Chapter 32 Chapter Thirty-One

Nanny Xiao Liu is arrested for theft, but uncovers another crime that would have been hidden forever.That was her criminal act of poisoning Zhao Hongyu with plant pesticides under the threat of Lin Baiyu. This crime not only endangered Zhao Hongyu's life, but also nearly disabled Zhao Hongyu.Lin Baiyu, in order to prevent Zhao Hongyu from obtaining the inheritance and management rights of the Wanjia property as the legal heir, and Liu Jianfang, in order to obtain financial benefits, jointly poisoned and killed Zhao Hongyu, who had no grievances with them. Fingers crossed. Lin Baiyu was initially arrested for the crime of covering up. During the interrogation, she was found guilty of illegally buying and selling cultural relics. However, she did not voluntarily confess to the crime of poisoning.The nanny Xiao Liu had a mental breakdown after being arrested. In order to seek leniency, she confessed Lin Baiyu's crime of poisoning her, and begged for forgiveness.The exposure of this crime made Shao Kuancheng sleepless for the past few days. Not only was he angry, but he also blamed himself. He regretted mobilizing Zhao Hongyu to move into Wan Zhenggang's house to serve as an undercover agent.The actions of Wan Zhenggang, Lin Baiyu, the nanny Liu, etc. made him extremely shocked by the ugliness of human nature; he marveled at the collapse of human nature under the powerful impact of money interests.

The confession of the nanny Liu Jianfang, and the accidental exposure of the cruel conspiracy in the Wanjia mansion, almost made everyone in the criminal investigation team, from the fledgling recruits to the experienced veterans, from the ordinary policemen with little experience, to the various teams. The captains and inspectors of each group were all dumbfounded and sighed deeply.Even the captain, who has always been moody and angry, was silent for several days after returning from Beijing. After a few days of silence, the captain left Xijing again, and the imperial driver personally marched, and then crossed to Hong Kong.Accompanying is still the previous old department, and the lineup of Mike Reynolds has not changed, it is still Charlie the Bald and his lawyer translator.After the two sides broke down in the first negotiation, the second negotiation was held on the spot soon.

The second negotiation was also initiated by Mike. In this negotiation, they finally relented and no longer insisted on the Chinese side's request for the redemption of the stone coffin. The Chinese side also promised to assist Mike Reynolds to negotiate with the bank or directly to Wan Zheng Gang took back the $3 million that Mike had paid in advance for the stone coffin.After the Chinese side made the above promise, the US negotiator immediately expressed his willingness to return the stone coffin on behalf of Mike Reynolds.This is undoubtedly a major progress in the recovery of the stone coffin, and victory is in sight!

The captain immediately called the leaders of the Municipal Bureau in Hong Kong and reported this exciting situation.However, when the two sides continued their talks in the afternoon, Charlie Bald put forward several "necessary additional conditions". The "necessary additional conditions" proposed by Mike Reynolds are: 1. If the stone coffin returns to China according to the schedule proposed by the Chinese side, it must be done in the form of a public donation from Mike Reynolds to the Chinese government. 2. The Chinese government signed a long-term cooperation agreement with the Yadan Art Foundation of Mike Reynolds. The Chinese government should provide necessary convenience and support for the work and activities of the Yadan Art Foundation in China.

3. In view of the fact that Wan Zhenggang once served as an oriental cultural consultant of the Yadan Art Foundation and made important contributions to the development of the foundation, the Chinese government is required to promise that Wan Zhenggang will not be sentenced to capital punishment. The captain called the city bureau urgently for instructions, and the city bureau urgently asked the city government for instructions, and quickly gave instructions. The captain followed the instructions and rejected all the three "necessary additional conditions" proposed by Charlie the Baldhead and his lawyer.

The reply from the Chinese police to the other side is as follows: 1. The stone coffin of Empress Zhenshun in the Tang Dynasty is a first-class historical relic in China. It was obtained by Mike Reynolds from improper and illegal channels. The way for the Chinese government to take back this cultural relic is by no means a gift, but only recourse. 2. If the Yadan Art Foundation is willing to carry out cultural or economic cooperation with relevant departments of the Chinese government, additional negotiations can be held.The channels for foreign legal cultural institutions to cooperate with China are not only diverse, but also very smooth.However, any cooperation must be arranged separately, and has nothing to do with China's recovery of the stolen cultural relics, and should not constitute any causal relationship or precondition.

3. Apart from stealing and selling cultural relics, Wan Zhenggang is suspected of committing other serious crimes.The Chinese judiciary will conduct a public trial in accordance with the law.Everyone is equal before the law, and Wan Zhenggang cannot enjoy any extrajudicial immunity. The negotiations broke down again, and the negotiating team returned without success again.The four returned in separate lanes at the Hong Kong Airport. The director and translator of the Provincial Museum returned directly to Xijing. The team leader and legal experts from the Municipal Bureau went straight to Beijing to meet with the deputy director of the Municipal Bureau to report to the Ministry of Public Security and discuss the next step of recourse. .

While the captain was still reporting in Beijing, Shao Kuancheng suddenly saw a letter signed by the Yadan Art Foundation in his mailbox before leaving get off work in the evening of the day.He was almost taken aback when he translated the letter into Chinese, because this brief letter made no mention of two fruitless negotiations between the two parties, but made a new request, a completely unexpected request. Mike Reynolds asked to come to China! Mike Reynolds wants to come to China, to Xijing, and to Chang'an. He wants to see the tomb site of Queen Zhenshun in Tang Dynasty—Jingling.

Except for the request to visit Xijing, this letter does not mention all the conditions, positions, and disputes that the two sides have ever involved in the negotiations. Shao Kuancheng didn't dare to delay for a moment, quickly printed out the letter, and quickly sent it to Li Jin's office.Li Jin immediately dialed the captain's phone number. The head of the general team and the deputy director in charge of the Municipal Bureau rushed back to Xijing on the morning flight the next day. At three o'clock in the afternoon, according to the instructions of the Municipal Bureau, Shao Kuancheng translated a reply letter drafted by the general team into English and sent it to Yadan by email Art Foundation.

The Chinese version of the reply is as follows: Replies are as brief as letters.Since the letter was addressed to the Xijing City Public Security Bureau, the reply letter was also signed by the Xijing City Public Security Bureau. When Shao Kuancheng sent the email, he thought, this old man has finally made an official appearance. Since he is willing to go to the front desk, does it mean that he is ready to accept the request of the Chinese government and no longer insist on his conditions? He thought that the leaders of the Municipal Bureau and the headquarter might have guessed the same way, so they responded to Mike Reynolds' request for a visit to China so quickly.

A week after the response letter was sent, Mike Reynolds did show up.As soon as Shao Kuancheng got to work that day, he heard people in the team discussing that Mike Reynolds had arrived in Beijing, and no one in the team could tell the details.For two consecutive days, Shao Kuancheng did not see Li Jin, and the captain did not show his face either.At that time, the escape case in Shao Kuan City was very busy, and he had to make dozens of phone calls to various places every day to communicate the situation, without any distractions.There is no rest even on Saturday and Sunday. On Sunday morning, as soon as he arrived in the team, he was called downstairs by Lao Jing on the phone before his butt was seated, and he got into the car.After getting in the car, Lao Jing said that the captain just called him directly and asked him to take Shao Kuancheng there with him. "where to?" The car drove out of the criminal investigation team, crossed the street and city, and drove to the suburbs.After driving out of the urban area, Shao Kuancheng could tell that the car was heading towards Chang'an. Shao Kuancheng knew that the car was going to Jingling. Looking from a distance, Jingling is bathed in bright sunlight, and the hill-like tomb is lush with vegetation.The deserted village in the distance that was once shrouded in conspiracy is still silent, and in the floating light of the sun, it is still the most eye-catching glimpse on the horizon. They got off the highway, and when they approached Jingling, they saw several cars parked in front of the tomb.The deputy director of the Municipal Bureau and the political commissar of the corps were already there, and Li Jin was reporting something to them with gestures.Lao Jing parked the car a little far away from the leaders, and the two got out of the car and looked over there, neither of them knew whether they should go there and report for duty.At this time, there seemed to be some movement in the distance, and all the eyes in front of the tomb met the dazzling sun, and looked far away in the direction of the road.Shao Kuancheng also set up a pergola, and squinted his eyes to look over there. He saw a string of cars appearing on the road, twisting and turning, and driving towards them. He sneezed. The sun was too bright, and the road was all white.After his gaze got used to it a bit, the mighty convoy had already got off the road and approached the tomb.He saw the deputy director, the political commissar of the corps, Li Jin and others all go forward, and Lao Jing and several policemen also followed.He subconsciously took a few steps forward, saw the convoy stop slowly, saw someone open the car door, a familiar silver-white hair got out of the car first, the captain and a leader of the provincial museum also got out of another car Get out of the car, and the last one to get out of the car is the thin old man.Compared with Shao Kuancheng's impression, Mike Reinos looked much more capable than the old man with long sleeves and loose clothes he had seen in the deep mountains of Paro. He was not only personable, but also dressed solemnly. The leaders went forward and shook hands with Mike Reynolds.The captain introduced Mike Reynolds and the deputy director to each other, and the two sides exchanged brief greetings.Of course Shao Kuancheng couldn't hear what he said, but he could tell that the atmosphere was cordial and friendly. After the introduction and greetings, the guest of honor walked towards the entrance of the mausoleum. Shao Kuancheng saw that the leader of the Provincial Museum pointed to the huge mountain of the Jingling Mausoleum and began to explain the site.To Shao Kuancheng's surprise, the museum leader who looked like an official could speak English!Jiliwala speaks quite fluently.Shao Kuancheng pricked up his ears to hear what he had to say, when something even more unexpected happened. —Mike Reynolds saw him! The old man looked through layers of human heads, and seemingly unintentionally, he exchanged a glance with him standing farthest in the crowd, and then, the old man raised a hand and slapped him call: "cough!" Shao Kuancheng was stunned for a third of a second, then subconsciously raised a hand, and returned with a friendly smile.The friendliness of that smile was not all diplomatic, but had a touch of character.In Shao Kuancheng's true nature, besides the unique youth and simplicity of young people, there is also a little bit of his own unique shyness. Perhaps touched by such a simple smile, Mike Reynolds stopped in his tracks, ignored the eloquent explanations from the leaders of the Provincial Museum, and continued to "speak to Shao Kuancheng across the mountain." "How are you?" He actually speaks Chinese! Shao Kuancheng was stunned. Although the Chinese was beyond the cottage, he could still hear it clearly.He originally wanted to answer in English, but the moment he opened his mouth, he thought that the leaders were there, so he still spoke Chinese. "Hello! Welcome!" All eyes were on Shao Kuancheng. Shao Kuancheng seemed to have never been so flamboyant in his life, and his hairs were standing on end.But the matter didn't stop here. He didn't expect the captain standing beside Mike Reynolds to wave and greet him loudly: "Shao Kuancheng, come here!" Shao Kuancheng walked forward in a ignorant manner, and glanced at Li Jin for some reason.They shook hands as they approached Mike Reynolds.Mike Reynolds spoke English again. "Nice to see you again, young man, has your English improved?" Shao Kuancheng also spoke English, and his English level was of course a hundred times better than Mike Reynolds' Chinese level.He said: "I'm working on it and would like to have Mr. Mike's advice on polite language." The conversation between the two is hidden, but they both smile on their faces, looking very familiar.The people around, including the deputy director and the chief, no one could understand the subtext and mystery of these inexplicable conversations. "Politeness?" Mike Reynolds smiled: "Yes, politeness is very important. I understand what you said last time, but if you can be a little more polite, it will make people feel better." Shao Kuancheng remembers that the English teacher at the university said that English emphasizes the expression of a gentleman. For example, when criticizing the other party, he often does not use direct language, but uses sentence patterns such as "if so, then so so".According to the English teacher, this sentence of Mike Reynolds is obviously a criticism. Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Shao Kuancheng didn't know how to respond to this kind of seemingly polite criticism. He said: "I will continue to learn English well. If I can do it all over again, I will try my best to express my meaning tactfully. Give me this chance?" Mike Reynolds laughed. "No," he said, "that's too late. Learning a language is a long process." He smiled, turned around, and walked towards the entrance of the tomb with the officials who accompanied him.The captain looked at Shao Kuancheng, and followed Mike into the tomb passage.Shao Mai's conversation was vague, and the captain didn't understand it in the end. Shao Kuancheng didn't follow the tomb passage, and Lao Jing, who basically only spoke Xijing dialect, walked over and said with a smile: "Damn, it's very flirty! You haven't lost the chain at all!" The political commissar also came over and asked, "What is this old man talking about?" Mike Reynolds came and left, only stayed for one day, visited the Chang'an Jingling Site, and attended the dinner hosted by the Provincial Museum.The next morning, I hurriedly flew away from Xijing. After the dinner the previous day, Charlie the Bald had another meeting with the Xijing police.The content of the talks is still repeating the same old tune, still asking the Chinese side to accept Mike Reynolds to return the stone coffin as a donation; demanding a fair trial for Wan Zhenggang, and not wanting to be punished for introducing the stone coffin transaction to the Yadan Art Foundation Sentenced to death.On behalf of the Xijing government, the commander-in-chief reaffirmed China's consistent position on these requirements.Neither side had anything new to say, and the meeting ended quickly. This was the last face-to-face negotiation between the two parties. Like the previous two, each said their own words, stayed where they were, and broke up unhappy. Despite this, the captain went to the airport to see off Mike Reinos the next morning, and brought along Shao Kuancheng, who made Mike Reinos laugh the only time during this trip.In order to express the disappointment and dissatisfaction with the lack of progress of Mike Reynolds' trip, the leaders of the Municipal Bureau and the Provincial Museum did not show up, and the captain of the general team just sent it to the gate of the terminal building. The car left, and only the very low-ranking Shao Kuancheng and Inspector Jing sent Mike Reynolds into the waiting hall.Leaving with Mike Reynolds was Charlie the Bald, Mike's Chinese translator and one of his bodyguards.Shao Kuancheng and Lao Jing imitated the captain's appearance, expressionless, neither humble nor overbearing.Charlie the Whitehead and the interpreter went through the boarding pass and customs formalities together. The thick American bodyguard followed his employer closely with a vigilant face.Mike Reynolds looked relaxed and peaceful, and he talked about ancient Chinese art with Shao Kuancheng, from ancient Hongshan Liangchu to Shang and Zhou Dingshi bronze; from Han and Tang gold and silver wares to Song and Yuan Ru Yaoge kiln; from the huanghuali furniture of the Ming Dynasty to the cloisonné enamel of the Qing Dynasty, Shao Kuancheng only heard about the things he was talking about, but he didn't understand them very well, so he could only deal with them humbly.Lao Jing knew some antiques, but he didn't understand English, so he kept asking him in a low voice: "What the hell are you talking about, what the hell are you talking about?" Shao Kuancheng was busy with Mike, who was busy talking, and had no time to explain, so he just said: "We're talking about art, you don't understand." Lao Jing rolled his eyes and said, "You understand?" After finally getting through the security check, Lao Jing and Shao Kuancheng stopped there, and they didn't intend to send them inside anymore. They shook hands and said goodbye: "Goodbye, good luck." Not even a smile.Charlie the Bald and the other two old beauties only said a short "goodbye", which was shorter than them.Only Mike, who was the last to enter the security checkpoint, stretched out his arms and made a bear hug with Shao Kuancheng out of the blue, making Shao Kuancheng messy for a long time. What was even more surprising was that while hugging him, Mike Reynolds whispered in his ear. "Goodbye, young people. When my Yadan Art Palace is completed, you are welcome to watch it. You will feel extremely happy to see the history illuminated by great art." According to what Lao Jing said later, Shao Kuancheng never lost the chain that day, and he actually gave a god-level answer!Moreover, I also paid attention to the polite language: "Please forgive me, the great art has been stolen from her great hometown, and I cannot be happy." Mike Reynolds let go of Shao Kuancheng and looked at him seriously. After a long time, he smiled and said, "You will get the happiness you want." Mike left, and his skinny figure quickly disappeared at the security check entrance of the airport.Old Inoue came to ask: "What did this bastard tell you again?" Shao Kuancheng replied blankly: "He said he wished me happiness..." "Damn it, what the hell is it? He doesn't think he's taking you, a hard-working kid, as a job? Can you take me with you? I'm begging to take care of you too!" "roll!"