The Secret History of Mars.

Chapter 6 The Key to the Gallery

When Yuan Yizhou entered Lin Die's dressing room, the makeup artist was doing her eye makeup. Lin Die closed her eyes and could only hear people coming in and out, but she didn't know who it was.So she didn't stop chatting with Jia Liang: "If it wasn't for my mission, I wouldn't be bothered to come to your show. I'm too tired to be a guest." Lin Die complained to Jia Liang.

Jia Liang turned his back to the door, and all his attention was on Lin Die, the lover of his dreams. Naturally, he didn't notice Yuan Yizhou who entered the door at the first time. He responded: "Okay, we Xiaodie have worked hard, this suit is so beautiful , What a pity to hang in the cloakroom all the time! Isn’t this... a boat?! You’re done so soon?” Jia Liang raised his head and saw Yuan Yizhou standing behind him in the makeup mirror, and exaggeratedly said loudly, obviously to remind Lin Butterfly don't continue the topic just now.

Yuan Yizhou also noticed his abnormal behavior, smiled meaningfully and said: "Is there something wrong with you two, it's so mysterious!"

Jia Liang was a little caught off guard by the question, and looked at Lin Die asking for help, "Didn't I tell Senior Brother Yuan in the elevator?" Lin Die was generous and frank, without any shyness, "My main task today is to help you Is it a big deal to find Xingmeng?"

Lin Die's rhetorical question made Yuan Yizhou a little passive. After clearing his throat, he replied, "Do you know where Xingmeng is?"

"I don't know." Lin Die answered frankly.

"Then how do you help me find her?" Yuan Yizhou was puzzled.

"I have the key for you to enter the Miemeng Gallery!" Lin Die always played cards out of common sense, so straightforward that Yuan Yizhou didn't know how to respond.

"The key to the Miemeng Gallery!" Yuan Yizhou repeated.

"That's right, senior brother Yuan doesn't want to go to Miemeng Gallery to meet Ye Qinghe?" Lin Die asked provocatively.

"Do you know Ye Qinghe?"

"Is there a problem? Why don't I know the big buyer of our auction house?"

"Where's the key?"

"Here!" Lin Die took out a silver-white envelope from her small Chanel sachet, held it between two fingers, and handed it to Yuan Yizhou.

Yuan Yizhou took the envelope, opened it, and took out a card. The front of the card was a picture of the universe of stars similar to the last page of the Miemeng Gallery catalogue. The back of the card was a string of seemingly ordinary addresses:

"No. 1 Dayun South Road, Jiexiong North Street."

Under this string of small characters, which occupies almost half of the back of the card, there is a line written in bold:

“石夷纪2023-03-30T10:30:30Z。”

"Is this the key to the Miemeng Gallery?" Yuan Yizhou asked in confusion.

"Well, you can only go in alone, and you can only open the door at the time marked on the key." Lin Die explained.

Only then did Yuan Yizhou realize that the second half of the bolded word is the cosmic time, March 2023, 3, which is the day after tomorrow, T represents the time separator, 30:10:30, and Z represents the standard time zone.But what does Shi Yi Ji mean?
"You have 30 seconds to open the door, and the key will be invalid at 10:31." Lin Die continued, "The address marked on the key can be found on the map, but the address of the invitation key to Miemeng Gallery is different every time. It is meaningless to find the address without time!" Lin Die paused for a while when she said this, she knew that Yuan Yizhou had many problems.

"You mean that the Miemeng Gallery existed at a specific time and at a specific address?" Yuan Yizhou tried to understand what Lin Die said just now.

"It can be said that, in fact, all things exist in a specific time and space, just like you can never step into the same river, Miemeng Gallery just added time coordinates to its key, Ye Qinghe wants to meet there You probably have a reason."

"What does Shi Yiji mean?" Yuan Yizhou didn't give up a clue.

"I'm not very clear, you have to ask Ye Qinghe about this." Lin Die said frankly.

"Ye Qinghe asked you to give this to me? Why the day after tomorrow?"

"Ask knowingly, who else could it be if it wasn't her? She said that your Luotang suit will only be delivered to your residence tomorrow, and you need to wear it when you go to Miemeng Gallery." Lin Die was still straightforward.

"Luotang clothes? You mean the batch of clothes that Fei Yu's Luotang Tsingyi Pavilion made for Miemeng Gallery? Clothes made of the same fabric as yours?" Yuan Yizhou's brain was spinning rapidly.

"Yes, for the sake of your safety, you'd better wear Luo Tang clothes when entering and exiting the Miemeng Gallery." Lin Die suggested.

"The Luo Tang suit you are wearing today, could it be..."

"That's right. I just came back from Miemeng Gallery. There was a problem with the key when I left. I was only 10 minutes late for the rehearsal." Lin Die watched Jia Liang keep checking the time and knew that he was about to enter the live broadcast room, so he came With a concluding remark, "Senior Brother Yuan, I've told you everything I know, and you can ask Ye Qinghe for the rest."

"What did you mean by completing the task just now?" Yuan Yizhou obviously still had questions that Lin Die needed to answer.

Lin Die gave Jia Liang a white look, as if to blame him for not discovering Yuan Yizhou entering the door earlier, and then reluctantly replied: "My task is to be Ye Qinghe's courier, hand over the key to you personally, and guarantee you Will definitely go to the appointment."

"Why? Why did you help Ye Qinghe?" Yuan Yizhou asked suspiciously.

"Because she promised me to buy all the calligraphy and paintings of the Tang Dynasty and Song Dynasty that Jiafu Biqiu took! Such a big painting, can you let me run around?" Lin Die avoided Yuan Yizhou's straight eyes when answering this question. See.

"It's almost time. The director has urged you to enter the live broadcast room several times. Let's talk after finishing the live broadcast!" Jia Liang saw Lin Die's uneasiness, and hurriedly stepped forward to round up the field.

It was inconvenient for Yuan Yizhou to ask further questions, so he put the key card into the pocket inside his suit, and followed Lin Die and Jia Liang into the live broadcast room.

The live broadcast ended smoothly. Before Yuan Yizhou could recover, Lin Die had already gone for a walk. Jia Liang was surrounded by a lot of people and was busy with the later editing. At this time, the driver Xiao Du called, "Mr. Yuan, Congratulations on the successful end of the live broadcast! Just now, the director of the identification laboratory asked you if you want to go there tonight, and he will wait for you all the time. You do not meet the safety standards in the laboratory by yourself at night."

It was inconvenient for Yuan Yizhou to stay any longer, so he went downstairs and got into the car.When Xiao Du started the car, Yuan Yizhou said, "Go to a place first and then go to the identification laboratory."

Du Ming said: "Mr. Yuan, you haven't had dinner yet. I've already packed a set of Japanese food for you. Where shall we go next?" He handed over a beautifully packaged lunch box while talking.

"Thank you, No. 1 Dayun South Road, Jiexiong North Street." Yuan Yizhou took the lunch box and told Du Ming the address on the key of Miemeng Gallery.

"No. 1 Dayun South Road, Jiexiongbei Street?! It's so late, what are you doing there, Mr. Yuan?" Du Ming, who has always been steady, was rarely surprised.

"You know this place?"

"This is the government's demolition area. It has been abandoned for a long time!" Du Ming has been a driver for many years, and he has always claimed to be a live map. He is most proud of never using a navigation when driving. The streets and alleys of City A, the navigation knows the way. I know, there are no marked roads in the navigation, Du Ming is clear about it.

"Demolition area?!" Yuan Yizhou obviously didn't expect Miemeng Gallery to be in the demolition area, "Go over and have a look."

The car soon arrived at this place, and as Du Ming said, although the street lights were dim, the word "demolition" on the wall jumped into the eyes undisguisedly. Looking around, the street was completely ruined and dilapidated.

"No. 1 Dayun South Road is at the intersection in front of it, and cars can't drive in. Mr. Yuan, do you still want to go there?" Du Ming asked.

"You wait for me here, I'll come back as soon as I go!" Yuan Yizhou put on his seat belt and was about to get out of the car.

"Wait, Mr. Yuan, take this!" Du Ming took out a flashlight from the co-pilot's storage box and handed it to Yuan Yizhou.

"Thank you, you are still thoughtful." Yuan Yizhou said approvingly.

After Yuan Yizhou got off the car, he walked to the intersection in the direction Du Ming pointed out, and saw that the street sign of Universiade South Road was still there.Turning around the intersection, Du Ming's high-beam headlights could no longer illuminate the road. Yuan Yizhou turned on the flashlight, carefully walked around the gravel and rubble on the road, continued walking for about 50 meters, and stopped in front of a door.

This is the first door on this road. It is not so much a door as it is a standing door panel. Except that the house number on it is clearly written "No. 1", this building should have existed. The house behind the gate has been completely demolished. From the "gate", you can see the inside of the house at a glance. Except for the ruins, there is no life.

Yuan Yizhou took out the key to the Miemeng Gallery in the inner pocket of his suit, and checked it carefully by the light of the flashlight: "No. 1 Dayun South Road, Jiexiong North Street", that's right, it's here.

It seems that the time of visit is indeed wrong!
(End of this chapter)