The lights were on in the library, and Li Zi'an saw a girl standing at the door from a distance.

Kang Xin was standing at the door of the library waiting for him, she changed out of Hanfu on her body, wore a printed T-shirt and denim hot pants, put on a pair of Adidas white shoes under her feet, and tied a ponytail on her head, exuding youthful breath and heat all over her body. In the afternoon, she was like a talented girl who traveled from ancient times, and in the evening, she became a young and lively female college student, how to become so good-looking.

Li Zi'an walked up and greeted with a smile: "Classmate Kang, good evening." ”

Kang Xin's face was expressionless: "Don't call me classmate Kang, you can't be a few years older than me." ”

is indeed a few years older, Li Zian married Yu Meilin at the age of twenty-two, Li Xiaomei is three years old this year, he is twenty-five years old this year, and he is only five years old.

Li Zi'an knew that she was still angry about the afternoon's events, and she didn't want to talk to her more, so she just asked, "What about Professor Kang?"

"My dad has an office in the library, and I'll take you to meet him. Kang Xin turned and led the way.

Li Zi'an followed her into the library.

A chubby girl came up with two books in her arms and said hello to Kang Xin: "Won't you go to Professor Zhou's lecture later?"

"I'm not going tonight, just borrow your notes tomorrow and copy them. Kang Xin stopped and said to her.

The chubby girl's eyes wandered around Li Zi'an's body, and her eyes were a little bright.

Li Zi'an smiled.

A handsome person must have the demeanor of a handsome man, although he is a fat girl, but people look at him because he is handsome, of course he has to respond.

Women are pleasing to themselves, and handsome are smiling for those who understand handsomeness.

The fat girl's face flushed, and she couldn't help but lean into Kang Xin's ear, and asked in a low voice: "Who is this person, so handsome." ”

Although her voice was very small, Li Zi'an still heard it, and he smiled again. The negative emotions brought about by the hexagram in the taxi were eliminated by more than half at once.

He is such a person, trying to make himself happy, live comfortably, and never frown when he should be happy.

"Don't ask, the children are running on the ground, I'll take people away first, and talk back." Kang Xin walked forward again.

Li Zi'an followed Kang Xin.

The fat girl stood in place, her head shifted with Li Zi'an, until Li Zi'an walked away, and a sentence came out of her mouth: "Why did ......you get married?"

Li Zi'an didn't hear this, otherwise he might have turned around and smiled at others again.

Kang Xin led Li Zi'an upstairs, through a reading area, and then into a hallway.

Li Zi'an still couldn't help the curiosity in his heart and asked: "Miss Kang, today's exhibition is organized by the National Academy of Sciences, are you also a student of the National Academy?"

Kang Xin glanced back at Li Zi'an: "The Academy of Chinese Studies is not a university, nor a school, it is a non-governmental organization, it is composed of people who love Chinese culture, it plays a role in studying and carrying forward traditional culture, many students in our school have joined, and I am just one of them." ”

"I see, what subject does your father teach here?"

"He is a professor of history, but he loves to study symbols and is one of the few semiotics experts in the country. Talking about her father, Kang Xin's eyes showed a look of pride.

This look reminded Li Zi'an of his little padded jacket.

Kangxin stopped at the end of the hallway and reached out and knocked on the door on the left.

"Please come in. A man's voice came from inside the door.

Kang Xin pushed the door open, and Li Zi'an followed her in.

The office is not very large, but there are four bookshelves, each of which is packed with books, so that it feels particularly cramped.

Behind an old desk sat a gray-haired man, who was not very old, as you could tell from the not-so-obvious nasolabial folds, that he was in his early fifties at best, but that he looked like a sixty-year-old man.

His face was thin, with a pair of thick eyes on the bridge of his nose, and he was holding a magnifying glass to read the words on a piece of porcelain shard, giving the most intuitive impression of an old scholar.

This person is Kang Xin's father, Kang Haichuan.

He seemed to forget about it, and went back into a state of research, unaware that there were two more people in his office.

Li Zi'an wanted to say hello, but he felt that it was inappropriate, so he simply waited.

Kang Xin waited for a few seconds and didn't see any reaction from Kang Haichuan, and said loudly: "Dad, Mr. Li is here." ”

Kang Haichuan's hand trembled, the magnifying glass in his hand almost fell, he raised his eyes to look at Kang Xin, and said in surprise: "Kang Xin, when did you come?"

Kang Xin was a little speechless: "Dad, I knocked on the door just now, you let me in, Mr. Li is here." ”

Kang Haichuan seemed to remember something, and hurriedly put down the magnifying glass and stood up: "It turned out that Mr. Li was here, I have a lot of students coming in and out here, I didn't know that you were here, it was rude." ”

Li Zi'an stepped forward and stretched out his hands: "Professor Kang is polite." ”

Kang Haichuan shook hands with Li Zi'an, which were also hands, and he didn't have the value of a professor at all.

"Sit down, let's sit down and talk. ”

Li Zi'an looked left and right, but found that there was only one chair behind the desk in this office, which was Kang Haichuan's chair, if he sit, where would Kang Haichuan sit?

"Well, I don't have a chair here. Kang Haichuan also found out about this, and his expression was a little embarrassed.

Li Zi'an said: "Professor Kang, you can just sit, I am a junior and young, I can just stand and talk to you." ”

"Then what's embarrassing?" Kang Haichuan didn't sit either.

Kang Xin said: "Dad, just sit down, you have a problem with your lumbar spine and can't stand for a long time." ”

"Then I'll sit and talk to Mr. Li. Kang Haichuan sat down again, he opened the drawer, took out the notebook from the extraction, and turned to the page where Li Zi'an drew a symbol.

Li Zi'an said: "Professor Kang, I am here for this symbol, you are one of the best experts in this field, I want to ask you, what does this symbol mean?"

"I don't know. Kang Haichuan's answer was very simple.

Li Zi'an was stunned on the spot.

He came with hope, but he didn't expect to get such an answer.

This Kang Haichuan is an expert in semiotics, Kang Xin also said just now, her father is one of the top semiotics experts in China, if even he doesn't know what this symbol means, then how can he unravel those symbols and patterns on the body of the big lazy portable furnace?

Kang Haichuan took out a worn-out notebook from the drawer, opened it, and a yellowed photo was exposed from the folder.

Li Zi'an looked at the yellowed photo, and his eyes were immediately attracted.

The photograph shows a ruin, with only a little of the clay wall left exposed in the yellow sand, which can be seen from the yellow sand flying in the sky, and the wind was blowing when this photo was taken. Perhaps because of the wind, a skull was exposed under the wall of a clay wall, and a mysterious symbol was engraved on its pale forehead, a miserable green color, as if it had been painted with some kind of raw material, and it seemed to be branded on it, exuding a mysterious and strange atmosphere.

A little farther away, in the middle of the desert was a bush that had long since died, and only bare branches remained.

The photo looks very simple, Kang Xin's painting has been artistically processed, adding many things from her imagination, and the sense of mystery is even stronger. But the impact of this photo on Li Zi'an is even greater, it is desolate, it is weird, it seems to hide a lot of secrets.

However, his imagination pales in the face of this photograph.

After all, there are simply too few clues.

"Professor Kang, is that all there is to it?"

Kang Haichuan said: "Yes, there is only this one photo, which was taken more than ten years ago, and it was still a film camera at that time, and when this photo was taken, there was only one photo film left." ”

Li Zi'an was a little speechless, what were you shooting before, the landscape?

Kang Haichuan said: "Back then, I was invited by an archaeological team to investigate the Loulan monuments, and I was writing a paper on the Silk Road at that time, so I accepted the invitation and went to the Loulan monuments with them. The initial expeditions were normal, and we excavated a lot of artifacts, all of which were very valuable, until one day ......"

A series of mobile phone ringtones suddenly rang, interrupting Kang Haichuan's words.

Kang Xin took out her mobile phone and glanced at it, and said, "Dad, I'll go out and answer a call." ”

"Go ahead, go ahead, you've heard this story many times anyway. Kang Haichuan waved his hand.

Kang Xin left the office with her phone.

"By the way, where did you see this symbol?" Kang Haichuan's mind jumped hard.

Li Zi'an said: "Professor Kang, I'm very interested in your story, let's listen to you first and I'll talk about it." ”

"That's fine. Kang Haichuan nodded, and suddenly asked again, "Where did I just go?"

Li Zixin was a little speechless, but he politely reminded him: "You just said that you have unearthed a lot of valuable cultural relics, until one day you ......"

"Oh, I remember, that day there was a sudden strong wind, and the yellow sand rolled up made people unable to open their eyes, and I followed the expedition back to the camp, only to get lost in the strong wind, and the farther and farther I went, and the people were scattered. There were originally eight people in the expedition team, but as we walked, only me and the captain Huang Bo were left. ”

Huang Bo, Li Zi'an remembered the name.

"He and I thought we were going to die in that sandstorm, but somehow we got to that place, where there was a wall to keep the wind out. Huang Bo and I huddled together until the wind and sand passed, and then we saw the bones that had been blown out by the wind. The symbols on the forehead of the skeleton attracted me, and I usually like to study all kinds of symbols, and I have seen and deciphered most of the symbols in this world, but I have never seen such symbols. I picked up my camera and took a picture, and when I wanted to take a second one, I found that the film had been used to shoot the cultural relics excavated before......" Kang Haichuan fell into the memory, looking a little trance.