Xixia dead book

Chapter 71 The Lost 1964 (8)
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The administrator of the dormitory is a blessed old lady. She brought Tang Feng and Xu Renyu to their room, a two-bedroom suite. Tang Feng looked at the room and was satisfied. He just wanted to buy some more things. Xu Renyu But he said: "Come on, we don't know how many days we will live here, so let's do it!"

After settling down, Tang Feng asked Xu Renyu: "No matter what kind of visiting scholar, what is the first thing we should do seriously?"

Xu Renyu thought for a while, and then he seemed to be talking to himself, and he seemed to answer Tang Feng: "If only my teacher Boris was still there?"

"Mr. Boris?" Tang Feng was puzzled.

Xu Renyu introduced his teacher Boris to Tang Feng. At the end, Xu Renyu said confidently: "Professor Boris's research direction is the history of Asian nomads, which is generally called 'frontier history' in China, and Your major is very close. I still remember that Professor Boris had a very beautiful little notebook, which was densely filled with his research experience, many of which were written in Chinese, English, and French. , and many languages ​​I don't know at all, which Professor Boris says are the languages ​​of the Old East."

"In this way, this Professor Boris may have some research on the history of Xixia."

"Not only that, Professor Boris' mentor is the most famous master of Sinology in Russia, Academician Alek, and many students of Academician Alek later engaged in the research of documents unearthed in Northwest China, especially the documents of Dunhuang and Heishuicheng , For example, Mencius, who will become a famous master of Sinology in the future, don't forget the things mentioned in those seven top-secret letters." Xu Renyu reminded Tang Feng.

Only then did Tang Feng remember, "Yeah! Of the seven top-secret letters, three were related to Academician Alek. Do you suspect that Professor Boris also knew about Yu Chaping? Even...even that year. Participants of the scientific expedition, but there were only two survivors in the scientific expedition team back then?"

"The insiders back then were not necessarily the participants of the scientific expedition team. There should have been some scholars who knew and participated in this matter back then, but they did not directly participate in the scientific expedition team. You can find this out from the seven top-secret letters Look out for the last one."

"The last one? A letter written by KGB Chairman Xie Leping?" Tang Feng asked in confusion.

"It should be said that he gave the order!"

"Yes! In that letter, Xie Leping asked all those who knew the matter, especially the scholars involved in the research, to keep it a secret! He even mentioned that he would interview the scholars who knew the most." Tang Feng recalled that letter Content.

"Yes, this shows that at least a few scholars on the Soviet side were insiders and participants. Although they did not directly participate in the scientific expedition team, they should know the inside story." Xu Renyu said affirmatively.

"Well! Hearing what you said, I can't wait to meet this Professor Boris now. But, after all these years, do you still have contact with Professor Boris?"

"This... This is also what I am worried about. After I returned to China, I kept in touch with Professor Boris through letters, but a few years later, I sent several letters in a row, but I did not receive a reply from Professor Boris. In this way, I lost contact with Professor Boris. Later, I asked my friends here to inquire about the situation of Professor Boris, but my friends here gave me different replies. Some people said that he was still teaching at the university, and some said that he I have already left here, and in the future, I will forget about it." Xu Renyu said regretfully.

Tang Feng was also very disappointed after hearing this, "If this is the case, I don't think there is much hope of finding him!"

"Stop talking nonsense, aren't we here? We will visit Professor Boris right away." After Xu Renyu finished speaking, he put on his coat and went out with Tang Feng.

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Xu Renyu groped for a while, and based on his memory, he quickly found the teacher's apartment where Professor Boris lived.But in the apartment, the owner had already changed. A young man and a woman in the house had never heard of a Professor Boris living here.

Xu Renyu walked downstairs resentfully, Tang Feng asked him: "You don't remember wrong, right?" Xu Renyu looked up and looked at the old apartment building, which was still the same as before, and he answered Tang Feng affirmatively: "No Wrong, it is this building, although it has not been demolished for so many years, it has long been changed!"

"Let's go to the Department of Oriental Studies and ask? We can also get to know the teachers there!" Tang Feng reminded Xu Renyu.

Xu Renyu nodded and said, "That's the only way!"

The two braved the heavy snow and struggled for a long time on the campus before finding the Department of Oriental Studies where Professor Boris once taught. There are a group of outstanding Russian scholars gathered here, and it is an important center for Russian Oriental studies.

As the New Year approached, there was no one in the department. When Tang Feng and Xu Renyu were at a loss, they found a young man smoking alone by the window at the end of the corridor. The young man seemed to be in his early 30s. He wears gold-rimmed glasses, is well-dressed, and looks like a scholar.

Tang Feng and Xu Renyu looked at each other and walked forward together. Xu Renyu introduced himself: "Hello, I used to study here before, and I haven't been back for a long time. I want to find a teacher, but I lost contact with him again. , I want to ask you, do you know Professor Boris?"

"Who? What's his last name?" The young man asked in surprise.

Xu Renyu tried to recall: "Boris, his surname seems to be Ustinov, and he taught here more than ten years ago."

"You mean Professor Boris Mikhainovich Ustinov?" The young man announced Professor Boris' full name.

Xu Renyu's eyes lit up, and he said in surprise: "Yes! Yes, that's him."

"Are you the professor's student?" The young scholar was not in a hurry to tell Professor Xu Renyu's whereabouts, but asked Xu Renyu instead.

Xu Renyu nodded and said, "That's right! I listened to Professor Boris's class more than ten years ago."

"Oh! If that's the case, I have to regret to tell you that Professor Boris passed away eight years ago." The young scholar said calmly.

"What? Died of illness?" Xu Renyu and Tang Feng exclaimed at the same time.

"Yes, please believe me, because I am also a student of Professor Boris." The young scholar said sincerely.

"Are you also a student of Professor Boris?" Tang Feng asked in Russian.

"Hmm! I'm the last batch of graduate students led by Professor Boris." The young scholar adjusted his glasses and said.

"How did the professor die?" Xu Renyu asked the young man.

The young scholar replied calmly: "It is a rare skin disease. The professor experienced great pain before his death."

Xu Renyu secretly calculated in his heart, eight years ago?It was almost when I lost contact with Professor Boris. It seemed that this was the case. At that time, I had an ominous premonition in my heart. Unexpectedly, after eight years, my premonition was finally confirmed.

Xu Renyu calmed down a little, and asked the young scholar again: "Can you tell me where is Professor Boris' grave? I want to pay my respects."

"In the Shuvalovo cemetery."

"Shuvalovo Cemetery?" Xu Renyu wrote down the name.

"It's near the tomb of his teacher, Academician Alik." The young scholar added.

Saying goodbye to the young scholar, Tang Feng and Xu Renyu walked out of the building. Xu Renyu looked at the sky. It was getting late today. He made up his mind that he would go to Shuvalovo Cemetery to see Professor Boris tomorrow.

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The next day, which was also the last day before the New Year, Xu Renyu wanted to go to the Shuvalovo Cemetery to see Professor Boris in the morning, but Han Jiang’s flight arrived in the morning, although according to their prior agreement, the two parties would not meet in public , but Tang Feng and Xu Renyu still went to the airport.Tang Feng and Xu Renyu kept watching Han Jiang from afar at the airport, until they saw Han Jiang walk out of the waiting hall, got into a taxi and left the airport quietly.

At noon, Xu Renyu was asked by a group of Russian friends to drink two large bottles of vodka in the name of celebrating the New Year. When he returned to the dormitory, he vomited for a while, until he vomited completely, and lay on the bed for another two hours. It was three o'clock, and Xu Renyu barely woke up.

Xu Renyu still insisted on going to the Shuvalovo Cemetery, so Tang Feng had to accompany him. When the two arrived at the cemetery by taxi, it was almost four o'clock, and the sky was getting dark. Xu Renyu looked at the sky and complained: "Winter Petersburg, the days are really short, and it will be dark at four o'clock in the afternoon."

Tang Feng looked at the sky, then looked at the crosses beside them, and said with some fear: "I think we'd better go back, you don't know the exact location of Professor Boris' tomb, there are only two of us here, don't we Still looking for them among these crosses? Why don’t you look for them tomorrow at dawn.”

Xu Renyu sneered and said, "We have come here with strong winds and waves, and if we drill into a cemetery, you will be afraid? Ha ha!"

Tang Feng wanted to refute, but seeing the darkening sky, he swallowed his words again.In the Shuvalovo Cemetery, many celebrities in Petersburg and even Russian history are buried. Tang Feng and Xu Renyu walked through a pile of various graves in this way, looking for the cemetery of Professor Boris.

Suddenly, Tang Feng saw a huge black stone tablet standing out among a lot of weeds on a small hill. The two bravely touched the black stone tablet. Tang Feng took out the flashlight that he carried with him, Looking at the black tombstone, two lines of Chinese characters appeared on the black stone tablet, just like the couplets pasted on both sides of the door by the Chinese. On one side is engraved "sincerity, material, heart, broad body and fat", and on the other side is engraved "tireless teaching and mutual benefit". On the top is an open book, engraved with two characters - "not stunned".

Seeing this, Tang Feng asked suspiciously: "Why is there a stone tablet engraved with Chinese in this Russian cemetery?"

"Because this is the cemetery of Academician Alek." Xu Renyu recognized the word "buyan" and also the owner of this cemetery.

Tang Feng looked at it carefully again, and affirmed: "Yes! This is the tomb of Academician Alik, the master of Russian Sinology, and the tombstone is very distinctive."

"Okay! Hurry up, what we are looking for is the cemetery of Professor Boris. Yesterday, the young scholar said that the cemetery of Professor Boris is near his teacher, Academician Alik."

The two searched for more than ten minutes, and finally found a small stone tablet in a remote corner near the cemetery of Academician Alik. The date of death is inscribed in Russian only with the name "Boris Mikhainovich Ustinov".

Tang Feng and Xu Renyu stood in front of Professor Boris' tomb for a long time before Xu Renyu put a bouquet of flowers he bought when he came here in front of the tombstone. Both Tang Feng and him noticed that in front of such a remote, lonely, shabby tombstone, In addition to the bouquet of flowers presented by Xu Renyu just now, there is also a bouquet of flowers, which seems to have been presented by someone not long ago. It is a bouquet of red roses, which is an indescribable red. The red roses lie quietly on the white In the snow, it is so bright and so dazzling.

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Tang Feng and Xu Renyu stepped out of the Shuvalovo Cemetery and walked a long way before they caught a car. The car was full of people celebrating the New Year. The car was moving very slowly. Later, Tang Feng and Xu Renyu simply jumped out of the car and joined After seeing the carnival crowd, the two walked towards the dormitory while admiring the fireworks. In this way, the two spent several hours on the road and did not arrive at the dormitory until eleven o'clock in the evening.

When Tang Feng opened the door, he immediately smelled a pungent smell of smoke. It wasn't the smell of Xu Renyu's pipe, and he didn't smoke. "No, someone came in the room!" Tang Feng instinctively retracted to turn on the light Just as he was about to retreat out the door, he heard a familiar voice from inside the room: "Turn on the light, it's me!"

Only then did Tang Feng realize that it was Han Jiang's voice, and he hurriedly turned on the light, only to see Han Jiang lying on his bed alone smoking a cigarette, "You startled me!" Tang Feng complained.

"Yeah! I'm scared too!" Xu Renyu complained as he closed the door.

"Where did you two go? You kept me waiting!" Han Jiang yelled as he sat up.

"You don't even look at the cars outside, besides we don't know each other well!" Tang Feng explained.

"Hmph! I found out that you are all the same. They all said that I scared you, and you were all blocked on the road." Han Jiang sneered.

"We are all the same? Who else?" Tang Feng asked.

Before Han Jiang could answer, Xu Renyu smiled and said, "Who else? Yelena! He must have gone to Yelena's boudoir to have dinner with the beauty."

Seeing that Xu Renyu had hit the nail on the head, Han Jiang immediately put on a straight face, and said solemnly: "Okay! Let's get down to business! Doctor, have you got what I asked you to do?"

"What did you do?" Tang Feng didn't understand what Han Jiang meant.

Xu Renyu smiled, took out a newspaper-wrapped item from the bag under the bed, and handed it to Han Jiang: "Here! I will definitely complete the task on time for what you told me!"

Han Jiang opened the newspaper, and Tang Feng saw clearly that it turned out to be a pistol with a dozen rounds of ammunition. Just when Tang Feng was surprised, Han Jiang whispered: "You just got me such a guy , TT-33, old-fashioned guy! There are not many bullets, how can this be used?"

"Okay! This is not domestic. We can use whatever weapons we want. I bought this for $200 on the black market at noon. No way, it's no different than when the Soviet Union just disintegrated. At that time, you wanted Scud missiles , I can get it for you, this is the one for now, just use it! Besides, we are here to talk about cooperation, not to fight and kill. If we really do it, just us? You have Even the best guns are free." Xu Renyu said a lot.In the end, I still didn’t forget to remind Han Jiang: “I always use my own money, so when I go back, reimburse me!”

"But... but Yelena told me that she has been dismissed now, and now the Colonel Ilyukin they are in charge of this matter is very difficult to deal with, so I have to guard against it!" Han Jiang then described his situation when he saw Yelena. Tell Tang Feng and Xu Renyu again.

After listening to the two, they were also quite surprised, "Unexpectedly, they have changed a lot here. Are you still planning to act according to the original plan?" Tang Feng asked.

Han Jiangdao: "The plan remains the same, just be more careful! Doctor, you will accompany me to their place tomorrow!"

"Tomorrow? I think it's better to prepare again. It's too hasty to go like this! Besides, tomorrow is the first day of the New Year, and everyone is on holiday!" Xu Renyu persuaded Han Jiang.

Han Jiang thought for a moment, and said to Xu Renyu: "That's good! Let's go to the Security Bureau building to check tomorrow. After the holiday is over, we will go to visit that Colonel Ilyukin."

"Then what should I do?" Tang Feng asked Han Jiang for instructions.

"You! It's better to contact those Russian scholars and see if any of them can reveal valuable clues. In addition, you can also go to the Winter Palace to see!" Han Jiang assigned a task to Tang Feng.

"Dr. Xu originally knew a very good Russian professor, but unfortunately he died eight years ago!" Tang Feng told Han Jiang what happened to them in the past two days.

After Tang Feng finished speaking, the New Year's bell happened to be heard outside the window.

(End of this chapter)