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A month has passed since that unpleasant auction, in a teahouse by the Pearl River in Guangzhou, the heat of the southern country has not completely subsided, Tang Feng sits alone in the window seat, thoughtfully tasting a pot of dragon well, he seems to have come out of the shadow of the terrible change a month ago, the day after tomorrow, he will go to Hong Kong to participate in Sotheby's annual autumn auction, this auction, there is no shortage of heirlooms, Tang Feng has determined the goal of collecting in this auction. However, he still can't forget the Xixia inlaid jewel-wrapped lotus pattern jade interstitial screen with only one side with him a month ago, the moving luster of the jade interstitial screen, and the mysterious symbols engraved on the interstitial screen, all made Tang Feng unforgettable for a long time.

Tang Feng looked at his watch, at eight o'clock in the evening, the person he was waiting for had not yet appeared, it was raining outside the window, and the entire Pearl River was shrouded in thick rain and fog, Tang Feng stared out of the window distractedly, slowly, slowly...... A hideous face was reflected on the window glass, Tang Feng was shocked, that face - that face was clearly Qi Ning's terrifying face when he fell to death, Tang Feng rubbed his eyes vigorously, the face on the window glass disappeared, and outside the window, it was still a dark and rainy night.

Qi Ning's death made him interrogated by the police for a long time, and in the end, the police came to the conclusion that Qi Ning committed suicide. But why did Qi Ning, who had a successful career and a harmonious family, commit suicide? What does this have to do with his unusual behavior at auction? All kinds of mysteries have been plaguing Tang Feng......

"Young man, I've kept you waiting." A familiar voice pulled Tang Feng's thoughts back into the teahouse, and the first thing that caught his eye was the pale, thin, stiff arm, he followed the arm and looked up, standing in front of him was the white-haired old man who had won the Xixia inlaid jewel wrapped lotus jade insert at the auction a month ago.

Originally, Tang Feng came to Guangzhou just to meet a friend, and was going to Hong Kong to participate in Sotheby's autumn auction, unexpectedly, this afternoon, he suddenly received a strange call from Hong Kong, it was the white-haired old man who called, Tang Feng was surprised, he tried his best to find the old man, but he didn't expect that the old man would take the initiative to call him, on the phone, the old man said to Tang Feng that there was something important to interview him, when he heard that Tang Feng was in Guangzhou, the old man couldn't help but say, and Tang Feng agreed to half past seven in the evening, Meet at this teahouse by the Pearl River.

"You came from Hong Kong in the afternoon?" Tang Feng ignored the old man's outstretched right hand and asked coldly.

"Hmmm! There was a delay in the library for a while, so it's only now there. The old man retracted his right hand with some embarrassment.

"You said on the phone in the afternoon that you had an important interview with me, I think it must have something to do with that Xixia inlaid jewel wrapped in lotus pattern jade interstitial, right?" As soon as he sat down, Tang Feng asked bluntly.

The old man nodded and said, "Yes, it's for that Xixia jade interstitial, I heard that the auctioneer named Qi Ning died?" ”

Tang Feng stared at the old man in front of him, sneered twice, and said, "Are you deliberately pretending to be confused, or do you really know?" ”

"What do you mean by that?" The old man heard that Tang Feng had something to say.

"What do you mean? Don't you know? Why did Qi Ning commit suicide by jumping off a building for no reason? The only reason I can think of is the last auction he presided over during his lifetime, and it was at that auction that one of his unusual actions allowed you to get that priceless jade interstitial. Tang Feng pointed the signs of doubt at the old man opposite with every sentence.

"Do you suspect that I have something to do with Qi Ning's suicide? Even suspect that Qi Ning was killed by me for helping me cheat at the auction? The old man, who had been calm, began to look agitated.

"I can't think of a better explanation than that?"

"Young man, you have to have evidence, don't spew blood casually." Although the old man tried his best to keep his voice down, he became more and more excited.

"Evidence? Okay, let me ask you, you are going to participate in the auction, why did you use the name 'Liang Yuan' when you registered with the auction company, this is obviously not your name, who are you? ”

The old man was taken aback when he heard Tang Feng's words, and asked Tang Feng: "Boy, are you investigating me behind your back?" ”

"Aren't you worth doubting? Originally, I always wanted to ask you to ask things clearly, but I didn't expect you to take the initiative to ask me today, in this case, you will explain the matter clearly today. ”

"I have been frank and upright all my life, and I was framed when I was young, but I didn't expect to be old and old, but I was suspected by you as a kid, is it necessary for me to explain to you?" After that, the old man stood up and wanted to leave, Tang Feng grabbed the old man's arm and said, "Don't go, if you don't explain to me here today, there will be a police officer coming to you tomorrow to ask you, so I advise you to explain this matter clearly." ”

Tang Feng's strength was still quite strong, the old man tried hard to break free of Tang Feng's wrist, but he didn't succeed, the old man turned around and said angrily: "Young man, I advise you not to get involved in this matter, maybe it was a mistake for me to come to you today." ”

"It's wrong for you not to tell me the truth today." Tang Feng said firmly.

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The old man still couldn't break free from Tang Feng's wrist, and in the end, the old man shook his head helplessly, but laughed at Tang Feng, Tang Feng was confused by the old man's laughter, and after laughing, the old man sat back in his place, and asked Tang Feng: "What do you want to know?" ”

"Did you collude with Qi Ning to cheat at the auction?"

"Absolutely nothing! I didn't know that Qi Ning before, let alone hurt him. The old man regained his composure and replied calmly.

"Who is Liang Yuan?"

"My granddaughter!"

"Granddaughter?"

"Why, my Detective Tang, why haven't you investigated this clearly?"

"I ......" Tang Feng was speechless for a while, "Then ...... you?" ”

The old man looked at Tang Feng, shook his head, and then took out a business card from his pocket and handed it to Tang Feng, Tang Feng took the business card and watched, this is an extremely ordinary business card, only to see such a line of words printed on the business card - "Liang Yunjie, Honorary Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hong Kong New Life Group Co., Ltd."

"It turns out that you are the famous Mr. Liang Yunjie, no wonder you are so generous." When Tang Feng saw Liang Yunjie's name, he was immediately in awe, he knew that Hong Kong Xinsheng Group is a multinational group company with assets of hundreds of billions of Hong Kong dollars, Liang Yunjie's name, he had already heard of it, but it was only heard, Tang Feng only knew that in the seventies of the last century, Liang Yunjie started from scratch and founded Hong Kong Xinsheng Group in Hong Kong, from an inconspicuous small company back then, step by step to today's famous Xinsheng Group, a few years ago, Liang Yunjie has handed over the company's business to his son Liang Yongquan to take care of, He only retained the title of honorary chairman, retired from the business world, and lived a leisurely life of idle clouds and wild cranes, but he did not expect that the white-haired old man sitting opposite him today was actually this former business tycoon.

At this time, Tang Feng suddenly felt that he was too impolite just now, but the mystery in his heart still hadn't been solved, could it be that what Liang Yunjie said was the truth? Thinking of this, Tang Feng softened his tone and said to Liang Yunjie: "Okay, I can believe your explanation just now, but I still haven't figured it out, is that Xixia jade insert really that precious?" ”

"Oh! Don't you think 60 million is worth it? ”

"I didn't mean that, I also saw that this piece of Xixia jade interstitial has an extraordinary origin, and the jade of Xixia has always been rare, not to mention such a beautiful jade, but sixty million ...... I really don't know the bottom in my heart! Not to mention the 80 million, 100 million, you mentioned last time! ”

"Since you asked this, I won't hide it from you, last time I told you in Beijing, even if I spend more money, I will buy this Xixia inlaid jewelry wrapped lotus pattern jade interstitial, that's because ......" Liang Yunjie said this, frowned, and looked like he wanted to say something, and finally, Liang Yunjie seemed to have made a lot of determination, and then continued to Tang Feng: "That's because there is a shocking secret hidden behind this jade interstitial, and I can do whatever it takes to uncover this secret." ”

"A shocking secret?" Tang Feng was shocked in his heart, and then asked, "What secret?" ”

"A secret about the Western Xia Dynasty, a secret that is enough to shake the world! It's also a secret that has haunted me for most of my life. The old man looked around and said in a low voice.

Tang Feng was even more surprised when he heard the old man's answer, but he quickly calmed down and asked Liang Yunjie vigilantly: "Can I understand it this way, Qi Ning's abnormal behavior at the auction and his suicide by jumping off the building are all related to this secret?" ”

"You're smart, and I've thought of what you said." Liang Yunjie laughed dryly twice, and said: "But, Tang Feng, I can also hear it, you still don't worry about me!" It seems that we need to talk openly and honestly, in fact, in the past month, I have also learned some about you from the side......"

"You're investigating me too?" Tang Feng interrupted the old man's words dissatisfiedly.

"Nope! I can't call it an investigation, but I learned a little about you from some of my friends, such as my old friend Professor Luo Zhongping, who appreciates your talent......"

"What! Are you friends with Professor Luo Zhongping? Tang Feng interrupted Liang Yunjie's words again.

"Yes, I have known Professor Luo for almost fifty years, much longer than you have known him, according to what I know about you this month, your knowledge of history, archaeology, cultural relics, and historical geography is very rich, especially the history and geography of the border areas and the history of ethnic minorities, and more importantly, you are still young, which is very important, so I originally hoped that you could help me unlock the secret behind the jade interstitial. But when I heard that Qi Ning committed suicide, I changed my mind, and I took the initiative to ask you to come, just to tell you not to try to get or unlock the secret of the jade interpolation again, and you should not pursue Qi Ning's death? But you doubted me as soon as you came up, and then you had to ask this and that, hey! ......" Liang Yunjie said this, sighing heavily.

"Why is that? Why did you change your mind when you heard that Qi Ning died? Tang Feng asked.

"Because I'm scared, I'm afraid?" Liang Yunjie's eyes suddenly dimmed.

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"Fear?" Tang Feng waited for a long time, until Liang Yunjie sighed, and then said: "Tang Feng, you have to promise me that everything you hear below, after you listen to it, you must keep it secret, and it is best to forget it forever; And don't come to this matter again, you must promise me these two things. ”

Tang Fenghu nodded suspiciously, and Liang Yuanjie continued: "Have you heard of the Sino-Soviet Northwest Joint Scientific Expedition Team half a century ago? ”

Tang Feng shook his head, Liang Yunjie seemed to fall into a deep memory, and then said as if talking to himself: "Of course you won't know, because that scientific expedition was conducted in strict secrecy, not many people will know, and after so many years, most of the people who knew about this scientific expedition back then have passed away, even those who are still alive in the know are required to rot in their stomachs forever what they know, and now, probably only I dare to say what happened back then, I won't say it again, I'm afraid you will have to wait for N years later." , to see some words in the top-secret archives. ”

"So mysterious?"

"Do you know why I was so scared when I heard that Qi Ning committed suicide? for it is the fulfillment of the terrible blood curse. ”

"Terrible blood curse? You're saying that Qi Ning's death has something to do with the Blood Curse. ”

"I think so! There is a terrible legend about the jade interstitial with lotus patterns inlaid in the Western Xia inlay, and it is said that the jade interstitial is attached to a terrible blood curse, so anyone who owns it, or tries to uncover the secret behind the jade interstitial, will have a disaster. Half a century ago, the Sino-Soviet joint scientific expedition team was to uncover the secret behind the jade interstitial, but almost all of them were wiped out, a total of forty-two people, only two survived, and the rest disappeared into the depths of the desert so silently, it was really terrible! In the following half century, the jade insert disappeared without a trace, I don't know where it was hidden in the world, but I didn't expect that half a century later, the jade insert actually reappeared......"

"What secrets are hidden in the jade interstitial?"

"I haven't completely unraveled it yet, I think that those strange symbols on the jade interstitial screen are a kind of dead script that has been lost - Tangut script, if you want to unlock the secret of the jade interstitial, you must first decipher those ancient Tangut scripts."

"Xixia Wen! Dead text? ”

"Well, the academic community calls those ancient scripts that have been lost and that no one has used as dead scripts."

"I've heard of this, but as far as I know, Koznov discovered Blackwater City in 1909 and stole a large number of Tangut documents, and since then, many scholars at home and abroad have studied those documents, and I think there should be scholars who know Tangut now."

"Yes, there are experts in China who can decipher the Tangut language, but ......"

"But what?"

When Liang Yunjie said this, he suddenly turned his head out of the window, opened his mouth slightly, and seemed to be frozen, Tang Feng turned his head in surprise and looked out of the window, but he only saw a heavy rainy night outside the window, and the occasional passers-by were also in a hurry.

"Mr. Liang, why don't you continue?" Liang Yunjie heard Tang Feng's reminder, so he moved his gaze back and said to Tang Feng: "I'm sorry, I'm a little tired today, I want to tell you a secret, I can't say a word clearly, tomorrow at 12 noon, we will still meet in this teahouse, I will tell you everything I know." ”

Tang Feng, who had just whetted his appetite, was suddenly disappointed, but he couldn't force Mr. Liang, so he had to nod and promise to meet again the next day, Liang Yunjie was about to leave after speaking, but Liang Yunjie suddenly turned back to Tang Feng and instructed: "Tang Feng, don't forget the two points I told you, remember!" Also, you have to be careful. ”

"Why? Is it because of Qi Ning? Blood curse? ”

"I don't believe in that terrible blood curse, but Qi Ning's death ...... No! No! I've said too much, Tang Feng, I shouldn't tell you this, if the blood curse really exists, you can do it yourself. After speaking, Liang Yunjie hurriedly left the teahouse, and when Tang Feng came to his senses and rushed out of the teahouse, Liang Yunjie had already disappeared......

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Tang Feng held the umbrella blankly, walking aimlessly by the Pearl River, he was still recalling Liang Yunjie's words just now, the terrible blood curse? Qi Ning's suicide? Is there really any connection...... The rain is still falling, it is more than ten o'clock in the evening, this time is a good time for the people of Guangzhou who are rich in nightlife, all kinds of bars and restaurants on the side of the Pearl River are bright and green, if it is not raining, it is more lively, Tang Feng has no intention of nostalgia for these, and turned straight into a secluded road, he remembers to pass through this road, you can return to the hotel where you stay.

Walking on the dark road, suddenly, Tang Feng heard a terrible scream, he looked for prestige, and found that there was a narrow alley on the side of the road, in the alley, two black shadows flashed, but soon, the alley returned to calm, and the terrible scream came from here, Tang Feng was bold, stepped into the alley, slowly, slowly...... He got closer, he saw a person lying on the ground, Tang Feng leaned down to check, and was surprised to find that the person lying on the ground was Liang Yunjie with white hair, at this moment, Liang Yunjie had a wound on his chest, and blood was bubbling out, Tang Feng hurriedly helped Liang Yunjie up, and called softly: "Mr. Liang!" Mr. Liang! ”

Liang Yunjie struggled to open his eyes, he looked very weak, and wanted to speak, but he couldn't hear what he said, Tang Feng put his ear to Liang Yunjie's mouth, and then he heard it intermittently: "Blood curse!" …… The terrible blood curse is ...... again It's back...... Fig...... Library...... Seven...... Seventy-one ......" Liang Yunjie finally raised his voice, he used all his strength, and after saying the final number, his heart finally stopped beating.

Liang Yunjie, who was about to tell Tang Feng the secret just now, turned out to be a cold corpse at this moment, lying quietly in the rain alley, the rain dripped on Tang Feng's face, and also dripped on Liang Yunjie's white hair, Tang Feng gently closed Liang Yunjie's eyes, suddenly, he remembered another black shadow, just now he clearly saw two black shadows in the alley, but when Tang Feng approached, he only found Liang Yunjie lying on the ground, what about that black shadow? Thinking of this, Tang Feng didn't feel a chill in his back, he turned his head suddenly, that end was the street when he came - no one, and then looked at the other end of the rain alley, that end led to another street, that street seemed to be more prosperous, from time to time there were vehicles speeding by, and the murderer fled from the other end of the rain alley?

Tang Feng stood up and slowly moved towards the end of the rain alley, it was very dark in the alley, Tang Feng took out his mobile phone, as a lighting tool, he vigilantly observed the surroundings, especially the shadow areas on both sides of the alley, Tang Feng walked out about thirty steps, suddenly, there was a slight sound behind him, Tang Feng turned around and looked, only to see a black shadow lying on Liang Yunjie's body, I don't know what he was doing? Tang Feng couldn't see the appearance of the black shadow clearly, and he didn't know where he got the courage, so he shouted, then picked up a brick from the ground and walked quickly towards the black shadow.

Tang Feng returned to Liang Yunjie's corpse and took a light with the faint light from his mobile phone, only to see that Liang Yunjie's clothes were messy, and the leather bag that Liang Yunjie was carrying was scattered next to him...... Maybe there was really something important on Liang Yunjie that was taken away by the black shadow? Look at the black shadow again, he has almost run out of the alley, Tang Feng saw this, and rushed forward desperately, when he was in school, Tang Feng also won the sprint championship of the whole school, and ordinary people are not his opponents. In an instant, Tang Feng chased out of the alley and came to the street, the black shadow and Tang Feng, one after the other, chased on the street at midnight, with the help of the light of the street lamp, Tang Feng saw that the black shadow was wearing a leather windbreaker, the collar was standing, and he also wore a hat, he couldn't see the face of the black shadow at all, the speed of the black shadow was very fast, Tang Feng used all his strength, but he couldn't catch up with the black shadow! However, after chasing for a while, Tang Feng also found that the man was not familiar with the road here, and the black shadow panicked and ran towards the edge of the Pearl River......

"I'll give you a lung!" As the shadow crossed the street, he didn't even look at the traffic lights and was hit by a speeding taxi, which drew curses from the taxi driver.

However, the black shadow was hit, it was okay, he immediately stood up and crossed the street, disappeared into the river, Tang Feng waited for the signal light to change, before crossing the street, and when he arrived at the river, the black shadow had long disappeared, Tang Feng looked towards the river, and a small whirlpool appeared on the river covered by rain and fog, and a hat was floating in the center of the whirlpool, which was the hat that the person was wearing just now, Tang Feng couldn't help but secretly wonder - could it be that the person jumped into the river?

Tang Feng was soaked in rain, he gasped, turned around, and looked around - at the intersection, a taxi was parked waiting for passengers, and the driver was smoking a cigarette carelessly, looking at Tang Feng with strange eyes; On the side of the road, there were several cars parked, Tang Feng couldn't see the situation in the car clearly, he didn't know if there were also a pair of eyes watching him in the car; In the bar, people are still partying; In the café, several couples are still inseparable; What is hidden in the dark corners of the roadside? At this moment, Tang Feng suddenly felt that there were countless pairs of eyes staring at him all around. No! It's not true, what's all going on? A month ago, Qi Ning fell to death in front of him, and today Liang Yunjie was stabbed to death in the rain alley, in such a hot weather, he would chase a black shadow wearing a hat and a leather trench coat on the street at midnight? Where is the mysterious shadow hiding at this time?

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The next morning, Tang Feng was greeted not by bright sunshine, but by a blinding bright light, which hit Tang Feng's face, and this was the second time in a month that he was taken to the police station, and this time he became a suspect.

"You were the last person to come into contact with Liang Yunjie, and your fingerprints were extracted from Liang Yunjie's body, and you also admitted that you and Liang Yunjie had an argument over a treasure, what do you say about these unfavorable evidence?" Jiang Yimin, a criminal policeman of the criminal police team, looked at Tang Feng forcefully.

"I've already said that it was the man in black who killed Liang Yunjie. If I had killed Liang Yunjie, would I still be stupid enough to report the crime? Tang Feng retorted vigorously.

"Men in black? Hmph, what you said is too fantastical, why are you wearing a leather trench coat? Have you ever seen someone wearing a fur trench coat this season? As for reporting, in many cases, the informant was eventually proven to be the offender. ”

"I can't tell you!"

"If you don't know it, you have to say it!"

Tang Feng squinted his eyes because of the strong light, he didn't know how he was involved in all this, he was thinking about how to get out, and finally, Tang Feng had no choice but to mention the jade interlude, "Liang Yunjie and I once had an argument over a treasure, because I suspected him of colluding with the auctioneer to cheat at the auction, last night, it was Liang Yunjie who asked me to meet in that teahouse, and when we met, we basically cleared up the misunderstanding, and I had no reason to harm Liang Yunjie at all." ”

"Collusion with auctioneers? Is that Qi Ning who committed suicide by jumping off the building? ”

Tang Feng was surprised when he heard that Jiang Yimin actually knew that Qi Ning was dead, "Well, it's that Qi Ning." ”

"It seems that things are getting more and more complicated! Who can prove that you and Liang Yunjie have cleared up the misunderstanding? ”

Tang Feng shook his head in disappointment.

"And after you broke up with Liang Yunjie last night, you appeared at the scene of Liang Yunjie's murder again, do you have any alibi witnesses?"

Tang Feng shook his head in despair.

"And let me ask you again, what about the treasure? Is that what you call the Xixia jade interstitial? We checked the leather bag that Liang Yunjie was carrying, and it was rummaged through, and we didn't find the Xixia jade interstitial you mentioned. ”

"Maybe he didn't have it with him at all."

"Well, we'll look into that. Then let's talk about the Xixia jade interstitial, what kind of treasure is it? Jade? ”

"Well, it's a jade artifact, but it's not an ordinary jade interstitial, and the more important thing may not be the jade interstitial screen itself, but the secrets it contains."

"What's the secret?"

"Then you have to ask Liang Yunjie himself, I only heard him last night, but he left before he finished speaking."

"Nonsense! Someone else is dead, I ask who to go! I advise you to be honest, otherwise you won't have your good fruit to eat! ”

"I can't tell you anyway, the terrible blood curse has really come, Qi Ning committed suicide, Liang Yunjie was stabbed, and now it's my turn to be wronged!"

"What a blood curse! The more you talk about it, the more outrageous it becomes. Jiang Yimin frowned and said sharply.

Tang Feng still wanted to defend himself again, at this time, the door of the interrogation room rang, Jiang Yimin looked outside the door and walked out, Tang Feng turned his back to the door of the interrogation room, he just wanted to look back, and the other policeman who interrogated him with Jiang Yimin shouted: "Don't move, be honest!" ”

Tang Feng had to twist his head back, he didn't know what Jiang Yimin was doing, his heart was in a mess, he wanted to sort out this series of things, but the more he thought about it, the more chaotic his brain became, he wanted to clear his suspicion as soon as possible and get out of this ghost place......

6

After about ten minutes, the door of the interrogation room opened, but Tang Feng did not see Jiang Yimin's figure, the policeman who had been watching him also walked out, Tang Feng was even more worried, at this moment, three strong men in civilian clothes appeared in front of him, just when Tang Feng was stunned, one of them said: "You are Mr. Tang Feng?" ”

Tang Feng nodded in surprise, "Please come with us." The strong man's tone was unmistakable.

Tang Feng was puzzled, why so many people suddenly appeared in the police station, and they wanted to take themselves away from the police station, he asked loudly: "Who are you?" Why take me away? ”

The strong man at the head sneered at Tang Feng twice and said, "Are you willing to stay here?" ”

Without waiting for Tang Feng to answer, the strong man said with a straight face: "Please cooperate with our actions, we will ensure your safety." After speaking, without waiting for Tang Feng to react, the other two strong men carried Tang Feng on the left and right, and walked outside the police station.

In the parking lot of the police station, Tang Feng was put on a "Chevrolet" by a strong man, the back compartment of this car and the front cab were completely separated, two strong men sat in the back with Tang Feng, they couldn't see the scenery outside the car at all, and they didn't know how far they went, Tang Feng estimated that he should go out of the city, he asked the two strong men: "Where are you going to take me?" The two strong men were like two expressionless King Kongs, with straight waists, looking straight ahead, with a serious face, ignoring Tang Feng's question at all.

When Tang Feng was put off the car by two strong men, it was already dusk, Tang Feng found that they came to a military airport, there was a "Mi-171" helicopter on the tarmac, waiting to take off, three strong men carried Tang Feng on this "Mi-171", in the night, the helicopter took off slowly, all the way to the north, with the huge roar of the engine, Tang Feng saw them fly over a river, as well as rolling hills and mountains......

The roar of the engine gradually stopped, three strong men jumped out of the helicopter with Tang Feng, Tang Feng looked around, in the twilight, a huge gray building appeared in front of him, from the outside, this gray building is more than ten stories high, completely sealed, without a window, on the top of the gray building, there are large and small, all kinds of antennas, and even a slowly rotating air search radar, around the gray building, is a bare wilderness, you can't see other buildings, and then look into the distance, Vast expanses of forest, in the twilight, look unfathomable! Tang Feng vaguely found that the edge of the forest was surrounded by layers of barbed wire, where is this? Secret military bases? Tang Feng couldn't think clearly, he had been taken into the huge gray building.

Walking into this huge gray building, it was surprisingly quiet inside, Tang Feng was led by three strong men through a long corridor, and then walked up a staircase paved with steel plates, the leather boots of the three strong men stepped on the stairs, in this confined space, a terrifying echo was made, Tang Feng observed this strange building curiously, along the way, he didn't see a single person, but he saw a monitor on the roof that could rotate 360 degrees, and every time they turned a corner, the probe of the monitor would be aimed at them like a falcon, Tang Feng felt hairy, the walls around him, the ceiling seemed to have countless eyes, staring at him, he didn't know that he had walked through a few flights of stairs, three strong men carried him, and walked into a long corridor, four people stood still in the corridor, the person who had been carrying luggage, like the heads of several people, turned back to the two strong men beside Tang Feng and said, "Your task has been completed." ”

The two strong men "snapped" their leather boots and touched them, and then saluted their heads, turned around and left, Tang Feng continued to follow the strong man forward, at this time, he was surprised to find that the floor under his feet, and the walls on both sides of the corridor were also made of steel plates, a labyrinthine steel structure building, ahead, I can't see the end of the corridor, where is the strong man in front of him going to take himself?

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At the end of the corridor, the strong man stood still in front of a large door, raised his head slightly, his eyes looked at the position above the door, motionless, Tang Feng was curious, leaned over, and also looked above the door, there was a similar monitoring probe installed above the door, but it was not the same as an ordinary probe, Tang Feng asked curiously: "What is this?" ”

"Don't move, it's an iris recognition system." For a few hours, this strong man, who had been silent, finally answered a question from Tang Feng, and as soon as the words fell, the big iron door in front of them automatically opened.

So advanced! It seems that this is not for ordinary people to come in. Tang Feng thought about it, and followed the strong man into a dark secret room, and in the dark, he heard the strong man suddenly stand upright, and then reported loudly: "Report to the captain, I have been ordered to bring Tang Feng here." ”

As soon as the words fell, all the lights in the secret room were turned on, which made Tang Feng's eyes narrow, captain? Who is this mysterious captain? He struggled to adapt to the environment in the secret room, and finally saw that the secret room was empty, only a long table was placed in front of them, and there was a person standing behind the table, only to see that the person, thirty-five or six years old, with a burly figure, a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and a large muscle in his chest, propped up a camouflage sweatshirt on his body. At this time, the mysterious captain walked up to Tang Feng, showed a smile, and said, "You are Mr. Tang Feng?" ”

"Yes. Who are you? ”

"Who are we, didn't they tell you just now?" The mysterious captain's tone was very calm, and Tang Feng somehow developed a natural liking for this captain.

"I asked them along the way, and they wouldn't say a word."

"They did the right thing, because every work we do may be related to state secrets, and we can't say a word about things that shouldn't be said."

"State secrets?" Tang Feng was confused, and he couldn't understand what he had to do with state secrets.

"Okay, you can call me Han Jiang."

"Han Jiang, is this your name? You're not going to say more to me. ”

Han Jiang walked up to Tang Feng and said, "I know the doubts in your heart, since we have invited you here, we are ready to tell you everything, but before you know all this, you must first take an oath." ”

"Oath? What oath to take? ”

"Take an oath to keep what you know secrets, it's an oath of secrecy." Speaking, Han Jiang handed Tang Feng a booklet, the cover of the booklet was written with the words "confidentiality system", opened the booklet, the first page was the confidentiality oath, Tang Feng looked at it, Han Jiang introduced: "The oath means that you will know many secrets, and it also means that you must keep these secrets until those secrets are declassified, if you leak the secrets, whether intentionally or unintentionally, remember!" As long as you leak the confidentiality, you will bear the corresponding legal responsibility. ”

Tang Feng took a rough look at the oath, and suddenly his head became big, taking the oath? Or refuse! He asked Han Jiang tentatively: "Why do you have to take an oath, I want to know who you are, why did you put me here, is this also a state secret?" ”

"Yes, the identities, jobs and experiences of our people are state secrets." Han Jiang said firmly.

"Then I don't want to know, can you send me back?" Tang Feng retreated.

Han Jiang frowned, put his hands behind his back, and walked back and forth in front of Tang Feng, looking preoccupied, as if he was going to make some major decision, and finally, Han Jiang stood still in front of Tang Feng, stared at Tang Feng, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Boy, if you didn't meet Liang Yunjie last night, maybe you can go back, but it's too late to say anything now......"

"What? It turns out that you came to me because it was related to Liang Yunjie's death! So and that...... The Xixia jade interstitial screen is related, no wonder Liang Yunjie said that there is a shocking big secret hidden behind the jade interstitial! Tang Feng seemed to be beginning to understand a little.

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Han Jiang nodded: "Yes!" It's too late to say anything, you already know something you shouldn't know, so, Tang Feng, since you have been involved and want to go back, it is impossible, and now in front of you, there is only one way left, which is to cooperate with us and figure out the whole thing. ”

After listening to Han Jiang's words, Tang Feng sat down on the chair next to the long table with some frustration, Qi Ning's suicide, Liang Yunjie's assassination, the suspicion at the auction, and the man in black who jumped into the Pearl River...... It seems that his original idea is too simple, this is by no means an ordinary criminal case, but a huge conspiracy, I am already in it, what should I do? He looked up at Han Jiang, Han Jiang cast a trusting glance at him, Tang Feng nodded at Han Jiang and said, "Okay! I swear. ”

Han Jiang led Tang Feng to a wall in the secret room, pressed the remote control, the projector on the roof, and hit the pattern of a national flag on the wall......

After taking the oath, Han Jiang finally showed a smile, he pulled over the strong man who had been standing next to him, and said to Tang Feng: "Okay, now I can answer your questions, but first, let me introduce first, this is my colleague Zhao Yong, he has served in the Marine Corps for eight years, and he has a lot of kung fu." ”

"The captain has an overreputation, if there is any offense just now, please forgive Mr. Tang!" As he spoke, Zhao Yong stretched out his powerful hand to Tang Feng.

"It's okay, you're also on official duty!" Tang Feng politely shook hands with Zhao Yong.

"Let me introduce our organization, we are a special task force under the national security organs, our code name is 'Old K', so we are also called 'Old K Action Team', the members of our action team are not only from the international security agencies, but also bring together elites from all walks of life, such as Zhao Yong, he is a frogman I selected from the Marine Corps, taking the life of an opponent underwater, for him, it is like a bag to get something."

"But I don't have much effort, what can I do?" Tang Feng looked at Zhao Yong and asked suspiciously.

Han Jiang pointed to his head and said with a smile: "Actually, not all the members of our action team know kung fu, but they must have the expertise we need, such as you, we need you here, your knowledge, your wisdom, since you and Liang Yunjie met after the auction, all your information has been stored in my computer." As he spoke, Han Jiang pressed the remote control in his hand again, and Tang Feng's information and photos appeared on the projection - name: Tang Feng, age: 30 years old, height: 180CM, weight: 76KG...... The following also includes Tang Feng's experience from childhood to adulthood, graduation school, specialties, hobbies, etc., which are thousands of words.

Tang Feng was secretly surprised in his heart, and Han Jiang's words changed: "All the members who join our action team have a code name, for example, my code name is K2, Zhao Yong is K3, and your code name in the team is K7." ”

“K7！ So in addition to the three of us, there are four other team members? Who are they? Who is K1? Is he higher than you? Tang Feng was very curious.

"Don't forget our discipline, don't ask what you shouldn't ask." Han Jiang suddenly raised his face and whispered to Tang Feng, but soon, Han Jiang calmed down and explained to Tang Feng: "As long as you participate in our operation, you will meet the other team members, but ......" Speaking of this, Han Jiang suddenly fell silent, "But what? Tang Feng asked.

Han Jiang continued: "However, there are three team members who I have never even seen, and their information is also blank, especially the K1, I am also very puzzled......

"What? I haven't even seen you as a boss! No, no, in this case, that K1 is the real boss, but you are the captain, who should we listen to? ”

"Of course you listen to me, remember, boy, don't be smart, in the old K, no matter who has the big code name, and no matter who is more capable, all actions must obey my command." Han Jiang approached Tang Feng and said.

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Han Jiang, Zhao Yong and Tang Feng sat down at the long table, Han Jiang clicked on Liang Yunjie's information on the computer, and introduced to Tang Feng: "You must wonder how we found you, it's very simple, because we have been watching Liang Yunjie's every move." ”

"What's wrong with Liang Yunjie? Isn't he the honorary chairman of the Hong Kong New Life Group? ”

"Not bad! He was a successful businessman, but do you know his history? ”

Tang Feng shook his head, but suddenly remembered something: "By the way, I heard him speak an authentic 'Beijing film', I was still strange at the time, how could he speak such an authentic Beijing dialect as a Hong Kong native, and later he told me that he grew up in Beijing." ”

He was right, he was a native of Beijing, graduated from Peking University in the late fifties, majoring in Russian, and just as he was graduating, an accident changed his life. At that time, it was still the honeymoon period between China and the Soviet Union, and an academic delegation from the Institute of Oriental Studies of the USSR Academy of Sciences visited China. It's the one you and Liang Yunjie fought over at auction. ”

As he spoke, a photo of the Xixia inlaid jewel wrapped in lotus pattern jade interstitial appeared on Han Jiang's computer screen, Tang Feng stared at the computer screen in a daze, muttering to himself, "It seems that what Liang Yunjie said is true." ”

"What did he say to you?" Zhao Yong asked.

"He said that half a century ago, the Sino-Soviet scientific expedition team, in order to uncover the shocking secret behind the jade interlude, was wiped out in the desert, and only two people survived."

Han Jiang nodded and continued to introduce: "At that time, Soviet experts said that this jade interstitial screen was discovered by the Russian explorer Kozlov in the ruins of Heishui City in 1909. Later, China and the Soviet Union organized a strong scientific expedition team to go to the northwest, and Liang Yunjie was selected by the organization to serve as the interpreter of the scientific expedition team. ”

So he also participated in the scientific expedition team that year, so ...... Then he's one of the two survivors! Tang Feng exclaimed.

"Yes, he is the only survivor of the Chinese side of the scientific expedition team, after the Sino-Soviet scientific expedition team was killed in the depths of the Badain Jaran Desert, the army sent many people to go deep into the desert to search, and finally only found the camels and equipment of the scientific expedition team, but never found the scientific expedition members, so many years have passed, they have not seen anyone, dead and dead, the entire scientific expedition team, only two people were finally rescued, one of them is Liang Yunjie, when he was found, he was dying, but what is strange is that the place where he was found, It was on the edge of the Badain Jaran Desert near the border, hundreds of kilometers away from the site of the expedition team's accident, and we don't know how he managed to get to the edge of the desert without water and food. ”

"And later?" Tang Feng asked.

"Liang Yunjie picked up a life, but because he picked up a life, in that special era, his fate inevitably changed, he was first suspected of being a spy in Taiwan, conspiring to sabotage the scientific expedition, was isolated and examined for two months, checked and checked, and did not find anything wrong with him, so he let him go, and it didn't take long for Sino-Soviet relations to break down, because he was learning Russian, coupled with his performance in that scientific expedition, he was put on the hat of a Soviet spy again, and the organization convicted him of uniting with the Soviet repair authorities, conspiracy to subvert the country, after the defeat of the incident, he tried to cross the border and fled to Outer Mongolia, but he was again isolated and examined. ”

"I didn't expect Liang Yunjie's fate to be so bumpy." Tang Feng couldn't help but sigh and sigh.

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Han Jiang continued: "This is not over, the review is still inconclusive, three months later, Liang Yunjie regained his freedom, but the state security organs at that time have been secretly monitoring Liang Yunjie, a few years have passed, * After the outbreak, the state security organs were impacted, and no one monitored Liang Yunjie anymore, it was at this time that Liang Yunjie had the idea of smuggling into Hong Kong, he took advantage of the chaos at the time, smuggled into Hong Kong at the end of the sixties, and later I don't know how he earned the first pot of gold in Hong Kong, founded the New Life Group, and the business is getting bigger and bigger, Liang Yunjie has become a famous entrepreneur in Hong Kong. This time, Liang Yunjie returned to the mainland after 40 years, and from the moment he got off the plane, he attracted our attention......"

"So you have been secretly monitoring Liang Yunjie's whereabouts. Is it because you doubted him before? ”

Han Jiang waved his hand: "Of course, it's not just because of the past, we followed him, because we have received very reliable information recently. ”

Tang Feng asked Zhao Yong again: "Since you have been monitoring Liang Yunjie, how could you let Liang Yunjie be killed?" ”

As soon as Zhao Yong heard Tang Feng's words, this five-year-old man actually blushed a little on his face, and replied with some embarrassment: "That's all my responsibility, this morning, the captain has already criticized me, the captain has been sending me to follow Liang Yunjie, in fact, he is also protecting him, if it weren't for my protection, Liang Yunjie might have been killed a long time ago, but last night, I lost him, and when you were talking in the teahouse, I was at a table near you, watching you." Liang Yunjie left the teahouse in a hurry, I felt strange in my heart, so I followed, but after walking two streets, I actually lost him, I think he probably found me and deliberately dumped me, and you know what happened later. ”

"Did you see that shadow?"

"I also saw it, I wanted to show up to help you chase that black shadow, but the black shadow panicked and jumped into the Pearl River, so I didn't show up."

"I see, but ...... But don't you think it's strange? Liang Yunjie, an old man, can actually get rid of you, a well-trained agent, is it ......?"

"Could it be that Liang Yunjie was really a spy back then? Oh, yes! I also feel strange that with my skills, this kind of low-level mistake should not have happened, unless that person has strong anti-reconnaissance and anti-tracking capabilities. After Zhao Yong spoke the question in his heart for Tang Feng, both of them fell silent,

Han Jiang looked at Tang Feng and broke the silence and said, "Don't worry about Liang Yunjie for now, our first task now is to hurry up and get ahead of our opponent and find the Xixia inlaid jewel wrapped lotus pattern jade interstitial." Tang Feng, you are the last person to see Liang Yunjie, I think Liang Yunjie must have told you something about the jade interstitial. ”

"Yes, Liang Yunjie told me about the jade interstitial, but he didn't tell the secret behind the jade interstitial, so he left the teahouse in a hurry, I remember that at the end he mentioned the terrible blood curse, he said that anyone who tries to get the jade interstitial, or wants to uncover the secret behind the jade interstitial, will be cursed."

"What a blood curse, it's pure nonsense." Zhao Yong was disdainful of this.

"But Qi Ning and Liang Yunjie are really dead, and there is still the scientific expedition team of that year." Tang Feng raised his voice.

"I have never believed in any blood curses, their deaths are all for a reason, what does it have to do with blood curses......" Zhao Yong still wanted to argue, but was interrupted by Han Jiang waving his hand, Han Jiang said to Tang Feng: "Tang Feng, it is very important for you to provide information, and it is completely consistent with the information we originally had, it is true that as Liang Yunjie said, many people who have had contact with the jade interstitial screen have died, not only Qi Ning and Liang Yunjie." ”

Tang Feng was very surprised when he heard this: "Who else died?" Don't...... Is there really a blood curse? ”

Han Jiang fell into deep thought, and after a long time, Han Jiang said firmly: "No matter what blood curse, Tang Feng, think about it again, what else did Liang Yunjie say to you before he died?" ”

Tang Feng lowered his head and was silent, and suddenly, he remembered something: "Before Liang Yunjie died, he intermittently said to me the words 'library, seven, seventy-one,', I don't know what it means?" ”

"Is it the library's locker, Liang Yunjie means the library's seventh or seventy-first locker." Zhao Yong quickly thought of the answer with his professional sensitivity.

Zhao Yong's thoughts coincided with Han Jiang's, a clear idea appeared in Han Jiang's mind, and he saw Han Jiang going back and forth in the secret room twice, suddenly stopped, and ordered Zhao Yong and Tang Feng: "Let's go our separate ways, Zhao Yong, you and Tang Feng return to Guangzhou, get the things that Liang Yunjie left in the library, I will go back to Beijing immediately, report to the headquarters, and ask for instructions on the next move." ”

"But I was planning to go to Hong Kong tomorrow for Sotheby's autumn auction?" Tang Feng hadn't forgotten his original plan.

"What Sotheby's, to hell with your autumn shoot! Now you have to obey my orders, because you are already old K's man. Han Jiang's answer was domineering and unquestionable. But soon, he softened his tone again: "I know that I shouldn't use the military to restrain you, but you must know that if you don't listen to me now, your life will be in danger, because you are the last person to contact Liang Yunjie." When Tang Feng heard this, he could only nod helplessly and accepted Han Jiang's order.

After the three of them finished discussing, Zhao Yong took Tang Feng out of the secret room, and when Tang Feng breathed fresh air again, the sky was already full of stars outside, and Zhao Yong and Tang Feng got on the "Mi-171" helicopter again. On the helicopter, neither of them spoke, and only the huge roar of the engine remained in the cabin.