Chapter 5 Chapter 4: King of Tomb Raiders

Before going through the local verification agency, I went into the bathroom and took out the wallet I had in hand. Sure enough, it contained a passport.I have already heard from their accents which country they are from. This passport is not surprising. Strangely, besides the passport, there was also a work permit in the wallet, so I couldn't help but stare for a while. It was the work card of a certain national space agency. On the work card, there was a photo of that person, and on the back of the work card, there was a black tape.I know that this tape contains a lot of information.The NASA has strong confidentiality. When the staff enters and exits, not only must they show their work cards, but their work cards must pass the inspection of special equipment. This kind of tape data is difficult to counterfeit.

On the work permit, it was also stated that the young man's military rank was lieutenant, and that his work unit was the confidential data room. I have guessed dozens of times about the identities of those people, but I can never guess that they are the staff of a certain powerful country's space agency.It was unimaginable.Qi Bai's something will have something to do with the space agency. On the work card, that person's name is Robert?Siddharth.I believe that the rest of them must be colleagues with Robert, because they are very familiar with each other. But why did they pretend to be people from Lian Fu Auction Company and use fake documents to travel?Why are people from the space agency interested in things discovered by tomb robbers like Qi Bai?

I'm surrounded by one problem after another and can't figure it out at all.I stared blankly at the work card, and it took me five minutes before I made a decision: go to them, return the work card to the young man, expose their real identities directly, and have a good talk with them. I walked out of the bathroom and looked for those people. I passed the inspection and came to the lobby of the airport. I was looking around, still looking for someone, when I heard a loud voice: "Wesley, why did you come out so late." I followed the sound and saw Hu Ming walking towards me.

I made a gesture to Hu Ming, and I was still looking for the six people, but I didn't find it. Hu Ming came to my side: "Who are you looking for?" I couldn't explain to Hu Ming what kind of people I was looking for, so I just said in passing: "I'm looking for six people, four men and two women, all of them are Westerners." Hu Ming said "ah": "I have seen them, they left the airport building." I rushed out and ran out of the airport, but I still didn't see them.Hu Ming rushed out, looking very angry: "Are you looking for me, or are you looking for them?"

I think it doesn't matter if I can't find those people for the time being, they must be in contact with the embassy of their own country, I just need to go to the embassy to inquire about their whereabouts. Thinking about it this way, I put aside the affairs of the few of them, and said to Hu Ming: "How about it, have you arranged to meet the virus yet?" When Hu Ming heard this, he frowned immediately: "You are a real person. Virus is a famous grave robber. With my status, if I associate with this kind of person, I will be criticized by others!" I was angry and funny: "Don't pretend to be clear, who doesn't know that many of the ancient relics in your hands were stolen from the ancient tomb by the virus."

Hu Ming said angrily: "Stop talking nonsense, what you say constitutes a crime of defamation." I smiled: "Okay, I know that Virus has a recent operation. In this operation, one of his colleagues, Qi Bai——" I just said this, Hu Ming's face suddenly changed, and he lost his voice: "Ah, Qi Bai." I said, "Do you know this person?" Hu Ming paused for a while, as if he was considering whether to admit it, but he finally nodded.I said again: "Qi Bai recently made an astonishing discovery. He didn't know what kind of ancient tomb he found. Something extremely valuable."

As soon as ancient objects were mentioned, and Qi Bai's discovery was mentioned, Hu Ming's eyes lit up. While we were talking, we were walking out, when we stopped in front of an old car that looked very dilapidated. As soon as I saw the car, I couldn't help sighing: "It seems that there is no law prohibiting archaeologists from using new cars." Hu Ming rolled his eyes: "I like to use old cars." Instead of arguing with him on this issue, I got into the car together and let him drive, and I began to tell him about the tape that Qi Bai had sent me. After hearing a little bit, he cried out, "God, where did those sackcloths go?"

I was taken aback for a moment: "What linen?" Hu Ming said: "As you said, it was wrapped in a kind of dilapidated linen, with a musty smell." I said angrily, "This kind of rag has been thrown away a long time ago." Regardless of the speeding car, Hu Ming turned his head and stared at me with wide eyes: "You man, whatever Qi Bai takes out may be extremely valuable ancient relics." I snorted and didn't say anything. Hu Ming sighed for a moment, still unwilling to give up, and asked again: "Before you threw away those two pieces of cloth, did you look carefully? Did you notice the difference between the warp and weft of the linen cloth?" , but with a small cross knot?"

I said loudly: "I didn't pay attention, I threw it away without even looking at it. I was talking about those two tapes. Those two tapes showed that Qi Bai was in an extremely weird ancient tomb." Hu Ming said: "The sound of glass breaking?" I said: "The earliest record of glass appearance is in ancient Egypt." Hu Ming said: "Yes, but at that time, glass was extremely rare and expensive." I said: "Perhaps, there are a lot of glass products in that ancient tomb?" Hu Ming said: "Even if it is, why did Qi Bai break them? Ancient Egyptian glassware is a rare treasure."

I said, "You must know a person named Shan Si—" Hu Ming nodded: "Shansi? Oh, this person is really amazing, he has helped me solve many problems, he—" I said, "He's dead, he died for something he doesn't know." Hu Ming stopped to the car abruptly, and the car made me bounce when the car came to a sudden stop.Hu Ming tremblingly said: "What? Shan Si is dead? I just met him." I couldn't help but startled: "Have you seen him? When?" Hu Ming said: "I was in Cairo less than two months ago." I quickly calculated that Shan Si received a call from Qi Bai and came to Egypt, and Hu Ming might have met him at this time.This point is very important to understand the action of single thinking.

I know that Hu Ming is not a very organized narrative person, if he asks urgently, he will be incoherent. So I just said: "Tell me in detail how you met Shan Si." Hu Ming stretched out his hand and wiped his sweat: "Okay, the situation was a bit strange when he came to see me that time." The following is the meeting between Hu Ming and Shan Si, and the conversation between them. This passage is very important, so my account is also more detailed, please pay attention. Hu Ming is working in his private research room. As usual, he will not be disturbed when he is working. He has an assistant. The task of this assistant is to block all external intrusions for Hu Ming when he is working. Including the person who came to him, the phone number, etc.But that assistant couldn't stop Shan Si.Shan Si came straight in. The assistant tried to stop Shan Si, but Shan Si had already come to the closed door of the studio, picked up a chair, and threw it at the door. The sound from the door made Hu Ming unable to continue working, and also made him very angry. He slapped the table hard, yelling and cursing, and walked over to open the door. As soon as the door opened, Shan Si rushed in. Hu Ming saw that it was Shan Si, and was taken aback for a moment. Although his face was still full of anger, he gestured to his assistant, indicating that he had nothing to do with him, and turned around to close the door. Hu Ming and Shan Si are very familiar. Of course, the relationship between them is not just the relationship between tomb robbers and archaeologists.Although Shan Si is an "amateur" lover of antiquities, his knowledge is enough to make a scholar like Hu Ming fall in love with him. Hu Ming stared at Shan Si: "It seems that I should choose a wrestler to be my assistant." Shan Si seemed to have not heard it at all, and asked loudly: "Have you seen Qi Bai? Have you seen him? " Shan Si's expression seemed to be very anxious, Hu Ming spread out his hands: "No, I haven't contacted him recently, what can you do with him? But what did he discover recently?" Shan Si let out a series of wry laughter and turned around in circles. Hu Ming tried to make him sit down several times, but failed.Shan Si turned around and said, "Of course, his discovery—" When he said this, he put his hands on the table and stared at Hu Ming.Hu Ming also became excited. He knew Qi Bai was great in tomb robbery. If Qi Bai made a discovery that made Shan Si even behave abnormally, it must be an extremely remarkable discovery. Hu Ming hurriedly asked: "What discovery?" Shan Si screamed suddenly: "What is the discovery? That... the discovery is enough to make, make--" He was panting rapidly when he was talking, and suddenly, he stretched out his hand and placed Hu Ming on the table. Most of the things fell to the ground.The action of single thinking made Hu Ming's blood almost coagulate.On the table, there are not only many research results of Hu Ming's brainchild, but also many ancient objects used for reference research, including a stack of possibly the original manuscripts of the Bible. Shan Si should know the value of these things, but at this moment, he treats them as rubbish. Hu Ming was frightened and angry, and suddenly called out: "Are you crazy?" But Shan Si laughed sharply: "Am I crazy? You are the lunatic!" He pointed to the things on the table and on the ground: "What are these? These things are worth studying? Since you haven't met Qi Bai, no Excuse me, goodbye." Shan Si turned and left.Hu Ming refused to let him go, he jumped forward and grabbed him: "Wait a minute, you haven't explained clearly, what did Qi Bai and you find?" Shan Si said: "I'm really sorry, Professor Hu, you won't be interested in our discovery, it's something beyond your scope of knowledge." Hu Ming was extremely annoyed when he heard Shan Si say this, and couldn't say it for a while. After speaking, Shan Si struggled hard and got rid of Hu Ming, laughed loudly, and walked out. Hu Ming was behind him, shouting loudly: "As long as it is discovered by you and Qi Bai, it must be within the scope of my knowledge." I immediately asked, "How does Shan Si answer?" Hu Ming looked sad: "He didn't answer, just kept smiling and left." I clenched my fist: "You didn't chase?" Hu Ming sneered: "Why should I chase him? No matter what they discover, if they can't figure it out, who do they go to? Only I can answer their questions." I asked: "Then later, did Qi Bai and Shan Si come to see you again?" Hu Ming showed a very angry expression: "No, I didn't even know that Shan Si was dead." At this time, the doubts in my heart also reached the extreme.Normally speaking, if Qi Bai and Shan Si found any extremely hidden ancient tombs in Egypt, they should look for Hu Ming.But Shan Si went to Hu Ming just to find out about Qi Bai's whereabouts.Qi Bai did not contact Hu Ming either, but instead sent me two tapes. I knew that Hu Ming had a strong sense of self-esteem, so I asked cautiously: "According to your opinion, are there any ancient tombs in Egypt that are beyond your knowledge?" I have asked carefully, but Hu Ming still flew into a rage: "Fart!" In order to avoid scolding him any further, I turned my head outward, only to find that the car was already on the road in the suburbs of Cairo, and I said, "Where are we going?" Hu Ming was angry: "Aren't you going to see the virus?" I exclaimed happily: "I knew you had a way." Hu Ming said: "Whether he sees you, I'm not sure. I just contacted one of his chief nurses. The nurse said that he is used to living a quiet life and is not very willing to see people. We will talk about it when we go to him." Spreading his hands: "That's okay, I can make him interested in seeing me, because I know that Qi Bai went to that weird ancient tomb because of the virus." The car drove forward and turned a corner. At that time, it was already sunset, and under the sunset glow, I saw the big white house. To say it is "a house", or not very appropriate, it should be said that it is "a group of houses", the main body of a large bungalow, there are many auxiliary buildings, and then there is a rather high wall, all in pure white , In the sunset, it looks extremely beautiful. Outside the fence, there is a large piece of extremely neat grassland. There is a road in the grassland, which leads directly to the big iron gate. Hu Ming took a breath: "This is the king of tomb robbers, the residence of the virus." I took a breath: "It seems that he enjoys it more than Pharaoh." Hu Ming said: "I really don't know how to evaluate a person like him. He is a tomb robber, but his contribution to the excavation of ancient human culture is higher than anyone else. Man is him." I don't have a problem with how the virus should be judged, I just want to see him soon.The car stopped at the door, and a janitor in a bright uniform appeared behind the door. Hu Ming poked his head out of the car, and the janitor looked very surprised, and said, "Professor Hu, the master didn't tell you that you would Come and visit." Hu Ming said in a deep voice, "Go and tell him now." The janitor looked distressed, but he opened the door anyway, and Hu Ming drove straight in. I won’t go into detail about the luxurious facilities in the big garden. Two minutes after the car stopped, two servants wearing the same distinctive uniforms, Hu Ming and I were extended into the living room. After waiting for about fifteen minutes, when I became a little impatient, a young girl came in. She was wearing a nurse uniform and had a bright face: "Professor Hu, the master will meet you in the lounge." As soon as I heard that, I stood up immediately, and the nurse smiled apologetically at me: "I'm sorry, the master didn't say to meet you." She and Hu Ming walked in, and after a while, she came out in a panic, "I'm really sorry, so the person the master wants to see is you, not Professor Hu." As she was talking, Hu Ming also came out angrily, and glared at me: "Do you want me to wait for you?" I made a "It's not my fault" gesture to him: "No need, I will contact you." The nurse apologized to Hu Mingqian, and then led me in after Hu Ming left.After walking down a corridor, I came to the virus "lounge". The rest room is not a "room" at all, but a huge shed, at least 50 meters square, with a large swimming pool on one side and a glass roof. Many tropical vines hang down, and the music of the South Pacific atmosphere is played lightly.An old man was lying on a couch hanging from a frame, and a nurse was pushing the couch gently, causing the couch to shake slowly. I know that the old man is a virus, the number one tomb robber in the world, I have been famous for this man for a long time, he is really a very special character—a special appearance. The couch was huge and very soft. Half of Virus's body was sunk in the soft cushion. He was surprisingly small. He seemed to be a little over a meter at most. If he stood up, he would only reach the waist of an ordinary person. occasion. Not only was he short, but he was also surprisingly thin. His wrinkled skin seemed to be on his body and could fall off at any time. No matter how I think about it, I never thought that the most outstanding tomb robber in the world, who has won the nickname "Virus" and lives like a king here, would be a dwarf. Virus's hair is thin and long. The only thing that makes this dwarf feel different from ordinary people is his pair of eyes, which are very divine. He looked at me with a terrifying power. As soon as he saw me, he waved to me: "Come here, come here." As soon as he opened his mouth, his voice was surprisingly loud, which made me startled, and he continued: "Are you the one Qi Bai mentioned, Wesley?" I said: "Yes." A nurse brought a wicker chair over and I sat down.Virus has been looking at me with his bright eyes: "Qi Bai is not very willing to convince others, but he said that if you join our profession, you will be better than him." I couldn't help but smile wryly, is this considered a compliment?I had no choice but to say, "That's his personal opinion." Virus gave a noncommittal "hmm", judging from his expression, he obviously didn't think I was a good guy: "You are Qi Bai's friend, you came to me for..." I straightened my body: "Qi Bai sent me two tapes." The virus said "hmm" again, but didn't say anything. I thought about it, and said bluntly: "The two tapes showed that he was in a very strange place, and he said that he went there because of your suggestion." The virus said: "Yeah, now that I'm retired, I often let him go to places that are worth discovering. He is the best besides me." I started to get a little nervous: "So, about two months ago, where did you ask him to go?" Virus raised his hand, and gently tapped on his own forehead: "Let me think about it, yes, according to the information, there is an ancient tomb worth excavating on the Mesopotamian plain——" I said: "It can't be that place, I think it's probably near a small town called Iber Xiwei." Virus laughed "hehe" in his loud voice, and said, "Yin Boxiwei? That's one of Qi Bai's residences, where he has a beautiful house and several beautiful women!" I stayed for a while, and the two tapes and the telegram he sent me all came from that place. I thought that the strange place he went to must be near that small town. I was a little anxious: "Then, tell me about the ancient tomb on the Mesopotamian plain." The virus said: "That belongs to a wealthy businessman, the correct site has not been found yet—" I hurriedly said, "So, what else is there?" Virus said: "There is also a Chinese emperor who built seventy-two fake tombs before his death, but I can already know where he is really buried. I also asked Qi Bai to dig it out. The emperor's name is—" I quickly waved my hand and said, "He won't be." The reason why I stopped him from talking was because my knowledge of "Cao Cao's Seventy-two Suspected Tombs" was no less than that of the virus, and I explained more if I didn't want to listen.The virus then mentioned several places, one even in Australia, and I said: "I don't think so, that place must be very special, so special that his mental state is very abnormal." The virus said "Oh": "The interiors of all ancient tombs are extremely strange, because—" From then on, he kept running out of adjectives to describe the peculiar situation in the ancient tombs he had visited. After listening for less than ten minutes, I interrupted him impolitely: "I'm really sorry, I'm not very interested in ancient tombs, I just want to know where Qi Bai has been." After a pause: "Because a good friend of mine was shot to death because of this, and his name is Shan Si." Virus has been lying down until I said that Shansi was shot, and he sat up abruptly.Don't look at his whole body wrinkled with age, but his movements are amazingly agile. As soon as he sat up, he lost his voice: "What? Shansi is dead? Shansi is dead?" His shock came from nature, And when he was surprised, the brilliance in his eyes became even brighter. Virus stretched out his hand, trying to grab something, a nurse quickly reached out and held it for him. He said angrily, "Who killed him?" I smiled bitterly and said, "A top-notch sniper. As for who it is, I have no clue." Virus's expression was even more excited, his lips moved, but he didn't say anything. Judging from his situation, it seemed that the news of Shan Si's death had hit him so hard that he didn't know what to say. I stared at him blankly, the shock of the virus came suddenly and disappeared very quickly.In less than a minute, he had completely recovered, let go of the nurse's hand, and lay down slowly. After he lay down, he said in an extremely flat tone: "Oh, Shansi is dead." I have never seen a person go from extreme shock to such calm in such a short period of time.At this time, his calmness was obviously faked.Although he was very good at pretending to be calm, he couldn't hide his shock just now. I felt disgusted by this attitude towards the virus, so my tone sounded cold: "Don't you feel that you should take some responsibility for Shan Si's death?" After the virus heard me ask him this way, it even stretched out: "Me? To be responsible? Could it be that the first-rate shooter you mentioned was sent by me!" I've known for a long time that Virus is a super old slick, but I never expected him to be not only a super, but a super super old slick.It is not easy to deal with this kind of super special old slippery head, but it is not completely impossible. The way is to get straight to the point, be straightforward, and not go around with him. So, as soon as I heard his answer like this, I immediately said: "Dan Si is well at home, it was Qi Bai who called and asked him to work together." Virus squinted his eyes halfway, made a drawn-out nasal sound, and said "um", "So what?" I stretched out my finger and pointed at him: "And Qi Bai went to that ancient tomb, you told him to go." As soon as I finished speaking, I didn't wait for the virus to react, let alone give him a chance to deny it, and immediately said: "Don't deny it, I have Qi Bai's tape to prove it, and you admitted it just now." The virus laughed, and his laughter sounded very gentle: "Young man, I have already said that I have given him several documents recently, and I really don't know which one of them he has been to- --if nothing else--" He didn't finish the following words, but the look of chasing guests was already very obvious.After finishing that sentence, I slowly closed my eyes, as if I was no longer in front of him. I hurriedly said: "I'm sorry, I──" Before I finished speaking, the two beautiful nurses stood up and waved to me: "Please leave." I shook my head and said, "No, what I want to ask──" This time, before I finished my sentence, I heard a rude voice: "I've finished all the questions you want to ask." I followed the sound and couldn't help but gasp.There are two extremely tall and strong men with an estimated weight of more than 150 kilograms, and their bodies are full of solid muscles. They are wearing the costumes of ancient Egyptian warriors and walking towards me. Those two strong men didn't come alone, they each held a black panther in their hands. This kind of black panther is the most dangerous of all ferocious animals. I am not sure that I can defeat those two black panthers with my bare hands. As I stepped back, I shook my hands: "A few more words—" Before I finished speaking, the two strong men let go of their hands, and the two black panthers rushed forward. They moved so fast that they rushed to a distance less than 30 centimeters away from me. I could even He felt the hot air coming out of the mouths of the two black panthers. I retreated in such a panic that I almost fell, and after I retreated, I turned around and ran straight forward, out of the big iron gate of the beautiful house like a virus palace. The two strong men kept holding the two black panthers, Behind me, chasing after me step by step. I ran out of the iron gate, feeling so useless in my heart.I, Wesley, was kicked out in such a state of embarrassment. But now that people have been kicked out, what else can be done?I looked back and saw the two black panthers, leaning on the iron branches, standing upright, with sharp claws, making low-pitched roars. I didn't expect such a fruitless situation, and regretted that I didn't ask Hu Ming to wait for me, so I had to walk a long way before I could catch a car and arrived at Hu Ming's residence. Hu Ming opened the door and welcomed me in. His expression was very nervous: "How is it? What's the result?" I shook my head and said, "No, I didn't gain anything at all. I was driven out by two strong men and two black panthers." Hu Ming smiled wryly: "There are as many as eight black panthers who have been trained like this. You know, the residence of the virus is really a treasure house. He doesn't believe in banks. All the treasures and money he has obtained over the years are in the bank. in his residence." I entered Hu Ming's study room, opened a few piles of books, found a chair, and sat down: "The virus won't say anything, let me see, so I have to go to Qi Bai." Hu Ming smiled wryly: "I don't know where Qi Bai is, I really don't know, I haven't contacted him for a long time." I said: "It doesn't matter, I know that he has a house in Yin Boxiwei Town, and I will set off to find him tomorrow." Hu Ming looked at me for a while and said, "Actually, Shan Si's death can be completely handed over to the police for investigation." I took a breath: "There are too many mysteries in the whole matter. Shan Si is being hunted down, Qi Bai's whereabouts are unknown, and personnel from the Great Power Space Agency pretend to be from the auction company—don't persuade me to give up on this matter." Hu Ming spread his hands, put it down heavily, and slapped his body: "I wish you good luck." I looked at him: "Where is the phone?" Hu Ming said: "Look for it yourself, anyway, it must be suppressed by books." He didn't pay any attention to it. I tried a lot, but I couldn't find the phone. The phone rang suddenly, so I knew where it was. When the phone rang, it was someone from the university who came to find Hu Ming. I made a long-distance call to Bai Su, but Bai Su was not at home. I had to sit down and flip through some books.I also can't read books on the history of ancient Egypt, especially when my mind is extremely disturbed.I opened some books, and I saw a small TV, and I opened it.