"Tony, what's wrong with you? You look weird?" Heidi asked with concern.
"You will know after reading this letter!" Tangning said as she handed the letter in her hand to Heidi.
Heidi took it and looked at it, and said with some surprise: "Huh? This is a letter written by the Royal Museum of Amsterdam to you, but why did they ask you to take the painting to Amsterdam? Didn't they obviously send Mr. Haynes? What?"
"The answer is simple, because they don't know Mr. Haynes exists!" Tangning replied in a deep voice.
"I don't know that Mr. Haynes exists? What does this mean?" Heidi asked in confusion.
"That is to say, Mr. Haynes is actually a liar! Now I finally understand what I thought was wrong at the time. How could an institution as big as the Royal Museum of Amsterdam send people all the way there just after hearing some rumors? New Orleans comes to appraise it, if that's the case, then they don't have to do anything else every year!" Tangning analyzed.
Hearing what Tangning said, Heidi couldn't help but exclaimed: "What?! Mr. Haynes is a liar? Isn't that possible? If he came to deceive this painting, then he should say it is a liar." What a fake painting!”
Tangning nodded in agreement: "That's right, it won't be of any benefit to him if the painting is authenticated! Then why would he do this?"
But then he thought of another possibility, and while standing up, he said: "Oh no, there is another possibility!"
But before he could reach the door, the maid Mira stumbled in and said breathlessly: "The master is in trouble, the painting, the painting is lost!"
"Which painting is missing?" Tang Ning asked quickly, but at the same time, she already had a bad feeling in her heart.
"It's the painting you bought in the cafe!" Mira explained.
"F**K!" Tangning couldn't help but cursed. Sure enough, she just came to whatever she was afraid of. Then she quickly ran to the study room. Sure enough, Rembrandt's "The Oath of the Batavians" was originally hanging on the wall. 》(part) is completely blank, it was obviously stolen!
After calming down, Tangning quickly ordered: "Rob, send someone to call the police right away, uh, that Sheriff Klein from before! Then send someone to find that damn Haynes. This is definitely the case." He did it! Also, when I finish writing my reply to the Royal Museum in Amsterdam, send it to me as soon as possible! Finally, let the guy in charge of patrol last night be given twenty lashes, and then come to see me in the study!" After that, he sat down and started. write a letter.
After Tangning finished writing her reply to the Royal Museum in Amsterdam, the housekeeper Robert came over and whispered to Tangning: "Master, Charles disappeared inexplicably this morning, and according to Adrian's confession, he was on patrol last night. When I was young, I was seduced by Charlis into the woods, so I missed my post, so it’s very possible that Charlis is the thief’s accomplice!”
"Damn it! This kind of thing actually happened. It seems that I am usually too kind to the people below!" Tangning said bitterly. To be honest, he didn't care if it cost hundreds or thousands of dollars, but this fact It's so embarrassing!
"Master, this, this is an isolated phenomenon after all." Robert advised dryly.
Fortunately, Sheriff Klein arrived at this time. When they met, he frowned and said to Tangning: "Mr. Tangning, why is your oil painting causing this trouble again?"
"Mr. Sheriff, this is not a problem with the oil painting, nor is it a problem with me. This is a problem with some people's greed!" Tangning defended.
Sheriff Klein shrugged and said, "Okay, let's not talk about these philosophical issues for now! Mr. Tangning, when I came in just now, I saw one of your black slaves being whipped. Is this related to this matter?"
Tang Ning nodded and replied, "Yes, because he missed his duty last night, he gave the thief a chance!" Then he explained the situation he had just learned.
Sheriff Klein nodded and agreed: "Well, if you say so, it is indeed likely to be related to Haines and Charles. By the way, have your people found Haines?"
Tangning shook her head and replied, "Tim hasn't come back yet, but I guess it's unlikely!"
"Okay, then I'll send someone to investigate! But according to the procedure, I have to investigate first. Mr. Tangning, what you just said can only be used as a reference for the time being, unless you can produce decisive evidence!" Sheriff Klein said seriously.
said.
Tangning nodded and replied, "Of course, this is just speculation. All conclusions are subject to your investigation, please!"
Facts have proved that Tangning's speculations are basically correct, but no trace of Haines and Charles has been found yet. But one thing is certain, the name Haines is definitely not his real name, at least the name he used in the hotel
It's Malibu, and the name used on the ship from the Netherlands to New Orleans is Madoff. The reason why he was able to find out these is due to Downing's murderer portrait painting skills. Although he doesn't know much about this aspect, fortunately, this
He had seen both suspects, so it was relatively easy to draw them.
While Tang Ning was racking her brains to think about how to help the police catch the two thieves, Levin was also sighing in the office. Although he was lamenting the same thing, if Tang Ning knew the content of his lament, she would definitely be on the spot.
fury.
I saw Levin saying to his confidant Picower: "Hey, it's a pity that such a wonderful and constantly reversing story cannot be written, otherwise it will definitely be a big seller!"
"Editor-in-chief, how about we find a newbie to write it? When Mr. Downing asks, just shirk it and say that he has left New Orleans!" Picower suggested.
Levin hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and replied: "It's useless. This little trick is of no use to Tony. Even if the writer is a newbie, it is published in our "City Paper" after all, so Tony
He will definitely hold a grudge against me, it’s not worth offending him for such a thing!”
"But Mr. Downing's creations are not stable!" Picower muttered.
"Of course I know Tony is not stable, but whatever he writes will sell well, and he can also attract many excellent authors, such as Heidi and Melina. In addition, he is also a member of an old family.
, so there’s no need to do this just to sell a few issues!” Levine explained.
PS: I was scanning the list today and saw a book. I won’t mention the title of the book. After all, it is a complaint. From the title of the book, I thought it was about keeping bees. At that time, my eyes lit up and I thought this was a good entry point.
But when I clicked on it, I found it had nothing to do with beekeeping.