Crane Art Museum is closed for a while now. In just two months, two sensational major cases occurred one after another. In particular, the second one happened before the national treasure return exhibition that the people of the whole country were looking forward to. Executive curator Zhang Wenli was pushed to the forefront of public opinion. I am afraid that after the case is settled, the Crane Art Museum will also be closed down.
Xie Lanshan showed his police card and was able to cross the cordon, and together with Shen Liufei, came to the wax figure area of the east hall of the art museum.
The setting sun was setting, and there was no one in the pavilion at the moment, so there were only a few solitary lights left in the east pavilion, the same as the lights on the night before the exhibition. Through a dim light, Xie Lanshan saw that several Luoshen wax statues had been covered with plastic sheets by the administrator. Even if he knew that they were all wax statues, at first glance, he really thought that there was a big living person hidden behind a thin layer of plastic. , They are beautiful and similar, with different eyes, happy, shy, sad, sad, anyway, smiling when happy, sad and sad, it is like seeing the real face, like being there.
After a rough glance at the Luoshen wax statues in the museum, the security guard Xiao Zhou remembered correctly, there were indeed seven.
Xie Lanshan said in surprise: "Did we guess wrong?"
Shen Liufei didn't speak, but frowned, it seemed that he was not satisfied with the result.
The wax figure looks like a real person, and even the human modalities are vivid. Xie Lanshan approached his face and carefully looked at the face of one of the wax figures. The face is very beautiful, which means "as bright as the sun rises in the morning", but his face is full of sadness, and the sorrow in his eyes cannot be tolerated. Thinking of Cao Pi Zhen Mi in history, Xie Lanshan was quite touched for a while: "The love of man and god in different ways should be very painful as a party."
Shen Liufei also looked at the wax figure: "There was a comment before that people who couldn't understand this painting were because they had never been moved."
Xie Lanshan turned to look at him, smiled and said, "Mr. Shen must be someone who understands this painting."
Shen Liufei showed no expression, and took Xie Lanshan from left to right, starting from the first wax figure of Luoshen in the exhibition area. He said: "The frontispiece of "Luoshen Futu" depicts the scene of Cao Zhi's first encounter with the Luoshen on the banks of the Luoshui River. This wax figure is the appearance of Luoshen's first appearance and the appearance of Lingbo."
Xie Lanshan looked at the wax figure carefully. The posture of the wax figure was exactly the same as that of Luoshen in the painting. She looked back at Cao Zhi. She held a stag tail fan in her hand, covered her chin shyly, and her eyes were full of emotion.
Shen Liufei took a few steps forward, then pointed to the second wax figure and said, "This is the scene of Luoshen dancing with the immortals in the painting."
Xie Lanshan followed and nodded. There are many images of Luoshen dancing in the water in "Luoshen Futu". The wax figure selected one of them. Luoshen danced with his sleeves and belts fluttering. Even the water splashes on the soles of her feet were built with foam plastic. , very much like real.
Shen Liufei continued: "This is the scene in the painting where Luoshen and Cao Zhi are in love.
Xie Lanshan followed Shen Liufei and listened to him explaining the images of Luoshen in "Luoshen Futu" one by one with wax figures. One spoke earnestly and the other listened carefully. Xie Lanshan occasionally looked up at Shen Liufei. , under the misty light, only a pair of eyes twinkled brightly.
Seeing this, he couldn't take his eyes off. Xie Lanshan suddenly thought for no reason that Cao Zijian in history might have been so handsome and easy to talk, which made his sister-in-law feel agitated.
Shen Liufei didn't notice that Xie Lanshan's eyes kept falling on his face, and pointed to the sixth wax figure of Luoshen: "This is the last appearance of Luoshen in the whole of "Luoshen Futu". Sitting on the cloud car, wanting to leave and staying, and looking back reluctantly."
After he finished speaking, he turned his head, looked at each other, and bumped into each other.
Shen Liufei asked lightly, "What do you see me doing?"
Xie Lanshan coughed awkwardly and returned to the topic: "Since these six wax figures are all arranged according to the narrative development of "Luoshen Futu", from the first appearance of Luoshen to the last departure, then the seventh..." Xie Lanshan approached the seventh wax figure of Luoshen, and through the thin plastic sheet, he looked carefully at the glimmer of light. He vaguely felt that the seventh wax figure was a little familiar.
She was looking at her intently, suspiciously, and caressingly, when the seventh wax figure of Luoshen suddenly moved in front of her. She glanced sullenly, and a long, pale hand stretched out from behind the plastic sheet and pinched it hard. To Xie Lanshan's neck.
Xie Lanshan reacted quickly, raised his hand to block the opponent's attack, rotated his wrist, wrapped around the opponent's wrist instead, brought it back to him, and grabbed the opponent's neck with his elbow.
"Oh, let go! It hurts to death!"
The voice was very familiar, especially loud and noisy, it was Tang Xiaomo.
Xie Lanshan let go, angrily and funny: "You haven't shown your face this day, why are you hiding here?"
Tang Xiaomo hurriedly defended: "I'm here to solve the case too. I've been thinking for a few days that the murderer couldn't sneak in, kill people and then escape in just a few minutes after the second power outage, but if he was lurking at the first power outage, Is it here?" After a few seconds of pause, she thought that no one thought of this attention, she was proud and shook her head: "The security guards all said that they are responsible for their work. After the first power outage, they checked the toilet, checked the corner, and checked all possible hidden The place where people are, but they never thought that the murderer didn't hide at all, he stood in front of them generously, standing in the blind corner of the surveillance!"
Tang Xiaomo's analysis was exactly what Xie Lanshan thought. The museum didn't turn on a few lights at night, and the light was weak. He couldn't see the seventh wax figure at first sight, and the real person Tang Xiaomo, and the case of Cong's family annihilation a while ago caused a lot of trouble in the city, which added to the psychological shadow of night patrols. The security guard and Tao Longyue didn't even pay attention to the murderer who was right under their noses.
"How did you come in?" Xie Lanshan asked seriously.
"I'm a thief, tell me how I got in." Tang Xiaomo replied with a smile.
Xie Lanshan looked at Tang Xiaomo up and down, and saw that she was wearing a wig, dressed in ancient costumes, like a pheasant, and also laughed: "Where did you come from?"
"Taobao." The headgear was too heavy and the long skirt was too hot. Tang Xiaomo took off the headgear and took off the long skirt. She was wearing a T-shirt and a short skirt among the ancient dresses dragging the floor, and she couldn't tell from the appearance at all.
Tang Xiaomo rubbed her broken wrist. Xie Lanshan didn't save her energy just now, the bruises were obvious on the top of her head, she felt unhappy, and her mouth couldn't shut the door: "You two people's police are open enough, or are the police still coming out of the closet? I heard what I said just now. , What's someone who doesn't understand this painting has never been moved.' What', Mr. Shen must be someone who understands painting.' Ouch, my teeth are sore."
Tang Xiaomo's imitation skills were good, and she imitated Shen Liufei's demeanor and Xie Lanshan's tone very well. She dangled in front of the two of them indifferently, and that look of insight into everything was both embarrassing and embarrassing.
Xie Lanshan felt a fever on his face, but Shen Liufei was not in a hurry. He said to Tang Xiaomo, "Your grandfather may still be alive."
Tang Xiaomo was shocked: "Why do you say that?"
Shen Liufei asked her casually, "Didn't you say that Zhang Wenli once asked your grandfather to take home the paintings and calligraphy from the Art Museum of the Provincial Academy of Fine Arts and copy them?"
Tang Xiaomo nodded: "Yes."
Shen Liufei said with an expressionless face: "Zhang Wenli did not hesitate to violate the law and let your grandfather take away the paintings and calligraphy in the museum, not because of their close relationship, but to 'exchange the fake for the real', stealing the real cultural relics abroad and making huge profits. So now Crane Art The several paintings and calligraphy stolen in the museum are also fake paintings, and the real paintings should have been taken away by him.”
Tang Xiaomo pondered the meaning, and immediately exclaimed: "No! My grandfather is a painter and a craftsman, so he wouldn't do such illegal and criminal things!"
"He was voluntary, forced, or he didn't know about it at all. We'll have to wait until we can get him back and ask more clearly." Shen Liufei said, "From the last time you recalled that your grandfather and Zhang Wenli had a heated argument. I guess he was aware of the conflict, and his subsequent disappearance was not an accident, but was locked somewhere and forced to complete this "Luo Shen Fu Tu"."
Xie Lanshan asked, "So Mr. Tang didn't want to continue to cooperate with Zhang Wenli, so he was kidnapped by him?"
Shen Liufei nodded: "There is a possibility."
Tang Xiaomo said, "So Li Guochang was also killed by Zhang Wenli?"
Xie Lanshan shook his head: "No, as long as Zhang Wenli puts in this group of people who steal the paintings and asks them to steal the paintings and then destroy them, this matter will be dead and unproven. If he can leave himself clean, he will kill one more Li Guochang. , branches outside the festival."
Tang Xiaomo was anxious: "According to your analysis just now, where is my grandfather locked up? This painting has been completed, and it is true that he can't hide it from the connoisseurs. Could it be that he has also been silenced?"
Shen Liufei frowned: "A person who is imprisoned will definitely find ways to send messages to the outside world, and the only tool he can use to send messages is his paintings. I have to study this "Luo Shen Fu Tu" carefully before I can answer you. question."
Xie Lanshan shook his head and sighed: "Don't think about it, this is a treasure of a thousand-year-old painting country, and besides, people from the US consulate are here. If it can't be proved that the painting is directly related to the case, it must be returned to Li Guochang's foreign wife within three days. ."
When Lord Yang came to the door, the matter was not easy to handle, and the three of them decided to leave the Crane Art Museum first.
The night is already deep. The typhoon went and returned, passing by Hanhai City, so it still brought a shower of rain for the city. As soon as the rain stopped, the plane trees beside the road were washed by the heavy rain, and as soon as the wind passed, a mist of water fell from the leaves and tickled people's faces.
"Mr. Shen and I will take you back." The three walked out of the Crane Art Museum and stood on their teeth to prepare to cross the road. Xie Lanshan looked after Tang Xiaomo, his eyes were cold and cold, and his face was serious, "You must be careful these two days, You are the only one who can prove that "Luo Shen Fu Tu" is a fake painted by your grandfather, that is, the only one who can prove that Zhang Wenli exchanged the fake for the real and guarded himself against theft. I am afraid that Zhang Wenli and the people behind the scenes will attack you. Like they killed the three robbers."
As soon as the voice landed, a black car started a dozen meters away, like a dormant winter worm quietly reviving, from slow to fast, rushing over quickly.
A Buick with a very old and worn-out exterior, the license plate was full of mud spots, and even a single number could not be read clearly. Shen Liu flew in front and was the first to realize that something was wrong, and shouted softly, "Xie Lanshan!"
The window of the black car rolled down, a rifle barrel protruded from it, and bullets were fired at Shen Liufei.
Xie Lanshan didn't even think about it, he threw Shen Liufei to the ground by instinct, the two hugged and rolled on the ground, donating all the dust and rain.
The security guards on duty called the police when they heard the gunshots and rushed out. The black Buick galloped away and quickly disappeared into the darkness.
"Are you alright." Xie Lanshan pressed Shen Liufei under him, ignoring the many bumps he had just rolled to the ground, his shoulders were aching, and he only cared about the safety of the other party.
"I'm fine." Shen Liufei looked over with a pair of long eyes, not looking, but pointing. In the nick of time, the rest of the life after the catastrophe, the two people stared at each other in parallel, with both sword energy and tenderness in their eyes. After a while, Shen Liufei said, "It's time for you to get up."
Xie Lanshan got up first, stretched out his hand, and pulled up Shen Liufei, who was in the lower position. They heard the exclamations of the security guards, and turned around at the same time, only to find that Tang Xiaomo was shot and fell into a pool of blood with his eyes closed.