That night, Andrew and I talked a lot in the small hall. It was only then that I discovered that Andrew is an extremely talented person. At Stanford University, he is a doctoral supervisor in archeology. He is very good in this industry.
Among them, he should be considered the best, having had many extraordinary achievements before.
Later, we talked about Xiangyu, and I asked him why Xiangyu became his student.
Although during her student days, Xiangyu was a particularly outstanding woman. Her professional courses ranked first in the school almost every semester, and she won almost all scholarships from the School of Archeology. This was also when the professor went out to conduct archaeological practice activities.
There is an important reason why she will be brought with her.
However, later I heard that she went to Stanford for further study, and I was really shocked. How should I put it, Xiangyu can be regarded as an excellent archeology student in China, but if it is put internationally, it is still slightly weaker, so
, I was really surprised that she entered Stanford.
Who knows, Andrew's next answer makes me feel that Xiangyu is even more unpredictable.
"Zhou, let me tell you the truth. I admitted Xiangyu under special circumstances because her grades at the time were far from Stanford's admissions standards. But as you know, doctoral supervisors are choosing their own candidates.
When I was a student, I had a certain amount of power," Andrew said.
By this time, we both had had enough tea, and we stood on the edge of the window sill and blew in the water breeze.
"Then tell me what was the reason that made you admit her exceptionally?" Actually, at this point, I was already secretly doubting, could it be because of the astrolabe?
"It's because of those stone flakes. Xiangyu didn't know which channel she got from knowing that Stanford University has been doing a project on these stone flakes. So after the results of the doctoral examination came out, she found me alone and told me
She said that she knew some very private information about these stone flakes. For this information, I admitted her as an exception and asked her to join the research team." Andrew's eyes looked into the distance and his voice was low.
"Then what information did she exchange with you? You will definitely not admit someone out of the norm just because of her words." I turned slightly and looked at Andrew's profile.
"Of course, I said the same thing as you at the time. She told me that there are eight of these stone tablets, which are called astrolabes in China. Each astrolabe is buried in a place by an ancient Chinese clan.
, and no one can find it." Andrew did not turn around to talk to me face to face, his eyes were still looking ahead.
"Then do you believe what she said? If that's the case, I can also tell you a lot, and then will you also admit me as an exception?" I said.
Andrew finally turned his face sideways. To be honest, it was really uncomfortable to have Hu Luo's cheek facing him all the time. This was not in line with my aesthetic taste.
"Of course she came up with something that convinced us." Andrew looked at me, and a smile appeared on his originally tense face.
It seems that he has never been rude to me. Even when I wrongly accused him of murder, he just explained nervously.
"What did she bring out?" I asked hurriedly.
"You may not be able to imagine how many things are hidden in this girl," Andrew looked at me, the smile on his face suddenly disappeared, and he said seriously.
His sudden change of expression made me feel a little uneasy, because so far, whether it's Zhang Jisheng or Chen Mo, they all have some inconsistencies in their words and deeds. If Xiangyu can't keep it,
If so, then really no one around me can believe it.
Maybe seeing that I didn't speak, Andrew's mouth cracked again, and then he said to me: "Jade is not a bad person. What I just said is actually a kind of appreciation for her. To be honest, so far, I feel that she
He is the best student I have ever taught.”
Although Andrew said it very naturally, I still felt that he seemed to be trying to excuse Xiangyu.
"Just tell me directly what Xiangyu gave you. I will judge the rest myself." I stared at Andrew and said with a stern expression.
"She drew all the shapes, colors, and lumps on the eight stone flakes, and she drew them on the spot. And the black stone flake among them was different from the one-third of the ones I had on hand.
The fragments are exactly the same, not even the slightest difference in color."
Even now, Andrew still describes this incident with an incredible expression, which is enough to show how shocked Xiangyu's painting was to the members of the research team present.
But, how can she know the appearance of all the astrolabes? According to what Andrew just said, these astrolabes are in the hands of different clans in China and are hidden in extremely private places. How can Xiangyu, a young girl, be able to
To know so much and to be able to draw it accurately means that you have to see the real thing.
And if she has seen all the astrolabes, then why did she bother to come to the Zhou family’s old house and follow us on our adventure across mountains and rivers?
This is really incredible.
At this time, I suddenly remembered the conversation between her and Lao Li in the tunnel under Poyang Lake.
At that time, we encountered many dormant angel long-tailed silkworm chrysalis in the tunnel. Lao Li said that those things may carry unknown viruses. This is why some people who enter the ancient temple will suffer from blight disease. Then
Some people may have been infected with the virus from the angel long-tailed silkworm chrysalis without paying attention.
Just when we were all at a loss, Lao Li pointed out that Xiangyu could play the flute to drive away these butterflies.
And in fact, Xiangyu really knows this skill.
At that time, we were all very surprised and confused.
Xiangyu told us at that time that he would explain to us after we came out from the bottom of the lake.
Later, I experienced so many things at the bottom of the lake that I forgot about it.
Now hearing Andrew say this proves that Xiangyu must have another layer of identity that none of us know, and when this identity is revealed, it may surprise people.
In the morning, when Xiangyu described to me that she met the old man in the enclosed building, her description of the whole thing was also very vague. The causes and consequences were omitted, and she only told me about the part where she met the old man. But before that, she
Why he fell behind was not mentioned.
I already noticed something strange at that time, but at that time Lao Miao Zhu just told me so many things, and Xiangyu came in and provided such a large amount of information, so my head was a little hard to turn around for a while. Now I think
Get up, in the enclosed building, Xiangyu's disappearance was probably not an accident, but that she deliberately left us to do something else alone.
"Zhou, you are distracted again. This is not a good habit," Andrew suddenly patted me and chuckled.
"Sorry, I suddenly remembered something else." I looked at Andrew and asked another question, "Has Xiangyu participated in any activities related to astrolabe research after joining your research group?"
"No, after entering Wawu Mountain for the second time, the members of our research team were hit hard. At this time, the school also asked us to pause for a while, so we changed a way and used the one we have in our hands.
Astrolabe fragments, let’s study what the material is and what the ingredients are. In this case, we will
We can start from the geology of China and compare the geological characteristics of ancient China, so that we can roughly know where these stone flakes were produced. Because we feel that these eight stone flakes must have been produced in the same place, because
Although there are some differences in their shapes and textures, they are generally very similar," Andrew said.
"So, is Poyang Lake one of the locations you researched?" I asked.
"No, we have been studying it for many years, but the result is that this thing is an extraterrestrial thing." Andrew said, walked back to the low round table, and then sat down gently.
"Extraterrestrial, you mean, these stone fragments come from space?" I was so surprised that I couldn't close my mouth.
"It should be certain that this is also the main reason why Stanford University wants to restart this project."
Hearing Andrew say this, I seemed to suddenly understand why grandma called these small stone tablets astrolabes——