1

When Tang Feng woke up again, he found that he was already lying in the hospital ward, Tang Feng recalled the desperate chase on the Anima Qing Snow Mountain, the black-headed stone room, and the ice field, their car rushed out of the cliff, and at the last moment, he jumped out of the car, and then ...... And then I don't know anything myself......

Tang Feng barely sat up, turned his head, and after a burst of pain, he saw a bouquet of flowers next to the bed, which was sent by Liang Yuan, Tang Feng looked at the card written by Liang Yuan, and showed a smile on his face, the sky outside the window, snowflakes floated, this is the first snow in Beijing this year.

The door of the ward opened, and Han Jiang came in with a bandage tied around his right arm, and when he saw that Tang Feng had woken up, he made an exaggerated expression and said, "You scared me to death this time, I thought you were going to be in a vegetative state!" ”

"What? Did I sleep for a long time? Tang Feng asked.

"Yes! Since you were rescued, you had nine hours of surgery, and you slept for three days and two nights, I really sweated for you! If you become a vegetative person, there will be one less person in the world who can understand the Tangut language. Han Jiang still seemed to have palpitations.

"Nine hours of surgery? So serious? ”

"You don't know yet, hehe, don't worry, it's not serious, it's all simple surgeries, skin trauma!" Han Jiang said with a smile.

"Simple surgery, skin trauma?" Tang Feng looked at his body, limbs, and head in surprise, almost all wrapped in bandages.

"It's a simple operation, and it doesn't give you a heart, a kidney, or a part, it just gives you a bone, treats the skin trauma, and when you are rescued, you have nine fractures on your body."

"What? Nine fractures! Just change me all! Tang Feng looked at the bandages that almost covered his body in surprise.

"Actually, I'm not worried about any of this, what I'm most worried about is that if you break your head, that's bad, and we're counting on you!" Han Jiang said matter-of-factly.

"Counting on me? You really don't do this work by people, it's too dangerous! I'm now considering whether or not I want to resign. Tang Feng complained.

"You regret it now too late, and I will not approve your resignation. If you want to blame you, blame that Liang Yunjie, he was the one who involved you, hehe. A sly smile appeared on Han Jiang's face.

"Yes! I have to blame him, he hurt me, and he will pull me in when he is dying! ”

"Come on! You fell hard this time, but you don't need to say this about a dead person, and if Liang Yunjie hadn't pulled you in, I'm afraid you wouldn't have been loved by someone's granddaughter! ”

Han Jiang's words made Tang Feng's face flush a little red. Tang Feng suddenly asked with concern: "What about Liang Yuan and Heiyun?" Are they alright? ”

"You can rest assured that both of them are fine! Liang Yuan has gone back to Hong Kong, it is said that Liang Yongquan's health is not very good, she went back to see her father, and she will come back next week, people said that they want to guard you, wait for you to recover, Liang Yuan saw you before leaving, crying all day long and wiping tears, I think he went back to Hong Kong, just to change his mood, kill two birds with one stone! As for Heiyun, she is trying to adapt to her new life, and Dr. Xu has arranged a boarding school for her, during which her main task is to study and adapt to her new life. ”

Tang Feng heard that Liang Yuan and Heiyun were all right, and breathed a sigh of relief, sighed, and said, "Hey! Don't say it, it's come to this, and it's useless to regret it. If you want to really pull me in, it's still me, curiosity kills the cat! ”

2

Tang Feng noticed that Han Jiang was wrapped in a bandage on his right arm at this time, and asked him with concern, "What's wrong with you?" ”

"It's nothing, I was shot!" Han Jiang said nonchalantly.

"Shot? Did you Stephen and that blonde? ”

"Not just with them! After we separated, those two guys chased after me and Dr. Xu, and finally a group of people in black came, and they also took Yelena hostage, asked me to submit, and handed over the jade interstitial, but fortunately, at the critical moment, Zhao Yong led a large team of people to arrive, and only then did they save my life! ”

"So thrilling? Zhao Yong: How did he find you? ”

"Or that satellite tracking and positioning signal transmitter worked, Zhao Yong has been watching our whereabouts, after we entered Area C, Zhao Yong lost our signal, he thought we had encountered an accident, and immediately began to organize people and horses, ready to rescue us, when we rushed down from the No. 1 glacier by snowmobile, Zhao Yong re-captured our signal, the signal moved quickly on the glacier, Zhao Yong concluded that we must be in an extremely dangerous situation, so he led the team to arrive."

"I see, thanks to this launcher." Tang Feng Road.

"Yes! Otherwise, Dr. Xu, and Yelena will definitely confess everything. Han Jiang had palpitations.

"That's right! And what about Yelena? She was rescued, where is she now? ”

Hearing Tang Feng's question, Han Jiang lowered his head and recalled the last scene on the wasteland that day...... After being silent for a long time, Han Jiang answered Tang Feng's question: "That day, I passed out because I was injured and lost too much blood, so what happened later is not clear. Later, Zhao Yong told me that we had killed a total of six men in black, who were stubborn and refused to surrender, and all of them fought until the end, and one of them was shot and swallowed a highly toxic substance. ”

"Who are these people? This is completely different from the bandits we encountered in Hong Kong and Qiangzhai before. ”

"Yes, it is indeed different, they are very tenacious, they are also very professional, they have a deep international background, Zhao Yongzheng is investigating their backgrounds based on the corpses and gun items of these men in black, and I believe that there will be something to be gained soon." Han Jiang analyzed.

"You didn't say Yelena yet? How is she? Tang Feng asked.

"She was missing, Zhao Yong said that they were only interested in eliminating the gang of men in black at that time, and did not pay attention to Yelena, he only saw Yelena pick up a gun and chase after Stephen and the blonde, and then Yelena disappeared from Zhao Yong's sight."

"Gone?" Tang Feng exclaimed.

"Not only is Yelena gone, but so are Stephen and the blonde. Zhao Yong and the others searched the nearby area by helicopter, but they found no trace of the three people. Han Jiang was a little frustrated when he said this.

"How can it disappear? Have they evaporated from the world? Tang Feng was puzzled.

"That's right! It's like the world has evaporated, of course, objectively speaking, the terrain there is very complicated, it's still easy to hide a few, Zhao Yong only had a helicopter for searching at that time, if they were hiding in some hidden place, it was normal to not find it. Han Jiang objectively analyzed the situation at that time.

Tang Feng nodded and said, "That's right, but then our clues are broken again, who are those men in black?" What's even more strange is that in the black-headed stone room, Stephen admitted that it was his people who chased and killed us all the way, but those bandits in Hong Kong and Qiangzhai were obviously not the same group as the black-clothed people who chased and killed us later, and they didn't have the tattoos on them, could it be that Stephen led two groups of people? ”

"I'm thinking about it again, apart from us and Makarov, and Stephen, is there anyone else who is interested in the jade interstitial? But from my analysis of the existing clues, it seems that there are no other forces involved, maybe as you said, those people are Stephen's people. In addition, I have already sent Zhao Yong to investigate Stephen's background, I think Zhao Yong should be able to find out something valuable, at least he should know who the gang of men in black is, so that we can also take the initiative to change from passive to active, and catch them all first! Han Jiang seems to have some confidence.

3

Tang Feng pondered for a moment, and suddenly said to Han Jiang: "Speaking of Stephen's background, I think of a clue. ”

"What clue? Say it! Han Jiang's eyes lit up.

"Do you remember? In the Blackhead Stone Room, Stephen and the blonde, probably carried away and thought we were going to die, took off their hoods so that we could see their dignity. Stephen: We had dealt with each other before, and the blonde didn't know her, but when I saw the blonde woman, I suddenly felt that she was a little familiar, and it seemed to ...... Seems like where have I seen her? Tang Feng frowned, trying to remember.

"Have you seen that blonde woman? Where is it? When? ”

"Let me think, let me think carefully...... Think, right! It's her, it's her! At the auction, at the spring auction of Huabao Company, it was her, it was this blonde woman and I who competed for the jade interstitial screen, we fought for a long time, I made a lot of determination to overpower her, but just when I thought I was winning, Liang Yunjie killed! I didn't expect it to be this woman! Tang Feng couldn't stop shaking his head.

When Han Jiang heard Tang Feng say this, his eyes lit up, and he was also trying to remember...... Tang Feng shook his head and said: "It seems that everything has been doomed for a long time, at the time of the auction, it was already doomed, Liang Yunjie, the blonde woman, all want this jade interstitial, their background is complicated, they are determined to win, it seems that they have long known the secret behind the jade interpolation, and I, I didn't know how to mix it in, it's really overwhelming, I just took a fancy to the historical and artistic value of the jade interstitial screen, how could I have thought that it was so complicated!" ”

"Yes, there is this blonde woman at the auction, from this point of view, they didn't buy the jade insertion, so they had murderous intentions, killed Liang Yunjie, and wanted to win the jade insert!" Han Jiang speculated.

"Ahh - As you say, as ...... If I had taken the jade interstitial screen at the end, wouldn't it have been me who was killed! Tang Feng thought about it, and he was afraid for a while, thinking that he was still annoyed that he didn't get the jade interstitial screen, angry at Qi Ning's abnormal behavior, and went to the auction company to complain, now that he thinks about it, fortunately he didn't get the jade interstitial, otherwise ...... Thinking of this, Tang Feng couldn't help but feel sorry for Liang Yunjie.

After listening to Tang Feng's words, Han Jiang said with a smile: "How about it, don't blame Liang Yunjie now, you are fateful!" But seriously, the clue you provided is really important, and I will let Zhao Yong check it. ”

"It's not just this clue to investigate, but also an important clue about that auction that we have forgotten."

"An important clue that we have forgotten?! Why do you only think about it now, quick say, what clues? Han Jiang couldn't wait.

"I also just thought of it, think about it, I, Liang Yunjie, the blonde woman, are the last three buyers to participate in the competition, I don't need to say, you know me very well; Next, we investigated Liang Yunjie and found no suspicions about the Liang family; Now, the blonde woman, and the black hand behind her, are also gradually coming to the surface; So, think about it again, besides the three of us, who else is the most worthy of your investigation at the auction? Tang Feng asked Han Jiang.

"Qi Ning? But he's dead! Han Jiang shook his head and said.

"Nope! He's just a small character. ”

"And who else? Auction company? Han Jiang was still puzzled.

"The auction company needs to be investigated, but it's not the most worthy of investigation for you." Tang Feng denied Han Jiang's speculation again.

Tang Feng sighed and reminded Han Jiangdao: "Let's let me tell you, why didn't you think about going over to investigate the seller of this lot?" That is, its original owner. ”

When Han Jiang heard Tang Feng's words, he slapped his head and exclaimed, "Yes!" How did I ignore this clue, at the beginning, Qi Ning's suicide was just an ordinary case and was handled by the police, so I didn't think about it at the auction at all, let alone the jade interstitial; Later, there was a series of things, so we didn't think about it carefully at all, until in the seven-colored Jinhai, Makarov told us the origin of this jade insert, and we learned from him that this jade insert was stolen from the Winter Palace, but at that time we were hunted down, and it was difficult to protect ourselves, so we didn't think about it......"

"Yes! I also just thought, since the jade insert was stolen from the Winter Palace, then who will be its seller? Needless to ask, most of them should be the ones who stole the jade interstitial screen in the Winter Palace, so who is this? What is the purpose of this group of people auctioning the jade interstitial screen? Is it just for the money? Tang Feng asked a series of questions.

"If the treasure thief is just for money, and Liang Yunjie and the blonde woman are just fighting for the jade interstitial, then this matter is simpler, but the problem is probably far from that simple. Tang Feng, this clue you provided is too important, I will let Zhao Yong investigate it immediately. ”

4

After Han Jiang finished speaking, he wanted to go out to find Zhao Yong and implement the next stage of action, but Tang Feng stopped him: "Hey! Captain, I remember that I fell off the cliff with Makarov, and what about the old horse? How is he doing now? Tang Feng suddenly remembered Makarov.

But as soon as he asked this sentence, Han Jiang's face immediately became gloomy, Han Jiang walked back, slowly paced to the window, turned his face to the window, and stared at the snowflakes falling outside the window for a long time, Han Jiang said slowly: "I didn't want to talk to you about this now, I want to wait until you recover from your injuries, but ......"

Tang Feng saw Han Jiang's serious face and the appearance of wanting to speak, and a trace of foreboding arose in his heart, and he asked softly, "Something happened to Makarov?" Is he dead? ”

Han Jiang didn't answer his question immediately, Tang Feng suddenly remembered something again, and exclaimed, "There is still ...... And the jade interstitial screen in my bag? Is it still there? ”

When Han Jiang heard the words "jade interstitial", his whole body trembled slightly, and his face became even more gloomy, none of which escaped Tang Feng's eyes, and Tang Feng asked Han Jiang again: "Is the jade interstitial screen destroyed?" That's not right! …… I remember jumping out of the car with my bag on my back, isn't it...... Could it be that the jade interstitial screen is broken? ”

"That's it! You don't have to guess, I can tell you what we have now, Makarov is missing, and the jade interstitial in your bag is gone. ”

"What? The old horse and the jade interstitial screen are missing! Tang Feng couldn't believe this fact, he just wanted to straighten up, and there was a sharp pain all over his body.

Han Jiang asked Tang Feng to lie down, and slowly said to Tang Feng: "When Zhao Yong led our people to find you, it was already the afternoon of the same day. Cherokee' was already burned to the bottom of the cliff, Zhao Yong didn't find you in the car, he concluded that you must be nearby, so, searched all over the valley, only to find you on a piece of snow under the cliff; at that time you were unconscious, fortunately the snow in that place is very thick, there are no rocks around, otherwise you will definitely die, Zhao Yong saw that you are still angry, and quickly rescued you with a helicopter; at the scene, they also found your backpack, the backpack, your other belongings are there, but the red sandalwood box with the jade insert screen is gone。 ”

When Tang Feng heard that the jade insert in his bag was gone, he stepped on the air like a high-rise building, and said in a lost voice: "It's gone?" This...... How is this possible? ”

"It's really gone, Zhao Yong led people to search for Makarov, but he couldn't find Makarov, no one alive, no dead body, the next day, Zhao Yong let the headquarters send additional manpower, and searched the entire valley with a dragnet, even including other nearby valleys and hillsides, until it was dark, and he couldn't find any clues about Makarov, including his backpack, as well as all the firearms he carried, passports and other items, and found nothing!" Han Jiang Road.

"How so? Don't...... Could it be that Makarov was okay after jumping out of the car, or that he woke up before me and took the jade interstitial? I...... I don't believe the old horse would do this! Tang Feng thought of the worst possibility, but he couldn't believe it.

Han Jiang pondered for a while and said, "When Zhao Yong reported this matter to me, I also immediately thought that it could be that Makarov took the jade interstitial screen in your bag and then said goodbye?" But after I calmed down and thought about it, I felt that although this possibility could not be completely ruled out, it was still unlikely. First of all, through this period of time with Lao Ma, we still believe in him as a person, if he used to do it in order to carry out a mission, but now I don't believe that he will do this; Even if this point is abandoned, it is not enough to say that it was Makarov who did it, Makarov jumped out of the car to escape like you, even if he is an old agent and has a lot of experience, but after all, he is old, and he jumped out of the car with you to escape, and you fell like this, it is a great luck, how can he not get out of the way! ”

Tang Feng nodded, "Hmm! At that time, we both jumped out of the car almost at the same time, and I fell so badly, even if he was fatal, he would not be much better than me! ”

"Also, even if his old horse is hard, he woke up before you, and he was not seriously injured, and he found you, and the old horse took the jade interstitial screen in order to complete the task, but I don't think he won't save you, even if it's just a signal."

"Yes! He's just for the task, just take the jade interstitial, I don't think the old horse will die without saving. ”

"Take a step back and say, even if the old horse is ruthless and doesn't save you, but he is weak and likely to be injured, how far can he go? Zhao Yong later used a helicopter to search the area. Han Jiang further deduced.

"So, can we think that it wasn't Lao Ma who took the jade interstitial, or that the gang of men in black did it?" Tang Feng asked rhetorically.

Han Jiang thought for a moment and said, "This possibility is indeed very large, but I personally don't think that the group of people in black took the jade insertion. ”

Tang Feng was puzzled and confused, "Why isn't it the gang of people in black?" Who else but them? ”

"If you want to ask me why, I can only say that I rely on intuition and evidence, but the intuition component is greater, if you insist on asking me for evidence, I can only analyze it like this, one, that group of men in black has been hit hard this time, and it seems that they don't have the strength to chase you anymore; Second, you said that you have long since escaped the pursuit of the man in black, and when you fell off the cliff, there was no one following you, so who can quickly find the location of your accident? The men in black? I don't see it; Three, if the gang of men in black quickly rushed to the place where you fell off the cliff and took the jade insert, why didn't they kill you, they could have killed you, and Makarov? Could it be that they were so kind that they saved Makarov? Based on the above three points, I don't think it was the men in black who did it. ”

5

Tang Feng listened to Han Jiang's analysis, spread out his hands and said helplessly: "Then it's still an old horse?" ”

Han Jiang shook his head, "It's really strange!" I've been thinking about this question for the past two days, according to what I just speculated, taking away the jade interstitial screen in your bag was not Makarov's personal doing, because he didn't have this ability, so there must be outsiders; And this outsider was not the man in black, for they had lost this ability then, and had done it differently than they had done before; Also, Mrs. Makaro is gone, and assuming that he is also wounded, then someone must have rescued him for some purpose. So, I think it's very likely that after you fell off the cliff, you and Makarov were unconscious, and someone else arrived very quickly, and this person took the jade insert from your bag, and he didn't save you, he didn't hurt you, but he saved Makarov, who could it be? ”

"Yelena! According to you, only Yelena would do that, and she mysteriously disappeared! Tang Feng said loudly.

Han Jiang's heart trembled when he heard Tang Feng speculate that it was Yelena, but he quickly shook his head and said, "Could it be her?" I don't think so, the place where she disappeared, from the place where you had an accident, there is a long distance, there is no road, the mountain is high and the road is dangerous, when Yelena went to chase the two men in black, she only took a gun, and she didn't bring any other equipment, inferred from the time and distance, it is unlikely to be her. ”

"If it's not Yelena, who could it be? Ay! Jade interstitial screen, gain and loss, what a pity! Tang Feng sighed.

Han Jiang frowned, and said depressedly: "What's even more regrettable is that the jade insert you lost is not the first jade insert you originally carried. ”

"What?" Tang Feng was stunned.

"It's the second jade interstitial found in the Blackhead Stone Chamber!" Han Jiang is also a sad look.

"How so?"

"It's all my fault, do you remember that we ran out of the black-headed stone room, at the pass, I put two jade interstitial screens into the backpacks of the two of us, the newly discovered jade interstitial screen in the black-headed stone room was in my hand, at that time, I considered that we might have to run separately, so I kept an eye on it, and put the newly discovered jade interstitial screen in your bag, doing so, it was the worst consideration, so that the people in black mistakenly thought that the newly discovered jade interstitial screen was on me, attracting them to chase me, so that even if something happened to my side, The newly discovered jade interstitial screen is still there, but I didn't expect it...... Ay! Cleverness is mistaken by cleverness, I saw that no one was chasing you and Makarov, and I thought you were fine, I really didn't expect it to become like this! Han Jiang was annoyed.

After listening to this, Tang Feng couldn't believe it: "Then we went through a lot of hardships, and in the end we didn't get anything, and Professor Luo can't carry out research now." ”

"Yes! The research work on the jade interstitial screen has made no progress now, and we can only hope that other clues can make breakthroughs. Han Jiang paused, suddenly slapped the windowsill, and said, "Tang Feng, you suspected that Ye Lena's did it just now, but this reminds me that it's not Ye Lena, but it's very likely to be their person." ”

"Their people? You mean Makarov and Yelena's colleagues? But how did we never find out, and how did their people quickly find the location of our fall and rescue Makarov? Tang Feng asked Han Jiang rhetorically.

"I don't know about that, but I think it's the biggest possibility." After Han Jiang finished speaking, he turned his head again and looked out of the window in a daze, the snow outside the window was getting heavier and heavier, Han Jiang seemed to be thinking about something, and suddenly, Han Jiang muttered to himself: "It seems that ...... We need to go to St. Petersburg! ”

(End of Part 1)