Chapter 13 Looking for Dreams in Yuanmingyuan

On the third day of Song Ci's detention, I received a special call from a strange man who said he wanted to meet me. "Do I know you?" I asked strangely. "No, I don't know each other. My surname is Su, and I'm Song Ci's ex-husband." I immediately said, "Where are you? I'll be right there." We made an appointment to meet at the Old Summer Palace. This is a new middle-aged man in his thirties. He behaves well, looks melancholy, and has a sense of vicissitudes. It can be seen that he really cares about Song Ci. When he met him, he immediately asked: "Miss Tang, what do you think of this?" thing?"

"I believe Song Ci didn't do it." I immediately stated my position, "She is my friend, she will not kill people and steal jade." "You are the owner. If you are willing to trust her, things will be much simpler." Su Jun obviously breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly sighed, "Song Ci is arrogant by nature, with a high self-esteem, and it is difficult to make friends. It is her luck to meet you." .” "But losing you is her greatest misfortune." This sentence was only in my heart, but I didn't say it out of my mouth.Su Jun obviously cared about her very much, and he didn't know whether Song Ci was smart or stupid, but he was willing to divorce easily with such a good husband.

I suddenly thought of one thing: "How did you know the news?" "The police informed the family members to send clothes, and the Song Ci newspaper's family members are me." "Why didn't her father be informed? I heard that Song Ci's father is in a high position..." "Song Ci specifically told her not to let her family know." Su Jun's eyes were a little wet, "Song Ci lived in the halo of his father since childhood, and he was very distressed. Rent a house and live alone. But deep down in her heart, she is actually very filial, for fear that her father will be anxious if she finds out about this..."

I nod.Song Ci has always complained about being born as an official daughter, and she really doesn't know whether the privileged class brought her more benefits or more troubles. We sat under the famous ruined monument to discuss the case.My mind suddenly flew far away without being restrained, and I couldn't pull it back for a while. "I've been to this place before." I said to Su Jun. "Really? When?" "In the previous life." He froze for a moment, but said nothing.This made me feel the depth and demeanor of this man even more.I know he won't believe everything I say, but I still can't help but want to tell him, maybe, it's just because he is Song Ci's husband.

"I really feel that I've been here before and I'm familiar with it. But when I came here, it didn't look like this. It was complete, with white marble buildings, bucket arches and cornices, carved dragons and phoenixes, beautiful..." Not only here, but also the outer city, the inner city, and the Wengcheng. You can vividly remember it when you close your eyes. The towers in the inner city have double eaves and rest on the top of the mountain, covered with gray tiles and trimmed with green glaze.It is seven rooms wide and five rooms deep, among which Zhengyang Gate has the highest specification and is the most spectacular among the towers.

There are archery towers, turrets, enemy towers, gates, moats outside the city gate... One man guards the gate, and ten thousand men cannot open it. However, such a solid defense was still unable to resist the foreign guns and cannons, and eventually the century-old prosperous Yuanmingyuan was cremated and the gorgeous Yuanmingyuan was razed to the ground. "I seem to be able to see a woman with high clogs on the E crown walking through the forest. The fragrance is blowing, and the ring is wearing Dingdong. There used to be endless singing and dancing here, and it was unparalleled in beauty, but now, it corresponds to the libretto: 'A good day is beautiful, but the sky is beautiful. Whose house, like this, will be ruined for pleasure'... I feel sad, but I immediately realize that I have strayed too far away from the topic, and I can't help but smile apologetically: "I'm sorry, I'm talking to myself again. Talk to yourself. "

Su Jun is indeed a gentleman, and he didn't take offense at my idiotic confession, but he would not follow my words to start a discussion.He lightly turned to the topic: "If you want Song Ci and Yuan Ge to clear themselves up as soon as possible, first of all, you must consider whether it is possible to find evidence of their alibi." "Yuan Ge is impossible. There are her fingerprints and shoe prints at the scene. Song Ci does not." I replied, admiring Su Jun's integrity even more. He didn't just mention Song Ci, but said, "Let Song Ci and Yuan song to cleanse myself", "to find out the alibi of the two of them".This is a man with a sense of responsibility and justice.I sighed again, I don't understand why Song Ci missed such a good husband.

Su Jun pondered: "The lack of fingerprints does not mean that she was not present. It may have been destroyed. Therefore, we have to try to find the time of absence." "It doesn't work either. The security guard said that the two of them left the building one after another, and the time coincided with the time of the incident." "That doesn't work either, then it needs to be proved that there is no motive for killing." "But both of them have feuds with the surnamed Qin. One quarreled, and the other had an awkward fight on the day of the incident."

Speaking of this, I couldn't help being discouraged: "It seems that there is no possibility of success at all." Su Jun did not give up, and continued to analyze: "Then the last one is left, which proves that they have no ability to kill." I was shocked, as if I saw a ray of light in the darkness: "I remembered, Song Ci has Parkinson's disease, and his hands will tremble when he is agitated, how can he have the strength to strangle someone with stockings?" "Yes! Why didn't I think of it?!" Su Jun was overjoyed, "I have her doctor's certificate, and I'll go back and get it."

"I'll go with you to the police station." "You don't need to go in person. I have already hired the best defense lawyer for her. He will handle this matter for us." Before leaving, he suddenly remembered something, and took out a box from his pocket and handed it to me: "That's right , Song Ci was brought out for you." "What is it?" "I don't know either. I just heard from the people in the police station that Song Ci said that he doesn't know if he will come out again in this life. Someone will give you this as a souvenir."

When the box was opened, it was the piece of bi, on the dragon pan cloud, lifelike.I held it tightly, and suddenly burst into tears. After Su Jun left, I sat down among the rocks in the Old Summer Palace, clutching the jade tightly, as if holding my own life. I know that in the boundless ocean of past time, another of me once flowed.And now, the two of us are connected with this piece of jade. I wear it on my chest, so I have two hearts, one beating inside my chest, and the other echoing outside my body, as if there are two me talking in the dark. In their echo, a certain mysterious power arises, which is something between memory and imagination, an idea that belongs to the sphere of thought. For a long time, I stood on the edge of the cliff of thought, not knowing whether to jump into the canyon or retreat to the cliff. Time whizzes by like a noisy wind, and there are fragments of my forgotten memories in the wind, but they cannot be connected into any complete plot, nor can they be bundled into a bundle of thoughts. I don't know what kind of bond to run through them, but I do feel the tenacious connection. But when the piece of jade was beating warmly in my palm, I finally pressed the pulse of time and found the tunnel leading to memory. Looking at the surrounding buildings, looking at the famous ruined stele, I know more and more that I have been here, not only I have been here, Song Ci and Yuan Ge have also been here, they are wearing ancient clothes, wearing flowers and willows Come, light and sad. The stars in the sky lit up one by one. I put my hands on my knees, lost in my memories.It's already past the closing time, but I don't want to leave, for no reason, I just want to sit here for a while.The old buildings and the deep night make me feel peaceful, and I long to find my heart under the stars. The spectators came in and inspected for a week, probably to drive away the lingering tourists. I was trying to figure out how to persuade them to let me go, but they left without seeing anything. Strange, I clearly saw their eyes passing over me, why did it seem like they didn't see me? A faint sigh came from somewhere. I was terrified and looked around, the broken monuments and ruins under the moonlight became more and more poignant and moving. I asked out loud, "Who? Who's there?" Another sigh sounded, desolate. This time I heard clearly, the voice came from behind.I turned around suddenly, almost twisted my neck, and found that at some point, there was a man in ancient clothes sitting on the broken stele, with his feet dangling, smiling at me. I have done research recently, and in the dim moonlight, I recognized that it was Qing Dynasty clothing. "Who are you? When did you come in? Why didn't I see you?" "It was too bright just now, and I couldn't let you see me. But now I can." He jumped off the monument and landed silently, and there was no shadow. "You're surprised they didn't see you, aren't you? That's because I helped you." I gradually saw him clearly, his brows were handsome, three points similar to mine, and I knew a little bit in my heart: "Who are you?" "I am you." "I?" "Yes, I am your predecessor. I am you, and you are me." To put it simply, it is a ghost. I met a ghost. An ancient male ghost. But I wasn't surprised, and believed it right away. I've seen him too many times in my dreams, but now I finally see him face to face, and I'm not afraid.On the contrary, because the answer to the mystery that I have been searching for for a long time is about to be revealed, I have to feel a little excited. "So," I asked my predecessor, "who am I?" "Wu Yingxiong." "Wu Yingxiong?" Hey, this name seems familiar, but I can't remember it right away. "You don't even know Wu Yingxiong? Am I so unknown in this world?" He was a little dissatisfied, "You don't know me, you know my father Wu Sangui, right?" "Ah! So you are Wu Yingxiong, the son of Wu Sangui, who married the one with Fourteen Gege." What a disrespect.I didn't expect my predecessor to be so famous. He grinned: "Yes, it's me! It seems that you know yourself a little bit." "Myself?" "Yes. Didn't I say that? I am you, and you are me." "But, how did you do it? Everyone has past and present lives, why can only you find me?" "It's very simple, rely on it." He pointed to my chest. I lowered my head and saw that piece of Yunlongbi glistening in the moonlight, emitting an unusual light.It turned out to be it!Sure enough it is it! "But why does it have such a great power?" "Fortunately, you are still a jade person, and you lack common sense about jade." He seemed very dissatisfied with my back, "You know, jade is the most spiritual among all things, and you can connect to the afterlife and this life through it. Do you know the word "Witch" for "Witch"? "Shuowen Jiezi" says: "Witch is the one who holds jade in both hands. Therefore, the person who holds jade has magic. I, through this piece of jade and You made contact." "I still do not get it." "I still don't understand. For example, why did you come to Beijing from Taiwan?" "Because of the jade jewelry auction." "That's right, since jade can connect space, of course it can also connect time. Time and space can be connected because of something, it can be connected, it's that simple." "I still don't understand. However, it may be easier for me to accept that jade has witchcraft and spirituality. Because I know that the lottery used for divination in the past was made of jade; the ultimatum issued by ministers was also made of jade. ; There is also Zhang, who commanded the three armies, which is also jade; when the two countries repair each other, they also give Gui to each other, which is called turning hostility into jade; and..." "Okay, okay, it seems that you still know a little about jade, and you are worthy of being my successor." "You mean, my inspiration for Jade is because of you?" "Of course, do you think those skills will automatically go to your head? I brought them to you." I was surprised: "Hey, you said you are a ghost, or a ghost of the Qing Dynasty, but why do you seem to be no different from us when you talk?" "You are so stupid." He shook his head, he was very puzzled by how stupid he was behind him, "I have said it a hundred times, I am you, you are me, of course I will speak whatever you say, if If you have problems communicating with yourself, what kind of world will it be?" "Okay, you're right. But why are you showing up now?" "Here, here, are you stupid again? Didn't you just get this piece of jade today?" "You mean, this piece of jade belonged to me at the beginning?" "Of course. Otherwise, how can I find you through it today?" I remembered the words of the owner of the purple clay pot shop: the unearthed things are spiritual, who they belong to, and they will find them by themselves.In this way, Song Ci is destined to give me the jade bi, and I can't push it away. "But why are you looking for me?" "Because I want to help you, oh no, it's you, oh no, it's us, to eliminate disasters and solve problems." "What about us and yours?" "You still don't know what happened? Well, let me tell you from the beginning."