Ling Yunpeng flipped to the page of international news, and the latest news was published on it: Since the German army attacked the Soviet Union on June 22, the 18th and 16th armies of the German "North" Army Group and the 4th Tank Group of the German Army, a total of 23 divisions, as well as 15 divisions and 3 brigades of the Finnish Southeastern Army and the Karelian Army, supported by more than 1,600 aircraft of the German 5th Air Force and the Finnish Air Force, attacked Leningrad from the south and north, trying to quickly annihilate the Soviet army in the direction of Leningrad and capture Leningrad. At present, the war is stalemate, and the Soviet army has suffered heavy casualties.

Ling Yunpeng looked at the news, sighed heavily, and then turned the newspaper over and looked at the domestic news, but what he saw was that Tada Jun, commander of the Japanese North China Front, was reappointed as a Japanese military counselor, and Okamura Ninji took over his post. After he took office, he proposed digging deep blockade ditches, building blockade walls, strengthening the fortress policy, and implementing the "three lights" policy of burning, killing, and robbing all the money in the large-scale "sweep." Following the large-scale sweep launched by the Japanese army in the Daqingshan area, the anti-Japanese base area of Jinsui and Sui, the Japanese puppet army has now gathered more than 13,000 people to carry out a large-scale sweep in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei border area, and the situation in North China is not optimistic.

These two pieces of news made Ling Yunpeng feel panicked in his heart, and his right hand couldn't help but clench his fist.

Ling Yunpeng picked up today's "Declaration", which published a social news: Sergey, a visiting professor at Hujiang University and a Russian painting and sculpture master who has been missing for more than two months, has now been confirmed dead. A few days ago, Professor Sergei's body was found on a shoal near Wusongkou on the Huangpu River. It is reported that Professor Sergei is a quiet man of few words on weekdays, has a withdrawn temperament, and often goes out to sketch alone, and whether this unfortunate incident was a misfall into the water, a suicide, or a murder to death remains to be further investigated. Professor Sergei is good at copying the works of the world's painting masters, many of his imitation works such as Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa", Cézanne's "Card Player", Repin's "The Slenderman on the Volga", Van Gogh's "Sunflowers" and so on are widely praised in the industry, whether it is characters or scenes, can vividly reproduce the essence of the original author, especially good at copying the works of the famous French painting master Monet, such as "Sunrise Impression", "Water Lilies", "Venice Grand Canal", "Waves", "Haystacks", etc. His works are highly sought after by buyers. In addition, some of his sculptures are also quite popular in the industry. The accidental death of this genius is a great loss to the art world.

"Water Lilies? Isn't there this famous painting in the Countess's house? It seems that this famous painting was mentioned in the conversation between the Countess and Smith, and the Countess said that the painting was painted by a friend of Andrei's Russian painters, and that Andrei had bought it at a low price. Could it be that this painter is Sergei? Ling Yunpeng was carefully recalling the bits and pieces of that time, and suddenly connected these words in his mind: "Andrey, Sergey, copying, water lilie." ”

Ling Yunpeng felt a burst of ecstasy in his heart, and seemed to have found the answer, and he felt that the answer was in this fake "Water Lilies". Andrei and Sergei were both Russians and should know each other, and Andrei asked Sergei to draw the treasure map on the canvas first, and then cover the treasure map with "Water Lilies", so that even though the treasure map hung in the room every day, outsiders would not know that the treasure map was actually under their noses. It's a clever move. According to Ling Yunpeng's speculation, Sergei's death is inseparable from Andrei. This Sergei disappeared more than two months ago, and Andrei died only about two months ago, so it is possible that Sergei had an accident before Andrei died.

This speculation made Ling Yunpeng excited, he couldn't sleep, he looked at his watch, it was eleven o'clock in the night, he decided to go to the countess's house to check whether his speculation was correct.

So, he got up quietly, put on his clothes, and looked at Fu Xinghan, Fu Xinghan had already fallen asleep, and there was still a sweet smile on the corner of his mouth, Ling Yunpeng guessed that he had a tryst with the countess in a dream now, pouted, and then tiptoed out of the room, he walked into Qin Shouyi's room and gently patted Qin Shouyi who was sleeping on the ground.

Qin Shouyi opened his eyes and saw that it was Ling Yunpeng, Ling Yunpeng put his index finger to his mouth, signaled him not to make a sound, and then beckoned to him, Qin Shouyi got up, put on his clothes and came out with Ling Yunpeng.

The two came to the backyard, Ling Yunpeng took out the car keys from his trouser pocket, started the engine gently, and the car quickly started and drove towards Anhesi Road.

"Boss, it's so late, where are we going?" Qin Shouyi asked curiously.

"Go to the Countess's house." While driving, Ling Yunpeng glanced at Qin Shouyi and squeezed his eyes at him.

"To the Countess's house?" Qin Shouyi was very puzzled, could it be that Ling Yunpeng had made any new discoveries?

"Yes, let's go to her house and see the painting." Ling Yunpeng told Qin Shouyi the purpose of this trip.

"You mean the Lotus Picture?" Qin Shouyi blinked.

"It's 'Water Lilies', a famous painting by the French master Monet."

"There's something wrong with that painting?" Qin Shouyi suddenly realized this.

"I didn't know until I went to see it."

The car drove all the way down the road and arrived at its destination in a short time.

In the middle of the night, Anwaji Road has returned to its former calm, and it is extremely quiet except for a few dim street lamps that attract some insects.

Ling Yunpeng parked the car in the original small alley, and then walked with Qin Shouyi in the direction of No. 8 Anhesi Road, he observed the movements around him as he walked, there was no police stationed around, a seal was posted at the door, and the small western-style building of the countess's house was in darkness.

Walking to a wall, Ling Yunpeng looked at the wall and gave Qin Shouyi a look.

Qin Shouyi immediately understood, when he was in the army before, he and Ling Yunpeng often performed tasks together, and the tacit understanding between the two was very high.

Qin Shouyi immediately squatted down, Ling Yunpeng stood on Qin Shouyi's shoulder, Qin Shouyi slowly stood up, Ling Yunpeng grabbed the eaves of the wall with both hands, and sat on the wall, forming a momentum of riding the wall, if his left arm was not injured, he could jump directly into the hospital, and now this easy action for him made his left arm ache.

Qin Shouyi hurriedly took two steps back, followed by an arrow step, and jumped onto the eaves of the wall with his left foot, and then the two jumped into the courtyard together.

Ling Yunpeng took out a flashlight from his pocket, and the two groped their way up to the second floor in the dark, pushing open the door of the countess's bedroom, Ling Yunpeng and Qin Shouyi came to the oil painting.

Qin Shouyi moved a stool, Ling Yunpeng stood on the stool, and illuminated the oil painting with a flashlight: "Shouyi, find me a knife." ”

Qin Shouyi walked to the restaurant and came over with a knife.

Ling Yunpeng put on white gloves, and then used a knife to cut this "Water Lilies" from the frame along the frame. Then he rolled up the painting, found a rope and tied it, and then the two of them exited the room, Qin Shouyi found a rag in the restaurant to wipe the stool clean and put it in place, and then the two quietly went downstairs, Qin Shouyi walked all the way, wiped the footprints of the two all the way, and never let go of every place on the stairs from the room to the downstairs.

"Nezha, let's go." Ling Yunpeng took a closer look and felt that there was no trace left, so he greeted Qin Shouyi.