Chapter 180 Theft
Was the Bashu Museum stolen?
Lu Fei laughed out loud when he heard the news from Kong Fanlong.
"It's so hot here, why are you still laughing?"
Lu Fei stopped laughing and said.
"No, I said Mr. Kong, even the museum can be stolen. What do your soldiers do for food?"
Lu Fei's sarcasm made Kong Fanlong's old face turn red.
"Stop gloating about your misfortune, kid. This was not stolen from the museum."
"Not long after these cultural relics were unearthed, they were cleaned, repaired and inventoried in the warehouse. Eleven bronzes were stolen from the warehouse."
"The other party drilled a hole in the underground sewage pipe directly to the underground of the warehouse, with a total length of 337 meters. They succeeded under the cover of the extreme rainstorm the night before."
"I'll clean it. Drilling holes in sewage pipes is a talent!"
"By the way, don't you have anyone to suspect?"
"Is it possible that someone inside the museum is involved in cooperating with others to guard against theft?" Lu Fei said.
Kong Fanlong nodded and said.
"The patrol and Xuanlong also have such suspicions and have launched an investigation. You don't have to worry about anything else. If you encounter these things and suspicious people in the market, report them immediately. I will record the credit for you later."
Kong Fanlong sent photos of the stolen items to Lu Fei for archiving, and then told him to go back to the house and sleep.
In the next few days, Lu Fei continued to work step by step. For a week in a row, Lu Fei felt a little uncomfortable. When buying breakfast this morning, he heard that the Caojiazhuang Expressway was being demolished. Lu Fei couldn't bear the loneliness.
Caojiazhuang was a wealthy area during the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, and it was not necessarily a good thing for people there.
Lu Fei and Xia Kai's family asked his father for two sets of old work clothes from the past food factory, borrowed an electric three-wheeler and planned to pick up his old business and go to Caojiazhuang to collect rags.
As soon as he went out, Kong Jiaqi chased him out.
"Smelly bastard, why are you going?"
"Look at me, of course I am a rag collector."
\u003e "I'll go too."
"Nonsense, what are you doing?"
"I don't care, I'm going."
"No, go back and get your beauty sleep. I'm leaving first."
Kong Jiaqi suddenly pulled out the key to the tricycle and said in a hushed tone.
"If you don't take me there, don't even want to go."
"Let me know, are you sick? It's not like collecting rags to eat a big meal. Why do you have to follow me?" Lu Fei said.
"snort!"
"Don't think I don't know. There must be good stuff wherever you go to collect rags."
"Don't worry, no matter what good things you get, I promise you won't want them. I will just go and have fun with you."
"Do you have to go?"
"necessary."
"Go back and change clothes and put on a mask. I'll wait for you here."
Lu Fei waited for half an hour. When Kong Jiaqi came out again, he completely changed his outfit.
Her head was wrapped with a gauze scarf and her face was covered with a mask. The little skin that was exposed was also covered with a smoky make-up.
She put on another set of work clothes and put on her feet Yaomeier's flat-top sneakers.
In order to cover up her impeccable long legs, this girl even put on Zheng Wenjuan's cooking apron.
The overall order really looks like a busy old lady on a workshop assembly line.
Kong Jiaqi said with a smile after spinning around in front of Lu Fei.
"How's it going? Is it okay?"
"It's not bad, but just help me when I'm working, and don't speak. Your Beijing movie talk is too unconventional for us."
"Sure, I'll listen to you."
An hour later, Lu Fei and others came out
Now at the entrance of Caojiazhuang Village.
A dilapidated tricycle with two young men in shabby clothes on the seats. Anyone could see that they were a ragtag married couple. No one would suspect it at all.
"Collect the rags!"
"I buy scrap copper, scrap iron, old books, cardboard boxes, furniture and old electrical appliances" ??
A highway passes through Caojiazhuang, and many families have signed to prepare for relocation. There are so many broken and junk products that a car full of them was collected in a short time.
He went to the nearest purchasing department to sell it and made a net profit of 93 yuan from the junk car. Lu Fei still felt a sense of accomplishment.
Tired and sweaty, Kong Jiaqi felt a little disappointed because she didn't get a treasure.
When I entered the village again, business was equally booming, but this time I got a good item.
I spent nine yuan to buy a bronze Buddha from an old bachelor's house.
This is a statue of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva. Samantabhadra is meditating on the back of a white elephant, wearing a crown and robes, and his appearance is solemn.
The white elephant stands with four feet on the lotus platform. The elephant's trunk is slightly curled, and three tusks on one side are stretched out and curved upward. The overall shape is extremely beautiful. It is a Buddhist statue from the late Ming Dynasty at Damen.
The texture is bronze paint, but the paint has been worn away and very little is left. Even so, the value is over one million.
Kong Jiaqi was overjoyed and carefully wrapped the Buddha statue tightly with high-density sponge and put it into Lu Fei's backpack.
After a while, another cart was filled as we walked forward.
After selling, the two found a noodle restaurant to eat and returned again.
Returning to Caojiazhuang this time, in front of the village committee square, the village chief was holding a demolition mobilization meeting, and almost all the villagers were present.
Since there was no business, Lu and Fei parked their tricycles next to the square to rest. After a while, Kong Jiaqi fell asleep leaning on Lu Fei's shoulder.
When the girl woke up, it was already an hour later. Lu Fei saw that the girl was very tired, so he was ready to go home.
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br\u003e At this time, a little boy of four or five years old came over timidly and stood in front of Kong Jiaqi, bowing his head and saying nothing.
Kong Jiaqi remembered Lu Fei's teachings and did not dare to speak rashly. Lu Fei asked with a smile.
"Little friend, are you okay?"
The child's face was stained and he blinked his big eyes and asked.
"Uncle, are you a rag collector?"
"Yes, do you have any junk for sale?" Lu Fei asked.
The little friend took out something from his back and held it high in front of Lu Fei and said.
"Uncle, can you sell this for money?"
"Um?"
Lu Fei frowned immediately when he saw this thing, and he was even more horrified.
This is a bronze goblet, about 18 centimeters high, 12 centimeters in diameter, and 10 centimeters in base diameter.
Flare-shaped open mouth, square lip, abdominal wall inducted, flat bottom, trumpet-shaped high-ringed feet.
The waist and feet are decorated with two circles of convex string patterns and a circle of animal face patterns respectively, which is extremely gorgeous.
A goblet is a kind of wine vessel with a very long history.
It originated in the Shang Dynasty, became popular in the Zhou Dynasty, and reached its peak in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
"Kaogong Ji" records: "Zi Ren's drinking utensils are one liter for a spoon, two liters for a jue, and three liters for a goblet." This is what he is talking about.
The goblet, with its beautiful shape and mysterious and complex decorations, has always been an artifact that cannot be ignored at ancient feasts.
It contains a profound history of etiquette culture and wine culture, and profoundly accumulated the civilization of China's Bronze Age.
Bronze goblets and bronze jugs have always been popular in the collection world. As long as they are complete, each one is worth a lot of money.
The bronze goblet in my little friend's hand was flawless and perfect. It was a real treasure, but Lu Fei didn't dare to accept it.
Because not long ago, Kong Fanlong showed himself photos of stolen items from the Bashu Museum. There were a total of eleven bronze vessels, one of which was this bronze goblet.
