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In the dark and damp sewer pipe, Makarov was alone holding a flashlight, silently moving forward, suddenly, a ghostly light flashed in front of him, a ghostly light underground, it was a small hole, the wall had a round, palm-sized hole, Makarov confirmed that the ghostly light came from here, he took out the small hammer in his backpack, and hit the wall hard, this wall was not strong, and soon Makarov chiseled a large and larger hole. "Ding! Bite! ......" Makarov was still banging on the wall again and again, and finally, the hole grew bigger and bigger...... It wasn't until half of the wall completely collapsed that Makarov stopped tapping.

He climbed over the remaining half of the low wall, and in the pile of rubble, he saw the ghostly light, which was the light of a large white wax, which was placed on a simple wooden table, on which there were several books, and at the table, with his back to him sat a man dressed in white, no! That might be the white ghost underground!

Makarov walked over, he went around to the other side of the wooden table, and by the candlelight, looked at the man,—— "Misha! Makarov recognized the person in front of him, he was not a ghost, he was Misha who participated in the scientific expedition with him back then! Misha's hair was long and white, and it was draped over the back of her head, and the white robe on her body was dirty and torn, and she looked down. But when the man heard Makarov's call and raised his head, Makarov was stunned, and Misha's face turned out to be ...... It's still so young, just like back then, half a century has passed, and Misha hasn't changed at all!

Misha looked at Makarov carefully, and without words, Makarov said again: "I'm Ivan! Don't you remember, half a century ago, in China, that scientific expedition ......"

Makarov chattered, but Misha on the other side lowered his head and was silent, and when Makarov stopped, Misha said faintly: "I'm sorry, you must have admitted that you are mistaken, I am not the Misha you are looking for." ”

"Nope! I won't admit it, you're still the same as you were back then, and your voice hasn't changed, after so many years, are you okay? How did you get out of danger? Why don't you speak? Makarov kept asking.

"What do you want me to say, I've already said it, I'm not the Misha you're looking for."

"Misha, what's wrong with you? Why are you here to stay? How did it come to this? You tell me I might be able to help you. ”

"Nope! You can't help anyone, don't come and disturb my life. Misha's voice changed suddenly, becoming old and muffled.

"This ...... What's going on? Misha, how ...... your voice" Makarov stared at Misha across from him in surprise.

Misha slowly raised his head again, by the faint candlelight, Makarov's eyes widened, he was terrified, staring at Misha opposite, Misha's face, Misha's face, Misha's face that was still young just now, turned old in an instant, became hideous, Makarov didn't know what other words in the world could describe Misha's face, there were many large and small pustules bulging on that face, and the pustules slowly bloomed, and red, yellow, no, maybe white liquid flowed from it, Makarov felt a violent nauseaHe wanted to vomit, but he couldn't vomit anything, "Misha, you...... What's wrong with you, how did you end up like this? Makarov cried out weakly, and suddenly he noticed that countless faces had suddenly grown around him, hideous and pus-dripping like Misha.

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"Nope! Who are you? Misha ...... Misha ......" Makarov exclaimed in despair. He opened his eyes suddenly, and several faces appeared in front of him, and he stared at these faces in a daze for a long time before he recognized it, it turned out to be Yelena, Han Jiang and Xu Renyu! Makarov sat up, only to find that he was still lying in his son's apartment, not the underground cabin, and not Misha's hideous face!

"Father, what happened to you just now?" Yelena asked with concern.

"yes, it scared the hell out of us." Han Jiang also asked.

Makarov wiped the sweat from his forehead, looked out the window, it was already dark, he took a long breath and said: "I had a nightmare just now!" I dreamed that I was walking alone in the deep sewer pipe, walking and walking, I found a little ghostly light, it was Misha's underground hut, I broke through the wall and found that Misha's hair was disheveled, and the white robe on his body was dirty and torn, but his face was still half a century ago, young and handsome, but when I asked him why he became like this, he did not admit that he was Misha, and finally ...... Finally, when Misha raised his head again, his face became hideous, I can't describe it in words, it was terrifying...... Countless pustules suddenly grew on that face, and then the pustules burst, and from it flowed out disgusting pus, so disgusting, so terrifying! ……”

Makarov roughly finished the nightmare in incoherent terms. His mouth was still muttering, "How could I have this dream? How could you have this dream? ”

Yelena kept comforting Makarov, Han Jiang went to pour a glass of water for Makarov, Makarov drank the water, rested for a while, and gradually recovered his spirits. Makarov looked at Han Jiang and Yelena, and then remembered the mission that Yelena and Han Jiang went out early in the morning. Makarov asked with concern: "Did you find anything today?" ”

Yelena and Han Jiang had already changed out of the dirty clothes on their bodies, Yelena shrugged her shoulders and replied, "I didn't find anything." ”

"Didn't find anything? What about the underground cabin? Makarov looked disappointed.

"I went to the underground hut, but as Han Jiang described, there was nothing new to discover." Yelena paused for a moment, and then said: "Of course, Han Jiang, who you admire the most, has made a major discovery, he always says that he saw a ghost, and he also said that the ghost is staring at us in the dark, but I didn't see anything!" ”

"How come you haven't found anything? As long as you work hard, you will definitely get something, see, what is this? As he spoke, Han Jiang took out the small strip of white cloth he had found in the manhole.

Makarov took the strip of cloth and examined it carefully, handed the strip of cloth to Xu Renyu again, and then asked Han Jiang rhetorically: "This is what the ghost you said left behind?" ”

"I think so, as soon as I entered the sewer pipe, I always had the feeling that there was always a pair of eyes staring at us in the dark, the eyes of ghosts, and finally, Yelena and I were in a manhole and found this strip of cloth." Han Jiang introduced.

Makarov fell into deep thought, and Yelena said: "But I don't think this strip of cloth says anything. After Xu Renyu saw it, he also shook his head and said, "It's really difficult to judge just by this piece of cloth." ”

"Where did you find this strip of cloth? I mean, where was it found in a manhole? Makarov suddenly asked Han Jiang.

"The Hermitage, in a manhole near the Hermitage Square." Han Jiang replied.

"What? Ghost of the Hermitage! It seems that there really is a ghost of the Winter Palace! Xu Renyu remembered the legend he had heard before.

Makarov was also shocked, but he quickly shook his head and said, "I still don't believe in any ghosts." ”

Makarov and Xu Renyu were thinking about their own questions, and Yelena suddenly said, "By the way, when we came out, we ran into Ivanov. ”

"Ivanlov, he didn't arrest you?" Makarov asked rhetorically.

"Hehe, Ivanlov dreamed of protecting our Miss Yelena, how could he arrest her?" Without waiting for Yelena to speak, Han Jiang replied first.

Yelena glared at Han Jiang fiercely and said to Makarov: "He wants to chase us, but I can see that he doesn't want to arrest me either, because he didn't call anyone else." ”

"Then you don't have a tail behind you, do you?" Xu Renyu asked.

"Don't worry, doctor, we're very professional." Yelena laughed.

"That's good!" Xu Renyu breathed a sigh of relief.

"By the way, Ivanov also mentioned Tang Feng." Yelena said to Makarov again.

"Tang Feng, how is he now?" Makarov asked with concern.

"Ivanlov said that Tang Feng ran away, but he also said that they would soon be able to catch Tang Feng, I estimate that Tang Feng is alone, and he is not familiar with life, and he is indeed very lucky."

"Yes! I specially called Tang Feng from the public phone on the street this morning, but no one answered his mobile phone, and when I called again, his mobile phone was turned off, maybe it was out of power, anyway, even if he was not caught by Ilyugin, he must be in danger, don't forget, there is also Stephen's gang of men in black. Han Jiang said worriedly.

"No wonder when you went to the Peter and Paul Fortress with me this morning, you mysteriously had to go down and make a phone call, it turned out to be like this, and you are not allowed to do so in the future, in Petersburg, you must report everything you say and do to me, and you can't hide it from me." Yelena said to Han Jiang in a commanding tone.

Han Jiang was amused: "Every word and deed, I have to report to you?" Do I have to report back to you when I go to the toilet? ”

"You...... If necessary, don't forget, you're now my soldier! Yelena approached Han Jiang and said.

"Okay, you two don't get numb, let's think about what to do next, right? How can you find Tang Feng. Xu Renyu's words made everyone fall silent again.

3

When Han Jiang and Yelena came back, they bought a lot of food and brought them back, and at this time, the four of them sat around the living room, eating dinner and discussing what to do next.

Makarov expressed his opinion: "I think we still have to find out about Misha, if Misha is indeed alive, as we judged before, he is either an accomplice of the man in black, or Stephen's gang will not let him go, so we have to find Misha as soon as possible, and if we find Misha, we can find the hiding place of Stephen's gang in Petersburg, and we can also find the second jade interstitial." ”

"You have a point, but it's all based on assumptions." Xu Renyu said.

Makarov nodded: "Doctor, you are right, but we need to keep assuming, and then to prove, we have proved many hypotheses in the previous period of action, and I think this time it will not be wrong." ”

"I'm worried that the jade interstitial is no longer in Petersburg." Xu Renyu voiced his concerns.

"Then it's only Iryukin's idiot!" Yelena cursed.

"Doctor, don't worry, even if Misha is not from the men in black, as long as he is alive and in Petersburg, then even if Stephen's gang gets the jade insert, they will not give up, they will definitely show their heads." Makarov analyzed.

"I hope so, but what are we going to do with the line of Misha? Do you want to look for that ghost in the sewer pipes again? Xu Renyu asked Makarov.

"There are only four of us, and the sewer pipes in Petersburg are so large and complicated, it is definitely not a way to find them." Han Jiang shook his head and said.

Makarov pondered for a moment and said, "Actually, I have an idea, but I have to take a big risk. ”

"What's the idea?" Everyone asked.

Makarov looked around at the crowd, and then said his thoughts: "I think so, if Misha really didn't die and returned to Petersburg, the KGB would definitely grasp his situation, and even arrange everything for him, just like they arranged everything for me back then, and changed the fate of my life." So, I want to ...... There should be information about Misha at the headquarters, maybe not much, but as long as Misha is not dead, there will definitely be one. ”

"Misha's information?" Yelena pondered.

"Well, there will definitely be Misha's information at the headquarters, but the level of secrecy may be very high, so it's not easy to get it, and besides, with the identity of you and me, there is really nowhere to start." Makarov tract.

"Old Ma, you have been in the KGB for many years, you should have some old connections!" Han Jiang asked.

Makarov smiled: "Han Jiang, the people of our time, even if they didn't go to see God now, they are all retired at home like me, ready to go to God!" Besides, I was in the KGB and was never liked. ”

"What about Yelena?" Han Jiang asked Yelena instead.

Yelena said to Han Jiang: "Father came up with this idea, just waiting for me to make a statement!" I know a lot of people at the headquarters, and many of them have access to top-secret information, which was just a piece of cake in the past, but in my current situation, they are unlikely to help me; In addition, according to the rules of the headquarters, those who are not involved in this matter should not let them know about it, so I can't go to those people in the headquarters. ”

"So what to do?" Han Jiang and Xu Renyu asked again.

"Don't worry, I'm sure Yelena will have a way." Makarov looked at Yelena with a smile.

Yelena spread her hands helplessly and said, "Of course I have a way, but you are forcing me like this." ”

"What's the solution?" Han Jiang asked.

"The only person who is most likely to help us, and the only person I can go to, is Ivanlov." Yelena spoke her mind.

"Ivanov? Oh! Yelena, your platoon is going to be overstaffed again! Han Jiang had an exaggerated expression.

Yelena couldn't help but be unhappy, and said to Han Jiang seriously: "I don't want to go to Ivanlov either, but what else do you say?" ”

"Dear Yelena, you're not going to kick me out of your platoon, are you?" Han Jiang hugged Yelena and asked.

"Of course not, this mission still needs your cooperation!"

"Cooperation? Are you asking me to go with you? ”

"Yes, I need your protection."

"I'll be happy to help you!"

Yelena broke away from Han Jiang and said to Makarov and Xu Renyu: "Then, okay, it's decided, early tomorrow morning, Han Jiang and I will go to Ivalov." ”

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After Yelena finished talking about her plan, Makarov didn't say anything, but Xu Renyu jumped up and objected: "You two are our main force, if that Ivanlov captures you, then we will be finished." ”

Han Jiang Zhengse said: "You must take this risk." ”

"It depends on whom? You have forgotten that when Ivanlov was imprisoned in us, he was like a fierce god. Xu Renyu retorted.

"Doctor, you can rest assured, Ivanlov, I know him too well that he doesn't dare to do anything to us." Yelena said confidently.

"Yes! If we are on other people's territory, we have to listen to them. Don't talk nonsense, I'm sure Yelena will be able to deal with that guy Ivanlov. Han Jiang stared at Yelena and said.

Yelena twisted her head and didn't look at Han Jiang, and Makarov finally clapped her head and said: "Okay, it's decided, Yelena, you and Han Jiang will go to Ivanlov early tomorrow morning, it's best not to wait for dawn." Now you hurry up and take a break, Dr. Xu and I have slept all day, and I will give you a warning at night, Doctor, you don't object! ”

Xu Renyu shook his head, "Of course I don't object!" ”

"Then let's kill a game here." As he spoke, Makarov took out a game of chess from the cabinet and was about to fight Xu Renyu for a game.

There was nothing to say all night, and before dawn the next day, Han Jiang and Yelena set off after having breakfast hastily, and they also walked a few streets before Yelena found her "Fiat", Yelena drove around the empty street casually for a while, and then dialed Ivanlov's mobile phone: "Can you come out now?" I have something important for you. ”

Ivanov didn't expect Yelena to call herself, and flattered herself replied: "Okay! Where do you say we will meet? ”

"Right in the cemetery next to the Nevsky Lavra." Yelena said.

"Cemetery?" Ivanov was stunned on the other end of the phone.

"Yes, in the Tsykhvin cemetery to the west of the monastery, in front of Dostoevsky's tomb, don't let Ilyugin find out." Yelena admonished again.

Yelena hung up the phone and drove to the Nevsky Lavra, which is located at the easternmost point of Nevsky Prospect, which in the eyes of the old Petersburgers is already a suburb. Due to disrepair, the walls of the monastery have peeled off with brightly colored frescoes, and crows flying from nowhere hover over the monastery for a long time, and the monastery is surrounded by several cemeteries, which are buried many famous figures in Russian history, including the great writer Dostoevsky and the great musician Tchaikovsky.

Han Jiang and Yelena came to the cemetery in the morning mist, Dostoevsky's tomb was quiet, and the statue of Dostoevsky on the tombstone was quietly watching Yelena and Han Jiang under the tombstone. Han Jiang observed the surroundings with his unique professional sensitivity, and there was a dead silence around him, but the fog in the early morning had not yet cleared, and Han Jiang didn't know if there was danger in the cemetery in the distance.

"Don't look at it, there will be no ambush!" Yelena said.

"You seem to be at ease with Ivanlov! But I can't be very reassuring about him. ”

"Hmph, well, you go and check again to see if there are people hidden behind those tombstones."

As the two were talking, there was a sound of brakes in the distance, Yelena prick up her ears vigilantly, judging the direction of the comer, while Han Jiang put his hands in the pockets of his coat, and in his pockets was the "Viper" PK 9mm pistol.

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Ivanov slowly walked out of the morning mist, he saw that Han Jiang was also there, and he frowned unconsciously, this tiny expression did not escape Han Jiang's eyes, Yelena saw Ivanov take a step forward, but Han Jiang took a step back, he deliberately kept a distance from Yelena.

"Yelena, you shouldn't have done that to me yesterday, you see, I'm still alone today!" Ivanov shouted at Yelena.

A smile appeared on Yelena's face: "Okay, Valentin, don't dwell on that little misunderstanding, you must know that I am not targeting you, I am targeting Iryukin." ”

"Well, I trust you, and to be honest, I don't like Ilyyukin either."

"I know you don't like Iryukin, do you believe that the jade interstitial screen was stolen by Han Jiang?" Yelena asked.

"Personally, I don't believe it, but Ilyugin believes, or rather, Ilyugin must believe because he needs someone to take responsibility."

"If only you understood that! Looks like you're not too stupid! ”

"But that doesn't mean I have a good impression of that Han Jiang. Why did you call me today? It won't be for him! As he spoke, Ivanov glanced at Han Jiang not far away.

Yelena walked up to Ivanov and whispered, "There is an important matter, only you can do it." ”

"Something important?"

"Well, do you remember the Sino-Soviet joint scientific expedition back then?"

"It's a bit of an impression, it's related to the jade interstitial."

"Yes, all the official documents show that there were only two survivors of the expedition, one was my father and the other was a Chinese translator. But now my father suspects that there was still one member of the expedition team who did not die, and that he was still alive. ”

"What! Is there anyone else who hasn't died? Who is it? ”

"My father didn't know what his name was, because they weren't allowed to ask each other's names during the expedition, and my father only knew that his name was 'Misha'."

"Misha? It's a nickname. ”

"Yes, I need you to help me go to the headquarters and check the top secret information of the year, my father thinks that if Misha is indeed not dead, then the headquarters must have his records, and now this Misha is very important to us, to you, to Ilyugin, including the whole thing. So, you have to do me a favor. Yelena pleaded.

Ivanlov looked at Yelena's eyes, he couldn't refuse Yelena's request, he was willing to do anything for Yelena, but as soon as he caught a glimpse of Han Jiang behind Yelena, he couldn't help but feel upset in his heart, Han Jiang saw that Ivanlov was looking at him, and also smiled at Ivanlov.

Ivanov said to Yelena: "Okay! I can help you with this, I happen to be going to the headquarters in the next two days, so let's go, I'll leave immediately, if it goes well, I'll be able to rush back in the evening, if you're in a hurry, we'll meet here at nine o'clock that night. ”

"That's great, but don't let Ilyugin know." Yelena exhorted.

"Don't worry about this, I won't let him know, but I want to make it clear that I'm doing this for you, not for that man." As he spoke, Ivanlov pointed to Han Jiang behind Yelena.

Han Jiang smiled at Ivanov again and waved his hand, but Ivanov refused to ignore Han Jiang, Yelena glanced back at Han Jiang, and smiled at Ivanov: "Of course it's not for him, it's for me, it's for my father, and for all of us." Also, you have to tell Ilyugin in special that you must not let the jade interlude leave Petersburg. ”

Ivanov shook his head and said: "I understand everything you say, but my heart tells me that I am only for you." Nine o'clock in the evening, here, see you or leave, but ......," Ivanov hesitated, "if I don't find what you want at headquarters, then I'll call you again." ”

"Okay, but I won't answer right away, I'll call you back later." Yelena said.

"It seems that you still don't feel comfortable with me, but I will prove it to you." Ivanov shook his head and stepped back, slowly, slowly, his whole being disappeared into the morning mist......

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After spending a difficult day, Han Jiang and Yelena came to the cemetery of the Nevsky Lavra half an hour earlier than the scheduled time, or in front of Dostoevsky's tomb, Han Jiang carefully checked the surrounding environment, Yelena stood in place and smiled: "You are so worried about Ivanov? ”

"Hehe, it's okay to say in the morning, he may not have time to ambush, but at night, I have to be more careful." Han Jiang held the gun.

"And what did you find?"

"Nothing found! I just think it's gloomy enough. ”

"What? You're scared. ”

"Sort of!"

"That's scared? There are many cemeteries in St. Petersburg, but this is not the most eerie, and I have been to another cemetery in the suburbs, and it is really chilling. ”

"Another cemetery?"

"Well, but I can't remember which cemetery it is."

Han Jiang put the gun back in his pocket and said, "Don't get me wrong, I'm not afraid of ghosts and ghosts, I'm afraid of your Iryujin and Stephen's gang." ”

"Don't worry, as long as Ivanlov doesn't break his promise, that idiot Ilyugin won't know that we're here, but it's the Stephen gang you said that makes me feel a little uneasy."

"Yes, I feel the same way. The theft of the second jade insert indicates that Stephen's men have arrived in Petersburg, but they have not made any moves since then, which is a bit strange. ”

"You're worried that they've left Petersburg with the jade interstitial."

"It's entirely possible. And we're still fighting here. ”

"But I don't think they've left Petersburg! Don't ask me why, it's just how I feel. As soon as Yelena finished speaking, they heard the familiar sound of brakes, Ivanov's brakes.

Yelena looked at her watch, it was exactly nine o'clock, it seemed that this guy was very punctual. Han Jiang stared at the entrance of the cemetery until Ivanov appeared in front of him with a file bag, and he fell back to his place with a hanging heart.

"Yelena, I said I wouldn't let you down." Ivanov walked up to Yelena and said.

"Got something?" Yelena asked.

Ivanov handed Yelena the file bag in his hand and said, "I searched for most of the moldy archives at the headquarters to find these files. ”

Yelena couldn't wait to open the file bag, which was a very thick document, and by the light of the flashlight, Yelena hurriedly flipped through the document, and the more she flipped back, the wider her eyes opened, the more shocked she became...... While Yelena was flipping through the papers, Ivanlov looked at Han Jiang, who was also staring at him, neither of them spoke, but shouted with their eyes.

Yelena hurriedly flipped through it, put the documents back in the file bag, and asked Ivanlov: "That's all?" ”

"That's all, there are not many files about that incident itself, and you also know that after the KGB was revoked, many archival documents were lost, so it was not easy to get so many!"

"I looked at this copy, and it ended up in 1988, and there was no more of it?"

"I also noticed it when I was copying, it should be gone, I copied all the documents about Misha, and then bound them into a book, so that nothing was missed."

"It seems that my father's speculation is correct!" Yelena said thoughtfully.

"Yes, his speculation is completely correct, I found this document in a pile of documents on the key objects of the KGB back then, and his level of secrecy is very high. It also took a lot of effort for me to get through the officials at the headquarters and let me make a copy. ”

Ivanlov tried his best to ask for credit in front of Yelena, but instead of appreciating it, Yelena asked Ivanlov: "Have you also read the contents of these documents?" ”

"yes, I'm looking for a file, of course I have to look at the contents!" Ivanov was puzzled.

"You went to great lengths to get through the headquarters, and you must have made a copy, right?"

"Hehe, Yelena, you are too smart to escape your eyes, I made a copy."

"Ready for Iryukin? I advise you not to do this, as it will disrupt our plans. Yelena said.

"Disrupt your plans? Yelena, please forgive me for not being able to obey my orders, Ilyugin is my boss, I have no reason not to give him a copy, besides, I went to the headquarters to check the files, Ilyugin will also know, so ......"

Before Ivanlov could finish speaking, Yelena comforted him and said, "Anyway, I'm still grateful to you, wait until this matter is over." You'll be on the rise. Besides, you'd better give your share to Iryukin two days later. ”

"Okay, I'll try to drag it out for two days. But Yelena, I still have to say to you, I don't care if I am promoted or not, I just want you to understand that I am doing all this for you. ”

"I understand, but now I have to go, take care of yourself!" After saying that, Yelena and Han Jiang hurriedly left the cemetery.

Ivalov stood in the uninhabited cemetery, feeling a chill unconsciously as he walked towards his car as he lost his mobile phone rang......

7

On the way back, Yelena asked Han Jiang to drive, while she kept looking at the thick documents. Han Jiang turned his head to look at Yelena from time to time, he was eager to know the content of the document, but Yelena had a solemn face, didn't say a word, just looked at the document, Han Jiang had to swallow the words back.

The two returned to Victor's apartment. Makarov and Xu Renyu had been anxiously waiting for them to return, Yelena handed the thick document to Makarov and said, "Father, this document from Ivanlov proves that your judgment is completely correct, that Misha is indeed not dead, and he later returned to Petersburg." ”

"Really?" Although Makarov had been prepared, he was still surprised when his judgment was confirmed.

"Yes. Half a year after the disappearance of the expedition team, Misha suddenly appeared in Moscow. ”

"What? Half a year later? Makarov couldn't believe it, he hurriedly looked through the document, and Xu Renyu also came over to read it together, but as soon as Makarov read the previous information about Misha, he asked Yelena suspiciously: "Why doesn't there be Misha's name on the introduction of Misha on this document?" ”

Yelena nodded, "I also noticed that Misha's name does not appear in the entire document, and they all refer to him as Misha." Later, though, he got a new name. ”

"So mysterious? What's his new name? ”

"I haven't seen it yet, I just said that he was given a new identity, a new name, but the new name didn't appear in the document."

Han Jiang, who couldn't read Russian, was eager to know the contents of the document, so Yelena introduced it to everyone: "Okay, let me briefly summarize the content of this document, this document is very long, mostly reports on the situation of Misha in the following decades, because Misha was later listed as a key object of protection by the KGB, so there will be a report about him every month, and sometimes even a report about him every week." The document is long, but the content of the report is mostly simple, sometimes just a piece of paper for a month, which means that nothing happened to Misha. ”

"Is your KGB doing this to a lot of people?" Han Jiang asked curiously.

Makarov replied: "There are some people who need to be protected, and there are some people who are monitored, but there are not many such people, and many of them are only temporary, and it is indeed rare to see such a key protection as Misha for decades!" ”

Yelena continued: "According to this document, half a year after the disappearance of the scientific expedition team, Misha was found by the police in Moscow, and when the police found Misha, he was disheveled, and his clothes were dirty and torn, like a beggar. ”

"It's incredible, from Mongolia to Moscow. But...... But why didn't he go to the relevant departments and beg all the way? Makarov exclaimed.

Yelena patted Makarov's shoulder affectionately and said: "Father, don't worry, listen to me slowly, the police don't know Misha's true identity, according to the police who found Misha, at that time he found Misha was full of nonsense, crazy, not at all like a normal person, so he took him to the police station." In the face of the police's questioning, Misha still looked crazy, and the police later ran out of options, so they wanted to send Misha to a mental hospital. ”

"Is Misha really crazy?" Han Jiang asked.

Yelena glared at Han Jiang and said, "Why are you in such a hurry, listen to me slowly." When Misha heard that he was going to be sent to a psychiatric hospital, he suddenly made an unusual move and made an amazing move, he shouted at the police and asked to see Shelepin! ”

"Shelepin? Chairman of the KGB! Makarov remembered the usual scene when he met Sere.

"Well, Misha asked to meet the chairman of the KGB. Although he seriously asked to see Shelepin, how dare those policemen go to a big man like Sherepin for him, and the police even more determined that this Misha was a madman, so he sent Misha to a mental hospital. When Misha arrived at the mental hospital, he still shouted and asked to see Sherepin, and when he was quiet, he quietly drew some strange patterns on the wall and wrote some strange words that no one could understand. Misha's action caught the attention of the dean, who recognized that some of the strange words on the wall were ancient Sanskrit, but more were words that the dean did not recognize, and the dean found that Misha often stood on the table and gave serious lessons to the lunatics in the mental hospital, so the dean concluded that Misha was not an ordinary madman and reported the situation to the KGB. ”

"If only I could see the text written by Misha, there must be a party item text in it." Xu Renyu speculated.

8

Yelena added: "The KGB found Misha just now, but in the face of questioning, he did not say anything, only said that he asked to see Shelepin. ”

"Misha has always asked to see Shelepin, has he seen Sherepin before?" Han Jiang asked.

Makarov recalled: "When I was in the expedition, Misha told me that before Sherepin formed the expedition, he had summoned several of their scholars and asked about the situation, so he should have met Sherepin before. ”

"If you want to see the chairman of the KGB, it seems that he is not crazy!" Han Jiang said with a smile.

It's hard to say, but Misha certainly didn't prove to be insane. However, no one was sure that Misha was insane or not, and the KGB had done a thorough physical examination of Misha, especially his brain, and the doctors concluded that Misha's brain had been so stimulated that he might have lost his mind for a short time. Yelena explained.

"Huge excitement? Is it because the expedition team was killed? Han Jiang muttered.

Later, Misha said that he didn't say how he escaped after the accident in the expedition team? And how did he go all the way back to Moscow. Makarov asked Yelena.

"It didn't say anything about it in this document, but then Sherepin summoned him, and as for Misha's statement that he didn't say anything about what happened to him when he met Sherepin, there is no record in this document." Yelena replied.

"The chairman of the KGB summoned him, can he not say anything?" Xu Renyu said.

"However, one thing is certain, after this summoning of Sherepin, Misha's situation has changed a lot, and it can be said that everything has changed completely for Misha. He was taken out of a psychiatric hospital and admitted to a high-class sanatorium, where Misha gradually regained his health, after which the KGB performed a disguise operation on Misha and gave him a new identity. ”

"What? Transfiguration Surgery! That...... Misha's appearance must be different from before, and if he really wasn't dead, would I still recognize him? Makarov muttered to himself.

"I'm afraid it's going to be difficult." Yelena replied.

"And then? What happened to Misha? Han Jiang asked.

"Later, the KGB arranged for Misha to work in the Winter Palace, so that he could use what he had learned and protect him."

"Misha went to work at the Winter Palace? So is he still in the Hermitage? Makarov asked.

Yelena shook her head and said, "When I was investigating this case, I investigated the relevant staff of the Winter Palace in detail, but I don't remember that there is such an old man. ”

"Maybe he's retired?" Xu Renyu said.

Han Jiang waved his hand: "Guess what?" Isn't this a document? ”

Yelena looked at Han Jiang and shook her head in disappointment: "It's a pity that all the records about Misha in this document came to an abrupt end in 1988. ”

"In 1988, what about the back? Could it be that Misha is dead? Makarov exclaimed.

"There is no record, and from the last report, everything was normal at that time, and there were no special circumstances, but after that, there was no report on Misha." Yelena said.

"This does not rule out the possibility of Misha's sudden illness and sudden death, and it is also possible that the KGB decided that Misha no longer needed to protect him, so it withdrew his protection." Han Jiang analyzed.

Yelena sighed and said, "The previous report had a form of Misha's annual physical examination, which was obtained by the KGB from the hospital, and judging from the form, Misha's body has always been very good, and it can even be said that he is very healthy. As for why the report on Misha came to an abrupt end in 1988, from what I know about the KGB, I think that the situation at that time was probably due to political turmoil, and the KGB itself could not protect itself, so the protection and surveillance of many people was lifted, and Misha was among them, so there was no record of Misha in the KGB documents, and this document has been locked in the corner of the archive since then, and no one cares about it. ”

"You have a point, but I doubt someone has done anything with this document?" Han Jiang said the question in his heart.

"Tricked? I didn't pay attention. Han Jiang's words reminded Yelena, and Yelena hurriedly flipped the document to the end and checked it carefully, but from these copies, she didn't find any clues that someone had tampered with. Looking at the back of this copy alone, I could not see any signs of human manipulation, which is in line with my assumption that after 1988, the protection of Misha ended, and there would be no new reports, so all the documents about Misha were put together in the archives. ”

Han Jiang did not jump to conclusions, he continued to flip through the documents from back to front, not letting go of every page, and when he turned to a certain page in front, Han Jiang's eyes suddenly widened and he exclaimed: "You see, someone is still being manipulated here." ”

Everyone looked at the place where Han Jiang pointed his finger, and sure enough, the page numbers before and after here did not match, Han Jiang judged: "Judging from the page numbers on the front and back pages, there is a lack of ...... here There are twenty pages missing. ”

"Yes, the content of the previous page and the next page do not match, and there are so many pages missing." Yelena also noticed.

Han Jiang and Yelena flipped through the document from beginning to end, and except for the twenty pages missing in the middle, they found no other traces of human tampering. And then Han Jiang and Yelena checked further, but they were even more shocked to find that the missing twenty pages were all from 1964.

"Could it be that it is damaged, these archives are piled up in the archives, and no one will check them for many years, and over time, they are not well kept, and some of them are lost." Yelena said.

"Why is the content of 1964 missing? I suspect Ivanov, he doesn't want us to know. Han Jiang guessed.

"Ivalov?" Yelena was shocked, she had to admit that Ivanov was the most likely to do something, but the question was, what was recorded in the 1964 document on Misha? And why did Ivanlov do it?

9

Makarov froze and said to everyone: "Don't worry about 1964 yet, judging from this document, Misha did not die that year, and then he was arranged by the KGB to work in the Winter Palace, and he also did disguise surgery, I think the purpose of the KGB is not to let people recognize Misha." In other words, Misha has completely broken with his previous life, he can't recognize his family, his past classmates, teachers, and friends, he has completely become a completely new person, and the people he can make friends with can only be people he knows later, even if he can't hide from it, he can only pretend not to know if he meets his previous acquaintances, for the outside world, for Misha's relatives, classmates, teachers, and friends, he is dead, there is no such person in the world, I really can't imagine how much pain Misha has suffered. ”

"That's true. However, I am more concerned about where Misha went after the KGB revoked his protection? Han Jiang said.

"The most normal ending is that Misha will work in the Winter Palace until retirement, and then spend her days in retirement somewhere. Unless, of course, he still has some kind of intention. Yelena said.

Makarov shook his head and said, "Will Misha have that ending?" I don't believe that since we participated in that expedition, our fate is destined to be changed. If you look at me, you know that this is just a luxury for us. ”

"Do you still suspect that the ghost we met in the sewer pipe is Misha?" Han Jiang asked.

Makarov bowed his head and remained silent, he needed to re-sort out these thoughts, but his brain was getting more and more confused. However, Yelena deduced: "What my father said is very reasonable, Misha wants to live in peace, it is really unlikely, my father and Mr. Liang Yunjie, these two survivors were involved, not to mention Misha, Misha is different from his father and Liang Yunjie, he is an expert, his understanding of that scientific expedition is far greater than that of his father and Liang Yunjie, coupled with his bizarre encounter later, maybe he found the city in the desert." ”

"It's possible! If Misha accidentally found Hanhai Mi City back then, then he must know many secrets, but I always feel that this possibility is still unlikely, because no one knows the location of Hanhai Mi City, how can Misha find it alone? Han Jiang said.

"Han Jiang, don't forget, I once said that when Liang Yunjie and I finally returned to the camp, the scientific expedition team mysteriously disappeared, and I always suspected that they were in some great danger, and the whole army was wiped out. But now it seems that things are not so simple, Misha's insaneness? Transfiguration? The KGB's focus on his protection? All of this seems to indicate that Misha has indeed discovered something, and for this, he must endure unbearable pain and keep the secrets he knows. ”

Yelena nodded and said: "Father is right, my father is also a survivor of the scientific expedition, but he is not as protected as Misha, so it can be seen that Misha does know many secrets." Also, Misha was later assigned to work in the Winter Palace, which is also worth recalling. Do you remember where the first jade insert was found? ”

"The basement of the Winter Palace!" Han Jiang suddenly thought of the seven top-secret letters again, "I once mentioned to you the seven top-secret letters of the KGB, among them, the seventh letter was written by Xie Lepin, it should be said that it was an order issued by Xie Lepin, one of which was to permanently seal the jade interstitial, but Xie Lepin did not say where the seal was. ”

"Permanently mothballed? As a result, half a century later, a jade insert was found in the basement of the Winter Palace, and Misha has been working in the Winter Palace since then, so there must be a necessary connection between this. I think Misha should know that the jade insert was sealed in the basement of the Winter Palace, and perhaps, sealing the jade insert in the basement of the Winter Palace was Misha's idea for Shelepin. Yelena speculated.

"Well, Yelena, I believe that's what happened." Makarov nodded affirmatively.

"If we can investigate the old employees of the Winter Palace now, we will definitely get some clues, but unfortunately we don't have that condition now." Yelena said.

"So we only have one way now, to go down the sewer pipe and find the ghost, whether he's Misha or not." Han Jiang said categorically.

After Han Jiang finished speaking, Makarov and Yelena agreed, and even Xu Renyu nodded helplessly.