Chapter 57 Recovery of Cultural Relics

John divided the police into two groups, one of whom escorted Li Kun and other crew members back to the police station, while the rest and embassy staff counted the cultural relics on the ship. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

Not to mention when their count was over, Ye Chen did not accompany them here, and went home at Ye Cong's signal as early as after arresting all the suspects.

"Xiaochen, hurry up and go home to rest, you still have to go to work tomorrow, and I'll look for you when I get back." Ye Cong strongly asked Ye Chen to go home early, "And Xiao Chen, remember, you will not be allowed to do such a dangerous thing in the future." ”

The eldest brother chattered endlessly, Ye Chen raised his hands and heads in surrender, and repeatedly promised that he would not do this again, "Okay, okay, big brother." I'll listen to you, and I'll go home. You should go to work. ”

finally broke away from Ye Cong, and Ye Chen returned to the bedroom to rest.

After going to work the next day, Ye Chen didn't feel out of energy, but he was always worried about the progress of the case, and he always had no way to concentrate on his work. I didn't receive a call from my eldest brother until I got off work, so I could only take the initiative to call and ask.

"Big brother, are you still working?"

Ye Cong naturally knew the purpose of Ye Chen's call, "Xiao Chen, I know what you want to ask." ”

After thinking about it, Ye Cong said: "At present, the context of the case is basically clear, and Li Kun has admitted all the facts, but..."

Listening to Ye Cong's tone, Ye Chen knew that there must be a problem in the case, and patiently waited for the eldest brother to elaborate.

"Now there are a few questions in front of us, one is the James Posey you said, all the suspects arrested denied that the matter was related to James, and Li Kun took all the blame on himself, and there was no clue to arrest James; More than 2,000 cultural relics were found at the scene, but the police said they wanted to take the cultural relics into custody temporarily, and rejected the embassy's request to return the cultural relics. ”

"How can this be done, this is our country's thing." Ye Chen was very angry.

"I also know, but the British side is very tough, so the case has stalled here." Ye Cong was also very helpless.

"Isn't there anything that can be done?"

"It seems that we can only declare it to Britain through the national channel, otherwise we may lose the initiative in the disposal of cultural relics." Ye Cong can only use this method now, he has long proposed that the embassy report to the country, and now he is waiting for the notice from the country.

After finishing speaking, Ye Cong solemnly warned Ye Chen not to act privately, and did not hang up the phone until Ye Chen repeatedly assured him.

Regarding the current situation, Ye Chen had no choice, after all, he had no way to let Li Kun and others testify against James. After hanging up the phone, he also secretly regretted not leaving James on the ship at that time. However, compared to closing the case, what is more important is the ownership of these cultural relics, Ye Chen can directly teleport over and take away all the cultural relics, but in this case, Ye Chen will be completely exposed to the world.

After the court trial, Li Kun has been extradited back to Hong Kong to face trial, but the issue of the ownership of these cultural relics has not been resolved.

The time for work passed quickly, and on Saturday morning, before Ye Chen got up, he received a call from Li Lei, saying that he wanted to visit Ye Chen's apartment and inquire about the case by the way.

"Wow, what a spacious apartment." Walking into Ye Chen's apartment, Li Lei couldn't help but admire.

Although the room is not very large, the area of the apartment is much larger than that of Li Lei's independent dormitory. Not only the living room, kitchen, bathroom and bedroom are complete, but also the space is relatively spacious. In the living room, there is a TV and a sofa and table, so it doesn't feel crowded, but has a warm feeling.

"Fantastic place, we decided to rent an apartment here right away." Li Lei and Han Meimei discussed it and made a decision.

"Well, I'll ask Mrs. Wesley if she has an apartment for rent." Ye Chen also welcomed Li Lei and the two to come over, there were more people after all, it was lively.

The four of them sat on the sofa in the living room, waiting for Ye Chen to talk about the case this time.

Ye Chen told everyone the facts of the case he had talked about with his eldest brother before, and laid out the problems he was currently encountering.

"It's so hateful that these Britons want to detain our country's cultural relics." Li Lei couldn't suppress the fire when he heard it, and said angrily.

"No, we can't ignore this." Li Lei thought for a while and proposed, "Brother Chen, how about you say that we should mobilize the Chinese people throughout Britain to protest together." I think that the Chinese Association and other groups such as the Chamber of Commerce will definitely attract a large number of compatriots to come out, and it will be a lot of pressure on the British government at that time. With an idea, Li Lei couldn't do it, so he returned to school with Han Meimei.

Ye Chen is not as important as Li Lei in this regard, as the president of the Chinese Association of the University of Liverpool, Li Lei has a lot of prestige among the Chinese in Liverpool and even the entire United Kingdom. After returning to school, Li Lei summoned the heads of various departments of the Chinese Association to explain the situation clearly and arrange for them to act separately. Some people contact international students from other universities, and some people contact the local Chinese Chamber of Commerce, and the entire Chinese Association is like a sophisticated instrument, running at high speed.

Maybe it was these actions that worked, and only a week later, there was good news from Ye Cong.

"Xiaochen, good news. An agreement has been reached with the British side that the other side will return all the cultural relics of our country to the state after deducting some cultural relics from other countries, totaling more than 2,000 pieces. ”

Since the embassy in Britain reported the situation of the cultural relics smuggling case to China, it immediately attracted the attention of the top leaders and instructed the State Cultural Bureau to deal with this case. Several well-known jurists and lawyers formed the "Working Group for Recovering the British Police to Seize and Smuggle Chinese Cultural Relics" and came to Liverpool to deal with the case. At the same time, the government sent a letter to the British Home Office and demanded that the British side return the seized cultural relics to China.

Coupled with the impetus of Li Lei and others, a large number of Chinese marchers appeared in the center of the city on the streets of major cities in Britain, strongly demanding that the British government return all cultural relics.

Under such pressure, the British side had to make a change and start negotiations with Chinese representatives.

In the end, after the identification of experts, these cultural relics include bronze, jade, stoneware, lacquerware, ceramics and ancient paintings that began in the Neolithic Age and ended in the Qing Dynasty, most of which belong to the precious cultural relics above the third level of the country, and have particularly important historical and scientific value.

Being able to recover these cultural relics also made Ye Chen very happy. Putting down the phone, he hurriedly told Li Lei the good news, but the other party seemed to know it for a long time.

Thinking about it, Li Lei, as a representative of the Chinese, is likely to participate in the final negotiations, and it naturally makes sense to get the news earlier than Ye Chen.