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--the  doctor  was  handed  a  cap  of  a  north korean soldier,  looking  at  it  inside  out and  finding  no names  he  put  it  on a  table,  what  else  was  found  he  wanted  to know,   a  charm  with  a  string attached, to  ward  off evil , fallen out  from one  of  the  attackers  on a  wooden platform while  loading  their  boats,  yong  asked  for  permission to  quickly   take  dang  to  search  for  hong in beijing  not  a  small place  , the  nurse  must  be  found  , dang could  help  because  a  native  knows  the  lay  of  the  land  , one  thousand  american dollars  and  an  equal  amount  in chinese  currency  was  sanctioned  to  yong , dang  said  they  were  going  with  the  charm  which frightened  hing to  see  a  scholar  astrologer