Chapter 38 Section 16

Three days have passed since I met Zona.Shangguanyun doesn't think about food and drink every day, fidgets and hardly does anything, just guards the phone, hoping that it will bring the news after Zuo Na's investigation immediately.However, until now she has not been able to wait for the call. The reason why Shangguan Yun pinned all her hopes on Zuo Na was because after that meeting, she felt that Zuo Na was indeed a trustworthy and trustworthy person.Moreover, his way of thinking about problems is indeed different. For example, in this matter - Shangguan Yun thinks the most important point is why the dead Xia Qing mysteriously came back to life.But Zoller believes that the key points are "safe" and "grave robber".Shangguan Yun believes that this novel and unique insight is by no means Zuo Na deliberately unconventional.She also knew some outstanding people before. What these people have in common is that they have thinking and judgment abilities that are different from ordinary people.

She was convinced she had found the right person.She also firmly believes that during these three days, Zuo Na did not waste time, but tried his best to find a way and investigate.So even if she was anxious, she could only continue to wait and dare not call to ask questions. Finally, on the afternoon of the fourth day, Shangguan Yun's cell phone rang.She quickly picked up the phone—thank God, it was Zollner! "Hello, Professor Zuo Na?" Shangguan Yun couldn't wait to get on the phone and asked, "How is it? Is there any result?" Zollner on the phone said with a smile: "The result will not come out so quickly. But I have found some very important information-I now know the direction to investigate this matter."

Shangguan Yun twitched as if electrified, and said excitedly: "Great professor, where are you now? I'll come to you right away!" "I'm at home, how about you come to my house?" "Okay, what's your address?" Zuo Na told Shangguan Yun a detailed address.Shangguan Yun wrote it down.After hanging up the phone, she almost rushed out, and immediately drove to Zuo Na's home - the dormitory area of ​​university professors, a place with fresh air, quiet and pleasant. More than half an hour later, Shangguanyun rang the doorbell of Room A-2 on the 18th floor.

The door opened quickly.Zuo Na stood at the door, smiled and said, "Miss Shangguan, you are here, please come in." Shangguan Yun changed his shoes in the hall, and walked into Zuo Na's bright and refreshing living room.Although this home is not gorgeous, the decoration and layout reveal the elegance of a scholarly family.Zollner probably knew that there were guests coming, and he also wore formal attire at home, with great etiquette. Shangguan Yun sat on the leather sofa, and Zuo Na asked, "Would Miss Shangguan drink tea or coffee?" "Thank you, plain water is fine." Shangguan Yun didn't want to waste a minute.Her expression was full of urgency and anticipation.

Zuo Na obviously also understood Shangguan Yun's thoughts. After quickly bringing a glass of pure water, he sat down opposite Shangguan Yun and said, "I know you must be very impatient, so I won't talk nonsense, let's get down to business." Shangguan Yun nodded hurriedly. "Miss Shangguan, do you remember what I told you last time, I think the two most important factors in this matter - 'safe' and 'grave robber' - right?" "yes." "Well, let me ask you a few questions now." "Excuse me." "What was in that safe before the accident?"

Shangguan Yun thought for a while: "Actually... I'm not very clear about this. Most of the things in it are my husband's collection. He likes gems and jade, so he collects exquisite art made of jade from all over the world. Items, put them in the safe, so that he can take them out to appreciate and play with them from time to time." "You should have seen the gems and jade in there, right?" "Yes. But I don't particularly like this kind of stuff, so I didn't read it carefully." "So, you are not particularly impressed by these gems and jade?"

"That's right." Zollner frowned thoughtfully.Shangguan Yun couldn't help asking: "Professor Zuo Na, is it important what's in the safe? What do these things have to do with my son?" Zuo Na stretched out his hand and made a gesture, motioning her to be calm, "Miss Shangguan, I can understand your feelings. Of course, you hope to know the truth of the matter right away. However, this matter may not be as simple as that. The reason and the truth are deduced. Therefore, I must start with every detail and consider various possibilities. The questions I ask you may indeed have nothing to do with the matter, but it is also possible to find very important clues or information from them. So , don't be impatient, cooperate with my question. Let me consider from all aspects, okay?"

Zuo Na's patient persuasion made Shangguan Yun feel a little embarrassed. At the same time, he suppressed his impatience and said, "Good professor, I understand." "Then let's continue with what we just said - the gems and jade in the safe, you are not particularly impressed, and you don't even know the origin of these gems inside?" "……yes." "It's a bit tricky." Zollner frowned, shook his head, and asked, "So, are these gems in your house now?" "Yes. After the safe was opened, our housekeeper brought back all the gems and jades inside."

"Well, very good." Zollner nodded, "These gems must be very valuable, right? That's why they are stored in the safe." "yes." "How much are they worth?" Shangguan Yun thought for a while, felt that there was no need to hide it, and said truthfully, "Probably... more than 100 million yuan." Zollner couldn't help but leaned back, and smacked his lips vigorously. Obviously, this number exceeded his expectations. "It's worth so much! Is there a lot of gems?" "No, not too many." Shangguan Yun recalled, "In my impression, there are actually more than ten pieces in it..."

"I see." Zuoer seemed to have discovered some important information, "So, among these gems, there must be some extremely rare rare treasures?" "Maybe... I really don't know, I have to ask my husband." Shangguan Yun asked for Zuo Na's opinion, "Do you need me to call and ask my husband now?" Zuo Na waved his hand: "No need. I don't think your husband knows what functions these gems have." The implied meaning of this sentence surprised Shangguan Yun: "Ah, you think...these gems may have some kind of magical function...it can..."

Zuo Na gestured to Shangguan Yun not to be nervous: "It's just a guess. It doesn't have to be like this." They were silent for a moment.Zollner asked again, "Is there any other useful information about these gems and jades?" Shangguan Yun said dejectedly: "I can't judge what is useful information. Moreover, we have never focused on gemstones. So even after they were brought back, no one studied them..." Speaking of this, she suddenly remembered What, said, "By the way, there is one thing, I don't know if it's useful information or not - after Steward Jin brought back these gems and jades, he found that some of them were missing." Zuo Na's eyes lit up: "What? The gems are missing? What's going on? Tell me clearly!" Shangguan Yun didn't know why Zuo Na reacted so strongly.She recalled: "Xia Qing's tomb was stolen and the safe was opened. Since my son's body was not found inside, the police asked Butler Jin to take the precious stones home. But after taking them back, Butler Jin carefully counted them. After looking around, he found a gem or two missing. He reckoned the missing gems to be worth about five million—that's all." "Which gem is missing? Does the steward know?" "I also asked him this question. But he said that only Xia Lan knew the collection best. He only knew the quantity. After he counted, he found one or two pieces missing, so he told me." "Then have you pursued this matter?" Shangguan Yun shook his head and sighed: "No. Professor Zuo Na, it's not that our family is so rich that we don't care about the loss of five million. It's just that... in the face of my son's tragedy, no one has the heart to pursue the matter of the lost gem. .Compared with my son's life, these are things outside the body after all." Zollner nodded in understanding. Shangguan Yun asked in confusion: "Professor Zuo Na, why do you think the lost gem is related to this strange thing?" Zuo Na pondered for a moment, and said, "Miss Shangguan, when I traveled to Zimbabwe, I heard some strange legends from the local Tu people." Shangguan Yun looked at him without turning his eyes. "You know, Zimbabwe is a big mining country, and a large amount of gemstones are mined every year, including some extremely rare and precious gemstones. According to the local Tu people, after the gemstones are mined, they will be sold to jewelers at a high price, but if someone Extremely lucky to unearth an ultra-rare and precious gem, and probably not sell it, but hide it away—you know why?" Shangguan Yun shook his head and expressed his puzzlement: "After selling the super precious gems, isn't it even more rich? Why do you want to hide it yourself?" "That's because the preciousness of this gemstone is not its commercial value, but—" Zuo Na said in a mysterious tone, "the Tu people believe that this gemstone has some kind of magical purpose." Shangguan Yun opened his mouth at this moment, as if thinking of something. Zuo Na stared at Shangguan Yun and said: "An elder in that tribe told me that there is a legend among them - if a person dies, put this special gem somewhere in his body, such as his mouth, Then put his body in a cave. Of course it is not an ordinary cave, it is a sacred place-for them. After a period of time, this person will be resurrected. Moreover, after this person is resurrected, the magical the stone will disappear." Shangguan Yun was completely dumbfounded. She looked at Zuo Na with amazed eyes, and said after a while, "Professor Zuo Na...you, you can't be serious, right?" "Are you doubting me or the legend?" "Of course I doubt this legend." Shangguan Yun especially emphasized the word "legend". "Do you believe it? Have you witnessed someone resurrected with this gem?" Zuo Na shrugged his shoulders: "No. The elders of the Tu tribe told me that if someone is extremely lucky to dig this kind of magical gemstone, he will never reveal it to anyone. If the owner wants to "resurrect" someone, he will not It will be publicized, and it will only be done in secret. So let alone me, even the people of their tribe, it is almost impossible to see this kind of thing with their own eyes." "Then, isn't this legend even more unreliable?" "I didn't really believe in this legend at first." Zuo Na glanced at Shangguan Yun, then withdrew his gaze, "But after hearing about your son..." Shangguan Yun said in disbelief: "Professor Zuo Na, do you really believe that a gem can bring people back from the dead? Please forgive me, there is no scientific basis for this at all." "Actually, the elder of the Tu tribe told me the reason why this kind of gem can revive people." Zuo Na said: "He said that this kind of gem is often buried in deep underground caves. They believe that this gem is from the underworld' Diamond'. If a human being has this gem on his body after death, his soul can use this gem to bribe the messenger of the underworld after his soul goes to the underworld. It is equivalent to using this piece of 'diamond of the underworld' to buy a life for himself .” Zollner paused: "Of course, this kind of statement is too superstitious. But I wonder if it is because this kind of gemstone contains some kind of rare minerals, or some other characteristics, that can really bring people back to life. Woolen cloth?" Although Shangguan Yun found it difficult to accept, he still tried to seek an explanation from this angle: "You mean, there is such a gemstone in my husband's safe. After my son was locked in it, he was already dead. , but was miraculously resurrected because of this gem?" "It's just a hypothesis." "However, after my son's resurrection, why is there such a terrible situation?" Shangguan Yun said painfully, "This gem can revive people, but can it also turn people into monsters?" Zuo Na frowned tightly: "The elder of the Tu tribe only knows about this legend. He has never really experienced such a thing. Therefore, no one knows what the 'resurrected' person will be like..." Shangguan Yun supported his forehead with his hand, thought for a moment worriedly, and said: "One more thing, you said that people who dig this kind of gem will not sell it. Then how did my husband get this kind of gem?" ?” "I'm just saying—actually, the elders of the Tu people said—that most people who dug it up will not sell it, but will hide it quietly. But it's not absolute—some people want to get a rich life, or If he doesn't fully believe the legend, he may sell the stone." "Then my husband should have known about its magical use when he bought this gem. Why didn't he mention it?" "I guess the biggest possibility is that this gemstone has been in the hands of many people. After several owners, the people who bought it have no idea what is special about it, and just treat it as an ordinary gemstone." Shangguan Yun thought about it, and felt that this was probably the case.She asked: "Professor Zorner, do you think this has been explained?" Zollner shook his head and said, "No, don't forget what I said before. What we're discussing now is just the various possibilities of this matter—it's far from the time to draw conclusions." "Then what do you think is the possibility?" "If we just sit at home and analyze and discuss, we may never be able to draw a definite conclusion-because it's all speculation. Only by finding some 'important people' related to this matter can we verify the conjecture and find out the truth." Shangguan Yun rolled his eyes: "Professor, I'm afraid I didn't understand what you mean—the important people involved in this matter, besides me and my husband, and of course my son—is there anyone else?" Zollner smiled mysteriously: "You seem to have forgotten what I said before. There are two key factors. Now we only talk about the 'safe'." Shangguan Yun thought about it: "there is another one - 'tomb robber'. But... that grave robber is already dead." Zuo Na stood up from the opposite sofa, walked to Shangguan Yun, bent down, and stared into her eyes: "Have you ever thought about a question——Hasn't your son randomly changed the password of the safe? Logically speaking, no one would know the combination. But how did the grave robber open the safe?"