was written in Greek, Latin, Russian Separate words that differ in languages ​​such as Chinese and English.

Through the information reading method obtained from Shelov, Xu Changqing easily converted various numbers and words on the paper into simple information materials.Through these intelligence materials, Xu Changqing easily grasped the general state of Zagreb now.

It is not difficult to see from the intelligence that the city government of Zagreb has lost control of the situation, and the Croats have begun to crowd out local Serbian officials both openly and secretly.The official confrontation has become semi-public, and the gang forces in the dark parts of the city have also faced off. All in all, Zagreb is now chaotic.

However, even though Zagreb is already full of chaos, neither government officials nor gang leaders seem to be willing to expand the chaos of the conflict, and they try their best to keep the situation as it is, because they know very well that if Zagreb If Loeb is really messed up, then Yugoslavia will inevitably intervene, the Soviet Union will not stand still, and Western countries will not watch the Soviet Union destroy the anti-Soviet forces they have created and agitated with great difficulty, so they will naturally intervene.By that time, not to mention the gang leaders and local officials, even people with higher power will not be able to resist the squeeze of these external forces, and Zagreb will no longer be their city in the end, which is why they will never desired results.

After reading the information, Xu Changqing waved his hand and spit out a dark energy from his palm, sweeping the newspaper and password sheet on the table into pieces, and flew into the air with the force of his palm, and fell into the wastebasket beside him.

Although the information content is very rich, Xu Changqing can easily understand the situation in Zagreb, but the information does not have what Xu Changqing wants, such as why there are so many powerful people who are either rich or expensive in the hotel, Another example is how many killers and agents trying to assassinate Vera are hidden in the city of Zagreb.

Xu Changqing didn't think that the person in charge of the hotel deliberately concealed the information, because Yakov's secret signal showed that his status was very high, and the person in charge of the hotel would never have the guts to do such a stupid thing that would definitely be held accountable afterwards.Therefore, it could only be that the base of the Sunset Hotel is understaffed, and they can only collect targeted information on the big forces that can influence the situation in Croatia. As for other things, they can only be temporarily put aside.

How the internal power struggle in Croatia will develop and other things are meaningless to Xu Changqing. He quickly cleared the contents of the intelligence from his mind, took out a bottle of wine from the wine cabinet in the living room, and went to the outside On the balcony, sit on a chair, pour yourself a drink, and look at the scenery of the Sava River in the distance, relaxing and enjoying the rare tranquility.

When the sun had completely sunk into the western horizon and the moon was high in the sky, Yakov returned to the villa suite, but his face was not very good at the moment, as if he was angry about something.

"Idiots! A bunch of idiots!" Yakov couldn't help cursing to himself after entering the room.

"What's wrong?" Xu Changqing frowned slightly, wondering what made Yakov such a calm person lose his composure.

Yakov poured a glass of water and poured it into his stomach, as if he was extinguishing the anger in his heart. After a long breath, he gradually regained his composure, but his face was still gloomy, he hesitated a little, and said: "This matter is a matter within the Security Committee, and it has something to do with us. Since Serov deliberately leaked the news that Vera has fallen to our side, more and more Italian agents have been photographed by Western countries. We are in Italy. The side has already fallen into a disadvantage, so the idiots in charge of things in this area did not ask for help from the headquarters, but most of the Yugoslavian manpower was transferred to the Italian side. Now that the Italian side is deadlocked, the Yugoslav government just took this opportunity to take advantage of the west The people in the past cleared up the strongholds we established one by one. Our power here has almost regressed for 20 years. The Sunset Hotel is not bad, and it has not been exposed. Otherwise, we would have to find a safe place to stay today. Can't find it."

"So that's the case, no wonder the information obtained is so one-sided." Xu Changqing nodded suddenly, without expressing his opinion.

Although Yakov has severed relations with the Soviet Union Security Committee and fully adapted to the status of Xu Changqing's subordinate, he still cares deeply about the affairs of the Soviet Union and the Security Committee.Back then, he was also in charge of building some frontline agents’ strongholds, and he also participated in the establishment of strongholds in Yugoslavia. Now that he sees the results of his hard work being destroyed by a stupid colleague, how can he not feel annoyed? .If the idiot who made this deployment decision stood in front of him, he would burn him alive with lava without hesitation.

After complaining for a while, the anger in Yakov's heart also dissipated a lot. Although he was still very worried about the current situation of the Soviet Union in Yugoslavia, he was not in his position. Appropriate, he has no right to intervene in this matter, he can only be a bystander.

"Alas!" Yakov, who was trying to understand his situation, sighed heavily, shook his head helplessly, ignored the matter that made him angry, and reported the news he had inquired to Xu Changqing, saying: " These days, the hotels in Zagreb are almost full of people. Most of these people are members of big families in Europe and the United States, and there are also some representatives of the rich and powerful. An underground auction held by the manor."

"Underground auction?" Xu Changqing was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that the reason why so many dignitaries gathered here turned out to be an underground auction, so he also asked curiously: "If you want to come to this auction, the auction items should also be Incomparably precious, right? Otherwise, these people wouldn’t risk coming to Zagreb, a small city in the middle, when the situation is so tense.”

"I'm not very clear about this. According to the rules of the underground auction, the specific list of items will only be released when the auction starts." Yakov shook his head and explained: "However, the auction The influence of the Society is not simple. They claim to be the Temple of Wealth, which first appeared during World War II. At that time, they mainly helped Jews sell their properties and escape from Europe. Later, their business expanded to all European dignitaries who wanted to escape from the battlefield, which also made them In a short period of time, they have accumulated a large number of rare collections from ancient European families and forces, but most of these collections are not visible. After the war, they held three underground auctions, and each time they brought out exciting stuff, like a complete Shakespeare manuscript was brought out once."

Xu Changqing said with great interest: "It's worth going to have a look, maybe there will be some surprises."

"This, it may be troublesome!" Yakov was a little embarrassed: "Participating in the auction requires a special invitation letter. Even if other people arrive at the venue where the auction is held, it is impossible for others to enter the auction site."

Xu Changqing asked: "What's going on?"

"According to what I've heard from people who have participated in the auction," Yakov said in a deep voice, "The real location of the underground auction is actually not at the venue, because when they arrive at the auction site, they will be blindfolded." Eyes, and then went to another underground palace-like place. The time there seemed a little strange, it was night outside, and it was dark there, and it was obvious that I stayed there for a few hours, and only ten minutes passed after I came out."

"Is there such a thing?" Xu Changqing became more interested, he seemed to think of something, his eyes lit up slightly, and then he said with a smile: "It doesn't matter if there is no invitation letter, we will make one ourselves, and you can go to the person in charge here Let me ask, who has an invitation letter in the hands of the guests, borrow it and let us make one like this?" (~^~)