645 Investigation
If there was a choice between truth and lies, it would cause people to stutter. There was also a type of person who didn’t know how to lie.
If it was in the past, the young researcher would have answered honestly, saying that Ye Xuan was a brat who had sneaked in and was afraid that he would destroy precious cultural relics and information.
However, after hearing the expert’s words, they could directly overturn his previous comments. Clearly, this little kid had a good status among the experts, so the young researcher did not think of what to do. He was too nervous.
After all, he knew that he seemed to have done something wrong. It was like scolding the principal’s father as a vagrant in school. Whoever encountered such a thing would be doomed.
When the expert saw the researcher’s hesitant and guilty look, he immediately felt that something was wrong. Just as he was about to ask again, he heard Ye Xuan sigh and reply.
“He thinks I’m a brat who sneaked in and wants to invite me out so that I don’t break anything here.”
Ye Xuan had already said it very tactfully. He didn’t say how this person mocked him just now and gave him some dignity. Moreover, if he directly revealed it, although it could relieve his anger for a moment, others would see the extent of his magnanimity later.
Instead of venting his anger and leaving a bad impression, Ye Xuan still chose the latter. He left some feelings for the young researcher so that he would thank him in his heart. This would also give the experts and researchers a good impression of him. It could be said to be a win-win situation.
This kind of thing was like being in a school or company. When facing teachers, principals, deans, presidents, and chairmans, although one didn’t do anything wrong and it was another person who did something wrong, one would rely on the fact that the leader was around to spill the beans about the other person’s mistake and take this opportunity to vent their anger.
It was the right thing to do. He was indeed right. No one said that it was the wrong thing or the wrong decision. He followed a lot of the right procedures. It was the right thing to do.
However, how should one put it? In the eyes of others and leaders, they would indeed use this to punish the other person, but their impression of this person would not be very good.
This kind of thing could be said by others, but it would feel a little strange if he said it himself.
After all, the world was not just filled with fighting and killing. It was not necessary to take revenge. The world was run by the ways of the people. Sometimes, one had to make better decisions, such as choosing a win-win situation.
However, although Ye Xuan thought so and did so, the expert still looked at the researcher angrily and shouted.
“What did I tell you in the past? Everyone who comes is a guest. When you saw Little Friend Ye, you didn’t even ask clearly and wanted to chase him away. What are you doing? Huh? Hurry up and go back. Give me a thesis on all three cultural relics in the cabinet. It has to be detailed. If there’s anything wrong, change it. Then, tidy up everything in the east cabinet.”
“Yes… Yes!”
The young researcher was scared out of his wits. He quickly nodded and turned to leave. The three theses were relatively easy, but it was a little troublesome to organize everything in the east cabinet.
After all, the east cabinet was filled with old items. Moreover, most of them were worthless, not precious, and meaningless cultural relics. Usually, everyone was too lazy to touch them, so there were more and more of them. Who knew that this mission would be handed to him directly? The young researcher felt bitter.
However, doing this was much better than being punished by experts after they found out what had happened. At least he wouldn’t be kicked out of the research institute. Thinking of this, the young researcher heaved a sigh of relief. At the same time, he turned around and looked at Ye Xuan with gratitude in his eyes.
At this moment, Ninth Sister Ye Xue reached out and held Ye Xuan’s hand. She led Ye Xuan away and spoke.
“Little brother, we still have many things here that haven’t been appraised, so we’ll need your help later. Let’s see how many you know so that we can work out some statistics.”
Ye Xuan nodded and smiled.
“No problem. Remember to treat me to a meal when you get back.”
“Haha, alright, alright. I can feed you. As long as you can appraise it, you’ll be a hero.”
Ninth Sister Ye Xue spoke with a smile, making the experts happy. The corridor was filled with laughter.
After a while, everyone arrived at a place. This place was a little like a warehouse. The space inside was not big. There were a few cabinets and boxes, all of which were cultural relics.
These cultural relics were all cultural relics that had yet to be appraised. There were also some that felt magical but had yet to be used and had yet to be decrypted. Therefore, they were not displayed or sent to a museum. They would only be presented to the world after they were completely appraised. However, some of the especially magical ones had to be kept and secretly handed over to the country. Otherwise, it would be troublesome if spies found out.
Therefore, this warehouse was relatively hidden. Usually, no one would come here. The door also had a password lock. Only these five experts, who were five-star veterans of the research institute, and professors knew the password. Other than these people, no one else knew.
It was a Level-1 secret place.
“Little Friend Ye, come. We’ve piled up too many cultural relics here. Usually, the cultural relics dug up during archeology trips will be brought to the research institute to study. They’ll only be displayed to the world after they’re understood. What you see in museums, the Internet, and television are all cultural relics that have been appraised. They’re nothing. The ones here are the real goods. We’ve never been able to study these things and can’t find any evidence. We don’t know why they exist, but they exist. We don’t understand how they appeared, so they’ve been piled up here.”
After the expert finished speaking, he opened the cabinet and took out a wooden ball. He carefully placed it on the table and continued.
“By the way, my surname is Chu. You can just call me Old Chu. Let’s cut to the chase and start right away. Hehe, the earlier we finish, the earlier we can relax. It’s all thanks to Little Friend Ye’s arrival.”
Ye Xuan smiled and nodded. He took a few steps forward to the table and looked at the wooden ball thoughtfully.
Expert Chu spoke again.
“This round ball made of wood is very strange. At that time, it was also excavated from an unknown tomb. No era was written, and there were no murals. After investigating the soil, we discovered that it was a tomb from the post-Han era. However, it seems that the owner of the tomb had carefully designed it. We don’t know what method he used, but we realized that the soil quality was wrong. It shouldn’t be a post-Han era tomb. Moreover, there was only one burial item in the tomb. There was no hole which indicates that someone had stolen things, and nothing else was left. However, there was only such a round ball made of wood. This is the first suspicious point.”
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