Li Mo stayed in the embassy for three days, mainly sorting out the various antiques he found, taking pictures, labeling them one by one, and registering them in the register.
"Mr. Qin, what do you plan to do with these foreign antiques or artworks?"
Dashan was on the side helping me with some physical work.
"First ship them all back to China, and then spend a lot of money to ask Steven to invite a group of appraisal experts in various fields to conduct a comprehensive appraisal. If foreign museums are interested in those antiques or works of art, they can use the corresponding Chinese antiques and cultural relics Exchange. Of course, if the number of foreign antiques found is large, I will also consider building a foreign art museum in Yanjiao."
Li Mo locked the Grand Reading Sword made by the Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty and three famous paintings handed down from generation to generation in a large safe, as well as the cloisonné dragon-patterned lidded jar from the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty and the Vairochana Buddha of the Liao Dynasty. They were all of the highest quality. of.
"Do you want to go out for a walk this afternoon? If you want to go out, I will make arrangements first. That Steven said that there is no special antique market here in Washington. If you want to hunt for treasures, you can go to China City for a walk. You may have something unexpected. surprise."
"Now that we're here, we must make a trip to Huaxia City. Gulishi and Steven don't need to follow us. Let them move freely and set off in half an hour."
"yes."
Li Mo went back to his room and changed into clean clothes, then walked out of the embassy. There were already three cars waiting outside. He got into the middle car. The driver was May, and the passenger was Da Shan.
"Mr. Qin, Steven just sent news that the Antiques Festival in Seattle will be held on May 1st and will last for seven days. If you want to go there, we can settle there a day or two in advance."
"Seattle Antiques Festival is a very rare opportunity, and of course I won't miss it. Well, today we will go to China City for a walk, and tomorrow we will leave for Seattle. Since there is an Antiques Festival there, there must be antiques with a long history. Street, let me see if I can find something good over there."
Chinatown is a small historical district located on the east side of downtown Washington. It contains many Asian restaurants, among which Chinese restaurants are the most outstanding. There will be celebrations during the Spring Festival, including performances and parades, which are very lively.
The car was parked in a parking space on the side of the road. An old man from China ran over with a small bag on his back and said with a smile: "Which city in China did you come here to visit?"
"We are from Kyoto, sir. Your accent sounds like you are from Northern Jiangsu, right?"
"No, my son and his wife got married and settled here. They insisted on me coming to live with them. I just found something to do when I had nothing to do at home."
"We came here for no reason, just to hang out and have fun. Dashan, pay."
"Okay, everything you want to eat here is authentic hometown cuisine, and there are also snacks you can try."
Maybe it's because the weather is good today, or maybe it's because this is Huaxia City, and there are a lot of people visiting. Compatriots can be seen everywhere, but there are fewer foreigners.
"Jinmen Pancake Fruit."
Li Mo heard the reputation and said, what a good guy, even the snacks are very authentic. Not only are there pancakes and fruits, but there is also stinky tofu, and the billboard even says authentic stinky tofu. Although I'm a bit self-deceiving, I have to say that there are many people who like it, and there is a queue in front of the store.
"If I open a braised barbecue restaurant here, my business can dominate the entire old street."
Li Mo said confidently that since he cooked braised pork for the first time, many people have been asking him when he will cook it again in the past few days. They are all greedy.
"Mr. Qin, please leave a way for ordinary people to survive." Wuyue seemed to be on a par with him, and would quarrel with him from time to time.
"I didn't fight for food with them. Hey, I think I saw an acquaintance." Li Mo suddenly ran from an alley. He just saw a familiar figure entering the alley.
In May, Dashan and the others followed.
Li Mo rushed into the alley and saw the man in front of him walking slowly.
"Sima Haotian."
The figure in front of him suddenly trembled. When he looked back, a look of disbelief appeared on his face, and then his expression suddenly changed and he turned around and ran away.
"Why are you running?"
Li Mo was much faster than him, and he stopped him after running only ten meters.
"Li Mo, you want to kill everyone but you can't do it?"
This sentence made Li Mo a little surprised. When did he kill him to death? He took the initiative to provoke him the previous two times. When did he worry that he would kill him?
Li Mo curled his lips and said, "If I really wanted to kill you, you would have been finished long ago."
Sima Haotian looked at the people gathered around him, then retreated to the wall and said in a deep voice, "What do you want?"
Seeing him looking a little panicked, Li Mo thought to himself that it was strange. Many thoughts came to his mind, and then he tentatively sneered and said: "You used to be the chief appraisal expert of the Bay Island Museum, and you were also recognized as the number one treasure appraisal master in Sandao. How could you not be aware of the dirty things that happened in the Bay Island Museum? You have been letting thieves go, but you didn’t expect that you were a thief, and you were so bold as to take out all the fine antiques in the museum. You are so ambitious. I’m tired of living.”
Dashan and the others knew that the three famous paintings handed down by Li Mo were leaked from the Bay Island Museum, but they did not expect that they might be related to the middle-aged man in his forties who looked a little down and out.
Those are all national treasures. No wonder this bastard appears here. He must be hiding here. Thinking of this, Dashan and the four of them immediately took a few steps closer.
Sima Haotian's expression kept changing. He leaned against the wall and gasped, "Li Mo, those things have nothing to do with me. If you really want to put it into perspective, it's not all your fault."
"You will bite back. I want to know why you blame me for the dirty things you did."
"Don't pretend to be ignorant. You defeated me back then and won so many treasures from the Bay Island Museum. It was enough for you to build a Gu Yunxuan Bay Island Museum. This is just on the surface. You privately mobilized funds to participate in gambling on Australia Island, causing huge losses to the European and American consortium behind it. In the end, we are not responsible for their losses. Huh, what kind of money can we have in our hands? The most valuable ones are of course those stored underground. There are countless antiques in the treasure house. But I only know about it, but I have never touched it."
Li Mo did not refute immediately. According to his statement, this matter really had a little to do with him.
"You didn't participate, but you didn't report the knowledge. You are more hateful and pitiful than those who participated. Those who participated can still enrich their own pockets, but what about you? Look at you now, you are still alive Is it a person?"
The corners of Sima Haotian's mouth twitched a few times and his fists were clenched, but he gradually relaxed. He looked up at Tian Chang and sighed and said, "Now that you have found me, tell me, how do you want to deal with me?"
"Do you know why I chased you all the way to Washington?"
"Why?"
Li Mo sneered a few times and said: "Because some of the unique masterpieces flowing out from the Bay Island Museum have already been in my hands."
Sima Haotian looked at him for a long time and then asked: "What do you have in your hand?"
"I will tell you three things. The first one is "Pine Wind in Ten Thousand Valleys" by Li Tang of Song Dynasty, the second one is "Avalokitesvara with Thousand Hands and Thousand Eyes" of Song Dynasty, and the third one is "Lu Yu Cooks Tea" by Zhao Yuan in the late Yuan Dynasty. "Picture". I know you won't believe it, so I'll let you see it."
Li Mo took out his phone and opened the gallery, held it up to his eyes and flipped through it a few times.
Sima Haotian closed his eyes and slowly slumped to the ground along the wall. He cried as if he had lost his soul and said: "I shouldn't have regretted it at the beginning. If I hadn't been instigated by them back then, I wouldn't have fallen into this miserable state." It’s so bad that my wife and children are separated.”
"What's the use of crying, what's the use of regretting."
I really didn't expect that with a little deception, I actually learned some of the truth about the matter from Sima Haotian. It's right to think about it. To get so many valuable treasures out of the underground treasure house, it is absolutely impossible without a very powerful force.
"Sima Haotian, I came to the United States specifically to investigate this matter. Can you tell me first, how many antiques have been leaked from the Bay Island Museum?"
None of them spoke to Dashan. The matter behind this matter was much more serious than they imagined.
Sima Haotian stopped crying and slowly raised a finger.
"You are all fucking crazy. You are not the descendants of the Yanhuang Dynasty. You have even sold the treasures left by your ancestors. Didn't you expect the consequences after this matter was exposed? You bastards will be punished forever. On the shelf of history’s shame.”
Li Mo couldn't help but cursed. He was so crazy that he leaked as many as a thousand items. It is really hard to imagine how many national treasures as high as three famous paintings have been hacked and flowed into the hands of foreigners.
"They said that there are more than 200,000 pieces of various national treasures and antiques in the underground treasure house of the museum. Even if 10,000 pieces are missing, it will not attract people's attention. Besides, as long as those few people involved don't say anything, this matter will not go away. It will be known to the outside world, and it can be dealt with slowly in a few years."
Not a thousand pieces, but a full ten thousand pieces.
Li Mo was stunned, then stepped forward with anger and slapped him hard. There was a crisp sound, and Sima Haotian was knocked to the ground, with blood showing at the corner of his mouth.
"You beasts, your ancestors will be reviled for eighteen generations. You could have prevented such a tragedy, but you turned a blind eye and refused to retaliate. You are even more hateful than those black hands."
"Hahaha, hahaha." Sima Haotian laughed miserably, "Li Mo, you can never imagine what a person will become once he doesn't even have the bottom line."
Even the bottom line of being a human being is gone, so it doesn't matter if you do crazy things.
"What do you do?"
When this happened, four Chinese men in security uniforms ran towards this side. They held batons in their hands and looked at Li Mo and others with vigilance.
"This is Huaxia City. We are all compatriots. Don't keep any grudges private."
May took out a work certificate from her bag and handed it to the person who spoke.
The other party took it and opened it for a closer look, and then he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It turns out to be a staff member of the embassy. Did Sima Haotian commit any crime in China? He wanders around the Chinese city every day."
"Committed an unpardonable crime."
The four people looked at each other, and one of them nodded and said, "In that case, take him away. This guy will starve to death on the streets sooner or later."
"good."
The four men walked away with batons.
Li Mo kicked Sima Haotian's feet and said condescendingly: "Can you still leave? If you can still leave, come with me to visit Huaxia City."
