Chapter 273: The Imperial Thief

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"She's in the hospital now, helping me take care of my uncle, it's fine."

Jin Muchen then said, and Andy on the other side nodded: "That's good." ”

He was cool all the time, didn't talk much, and the Capote guy seemed to be a chatter.

"By the way, man, who the hell have you offended lately, how did this happen?"

"To be honest, I don't know, I happened to go to Wheaton City last night to participate in the ghost market, if I were here, there wouldn't be so much trouble."

Jin Muchen shook his head in annoyance, but soon he remembered something, Capote, this guy was also born as a thief before.

Although he is a thief, he is also a group of thieves after all, so he must know a lot of his peers, and if you show them the surveillance, maybe they will recognize something.

"By the way, Capote, you've done this before, I've got surveillance here, you can take a look, maybe you'll recognize some guys."

Capote shrugged noncommittally, and then followed Jin Muchen straight to the basement.

The basement of this building has also undergone special renovations, where Jin Muchen has specially installed a hot water supply and heating boiler, and on the other side is his and Fang Bo's work area, as well as a rest area, and a storage room has been specially separated, where some of Fang Bo's own private treasures are placed.

At the same time, the building's monitoring main control room is also here, and Capote and Andy watched the video of the thieves who came up with Jin Muchen.

"These guys are very professional. And it was clearly prepared. I've definitely stepped on it beforehand. You see, when they pry open the back door, they go straight to the front counter, and they only take the antique porcelain, and they don't even look at the other crafts. And then they went straight to the second floor, and obviously they knew that you put all the good stuff on the second floor. ”

After watching the monitoring of the thieves' theft, Capote's inference coincided with Jin Muchen.

Then Jin Muchen put the Edward he suspected. Norton and his woman. And the British, who had come earlier than them, called up the surveillance and showed Capote to see if he could recognize them.

This time, however, Capote shook his head, indicating that he didn't know them, but his brow was furrowed tightly, and his eyes were always fixed on him and Edward. Norton came with the woman's body.

"Although I don't know these two, what happened to you this time must be inseparable from the two of them."

Capote said with certainty, Jin Muchen's eyes lit up: "Why do you say that?" ”

"Look at this woman, look at this guy talking to you at the time. What is she doing? ”

Capote motioned for Jin Muchen to rewind, and Jin Muchen turned the surveillance back to when the two people first entered the store.

Uncle Fang stepped forward and greeted him. Then the two of them waved their hands, signaling that Fang Bo didn't need to be introduced, they had to see for themselves, and then Fang Bo retreated behind the counter.

That Edward, just in front of the counter browsed one by one, Fang Bo followed Edward's footsteps in the counter, wherever he went, Fang Bo followed, so that he could see something, Fang Bo could directly help him take things out of the counter.

At this time, the woman's attention was not on the things under the counter, she began to look around, the first thing she paid attention to was the combination lock of the electronic alarm next to the store door, she stared at it for a long time, and at the same time her handbag under her armpit was also pointed at the same time.

Then she looked up and began to look around at the surveillance cameras in all corners of the room, her body maintaining a strange posture as her neck turned, and the handbag tucked under her armpit kept the same angle and frequency as her gaze.

Only then did she turn her attention back to the antiques and crafts under the counter, and when Uncle Fang accompanied Edward around the room, she walked around the room by herself, and she walked very slowly, carefully examining almost every thing under the counter.

When Jin Muchen watched this surveillance before, he also felt a little strange, but he didn't think too much about it, until Capote pointed out the wrong thing just now, and he noticed the woman's trajectory.

In the past, he only focused on which Edward was, and really ignored this woman, but now that Capote said this, it is true that this woman's trajectory looks really suspicious.

"If I'm not mistaken, this woman must have a candid camera device in her handbag under her armpit, and she has already figured out the security alarm system here when you are not paying attention, and then she has probably recorded the layout of this room, which is the main reason why their actions were so accurate later. These two people should be the gang, sent to step on the plate. ”

After watching the surveillance, Capote said almost categorically, Jin Muchen nodded, and agreed with his judgment.

"So, who will they be?"

"Well, I don't know yet."

"Capote, they've stolen a lot of good stuff from me, can you help me keep an eye on the black market and see if there's any circulation of these porcelain?" If there were, we'll be able to find them. ”

Capote snorted, and then looked at Jin Muchen with a strange smile: "You are really a layman, generally such porcelain, those connoisseurs will hold it in their hands for at least three months, and then they will make a move." Do you think the other party will make such a light move? And even if they do, they won't be local anymore, maybe they will go to Canada. So on this line, you're in for a treat, but don't worry, I'll keep an eye on it. ”

Capote's words made Jin Muchen's heart sink, could it really be that he couldn't find them?

"You don't have to worry about finding someone, I'll contact my friends when I get back, ask them if they have received similar rumors, you give me a copy of this surveillance, and I'll take the video data of these two people to ask when the time comes." Rest assured, with my connections, there should be news soon. ”

Capote comforted Jin Muchen again and said, Jin Muchen nodded.

After confirming that Candace was fine, Andy and Capote were relieved, and then said goodbye to Jin Muchen and left, just before they left, Jin Muchen suddenly remembered Jesse's commission, but after thinking about it again, it didn't seem to be the time to hold those words back into his stomach.

Early the next morning, Jin Muchen received a call from Candace, telling him that Uncle Fang had woken up and was out of danger, Jin Muchen was ecstatic, and hurriedly went to the place where he bought breakfast in Chinatown, bought some chicken porridge and other snacks, and brought them to Uncle Fang and Candace.

When he arrived at the hospital, Uncle Fang had already been transferred from the intensive care unit to a high-end ward, and as soon as Jin Muchen entered the door, Uncle Fang woke up and was quite happy to see Jin Muchen.

Jin Muchen brought a lot of breakfast, but considering that Uncle Fang's wound had not healed yet, and his stomach was still relatively weak, the doctor did not advise him to eat at this time, so Jin Muchen could only give all the breakfast to Candace, and then sat down to chat with Uncle Fang.

Jin Muchen didn't mention anything about that day, and when Fang Bo told him very weakly, don't worry, he will get better soon.

After accompanying Fang Bo in the hospital for a few days, Fang Bo's recovery speed was very fast, on the one hand, Jin Muchen was not short of money, all kinds of nutritional medicines, and he could use it casually, on the other hand, Fang Bo's physical foundation was not bad, and his will to survive was very strong, so he recovered much faster than other sixty-year-old people.

Candace also recovered quickly, but she was not in a hurry to go back to school now, but stayed with Jin Muchen to take care of Fang Bolai.

Inside the store, Jin Muchen found someone to redecorate it again, and all the traces of the gunfight that day were cleared, and the back door was replaced with a thicker and more secure security door this time, and even outside the back door, a set of 360-degree monitoring equipment was installed.

Several of his friends, such as Helen and Jesse, also called to express condolences, and even the mayor and the first brother of the city bureau also called.

Jin Muchen said some unnutritious words such as thanking them for their concern, and then closed the door at home, quietly waiting for Capote, or Kate to hear from them.

There was no movement on Kate's side for a long time, but Capote's news came quickly, and after lunch at noon that day, Capote came to visit.

"I've checked those two, but you have to be mentally prepared, their origin is not simple."

Capote's expression was a little stern, while Jin Muchen raised his eyebrows: "What's the matter?" ”

"The man's real name is Clark. Peyton, the woman's name is Janice. Chen, they are a well-known pair in the circle, and the two of them are royal thieves. ”

"Oh? What does this mean? ”

Jin Muchen asked with a frown.

"You know there are a lot of museums in the United States, such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim Museum, and the Whitney Museum, and in the United States, there are thousands of museums of similar size, and these museums are not all state-owned, and a large part of them are private museums, or joint-stock museums. And these museums are inextricably linked. ”

Capote didn't rush to talk about people, but talked about the museum first, which made Jin Muchen even more curious, he didn't interrupt Capote, signaling him to continue.

"There are so many museums, of course, you need excellent exhibits, but there are so many good antiques, if you buy them all by spending money, it is obviously unrealistic, so there is the birth of the antique broker industry." (To be continued......)