After listening to this, Wei Chiran asked, "So, how did you and Professor He meet?" ”

Charles looked at Wei Chiran and said: "It was he who came to Singapore to find me, he came to ask me in order to find a cultural relic lost on the Mary, so he came to ask me, what happened on the Mary, before looking for me, he did an investigation on our family, but the descendants of Edward in the country were unwilling to deal with him, and refused to admit it, he could only come to Singapore to find me, and I was limited by Edward's descendants, so I could only choose to cooperate with him, hoping that he could also unlock the cursed secret of our family in the process of investigating the cultural relics." ”

Saker asked, "Limited by Edward's descendants?" What does that mean? ”

Charles distressed: "My sister and I are like family pets now, they will give us money to maintain a luxurious life and enjoy the title of Howard, but we can't do anything that they are not allowed to do, one of them is to investigate the truth, because they are afraid that if this matter is investigated, the scandal will leak out." ”

Charles and He Yiyuan almost hit it off, Charles provided relevant information to He Yiyuan, and also funded He Yiyuan to put him in charge of the investigation, and he still pretended to be the same as before, locking himself in the room of the Singapore office every day.

Saker interrupted Charles: "You just said that you and your sister, you still have a sister?" ”

Charles said: "Yes, Sarah, originally she didn't have that name, but she didn't like the original name, so she forced herself to change Sarah, she was very rebellious and lonely. ”

Wei Chiran asked, "Where is your sister?" ”

Charles smiled wryly, "I don't know either, but she's in Singapore because the family doesn't allow the two of us to leave this place." ”

The most important thing now is to find He Yiyuan.

Saker asked, "Where was Professor He before he disappeared?" ”

Charles said: "In Yongcheng, China, he thinks that there is something wrong with the information I provided, so he insists on going to Yongcheng to find some entry and exit information left over from the twenties of the last century, but it is almost impossible, who will keep those worthless things?" ”

Wei Chiran thought to himself, the reason why He Yiyuan wanted to check these materials should be to confirm whether Tang Anshu and the others were on the ship at that time, right?

However, neither Wei Chiran nor He Yiyuan knew that the real Ling Jian was not on the Mary at all.

Wei Chiran asked: "To be specific, where is Professor He located in Yongcheng, China?" Was there anyone he knew? ”

Charles recalled: "He mentioned a man named Wei Kaiji, who was a collector, and he thought that this person would have the information he wanted. ”

After Wei Chiran wrote down Wei Kaiji's name, he also left Charles's contact information, but the trouble was that if they found He Yiyuan, how could they persuade He Yiyuan to cooperate with them?

Back at the hotel, Wei Chiran reported the situation to Hou Wan, and Hou Wan asked them to wait for two days first, and he would find a way to investigate Wei Kaiji's identity and detailed address, and then give Wei Chiran and others a new identity and let them go to China.

Hou Wan advised: "You must be cautious when you go to countries such as China, the United States, and Russia, the intelligence agencies of these countries are not vegetarians, and once they find that you threaten national security, they will be deported at least or directly arrested." ”

They also know that no matter how strong PW is, it is only limited to country T, and country T's status in the international community is far inferior to that of other countries, especially the permanent members of the United Nations.

Moreover, the rise of PW must have been noticed by the intelligence agencies of these countries for a long time.

Hou Wan found out everything about Wei Kaiji in just two days, and found out that this person was just an alternative collector and had no direct relationship with the heresy. At the same time, he also forged the identities of Wei Chiran and the three of them, nominally all of them were graduate students of Huacheng University in country T, because of a thesis, they wanted to go to Yongcheng to do field investigations, but they used tourist visas, and the period was only seven days.

In other words, within seven days, if they can't find He Yiyuan in Yongcheng, then all their efforts will be wasted.

After the three of them took a plane and came to Yongcheng, China, they didn't even go to the hotel, and directly rented a car to go to Wei Kaiji's courtyard on the outskirts of the city.

When the three of them found Wei Kaiji, they found that he was actually busy working in the farmland, like a farmer who had worked in the field all his life, without the slightest appearance of those collectors on weekdays, and the eyes of the three of them were also very vigilant.

According to what Hou Wan said, after introducing himself, Wei Chiran deliberately stretched out his right hand to shake Wei Kaiji's hand, but in fact, he wanted Wei Kaiji to see the old-fashioned watch on his wrist clearly.

This watch was given by Hou Wan before leaving, and this old-fashioned watch has long been discontinued, and even the manufacturer no longer exists, and Wei Kaiji's collection is just that one, but it has not been found for many years.

And Hou Wan spent money to buy the news about this watch from the Dead Ear, and found a way to buy it, and asked Wei Chiran to bring it, hoping that in this way, he could get the news he wanted from Wei Kaiji.

Sure enough, Wei Kaiji, who didn't want to deal with the three of them, saw the watch on Wei Chiran's wrist, his eyes lit up, and he subconsciously held Wei Chiran's hand, but his attention was all focused on the watch.

Wei Chiran took the opportunity to say: "Mr. Wei, we are here to find someone, to find Professor He Yiyuan, he is missing now, and he mentioned that he wanted to come to you before he disappeared, so we want to know if you know his whereabouts." ”

Wei Kaiji nodded absentmindedly, his eyes still fixed on his watch.

Wei Chiran repeated his previous words again, and Wei Kaiji came back to his senses, his expression became as vigilant as before, and he just asked, "Who are you?" Why look for what Yiyuan? ”

Wei Chiran explained: "We were commissioned by a friend of his, and we happened to return to China, so we stopped by to investigate. ”

Wei Kaiji smiled: "Let's talk about it in the house." ”

Wei Kaiji led the three of them into the house, and he went to change his clothes, brewed tea, and sat down again, but said, "The three of them are prepared, right?" And I checked it and knew what I liked and wanted, so I deliberately wore the watch I had been looking for for more than ten years. ”

Wei Kaiji said a word, which made Wei Chiran and the three of them a little embarrassed.

Wei Chiran said simply: "I still can't hide it from Mr. Wei." ”

Wei Kaiji continued: "Can I take a look at that watch?" If the watch is real, our conversation continues, and maybe it could turn into a deal. ”

Wei Chiran took off the watch and handed it over, Wei Kaiji looked at it carefully for a long time, then put the watch on the table and said, "I want this watch now, how many people make a price, or make a condition?" ”

Wei Chiran immediately said, "We just want to know, what did Professor He check on you and where did he go?" ”

Wei Kaiji said: "I can only answer your first question, as for where he went, I don't know, if you think it's not cost-effective, I can add money." ”

Saker interjected, "No, you can tell us, Professor He can check what you have here." ”

"Wait a minute." Wei Kaiji got up to wash his hands, then went to the second floor, and soon brought a wooden box and a wooden cylinder.

It seems that Wei Kaiji's collection room is on the second floor, and he attaches great importance to it, otherwise he would not wash his hands and wear gloves, and even change his coat.

After opening the wooden box, Wei Kaiji took out a thick account book from it: "This contains the relevant records of the ships in Yongcheng Xingang in 1927, and He Yiyuan came here to check this." ”

Wei Chi wanted to look through it, but Wei Kaiji reminded him to wear gloves and be light when flipping through.

Because Wei Chiran is not very familiar with this kind of account book of the Republic of China, he can't understand it very well, so he can only let Chu Xia check it. It was easy to find the information about the Mary in early summer, and to find the records for April, and to start looking at the passenger list.

If Tang Anshu and An Wanghai really got on the Mary, then there must be their names.

First of all, this is the ship of the British, to take their ship, you must register your real identity, and it was during the Northern Expedition, although the entire Republic of China did not have a unified household registration system, but Yongcheng at that time had its own "talisman".

The so-called talisman is similar to today's ID card, which simply writes the name, household registration and gender of the holder to prove identity.

It was not until after the establishment of the Nanjing National Government that the so-called identity cards began to be issued gradually. From 1942 to 1948, a variety of documents appeared, such as residence permits, floating population residence permits, and identity cards.

The ID card is also divided into two sides and four folded pages, the front is printed with the national identity card of the Republic of China, the following is the name, gender, date of birth, nationality, mailing, number, date of issue of the holder, and the second page is marked with educational procedures, occupation, candidate qualifications, characteristics, analysis number, photo, etc.

When checking the passenger list, I didn't find the names of the two people, and finally under the prompting of Wei Kaiji, I flipped through the final "guest supplement" list, and then I saw the names of the two people.

The so-called passenger supplement means that there is no space, but it costs several times the money of ordinary passengers, or finds someone who has a relationship to board the ship, after all, Yongcheng Xingang was similar to the colony at that time, and they had to do things according to their rules, no matter who boarded the ship, they had to register.

Seeing this, Wei Chiran and the others made it clear that Tang Anshu and An Wanghai had indeed left Yongcheng on the Mary at the same time.

The falcon looked at the wooden tube and asked, "Excuse me, what's in this wooden tube?" ”

Wei Kaiji was playing with the watch: "In addition to checking the account book, He Yiyuan also asked me about the dungeon under Yongcheng. ”

There's another dungeon under Yongcheng?

Wei Chi hurriedly asked, Wei Kaiji put down his watch and said: "The legend is true, but unfortunately, before the liberation, many entrances to the dungeon have been destroyed, however, I still have an old map here, and the map draws the entrance to the dungeon of Yongcheng back then, you can compare this old map and the current city map to find, as for whether you can find it, it depends on your luck." ”

Wei Kaiji opened the wooden tube, spread the yellowed old map on the table, and then said, "You can take pictures." ”

Wei Chiran immediately took out his camera and carefully took several photos.

Saker asked, "Why did Professor He look for photos of the dungeon?" ”

Wei Kaiji shook his head and said, "I don't know, but he is very generous, just like you, he prepared a generous gift for me before he came, so I can't refuse." ”

In other words, He Yiyuan is also in Yongcheng now, and he is also looking for the entrance to the dungeon, so it seems that there must be an entrance to enter the dungeon, as long as this entrance is found, it is equivalent to finding He Yiyuan?

The three of them said goodbye to Wei Kaiji and immediately returned to the hotel to check the map.

After returning to the hotel, Wei Chiran immediately called Hou Wan and put forward his opinion, that is, since it was determined that Tang Anshu and An Wanghai took Ling Jian to the Mary, and the Mary was shipwrecked and sunk in the Bay of Bengal, and they found the descendants of the Howard family to which the Mary belonged, so why bother to find He Yiyuan? Wouldn't it be better to go directly to Charles to find out the location of the wreck, and then go to salvage it?