Chapter 25

The three ran back into the woods and fled in two groups as they had planned. Tonga and Qiu Wuyi drove a Toyota car and took the West Road detour down the mountain to the West Outer Ring, and Ji Liang drove the hatchback Xiali alone and went down the mountain to the East Outer Ring. Jiliang West Road is relatively close to the bottom of the mountain, but also remote and quiet, out of the Luanshan Scenic Area, down the mountain is the East Outer Ring. Tonga 1 and Qiuwu West Road are far away from the mountain and have many detours, and you need to bypass the "Luanhe Reservoir" to go down the mountain to the west outer ring. These two routes were chosen by the three of them in advance, and whether they went east or west, they avoided the fire trucks coming from Luancheng, because there was a wide and flat road between the east and west roads that led directly to the mountain, and the fire trucks would not go up the mountain from the east and west.

As Tonga drove along the winding path in a Toyota, both of them were nervous, fearing that the manor would not catch fire. As soon as the Toyota car drove to the fork of the "Luanhe Reservoir", he saw that the night sky behind him was red, Qiu Wu and Tonga looked at each other and smiled, their nervous mood suddenly brightened, they knew that it would take at least half an hour for the fire truck to arrive, at that time, the manor had already been burned down and the house collapsed into ashes, and the robbery of Qian Gui and his wife to burn the manor would not leave any traces, 100 gold bricks and an ancient painting would never be known.

Bypassing the "Luanhe Reservoir", I drove into the Banyou path deep in the dense forest, this path has many steep slopes, fortunately I drove a Toyota SUV, but because the night was dark and did not dare to drive quickly, Tonga thought that the matter had been done and slowed down. Just as the Toyota slowed down downhill, two thieves were shooting high beams head-on, and the lights focused and shot directly into Tongayi's eyes, and Tonga Yi cursed: What the hell is this light? In desperation, he had to step on the brakes again, but at the moment he stepped on the brakes, a car on the opposite side drove head-on to the front of the Toyota and blocked the way.

Tonga poked his head out of the car window and was about to scold, only to find three masked guys getting out of the opposite car, each holding a short-barreled shotgun. Tonga wanted to slam on the accelerator, but it was too late, and the barrel of a guy's gun was already on his head.

Get down! A guy in a bear mask shouted with the barrel of a gun against Tongayi's head, and another man in a bald head mask pointed his gun at the passenger window.

Qiu Wu and Tonga were stunned by this sudden catastrophe, and instantly lost their ability to resist, and the two got out of the car in a panic and raised their hands above their heads. Then another man wearing a bear two mask got into the Toyota SUV and carried the trolley case with unmistakable accuracy. Xiong Da swung a scattered bomb** and smashed the two headlights of the Toyota, and at this time, the car in front of the Toyota reversed and turned its head, followed Xiong Da and the bald head to drill up, and the car sped away.

Only then did Qiu Wu and Tonga Yi realize that it was a light-colored van that had driven away, without a license plate number. As soon as Tonga got into the Toyota, he chased after it, but without headlights, he couldn't see the road ahead clearly, and after chasing for a few hundred meters, he crashed into a small tree on the side of the road. Qiu Wu said disappointedly: Forget it, people are prepared.

The two men watched as the van disappeared into the darkness in the blink of an eye. Qiu Wu and Tonga were extremely depressed, and the gold bricks and ancient paintings in their hands were robbed halfway through, Tonga smashed the front cover of the car in a fit of rage, and Qiu Wu squatted on the side of the road and smoked. After a while, Tonga reminded Qiu Wu: Brother Wu, let's leave this road quickly, in case we meet someone from the fire department or the "Second Criminal Investigation Division", it will be troublesome.

Qiu Wu felt that Tonga's words were reasonable, and he would not come back after spending gold bricks and ancient paintings here, so he snuffed out his cigarette and followed Tonga's Toyota car out of the bushes on the side of the road, and the two got into the car and slowly descended down the hill around the West Outer Ring Road and returned to the coal mine.

Ji Liang was already waiting for them in the coal mine office. Qiu Wu and Tonga exaggerated the story of being robbed on the middle of the road to Ji Liang, Ji Liang led them into the basement after listening, opened the trolley box he brought back, pointed to the 50 gold bricks and half of the ancient paintings inside, and said: Don't be discouraged, I finally got half of it, the most important thing is that the villa is on fire, and tomorrow I want to ask if Qian Gui and his family are dead? If we die, our loan can only pay interest at the "best interest rate", saving four million, this trip is worth it.

Although Qiu Wu and Tong Jiayi were angry in their hearts, they had no choice, just like Ji Liang said, as soon as Qian Gui died, the interest on the 100 million yuan loan he borrowed from the "Poly Money Village" was repaid by half according to the "most favored interest rate" contract, which somewhat made Qiu Wu feel a lot more relieved. The 50 gold bricks that were robbed were temporarily kept by Qiu Wu, but in fact, Qiu Wu didn't pay attention to the 50 gold bricks at all, what he cared about was the less 4 million loan interest and the ancient painting.

After that, Qiu Wu, Ji Liang and Tong Jiayi always paid attention to the relevant information of "Luanshan Manor", and a month later saw in the media the news that the "Luanshan Manor" fire caused the death of Qian Gui and his wife, and the three of them put their hearts into their stomachs, so the three of them also drank a feast of celebration wine, and naturally their loan interest was also underpaid by 4 million.

Nearly two months have passed in a blink of an eye, and on April 5, 2016, Qiu Wu took the half of the ancient painting to the provincial capital and went to the "Mindel Cultural Relics and Antiques Store" to find the famous cultural relics and monuments connoisseur Mr. Min Lao for identification. In Mr. Min's studio, Qiu Wu respectfully took out the half of the ancient painting and put it on the painting table, Mr. Min looked at it with surprised eyes for a long time and then stared at Qiu Wu for a while before asking: Brother Qiu Wu, where did you get this half of the painting?

Qiu Wu was asked, thinking that he couldn't say that he had snatched it from the "Luanshan Manor", so he casually made up a reason: It was left by my grandfather's grandfather, but unfortunately there is only half of it, please always check the authenticity.

Mr. Min smacked his lips for a long time and said: I'm afraid I won't be able to see this painting well, so I'll call someone who is more knowledgeable than me to come and take a look.

Qiu Wu didn't want more people to know, but Mr. Min said this and it was not easy to refuse, so he agreed with fear, Mr. Min went out to make a phone call, and it didn't take long for a white-haired old man in his sixties to come in.

Mr. Min introduced: This is Professor Huo, professor of literature and history at the Provincial University. Mr. Min pointed at Qiu Wu again and said: This is Mr. Qiu Wu, the young owner of the "Luanshan Coal Mine".

Professor Huo shook hands with Qiu Wu.

Mr. Min said: I invited Professor Huo to come here for half an ancient painting, you can come and take a look.

Professor Huo was pulled down by Mr. Min in front of the painting table, Professor Huo only glanced at half of the painting on the painting table, but his legs were weak and he almost fell, but Mr. Min hurriedly helped him. Professor Huo's eyes were about to pop out, and it took a long time to move his eyes to Mr. Min's face and say: Min Lao, I think this half of the painting, it is called "Shuangsuo Tu", which was created by the great painter Liang Kai of the Southern Song Dynasty in 1030, the painting is 242 cm long and 24.5 cm wide, Liang Kai created this painting at the same time as creating another one called "Splashing Ink Immortals", the "Splashing Ink Immortals" is amazing, it is a national treasure, and it is now collected by the Taiwan Museum, and this "Shuangsuo Picture" is much inferior, although inferior is also a priceless treasure. I said, "Why is this still cut out of it?" It's not worth much.

Mr. Min took a magnifying glass and looked at it for a long time and said: What Professor Huo said is not bad at all, I said Mr. Qiu, you have to keep this half of the ancient painting, you can't buy and sell it in China, this is a national treasure-level cultural heritage can not be bought and sold casually, if you keep a snack If you can find the other half, it will be valuable, but I suggest you donate it to the country.

Qiu Wu was secretly happy in his heart, he only knew that this ancient painting was valuable, but he didn't expect it to be a priceless treasure. At this time, he was even more depressed, if only someone hadn't robbed the half of the painting in the middle of the road. However, after Min and Huo, two famous cultural relics experts, said this, they felt very bright in their hearts, as for Mr. Min asking him to donate to the country, it was pure, and the robbed paintings were handed over to the country, isn't it looking for death. After half of the ancient painting was confirmed to be the best by Min and Huo, Qiu Wu felt that he should seal the mouths of these two old guys, Qiu Wu thought of this and said with a smile on his face: Two masters, can this half of the painting only be donated? There is no other way out?

Professor Huo laughed and said: This is us talking at home, we can go abroad to sell, but we can't auction or sell online, we can only trade privately, but half of the painting is not interesting, you should pay attention to find the other half.

Mr. Min also said: Professor Huo is right, you must not let people know that you have this half of the "double picture", otherwise you must hand it in, otherwise you will be guilty.

Qiu Wu nodded and said: Okay, I have written down the words of the two masters, in this way, I can't let the second elder worry in vain, I brought a little meaning. Qiu Wu said as he took out a wad of banknotes from his handbag and put them on the painting table and said to Professor Huo and Mr. Min: I must ask the two masters to accept it, and I beg the second elder to keep it secret for me, I don't want to be chased to buy paintings.

Professor Huo looked at the banknotes on the painting table and felt embarrassed, and he said: How embarrassing it is, I will take your money if I don't do anything, and take it back.

Qiu Wu said a lot of polite words before the two experts reluctantly accepted the money, and before leaving, Professor Huo said: Mr. Qiu, if you keep this half of the painting, you can rest assured that the secret matter will not be leaked to you.

Qiu Wu said goodbye to Min and Huo and came out of the "Mindel Cultural Relics and Antiques" in a happy and depressed mood, happy that they verified the authenticity and value of this half of the painting, and depressed that it was originally a painting and now there is half of it left. Qiu Wu wondered who had robbed that half of the painting? As I walked, I suddenly remembered that when I came out, my father asked him to buy a new mobile phone, and the mobile phone store was in the opposite direction. Qiu Wu quickly turned around and wanted to go back, but accidentally bumped into someone.

How the do you walk? Qiu Wu was about to have a seizure, but suddenly found that it was a beautiful woman with long hair and a shawl who hit him, and swallowed back the swear words that came to his mouth.

The beautiful woman looked embarrassed and hurriedly apologized: I'm really sorry, it's nothing, right?

Qiu Wu immediately turned into a hippie smile, and he said: It's okay, you can bump into it if you want.

The beautiful woman pursed her lips and smiled, staggered her body and walked away, Qiu Wu looked at the beautiful woman who was gradually walking away, and suddenly he felt that this figure was a little familiar, and he remembered for a long time that this beautiful woman was the well-known singer Gao Hong, whom he had been secretly in love with for a long time. Qiu Wu touched his face and laughed to himself, regretting that he didn't help her miss an opportunity to get acquainted, and then he thought about it again, it didn't matter, it was not easy to get to know her, and after returning to Luancheng, he would like to make a scene and let her sing for two hours at close range.

Qiu Wu was very happy when he came back from the provincial capital, and he thought of Professor Huo's panicked expression when he said that ancient paintings were priceless, and he felt ridiculous, how good it would be if a whole painting was a whole painting, 100 million! It's a pity that it's half a frame. Qiu Wu pondered how to find the other half of the painting that had been stolen.

On the afternoon of April 6, Qiu Wu drove a black Land Rover from the bank back to the coal mine on the way to receive a call from a stranger, who deliberately pinched his throat and said: Qiu Wu, the day before yesterday, when you were appraising ancient paintings in the "Mindel Cultural Relics and Antiques Shop", there was a singer girl upstairs who saw the whole process, and the painting is a terrible thing, you are in trouble.

Qiu Wu was taken aback and hurriedly asked: What song girl?

The other party hung up the phone without replying, and Qiu Wu suddenly remembered the woman he turned around and bumped into, isn't she the singer. Qiu Wu was frightened, and he went to the provincial capital to find Mr. Min and Professor Huo to identify half of the "Shuangsu Map", if it leaked out, the mystery of the fire in the "Luanshan Manor" on February 22, 2016 would be exposed, and the consequences would be unimaginable. Qiu Wu had a premonition that he had caused a big disaster, so he immediately called Tong Jiayi and Jiang Xing, and told him how he went to the provincial capital to identify half of the ancient paintings. Tong Jiayi and Jiang Xing were very dissatisfied with Qiu Wu, but it was useless to be dissatisfied with the matter so far, the three of them analyzed for a long time and finally made a decision to kill Gao Hong, so the three of them began to plan the kidnapping of Gao Hong.

At 7 o'clock in the evening on April 7, Tonga followed Gao Hong to the "Boiling Bar", he heard that Gao Hong was singing here, he immediately went to Qiu Wu, Qiu Wu found Jiang Xing, and the three of them immediately drove a black Land Rover to Xinhua Side Road. Jiang Xing parked the black Land Rover on the side of a small alley in the middle of Xinhua Auxiliary Road. This small alley can go directly to the back door of the "Boiling Bar". Coincidentally, the street lights in the parking section were broken and a string of pitch black was broken, and opposite was a newly demolished construction site, except for a small shop for daily necessities, almost all of which were broken bricks and tiles, and there were no residents at all and few people walked around.

The Land Rover did not turn off, Tonga got out of the car and walked to the opposite shop and turned around, and found that the shop was locked and returned to the car and said to Qiu Wu: No one, locked. Qiu Wu got out of the car and walked straight into the small alley, he walked from the small alley to the back door of the "Boiling Bar" on Xinhua Street and hid behind the door, he glanced at the watch on his wrist at 9:20 p.m., Gao Hong should finish singing soon, and he will definitely come out of the back door. Qiu Wu made a detailed understanding of Gao Hong's whereabouts in the "Boiling Bar", Gao Hong is usually the fourth to appear, and at about 9:30 after singing three songs, she came out of the back door of the bar without changing her clothes and went through the small alley to Xinhuafu Road to take a taxi home.

At 9:31, Gao Hong, who sang three songs, pushed open the back door of the "Boiling Bar", how did she know that Qiu Wu had been waiting for a long time, Qiu Wu saw Gao Hong come out, and immediately rushed up, grabbed Gao Hong by the collar, and at the same time put a sharp knife under her armpit, and said viciously: If you dare to shout, I will stab you to death.

Gao Hong was frightened by the danger of this sudden attack, she really didn't dare to make a sound, and helplessly followed Qiu Wu towards the depths of the small alley, and walked out of the alley just two minutes later. Tongjia was guarding at the mouth of the alley, and when he saw Qiu Wu holding Gao Hong out of the house, he immediately opened the door of the Land Rover, and the two stuffed Gao Hong, who was scared half to death, into the car, and then Qiu Wu and Tonga jumped into the car, and Jiang Xing drove away with a foot on the accelerator Land Rover.

At the moment when Qiu Wu kidnapped Gao Hong and walked out of the alley, he also happened to come out of the back door of the "boiling bar", he saw his sister and a man at the end of the small alley, he hurriedly chased out, but when he chased out of the alley, he didn't find his sister.