Chapter 39: The Bus Spirit
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After Wei Dongbiao, director of the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, closed the door, George Weir of MI5 and Peter House of MI6 began to question Lan Xingyi. Lan Xingyi sat on the chair with a relaxed expression www.biquge.info her face did not change and her heart did not beat, allowing the two investigators to make things difficult in every way.
"Miss Lan Xingyi, thank you for your cooperation with our work!" George said very politely.
"Haha, little meaning!" Lan Xingyi replied casually.
"What is your purpose in the British Museum?" George asked the question they were most concerned about.
"I just want to see that crystal skull and get up close!"
"Why are you looking at that crystal skull?"
"My mentor and I are studying Mayan culture, and it's normal to want to see the artifacts left behind by the Mayans! I heard that scientists in several countries have done authenticity identification on crystal skulls, can't I touch the monks! Lan Xingyi argued.
"The monk can't touch me, what do you mean?"
"Ahh "I mean, Britain is a great nation, so naturally the British Museum's collection should be shared with the whole world!"
"It's no problem to let us share, but we need to get our permission! Then you can go during the day, why go at night? β
"There are a lot of people during the day, and besides, you don't allow me to open the glass cover to take a good look, so I can only go at night!"
"We don't allow it at night!" Peter snapped.
"If you don't allow it, you won't allow it!" Lan Xingyi glanced at him, and didn't mean to refute.
"You enter our museum without our permission, it's theft!" Peter pointed to Lan Xingyi's nose and said.
"Cut" Lan Xingyi stood up and sneered. "You are embarrassed to say that I steal, in the 18th and 19th centuries, your ancestors carried out colonial rule, burned and looted everywhere, burned the Old Summer Palace and other world gardens, and put all the world's cultural relics in the British Museum, isn't this theft?"
"I'm so sorry about that!" George reasoned with her as calmly as he could. "But you have to recognize the reality, now that we are the legal operators of the museum, since China and the UK have established diplomatic relations, we must recognize and respect each other's laws, rather than pursue historical issues!"
"I'm not going to pursue historical issues, I'm a scholar of humanities, and I need to study the crystal skull now, this crystal skull was originally a relic of the Mayans, but it was robbed by robbers and taken to the British Museum, how do you think I should study it?" Lan Xingyi threw the question to George.
"You can apply with us!" George laughed.
"Shall I apply with you? Would you agree? I'm just an ordinary graduate student in the Faculty of Humanities, but I can't stop doing academic research because of this, right? I think it's easier to go in and see it directly! You know, I also made this decision as a last resort, I hope you can understand, what I didn't expect was that the British were so small-bellied, and as soon as they touched the crystal skull, the top intelligence agencies chased after them! β
"Knock knock" George was about to ask something, Feng Wenjing knocked on the door outside: "Fifteen minutes have arrived, it's time to rest!" β
"Okay" The two British investigators had no choice but to come out and let Lan Xingyi come out to rest, but their eyes were still on Lan Xingyi, and Feng Wenjing couldn't say anything, so she could only stalemate with the two investigators. After a while, George came over and smiled at Feng Wenjing: "Professor Feng, can you continue to ask now?" β
"Ask!" Feng Wenjing saw that the rest time was not short, and there was really no reason to stop it, so she was relieved.
"And what did you do to the Crystal Skull about your trespass at the British Museum?" George steadied himself and continued to ask.
"Didn't do anything! I took out the crystal skull and went to the bathroom to admire it for a night! Lan Xingyi said casually.
"Did you drop the crystal skull?" Peter said solemnly again.
"I dropped my bag? You're an investigator for the world's top intelligence agency, don't you know if I dropped the bag? Lan Xingyi asked rhetorically.
"Then it's an indisputable fact that you attacked our staff, right?" Peter saw that there was no breakthrough here, and quickly changed the subject.
"I didn't attack your staff!" Lan Xingyi directly denied it.
"You didn't attack, why did they fall to the ground?" Peter asked.
"I just said a few words to him!"
"After a few words, he'll fall to the ground?" Peter didn't believe Lan Xingyi's defense in the slightest.
"I haven't finished yet, I hypnotized them when I was chatting with them!" Lan Xingyi interrupted.
"Isn't that an attack? You've hypnotized people! Peter refused.
"What kind of attack is this, it's because they have poor resistance, I just talked to them for a few days, isn't Britain allowed to chat?" Lan Xingyi was messing around with the two investigators there.
"It's not that we don't allow chatting, it's just that you're chatting in the wrong way!" George saw that the two of them were arguing again, and quickly explained from the side.
"What's wrong with the way I'm chatting, do you still have to dictate the tone and timbre when you speak?"
"Not really!" George hurriedly denied it, and couldn't find any words to refute Lan Xingyi, so he had to force his words: "You said it was just hypnosis, who knows if they will leave sequelae!" β
"You can go to the hospital for a check-up!"
"Then it's an indisputable fact that you destroyed public property, right?" Peter quickly changed the point of entry to the question.
"I didn't destroy it, I just opened the glass cover of the crystal skull!"
"Isn't that destruction?" Peter was aggressive.
"I can compensate you for the glass money!" Lan Xingyi suddenly relented.
"That glass money is a small thing!"
"I didn't destroy anything else, did I?" Lan Xingyi argued.
"Knock knock" Feng Wenjing knocked on the door outside again and said, "It's time, it's time to rest!" The two investigators had no choice but to pause again to let Lan Xingyi go out to rest. This time they were not idle when they left the office, but went to the far side of the corridor and muttered quietly. Peter said, "There is no progress in going on like this!" β
"yes, we've got to figure out a way!" George also said with a frown. "These Chinese intelligence officers, I think they are deliberately obstructing, they found this girl through them before, and now they are kicking them out to investigate by themselves, I'm afraid it doesn't make sense!"
"That doesn't mean they can sway the outcome of our investigation!" Peter said firmly.
"We're in a hurry, we can't waste it like this!" George reminded.
"We can start with Lan Xingyi, she must also have precious time, I hope to end this matter as soon as possible!"
"So what do you say?" George asked.
"We must bring Lan Xingyi back to investigate! Look at them secretively, not like they sincerely cooperate with the investigation! β
"Take it back to investigate?" George said with some surprise. "If things are really as Lan Xingyi said, she doesn't seem to be guilty, at most, she is destroying public property, and she hasn't even broken the glass, is it necessary to take it back for investigation?"
"It must be necessary, the monitoring we retrieved shows that she can hypnotize our security personnel by talking to our security personnel for no more than two minutes, on the one hand, it shows that my security does have loopholes, on the other hand, this girl is indeed extraordinary, I didn't expect that Chinese psychology will develop to such a point, we must not let go of this opportunity to learn and improve ourselves, bring her back, let our experts study it well!"
"You have a point!" George thought about it calmly, and then said very worriedly, "Do you think that Feng Wenjing will allow it?" β
"As long as the parties agree, Feng Wenjing is just an outsider!"
"That makes sense, do you think that Lan Xingyi will agree to go back with us to investigate?"
"She's so unafraid, she doesn't take it seriously at all, presumably she won't care about this!" Peter said with confidence.
"So we're going to talk to her now?" George asked for advice.
"Well, you have to talk about this, try to coax her well!"
"Okay!" George nodded in agreement, and the two of them came to Feng Wenjing and said with a smile: "Professor Feng, can you continue to ask now?" β
"Ask!" Feng Wenjing glanced at the two of them and did not continue to stop them, the three of them returned to the office and closed the door, George said very politely: "Miss Lan Xingyi, are you really just looking at the crystal skull?" β
"yes, I didn't plan to steal it, I didn't plan to rob it, so why don't I put it back for you?"
"Haha, we'd like to believe your explanation, and you want this to be resolved soon, aren't you?" George laughed.
"How to fix it?" Lan Xingyi asked expressionlessly.
"We think what you said is still suspicious, if you can go back to the UK with us for investigation, as long as we can verify that your statement is scientific, we are willing to accept your explanation!" George cautiously prescribed the conditions.
"Proof that I'm talking about science? How do you prove it? Lan Xingyi looked at Peter on the side, then at George and asked.
"Science is reproducible, as long as you can do everything you say in front of us, it proves that what you say is scientific!" After saying that, George was still very worried, for fear that Lan Xingyi would refuse.
"Okay, I promise!" Lan Xingyi readily agreed.
"Okay, then let's go and get the consent of the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics now, and get this matter done as soon as possible!" George said with a little glee. The three of them walked out of the office with relaxed expressions, Feng Wenjing was a little surprised when she saw it, she hurriedly walked to Lan Xingyi's side and said, "Child, they don't have a hard time for you, right?" β
"No, the two English gentlemen were courteous in their inquiry! Thank you, Professor Feng, for your concern! Lan Xingyi bowed deeply to Feng Wenjing gratefully.
"And what are they going to do?" Feng Wenjing asked vigilantly.
"That's right, Professor Feng, Miss Lan Xingyi agreed to go back to the UK with us for investigation!" George laughed.
"Back in the UK for investigation?" Feng Wenjing stared at George and asked. "I disagree!"
"Professor Feng, you also hope that the matter can be resolved, right?" Peter asked rhetorically.
"I hope to solve it, and it's not your way of solving it!"
"We are the parties, you just cooperated with the investigation, we all agreed, why do you want to do more!"
"You agreed?" Feng Wenjing turned her head to look at Lan Xingyi, Lan Xingyi smiled and nodded at her, Feng Wenjing thought for a while and said, "Since that's the case, then I'll go to the UK with me!" β
"No way!" Peter immediately vetoed it.
"You say no, I'm going to go today!" Feng Wenjing didn't let it go at all.
"Professor Feng, then let me go by myself, this time I moved their cultural relics without their permission, and I really deserve it!" Lan Xingyi ran to Feng Wenjing's side and persuaded.
"Child, you go to England alone..."Feng Wenjing looked at Lan Xingyi's eyes worriedly.
"It's okay!" Lan Xingyi blinked her big watery eyes and said confidently, Feng Wenjing was still a little hesitant.
"Professor Feng rest assured, as long as there is conclusive evidence that this Miss Lan Xingyi's statement is scientific and does not pose a threat to the UK, we will send her back immediately!" Seeing Feng Wenjing's hesitation, George hurriedly added fire.
"I can come back myself, I don't need you to send it! I am at my fault for tampering with your cultural relics this time, but please believe that I have no ill intentions, as long as the British investigation department abides by the human rights provisions, I am willing to cooperate with your work! β
"Definitely! Certain! George agreed. Feng Wenjing couldn't hold on to this kind of scene when she saw it, the problem still had to be solved after all, she turned her head and told Lan Xingyi: "Contact us in time if there is anything, come back and make a call!" β
"Well, okay, Professor Feng!" Lan Xingyi nodded movingly.
"I've agreed to let her go back to the UK with you to investigate, contact me once a day, you shouldn't obstruct it, right?" Feng Wenjing turned to the two investigators again.
"Thisβ" George hesitated, then turned to look at Peter.
"No problem!" Peter readily agreed, what he wanted to do most now was to bring Lan Xingyi back as soon as possible, and he didn't want to make any trouble. Feng Wenjing instructed two more words, Lan Xingyi packed up her things and followed the two investigators to the United Kingdom again, Wang Longqian was a little worried and wanted to stop it, but was dragged by Wei Dongbiao, Xu Wenlin saw that the two of them didn't move, and it was not good to make any ideas when they first came, Zhou Zhengtian saw that Feng Wenjing arranged very carefully, and he didn't say anything. After Lan Xingyi left, several people had no desire to negotiate, and went back to work. Wang Longqian sat sullenly in his office for a while, still unable to figure it out, so he got up and went to find Wei Dongbiao.
"Director Wei, why did you stop me today?" After Wang Lung sneaked into the door, he said a sentence that covered his face.
"I won't stop you, what do you want to do?" Wei Dongbiao asked rhetorically.
"I..." Wang Longqian really couldn't think of what he was going to do.
"Even if you block the British intelligence agencies, they will find other ways to investigate clearly, people now have evidence in their hands, and it is useless for us to stop them, we can only wait for things to develop!"
"Lan Xingyi's alien identity..."Wang Longqian said what he was most worried about.
"Hey, it's okay! We've been monitoring for so long, is there any progress? β
"There is no progress, but we have found a lot of problems!"
"Those questions are okay if people say you made them up, but we still haven't got actual evidence!"
"And what if the British get it?" Wang Longqian was even more worried.
"How is that possible? Lan Xingyi's science and technology are unfathomable, we have been monitoring for so long and can't do anything, I don't believe that the British have the ability to do anything to her! β
"That being said, I'm still not at ease!"
"Don't worry, it won't be long before Lan Xingyi will appear in our monitoring probe!" Wei Dongbiao said confidently. Wang Longqian went in disbelief, his heart was always unsteady, and he passed a few days sullenly.
Wei Dongbiao said that it was not bad at all, five days later, Lan Xingyi returned to China, she first explained her experience to her mentor An Guangsha in the past few days, and sent a few high-definition photos of the crystal skull, An Guangsha did not say anything about her, just urged her to start preparing for her graduation thesis as soon as possible. Lan Xingyi worked hard all day in order to catch up with the work, and finally handed in the opening report. Just about to relax, suddenly remembered the information in the crystal skull, curiosity was aroused, and I began to hesitate in my heart, so late, do you want to go back to the West Mountain Tomb, look at the watch It's almost ten o'clock, the subway and buses are still available, let's go back!
In order to return to the farmhouse she rented as soon as possible, Lan Xingyi carefully arranged the driving route, first took the subway to Xishan Station, then got off and took bus No. 784 to Xishan Town, and finally walked two kilometers to Xishan Tomb. The departure interval of the subway at night is much larger, each train is full, at this time the subway is generally living at the bottom of the social office workers, either day and night overtime or day and night, the subway is not as quiet as in the morning with sleepy-eyed people, but everywhere is talking, there are talking and laughing, there are complaints, there are bragging, Lan Xingyi leaned on the subway door to quietly feel the Chinese culture, finally squeezed off the subway, it was almost eleven o'clock, she walked towards the Xishan bus station with the surging crowd, There were people standing next to the stop sign, a semicircular formation, no one stood in line, everyone was wrapped in down jackets and shrunk in the cold evening breeze! Lan Xingyi stood still in the semicircular corner, looking in the direction of the arrival of the bus, and there was no shadow of the bus on the deserted road. The people next to the stop sign were in an irritable mood, swearing and not knowing what they were saying, and a few hysterical black car drivers shook in the crowd.
"Xishan Town, one or two are gone!"
"Xishan Town, one is missing, one is missing!"
"Xishan Town, five, five!"
There are not many cars on the road, but they are still very congested, mainly because those black car drivers are driving their cars from the opposite road to the stop sign as soon as possible, and they are unscrupulously turning around in the middle of the road, making the night traffic chaotic. These people are all ragged and uneducated, and in order to seize a favorable position, they sometimes drive directly to the anxious waiting crowd, and violent incidents occur from time to time.
The sky is getting late, the northwest wind is biting cold, the black car is running one by one, the crowd waiting for the bus is very hesitant, but the huge number of people are not willing to pay five yuan to take the convenient black taxi, these young office workers who are in distress do not have this kind of budget for additional expenditure, only wrap the down jacket a little tighter, and carry the cold northwest wind with their flesh. Lan Xingyi never takes a black car, not that she feels sorry for the five yuan, but that she feels that the black car has no protection, these people who move for the benefit will never think more about safety factors, they will speed up at will in order to pull a trip, run as long as they want, overtake without scruples, and wantonly show their amazing driving skills on the city highway with great traffic flow. Compared with them, bus drivers, who shoulder the safety of more people's lives, are a little more rational and more skillful in dealing with problems.
Lan Xingyi wrapped in a down jacket and suffered in the wind for half an hour before she vaguely saw the shadow of bus No. 784 in the distance, the car was already full, the speed was very slow, like a hobbling old man swaying towards the bus stop sign. Fortunately, Lan Xingyi stood in a more appropriate position, the door opened in front of her, and no one got down after the car stopped, and the people in the car subconsciously tightened inward, and Lan Xingyi was hugged by the impatient crowd outside the car and squeezed up. The people behind were still desperately squeezing into the car, some straddled the door, and the driver shouted to the crowd at the door: "You don't have to squeeze, there is still one behind!" β
"Master, close the door!" The young man who straddled the door shouted.
"You're straddle like this, how can I close it?" The driver asked rhetorically, listening to the driver's tone to let him go down.
"I'll come in if you lock me up!" The young man had no intention of going down.
"Don't leave if you're hanging like this!" The driver said coldly, everyone looked at the young man, Lan Xingyi also looked at it, this person may be smaller than her, not very tall, with beautiful eyebrows and very handsome looks. Seeing that everyone was looking at him, he hurriedly said to the crowd: "Everyone walk inside and come up!" β
The crowd moved symbolically, and the driver said helplessly: "The big guys all move in, otherwise no one will be able to leave!" β
The crowd moved in again, the young man barely stood up straight, the driver slammed the door shut, the handle at the door rubbed the young man's back, the young man bared his teeth, Lan Xingyi squinted and glanced at the delicate face actually smiling, she was really incomprehensible, she couldn't help but curse in her heart, and her mind began to think about everything she saw in the UK.
The bus went out of Xishan Station through a royal garden, the saplings around the royal garden are luxuriant, there are no people living in it, the light is getting darker and darker, the faint yellow light emitted by the sparse street lamps can only illuminate a small piece of land under the lamp, the road is deserted only this bus is moving, seeing this road condition the driver stepped on the accelerator to increase the speed, and the cold wind around is whistling. Lan Xingyi was still pondering, and suddenly she heard a terrifying scream in the carriage, and when she looked closely, she saw a vague figure suddenly flashing in the middle of the originally silent road, the driver slammed on the brakes, and everyone rushed forward!