Restoring cultural relics: Starting with the crying Tang Dynasty figurines

Zhang Weiyi looked at him, and Su Yuan took the brass key out of his pocket and placed it on the table:

"This is what Zhao Huaishan left behind. The box contains this key and instructions on how to use it. The jade wasn't used."

"I embedded the key in the soil at the bottom of the coffin, and it was sucked into the gap."

Zhang Weiyi picked up the key, glanced at it twice, and handed it back to Su Yuan, saying with a sigh:

"Zhao Huaishan blocked the road first, and today you've sealed off the gap again. More than thirty years have passed!"

Su Yuan put the keys back in his pocket and asked:

"Where's Old Black? Will it come back?"

Zhang Weiyi looked at him, puzzled: "Old Hei?"

"It's the one in the bronze mirror, it's always been following me and hasn't done anything bad."

Zhang Weiyi said "Oh" without speaking, and took something out of the drawer and placed it on the table. It was a talisman folded into a triangle, similar to the one given to him by the Pure Yang Immortal!

But there were words on it. Su Yuan picked it up and saw that it was the character "封" (seal).

"This belongs to Zhao Huaishan. He left it to me before he got into trouble. He said that if you ever go in and come out, stick this on this bronze mirror."

Su Yuan looked at the talisman: "What will happen if I stick it on?"

"Those who should leave will leave, and those who should stay will stay."

Su Yuan didn't understand and didn't ask any more questions. He just put the talisman in his pocket and stood up.

"I... went back to my office."

Zhang Weiyi smiled and nodded. Su Yuan carried his toolbox and walked out, but Zhang Weiyi called him back at the door.

"Xiao Su."

Su Yuan nodded and turned around. Zhang Weiyi said, "Thank you for your hard work!"

Su Yuan wasn't too happy. He just grunted in response and went back to his office, put his toolbox on the table, and plopped down in a chair.

He then took the bronze mirror and other items out of his pocket and placed them on the table.

I took out the talisman that Director Zhang gave me and stuck it on the back of the bronze mirror. Surprisingly, the talisman didn't fall off; I only felt the bronze mirror cool down for a moment and then warm up again.

Another layer of fog appeared on the mirror. A few seconds later, the fog dissipated, and something appeared on the mirror!

It wasn't those small black shadows, but a tiny, sparkling dot that appeared in the middle of the mirror.

Like a star.

Su Yuan stared at the small dot for a long time, puzzled, but found no special changes, so he turned the bronze mirror over.

He took out his phone to see if his mother had replied to his message. She had:

"It's fixed now. Your dad said to get some rest once you're back safely. Yuan'er, take care of yourself, don't be so reluctant to leave anything behind!"

Su Yuan simply replied with a "Okay".

After packing his things and going downstairs, Wu Zhenshan was still in the lobby on the first floor, probably waiting for him!

"Finished asking?"

"Um."

"Do you understand?"

Su Yuan pursed his lips: "I understand a little bit."

Wu Zhenshan grinned, revealing his gap-toothed smile: "Little Su, understanding just a little is enough; anything more is useless."

Su Yuan neither refuted nor asked any further questions, and sat down next to him.

Uncle Wu.

"Um."

"Does that scar... still hurt?"

After hearing this, Wu Zhenshan touched his left arm and said:

"It hurts when it's cloudy or rainy, but I don't feel anything at other times. Okay, you're exhausted too, go back and rest."

Su Yuan slept soundly all night, but was woken up by a knock on the door the next day.

Before seven o'clock, the door was banged on loudly. He got up, put on his coat, and went to the door. Through the peephole, he saw a round face.

—Chen Xiaohe.

Upon opening the door, I saw Chen Xiaohe standing there, looking rather unwell, holding a folder in his hand. He said:

"Su, something's happened."

Su Yuan rubbed the sesame paste from the corners of his eyes: "Brother Chen, what happened?"

"Someone went into the warehouse again last night!"

Chen Xiaohe said angrily, while Su Yuan was still not fully awake: "Fingerprint lock..."

"The fingerprint lock isn't broken," Chen Xiaohe interrupted before he could finish, "It opens with a fingerprint!"

Su Yuan stared at him, while Chen Xiaohe wiped his nose and hummed in agreement.

"It's...your fingerprints."

Su Yuan was completely awakened…

The two quickly went downstairs and rushed to their workplace. This time, Su Yuan walked very fast, while Chen Xiaohe followed behind, panting heavily.

The wind was strong today, blowing garbage bags all over the alley. When Su Yuan arrived at the entrance of his workplace, he saw Wu Zhenshan standing on the steps, holding a thermos cup.

"Let's go in and take a look."

Old Wu patted Su Yuan on the shoulder and walked to the warehouse door. Zhang Weiyi was facing away from him, studying the warehouse door.

Su Yuan walked over in a few steps: "Director..."

Zhang Weiyi turned around, his face calm, showing no sign of anything amiss, and raised his chin:

"Go in and see that bronze sword for yourself."

Su Yuan pressed his thumb on the fingerprint lock, the door opened, and the warehouse looked the same as usual. He walked past A Wu, who still had that same smile and that same posture…

The lid of the innermost iron box was open.

Su Yuan walked over and saw that the box was empty. There was the Spring and Autumn Period bronze sword, the sword made by the Su family craftsmen—the sword that belonged to the son of the King of Yue.

That's all!

He crouched down and touched the bottom of the box, his heart skipped a beat for no reason, and slowly stood up to look at the warehouse door.

Zhang Weiyi stood there, with Wu Zhenshan and Chen Xiaohe standing behind him.

"When...did you find out?" Su Yuan asked Chen Xiaohe softly.

"When I went in to check during my regular patrol this morning, I saw that the lid of the box was open."

"What about the surveillance cameras?" Although Su Yuan thought the surveillance cameras would be like last time, he still blurted out. Chen Xiaohe glanced at Zhang Weiyi.

Seeing that Zhang Weiyi did not speak, he continued:

"The surveillance footage from 3:30 this morning until now is completely static."

Su Yuan quickly thought about it. He would have been asleep in his dorm by now, and he had no history of sleepwalking!

Staring at Chen Xiaohe again, he asked:

"Brother Chen, the fingerprint lock... was it really opened with my fingerprint?"

"The system record contains your fingerprint..."

Chen Xiaohe looked quite innocent and didn't believe it was Su Yuan. He looked at him with restrained eyes, but the truth was just that.

Su Yuan's mind was in turmoil, but he didn't say anything. He remembered something!

His fingerprints were everywhere in the workplace, anyone could take them. He opened his mouth to explain, but swallowed his words before he could even move them.

Would saying anything help? The fingerprints are his…

"Who else has touched that sword...?"

Su Yuan's voice unconsciously lowered. Zhang Weiyi spoke up: "No one touched it after you finished repairing it. The warehouse and the surveillance footage show you were the only one who touched it!"

Su Yuan stood there, his mind racing. The disappearance of the Su Zhi Forged Sword was related to that person.

"The person behind that thing works at our workplace..."

Thinking of what the shadowy figure in the bronze mirror had said, and looking at the people in front of him, Su Yuan said:

"Can I see the security footage, the part with the snow?"

Zhang Weiyi nodded, turned and left. Su Yuan followed behind him. Wu Zhenshan and Chen Xiaohe didn't follow; they were still whispering something at the warehouse door.

In the director's office, Zhang Weiyi sat in a chair and turned on his Lenovo tablet, while Su Yuan stood beside him watching the screen.

After bringing up the surveillance footage, observe it carefully:

Everything was normal until 02:30. There were no abnormalities in the corridors, lobby and warehouse. At 03:01, a few screens flashed.

Then snowflakes appeared, and more and more appeared, and the whole screen looked like that at 03:10.

A shadow appeared in the snowflakes!