Xixia dead book

Chapter 166 The KGB and the CIA (3)
Han Jiang denied again: "I think this is probably Misha's illusion. Just imagine, if the door that Misha found was very close to the place where the scientific expedition team had an accident, why did only Misha come in after the dust storm?" In front of the gate?"

"This is a new question. Makarov told us about the final situation of the scientific expedition team before. According to Makarov, the night when the scientific expedition team had an accident, when he and Mr. Liang returned When we arrived at the camp, the members of the scientific expedition team had disappeared. In other words, Misha should have left the camp with the scientific expedition team at this time. But neither we nor the old horse knew that the scientific expedition team left the camp in an organized manner. Dodge the dust storm? Or break down and run away?" Tang Feng said.

"I have also thought about this issue. I think that with the professional quality of the scientific expedition team, they will not have a mental breakdown and run away. They are likely to retreat in an organized way, so when Lao Ma and Liang Yunjie returned to the base, there was no one there. .” Han Jiang speculated.

"But where did they go? Why did only Misha come to that incomparable gate in the end?" Liang Yuan asked.

"I think the scientific expedition team must have suffered another terrible blow after they evacuated from the camp. It was this blow that gave the scientific expedition team a fatal blow." Han Jiang further deduced.

"A fatal blow? What blow is more terrifying than a sandstorm?" Tang Feng couldn't believe it.

"It must be like this. This fatal blow caused the scientific expedition team to have a psychological breakdown. I guess that except for Misha, the rest of the scientific expedition team should have been killed in this fatal blow. That's why they didn't find a scientific expedition nearby." If the corpses of the test team members were scattered and fled, then some relics should be found during the search and rescue." Han Jiang said.

"In other words, the blow was instantaneous, so that the scientific expedition team had no time to react. What could it be?" Tang Feng said.

"Who knows, in short, Misha escaped the fatal blow, but it is very likely that the fatal blow caused Misha's short-term amnesia, so that he could not recall what happened after that." Han Jiang deduced.

"But he remembered that incomparable door, and said that after opening the door, the scene he saw seemed like a lifetime away!" Liang Yuan said.

"This only shows that Misha was so impressed by the door and the scene he saw when he opened the door, so he had a flash of inspiration in a short memory loss." Tang Feng said.

"Well, it must be so. That's why we saw such an obscure letter." Han Jiang paused for a moment when he said this, and suddenly said again: "I suddenly had a flash of inspiration, thinking that this letter will Could it be that Mr. Liang received it just before he died?"

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After hearing Han Jiang's words, Tang Feng and Liang Yuan looked shocked, but Tang Feng quickly understood Han Jiang's meaning, "After you said that, I also thought about why Mr. Liang came to me in a hurry before he died. The reason why he was determined to get the jade screen is probably because he received this letter, which rekindled his hope of finding the ancient city of Xixia and solving the mystery of the disappearance of the scientific expedition team."

"But I didn't hear that grandpa mentioned this letter before his death?" Liang Yuan asked.

"That's because your grandfather doesn't want you to participate in this terrible thing." Tang Feng said.

"The letter sent in 1964 was only received in the 21st century. This...is a bit unbelievable!" Liang Yuan still couldn't believe it.

"This further confirms our previous inference. This letter was not sent from Leningrad in 1964. Of course, there are two possibilities here. One possibility is that the letter was detained by the KGB. If so, Then the letter will be kept as a file in today's Russian Federal Security Service; another possibility is that the letter was detained by another group, think about it, who could it be?" Han Jiang said here, looking at Liang Yuan, Staring at Tang Feng again.

Tang Feng immediately thought of the answer, "That's probably the general's person. I guess there are problems with the agents who were in charge of protecting Misha in 1964. They are either the general's person, or the general is among them."

Han Jiang nodded, and muttered to himself: "Brenin, Isakov, Stechkin... yes! They may all belong to the general. Do you still remember the report about Misha that Yelena got? Is it the file of 1964? If my inference is true, then those pages are likely to be torn up by Breining, and only after 1988 can he be in the Security Bureau under strict guard Access to top-secret documents in the archives."

"Yeah! We should have thought of this a long time ago. Now we can be sure that Stechkin is the general's man, and Breining and Isakov have also revealed clues. Then assuming that the agents who protected Misha in 1964 had If there is a problem with Breining, then even if this letter fell into the hands of the KGB in 1964, it will be obtained by Breining in the end." There was a hint of excitement in Tang Feng's words.

"But here is another problem. Regardless of whether this letter fell into the hands of the general or was later obtained by Brenning from within the KGB, why did they send it to Mr. Liang? You must know that the general did not want Liang Yunjie. Participating in it, that's why the general is so nervous about the jade screen at Mr. Liang's auction, and he must get rid of it quickly!" Han Jiang's two sword eyebrows were now twisted into a knot.

Tang Feng thought for a while, "That's easy to explain. You forgot what we inferred after we came back from Mount Helan? We inferred that there was a mysterious force at the auction. This mysterious force didn't want the general to get the jade screen so smoothly. If Liang The old man did receive this letter before the auction, so it is very likely that some mysterious force did it."

"But why didn't this mysterious force come out by itself, but sent a letter to Mr. Liang to provoke Liang Yunjie on purpose?" Han Jiang asked back.

"It's disgusting, so it was this letter that killed my grandfather." Liang Yuan muttered.

"By the way, when you found this letter, was there an envelope outside the original envelope?" Tang Feng asked Liang Yuan.

"No, I've said it all. This letter was in Grandpa's diary. At that time, I saw it was all yellowed old things. I thought this letter and the diary were together."

"It seems that Mr. Liang didn't leave a new envelope." Han Jiang said.

"Perhaps the mysterious power delivered this letter to Mr. Liang through other channels." Tang Feng said.

"Well, there is also this possibility. Anyway, if our deduction is true, then this mysterious power probably comes from within the general. I think this is the most important point." Han Jiang said with certainty.

"Inside the general?" Tang Feng and Liang Yuan were both surprised.

"Yes! It must be so. Think about it. This letter fell into the hands of the general. If it wasn't someone close to the general, who would have gotten this letter and given it to Mr. Liang."

Han Jiang's deduction seemed so reasonable that Tang Feng and Liang Yuan had nothing to say, but Tang Feng always felt that things were not that simple.

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After the three of them analyzed the unsent letter, it was already very late, Han Jiang put away the letter, handed it to Tang Feng, and said, "I will leave this letter with you, don't lose it. Although Misha is here The letter is vague about Hanhai Micheng, but this letter is still very helpful to us. The description in the letter of the few days before the accident of the scientific expedition team, especially the place names that appeared on the sketch map, may be very helpful to us .”

"Well, I've been studying the map on the back of the jade screen. Although the map is clearly marked, I don't know any of the place names near Hanhaimi City. After all, the place names may have changed over the years. The place names may not exist long ago. If we can’t figure out these place names marked on the map, then we rush into the desert, and we may go the wrong way. Now that I have the sketch of Misha, I can compare it with the ancient place names on the map. , so that we may soon be able to figure out the modern location corresponding to the ancient map." Tang Feng talked eloquently.

Han Jiang stood up and patted Tang Feng on the shoulder, "Brother, we are running out of time. I limit you to give me the names of the ancient places on the map tonight and mark them on the modern map."

"So urgent?" Tang Feng frowned.

"Nonsense, our opponents won't wait for us to figure everything out before setting off. What's more, I'm still a wanted criminal. Zhao Yong's people will probably find us within two or three days."

"Then what am I doing?" Liang Yuan asked with big eyes flashing.

"You?" Han Jiang looked at Liang Yuan and said, "You, cook and clean the room right away."

"I'm here to do chores for you!" Liang Yuan looked at Han Jiang with an aggrieved face, and then at Tang Feng, who seemed to have settled down by staring at the sketch drawn by Misha on the letter.

Liang Yuan slapped Tang Feng hard, "You also treat me as a handyman!"

Only then did Tang Feng come back to his senses, and asked Han Jiang, "You sent us a mission, so what are you doing?"

Han Jiang sat on the sofa and said, "Dinner, and listen to your report."

"Damn it! You thought you were the leader! If you were caught by Zhao Yong, you would have to suffer in prison," Tang Feng said.

"Fart! Even if I am captured by Zhao Yong, they still have to offer me good wine and good food."

"Come on! I don't care about you two. I'm going to decipher these ancient place names." Tang Feng said, and went back to his room.

Boss Liang Yuan reluctantly started cooking, but how could Liang Yuan, who is used to being a young lady, know how to cook? After a while, the room was filled with smog, and after a while, there was a strange smell in the kitchen. Finally, Han Jiang I couldn't take it anymore, so I had to rush into the kitchen, "Damn, I said Miss, are you cooking, or are you making biochemical weapons!"

"I don't know how to do it, but you let me do it, or, I treat you, let's eat outside!"

"Come on, I'm just like me, it's better not to show my face outside. Also, I remind you, don't tell Zhao Yong my whereabouts, and neither can anyone else. If you want to go to the desert with us, just temporarily cut off all your communications." , including with your father." Han Jiang warned.

"Then do I have to hand over my phone too?" Liang Yuan looked at Han Jiang timidly.

"That's not necessary, there is no signal in the desert anyway." Han Jiang finally showed a smile on his face.

With Han Jiang's help, Liang Yuan finally prepared a table of dishes, but Tang Feng was still comparing the ancient place names. Han Jiang called several times, but Tang Feng didn't respond. Pushing Tang Feng's door, Tang Feng suddenly yelled and came out, "I finally recognized a place name."

"Damn it! I thought you'd been able to decipher it for so long?" Han Jiang teased angrily.

"How easy is that? There is no scale on the maps drawn by ancient people. I compared the ancient place names on the map with Misha's sketch one by one. Misha specially marked the Chinese characters of these place names on the sketch, but I The ancient place names corresponding to these Chinese characters cannot be found on the ancient Xixia map." Tang Feng explained.

"Is the translation of those Xixia characters correct?" Han Jiang asked.

"Please don't doubt my professional level!" Tang Feng was quite unconvinced.

"Then which place name did you recognize just now?"

Tang Feng took out the enlarged photos, pointed to a sign on the ancient map, and said, "This is right here. On the ancient map, the name of this sign is translated into Chinese characters as 'Jiuli Fort'. I wrote it on the sketch drawn by Misha. Also found this place name."

As he said that, Tang Feng pointed to a place name on Misha's sketch, and continued excitedly: "With this, there is a frame of reference. I compared the ancient map with Misha's sketch, and roughly figured out the location of the scientific expedition team. The course of action for the last few days."

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Tang Feng drew a crooked line on the photo with a red pencil, "This is the general course of action for the scientific expedition team after entering the desert. On this route, Jiulibao is the first, followed by There are three other signs on Misha’s sketch, which are “Langwa”, “Qianhu Town” and “Yueerquan”. There are also three corresponding signs on the ancient map, but they are not translated into Chinese in Misha’s sketch. The three names on the sign, and I translated it literally, I can’t understand what the three Xixia signs mean, but this is normal, many place names have no meaning at all, they are just names.”

Han Jiang took the photo and Misha's sketch and compared it carefully, "It seems that the position is not quite right."

"Yes, this is exactly what I found strange. Although the three places marked on the ancient map are not too far from the line I drew, it can still be seen that the four marks on the ancient map, except for those that have been determined The location and name of the 'Jiuli Fort' and Misha's sketch are correct, but the names of the other three marks do not match, and the positions are also deviated." Tang Feng explained.

"I think we should follow Misha's sketch first!" Liang Yuan said suddenly.

"Oh! Tell me why you follow Misha's sketch?" Tang Feng asked Liang Yuan.

"It's not obvious! Now that Misha has found Hanhaimi City, his route is of course more reliable. After all, the ancient map has passed through so many years, many place names have changed, and many towns and water sources have disappeared. If we If you look for it completely according to the ancient map, you may go wrong!" Liang Yuan said.

"You have some truth in what you said, but it's not entirely true! Misha's sketch only drew the route for the scientific expedition team to enter the desert, and did not mark the location of Hanhaimi City in detail. Erquan's northwest, probably drew a mark, and specially noted - "that incomparable gate, I estimate the location", Misha can't remember what happened after that, the location he estimated on the sketch, I'm afraid it's not reliable! So we still have to use the ancient map as the main, and Misha's sketch as a reference." Tang Feng said a lot.

Han Jiang nodded, "Tang Feng is right. You see, on Misha's sketch, the last place marked is Yue'er Spring. From the name, there should be a spring here. There is a source of water here. I think this is probably Ke The location of the last camp of the test team."

"No! No, the old horse once said that the night before the accident of the scientific expedition team, the two boxes of water they were carrying were released, which caused the scientific expedition team to panic. If there is water in the camp, the scientific expedition team will also You won't panic anymore." Tang Feng said.

Han Jiang slapped his forehead, "How could I forget this? That means the scientific expedition team had an accident after they left Yueerquan, and it happened quite far away from Yueerquan, because the old horse was still there. It is said that they split up to find the water source, but they couldn't find it."

Tang Feng thought for a while, and then said, "There is another possibility that Yue'er Spring may have no water source at all."

"No water source?" Han Jiang asked suspiciously.

"That's why the scientific expedition team panicked after the drinking water they carried was released!" Tang Feng speculated.

Han Jiang compared the location of Hanhaimi City marked on the ancient map, and then looked at Misha's sketch, "According to my opinion, Yueerquan is still far away from Hanhaimi City. The last camp of the expedition team, this is strange, how could Misha walk so far in the desert after the accident of the expedition team?”

"From the ancient map, it seems that the area near Hanhaimi City is not next to the desert. Maybe there is an oasis that we still don't know about." Tang Feng recalled.

"Oasis of death?" Han Jiang suddenly remembered the oasis of death mentioned by Stephen.

"It seems that Ma Changguo also came to Hanhaimi City." Tang Feng stared at the area around "Hanhaimi City" on the ancient map. What exactly is there?Is it an oasis?Or canyon?

(End of this chapter)