In the last two days before returning to Hongqi Forest Farm for classes, amidst the snowflakes in the sky, the studio was filled with the sound of a piano that had no rhythm or rhythm at all from morning to night.
Although Wei Ran knew in his heart that he was playing the piano completely randomly, the noise caused by his random playing attracted the attention of Jima and the girls from the travel agency next door.
I have to admit that although these Slavs, who are called a fighting nation, have a barbaric and rude side, they also have a strong artistic atmosphere. So every now and then, employees from the travel agency next door would come over to watch the excitement. Even if Jima hadn't accidentally mentioned the high price of the guqin, these men and women might have lined up to try it out.
On the other hand, Ji Ma, after discovering that Wei Ran's posture could attract Mao Mei's attention, actually managed to get a tattered one from nowhere in just two days. He plays the erhu, and even pretends to wear a pair of round sunglasses, just like a Maozi version of Abingla's posture reflecting the moon in two springs.
It’s just that this guy looked like he was posing, but as soon as he started to pull the bow in his hand, even Nicholas who came to have breakfast disappeared in a flash. , not to mention the little girls next door who skipped work and came to watch the fun.
On the other hand, Wei Ran didn't say anything. He was not much better than the opponent. He was just relying on the sound of the guqin itself. No matter who played it, the sound would not be difficult to hear. If I were to play the erhu in my place, the sound would probably be the same.
After spending the last two days in such a noisy manner, Wei Ran and Jima, who had had enough trouble, each picked up the boxes containing musical instruments and boarded the flight to Kazan.
When they arrived at Hongqi Forest Farm on time early the next morning, the expected review test did not appear. Instead, they were taken directly into a classroom that was not too big by Teacher Dalia. .
"Starting today, we are going to start learning some theoretical knowledge." While talking, Teacher Dalia even gave Wei Ran and Jima a cheap notebook and a few tattered books respectively. Textbooks full of rotten handwriting.
"Finally someone taught me"
Wei Ran looked at the textbooks handed out and muttered. Culp had already given these materials to him after he paid the tuition. .
"Come on, choose one of the three." Teacher Dalia clapped her hands, "Topography, reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance, and psychology. Choose yourselves."
" "Topography!" Wei Ran said without thinking. This was the book he had the most questions about when he was studying on his own. At the same time, Ji Ma also called out "Reconnaissance and Counter-Reconnaissance" that he was interested in.
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"Okay, let's start with psychology." Teacher Dalia picked up a textbook and shook it at the two of them, "Just turn to page 12. The previous ones are all nonsense. Don’t waste time.”
“Didn’t we let us choose?” Jima muttered reluctantly.Take out the textbook and flip through the pages.
"First lesson, consider the surrounding environment before speaking."
Teacher Dalia lit a cigarette while speaking, "At least in this teacher's room , you don’t have much choice. If you want to achieve your desired goal, you must learn to use voice guidance to induce the stronger party to make the decision you want, so our first lesson is called the art of language. "< /p>
A few sentences aroused the interest of Wei Ran and Jima, and the two quickly entered a learning state under the guidance of Teacher Dalia.
And this class was just the beginning. In the following days, in addition to being driven back and forth by rubber bullets for several laps in the swimming pool covered with a thin layer of ice every morning, and in the afternoon The fighting lessons and driving lessons that the two of them studied separately, and the occasional make-up class interspersed with each other, remained the same as before. They basically spent the morning in the classroom learning various theoretical knowledge.
The changes didn’t stop there. Two hours before going to bed every night, Teacher Dalia gave them an extra violin lesson.
So at night, the squeaking sound of sawing wood spread all the way from the classroom to the ears of the girls in the main building who were getting ready to rest.
The consequence was that during the fighting training on the second day, those furry girls with dark circles under their eyes were more ruthless than the other, trying their best to vent their failure to sleep well the night before. Angry, completely disregarding the fateful friendship they had established with the brothers Wei Ran and Ji Ma over stewed pig trotters with soybeans.
After such complementary lessons lasted for about ten days, although their violins still looked like they were sawing wood, their fighting abilities improved at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Learning the violin can also improve fighting skills. Not only Wei Ran and Jima did not expect this chain reaction, even Teacher Dalia and Karp couldn't help but secretly cursed.
Seeing that there were only five days left before the holidays again, Teacher Dalia placed a photo on the table between the two of them.
Wei Ran picked up the photo and looked at it. In this high-definition shot, which seemed to have been taken secretly, there was an old man in his fifties, shirtless, drinking in a booth.
The pregnant belly and premature hair loss suggest that this person’s life seems irregular, and the thick gold chain around his neck and the messy tattoos on his body prove that he has a lot of history. Most likely he is not an honest and law-abiding person.
Teacher Dalia poured a cup of coffee slowly, "Let's play a new game and talk about the information in this photo. Victor, you go first."
Wei Ran looked at the photo in his hand again, and then told all the information he just got from the photo. Intelligence analysis from photos is not only one of the psychology courses they study these days, it is also covered in reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance courses.
"Is there any more?" Teacher Dalia asked with a smile while holding coffee, seeing Wei Ran shaking his head.After shaking his head, he raised his head to Ji Ma on the other side, "Tell me your opinion."
Ji Ma said with great certainty, "In addition to what Victor just said, this The tattoos on a person’s body are just like his resume.”
Without any urging from Teacher Wei Ran and Dalia, Ji Ma picked up a pen, pointed at the shirtless man in the photo and said, “ The first is the portrait of Lenin and the Soviet national emblem that cover his left and right chests like underwear. According to my understanding, this was a unique habit of gang members in the Soviet era. If he was older, maybe the national emblem tattoo would be changed. "Comrade Stalin."
"Why?"
Wei Ran asked curiously, whether it is a gang member from Russia or other European and American countries, which one looks better? , and Ji Ma obviously knows more about these local Russian knowledge than the foreigner Wei Ran.
Ji Ma spread his hands, "After all, even the Soviet police would not shoot at Comrade Lenin and the Soviet Union's national emblem, would they?"
"Are you afraid of death if you co-author?" Wei Ran burst out laughing, using Lenin and the Soviet Union's national emblem as a protective shield. I'm afraid only the Soviet gangsters could do this weird brain circuit.
Jima picked up the cigarette case on the table, lit a cigarette and continued, "So just based on these two tattoos, we know that this person was a gang member at least before the collapse of the Soviet Union. In addition In addition, there is an authority star tattooed on his shoulder, indicating that he has served in the military. There are two blood drops visible on the dagger tattoo on the outside of his left forearm, indicating that he has killed at least two people. What’s more, the tattoos on the hand he holds the cup, no matter what they are, are status symbols in the gang.”
“Anything else?” Teacher Dalia was satisfied. asked.
"No more" Ji Ma simply shook his head.
Until this moment, Teacher Dalia nodded with satisfaction, "Barely qualified. This person's name is Ruslan Gorman. The local gangs call him Cavalry Gorman. Usually he mainly controls him. His subordinates are selling unique products in various bars and underground entertainment venues in Ulyanovsk."
At this point, Teacher Darya tapped the cup lightly with a coffee spoon, "Pay attention. Listen, the following is the content of the game. In five days, you two will find a way to find the hiding place of the Cavalry Gorman. In addition to destroying the unique items stored inside, you must also take the husky he raised alive. Come back, let me think about it, let’s call this game Save the Huskies!”
“Teacher Dalia, can we use weapons?” Jima asked first.
Hearing this, Teacher Dalia pointed to the backpack placed on another table when she entered, "A silenced Makarov and a VSS sniper rifle, each with only one bullet. But these weapons are only for self-defense, so if someone is killed, the only thing I can do to help you is to leave Russia alive. In addition, I have marked those bullets.With one pill, your vacation will be postponed by one day. Okay, do you have anything else to ask? "
Wei Ran and Ji Ma looked at each other, and then shook their heads in unison.
Teacher Dalia gave the final reminder as she walked out. "In five days, if you successfully complete this game, you can go back to spend Christmas and come back to class in mid-January. If you fail, all vacations for the next two months will be cancelled. "
In the empty classroom, Wei Ran and Ji Ma looked at each other, picked up the backpack on the table and ran to the dormitory upstairs.
"Jima, you go Have you been to Ulyanovsk? "Wei Ran asked in a high voice while loading luggage into the box.
"Been there many times! ”
Jima, who lives across the corridor, responded loudly, “That’s the hometown of Lenin’s father. When I was in high school, the school organized several trips there.” ”
“Choose a hotel later, choose the one you like. "As Wei Ran spoke, he had already walked out of the dormitory carrying a suitcase full of clothes.
"Then I won't be polite! "Ji Ma walked out before he finished speaking.
When the two of them walked out of the building and drove Ji Ma's shabby van away from the Hongqi Forest Farm, in the room on the top floor of the consultation center, Culp also put down the telescope, "You should go too, don't let them do stupid things. ”
“Don’t worry”
Dalia, who had already changed into outdated clothes, put on a chestnut wavy wig in a hurry, took the car keys and left the room. Door.
Kazan and Ulyanovsk are both close to the Volga River, and the distance between the two places is only about two hundred kilometers, especially Jima, who has been following Dali recently. Teacher Ya was learning to drive. Apart from anything else, he rarely stepped on the brakes along the way. Therefore, when they arrived at their destination, the street lights in the city had just turned on.
While waiting for the red light, Wei Ran rolled down the car window halfway and took advantage of the opportunity to breathe while observing the strange city outside the window and said, "Find a place to live first, and then we have to find a way. We need to find the cavalryman Gorman first. "
"It's not difficult to find that Cavalry Gorman. "
Ji Ma stepped on the accelerator again the moment the light turned green, and drove the van while wandering the streets and said, "As long as we find a bar, we can find the person we are looking for soon. "
"Are you sure? ”
“Of course! Jima said confidently, "Victor, when I went to the bar to appreciate the steel art, I'm afraid you haven't graduated from elementary school yet." Anyway, don't worry, I'll take care of this. ”
“Steel art? "Wei Ran didn't react for a moment.
"In layman's terms, this art is also called pole dancing." Ji Ma, who was grinning, said this and pulled the car over without warning and pressed the brakes. , “This is the bar, it looks veryregular. ”
“Where? "Wei Ran looked outside and couldn't find the sign of the bar at all.
"The small door next to the drugstore must be the entrance to the bar. ”
While Ji Ma was speaking, he had already opened the car door and got into the trunk, opened his own suitcase, picked out a suit of clothes that fit the temperament of a young gangster, put it on, and then took out Dalia’s hair. He gave them a makeup bag and changed his hair color and facial contours with extremely skillful movements.
Just by looking at the other person's operations, which were countless times more skillful than his own, Wei Ran knew that this guy would probably be a normal person. He often went to the bar with a fake face to cause trouble.
When everything was ready, Jima took out a Makarov pistol with a silencer from his separate backpack and checked it. Then he opened the car door again and said, "Victor, you can go have dinner during this time, and remember to buy me a tartare pie with mutton filling." "
"Are you sure you don't want me to follow you in? "While Wei Ran was speaking, he had already assembled the dismantled VSS sniper rifle.
"I just went to the bar to relax. You being around will only cause trouble for me. " Before he finished speaking, Ji Ma pulled the car door with a clang from the outside.
Watching the other party walk into the inconspicuous little door next to the drugstore with his pocket in his pocket, Wei Ran looked at After looking around, he simply opened the car door and walked into a small restaurant across the road. He found a seat by the window and ate dinner while staring at the situation opposite.
To Wei's surprise. To Ran's surprise, before the last dish he ordered came, Jima actually walked out of the small door on the other side of the road, even holding someone who seemed to be drunk in his arms. Girl!
“I should have thought that this bastard must be looking for fun! "Wei Ran cursed through gritted teeth, dropped a banknote, and walked out of the restaurant with the pre-packaged pie.
However, when he walked to the van before he could speak, Jima got there first. Said, "Victor, drive quickly. Whether you can find the whereabouts of the cavalryman Gorman depends entirely on this beautiful girl." "
"Rely on her? "Wei Ran didn't follow Ji Ma's train of thought for a moment.
Ji Ma rolled up the sleeves of the young girl in his arms, pointed to the dense needle holes on his arms and said proudly, "This is what I just said. We only need to lock up the gentleman carefully selected in the bar for a day or two, and when her reading addiction kicks in, she will definitely help us find that Cavalry Gorman. ”