Xixia dead book

Chapter 39: Legend of the Undead in the Book of the Dead (39)
Ilyukin thought to himself, what does this old man want to do, call the headquarters and sue me?Maybe it's because Aizi is eager, and his son's death has made him mentally disturbed and confused?He is old and confused, and I can't follow him to be confused.Thinking of this, Ilyukin put away his smiling face and said seriously: "Enough! Teacher, I have tolerated you! You broke into the building of the Federal Security Agency and injured the guards. It is enough to go to court. I advise you It's better to cooperate with our investigation and don't mess around, it's not good for anyone."

Makarov shook his head and sighed: "It seems that you are still obsessed. If you ask me how I know this treasure, I can tell you a little about the past of this treasure. Half a century ago, China and the Soviet Union once organized A joint scientific expedition team was formed, which is a scientific expedition in name, but in fact it is to uncover the secret of this jade screen."

"Secret?" Ilyukin was very curious.

"Yes. But something happened to the scientific expedition team, and almost the whole army was wiped out. This jade screen has disappeared since then. Today, this treasure has been rediscovered after half a century of disappearance. It is by no means as simple as you think. "

After hearing Makarov's words, Ilyukin's heart also started to move. If it is true that the old man said that the matter is more serious than I expected, then...he thought about it, and finally listened to Makarov's advice. Suggested, dialed the red line of the Moscow headquarters.

7
At a military airport on the outskirts of Petersburg, an Il-76 military transport plane flying from Moscow landed on the runway and was slowly sliding towards the apron.

Makarov, Ilyukin, and Ivanov have been waiting by the runway for a long time. "What kind of case is this? An Il-76 of this size is sent here, and it moves so quickly. I have never seen such a formation." Ivanov behind him murmured to Ilyukin in a low voice.

Makarov was also at a loss. He guessed that the huge fuselage of the Il-76 must have some special equipment, and it was likely to carry a well-equipped special commando.Who will lead this special commando team?

The IL-76 stopped on the tarmac and slowly lowered the rear hatch. Everyone stared at the rear hatch with widened eyes, but time passed by, and there was no Makaro in the rear hatch. The special equipment guessed by the husband was shipped out, and there were no fully armed special forces.After everyone waited anxiously for another five or six minutes, suddenly, an extremely aggressive UAS military jeep "flyed" out of the rear hatch almost jumping. "Uas" made a sharp turn on the tarmac, made a violent brake sound, and then rushed towards the direction where Ilyukin and the others were standing.

"It turned out to be—she!" Ilyukin exclaimed from behind Makarov.

"Who? Boss, who do you think she is?" Ivanov asked.

"Elena!" Ilyukin said vaguely, his mouth still open.

"Yelena! Is her name Yelena? What's her last name..."

"No one knows her last name, let alone her full name, and no one even knows whether 'Yelena' is her real name." Ilyukin finally closed his mouth after saying these words.

Uas was getting closer, but he showed no intention of slowing down. Seeing that he was about to hit Ilyukin, Ilyukin was so startled that he was about to run away.Makarov also widened his eyes, and took a step back involuntarily.With a long, piercing sound of brakes, Uas turned in front of Makarov and stopped steadily.

Yelena jumped out of the car and came to Makarov first: "Hello, dear teacher! Do you remember me?"

"You are..." Makarov tried hard to remember.

"Do you remember your last class of students? Yelena! Although you have only taught us for one year, I have always respected you."

"Yelena! You are Yelena!" Makarov couldn't believe that the thin little girl back then was standing in front of him today.

"I heard that your son was unfortunately killed and was involved in this case... I am also very sad." When Yelena and Makarov were telling each other about the friendship between teachers and students, Ilyukin and Ivanov were also behind Looking at Yelena.Yelena was dressed as a pilot. Although she was over 30 years old, her figure was still perfect. She wore a pair of sunglasses on her short brown hair, and light makeup was applied on her face to cover up the few wrinkles left by the years. "It's really a natural stunner." Ivanov looked a little distracted.

"You'd better be sober. As far as I know, the men chasing her can be lined up in a company, but she didn't like any of them, and she is still alone. There are few men in this world that she can look up to ” Ilyukin warned Ivanov in a low voice.

"Why does she get off such a big plane alone? Hearing what you said, is she still a woman?"

"It's enough for you to come to her! She is not a woman in the first place, she is a psychopath! Besides, I want to tell you that she is very good at martial arts, so please don't mess with her." Ilyukin said more and more vigorously .

The two were muttering to each other, and Yelena had already come to Ilyukin: "Hello, Colonel Ilyukin, you are speaking ill of me again."

"How dare I, you are a celebrity at the headquarters! You are the incarnation of the perfect goddess in my mind! Looking at your outfit, you were flying the plane just now?" Ilyukin never stopped in front of the beautiful women. Don't be stingy with your own kind words.

"Yes! The matter is urgent, so I have no choice but to fly the plane myself."

"Ah! Dear Yelena, you are so amazing! Now in my heart, you are not only a goddess, but also an angel, an angel with wings." Ilyukin's flattery became more and more disgusting, and Makarov and Ivanov got goosebumps all over his body.

After listening to Ilyukin's flattery, Yelena showed a rare smile.Then Ilyukin introduced Ivanlov to her.After the introduction, Yelena put away her smile and said seriously to everyone: "From now on, you all must follow my command, including you, Colonel Ilyukin." Yelena cast her eyes on Ilyukin after speaking.

"Of course, I'll follow your orders. Where are we going next? Shall we rest first..." Before Ilyukin could finish speaking, Yelena interrupted him and ordered to everyone, "You three and me To the Winter Palace at once."

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Petersburg in summer ushered in a beautiful white night season, the afterglow of the sunset reflected the sky, and after a short dusk, the morning light reappeared, and red, green, yellow appeared on the horizon... all kinds of strange lights drove away the night.In this nightless season, young people occupy the square in front of the Winter Palace, the music is loud, and carnival all night, the whole of Petersburg has become a city that never sleeps.

Makarov and Yelena had no intention of staying. They entered the Winter Palace through the Atlas giant statues at the entrance of the Winter Palace. state.

Jimo led the crowd to a basement under the Winter Palace that had just been cleared out. This is a small basement, closed on three sides, and connected to the cultural relics warehouse that is being renovated outside.Because of the renovation, the cultural relics warehouse outside has been completely vacated.

Tymoshin pointed to the opened basement door, and introduced: "It was originally closed by a brick wall, and it was difficult to find the basement from the outside, so we didn't know there was a basement here, and the basement was renovated during this renovation. It was discovered in the process."

Yelena checked the scene and turned to look at the tall, thin young man with glasses in front of her: "Did you never know the existence of this basement?"

Timoshen adjusted his glasses, nodded and replied: "Yes, we never knew there was a basement here. Later we asked some old colleagues who had retired, and an old colleague who was over 90 years old recalled, During the Great Patriotic War, in order to resist the air raids of German fascists, such a basement was indeed dug, and it was used as an air-raid shelter. But later, when the basement was closed, why it was closed, and what was hidden in it, he did not know. Got it." Timoshin told everything he knew.

Makarov has been listening quietly, but his brain is like a high-speed radar, capturing all valuable information from Tymoshin's words, which is a habit he has developed over the years of his career.After Tymoshin finished speaking, Makarov interjected: "Since you don't know the existence of this basement, how do you know that the Xixia inlaid jewelry and jade screen with lotus pattern are hidden in this basement?"

Tymoshin explained: "Well, I was the first museum worker to discover the basement. Before, the basement was opened by construction workers. I don't know exactly when it was opened, maybe a month ago , maybe two months ago, maybe earlier. The construction workers blocked the entrance to the basement with a canvas, so we didn't find the basement until a week ago. When I found the basement, I immediately called the construction team to stop construction, and I went in I checked the basement. In the basement, I found a dusty safe, but when I opened the safe, I found that the safe was empty. After careful inspection, I found that the safe had obvious signs of being pried open. I guessed that the safe was opened by construction workers. Later, I found a black-and-white photo in the middle of a pile of rubble next to the safe. The treasure was on the photo, and it was written in Chinese and Russian on the back of the photo This treasure is called 'Jade Screen Inlaid with Jewelry and Lotus Pattern in Xixia'. I think it was probably left by the safe by the treasure thief in a hurry."

Makarov walked to the back wall of the basement and bent over to check. There were indeed some rubble and thick dust scattered under the back wall. Next to the rubble was the safe, and the door of the safe was opened.Makarov squatted in front of the safe, checked the safe carefully, and found that it was indeed a very old safe.The door of the safe was obviously pried open recently, but Makarov still couldn't believe Tymoshin's words, he asked Tymoshin: "With a photo, can you confirm that the treasure belongs to the museum? "

Tymoshen shook his head and said, "Of course it's not just this one photo. Later, we made an even more astonishing discovery."

"An even more amazing discovery?" Everyone asked in surprise.

"Yes! An even more astonishing discovery. Based on my knowledge, I conclude that this Chinese jade screen is very precious. If it is put up for auction, it must be expensive. But I have worked in museums for many years, and I have no idea about this precious jade. I have no impression of the screen, so I mobilized my colleagues to search the old archives of the museum to see if there is any registration of this jade screen. The strange thing is that we did not find this jade screen in the relatively new collection catalogue. screen, but in the collection catalog in the 20s, I found this jade screen. Going forward, I found this jade in the collection catalog in the 50s, 40s, 30s, and even before the October Revolution. The registration of the screen is in the catalog after the end of the 20s, and the registration of this jade screen can no longer be found.”

"This is really strange. Why did the previous catalogs record it, but from the catalogs at the end of the 50s, this jade screen disappeared mysteriously?" Ilyukin and Ivanov were also puzzled.

Makarov and Yelena were silent. After a long time, Yelena asked Ilyukin next to her: "After the incident, did you ask the workers of the construction team?"

Ilyukin hurriedly replied: "After the museum reported the case, we made a record of every worker involved in this project. Without exception, all the workers involved in this project admitted that they discovered the basement a few months ago. and opened them. However, again without exception, all the workers denied that they had stolen the treasures in the safe, and even when the photos were shown to them, they did not know what was in the photos. Therefore, we basically ruled out those workers' suspicions."

"That is to say, according to your investigation, Victor is the most suspect?" Yelena asked Ilyukin.

"That's right, the workers listened to him, only he is the most likely..."

Before Ilyukin could finish speaking, Makarov interrupted him, angrily said: "Those workers deny that they stole the treasure, you believe it, did Victor admit that he stole the treasure? "

"Dear teacher, don't be angry! Of course we have our reasons. Our review of workers is very strict, and workers cannot have the opportunity to collude with each other. So many workers say the same thing, we can't help but believe it. All the workers who were present that day They all pointed out that when the basement was opened that day, Victor was the first to go in. Moreover, at that time, a worker proposed to report that the museum had found the basement, but your son said, "No need, the museum has known this basement for a long time, and there is no such thing in the safe." Rejected on the grounds of 'something'."

"that's it?"

"Also, when those workers saw the photo, none of them had seen the thing in the photo, let alone what it was. But your son is different, we have asked him, when I showed him this photo When I saw it, although he also denied it, but based on my years of experience in solving cases, I still saw the surprise in your son's eyes that he couldn't hide. I can conclude that your son must have seen this jade screen. " Ilyukin explained in one breath.

"What I need is evidence, not your speculations and conjectures!" Makarov was obviously very dissatisfied with Ilyukin's explanation.

Ilyukin wanted to say something, but was stopped by Yelena decisively, and Yelena said: "Everyone, now I will tell you my inference. Various evidences show that this basement was built during the Great Patriotic War in the 40s and was closed in the 50s." At the end, when it was closed, a safe was stored inside, and the precious jade screen in the photo should be hidden in the safe. After decades, no one knew this secret, and the basement has been closed until now, until this time it was The construction team accidentally opened the basement and found the treasure. I think these inferences should be reasonable. As for who stole the treasure and where it went, we need to investigate further. Now we can draw conclusions, I think It's too early!"

Everyone listened to Yelena's inference and nodded frequently. Only Makarov fell into deeper thinking—why did this mysterious basement suddenly close in the late 50s?Besides the jade screen, what other secrets are sealed in the basement?And where is the murderer who killed his son?Will the nightmare of half a century ago repeat itself?The mysterious basement of the Winter Palace - an opened Pandora's box!Makarov felt like his brain was going to burst.

9
Makarov was tired after tossing around for a long time, especially when he thought of his dead son, he was physically and mentally exhausted, and he collapsed powerlessly beside a big rock, looking at the silent mountains in the distance... Tang Feng and Han Jiang... At that time, he had already figured out the identities of Yelena and Makarov, as well as Yu Chaping's life experience before the auction, and now he had basically dispelled his doubts about Makarov.The two couldn't bear to disturb Makarov and were about to leave when suddenly Makarov stopped them.The two of them didn't know what happened, and returned to Makarov's side, only to find that Makarov was crying so hard.

Tang Feng didn't expect that this iron man who never shed tears would have love for his sons and daughters, so he could only comfort Makarov and said, "Cry, it will make you feel better if you cry."

Makarov wiped away the old tears on his cheeks, gradually calmed down, and said to Tang Feng and Han Jiang: "There is another important reason why the headquarters sent me to China-I didn't want to say it at first, and I don't want to talk about it. Shouldn't say it - but here today, I'm going to say it. I trust you, and I trust you to keep it a secret."

"secret?"

"Yes! Another important reason why the headquarters sent me to China to retrieve this jade screen is because I am the only person who has ever seen this jade screen."

"Ah!" Tang Feng and Han Jiang were shocked, and Tang Feng asked, "Didn't you just say that this jade screen has been sealed in the basement of the Winter Palace for decades, how did you see it?"

"Yes, this jade screen was sealed in the basement of the Winter Palace for decades, but I saw this jade screen about half a century ago!"

(End of this chapter)