After the Guan family's affairs were finished, Zhou Zichen had a few days of free time. As for whether Guan Xiaoxue could really continue studying, Zhou Zichen couldn't help her. This matter had to be nodded by Mr. Guan.
Zhou Zichen was still as usual, wandering around the detective agency, orphanage, Chenlong Building, and Jingranxuan Antique City every day.
"Zi Chen, Director Guan is looking for you!" Antique City Manager Xue Feng opened the door and walked in.
Zhou Zichen didn't react immediately because he didn't remember who Director Guan was.
When Guan Qingwen walked in, Zhou Zichen realized that Director Guan was the new director of the museum.
The museum curator still has a certain status in the antique world, and it is normal for Xue Feng to know him. In terms of the eyesight of ordinary antique players, the words of the museum curator are more effective than those of ordinary masters.
Zhou Zichen stood up and greeted with a smile: "Director Guan, you didn't even say hello when you came."
Guan Qingwen waved his hand: "Master Xiao Zhou, I won't beat around the bush with you. I come to you because I have something to ask for."
Zhou Zichen didn't know what Guan Qingwen wanted to do with him, but based on Zhou Zichen's understanding of Guan Qingwen, it wouldn't be anything out of the ordinary. If someone like Guan Qingwen had anything difficult to deal with, he would stay far away.
: "Director Guan, you said that as long as it's something I can do, it's my duty to do it!"
Xue Feng poured tea for the two of them at this time, and Zhou Zichen slapped his forehead: "Director Guan, let's sit down and talk about something."
A few people sat down on the sofa. Guan Qingwen took a sip of tea first. This was also a sign of understanding and respect. When serving tea, you must at least take a sip.
Guan Qingwen put down his cup: "Master Xiao Zhou, I'm not afraid of your jokes. Nowadays, our museum's maintenance funds are a little difficult to maintain. So many antiques need to be maintained. Maintenance is a huge expense. The above allocations simply cannot make ends meet."
Zhou Zichen thought Guan Qingwen was here to borrow money. Zhou Zichen was not stingy about maintaining antiques: "Director Guan, how much money do you need? Let me see if I have that much on hand."
Guan Qingwen waved his hands repeatedly: "Master Xiao Zhou, you misunderstood. I'm not here to borrow money. Besides, I borrowed money from you and I don't have the money to pay it back. There is really no other way. The worst I can do is explain the current situation to my superiors.
The worst thing is that the curator will stop doing it."
Zhou Zichen really believed that Guan Qingwen could do such a thing. It wasn't that he was noble, he was just a person who was very afraid of trouble, didn't want to cause too many things, and lived a cautious life.
The previous curators always took kickbacks from their superiors, allocated one million, and returned 300,000, and the remaining 700,000 were used to maintain these antiques. Maybe some of this money would go to themselves.
pocket.
Guan Qingwen has been in this circle for so long, so he must know these things. It’s just that he is afraid of causing trouble for himself, so he is unwilling to do these things. Anyway, he is almost reaching retirement age, and he will naturally return to work when he reaches retirement age.
After all, he still has a pension salary. After all these years, he must also have a savings, which can make him live well.
"Then what does Director Guan want me to do?" Zhou Zichen asked doubtfully.
Guan Qingwen took another sip of tea and said, "It's like this. There is a Liu family in Songcheng. Does Master Xiao Zhou know about it?"
"I've heard of it, but I'm not very familiar with it!" Zhou Zichen had indeed heard of it, but he had only heard of it from the Liu family.
Guan Qingwen said: "The Liu family is a relatively big family in Songcheng. This time, Liu Ruinian, the old man of the Liu family, got a seal. It seems to be Zheng Banqiao's own seal of 'Yangzhou Xinghua native'. We are looking for someone to authenticate it first."
Zheng Banqiao had many seals in his life. After investigation, there are as many as ninety-six with historical records, but some of them are particularly famous. This "Yangzhou Xinghua native" is relatively famous.
"Isn't this seal a lost legend?" Zhou Zichen still had some memories of this thing.
Guan Qingwen didn't care about these things: "This is not important. Mr. Liu offered 200,000 yuan to ask someone to distinguish the true from the false. I am not very confident in my own eyesight, so I wanted to ask Master Xiao Zhou to go there."
"If we can get this 200,000 yuan bonus, then our museum and Master Xiao Zhou will share it equally. If we can't get it, Master Xiao Zhou, our museum will reimburse your round trip expenses."
Having said this, Guan Qingwen smiled awkwardly. After all, he just provided a piece of information and had to take half of the money. It was indeed a bit embarrassing.
Zhou Zichen is not interested in the money, but Guan Qingwen has come to ask for help. With his temperament of not asking for help and avoiding important matters, it is estimated that the museum will really be unable to expose the problem.
"It doesn't matter, I'll take a trip. As for the prize money, just give it all to the museum. Anyway, I'm just taking a trip."
Guan Qingwen was overjoyed: "How can this happen? If we have to trouble Master Xiao Zhou to make a trip, our museum will be too embarrassed to take all the prize money."
Zhou Zichen said: "Director Guan, you are doing this for the museum and to preserve our Chinese culture and history. I am just making a trip. It is not a big deal."
After several rounds of evasion, Guan Qingwen saw Zhou Zichen's insistence and agreed with great gratitude. As for the air ticket to Songcheng, it was booked by the museum.
The time to go to Songcheng is tomorrow morning, and there will be a museum employee going with him. It is not to monitor Zhou Zichen, but the Liu family has been in contact with the museum, so the museum employee will go with him.
Just leading the way.
The next day, the museum's car arrived very early and was waiting downstairs at the detective agency. Zhou Zichen brought a bag with a day's worth of clothes in it, and it didn't take long to go to Songcheng anyway.
Zhou Zichen got into the car, but Wang Ziqi ran out still worried: "You should come back early, otherwise you won't know how to go home if you are playing outside."
Wang Ziqi was afraid that something would happen when Zhou Zichen went to play with Tong Mengya. When Tong Mengya came last time, although the two had a lot of fun and often chatted on their phones about cosmetics, Wang Ziqi was still afraid of Zhou Ziqi.
Chen is messing around outside.
Zhou Zichen smiled helplessly and said, "Don't worry, I'll come back after a few days and I won't lose it."
"I'm not afraid that you'll lose it, I'm afraid that you'll run away!" Wang Ziqi said angrily.
"Where can I run? Go back!"
Wang Ziqi nagged a few more words before reluctantly going back.
The driver was a museum employee who was going to Songcheng with Zhou Zichen this time: "Master Xiao Zhou, you have a very good relationship with your girlfriend."
Zhou Zichen said helplessly: "What a good thing, she is chasing after me every day. This is not allowed, that is not allowed. I really don't understand what these women think."
Zhou Zichen's complaints are not unreasonable. Wang Ziqi also wants to take care of Zhou Zichen's money and people. Zhou Zichen will run away as long as he has time, which makes Wang Ziqi even more unhappy.
rest assured.
Now those women have given Wang Ziqi a headache.
"It's all like this. My girlfriend is more strict with me. She wants to follow me wherever I go. When I came out this time, she still wanted to go with me. I made a lot of guarantees before she gave up.
I thought, otherwise it would be a big trouble if I took her with me."
Zhou Zichen chatted with him about household matters all the way. In fact, he was the one explaining most of the situation.
However, after chatting like this, time felt a lot faster, and I also found out that this person's name was Fan Zhiyu.
When he arrived at the airport, Fan Zhiyu parked the car. If he hurried, he would be back today, but it would be later.
There were no accidents along the way. Fan Zhijun must have been here before. He took a taxi very skillfully, told the address, and the two of them went straight to their destination.
The place where we got off the bus was in a villa park, and there were people waiting at the door, otherwise Zhou Zichen and Fan Zhiyu wouldn't be able to get in.
I don’t know whether it was the Liu family’s deliberate pomp or the lack of manpower. The people waiting at the door just led Zhou Zichen and Fan Zhiyu into the villa park, told them to just go find 88 villas, and then went back to the door to wait.
It looks like someone else is coming.
Zhou Zichen didn't care. After all, he was here to see the antiques, not to enjoy any kind of treatment.
Fan Zhiyu was even more unconcerned. He was just a minion in the museum, and he didn't expect the Liu family to treat him like a distinguished guest. He just wanted to complete the task.
The two of them followed the route the man said and searched all the way. What was depressing was that they couldn't find the Liu family villa. This was mainly because the villas here were all the same, the place was big, and the appearance was similar.
, but after finding Villa No. 87, Villa No. 88 was not found before and after, which was a bit of a trap.
"Why don't we find someone to ask?" Fan Zhiyu looked around and didn't seem to see anyone. He didn't know whether there were few people living in this villa area or because everyone was staying at home and not coming out.
"It's okay, but I didn't see anyone!" Zhou Zichen said, "Let's look for it first. Building 88 should be around here!"
The villa parks here are not in rows, but are built around a large lake. They don't pay much attention to the overall layout, but pay more attention to the design and lighting of individual houses, so it is not very convenient to find them.
"There's someone over there, go and ask!" Fan Zhiyu had a good eye and saw a man and a woman chatting on a chair under a tree from a distance. There was a black-backed German Shepherd at the man's feet.
"Let's go ask."
The two people walked over, and as soon as they got closer, the German shepherd dog suddenly barked twice at Zhou Zichen and Fan Zhiyu, and then rushed up, seeming to want to knock the two people down and bite them.
The fighting power of German Shepherds is not necessarily a match for ordinary adults, and they are very powerful.
As soon as the German Shepherd charged, the man holding the dog's leash was unlucky. He was violently pulled from the table and chair. The man's face suddenly turned blue, and the hand holding the dog's leash suddenly became weak.
release.
In the blink of an eye, the German shepherd dog was already close and about to pounce. Zhou Zichen glared at the shepherd dog and his eyes opened with supernatural powers. Through the dog's eyes, he saw a red mesh, and then a burst of fire burned through it.
, the red mesh suddenly became loose, as if it had lost its vitality.
The hungry sheepdog that had been ferocious just now suddenly shriveled up and looked at Zhou Zichen retreating continuously, as if Zhou Zichen was frightened.