"Team Leader Jiang, this is what happened. You need to provide us with the cash of US$500,000 and US$500,000 rem used in the transaction. In addition, you should also think of a solution for the cashier's check from a Swiss bank..."
After Zhuang Rui hung up Yu Zhenping's call, he immediately called Jiang Hao from another cell phone.
After these things are recovered, it is still open to question whether they can be put in his own museum. Zhuang Rui is naturally unwilling to pay for it himself, and he cannot come up with the 5 million euros now.
According to general practice, smuggled and stolen cultural relics unearthed or seized from various places will be placed in state-owned museums in various places for tourists to visit. If these cultural relics are now in Beijing, it is okay, but if they are in other provinces, Zhuang Rui's work will most likely be in vain.
field.
"Xiao... Xiaozhuang, this... this time is too tight, isn't it? We have to prepare the money tomorrow, it's too late..."
After hearing Zhuang Rui's words, Jiang Hao opened his mouth in surprise. Are you kidding? He has to prepare so much money in one day. He doesn't have the authority at all.
Although it is a case directly supervised by the Ministry of Public Security, the formalities still need to be completed. With the efficiency of some office-based officials, it is considered good if it can be approved within a week, not to mention one day.
"Team Leader Jiang, there's nothing I can do about this. I'm just cooperating with the police. You can't let me buy things for the country with my own money, right?"
Zhuang Rui almost blurted out, "The landlord doesn't have any food left," but he made his meaning very clear. If you want the horses to run, but don't let them eat grass, you have to be more attentive.
"you you……"
Team leader Jiang was choked by Zhuang Rui and was speechless.
"By the way, Team Leader Jiang, I've met Yu Zhenping, and he doesn't look like someone who knows Swiss promissory notes. You can make this fake..." Zhuang Rui kindly gave Jiang Hao some advice.
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The information provided by the police showed that the Yu family in Henan used to be a landlord class, but later automatically transformed into a farmer. He was given a cashier's check, but he didn't know how to check it. It was said that Swiss banks did not have Mandarin operators.
"Okay, I'll give you a reply tomorrow..."
Jiang Hao hung up the phone a little depressed, took out a stack of forms and filled them out, then thought for a while and took out his cell phone to make a call.
"Daughter-in-law, you're back. Hey, sister-in-law, come here, let me touch your belly..."
After making the call, Zhuang Rui just stood up from the pavilion when he saw Qin Xuanbing and Xu Qing walking into the middle courtyard. Xu Qing's belly was already very prominent and it was difficult to walk. Zhuang Rui couldn't understand.
Where does she have so much energy that she insists on trying on wedding dresses with Qin Xuanbing?
"Go...go, go aside, can you touch my wife? Be careful, I'll beat you up!"
Ouyang Jun got out from behind Xu Qing and knocked away the hand that Zhuang Rui touched. He put his hand on it as a matter of course and said: "I will touch you if you want. When will your wife get pregnant, will you be able to get this treatment?"
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Qin Xuanbing on the side blushed at what Ouyang Jun said. She glared at Zhuang Rui in embarrassment. Her husband had also learned bad things. How dare he touch another woman in front of her?
"Like death..."
Xu Qing couldn't help but laugh and cry when she looked at her husband who was like a living treasure. In addition, she had been out for a long time and was feeling a little weak. With Ouyang Jun's support, she went back to the house to rest.
Zhuang Rui put his mouth close to Qin Xuanbing's ear and whispered: "Hey, wife, let's go back and create humans..."
"I just knew I wanted to..."
Qin Xuanbing stamped her feet, but changed the subject and said: "I have been staying in the air-conditioned room and want to get some fresh air. Let's sit here for a while..."
The old locust tree beside the pond has lush branches and leaves. There is a set of stone tables and chairs under the tree. It is not too hot to sit on it and listen to the chirping of cicadas coming from various places in the garden, which has a unique flavor.
"Zhuang Rui, Sister Xu Qing also wore a wedding dress today. She is so beautiful..."
"In my heart, you are the most beautiful..." Zhuang Rui said a rare word of love.
"You don't even want to try on wedding dresses. The people from the photography studio will take all your clothes with them tomorrow. It's too troublesome..." Qin Xuanbing slapped Zhuang Rui on the chest in dissatisfaction.
"tomorrow?"
"Ouch!" Zhuang Rui slapped himself hard on the forehead.
Because he suddenly thought that he would have to wait for a call from Yu Zhenping tomorrow. Jiang Hao also told him that he would be on call at any time these two days and could not run around. How could he forget this?
Qin Xuanbing grabbed Zhuang Rui's hand that was still trying to fight with his head and asked, "What's wrong? Zhuang Rui?"
"Xuan Bing, I'm sorry, I can't go to Hainan these two days. There's something urgent at the museum. I want to buy a batch of cultural relics. I'm just listening..."
Zhuang Rui shook his head regretfully, blaming himself for being so dazed by the 400 bronzes mentioned by Yu Zhenping that he actually forgot about going to Hainan tomorrow.
Qin Xuanbing knew that Zhuang Rui was extremely busy during this period, and said understandingly: "It's okay, work is important. Besides, the weather is so hot, I don't want to go out to do anything, but I have to inform the photo studio about this, and their flights have been booked.
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"Hey, this is all my fault, Xuan Bing, don't worry, I will definitely hold a grand wedding for you..."
Zhuang Rui felt really guilty in his heart. Girls all have a desire and yearning for wedding photography. Qin Xuanbing had been looking forward to it for a long time, but she didn't expect that it wouldn't happen this time.
"Didn't I say that we can simply invite a few family members to the wedding? That's fine. It's not that we won't take pictures if we're a few days late. There's nothing I'm sorry about. Let's go. I'll make a call when I get back to the house..."
Qin Xuanbing's personality was much more open-minded than Zhuang Rui imagined, and she comforted Zhuang Rui with a few words.
The two of them had obtained their marriage certificates some time ago, and were legally husband and wife. Qin Xuanbing had a rather indifferent temperament and didn't really have much thought about the wedding.
However, after Ouyang Wan found out about this in the evening, he gave Zhuang Rui a severe scolding. The whole dinner was like a criticism meeting of Zhuang Rui. Even the little girl made faces at Zhuang Rui.
My nose, it made classmate Zhuang Rui miserable.
It was around eight o'clock in the morning the next day. Zhuang Rui, who felt guilty yesterday, had been fighting for half the night. He was sleeping soundly when he was woken up by his mobile phone.
"Xiaozhuang, we can solve the problem of the cashier's check and five hundred thousand RMB, but for this five hundred thousand US dollars, look...can you think of something?"
Jiang Hao really had no other choice, so he begged his grandfather and grandma to collect enough RMB 500,000. He also asked a forger from the bureau overnight and made a bank cashier's check that could be faked.
But Jiang Hao really couldn't get this beautiful knife for a while. The police didn't pay their salaries in US dollars.
"Why? I said, Team Leader Jiang, I was just looking for you. I can't handle this matter anymore. I originally planned to go to Hainan to take wedding photos today, but I was delayed by this matter. You still want me to take it."
There is no money and no door!”
As soon as Zhuang Rui heard Jiang Hao's words, he immediately became angry and vented all the anger he had received from his mother yesterday at Team Leader Jiang.
As soon as Miao Feifei quit the task force, no one mentioned that they could provide a batch of seized cultural relics to the Zhuang Rui Museum as exhibits. Even the two bronze pieces were confiscated by them. It was a typical case of burning bridges across the river. Zhuang Rui was holding back.
Very angry.
After Jiang Hao heard Zhuang Rui's words, his face straightened and he said: "Xiao Zhuang, this is also for work. I hope you can understand and cooperate with our work..."
"I'm sorry, Team Leader Jiang, that's your job. It has nothing to do with me and has nothing to do with it. Citizens have no obligation to pay for you to work for them. Then again, it seems that you still owe
My money?"
Zhuang Rui interrupted Jiang Hao before he could finish his words. The two bronze knights were taken away by the task force, but the police had not refunded him the 100,000 yuan he had spent. He said
They were going through the formalities, maybe Jiang Hao's 500,000 included 100,000 of his own.
"This... this... Xiaozhuang, don't worry, the money will be returned to you immediately as soon as the case is closed. How can the public still embezzle your private money?"
Jiang Hao was left speechless by Zhuang Rui. They were wrong in this matter. They were supposed to refund the money, but the leader of a certain department suggested that Zhuang Rui acted without authorization and lent money to the suspect, which affected the case.
In the process, the money will be deducted.
It's not that the money will not be given to Zhuang Rui, it is just withheld temporarily. This deduction lasted for more than two months, and Jiang Hao forgot about it for a while.
"Team Leader Jiang, I'm not telling you, this is a bit unethical. I'm willing to take risks to help you, but I didn't keep an eye on the suspect. He got lost and blamed me. He withheld my money and refused to give it to me.
, now you ask me to take money again, can you tell me, does this make sense?"
Zhuang Rui was very arrogant and refused to be ignored. The most important thing was that he was thinking about Xiao Jiujiu. He didn't even take wedding photos, so why should he give him an explanation?
"this……"
Jiang Hao felt depressed. If someone else had spoken to him like this, he would have issued a summons and brought him to the bureau. But it was Zhuang Rui who said this, and he really had no choice.
When the police handle cases, they also watch people come. Let alone Beijing, it is just a small county town. It is easy to arrest ordinary people with flat heads, and they don't even need an arrest warrant.
But if you want to arrest a committee representative or something like that, the general police really don’t have that power. Although many people will be unhappy if you say this, it is indeed a real fact.
Zhuang Rui himself doesn't have much, he just has a little money, but the background behind him, in this land of more than nine million square kilometers, there are really not many people who dare to touch him. Just yesterday's report on monitoring Zhuang Rui's mobile phone,
It was approved by the chief minister himself.
Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan Province, is an important inland open city and a famous historical and cultural city in China. Zhengzhou is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains. It "stands at the center and controls dangerous points" and is an important transportation, communication and energy hub in the country.
Zhengzhou borders the Yellow River to the north, Mount Song to the south, Luoyang, the ancient capital of thirteen dynasties, to the west, Kaifeng, the ancient capital of seven dynasties, to the east, and Xuchang, the former capital of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period, to the south. Zhengzhou itself is one of the eight ancient capitals in China.
With such a long history, Zhengzhou’s tourism resources are very rich.
Xuanyuan, the hometown of the Yellow Emperor, the Peiligang Cultural Site, the Dahe Village Site, the Xiadu Yangcheng Site, the Yellow River Tourist Area, the Dacun Site, the Song Dynasty Mausoleum in Gongyi City, the Chinese characteristic cultural tourism group and the Songshan scenery dominated by Shaolin Temple and Songshan National Forest Park
The scenic spots all add infinite charm to Zhengzhou.
Different from the feeling of staying under the imperial city in Beijing, Zhuang Rui felt a rich Central Plains culture as soon as he arrived in Zhengzhou. This place has inherited the history of civilization for more than 8,000 years and once gave birth to Bai Juyi, Du Fu, Li Shangyin, etc.
Nearly a hundred ancient and modern masters have their own unique regional civilization and culture.
Of course, Zhuang Rui did not come here to study the culture of the Central Plains, nor did he come for sightseeing. The reason why he flew to Zhengzhou overnight was just for a phone call from Yu Zhenping.
This call not only made Zhuang Rui take his private plane to Zhengzhou overnight, but also the ministry's task force was very busy, using various means of transportation to converge on the ancient city of Zhengzhou.
Due to the need for confidentiality, the task force only notified the Criminal Investigation Corps of Henan Province and did not alert the local police. This was for fear of alerting the enemy.
Although Yu Zhenping has been basically locked within the scope of Zhengzhou, Zhengzhou is such a big place, and there is a mixed bag of good and bad people. Trying to find one person is no less than finding a needle in a haystack. Then again, if Yu Zhenping is alarmed, he will flee to other places.
provinces and cities, it will be even harder to catch.
"Team Leader Jiang, Yu Zhenping called just now and said that he would not be available until the day after tomorrow. What does this mean?"
As soon as he checked into the Yuda Guomao Hotel in Zhengzhou, Zhuang Rui received a call from Yu Zhenping. After telling him the hotel where he was staying, Yu Zhenping told Zhuang Rui that he had something to do tomorrow and could only take Zhuang Rui to see the goods the day after tomorrow.
Yu Zhenping's phone always turned off immediately after the call was made. Zhuang Rui had no choice but to report it to Jiang Hao.
After a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, a voice came out and said: "Our analysis shows that Yu Zhenping is very likely to follow you tomorrow to see if there is any danger.
In this way, we will not arrange for anyone to follow you, but Xiaozhuang, you must bring the tracker and contact us immediately if there is any situation..."
Jiang Hao and his brothers are currently nesting in the public security guest house. Although the Henan Provincial Police did a good job in reception, they did not dare to relax at all. They turned down the banquet hosted by the Criminal Investigation Corps and were urging the Henan Provincial Police to arrange the Henan Provincial License.
Where's the car?
After hearing Jiang Hao's words, Zhuang Rui said: "Okay, then I will go shopping in Zhengzhou tomorrow..."
There is a reason why Zhuang Rui is so easy to talk to.
Yesterday, because of the $500,000 issue, Zhuang Rui secured real rights for himself. After the case was solved, Zhuang Rui could get one-third of the cultural relics seized. Of course, he could only show
There is no ownership right, and the state can take it back at any time.
According to Jiang Hao, this was promised by a certain leader of the ministry personally, and Zhuang Rui was not afraid that they would default on their debt. He had recorded the call anyway.
If the police repented at that time, Zhuang Rui was going to ask Ouyang's fourth brother to take action. He thought that Ouyang Jun made his fortune by getting batches of papers, and he definitely had a way of dealing with government departments. Zhuang Rui was not afraid of getting the items back.
"Come on, Peng Fei, go to bed and go to Taobao tomorrow..."
Zhuang Rui only told Peng Fei the purpose of coming to Zhengzhou this time.
In his opinion, Peng Fei could handle Yu Zhenping's skinny arms and legs alone. As for why so many policemen came from Beijing? It was a pure waste of taxpayers' money.
Yuda International Trade Hotel is located in Zhongyuan District, Zhengzhou City, which can be regarded as the city center. After getting up the next morning, Zhuang Rui asked someone to inquire about it, took a taxi, and took Peng Fei straight to Zhengzhou Antique City.
As one of the eight ancient capitals in China, its history can be traced back to Zhengzhou 8,000 years ago. Around it, no one knows how many emperors and generals have been buried, and no one knows how many precious cultural relics have been unearthed from ancient times to the present. Such a place, antiques
The market is naturally extremely developed.
In terms of quantity, Zhengzhou has 6 large antique stores, all with an area of more than 20,000 square meters. This scale is rare in the country.
Especially Zhengzhou Antique City, a four-story large shopping mall, including antiques, arts and crafts, collectibles and other business items. It is not only the first antique market in Zhengzhou, but also ranks second in the country in terms of scale.
, it can be called the “biggest leader in Zhengzhou’s industry”.
After taking a taxi to the Antique City, Zhuang Rui looked at the buildings in front of his eyes and said involuntarily: "After all, it is the ancient capital of the Eight Dynasties, and its heritage is different..."
"Brother Zhuang, no place in Beijing is worse than here, right?"
Peng Fei looked at the three-story yellow building in front of him, curled his lips, and said disapprovingly. People who grew up in the imperial city always believe that Beijing's historical and cultural heritage is the most profound.
"What do you know? This antique city was built on the site of Sunset Tower..."
Zhuang Rui saw Peng Fei's confused look and explained to him like a teacher: "The Sunset Tower is a building in the Tang Dynasty. Like the Yellow Crane Tower, Yueyang Tower, Yanyu Tower, and Stork Tower, they are also among the eight famous buildings in the Tang Dynasty.
One of the buildings.
When Li Shangyin was a guest in Zhengzhou, he once wrote a famous poem "Climbing the Sunset Tower": "The willows are dark and the flowers are bright, and the sky is full of sorrow. I go up to the city and go upstairs. If I want to ask where I am, I don't know my life experience."
According to records in ancient books: The Sunset Tower is built on the foundation of a three-story brick building, with cornices and brackets, carved beams and painted columns. It towers into the clouds and is spectacular. When the sun sets, the afterglow coats the top of the Qiong Tower with a layer of gorgeous gold.
Climbing up the tower, you can see the sunset reflecting the western mountains and the colorful clouds surrounding the Yan Village. It is truly a wonderful sight.
It’s just that the world has changed, and the ancient Sunset Tower and the literati and poets who left beautiful poems for it have long been lost in the long river of history.
"Hey, Brother Zhuang, I've been talking for a long time, but it's all done later. It's boring..."
Peng Fei was very dissatisfied with Zhuang Rui's look of paying homage to his ancestors. He didn't want to be caught by Zhuang Rui in class, so he took the lead and walked into the antique city.
The first floor of the Antique City is the jade and wooden handicrafts business area. The stalls are close together, and there are so many people inside. It seems that they don’t even have to go to work. They just come here to pick up leaks and make money.
Since CCTV started broadcasting the treasure appraisal column in 2002, people have become more and more aware of antiques, especially in some ancient cities with a long history. Everyone is rummaging through boxes and cabinets to see what valuable objects they can pick out.
In the era of national collection, the business of antique cities has naturally improved. The number of antique markets in Zhengzhou has suddenly increased from two to six, which is the best proof.
Although the place on the first floor is large, it is relatively quiet. The customers coming and going are quietly observing the objects they like. There are only some stall owners who gather together to chat and tell interesting things about the antique shop.
Zhuang Rui had nothing to do today, he just wanted to wander around in his free time. In this kind of antique market, which is like a big shop, the chance of missing something on Taobao is very small, so he is in a good mood.
After looking at a few stalls, as Zhuang Rui expected, the items displayed outside are all new jade and antique objects. No one is stupid these days. The old thing of selling treasures as junk is
Less and less.
"Lao Li, you made a profit the past few days, right? After receiving so many jade articles, you didn't even mention giving some to your brother..."
"Yes, Lao Li, you are so unreasonable. There is such a good way. If you don't introduce it to us, you can't do it alone..."
"How do you guys think I'm so shabby? Damn it, you guys don't know that I punched my brother. I brought them all today. Which one of you wants? 50 yuan each..."
The man called Lao Li looked as if his ancestral grave had been torn apart, and the veins on his face were exposed. No need to ask, this man must have been moved by a certain story, and then he consciously paid for the tuition.
Lao Li's stall was right next to Zhuang Rui, and this voice attracted Zhuang Rui's attention.
"Everything is here, you can pick whatever you want. You idiot, I spent 20,000 yuan on these rubbish things..."
Lao Li took out a black handbag from under his counter, and with a "hurrah" sound, he poured the contents in the bag onto the glass counter with an angry look on his face.
Lao Li's move immediately attracted the attention of many people in the antique city. Within a few minutes, his counter was surrounded by three circles inside and three outside. Zhuang Rui, who was inside, couldn't think of anything.
not going.
"This old Li is too greedy. If I had known this, why would I have done it in the first place..."
"Yes, if farmers can dig out treasures by cultivating the land now, who would go out to work? They would already be planting crops..."
Zhuang Rui listened to the discussions of some people next to him and finally understood what was going on.
A few days ago, a man dressed as a farmer came to Zhengzhou Antique City with a piece of jade covered with mud. At that time, Lao Li happened to see it and found that it was an ancient jade from the Yin and Shang Dynasties.
, then I asked about the origin of this jade.
According to what the farmer said, these were dug out from the ground when he was planting crops and hoeing. They dug out a total of seventy or eighty pieces of jade here and there. He didn't know if they were worth anything, so he dug them out here and there.
I took it to the antique town and wanted someone to show it to me.
The history of Zhengzhou goes back to before the Yin and Shang Dynasties. There are many ancient tombs of the Yin and Shang Dynasties in the surrounding areas of Zhengzhou. Although most of them have been stolen or excavated by archeology, you can often hear news of cultural relics being unearthed in some rural areas.
This kind of thing is not uncommon.
Lao Li has been playing with jade for more than 20 years. He can tell at a glance that the jade fish is indeed an ancient jade from the Yin Shang Dynasty, and it is also a good-quality Hetian jade. If he sells it to his old customers, it will cost 30,000 to 50,000 yuan.
Money is absolutely no problem.
At that moment, Lao Li grabbed the "farmer" and treated him to a meal very enthusiastically, saying that he wanted to see what he dug and if it was good, he would spend 20,000 yuan to buy it all.
The "farmer" was so confused by Lao Li that he heard that it could be sold for 20,000 yuan. He was so excited. After watching Lao Li withdraw 20,000 yuan from the ATM, he immediately
I took Lao Li to the small hotel where he was staying to see some things.
In that small private hotel that cost 20 yuan a night, I don't know if the light bulbs were changed by the "farmer" or if it was always so dark. Lao Li saw a lot of ancient jades covered with dirt.
It is more difficult to identify jade, but because the "farmer" had better acting skills, and the piece of ancient jade he took out at the beginning was real, Lao Li was preoccupied with it. After a rough look, he decided to take it all.
Buy it.
Lao Li took a large plastic bag of ancient jade home. He closed the door and locked it. There were two benches blocked inside the door. He hid in the bathroom and cleaned it. This thing was an unearthed cultural relic. If the relevant departments knew about it,
Yes, it will be confiscated.
But as the jade articles were cleaned, Lao Li's face gradually became ugly, because he discovered that these so-called ancient jades from the Yin Shang Dynasty were all transparent? In other words, there would be no jadeite spread to the country.
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Feeling that something was wrong, Lao Li immediately took out the jade fish from his pocket and took a closer look. He was so angry that he almost spewed blood. I don't know when this jade fish was stolen and replaced by the "farmer". I dare to say that.
A plastic thing, not even glass.
About forty or fifty "ancient jades" were cleaned out. Basically all of them were glass and plastic products. There were a few pieces of jade, but the quality was appallingly poor.
At this moment, Lao Li finally understood that he had been tricked and tricked. Fortunately, the loss was not big, only 20,000 yuan, which Lao Li could afford.
Lao Li, who was in a depressed mood, invited a friend to have a drink and confided the matter. Unexpectedly, when he came to the antique city today, all the acquaintances on this floor would know about it, which made Lao Li feel depressed.
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After Zhuang Rui heard this story, he couldn't help but laugh. This "farmer" was really capable of deceiving people who made a living by playing with jade.
First of all, the man took out the real jade at the beginning, which lowered Lao Li's vigilance. Secondly, the asking price was not high. 20,000 yuan is nothing nowadays. Plus, with the first piece of real jade, even if the rest
All of them were fake, and Lao Li would not pay compensation. Based on the above points, Lao Li was lured into the trap and fell into trouble.
"Peng Fei, let's go up to the second floor and walk around..."
After Zhuang Rui figured out what happened, he smiled and shook his head. He casually glanced at the stall covered with colorful jade stones. His body, which had turned halfway, suddenly froze.
