NOVEL NEXT Treasure hunt begins in England
Chapter 48 Clues
Chapter 48 Clues
"It's not too easy to determine which direction to run in the opposite direction, but it's not completely untraceable." Liang En said, pointing to the road they just came not far away.
"The Soviet army was deployed on that road back then, and at the same time kept firing towards this side. Therefore, even if our war reporter really fainted from running, he would choose to run in the opposite direction as much as possible."
"But the problem is that five or six search teams have thoroughly searched the retreat route before. I don't think the two of us can find anything that was not found by the team of No. 80 in total."
Looking at Liang En who was heading north after completing the investigation of the first location, Pierce put forward his own opinion.
"Of course I know this, so of course the place we are going next is not the retreat route of the Finnish army that the group of people have been looking for several times, but another location." Liang En said and waved his hand to signal Pierce to follow.
After 15 minutes, the two came to a hilly area.Obviously, the group of Finnish troops also observed the direction of retreat before attacking the Soviet army, so they retreated from this area.
According to the previous information, after entering the hilly area, the artillery and machine guns of the Soviet army could not attack them, so they had time to count the number of people.And it was at this moment that they realized that they had accidentally lost that reporter.
"That is to say, if the other party really lost it, it would have been lost within the distance of several hundred meters." Pierce recalled the road he had walked just now, showing a puzzled look. "But this road is not difficult to walk."
"Of course it's not difficult for us to go now." Liang En called up a map from his phone and compared it with the surrounding environment, and said at the same time. "But it's a different story when you're next to strafing and shelling at night."
"According to those soldiers who eventually returned to the position, the reporter was still behind them at first, but soon he fell behind due to physical fitness, and then disappeared."
After briefly checking the map stored in the phone, Liang En showed a clear expression. "So there are not many paths that the other party can choose, and I discovered a place that the previous searchers had overlooked."
"A place that the previous group of guys ignored?" After hearing this sentence, Pierce widened his eyes. "I don't think any place will be ignored with such a small range."
"No, there is indeed a place." Liang En said, and Pierce walked up a small mound of two or three meters next to it, and then pointed to the swamp on the east side of the road they came from just now, "They forgot Explore over there."
"I remember they explored." Pierce frowned first, then took out his mobile phone from his pocket and flipped through a few pictures. "Look, here is their exploration of the swamp."
"According to the document, they took a rubber boat and used a metal detector to detect the swamp, which was about two acres in size, but found nothing."
"Of course he didn't fall into this swamp, but ran across the swamp to the other side." Liang En revealed the mystery at this time.
"It may be because the earl's influence is limited to Western Europe, or it may be that the other party does not trust the Russians at all. So all the people he recruited to search came from Western Europe like us."
"Because of a certain stereotyped impression of Russia and the tradition of the local earth-digging party, they often only choose when the climate is warmer when they come here to search."
"That's right!" Pierce looked puzzled after hearing what Liang En said. "After all, when winter comes, the land in this place will be completely frozen, so even the diggers here basically won't be active in winter."
"That's why those people didn't realize that the swamp over there would be frozen harder than a rock in winter. Therefore, that war reporter could escape through the frozen water." Liang En said helplessly .
"By the way, the season when the war broke out was winter. The swamp should have been frozen at that time." After being reminded by Liang En, Pierce also reacted.
This can be said to be a blind spot in thinking. Compared with treasure hunters in Russia or the United States who are good at digging in the wild, those treasure hunters who are active in Europe, especially Western Europe in a broad sense, are not very suitable for this kind of field work.
Because of the dense human settlements where they work, they tend to be better at finding treasure from dusty attics, warehouses, and even backyard auctions.
It's a pity that all the treasure hunters found by the previous earl were urban treasure hunters of this type, so when they saw this swamp in summer, they didn't think about the situation in winter at all.
Soon, Liang En and Pierce bypassed the swamp and came to the other side of the swamp.Then searched eastward from the east bank of the swamp.
When the two searched for about half an hour, Pierce first found something with the metal detector in his hand.
"What did you find?" After being startled by Pierce's screams on the walkie-talkie, Liang En hurriedly ran towards the other party's location and asked loudly at the same time.
"A pen cap." Pierce spread out his hand at this time, revealing the thing he was holding in his hand before. "A silver-gilt pen cap, that's not something that should be in the woods."
"You're right." Liang En nodded seriously after looking at the precious metal pen cap that had been wiped clean of dirt.Regardless of the era, the number of people who can use precious metals as everyday utensils is only a small part.
What's more, on the list given to Liang En by the butler before he came, there was information about the things that the elder of their family had with him when he disappeared, including a gold pen.
"That's right, it should be this thing." After comparing it with the photos, Liang En confirmed that the cap was indeed of the same model as the pen that the missing man was carrying.
Considering that this area is remote enough, and that fountain pen is a relatively rare breed.So this pen cap can basically be determined to be something left by the missing reporter.
According to the requirements of the previous butler, this thing is actually enough for business.But to Liang En, this thing is not just an ordinary relic, it can also help him find his ultimate goal.
Thinking of this, he used a [Detection (R)] card on the pen cap, and soon, a location appeared in his mind.
"It's actually in Viborg!" Liang En frowned after seeing the last location marked on the map in his mind.Because this situation is completely different from what he had imagined before.
Because according to normal reasoning, the young master Du Lisi would have a small probability of being killed or captured by the Soviets at the time and be executed after running away, but would have a high probability of dying on this chaotic battlefield.
But the problem was that the target that Liang En found with Goldfinger was inconsistent with these two conjectures, because until the end of that war, Viborg was under the control of the Finns.
(End of this chapter)
"It's not too easy to determine which direction to run in the opposite direction, but it's not completely untraceable." Liang En said, pointing to the road they just came not far away.
"The Soviet army was deployed on that road back then, and at the same time kept firing towards this side. Therefore, even if our war reporter really fainted from running, he would choose to run in the opposite direction as much as possible."
"But the problem is that five or six search teams have thoroughly searched the retreat route before. I don't think the two of us can find anything that was not found by the team of No. 80 in total."
Looking at Liang En who was heading north after completing the investigation of the first location, Pierce put forward his own opinion.
"Of course I know this, so of course the place we are going next is not the retreat route of the Finnish army that the group of people have been looking for several times, but another location." Liang En said and waved his hand to signal Pierce to follow.
After 15 minutes, the two came to a hilly area.Obviously, the group of Finnish troops also observed the direction of retreat before attacking the Soviet army, so they retreated from this area.
According to the previous information, after entering the hilly area, the artillery and machine guns of the Soviet army could not attack them, so they had time to count the number of people.And it was at this moment that they realized that they had accidentally lost that reporter.
"That is to say, if the other party really lost it, it would have been lost within the distance of several hundred meters." Pierce recalled the road he had walked just now, showing a puzzled look. "But this road is not difficult to walk."
"Of course it's not difficult for us to go now." Liang En called up a map from his phone and compared it with the surrounding environment, and said at the same time. "But it's a different story when you're next to strafing and shelling at night."
"According to those soldiers who eventually returned to the position, the reporter was still behind them at first, but soon he fell behind due to physical fitness, and then disappeared."
After briefly checking the map stored in the phone, Liang En showed a clear expression. "So there are not many paths that the other party can choose, and I discovered a place that the previous searchers had overlooked."
"A place that the previous group of guys ignored?" After hearing this sentence, Pierce widened his eyes. "I don't think any place will be ignored with such a small range."
"No, there is indeed a place." Liang En said, and Pierce walked up a small mound of two or three meters next to it, and then pointed to the swamp on the east side of the road they came from just now, "They forgot Explore over there."
"I remember they explored." Pierce frowned first, then took out his mobile phone from his pocket and flipped through a few pictures. "Look, here is their exploration of the swamp."
"According to the document, they took a rubber boat and used a metal detector to detect the swamp, which was about two acres in size, but found nothing."
"Of course he didn't fall into this swamp, but ran across the swamp to the other side." Liang En revealed the mystery at this time.
"It may be because the earl's influence is limited to Western Europe, or it may be that the other party does not trust the Russians at all. So all the people he recruited to search came from Western Europe like us."
"Because of a certain stereotyped impression of Russia and the tradition of the local earth-digging party, they often only choose when the climate is warmer when they come here to search."
"That's right!" Pierce looked puzzled after hearing what Liang En said. "After all, when winter comes, the land in this place will be completely frozen, so even the diggers here basically won't be active in winter."
"That's why those people didn't realize that the swamp over there would be frozen harder than a rock in winter. Therefore, that war reporter could escape through the frozen water." Liang En said helplessly .
"By the way, the season when the war broke out was winter. The swamp should have been frozen at that time." After being reminded by Liang En, Pierce also reacted.
This can be said to be a blind spot in thinking. Compared with treasure hunters in Russia or the United States who are good at digging in the wild, those treasure hunters who are active in Europe, especially Western Europe in a broad sense, are not very suitable for this kind of field work.
Because of the dense human settlements where they work, they tend to be better at finding treasure from dusty attics, warehouses, and even backyard auctions.
It's a pity that all the treasure hunters found by the previous earl were urban treasure hunters of this type, so when they saw this swamp in summer, they didn't think about the situation in winter at all.
Soon, Liang En and Pierce bypassed the swamp and came to the other side of the swamp.Then searched eastward from the east bank of the swamp.
When the two searched for about half an hour, Pierce first found something with the metal detector in his hand.
"What did you find?" After being startled by Pierce's screams on the walkie-talkie, Liang En hurriedly ran towards the other party's location and asked loudly at the same time.
"A pen cap." Pierce spread out his hand at this time, revealing the thing he was holding in his hand before. "A silver-gilt pen cap, that's not something that should be in the woods."
"You're right." Liang En nodded seriously after looking at the precious metal pen cap that had been wiped clean of dirt.Regardless of the era, the number of people who can use precious metals as everyday utensils is only a small part.
What's more, on the list given to Liang En by the butler before he came, there was information about the things that the elder of their family had with him when he disappeared, including a gold pen.
"That's right, it should be this thing." After comparing it with the photos, Liang En confirmed that the cap was indeed of the same model as the pen that the missing man was carrying.
Considering that this area is remote enough, and that fountain pen is a relatively rare breed.So this pen cap can basically be determined to be something left by the missing reporter.
According to the requirements of the previous butler, this thing is actually enough for business.But to Liang En, this thing is not just an ordinary relic, it can also help him find his ultimate goal.
Thinking of this, he used a [Detection (R)] card on the pen cap, and soon, a location appeared in his mind.
"It's actually in Viborg!" Liang En frowned after seeing the last location marked on the map in his mind.Because this situation is completely different from what he had imagined before.
Because according to normal reasoning, the young master Du Lisi would have a small probability of being killed or captured by the Soviets at the time and be executed after running away, but would have a high probability of dying on this chaotic battlefield.
But the problem was that the target that Liang En found with Goldfinger was inconsistent with these two conjectures, because until the end of that war, Viborg was under the control of the Finns.
(End of this chapter)
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