When Sun Buzhou went to that bar again, he never saw Sister Fenghuang again. Later, Sun Buzhou learned that Sister Fenghuang suddenly disappeared. The bar was temporarily occupied by the girls who originally started dancing, and the atmosphere was okay, but in Sun Buzhou's opinion, it was a lot different. Sun Buzhou was disappointed and felt that God had taken away the last bright spot in his life.
Sun Buzhou began to go back to the clinic to work gloomily. No matter what, life would go on.
Sun Buzhou's situation is somewhat similar to Fang Ya's, but he is a little different. He struggles to move forward without waiting for the wound to heal. The huge inertia of life is pushing him.
Patients come to the door one after another, as if they were accumulated during Sun Buzhou's closure. The psychological counseling business is actually dozens of percentage points higher than in previous years. It seems that the east is not bright and the west is bright. Sun Buzhou put on an empathetic mask and listened to their troubles, their anguish, and their persistence. While Sun Buzhou listened, he couldn't help but think, who would be willing to listen to what he had to say?
Sun Buzhou approached He Qi several times to learn about the case, but could not get any clear answers. The final conclusion was that Bai Su had indeed committed suicide, and those others had indeed committed suicide.
Mrs. Huang did not find out the reason. It is said that the detective agency has returned most of the money to her.
When Sun Buzhou went to see Mrs. Huang to understand the situation, the sadness on Mrs. Huang's face was obviously much less, and she even seemed calm. The woman's crying and fussing at the beginning seemed to also help her recover quickly. Sun Buzhou even had the illusion that he was a mental patient and Mrs. Huang was the psychiatrist. Sun Buzhou thought that it wouldn't be long before she would forget about the dead person, and then her relatives and friends would come out to find her another man. Although she refused, she would eventually "succumb" and form a new family. . So, what about yourself?
Sun Buzhou felt that Bai Su could not be forgotten. Just like a beggar who was despised by the world suddenly found favor with a "fairy" for a while, how could this beggar forget? !
When a person dies, the deep love he once had also goes with him, so what happens after he dies? It's the same thing. This is very similar to Fang Ya. What Sun Buzhou thought about most during this period was the question of "death". For example, how can people die? What does it feel like to die? What is after death? Sun Buyi could not figure out the reason alone, but after he had an inexplicable experience of hitting a wall and seeking death, he felt that the world around him was different from the past. At this time, Sun Buzhou naturally wanted to ask Boss Ren for advice. At this moment, Sister Sun Li called him and said that she would come to Shanghai that day. On the phone, Sun Li asked Sun Buzhou to make an appointment with Mr. Ren when she was free, or to set a time for her to visit her home. Sun Buzhou was happy, a reasonable excuse came.
Sun Li called Sun Buzhou just before departure from the airport. She came to Shanghai for two purposes. One was to attend a world-wide academic conference on archeology organized by Aurora University, and the other was to report to Ren Yuan on the latest progress in underwater archeology. The former is routine work, while the latter is Sun Li's main task.
Ren Yuan funded her and her team without any other requirements, but Sun Li asked herself to give a report to Ren Yuan after the work came to an end. This is the scholar Sun Li's consistent serious and rigorous work attitude. Sun Li takes this for granted. The scientific expedition team now has a sponsor, so it is natural that part of it must be reported to the sponsor. Sun Li has made all the pictures and texts into a very detailed ppt format. Of course, Sun Li will not disclose some specific parameters. She mainly wants to give an explanation to Mr. Ren. The central idea is of course to state that she did not spend his funds indiscriminately. money. Sun Li was even prepared to borrow a small conference room at Aurora University so that she could speak to Mr. Ren in a relatively serious setting.
Sun Li reported to Ren Yuan not because her underwater scientific research had yielded results. On the contrary, it was a pity that the underwater scientific research could only come to an end temporarily because the underwater situation was very bad and there was no corresponding domestic research institute. Diving equipment, and good divers can only be from the military. Sun Li has no connection with this aspect, so she can only hire them abroad. Sun Li asked foreign tutors to look for it, but it turned out that she couldn't find it for a while. Therefore, the scientific expedition team had to return to the research institute temporarily, while she came to Shanghai alone.
This archaeological conference held at Aurora University is about Dunhuang, which is also Sun Li¡¯s area of ??interest. Another point is that Sun Li learned that Professor Marco, a French orientalist expert, will also come. This is a person Sun Li is looking forward to meeting.
Professor Marco is about forty years old and has very profound attainments in Sinology. It is no wonder that the Paris library contains a large number of precious documents about various dynasties in China. Sun Li met Sun Li in the Three Kingdoms Joint Scientific Expedition Team three years ago, when Su Ye was in an accident, and they had an experience of living together and dying together.
Sun Li is in the evening.?Arrived at Aurora University. According to the requirements of the annual meeting organizing committee, Sun Li moved directly into the expert dormitory building on campus, which is also the school's guest house.
Sun Li put her simple luggage in the room, washed briefly, and then went out to find Professor Marco. She had already checked Professor Marco's room when she just checked in at the front desk, and knew that he had not gone out. This is rare, because Sun Li knows that this person can't sit still and will wander around when he gets to a place. According to him, he is looking for the past time.
Sun Li quickly arrived at the door of Professor Marco's room. Sun Li remembered that she heard that Professor Marco had a stroke last year. This is very strange. How could he have a stroke at such a mature age? However, it is possible that geriatric diseases are increasingly affecting younger people, so it is not too strange. It is said that half of Professor Mark's face is paralyzed, and even one side of his body is tilted, which is what the world calls hemiplegia. Sun Li took a few breaths at the door, thinking that when she saw Professor Mark, she must be calm and not be too surprised. You must know that Professor Mark was quite handsome in the past and had a great figure.
Sun Li was mentally prepared and knocked on the door.
"Who is it?" Professor Marco's rich baritone sounded. Marco teaches Chinese very well, and you can only hear the outliers when there are some changes in tone.
"It's me, Sun Li!"
"Ah, our Eastern Venus is here!" Professor Mark's voice was still full of passion.
When the door opened, even though Sun Li was mentally prepared, she was still surprised to see Professor Marco's current appearance. Indeed, as the legend says, Professor Marco was separated from the midline of the human body. One side was normal, and the other side was crooked. The whole person immediately changed from handsome and elegant before to ugly and somewhat vicious.
"How about it, did it scare you?"
Sun Li immediately said: "Ah, no."
Professor Ma Ke chuckled and said, "Beautiful Ms. Sun Li, you don't mean what you say." After saying that, he turned aside to let Sun Li in.
Sun Li smiled and said generously: "Even though Professor Marco is like this, he is still full of charm!"
Marco laughed and said, "Really? Thank you for the compliment!"
Sun Li saw another person in the room, but it was Professor Jiang Shang from the School of Archeology and Museum of Aurora University. Sun Li and Professor Jiang Shang have met several times and are considered acquaintances. Sun Li smiled and said, "Professor Jiang Shang is here too, so I won't disturb you."
Jiang Shang said in a gentlemanly manner: "Beautiful ladies are very welcome to join our discussion."
"What are you discussing?"
Jiang Shang: "Oh, Professor Marco is interested in a paper about Pakistan that I submitted to the conference."
Professor Ma Ke immediately laughed and said: "I wanted to take a sneak peek, so I called Professor Jiang Shang right away and hoped to come over to discuss it. I was originally going to visit him, but I was afraid of disturbing him."
Jiang Shang immediately said: "Professor Marco's words are serious."
In the world of archaeology, Professor Marco is considered a leading figure in Sinology. Professor Ma Ke wants to read Jiang Shang's paper and discuss it with him. Jiang Shang naturally hopes to get his corrections. The two people have always had some contacts in academic exchanges, so they are not strangers.
"The discussion continues, I want to hear it too!" Sun Li said with a smile.
Two men and one woman began to discuss. Sun Li listened more at first, but later joined in and put forward her own opinions. When there were differences of opinion, Marco and Jiang Shang started to argue. This argument was neither big nor small, and the two people quickly became red-faced. After arguing for more than ten minutes, the two people discovered that the beauty was present, so they laughed and ended the discussion.
At this time, Marco said: "This time I come to Shanghai, I have a private mission, and I hope Professor Jiang Shang can help."
"No problem." Jiang Shang agreed readily.
"As you know, my grandfather is an archaeologist. According to your words, we are the ancestors of Sun. He once came to Shanghai to do an investigation. I recently read my grandfather's diary, which seems to record a romance. A love story." Speaking of this, Professor Marco's face broke into a smile. Sun Li could see clearly that in the past, Professor Marco's smile would have been very charming, but now, it had a strange flavor.
Jiang Shang smiled and said: "French people love romance, and the whole world knows this."
Marco burst out laughing and said: "That's it, my grandfather met a Chinese lady in a place called Shuangta Temple, a very traditional and beautiful lady. They fell in love, but in the end, I think you all You can guess." Marco spread his hands and said: "Love is often a tragedy that makes people remember it forever. Through that diary, I know that my grandfather will never forget that Chinese girl in his life. I wonder if I can find it. thisVisit the Twin Pagoda Temple and then look around. Of course, this is a matter of luck. "Speaking of this, Marco paused and said: "Moreover, I recently wanted to find a direction for research on Chinese temples, and this Twin Pagoda Temple seems to have many unsolved cases in history, which caught my attention, so He said that this search can be said to be both personal and academic in nature. I happen to have a month of annual leave, and I wanted to use this time to find out. However, the only person I am familiar with in this city is Professor Jiang Shang. According to Chinese saying, it is difficult to get things done if you are not familiar with the place. "
Jiang Shangdao: "No problem, I just finished the research at hand, and I don't have many classes at school. I have time to go around with Professor Marco."
Marco's face lit up and he said, "Thank you so much!" After saying that, he glanced at Sun Li again and said, "I wonder if Dr. Sun is interested in joining this temporary scientific expedition team. You know, there are A touching love story, unlike the cold historical inquiries we had in the past.¡±
Sun Li felt slightly strange why Professor Marco suddenly invited her. Marco saw Sun Li's confusion and smiled: "Dr. Sun, aren't you also interested in temple architecture? Isn't your father an expert in ancient architecture?"
Sun Li smiled and said: "He is him and I am me. However, Professor Mark invites me. I think there must be something else that impresses Professor Mark more. If I can impress Professor Mark, I will naturally be impressed."
Marco smiled and said, "Thank you very much." After saying that, Marco took out a map of Shanghai, spread it out, pointed to the red circle on it and said, "This is the Twin Pagoda Temple back then. The ruins have now been built with high-rise buildings.¡±
"High-rise buildings?" Jiang Shang asked, thinking to himself, since high-rise buildings have been built, what else is there to look for?
"Not only have high-rise buildings been built, but there is also an ancient building from the last century preserved. The name of the building is called the Red Building by nearby residents."
Jiang Shang felt that the Red Mansion sounded familiar at first, and then he saw Marco looking at him with interest and said, "I also know that the current owner of the Red Mansion is named Ren Yuan."
When Professor Ma Ke said this, Jiang Shang suddenly realized that the place where Ren Yuan lived was the ruins of the Shuangta Temple? !
Ma Keke made Sun Li feel weird again, especially when he said the word "Ren Yuan" in his mouth.
Marco said: "I know that Professor Jiang Shang and Ren Yuan have a good personal relationship. They basically graduated from Aurora University at the same time. Moreover," Marco looked at Sun Li and said, "I also know that the scientific research activities that Dr. Sun is engaged in are also It was provided by this Mr. Ren.¡±
For a moment, Sun Li had a strange feeling of automatically bumping into someone's gun. She was suspicious, how did Professor Marco know so clearly?
Marco said: "Even if Ms. Sun Li doesn't come, I will come to visit you. This may be what the Chinese call a coincidence, because you two happen to know Mr. Ren, the owner of the Red Mansion." Speaking of this, Marco laughed. Laughed loudly.
Jiang Shang reacted and said: "Professor Ma Ke wants us to introduce Ren Yuan to you."
Marco: "Yes, that's what it means. Firstly, the original owner of the Red Mansion may know that my grandfather's first love came downstairs. Even if she has passed away, I think it would be good to find her immediate relatives; secondly, the Red Mansion is Located on the site of the Twin Pagoda Temple, I want to take a look, but the Red Building has now become a private residence, so I want to ask the owner for permission." Speaking of this, Marco was very serious.
Jiang Shang said: "No problem, Ren Yuan is a very good friend of mine." Sun Li intercepted Jiang Shang's words and said, "I wonder if Professor Marco has any information on the Twin Pagodas Temple." After saying this, Sun Li smiled and said, Said: "I want to know what impressed Professor Mark about the Twin Pagoda Temple."
"No problem, I'll get it right away." After saying that, Professor Marco stood up and turned around to get the information from the inner room.
Sun Li interrupted Jiang Shang. Jiang Shang was also an extremely smart person and thought that Sun Li might have thought of something. I'm afraid this matter is not as simple as Marco said.
Soon, Marco reported the information and his laptop.
Sun Li and Jiang Shang picked up the information and read it.
After about ten minutes, Professor Marco said: "Now you understand a little bit what attracts me to this Twin Pagoda Temple."
Jiang Shangdao: "This Twin Pagoda Temple is indeed unique. There are both the Western Three Saints and the Taoist Three Saints in the temple. There is a Bodhisattva in the front and a Confucius in the back. The architecture also has a significant Arabic style, and there is also a Christian church. A little bit of style, if the written information is true, it would be amazing."
Sun Li nodded and said: "I know that there are some temples in China where Buddhism and Taoism are all together, but I didn't know that this Twin Pagoda Temple also has a place for Western religions. It's very lively."
Horse? He stood up, looking a little excited. In the past, he used to have an impassioned and impassioned speech posture that could not help attracting people, but now his body was trembling, and the expression on his face was very strange, "That's it, even more The main thing is that there is another reason that you don¡¯t know, and that is that our family has always been a Christian fundamentalist.¡±
¡°Fundamentalist?¡±
"Yes, this sect is rarely spread now. To put it simply, it only believes in God. We don't talk about the Trinity, and this temple had some characteristics of our fundamentalist sect at that time."
Sun Li said: "So that's it." If that's the case, it would be normal for Professor Marco to want to find out what happened because of his religious beliefs, but Sun Li still had a vague feeling that something was wrong. What was wrong, she couldn't tell at all.
Jiang Shang said: "This Twin Pagoda Temple was built during the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty. It should be from then on that this city has been a port of exchange between the East and the West, not only economically, but also culturally and religiously. Is it religious?" Exchange and integration are all reflected in this Twin Pagoda Temple?¡±
Marco's eyes lit up and he said: "This is what interests me. Why are there so many religious conflicts in other places, but in this magical land of China, many religious sects can live in peace with each other? You know, in the West, religious conflicts have led to wars many times, but in Chinese history, there have only been wars to welcome a certain master, but we have never heard of wars due to religious conflicts, even between Buddhism and Taoism. It¡¯s just that there have been controversies in history.¡±
Jiang Shang was very pleased that Professor Mark, as a Westerner, could say this. Jiang Shang glanced at Sun Li, but found that there was almost no change in her expression. He was moved in his heart and asked: "Then how do Professor Marco want to proceed? I don't think you want to rummage through the cabinets at my friend's house to find something, right?"
"No, no, this time is actually just an interview. I hope I can learn some useful information." Marco said immediately.
Jiang Shang nodded and said, "Okay, I'll contact him right away!"