Tiandi Baiju

"I heard that Mr. Zhou runs a cultural relic exchange store in China?"

Chen Biaojin didn't hide his hope, and asked Zhou Luoyang.

At twelve o'clock in the noon, Zhou Luoyang invited Chen Biaojin to his room. The sun was just right, and the archaeological magazine that he was the protagonist on the cover of was spread out on the table.Chen Biaojin picked up the magazine, flipped through it, and quickly waved his hands: "I don't drink."

"Then shall I make some tea?" Zhou Luoyang said.

After Du Jing returned to the room, he fell into deep thought and sank into the sofa by the window, like a sculpture.

Chen Biaojin said: "Can I ask you to inquire about something for me?"

Zhou Luoyang thought it was a coincidence, since it was the Cultural Relics Protection Research Association, it must be able to provide them with a suitable invitation to enter the country for inspection.

"It's a Brahman sculpture," Chen Biaojin said to himself before Zhou Luoyang asked, "We have been looking for it for more than a year."

Zhou Luoyang thought of the cast iron statue of Shiva in the secret room, and joked, "Could it be Shiva?"

"Yes!" Chen Biaojin replied with a little surprise, "It's Shiva! Has this cast statue circulated in the market in China recently?"

Zhou Luoyang snorted and said, "Cultural relics that were smuggled into China?"

Chen Biaojin nodded and said regretfully, "This is very important to us."

Zhou Luoyang did not ask why a Vietnamese cultural relic was smuggled into China. After all, one of Vietnam’s bordering countries is China, and it is obviously not wise to transport a cultural relic through customs. However, it is quite common to go out along the national border where there are omissions in survey and prevention.

China is stricter than ever in the export of cultural relics, otherwise the 5000-year-old cultural heritage would have been emptied.In Vietnam and Cambodia, relics from the Khmer, Brahmin, and Zhang Zhung eras are almost everywhere.

Of course Zhou Luoyang didn't think that the statue in the secret room was smuggled, after all, he knew it was a fake after a little weighing.He sat in front of Chen Biaojin and said, "Material? Size? Let me ask."

Chen Biaojin took a piece of paper, sketched the sculpture he was looking for on the paper, and said: "The disappearance of this sculpture is related to a cross-border money laundering case. I can't get more details. But it is certain that it did enter China before... Mr. Zhou?"

Zhou Luoyang looked at the paper sideways, and then at Du Jing.

Du Jing came back to his senses briefly, glanced at the paper, and frowned slightly.

The size and shape are exactly the same as the cast iron statue of Shiva in the secret room.

"Is it customary to cast iron statues in this era?" Zhou Luoyang asked doubtfully.

"Pig iron? No, bronze." Chen Biaojin was also puzzled, "Why do you say that? Have you ever seen the same cast iron statue?"

Zhou Luoyang thought for a while and replied: "It's nothing, I'll ask. If you want to use it to launder money, I don't think you will participate in a special auction. It should be private."

"That's almost certain." Chen Biaojin replied.

At this time, Du Jing suddenly said: "How much can you estimate?"

"Priceless treasure." Zhou Luoyang and Chen Biaojin said in unison almost at the same time.

Zhou Luoyang didn't have many valuable possessions at hand, but he had seen many. Because of this sentence, Chen Biaojin believed that Zhou Luoyang was a professional.

The most likely place for this cultural relic to appear should be the Southeast Asia or Indian subcontinent exhibition area in museums such as the British Museum.This is why Zhou Luoyang is very sure that it will never appear in the official auction.

The statue of Shiva, money laundering... For some reason, Zhou Luoyang suddenly connected the boss of the secret room with this incident: Southeast Asian institutions used bitcoins to buy this bronze statue from black market dealers and sent it to China.Most of the time, China does not control the entry and exit, and the circulation of cultural relics from other countries is not monitored most of the time.There are many smuggling channels in Vietnam, and it is not difficult to hide from the local customs.

Come back with the money and sell the statue at a private auction.

After getting the money, the owner of the secret room went through the underground bank and exchanged it into US dollars for the third time, leaving the country smoothly.In this way, no one can trace back to the source once it is handed over in a third country.

"I will do my best." Zhou Luoyang said.

"I heard that you are an antique dealer. There should be many channels," Chen Biaojin said gratefully. are interlinked."

As he spoke, he took off his crumpled hat, bowed to Zhou Luoyang, and said, "If you want to visit China's neighbors sometime, I would like to warmly welcome you on behalf of Ho Chi Minh University..."

Zhou Luoyang hurriedly got up to shake hands with him.

Hearing this, Du Jing suddenly got up and said politely:

"To be honest, we have this plan recently. I think it's better to hit the sun than to choose the day?"

Zhou Luoyang: "..."

"It's so gut-wrenching."

After sending Chen Biaojin away, Zhou Luoyang couldn't care less about Du Jing, and said, "Can you make some preparations?"

Du Jing said: "Who asked you to promise to investigate this matter for him? Now it's over, there is another trouble."

Zhou Luoyang held his forehead and said, "I just said 'do my best'."

Chen Biaojin is an honest person. After Du Jing said "it is better to hit the sun than to choose the day", he was full of embarrassment and agreed to contact the association to issue an invitation letter.Du Jing sent him to the door politely, and expressed his sincere request that he could send them a fax tonight.

Seeing that Du Jing didn't speak, Zhou Luoyang was very disturbed, and said, "Did I agree to something that I shouldn't?"

"What?" Du Jing put on his sunglasses, took out his cell phone, and said, "No, you don't bother the young master to do this kind of trivial matter yourself. Of course, you are selling the clue to Huang Ting."

Zhou Luoyang: "..."

Zhou Luoyang suddenly realized that Du Jing might be teasing him, and suddenly understood everything.

"Ah," Zhou Luoyang replied, "It makes sense."

"Money laundering and antiques," Du Jing said, "it's obviously his job. Even if it has nothing to do with the boss of the secret room, Huang Ting will be very grateful that you gave him this achievement."

Zhou Luoyang said helplessly, "Well, you're too smart."

"Thank you for the compliment." Du Jing glanced at his watch, got up and said, "It's time to have afternoon tea with Svatanlovski and your favorite."

"The person you like." Zhou Luoyang said.

"The person you like." Du Jing replied politely, shaking off his suit jacket, and waited for Zhou Luoyang to put it on.

Zhou Luoyang tightened his collar, looked at Du Jing in the mirror, and then glanced back at him meaningfully.

Du Jing: "?"

Zhou Luoyang: "Who was that woman I met for breakfast? Do you remember?"

Du Jing replied: "No, I don't have any memory about her at all."

Zhou Luoyang: "I hope there won't be another little Du Jing coming out later."

Du Jing said politely: "That's not good. Are you willing to raise Du Jing? After all, it's agreed to live like two homosexuals."

"I'll think about it seriously." Zhou Luoyang said, leaving the room with Du Jing and entering the elevator.

When the elevator passed the sixth floor, the Thai woman named Su Pu came in again and met them face to face.

Zhou Luoyang: "Sawadika."

"Sawadika." Su Pu smiled, put his hands together, and stared at Du Jing in the mirror wall of the elevator.

Du Jing was still wearing sunglasses, and he didn't nod to Su Pu until he got out of the elevator.

The Peninsula Afternoon Tea Restaurant was very lively today, but the Russian businessman had already reserved a good seat, and was basking in the sun leisurely in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, smoking a cigar, and waving to Zhou Luoyang from afar.

Zhou Luoyang took his seat with a smile, wanting to hear what he had to say. Du Jing faithfully acted as a bodyguard and stood behind the sofa, but as soon as Zhou Luoyang took his seat, Svatanlovski flicked his wrist.

A watch was revealed: the Eye of Versatile.

Zhou Luoyang: "..."

Immediately afterwards, he laughed.

The Ukrainian girl said: "The boss said that it was the first time he saw other people wearing the 'Eye of Justice' on their hands, so he must ask you to have a chat."

Zhou Luoyang immediately glanced at Du Jing subconsciously, and Du Jing made a simple gesture to signal not to be nervous.

Svatanlovsky's Eye of Versailles is exactly the same as Du Jing's, and the sapphire is inlaid at the teardrop of the pointer.

what does this mean? !

This merchant also has the ability to turn back time? !

Zhou Luoyang's heart beat wildly.

Then, Svatanlovski took it off his hand, beckoned Zhou Luoyang to come closer, babbled a lot, and made a gesture.

"It stopped spinning," Du Jing said, "Look?"

"It was passed down from my great-grandfather." Svatanlovsky handed him the watch generously and said, "What about yours? Where did you get it?"

Du Jing took out the gloves from his pocket, took Zhou Luoyang's hand, and put it on for him.

"It was left by my great-grandfather." Du Jing stretched out his slender fingers, gently pushed down the sunglasses, and replied.

Obviously my great-grandfather.Zhou Luoyang thought to himself, but he suddenly understood that this was Du Jing's first temptation.The temptation was successful. The Russian businessman didn't know the magical power of this watch, or—only the one in Du Jing's hand could change the time.

In short, he handed the watch to Zhou Luoyang.

Zhou Luoyang didn't move the date wheel on the outer ring, but just looked at it carefully in the sunlight.

"Who was your great-grandfather?" Svatanlovski asked with concern, "Our family also did business with the Chinese many years ago."

In Chinese, Du Jing made up a name for the Ukrainian girl, and now he made up a story about his great-grandfather's business. After translation, the two sides roughly understood each other's meaning.

Zhou Luoyang tried to adjust it, not daring to touch the Eye of Versailles, and said, "There are no conditions here, um... If you have tools, next time you come to Wanshi..." He passed the watch again give him.

"You know how to repair?" Svatalovski asked, and then said a few more words in Russian.

"The boss said, if you want, can you please take it back and try to fix this watch for him?" the Ukrainian girl said.

When Zhou Luoyang was about to say "Of course", Du Jing pointed to the dial and asked, "Have you dismantled it?"

"No!" Svatanlovski shook his hand and said, "It is very important to me, and I dare not be dismantled by others."

Zhou Luoyang wanted to raise his eyes to ask Du Jing's opinion. He was not sure whether he could fix it, but at this moment, Du Jing made a bold move.

He took off the Eye of Versatile on his wrist, handed it to Svatanovsky, and said, "We can change them."

Svatanlovski laughed again, waved his hands again and again, but took it politely with both hands, looked carefully at the sun, and sighed a few words.

"A masterpiece of art." The Ukrainian beauty translated.

Zhou Luoyang was so nervous that his hands were shaking, and he watched Svatanlovski's movements closely, but his expression couldn't be more normal. He glanced at Du Jing's watch, and then handed it back.

Du Jing still took Dai Hao.

Zhou Luoyang said, "My address is on the business card."

Svatanlovski put his finger on the cigar, picked up his whiskey glass, and said, "You can call me anytime after you fix it, and I'll pay you back."

Zhou Luoyang handed the other Eye of Versatile to Du Jing, and Du Jing put it in his suit pocket.Svatanlovski squinted at them both, and burst out laughing.

Zhou Luoyang didn't quite understand what he was laughing at, so he had to laugh along with him a few times.

At this time, a message from Chen Biaojin came to his mobile phone.

Du Jing caught a glimpse of it at a glance, and said to Zhou Luoyang, "I'm going to the bathroom, and I'll be back soon."

"Go, there's nothing wrong here." Zhou Luoyang said happily.Chen Biaojin's movements were really fast, and within an hour, he was about to receive the invitation letter from the research institute.

The doubts about Svatanlovski were quickly dispelled. He said "very important", but he was so generous, and he trusted him to give it to Zhou Luoyang, who he met for the first time, which made him feel that this person was actually very important. Simple.

"I remember it was mentioned in the family that it came from Derbent." Zhou Luoyang thought for a while and said.

With Du Jing not around, Zhou Luoyang didn't know what to talk about, so he had to start the topic like this.

"Ah," said Svatanlowski, "the Caucasus, but it was brought to Derbent from Switzerland, and it is said that it was once the embodiment of the spirit of the Nordic religion, the Germanic paganism, or what was called the ancient Scandinavian religion. In 1990, [-], the Roman Church used the ancient relics of Germanic paganism seized, and entrusted people to make these two watches. One of them was presented to the Orthodox Archbishop. The other was for raising money. Raise funds, conduct auctions..."

Zhou Luoyang: "????"

"Wait, wait." Zhou Luoyang's brain was no longer enough. He never expected that he would get so much news with a casual sentence!He looked at the Ukrainian girl for help until he got all the information through her interpreter.

"Understood," Zhou Luoyang said, "Thank you for your enlightenment."

There was no time for him to think about the meaning behind these words, so he could only try to remember them, and discuss with Du Jing when he went back to analyze them.

"Well," Zhou Luoyang said, "so I... my assistant's great-grandfather got it through an auction. And your great-grandfather..."

"Maybe?" Svatanlovsky crossed his legs and said relaxedly, "It passed into the hands of the Tsar, and after the October Revolution, it was acquired by my great-grandfather. The warrior with the sword..."

As he spoke, he leaned slightly and said to Zhou Luoyang with a mysterious expression, "You will definitely die by the sword."

Zhou Luoyang: "???"

Immediately afterwards, Swatalovski laughed again.

Zhou Luoyang didn't quite understand the cause and effect of what he said. It must be a famous Russian saying, but what does it have to do with the sword?

At the same time, Du Jing had already received the invitation letter, thanked Chen Biaojin sincerely, put on his earphones, and went to the business service office.

"Turn on the fax machine," Du Jing dialed the number of Wanshi Company, and told his colleagues, "Take the fax and send it to the French embassy for me before five o'clock."

Then he stood in front of the fax machine, flattened the invitation, and put it in the fax machine.

Su Pu followed Du Jing into the business district and appeared opposite Du Jing again.

"Do you have time for a drink after the auction tonight?" Su Pu smiled at Du Jing.

"If you're not busy, maybe you can." Du Jing pressed his right hand on the watch in his left hand.

Su Pu said, "You must not be busy."

Du Jing replied, "I really don't know you."

Su Pu smiled and said, "Maybe we'll meet after tonight? I'm in room 616, I remember."

Du Jing wore sunglasses, looked at her haughtily, and said, "Wait."

Su Pu laughed and said, "See you soon."

When Du Jing returned to the afternoon tea restaurant, Zhou Luoyang had finished chatting, and was talking and laughing with Swatanlovski and Lin Di at the door.After a second thought, Du Jing walked over and stood behind Zhou Luoyang.

Lin Di said: "...he is our partner in Wan City, Mr. Zhou's grandfather is well-known in the industry... hello, you are..."

"My assistant." Zhou Luoyang said immediately, and at the same time his heart skipped a beat, thinking something was wrong.But Lin Di acted as if he didn't know Du Jing. He only glanced at him, and then started talking with Svatanlovski again.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, everyone dispersed, and Zhou Luoyang said to Lin Di, "I need to borrow a meter adjustment tool, can you ask me?"

There will be many clocks and watches in the auction. Although Lin Di didn't know Zhou Luoyang's intentions, he readily agreed and said, "I will send someone to bring them to you later."

"It's better to have a miniature X-ray scanning machine," Zhou Luoyang said, "I'll bring the computer with me."

Lin Di smiled and said, "Boss Zhou still doesn't forget to work when he goes out. He's a model worker. Let's sit together at night and remember not to be late."

Zhou Luoyang nodded, and after returning to the room, Du Jing asked, "What did you say?"

Zhou Luoyang repeated it once, and the only thing that made him feel that something was wrong was the last sentence quoted by Svatanlovski, which seemed to have a deep meaning, as if it was a warning to him.

Du Jing lightly pressed his temples, and took off his sunglasses.

Zhou Luoyang said: "You shouldn't have left at that time, I can't judge what he meant."

It was too complicated. Everything seemed normal, but Zhou Luoyang always felt that something was wrong. He believed that Du Jing must have noticed it too.

"The depression has affected my judgment," Du Jing frowned, "I haven't fully recovered yet. Maybe I'm really not suitable for this job..."

"No, no, no," Zhou Luoyang said immediately, "Think about it carefully, you can figure it out, Du Jing, you can."

Du Jing was a little irritable and sat down beside him.

Zhou Luoyang said again: "I have always had confidence in you. I don't care about Su Pu for now, but the secret of the Eye of Versetti is very important to us. You must be able to figure it out."

Du Jing raised his hand, signaling Zhou Luoyang to wait a moment, and thought for a while, as if under his encouragement, he gradually returned to his state.

Du Jing said: "The thing that surprised me the most in the whole thing was not what Su Pu or Svatanlovsky said, but why would someone keep a broken watch with him at all times. ?”

Zhou Luoyang didn't think about it at first, but after being reminded by Du Jing, he immediately felt something was wrong.

"Because it was left by his great-grandfather?" Zhou Luoyang said, "So he will take it with him no matter where he goes?"

Du Jing shook his head: "The mechanical watch your great-grandfather gave you, no matter how commemorative it is, would you carry it with you?"

The answer is obvious, no.

Zhou Luoyang said: "Maybe it is equivalent to a lucky coin?"

Du Jing replied: "Would you just give lucky coins to anyone?"

Zhou Luoyang: "..."

Zhou Luoyang took a few steps in the room, Du Jing took out his watch and put it on the table.

"Are you sure you didn't get replaced by him?" Zhou Luoyang said, "Although it's difficult, it's not impossible to imitate."

Du Jing picked up his sunglasses, pinched the bridge of his nose slightly, and put it in front of Zhou Luoyang, letting him look out through the sunglasses.

Zhou Luoyang immediately understood that these sunglasses were specially made, no wonder Du Jing always wore them!Through it, the infrared filtered image can be clearly seen.If Swatanlovski intends to change secretly, Du Jing will find out immediately.

Du Jing gently pushed the bridge of the nose of the sunglasses with his other hand, and everything returned to normal in an instant.

"That Russian guy seemed to expect me to come to the auction." Zhou Luoyang said.

"No," Du Jing said, "he has no foresight, and he doesn't know that he will meet us at the auction. The only explanation is that he carries it all the time, looking for someone who can fix this watch all over the world, that's all. Simple."

At the same time, the doorbell rang.Zhou Luoyang said: "We will have the answer soon."

However, Du Jing blocked Zhou Luoyang, and took a look in front of the cat first to confirm that there were Sotheby's staff outside, and then opened the door to let people in.

The other party sent a complete set of equipment, and Zhou Luoyang asked Zhou Luoyang to sign and confirm, and compensate for the damage at the price.After the people left, he opened the box, and inside was a complete set of watch repair tools, which were more complete than those in the Chang'an store.

And a small X-ray perspective machine, which is specially used to check the internal defect area of ​​the instrument.

Zhou Luoyang asked Du Jing, "Are you nervous?"

Du Jing took off his watch and handed it to Zhou Luoyang.

Zhou Luoyang put Svatanlovsky's Versatile Eye on the analysis table, turned on the X-ray machine, connected it to Bluetooth, and started scanning.

"You should have bought one of these," Du Jing said.

"One set costs more than 500 million yuan," Zhou Luoyang said, "It's not worth the money if you sell me."

Du Jing said expressionlessly: "That depends on who you sell it to."

"Whoever is willing to pay has no money to buy." With a smile on the corner of his mouth, Zhou Luoyang looked at the laptop screen, pressed Enter, and recorded the scanned image of Swatanovsky's Eye of Versatile.On it are densely packed gears, springs, and parts that are as fine as a heavenly creation, and are tightly embedded with each other, like a static, grand mechanical city.

"What's abnormal," Du Jing said, "I don't understand."

Zhou Luoyang looked at it for a moment, without saying a word, picked up Du Jing's watch, replaced Svatanlovsky's watch, adjusted the X-ray machine, and started scanning.

Du Jing understood without Zhou Luoyang's explanation.

The result of Du Jing's scan was a blurry, ring-shaped light, which meant that nothing was scanned.

"X-rays are blocked." Zhou Luoyang murmured, "This watch was made in 1890. Roentgen discovered rays in 1895, and the X-ray machine was invented later."

There was silence in the room.

Zhou Luoyang murmured: "I suspect that this is not a product of earth civilization."

Du Jing: "For a moment just now, I thought you would have some terrible inferences."

Zhou Luoyang: "..."