"This is the thing worth 80 million taels?" Zhang Weixin picked up the contents of the box and sealed it with air pressure, and he really couldn't see anything special about this thing.

"It's just the price at which someone is willing to buy it, and if you think about the long-term benefits, you can't accurately estimate its value with money alone. ”

"Oh?"

Zhang Weixin raised his eyebrows, put the jar back in the box, and closed the lid. It seemed that this thing was more dangerous than he thought.

"To give a simple example, even if a country is backward in the world, with this thing, it has the capital to negotiate with the vast majority of countries. I'm sure you've heard some rumors about nuclear weapons, and if the contents of this jar leak out, the lethality of nuclear weapons is probably not weaker than that of nuclear weapons. ”

"This is a weapon?!" Zhang Weixin gasped.

Nuclear weapons, as an agent of the former West Factory, he naturally heard of it. In fact, he still maintains some contact with Xichang, and the reason why he paid attention to this thing is that there is an order from above. He's starting from scratch here, and it's not just his own credit. The contents of this jar were even more terrifying than he had imagined.

"It can be a weapon, or it can be said it is not. It is also a sample of research significance for several major countries in the world at present. For a small country, this is a terrible weapon enough to destroy several cities. And for "Dio Connor" who wants to snatch it, this thing is an important bargaining chip. ”

The man hidden in the costume explained, reaching out and stroking the surface of the box, raising his head.

"As for why such an important thing is in my hands... It's simple, because that's what we developed. Do you remember when relations between the Soviet Union and the Ming Empire were bad?"

"Ahh ”

In order to resist the tyranny of the Russian Empire, the Russian people raised the banner of an uprising in October of that year, and the Ming Empire, which fished in troubled waters, occupied a large area of the Russian Empire. In the end, although the Soviet Union was restrained by the reorganized new state, for a long time after that, the Soviet Union and the Ming Empire were in a situation of incompatibility, and there was constant friction on the border.

In order to cope with this situation, the Soviet Union began to industrialize its military divisions throughout the country, and as a result, the Soviet Union now has a surplus of armaments and has nowhere to use, but its economy cannot be compared with other countries such as the Ming Empire. It was only after that dozen years that the Soviet Union gave up the Russian lands occupied by the Ming Empire and turned to unite with the Ming Empire and establish diplomatic relations. The Su Ming Communist League and the Hunter Department also happened after that.

At that time, in order to counter the advanced firearms of the Ming Empire, the Soviet Union manufactured many weapons. Due to the misuse of resources, the Soviet Union's current national strength is not very strong, and as early as after the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and the Ming Empire, the Soviet Union began to sell armaments to other countries, such as India and countries in the Middle East. In order to make up for the empty national strength, the Soviet Union sold a lot of things, including this one. In order to confront the Ming Empire, the Soviet Union had secret technical exchanges with the United States at that time, and some of the people involved in the development of this 'biological and chemical weapon' were among us. ”

“......”

"Humans infected with this virus have no possibility of curing with the current technology of various countries, and they are also extremely contagious. After an incubation period, the virus erupts with terrifying power, killing its host. That's its 'value' as a weapon. ”

"This kind of thing..."

"But even this terrible weapon has another side. Raman Whitney, former president of the Skull and Bones Society. The man volunteered to be experimented with the virus. I don't know the details, but the end result was that the experiment created an immortal monster. All his injuries healed in a very short time, and even if his head was crushed and his brain was messed up, he could regenerate. Unfortunately, he was the only successful example of the experiment, and since then, the researchers have gone their separate ways, and the data has been destroyed, and there is no more information about the virus. Now, do you know why this thing is worth 80 million taels?"

"Why did you hand it over to the Ming Empire?" Zhang Weixin narrowed his eyes, what was the expression of this man's face hidden under the mask?

"It's not handed over to the Ming Empire, whoever gets this thing will become the target of public criticism now. As you can imagine, it's a huge nuisance right now, and to put it bluntly, even if only "Dior Connor" wanted it, I would immediately throw it away to someone else, or even give it away. ”

"Dio Connor..."

chewing on this person's name, it was the person Xichang asked him to find. Suddenly, the figure of the man in the costume opposite him flashed and disappeared in place.

"Brother Zhang, someone is looking for you outside!" Suddenly, the door was withdrawn, and Zhao Kuan pushed the door in a panic.

"Who?" Zhang Weixin asked casually, regardless of whether the man had suddenly disappeared.

"It's an English girl, I don't know her, but she has the sign of the West Factory in her hand..."

"Let her in. ”

The Englishman is holding the sign of the West Factory? Could it be Dior Connor? But the name is not at all like the name of an English woman. Soon, under the leadership of Zhao Kuan, the Englishman walked into the hall.

"It's better to see than to hear, that's what you said in the words of your Ming Empire, right?"

What came in was not the blonde woman Zhang Weixin imagined, but a small British woman with chestnut hair and a haggard expression. She limped into the hall with a cane, her eyes swept over the hall, and her sweep made Zhang Weixin feel that suddenly everything was hidden. He quietly tucked his hands behind his back, where his gun was pinned.

"First meeting, Mr. Zhang, I'm Sherlock Holmes. Entrusted by his friend Wakazuki Bai, he came to pick up 'that thing'. ”

She didn't look very nimble, and the cane didn't look like the one she had just gotten her hands on, and judging by the degree of wear and tear, it was something that had been used for a long time. Sherlock limped down in front of Zhang Weixin with a cane, took out a pack of cigarettes, and took out one full.

"Is there a fire?" she asked leisurely.

“... Is that "Sherlock Holmes?" Zhang Weixin raised his eyebrows.

"Don't be so nervous, your brow is furrowed too tightly, and it's not a good habit to pull out a gun and pinch it behind your waist, it's not very convenient a lot of the time," Sherlock shrugged, "Do you still doubt me with this thing?"

She took out the waist card of Xichang from her jacket pocket and put it on the table, Zhang Weixin glanced at her, picked up the waist card of Xichang and looked at it carefully, and then nodded slightly.

"You're from the West Factory?"

"Strictly speaking, I am just an entourage who came to the United States with the director of the West Factory for exchanges. ”

"You don't have a guard?"

"Yes, it's watching outside, if I don't leave in ten minutes..."

Sherlock paused, not continuing.

"What about the promised pay?"

"I don't know, I'm not told about these things, I don't even know what this thing is. Are you really a member of the West Factory? You can't tell me these things, can you?"

Sherlock suspected that Zhang Weixin was coming.

"I'll send someone to deliver the things, so you don't have to worry about it, go back." Zhang Weixin narrowed his eyes and said.

"The day after tomorrow, we will fly directly back to the Ming Empire, is it too late?" Sherlock asked.

"Then let your companions come too, I don't trust the British. ”

"You're disobeying orders, Zhang Weixin. ”

"Okay, take this thing away," Zhang Weixin said suddenly, "Pay attention to safety on the road." ”

"It's nature. ”

Sherlock nodded, but wasn't ready to stand up for something. Zhang Weixin frowned and looked at Sherlock, not knowing what she wanted to do. But Sherlock's words then made him break out in a cold sweat.

"It's not the time to pick up something, and someone else will come to pick it up in a while. I'm just here to "inspect", and to be honest, you've disappointed me, and I'll report it back to me as it really is. ”

With that, Sherlock took back the card and walked slowly to the door with a cane.

"Stop. ”

"Anything else?" Sherlock smiled.

“... What do you want?"

"I don't really want anything, of course, you can do me a little favor, you know "V"?"