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Sikong Xingxing was awakened by the sound of the bar stool falling to the ground, and opened his eyes violently: "What, what?

A young man dyed of gold flew up from the side, his arms outstretched, trying to wrap his arms around my neck, but he had already eaten me in mid-air, and I spun and kicked, and fell out and smashed against a huge black speaker by the wall. The speaker fell, and the connected wires were also broken, flashing a long series of brilliant electric sparks.

Several thugs began to retreat, and the muzzles of their guns were lowered, and a fire fight was nipped in the bud. As far as I'm concerned, even if I kill and injure hundreds of underworld minions, it's not interesting, after all, we don't live in the same class, and the number of such people has nothing to do with me.

We returned to the table and the waiter at the bar began to clean up the battlefield and clear the messy ground, and the electronic dance music started to play again. This kind of place is originally a place where the law of the jungle is the strongest, and the fist is strong enough to claim the king, and the special rules of the game are "solved by force".

It's a miracle to me to see Sikong Xingxing and Cai Xiaofo here. Until now, I have always thought that they were imprisoned by the Tang Sect in Shuzhong or the people under the command of the Snake King, living a dark life as prisoners.

"Well played! We came to drink to give face to the bar, dare to point a gun at us, are we impatient?" Sikong picked up the star and slapped the table vigorously and shouted: "Wine!

His drunkenness grew heavier, and his eyes were almost open.

The waiter honestly served the wine and then retreated tremblingly. The little minions who were picking quarrels and provoking trouble all retreated in a gloomy way, and they didn't even have the courage to look this way.

The fight didn't give vent to my depressed mood, but instead the glass after glass of ice and liquor froze my heart and gradually became insensitive.

"Eagle, how about we get drunk tonight, and then we go out into the desert together to look for treasure?" I vow to cast a real golden Buddha out of gold for people all over the world to come and see. "I haven't forgotten the sea of gold, and I always thought that I would get the gold that was enough to boast the world.

The bottle of wine was poured only three times, and the rest was held in his arms, and he had to raise it and pour a few sips after saying a few words.

"You're still insisting on looking for those golden treasures?Why are you uneasy to do something else and make some other money?It's too risky for you both. "I tried to persuade me again, but I didn't want to watch two young people who didn't know the depth of their lives in vain.

Compare Li Tian with them, Li Tian is a vulture goshawk, and these two can only be swallows and sparrows, and if they don't stretch out their hands, they will be dragged into the water to die without a place to be buried. Having fought Li Tian several times, I know exactly what a powerful character he is.

"I can't take it if others can take it, Eagle, you underestimate me too much, right?" Sikong Xingxing muttered in displeasure.

Cai Xiaofo rolled his body and lifted his eyelids, reluctantly raised his head, and added: "We have already found two helpers, Harran, the Egyptian tomb robber, and Thom, another expert who is proficient in desert exploration. They all have a team of professionals who can help us succeed in one fell swoop. Eagle, if you are willing to join, it is an honor for me and Sikong. ”

At the mention of gold, his spirit was also uplifted, which shows that the greed of the people of the earth can be awakened at any time.

"Harlan and Thom, how is it possible for these two people to be at the same level—" I stopped in the middle of my words, because the above two people are indeed not very famous, and they have not done anything earth-shattering in the more than ten years since their debut, and they have almost been completely forgotten by the people in the tomb robbery world.

Looking back, Sikong Xingxing and Cai Xiaofo are both money-spenders, eager to spend tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow, and the money the day after tomorrow, and occasionally a few large incomes, even not enough to fill the foreign debts in the early stage. Having Harlan and Thom was already at the limit of their financial resources.

"Join the eagle, the treasure on the earth is the privilege of redistribution only for the strong without a master. With such a large sum of gold, don't be a hermit on Hong Kong Island, just take a boat with us to travel around the world, enjoy the scenery of the world, embrace the world** like Columbus and Magellan, become the king of freedom at sea......"

Sikong Xingxing's imagination is good, and he can face the dim bar and the men and women fantasize about the wonderful sea scenery.

"What about Li Tian's side? Can he let you grab that wealth in the Sea of Gold? Sikong, you are too whimsical. I sipped the wine in my glass and disagreed.

"Whatever! That guy slipped away from a secret base, and the Americans certainly won't spare him. Maybe in a few days, he will be dealt with by military law, and he will not take care of us at all. Sikong Xingxing wishfully and casually perfunctory. Only when the knife presses his neck will he remember to be afraid, which is also one of the characteristics of his behavior.

I shook my head, toasted in frustration, and proposed, "It's a mess here, it's not suitable for talking about things, how about a different place?"

Cai Xiaofo got up and echoed: "I don't want to say to Sikong who said to me to change places earlier." Alas, when we have tens of thousands of tons of gold, are we afraid that there will be no women? There is not only one Kailin in the world, why should she always stay in this little bar?

Sikong Xingxing blushed and staggered to my feet.

As I passed the counter, I took a few thousand dollars and threw it to the waiter, who was the price of ringing the emperor's bell tonight. Everyone who rang the bell had to pay for it, and I thought he would have a lot of money in his pocket, but when he walked out the door, he confessed that he only had three hundred dollars, and one hundred of them were change, not even enough for a fraction of tonight's bar spending.

We got into a taxi, and Cai Xiaofo gave an address, and then fell silent, letting the taxi speed down the empty street in the middle of the night.

The night breeze was cool, and my mind gradually calmed down, and I began to think about the information about the tomb robber Harran.

In the world of tomb robbing, Harlan is only ranked in the top 50, which is not particularly surprising. Who is a real master who is interested in cooperating with Sikong Xingxing and Cai Xiaofo? The two of them don't look like rich people at all, and they are almost the most untrusted partners who talk and talk crazy.

"Did Tamada Qi contact you? We'd love to bring him into the gang too. If we get the gold, in addition to the secret transportation method, the most important thing we need is to find a bodyguard with good martial arts. So I chose Tian Qi. "Pick the stars and tell me seriously.

Tian Qi has not appeared again since he was injured and left, of course I have no news of him, and if he is a friend with his personality, he will be a bodyguard with a knife in both sides, it depends on his own mood.

"Surely you will be able to get the gold?Could it be that the information you got from Li Tian is so accurate?To be honest, what did you take from him?" I was suspicious of what both he and Li Tian said, Cai Xiaofo kept secretive about what he stole from Li Tian, and I was always at ease.

Sikong picked up the stars and was embarrassed: "This ...... This one...... It's a diary that only records some trivial things when he is working. ”

I stretched out my hand to him, "Show it to me." ”

Sikong Xingxing smirked: "After reading it, I lost it, and you know that the two of us have no patience at all." ”

I stared at his face, and the warmth in my heart was pulling away. In the past, I always thought that these two people were still young and prone to impulsive and bad things, but they were both good in nature, as long as I restrained them and taught them, I would definitely become my good friends. Cai Xiaofo's calmness and the ease of picking stars have always been something I particularly appreciate.

At that time, they would not play tricks on me, and they would never say anything.

Now that the two of them have changed, Cai Xiaofo has changed even more, in addition to being silent and cold, there is an excuse to shirk my request at any time.

"Well, I decline your invitation, and I'm not interested in gold. After getting off the bus, everyone parted ways. "My troubles are not over yet, and I don't want to have any more troubles for the time being, otherwise it will overwhelm me. It's not angry talk, but I really feel that friendship is more precious than gold.

I'll quit and wait for the two of them to find the gold and divide the spoils, and I'll come back when we're done, and we can still be friends.

Cai Xiaofo smiled good-naturedly: "Ying, you are our best friend, friend is in trouble, you have the responsibility to stand up and defend us, right?"

I sneered silently, guessing how many secrets the two men were hiding in their hearts and what their ultimate goal was for this action.

The car's lamppost illuminates an old English villa, two blocks next to the National Museum, not far from the curator Lorraine's private residence. After Lorraine's death, her house had been handed back to the museum, and soon everyone forgot the name and began to welcome the new director to a feast.

The three-storey main building in the villa is faintly lit, like a tireless ship sailing in the night.

The car stopped in front of the wrought-iron gate of the rose, and immediately a night watchman rushed over with a wolfdog, alertly shining a flashlight on the four faces in the car.

Cai Xiaofo poked his head out of the car window and shouted: "Go and report to Mr. Harlan, we have invited a master back for him." ”

The gate was opened, and the taxi drove directly to the main building, which was hidden in the green leaves and red flowers, and the two wolfdogs who were guarding the door could still be heard barking along the way.

Cai Xiaofo was busy explaining to me: "This is Mr. Harlan's private residence, which is also the headquarters of this operation. Soon we will be able to hold a unique gold auction here and associate our name with the stars who stand on the red carpet. ”

I sneered, in the face of dazzling gold, all covenants will be turned into a picture in an instant, leaving only **naked robbery and killing, history has given us tens of thousands of such real examples.

After getting out of the car, we ascended the stone staircase in front of the building, and someone opened the heavy white oak door, and a light shot out, splitting the darkness that hung over the villa.

"Welcome to my Oriental friends. Two thin, gray-clad men appeared at the door at the same time, one of them enthusiastically opening his arms and the pipe in his mouth lit up, and then a puff of white mist erupted.

I've seen pictures of Harlan who is only slightly fatter than he was five years ago, presumably due to his pampered life. Another man held a large scroll of drawings in his hand, and his wary gaze repeatedly brushed over my face.

After entering the hall, Harlan held my hand tightly, and a flattering smile appeared on his face: "I have admired Mr. Chen Ying's name for a long time, and it is really worth having a drink if you can meet here today, don't you say?"

I politely greeted a few words, and then someone brought champagne, and everyone sat down on a circle of European-style Changsha.

"Is there a problem with Thom's drawing?" asked Sikong Xingxing, snorting with a mouth full of wine.

Thom pushed the black-framed glasses on the bridge of his nose and hesitated for a few seconds before replying cautiously, "Theoretically, our drilling program can be successful." ”

Sikong Xingwei smiled: "Theoretically, Mr. Thom, why do you always like to say, 'theoretically, theoretically'?

With no smile on his face, Thom spread out the drawings on the carpet with an ashtray at both ends and pointed to the place marked with a red five-pointed star in the middle: "Everyone, this is the vertical surface position closest to the target. Theoretically, if you go down between 500 and 800 meters vertically from there, you will be able to drill what we want. ”

I glanced at the twenty-fold magnified military map of Egypt, with a five-pointed star on the desert fifteen kilometers west of the Great Pyramid, next to the markings of telephone poles, houses, and signal towers.

"It was the site of an old civilian television station in Egypt, and there was no possibility of buying it. Therefore, we can only choose a position three kilometers further west, and apply to ZF for the start of construction on the grounds of oil and gas exploration, and use this as a base to carry out the operation. Thom habitually pushed his eyes to end his words.

"Then let's get started, what are you waiting for?" said the Sky Picker Monkey, eager to try.

Harlan waved the pipe in his hand: "Sikong, we are waiting for the approval of ZF, and we are still waiting for the European drilling equipment that we just ordered." More importantly, we must make sure that we have the strength to do so, otherwise even if we find gold, we will become a pathfinder for others, and we will end up with nothing. ”

What he said makes sense, but I'm worried that the final ones who will be out will only be the swaggering Sikong Xingxing and the stoic Cai Xiaofo.

The strong dragon does not crush the head snake, after all, this is on Harran's territory.

Cai Xiaofo, who hadn't spoken for a long time, suddenly spoke: "Mr. Harlan, do you still want to find a new franchise partner?"

Harlan was stunned for a moment, and immediately laughed to hide his gaffe: "Mr. Cai is really joking, aren't we the most perfect partners in the world?

Cai Xiaofo sneered: "I have checked your recent phone and computer records, and several major buyers of pyramid cultural relics in Europe are very interested in our plan, and promise to explore all the cultural relics obtained from the pyramids and purchase them at three times the market price. Don't forget, I'm a hacker, and anything related to the internet won't escape my eyes. ”

Spying on secrets through the Internet is indeed Cai Xiaofo's strength, and it is used to overkill Harlan and others.

Sikong Xingxing interjected at the right time: "Harlan, I still have to remind you that the set of seals you used to sign contracts with European buyers is already in my hands. At any time, as long as the Buddha and I are happy to throw the seal into the Nile, the money in the bank will not be withdrawn, and the Europeans will not give you any chance to cooperate. ”

The air in the hall immediately stiffened, and what was originally a happy partner instantly turned into an intrigue and tense enemy, and the treasure hunting alliance with an unstable foundation immediately collapsed.

"There are a lot of traps here, and a significant number of them can kill instantly. My friends from the East, if you think that there are more than ten spears pointed at your back, and you will be bombed into a net at any time, will you speak more politely and kindly? It seems that I have to remind you that this is Cairo, the capital of Egypt, that is, the territory of my Egyptian tomb robbers, all the underworld people and centaurs are my friends—if I want to, the three of them will disappear from the earth forever in the next second, and the bones will be steamed in the world. So I must reiterate that the real leader of this exploration program is me, not you, you, you......"

Harlan stretched out his index finger and tapped it over the tip of Cai Xiaofo, Sikong Xingxing, and the tip of my nose in turn.

The structure of this old-fashioned villa is more complex, and with a little modification, it will be full of dangers as he said.

"So what?" Cai Xiaofo sneered even deeper.

"Hand over all the information in your hand, as well as all the secrets of the Dawn Heaven, the Sea of Gold, and the Pluto Emissary. In short, don't try to hide something, little brother, you're still a little tender, aren't you?" Harlan raised his glass and drank it triumphantly.

Previously, Sikong Xingxing and Cai Xiaofo only mentioned Li Tian and the Sea of Gold, and never mentioned the topic of "Pluto Emissary". Now the more certain I am that they are hiding the most crucial truth from me.

Cai Xiaofo shook his head: "I don't understand what you said." I only know that there is gold buried under the pyramid, and I don't know anything else, and what Sikong stole from Li Tian is just a daily notebook, what is Pluto, Neptune, I don't know. ”

When Cai Xiaofo spoke, I carefully observed Sikong Xingxing's expression, and from his confused eyes, I could see that he had a very big doubt in his heart.

Harran waved his arm, and a young girl with blond hair walked briskly out of the corridor on the left.

Sikong Xingxing exclaimed in surprise, "Kailin, why are you here?"

The girl had a pair of big melancholy eyes, ignoring Sikong Xingxing, and bowed deeply to Harlan: "What do you command, sir?"

Harlan smiled faintly: "Kailin, you repeat the drunken words that Sikong Xingxing said." There are some things about his amnesia that need to be properly reminded. ”

Kailin immediately replied in fluent English: "Mr. Sikong Xingxing said that he stole a metal sealed box with a seven-fold code from the American officer Li Tian. Inside the chest were a notepad and an ancient parchment map, which was used to record the path into the Sea of Gold, which was very valuable. With it, soon the two of them will have an invincible treasure and become the richest men on earth. ”

Sikong Xingxing sighed, lowered his head, and muttered to himself: "The red-faced and troubled water girl is misleading the country!"

I've heard the name "Kailin" three times, and I remember mentioning it in passing when the two of them first arrived at the Moonlight Hotel. This girl's appearance and posture are very good, no wonder Sikong Xingxing will never forget others. Unfortunately, Kailin was a move that Harlan had planted in advance, ready to use against the two young men.

"What else?" said Harlan.

"There is also Sikong Picking Stars, saying that the parchment map is divided into two parts: above ground and underground. The route depicted in the above-ground part leads all the way from the pyramid to distant Pluto, which is equivalent to an aerial map. It is said that the ancient Pluto people relied on the guidance of this map to successfully land on Earth-"

Cai Xiaofo interrupted Kailin's narration with a sneer: "A very interesting legend is ten times more bizarre than science fiction. But Sikong's words have always been dreams, nonsense, and nonsense, and who knows which sentence is true and which is false? If Harlan goes to find treasure along these lines, he is afraid that he will exhaust everyone to death, and he will not be able to get anything. ”

Sikong Xingxing laughed and laughed: "You will believe whatever I say? In that case, I also said that I would take you back to Hong Kong Island to buy a big house and a little pug for you, do you remember?"

He really can't be fully believed in what he says, and sometimes it lacks logic compared to a patient with a high fever and talking nonsense.

Kaylin stopped talking, caught between the few and had no claim.

"It doesn't matter what you say, it's what you're going to say next when the torture is compounded. Harlan smiled grimly and waved his hand, and five gunmen appeared with black holes, and the muzzles of the guns were pointed at the three of us.

"In this case, everything should be left to the eagle, and there is no doubt about it. Sikong Xingxing shrugged his shoulders and cast an innocent gaze at me.

I slowly raised my hand and signaled, "Slowly, Mr. Harlan, it doesn't seem reasonable to lock up your partner before you see the treasure. What's the festival when you can't sit down and talk slowly, you have to use a knife and a gun to hurt your harmony?"

If you want to dig something out of the desert, you can't do without a character like Harlan. Only those who have been robbing tombs for a living will have professionals and equipment around them, and there is no need to waste a lot of time reorganizing the team in an unfamiliar environment. So I still don't want to ruin this partnership.

"I don't have to talk about it! I can't spare them until they share all their secrets. Harlan was unforgiving, and his tone was extremely tough.

Sikong Xingxing and Cai Xiaofo laughed almost in unison: "Sharing secrets? What are you going to talk to us about sharing or not sharing? Ying, don't bother with him, just abolish him, let him eat the bowl of rice that can't be robbed of tombs." When I was on Hong Kong Island, the big men in the underworld called us brothers and sisters when they saw us, but I didn't expect to come to Cairo, and even such a small character who couldn't get on the table dared to point a gun at us, I was really impatient!"

Indeed, these two young people have their own special status in the underworld, and they will be warmly received by the bosses of various territories wherever they go, so they have developed an arrogant temper of arrogance.

Harlan waved his hand again, ready to order the gunmen to arrest someone, but his next door fell to my palm in an instant, and with a slight shake, he had already dislocated all three joints of his right arm at the same time, and he had no strength to move.

"The good words have been said, and I have nothing to say if I don't give face. I whispered to him in his ear, word by sentence.

Several more gunmen appeared, but they were all afraid to shoot immediately.

"Don't talk nonsense with him, this kind of treacherous guy dies one by one, and the world will become completely quiet and orderly. Sikong Xingxing came over and grabbed Kailin, shouting at the sky with pride. He belongs to the kind of person who only does what he wants to do on any occasion, and never forgets that he is a high-roller in the rivers and lakes, never hides it, and never begs for mercy. That's something that touches my heart.

It was only a matter of luck to kill Harlan, but Thom, who was standing not far behind him, suddenly spoke: "Gentlemen, please slow down, I have something to say-"