1

A bright light hit the somewhat rusty keyhole, and Makarov trembled and opened the door with the key, which was the apartment of his son Viktor, who had been killed in the bathroom of this apartment half a year earlier.

It's only been half a year, and a thick layer of dust has accumulated here, Makarov touched the wall, he wanted to turn on the light, Yelena quickly stopped him: "Don't turn on the light." ”

Makarov laughed dryly and said, "It's useless to turn it on, the electricity has already been stopped, and the heating has also been stopped, Yelena, you go and see again, is the water and gas also stopped?" ”

Yelena went to the kitchen to check, the natural gas was also stopped, only the water had not been stopped, Yelena turned out a rag and began to clean, Han Jiang and Xu Renyu also helped Yelena, and they did it together, and several people quickly cleaned up the apartment.

Yelena made a special inspection of each window, which was covered with thick curtains, which were airtight. After doing all this, the four of them sat around on the sofa in the living room, and Yelena lit a candle that she had just turned over.

The faint light from the candles shone on everyone's faces, and the candlelight brought a little warmth to everyone, but it still made people shiver when they stayed in this unheated room. No one spoke, and after a moment of silence, Yelena broke the silence: "Tomorrow morning I will go out to buy more candles and food, and I will also buy batteries." ”

"Is it safe for you to go out now?" Han Jiang asked with concern.

Yelena smiled: "Don't worry, in Petersburg, Ilyugin can't catch me." ”

Han Jiang wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by Makarov: "But it's not a way to go on like this, that jade interstitial screen may leave Petersburg at any time, and Tang Feng ...... So we have to find a solution to the problem! ”

Makarov's words reminded everyone, and Han Jiang asked suspiciously: "I haven't figured it out, how did that gang of men in black steal the jade interstitial?" ”

"Ilyugin was too careless, I told him that the location of the jade interstitial should be kept secret, but he told many people, and swore that the 'Peter's Hut' in the basement was impregnable, and no one could steal the jade interstitial."

"But how exactly did they get in and steal the jade interstitial?"

"What's so hard about a real master? If you can get out of it, they can steal it from it! Ilyugin is too confident in himself, but he doesn't know that there are mountains outside the mountains and there are heavens outside the sky! Yelena explained.

"Well, even so, then where do you think the jade interstitial will be now?" Han Jiang asked Yelena.

"I don't know about this, but I think the jade interstitial has not left Petersburg for the time being, and Ivanov told me on the phone that Ilyugin has closely checked the roads, civil aviation and railways to prevent the jade interlude from leaving Petersburg."

"I hope so! However, this means that we can't get out either. Han Jiang said.

Han Jiang's words made Yelena fall into deep thought, she was thinking about a solution to the problem, but her mind was like a mess! At this moment, Makarov suddenly saw a fountain pen in Xu Renyu's hand, he looked at the fountain pen stupidly, which made Xu Renyu feel uncomfortable, Xu Renyu asked Makarov suspiciously: "...... Why are you staring at this pen all the time? ”

Makarov turned around and said to Xu Renyu, "Doctor, please show me your fountain pen." ”

Xu Renyu handed the pen to Makarov, who looked at it carefully for a long time before asking, "Doctor, is this pen yours?" ”

Xu Renyu replied with some embarrassment: "It's not mine, I picked it up two days ago." ”

Han Jiang also noticed Xu Renyu's fountain pen at this time, and he recognized that the fountain pen was the one he saw on the table in the underground hut of the sewer pipe. Han Jiang saw that Makarov was so curious about this fountain pen, so he asked Makarov: "Do you know this fountain pen?" ”

Makarov did not answer Han Jiang, but asked Xu Renyu with concern: "Picked it up?" Where did you pick it up? ”

"In ...... In the sewer pipes. Seeing Makarov's appearance, Xu Renyu stammered and replied.

"Sewer pipes? Tell me, what's going on? Makarov asked tightly.

So, Han Jiang explained for Xu Renyu: "That day, we escaped from the FSB and fled into the sewer pipe in Petersburg, where we bumped into a white ghost and an underground hut......"

2

Makarov and Yelena were shocked when they heard the word "white ghost" come out of Han Jiang's mouth, and Han Jiang continued: "We followed the ghost all the way to an abandoned pipe, there was a hut built in the pipe, and there were dim candles in the house, and it seemed that there were still people living there, and we found simple furniture, food, books, and this fountain pen there. ”

"Really? I can't imagine that there is such an underground world in Petersburg! Yelena exclaimed.

"Ghosts? Han Jiang, can you give me a specific description of what you call that ghost? Makarov asked.

Han Jiang struggled to recall, "I only saw that the ghost was white, it seemed to be wearing a white robe, the light was too dim, and besides, I only looked at it, and the ghost disappeared, so it was difficult for us to see its true face." ”

"That's the case, so do you think this so-called 'ghost' is a human being, or is it a real 'ghost'?" Makarov asked Han Jiang.

Han Jiang was also thinking about this question, and didn't speak, Xu Renyu interjected: "Have you heard the story of the ghost of the Winter Palace? ”

"The ghost of the Winter Palace?" Yelena never seemed to have heard.

"When I was studying in St. Petersburg, I heard that people claimed to have seen ghosts at night in and near the Winter Palace, and I didn't believe it at the time, but now I'm starting to believe it," Seo explains. ”

"I don't know if there really is a ghost of the Winter Palace, I was taught not to believe in the existence of ghosts, but just from the ghost we met, I really have a hard time telling if it is a person or a ghost." Han Jiang expressed his opinion.

"Do you think the hut you found in the sewer pipe could be the ghost's hideout?" Makarov asked again.

"I can't tell exactly, maybe, it was a homeless man's cabin, maybe...... That ghost is the owner of this cabin. Han Jiang speculated.

Makarov fell into deep thought again, and after a long time, he shook the pen in his hand and said to everyone: "Do you know why I am so interested in this pen? Because I know its former owner. ”

"It used to be its owner?" Makarov's words aroused everyone's curiosity.

"Yes, its former owner was a young scholar I met in the Sino-Soviet joint scientific expedition half a century ago, I don't know what his name was, we all called him 'Misha' at that time."

"What? Are you saying that the owner of this pen is a member of the expedition team with you? Han Jiang was stunned.

"Misha? Male, female? Does that sound like a girl's nickname? Xu Renyu wondered.

"And what happened to this Misha?" Yelena was also stunned.

Makarov slowly explained: "Misha, yes! The name is like a girl's nickname, but he is a big guy, I don't know who gave him this nickname, anyway, at that time in the scientific expedition team, everyone called him that, so I remembered the name. Misha ...... He later? Makarov seemed to fall into memory, and after a long time, he said again: "Misha, he should be missing forever, there were only two survivors in the scientific expedition team that year, Liang Yunjie and me, because ...... Because on that terrible night, when Liang Yunjie and I returned to the camp, all the people in the camp were gone, and since then, they have disappeared forever, when I was in the KGB, I wanted to investigate this matter further, but the top-secret official documents I saw confirmed that there were only two survivors, Liang Yunjie and me. ”

"In this way, it is very likely that the owner of the hut is someone who knows Misha, or even a survivor of the expedition...... Misha he didn't die at all, he returned to Petersburg! Han Jiang was shocked by his astonishing speculation.

When Makarov heard Han Jiang's speculation, his body moved slightly, and he didn't speak, Xu Renyu interjected: "We were still on the table in the hut and found a piece of paper, on which was written in beautiful calligraphy in Russian, such a sentence - For God, we are all Nekhlyudov; For life, we are all Duke Myshkin. ”

"Yes, I wanted you to explain to me what that mean, but before you could finish it, the ghost reappeared!" Han Jiang recalled the scene again.

Xu Renyu explained: "I told you at the time that Nekhlyudov is the protagonist of Leo Tolstoy's famous book "Resurrection", because he committed an unforgivable crime against the prostitute Katyusha, Nekhlyudov, who had a troubled conscience, gave up his aristocracy in order to repent, and went to cold Siberia with Katyusha for the resurrection of his soul; And Duke Myshkin is the protagonist of another great writer, Dostoevsky's famous book "The Idiot", in the era in which the writer lived, Duke Myshkin was considered an idiot......"

"Okay, you don't have to say so much, you just say what this sentence means." Han Jiang interrupted Xu Renyu's words, but just as the two of them were talking, Makarov on the side trembled.

3

Makarov suddenly interrupted the conversation between Han Jiang and Xu Renyu, as if answering Han Jiang's question, and said as if muttering: "The meaning of this sentence is that for the Almighty God, each of us needs to be like Nekhlyudov in "Resurrection", pious repentance, and for life, we often think we are smart, in fact, just like those who laugh at Myshkin in "The Idiot", as well as Myshkin himself, are idiots of one kind or another. ”

"Is that right?" Yelena asked curiously.

"It's not a question of right or wrong, that's Misha's understanding of the world, of life." Makarov came to his senses and said to Yelena.

"How...... What do you mean...... This phrase was written by Misha? Yelena exclaimed.

Makarov nodded heavily, and a strand of his gray hair, which had not been cleaned in days, drooped on his old wrinkled forehead. After a moment of silence, Makarov raised his head again and explained to several people: "Let me tell you from the beginning, because the scientific expedition team was formed improvised, many people did not know each other before. At that time, we had strict discipline and did not ask each other about each other's real names and identities, so when we called each other, we only called each other's nicknames or only first names, and did not know each other's surnames; Just like everyone called me 'Ivan' at the time, so I only knew that the young scholar's name was 'Misha', and according to our Russian habits, 'Misha' should have been a nickname, until Misha disappeared in the end, and I didn't know Misha's real name. ”

"You said Misha was a scholar, so what did he study?" Xu Renyu asked.

Makarov said unhurriedly: "Listen to me slowly, in the scientific expedition team, Misha was always alone, he didn't like to communicate with everyone, especially our people, he sometimes likes to communicate with Chinese counterparts, he can speak fluent Chinese, so I was curious to ask the team leader on our side about him, the team leader knew some information, and told me privately that this Misha is a young doctor from Leningrad University, who studies oriental history and culture, and it is said that he can not only speak Chinese, He is also fluent in many languages of the Oriental peoples. The team leader also told me that the expedition team did not want Misha because the organization believed that although Misha was very researched in his profession, they were very uncomfortable with his political leanings. ”

"Political leanings?" Yelena was puzzled.

"You should know that this was very important in that era, not to mention that the scientific expedition was completely conducted in a state of top secret. As far as our side is concerned, although the members of the expedition team come from different units, every member of the expedition team has been strictly vetted by the KGB, and I think the Chinese side is about the same. The team leader once mentioned to me that during the KGB's review, they thought that Misha's political attitude was unclear, superstitious about religion, and lacked a materialist view of history, so the scientific expedition team originally selected one of Misha's classmates, but because Misha's classmate suddenly became seriously ill and could not participate in the scientific expedition, the KGB had no choice, so they nodded and agreed to let Misha participate in the scientific expedition. ”

"Wait, wait!" Han Jiang abruptly interrupted Makarov's narration, his brows furrowed, as if he was recalling something, "Leningrad University? Studying Oriental history and culture? Misha! I seem to have some impression of this name, let me think, let me think, let me think, where have I heard this name? ”

"If you think about it, you know, the nickname 'Misha' is called a lot among Russians." Yelena reminded Han Jiang.

"Nope! No! I must have heard the name in an important place that made me think again...... By the way, those seven top-secret letters. Han Jiang patted his head and finally remembered.

"What top-secret letter?" Yelena asked, confused.

Han Jiang didn't know whether to tell Yelena and Makarov about those seven top-secret letters, but at this moment in Petersburg, who else could he trust besides Yelena and Makarov? Han Jiang hesitated for a moment, and then explained to Makarov and Yelena: "When Liang Yunjie died, we seized a batch of stolen Russian documents, among which there was a top-secret KGB document, and we don't know how this document came out of you, we translated this top-secret document, and found that the main content of this top-secret document is seven letters, through which we know the formation of the scientific expedition team that year, among which in a letter written by Menlev to his teacher, the famous Chinese master Alec, It is mentioned that he and Misha found a treasure from the Western Xia Dynasty in the Winter Palace, and also found many research materials of previous Russian scholars, and later, Alec affirmed their discovery and proposed to the government of the time to go to China to investigate, which led to the future joint scientific expedition. I think the Misha mentioned here should be the Misha you are talking about. ”

"I think it should be so, in this case, the famous master of sinology, Menlev, is probably the classmate of Misha, who was originally going to send him, but because he suddenly fell ill, he was replaced by Misha." Makarov reasoned.

Han Jiang looked stunned, and said: "Yes, this makes sense, when I first saw the seven letters, I felt strange, since Menlev found the jade insert of the Winter Palace, why didn't he go to participate in the scientific expedition later, it turned out that this was the case, his serious illness allowed him to escape, otherwise, there would be no Menglev who would become a famous master of Sinology in the future." ”

4

"And what about later? How do you know that that sentence was written by Misha? Han Jiang asked again.

"In the expedition, I was relatively close to Misha, and I saw this sentence at Misha's place more than once, and he wrote it in his notebook, on the title page of the book, like his motto. I asked him curiously what he meant, but Misha laughed and said he would explain it to me later, but ...... You know, Misha never had a future, and I read some books later, and I more or less realized the meaning of this sentence. Makarov explained.

"In this way, Han Jiang, the ghost they saw underground is likely to be Misha?" Yelena guessed with her cheeks on her cheeks.

"Yes! If that underground hut is where the ghost resides, then there's a good chance that the ghost we've encountered is Misha! He didn't die, he came back. Xu Renyu agreed with Yelena.

Makarov shook his head and said slowly: "Let's not jump to conclusions, as far as I'm concerned, I don't believe that Misha will come back from the dead?" I just said that the KGB documents clearly record that the last survivors are only me and Liang Yunjie, even if this record is not accurate, Misha really did not die, then, he returned to Petersburg, with his talents, why did he hide in the sewer pipe? It doesn't make sense at all. ”

Han Jiang, who had been thoughtful, suddenly said to Makarov: "It really doesn't make sense, but ...... But I suddenly thought of one thing, you think about it, why did the group of black-clothed people who chased us all the way know so much about the situation of the jade interstitial screen, and they also know everything about the scientific expedition team back then, they know so much more than we know, so much so that I once doubted you, because you were the survivor of the scientific expedition team back then, especially after Liang Yunjie's death, you were the only survivor! And now there is another Misha, assuming that Misha is really not dead......"

When Makarov heard Han Jiang say this, his eyes suddenly widened, and he interrupted Han Jiang's words in surprise, and asked rhetorically: "Do you suspect that Misha is not dead, he ...... He's in league with Stephen and the men in black! ”

Han Jiang nodded slightly, and said, "He may even be the mastermind behind the scenes." Other than that, I still can't figure out why Stephen would know so much. ”

"Nope! …… No! Misha, he ...... He's not that kind of person. Makarov couldn't believe Han Jiang's speculation anyway, and Yelena and Seo In-woo were also shocked by Han Jiang's astonishing speculation.

There was silence in the room again, Makarov lowered his head in pain, Han Jiang looked at Yelena, and then at Xu Renyu, he was at a loss for a while, and he didn't know how long it took, Makarov raised his head and said to Han Jiang: "Han, I have thought about it carefully, although I don't want to accept your speculation, but reason tells me that your speculation is reasonable." ”

"In that case, I think let's just go to the sewer pipe and catch that 'ghost', or the truth will be revealed." Yelena suddenly proposed.

Han Jiang and Xu Renyu all widened their eyes in the face of Yelena's proposal, looking at Yelena, Yelena glared at her, and shouted at Han Jiang: "Why are you looking at me like this?" ”

"I shudder at the thought of such a beautiful woman as you going to get into a dirty, smelly, and damp sewer!" Han Jiang joked.

"It's terrifying, and I might get lost, so I don't dare to go again." Xu Renyu also complained.

"You two cowards, I haven't been anywhere, and I'm afraid of the sewer?" Yelena yelled at Han Jiang.

Han Jiang defended: "I'm not afraid of drilling into the sewers, what I'm worried about now is the whereabouts of the second jade interstitial, and Tang Feng's safety, whether that ghost is Misha or not, we can look for it later, and now our priority is not this." ”

Yelena said, "But I have a hunch that if we want to solve all the problems we are facing now and find the underground ghost, maybe the ghost is a key to solving the puzzle." ”

"How so?" Han Jiang asked.

"You think, we don't know where they got the jade interstitial screen now? Clueless, and hunted down by Iryukin, if that underground ghost is really Misha, then, as you speculate, he may be Stephen's accomplice, and the jade interstitial screen may have been stolen by him, and finding him is equivalent to finding the jade interstitial. ”

"But what if Misha isn't Stephen's accomplice?" Han Jiang asked again.

"If he wasn't, then as an insider back then, our enemies would definitely not let him go, perhaps, he hid in the sewer pipe just to avoid the pursuit of the men in black. Therefore, instead of hiding in Tibet aimlessly, it is better to attack directly and find that ghost, so that we can grasp the initiative, which is called 'drawing wages from the bottom of the kettle' in your Chinese "Art of War"! Yelena clearly analyzed the current situation.

Han Jiang had to nod in admiration: "You still know "The Art of War", I am really impressed by you." ”

"Hmph, Han Jiang, you know the gap between the two of us now, you will, I will, I will, you won't! So, you have to listen to me. Yelena put on an inherently arrogant look in front of Han Jiang, although her arrogance often failed in front of Han Jiang.

"Well, my major, I'll do what you say." Han Jiang pretended to be helpless.

Yelena looked at Makarov first, as if waiting for Makarov's opinion, Makarov smiled and said: "Yelena, I agree with your analysis, at this moment, your trick may be the most effective, although, you need to take a certain risk." ”

Yelena got Makarov's approval, immediately pulled out and grabbed it, checked the magazine, and then instructed Han Jiang: "Han, you go with me, go before dawn, the province has a lot of dreams at night." ”

Han Jiang asked rhetorically, "Don't you bring a doctor?" ”

Before Yelena could speak, Xu Renyu shouted first: "Okay, with a beautiful woman, you can let me go, I don't want to run into that dirty and damp sewer pipe anymore." ”

"Yelena, take me! If that ghost is really Misha, I'll have a way to deal with him. Makarov volunteered to go.

But Yelena saw that Makarov's body had not fully recovered, so she refused Makarov's request and told Makarov to rest here, but Makarov couldn't resist Yelena, so she had to nod and say, "Okay, then I'll wait here first." ”

Han Jiang picked up Xu Renyu's gun, checked it, returned the gun to Xu Renyu, and said, "The safety here is up to you, don't go anywhere until we come back." ”

Xu Renyu agreed, but after Han Jiang and Yelena left, Xu Renyu looked at this apartment that had once died, and couldn't help but feel a chill in his back!

5

Han Jiang and Yelena braved the wind and snow and bypassed two streets before they found Yelena's "Fiat", which Yelena deliberately parked so far away in order to avoid being discovered by Iryukin.

"Actually, your car is very unsafe now, and once it is discovered by Ilyugin, it will be troublesome." Han Jiang, who got into the car, reminded Yelena.

"Don't worry, this is my newly bought car, Ilyugin has never seen it, but Ivanov has seen it!" Yelena said.

"By the way, you haven't told me yet, where did you get your gun?"

"Hmph, do you think it's hard for me to do it? I'll tell you the truth, Ivalov made it for me, a P96 9mm pistol, no gun number. As she spoke, Yelena handed the gun to Han Jiang and looked at it.

After Han Jiang finished reading it, he returned the gun to Yelena and asked, "I wondered, what is your relationship with this Major Ivanlov?" He seems to take good care of you! ”

Yelena glared at Han Jiang and said, "What's the relationship?" Hehe, Ivanlov is a crazy suitor for me. ”

"A crazy suitor? Listen to your tone, you have a lot of suitors? Han Jiang said with a smile.

"Yes! My suitors together could have a platoon. ”

"Really? No wonder you're always arrogant, I see! I wish your suitors a speedy breakthrough of a company! Han Jiang deliberately joked.

Yelena glared at Han Jiang fiercely: "Am I arrogant in front of you?" ”

Han Jiang pretended to think about it seriously, "Arrogant, very arrogant." Can't you be gentle with me? ”

"Am I not gentle enough with you? Hum! It seems that I have treated you well for nothing! ”

"Well, Yelena, do you think I'm one of your platoons?" Han Jiang suddenly asked.

Yelena turned her head to look at Han Jiang, glanced at her mouth, and said, "It's not even now, you still need to go through the test!" ”

"Tested? Well, let's make the test more intense! ”

Han Jiang's words made Yelena laugh, and after laughing, Han Jiang said again: "Seriously, didn't Ivanlov tell you some news about Iryukin?" ”

"I wanted to ask him, but he was quite tight-mouthed, and just asked me if I saw you."

"Looks like this guy is not qualified, you should kick him out of your platoon! Since I want to pursue you, I must serve you wholeheartedly, and I can't hold back! Han Jiang smiled again.

While the two were talking, the car quickly drove near the Peter and Paul Fortress, Yelena parked the car on a remote street and asked Han Jiang, "That's where you came out that day?" ”

"Well, this is it, and that 'ghost' is also disappearing here." Han Jiang Road.

"Alright then, let's go in here and check the equipment again."

The two came prepared this time, and in addition to guns, they also brought enough batteries and various tools. Han Jiang led Yelena down from the bridge of Peter and Paul Fortress, and soon, they found the exit of the sewer pipe, Han Jiang looked at the sky outside, there was already a touch of fish belly white in the distance, and the sky was about to dawn, but they were going to drill into a dark world at this time.

6

With his memory, Han Jiang quickly found the iron fence gate he encountered last time, it was still the same as last time, one of the iron railings was broken in the middle, this was Dr. Xu's masterpiece last time, Han Jiang and Yelena drilled through the iron fence gate, turned a corner, and followed the abandoned wide sewer pipe, and the two walked to the underground hut at the end of the sewer pipe.

Inside the hut, there was a dead silence, there was no faint candlelight, Han Jiang pulled out his pistol and cautiously walked into the hut, Yelena also followed, the light from the two flashlights swept all over the underground hut, Han Jiang found that the hut was exactly the same as the scene they saw last time, but the paper on the desk was missing......

"Anything new?" Yelena asked Han Jiang.

Han Jiang pointed to the desk and said, "It's just that the piece of paper that was originally on the desk is gone." ”

"Oh! It seems that the ghost doesn't want us to know more. Yelena said, walking toward the shattered low wall at the other end of the hut.

Yelena used a flashlight to shine on the narrow pipe outside the low wall, but the pipe was too narrow, and it was still crooked, and the light of the flashlight did not shine far, Yelena turned around in disappointment, and I don't know when Han Jiang was standing behind her, Yelena hit Han Jiang's solid chest, Yelena was frightened, and the flashlight in her hand fell to the ground, and then, "Ah-" screamed, which shook the ghost shadow of the whole hut, so terrifying!

"Why are you standing behind like a ghost, silently?" Yelena complained.

Han Jiang hugged Yelena's soft waist and said, "It's you who are too timid." ”

In the dark, the two people faced each other, more and more coarse breath, collision and blending, and returned to their respective faces, warmly flooded with heat, Yelena felt as if her body floated into the air like a feather, her whole body was soft and hot, Yelena had lost her resistance, she slowly closed her eyes......

After a lingering kiss, Han Jiang gently let go of Yelena, he looked into Yelena's eyes and asked, "I'm now a member of your platoon, right?" ”

"Count! Absolutely! But with you, my platoon will be overnumbered. Yelena replied softly, and at the same time, stretched out her soft arms, gently wrapped around Han Jiang's neck, and answered Han Jiang's question with a hot kiss.

Han Jiang gasped and said to Yelena: "It's okay, then you can form a reinforced platoon!" With that, he hugged Yelena tighter.

The two were in this underground hut, lingering for a long time, suddenly, Han Jiang let go of Yelena, pulled out his gun and walked to the low wall, he used a flashlight to shine at the narrow pipe, Yelena asked him puzzled: "What's wrong?" What did you find? ”

Han Jiang put away the gun, turned back to Yelena and said, "I don't know why, just now...... Just now, I always felt that there were two eyes staring at us in the dark. ”

Yelena smiled and said, "I think you're shy!" The first time I saw you, you were shy. Hehe. ”

Han Jiang took Yelena's hand and said affectionately: "That's because you are so beautiful, every man who has seen you will be tempted." I'm probably the most sane of your reinforced platoon, though, and don't forget, we still have a mission. ”

Yelena picked up the flashlight that fell on the ground and asked Han Jiang, "Did you really see someone just now?" ”

"I don't know, maybe it's just ghosts, ghosts are everywhere." Han Jiang said, crossed the low wall, and walked into the narrow and crooked pipe, and Yelena also bent down and followed.

7

Han Jiang completely followed the path he had taken last time, walked out of the narrow pipe, and came to the pipe where they first found the ghost, Han Jiang pointed here and said to Yelena, "This is the place where we found the ghost that day. ”

Yelena carefully examined the pipes here with a flashlight, and found nothing special, "If that underground hut is a hiding place for ghosts, then it is convenient for ghosts to get out of the pipes in the direction of Peter and Paul Fortress, which can be seen from the direction of the underground hut door. However, the ghost broke through the original wall and walked towards this end, apparently with its own intentions. ”

"Hehe, you don't want the ghost to be bored and go out for a walk?" Han Jiang said with a smile.

"Come on, there's three passages here, where are we going?"

Unconsciously, the two of them had come to the huge sewer pipe that Han Jiang encountered last time, Han Jiang pointed to a sewer pipe opposite, and said, "Where did we come from last time?" ”

"So that pipe goes underground into the FSB building?"

"Yes. If you look at the three pipes side by side, last time I chose to take the one on the left. Han Jiang pointed to the pipe they had just walked through.

"Then you ran into a ghost, and it seems like you're lucky."

"What do you mean?"

"You see, we've come so far today, and we've found the underground hut, but we haven't seen a trace of ghosts."

"Are you suspicious of the existence of that ghost?"

"Did you see it last time? You must know that people often have some illusions in extreme fear and dark conditions, and you should know this, just because you found an underground hut, you can't say that it is a ghost's hiding place. ”

Han Jiang listened to Yelena's words, and he was also in a trance, could it be that he had a delusion? But he soon came to his senses, "What about Misha's pen?" Did your father see it wrong? ”

Yelena was speechless, pursed her lips, and said, "Okay, it's too early to draw conclusions, what should we do next?" If we can't find the 'ghost', we will not only run in vain, but also lose our goal. ”

Han Jiang pointed to the middle pipe and said, "Why don't we take the middle pipe this time." ”

Yelena didn't say anything more, and walked first into the middle pipe, and walked for about twenty minutes in this wide pipe, and found no fork in the road, and the pipe went on and on, and I didn't know where it was going...... Another quarter of an hour, Yelena and Han Jiang's foot of the pipe finally turned, Yelena turned first, but as soon as Yelena turned over, she let out a terrifying scream, Han Jiang secretly said that it was not good, pulled out a pistol, and just turned over, Yelena hit Han Jiang again, Yelena hugged Han Jiang tightly, Han Jiang also hugged Yelena, at the same time, he also saw a scene that frightened him - thousands of rats were entrenched in this sewer pipe, some were wriggling, some were squeaking, Others were staring at him, an uninvited guest who had accidentally broken in.

Han Jiang tried his best to keep his composure, he patted Yelena lightly and comforted, "Okay, aren't they just some little mice?" Look at the scare you ace agent. ”

Yelena let go of Han Jiang, turned around, stared at the rats crawling all over the pipes, and said faintly: "I have been afraid of rats since I was a child, especially those hateful rats in the orphanage, who often crawl into my bed, not to mention seeing so many rats here at once, and the worst course I did in the KGB school was to survive in the wild, because the instructor forced us to eat rats raw." And I always refused to carry out orders. ”

"Rats, I also ate them when I was living in the wild, and they tasted good, and in general they were neither good nor bad. Alas! So how did you graduate? Han Jiang asked curiously.

"Because my father, who was the principal at the time, helped me."

"In this way, Lao Ma is helping you cheat!"

"You are not allowed to say that about my father."

"Good! Good! I don't talk about him. I wondered, how could there be so many rats here? We walked in the pipes for so long and didn't see a single rat, I thought they were all hibernating! It turned out that they were all hiding here. ”

"Do you feel it? It's warmer here than anywhere else. Yelena reminded Han Jiang.

"So the rats have all run here, I hope they don't attack us, otherwise they will ......" Han Jiangzheng said, the rats not far from him had begun to squirm towards him quickly, Yelena was completely stunned, "Get out of here!" Han Jiang shouted, and hurriedly pulled Yelena back from the pipe where she came.

The two of them ran wildly in the dark and damp pipe, and I don't know how long it took, Han Jiang looked back and saw that the rat army had not caught up, so the two stopped. Han Jiang leaned against the damp cave wall, gasping for breath, and muttered to himself, "It seems that the rats in Petersburg are not as powerful as the rabbits in the Anima Qing Snow Mountain. ”

Yelena was also gasping for breath, and she asked Han Jiang rhetorically, "It seems that we have to go back the way we came." ”

Han Jiang nodded, "There is no other way but to leave this pipeline first." ”

The two men helped each other out of the pipe, and after wasting more than an hour, they were back in front of the three pipes.

8

Han Jiang helplessly looked at the three pipelines in front of him, the pipeline on the left side can be returned the same way, the pipeline in the middle is not passable, it seems that he can only try his luck in the pipeline on the right, so Han Jiang and Yelena got into the pipeline on the right side again, and also did not encounter any fork in the road, the two walked for about an hour, and came to a tall underground hall, around the hall, the pipes are developed in all directions, Han Jiang roughly estimated, there are more than ten large and small pipes leading to different places, Yelena was also a little dizzy, and she asked Han Jiang, "What kind of place is this?" ”

"It's like a giant hub in a sewer pipe." Han Jiang guessed.

"It's the first time I've seen such a huge sewer pipe, and you say, what could it be up there?" Yelena asked innocently, staring at the giant coupon above her head. Han Jiang looked at Yelena, and suddenly felt that Yelena didn't look like an agile ace agent at all.

"Maybe it's the Hermitage Square! Hehe. Han Jiang said jokingly and casually.

When Han Jiang spoke, he turned his head, and suddenly caught a glimpse of a sewer pipe made of red bricks not far away, something seemed to shake for a moment, he stared at the entrance of the dark sewer pipe, it was a small entrance, the diameter would not exceed one meter five, he felt that there seemed to be a pair of eyes staring at him, Han Jiang walked slowly towards the entrance, Yelena followed him puzzled: "Han, where are you going?" ”

"Shhhh Don't speak. Han Jiang turned around and made a silent gesture to Yelena.

Han Jiang cautiously came to the red brick pipe, and he shone a flashlight into the dark pipe, there was no one and no ghosts! There was no end in sight to the deep pipeline, and Han Jiang finally spoke: "It looks like this pipeline has also been abandoned, and it is cleaner than other pipes." ”

"Did you just see something?" Yelena asked.

Han Jiang approached Yelena, lowered his voice, and said mysteriously in Yelena's ear: "I just said that since we entered the pipe, we have always felt that there are a pair of eyes staring at us, and just now, I found those eyes again at the mouth of this pipe. ”

"Han! Don't be suspicious anymore, are you hallucinating, why didn't I see anything. Yelena stared at Han Jiang and said.

Han Jiang walked to the entrance of the red brick pipe again and said to Yelena: "Okay, I'll prove it to you, come on, my beauty!" ”

As he spoke, Han Jiang got into this red brick pipe, and Yelena shook her head helplessly and followed in.

This pipe is too narrow, Han Jiang is in front, walking faster and faster, Yelena follows behind, and can't see the situation in front at all, just like that, the two of them walked together, and they don't know how far they went, they finally walked out of this red brick pipe, and came to a wide sewer pipe, the pipe is arch-shaped, in the middle, there is a large amount of sewage flowing through, and the narrow sidewalks for people to walk on both sides of the pipe are built.

Yelena finally breathed in a little bad but fresh air, she grabbed Han Jiang and asked, "Why did you walk so fast just now?" ”

Han Jiang crossed his waist, panting, looked at the pipe in front of him, and said, "Trust my intuition, that guy is here." ”

"What? You mean...... You're saying the ghost is here? Yelena exclaimed.

Han Jiang pulled out his pistol and walked quickly along the narrow sidewalk next to the pipe, Yelena also pulled out her pistol and followed, suddenly, Han Jiang, who was walking in front, stopped, he took two steps back, Yelena was catching up, Han Jiang pointed to a small pipe that appeared on the side wall of the pipe, and said to Yelena: "This is a manhole." ”

The two of them held their guns and walked into this small pipe, sure enough, after not walking a few steps, they came to the bottom of a manhole, Han Jiang looked up at the top of the manhole, the two small holes in the manhole cover on it revealed two points of bright light, Han Jiang followed the row of iron ladders that extended from above, and moved the light of the flashlight down little by little, suddenly, Han Jiang's eyes widened, he stretched out his arm and took down a white strip of cloth on the iron ladder.

"See? My beauty, I said I would prove it to you. Han Jiang handed the white strip of cloth to Yelena with some smugness.

"What does this mean?"

"This must be what the ghost left behind in a hurry." Han Jiang said affirmatively.

"You mean the ghost climbed up from here"

Han Jiang put away his pistol and nodded, "Come on!" Let's go up, we can go out here. ”

"But what's up there? It can't be a ghost's lair! ”

"Hmph, as long as it's not your Colonel Ilyugin's territory." As he spoke, Han Jiang had already climbed up the row of iron ladders, and Yelena also climbed up, and the two stopped under the manhole cover. Han Jiang tried to lift the manhole cover on his head, showed his head and looked outside, the front and back were blocked by cars, next to a wall, and on the other side seemed to be a street that was not wide, he couldn't tell what kind of place it was.

Yelena also showed her eyes and looked, she couldn't see clearly what was outside, but they both concluded that there should be no danger in going up here, so Han Jiang was in front and Yelena was behind, and the two of them got out of the sewer pipe one after the other.

9

Han Jiang and Yelena struggled to adapt to the light outside, Yelena looked at her watch, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon, in Petersburg in winter, at this point, it was going to be dark. When their eyes were fully adjusted to the light outside, they were surprised to find that in front of them was actually the towering Alexander Column, and Yelena looked back to see that the place where they had drilled out of the sewer pipe was actually a manhole under the triumphal arch in the middle of the General Staff building.

Han Jiang and Yelena were like two aliens who had just landed on Earth, holding hands and walking into the magnificent Hermitage Square, Yelena was stunned, "It's incredible, we actually came to the Hermitage Square from the sewer pipe." ”

"It's incredible. It seems that we have come full circle down there, and we definitely don't need to walk that long from the Peter and Paul fortress to here. ”

"Yes, it's only twenty minutes to walk on it, and it will never take more than half an hour." Yelena affirmed.

The two came to the foot of Alexander's column, and invariably looked up at the angel holding the cross at the top of the column, recalling the experience of this day in the underground world, could it be that the legendary ghost of the Winter Palace really exists?

Occasionally, passers-by look at these two men and women with extraordinary temperament but dirty, and wonder if they are beggars or tourists who have been robbed? Finally, a kind old lady stepped forward and asked Yelena in half-baked English, "Do you need to call the police?" ”

Yelena came to her senses at this time, they were too dazzling here, they should go back early, she pulled Han Jiang under the surprised gaze of the old lady, hurriedly left the Hermitage Square, walked onto the Hermitage Bridge, Han Jiang asked Yelena: "Let's go back now?" ”

"That's right! Go back and get my car at Peter and Paul Fortress first. ”

"I don't think the atmosphere is right here, will there be someone from Ilyugin following us?" Han Jiang whispered, looking back sharply, but he didn't find any suspicious person.

"Nonsense, of course we're too eye-catching, get out of here quickly." Saying that, Yelena had already walked down the Hermitage Bridge quickly, and they didn't know at this time that in the early hours of this morning, Tang Feng and Liang Yuan had staged a big scene of a broken bridge flying car here.

Han Jiang and Yelena came to the remote street where they had parked in the morning, and Yelena saw that her "Fiat" was still parked in its original position, so she walked towards the "Fiat" quickly.

The two got into the car, Yelena was just about to start, but suddenly a person jumped out of the side of the road and blocked in front of the car. Ivanlov walked around to Yelena's car window and knocked on it, Yelena lowered the window and stared at Ivanov warily.

Ivanlov leaned on the side of the car window, looked at Yelena, and then at Han Jiang, sighed and said, "You two are really together." Hmph, why do you two look like this? ”

"Ilyugin sent you?" Yelena did not answer Ivalov's words, but questioned him.

Ivanov said: "Yelena, you don't have to be nervous, it's just me, no one else." Still, I have to say that it's dangerous for you to stay with him, and right now, Ilyugin is searching for him all over the city, as well as that Tang Feng. ”

"Tang Feng, what did you do to him?" Yelena asked with concern.

"I didn't do anything to him, let this kid run away, and I don't know where he ran now, but although Iryukin can't catch you two, he will catch him soon! Yelena, I still advise you to leave Hanjiang early, don't ruin your future for him. Ivanov said earnestly.

"You don't have to worry about this, but you can go back and say to Ilyugin, I can guarantee 100% that the jade interstitial screen was not stolen by Han Jiang, but the men in black, that powerful mysterious organization. Tell Iryukin again to concentrate on dealing with the real treasure thieves and not keep an eye on us. Yelena snapped.

With that, Yelena slammed the car, threw the unsuspecting Ivanlov off, and then walked away. Annoyed and angry, Ivanov hurriedly jumped into a "Ford" not far away and caught up.

Yelena saw Ivanlov in the rearview mirror and sneered: "He is not my opponent yet. As she spoke, Yelena stepped up her horsepower and rushed towards the intersection in front of her that was about to turn red, three seconds, two seconds, one second, and the red light was on!" Fiat "crossed the intersection with a roar of horns, brakes and curses, leaving only Ivanlov, who honked his horn on the other side of the traffic, staring dryly, but there was nothing to be done!"

Yelena saw Ivanlov's embarrassed appearance in the rearview mirror and let out two sneers, while Han Jiang looked back at Ivanlov who was stuck in traffic, and then smiled at Yelena: "Ivanlov, is he out?" ”

Yelena replied to Han Jiang loudly: "Yes, he has been kicked out of my platoon by me, and now, my platoon does not need to be overstaffed." With that, Yelena kissed Han Jiang lightly on the cheek again.