The other party's Central Plains Mandarin is well-rounded.
But what caught Ling Shu's eyes, flickering under the firelight, was a face that was highly recognizable and could not be mistaken.
Blonde, blue eyes, high nose and deep eyes, fair complexion, extraordinary handsome.
Such a little white face should sing loudly on the grand opera stage with a gorgeous purple velvet curtain full of nobles, instead of wearing a mink coat and carrying a box cannon against his forehead.
Ling Shu sighed, seeming to regret the use of his beauty.
"Mr. Ling doesn't seem to want to see me."
Ivanov smiled slightly, not knowing whether it was because he coaxed Miss Zhen a lot, or because he was born with gentleness and affection, without the slightest chill in the land of ice and snow, and his mouth was soft and gentle in Chinese.
"But when I saw Mr. Ling, I was very happy."
"yes?"
Ling Shu felt that his whole body was soft and hot, he couldn't lift himself up, and his muscles and bones were aching. Even Ivanov's voice was coming and going. Accompanied by tinnitus, he couldn't help but close his eyes again. Get some sleep.
Ivanov thought he looked down on him and was too lazy to talk to himself, smiled, and got up and raised his feet.
The next second, Ling Shu suddenly opened his eyes and let out a shrill cry of pain.
what! ! !
Ivanov put his feet away, still smiling.
"Is Mr. Ling awake now, can you speak?"
Ling Shu touched the wound, his ribs were in severe pain, they might have been broken or they might have been split.
The pain was like a basin of ice water pouring down on his head, which directly made him awake a lot.
"It's alright." Ling Shu coughed twice, not accidentally touching the wound. He tried to sit up and leaned his back against the column in the temple. "Mr. Ivanov, we never met again in life. I didn't expect you to miss me so much. You've already eloped with Miss Zhen, and you have to come back to me."
Ivanov: "Isn't it? Since Mr. Ling left, I haven't eaten well, and I haven't slept well. In the end, I couldn't help leaving Miss Zhen to come to you."
Ling Shu: "Oh? What about Miss Zhen, she is a delicate and wealthy daughter. She left everything and ran to the northeast to follow you. Wouldn't she just be abandoned by you?"
Ivanov didn't answer the question, but squatted down and stared into his eyes.
"Where is the treasure?"
Ling Shu was surprised: "The stupa was taken away by you. After I brought down Yue Dingtang, I didn't even have time to touch it, but now you are asking me instead? I also want to ask you, what secrets are there in the stupa? , is it worth your risk? Isn't it safer to buy it directly from Yue Dingtang at a high price?"
Ivanov sneered: "Safe? The Japanese are also eyeing it. We have studied the stupa inside and out, but we haven't found the so-called secret. Since you want to steal the stupa, you must know The mystery here. Mr. Ling, I have a good impression of you, I hope we can cooperate, you can tell us the clues you know, and we can find the treasure together, divide the money equally, and fly away separately, how about it? "
Ling Shu sighed again.
He drugged Yue Dingtang at that time, and he really wanted to steal the pagoda.
But the reason is not what Ivanov said. He was trying to cover Lao Yuan, and he deliberately wanted to make this farce. Everyone's attention would naturally be on him and the pagoda instead of paying attention to Lao Yuan. Yuan transferred the treasure left by the grandfather Guan.
As for the second grandfather and daughter-in-law stealing the tower in the middle of the night, and the appearance of Ivanov, they were all unexpected accidents.
Zhen Congyun was also among them, and it was even more unexpected.
But these words cannot be said, and even if they were, Ivanov would not believe them.
What's more, Ling Shu doesn't believe in the words that treasures are divided equally.
Even if he did find any treasure, the first thing Ivanov would do would be to kill him.
People are knives, I am fish.
Ling Shu didn't want to anger Ivanov.
That doesn't do you any good.
He was going to delay time until Lao Yuan came back.
Ling Shu showed appropriate shock: "What treasures does the pagoda have? I just heard from Yue Dingtang that this pagoda may be a treasure from the living Buddha in the Tibetan area. It is not only precious, but also keeps you young forever. I want things to come true, that's why I have greed..."
Ivanov: "Mr. Ling, those are all lies to children, I don't think you will believe it. Or, you are waiting for your companion, the housekeeper of the Guan family, his surname is Yuan, right? Do you go to great lengths to steal a pagoda?"
When Ling Shu heard him mention Lao Yuan, he couldn't help being shocked. He couldn't hear what the other party said after that.
Ivanov knew that Lao Yuan was with him, and that Lao Yuan was now—
The illness made it difficult for him to maintain his usual stable state of mind, even though Ling Shu still tried his best to show indifference.
Just who is Ivanov
In his early years, he wandered around, depended on others, looked at people's faces, and suffered countless hardships. Not only was he proficient in Chinese, but he was also proficient in Mongolian and Japanese. Captured by Ivanov.
"Mr. Ling, you guessed right, that Mr. Yuan is in Miss Zhen's hands now, and you know Miss Zhen's methods. When she hates a person, she can make that person want to die, live or live. Go on. For your own safety and Mr. Yuan's safety, I advise you to cooperate with us, what do you think?"
Ling Shu smiled bitterly: "I really want to cooperate with you. When I heard there was a treasure, my heart thumped, but I had to know that! I knew that the pagoda was worth a lot of money, and I wanted to steal it. I went to sell it, I didn't expect to kill you two halfway... As for the old Yuan you said, if I colluded with him, why would it be so hard? I ran to the Guanyin Temple in the middle of the night to hide, and asked him to touch the old man directly. Wouldn't it be more convenient to give me two treasures?"
"You're right."
Ivanov nodded and stood up.
Before Ling Shu could breathe a sigh of relief.
boom!
"Well… "
Ling Shu only felt a burning pain in his shoulder.
Ivanov shot him directly.
The bullet was not embedded in the body, but grazed the shoulder.
Ling Shu knew that it wasn't because the opponent's marksmanship was not good, it was just a threat.
"Mr. Ling, I don't believe a word of what you said. Miss Zhen said you were very cunning. Please don't let me be deceived by your words."
His hair was pulled back fiercely, and Ling Shu was forced to look up at him.
The blue eyes are not the sea, but the cruel bloodthirsty bloodthirsty.
"I think what she said makes sense. For the sake of my fondness for you, this time is just a small warning. Next time, the bullet will hit you directly. I will not rush to kill. You, we have spent the night slowly, that Mr. Yuan has already fallen into Miss Zhen's hands, if he refuses to speak, I can guarantee that the end will never be better than you."
Ivanov snapped his fingers.
Three or four people rushed in from outside immediately and blocked the door.
"Mr. Ling, let's play a game." Ivanov said.
Ling Shu: "Can I refuse?"
Ivanov turned a deaf ear: "Have you heard of the Russian runner?"
Ling Shu twitched the corners of his mouth: "No."
Ivanov, regardless of whether he was real or not, enthusiastically introduced: "Put only one bullet in the six magazines of the revolver, rotate the magazines at will, and then aim the muzzle at the opponent, the opponent will die or not. , it all depends on luck. How about fun, right?"
Ling Shu: "It's not fun."
Ivanov: "Then let's play a game, but I don't think one bullet is too challenging for Mr. Ling. How about three?"
Ling Shu: …
Ivanov: "Okay, I'm soft-hearted, one bullet, one game determines the outcome, if you don't die, I won't force you, I will take people away immediately, and I will never harass you again, if you die , that's a pity, you can only go and confess to God."
Ling Shu: "I don't believe in God, can I see him?"
Ivanov smiled softly: "Then consider your Jade Emperor or Buddha."
He said something to his subordinate, who soon brought a pistol.
Not the "box cannon" that Ivanov had just held, but a real revolver.
Ivanov removed five of the six bullets from the pistol.
The sound of metal falling on masonry is crisp.
It seems that he is determined to play this game with Ling Shu.
This also shows that he is indeed winning, and he has the patience to deal with Ling Shu all night.
For Ling Shu, it wasn't a good thing, because Ivanov knew that Lao Yuan was with him, and also knew that Lao Yuan had gone down the mountain. The other party was so calm and calm, maybe Lao Yuan really fell into Zhen Congyun's hands. .
Within a few seconds of his thinking, Ivanov had already reloaded the magazine, turned it around, and aimed the muzzle at Ling Shu.
"Come, let's see if the god of luck will favor you."
Ivanov seemed to be serious, the gun had no insurance, and he directly pressed his right index finger on the trigger.
Use only a little force.
Ling Shu's forehead oozes fine sweat.
He saw Ivanov open his mouth and silently said to himself: Good luck.
This is a lunatic.
No matter how beautiful he looks, he can't hide the fact that he is a lunatic.
Ling Shu had no chance of winning by betting his life with him.
"and many more!"
Ivanov didn't let go, just smiled.
"Say."
"There is a secret passage here, and everything is there."
Ivanov: "Treasure of the Qing court?"
Ling Shu: "It's a treasure left by Grandpa Guan. There are a lot of things and they are very valuable, but they are not the treasures of the former Qing Dynasty that you want. , it's just a false rumor he deliberately released to confuse the public."
Ivanov: "Why should I trust you?"
Ling Shu: "The second Arhat in the side hall on the left side of the entrance can be pushed. The entrance is here, behind the Guanyin Empress in the main hall."
Ivanov made a gesture, and his men immediately went out to do the same.
After a while, a dull sound came from behind the Avalokitesvara, as if something had opened.
"Go and see."
Naturally, Ivanov would not go to see it in person, so he asked two people to come forward to check it out.
The other party quickly responded: "Sir, there is indeed an entrance, I don't know where it leads!"
Ivanov finally put down the gun.
"It's impossible to cultivate this secret path with you alone? I hope Mr. Ling won't deceive me."
Ling Shu breathed a sigh of relief: "This secret passage was not built by us, nor was it built by anyone in the Guan family. It was secretly ordered by Tang Yulin, the second-in-command of the Northeast King Zhang Zuolin back then, and he wanted to use it as a way to escape. , Who knows that it didn't come in handy later, after he left the Northeast, he left the whereabouts of this secret passage to one of his confidants at the time, and Lao Yuan also learned about it by accident."
Ivanov wanted to let people go and see it first, but he changed his mind temporarily.
"You are guarding outside, and I will take him in."
Ling Shu's hands were tied back, and the hemp rope was tied tightly, and he absolutely couldn't untie it.
Now every step he took, the bones in his hands and shoulders were screaming pain, but Ling Shu had no choice but to be pushed up the high platform and into the stone steps in the secret passage.
Ivanov walked behind him, about a meter apart.
Not to mention that Ling Shu can't struggle to resist now, even if he is not injured, the distance between the two and the gun in Ivan's hand are enough to kill Ling Shu before he makes any dangerous move.
The secret road can't see five fingers.
With Ivan's flashlight, the light couldn't reach too far, so he could only make Ling Shu slow down, and the two moved forward almost a little bit.
"What's ahead?"
"There are three fork roads, one of which leads to the countryside outside the city, which is the real way of life that Tang Yulin left for himself at the beginning, the other two, one is a dead end, and the other is a secret room at the end, where there are things left by Grandpa Guan. "
"Why didn't Mrs. Guan leave things to the descendants of the family?"
"He feels that most of the descendants are incompetent and incompetent, and things are left in their hands. They are either taken away or deceived. They have no morals and no talents. It is better to give them up and give them to the country."
Ivan laughed: "Country? Your country is now torn apart, how can you protect your treasures?"
Ling Shu coughed a few times and said intermittently: "In January of this year, after the Japanese army entered Shanhaiguan, the Forbidden City decided to seal the collection and move it south, and Mr. Guan asked Lao Yuan to send these things out of the city, to Beijing, and to the last one. Approve the treasure protection team that moved to the south, and let these things go south with the collection of the Forbidden City."
Ivan: "But Lao Yuan became greedy and joined you to embezzle?"
Ling Shu: "... Not bad."
Ivan felt as though he had figured out what these people were thinking, but there were still some things he didn't understand.
Just as he was about to make a clear question, gunshots came from outside!
More than one sound, at least one after another, it seems that there are still screams!
Ivanov's face changed.
Who will be killed suddenly at this time
Ling Shu is not so capable, he has already offended Yue Dingtang, and Lao Yuan has...
Is that Japanese
He didn't rush out to take a look, but instead pushed Ling Shu forward.
"Come down!"
Ling Shu was already walking very slowly, but he was suddenly pushed by him, staggered under his feet, and rolled down the stone steps.
Ivanov heard his moan, and was about to catch up to take a look, but suddenly the light suddenly lit up on his back!
He turned back sharply.
Yue Dingtang stood on the entrance steps, condescending, holding a lantern in one hand and pointing a gun at Ivanov in the other.
Before Ivan could react, Yue Dingtang had already pulled the trigger.
boom!
Gunshots echoed in the narrow and hollow corridors.
Ling Shu's eardrums felt uncomfortable, but he couldn't reach out to cover his ears, so he could only frown against the wall, waiting for the discomfort to pass.
One shot to kill!
He took a closer look and saw that Ivanov was actually shot in the forehead by Yue Dingtang, killing him.
Ling Shu coughed twice and laughed.
"Lao Yue, why didn't I find out that your marksmanship is so accurate before?"
Yue Dingtang did not answer.
He walked down step by step, but the muzzle did not lower half a point.