Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 475 Accidental Dead

Just when the auction was in the middle, Liang En saw a leather box appear on the auction stage. After opening the leather box, what was displayed inside was a wooden stick covered with carvings and gold leaf.

Although the whole thing looks full of the strange temperament of a mixture of local tyrants and local turtles, in fact this thing is a scepter passed down from generation to generation by the chiefs of a large tribe in southern Angola.

It’s just that in the wave of colonizing Africa in the 19th century, this thing was first snatched by the Portuguese, and then fell into the hands of a wealthy Portuguese at that time, and then was used by members of the Golden Society through some legal means a few years ago Got it.

Of course, now that part of the middle and upper management of the Golden Association has been captured by the police, some of the property of the Golden Association that no one else knew before is also in the hands of the police.

But because the Gold Association didn't expect the police to inquire about this matter at all and made a list, as for them, they actually sold those things that they thought were well hidden in public auctions with great fanfare.

These things that were not in the hands of the police in their minds were actually already on the police list, so now Liang En was able to discover these things in the first place.

In order to ensure that his judgment was not wrong, he went up to the stage as a customer representative to check the scepter during the 3-minute display before the auction, and confirmed that this scepter was indeed the one that was taken by the Gold Council back then.

Soon the display time was over, and the scepter entered the auction stage.But the strange thing is that few people were willing to bid, and Liang En easily won the scepter at a price of 6500 Euros.

After thinking about it after getting the item, he finally understood what was going on: After all, Africa is still a wilderness in the eyes of many people today, so the price of the cultural relics there cannot be sold at a high price.

In fact, Chinese cultural relics were also very cheap back then, and they really became expensive only after the rapid growth of Chinese power in the mid-20s, so it can be said that the price of cultural relics is also closely related to the situation in the country of origin of the cultural relics.

However, Liang En did not find anything of value in the next auction, so he did not buy anything in the next auction.

And after he paid the money and got the auction item, he carefully inspected the scepter from Africa immediately, and confirmed that this thing was indeed a product of Africa 600 years ago.

"How's the situation?" Watching Liang En inspect the golden scepter in his hand for five or six minutes with a serious face, and then slowly put down the scepter, Officer Burke asked in a low voice.

At this time, both parties were in the garden behind the hotel where the trade fair was held. After all, compared to indoors, this kind of place was obviously safer. At least it was difficult to install various electronic bugs.

This is not to say that a few of them are nervous, but because the actions of the Gold Club made people have to be more on guard, and talking about confidential matters in an open place is a trick of the spies after the Cold War began.

In those days spies would drive together to some random place in the suburbs if they wanted to talk about something, then get out of the car and start talking away from the car to prevent eavesdropping.

"Now I can confirm that this scepter is indeed the one on your list." Liang En looked at the police officer opposite and said.

"And I can be sure that this scepter has been stored in a certain warehouse before being taken out for no more than three days, because the smell of long-term storage on it has not dissipated."

"It would be great if we can be sure, at least then we can start the investigation and prepare for the arrest operation." Officer Burke nodded and said. "Thank you for your help today too, if it wasn't for you—"

However, Officer Burke stopped before he could finish his thanks, because they heard screams from upstairs not far away, and then several hotel staff rushed into the hotel building.

After hearing the screams, Officer Burke and his companion stood up to see what happened inside, but Liang En quickly stopped him.

"Let me go in and take a look. If this is a situation created by the group of people from the Golden Society to lure the police ambushing around, you will be in big trouble."

After speaking, Liang En entered the hotel building with a group of people, and then walked up the stairs. When he came to the guest room on the fifth floor, he found that several security guards and waiters had set up a human barrier to prevent others from approaching. .

However, from the opened door of room 504 and the faint smell of blood, Liang En realized that a murder case should have happened in this place just now, and that's why it turned into the current situation.

There was a nervous-looking waiter standing at the door of the room. Judging from the department manager and several other waiters standing beside her, she should be the one who discovered the murder scene.

Because the place where the accident happened was in the best hotel in the center of Athens, the ambulance and the police quickly came to deal with the next thing.While they were carrying the man out, Liang En saw the appearance of the deceased.

"Are you sure this person is the deceased?" Ten minutes later, looking at Liang En's sketch, Officer Burke showed a serious expression.

"You know my painting skills. It is impossible for me to make a big mistake in this aspect. After all, you have seen my level in this aspect, and you should trust me."

"You're right, I'm just a little shocked." Officer Burke calmed down at this moment, and then explained, "Because the person you drew is one of the few high-ranking members of the Gold Council that we have targeted before."

"It can't be that someone discovered your investigation and killed people to silence you." Hearing what the police officer said, Liang En was also shocked, and then asked with some worried questions.

"Probably not. At least if they want to kill people, the other party should try to delay as long as possible, instead of letting everyone discover the situation almost at the same time as they are doing now." Officer Burke shook his head and said.

"This is more like an impromptu homicide case, but now we have too little information, and we really don't know how this case happened. We need to contact the local police to know what happened next. thing."

Although Police Officer Burke is an Irishman, in fact he is now mainly working for Interpol, so he will be able to obtain the information he needs from the Greek police later.

"Then you can do your work first. I will stay in Athens for the last few days to deal with some things. If you need reliable professionals, you can come to me for help."

"I hope you don't find me troublesome. After all, there are not many people who can be called reliable people in this place. I have a hunch that we will meet again in a short time." Officer Burke smiled, and then with his companions left together.

Obviously, for him, he has a lot of things to do next, so now he needs to race against time to obtain first-hand information, so that when he bid farewell to Liang En, he seemed in a hurry.

"I have a hunch that our next trip to Athens will definitely be more exciting than expected." At this time, Joan of Arc, who had been next door just now, came in and said.

"That's right, but I think there is a high probability that we will be able to completely resolve the issue of the Golden Fair this time." Liang En nodded. "For the sake of future safety, it is worth paying some time and energy now, and even taking some risks."

(End of this chapter)