Wu Youfu came soon, and there was still a faint lipstick mark on his neck. What just happened is obviously self-evident. He could tidy up his clothes, but he couldn't see the red marks on his neck.

Ling Xiao wanted to remind him, but it can be seen that the museum staff standing beside him turned a blind eye, so forget it. This phenomenon seems to be the norm, so why bother?

It's what's in front of you that's the most important thing.

Ma Longyi didn't have Ling Xiao's good observation, and as soon as Wu Youfu came, he said angrily: "Director Wu, what's going on?" I lent you my ancestral treasure for exhibition, do you want to return it to me with a fake? You give me an explanation! ”

"Fakes? Mr. Ma, this can't be, right? Wu Youfu looked disbelieving.

"See for yourself!" Ma Longyi excitedly pointed to the fakes on the wall.

Wu Youfu came to the painting, observed it carefully, and said in a half-loud voice: "That's right, it's this painting, it can't be fake." ”

"Look at the oil paint, the oil paint on the painting is modern oil paint!" Ma Longyi said angrily: "I'm sure it's a fake!" What eyes do you have, and how do you look? ”

Wu Youfu's face was also a little unbearable, and he said unhappily: "Mr. Ma, whether this painting is true or false can't be said with your mouth, right?" You say it's fake, I say it's true, are we going to argue endlessly? Whether our judgment is right or wrong is up to the experts. In this case, you go back first, and I'll let the expert group take a look, and if it's fake, then we'll have to report it. ”

"Report the crime? Can I get my painting back if I report it? Ma Longyi said angrily: "No, you have to give me an explanation today!" ”

has been murdered by Ma Longyi, and Wu Youfu is also angry, "Mr. Ma, I also work here, and this is not my industry, this is the country!" You have to find out, even if your painting is stolen and replaced, we have to investigate it before we can give you an answer. If you suffer losses, we will compensate you, but the specific amount needs to be assessed by experts. ”

"You-" Ma Longyi was furious, and before he could take a breath, he fell to the ground holding his heart.

Ling Xiao hurriedly stepped forward to support him, and then took out a small sick pill and fed him to take it. Ma Longyi got better, but his mental state was extremely bad. In this state, he can no longer negotiate with Wu Youfu.

Ling Xiao helped Ma Longyi to sit down on the chair next to him, and then turned upside down to the wall, and he negotiated with Wu Youfu.

"Director Wu, you can't say that." Ling Xiao said: "That oil painting is the ancestral treasure of Mr. Ma's family, he lent you the oil painting for exhibition, you lost the painting, you can't say that you can lose some money, right?" He's so old, what do you want so much money for? Will money be able to buy that painting a place in his heart? You say, don't you? ”

"I've made it clear enough that if we lose the painting, we'll make a compensatory decision, and we'll have to study what compensation plan is. That's all I can do, and if he doesn't want money, I can't help it, right? If a painting is lost, it won't take my life to compensate for it, right? Wu Youfu said.

"You ......" Ma Longyi, who was sitting in the chair, was stimulated again.

"Mr. Ma, don't worry, let me handle this matter." Ling Xiao comforted.

Ma Longyi nodded, he knew his own situation very well, and if he continued to negotiate with someone like Wu Youfu, maybe his old life would be explained here.

"Director Wu, we are sure that this painting is a fake, in this case, what is your process here?" Ling Xiao asked again.

"First organize a team of experts to identify it, and after confirming that it is a fake, we will call the police and contact the insurance company. We are insured for all the exhibits we rent, and if the exhibits are stolen, the insurance company will pay for them. At the beginning, we also discussed with Mr. Ma and signed an agreement. Wu Youfu said.

Ling Xiao's heart was also a little on fire, and his tone seemed to have nothing to do with him. However, he didn't have a seizure, he suppressed the anger in his heart and said: "Director Wu, this painting is very important to Mr. Ma and me, I want to get involved, look for clues, and find that painting as soon as possible, do you think it's okay?" ”

"How do you want to get involved?"

"I want to see the surveillance, maybe I can find clues to solve the case." Ling Xiao said.

"How's that going to work? Our monitoring system requires sufficient permissions to view, you are an outsider, what do you see? Wu Youfu didn't think about it at all, and refused in one bite.

Ling Xiao took out his mobile phone, neatly turned on the camera function, and took a picture of Wu Youfu's neck.

"What are you doing?" Wu Youfu looked surprised.

Ling Xiao handed the phone to Wu Youfu.

On the screen of the mobile phone, Wu Youfu's fat face can be clearly seen, as well as the lipstick mark on his neck.

Ling Xiao said: "Director Wu, you don't wipe your mouth when you steal fish, you are very careless." That woman is a staff member here, right? I'll soon find out who she is, if necessary. Also, if I send this photo to your wife, what will she think? Or maybe I can send this picture to your boss to see......"

"You threaten me?" Wu Youfu's face was pale, and he subconsciously wiped his neck.

Ling Xiao leaned into his ear and whispered: "This is just a photo of you stealing, if I find more ugly things about you, I hope you don't regret it at that time, I said I will do it." And I'm just trying to see the surveillance, a matter of your words. You think about it. ”

Wu Youfu looked at Ling Xiao hatefully, but he had to face Ling Xiao's threat. In fact, what made him nervous was the photo that Ling Xiao had just taken, because he relied on his wife to climb to the position of the museum director, and his wife was a well-known, if his wife saw this photo, he would be finished.

What's more, it was his female secretary who was cheating on him, and it was a. If a handsome guy like Ling Xiao hooked her, she would shake everything out, and it would be even worse at that time.

"Looks like you're unwilling, well, you'll regret it." Ling Xiao said.

"Wait, I promise you." Wu Youfu compromised, "However, you can't say it." ”

Ling Xiao said: "Don't worry, I won't say it." Wu Youfu agreed, but he couldn't be happy.

Until this moment, he still couldn't figure out, who would steal that Ming Dynasty oil painting? If it's because of the value, there are more valuable exhibits in this museum, and the painting is not famous at all. And if it's not because of the money, then what is the motive of the person who stole it?

I don't understand.

"Come with me." Wu Youfu said, and then walked forward to lead the way.

Ling Xiao helped Ma Longyi up and followed Wu Youfu to the office area.

Walking to the door of the monitoring room, Wu Youfu knocked on the door. A security guard was sitting in front of the center console, looking at a large assembled screen in front of him. On the screen, the live scene from all corners of the museum is clearly displayed. Sitting in front of this center console, you can see the museum at a glance.

Ling Xiao's gaze fell on one of the small screens, which was the area where the Ming Dynasty oil painting was located.

The security personnel turned around and saw that it was Wu Youfu who walked in, and then stood up, "Curator, is there something wrong?" ”

Wu Youfu said: "You can go out of the city for a while, and you will come in again when I call you." ”

The security personnel were stunned for a moment.

Wu Youfu said sharply: "Why, didn't you hear what I said?" ”

"I'll get out of the way right away." The security personnel didn't dare to touch Wu Youfu's moldy head, and hurriedly walked out.

Ling Xiao closed the door with his hand, and then walked towards the center console.

"You'd better hurry." Wu Youfu reminded.

Ling Xiao didn't speak, sat down in a chair, and began to operate. He quickly found the video file of the surveillance head monitoring the Ming Dynasty oil painting, and then began to reverse search. The video file recoiled rapidly, his eyes were fixed, and the arrows of the mouse were also resting on the player's pause button, ready to pause at any time.

"When did the exhibition end?" Ling Xiao asked, his eyes not taking off the screen as he spoke.

"Yesterday, it ended yesterday." Wu Youfu said: "Originally, I planned to inform Mr. Ma today, but you came by yourself, and then something like this happened. ”

"Didn't the painting be taken down and sealed after the exhibition ended?" Ma Longyi snorted angrily: "You guys do things like this? ”

Wu Youfu's attitude was much softer, and he smiled bitterly: "Mr. Ma, I don't want such a thing to happen." At the end of the exhibition yesterday, we only sealed some famous exhibits, your oil painting, to be honest, if you want to be famous, you can't check the source, who would believe that there were oil paintings in the Ming Dynasty? So, your painting is actually not worth a few dollars, so we didn't take it down and seal it, and we wanted to inform you to take it today, but I didn't expect the thief to be one step ahead of us. To be honest, I don't understand, there are more valuable things in the museum, why did that thief want to steal a worthless oil painting? ”

His thoughts are the same as Ling Xiao's.

Ma Longyi snorted coldly, but didn't continue. The secret of that oil painting is a secret that has been passed down from generation to generation in his family, and at present, Ling Xiao is known to outsiders, and he will definitely not tell it to people like Wu Youfu.

"Mr. Ma, when was the last time you saw an oil painting?" Ling Xiao asked.

"The day before yesterday, the day before yesterday, I came, and at that time the oil paintings were still genuine." Ma Longyi said.

"The time of the theft must have been last night or the night before, and I hope the thief left some clues." Ling Xiao said, after a pause, he followed up and asked, "Director Wu, you have people guarding here twenty-four hours a day, right?" ”

"Yes, this is a museum after all, it's a very important place, and our security is very tight. However, even the collections in the Palace of Versailles can be stolen, and if it is a clever enough thief, we can't do anything about it. Wu Youfu said.

The screen continued to regress, everything was normal last night, and the museum's security personnel would walk under the painting every once in a certain time, on routine patrol duty.

The picture regresses to yesterday's daytime, the day after the end of the exhibition. There are many people walking under the paintings, some people stop to watch, but no one stays for long.

The scene rewinds to the time period of 3 a.m. yesterday.

At this moment, the image on the screen suddenly trembled.

Although it was only a tremble, Ling Xiao, who had used the jamming device, was still alert. He pressed the player's pause button, causing the screen to pause.