1

When the general said this, a man in black walked up to him with a delicate box, and the box contained a complete skeleton, which Tang Feng recognized at a glance, this was the skeleton of the female scientific expedition member.

"So, your mother is the missing female expedition member?" Yelena asked.

"Yes, she is an excellent woman, and not just in her profession......" The general seemed rather sad as he took the box and gently rubbed his mother's skull.

"But that doesn't justify your evil!" Makarov snapped.

"Ivan, you can't understand my pain at all, my fate!" The general's words were very strong.

"Your fate?"

"Yes, my fate! I've always thought that I was destined to do these things, it's our family's destiny! The general closed the box containing his mother's bones and handed it to his men.

"Fate?!" This word made Tang Feng and Han Jiang immediately think of the dead and immortal dead trunk in the poplar forest, and the trunk was deeply engraved with this word in Russian, "We saw this word carved by your mother in the poplar forest!" Tang Feng suddenly said in Russian.

"Oh! That must have been my mother's emotion when she found out what her grandfather had left behind! "The general is not obscure.

"Grandpa?" Tang Feng immediately thought of the sketch on the trunk of the tree, he looked at Han Jiang, and thought of the mysterious person X who helped Koznov discover Blackwater City when he came back from Helan Mountain to sort out his thoughts with Han Jiang, "So, your grandfather is the mysterious person who got the first jade interstitial screen in Dunhuang back then, and later helped Koznov discover Blackwater City and find the second jade interstitial?" ”

The general was a little surprised when he heard Tang Feng's words, but then regained his composure and looked at Tang Feng with approving, "Tang Feng, you are really an extremely smart person!" What you said is not wrong at all, this is the fate of our family! ”

The general seemed intoxicated and wanted to continue, but Makarov interrupted him, "Yuri, how do you know this?" I guess this is what Misha told you, right? Including the affairs of Hanhai Micheng and the scientific expedition team, Misha told you! ”

The general frowned and said loudly: "Yes, all this was told to me by Misha, my mother never wanted to mention my grandfather to me, nor did she want to mention her years in Petersburg, and my mother did not have the opportunity to tell me about the scientific expedition and the secrets of Micheng, the reason why I can know all this, and know the glorious history of our family, is due to Misha." Burtenko then went on to recall his association with Misha......

In this way, for the next three months, Bultenko, Stephkin and Isakov were safe with Misha, Stephkin and Isakov were completely controlled by Bultenko, and the two were now basically the only ones who were in the prime of Buldenko. According to Buldenko's arrangement, Stephkin and Isakov were only responsible for perimeter monitoring and were not allowed to have direct contact with Misha, but he himself always approached Misha alone.

Misha also seems to be willing to make contact with the son of the old man, he does not care about Buldenko's identity, and talks a lot about the past with Buldenko almost every day. Later, Misha discovered that Buldenko was quite talented in linguistics and history, perhaps inherited from his mother, so he taught Buldenko Chinese and many ancient Oriental languages, as well as a lot of historical knowledge; And Buldenko also gave almost all the money, teaching Misha many agents professional methods, such as shielding signals, anti-tracking, etc., and after three months, the two became very good friends. But Misha, in his dealings with Burtenko, refused to reveal the huge secret.

As time passed, Buldenko's heart became more and more anxious, and his dealings with Misha were always carried out with the express purpose of getting to the bottom of that great secret. He was reluctant to force Misha, because he believed that he had far more patience than ordinary people, and Buldenko tried to endure as much as he could, waiting, waiting for the day when Misha himself would tell him this huge secret, when he was in the KGB school, his grades were very good, but the highest score was psychology, and he believed that Misha would one day take the initiative to confide in him.

2

But three months had passed, and Misha still had not revealed the truth, and that night Burdenko returned to his lodgings, sat on the edge of the bed, and was in a daze for a long time, thinking about his mother and the whole thing. Suddenly, there was a rhythmic knock on the door, and Burtenko was startled, who is this? He had just arrived in the city, and no one knew where he lived.

Alertly, Burtenko pulled out his gun, quickly cleaned up the house, and then stood behind the door and asked softly: "Who?" The knocking on the door stopped, and after waiting for a while, no one answered, Buldenko thought that someone had knocked on the wrong door, just put away the gun, and was about to go back to bed to lie down, who expected, the rhythmic knock on the door rang again, and Buldenko asked again, "Who?" Still without a reply, Burdenko opened the door impatiently with his gun, and he was about to have a seizure, only to find that the person standing outside the door was none other than Misha.

"You...... How did you find my place to live? Burtenko did not tell Misha where he lived.

"You taught me to track!"

Misha's answer surprised Burdenko, although he already knew Misha well, he always felt that Misha still had a lot of mysteries, maybe all because of the huge secret that Misha said.

Buldenko thought wildly and let Misha into the house, he developed a habit of prudence and caution since he was a child, so that when he closed the door, he still did not forget to see if anyone was following him, and after confirming that no one was following, Buldenko closed the door, "Drink something?" However, I only have green tea here. ”

"Green tea? You actually drink green tea? It's rare for us to get green tea here! Misha was surprised by Burtenko's habits.

"I'm learning Chinese, so ......"

"What are you studying Chinese so hard for?" Misha sat down and stared at Burdenko with a menacing gaze.

"Then what are you learning Chinese for?" Burtenko asked rhetorically.

"That's my major, and you ......"

"Can't I just develop my hobbies? Besides, in our job, one more foreign language, one more skill! Burdenko's words seem to be watertight.

Misha listened to Burdenko's words, a smile of incomprehension appeared on his face, and he stared at Burdenko for a long time, "Are you just interested?" No, you're for your mother! ”

Buldenko was stunned for a moment, and Misha continued: "I think you haven't been idle for three months, you must have found something in the KGB files." ”

Bultenko didn't expect Misha to see through his mind! He sat down on the couch and had to admit: "Yes, my friend who works at the headquarters has found some clues about my mother from the KGB files; However, most of them are documents with a relatively low level of secrecy, and the language is unknown, I only know that my mother later went to China, and I don't know anything else! ”

"So you want to learn about your mother from me, and you still want to go to China?"

Buldenko was stunned, he didn't know how to answer Misha, and he didn't know what the purpose of Misha's sudden visit tonight was, and after an awkward silence, Misha said again: "Okay, I admit that I was moved by your persistence, you are the son of Teacher Nastya, as a party, I think you should be an exception, you should know what happened, although I know that this is not allowed by the KGB." ”

Misha's heart trembled at this point, he was not mentally prepared to accept this great secret at the moment, everything came too suddenly, but he could not refuse all this, because he had to obey the call of his heart.

But then Misha changed his mind and said, "But before I tell that great secret, you must promise me one thing. ”

Before Burdenko could react from Misha's words just now, he was completely stunned when he heard Misha say this, and after a long time, Burdenko asked rhetorically: "What's the matter?" ”

"You must promise me that after listening to all the stories I have told tonight, you will bury him deep in your heart, and not to tell anyone more, let alone to China, and it is better to forget it!" Misha looked at Burdenko with great sincerity.

Burtenko did not understand why Misha would make such a request to himself, and he asked curiously: "Forget it?" So, what about you? Have you forgotten? ”

Misha shook her head bitterly, "I want to forget all this, but no, I can't, maybe...... Maybe the years can make us forget all this. ”

"Years? Maybe it will make many things unforgettable! ”

When Buldenko came to this, Misha opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but Buldenko interrupted him and said: "Okay, I promise you, I won't talk about it to others, I won't go to China, forget everything as much as possible, as long as you tell me the truth of the matter, I can promise you anything." ”

Misha was also stunned for a moment, he stared at Bultenko, as if he had made a lot of determination, and then said slowly: "Everything I want to tell you is related to an ancient Eastern dynasty......"

3

Misha told Buldenko in detail about the history of Western Xia and the legend of Micheng, and told Buldenko everything he knew almost without reservation, until he said that the expedition team encountered a black dust storm in the poplar forest, "After the black dust storm, we were all separated, I was alone and aimlessly rambling in the desert, and just when I thought I was going to die in the desert, I met your mother, Nastya, who was with Ma Changguo at the time. ”

"She's with bandits?"

"Teacher Nasijia seems to have been coerced by Ma Changguo, she told me that the people in the scientific expedition team were either poisoned by Ma Changguo, or died of thirst, Ma Changguo wanted her to help find Hanhai Mi City, so he gave Nasijia water and food, and your mother also agreed to cooperate with Ma Changguo."

"Will my mother agree to cooperate with the bandits?" Burtenko was somewhat surprised.

"Don't be surprised, Yuri, you haven't gone through that kind of life and death test, so you won't understand your mother's choice. Ma Changguo caught me, he knew me, knew that I was a scholar of history, he had secretly come to the camp to find me before, hoping that I could cooperate with him, I rejected him at the time, this time he came to lure me again, I still did not want to cooperate with him, I was prepared for the worst......"

When Misha said this, she suddenly grabbed her hair in agony, rolled her eyes, made a strange noise in her throat, and then collapsed on Bultenko's bed! Buldenko was frightened by this sudden scene, he was busy using the little medical knowledge he learned in the KGB to rescue Misha, a quarter of an hour later, Misha finally opened his eyes again, "You are ......" Buldenko looked at Misha in surprise, Misha rubbed his temples, sat up from the bed, and muttered: "This is all the sequelae left by that incident, I now not only often get sick, but also often have amnesia, forgetting some things in the past, especially the scientific expedition team." ”

"Forget?!"

"I wanted to forget about the terrible things in the past little by little, but fate made me meet you, and I couldn't bear to let you never know the whereabouts of my mother, so I later changed my mind and wanted to tell you everything before I completely lost my memory, and what I want to say next is something that the KGB doesn't know, I'm afraid that in this world, only I know."

"And what about later? Have you agreed to work with Ma Changguo? ”

"Just when Ma Changguo put a gun to my temple and was about to end my life, your mother begged him bitterly and said that she moved me, so I finally agreed to cooperate with Ma Changguo."

"Oh! That's right. It seems that the mother still wants to get out of the desert alive! ”

"Yes, I can feel that her desire to survive is very strong at that moment, and it may all be because of you, not only that, she seems to ...... It seems that he is more eager to find the lost ancient city than Ma Changguo. ”

"Why? My mother wasn't a money-grubber, was she? ”

"At first, I couldn't understand it, I couldn't understand her even a little pathological paranoia, which was similar to the teacher Nastya I knew before. Your mother seems to regard the discovery of that ancient city as the most important thing in her life, and she seems to have a strong sense of mission, as if the ancient city that disappeared into the desert should be discovered by her! ”

"Why is this happening? It's also very different from the mother I remember. ”

"It was your mother who told me about her past, and I understood what she had done!"

"Mother's past?" Burdenko was curious.

"Yes, didn't your mother mention it to you in the past?"

Bultenko struggled to recall, and finally shook his head helplessly, "Mother seems very reluctant to remember her past. ”

"Didn't she tell you about your grandfather?"

"Grandpa?" Burdenko shook his head again, "I asked my mother, and she said that my grandfather was a good man, a very knowledgeable person, a noble and respectable person. ”

Misha's face showed a complicated expression, and he nodded, "Yes, your grandfather used to be a good man, a very knowledgeable person, a noble and respectable person. But all this changed after Koznov discovered Blackwater in 1909. ”

"I ...... What does my grandfather and Koznov have to do with discovering the ancient city of Blackwater? Burdenko was confused.

"Let me tell you slowly, when we and Ma Changguo continued to march towards Micheng, Ma Changguo's men died one by one because of terrible encounters, God forbid, Nastya and I have been lucky, when our group came to the Oasis of Death, there were only seven people left, me, Nastya, Ma Changguo, and his four men. What surprised me was that Ma Changguo seemed to know your mother. ”

"Ahh Burtenko was shocked.

4

Misha shook her head and continued: "No, they had never met before this, and I was very strange at the time, but that night, when we were resting in the terrible jungle, Ma Changguo mentioned your grandfather to Nastya. ”

"So, Ma Changguo knows my grandfather?"

"Yes, I was curious to ask your mother, and Nastya told me about the history of your family, which is truly a legendary history. Your grandfather, Baron Simonov the Elder, was originally a nobleman in the Tsarist era, received a good education in Petersburg when he was young, he was intelligent, studious, well-read, and was once a promising scholar, but then Simonov's family declined, and your grandfather, although knowledgeable, was not good at management, he also wanted to reorganize the family property, but it got worse and worse, and he owed a lot of debts, and later, he was sued by the creditors, and the court ordered your father to pay off the debt within three months, otherwise he would be exiled to Siberia. ”

"My grandfather apparently didn't pay off his debts, otherwise I wouldn't have grown up in cold Siberia." There was a hint of resentment in Burdenko's words.

"Baron Simonov was then exiled to distant Siberia, where he met a kind girl, your grandmother, and later your mother, Nastya, and the family of three lived a hard life. But your grandfather was not willing to live in Siberia like this, his noble blood made him unbearable to live as an exile, he hated money, it was because of money that he got here, but he began to chase wealth frantically, because he knew that only money could change the fate of the Simonov family! At that time, he heard that gold was produced in the Altai Mountains in northwest China, so your grandfather went to China alone to pan for gold shortly after your mother was born. ”

"Gold panning? How did you get in touch with that ancient city? ”

"It was not easy to pan for gold, but later, Baron Simonov did not find gold, but he wandered to the Dunhuang area, where he inadvertently got a jade insert. The learned Baron Simonov was self-taught, and learned of the existence of the treasure from the jade interstitial, and he began to dream of obtaining all the treasures of Micheng, but he was alone and could not fulfill such a dream, and at this time, Koznov's scientific expedition team came. ”

"Grandpa went to Koznov?"

Misha nodded, "After Koznov excavated Blackwater City for the first time, he had already gone to the Sichuan region of China, Baron Simonov blocked Koznov in Qinghai, and said that Koznov returned to Blackwater City, and they found a jade interstitial screen in Blackwater City, originally the matter was here, Baron Simonov could have followed Koznov back to his hometown, who would have thought that Koznov would bring the jade insert back to Petersburg, and claimed that he had discovered Blackwater City, without mentioning your grandfather's credit, so, Your grandfather will not be pardoned, let alone return to his hometown! Baron Simonov hated Koznov to death, but there was no way, he had to continue to wander in China, losing a piece of jade interstitial, but he still had a piece in his hand, during the time of his wandering, the revolution broke out, Baron Simonov also had the opportunity to return to Petersburg at this time, but he was unwilling to go back like this, not to mention that he was from an aristocratic background and was full of suspicion of the new regime, so he was determined to continue to stay in China and find the ancient city that disappeared.

Not long after, the revolution also broke out in Mongolia, the Black Lama led a group of outlaws to flee to China, merged with the bandits in China, and established a well-organized team, Baron Simonov was found by the Black Lama on the way to wander, and he was coerced away, the Black Lama snatched the jade insert on your grandfather's body, but he didn't know the value of the jade insert, just when the Black Lama was about to kill Baron Simonov, one of the Black Lama's subordinates saved your grandfather, this person is called Ma Yuan, is Ma Changguo's father! ”

"Ma Changguo's father?" Burtenko was shocked.

"So you should understand why Ma Changguo, although he has never met your mother, knows your mother and chooses your mother to cooperate with him, because he knows that Nastya is the daughter of Baron Simonov."

Later, after the Mongolian agents raided the Horsehair Mountain and raided the Black Lama's lair, the Black Lama, Ma Yuan, and Baron Simonov rushed into the Helan Mountains together. There, your grandfather told Ma Yuan the secret of the jade interlude, so Ma Yuan united with the people who were dissatisfied with the black lama, including your grandfather, to kill the black lama and control the team, but this team is not what it used to be, and there are not many people left. After that, Ma Yuan swore with your grandfather and the other two that they must find the disappeared ancient city of Western Xia. ”

"Another family has been swept in, terrible fate!" Hearing this, Burdenko couldn't help but sigh.

5

Misha sighed heavily and continued: "Yes, terrible fate, Ma Yuan later died in an operation to find the jade insert, but Ma Changguo was lucky to escape, he inherited his father's ambition and vowed to find Hanhai Mi City, which is why he later poisoned the scientific expedition team. And your grandfather misses your grandmother and your mother more and more as time goes by, they are his only relatives in this world, so Baron Simonov keeps writing letters to your grandmother and your mother, at that time, your grandmother has long passed away because of poverty and missing her husband, and your mother Nastya only learned that his father was still alive after receiving Baron Simonov's letter, and the two have maintained correspondence in this way, and it is in these letters, Baron Simonov intermittently told Nastya about his experiences over the years, and told the shocking secret, it was the longing for his father and the yearning for the lost ancient city that prompted Nastya to apply for the Department of Oriental Studies at Leningrad University. ”

Hearing this, Burdenko nodded, "I see. So, what happened to my grandfather? ”

"Later...... Later, I don't know if there was a problem on your mother's side, or because of an accident on your grandfather's side, their communication between them was cut off, and the reason why Nastya had a strong desire to go to China and find the lost ancient city was precisely to find his father's whereabouts, because he believed that Baron Simonov would not give up. Burtenko opened his mouth to say something, but Misha waved his hand at him, "As for what happened on your mother's side, that's the question you were going to ask me that day." ”

"The Great Purge? She was implicated by her teacher Yi Fengge? ”

Misha nodded, "At that time, in addition to a group of people in China looking for the disappeared ancient city of Western Xia, in our place, there are also some people who are interested in the ancient city of Western Xia, this person is the famous orientalist Yi Fengge in my country, he found clues of the ancient city in the vast sea of Western Xia documents brought back by Koznov, and saw the jade insert that Koznov brought back, when Yi Fengge learned this secret, he was shocked; What shocked him even more was that he found a record of a monster called 'Kui Jiao' in a neglected Western Xia document, and he was convinced of it. ”

"Kui? Monster! Burtenko was shocked.

Nastya also confirmed the existence of this monster in his father's letter, so he believed in Yifengge's theory, but Yifengge's discovery was opposed by many scholars, and his discovery also offended Lysenko, who was in the biological community at that time. You've probably heard of Lysenko, right? ”

Buldenko thought for a moment, "It seems that I have heard of this man, it seems that he is a biologist, who was once very trusted by Stalin, and then seems to have been unlucky." ”

"That's right! It was he, it was because of Lysenko's persecution that Yifengge died in that purge, and your mother was sent back to Siberia. You should know the rest of the story. ”

"My mother has been unknown in my hometown, and I have been dependent on each other until the emergence of the scientific expedition team."

"Well, when Menlev, and Academician Arik proposed to set up a joint scientific expedition to China, Academician Arik remembered your mother, so he recommended your mother to KGB Chairman Shelepin."

"A letter from Moscow rekindled my mother's ideals, and in order to find my grandfather and the vanished ancient city, my mother did not hesitate to join the scientific expedition."

"Yes, your mother has always regarded this as her lifelong dream, so when I heard this, I really understood the sense of mission that your mother had, not only for herself, but also for her father and family."

As Misha said this, Burtenko suddenly had a strange thought, which quickly took over his brain, a strong sense of mission that he had never had, but which had once burned in her mother.

6

Just as Burtenko was thinking nonsense, Misha said again: "Yuri, you just missed a point, the scientific expedition is not only to find the lost ancient city, but also to prove whether the discovery of Yifeng Pavilion is correct?" Is there such a monster at all? Even if you can only find a few bones, it's good. ”

"Do you really believe that this monster exists?"

"This ......," Misha hesitated for a moment before he said, "to be honest, I didn't believe it at all at first, but Academician Arik told us that otherwise, the KGB would not fully support the plan." ”

"So you used that to impress the KGB."

"Well, the KGB has always been interested in these strange things, and we, as scholars, are more concerned about the historical value and academic value of the ancient city."

"I see, you just told a story to Sherepin and moved Shelepin!"

"That's how it was! We didn't find any clues about the monster all the way, but ......" Misha looked like he wanted to say something.

Bultenko stared at Misha, who seemed to be recalling an extremely terrible thing, "But we and Ma Changguo were on the edge of a strange sea and found a terrible skeleton that could not be connected to any creature we know, and Nastya and I thought of that legendary monster!" ”

"Are there really monsters? So, what happened later? Have you found Mi Cheng? Burdenko asked with concern.

"Your mother and I found Micheng, but Ma Changguo didn't."

"Oh! You got rid of Ma Changguo? ”

"Yes, right next to our camp that night, there was a stone monument, in the early hours of the morning, Nastya woke me up and untied the rope on my body, this is probably Ma Changguo's biggest mistake, he believed your mother, did not tie her with a rope, plus everyone was frightened and scared that day, sleepy and tired, the guy on duty at night also fell asleep, so, your mother and I overturned the stone monument, just crushed Ma Changguo's four subordinates, and your mother and I ran away and got rid of Ma Changguo."

"You found Mi Cheng?"

"Yes......" Misha suddenly felt a little dizzy again, and he gaged again and again, Buldenko handed him a glass of water, and Misha took two sips before relieving himself, "Micheng, I have never seen such a magnificent ancient city, do you know?" The gates there were made of gold......"

"And what did you find in Mi City?" Burtenko became more and more interested in the vanished ancient city.

"I ...... I don't know why, as soon as I remember the events in Mi Cheng, my brain hurts excruciatingly, and my mind goes blank......" Misha had a painful expression, "I only remember...... I remember that we were in a quiet courtyard, which looked like a nunnery, and in it we found a beautiful jade box with two pieces of jade in it, and a handscroll with the location of the Shengmen, which was the entrance to the underground palace. Nastya was convinced of this, but I was skeptical and didn't want to go any further, after all, we knew too little about the ancient city, so we had an argument because of it, and finally ...... In the end, Nasijia gave me one of the pieces of jade, and she took the other piece and went down from the door of life alone......"

Burtenko's face was heavy, and with his cleverness he had already guessed the final ending, "Mother never came up again?" ”

"Yes, after a few hours of his descent the earth trembled, and the whole ancient city shook, and I didn't know what had happened, so I ran out of Mi City, and I waited outside the city for a day and a night, exhausted, and I don't know how I escaped from that ancient city......"

When the general said this, everyone had fully understood Bultenko's background, "In this way, Misha must have run away to the poplar forest later, he lost the jade Huang there, and was later picked up by Tang Feng!" Makarov said.

"I also asked Misha, but he said that he couldn't remember what happened next, and Jade Huang couldn't remember where he left it!" The general said.

"Judging from Misha's account, the jade box was found in that well-preserved courtyard, could it be that it is the residence of the Empress Micheng in Micheng?" Yelena muttered.

"I think so, before becoming the queen, Wuzang was a monk in a nunnery, she believed in Buddhism all her life, and the palace in Micheng was built to worship the god of Yuan Hao, that is to say, it is not for the living, so after Yuan Hao's death, Queen Wuzang is likely to live in the courtyard that looks like a nunnery when she comes to Micheng." Tang Feng speculated.

Hearing this, the general laughed, "What is the use of speculating about these now, death is imminent!" As soon as the general's words fell, all the men in black raised their guns, Tang Feng, Han Jiang, and Yelena were not to be outdone, only Makarov waved his hand, "A few of us are not their opponents, and it is useless to fight, but I still have a few questions." ”

"Ivan, I'm glad to answer your question, after all, I owe you, and before you die, I can satisfy your curiosity!" The general was quite confident.

"Later, you formed an organization with Stepkin, Isakov, and Brenin. Am I right? ”

"Neither right nor true!" The general smiled and said, "Why do you say that? Because at the beginning I wasn't ready to take Stephkin and Isakov, and even Brenin I didn't think about it, after all, they were all outsiders, only me, I had the blood of my grandfather and my mother in my veins, the sense of mission that Misha said, a strong sense of mission has always burned in me, and to this day, it still burns in my body, making me want to stop! ”

"Don't look for high-sounding reasons, a sense of purpose? Hmph, is everything you did today for your mother? Yelena said contemptuously.

Listening to Yelena's words, the general suddenly cried out hysterically, "Yes! It's for my mother. Forget it, you won't understand this! I'm going to tell Ivan everything! Of course, the person I wanted to pull was Misha, who was the only one who had ever been to Mi Cheng and a scholar who knew the inside story, but this stubborn guy soon discovered my intentions. In the following months, his attitude towards me gradually became cold, and when he asked him about my mother and the scientific expedition, he was also vague, saying that he could not remember, and I gradually lost confidence in him, and no longer expected useful value from him, but at this time he went to the head of the KGB, Shelepin, to sue me and suggested that I be transferred from above. Fortunately, Brenin, who was at the headquarters, heard the news and gave me a message, so I was well prepared to deal with Sherepin's summons, but I finally received the order at the end of that year. ”

"But in the end, it was Brinnin who succeeded you." Makarov said with a frown.

The general smirked, "Yes, Misha never thought that the headquarters would send Brenin to take my place. Just as I was about to leave, I had a conversation with him and it was an unpleasant conversation......"

7

Burtenko just knew that the person who replaced him turned out to be his old classmate Brynin, Brynin was the most admirable one of all the people he met, whether it was knowledge, kung fu, or marksmanship, he was not under him, but the only thing that made him a little uncertain was Brynin's mind, after all, people with brains are not so easy for the other party to see through.

When Buldenko learned the news, he swept away the worries and resentment of these days, and suddenly had some confidence, and he thought of Misha, this stubborn guy, and he decided to go to Misha again and make one last effort.

Buldenko knew that Misha's office and residence were bugged by the KGB, so he used his identity to take Misha to his residence, Buldenko smiled, still maintained great patience, "Misha, you are a few years older than me, I have always respected you very much, I know that you exposed me to Shelepin, and now your goal has been achieved, and the above will transfer me." ”

"No, Yuri, I went to see Shelepin, but I didn't tell me all the things you talked to me, and if I did, I'm afraid you wouldn't be standing in front of me and talking to me like this now."

Misha looked very calm, but Burdenko was shocked by Misha's words, he knew very well how powerful the KGB was, and he also knew very well that Misha and what he said were enough to make him unlucky for a lifetime, it seems that Misha really didn't say it to Shelepin, Burdenko forced a smile and said: "I understand very well that you have shown mercy to my subordinates......"

"No, it's not for your subordinates, it's for Nastya-sensei."

"Well, I thank you for telling me everything."

"I regret it now."

"I don't care what you think now, I hope you can satisfy me for one last thing."

"Draw the road to Micheng that you know, as long as you meet this little request of mine, I will never trouble you again in the future!" The more Buldenko spoke, the more explicit it it became.

Misha raised his head abruptly and stared at Burtenko, his eyes gradually changed from anger to disappointment, and after a long time, he said slowly: "What, you want to find the treasure of Micheng?" ”

"No, I hope to have the opportunity to find my mother in the future."

"Forget it, it's just that I didn't see your ambition in the first place, and as for the picture you wanted, I can tell you unambiguously that I can't remember it clearly."

"Can't remember?" Burdenko sneered twice and took out a letter from the drawer, "So, what's going on with this letter?" You seem to be willing to tell you the route map of the Chinese friend to Micheng? ”

When Misha saw the letter, she was shocked and angry, "You...... The letter ...... "Misha recognized that this was the letter he wrote to Liang Yunjie, and after discovering Buldenko's bad intentions, Misha thought about how to remedy it, and he wanted to tell the chairman of the KGB the full content of his conversation with Buldenko, but he could not bear to put Burdenko to death; On the other hand, he didn't fully trust the KGB, he was thinking of a remedy, and finally he thought of Liang Yunjie, he believed in Liang Yunjie's character, maybe ...... Maybe letting another person know the truth can stop Bultenko's ambitions, so he wrote a letter to Liang Yunjie, but he was not sure whether the letter could be sent to Liang Yunjie, and he didn't know Liang Yunjie's recent situation, so he only revealed a small part of the truth in the letter, but he didn't expect that the letter was still intercepted by Burdenko, Misha was annoyed for a while, but he was also glad that he had a careful eye when he wrote the letter, so he didn't let Buldenko get a detailed road map to Micheng.

At this moment, feelings of despair, anger, loneliness, and helplessness came to Misha, and Misha made the most important determination in his life at this moment - to stop talking to anyone about the disappeared ancient city in the future, let alone what he wanted, and he also wanted to destroy all the memories he wrote some time ago, but how to get rid of Buldenko's entanglement now?

Misha thought for a moment and said, "Yuri, haven't you read the contents of this letter?" I have made it very clear in my letter that I can't remember what happened after the black dust storm, since the last time I told you so much, my condition has become more and more serious, especially amnesia. ”

Burtenko was also staring at Misha, he was judging Misha's every move, he didn't believe that Misha had completely lost his memory, especially selectively, but Misha did tell Liang Yunjie in the letter that he had forgotten a lot of things, what was going on?

Burdenko looked at Misha suspiciously, he suddenly found that he seemed to have no way to take this Misha, he was not willing to let Misha disappear from the world like this, and did not dare to force Misha too much, he had no cards to play in his hand, forget it, he knew enough in the future, the next is more important how to realize his ideals, he needs a perfect, bold plan, Burdenko knows that the joint scientific expedition team gathered the elites of the two countries, and the whole army was annihilated, It is impossible to find the lost ancient city by himself in any case, and he must find some people to help, except for Misha, he first thought of Breynin, and then thought of Stephkin and Isakov, although these two guys are brave and resourceful, but they can also come in handy, but...... But a few of us alone are not enough, Buldenko needs a strong team that has always been loyal to him.

……

8

Makarov understood, "This is the conspiracy of 1964!" Misha rejected you, and you, along with Brenin, Stephkin, Isakov, and later White, who plotted against your betrayal of the country, formed the core of the organization. ”

"No, White didn't start out, he actually joined our organization after the base riot!" The general said.

"Oh, then I'm going to tell you about the forward base, you once mentioned to me that you made a serious mistake and was demoted, referring to bunker 21?"

"Yes, but that was a deliberate mistake I made, and I wanted to scrap Bunker 21 from the beginning and then become my secret training base." A sly smile appeared on the general's face, "Ivan, you may not know it yet, at the beginning, before you went to the forward base, the advance base already existed, but the scale was small, and the original location of the forward base was determined by me." ”

"Is that you? You participated in the Forward Base event in the first place? ”

"Well, it's just that I was transferred away because of the matter of bunker 21, and then I received an order to go with you to the forward base, and when I got there, I found that the location of the original forward base was exactly the same as the location I had planned."

"You must be happy, right? But I still don't understand why Bunker 21 was scrapped? ”

"The reasons for the scrapping of Bunker No. 21 are: first, the site is too close to the border, deviates from the original location, lacks strategic depth, and there is no reliable water source nearby; Second, it is built in areas with frequent sandstorms, and the exit is often buried by sandstorms, which is not conducive to the use of bunkers and troop mobilization; In addition, there are some specific internal structures, which were not constructed according to the original drawings. Therefore, Bunker 21 was abandoned, and I was supposed to go to court-martial, but Plainin they helped me and saved me from jail, just demoted! ”

Everyone finally understood the reason for the abandonment of Bunker 21, and Yelena continued: "So you use the guise of recruiting students to secretly develop your power among the students and train them in the bunker. ”

"Miss Yelena, please allow me to correct what you just said, it's not that I'm secretly developing power among the students, it's that all the students are my people, all! All! The general raised his voice, and there was an echo from the underground palace.

"All? All? Makarov was shocked, but he immediately understood everything, "So you created that plane crash when the dozen or so eliminated cadets were about to be sent away." ”

"Hehe, that's right, Ivan, you have to understand how to make those students work for you with all their hearts, they are all people who have died once, as long as you give them hope, even if it is just a glimmer of hope, they will obey you, but those fourteen students were eliminated, their hopes were dashed, so it is difficult to guarantee that they will not talk nonsense after they are sent back to prison."

"So you have to get rid of them, but why did you almost get killed?"

"Originally, these students didn't necessarily have to be escorted, the reason why I chose to create that plane crash and shell myself was not because of these eliminated students, but because of ...... Because I got a very bad piece of news from headquarters. At this point, the general seemed angry.

Makarov didn't know what the news was, so that Buldenko planned a plan to cheat his death, and he didn't know why after many years, Buldenko was still so angry, "It's Brinnin who sent you news again?" But I really couldn't see how you got in touch with them. ”

"It's very simple, I won't use the base's radio station to communicate with Brynin and them, I can only use the time to leave the base, but that time, to my surprise, Brynin suddenly and secretly infiltrated the twenty-one bunker, when I saw him, he anxiously told me that the headquarters received a report that I was secretly training trainees in the bunker and plotting to do wrong, and the headquarters was meeting to discuss how to deal with this matter. Ivan, you know what? How shocked, horrified, and angry I was when I heard the news from Bryning's mouth...... I've been preparing my plan for so many years, is it going to be in vain? I'm going to be in prison myself, this ...... This is something I can't accept in any way, and I'm not going to sit still! I had to fight back, I thought of you first, I thought you exposed me to the headquarters, but I calmed down and thought about it, but I denied you! ”

"Me? If I had me, you wouldn't have been able to escape, but unfortunately I wasn't on the forward base at all, so I didn't find out about your conspiracy, I'm so stupid! Makarov shook his head, his face annoyed.

"I worked with Brynin for a long time, and I still couldn't figure it out, and finally Brenin said don't guess who exposed it anymore, and hurry up and think of countermeasures! So, together with him, I came up with this golden cicada shell plan! ”

"Later, the base riot was also part of your golden cicada's plan to get out of the shell, right?!" Yelena asked.

"Yes, the strategy set by me and Brynin is that I will first get out of my shell and flee to the United States, and when I gain a firm foothold in the United States, I will use White's power as a response, and then Brenin, Stepkin, Isakov and others will respond internally to instigate those students to riot, White will send a ship to meet them at that time, but there is a Shchedrin, this guy is chasing after me like crazy, and the dozens of students I have carefully trained have almost lost everything." The general sighed.

"You're that Martin, aren't you?" Makarov remembered Martin, whom White had confessed.

"Martin, yes, it's my CIA pseudonym. White was very unlucky, and when he went ashore to pick up the students, he was caught by Shchedrin, but fortunately, Brening was maneuvering around, and the headquarters sent Stephkin to pick up White, and on the way Stephkin played a bitter trick. As he spoke, the general looked at Stephkin beside him.

A sinister smile appeared on Stepkin's face, "I let White go, but I also paid the price, I was quarantined and examined for more than a month, and I almost didn't survive, but fortunately, Isakov gave me a message and helped me get through it." ”

Makarov nodded, "I understand everything now, it's all in your hands, White went to Vietnam to connect with Stepkin, and the tapes and film you gave White were the plan for the whole operation!" ”

"Yes, such an important thing, the mail is not safe, and it can only be taken out by reliable people, and it just so happened that Brenin and Stephkin were going to Vietnam on a mission at that time, so I asked them to bring it to White." The general came up with his plan to get out of the shell of the golden cicada back then.

9

"The hut in bunker twenty-one is your secret shelter, right?" Makarov remembered the hut.

"I think you've been to that hut, do you see those paintings under the bed?"

"See!" Makarov suddenly remembered that there was a portrait of a woman in those paintings, "That portrait is your mother, right?" ”

"I didn't paint those paintings, they were left by my mother, and I wanted to take them with me, but I was in a hurry when I left, so I couldn't take them with me, and that portrait is a self-portrait of my mother."

"So, what about when you go to the United States?" Makarov asked again.

"I became a general until I retired!"

"Looks like you're doing a good job."

"No, it's not good! Because I can't give up everything in Mi Cheng, I've given so much for it! ”

"So you're reorganizing your men in the United States?"

"White and I set up a secret base on an uninhabited island in the South Pacific to recruit people, but I never had the right opportunity to enter China, and later, Isakov died, Stephkin was captured, and Brening had been mixing well and seemed to be disinterested in my plans. I've been looking for the Jade Interstitial and gathering all the information about Mi Cheng, and finally, when my centaur training is mature, the opportunity has finally come. ”

"You got that jade interstitial screen from the Hermitage?"

"Yes, so, a series of plans began, through the auction to bring out the treacherous and cunning Ma Changguo, and then get the jade interstitial screen in his hand, I originally wanted to learn more about Hanhai Mi City through him, such as the road to Mi City, etc., but this guy is no longer good. I had no choice but to take Stephen under my command, but Stephen was not obedient later, and you all know what happened next, Stephkin killed Stephen......" The general shrugged helplessly.

As the Iron Curtain was lifted, Makarov grew angrier, "Well, after all your plans, it's time to talk about my Viktor, and you're going to pay for it." ”

The general sneered twice, "Ivan, as long as you stand by me, I will give you a quarter of the wealth here, which is enough to make up for the grief of losing your son." ”

"Shut up! Can money compensate for my pain? Besides, the wealth here is not to be at your disposal! Makarov said sternly.

"It's not up to me to dominate, then who should be at the disposal, so many people have lost their lives for this, I think it's fairest for me to have this wealth at my disposal."

"Didn't you keep saying that you did all this for your mother?" Makarov questioned the general.

"For my mother, and for these treasures, it is these things that have caused countless families to die, and if I don't take these treasures today, there will be more people fighting for them and losing their lives! Therefore, it is up to me, the most powerful person, to control and distribute it reasonably is the best destination for this batch of treasures! ”

The more the general spoke, the more excited he became, his voice echoed in the huge underground palace, and just when the general was intoxicated, Liang Yuan suddenly shouted at him: "Do you think you can succeed?" No one can open this door without a jade interstitial! ”

Unexpectedly, when the general heard this, he laughed even harder, and in the midst of this arrogant laughter, a man in a cloak walked into the jade gate, and the man in black gave way to him, and retreated respectfully to both sides, and the man limped slowly over with a delicate box in his hand.