At 1 o'clock at noon, a car parked at the east end of Wangfujing Pedestrian Street exploded, and the violent explosion destroyed several shops on the street. At that time, an emergency fire drill was underway, the pedestrian street was sparsely populated, and the explosion caused no casualties.

At 2:15 p.m., the terrorists' phone calls were made to the counter-terrorism command center, claiming that bombs had been planted in 10 elementary schools, and the explosion time was 5 p.m., and the arrogant terrorists announced the names of the 10 schools at the same time.

All of a sudden, all the police officers moved to assist the bomb disposal experts in conducting close investigations in 10 schools. All of a sudden, the whole city of Beijing was in turmoil.

Ling Feng nibbled on a hamburger while looking at the latest marker on the car map.

Zhou Zihan kept smoking, and after a while, the off-road vehicle was already full of smoke.

Ling Feng pointed to the map and asked, "What's here?" ”

Zhou Zihan snuffed out the cigarette butt, glanced at the map, and said, "This is the International Convention and Exhibition Center." ”

Ling Feng asked again: "Are there any major activities at the Convention and Exhibition Center recently?" ”

Zhou Zihan took out the handheld computer and operated it casually, and said without raising his head: "At eight o'clock this evening, Hong Kong Fenghua Group held a charity sale on the thirteenth floor of the Convention and Exhibition Center. ”

Ling Feng thought for a while, "What kind of collection does the charity sale have?" ”

Zhou Zihan handed over the handheld computer and said, "It's very ordinary, nothing special." ”

More than a dozen items from the collection are displayed on the computer screen, with illustrations and brief descriptions.

Ling Feng pointed to a red hooded robe and said, "This can also be auctioned as a collection?" ”

Zhou Zihan glanced at it. said: "This robe is very famous, it is said to be the robe worn by Hong Xiuquan, the leader of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, when he founded the Worship God Society in the last years of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. "After a glance at the profile. He continued: "This robe is just an exhibit, not one of the auction items in this charity sale. ”

The Taiping Rebellion had a profound impact in modern China.

In the year, Hong Xiuquan founded the God Worship Association in Guangxi and proclaimed himself the king. In 1851, Hong Xiuquan, Yang Xiuqing, Feng Yunshan, Xiao Chaogui, Wei Changhui, Shi Dakai and others officially declared an uprising in Jintian Village, Guangxi, and established the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. In January 1853, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom captured Wuchang. Shake the Manchu Qing. After that, the river goes down to the east, and the Jiujiang River, Anqing, and Wuhu are like breaking bamboos. On March 19, it occupied Jiangning (Nanjing), an important town in the south of the Yangtze River. It was designated as the capital and renamed Tianjing. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom reached its heyday. In August 1856, Yang Xiuqing was proud of his achievements and forced Hong Xiuquan to title him "Long live". Hong Xiuquan secretly ordered Wei Changhui and Shi Dakai to return to Beijing to rescue them. Early September. Yang Xiuqing and tens of thousands of his subordinates were brutally killed by Wei Changhui, and soon Wei Changhui was executed by Hong Xiuquan. The civil and military forces of the Hezhao Dynasty welcomed Shi Dakai to Beijing to assist the government, but Shi Dakai was suspicious of Hong Xiuquan, so he left in May 1857 and led tens of thousands of soldiers to break away from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and fight independently. It was destroyed in June 1863 on the banks of the Dadu River in Sichuan. From then on, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom began to decline. The shape continued to deteriorate, and Wuhan and Jiujiang were lost one after another. Most of the base areas in Hubei and Jiangxi were lost. In June 1864, Hong Xiuquan died of illness and was succeeded by the young king Hong Tianguifu. On July 19, 1864, Nanjing fell, and the Taiping Rebellion failed.

Ling Feng learned about the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement from history textbooks, and the textbooks did not introduce the so-called God Worship Society in detail, so he was quite surprised to hear that this red robe was actually the robe of Hong Xiuquan when he preached. But he didn't take it to heart, and stopped talking after asking a few casual questions.

Ling Feng looked at the introduction of this robe and asked, "The owner of this robe is actually an American?" ”

& What's strange, I don't know how many treasures have been robbed by foreigners in modern China. Zhou Zihan didn't care, "This robe doesn't seem to be a treasure." ”

&Huh. Ling Feng smiled, for an atheist who mostly had a dismissive attitude towards religious tokens, "Bultner? ”

Zhou Zihan knew a little about the owner of the robe, and briefly introduced: "Bültner is the person behind the Bell consortium, a devout Catholic, and very influential among the Jews. ”

& Spirit cloak? Ling Feng smiled, "The name of this robe is quite stylish. ”

Zhou Zihan pursed his lips and did not speak, obviously unimpressed.

Ling Feng said, "Let's go to the convention and exhibition center to have a look." ”

The convention and exhibition center is located in the business district in the west of the city, and it took Ling Feng and Zhou Zihan 40 minutes to drive over.

This charity bazaar, Hong Kong Fenghua Group hired a professional security team, and the security personnel in blue uniforms in the lobby on the first floor have already begun to work. After the security personnel carefully checked Zhou Zihan's documents, they let the two go over. When Zhou Zihan crossed the metal detector door, he caused the screeching alarm of the metal door, and he unbuttoned his jacket and showed the holster under his armpit. The security personnel had already looked at his documents and knew that he was from the security department, so they naturally let him go.

There were still a few hours left before the charity sale, and all the exhibits had not arrived, but the display cases were already set.

"These showcases are made of the latest tempered plexiglass, equipped with the most advanced electronic locks, and the codes are randomly changed every day, and only the security manager has the latest passwords," said Chow. ”

Ling Feng didn't understand any of this, just looked around curiously.

If someone violently destroys the display case, the items in the display case will be transported to the airtight safe through the passage at the bottom of the guò. Zhou Zihan looked around and casually introduced Ling Feng.

Zhou Zihan carefully inquired about the security supervisor's security process today, and found that there were no major omissions, so he was ready to leave.

& Please rest assured that there are successful people from all walks of life participating in the charity bazaar in the evening, as well as two ambassadors, in order to ensure the safety of the charity sale, the military will also send people to participate in the preservation work in the evening. "Chen Hu, the head of security, is a retired soldier, and his every move has a fierce spirit.

Zhou Zihan had already walked to the hall on the first floor, turned around and shook hands with Chen Hu, and asked, "Who did the military send to participate in security?" ”

Chen Hu said two words softly: "vulture".

Zhou Zihan paused in his footsteps, and then left the convention and exhibition center directly.

There are few people at the entrance of the convention and exhibition center, and due to the sudden terrorist attack, most people still choose to stay at home and are reluctant to appear in public.

A police patrol car was parked two blocks away, and two police officers leaned against the door and smoked lazily.

Ling Feng looked around and found that several nearby streets were sparsely populated, so he couldn't help but blurt out, "Isn't this a commercial center?" Why are there so few people today? ”

Zhou Zihan pulled the car door and said: "On the one hand, it has not been safe recently, people must have stayed at home for a long time, and on the other hand, martial law is everywhere, who is still in the mood to go to the mall?" (To be continued......)