By the time the museum officially opened, Tang Dou had already accompanied He Gambling King to several exhibition halls, and when he saw a visitor walking in, He Gambling King smiled at Tang Dou and said: "The rest of the national treasures will look at it when we go back and have leisure time, Mr. Tang, don't you mind if we find a quiet place to talk?" ”

Finally coming to the text, Tang Dou smiled and said to King He: "Mr. He, please go to the office upstairs for a cup of tea." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

He Gambling King smiled, stretched out his hand and said, "Please." ”

Upstairs in Tang Dou's office, Tang Dou personally made a cup of tea for the gambling king, and put it on the coffee table in front of the gambling king with a smile: "Mr. He, please use tea." ”

He Gambling King smiled and said thank you, looked at Tang Dou and said straight to the point: "Mr. Tang, are you very strange why I am here today?" ”

Tang Dou smiled and said bluntly: "It's a little strange, but I think if Mr. He wants to meet the juniors, he will definitely have Mr. He's reasoning, and the juniors will listen to him." ”

He Gambling King laughed: "Brother Tang, I like your character, and I like what you do more." I heard about the Kusanagi sword, and it was a great pleasure to be able to exchange a large number of looted cultural relics from the Japanese. ”

Tang Dou hurriedly said a few words modestly, and his mind was even more confused, but he heard that He Gambling King had changed his address to him as an elder brother, revealing a taste of closeness.

However, He Gambling King shouldn't have come specifically to flatter me, right?

He Gambling King said with a smile: "People are getting older, and the hometown complex is heavier. As a son and daughter of China, I also want to do what I can for the country. The return of lost cultural relics is a major event, which is related to the inheritance and dignity of the nation. Brother Tang should know that a few years ago, I photographed the horse head in the bronze statue of the 12 zodiac animal heads in the Old Summer Palace, right? ”

Tang Dou smiled and nodded, if it weren't for the fact that you auctioned the horse's head, saying that it was going to be donated to the country, but it has not been implemented, maybe I would not have bid with you at Christie's auction.

He Gambling King exhaled, put away the smile on his face, looked at Tang Dou and said, "Brother Tang, are you very strange why I haven't donated that horse head to the country until today?" ”

Tang Dou looked at He Gambling King and smiled, I am very strange, but I am not good at asking in person, after all, it is an object worth tens of millions, who knows what you think about it in your heart.

He Gambling King looked directly into Tang Dou's eyes, and after a while, he smiled bitterly and said: "Originally, I should have sent the horse head back to China a long time ago, but after I took the horse head, I immediately contacted Guan Rongfei, the director of the Palace Museum, Guan Rongfei attached great importance to this matter, and flew from the capital to Aomen, stayed in my Lisboa Hotel, and discussed with me about the handover of the horse head. ”

Guan Rongfei again? Tang Dou couldn't help frowning slightly, he had already guessed that the problem of the delay in the implementation of Ma Shou's return should be Guan Rongfei.

He Gambling King smiled at Tang Dou and said: "Now that Guan Rongfei has been punished by the law, I shouldn't be considered a downfall." Hehe, this matter has been held in my heart for several years, and I don't vomit or feel unhappy, now I'll tell Brother Tang about it. ”

Tang Dou nodded at He Gambling King: "Listen up." ”

He Gambling Wang snorted and said: "Originally, Guan Rongfei and I were not familiar with each other, but the negotiation about the donation of the horse head went very smoothly, and the two sides quickly reached a consensus on the details. In fact, I am donating for free, and there is no too cumbersome procedure, as long as both parties go through a donation procedure. After I talked to Guan Rongfei about the horse's head, out of courtesy, I gave Guan Rongfei a million yuan in chips, after all, Guan Rongfei's place of residence was Lisboa, which is a well-known casino in the world. Of course, those chips Guan Rongfei can be exchanged for cash in the casino, hehe, Brother Tang, don't say that I am a bribe in disguise, I have dealt with mainland officials a lot, and there are many officials who ......, hehe, forget it, don't talk about this. ”

Tang Dou smiled bitterly and nodded, although He Gambling King's words were only half said, he already fully understood.

He Gambling King took a sip of tea, and then said: "The next thing is a little beyond my expectations, Guan Rongfei entered the casino with a million chips I gave him, and he didn't come out of the casino for three consecutive days and three nights. ”

I went, but I didn't expect Guan Rongfei to be a bad gambler.

Tang Dou listened to He Gambling King with a black line and continued.

He Gambling King shook his head with a wry smile and continued: "Guan Rongfei lost a total of 120 million yuan in the casino, but he didn't owe any debts, nor did he borrow money from me, all of them were paid by transfer. However, as Guan Rongfei, vice minister of culture and director of the Palace Museum, how much is his salary? How is it possible to pay such a large sum of money? This has to be thought-provoking. I don't think I need to say it, Brother Tang should also guess that Guan Rongfei's money must have been illegally obtained. Hehe, I have never had much affection for such a national cadre, so when Guan Rongfei proposed to hand over the head of the horse with me, I found a reason to delay. ”

He Gambling Wang exhaled and said heavily: "Afterwards, I asked a friend in the collection world about the current status of the protection of cultural relics in the Palace Museum, and the result I got was that I couldn't believe it at all. In a national museum, the number of cultural relics reported for damage every year has reached a shocking level. Just imagine, for such a negative museum, how could I possibly put the precious horse head in their hands? This horse head is not about how much money is worth, but about the dignity of the nation. Therefore, the matter of my donation of the horse's head to the country has been postponed indefinitely. Since there is a donation agreement with the Palace Museum, I have no intention of donating to other museums, so the horse head has been stored in the lobby of the Lisboa. ”

It turned out that this was the case, Tang Dou nodded heavily, the three old men in the family, Qin Yanpei, the Chinese and foreign prince, is the old director of the Palace Museum, and Tang Dou also knows some about the preservation status of the cultural relics of the Palace Museum, and he has nothing to do about it, so before he established the museum, he did not consider donating the treasures in his hands to these national museums, and the only time was to donate Tang Bohu's version of Hua Tuo's "Green Capsule Book" and "Pillow Moxibustion Thorn Sutra" to the Museum of the Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, that is also for the purpose of passing on traditional Chinese medicine, the two sets of books he donated to the Museum of Traditional Chinese Medicine Science donated the content of the books.

He Gambling King smiled at Tang Dou, waved his hand and said, "These are all in the past, I think Brother Tang may have already guessed the purpose of my coming to Brother Tang today." Hehe, Ah Sheng, hand over the horse's head to Brother Tang. ”

"Yes, Mr. Ho." A young man who had been standing behind He Gambling King walked out, put an alloy box that he had been carrying in his hand on the coffee table in front of Tang Dou and He Gambling King, and reached out to open the lid of the box, which contained the horse head of one of the twelve zodiac animal heads of the Old Summer Palace that He Gambling King had bid for that year.

Tang Dou was in awe, from the moment he saw He Gambling King, he was surprised by the alloy box carried by the two assistants of He Gambling King, and when he heard He Gambling King talk about the horse's head, he had already vaguely guessed that one of the boxes was probably the horse's head, and he couldn't guess what the other box contained.

Tang Dou stood up and bowed deeply at He Gambling King, looked up at He Gambling King and said: "Mr. He's fist fist is a child's heart, if He Gambling King trusts me, I will not fail Mr. He's trust, and I will definitely keep the horse's head and show it to all Chinese." ”

He Gambling King laughed, stood up and grabbed Tang Dou's hand: "If I didn't trust you, I wouldn't have traveled all the way to Jinling." Just for the fact that you exchanged the Kusanagi Sword for a national treasure with Little Japan, you deserve my full trust. ”

Tang Dou hurriedly thanked King He for his trust, and King He smiled at Tang Dou and asked, "Brother Tang, aren't you curious about what I have in another box?" ”

Tang Dou told the truth, grinning: "I've been guessing since I met Mr. He. ”

He Gambling King laughed, and he waved at the other subordinate, "Ade, open the box for Brother Tang to see." ”

The man named Ade hurriedly placed the alloy box in his hand side by side with the box containing the horse's head, and reached out to open the lid.

Seeing the bronze statue of the beast head in the box that was the same as the horse's head, Tang Dou said in surprise: "This is...... Dog head? ”

He Gambling King nodded with a smile and said proudly: "That's right, this is the dog head of one of the twelve zodiac animal heads in the Old Summer Palace, this dog head was a flash in the pan on Hong Kong Island back then, and it was purchased by me before it was auctioned." Now, I donate all the heads of horses and dogs to you for 5,000 years, hoping that one day the 12 zodiac animal heads of the Old Summer Palace will have a happy day. ”

Tang Dou shook the hand of He Gambling King vigorously, and said excitedly: "Mr. He, your two cultural relics are really too precious. Please rest assured, I will definitely do my best to bring about the reunion of the 12 zodiac beast heads in the Old Summer Palace, and if there is a day, I will definitely send the 12 zodiac animal heads back to the Old Summer Palace and let them return to their original positions. ”

He Gambling King patted Tang Dou's hand and said with a smile: "I am also looking forward to the coming of that day, as for the few beast heads that are now on the treasure island, I will try my best to help you mediate, but the whereabouts of the dragon head, snake head, and chicken head are unknown so far, and I am afraid that if you want to find them, you can only rely on the will of God." ”

Tang Dou smiled slightly, this matter may only depend on the will of heaven for others, but on him, it should not be too difficult to recover the dragon head, snake head, and chicken head, for him, the difficult thing is how to make the few beast head holders who already know the whereabouts willing to transfer the beast head they hold.

However, there is no doubt that the 12 zodiac animal heads of the Old Summer Palace must be reunited. (To be continued.) )