curse

Chapter 21

Bai Bi didn't fall asleep until it was almost dawn, and then wandered between nightmares and waking up for several hours, and slept until more than 10 o'clock before getting tired.She didn't want to be that kind of lazy woman, but her skin and bones were in pain, and she had to go to the bathroom to wash up.She looked at herself in the mirror, and the almost sleepless night made her complexion ugly, and suddenly remembered the woman lying in the glass cover, and she shivered.She asked herself softly: Is youth dying soon?She is only 23 years old, just 23 years old, not married yet, and has never really touched a man.So, she became a little scared, lowered her head, and began to sob softly. At this moment, the boldness of last night disappeared all of a sudden, and she only felt that she had become a weak woman again.

After eating something casually, she was not in the mood to paint, but just sat by the window, looking at the city buildings in the distance.Who is it when the doorbell rings?Bai Bi opened the door and saw the face she least wanted to see - Ye Xiao.

"Officer Ye, what are you doing here? Is there anything important?" Bai Bi said lazily.

Ye Xiao was still dressed in casual clothes, looked at her coldly, his face was stern, his eyes were as sharp as piercing her body, but he didn't say a word, which made Bai Bi a little guilty.

After a while, Ye Xiao said slowly: "You didn't sleep well last night, did you?"

"Why do you ask this?" Bai Bi asked anxiously.

"Honestly, what time did you get home at midnight?"

Bai Bi's body softened, she lowered her head, and said softly like a child who has done something wrong, "I'm sorry, Ye Xiao, come in."

Ye Xiao walked into the room, sat down and exhaled, and said, "Actually, I didn't sleep well last night."

It was only then that Bai Bi noticed that his eye circles were slightly red, and his face was also tired. She didn't know what to say, so she said awkwardly: "Do you want coffee?"

Ye Xiao gave a wry smile, and continued, "Coffee? Forget it. You made me sleep bad again."

"So you—"

"Yeah, I saw it all last night. I hid across the road from the Institute of Archeology, and watched you open the door with the key and go in. After dawdling in it for more than an hour, I came out nervously. If I suddenly rushed Come out and pat you on the shoulder, you will faint from fright."

Bai Bi's cheeks were a little red, she lowered her head and said softly, "I'm sorry."

"Forget it, my heart has always been very soft. As long as you are willing to answer my question, I won't make it difficult for you. Tell me, where did you get the key to open the gate of the institute?"

"I took it from Jiang He's drawer. I think it should be his relic. I don't know if I have the right to keep it."

"Okay, let's discuss next time about whether you have the right to keep or consult Jiang He's relics. What did you do after you went in?"

"I walked into the room where Jiang He's accident happened, and turned on Jiang He's computer. I used that computer to talk to Jiang He."

"What did you say?" Ye Xiao interrupted her, looking at her suspiciously.

Bai Bi didn't dare to look him in the eyes, she intentionally evaded and said, "I said I was talking to him on Jiang He's computer."

"Are you experiencing hallucinations and hallucinations?"

"I know you won't believe it. In fact, I can't even believe it myself. However, all of this is true. I did talk to him on the computer." Bai Bi finally raised his head to meet Ye Xiao's eyes, and now she Already able to completely distinguish him from Jiang He, she said to herself, the man in front of her was just an ordinary police officer, not her dead fiancé, they were two completely different people.

"Are you sure that the person you're talking to is Jiang He?"

"Of course I do."

"Aren't you chatting with an ID named Jiang He on the Internet?" Ye Xiao immediately asked her with the experience he accumulated when he was in charge of investigating computer crimes in the information center.

"No, I'm not online, I'm just inside the computer, there's a system that tells me to go in, and I go in. He told me he knew I'd come, he'd been waiting for me, and said, this is A mistake, he wasn't the first and he won't be the last."

"Using the words that appear on the computer screen?" Ye Xiao felt a little weird.

Bai Bi nodded, and then continued: "Also, he mentioned the curse."

"curse?"

"Yes, I feel uncomfortable hearing this word now. Later, he told me to leave, and I did so. However, when I walked past the warehouse door, I picked up the Jianghe key and tried again. It turned out that the warehouse door actually opened, and I went into the warehouse."

Ye Xiao shook his head, and said in a tone of admiration or reproach: "You are more courageous than me. Wen Haogu has repeatedly told you that the door of the warehouse cannot be opened. There are many important cultural relics inside. These are all It is owned by the state, and no one can enter it casually, unless there is a search warrant issued by the judiciary, your behavior has broken the law."

"Are you going to arrest me?"

Ye Xiao didn't answer.

So Bai Bi continued: "There are many safes inside, but I didn't open them, I just opened the innermost door, and I saw a mummy inside."

"Mummy?" Ye Xiao was taken aback, his professional habits immediately reminded him of some major criminal cases.

"That is, the mummy, which is placed in a glass case, should be the remains of ancient people excavated by archaeology."

Ye Xiao breathed a sigh of relief, he began to hate the Institute of Archaeology: "Speak."

"Then I walked out of the warehouse. When I walked outside the small building, I suddenly saw a window with a light on, so I carefully took a closer look, and it turned out that Lin Zisu was inside. I saw his hand I was holding a golden mask in my hand, and then I didn't dare to stay, for fear of being discovered by him, so I quietly walked out of the gate of the Archaeological Institute, and I'm done." After finishing the last word, Bai Bi suddenly felt a sense of relief .

"Lin Zisu entered the Institute of Archaeology 10 minutes before you came out. At that time, I was really worried about you and almost rushed in. You walked out 10 minutes later, and I was relieved."

"sorry that I had you worried."

"You said that Lin Zisu held a golden mask in his hand, what kind of thing is that?"

"I don't know. It looks like the golden mask on the mummy of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh. Of course, it just looks like it. I didn't see it clearly. I don't know if the mask is an unearthed cultural relic."

Ye Xiao nodded and said: "That guy didn't leave until 3 o'clock in the morning. I can't rush in casually. I'm just a police officer, not a judge. I don't have the right to break through the wall and enter the house casually. But I have always suspected that the Institute of Archeology There will be problems, especially that Lin Zisu, I can now be sure that he is related to the murder. Also, do you know Zhang Kai?"

"I'm not familiar with it, but Jiang He mentioned this name to me, it seems that the person is very timid."

Ye Xiao said solemnly: "I tell you, Zhang Kai is dead. It's on the road not far from the Archaeological Research Institute. The time of death was around 12 o'clock."

"It's the third one." Bai Bi muttered to herself. She remembered that Jiang He had told her on the computer that he was neither the first nor the last. Could something happen to someone else?

"Maybe it's not just the third one."

"You mean, apart from Jiang He, Xu Anduo, and Zhang Kai, other people have had accidents?"

Ye Xiao nodded, "This is just my speculation."

"So what do you think it's going to do?"

"I think the Institute of Archaeology is extremely abnormal, and there may be something terrible hidden in it, including Wen Haogu."

"Director Wen also..." Bai Bi was surprised.

"Yes, at least it is certain that he has a lot to do with Zhang Kai's death. Well, there are some things I can't say, so let's stop here." Ye Xiao looked directly into her eyes, forcing her to look straight Looking at him, "Bai Bi, do you know? What you did last night was risky, risking your life, and your actions themselves violated the law. I warn you in the name of a police officer, never do this again. Do something, otherwise it will be too late to regret, understand?"

Bai Bi nodded, and she said softly, "I'm sorry, it made you not have a good rest."

"Forget it, who told me that I was originally in this line of work, and I kept staring until 6 o'clock in the morning." Ye Xiao really wanted to yawn right now, but he didn't want to be in front of Bai Bi, so he could only force himself .

Ye Xiao stood up and walked to the door, when Bai Bi suddenly asked behind him: "I'm sorry, can I ask you a personal question?"

"Ask me whatever you want?"

Bai Bi hesitated, but still asked, "Are you related to Jiang He?"

Ye Xiao was startled, and then immediately understood: "I know why you ask this question, because I look very similar to Jiang He, right? Let me tell you, Jiang He's parents and the whole family are farmers in the northern mountainous area, and my parents His ancestral home is Jiangsu Province, I was born in Xinjiang, physically, the only thing he and I have in common is that we are both Han Chinese, but that’s all.”

"You were born in Xinjiang?" When she heard about Xinjiang, she naturally thought of Lop Nur.

"My parents were both educated youths from Shanghai to support the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. I was born in Shihezi, northern Xinjiang, and returned to Shanghai when I was very young. My life in Xinjiang was limited to the Agricultural Division where my parents belonged. "Ye Xiao said lightly.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I thought you and Jiang He had some kind of family blood relationship, otherwise why do you look so similar?"

"You probably think he and I are twins, right? In fact, in the vast crowd, there are too many people with similar appearances. It is rare that these two or more than two people with similar appearances get together Opportunity. And even if they are twins, if they are fraternal twins, there are still some who have very different appearances. Therefore, it is not surprising that Jiang He and I look alike." Ye Xiao said calmly, he deliberately He ignored the feeling he had when he saw Jiang He's body for the first time.

"I'm sorry." Bai Bi apologized again.

"Goodbye, pay attention to rest." Ye Xiao left quickly.

After Ye Xiao left, Jiang He's face immediately appeared in Bai Bi's mind. His face and Ye Xiao's face gradually overlapped, and it was difficult to distinguish them. She was a little scared, and rushed to the bathroom again, using cold water Washing his face, the skin felt cold.She raised her head, fear was written in her wet eyes.

(End of this chapter)