Andrew seemed to have calculated exactly when I would come, because I had just arrived at the door of the small hall, and the water in his purple clay pot happened to be boiling, and the steam in the pot was frequently lifting the lid.
He stood up, smiled politely at me, and said, "Zhou, my tea is just ready, I'm just waiting for you." Then he pulled out a chair and made a gesture of inviting me.
Andrew's tone was relaxed and not at all coy. In comparison, it seemed that I was judging a gentleman with a villain's heart.
I smiled at Andrew a little unnaturally, and then said: "Mr. Andrew, you have been waiting for a long time." Then, I stepped into the small hall.
The architecture of the Laoye Temple is actually very limited. What is called a small hall here is actually a few small houses built adjacent to the Laoye Temple. It may be that there is a large window here facing Poyang Lake, so its function is
Let's change it to a hall.
The furnishings inside are also very simple, with a round wooden table, a few low stools, and a few bamboo mat paintings hanging on the east and west walls, but it doesn't have a special atmosphere.
It is still raining heavily in Poyang Lake. If there were not all these messy things, sitting in the temple at this moment, listening to the rain and sipping tea, would really be a great pleasure in life. However, I know that I will not have such a good life after all.
As soon as I sat down, Andrew started to heat the cup of roasted tea. What he wanted to make was Gongfu tea, and it was the most traditional and original Kungfu tea.
I gave in to what he wanted, and sneered, and secretly tightened my heart: Could it be that this guy has already figured out my details so clearly? Even his hobby of luxury tea has been mastered.
It seems that Lao Li's words are still credible.
"Zhou, this is my treasured Phoenix Dancong. I don't know if it suits your taste." While my head was spinning, Andrew had already brewed the tea and brought it to me and placed it on the table.
Seeing this, I tapped the table twice with my index and middle fingers to express my gratitude, and then said: "Mr. Andrew, you just said you have something you want me to see. You can take it out now. Antiques are not
You can figure it out in a minute and a half, it might be more interesting if we chat over a cup of tea."
"Zhou, this thing of mine may surprise you." Andrew said mysteriously, taking out the palm-sized gilt box from his pocket and placing it on the table, then pushing it in front of me.
I had probably guessed what was inside, and without being polite to him, I opened the lid of the box. Because if it was really a black jade astrolabe, then this thing originally belonged to my grandma's family, and it was the same as this one.
The foreigner has nothing to do with it, and how he got this piece of black jade is still a question mark, and it is probably not a legitimate method.
As expected, what lay in the gilt box was a piece of black jade similar to the shape of a maple leaf. The shape and the concave and convex lines on the edge should be the same as the two fragments in the hands of my father and the professor.
, can be spliced into a partial elliptical shape.
"Zhou, I know you must know this thing." Andrew poured the cup of cold tea in front of me and made me another cup of hot tea.
"Of course, because this originally belonged to the ethnic group my grandma belonged to. Where did you get this thing?" I asked.
"Zhou, I assure you, I definitely got this thing from regular channels, but I can't guarantee you how it left its owner in the first place and whether it was a legitimate reason. That's it." Andrew said, taking a leisurely sip of tea, looking like he was immersed in the aroma of tea.
His appearance made me want to go up and slap him. These foreigners, who pry into Chinese things, can still talk about themselves like saints. It is really shameless.
"Since you already know what this black jade is, why are you making such a fuss?" I stood up and was about to leave.
"Zhou, don't worry, just listen to me slowly." Andrew stood up after me and grabbed my wrist.
I felt unhappy, being pulled by him like this felt like I had found an outlet for the anger in my heart, so I couldn't help but forcefully throw away Andrew's hand.
The foreigner probably didn't expect that I would be so excited. Without any precaution, he was pulled by me and knocked over the low stool behind him, as well as the cup of tea in front of him.
At this moment, I felt like I had gone a little too far. After all, the foreigner had not shown any ulterior motives yet, but it was very obvious that I had used his hands and feet.
I felt a little embarrassed and helped Andrew up, apologizing profusely.
"It's okay, we don't know each other without fighting," Andrew was not angry at all, but comforted me. "Zhou, I don't mean any harm."
Andrew was still explaining what he had just said. As he spoke, he held up his stool and picked up the fragments of the tea cup that fell on the ground piece by piece. "Actually, when we got this fragment at first, no one in the entire laboratory cared about it. However, by another accident, we discovered that the carbon-14 contained in it was very strange, so we conducted research on this small fragment. We spent considerable manpower and material resources, and finally came up with a discovery that surprised everyone. The result.”
I found that the people around me seemed to be getting better and better at whetting my appetite. When Andrew said this, he actually stopped and then slowly washed the glasses.
Seeing this scene, I almost cursed, there are only two of us here, you are full and have nothing to do, why are you washing the cups?
However, prompted by curiosity, I bowed to reality and asked quietly: "What are the results of the research?"
Andrew looked up at me and then said with a smile: "Zhou, this is a secret that belongs to our entire research laboratory, but if you agree to cooperate with us, I can tell you about this result."
I almost blurted out my words "Go to hell", "Do you think that I will agree to cooperate with you for the sake of this so-called result in your mouth, an illusory thing?"
Andrew still looked calm and composed. He handed the teacup to me and said, "I know you have been pursuing the truth. Our goals are the same, so why not integrate resources?"
When he said this, an idea suddenly flashed through my mind. It was as if I suddenly woke up. I felt that I might be able to take advantage of such an opportunity to take the initiative in my own hands, and use Andrew's hand to communicate with him. The unknown opponent in my mother's mouth gave it a try.
However, I still needed to confirm through Andrew’s mouth whether the idea I just had was correct, so I smiled and said: “Integrate resources, Mr. Andrew, what you said is not accurate. If it weren’t for me, you guys would
All human transactions are 100% at a discount."
Andrew was suddenly stunned for a moment, and then laughed loudly: "Zhou, you are indeed extremely smart. Since you already understand, I don't need to hide it. Yes, after decades of research and experiments, we have come to the conclusion
Another research result is that you may play an extremely important role in sacrifices, and if you want to activate the function behind the jade piece, sacrifice is the only way."
"Then why do you think I will definitely cooperate with you?" Now it was my turn to look calm, even though my heart was already roaring like waves.
"Because you will definitely save your mother. This is the advantage of the Chinese people." Andrew became angry.
"What's wrong with my mother?" I suddenly thought of blight syndrome, and I lost all composure in an instant.
"She has a strange disease. To be precise, she should be cursed by these jade pieces. Your father is taking her around the world to find a way to break the curse. He may not have thought that the person who can break the curse will
He is actually his son."
I don’t know if it was because of my own suspicion, but I felt that Andrew was gloating about his misfortune when he said this.
"Do you know how to break this spell?" I asked anxiously.
"I don't know, but it must be related to sacrifices and jade pieces. And according to the information we have obtained so far, there must be more than one of these jade pieces. There are them on Wawu Mountain and at the bottom of Poyang Lake. It is not yet known whether there are any in other places.
." Andrew said, feeling like he really didn't know.
"Then how do you want me to cooperate?" I was finally defeated and said a little frustrated.
"It's very simple. Join the black jade research team at Stanford University. If we can find all the jade pieces in the future and know a complete set of sacrificial procedures, you will have to cooperate with our research. However, you can rest assured that our research is completely legal.
Yes, the results will be made public. In fact, you are also contributing to the progress of human history. Of course, you can also save your mother." Andrew said.
I pondered for a while and said, "I promise you, but there are a few questions I want to know now. First, what are the results of your research on carbon-14 in black jade fragments? Second, what are the functions of complete black jade?"
?You must have some guesses, right? Third, where are my parents now? Fourth, you said that after many years of research, you finally determined my role. How did you do your research? Is it possible?
Have everyone been arrested and tested?"
"Hahaha, Zhou, you are really a person with unusual logical thinking. I will answer these questions for you one by one. First of all, we don't know what the function of black jade is. If we know, then there is no need to proceed.
This series of dangerous archaeological activities, as for your parents, after they disappeared from the bottom of Poyang Lake, I never found any news about them. And the research results about carbon 14, if I tell them, it may really subvert
Everyone’s cognition.” When Andrew said this, his slightly cloudy blue eyes suddenly stared at me and said seriously:
"Based on carbon 14 dating, we found that the black jade fragments do not belong to any era of our human society."