"I want to be a writer and change the world with civilization. Closing his eyes, Xin Yifan remembered that this was Shu Jingyan's dream.

Thinking of Shu Jingyan, who has been away from him for two years, Xin Yifan's heart is like a knife, and the girl in her memory who laughs like a snow lotus, is like a cat when she is quiet, and likes to snuggle lazily beside her, she once vowed to protect her like her own eyes, to see the end of the world with her, to hold her hand and walk through all the roads, and eat all the food.

He used to think that this girl was a part of his body, he felt that she would always wait for him at some junction, next to the court, waiting for him in that familiar corner of the library, waiting for him in the warmth of his home, and now, he had lost her forever.

Xin Yifan tried hard to recall everything about him and Shu Jingyan, and slowly, into a dream.

In the dream, there was a strange scene again, this time I saw an endless starry sky passing in front of me, a huge star appeared, countless planets revolved around it, and the rotating planets kept colliding, converging, and turning into celestial bodies of different sizes. At this time, the crystal necklace on Xin Yifan's chest emitted a faint light.

The next day, Xin Yifan woke up, and the memory of that dream was still in his mind, along with the memories of Shu Jingyan, which made him feel a little confused.

Chen Xia got up early in the morning, and today she couldn't wait to take Xin Yifan to the hospital for examination. When they arrived at the gate of the Affiliated Hospital of Yenching University, Yu Chengdong was already waiting there, Xin Yifan was the backbone of the Beijing Institute of Archaeology, and he was injured in the line of duty, so the treatment in the past few years has not brought too serious financial burden to the family, but more of a psychological pressure.

Yu Chengdong saw that the three of them had arrived, and hurriedly took Xin Yifan to do various examinations, while Chen Xia and Ye Zilan waited for the results in the family waiting area. Soon the results of the examination came out, Xin Yifan is now very healthy, all indicators are qualified, brain CT also shows that his brain activity is very active, the doctor saw that a vegetative person recovered so quickly, and all the indicators were normal, he was also very surprised, and bluntly said that this was simply a miracle, which made Chen Xia finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Yu Chengdong's guilty heart can also be a little calmer, he is very happy today, and decided to invite everyone to celebrate, so he took Xin Yifan, Chen Xia, and Ye Zilan to a restaurant that he often goes to, and several people also talked and laughed, Xin Yifan proposed to Yu Chengdong that he wanted to resume work as soon as possible, and asked some about the progress of their case, Yu Chengdong asked Xin Yifan not to rush back to work, observe for a period of time, and then go back to work if there is no problem, but their case has not progressed so far.

The two talked about a lot of archaeological progress in recent years, Yu Chengdong talked about the discovery of the Tang Dynasty famous general Li Sheng's tomb theft not long ago was really distressed, Xin Yifan asked Yu Chengdong in detail about the situation, Li Sheng's tomb after rescue excavation, unearthed a lot of Tang Dynasty cultural relics, including jade, silverware, Tang Sancai, Tang figurines, porcelain, etc., at the same time found a newly dug robbery hole, many precious cultural relics were stolen, leaving some inconvenient to carry large funeral goods.

Xin Yifan faintly felt that the things that Ye Zhengfei received last time were likely to come from Li Sheng's tomb, judging from the specifications of the burial goods, Li Sheng was the county king in the middle of the Tang Dynasty and was qualified to use it, the only thing that puzzled him was that the crystal necklace on his body should also come from Li Sheng's tomb, but the specifications were not like the Ming ware of the county king, nor did it have the style of the Tang Dynasty, but it looked like a cultural relic from an earlier period, but he himself did not know what period it was, and this necklace did not have particularly obvious characteristics of the times.

The two ate and chatted until it was almost eight o'clock. During the banquet, Chen Xia couldn't understand the conversation between Yu Chengdong and Xin Yifan, but she just tried to pick up vegetables for Ye Zilan and talk to her, Ye Zilan was a little absent-minded, and Chen Xia also knew that she was worried about her father's safety.

After returning home, everyone went back to their rooms to rest, Xin Yifan lay on the bed, took out the crystal necklace and looked at it carefully, he knew in his heart that his recovery must have a great relationship with this necklace.

The material of this crystal reminded him of the lost crystal skull, the texture of the two is very similar, but there are runes on the crystal skull, there are no obvious filaments inside, this sunken crystal has no runes, and there are red and blue filaments entwined inside, and after observing for a long time, he really has no clue, so he simply turned off the light and prepared to sleep. When he turned off the light, he found that this crystal emitted a faint light in the dark, which made Xin Yifan very curious, so he took this crystal and took a closer look, and found that the red and blue filaments inside began to rotate slowly, and the speed of rotation changed from slow to fast, and the light emitted by the crystal became more and more intense, but it was not dazzling, the red and blue filaments turned faster and faster, so fast that it was impossible to distinguish, and suddenly turned into a purple lightning bolt through the crystal into Xin Yifan's eyes, Xin Yifan was suddenly blind, only to feel a splitting headache, he wanted to throw away the crystal in his hand, wanted to scream, and found that he couldn't move at all。

After a while, his eyes were gradually able to see, but his head was getting more and more swollen, and he felt like his whole brain was about to burst out of his skull, he still couldn't move, the purple in the crystal was getting thicker and thicker, and the lightning was connected between the crystal and Xin Yifan's eyes, and the degree of headache was beyond the limit of what he could bear, he had a brief fainting feeling, and he was quickly woken up by the pain, and so on.

I don't know how long it took, Xin Yifan woke up from the coma, the stinging sensation disappeared, he looked at the crystal in his hand, and found that the crystal had now turned into an opaque gray-white stone, which looked like a bone that had not been burned, Xin Yifan gently pinched it with his hand, and the stone dissipated like a sand dune in the wind. At this time, Xin Yifan seemed to hear the sound of a rooster crowing, and he felt that it should be almost dawn, and it seemed that he had been tortured by the crystal all night.

Where's the rooster crow? This is the capital, Xin Yifan has never heard the sound of a rooster crowing since he came here to study, he pointed his ears and listened again, and there was a rooster crow in his ears, not only the rooster crow, but also the screaming sound of the wind blowing in the crack of the wall, the sound of the snow melting, the sound of the rats shivering in the sewer, and the whistle of the train entering the station, the rustle of early risers walking on the snow, the sound of the ice cracking on the lake, and the cry of a baby, the sound of seeds sprouting, and even the screaming and rumbling from outer space. Sizzle...

Along with these sounds, Xin Yifan saw pictures of the friction between the tires of the car and the road surface, the roar of the engine, the children being pulled up from the bed by their parents, the shouting of street vendors, the morning exercisers and the music in the park, the pedestrians in a hurry, the crowded subway...

All the sounds reproduced the scene in Xin Yifan's brain, countless sounds broke into Xin Yifan's ears and entered the brain, and the sound was restored into pictures and images in the brain, more and more sounds, more and more pictures and images were restored in the brain, and finally these images became three-dimensional, Xin Yifan only felt that his brain was getting more and more swollen, and beads of sweat appeared on his head, and these massive data made Xin Yifan faint again.

I don't know how long it took, but when he heard his mother's voice calling him, Xin Yifan woke up and felt groggy in his brain.

"Son, what's wrong with you, I didn't respond to you for a long time just now, are you uncomfortable?" Chen Xia's anxious voice sounded in Xin Yifan's ears.

Xin Yifan only felt that his eyelids were heavy and he was so tired, so he said to Chen Xia: "Mom, I still want to sleep for a while, don't call me." So he turned over and went back to sleep, and soon he started snoring.

Xin Yifan slept for a whole day and a night. When he woke up and found that it was bright, he sat up and stretched, put on his clothes and walked out of the bedroom, and found that there was no one at home, his mother was not at home, and Ye Zilan was not at home. made a phone call to Chen Xia, only to know that they were now at the police station, and there was news of Ye Zhengfei, so Xin Yifan immediately rushed over.

When Xin Yifan rushed to the police station, he saw that Ye Zilan was crying and her liver and intestines were broken, and her mother Chen Xia was comforting her, Xin Yifan walked over quickly and asked her mother why Ye Zilan was crying, Chen Xia said softly to Xin Yifan: "Xiaolan, his father has found it." Xin Yifan had a bad premonition when he heard this, Chen Xia then sighed and said: "I was murdered, the police found the body, I called Xiaolan this morning, I saw that you were still sleeping and didn't wake you up." ”

Hearing this, Xin Yifan's face appeared in his mind, thinking of his favor to himself, and looking at Ye Zilan, who was sad and tearful, he felt panicked in his heart, and a deep sense of powerlessness struck.

Xin Yifan silently came to Ye Zilan's side, hugged her shoulders tightly, and comforted her softly. The policeman on the side also handed over tissues, Xin Yifan helped her wipe her tears, Chen Xia was gently stroking Ye Zilan's back, Ye Zilan seemed to be tired of crying, her eyes were not bright, she looked ahead in a daze, and let the tears flow out of her eyes.

Xin Yifan looked at the poor girl, thinking that her mother had died early, and now that her father, who loved her, had been killed again, the hand around her shoulder was tighter.

At this time, a female policeman came over, leaned down and said to Ye Zilan: "Girl, be strong, there are still many things that you need to handle, we will catch the murderer as soon as possible and bring him to justice." ”

Ye Zilan raised her eyes and looked at the policewoman, snorted again, and said to the policewoman: "Can I see him again?" The policewoman nodded lightly, then turned her head and asked Xin Yifan: "Does the deceased have any other relatives besides her?" ”

"And who are?" asked the policewoman again.

"I'm her godmother. Chen Xia said first.

Ye Zilan turned her head and looked at Chen Xia in surprise, Chen Xia took Ye Zilan's hand and patted it gently, and then said to the policewoman: "Comrade policeman, this child's mother died when she was in high school, and now her father is no longer there, we are now her relatives, this child has been hit like this, and now it can't be relieved, you see what you need to do and tell us." ”

When Ye Zilan heard Chen Xia say this, she threw herself into Chen Xia's arms and cried loudly, just like a wronged child seeing her mother, Chen Xia stroked Ye Zilan's long hair and cried.

In the end, Ye Zilan saw Ye Zhengfei for the last time. The police informed the family of the clues found, Ye Zhengfei did go to Hui City, Guangdong Province, but the body found in Huayucheng, he was found in the corner of the parking lot of a suburban office building, in a snakeskin pocket, the time of death was five days ago, the police believe that the place where he was found was not the scene of the crime, it should have been dumped here, there were no obvious injuries on the body, there were no traces of fighting, and the cause of death was suffocation.

Five days ago, it was the second day when Ye Zilan couldn't contact Ye Zhengfei, and that day was the tenth day of the first lunar month.