Chapter 421: Shangri-La's Eye
And it was the British government that broke O'Connor and Evelyn's peaceful retirement.
"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is grateful for your contributions during the war, but I will now give you one last task." The uninvited guest first said a few words to O'Connor and Evelyn, and then said.
"We don't play spy games anymore, do we, husband." Evelyn said with a smile as she sipped her coffee, turning her head to look at O'Connor.
And O'Connor's eyes on the side were obviously a little straight, he had been retired and was about to go crazy, heard, there was still a task to 'play', O'Connor completely wanted to agree immediately, but, as a qualified wife, he absolutely obeyed the orders of the leader Evelyn, the leader had no orders, and absolutely did not speak.
"Uh... Right! That's right, we've stopped playing anymore, and we've long since washed our hands. Hearing Evelyn's words, O'Connor of course understood Evelyn's meaning, although he wanted to agree very much, but he began to refuse incorrectly, and said, and glanced at Evelyn, at this time, his heart was dripping blood.
"......" said that, the two were silent for a few seconds, and looked at each other a few times, as if both sides saw something in each other's eyes, as if, just refused, both of them looked a little unwilling.
In fact, not only O'Connor, can't stand this retirement life, but Evelyn can't stand it either, but she doesn't often come out, knowing that Evelyn can't stand it, only the old housekeeper of their family, because the old housekeeper is often in the study, seeing Evelyn who should be writing a book, but she is swinging a sword with a Western sword in her hand, cutting off a lot of candles and desks.
"That's... I'm just curious. It's just a little curious. What kind of mission is it!? "After half a ring. In the spirit of standing up as a man, O'Connor asked from a government official.
After O'Connor asked, Evelyn immediately turned her head and looked at the government officials expectantly, waiting for an answer.
"I hope you can send this thing to Shanghai." When the Foreign Ministry officer heard this, he replied, holding the box in his arms all the time. Gently placed on the table, opened the box, and inside was a fist-sized diamond, the diamond was wrapped in golden stripes, as if it was tied, and there was a round face in the center, on which were carved with oracle bones, a few words.
"What a big diamond." O'Connor looked at the diamonds in the box and spoke.
"Wow! It's God's Eye! The Eye of Shangri-La, legend. It can lead people to the fountain of eternal life. "For O'Connor's ignorance, Evelyn's knowledge. It was unusually knowledgeable, and when she saw this diamond, Evelyn immediately recognized what it was, carefully picked up the diamond, and explained to O'Connor in surprise.
"In 1940, it was smuggled out of the Celestial Empire, and now, in a gesture of goodwill to the Celestial Empire, the British are willing to return it to the Shanghai Museum of the Celestial Empire." The Foreign Ministry official continued: "And you two are experts in this area, so, we immediately think of you. ”
To put it simply, this mission is to improve the friendly relations between the two countries, which is very common after the end of World War II, for example, countries around the world have sent envoys to the Kingdom of God, sending gifts or other precious items to show goodwill to the Kingdom of God.
Not only the Allies during World War II, but also hostile countries such as Germany and Japan, which were rivals during World War II, sent envoys and precious gifts to express their friendship.
And this time, it was Britain that planned to show goodwill to the Celestial Empire, so it planned to return this Shangri-La Eye, which was smuggled into England, back to China, and before the start of World War II, O'Connor and Evelyn were already well-known adventurers and archaeologists.
Moreover, in World War II, when O'Connor and Evelyn 'played', to be precise, they carried out espionage missions when they were on missions, and they infiltrated various countries and went to the Celestial Empire, and made a lot of military achievements, and both of them were very good, all, the German government thought of the two of them and wanted the O'Connor couple to carry out this mission, after all, the Celestial Empire is very unpeaceful now.
"Oh! We're really flattered, we—" Evelyn was a little excited to see that the country valued them so much, but suddenly thought of something, and said with some hesitation: "However, O'Connor and I swore after the war that we would settle down. ”
"Yes, not at all." O'Connor, who was on the side, nodded in agreement.
"Well, I have to admit that I have some disappointments, the post-war Celestial Empire is very dangerous, there are many parties, and besides, everyone wants to get the Eye of Shangri-La, if it is handed over to a layman, the Eye of Shangri-La may be taken away and disappear forever." Hearing O'Connor and Evelyn's words, the Foreign Ministry personnel said with some regret and distress.
"Oh! No! We can't let that happen. "And O'Connor and Evelyn, when they heard the Ministry of Foreign Affairs personnel say the word 'danger', the two of them raised their heads suddenly, their eyes were a little shining, and there was a strong interest in their eyes.
"Uh, yes, it's for everyone... are all dangerous. O'Connor hurriedly agreed.
"That's right, it's... Unthinkable. Evelyn also echoed on the side, although the two did not express themselves directly, but after so many years of relying on each other, through Guò's eyes and movements, they already understood each other's meaning.
Both of them very much wanted to accept this task at this time, but they had already rejected this task before, and they had rejected it twice, and now they suddenly wanted to accept this task, which made the two of them a little embarrassed, and they had to find a step to go down.
"You know, actually, her brother lives in Shanghai." O'Connor looked at the Foreign Office personnel and spoke.
"That's right! Jonathan! Hearing O'Connor's words, Evelyn clapped her hands and said in surprise, she was still looking for the steps, and she really didn't think about Jonathan.
"If I'm not mistaken, he opened a nightclub in Shanghai," the Foreign Ministry official said.
Jonathan is a British national, and he is a tycoon, and Jonathan also has shares in the True God Group, and has a good relationship with the True God Group.
"That's right, we've been wanting to go to him all along, and we haven't seen each other in a long time, haven't we, husband." When Evelyn heard this, she said excitedly, looked at O'Connor, and gestured to O'Connor with her eyes.
"Yes, go say hello, and by the way, bring this Shangri-La Eye with you." O'Connor agreed.
"So, you're willing to take on this task?" Hearing O'Connor and Evelyn's words, the Foreign Ministry officer asked.
"Of course." O'Connor hugged Evelyn, their eyes were full of excitement, and they responded with excited expressions, and as she spoke, Evelyn reached out and took the box containing the Eye of Shangri-La into her arms.
O'Connor and Evelyn chatted with the Foreign Ministry personnel for a few more words and talked about the specific matters, and then the Foreign Ministry personnel left, and O'Connor and Evelyn immediately packed their bags and booked tickets to the Celestial Empire.
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A long time ago, the ancient Celestial Empire was full of wars, and during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, countries were constantly strife.
Until, a certain king appeared, with a powerful army, eliminated one vassal state after another, and finally, led the Qin State to unify Liuhe, unified the Celestial Empire, the one who was the king, using the "emperor" of the three emperors and the "emperor" of the five emperors to form the title of "emperor", and was the first feudal dynasty monarch called the emperor in ancient and modern China and abroad, named 'Qin Shi Huang'.
After Qin Shi Huang unified the six countries, he made a lot of policies, unified currency and weights and measures, unified writing, etc., the most famous of which is to build the Great Wall, and the construction of the Great Wall, the descendants are mixed, because of the construction of the Great Wall, there are too many people who died, but, it is undeniable that the Great Wall is a miracle that has survived thousands of years and still stands, becoming a representative of the Celestial Empire, in addition, there are things such as burning books and pit Confucianism.
And Qin Shi Huang here reduced the defeated enemy army to slavery, forced to work hard to build the Great Wall, and once there is no use value, he will die in the heavy work, he will be buried alive under the Great Wall.
Moreover, Qin Shi Huang also ordered his Xuan Guan to teach him to master the power of the five elements, gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, and the five stars were mutually reinforcing, so that Qin Shi Huang's power was endless and endless.
Although Qin Shi Huang has mastered the power of the five elements, and his strength is extremely powerful, he is still a human being, and he will still be born, old, sick and die, although he has great power and can alleviate aging, but he only lives a little longer than others.
And Qin Shi Huang unified the six kingdoms, created the word 'emperor', became the first emperor in history, he has not yet enjoyed the glory and wealth, there are countless lands and enemies waiting for his conquest, he is not willing to die like this.
Moreover, because of his strong strength, Qin Shi Huang could clearly feel that his life was coming to an end step by step.
So, Qin Shi Huang fell into the magic barrier, Qin Shi Huang, who could not see through life and death, mobilized the power of the whole country to find the way to eternal life, Qin Shi Huang wanted to live forever, and live with the sky.
On the way to find the way of eternal life, Qin Shi Huang did many ridiculous things, and was deceived by others.
And among them, the most famous is that the scattered people 'Xu Fu', Qin Shi Huang heard rumors that there are Penglai, Abbot, and Yingzhou three islands on the sea, which are where the gods live, and there is a "medicine of immortality", which can be immortal after taking it.
The First Emperor was very moved when he heard this, fantasizing about immortality, because it was Xu Fu, a scattered person, who wrote to Qin Shi Huang about the fairy island on the sea, so Qin Shi Huang sent him to levy thousands of boys and girls to go to the overseas fairy island to seek immortals and get back the elixir of immortality. (To be continued......)