1

Tang Feng, Han Jiang and Makarov were all surprised after listening to Stephen's narration, "It turns out that the auction is a bureau set up by the general!" Tang Feng exclaimed.

"In this way, you can explain what Wang Kai did, he is the general's person, so this bureau is placed in Huabao." Han Jiang's thinking suddenly broadened.

"But what about the other side? Neither Stephen nor a general, we have analyzed before that there is still a force in the auction, Qi Ning committed suicide because he felt pressure from two sides, one is the general represented by Wang Kai, and the other side? Tang Feng was keenly aware of the problem.

"Could it be Liang Yunjie?" Tang Feng's question blocked Han Jiang's newly opened mind again, and he subconsciously turned his head to look at Makarov.

"Han! What do you think I'm doing? Do you suspect that it is us? Makarov shouted.

"I didn't doubt you, maybe it was Liang Yunjie, Liang Yunjie gave Qi Ning a lot of money, Qi Ning couldn't resist the temptation, took Liang Yunjie's money, and couldn't explain it to Wang Kai and the general, so he had to commit suicide!" Han Jiang saw that the old horse was angry, and hurriedly set Makarov on fire.

Tang Feng looked at Han Jiang's appearance and smiled bitterly, "However, there are still a lot of questions that have not been clarified?" For example, Liang Yunjie's death. ”

After Tang Feng's reminder, Han Jiang asked Stephen again: "Yes!" This is an important question. Did you kill Liang Yunjie? ”

"Nope! Beam...... Liang Yunjie was killed by the general, he said...... said that Liang Yunjie was very important, and he sent someone to solve it himself, so he ...... So I didn't get involved. Stephen said.

"Do you have tattoos on your people too?" Makarov asked suddenly.

"Tattoos?" Stephen was stunned for a moment, but he apparently quickly understood what Makarov meant, "No! No, unfortunately, my team was wiped out in Hong Kong. ”

"No wonder starting from Qiang Village, the strength of our opponent has increased significantly!" Han Jiang recalled.

"Not bad! It was the general's team, and the general's team was indeed very powerful, and as for the tattoo ......" Stephen fell into deep memories again.

2

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Stephen's men were almost lost in Hong Kong, and when he fled to the general's ship in despair, he was met by a tall and thin man, Stephen stared at the Caucasian man sitting on the sofa, with gray hair, sunken eye sockets, wearing eyes, and polite manners, Stephen couldn't tell the specific age of this man, but he thought that this man should be at least over fifty, and this man would be a standard professor image if placed in any university in the United States.

The man was also staring at Stephen, who was stared at by this man, and asked first, "You are the general?" ”

The man smiled gentlemanly, "No! You can't see the general. ”

"And who are you?"

"You can call me Professor, or you can call me White!"

"White? Professor? Professor White! Stephen searched his mind for Professor White.

"The general is very disappointed in my operation!" Stephen pretended to be light-hearted.

The man who called himself White shrugged, "It's a little disappointed, but ...... But this was all in his expectation. ”

"Expected? The general knows that this time I will fail! ”

"Of course, the general hopes that you will succeed, but he has little expectation from those under you." White lit a cigar.

"I'm all done, and now I don't seem to be of any value to you! What are you going to do with me and Fanny? Stephen feigned composure.

"On the contrary, I just said that the general has no hope for your people, and this time your people are finished, but it will help you cooperate with us, at least, you will not be as arrogant as before, and you can obediently listen to our arrangement." White said confidently.

Stephen began to understand that his capital was gone, and he was no longer qualified to bargain with the general! The fate of himself and Fanny can only be arranged by the general, and at this time, the white spoke again, "Stephen, I know what you are thinking in your heart, you don't have to be nervous, let's be honest with you, in fact, the general admires you very much, you must know that the general is old, and he really wants to find a successor like you." ”

"A successor like me?" Stephen was shocked.

"Yes, the general does not want his carefully cultivated ranks to collapse in his hundred years, and needs a capable, smart-minded, and desperate young leader who will serve the organization."

"Organization? What kind of organization are you! ”

"An old organization, an organization with a longer history than the CIA, the FBI." As he spoke, the man named White unbuttoned his shirt, and Stephen was surprised to find a tattoo on White's back - a wolf howling by the neck, and an eagle standing on the wolf.

Stephen shuddered, "This...... This ......," Stephen suddenly thought of something.

"Stephen, I don't think it's the first time you've seen this tattoo, your father has one of these." White slowly buttoned up his shirt.

"Father ......" Stephen remembered that when he was a child and took a shower with his father, he had seen such a tattoo on his father's back, but it was much smaller and smaller than the one on White's body.

"How? Remembered? ”

"Well, I remember, but how did my father come to be with you?" Stephen was puzzled.

"Your father must have told you the story of the Black Lama, right?" White asked Stephen rhetorically.

"My father mentioned this man in his last letter on his deathbed."

"Back then, in order to make his subordinates absolutely loyal to him, and for the need to connect, the Black Lama tattooed all his subordinates with such tattoos, which were not as civilized as they are now, and were all pierced with daggers and needles. It is said that this pattern comes from the totem of a mysterious tribe of the Tangut Dynasty, and the people of that tribe believed that tattooing this tattoo on the baby's body could give the baby the strength of a wolf and an eagle, as strong, cunning, brave, and fearless as a wolf and an eagle. White explained.

"That's why my grandfather and my father both have tattoos like this." Stephen somewhat understood.

"Speaking of your grandfather, he's an amazing character. He killed the Black Lama and became the second leader in the history of our organization, but then your grandfather disappeared while on his way to western Sichuan. ”

"Nope! My father said my grandfather died there. ”

"The general also found out after reading the letter from your father. The disappearance of your grandfather, and the series of events that followed, caused our organization to suffer a great blow, and for a time all activities were halted, until the general reinvigorated our organization, and our organization was restored today, and our organization was greatly strengthened, extending its tentacles to all parts of the world, and its membership was internationalized. White said this, a proud face.

"I see!" Stephen kind of understood, "But why is my father hiding from you?" ”

White smiled, "That's his misunderstanding of the general." There is also the fact that he was scared, timid, and forgot his original oath. ”

"Oath?"

"Yes! Now, you, Stephen, are going to relive the vows of the year! White said and stood up.

"Relive the vow?!" Stephen looked at White in surprise, and there were already four big men walking behind him.

"Stephen, and this pretty young lady, go with them, and they will treat you well......" White said slowly.

"What are you going to do?" Stephen shouted, and the two big men saw that Stephen was not honest and had already set him up.

The other two Great Khans escorted Fanny and led them to a secret room at the bottom of the cabin, where there were only two beds and nothing else, Stephen and Fanny were tied to two beds by strong men, and then exited the secret room, the lights of the secret room gradually dimmed, Stephen looked around in horror, he did not know what terrible things were going to happen next.

3

The door to the chamber opened, and White walked in, his outfit was very different from what he had just done, and Stephen didn't know what kind of dress White was wearing, anyway, a strange outfit he had never seen before.

White stood in front of Stephen and Fanny, his eyes slightly closed, and his mouth began to mutter, and Stephen tried hard to hear what White was talking about. But he couldn't understand anything, not English, not Chinese, he only felt that White's mouth was moving faster and faster, and the speed of speech was getting faster and faster, Stephen stared at a pair of frightened eyes, looking at White, White's mouth didn't seem to be words, but terrible spells, Stephen couldn't stand it, he wanted to break free from the belt tied to his body, but he couldn't move, until finally, Stephen and Fanny slowly closed their eyes......

When Stephen woke up, he found that he and Fanny were still locked in this secret room, the boat was shaking violently, the belt on his body had been untied, and there was a violent jolt, Stephen and Fanny both rolled under the bed, Stephen was busy helping Fanny, but saw that Fanny had an extra tattoo on her body at some point, which was the terrible pattern.

Stephen understood, and he hurriedly checked his body, and was surprised to find a huge tattoo on his back, a terrible pattern, but much larger than the one on Fanny's!

Fanny's hand gently touched Stephen's back, Stephen trembled, he turned around suddenly, hugged Fanny, saw a trace of fear in Fanny's eyes, and hurriedly comforted Fanny: "Don't worry, everything will pass." ”

Will everything pass? Stephen and Fanny spent another day and a night in the chamber, during which no one else came in except for the person who came in to deliver the food.

Finally, White walked in again, "How's it going?" Did you sleep well? White smiled.

"Not good!" Stephen said angrily.

"Don't be angry, we're here, you'll soon understand our hard work!" White smiled and nodded back at the two big men.

Stephen didn't know what White was going to do, and instinctively took a step back, "Don't be nervous, Stephen, we have a little rule here, and you can't break it for the time being." White explained.

"Rules?!" Stephen was still surprised that the two big men had come up and blindfolded him and Fanny.

Stephen and Fanny were brought ashore and boarded a helicopter that, after flying for more than ten minutes, landed steadily and came to a ground.

By the time Stephen's feet touched the ground, he had already figured that this was the place where the General had last met him. Stephen and Fanny had their blindfolds removed, and it took them a while to get used to their surroundings, a helipad surrounded by mountains, not far away, a calm lake, a row of houses sat on the lake, and on the other side of the lake was a huge training ground, all kinds of obstacles, training equipment, everything that was needed to train special forces.

Stephen was secretly surprised, what kind of place is this? Like a secret base, the weather was hot and could be reached by boat, Stephen quickly judged based on the experience of two visits, but in the end he could only deduce that it was some tropical island, but he still couldn't determine the exact location of the place.

Stephen and Fanny were ushered into the same room where they had last seen the General, and they stared nervously into the shadows, unable to determine if there was anyone there, or if the General was already sitting in the shadows, watching them......

4

In the secret room, there was no sound, Stephen could clearly hear his heartbeat, and after a long time, the general's voice finally came from the shadows, still the same hoarse and old voice, "Stephen, it's nice to see you again!" ”

Although Stephen had been mentally prepared, he was still shocked, he didn't hear any footsteps, the sound of the door opening or the sound of breathing, could it be that the general had been hiding in the shadows just now and observing the two of them?

"Nope! I'm not happy. Since it's cooperation, why do you treat me like this, it seems that you don't trust me! Stephen said dissatisfied.

"Stephen, you're overthinking!" As he spoke, the general laughed, "Almost everyone who comes here will be blindfolded, and we must know that what we are engaged in is the most dangerous business in the world, so we have to be careful." ”

"But on the ship, that White has already made me join your organization, and he is still on me......"

"Stephen, you should say 'our organization'!" The general interrupted Stephen.

"Then we should be our own people! I think we should be honest with each other. ”

"Treat each other with sincerity, hehe! The world is full of sin and deceit, and I have seen people who treat each other with sincerity, but there are not many of them anymore! ”

"Well, I can forgive you for being rude. So, what do you want to do when you invite us here this time? ”

"Now that you've joined us, join our training." The general paused for a moment, and then said: "I think White has already told you, I am looking for a successor, originally I had a successor, I have cultivated him for many years, but then something happened, so I am now going to re-select a successor, you are one of the candidates." ”

"Candidates? So I have competitors! ”

"Of course!" As he spoke, two crisp applause came from the depths of the shadows.

Immediately after, the door behind Stephen opened, and White and another young man walked in.

"You can get to know each other!" The general said.

"My name is Tymoshin!" The young man held out his right hand to Stephen.

Stephen and Tymoshen shook hands politely, and at this time, the general spoke again, "The jade interstitial screen auctioned in Beijing is the credit of Tymoshen, he has the same ideals as me, and has served our organization for a long time, but I still have dissatisfaction with Tymoshen, in general, both of you have their own advantages and disadvantages, so it is not easy to choose a successor among the two of you." ”

Stephen somewhat understood, the matter had come to this, he suddenly felt that it might be a good choice to follow the path drawn by the general for him, the frightened days in the past had made Stephen tired, he wanted to give Fanny a good, stable life, he didn't want to fight and kill like before, endlessly, no matter what organization was not organized, with the power of the general, after finishing this vote, maybe he could end his life like the past.

Thinking about it, a new picture scroll slowly unfolded in front of Stephen...... At this time, he had already thrown his father's advice out of the clouds, and he decided to serve the general with all his heart, and he wanted to compete with this Tymoshin for the position of successor.

The general coughed lightly twice, and then said: "Now it's all up to your performance, the specific arrangement, White will tell you." The general was silent, and the shadows fell completely silent, and Stephen saw Tymoshen and White looking at the shadows respectfully, and he thought it was a little funny, but he didn't dare to laugh out loud.

A few minutes later, Stephen heard a slight noise, and a glimmer of light appeared in the chamber, and then, the light became more and more and brighter, and Stephen found that the curtain of what turned out to be the chamber was slowly opened.

5

The thick curtains were all opened, and the warm sunlight shone in, and Stephen realized that the so-called secret room was a large conference room.

The conference room was next to the lake, the scenery was beautiful, Stephen was fascinated by the scenery in front of him, suddenly, there was a fierce shooting sound outside the window, Stephen instinctively wanted to pull out his gun, and then remembered that he had been disarmed on the boat.

White suddenly appeared behind Stephen and patted Stephen on the shoulder, "Don't be nervous, Stephen, relax, it's just our team retraining." ”

"Training like special forces?" Through the wide window, Stephen saw dozens of men in black training at the training ground across the lake, some practicing grappling and some practicing confrontation shooting.

"Yes, in a way, it's more rigorous than the training of special forces!" White said.

"Why such rigorous training?" Stephen was puzzled.

"Because we're going to have a very complex environment, we're going to face dangers that are far beyond what you can imagine."

"I've been in the Airborne Forces, and in my opinion, your training standards are really high, but I still don't understand how much danger we are going to face, is it more dangerous than the American special forces?"

"Stephen! It is difficult for me to describe to you in a few words the danger we are about to face, and you will learn later. White paused, turned around and sat down, and said: "Stephen, although you have served in the U.S. Airborne Forces, don't bring the arrogance of the U.S. military here, you must know that there are many teams in the world that are more powerful than the U.S. military, such as our opponents." ”

"You mean the people I met in Hong Kong?"

"That's right! But they're only part of the danger. White motioned for Stephen and the others to sit down.

After everyone sat down, White opened a thick file bag, took out a stack of papers from the middle, and said to everyone: "Now let's study our opponent!" ”

Stephen took the documents from White, and in these documents, he saw the photos and basic information of Tang Feng, Han Jiang, Zhao Yong, Professor Luo Zhongping, Liang Yunjie, Liang Yongquan, Liang Yuan, Yelena, and Makarov.

"These people remember! You will have to deal with them in the future! White said.

Stephen's memory is very good, he quickly flipped through the materials, and wondered: "This old K's personnel are not neat!" Since Han Jiang is the head of the old K, why is it just K2, and who is this K1? ”

White shrugged, "I've found out about this too, but that's all we have, and if you want to know more, you're on your own." ”

"The information mentions that Liang Yunjie and Makarov participated in the scientific expedition, and I ......" Stephen suddenly remembered that his father kept shouting "Oasis of Death" and "Devil" before he died...... Could it be that my father is also related to the scientific expedition team of that year?

"Stephen, what do you want to say?" White asked.

"My father used to shout on his deathbed, 'Oasis of Death', 'Devil' or something, and my father said in his letter that after the National Government retreated to the mainland, he took the initiative to lurk on the mainland in order to crack the secret of the jade interstitial screen, that is to say, my father is likely to have been living in Chinese mainland in the fifties of the last century, will he have anything to do with the Sino-Soviet joint scientific expedition?" Stephen voiced his doubts.

Stephen's words silenced White and Timoshen, and for a long time, Timoshen suddenly asked: "Stephen, did your father tell you specifically about his life in Chinese mainland in the fifties of the last century?" ”

"No, he never told me about the past, only briefly mentioned it in his last letter to me."

"That's it! We'll leave that for later. Now let's talk about the matter in front of you, Stephen, after reading the information of these people, you should understand the danger I just said, look at our opponent, the strength is not weak! And that's just some of the dangers you face. White said solemnly.

"Yes! Judging from the situation in Hong Kong and these materials, our opponents are very strong, but this reassures me. ”

"Oh!" White was puzzled.

"This shows that the group of people under my command is obviously not their opponent, and I am not ashamed to lose! Now it's up to the team that the general has trained, and I believe that if I let me lead this team, we will definitely be able to defeat our opponents. ”

"Good! That's what the general wants! White high-fived.

"So, what's next?" At this time, Stephen himself felt strange that he was so desperate to go to China and find the legendary ancient city of Western Xia.

White opened a map, pointed to a location on the map, and said, "Our next target is this-the mountains in the northwest of Sichuan, it is said that the last Dangxiang tribe lives here, you have to find this Dangxiang tribe before Tang Feng and Han Jiang, they should have a jade interstitial screen in their hands." ”

"How many do you give me?"

"Take your pick! And we already have someone in ambush there, if you find Lao K's people, lure them to the Qiang village here, and wipe them all out in the Qiang village. ”

"Without further ado, we should leave now." Stephen now began to understand why his grandfather and father had been unable to part with that treasure for the rest of their lives, and now he was so caught up in it that he couldn't extricate himself.

"Wait! Don't be in a hurry, Stephen, you'll need to train before you lead your men out. ”

"Training?" Stephen was puzzled, "Am I not qualified enough?" ”

"Of course not, the general and I are very optimistic about you. However, you have to get the people below to obey you, and from tomorrow, you and Fanny will be like ordinary soldiers, go and train with our team, show your strength in front of them, and everyone will naturally obey you! ”

Stephen didn't expect it to be so complicated, he pondered for a moment, "Okay! That's it! ”

"Remember, Stephen, it's more important than training to really be one of us." White did not forget to warn Stephen at the end.

6

From the next day, Stephen and Fanny participated in the training as ordinary soldiers, after Stephen retired from the Airborne Forces, he has maintained a high condition, never lowered his requirements, coupled with the skills he learned in the Airborne Forces in the past, Stephen quickly stood out from the crowd.

Through his contact with these men in black, Stephen gradually learns about their origins, and although they come from all over the world, most of them have similar experiences: serving in the army, then breaking the law and committing felonies! It was the general who brought them here by various means, and these desperate outlaws, all of whom were determined to the general and swore allegiance to the general, not only to repay the general's life-saving grace, but also to be moved by the bright future promised by the general.

After a few weeks of training, one afternoon, White came to the training ground, announced Stephen's appointment to everyone, and even awarded Stephen a medal, Stephen seemed to feel that he was back in the army, he looked at these murderous guys in front of him, and suddenly had a sense of time and space dislocation.

Stephen didn't know whether to be happy or worried, but he was excited when he thought of the general's wonderful promise, even if he couldn't find the treasures of the Western Xia Dynasty, if he could really get this team, he could do a few shocking cases. Thinking of this, Stephen couldn't help but look left and right, he was looking for Tymoshen, looking at Tymoshen's expression, this was his only competitor, but he didn't see Tymoshen in the crowd.

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"I see, I said how those men in black are so powerful!" After listening to Stephen's narration, Han Jiang exclaimed.

"They still have our information!" Tang Feng was also surprised. "And this mysterious organization was founded by the Black Lama in the first place! No wonder we saw that pattern on the stone wall! ”

"I understand, there are two lines on the pattern, the early one is from the Western Xia period, and the vermilion one is probably painted by the Black Lama!" Han Jiang Road.

"This ...... There's actually a White ......," Makarov muttered to himself.

"Yes! Is this White the same White who was caught by Shchedrin back then? Tang Feng exclaimed.

"No, it can't be! There are more Americans named White! Moreover, that person may not really be called White, maybe it's just a code name, for Stephen! Han Jiang shook his head.

"Could White be the same person as the General!" Makarov suddenly thought.

"I've ...... too Doubted, but with ...... From my observations, he ...... We shouldn't be alone. Stephen said.

"Do you know the forward base back then?" Makarov suddenly questioned Stephen.

Stephen looked at Makarov in bewilderment.

"Or did you hear White and the General mention the forward base?" Makarov asked again.

"What ago...... Forward base, I started from ...... Never heard of it! Stephen was confused.

"That's weird, the general's team also has that kind of tattoo on their body, just as well trained!" Makarov's brain was racing, he was capturing every detail, hoping to connect the secret base that Stephen said with the forward base back then, but he really couldn't figure out what the inevitable connection between the forward base and the general's secret base was there, except for the tattoos on his body and the American who called himself "White", the two didn't seem to be connected. But Makarov's professional sensibilities, which he had cultivated over the years, reminded him that there must be some connection here, just ...... It's just that I haven't found out yet.

"Didn't Shchedrin say that all the students of that year were dead?" Tang Feng comforted Makarov, he knew what Makarov was worried about.

"But in the end, Shchedrin didn't find the bodies of all the students!" Makarov was somewhat frustrated.

"Do you suspect that the general's team has something to do with the cadets of the year?" Han Jiang asked rhetorically.

"Nope! I don't know, anyway, there are so many mysteries that need to be solved. "Makarov was caught in a deep conflict.

After being silent for a while, Han Jiang suddenly mentioned, "Have you noticed?" Stephen spoke of Tymoshen. ”

"How?" Tang Feng also noticed.

"The general said that he wanted to choose one of Stephen and Tymoshen to be his successor, and now that Tymoshen is dead, then Stephen should be the natural successor?!" When Han Jiang said this, he stared at Stephen with a hint of ridicule in his tone.

When Stephen heard this, he immediately became anxious, he wanted to speak, but he coughed violently twice, and only after he calmed down did he speak again: "Han Jiang, you ...... Don't provoke me, I'm actually deceived, what's ...... The successors are all farting, too...... Maybe Tymoshin is qualified, but by no means ...... It could never be me, but I naively believed that I was ...... Now start to understand what you're ...... The so-called blood curse, the magic of the jade interstitial screen is too great...... It makes people lose their minds and lose their minds...... Can't tell right from wrong! ”

"Okay, it's not too late for you to understand now, but I don't understand that if you say that Tymoshen is qualified, you are not qualified? Could it be that the general lied to you from the beginning? Han Jiang was puzzled.

"That's right! He started ...... It lied to me from the beginning, but I was ...... I found out very late, it was after I came back from Petersburg...... "Stephen began another painful memory.

7

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Returning from the icy and snowy Petersburg to the warm secret base, nine deaths, but Stephen did not feel relaxed, he failed again, he did not know if the general still had the patience to wait for his defeat again and again, especially this time, Tymoshin died, which frightened Stephen.

Through a period of time with Timoshin in Petersburg, he knew that Timoshin was the general's favorite general, thoughtful, knowledgeable, especially the understanding of the history and culture of Western Xia, few people matched, and the only thing that Timoshin lacked was that he was not good at force, but this did not hinder Timoshen's status in the general's mind.

Stephen's heart is uneasy, Tymoshin is dead, and I have escaped, what will the general think? Stephen was thinking wildly, and Fanny was taken back into the secret room of the secret base.

This time, both Stephen and Fanny sensed that there was someone in the shadows, because the person was panting violently, Stephen didn't know what was going on, and didn't dare to ask, he stood respectfully in place, waiting for the general's voice to come from the shadows.

"Stephen, you've disappointed me this time, really, really disappointed!" The general's words were harsh.

Stephen's heart beat up and down with the general's words, he didn't know why he was so in awe of this "general" who had never met before, he was also a person who had seen the world, but in front of the general's majesty, his self-esteem was worthless, he obviously felt the general's change in attitude this time, much more severe than the previous times, it seems that this failure really made the general hurt his muscles and bones!

"General, I beg your pardon, we could have succeeded, but we were just a little bit close!" Stephen tried his best to defend himself.

"That's it! I don't want to listen to your reasons anymore, this time we not only lost a few good brothers, but also lost Tymoshin forever, you know, Tymoshin is very important to us. ”

Stephen knew that the general would definitely mention Tymoshen, and he didn't defend himself, so he had to endure it and listen to the general's reprimand.

The general paused for a moment, and then said sternly: "Losing Tymoshen is like losing my right-hand man, he is proficient in so many languages, especially ancient scripts, and now without him, how can you let us continue our cause!" Can you? ”

Faced with the general's questioning, Stephen couldn't hold back and retorted: "General, allow me to tell the truth, in fact, the biggest problem of this failure lies precisely in Tymoshen. ”

"Oh?!" The general was a little surprised that Stephen dared to contradict him.

"It was Tymoshin who allowed Misha to live under his nose for so many more years, and finally discovered our secret and helped Tang Feng and Han Jiang to achieve victory. If Tymoshin had been smart and made Misha disappear forever, maybe there would not have been today's failure! Stephen's heart was pounding, but he tried his best to feign composure.

Stephen's rebuttal turned out to make the general dumbfounded, and in the shadows, there was a long silence, so much so that Stephen began to wonder again, whether the general was still there? Suddenly, the general spoke again, "Stephen, you have to understand that only I am qualified to judge Tymoshin's fault, and we are not talking about Tymoshin's fault, but your problem. ”

"I admit my mistake, but please give me another chance, I will not let you down again!" Stephen pleaded.

There was a long silence in the shadows, and only after three minutes did the general speak: "Okay! I can forgive you one more time, but next time, I'll send you a helper. ”

"Helper?" Stephen suddenly felt like a man on his back, and he immediately understood the general's intentions.

This time, the general did not give a high-five, the door behind Stephen opened, and a bald man walked in, and Stephen looked out the door again, and he didn't see White, only this guy came in.

Stephen looked at the man again, white, bald, wearing a large camouflage uniform, who seemed to be about the same age as White, and looked very thin, but his eyes were piercing.

"Hey! I'm Stephen! Stephen stretched out his hand to show his goodwill, but the man ignored Stephen, and Stephen had to withdraw his hand in a boring manner.

"You can call this gentleman 'bald.'" The general said again in the shadows.

Bareheaded? Stephen knew that the guy next to him was by no means an idle person, and would calling him so indecently cause this person to be unhappy? He turned his face to look at the man, and the bald head also turned to look at him, and showed him an ugly smile, which was like saying hello to Stephen.

"But how do we coordinate our actions?" Stephen didn't understand what to do with this bald head.

"You just do what you do, you don't have to take the initiative to contact the bald head, if necessary, he will appear to help you complete the task!" Although the general said so, Stephen still felt that this bald head was a *annoyance.

8

It didn't take long for Stephen and Fanny to receive orders from the general to go to Helan Mountain next. Stephen began to prepare the equipment for Helan Mountain, and as Stephen prepared, he asked Fanny, "Have you seen that White here lately?" ”

"Nope! I haven't seen White since I came back this time! Fanny felt a little strange, too.

"What did you inquire about, that bald head?" Stephen asked again.

"That guy was training at the base a lot during this time, but he never talked to anyone, and I tried to talk to him a few times, but he ignored me! But ......"

"But what?"

"But once I heard him say a dirty word, in Russian!"

"Oh! So he's Russian! Stephen remembered everything he had been through in Petersburg.

"But that's all I heard, and I didn't know anything else!" Fanny shrugged helplessly.

Stephen was resting on the couch when he caught a glimpse of a dilapidated suitcase under the bed, which White had brought to them last time, saying that it was his father's relics in the nursing home, along with the letter his father had written to him on his deathbed.

Stephen dragged the suitcase out from under the bed, dusted it off, and opened the suitcase, which Stefan had checked after White had sent it, and it was full of ordinary clothes, nothing special. This is also normal, the suitcase sent by White must have been turned upside down by them!

Stephen casually threw out the old clothes, rummaging through them, and suddenly Stephen found something strange under the suitcase, through the compartment at the bottom of the suitcase, Stephen vaguely saw some strange marks under the compartment, like a picture......

"Fanny, get some scissors!"

Stephen carefully cut the compartment with scissors, turned it over, and there was something under the compartment, only to see three pictures sewn under the compartment, three treasure maps!

Stephen was surprised to find that this was actually the treasure map of the Black Lama, the first was the route to the treasure of Helan Mountain, the second was the plan of the Black Eagle Temple, and the third was marked with nothing, but it was full of lines in a zigzag manner, and Stephen couldn't understand the meaning of the third picture for a while.

On the back of the second picture, Stephen found another piece of his father's handwriting:

Wu'er, if you are in an emergency, when the matter is incomprehensible, you can find the treasure left by the Black Lama according to these three pictures, when your grandfather killed the Black Lama to get his treasures, and hid these treasures in the deep mountain Xuan Palace of the Black Eagle Temple, and made a picture to remember it. After I waited in the seven-colored Jinhai body suffered a catastrophe, I escaped alone, the original treasure map has been lost, for the father according to the memory, and made three pictures, I am afraid that there are inaccuracies, so it has not been shown to you, remember, if it is not in an emergency, when the matter is incomprehensible, do not go, cut! Remember!

After reading this text, Stephen handed it to Fanny, "Black Lama's treasure!" Fanny exclaimed.

"If it's not in a hurry, when something can't be solved, don't go!" Stephen kept muttering to himself, and suddenly, he slapped it and said, "Now is the time when I am in trouble, and the time is when I can't solve it." ”

"Stephen, you want to find the Black Lama's treasure?" Fanny asked.

"Why not? Don't you see that when we came back from St. Petersburg, the change in the general's attitude towards us, especially the death of Tymoshin, made the general sad, and I now feel more and more that the nonsense of any successor was used to coax us to work for him, and Tymoshin may be a candidate for the general's successor, but it is definitely us! Stephen was furious, and his mind became clearer.

"So you plan to take the opportunity of going to Helan Mountain to find that jade interstitial screen this time and find the treasure of the Black Lama!"

"That's right! Then we don't want jade interstitials, get rid of the general's control, go incognito, and fly away! The more Stephen spoke, the more excited he became. Seeing that Fanny was still hesitating, he grabbed Fanny's right hand, "You see, this emerald ring that my father gave you, I thought this ring was a little weird at the time, it didn't look like modern craftsmanship, and now it seems that this ring is very likely to be brought out by my father from the Black Lama's treasure." ”

Fanny looked at the emerald ring on her hand, and her heart also moved, and finally the two agreed to wait for the arrival of the trip to Helan Mountain.

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9

After Stephen recalled this paragraph, blood began to spurt out of his mouth and nose continuously, Tang Feng and Makarov hurriedly helped him stop the bleeding, and after working for most of the day, Stephen was able to stop the bleeding, but Stephen's body was already weak.

"You're the one who lives in the inn's east house?" Han Jiang asked.

"Yes! This time I ...... I didn't bring many people, just me and Fanny, and we had a ...... Began to rely on the inn and went into the mountains to explore the ...... according to the map"

"But why did we only find a treasure map in your room?" Tang Feng was puzzled.

"Because you...... When you found that treasure map, we were ...... The scope of the Black Eagle Temple has been basically determined, and it has been ...... So that picture is useless......"

"No wonder! And the other two treasure maps are on you? Tang Feng asked.

"Present...... It's no longer there! That light ...... The bald head appeared near the inn, and he somehow ...... How did you know my plans, Fen...... Fanny was killed by the guy in a fight with the bald head in order to protect me, and I escaped the bald man's pursuit and pressed ...... According to the picture, I have been finding the front hall of the temple, but I don't want that guy to follow......"

"But you didn't enter the apse, and I tell you," said Stephen, "that is the treasure of the Black Lama!" Tang Feng said.

A gleam flashed in Stephen's eyes, but in the end it dimmed, "That's and...... And I've ...... It's okay anymore...... As for me...... Why didn't you enter the apse, because ...... For in the front hall there was a ...... Unexpected ......"

"Accidents? What accident? Tang Feng was anxious to know what had happened before they arrived.

But Stephen closed his eyes weakly, and the corners of his mouth moved slightly, but he didn't make any sound, "Okay! Tang Feng! He didn't look good. Han Jiang persuaded Tang Feng.

"So what do we do now? Do you withdraw or open this coupon ......" Tang Feng didn't finish speaking, suddenly, there was a sound from outside the coupon door, the three of them became alert, the sound became louder and louder, Tang Feng, Han Jiang, and Makarov raised their guns together, and the three of them pointed their guns at the ticket gate, they didn't know what was behind the ticket door, but they all felt that a huge danger was approaching them step by step......