Chapter 4 Chapter Three

As soon as he uttered these words, he turned around abruptly and jumped out. This change was extremely unexpected, I was already rushing forward while scolding him, without even a tenth of a second of delay.He jumped out, and I had already rushed behind him, reached out and grabbed his clothes. This bastard, he is not scary, he really jumped down, so as soon as I grabbed his clothes, I was caught by the force of his jumping outwards, and even my whole body almost jumped out!Had it not been for my left hand grabbing the wall at the critical moment, the two of us would have fallen from the eighty-story building together.

At this time, although I temporarily stabilized my body, the situation was quite embarrassing enough. The nails of my left hand scraped on the concrete of the wall and made an extremely unpleasant sound, but I didn't feel any pain.My right hand grabbed Shan Si's clothes.Shan Si's whole person has already reached beyond the wall, only the clothes on his body are supporting him so that he won't fall down.And the clothes on his body made a tearing sound. These alone are not enough, what's more terrible is that Shan Si's hands and feet are moving and struggling. While struggling, he shouted, "Pull me up quickly. Quick, I... I'm afraid..."

Just now, he put on the look of wanting to die, no matter how many people persuaded him, he couldn't persuade him, and he really jumped down.If I hadn't held the ground, he would have fallen to his death by now.However, it was that glimmer of life that pulled him back from the brink of death, and he didn't want to die anymore. I tried my best to stabilize my figure, but I couldn't pull him up, not only couldn't pull him up, but also his shirt that I was holding was gradually tearing. I have never been in such an embarrassing situation in my life , I yelled: "Bastard, don't move anymore, okay?"

Shan Si seemed to have never heard my warning, not only kept moving, but also let out a terrible scream.With his screaming sound, his shirt was torn faster, and I couldn't help screaming, but at this moment, two arms stretched out and grabbed Shan Si's hand, and I was so shocked With a cry, he lost his strength and fell to the ground. I saw that Huang Tang and another tall police officer had already grabbed Shan Si's hand and dragged him up.Perhaps because the situation just now was too dangerous, after dragging Shan Si up, the three of them also fell to the ground together.Shan Si was sweating all over his face, gasping for breath, and looked at me: "I didn't know I had acrophobia...it was appalling...fortunately, I just have acrophobia, not occlusion phobia, if Obturophobia, then I'm screwed."

I naturally know what he means. If a person has "obliteration phobia", he will not even dare to take the elevator, let alone enter the ancient tomb to rob the tomb. And in such a situation, he still said such words, I sat up abruptly, slapped his cheek with a slap, and slapped him heavily on the face. That slap made him howl and rolled twice before he stopped, and when he raised his head again, I saw blood from the corner of his mouth and half of his face was swollen, I was so happy for no reason. Huang Tang jumped up first, pulled Shan Si up, and Shan Si scolded: "Wesley, you are a barbarian."

I also jumped up: "If the barbarians hadn't pulled you just now, you, a civilized person, would have become a pile of broken bones." Shan Si didn't say anything, and he really didn't have a chance to say anything more, because Huang Tang had already pushed him Walking forward, I called out: "Huang Tang—" Huang Tang turned his head: "The police will charge him with many crimes, and it's none of your business." I didn't say anything to Huang Tang, and followed the brigade police officers, left the rooftop, got off the elevator, found the first phone I could find, and talked to Bai Su.

The content of my call with Bai Su was very simple. I just asked her to go to a lawyer immediately and go to the police station to release Shan Si on bail. At the same time, we made an appointment to meet at the police station. When Bai Su and the lawyer arrived, I had already waited for ten minutes, and the lawyer immediately negotiated with the police. I told Bai Su about Shan Si's attempt to jump off the building. Bai Su smiled wryly, "What kind of tomb did Shan Si go to steal?" I said: "Who knows. When it comes out in a while, I will force him to speak out, even if he is tortured."

Bai Su smiled, looked at me and shook his head.We didn't wait long at the police station, and Shan Si came out accompanied by a lawyer. After Shan Si came out, he made a face at me, and covered the other side of his face which was not swollen with his hand.Seeing him like this, I'm sorry that the slap just now was too hard. I looked at him and made a "forget it" gesture.Shan Si also looked very relaxed, and came straight to me: "I hit you on the back of the head, and you hit me back, forget it, I have a lot to say to you, go, go to your house Go, or go to my house?"

I said: "Whatever." We walked out together, and when I said "we", I meant me, Bai Su and Shan Si, and the lawyer followed.Shan Si is in the middle, and Bai Su and I are on both sides of him. While walking outside, Shan Si kept talking, he said: "At first I really wanted to die, because I knew I couldn't escape, I really couldn't escape, no one can escape their pursuit." I asked He said, "Who is chasing you?" Shan Si made a gesture that I didn't quite understand: "I'll tell you the story from the beginning, otherwise you won't believe it. Now... the moment I was hanging in the sky just now, I figured it out. The big deal is death. What are you afraid of?" , Anyway, if you are ready to die, you don’t have to be afraid.”

I was angry and funny: "I don't think you will die. People like you are too harmful to die." Bai Su said: "Why do you always think about death? Did the spell in the ancient tomb impress you too much?" Bai Su mentioned the "curse of the ancient tomb" at this time, which was natural, because Qi Bai's tape had mentioned it, and Shan Si had said that he and Qi Bai worked together. Shan Si laughed and repeated Bai Su's words: "The spell of the ancient tomb? Haha, the spell of the ancient tomb." While we were talking, we walked outside. By this time, we had already left the police station and were walking down the stone steps in front of the police station. I was still asking, "What's so ridiculous about that?"

As I spoke, I looked at Shan Si, and Shan Si also turned her head to look at me, opening her mouth wide, wanting to speak to me. The incident happened suddenly at this time.The accident happened so suddenly that I didn't know what happened for the first ten seconds!In many situations, I am not calm enough, but Bai Su is the calmest person I know, male or female.It was her scream that first brought me back to consciousness.When Shan Si and I looked at each other, I said the phrase "what's so ridiculous", Shan Si also turned his head and looked at me, we were face to face, he opened his mouth, wanting to answer, but when he opened his mouth, No sound came out. He opened his mouth, his left forehead suddenly sank, and a hole appeared that appeared to be extremely deep. Immediately afterwards, bright red blood and white brains gushed out from this hole together, his mouth was still open. , People also stood and did not fall. Bai Su's exclamation made me regain consciousness, so that I could understand what happened in front of me. I was so shocked just now that I didn't know what happened in front of me: Shan Si was shot. A bullet went straight into his left temple. Anyone under such circumstances will die absolutely immediately. Single thinking is dead! After I understood what happened, I couldn't help it, and let out a terrible cry, Shan Si's body began to fall down.I saw Bai Su running down quickly, behind a telegraph pole, looked up to the opposite street, there were many buildings across the street, there were many windows, some were open, some were closed. I can be sure that the one who shot Shan Si was a long-range rifle with a silencer installed. The shooter was naturally a top-notch sniper. If Shan Si was not by my side, his head would have been limp and blood-stained. He's all over his face, he looks horrific, and I applaud the sniper's marksmanship. At that time, it never occurred to me that the sniper might fire a second shot, and that I might also be the target of shooting.I clearly knew that Shan Si was dead, and it was impossible for anyone to live under such circumstances, but I still supported Shan Si and prevented him from falling down. All of this started from the appearance of a deep hole in Shan Si's temple. Until now, it may not take more than five seconds. The lawyer who followed did not see the accident until then, and he also screamed. The staff rushed over, and I just supported Shan Si all the time. Bai Su quickly ran over, showing an extremely angry expression, pointing to the street, panting: "It must be the bullets fired from those buildings, it must be." I yelled, and shouted to the surrounding police officers: "Quickly, quickly call an ambulance, quickly call an ambulance." I knew that no ambulance was going to work, but I just didn't want to accept it. Less than an hour before I had brought a man back from the brink of death, filled him with courage to fight for life, and was ready to tell me his strange story, and yet, under the most unlikely circumstances, he But he was shot and died. Huang Tang rushed out, and many police officers rushed out. What happened next was extremely messy, and there was no need to describe them one by one. Bai Su and I walked into the house with weary steps, it was several hours later. In the past few hours, we have been going between the police station and the hospital.Once Shan Si was shot, he died immediately; but I still have to wait until the forensic doctor really proves that he is dead before I am willing to accept this fact. Although intellectually, I knew that Shan Si was dead and was shot to death by a first-class sniper, which happened around me, but emotionally, I still felt that it was unacceptable.Because everything happened so suddenly, my thoughts were in a mess, and I didn't know what to think about. In my life, I have been hit by many accidents, some of which are unimaginable, but there has never been one that shocked me so seriously. After returning home, I just sat there in a daze, lighting one cigarette after another.Bai Su sat across from me and didn't make a sound.After a while, she spoke first: "Let's sort things out from the beginning to the present." I smiled bitterly, and my voice sounded dry and inexplicable: "I don't have a clue at all, how can I sort it out?" Bai Su said: "It's not that I don't have any clue." I took a deep breath and tried to gather my thoughts.Indeed, what Bai Su said is right, the whole matter, even though it is inexplicable, is not completely clueless. First of all, there are two tapes sent by Qi Bai.These two tapes showed that Qi Bai had gone to a strange place. Qi Bai made it very clear in the tape that the virus told him to go to that weird place.And Shan Si, according to his housekeeper Feng Hai, left after receiving a call from Qi Bai. Assuming that Shan Si and Qi Bai also went to that "strange place" (most likely a mysterious ancient tomb), then their encounters should be the same.On the roof of the building, Shan Si once mentioned to me that someone was chasing him, and also said that Qi Bai must have died. This can prove that they have a common experience. At this point in the analysis, it seems that there can only be one conclusion. Since Shan Si is dead and Qi Bai's whereabouts are unknown, there is only one person left who can know the origin of the whole thing. This person, who is now retired, was once the most outstanding grave robber in the world: Virus! I have been chanting rapidly, reaching this conclusion and raising my head. I looked at Bai Su, Bai Su knew what I was thinking, said: "Virus, only he knows where Qi Bai and Shan Si went." I swung it vigorously: "Yes, and only by finding out what weird places Shan Si and Qi Bai have been to can we know what they found, and we can also speculate on the reason why Shan Si was killed." Bai Su nodded, and I took another deep breath: "So, we should go to Egypt to see the virus." Bai Su nodded and agreed with my decision, but she said again: "I'm staying here for the time being, Shan Si died strangely, the investigation by the police and Huang Tang may not be fruitful—" I thought for a while: "The matter is mysterious and complicated, you have to be careful. I'm going to see the virus, we will work separately and contact you at any time." The next afternoon, the trip will take place. Before the trip, there are some things that are worth recording. Huang Tang contacted him several times, he was doing everything possible to investigate the case of Shan Si's death, when he knew that Bai Su stayed to help him, he was very happy. But he contacted several times, it can be seen that his mood is getting lower and lower every time, because he has no clue at all. The bullet embedded in Shan Si's skull was taken out. It was a very strange rifle bullet. There was no record of this bullet in the local police archives.Huang Tang tried his best to investigate, but he couldn't find out why.When I was leaving, at the airport, Huang Tang rushed over, and before the plane took off, he opened a small box in the dining room of the airport, and showed me and Bai Su the bullet. I believe that Huang Tang is a mechanical expert, and Bai Su and I don't need to underestimate our knowledge in this area, but neither of us can tell what type of rifle this bullet was fired from. I put the slender and graceful bullet that took Shan Si's life into my palm, observed it carefully, and sighed: "It must be a special kind of rifle, a new and secret firearm." Huang Tang said: "Of course, the question is, who is using this kind of firearm?" I said: "There are many kinds of people, such as first-class gunmen, who may own small arsenals to manufacture sophisticated murder weapons. The murder weapons used by secret agencies in various countries are also changing with each passing day, emerging in endlessly." Huang Tang smiled wryly, "Is there no way to find out the source of this weapon?" I comforted him and said, "Not necessarily. You can first contact the international police to obtain information from them, and then through various relationships, contact the intelligence agencies of the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom to obtain records of this bullet." Huang Tang showed a look of irony: "It's weird! Shan Si is a grave robber. The death of a grave robber should be connected with ancient objects and ancient things. But now, in order to investigate his death, he has to go to Find information on the latest technology." What Huang Tang said was "weird", in fact, I have already felt the same.I would rather see Shan Si stabbed to death by a dagger engraved with ancient Egyptian characters, then things are more reasonable.But Shan Si died under a rifle bullet that none of us three experts had ever seen. Based on the angle at which the bullet was shot, Huang Tang guessed where the bullet might have been fired, and determined that the bullet was fired from a window in the corridor on the third floor of a building opposite the police station. Huang Tang said: "The distance from the estimated gunman's location to the target is 136 meters." I said, "That's not too far away. With well-equipped firearms, you can hit the target without any difficulty." Huang Tangdao: "It was a school. Classes were in session at the time, and there was no one in the corridor. The strange thing is, I asked a lot of people, and they all said that they didn't see any suspicious people coming in or out." Bai Su said: "There are a lot of people entering and leaving the school. Snipers don't write on their faces, so it's not easy to attract people's attention." Huang Tang waved his hands vigorously: "But, how did the murderer know that Shan Si would come out of the police station at this time?" I sighed: "Of course I have been following him. On the roof of the building, Shan Si told me that someone was chasing him, and he must not be able to escape." Huang Tang murmured: "He really didn't escape!" Huang Tang waved goodbye in a trance, Bai Su said: "When you arrive in Egypt, are you sure to see the virus?" I said: "That depends on whether Hu Ming has a solution." Hu Ming is an old friend of mine and an authoritative professor of archeology at Cairo University.Had an extremely thrilling experience with him (see "Branched People").Since Hu Ming is fascinated by all kinds of ancient objects, I speculate that he may have some connection with the tomb-robbing expert virus. After the virus retired, no one was seen, so I called Hu Ming before the trip, saying that I wanted to see the virus, and asked him if he could arrange for me. As soon as Hu Ming heard me mention the virus, he became very sensitive and hesitated.I know Hu Ming's embarrassment. As an internationally renowned authoritative archaeologist, if his name is associated with a tomb robber, it would not be very honorable.But in fact, people like Hu Ming, sometimes in order to obtain first-hand unearthed information and obtain precious antiquities, must have contact with first-class tomb robbers like Virus. As soon as I heard his hesitation, I knew that what I expected was right. I told him: I have to see the virus for a very important and mysterious matter. No matter what difficulties there are, I will see him as soon as possible. Bai Su didn't say anything more, I checked that it was time to board the plane, kissed her goodbye, entered the boarding gate, and got on the plane.After sitting down, close your eyes and meditate. I'm still thinking about how I should speak after seeing the virus. It's said that the virus is very cunning, so I'm afraid it will take a lot of talking. I felt someone take the seat next to me, and soon the plane took off.At this moment, I heard someone beside me talking in a very low voice: "Excuse me, there is something in your hands, and that thing is of no use to you. Can't you please give it to me?" I opened my eyes and saw the man sitting next to me, about forty years old, with thinning hair and a cunning and greedy look. I was stunned: "Sorry, I don't understand what you are talking about." The man showed an annoying smile: "Maybe, this can make you understand better?" As he said that, he opened a beautiful wallet and showed me a check in the middle. The check was from a Swiss bank with a denomination of one million Swiss francs. I still didn't know myself, I just said calmly: "I'm still sorry, I don't know what I can sell." The man laughed again: "You know, Mr. Wei—" I was even more surprised when the man called out my last name.This person came prepared! The man moved closer to me: "If the price is not enough, you can add some more." I said, "It's not adding a little more, but adding a lot." The man frowned: "Mr. Wei, my authority can be doubled at most." I took another breath and doubled it. Two million Swiss francs is not a small amount, but I have no idea what he wants. The man said again: "A grave robber——" I was shocked suddenly, thinking of Qi Bai and Shan Si, knowing that what this person wants must be related to them, I said: "Then you must expand your authority, for such a precious ancient relic—" I think what he wanted was something Qi Bai found in the ancient tomb, so he used the adjective "precious ancient relic". However, as soon as the words "precious antiquities" came out of my mouth, I knew I must have made a mistake. As soon as the man heard what I said, he immediately showed a very strange and ridiculous expression.His expression made me stop abruptly, unable to speak any more. The man seemed to be trying his best to hold back his laughter, but finally he couldn't help it, he laughed loudly: "What, Mr. Wei, please repeat what you said just now." With his demeanor, I can be sure that I must have said something wrong.But he couldn't think of anything wrong, so he had to repeat what he said just now.This time, I spoke louder. As soon as I stopped, not only did that person laugh, but I also heard laughter coming from all directions. At least four or five other people were laughing loudly.I followed the laughter and saw that the people who made the laughter were three men and two women.Those three men and two women also looked like ordinary people, and they were all smiling happily at this moment. After a quick glance, I was sure that the three men and two women were the companions of the person beside me, but why they were laughing was completely inexplicable. The man reached out and patted my shoulder: "Mr. Wei, I'm so sorry, we made a mistake, I hope you have a pleasant journey." I hurriedly said, "Why, you...don't want it anymore." The man said: "Mr. Wei, you can keep that 'precious relic', if you really have it." When I heard that person say that, I was really confused.I had no choice but to continue charging, and made an inscrutable expression: "Really? You may pay ten times the price, but I may not be willing to sell it." Who knew that as soon as these words were uttered, there were bursts of laughter. Those six people seemed to be inexplicably happy, and I looked like a fool.I wanted to say a few more words to cover up my embarrassment, but the person next to me waved his hand in front of me: "Forget it, Mr. Wei." A woman with red hair smiled and couldn't help but shouted: "God! What's the matter with the information given to us, saying that he is a difficult person to deal with." The rest of the people continued to laugh.At this time, I was not only embarrassed, but also really a little embarrassing.I said coldly: "It's not funny at all, what organization do you belong to?" These words actually worked. Those few people stopped laughing and looked at each other. It could be seen that they felt too complacent just now. After the person beside me stopped laughing, he stopped for a very short time: "Sorry, we are employees of Lianfu Auction Company." I squinted at him, Lianfu Auction Company, which is a very famous auction company, is famous for hosting auction pages of high-priced antiques.The man said again: "I heard that Qi Bai got some good things again, which may fall into your hands, so we were ordered to contact you." If it weren't for their sneer just now, I might have believed what that person said, because what he said sounded very reasonable.It is not surprising that an auction company specializing in auctioning antiques has connections with tomb robbers.But at this time, I can be sure that they are talking nonsense, and I never believe that they are from the auction company. However, I didn't expose them, I just said: "Really? Qi Bai has a lot of good things from me. If your company is interested, you can come to me to negotiate prices at any time." The man said repeatedly: "Definitely, definitely." As he spoke, he turned his head and chatted with his companion.The few people kept talking about the situation in the antiquities market, such as a blue and white porcelain bowl from the Ming Dynasty, which sold for 300,000 pounds, and a pair of Byzantine gold candlesticks, which sold for 600,000 pounds. As I listened, I sneered in my heart.These words were clearly intended for me, the purpose is to convince me that they are really employees of Lianfu Paipe Company. Where are those six people?I couldn't stop thinking about it, and couldn't think of it for a while. The guy next to me, as soon as he came up, he showed me a huge check, offering me something to buy.But I don't know what mistake I made, it was probably too ridiculous, so they couldn't help laughing, revealing their identities. (The thing is, I can't figure out where I made a mistake anyway, and I have no clue.) They belonged to an organization, of course, but it seemed that they were not very experienced in secret work, for after their unusual identities were easily exposed, they were very poorly concealed. I closed my eyes, thinking, and ignored the person beside me.During the subsequent flights, I ignored them. In order to confirm their fake identities, I only briefly mentioned some famous ancient tombs with the person next to me. I don't know, and I don't know what happened to the Maurya Dynasty in India. I'm absolutely sure their identities are fake, but what are their real identities?I pretended not to pay attention at all, but I kept watching them carefully. In the process of careful observation, I found that when filling out a form, one of the young men first reached into his jacket and fumbled for a while, but then withdrew his hand and took out the The certificate came and filled out the form according to the certificate. The process of this action was very short, but it made me secretly happy. I can guess that when this person faced the form, his first thought was to fill it out truthfully, so he reached into his jacket to get the certificate.But he immediately thought that at this moment, he had a fake identity, so he withdrew his hand again and took out the fake certificate. That is to say, the real identification of this person is in the inner pocket of his jacket. Once I had this discovery, I felt much lighter, and I really fell asleep, and I stopped paying attention to them. Arriving in Cairo, when I was getting off the plane, I passed the young man. I just leaned against him for a while, then took a wallet in my hand and put it in my pocket.