Shu Yi returned to Shanghai early the next morning, while Che Rui and Zeng Zhigao stayed in Jinling. They would continue to look for Qu Jing and Zeng Fan. Che Rui was still a little reluctant to leave Shu Yi. He knew that there were

With Shu Yi here, many things will be much simpler. But what Shu Yi said is not unreasonable. Even he feels that things in Tianjin and Hong Kong do not exist in isolation.

In the house where Shuyi and the others once lived in Shanghai, he met the centenarian man Gu Tianyi mentioned, the boilermaker Zheng Bifa. The vicissitudes of time were already etched on the old man's face, and the old tree bark was wrinkled.

His face was full of ravines, but the old man's body and bones still looked strong, especially his eyes, which were not cloudy yet and were somewhat clear.

The old man came to Shanghai accompanied by his great-grandson. His great-grandson is Zheng Jie. He is a young man in his twenties. He looks a little frail. He wears a pair of black-rimmed glasses. He always uses his right hand habitually.

Use your index finger to push the glasses frame on the bridge of your nose.

"Old sir, this Mr. Shu wants to ask you some questions!" A middle-aged man in charge of the safety and reception of the elderly from the Non-Research Bureau led Shu Yi into the old man's room and said to the old man. The old man glanced at Shu Yi and nodded.

, Zheng Jie behind him looked at Shu Yi with caution in his eyes.

With a smile on Shu Yi's face, he sat next to the old man: "Old sir, can you hear me clearly?" Shu Yi's voice was not loud, and the old man moved his mouth: "Yes, you can hear me!"

His speech was quite clear, Shu Yi looked at Zheng Jie: "Can I talk to the old gentleman alone?"

Zheng Jie was a little hesitant, but Shu Yi's eyes were very firm. The middle-aged man from the Non-Research Bureau smiled and said to Zheng Jie: "Comrade Zheng, let's go next door for a cup of tea. Don't worry, Mr.

Something will happen." Zheng Jie followed the man and left the room, and Shu Yi closed the door.

"Old sir, do you still remember which year your ship sank?" Shu Yi asked softly, and the old man narrowed his eyes: "It should be the 30th year of the Republic of China!" Shu Yi frowned, the Republic of China

The first year of the Republic of China was 1912. If we say the 30th year of the Republic of China, it should be 1942, but Gu

When Tianyi narrated this incident, he was talking about 1943. Shu Yi said: "Old sir, it should be the 31st year of the Republic of China, right?" Zheng Bifa was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said with certainty

: "In the 30th year of the Republic of China, I remember clearly that it will be the 'Double Ten' Day' in a few days!"

Shu Yi didn't understand why the time the old man said was different from what Gu Tianyi said. Shu Yi asked again: "Do you have any impression of the name of your ship?" Zheng Bifa replied: "'Lisbon Maru', we

It was a transport ship. It departed from Tianjin Port on the 1st and went to Zhoushan to load a batch of goods. On the 2nd, I

We left Zhoushan to return to Japan, but it sank not long after!" Shu Yi became even more confused: "Zhoushan? Does that mean your ship was wrecked in the waters of Zhoushan?" The old man nodded, and Shu Yi asked: "Zhoushan?"

"Is this what you told our comrade the last time he found you?"

The old man thought for a while and replied: "He didn't ask me anything, he just asked me about the reason for the sinking." Shu Yi was a little confused. Gu Tianyi didn't ask the old man about the time, place and name of the ship. Why is this happening? Could it be that?

Gu Tianyi already knew all this before, so his focus was on the reason why there was no ship? There is another discrepancy, that is, in Gu Tianyi's version, the ship was used to transport troops to China, and the old man

But they said they were transporting supplies back to Japan.

The old man didn't know what Shu Yi was thinking, so he said: "Give me a cigarette!" Shu Yi suddenly came back to his senses, and he smiled bitterly: "Old man, can your body handle smoking?" The old man said to Shu Yi.

One glance: "I asked you to give me a cigarette, how could there be so much nonsense!" Shu Yi did not expect that the old man had such a temper, so he reluctantly handed the old man a cigarette and lit it for him.

The old man said: "I remember that our ship went to Qinhuangdao before going to Tianjin Port. The order came very suddenly. After arriving in Qinhuangdao, it became even more mysterious. We were all driven into our cabins and were not allowed to come out.

, Later I found out that there was a batch of important items to be transported back to China. I didn’t know what they were, but they seemed to have been stolen from the Americans.”

"Also, when your colleague asked me about the survivors of the shipwreck, I only mentioned me and Sansheng. I forgot that there was another person, an Englishman, who was a prisoner of war and was also going to be taken to Japan." The old man.

While smoking a cigarette, he recalled: "Because this Englishman died unexpectedly not long after he was rescued, so I forgot about him."

Shu Yi immediately became interested: "Accidental death?" The old man nodded: "Well, I heard that after he was rescued, he was sent to the hospital. He was about to be discharged, but a fire burned him to death!"

Shu Yi tentatively said: "Have you and Kato Yasuo encountered similar accidents during the period after the shipwreck?

?" The old man's eyes shone with wisdom: "You don't think that was an accident?" Shu Yi knew that if a person lives for a hundred years, if he is not confused, then his eyes will be piercing. And

The old man in front of you should be a wise man. In front of him, speak as straightly as possible and don't beat around the bush.

"If you and Mr. Kato have similar experiences, then it is naturally not an accident, but a premeditated murder." Shu Yi said lightly. The old man cast an approving look: "Who is that person and why did he do this?

?" Shu Yi thought for a moment: "I think it might have something to do with the batch of goods you packed in Qinhuangdao!" The old man sighed: "Young man, that's a good analysis. It took me half a lifetime to come up with the answer. You

It’s all said in one sentence!”

"Actually, I'm quite sorry for your colleague, because I think this matter is very important, so although your colleague found me, I still didn't believe him at that time. After all, I had never heard of their department. By the way, you and

Are they really colleagues? How can I

Do you think their people have some respect for you? They are more respectful than friendly!" The old man asked Shu Yi. Shu Yi didn't expect that the old man could see all this. Shu Yi took out his ID: "Actually, I am separated from them.

Belongs to different departments, I am from Bureau 5 and Division 9 of the Ministry of National Security!"

The old man nodded slightly: "Let me just say, the Ministry of National Security, um, I've heard of it." Shu Yi didn't say anything, just smiled faintly. The old man handed the ID back to Shu Yi: "I know you

Why are you asking me when the ship sank? You said it was the 1930s of the Republic of China

One year is actually not wrong, that is the time officially announced by the Japanese army." Shu Yi was stunned for a moment, and the old man smiled: "Don't you understand? When they announced it, not only the time, but also the location changed, it became

Tianjin Port is located offshore, and the departure from the port has been turned into the arrival of the port!"

Shu Yi was a little confused: "Why did they do this?" The old man said: "You are a smart person. You should have figured it out. Didn't you already hold a thread just now?" Shu Yi understood that the old man was talking about Qinhuangdao loading.

Shu Yi thought about it for a moment: "I understand,

The time has changed, the location has changed, the departure and arrival have changed. They want people to think that the ship sank after completing the transportation mission. In other words, they pretended to be transporting troops back to China.

, so that no one will doubt that there is anything valuable on the ship!"

The old man nodded and said: "Yes! It is precisely because of this that the three of us who survived will make them try every means to get rid of us!" Shu Yi understood this time that the news Gu Tianyi got can be said to be "true".

Because it is recorded in writing. So consider

Tianyi did not ask about this when he met the old man. Shu Yi asked softly: "Why did you tell me this? I know that what you said is very important. In the past half century, you have every chance to put it in your heart."

You came out with these doubts, didn’t you?”

The cigarette in Zheng Bifa's hand had burned out, and he asked Shu Yi for another one: "Didn't I tell you? It took me most of my life to figure this out! In other words, he came to me in Lu Yun

Only then did I really understand all this!" Shu Yi stopped talking. If Zheng Bifa didn't lie, then Shu Yi guessed that this matter was far more than just a heavenly book. There must be a big conspiracy hidden in it! God!

Big conspiracy!

The old man took a sip of tea and said calmly: "I once heard San Sheng talk about something. I'm sorry, I'm used to calling him San Sheng, because I know that if he really had a choice, he would definitely not want to be a little devil.

The rest of his life was indeed like this, living as an ordinary Chinese person until his death!" Shu Yi said: "I know.

, the Japanese are also anti-war." The old man said: "The three provinces once told me something. On the second day after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, the Japanese troops stationed in Qinhuangdao launched an attack on the US military base. At that time, the Republic of China authorities commissioned

A batch of important cultural relics that the Americans helped to preserve have not had time to be shipped out, so I think we are going to Qinhuangdao to pack these things."

"By the way, in the second year after Japan announced its surrender, a professor named Pei came to see me. He seemed to be some kind of archaeologist, and he seemed to be very interested in our sunken ship." The old man finished.

Shu Yi then asked: "Do you know what this Professor Pei's name is?" The old man thought for a long time: "What is Pei's name?"

It's quite famous!" Shu Yi took a breath, thinking it couldn't be Pei Wenzhong, right? If it was really him, then Shu Yi would already have a vague idea of ​​what these cultural relics were! Shu Yi hid her excitement:

"Is his name Pei Wenzhong?" The old man said, "Yes, his name is Pei Wenzhong. Hey, do you know him too?"

Shu Yi's face was full of bitterness: "Well, did you tell him the real situation?" The old man shook his head: "No, although Japan had surrendered at that time, San Sheng and I were still detained many times by unknown persons.

The person who plotted the conspiracy is also capable of San Sheng, otherwise we would have died long ago." Shu Yi said: "Did he use that "Book of Curses" to save you? There is also the matter of the shipwreck.

Does that book have something to do with it?" The old man said: "It should be so. I don't know much about it. San Sheng has never let me ask more questions about this matter. He said that knowing too much would not be good for me, but I know that he has this ability.

, because all the people who came to plot against us died inexplicably in the end. Sansheng also told me that it is best not to tell anyone the truth about the shipwreck, otherwise it may lead to death! "

In Pei Wenzhong, Shu Yi let out a long sigh. He was now able to put it all together. The real intention of these Japanese who did so many things was still on the sunken ship at the bottom of the sea. Shu Yi felt a little excited in his heart.
Chapter completed!