NOVEL NEXT Treasure hunt begins in England
51 Lock the target
51 Lock the target
Not long after returning to St. Petersburg, Liang En's cell phone rang.This is Pierce calling from Finland, because he has seen some very valuable information from Finland through the power of Earl Bossett's family.
"You're right, those people have indeed forgotten the situation in Finland." Pierce's excited voice came from the microphone, "According to the information I found, there were indeed many dead people whose identities could not be determined."
"As I said, the treasure hunters that the Earl found before were too mechanical when searching for various things." Liang En replied after hearing Pierce's words.
"And now I also deeply suspect that the Earl's family gave the money too happily, so maybe someone simply went on a trip to cheat food and drink, and maybe they didn't even remember to check these things."
"What you said is indeed possible, but to be honest, the information on the Finnish side is very vague. If there are no additional records, it is difficult to rely on the information to determine whether the war reporter was one of these unknown dead."
After hearing Liang En's criticism of some colleagues, Pierce, who felt that it was not easy to comment, quickly changed the topic after answering the question.
"By the way, have you found any valuable clues? If not, I think the only feasible solution for the earl to find his uncle is to take these two or three hundred corpses. The tools were dug up and tested for DNA."
"I have a big harvest here—" Hearing Pierce's question, Liang En immediately talked about his discovery just now, especially the ruby fixed in the lighter.
Of course, in the process of narrating, Liang En attributed the reason for going to that monastery to the fact that the research materials mentioned that the monastery was used as a field hospital, and he accidentally found these things when he went there to search for them.
"Ha - you must have mastered some oriental magic, because your luck is really good!" After hearing Liang En talk about his treasure hunting process, Pierce said jokingly.
"No, no, no, I think it's just a coincidence of luck. It's like when you were in school for three consecutive days, you could suddenly pick up money every day."
Hearing Pierce's ridicule, Liang En denied it with a smile, and then he thought of the number he found on that lead sheet just now.
"By the way, I also found a piece of lead in that lighter, with the four Arabic numerals 1082 engraved on it." Liang En said to Pierce. "What do you think of that number?"
"Lawrence, did you know that I found a very important piece of information." After hearing this question from Liang En, Pierce paused for a few seconds, and then said loudly in a more excited voice than before.
After waiting for more than ten seconds, Pierce gradually calmed down, and told Liang En who was waiting on the other end of the phone about some information he had inquired in Helsinki.
It turned out that on the battlefield that year, although the proportion of such unidentified dead was not large, the total number was not particularly small.
They may have had to cover their faces due to various reasons such as injuries, or fell into a coma while losing their identification documents on the battlefield.
In this case, the doctor who treated them would choose to use their bed number as their title to avoid some mistakes in the follow-up rescue work.
Some of these people may be finally identified because they were rescued or found something else that could identify them, but some of them were not recognized until their death.
As for those victims who were not identified until they died, they would be buried with the number in the hospital, and what was left in the end was only a numbered tomb.
"Lawrence, so now you know what you found?" During the phone call, Pierce said in a very excited tone, "This number is probably the hospital number of that person back then. As long as we have this, we can find his graveyard .”
After finishing speaking, Pierce hung up the phone and left Liang En there. It was not until half an hour later that he called Liang En who was waiting by the phone again.
"It's confirmed." Even through the phone, Liang En could hear the excitement in Pierce's words. "There was indeed such an unidentified deceased in the field hospital temporarily changed by the monastery."
"Then where is the other party now?" Liang En's breathing became short, because he found that he was already approaching the final answer.
"The unknown deceased with this number is now buried in a military cemetery near Puumala, Finland." Pierce looked at the yellowed file in the computer and said while holding the phone.
"When the Finns retreated, they took almost everything, including all kinds of machines, livestock, personal belongings, and even corpses in the cemetery. Naturally, they also included the corpses of those who died in the war."
"For example, this is the case with the body numbered 1082. According to records, the deceased was accidentally discovered by the front line. When he was sent to the hospital, he had severe frostbite. He died after being treated in the hospital for about a week."
"He was first buried in a makeshift cemetery near the monastery, and then after the truce was negotiated, he was moved to near Puumala along with other victims who were buried nearby."
"I understand, you can make all your materials into an electronic version and send them to me." Liang En said, "With these materials, we can exchange business.
""Don't we have to bring things to the door to trade this time?"It may be because of some nervousness, so Pierce subconsciously said the questions he habitually asked when doing entrusted tasks on weekdays.
"If you are willing to take the risk of breaking the law to dig that kind of military cemetery late at night, I have no problem." Hearing this question, Liang En burst out laughing.
"Remember, we are entrusted to find something that is very important to some people, so it is enough to tell our employer the information, and there is no need to do the work of tomb robbers."
"I'm just too excited." After hearing Liang En's laughter, Pierce said helplessly. "You know that neither I nor my father have ever received such a job, so I subconsciously brought in the previous work habits."
After laughing and teasing each other a few words, Pierce sent over the information he found.Maybe because everyone is in a big city, the network is finally much faster than the wild.
Therefore, it only took half an hour for Liang En to successfully receive the information, organize the information and send it to the housekeeper.
"Mr. Liang, are the messages you sent me now true?" 15 minutes after the message was transmitted, Liang En received a call from the housekeeper.
Different from the usual elegant tone, this time the butler's voice sounded very anxious, and even gave off a slightly harsh feeling.
"Yes, these are all true, Steward Lubzon." Liang En said while looking at the ruby on the table in front of him.
"At least according to the information we have now, the missing Master Du Lisi should be buried in the military cemetery near Puumala."
(End of this chapter)
Not long after returning to St. Petersburg, Liang En's cell phone rang.This is Pierce calling from Finland, because he has seen some very valuable information from Finland through the power of Earl Bossett's family.
"You're right, those people have indeed forgotten the situation in Finland." Pierce's excited voice came from the microphone, "According to the information I found, there were indeed many dead people whose identities could not be determined."
"As I said, the treasure hunters that the Earl found before were too mechanical when searching for various things." Liang En replied after hearing Pierce's words.
"And now I also deeply suspect that the Earl's family gave the money too happily, so maybe someone simply went on a trip to cheat food and drink, and maybe they didn't even remember to check these things."
"What you said is indeed possible, but to be honest, the information on the Finnish side is very vague. If there are no additional records, it is difficult to rely on the information to determine whether the war reporter was one of these unknown dead."
After hearing Liang En's criticism of some colleagues, Pierce, who felt that it was not easy to comment, quickly changed the topic after answering the question.
"By the way, have you found any valuable clues? If not, I think the only feasible solution for the earl to find his uncle is to take these two or three hundred corpses. The tools were dug up and tested for DNA."
"I have a big harvest here—" Hearing Pierce's question, Liang En immediately talked about his discovery just now, especially the ruby fixed in the lighter.
Of course, in the process of narrating, Liang En attributed the reason for going to that monastery to the fact that the research materials mentioned that the monastery was used as a field hospital, and he accidentally found these things when he went there to search for them.
"Ha - you must have mastered some oriental magic, because your luck is really good!" After hearing Liang En talk about his treasure hunting process, Pierce said jokingly.
"No, no, no, I think it's just a coincidence of luck. It's like when you were in school for three consecutive days, you could suddenly pick up money every day."
Hearing Pierce's ridicule, Liang En denied it with a smile, and then he thought of the number he found on that lead sheet just now.
"By the way, I also found a piece of lead in that lighter, with the four Arabic numerals 1082 engraved on it." Liang En said to Pierce. "What do you think of that number?"
"Lawrence, did you know that I found a very important piece of information." After hearing this question from Liang En, Pierce paused for a few seconds, and then said loudly in a more excited voice than before.
After waiting for more than ten seconds, Pierce gradually calmed down, and told Liang En who was waiting on the other end of the phone about some information he had inquired in Helsinki.
It turned out that on the battlefield that year, although the proportion of such unidentified dead was not large, the total number was not particularly small.
They may have had to cover their faces due to various reasons such as injuries, or fell into a coma while losing their identification documents on the battlefield.
In this case, the doctor who treated them would choose to use their bed number as their title to avoid some mistakes in the follow-up rescue work.
Some of these people may be finally identified because they were rescued or found something else that could identify them, but some of them were not recognized until their death.
As for those victims who were not identified until they died, they would be buried with the number in the hospital, and what was left in the end was only a numbered tomb.
"Lawrence, so now you know what you found?" During the phone call, Pierce said in a very excited tone, "This number is probably the hospital number of that person back then. As long as we have this, we can find his graveyard .”
After finishing speaking, Pierce hung up the phone and left Liang En there. It was not until half an hour later that he called Liang En who was waiting by the phone again.
"It's confirmed." Even through the phone, Liang En could hear the excitement in Pierce's words. "There was indeed such an unidentified deceased in the field hospital temporarily changed by the monastery."
"Then where is the other party now?" Liang En's breathing became short, because he found that he was already approaching the final answer.
"The unknown deceased with this number is now buried in a military cemetery near Puumala, Finland." Pierce looked at the yellowed file in the computer and said while holding the phone.
"When the Finns retreated, they took almost everything, including all kinds of machines, livestock, personal belongings, and even corpses in the cemetery. Naturally, they also included the corpses of those who died in the war."
"For example, this is the case with the body numbered 1082. According to records, the deceased was accidentally discovered by the front line. When he was sent to the hospital, he had severe frostbite. He died after being treated in the hospital for about a week."
"He was first buried in a makeshift cemetery near the monastery, and then after the truce was negotiated, he was moved to near Puumala along with other victims who were buried nearby."
"I understand, you can make all your materials into an electronic version and send them to me." Liang En said, "With these materials, we can exchange business.
""Don't we have to bring things to the door to trade this time?"It may be because of some nervousness, so Pierce subconsciously said the questions he habitually asked when doing entrusted tasks on weekdays.
"If you are willing to take the risk of breaking the law to dig that kind of military cemetery late at night, I have no problem." Hearing this question, Liang En burst out laughing.
"Remember, we are entrusted to find something that is very important to some people, so it is enough to tell our employer the information, and there is no need to do the work of tomb robbers."
"I'm just too excited." After hearing Liang En's laughter, Pierce said helplessly. "You know that neither I nor my father have ever received such a job, so I subconsciously brought in the previous work habits."
After laughing and teasing each other a few words, Pierce sent over the information he found.Maybe because everyone is in a big city, the network is finally much faster than the wild.
Therefore, it only took half an hour for Liang En to successfully receive the information, organize the information and send it to the housekeeper.
"Mr. Liang, are the messages you sent me now true?" 15 minutes after the message was transmitted, Liang En received a call from the housekeeper.
Different from the usual elegant tone, this time the butler's voice sounded very anxious, and even gave off a slightly harsh feeling.
"Yes, these are all true, Steward Lubzon." Liang En said while looking at the ruby on the table in front of him.
"At least according to the information we have now, the missing Master Du Lisi should be buried in the military cemetery near Puumala."
(End of this chapter)
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