XVI. Vanishing National Treasures

"There are a total of 5 Peking Man skull fossils, which were excavated by Mr. Fei Wenzhong and Mr. Jia Lanpo in Zhoukoudian Peking Man site, and also stored in the relatively safe Union Hospital at that time, led by the Swedish anthropologist Wei Dunrui to do academic research. Later, Professor Fang, you should know something about what happened around this national treasure, right? ”

Fang Wenyuan said: "Yes, according to historical records, at that time, the relationship between Japan and the United States was becoming more and more tense, and the American-funded Union Hospital was not safe, so the Nationalist Government finally agreed to secretly transport the Peking Man skull fossil to the United States for preservation, and arranged a special train to transport it, planning to transport it to Qinhuangdao by train and then transfer it to the United States by American mail ship." However, on the day the special train was issued, Japan raided "Pearl Harbor" without declaring war on the United States, and the special train bound for Qinhuangdao on the same day was also intercepted by the Japanese army. Since then, the fossilized skull of the "Peking Man" has mysteriously disappeared. There is no whereabouts until today, which is a regret in the hearts of all Chinese! ”

"The day the Japanese intercepted it was December 8, 1941. You are looking at the past recorded in the literature, and I heard Mr. Li Hanyang, one of the people who experienced it firsthand, describe the scene at that time to me in detail. Because in addition to the most important Peking Man skull fossils, there are also some other precious historical relics in the materials that are ready to be transferred to the United States for preservation, including the cultural relics in the photos that Wang Lang showed you just now, including this painted silk painting from the Warring States Period. These were packed by Li Hanyang and his son, and secretly sent to the U.S. Embassy in Beiping together with the fossilized Peking Man skull. Li Hanyang was 19 years old that year, and the whole incident left an indelible memory in his heart, although now Li Lao's voice is slow and trembling when he speaks, but his thoughts are very clear, and his memories of all the details are also clear and complete, as if vivid. ”

"In other words, this painted silk painting was transported with the Peking Man skull and disappeared along with it?" Fang Wenyuan asked.

"Yes, they're on the same list! After being intercepted by the Japanese army, the supplies disappeared without a trace, and no one knows their whereabouts anymore. At that time, the Chinese personnel and US Marine Corps soldiers who were in charge of escorting the transportation did not survive. ”

Fang Wenyuan nodded, pondered for a moment, and said, "The national treasure that disappeared at the same time, but now one of them has suddenly appeared, no wonder it will attract your attention." So how did this painted silk painting come about? ”

Song Jingyu said: "I have some pictures here for you to see. ”

As she spoke, the female secretary sitting next to Director Song took out a miniature projector from a briefcase she brought with her and put it on the coffee table, and Wang Lang and Ma Yuntao helped take out a white curtain from the bag and set it in front of everyone. The female secretary turned on the projector and adjusted the picture to accurately project it on the screen. Seeing this, Fang Ming and Zheng Yuanji got up and closed the curtains in the living room and turned off the big chandelier. The living room is dimmed so that everyone can see the projection screen clearly.

The picture shows a young French man in his thirties, sitting on the balcony of an old castle, leisurely sipping coffee and reading a magazine.

Director Song continued: "When we learned about the experience of this national treasure, we immediately inquired about its origin in France. This painting and another blue and white porcelain are owned by a noble descendant named André in the south of France? Morality? Lotrin, the man everyone sees, his family was originally a prominent aristocracy in France, but now it is in decline and the economic situation is very bad, so these two items will be auctioned. However, we found out that André had no previous experience collecting or selling Chinese art, so we arranged for a friend who worked as an appraiser at the French auction house Drouot to contact André. Because of his status at the auction house, the investigation was not difficult, and we soon learned that Andrei had bought the two items from a Japanese only a month before the auction. The Japanese man's name is Miyaai Ibe, and he is the second son of Miyai Ehiraoju, president of Miyai Co., Ltd. in Sukuda Prefecture, Japan. ”

"That's the man." As he spoke, a young Asian man appeared in the projection, sitting in a bar, hugging two French girls for fun. "He's a playboy and has been in close contact with Andre for a long time. His family is very powerful in Sukuda Prefecture, Japan. ”

The projection screen cuts to the next photo, showing a middle-aged man in his fifties and sixties, dressed in a crisp suit, walking in the lobby of an office building, followed by several entourage. "He is Miyai Ibe's father, and the current president of Miyai Co., Ltd. Miyai Ehirtobu. The young man in a blue suit on the left behind him is the vice president, and he is also his eldest uterus, Iyaguchi. "The photos continue to switch, and the photos of Miyai Ehei Heishou in different scenes appear in turn." Miyai Co., Ltd. operates three subsidiaries in the shipbuilding, shipping, and special equipment industries. The company's business has orders from both civilian and military, and it is a military-civilian integrated company, with strong strength and is one of the top ten shipbuilding enterprises in Asia. ”

The photo switched again, and the young man in the blue suit just now appeared, "His long womb is not simple. Not only did he assist his father in running the company's business, but he also founded a gang called the Seawolf Society, recruiting a large number of subordinates to serve his company, but in fact he did whatever it took to achieve the interests of the group, and was involved in a number of violent attacks, commercial espionage, and international smuggling cases. This gang is very powerful in the local area, and it is also one of the gangs that is monitored by the Sukuda Prefecture Police Headquarters in Japan. ”

As the slide continues, an old black-and-white photograph of a man in a Japanese kimono in a harbor with several cargo ships anchored behind him.

"The predecessor of Miyai Co., Ltd. was founded in 1916 by Miyai Okura, the grandfather of Miyai Ehetoshi. During World War II, the Japanese government cooperated with private companies in many of its maritime operations, and from 1935 to 1945, Neptune Shipping Co., Ltd. was involved in many of these maritime affairs. Miyai Okura often took his son, Yukio Miyai, with the military, to China and Southeast Asia to organize and coordinate shipping operations. As a result of the war, the company lost many cargo ships over the years, and finally a large cargo ship called the Shika no Dance was left to support the company's business, and at the end of March 1945, the ship was requisitioned by the Japanese military for the last shipping mission from Singapore to return to Japan via Fujian, China. ”

At this time, a photograph of a 10,000-ton Japanese freighter during World War II appeared in the projection screen.

"We didn't find a picture of the Deer Dance, but what you see now is another freighter on the same mission as it, the Awa Maru!"