"But how did he become like this... I can understand his reasons for stealing cultural relics, and I can also understand how he has spent these years after losing his hands and feet. But... what is he doing now?
, has become so crazy? Even if you know that everything can be repeated, there is no need to kill people on sight." Ye Sulin found it difficult to understand.
"I can guess a little bit about this, but..." Zhang Ke looked at Ye Suling's face and asked, "When you told me about him at that time, you probably concealed a lot of key information, right?
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"Indeed - I'm sorry, I didn't expect you to be involved." Ye Suling shook his head with a wry smile and said, "I did lie to you. In fact, I have not been completely unaware of Qiushi's whereabouts over the years. About a few years ago,
An informant told me that Qiushi may still be alive, and that people suspected of being him often return to wander around the Chunshen ruins."
"After several personal investigations, I can basically confirm that the homeless man with a broken arm and leg is himself, and he will definitely go to the Chunshen ruins on the night of the 14th of every month - but he is also very
I was alert and soon discovered that someone was following and investigating me." Ye Suling said:
"But at that time, he was completely different from what he is now. He did not choose to attack the intruder, but took the initiative to retreat and escape. Compared with his current behavior, he was almost completely opposite to the two people."
"Hmm... firstly, he probably became more unscrupulous after becoming a time tracer; secondly, he probably came to a further conclusion on the study of the Lingtai Kongming Cauldron, and became more superstitious about the "Blue Sky Revealed Secret Record"
Yes." Zhang Ke analyzed.
Although it is hard not to be shaken by what Yuan Qiushi said before, Zhang Ke always believes that such things as "ancient books from a hundred years ago can predict today's situation" and "a bronze tripod can bring supernatural power to people"
It's too magical. There may be a bigger secret behind it that can be reasonably explained scientifically, but we have no clue yet.
But for Yuan Qiushi, whose life has long been in a mess and has fallen into despair, this is probably the only life-saving straw he can grasp, so he is willing to believe it with all his heart.
"What is the secret record of the blue sky?" Ye Suling asked strangely, "Does that tripod have any special research results?"
"Well, you don't know? Wasn't the "Secret Records of the Blue Sky" excavated from the ruins at the same time?" Zhang Ke said strangely.
"I don't know... I've never heard of it." Ye Suling shook her head blankly.
"Tsk, it seems interesting..." Zhang Ke suddenly said, "Well, first tell me what you didn't tell me last time about Yuan Qiushi's situation in detail, and then we will analyze it together."
"Okay -" Ye Suling nodded and said, "I told you before that Qiushi had a conflict with his father, Professor Yuan, right? That was when he learned that his mother was critically ill, so he called Professor Yuan to explain the situation, and I was
Just watch from the side."
——Archaeology, you will always only have these dead things in your mind! Even if you don’t care about my wishes and future, don’t you care about my mother and your wife’s life? Then you can live your whole life in the loess with those cultural relics.
!——At that time, Qiushi yelled loudly at the other end of the phone, and then without waiting for his father to answer, he slammed the phone to the ground, but luckily I caught it." Ye Suling said:
"After that, I saw Qiushi collapse in front of me for the first time. He held his head and sobbed very repressedly. He kept muttering: How can I save you...Mom, how can I get enough money for your surgery?"
What kind of father, husband, and man is that person..."
"It seems that the father-son relationship between the two is not just because of Qiushi's mother's illness. It seems that Qiushi has had a problem with him for a long time?" Zhang Ke asked.
"Well, even before this incident broke out, when Qiushi occasionally talked about him with me, he was actually unwilling to call Professor Yuan his father at all, because he felt that the professor had always ignored his dreams and wishes and interfered with his choices.
, forcibly arranged the trajectory of his life, and now he wants to cut off his mother's livelihood. But the reason he gave was just to dedicate everything to the cause of archeology, which sounded so high-sounding and righteous that it was impossible to refute."
Ye Suling sighed and slowly said:
Qiushi was born in the same year as me. Compared to me, who came from an ordinary family, he was born into a very respectable family in the eyes of others: his father is a promising lecturer in the history department of a key university, and will soon be admitted to the
He has the title of associate professor, and his mother is a Chinese teacher at the affiliated middle school, leading two key classes.
Although it is not a rich family, it is indeed a standard scholarly family, with a relatively solid foundation, and the husband and wife respect each other as guests. No matter how you look at it, they should be a model family.
However, ever since Qiushi had memories, his gentle mother has always been by his side.
As for Professor Yuan, he basically went home for a day or two after work and business trips, and then disappeared again.
At that time, our country was experiencing an archaeological boom, so new ruins were discovered every month. Naturally, he flew around the country almost all year round.
Before Qiushi entered elementary school, because he was ignorant, he always liked to pester his father, who was staying at home for a short time, to tell him historical allusions. As soon as Professor Yuan left, he burst into tears and pestered his mother to ask about the date of his father's return.
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Every time at this time, his mother would smile and say to him: "Dad is going to protect the cultural relics of the mining country. When he completes his work, he will come back soon."
Qiushi was still too young at that time. In fact, she didn't quite understand the meaning of her mother's words. She just vaguely felt that her father must be an upright man. Otherwise, how could her mother show such a proud expression from the bottom of her heart?
It was only when Qiushi entered elementary school that he almost began to understand that his father had been traveling to various ruins and ancient tombs all year round, not only to excavate cultural relics, but also to fight on the front line against the increasingly rampant theft of cultural relics at that time.
In order to collect and protect the cultural relics before the treasure thieves, he had to travel frequently, so he came home less and less frequently. Therefore, Qiushi's admiration for his father at that time was far less than usual.
Because at that time, he no longer felt that these things that were far away from him were any big deal - instead, his mother, who was close by, had to take care of him while taking care of her work. She fell ill several times due to overwork.
And at a young age, he could only be more mature than his peers. He clumsily helped his mother apply ice towels, buy antipyretics, and cook porridge. As for his father who was far away from home, he could not help much, or even not at all.
He will know what happened because Qiushi's mother never complained to him.
Until when he was fourteen years old, his mother suddenly had a high fever due to severe pneumonia. Antipyretics were ineffective at all. Even Qiushi couldn't wake her up by her bedside. Qiushi, who was about to cry, finally gave her the medicine for the first time.
My father, whom I had not seen for a long time, called me, crying and asking him to come back and save his life. However...
At this point, Ye Suling sighed, and Zhang Ke immediately understood: "Professor Yuan still hasn't come back. I'm afraid, he just asked his son to call an ambulance or something."