Chapter 30: Alone in England
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Lan Xingyi slept on the sofa for one night, and the next day, as soon as it was dawn, she packed her things and went to squeeze the bus, and the journey was quite smooth. The www.biquge.info bus slowly drove out of Xishan Tomb Town, which was densely covered with royal gardens, and entered the city, and it was not early when it arrived at the school, and Lan Xingyi did not dare to delay, and went directly to the tutor's office. An Guangsha, a professor in the School of Humanities, is nearly seventy years old, but he is in good spirits and can still stand upright, but his black and white hair records the vicissitudes of the years, and he was waiting for Lan Xingyi in the office early in the morning.
"Hello teacher!" Lan Xingyi panted and ran into the office and greeted him warmly.
"Hello!" An Guangsha replied steadily. "Xingyi, have you started preparing for your graduation thesis?"
"Not yet!" Lan Xingyi replied timidly.
"Hurry up, you have to start the question right away!" An Guangsha said earnestly.
"yes, I see!" Lan Xingyi nodded in agreement.
"Look at this!" An Guangsha handed over a red envelope with gold letters.
"What is this?" Lan Xingyi asked suspiciously, and took the envelope carefully to check it, the envelope was clearly printed with three words 'Invitation', and there was a line of small words underneath, which said 'Mayan Cultural Exchange Association', with a Mayan pyramid and some other symbols of Mesoamerican civilization in the background. Lan Xingyi was not in a hurry to open the envelope, but raised the envelope and said excitedly to An Guangsha: "Invite us to participate?" ”
"Yes!" An Guangsha nodded calmly. "The Royal Society has decided to hold a week-long Mayan cultural exchange meeting to invite humanities scholars from all over the world to participate!"
"So, can I go then?" Lan Xingyi asked excitedly.
"It's you!"
"I'm going?" Lan Xingyi was a little surprised.
"Yes, I'm old and have a language barrier, we used to learn Russian when we went to school, and now it's not useful at all! Your English is so good, you can go on my behalf! ”
"Good!" Lan Xingyi immediately agreed.
"Remember to bring a camera, voice recorder and other things to record all the information, and it will be convenient for me to study later!"
"Hmm," Lan Xingyi nodded hurriedly.
"Well, you go and prepare, send an email in time if there is anything!"
"Good!" Lan Xingyi was very happy to leave the tutor's office, immediately went home and booked the plane ticket online, packed the necessary clothes and packed a big red leather suitcase, charged the camera and voice recorder and waited at home for dark. In the evening, Lan Xingyi set off to go to the No. 29 farmhouse of Xishan Tomb to get the crystal ball and put it in her backpack, ready to stop and then fall asleep.
In the morning, Lan Xingyi arrived at the airport an hour early, calmly checked in, took the suitcase to check, and carried the backpack to the security check. As soon as she passed the security gate, a young female security officer stood up: "Hey, little girl, wait, what do you have in this bag?" ”
"Me?" Lan Xingyi asked in surprise.
"Yes," the security officer smiled and nodded at her.
"It's a ball..."Lan Xingyi was caught off guard by the question and replied with some hesitation. Only then did she realize that she was a little reckless, and although she had been careful to hide among humans everywhere, the slightest negligence would reveal flaws that were difficult to hide. It seems to be troublesome today, and if she is really targeted by the security department, she is afraid that it will be difficult to get out, so when the security inspector asked, she did not directly answer that it was a crystal ball. When the security inspector saw her tone, he couldn't help but be suspicious, staring intently at Lan Xingyi's expression and saying, "Take it out and we'll take a look!" ”
Lan Xingyi couldn't escape at first glance, so she had to take the backpack, slowly unzip it, and carefully take out the crystal ball. The crystal ball was not too big, less than twenty centimeters in diameter, and it was a crystal clear perfect sphere with a soft glow on the smooth surface. The security inspector couldn't help but take it over and take a closer look, her first reaction was that this was a cultural relic, she took the crystal ball and looked at it carefully, and then looked at Lan Xingyi, and was even more puzzled. Such a beautiful crystal ball, the little girl in front of her actually said that it was a ball lightly, which shows that this crystal ball has an extraordinary future. After thinking about it, she said to Lan Xingyi very solemnly: "Little girl, you can't bring this, this may be a cultural relic!" ”
"Relics?" Lan Xingyi asked in surprise.
"Yes!" The security inspector said confidently.
"How is this possible!" Lan Xingyi's tone hardened, and after thinking about it, this attitude didn't seem to be the solution to the problem, and she had to reason with her. After thinking about it, she smiled at the security inspector: "This can't be a cultural relic, my ball is made of pure crystal, and it is a positive spherical shape, the hardness of the crystal is very large, and there is no way to produce it in China before the eighteenth century!" In this way, this crystal ball is a modern artifact at best! Besides, this crystal ball has neither carving nor written information, who has ever seen such a cultural relic, is there a cultural relic that does not carry any information about the times! ”
"Then why are you so nervous?" The security inspector couldn't argue with her, so he had to change his excuse.
"Can I not be nervous about my own stuff? It's about to be boarded, although your planes are habitually late! Lan Xingyi looked at her and couldn't reason with her, and she became very angry. The security inspector no longer defended her, took the walkie-talkie and shouted: "Captain, there is a passenger here, she is carrying a crystal ball, we suspect that it is a transit cultural relic, and stopped it!" ”
"If you stop it, you stop it!" The captain over there said disapprovingly.
"But," the security officer said hesitantly.
"But what?" The captain over there asked sharply.
"But we're not sure it's an artifact! Why don't you stop by and have a look? The security officer replied hesitantly.
"Okay!" The captain said reluctantly. After a while, a man in his thirties in a security uniform came over with two younger security inspectors, and the man in his thirties asked nonchalantly, "Where are the people?" ”
"Here we are!" The female security screener nodded and pointed at Lan Xingyi. Lan Xingyi didn't look at the three newcomers, just glanced at it, and then looked towards the boarding gate, the plane was about to take off. The man in his thirties glanced at Lan Xingyi and asked the female security officer, "Where is the thing?" ”
"Here we are!" The female security inspector hurriedly held the crystal ball, and the man in his thirties was also taken aback at a glance, this crystal ball was crystal clear and really eye-catching. He flipped the crystal ball in his hand a few times and couldn't say why, so he had to say to the two security inspectors behind him: "Let the ancient experts come and take a look!" ”
"Hmm," one of the young men nodded in agreement and left. Lan Xingyi saw that this was not a solution, so she had to change her face and say to the captain who had just arrived: "Hello, sir, I'm about to board the plane, can I get my crystal ball back?" ”
"This..."The man in his thirties hesitated for a moment, and then reassured: "You wait a little longer, our people will go to the expert, and the result will be available soon!" ”
"But the plane is about to take off!" Lan Xingyi said anxiously.
"Don't worry, the plane is delayed, we will find a way for you!" The man in his thirties spoke lukewarmly.
"Okay!" Lan Xingyi sighed lightly, knowing that it was useless to reason with him, so she had to wait silently. After a while, the security inspector who had just left brought an old gentleman and a young man with glasses over. "Mr. Gu, please!" The security officer said politely. The old man was not polite, he went straight to Lan Xingyi, looked up and down, and asked the security inspector, "Where is the thing?" ”
"Here we are!" The man in his thirties handed the crystal ball to the old gentleman. Mr. Gu was also taken aback when he saw it, he first took the crystal ball and looked at it in his hand for a while, then took out a magnifying glass from his pocket to examine it carefully, and did not say a word for a long time. Lan Xingyi was anxious on the side, time passed minute by minute, seeing that the plane was about to take off, the old gentleman still didn't say a word. Lan Xingyi couldn't help it: "Sir, have you finished reading it?" ”
"Look, I'm done!" The old gentleman said in a hurry. "But it's still hard to tell the age of your artifact!"
"I'm going to catch a plane!" Lan Xingyi said sharply.
"Didn't you just say, if you missed the plane, we'll find a way for you!" The man in his thirties said angrily.
"You want to do it? It's my time that's being delayed! Lan Xingyi couldn't hold back the fire a little, and at this time, the young man Mr. Gu just brought spoke: "Teacher, can you let me take a look?" ”
"Well, look at it!" Mr. Gu slowly handed over the crystal ball. Just when the young man took the crystal ball, Lan Xingyi calmed down, not because he believed in the young man, but because the plane that was often late flew away on time today. The young man turned the crystal ball twice in his hand and said to the man in his thirties very modestly, "Captain, I don't think this looks like a cultural relic!" ”
"Oh? Why? The man in his thirties was taken aback, the old man's face was a little ugly, but it was not very obvious to show it, and the young man did not notice it, but just said to himself: "This is a pure round crystal ball, the crystal purity is very high, there is neither carving, nor writing, and the crystal ball does not carry any artistic information, which is very rare in our civilization!" The hardness of the crystal is very large, and this crystal ball can only be processed by modern industry, so this should be a modern technology handicraft! ”
"Are you sure?" The man in his thirties asked suspiciously, and the female security screener next to him had a slight ripple on her face.
"Well, I'm sure!" The young man hesitated a little and nodded.
"Hmm," the man in his thirties took the crystal ball and handed it to the female security officer. "Give it back to someone!"
"Me?" The female security inspector embarrassedly took the crystal ball and handed it to Lan Xingyi.
"Where can I change my ticket?" Lan Xingyi took the crystal ball and asked angrily.
"That window!" The female security screener raised her arm and gestured.
"I'm not going to do it again when I come back, am I?" Lan Xingyi asked uneasily.
"Oh, no!" The female security screener said embarrassedly. Lan Xingyi went to change her booking with her bag on her back, and after a morning delay, she finally boarded the plane to the United Kingdom. The engine sounded, the fuselage began to vibrate, and after a burst of acceleration, the plane flew smoothly through the clouds and flew smoothly at an altitude of several thousand meters. Lan Xingyi sat quietly in her seat, her brain teaser spinning rapidly, planning how to arrange it to make the trip worthwhile.
After arranging the candidate for the deputy director, Wang Longqian was also a little apprehensive in his heart, he didn't know how sure Wei Dongbiao was that he could push Xu Wenlin up, and he was relieved after listening to Wei Dongbiao's report. The two chatted again, and Wei Dongbiao asked, "Is there any progress on the matter of monitoring Lan Xingyi?" ”
"Nothing has been done lately! As far as we got the information before, nothing new has been discovered! ”
"Do you think we should put that farm yard on the spot?" Wei Dongbiao proposed.
"I haven't thought about this yet, but it really should be monitored!" Wang Longqian said seriously. "It should be more difficult to monitor over there!"
"yes, the staggering electricity bills alone are prohibitive, I wonder what that farmhouse is hiding? It can't be an alien, right? Wei Dongbiao asked whimsically.
"Probably not, if there are so many aliens living there, why don't the people around them react at all!" Wang Lung pondered.
"Also, what has Lan Xingyi been doing lately?" Wei Dongbiao's curiosity was aroused again.
"Haha, normal life, what's new?" Wang Lung said with a smile. "See for yourself!" After that, Wang Longqian turned on the computer, Wei Dongbiao sat down to watch the surveillance, and Wang Longqian began to be busy with other things.
"Huh! Lan Xingyi hasn't been home these days? Wei Dongbiao exclaimed in surprise.
"Didn't come home?" Wang Longqian was also a little surprised, and hurriedly leaned over to take a closer look.
"You see, it's past twelve o'clock in the evening, and there's no one yet! No, until the early hours of the morning, until dawn, I didn't see anyone! Wei Dongbiao was on the table with one hand, and controlled the progress of the broadcast with the other.
"No, it won't!" Wang Longqian also scratched his head. "Look at the last one!"
"Not yet!" Wei Dongbiao said while controlling the playback process.
"Huh? It's kind of incredible! Wang Longqian was even more puzzled. Keep scrolling until you find someone! ”
"Here, here!" Wei Dongbiao became excited.
"Got it?" Wang Longqian hurriedly leaned over.
"Well, four or five days ago, she seemed to be packing her things!" Wei Dongbiao pointed to the screen on the computer and said.
"Well, where is she going?" Wang Longqian was a little relieved when he saw the figure, frowned, and said thoughtfully.
"It's not like you're leaving, is it?" Wei Dongbiao said in surprise. "Then our monitoring for so long will not be in vain!"
"Let's go? Where are you going? Wang Longqian was a little puzzled.
"Back to the aliens!" Wei Dongbiao said very seriously.
"No!" Wang Longqian is very confident.
"How do you know?" Wei Dongbiao looked at Wang Longqian in puzzlement.
"Look at the things she packed, it definitely doesn't look like she's going back to aliens! Our astronauts' equipment and clothing for going to outer space are carefully selected, and you see how she organizes it, she is definitely not preparing for an interstellar trip! ”
"It's worthy of studying physics!" Wei Dongbiao gave Wang Longqian a thumbs up.
"We're still going to figure out where she's going!" Wang Longqian said seriously.
"Where's the point? Could it be that she went to the Public Security Bureau, she didn't commit a crime! Wei Dongbiao said with some embarrassment.
"She hasn't shown up for so many days, we can go and ask her mentor!"
"Oh, yes!" Wei Dongbiao said suddenly realized. "Don't you say I forgot, her mentor is An Guangsha, a senior adviser in our bureau!"
"Hmm," Wang Lung nodded knowingly at him.
"Look, she's out!" Wei Dongbiao pointed to the surveillance screen and reminded that Wang Long sneaked over, only to see Lan Xingyi after sorting out everything, she picked up her backpack and pulled a big red box out of the door with one hand, and she never appeared in the picture after that.
"Let's go, let's go and ask An Guangsha!" Wei Dongbiao stood up and said.
"That's what you're going to ask?" Wang Longqian was a little surprised.
"If you don't go like this, how can you go?" Wei Dongbiao didn't quite understand what Wang Longqian meant.
"What do you say when you go?" Wang Longqian asked. "Let's just say, Professor An, your female graduate student is an alien, we are monitoring her, could you please tell me where she went?"
"Haha, it's a bit inappropriate to go like this!" Wei Dongbiao smiled.
"Definitely not! An Guangsha, this old guy is very shrewd, if we go like this, it will definitely arouse his suspicions, maybe there will be unnecessary trouble, or think of a perfect solution! After saying that, the two of them were silent, quietly sitting on the chair and pondering, and after about five minutes, Wei Dongbiao spoke: "Director, I have thought of a way!" ”
"What's the solution, tell me about it!" Wang Longqian urged.
"Do you remember when Lan Xingyi and we searched for monsters together?" Wei Dongbiao asked.
"Nonsense, of course I remember, wasn't this surveillance installed at that time?" Wang Longqian said disapprerovingly.
"That's enough, during their graduate studies, the school requires them to engage in social practice activities, this time we will ask An Guangsha on the grounds of opening a social internship certificate!" Wei Dongbiao said thoughtfully.
"Hmm," Wang Longqian nodded with satisfaction. "That's a good idea, you can immediately open her a social internship certificate, stamp the seal of our Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, and we'll send her over in a while, and by the way, find out An Guangsha's tone!"
"Good!" Wei Dongbiao agreed to go down, and after a while, the internship certificate was opened, Wang Longqian stamped it, and the two of them drove to the College of Humanities to find An Guangsha proudly. They had been to this place before, so it was easy to get to An Guangsha's office.
"Professor An, Professor An!" Both greeted each other warmly.
"Yo, Director, Director, why are you two here, hurry up and sit down!" An Guangsha politely let them in, but his heart became alert, and two leaders appeared at the same time, and it seemed that the matter was not trivial.
"Lan Xingyi is your student, right?" After the three of them sat down, Wang Lung asked straight to the point.
"yes!" An Guangsha looked at the two of them vigilantly, and he couldn't see anything wrong.
"What's she doing lately?" Wang Longqian threw out another question and chased after him.
"Oh, I recently sent her to England for a Mayan cultural exchange, what's wrong with her?" An Guangsha became nervous, and his tone trembled a little.
"Ah, it's nothing!" Wang Longqian looked at the result of the question, and hurriedly used a very kind tone to appease An Guangsha. "Do you remember the last time we encountered a monster at the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics?"
"Of course I remember, that time you made a dangerous move, recruited volunteers to defuse the panic of the people, and preserved the reputation of the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, how can I not remember! Does this have anything to do with Lan Xingyi? An Guangsha looked at Wang Longqian's demeanor and didn't look like something big had happened to Lan Xingyi, and his tone eased a lot.
"It's a little related, among the volunteers recruited last time, there was Lan Xingyi! Now that the problem is solved, we have issued her a social internship certificate, which may be useful in the future, but she won't answer any phone calls, and we don't know her address, so we can only come over to trouble you! Wang Longqian said slightly apologetically.
"Oh, that's it!" An Guangsha's hanging heart finally let go. "It's okay, I'll keep it for her! But how do you know she's my student? An Guangsha asked suspiciously.
"When we recruited volunteers, it was written on her resume!"
"Oh, that's right!" An Guangxia nodded calmly, and asked half-jokingly: "Then send an internship certificate, so that the two leaders of you will not be present at the same time, right?" ”
"Ahh Wei Dongbiao hurriedly interjected: "If it is only an internship certificate, it will definitely not be sent to her by the two of us!" During this time, there is nothing to do within the Central Bureau of Survey and Statistics, and we finally have a little spare time, one to send the certificate, and the other to come and see you! Some time ago, our consultants did their best to solve those incurable diseases, and we will not forget it! ”
"Haha, it should be!" When An Guangsha saw Wei Dongbiao singing in a high tone, he knew that he couldn't ask anything, so he had to be polite.
"Yes, since everyone is well, then we won't bother you with your work too much!" Saying that, Wang Longqian stood up and prepared to leave, and Wei Dongbiao also stood up.
"It's okay, don't bother, you can get busy first if you have something!" An Guangsha said politely again, and sent Wang Longqian and Wei Dongbiao out of the office. After returning to the office, although there were still all kinds of doubts about the sudden visit of the two, and they couldn't think of a reason, they were busy with work, so they put this matter down first.
After Wang Longqian and Wei Dongbiao learned that Lan Xingyi was far away in the UK, they acted without scruples, and they wanted to set up a monitoring net for Lan Xingyi before she came back.