Chapter 201: The Lost Painting
"Actually, I still suggest that you call the police, when it comes to manpower and material resources, the police must have an advantage over me alone, and it will only be faster to find the stolen items," Min Xuezhong suggested.
"I've reported it, aren't you a policeman?" Mi Shulan's insistence made Min Xue see what stubbornness is again.
"Well, since you're so insistent ... Tell me about the theft," Min Xue asked meaninglessly, just do a friend a favor.
The Mi family has a big business, and losing a painting is nothing.
Well... It seems a bit unkind to think so?
Mi Shulan got up and motioned for Min Xue to follow and went to the second floor.
Ning Yuchen just wanted to be together, but Mi Shulan spoke, "My parents should be back from golf, they just called back and said that they want to eat vegetarian food at night." ”
A trace of inexplicability flashed in Ning Yuchen's eyes, but he still nodded and said, "That's Cheng, my uncle and aunt want to eat, I just showed my hand, and last time my uncle said that I have improved my skills in doing Luohan Zhai." ”
This one... People have a little collapse, what about the majesty and domineering that they say?
However, warm men are popular these days, and a man with an upright and domineering face, wearing an apron to cook for his fiancée, can also poke the cuteness of many girls.
What's this called, contrasting cute?
However, this was obviously not Mi Shulan's cuteness, she just nodded, and turned to lead the way.
Looking at the interaction between the two, Min Xue inexplicably felt that the fiancée seemed to be... Not very familiar, huh?
followed Mi Shulan up to the second floor, and without Mi Shulan's finger, Min Xue raised his eyes and saw the scene of the crime.
Because there is obviously a missing piece on the wall of the hallway, the color is different from the surrounding one.
"......", this is different from what I imagined!
It's not the first time Min Xue has helped someone find stolen items, but that was when he was a police officer, and all the lost items were mobile phones, cash and other small items.
It's really the first time I've been looking for paintings, and I'm not very skilled in business, and what is flashing in Min Xue's mind at the moment are all movie scenes.
What kind of art thieves, infrared, gravity detection, signal shielding and so on.
Min Xue originally thought that the paintings that could be very important to the Mi family should be hidden in the safe room with dense institutions as mentioned above, right?
No matter how bad it is, let's have a safe!
Unexpectedly, it was placed on the wall so brightly?
Don't be so casual!
Or is it just that Mi Shulan just said it casually? In fact, it is not a very important painting?
Although I complained a lot, since I promised to find a painting, no matter whether it was worth it or not, I had to do it.
Min Xue sorted out his mood and asked, "I noticed that there are very few modern facilities in your home, which is very quaint, and it is understandable that there is no monitoring indoors, but there is no outdoor?"
It's normal for Min Xue to have this question, this is the most basic security measure for rich and noble people, right?
If there is surveillance outside, the thieves should be able to enter and exit at a glance, and even if the surveillance is breached, there should be traces left, but Mishulan does not mention this at all.
Mi Shulan shook her head, "My parents admired classics and paid great attention to personal privacy, and the security of the entire villa was extremely primitive. ”
It is quite strange that such a traditional family can run an entertainment group well.
"The security environment in this villa area has always been very good, there are patrols 24 hours a day, and there have been no similar thefts before." ”
Min Xue agreed.
He was able to come all the way unimpeded, which should be because the host had greeted him in advance.
It's not that easy for ordinary people to get in.
Min Xuelou went upstairs and downstairs and took a turn to survey the scene.
After walking around this circle, Min Xue found that there are really a lot of classical decorations in the Mi family, which should be worth a lot of money, right? Why do thieves choose to start with a painting?
Forgive him for not having much research on art, and he hasn't developed the ability to appreciate treasures, so he can only recognize the "aristocratic temperament" of the objects around him by his senses.
"Can you tell me what kind of painting is missing?" Min Xue asked.
Asking someone to find something, naturally he won't even tell the most basic information, Mi Shulan pointed to the direction where the original painting was placed, "You know, my family surname is Mi, this is a painting handed down from my ancestors, a landscape map." ”
The surname is Mi, of course Min Xue knows that their family name is Mi, but why do you specifically emphasize this?
Min Xue turned the only little bit of calligraphy and painting art cell, and remembered a famous person surnamed Mi in history.
No way?
If it is really the one who has passed it down, the value is indeed immeasurable.
Really, though?
If it is really the object that has been handed down, but it is nearly a thousand years old, it can still hang here so proudly?
Aside from the question of stealing or not stealing, preserving cultural relics is never easy, and with the little knowledge Min Xue has, he also knows how much the air affects these things.
Mi Shulan didn't finish her words, and seeing Min Xue's incredulous expression, she smiled slightly and continued to explain.
"Of course, it can't be the real thing, it's a landscape painting that my great-grandfather copied. ”
"You can think of him as a fake, but in a way it's not. ”
"My great-grandfather's artistic achievements in his time were not low, so although this painting is far less valuable than his ancestors, it is also very expensive. ”
"Moreover, the importance of our home is self-evident, far from being comparable to the value of the painting itself. ”
Min Xue was relieved and finally understood the background of this painting.
Speaking of this, Mi Shulan smiled bitterly, "The painting was stolen, I didn't dare to mention it to my parents, the two of them are too old to stand such a blow." ”
"I can only lie and say that I will send it for maintenance, and if I can't find it within a few days, I really don't know how to explain..."
Min Xue expressed his understanding, with the traditional concept of Mi Shulan's parents, it is not difficult to speculate that he knew what he thought after the theft, and lost the things passed down by his ancestors, how to see his ancestors after a hundred years?
Without saying any nonsense about doing his best, Min Xue asked, "Who was in the villa at the time of the crime?"
"It was daytime when the incident happened, and there was only one cooking aunt, two cleaning aunts, two bodyguards, a driver, and an uncle who took care of the lawn in the whole building. ”
There are already quite a few people...
Min Xue asked, "None of your family members are there?"
Mishulan nodded.
In fact, the painting is placed in such a bright place, people come and go, and outsiders are not easy to steal, unless... It is the hand of someone who is very familiar with the work and rest time of the people in the building.
Min Xue's questioning also verified this from the side, and the thief obviously knew that the master was not there at this time.
"I think you've checked the movements of everyone in the building, right?"
Mi Shulan nodded again, and she didn't feel surprised that Min Xue saw the clue so quickly.
If it weren't for that, she wouldn't have come to Min Xue!
"I also suspect that it should be done by someone familiar, but the people employed by my family have all worked here for more than ten years, and they have to do it early, and no one has had any major changes in their family recently..."
When Mi Shulan said this, she glanced downstairs, and Ning Yuchen was wearing an apron and came out of the kitchen to answer the phone.
"You won't, you're suspicious of your fiancé, right?" Min Xue said unexpectedly.
However, what is even more surprising is that Mishulan did not deny it.