Siheyuan: The romantic and suave Xu Damao

The policeman noticed that Xu Damao did not look at him when he spoke, but he did not care and asked another question casually.

Xu Damao looked serious and solemn. He glanced at the policeman and replied meaningfully, "This tripod is a priceless treasure! It is a precious relic left by our ancestors thousands of years ago. If someone sells it or lets it go overseas, they will be a sinner of the nation! Their family tree will be tarnished with shame, and their descendants will never be able to hold their heads up!"

"Is it so powerful?" The policeman widened his eyes and asked in disbelief.

"It's that awesome!" Xu Damao patted his chest and answered confidently.

Seeing Xu Damao so confident, the policeman couldn't help but be moved. He hesitated for a moment and said, "Well, then you pick your things first. I'll tell our captain to take this thing to the armory."

At this moment, this experienced policeman was already confused and at a loss after hearing Xu Damao's few words.

Although the young man looked like a child, his firm and sincere eyes and his confident words showed no signs of deceiving him. Therefore, the police officer temporarily put aside his doubts and no longer paid attention to what items Xu Damao would choose.

Xu Damao made a series of "tsk tsk" sounds from his mouth, he slowly left the bronze tripod and walked straight to the shelf next to him, ready to retrieve the things that originally belonged to him but had been "hijacked".

"Alas, after seeing that mysterious bronze tripod, looking at these things again, I feel so dull."

Xu Damao muttered to himself as he began to pick things up carelessly. However, after a closer look, there were a few treasures that caught people's eyes.

The first thing that caught his eye was a pair of exquisite Hetian jade twisted wire bracelets, which had a warm and delicate texture and soft and elegant color; there were also several Hetian jade mutton-fat jade pendants, which were exquisitely crafted and exuded a charming luster... There were so many treasures like these that Xu Damao was dazzled.

Xu Damao carefully selected a rhinoceros horn wine glass that was a Qing Dynasty imitation of the Ming Dynasty style, and then carefully picked up the exquisite twisted white jade bracelet, several Hetian jade pendants and an intricately carved ivory Guanyin statue, and gently placed them on the table next to him.

After thinking for a moment, he picked out a few small and exquisite pendants and bracelets and placed them together with the previous items, but he ignored the gold bars and silver dollars placed above and did not even touch them.

He reached out and took three more rhino horns and a small copper stove from the Qing Dynasty that imitated the Xuande stove from the Ming Dynasty. Xu Damao clapped his hands and decided to stop there...

"Comrade police, that's all."

"Hmm? That's all you have? How valuable are these things compared to the tripod just now?"

The policeman's mind was obviously full of the bronze tripod, so he asked Xu Damao casually.

"Oh my, big brother! All the objects in this room combined cannot compare to that tripod! If you ask me to tell you how valuable this tripod is, I really can't say. How about this, you just ask the researchers from the Palace Museum to come and take a look. They must know the true value of this treasure better than I do!"

As soon as Xu Damao finished speaking, a policeman walked in with a brown paper bag in his hand and handed it to the policeman who was questioning him. Needless to say, the bag contained the relevant records of Xu Damao's previous report.

The policeman did not immediately open the paper bag to check the contents. Instead, he turned to another policeman who had just entered the room and gave him some instructions:

"Go and ask Captain Zhao to come over immediately. I have a very important situation that I need to report to him in person."

The policeman who had just entered the room nodded without hesitation, then quickly turned around and left to perform his mission.

At this moment, the policeman seemed to have just come to his senses. He casually opened the paper package, took out two pieces of paper and flipped through them at will. After a simple confirmation, he nodded with satisfaction, indicating that the object Xu Damao took was completely consistent with the information recorded on the paper.

Then, the policeman looked up at Xu Damao and said, "The item is fine, brother, you may need to wait a little longer. Our captain will be here soon. When the time comes, please tell our captain again in detail about the tripod."

Xu Damao responded very straightforwardly: "Okay, no problem!"

Because he knew very well that letting more people know about the existence of this tripod and the story behind it would ensure that the tripod would be better protected and become safer and more reliable!

About a minute later, a middle-aged man with a kind face and a slightly round figure walked into the room. He was smiling and gave people a kind and easy-going feeling.

As soon as this person stepped into the room, the policeman standing next to Xu Damao quickly raised his right hand to salute and said, "Captain Zhao! You are here."

"Haha, don't be so polite. What do you want from me?"

Captain Zhao responded with a smile and casually saluted back, but his attitude seemed a little nonchalant.

In Xu Damao's eyes, Captain Zhao is far from the traditional image of a police captain. He is more like a businessman, exuding a temperament of making money through harmony.

The policeman then briefly relayed to Captain Zhao what Xu Damao had just said about the bronze tripod.

"Oh, is that so?"

After listening to the story, Captain Zhao's originally smiling expression suddenly disappeared, replaced by a solemn and serious face. His eyes flashed with sharp light, staring at Xu Damao like a hawk, as if he wanted to see through the other's appearance to see his true inner thoughts.

"Captain Zhao, every word I said is true and reliable!"

Xu Damao said this in a firm tone, and took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, took out one of them and handed it to Captain Zhao opposite him.

Captain Zhao did not wave his hand to refuse like other policemen did. Instead, he took the cigarette very calmly and skillfully held it above his right ear.

"Since this young man is so sure, the truth of the matter must be almost certain. We would rather believe that it is true, but we must not take it lightly. How about this, you go and call Xiao Li over, and we will try to move this big guy together."

"Understood, Captain Zhao!"

The policeman responded and turned and left.