Xixia dead book

Chapter 112 The Lost 1964 (49)
Look at the two black-bordered photo frames on the right. One is very long, and inside is a huge black and white photo. The people in the photo are all wearing military uniforms, sitting upright in the front row and standing upright in the back row. It looks like a group photo. Looking at the densely packed people in this photo, he only felt that the people in the photo had exactly the same faces, white, one next to the other, without smiles, without expressions, like... like dead people!Thinking of this, Yelena felt a gust of cool air behind her, and she moved the candle to the photo on the far right. It was also a black and white photo. The background was a forest covered in heavy snow. In the distance, some people were also playing snowball fights. Yelena became very interested in this photo. She leaned over the fireplace and looked at the photo carefully. Only then did she realize that the young man in the photo Most of the people are wearing military uniforms, like the uniforms of the KGB in the early years. "This may be a photo of Brenning playing with his comrades when he was young." The young people in the photos are full of smiles, so innocent, they freeze in the photo At that moment on the screen, showing the power of youth, Yelena couldn't help but think of her previous scene. A smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and she subconsciously stretched out her left hand to pick up the photo frame. There was a hoarse and old voice.

"Miss Yelena, what are you doing so late?"

Yelena was startled by the sudden sound, and the photo frame in her hand fell on the fireplace. She hurriedly turned her head and saw that it was Brenning. At some point, Brenning was standing there with a flashlight and a gloomy face. behind myself.

"I couldn't sleep, so I came to the living room and saw these photo frames..." Yelena replied awkwardly.

Brenning did not speak, but still stood where he was, using the flashlight in his hand to shine a light on the picture frame on the fireplace. Then, he walked to Yelena's side expressionlessly, and stretched out his hand to lift up the black-edged photo frame that fell on the fireplace. Brenning The action of holding the photo frame was careful and cautious, as if he was doing something important. After he helped the black frame, he turned his head and said to Yelena: "Now, go back to the room. I don't care if you fall asleep or not. Before dawn, I hope you don't come out of your room again."

This is the tone of an order, an order from a superior to a subordinate. Yelena, who was still in shock, did not dare to disobey, so she retreated nonchalantly to her room. Breining watched Yelena retreat to her room, and then turned off the flashlight. In the living room, another plunged into darkness.

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The next morning, Yelena got up early, bid farewell to Brenin, and hurried back to the city in her "Fiat". She didn't care about rest and went straight to Ilyukin's office. He asked bluntly, "Have you ever been to Ponotska?"

"Ponotska? You mean Ponotska?" Ilyukin looked at Yelena in surprise.

"Yes! Ponotska, Ponotska Prison!"

"I've been there, why... your clues point there? That's not a good place."

"Yes, since you have been there, I don't need to bother other people, just trouble you to go with me."

"What? You want me to go to Ponotska? I'm not going to that damn place, and if you want me to go with you, tell me why?"

"It's too late to explain to you, let's talk about it in the car." After finishing speaking, Yelena pulled Ilyukin and was about to go out. Just like that, Ilyukin was dragged and dragged by Yelena. ".

As soon as Yelena stepped on the accelerator, the "Fiat" drove to the road out of the city again, "You are kidnapping! Shameless kidnapping!" Ilyukin roared at Yelena.

"Well, even if I kidnap you, you have no choice now."

"Then you always tell me, why did you go to that ghostly place?" Ilyukin's tone softened.

"It's still because of that list."

"I see. You went to Brenin, and he told you the whereabouts of those two guys. Could it be... are they locked up in Ponotska?" Ilyukin couldn't believe it, because Ponotska Those held are the most important serious criminals.

Yelena nodded, "Yes, I went to Brenin, and he told me that Isakov had died more than 20 years ago, and Stechkin, the same Stenov, was imprisoned in Ponotz Card."

"Oh! It seems that this guy is an important person!"

Yelena then told Ilyukin what he knew, and then said to Ilyukin: "Okay, now it's time for you to introduce Ponotka to me."

"Introduce what? Don't you know everything? It's a place where serious criminals are held, and it used to be heavily guarded..."

"Wait, what was once?"

"It used to be, it means that Ponotska is not as good as before. At its most glorious time, there were five hundred most important criminals of the KGB, and there were 500 guards in charge of guarding such prisoners. Four shifts , high-walled power grid, heavily guarded, don’t expect to escape from there at all. Even if you escape by chance, you will either freeze to death on the wasteland or fall into a swamp. Over the years, I have never heard of anyone who escaped from prison successfully Yes. However, Ponotska is not as good as it used to be. Since the dismantling of the KGB, it has been going from bad to worse. There is a shortage of funds, and people are fluctuating. The prison has not been repaired for many years. In addition, there are fewer and fewer prisoners there. It is because there is no appropriation, there are probably less than 50 prisoners in Ponotska’s custody now, and there are only more than 30 guards in charge of guarding them.”

"So that's the case, it seems that there is no iron wall."

"That's not necessarily the case. Although the funds are insufficient and Ponotska is not as good as before, the foundation of the past is still there. Among other things, it is impossible for anyone to escape because of the harsh environment around." Ilyukin Still very confident in Ponotska.

"That's good..." After driving for a long time, Yelena came to a small town. Ilyukin pointed to the only hotel in the town and said, "If you don't want to stay in Ponotska, we will go to the hotel tonight." Gotta live here."

"Living here, how long will it take us to get to Ponotska tomorrow?"

"It will take about two hours to drive. This is the last town to Ponotska. Next, you will enter the boundless swamp and wasteland without any human habitation. Therefore, we must live here .”

Yelena had no choice but to do as Ilyukin said.One night without talking, the next morning, when the sun rose, under the dazzling sunlight, Yelena and Ilyukin entered the boundless wilderness. Yelena stared at the endless path in front of her, and she began to believe that Brainin and Ilyukin If you keep gold, it is impossible for anyone here to escape.

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Two hours later, a black building appeared alone on the wasteland. "Fiat" slowly stopped in front of the huge black building. Yelena got off the car and looked up at the black building. It was a fortress-like building made entirely of black rocks. "This is Ponotska? It really looks like a medieval castle!" Yelena murmured.

"A medieval castle? Hearing you say that, it really looks alike!" Ilyukin also stared at the black building in front of him.

Yelena looked back at Ilyukin who was still sitting in the car, "Why, aren't you going to get out of the car?"

Ilyukin shook his head, "I'll wait for you in the car, I don't want to go in here, besides, the procedures to enter here are very complicated, so I won't accompany you."

Yelena shook her head helplessly, closed the car door, and walked towards the black building ahead alone.After a strict identity check, Yelena finally entered Ponotska.A lieutenant named "Igor" received her, and as the heavy iron door in front of her slowly opened, a long corridor appeared in front of Yelena. The dim yellow light from the lamp brought a glimmer of light here, and Yelena asked Captain Igor: "How many guards do you have here now?"

"All together there are 34 people, but we are divided into three shifts, so there are only about ten guards here, sometimes even less than ten."

"Then how many prisoners are here?"

"Fortunately, there are not many prisoners here now, otherwise we would not have enough people. There are a total of 28 prisoners, all of whom are serious criminals or people who seriously endanger national security."

After hearing this, Yelena didn't say anything else. She was thinking about what kind of people are being imprisoned here, and what kind of person is Stechkin?Don't let Yelena think too much, after passing through the iron gates, the two have already stepped into the heavily guarded prison area. At the gate of the prison area, Yelena asked the lieutenant: "Is Stechkin still honest here?"

"Stechkin? How should I put it? Although we all know that he is very evil, he is still honest here and does not cause trouble. He often reads alone or is in a daze. But, to be honest, we know that he is very powerful. , so I was a little scared of him."

Lieutenant Igor pointed to the inside of the prison area, and introduced to Yelena: "The 28 people detained here are all serious criminals, so we detain them separately, each in a single room, and basically do not communicate with each other. You Stechkin is going to be interrogated, and I will bring him to the interrogation room later, and you can interrogate him there."

Yelena nodded, and saw the lieutenant leading two other guards into the prison area. Soon, the lieutenant came out and said to Yelena: "Ready, you can start."

Yelena walked into the interrogation room alone. The interrogation room was huge, bigger than any interrogation room Yelena had ever seen. In the middle of the interrogation room, an iron fence door separated the interrogator from the person being interrogated.Yelena sat down on the chair and looked at the man on the other side of the fence gate. The man looked about 60 years old, bald, and looked very thin. Yelena couldn't match the ragged and thin man in front of her. The super master who killed 20 people with 21 bullets was linked together.The man was fixed on a special iron chair. Although the handcuffs on his hands were removed, there were still heavy shackles on his feet, and the shackles were still fixed on the iron chair.The man lowered his head, as if he was asleep. Yelena entered the door, but failed to make the man look up. "This man is the murderous Stechkin?" I thought about the problem I had.

"Stetchkin? Hold your head up," Yelena called out Stetchkin's nickname bluntly.

The person on the opposite side moved slightly, then raised his head slowly, his gray eyes were staring straight at Yelena, "How did you know this nickname?" The voice was lazy. And hoarse, without a trace of tension or anxiety, Yelena was secretly surprised.

"It's not your turn to ask me yet."

"Well, what do you want to ask?"

"What year did you join the KGB?"

"Since you know my nickname, it means you already know me very well, so why bother asking these silly questions." The voice was still lazy and hoarse.

This was indeed not the question Yelena wanted to ask, but she was very dissatisfied with Stechkin's answer, and she said angrily, "Answer my question."

"Well, I joined the KGB in 1963."

"1963, so tell me what you did in 1964?"

"1964? Hehe! That's the question you want to ask, why did you go around in circles just now?"

Yelena's heart trembled violently. Could it be that Stechkin already understood his intentions?
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Yelena pretended to be calm, and said to Stechkin seriously: "I want to know your entire history, starting with your joining the KGB."

"1964?" Stechkin stared at Yelena with his gray eyes covered by large whites, as if recalling, "In 1964, I accepted the first mission to monitor, oh! no! no It's protection, protecting a person named Misha, but at that time, he already had a new name, Boris or something, I really can't remember, that task is boring and boring, you should You know what I mean, but I am still meticulous because... because I cherish that opportunity very much, you must know that a child like me who grew up in the mountains of the Transcaucasus did not have many opportunities..."

Stechkin seemed to be very involved in his recollection, and he talked to Yelena intermittently and endlessly, "In 1964, who else was on this mission with you?" Yelena suddenly interrupted Stechkin's narration.

"Who else? Let me see... By the way, there's that guy Isakov... He's a big guy, maybe two meters tall! . . . "

"Except for Isakov?"

"Isakov! Isakov was transferred away in 65, and then a Brenning came to carry out this task with me, but this guy... this guy relied on his seniority and self-righteousness, so he didn't put me Looking around, didn't he just come in a few years earlier than me? This guy later... later became a general! Girl, look, our country is in such a world now, with a capable and attractive man like me Locked up here, wasting the rest of your life, and people like Brenning climbed up, but I can see that you are different from them, you exude charm... charming charm, I can already feel it..."

"Be honest! What about 65 years later?"

"In the future? After 65 years, I will be transferred away, and the next thing I will... Haha!"

Stechkin suddenly smirked.Yelena didn't get any valuable clues from Stechkin, but his narration confirmed what Brenin said. Yelena felt that the murderous monster in front of her seemed to have been locked up here. There is no problem with his memory.Thinking of this, Yelena sneered twice, and then asked Stechkin: "You seem to be very dissatisfied with Brening?"

Stechkin sneered, "Hmph...yes! Tell me...you tell me how I am worse than him. He became a general, haha...I have performed missions with him several times, if it weren't for me , he had already finished playing, that time in Vietnam, they left me alone in the rainforest, when I found that I was alone and lost contact with them, I... I was terrified, I was desperate..." Si Jie Chikin gritted his teeth and stared at his eyes, his eyes were full of fear, but the fear in Stechkin's eyes disappeared in an instant, and he roared fiercely: "But later, I... I saw so many American soldiers When they surrounded me, I was not afraid, my mind was never so clear, I... Stechkin, I didn't waste a bullet... That was my proudest moment, but it's a pity... It's a pity that we executed It is a top-secret mission, otherwise... Otherwise, I will be famous all over the world... Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!"

"What top-secret mission?" Yelena asked suddenly.

"Go find a downed US fighter plane, remove the electronic equipment on the fighter plane and ship it back. That time, we did a good job." Stechkin replied very simply.

When Yelena heard that this top-secret mission was not of her interest, she felt a little discouraged, "You are dissatisfied with Brainin, but what about the others? Where is Isakov?"

"Isakov is brave and has a good body. If he has one-tenth of Brenning's tact, he won't die in Afghanistan!"

Yelena now has a relatively clear understanding of the three people she is investigating, and she puts together pieces of the fragmented jigsaw puzzle over and over again in her mind. Slowly, the images of the three people emerge in her mind, Issa Cove was strong and foolhardy; Brenin was tactful and cautious; and Stechkin, who was full of skills but could not be reused, went astray and is now almost crazy.

(End of this chapter)