The phone sent by the housekeeper Tom, Zhang Nan wiped the water on his face before listening to the situation, and by the way, he glanced at the watch on the table with the lost frame.

It's just before seven o'clock.

"I said, when did Chicago have such an early flight to New York?" Zhang Nan was puzzled.

"Boss, we didn't take the plane, we drove the security escort car back. Jerry on the other end of the phone hurriedly said.

When Zhang Nan was playing with the children, unless his subordinates had something very important, it was best not to call him, otherwise the boss would be very unhappy!

Buying a piece of art for less than 10 million dollars is obviously not an important circumstance that requires the boss to play with the children: Jerry made a phone call to the manor's duty room after the business was negotiated after the phone call started yesterday.

That time, the duty room told him that the boss was playing with his daughters, so Jerry didn't call Zhang Nan again.

At the same time, he can't ask the boss if he is in the manor or if he goes out, because he uses an ordinary mobile phone, although the number is not registered in Jerry's name, but once it is intentionally monitored, the confidentiality is almost equal to nothing.

People who work in the manor must not reveal the movements of the boss and his family when talking to outsiders on unconfidential calls, this is iron discipline!

The officer on duty could say that the boss was "playing with the children", but he couldn't say where it was, and even if Jerry asked, he wouldn't tell him, unless he was in contact with the bodyguard on a confidential phone.

It doesn't matter where you are, just know that the boss is currently in family time.

After buying the things, they packed them securely, and transported them back to New York overnight with the escort car provided by the branch.

This will also be very satisfied with the behavior of Jerry and others - Chicago is nearly 1,300 kilometers away from New York, and it is really difficult to drive back all the way back and count the time to refuel and rest halfway, and it is really difficult for those guys.

But... And then the eggs.

"You guys have a good rest, I'll not be back until the afternoon at the earliest, that's all. ”

With another "beep"...

Promise the children to play until the afternoon and then go back, and it is not a big deal for the sky to fall, then it will have to be spent in the afternoon, and nine times out of ten it may be evening.

It doesn't matter what kind of holy icon you are, it is important to be able to accompany your daughter?

Absolutely nothing.

......

In the evening, the yacht returned to the manor dock, and as soon as Zhang Nan and the children returned to the palace-like main house, they saw Jerry waiting for him.

"Boss, after checking the information, I have been able to confirm that this time I started with the icon of the Russian Turkvin Cathedral, which has been missing for 76 years, one of the treasures of the town and state during the Tsarist Russian period!"

Jerry looked good, and spoke with a little excitement: it's rare, this guy has seen countless treasures, and there are not many works of art that can make him react like this now.

"Where's the stuff?"

Zhang Nan handed the children to Miranda and asked.

"In your big den. ”

Zhang Nan walked to the large study on the first floor.

The thing has been unboxed, and there is a plexiglass cover next to it, which is brilliant!

The icon, not a three-dimensional statue, is actually a very special painting: it may be a wooden frame, which Jerry measured, 1.09 meters high and 0.86 meters wide, depicting the Virgin Mary and her son Jesus together.

The iconostasis is thick, because except for the upper body of the figure, the rest of the place is covered with ornaments added from various eras, using a large amount of gold and precious stones.

All kinds of gemstones, pearl inlays, layered, dazzling!

Zhang Nan looked at the icon painting carefully, and Jerry was right, the gems inlaid on it were worth at least three or five million dollars.

This is still the standard price of jewelry now, not counting the historical value.

After watching it for a while, he asked Jerry, "I think you have a very high opinion of it, what's so special about it?"

To put it bluntly, it is to ask: why is this thing the treasure of Tsarist Russia?

Jerry hurriedly said: "Boss, this was once a representative work of the Renaissance owned by Russia, although the author has not yet been determined, but it is basically believed that this painting is from the hand of a saint."

The icon was first placed in Jerusalem and later brought to Constantinople.

Interestingly, in 1383 the icon suddenly disappeared, and according to legend, it miraculously appeared in the waters of Lake Ladoga in northern Russia.

Later, the Russians built a cathedral dedicated to this icon in Turkvin, northern Russia, and since then this icon has been known as the Church of Turkven.

It has long been believed by many in Russia that this icon has strange magical powers, and it is said that during the war of 1613-1614, the Swedish invasion of Russia even retreated under the shock of the icon of the Turkvin church.

It was not until the outbreak of the October Revolution in 1917 that the priests of the Turkvin Church hid the icon in order to escape the fighting, and it never appeared again. ”

"What did the seller say?" Zhang Nan asked.

Since you bought it, whether it's true or not, the seller will give an explanation.

The traitor's father was John, a local pastor in Latvia.

According to him, during the Great Patriotic War in the Soviet Union, a group of German soldiers who did not know where they found the icon, suspected that it might be a priceless work of art, and transported it to the city of Riga, Latvia.

When the Soviet Union liberated Latvia in 1944, when Soviet soldiers discovered the icon, they immediately sought out local religious figures to verify its authenticity, and it was the priest John who was looking for it.

The priest recognized it as a national treasure, but told the Soviet soldiers that it was a worthless fake.

After the Soviet soldiers abandoned the 'fake', Pastor John and his son boarded a ship bound for America with the icon.

The family settled in Chicago and returned to his old profession as his pastor.

In 82, the elder Pastor John passed away, and on his deathbed left a last word, saying that he wanted his family to return the icon to Russia and his homeland.

But it's going to have some financial problems for his family, and that's it..."

"Every antique has a story, but I think they make up stories and don't make drafts!"

Jerry smiled and said, "Yes, boss, I think so too."

Even if those Soviet soldiers don't understand the authenticity of the cultural relics, they should still be able to recognize the gold and jewelry.

But boss, story by story, this icon is almost as important to the Russians as the Amber Palace, and even more so than the Amber Palace on a spiritual level!"

Jerry has seen the Amber Palace, as well as a large number of artifacts looted from the Soviet Union by the German army during World War II.

"You can put this icon to good use, the Russians will definitely pay enough chips for it. ”

The owner of his own house is not very fond of objects such as icons and cabinets, this Jerry knows.

Zhang Nan's concept has always been that it is not good for the gods and Buddhas at home to hold a conference, let alone get together with this Western immortal!