antique masters in modern times

Murong Hui explained to Yan You that the Y-shaped plug in the employee's mouth was probably a key to a miniature hidden safe.The cabinet is disguised as a socket, but it is actually hollow inside and can be opened and closed.

Because of the convenience of installation, some people in the United States who are often stationed abroad and hold high positions usually install one in their temporary residences to store some important things that are inconvenient to keep with them.

Murong's family is mainly engaged in the security business in the United States, and Murong Hui has a good knowledge of anti-theft knowledge from childhood.So when I heard that person say it just now, I immediately thought of it.

In Zhong Gui's office yesterday, he had already looked around habitually, but he hadn't seen this kind of safe at that time, so he deduced that it was probably installed in Zhong Gui's residence.

The police are still investigating, and the words of the past now are garish.Murong Hui and Yan You went to find the other people on the list first, but after interrogation, what they said was similar to that person just now.

Thinking that Zhong Gui had just arrived in Huaxia, he hadn't cultivated any real confidantes yet, but he just took these employees as a slanderous film for fun, and didn't tell them anything about the organization.The two had no choice but to pin their hopes on the search.

They waited until nightfall, seeing that the police had already left Zhong Gui's apartment, and the two sneaked in quietly.

The corridor was cordoned off, and a seal was pasted on the door, but this did not bother Murong Hui.In just three or two strokes, he took off the entire seal covered with the red seal, unlocked it numbly, and put it aside, ready to stick it on when he left.

Afraid of arousing the suspicion of the neighbors, the two did not light the lamp, but looked around with the flashlight.

I don't know if it's a personal habit, or just passed the police inspection, the house is quite messy.Fortunately, those kind of miniature safes are all installed on the wall. Murong Hui took a few glances, took down a landscape painting in the living room, and found the location.

But after prying it open with a small tool, the two were disappointed: there was nothing inside except a few stacks of dollars, not even a piece of paper.

"Tsk, this small amount of money is still as good as a treasure."

the more you hope, the harder you fall.Murong Hui cursed angrily, resentfully restored everything to the original state, and continued to look at other things without giving up.

Yan You, who was also disappointed, rummaged for a while, and suddenly found a stack of newspaper clippings, which seemed out of place among a pile of jumbled adult magazines, and immediately began to read them carefully.

""Suspected Han tomb in Tongshi, Beijing teachers and students have gone to investigate in person"..."Trial analysis of the owner of the Han tomb in Tongshi"..."Han tomb tracking: why the archaeological team avoided talking about it"?"

Looking further, all the newspaper clippings are related to the Tongzhou ancient tomb.Some are torn from magazines, some are cut from newspapers, and the collection is very complete.Even the participant Yanyou didn't know that a reporter went to Tongzhou to interview Teacher Tu a while ago.Of course, because of the order from above, the reporter made a trip in vain, and Mr. Tu talked about bronze wares with him for a long time without mentioning the ancient tomb.

But why is Zhong Gui interested in this ancient tomb?Isn't the company he manages directly buying antiques?

Thinking of the tomb robbers Wang Bao and his group who were assigned to use, Yan You thought: Could it be that this organization also intervened in the tomb robbery?It also makes sense, compared to buying and reselling, tomb robbery is the real profit.

But even so, the ancient tombs in Tongzhou have been excavated by the authorities, and now the funerary objects are almost arranged, and they can no longer steal.

If it wasn't for stealing, why did Zhong Gui pay so much attention to ancient tombs?

"What did you find?"

After being asked by Murong Hui, Yan You woke up from his contemplation, and handed him the newspaper clipping: "Look at this."

While he was flipping through the pages, Yan You changed his angle and continued to think: If he is a businessman who resells antiques, maybe he has something to do with the tomb robbers.So, why would you pay attention to an ancient tomb that cannot be stolen?

The answer is that someone is interested in the curios inside—let's just call this person a customer.

So here comes the question again, how much does the customer know about the ancient tomb, do they know that this is a fake Han tomb?Did the customer specify the objects in this ancient tomb, or as long as it is an antique from the Han Dynasty, it is acceptable?

In an instant, many questions flashed through Yanyou's mind.

He believes that it is more likely that the client is only interested in this ancient tomb, otherwise Zhong Gui, who is tired and lazy, would not spend so much energy collecting so much information.So, did they find out that this is a fake Han tomb?

Yan You picked up some newspaper clippings that Murong Hui had read and put aside, and slowly flipped through them again, trying to find out the answer.But in the end, he didn't find anything new, so he had to let it go in disappointment.

He suddenly felt very tired.However, it is no wonder that I have been running outside for almost a whole day and have not rested except for eating.

With a bit of frustration, Yan You sat on the sofa and continued to think.Unexpectedly, he stretched his palm casually, but pressed a hardcover book.He casually picked it up and looked at it, but it turned out to be a thick Tongzhou County Chronicle, and the pages about the Han Dynasty in it were specially folded.

Seeing the collection stamp of the city library stamped on the book, Yan You's eyes lit up, and he immediately thought of something, and quickly used the flashlight to take a photo of the nearby places.Sure enough, in the gap between the sofa cushion and the armrest, I saw a red leather library card.

The certificate is newly issued, and only one Tongzhou county annals has been borrowed.The above date was exactly ten days ago.

What happened every day recently, Yan You can tell with his eyes closed.Thinking about it now, I remembered that that day was the day after the Mid-Autumn Festival, and it was also when they discovered the price fluctuations in the antique circle.

As the price dropped, Zhong Gui, who was both the instigator and the beneficiary, must be very proud. Didn't the previous company employees say that he was in a good mood when he made a profit.

But as the counterattack on his side started, Zhong Gui was in a hurry and his mood plummeted.At that time, he was full of lawsuits, and he would never have the leisure to investigate the ancient tomb.However, it can be seen from the special folded pages of the county annals that only the Han Dynasty was made. He did not know that the ancient tomb was actually built by Qingshun, and he still believed in the media reports at that time.

The employee mentioned that Zhong Gui is a very lazy person, and anyone who can bother him to search for information by himself must be an important customer.And this client might know the existence of the organization!

After all, what Zhong Gui is doing on the surface is buying business.If someone comes to the door and specifies something from a certain age, usually the company will help to pay attention.However, what the other party was interested in was an ancient tomb that was being excavated for protection. If it was just an ordinary customer, Zhong Gui would definitely not agree.After all, the company is still wearing the skin of legal business.

Since Zhong Gui nodded his head and made a slap in the face, it meant that the other party actually knew about the shady connections behind the company.

And behind the so-called, what else can there be besides the organization?

Thinking of this, Yan You clasped Murong Hui's shoulder excitedly, explained his deduction, and said, "Murong, quickly find out if there is an address book or something."

"Well, but we've been wasting a lot of time." Murong Hui reminded, "We don't know who the murderer is yet, if he also comes here, it will be troublesome, we have to leave quickly."

This point was emphasized by Murong Hui long before preparing to come, and Yan You also agreed at that time.Then he nodded again: "Then let's hurry up."

But I don't know if it's because it's easy to use, and the next search turned up nothing.Seeing that the time was almost up, although they were not reconciled, the two had no choice but to leave sadly.

Because they were afraid that Mr. Ying would be worried, they did not go home. They first went to Mr. Ying's home to talk about the progress of today's investigation.Just as he was about to ask the police if there was any news, the phone in the study suddenly rang.

After picking it up, Mr. Ying waved to Yanyou: "Xiaoyan, it was Lao Pei who called and said he wanted to thank you. He wanted to thank you that day, but he was in a hurry, so I didn't let him Long-winded. Today he specially called again, I can't stop him anymore."

It was indeed Pei Xiuyuan on the other end of the phone.After saying hello, he first thanked Yan You straightforwardly, and then said a few words to smooth things over for the mistrust that day.

Yan You thought that the call would end here, but he didn't expect the other party to say at the end: "Student Xiaoyan, the person in charge of the Plantagenet Auction House also wanted to talk to you after learning about this, mainly to thank you. Now he is at By my side, would you like to answer?"

Although there were a lot of troubles at hand, they all opened their mouths politely. It was hard for Yan You to say that he didn't have the heart to talk to strangers, so he had to agree.

The receiver over there was then transferred to another person.He speaks fluent Chinese and introduced himself as Fusco, the general manager of the auction house.After asking Yanyou in detail how he identified the fake Wang Ming Chuanlong Festival, he asked him sincerely if he would like to work in the auction house, claiming that he was in demand.

Yan You didn't have time to chat with him, so he said a few perfunctory words, probably hearing the impatience in his words, and the other party wisely stopped entangled with this issue.He also explained that the counterfeit was brought from an old acquaintance's collection and sold on behalf of others. Perhaps because of this reason, there were some negligence in the inspection. Thank you Yanyou for pointing out their mistakes in their work. They will be more cautious in the future, and so on.

After hanging up the phone, Yan You simply said to Mr. Ying: "At that time, you only said hello to Mr. Pei, and then directly sent the article to the Miguo Newspaper. Pretty polite."

"Well, Lao Pei mentioned this person to me before. He is a Huaxia Tong. He has good eyesight and is a reasonable person. Moreover, this incident is entirely their responsibility. Lao Pei is their VIP customer. They almost spent so much money in vain, and it is reasonable to be angry. They should know that they are wrong, so they dare not say anything."

Speaking of which, Elder Ying accidentally glanced at the clock and realized that it was not early, so he hurriedly urged them to go back to rest.He also explained that he should go to class when it is time to go to class tomorrow, and leave Zhong Gui's affairs to him.

Yan You and Murong Hui came out side by side, and stood in front of the motorcycle in a daze for a while.After a long while, Murong Hui rubbed Yanyou's waist and eyes: "Xiaoyan, do you really want to throw it all to the professor?"

Yan You didn't speak for a long time, until Murong Hui yelled several times before raising his head: "Murong, maybe we can set up another game and catch that insider out."