1

The intense gunfire finally stopped, and Yelena led a search of the pine forest on the opposite hillside to find the location of the sniper's fire, but nothing was left there.

Tang Feng, Han Jiang, Liang Yuan, Xu Renyu and Makarov were still standing in front of Professor Boris's grave, the cold wind blew through everyone's faces, Tang Feng watched in a daze as the police carried the body of the ghost Misha into the car, and another one died? He doesn't know who will be next? Himself, or Han Jiang? At the same time, he also fell into deep self-blame, he failed to see Timoshen earlier, and told Timoshen about the encounter with the ghost in the Winter Palace, and it was because of his own words that Timoshen was convinced that the ghost Misha was not dead, so he stole the important Buddha head.

After surveying the scene, Yelena returned to Professor Boris's grave and said to everyone: "Okay, it's time for us to leave!" ”

"Withdraw? That's the end of it? Han Jiang asked Yelena rhetorically.

"What do you want?"

"Now it's time to take advantage of the fact that Stephen and Tymoshin have not left Petersburg and catch them!" Han Jiang said categorically.

"It's about catching them. But not here? They won't be here again. Yelena judged.

Makarov nodded and said, "Yelena is right, the jade insert is now in our hands, it is impossible for them to stay in Petersburg anymore, they will definitely leave Petersburg with that Buddha head." ”

"Yes, so for now, just strengthen the surveillance at airports, stations, roads, and train stations to prevent them from escaping." Yelena said.

"Do you think you'll catch them that way?" Han Jiang questioned.

"And what do you say?" Yelena looked at Han Jiang angrily.

"Wait!" Tang Feng suddenly interrupted the conversation between Han Jiang and Yelena, "Yelena, you just said the airport, the highway, the station, and the railway station, but ...... But you forgot that Petersburg is a city by the sea......"

"You mean there's a dock! How did I forget the dock! Yelena exclaimed.

"It's not just the docks, they can sail into the sea from any stretch of coast at any time."

"Alright! I immediately ordered the blockade of the coast, the inspection of the docks. ”

"Of course, they have a lot of tricks, and they can try all kinds of methods! Let me look at it this way, Han Jiang and I will go to the dock to have a look, Liang Yuan, you take the doctor and Lao Ma to the Astoria Hotel to rest, and everyone will keep in touch at any time. Tang Feng said.

Han Jiang nodded, "It's all about now." Yelena, lend me your car, I promise you won't break it. ”

Yelena handed the car keys to Han Jiang and admonished, "You guys have to be careful! ”

Han Jiang took the key, looked at the jade interstitial screen that was still on the snow, picked up the jade interlude, squeezed out an ugly smile on his face, and said to Yelena: "Let me use this thing first!" ”

Yelena glared at her and said angrily, "You really have to make inches." After saying that, Yelena looked around, and most of the police and security agents had already left, and she was a little relieved.

2

Han Jiang handed over the jade interstitial screen to Liang Yuan and asked her to keep it, Liang Yuan, Xu Renyu, and Makarov went back to rest first with the jade interstitial, Tang Feng and Han Jiang drove Yelena's "Fiat" to the dock, and there were not many people on the pier, and few ships went to sea.

Tang Feng sat in the car, carefully observed the people at the dock, and asked Han Jiang, "Have you seen Yelena and their people?" ”

Han Jiang was also looking at the people on the dock, and when he heard Tang Feng's question, he muttered, "I didn't see it, maybe their people are hiding somewhere, right?" Han Jiang glanced at the people on the dock and said to Tang Feng: "We haven't rested for two days, we can't carry it like this, in case Stephen and Timoshen don't show up for a few days, it will be enough for us." So the two of us have to take turns to rest, how about it, do I rest first, or do you rest first? ”

"You can rest first! I can still hold on. Tang Feng replied magnanimously. Han Jiang was not humble either, after instructing Tang Feng to take some precautions, he fell asleep, and throughout the day, Tang Feng had been sitting in the car, watching the movement on the dock, while enduring Han Jiang's snoring.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, night was coming, a few street lamps were lit on the dock, Tang Feng was really a little unbearable, he yawned, looked at Han Jiang beside him, Han Jiang was still snoring like thunder, there was no intention to take over, Tang Feng frowned, and looked out of the car window, the temperature outside the car began to drop sharply, and the people on the dock were in a hurry, and it was difficult to see people soon.

Tang Feng stared out of the car window, but his eyelids kept fighting, slowly, slowly, Tang Feng still closed his eyes that were already extremely tired. About twenty minutes later, a harsh voice woke Tang Feng, he hurriedly sat up and rubbed his sleepy eyes, looked out of the car window, he found that it was already a night outside the car window, and I don't know when, it was freezing rain outside, the window of the "Fiat" was full of moisture, Tang Feng reached out and wiped the water vapor on the car window, and scraped the windshield twice with a wiper, he saw that a BMW car was parked on the dock not far away, he tried to remember the sound he heard just now, " It seems to be the sound of brakes! Tang Feng thought of this, and carefully looked at the BMW car not far away, he suddenly found that there seemed to be a person standing behind the BMW, picking up something in the trunk, the person was busy for a while, and finally closed the trunk, carrying a large square box to a small rusty iron bridge next to the BMW.

"Tymoshin!" When Tang Feng saw the box, he recognized at a glance that it was the box that Ji Moshen had brought out of the Winter Palace.

"Where?" Although Tang Feng's voice was not loud, Han Jiang was still awakened.

Tang Feng looked at Han Jiang and said with a wry smile: "You finally woke up, I thought you were going to sleep until dawn tomorrow!" ”

"Less nonsense! Where is Tymoshin? ”

Tang Feng pointed to the figure on the small iron bridge and said, "That's Ji Moshen, and the box he brought should be the Buddha's head that didn't hide the queen." ”

Han Jiang fixed his eyes and observed the surroundings, but found no other abnormalities, and he couldn't help but wonder: "Why did you only see Ji Moshen?" ”

"It's also possible that Stephen is nearby."

"No matter how much, catch him first!" After speaking, Han Jiang dialed Yelena's mobile phone, Yelena listened to Han Jiang's report and said, "You control him first, don't act first, I'll bring someone soon!" ”

After talking to Yelena, Han Jiang looked at Tang Feng and said, "Don't act yet?" It's not my style! ”

"It's not in my style either! If Ji Moshen runs away, it won't be easy! Tang Feng was anxious to catch Ji Moshen and see what was in that box.

"So what are we waiting for?" Han Jiang left Yelena's words behind, pulled out his pistol, and jumped out of the car. Tang Feng also jumped out of the car, and the two came to the small rusty iron bridge, which led to an equally rusty green iron gate, and a circle of walls extended on both sides of the iron gate.

"What's inside the wall?" Han Jiang asked.

"I don't know, maybe it's their lair!" Tang Feng replied.

Tang Feng's words made Han Jiang more vigilant, and the two soon came to the green iron door, Han Jiang pushed it gently, and the iron door "squeaked" and opened, Tang Feng and Han Jiang flashed and cautiously stepped into the iron gate.

There was not a single light inside the iron gate, and there was no trace of Timoshen, and there was a dead silence. Tang Feng held the gun one step at a time, one step at a time and slowly groped forward, neither of them turned on the flashlight, because that would make him the target of the opponent, Tang Feng wiped the cold raindrops on his face, and continued to move forward, suddenly, he felt a softness under his feet, like a high-rise building kicking in the air, Tang Feng secretly said that it was not good, what was under his feet? Pitfall? Or is it a bottomless abyss? In the panic, Tang Feng instinctively leaned back, but he still inevitably fell, and at this moment, his strong and powerful hand grabbed him, Tang Feng looked up, it was Han Jiang, and Han Jiang was lying on it and dragging himself.

Tang Feng gasped heavily, his heart was beating wildly, he didn't know how long Han Jiang could hold on to it, he felt that his body was still sliding, he couldn't rely on Han Jiang alone, he had to do something, thinking of this, Tang Feng struggled to stretch out his other hand, upward, trying to catch something on it, he caught it, it was another hand, and it was Han Jiang's other hand, "Hold on!" Han Jiang encouraged Tang Feng while dragging Tang Feng up little by little.

3

Tang Feng finally stood up again, he gasped sharply, took out the flashlight from his body, pushed it away, and shone it under his feet, he wanted to see what was underneath? I almost killed myself!

"No need to take a photo, there's a dry dock down there!" Han Jiang said.

"Dry dock?" Tang Feng looked at the bottom suspiciously, and it was indeed a dry dock! A deep, large dry dock, with a lot of scrap copper and iron discarded in the dry dock, and the dock opened to the black sea, and at this moment the sea was rolling up the ice floe and slapping against the dry dock, making a loud noise. On the other side of the dock, it looks like an abandoned workshop, built on top of the dry dock, and there is no light in sight.

"This is a shipyard?" Tang Feng turned his head and asked Han Jiang.

"Not bad! It's a shipyard, but it's long since it was abandoned. ”

"What about Tymoshin? Will he hide in ......" said Tang Feng and pointed to the dark workshop in front of him.

Han Jiang nodded slightly, and the two of them opened the safety of the pistol, approaching the dark workshop, the giant roller shutter door of the workshop was rusty and dilapidated, and it was obvious that this place had been abandoned for a long time. The two stood twenty meters away from the door of the workshop, Tang Feng looked at Han Jiang, and then shouted loudly into the dark workshop: "Ji Moshen, I know that you are hiding inside, you have been surrounded, you can't escape, surrender quickly!" ”

The dark workshop was silent, there was a dead silence, no one answered, only the sound of the sea rolling up the ice floe, and the sound of the dock beating more violently. Tang Feng looked at Han Jiang again, and didn't know what to do next? Han Jiang waved his hand, meaning to move on, but as soon as the two of them took a step, Ji Moshen's voice suddenly came from the dark workshop: "Tang Feng, don't lie to me!" Am I surrounded? Hum! If I were really surrounded, you would have attacked me a long time ago. ”

"You're really in there! Our army is coming! Can you run away from hiding inside? ”

"I have my own way! Don't worry about it! ”

"Well, even if we're about to separate, how about we have a good talk?"

"What are you talking about?" Tymoshin asked.

"Talk about your teacher, Professor Boris, since I met you in the Winter Palace, I wanted to ask you about Professor Boris, but you always flickered, and now I finally understand, why do you want to harm Professor Boris?"

"Because he knows so much!" Tymoshin shouted wildly.

"So you killed him!"

"Nope! It wasn't me, it was Stephen who killed him! ”

"So everything you do is for Stephen?"

"Huh! Tang Feng, you underestimate me too much, I will play for Stephen? When I was working for The General, Stephen was still working as his antiquities dealer! ”

"General?!" When Tang Feng and Han Jiang heard this word, they were shocked, and they both thought of Makarov in unison, but soon they rejected the ridiculous idea.

"General? Can you tell me who the general is? Tang Feng asked.

"Tang Feng, you already know a lot, I advise you, don't fight with the general, you can't fight him."

Hearing this, Tang Feng and Han Jiang glanced at each other, and a big question mark appeared in their hearts. Tang Feng calmed down and asked again, "Okay!" I have one more question, since you've got the jade interstitial, why didn't you leave Petersburg sooner? ”

There was no echo in the abandoned workshop, Tang Feng and Han Jiang waited for a long time, and just when they thought that Ji Moshen had slipped away, Ji Moshen's voice came out again in the workshop: "That's because I still have an important thing to get, if I get that thing, plus the map behind the jade interstitial, I can find Hanhai Mi City!" Hidden deep in the desert, a city full of treasures from the Tangut Dynasty! ”

"What else can be as important as the jade interstitial?" Tang Feng asked out loud puzzled.

"The life of Professor Boris! Because he knows so much, more than anyone else, and we know too little and too little. Tymoshin said this sentence without thinking, and then there was a long silence.

"If I'm not mistaken, that thing is hidden in the Buddha's head! Right? Tang Feng couldn't hold back and broke the silence again.

"Yes! Even if the four jade interstitial screens are found, it will not be smooth sailing if you want to find Hanhai Mi City, and you will take many detours, because it has been almost a thousand years, and the changes in history will change a lot, a lot...... So there is one more thing that will take me to Hanhai Mi City smoothly! This is my greatest wish in this life! After speaking, Ji Moshen let out a series of terrifying wild laughs, and at the same time, along with Ji Moshen's wild laughter, the rusty roller shutter door of the workshop actually began to slowly rise upward, Tang Feng and Han Jiang's eyes widened suddenly, they didn't know what they were going to see?

A dazzling light shone out of the workshop, stabbing Tang Feng and Han Jiang from opening their eyes, and when they got used to the light, they saw that there was a long slide in the abandoned workshop, and on the slide, there was a speedboat ready to go, Ji Moshen was sitting in the speedboat at this time, smiling at Tang Feng and Han Jiang.

When Tang Feng and Han Jiang saw this scene, they immediately realized what was going to happen next? But before they could react, Tymoshen waved at them and slammed the speedboat on the slipway, and saw the white speedboat draw a beautiful arc in mid-air and rush headlong into the black sea.

4

When Tang Feng and Han Jiang rushed out of the abandoned shipyard and came to the dock, they were bumping into Ivanov arriving with a large group of men, and Han Jiang complained to Ivanov in his broken Russian: "Why did you get there, Tymoshin just escaped in a speedboat." ”

Ivanov was just about to say something, but Han Jiang asked again: "What about Yelena?" Why are you the only one here? ”

"Yelena has another important task." Ivanov replied.

Han Jiang decided not to wait for Yelena, he led Tang Feng, stepped around the dock, and jumped onto a manned speedboat, the owner of the speedboat didn't know what happened? Just about to question Han Jiang, Ivanov took out his ID and shook it at the man, saying, "Your speedboat is now requisitioned by the Federal Security Service. ”

The owner of the speedboat was driven off the boat in a daze, and Ivanov also jumped on the speedboat and said to Han Jiang and Tang Feng: "You guys sit down, be careful of being thrown into the sea." ”

After that, Ivanov drove the speedboat, like an arrow from the string, and also rushed into the black sea.

Tang Feng and Han Jiang grabbed the railing of the speedboat stubbornly, not daring to open their eyes, the sea, freezing rain, and the wind kept hitting their faces, like a knife cut, and like being pricked by a needle, Han Jiang didn't expect this Ivanov's piloting skills to be so skillful, he estimated that the speed of the speedboat now reached at least fifty knots, as long as he accidentally let go of his hand, he would be upside down in the sea, swallowed by the black sea.

After the speedboat was tossed on the sea for half an hour, Ivanov suddenly shouted, startling Tang Feng and Han Jiang to open their eyes, and they realized that Ivanov had caught up with Timoshin's speedboat, which was a few hundred meters in front of them on the port side. At this time, Tymoshin obviously also found the pursuers, he increased his horsepower, trying to get rid of the pursuers behind, but Ivanov did not give up, and chased closely, the distance between the two speedboats was getting closer and closer, and seeing that they were about to go hand in hand, they were leaning together, Ivanov suddenly turned around and shouted to Han Jiang and Tang Feng: "Be careful, I'm going to hit him!" ”

"What? Hit Timoshen's speedboat? When Tang Feng and Han Jiang heard this, their hearts tightened suddenly.

Before they could react, they felt the speedboat shake violently, it turned out that Ivanov was driving the speedboat and Tymoshin's speedboat was already neck and neck, just now the waves were upside down, and the two speedboats collided together. Tang Feng and Han Jiang had already seen Timoshen, Tymoshen's self-confidence just now was long gone, he was terrified of Ivanov's crazy moves, but Ivanov was not afraid, he stared at Tymoshen, and then turned the rudder, and the speedboat slammed into Tymoshen's speedboat, "Bang-" sound, followed by "Squeak-ah-" The two boats rubbed together with a harsh sound.

Ivanov's crazy actions completely angered Tymoshen, Tymoshen's fear just now seemed to be suppressed by anger, and then seeing Tymoshen's fierce face, staring viciously at Ivanov on the speedboat next to him, as well as Tang Feng and Han Jiang, he suddenly shouted here: "Since you want to have fun, I will accompany you to the end!" ”

After that, Tymoshin also turned the rudder violently and crashed into the speedboat driven by Ivanov, this collision, Tang Feng and Han Jiang only felt that the river and the sea were turning in their bodies, and the sky was spinning, and Ivanov didn't expect that this Tymoshin would be even crazier than himself, unsteady on his feet, and almost fell. And Tymoshin took the opportunity to run at full speed and fled to the depths of the ocean!

Seeing this, Ivanov turned back to Han Jiang and said, "You come here to drive, I'll deal with this madman." ”

Han Jiang was puzzled, stumbled to take over Ivanov, and drove the speedboat to continue the pursuit of Timoshen, seeing that the two boats were about to lean together again, Ivanov shouted at Han Jiang: "Pull on!" Lean in! ”

Han Jiang began to understand Ivanov's intentions, he wanted to jump onto Tymoshin's boat, this was an extremely dangerous move, such a high speed, such a bumpy sea, wanting to jump on Tymoshin's speedboat, it was tantamount to ...... Han Jiang didn't dare to think about it anymore, but what else could he do now?

5

Han Jiang looked at Ji Moshen next to him, the two boats were gradually approaching, Han Jiang tried his best to make the speedboat more stable, but the sea was rough, and the small speedboat couldn't keep it stable at all, "Bang-" The two speedboats leaned together again, but they were quickly separated by a wave.

Ivanov shouted at Han Jiang: "You can't be stable!" ”

Han Jiang tried his best to keep himself calm, he drove the speedboat into Tymoshin's speedboat again, Tymoshin was obviously shocked by the collision, and actually sat on the seat behind him, Ivanov thought that this was a great opportunity, and jumped towards Tymoshin's speedboat, but at this moment, a huge wave hit, and the two speedboats were separated by the wave.

And Ivanov's jump, he failed to jump onto Tymoshin's speedboat, his whole body fell into the sea, and only grabbed the side of Tymoshin's speedboat with both hands, Han Jiang and Tang Feng saw this, and they knew that something was wrong! I saw Tymoshin get up from his seat, re-steer the speedboat, swinging from side to side, trying to throw Ivanov into the sea, but Ivanov clung to the side of the boat, no matter how Tymoshin swung the speedboat, he just wouldn't let go!

Tymoshin was annoyed and angry, suddenly stopped the speedboat at high speed, pulled out a pistol, and shot at Ivanov, Ivanov saw that things were not good, so he had to let go and plunge into the sea, Tymoshin shouted wildly, pulled the trigger, and shot continuously at the sea, fortunately Ivanov had excellent water quality, and in the potential seawater, he escaped Tymoshin's bullet rain.

Finally, Ivanov got out of the water a few meters behind the Tymoshin speedboat, and Han Jiang saw Ivanov's head out, so he hurriedly drove the speedboat and headed towards Ivanov, trying to rescue Ivanov from the water. At this moment, Tymoshin also saw Ivanov, he gritted his teeth with hatred, and did not take the opportunity to flee, but reversed the car and also drove towards Ivanov in the water.

Tang Feng was shocked when he saw that Tymoshin was actually reversing and rushing towards Ivanov, and shouted at Han Jiang: "It's not good, Tymoshin wants to attack Ivanov with the paddles behind the speedboat." ”

Without Tang Feng's reminder, Han Jiang had already understood Timoshen's sinister intentions, but as soon as Tang Feng's words fell, before Han Jiang arrived, Timoshen's speedboat rushed to Ivanov first, Ivanov hurriedly dived underwater, but it was too late, and the high-speed rotating paddles, like a terrible meat grinder, crashed headlong into Ivanov, and in an instant, the sea water was stained red with bright red blood.

By the time Tang Feng and Han Jiang arrived, Ivanov's flesh and blood were blurred, and his mutilated body had already surfaced. Tang Feng and Han Jiang looked at the bloody scene in front of them in a daze, the big living person who was alive just now instantly became a pile of meat puree, just before they could react, Tymoshen tried to restart the speedboat to escape, but he started it several times, the speedboat engine made a huge roar, and then a wisp of smoke came out, but it couldn't start normally, Tymoshen looked at the back of the speedboat in horror, he understood that it was Ivanov's stump that stuck the blades of the speedboat, and after making one last attempt, he finally gave up starting the speedboat, He now only has two ways to escape, one to take the speedboat of Tang Feng and Han Jiang, and the other to jump into the sea and swim to the other side of the sea, but for him, both roads are almost difficult to navigate.

A cold sea breeze blew across Tang Feng and Han Jiang's faces, and the two of them came to their senses, Ji Moshen wanted to slip! So the two of them pulled out their pistols together and pointed them at Tymoshin. Tymoshin also pulled out his gun, and the three of them faced each other on the bumpy sea, and Tymoshin began to understand that the first way was impossible at this time.

Han Jiang stared at his bloodshot eyes, thinking that one shot would kill Ji Moshen, but Tang Feng reminded him in a low voice: "Ji Moshen must know a lot of inside information, we have to catch him alive." ”

Tang Feng said that, and shouted at Ji Moshen: "You can't escape anymore, put down your weapons and surrender!" ”

"Let me think about it!" After Timoshen finished speaking, a huge wave suddenly set off on the sea, he almost fell, a stumble, he helped to the box next to him, the box containing the head of the Buddha Lushena, Timoshen He was thinking about it, but he was not thinking about surrendering, but thinking about how to get out, after three minutes of silence, there was another gust of wind and waves on the sea, Jimoshen had already made up his mind, he said to Tang Feng: "Tang Feng, don't you just want the Buddha statue and the jade interstitial?" The jade interstitial screen is already in your hands, and now I will give you this Buddha statue as well, and you will let me live. With that, Tymoshin stood up with the suitcase.

"Impossible! Don't be delusional, you only have one choice - surrender! ”

Ji Moshen sneered twice, then glanced back at the cold black sea behind him, and said, "Hehe, surrender?" In addition to this, I have another way, which is to sink into the sea with the head of the queen of Muzang. With that, Tymoshin leaned back and sank into the icy sea with the box in his arms.

"Bang! Bang! Two dull gunshots rang out on the sea, Tang Feng and Han Jiang never expected that Ji Moshen would make such a crazy move, and by the time Han Jiang pulled the trigger, it was too late, Ji Moshen and the box had already sunk into the sea.

Tang Feng and Han Jiang glanced at each other in disappointment, looking at the black sea and the blood spreading on the sea, the two of them were at a loss for a while.

6

On the sea in the distance, the roar of the motor sounded again, and a patrol boat from far and near, quickly rushed to Tang Feng and Han Jiang, and the two looked up, it was Yelena!

"What happened? And what about Ivanov and Tymoshin? Yelena shouted at Tang Feng and Han Jiang.

Han Jiang didn't know how to answer, he looked at Tang Feng, and Tang Feng had no choice but to open his mouth and say to Yelena: "Ivanov is dead, and Tymoshin also jumped into the sea with that box." ”

When Yelena saw the blood on the surface of the sea, she knew that something was wrong, but when she heard that Ivanov was dead, Yelena's eyes couldn't help but moisten.

Yelena held back her tears and said to Han Jiang instead, "Han, I'm late, but I brought someone for you." ”

As soon as Yelena's words fell, a person in a diving suit got out of the cabin of the patrol boat, Han Jiang recognized at a glance that the person was Zhao Yong, he was surprised and delighted, jumped on the patrol boat, patted Zhao Yong on the shoulder, and asked, "When did you arrive in Petersburg?" ”

Zhao Yong complained: "You haven't been in contact with your family these days, I thought something had happened to you, so the chief sent me to save you!" ”

"We're dying in Petersburg! However, it's good that you're here, and your task now is not to save me, but to get that box up. ”

"Look at my equipment, it's been changed a long time ago, Yelena is afraid that you will fall into the sea."

Tang Feng was also very happy to see Zhao Yong, but he didn't know the bottom of Zhao Yong's heart about the box that Zhao Yong had fished up, and asked Zhao Yong worriedly: "Now that the sea is so windy and waves, and the sea water is cold and biting, can you fish out that box?" ”

Zhao Yong said confidently: "I just checked the hydrological data here, the seabed here is not deep, it should be no problem, don't forget what I used to do." ”

Tang Feng then remembered that Zhao Yong used to be a frogman in the Marine Corps, and he had some confidence in Zhao Yong, when Zhao Yong put on the oxygen mask, Tang Feng suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly advised: "You have to be careful, in case that Ji Moshen is not dead, you must catch him alive." ”

"Not dead? Impossible! Zhao Yong shook his head, "He didn't have a diving suit, so he should have been finished for so long." ”

"I mean just in case!" Tang Feng Road.

"In case ......" Zhao Yong nodded, "I have this!" With that, Zhao Yong held a dagger, put on an oxygen mask, and jumped into the icy seawater. The large searchlight on the patrol boat shone on the sea where Zhao Yong jumped off, and everyone was anxiously looking forward to Zhao Yong and the box coming to the surface, but time passed minute by minute, Zhao Yong did not surface, and the box did not surface.

Finally, Zhao Yong jumped out of the water, Tang Feng and Han Jiang hurriedly pulled him onto the patrol boat, only to see Zhao Yong's lips bruised and trembling, Han Jiang hurriedly put a thick coat on Zhao Yong, and when Zhao Yong finally recovered, Tang Feng asked eagerly: "How is it?" What was found? ”

Zhao Yong shook his head and said, "It's too cold underwater, and the visibility is also poor......"

When everyone heard this, they were all disappointed, but after Zhao Yong recovered his strength, he asked to go into the water again, Han Jiang thought about it again and again, and still agreed to Zhao Yong's request, so Zhao Yong jumped into the cold and dark sea again.

This time, Zhao Yong was underwater for a longer time, and everyone's hearts were all suspended, Tang Feng looked at the black sea, only to feel a burst of dizziness, "In case Ji Moshen is not dead, in case there is Stephen's person underwater, Zhao Yongke ......" When Tang Feng was thinking nonsense, the water surface changed, and just on the sea surface illuminated by the searchlight, something suddenly surfaced, "What is that?" Tang Feng attached himself to the railing of the patrol boat and looked down, that is...... It's a person! No! It's a corpse! Tang Feng's eyes widened suddenly, he recognized that the person was Ji Moshen's clothes, but he couldn't see the person's face clearly.

Han Jiang and Yelena dragged the corpse onto the deck, Tang Feng carefully distinguished, it was a face that was swollen by the sea and had been slightly deformed, but no matter how the face changed shape, Tang Feng still recognized that this corpse was Ji Moshen! This brilliant brain, however, is filled with evil desires, which puts him on a path of no return.

Ji Moshen's body was carried down, but before Zhao Yong surfaced, everyone couldn't help but be more anxious, and after a while, the water surface changed even more, first a box slowly surfaced and floated on the sea, and then, Zhao Yong also surfaced.

7

The next morning, in the guest room of the Astoria Hotel, Tang Feng, Han Jiang, Liang Yuan, Zhao Yong, Xu Renyu, Yelena and Makarov sat around the luxurious living room, and on the coffee table between them was the box salvaged from the cold seabed.

Tang Feng looked at Han Jiang, Han Jiang nodded at him, so, Tang Feng stretched out his trembling hands and slowly opened the box in front of him, which was filled with some messy sponges, because the box was too long when it was soaked in seawater, and a large amount of seawater seeped into the box, fortunately, these sponges absorbed a large amount of seawater; Peeling off the messy sponge, inside is a large plastic bag, through the plastic bag, Tang Feng can already vaguely glimpse the beautiful Lushena Buddha head, this is a hazy beauty, just when Tang Feng was intoxicated with this hazy beauty, he also noticed the seawater seeping into the big plastic bag.

Tang Feng didn't know how much damage the seawater seeped into the plastic bag did to the Buddha statue, this Buddha head of the Western Xia Dynasty has a history of nearly 1,000 years, is it really the head of the queen who has no Tibet? The great curiosity prompted Tang Feng to quickly open the large plastic bag, and a intact statue of the head of the Buddha Lushena stood quietly in front of everyone.

"Is this the portrait of the Empress of the Hidden Treasures?" Liang Yuan asked softly.

No one answered, but just after Liang Yuan finished asking this sentence, the Buddha statue in front of everyone began to change, and a small crack extended from the head of the Buddha statue little by little, followed by another, the third, the fourth, and the fifth...... More and more cracks extended from the top of the Buddha statue downward, Tang Feng noticed the changes that were taking place in the Buddha statue, he didn't know what was going on, but he instinctively wanted to stop the destruction of this beautiful Buddha statue, he stretched out his hands, but just when Tang Feng's hands were about to touch the Buddha statue, the Buddha statue completely cracked, "Bang la-" The Buddha statue that was still exuding an oriental mysterious atmosphere just now instantly turned into a pile of broken clay. And among the Buddha statues, a terrifying human skull appeared in front of everyone.

"Didn't hide the queen's skull?!" Liang Yuan exclaimed.

Everyone gathered around and took a closer look at the skull in front of them, which was a little yellowed because of its age, and the position of the neck and eye sockets of the skull was deliberately sealed with tape, Tang Feng didn't know who did it? And for what? At this time, Han Jiang, Yelena, and Makarov, who have rich experience in anatomy, exclaimed almost in unison: "This is really a female skull. ”

"Timoshin once said that when Koznov found this Buddha statue in Blackwater City, the Buddha statue had been cracked, and the head also had cracks, and after he brought the Buddha statue back to Petersburg, experts identified the bones in the Buddha statue, which was a female skeleton from the East, according to the burial items around the Buddha statue, Tymoshin thought that the bones in this Buddha statue were the queen of Wuzang, it seems that what Tymoshin said is true, but it is ......" Tang Feng paused for a moment, and said: "It's just that Tymoshin said that the bones in the Buddha statue were lost during the Great Patriotic War, But we found the skullless remains in Professor Boris's grave, and now we have found this skull, what the hell is going on? ”

"He lied!" Zhao Yongdao.

"Nope! I don't think there's any need for Tymoshin to lie on this issue. He also said that the statue was later found in the storeroom of the Hermitage, and when the head was found, the originally cracked head was intact, so the Hermitage placed the Buddha statue on display in the Chinese Pavilion. Tang Feng said.

Yelena affirmed Tang Feng's statement: "Regarding this Buddha statue, I have asked the staff of the Winter Palace in the morning, and their statement is consistent with Tymoshen's statement. ”

"That is, the bones of the Queen of Wuzang were not lost, someone found the bones of the Queen of Wuzang, and restored this Buddha statue again." Han Jiang inferred.

Tang Feng nodded and said, "So, who will be the most likely to do all this?" ”

"You mean Misha!" Makarov exclaimed.

"Yes, who else but Misha? During the Great Patriotic War, the bones in the Buddha statue may have been lost, but they were later found by Misha, so Misha tried to repair the Buddha statue, but he did not find the body part of the Buddha statue that was cracked, only repaired this head, you see, the place where the Buddha statue is cracked is where Misha repaired it with some special super glue. As for the remains of the unhidden queen without a skull, it has been cherished by Misa and eventually brought into his grave, of course, Tymoshin may also know these things, because it was not Misa herself who put the bones of the queen in the grave, but Tymoshen. Tang Feng explained.

"Misha is a strange person who treasures the remains of a headless!" Liang Yuan felt goosebumps all over her body.

Tang Feng smiled and said, "It's not surprising, because both he and Ji Moshen fell in love with this skeleton." ”

"Fall in love with skeletons?!" The crowd exclaimed.

"Of course, it would be more accurate to say that they fell in love with Empress Muzang, a woman who has been dead for nearly a thousand years, a historical figure. And perhaps it was Tymoshin who shared the same fetish as Misa that made Misa tell Tymoshin many of the secrets he knew about the jade interpolation. Tang Feng explained.

Han Jiang listened to Tang Feng's explanation, patted Tang Feng's shoulder and smiled: "Tang Feng, your imagination is so rich, you can even come up with this." ”

Tang Feng pursed his lips and said, "If you don't believe it, forget it, to a certain extent, Misha and Tymoshen are geniuses regardless of their character, and some of the habits of geniuses are not understandable to ordinary people; In the same way, genius has some things in common, such as madness, but Tymoshen's madness has led him astray. ”

"I think you're also a genius, didn't Tymoshin say that he admires your talent? I still want to pull you in? Liang Yuan said jokingly.

Tang Feng laughed a little embarrassed, and just as he wanted to speak, Han Jiang rushed to Liang Yuan and said, "But he doesn't have Ji Moshen's unique fetish, he likes to miss a living beauty like you." ”

Han Jiang's words made Liang Yuan's face flush with a hint of redness.

8

Xu Renyu was a little impatient when he heard this, and said to Tang Feng: "Now is not the time for you to fall in love, since this Buddha statue was repaired by Misha, then the tape tied to this skull was also done by him?" Why would he do it? ”

"Also, is it just for his unique fetish that Timoshin is desperately trying to grab this Buddha statue?" Yelena also asked.

Tang Feng looked at the tape tied to the neck and eye sockets of the skull, and he didn't know why Misha tied these tapes on the skull, and ...... And why did Tymoshin snatch this Buddha statue? But when Tang Feng stretched out his slightly trembling hands and picked up this skull, he seemed to begin to understand, he felt that this skull exceeded its own weight, he gently shook the skull in his hand, and there was a slight sound inside, "There is something inside?" Tang Feng exclaimed.

Everyone looked at each other, everyone's eyes were full of doubts, Tang Feng carefully ripped off the tape on the eye socket of the skull, through the eye socket of the black hole, Tang Feng found that there was indeed something inside, but he couldn't tell what it was, finally, when he ripped off the thick tape on the neck of the skull, a black notebook fell out.

Tang Feng couldn't wait to open the notebook, his hands trembling more and more, but he was trying his best to control his emotions, maybe, maybe there was a secret hidden in it that he desperately wanted to know.

Tang Feng hurriedly flipped through the notebook, which was hundreds of pages, he was already speechless with shock, he passed the notebook to the others, and calmed down for a while before he said, "I finally know why Ji Moshen has to get the Buddha statue now?" ”

"For this notebook?" Han Jiang asked rhetorically.

"Yes, do you remember that in that abandoned shipyard on the docks, I asked Tymoshin what was as important as the jade interstitial that he had to get it? He said it was his teacher's life! I didn't understand what he meant at the time, but now I understand that this notebook was his teacher's life, and Misha was killed by Timoshin and his gang because of this notebook. ”

"The notebook took Misha's life?" Makarov was puzzled.

Tang Feng explained: "I just took a rough look at this notebook, the handwriting on the notebook is very sloppy, the writing is haphazard, there is no certain format, it is completely what I think of, just write it down!" There are also a lot of smudge modifications, and in some places new scripts are written directly on top of the old script, and Misha uses a variety of different scripts, in addition to Russian, English, French, Chinese, and the obscure Tangut script, as well as some other ancient Oriental scripts. So I can't fully read it now, but I have a vague feeling that this notebook must contain so much information that Tymoshen and Stephen and the gang have to get it. So, what is this important information? Ji Moshen also said in the abandoned shipyard, 'Even if the four jade interstitial screens are found, it will not be smooth sailing if I want to find Hanhai Mi City, and I will take many detours, because it has been almost a thousand years, and the changes in history will change a lot, a lot, so I need one more thing to take me to find Hanhai Mi City smoothly!" His words made a lot of sense, and they reminded me, yes! Almost a thousand years have passed, history will change many, many things, no one in Hanhai Mi City has ever been able to find it, and now it can be found smoothly with just four jade interstitials? After all, the jade interstitial screen was left by the ancients, and another thing that Ji Moshen has been looking for is Misha's notebook, because this notebook records Misha's research results about the jade interstitial screen and the secrets behind the jade interstitial screen for decades, including some of his experiences in the scientific expedition team, and even Misha may have found Hanhai Mi City in the depths of the desert after the scientific expedition team disappeared! Tymoshin once said that we all know too little, and Misha knows too much, so that's why Tymoshin had to get this notebook. ”

"In this way, Misha is the one closest to the mystery, and it is very likely that he is the only one who has ever been to the Lost City of the Hanhai Sea, but unfortunately he is dead!" Xu Renyu said with regret.

Yelena flipped through the notebook and said: "This can explain everything that happened in Petersburg, eight years ago, Tymoshin knew the secret of the basement of the Winter Palace, and wanted to get Misha's notebook further, but Misha felt Tymoshen's sinister intentions, so Tymoshen took the first step and harmed Misha, but Misha was not defenseless, he hid his notebook in the skull of the queen a long time ago, and then sealed the skull in the Buddha statue. For eight years, Timoshin had been looking for this notebook, and he thought that the notebook was probably in the Winter Palace, where Misha had worked for decades, but he could not find it, and he never expected that Misha would hide the notebook in the Buddha statue, until Tang Feng told him that he had seen a ghost in the Winter Palace, and said that the Buddha statue disappeared in the display case that night, and Timoshen understood what was going on. ”

"So the footsteps we heard in the corridor the next night were Tymoshin, and that time he was sure of his judgment and wanted to steal the Buddha statue the next night, and then kill his teacher, and blame Misha for the theft of the Buddha statue, but unfortunately he didn't expect us to break into the Winter Palace again." Liang Yuan looked suddenly enlightened.

Tang Feng pondered for a moment, but said, "On the third night, maybe the ghost Misha deliberately guided us into the Winter Palace. ”

"We could also be the Winter Palace that Misha deliberately guided into." Han Jiang listened to Tang Feng's words and muttered in his mouth.

9

Everyone fell silent for a while, and Yelena finally broke the silence and said: "Okay, the matter in Petersburg is basically clear, everyone is tired, hurry up and rest......"

Han Jiang interrupted Yelena's words and said, "No! We have one more unclear question in Petersburg, and the most important one, who exactly is the 'general'? ”

Tang Feng also said: "Hmm! Tymoshin once said in the shipyard that he served for the general earlier than Stephen, and he also advised us not to confront the general, saying that we can't fight the general, and I think this general may be the mastermind behind that mysterious organization! ”

"General?" Yelena wondered, and at the same time turned her head to look at Makarov beside her.

Everyone looked at Makarov together, and at once Makarov was hairy, and the old horse jumped up from the sofa and said, "What are you looking at me?" There are many generals, and I'm not the only one! ”

"But there aren't many generals who know about it!" Xu Renyu suddenly said in a strange way.

When Makarov heard this, he was anxious and said: "Maybe this bullshit general is just a nickname, not a real general!" ”

Tang Feng smiled at Makarov and said, "Old Ma, of course we don't doubt you. We just want to find out who this general is? ”

"I want to figure it out too! But how should this be checked? Makarov's brow furrowed.

Han Jiang thought for a moment and said to Makarov and Yelena: "This question reminds me of the document about Misha that Ivanov found. ”

"Documents? You mean the missing 1964? Yelena exclaimed.

Makarov said thoughtfully: "It seems that you still suspect that something is wrong within the KGB. ”

"Yes, there should be people in the KGB, and even many people know more or less about what happened back then, and it is likely that this general is among those who know." Han Jiang inferred.

"Han Jiang, your analysis is still too hasty, Tymoshen may be misleading us, or maybe he thinks that his father said, 'General' is just a nickname." Yelena didn't trust Han Jiang's judgment.

"Alright! Yelena, I don't argue with you, I'm just speculating, but there's one thing you want to check for me. Han Jiang begged Yelena.

"What are you looking for?"

"Just check from that document, check from the missing 1964, although I don't know much Russian, but I also understand the document about Misha, and every report of that document has a signature under it, that is, the name of the KGB agent sent to monitor and protect Misha, to find them, to see if these people are suspicious, especially to find the missing 1964." Han Jiang said in a commanding tone.

Yelena snorted lightly and said, "You've assigned me a task now, do you know how much effort it takes to check those people?" And many of them may be long gone, and they will never be found, let alone the missing 1964, maybe the 1964 report is lost, and the KGB lost a lot of documents, especially during the collapse of the Soviet Union, there were too many lost documents, guns and ammunition, and many of the original agents went to the sea to do business, or went abroad, and took away many valuable documents. ”

Han Jiang saw that Yelena lost his temper at him, and hurriedly comforted Yelena: "Don't complain, I can't help it, maybe as soon as you go to check, you will find out who it is, I believe you will have good luck." ”

Yelena not only did not lose her anger, but shouted at Han Jiang: "You said it easily! Let's assume your speculation is valid, that there is something wrong with one of the agents responsible for protecting Misha, but it is also possible that he is only a minor character, and we still can't find a general. ”

After Yelena finished speaking, before Han Jiang could speak, Makarov preemptively said: "Han Jiang, your suspicions are justified, but what Yelena said is also reasonable, so the investigation is okay, but you don't have too much hope for this line, as far as I know, when KGB agents are sent to protect people like Misha, they are not allowed to inquire about matters outside the mission, so even if Yelena finds those agents, don't expect to get any valuable clues." ”

10

Han Jiang nodded slightly after listening to Makarov's words, and fell into deep thought, Yelena patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't think so much, don't worry, I will investigate this matter, now your task is to seize the time to rest." ”

Han Jiang smiled bitterly twice and said, "Rest? We don't have time to rest, and from what Tymoshin knows, our opponents know a lot more than we do, and we don't know how much more they know? But I know we're already behind, so we're going to have to grab the time, get ahead of them, get all the jade interstitials, and find Hanhai Mi City. ”

"Yes! We'll have to hurry back with Jade Interstitial and Misha's notebook, or Colonel Ilyugin won't let us go. Tang Feng also agreed with Han Jiang's opinion.

Yelena sighed softly and said, "Not bad! Your judgment is very accurate, before I came, I just got the news that because Ivanov died, and the headquarters used Ilyugin again, so that he could make meritorious service for his crimes, he would not let you leave Petersburg with the jade interstitial. ”

"Ahh ”

"It's very unsafe, but I'm here, and Iryujin doesn't dare to do anything to you for the time being, but if you want to take the jade interstitial screen with you, it's not so easy. Now, since you don't want to rest, I'll tell you about my plans. Yelena paused, looked around at everyone and said, "If you want to leave Petersburg safely with the jade insertion, you have to listen to my arrangement, does anyone have any opinion on this?" ”

Zhao Yong looked at Han Jiang, Liang Yuan looked at Tang Feng, no one spoke, Yelena continued: "Okay, since everyone has no opinion, and you don't need to rest, then listen to me, without further ado, first of all, you can't go together, there are too many people to go together, the goal is too big, I mean let Zhao Yong and Liang Yuan go first, for example, you can fly to Hong Kong, because Iryujin has never seen you, and you don't bring jade interstitials, so I think Iryujin should not embarrass you; Then Han Jiang, you go with Tang Feng and Dr. Xu, as for how you go, wait for my arrangement. ”

"Yelena, I also want to go with Han Jiang and Tang Feng!" Makarov suddenly interjected.

"Father, you are too old to take any more risks, Tymoshin is dead, and the murderer of Victor has received retribution, and you should enjoy your old age in peace." Yelena persuaded.

"Nope! Yelena, the real murderer of Viktor hasn't been caught, so I can't rest yet......" Makarov said stubbornly.

Yelena shook her head helplessly, and without waiting for Makarov to finish nagging, she instructed Han Jiang: "Then my father will be handed over to you, and you have to ensure that he can't lose a single hair." ”

"Don't worry, as long as I'm here, nothing will happen to your father." Han Jiang swore a guaranteed ticket.

"Also, you can take the jade insert and Misha's notebook with you, but this broken Buddha statue and the skull of the Queen of the Hidden Queen, you can't take it with you like this, and you can't pass the security check at the airport. When you return to China, I will send it to you again, including the bones, I have a special channel to send it, no one will check my package, as long as there is no problem with your side, you will definitely receive it, but you need to give me a reliable address. Yelena said to Han Jiang.

Han Jiang didn't expect Yelena to think so carefully, everything was thought about for him, he thought for a while, and finally, left Yelena an address that he thought was reliable on a card, and then, Han Jiang asked Xu Renyu to write the address in Russian again, and then handed it to Yelena, Yelena looked carefully, Han Jiang left an address in Beijing, and the recipient was "Professor Chen Zijian?" Yelena read the name softly.

Han Jiang explained: "Professor Chen Zijian is a famous anthropologist in my country, I have dealt with him before, he is very reliable, you can send him something, don't forget to notify me before sending it." ”

Yelena put away the card and said, "Okay, don't worry, there should be no problem." I'll take care of the rest of the matter, you just stay here, don't go out of this door, wait for me to come back." Yelena hurriedly left the room.

11

When it was almost dark in the afternoon, Yelena returned to her room at the Astorias Hotel and took out six tickets, two for Zhao Yong and Liang Yuan to fly to Hong Kong via Moscow tonight, and four for Beijing tomorrow afternoon.

Han Jiang told Zhao Yong for a long time, and when he looked back, Liang Yuan was still talking to Tang Fengqing and me, and there seemed to be endless love words, so Han Jiang coughed dryly and said: "Hurry up and leave, it's not too early, after returning to Hong Kong, remember to greet your father for me, in addition, Zhao Yong will have some questions to ask your father." ”

Liang Yuan nodded, and then went on the road with Zhao Yong, Yelena secretly escorted them all the way to the plane, until she saw the plane take off, and she breathed a sigh of relief. When leaving the airport, Yelena still found Iryukin's people, and he couldn't help but sweat for Han Jiang and Tang Feng the next day.

Tang Feng and Han Jiang stayed up all night, and stayed up all morning, then squeezed into a taxi with Makarov and Xu Renyu, and went straight to the airport, Han Jiang sat in the co-pilot's seat, staring at the rearview mirror incessantly, he wanted to find Yelena's shadow from the rolling traffic behind, he knew that Yelena must be nearby, secretly protecting them, but he always felt that there seemed to be a pair of unfriendly eyes staring at them behind.

Suddenly, Han Jiang's mobile phone rang, Yelena's phone, "Don't go to the airport, go to the train station to take the international train." After Yelena said this, she hung up the phone, Han Jiang didn't understand what she meant, but he quickly thought of Iryukin, and he decided to do what Yelena told him, so he hurriedly turned around and instructed Xu Renyu: "Tell the driver not to go to the airport, go to the train station." ”

Xu Renyu was also the second monk who couldn't figure it out, so he had to do it, so the taxi made a big circle and turned to the train station.

The four of them mixed in the crowd at the train station and came to the platform, Han Jiang kept looking around, not only to prevent Iryukin from appearing, but also to guard against Stephen's attack, and even more to see Yelena's shadow.

The four of them were dragged to a remote place on the platform, Makarov looked here, there were not many people coming and going, and it was easy to observe, there was a bench, he nodded at Han Jiang, so the four of them sat down here.

Tang Feng, Han Jiang, Xu Renyu and Makarov looked around nervously, Han Jiang suddenly caught a glimpse of a stall selling cigarettes and drinks on the platform not far away, so he walked over and pointed to a box of "Marlboro" on the stall, the vendor made a comparison, and then quoted the price in half-baked English, when Han Jiang was paying, a beautiful girl suddenly appeared next to him who was dressed in time and wore heavy makeup, and also came to buy cigarettes, Han Jiang turned his head and glanced at the girl, the girl was wearing a pair of big sunglasses, and the sunglasses covered most of the girl's face, But Han Jiang still recognized at a glance that the beautiful girl with heavy makeup next to him was Yelena, he was just about to speak, Yelena took off her sunglasses and glanced at him, Han Jiang immediately understood, and when Yelena left, he lit a cigarette, looked around, and saw that there was no suspicious person, so he followed Yelena and came to the secluded place of the station.

As soon as Han Jiang saw Yelena, he laughed and said, "I've never seen you dressed like this, just like a movie star." ”

"Still like the mistress of some big man? Do you still think so? Yelena glared at Han Jiang angrily.

"Nope! I didn't think so, you will always be the embodiment of beauty in my heart......"

"That's it! Both Ilyudin and Ivanov said this kind of thing to me. ”

"Well, seriously, why did you call us to the train station?"

"Because Iryukin is leading people to the airport!"

"Oh! It seems that we will not be able to go easily. ”

"These are four tickets back to Beijing, you can rest assured that as long as you leave Petersburg, Ilyugin has no way to take you, he does not dare to report to the headquarters, and asks to check you halfway." As she spoke, Yelena handed the four tickets to Han Jiang.

"That's good! Let's keep in touch at any time, and I'll reimburse you for the money for tickets and tickets, hehe. Han Jiang said with a smile.

"Who wants you to be reimbursed? Don't be hippie, you have to understand that I blocked Ilyugin for you, and then it's up to you. ”

"You're worried about Stephen's gang?"

"Yes, we searched the whole city in the past few days, and we didn't catch them, they didn't show up after they showed up in the Winter Palace, as if they had evaporated from the world, but I don't think they would give up."

"I see, I ask you for something, don't forget."

"Of course I won't forget, if it's okay, I'm leaving, I can't stay here for long."

Yelena said that she was about to leave, but when Yelena took a few steps, Han Jiang called her again, Yelena turned her head, looked at Han Jiang, and asked, "Is there anything else?" ”

Han Jiang hurriedly chased a few steps, walked up to Yelena, hugged Yelena's waist, and whispered affectionately: "It's nothing, I'm just ...... Just one thing to tell you, the dinner you prepared on New Year's Eve was one of the most memorable dinners I had in Petersburg. I hope there is still a chance to taste your delicious food. ”

"There's going to be a chance." Yelena looked at Han Jiang and said softly, and after speaking, the two hugged and kissed each other tightly.