Xixia dead book

Chapter 193 The KGB and the CIA (30)
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The three people's attention has shifted from the stone tablet to the green booklet. Tang Feng picked up the booklet and found that it was "Concise Russian-Chinese Words Handbook". Because of the age, Tang Feng just flipped through the booklet, and the booklet was withered and yellow. The paper began to fall off, and after turning a few pages, Tang Feng felt that it was unremarkable, "This is a Russian-Chinese dictionary, and the Chinese and Russian languages ​​are compared. Look, its owner should be a Soviet player."

"But how did this booklet happen to be pressed under the stele?" Liang Yuan looked curiously at the back of the stele, which was empty, and then at the booklet in front of her.

Tang Feng didn't know what was going on, Han Jiang still didn't give up, took the booklet and turned it over, Han Jiang was stronger than Tang Feng, when he turned it over, the booklet fell off even worse, Tang Feng couldn't help it Don't remind him, "Be gentle and turn the pages as you like, the booklet will fall apart before it reaches the end."

Han Jiang ignored Tang Feng and continued to operate savagely. When he turned to the last page, Han Jiang smiled and said, "How about it? I didn't leave the book when I turned to the last page..."

Han Jiang suddenly lost his voice, Tang Feng and Liang Yuan stared at Han Jiang, Han Jiang pointed to the last blank page of the booklet and said, "What do you see written on it?"

It was only then that Tang Feng noticed that the blank pages on the last page of the booklet were densely filled with words, all in Russian, "It seems to be a letter, so beautiful calligraphy in Russian."

Tang Feng stared blankly at the handsome and beautiful Russian calligraphy for a long time, and at the end, Tang Feng couldn't help sighing, "It's really a touching letter."

"A touching letter?" Han Jiang was puzzled.

"It was written by a mother to her child. She should be a member of the scientific expedition team..."

Han Jiang hurriedly interrupted Tang Feng, "Wait, wait, what did you say? A mother wrote to her child? Are there any female members of the expedition team?"

"I don't seem to have heard of it. My grandfather didn't mention it, and neither did Makarov and Misha, but you can't exclude women in the Korean team!" Liang Yuan said dissatisfied.

Tang Feng thought for a while, "This is indeed a little strange. Normally, in those days when selecting team members to participate in such a dangerous and difficult operation, they would not lead female team members, let alone a woman and a bunch of old men. Convenient! But this is indeed a last note written by a mother to her child."

"If you take a closer look, maybe it wasn't written when the scientific expedition team died." Han Jiang still didn't believe it.

Tang Feng shook his head, "It's useless if you don't believe it, I'll translate it for you." As he spoke, Tang Feng slowly read out the letter from the mother to the child.

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dear aliosha
Maybe everything is in vain, maybe you will never be able to see these words, this is fate!Where are you now, dear child?doing what?Are you happy?Do you remember your mother?

Fate has been unfair to you from the very beginning. You were born in such an absurd age, lost your father from birth, and were exiled to the desolate Siberia with me, and experienced the warmth and coldness of the world. In the movie, you used your young body to bring me hot baked potatoes, and I will never forget your face that was flushed from the cold.

These are all absurd fates. I didn’t believe in fate in the past, but now I do. Both my fate and yours were predestined many years ago. “If you want to change our family’s fate, you have to go to the East. Change our destiny there." These words have been echoing in my ears, especially in the past few days, the call of fate has become stronger and stronger.But there is no way for me to change all this and escape from the shackles of fate. I had the opportunity to start a new life with you, but I came to China by accident.

This is not a legendary journey, even a little boring, we encountered a terrible black dust storm, the black dust storm did not kill us, but we completely lost our way in the desert, where the magnetic field is abnormal and changeable, The weather is terrible and weird, the surrounding is full of yellow sand, boundless, without a trace of life, without a trace of hope, the pointer of the compass is dancing like a crazy elf, and it can never bring us a definite direction.

Yesterday, fate played another big joke on us. When we were exhausted and waiting for the god of death to come, a lake appeared in front of us. All the people rushed to this lake. This may be the only source of water for hundreds of miles. .But reason tells us that the water is probably undrinkable, because the water in this lake is strangely white. Our equipment has long been lost in the terrible black dust storm, and it is impossible to detect the water quality here. Everyone is roasting under the scorching sun. Wandering between desperation, finally, some people did not want to wait any longer, they tried the water in the sea—the water of death!They quickly collapsed on the shore.

Experienced biologists said that those people were poisoned, but they couldn't tell whether the poison was formed naturally, or someone poisoned the lake. The rest of us didn't dare to try again, and we didn't have the strength to continue walking. , the key is not knowing where to go?We can only quietly wait for the arrival of the god of death!But there are still some people who don't want to wait for the trial of fate. They left us and went to the depths of the sand sea, hoping that they can get out of the desert, but everyone knows that this is almost an impossible miracle.

My dear child, your mother is using her last strength to write these words at this moment. It is impossible for me to change all this. I hope you can change the fate of our family. If you can’t, then you should quit as soon as possible, like a normal person Go live, never expect to change anything...

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Tang Feng finished reading the whole letter and frowned, "At the end of the letter, the handwriting became more and more messy and weaker. It is conceivable that the person who wrote this letter was writing with the last bit of strength, but She didn't seem to be able to make it to the end."

"After listening to it for a long time, the whole article is full of 'fate', and the word is constantly mentioned, which reminds me of the 'fate' engraved on the Populus euphratica tree!" Han Jiang's thoughts returned to Populus euphratica forest.

"Yes, I also thought of the 'fate', which is also in Russian, and it is quite similar to the handwriting on this pamphlet. Of course, I don't know how to identify the handwriting in Russian, so I can't tell whether the two are from the same handwriting. Human hands." Tang Feng tried his best to recall the "destiny" carved on the tree trunk.

"What's more important is the 'destiny' on the Populus euphratica tree trunk, which appears in a very special position." Han Jiang reminded.

"You mean the Koznov map?"

"Well. We saw that the place names on the Populus euphratica tree trunk and the word 'fate' were not inscribed by the same person, and we suspected that it might have been inscribed by a Soviet member of the scientific expedition team. Then, why didn't this person inscribe Carved on other Populus euphratica, but on this Populus euphratica with Koznov’s map? So I think there seems to be no connection between the two, but there is an imperceptible connection.” Han Jiang analyzed .

"In this way, some members of the scientific expedition team were related to the Koznov expedition, which we didn't know before! If the person who carved 'fate' on Populus euphratica wood was the woman who wrote this letter, Then, she should have some kind of connection with the Koznov expedition."

After listening to Tang Feng's words, Han Jiang waved his hands, "It's too early to draw this conclusion. Let's see what information is revealed in this letter. The first paragraph has several questions in a row, and it can be seen that this mother is about to die. Before the end, there is nostalgia for the child and a helpless cry. The second paragraph describes the difficult years of her and her son in Siberia in the early years, and it seems that they were exiled to Siberia."

"That was most likely the era of the purges in the late 30s."

"The strangest thing is this third paragraph. Repeatedly mentioning the words 'fate' and 'fate' has almost no logic, like Mrs. Xianglin, talking about fate, fate has long been doomed Ah, it can’t be changed! I don’t understand what she wants to express, maybe it’s a muttering in a dying state, but it’s so strange to read her narrative behind it in a clear way!” Han Jiang shook his head, not understanding what this meant. Why are women like this.

"Maybe this paragraph is exactly what this woman wants to express, look, this sentence, 'If you want to change the destiny of our family, you have to go to the East and change our destiny there.' This sentence rang in her ears repeatedly , it is conceivable that this sentence is very important to her. But what does this sentence mean?" Tang Feng was chewing on this sentence like a spell.

"I don't understand this sentence, but the last sentence is a useful sentence, 'I had the opportunity to start a new life with you, but I came to China by accident.' It means that she could not have come to China and participated in the scientific expedition team. Yes, but she still came here by accident. Looking at this sentence in reverse, it may explain the sentence just now. It is her fate that he came to China to participate in this scientific examination. So the whole third paragraph, I kept repeating it for a long time. It is to explain that she came to China because of a terrible fate." Han Jiang explained.

"The fourth paragraph talks about her, and it is also the encounter of the scientific expedition team in the desert. We have all encountered these damn encounters, but I also need to pay special attention to the last sentence'The pointer of the compass is like a crazy elf in the desert. Dancing never gives us a certain direction.' This sentence makes me shudder."

When Tang Feng said this, he looked at Han Jiang and Liang Yuan. The three of them all understood the terrible situation they were about to face next.

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After a long and terrifying silence, Han Jiang spoke again, "I am most interested in the fifth and sixth paragraphs. She described in detail what happened at Dabaiquan. As we deduced before, the scientific expedition team was drinking. On the issue of drinking the water here, there was a split. Some team members fell to the ground and died immediately after drinking the water from the Dabai Spring. The rest of the team members did not dare to try the water of death again. It was before death came that this woman wrote this letter."

"Sure enough, it's poisonous?! But we've been drinking it until now and it's fine! Tang Feng, you drank the most just now, do you have any adverse reactions now?" Liang Yuan looked at Tang Feng in surprise.

"Damn, you expect me to be poisoned, do you think I have an adverse reaction?"

"That's strange, why were the members of the scientific expedition team poisoned?" Liang Yuan frowned.

"Perhaps we can also see some clues from this letter. It is mentioned in the letter that some biologists believe that those people were poisoned, but it is impossible to determine whether the poison is naturally formed or someone has poisoned it in Haizi. Poison, this sentence suddenly opened my mind, I still stick to my original judgment, I still doubt Ma Changguo!" Tang Feng said firmly.

"Do you suspect Ma Changguo? Do you think it was Ma Changguo who poisoned Haizi?!" Han Jiang asked back.

"Yes, think about why Ma Changguo secretly released the drinking water carried by the scientific expedition team in the Populus euphratica forest. This can kill two birds with one stone for them. First, it can make the scientific expedition team panic. Chips, win over some people in the scientific expedition team, such as they win over Misha. To achieve this goal, in addition to letting go of the water carried by the scientific expedition team, we must also cut off all possible water sources for the scientific expedition team.” Tang Feng inferred.

"So they poisoned all the seas in the desert?" Liang Yuan asked in surprise.

"Yes, I think that's it."

"But... but Makarov recalled that on the second day after the scientific expedition team's drinking water was released, they split up and searched for water sources nearby, but they couldn't find it!" Liang Yuan recalled. Memories of Makarov.

"That's right, they definitely didn't find it. If the scientific expedition team searched carefully, then it means that there is indeed no water source near the Populus euphratica forest, but Lao Ma said that before the scientific expedition team set off in five groups in the morning, they agreed to return to the camp before dark at the latest. Therefore, the distance they are looking for is very limited, and Dabai Spring is probably beyond the distance they are looking for. Based on this, we can also judge the distance between Dabai Spring and Populus euphratica Forest, which should be a day’s journey back on foot.” Tang Feng estimated. Out of the distance between Dabaiquan and Populus euphratica.

"We seem to be far away from Populus euphratica forest." Liang Yuan exclaimed.

"Well, although the scientific expedition team did not find the Dabai Spring, it was blown here by the black dust storm. This is probably the nearest water source to the Populus euphratica forest, so it was poisoned by Ma Changguo long ago."

Han Jiang listened to Tang Feng's deduction and nodded, "It seems that this is the deduction closest to the truth. There are springs under the Dabai Spring, which can continuously replenish new water sources. After so many years, the water in Dabai Spring is now The poison is gone."

"But still can't explain why the water turns white?" Liang Yuan asked.

"This may be because the soil here contains some special minerals! This is not what we want to study. I think the truth of Dabai Spring has been revealed."

"No! It's not over yet." Tang Feng interrupted Han Jiang, "In the sixth paragraph of the letter, it was specifically mentioned that a few people were unwilling to sit still and die, so they left the large army and went to find their own way out. This The two sentences provided us with important information. The scientific expedition team did not all die here. We just counted the bones found. There are a total of 28 bones here, plus the remains of three officers found in Devil City. 31, and there are three survivors. Based on this calculation, there should indeed be several team members missing. Some of them may have died in the black dust storm, but it is more likely that they left here later and searched for it by themselves. There is a way out, but they are more likely to be ill-fated than good, and they did not go out of the desert again."

"Do these people include Misha, Makarov and my grandfather?" Liang Yuan asked.

"I don't think the three of them should be included, because Dabaiquan was not mentioned in the memories of the three of them. Besides, when Lao Ma and your grandfather returned to the camp, the members of the scientific expedition team had disappeared. They were He fled the desert alone; as for Misha...Misha probably found Hanhai Micheng later, and only then did he have the so-called "unparalleled gate" in that letter." Tang Feng judged.

"Then, what is the final fate of those members who left the main force at Dabaiquan?"

Tang Feng didn't answer Liang Yuan's question right away, but thought quietly for a while before saying, "I suddenly had a bold idea, where did they go? Where could they go? First of all, I think they didn't go out of the desert. After the scientific expedition team disappeared, the rescue started quickly. If they walked out of the desert, they should be found by the rescue team, but except for Lao Ma and Mr. Liang, no one was found again! And Misha probably found Han Hai It is very likely that Micheng and Ma Changguo came to the oasis of death. They should have walked out of the desert after many days. Then, will the rest of the scientific expedition team also come to the oasis of death, or even find the vast sea? Mi city?"

"In this way, the final encounter of the entire scientific expedition team can be deduced." Han Jiang's thoughts seemed to return to that terrible summer half a century ago.

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The final encounter of the scientific expedition team, like a movie, gradually became clear before Han Jiang's eyes. When Makarov and Liang Yunjie returned to the camp, the camp was already empty, because the experienced team members had judged that there would be a black dust storm The attack came, so the members of the scientific expedition team evacuated urgently, but all this was in vain. The unprecedented black dust storm attacked the scientific expedition team that had left the camp. After the black dust storm passed, most of the members did not die. After trekking hard, they gathered at Dabai Spring. Facing the strangely colored spring water, the scientific expedition team had disagreements on how to treat the water source. Sure enough, because Dabai Spring was poisoned by Ma Changguo, some team members fell down after drinking it. died on the ground, some other team members chose to leave and disappeared, and the rest of the team members died of thirst on the sand...

"Of course, it may be too early to determine that it was Ma Changguo's poison! We still need more accurate evidence." Han Jiang concluded.

"The scary thing is that today we are facing the same experience as the scientific expedition team back then." Liang Yuan's face was filled with fear.

"No, at least we still have water. If the water in Dabai Spring was drinkable, maybe the scientific expedition team would not be wiped out." Han Jiang said.

"But where should we go? Even if we have water, we can't stay here forever, and the three of us only have three water bottles, and the water we can carry is very limited. If we can't find the right direction, I'm afraid we will still have trouble The bad luck of escaping the scientific research team!" Liang Yuan looked worried.

"Maybe... maybe we should look for clues from this letter!" Tang Feng said again suddenly.

"In the letter? Haven't you finished reading this letter?" Han Jiang was puzzled.

"There's the last paragraph!"

"The last paragraph? The last paragraph doesn't make much sense. It's about fate again, telling his children that if they can't change their fate, they can live a normal life. What else can they see?"

"Didn't you find anything from her handwriting?" Tang Feng asked Han Jiang back.

(End of this chapter)