Chapter 165: Adventure in Venice (1)
"Impossible, impossible. If Shangguan Chi Zhen wants to snatch your Qilin celadon, there is no need to send us to Italy to do it, she knows that you are a heavenly master, and no one can take the celadon from you. "If He Tiankun is killed, he won't believe that Shangguan Chi Ji set a trap for him to drill.
Mo Wuwen thought to himself that what He Tiankun said was not unreasonable, besides, a piece of porcelain could not restore the Heavenly Master Bottle. Shangguan Chi Ji just wanted to do it, and he was the last to do it to Mo Wuwen, so it shouldn't be a trap set by Shangguan Chi Ji.
After a while, Hu Guohua hurried back to the hotel and said hurriedly, "Quick, Antonio said that he will meet us soon." ”
"Where?"
"Antonio's Gallery."
"Where is his gallery? How did you say that to him, Mr. Hu. ”
"It's in this near the city, half an hour by car. I said bluntly: I just said that I heard that you, Mr. Antonio, want to sell the porcelain pieces, and it just so happens that I have a friend's wishes. Hu Guohua picked up the celadon photo and repeated the scene at that time.
"And then?"
Then he said yes, we can discuss. We immediately agreed to meet at his gallery at half past three in the afternoon. ”
"It's as simple as that?" Li Xiaomai was a little unconvinced.
"That is, he said that he would sell porcelain tiles and temporarily changed his mind not to sell them, and then suddenly changed his mind and said that he wanted to sell them, this Antonio changed too quickly." He Tiankun is also very skeptical about the authenticity of the matter.
"It doesn't matter if he's true or not, just go. We're not scared. Li Xiaomai thought to himself that even a ghost old man was nothing more than that, and he had never seen him do anything to everyone. Ghosts are not scary, and the great-grandchildren of ghosts have nothing to fear.
"You pack your bags, I'll check out." Hu Guohua immediately turned around and pulled the door downstairs.
"Be careful, everybody. Why do you say that ghost old man's house suddenly appeared on the TV show? Is it to intimidate us into leaving the hotel. Mo Wuwen said.
Jingle bell bell, Hu Guohua called in the downstairs hall to urge, and everyone went downstairs to check out, out of the hotel, got in the car, and went straight to Antonio's gallery.
The gallery is located in a crowded arcade near the small town square, and the view of the square in front of the gallery is unobstructed. Seeing that the gallery was in a downtown location, Antonio should have no idea of choosing to meet here.
There were a few brightly colored abstract paintings hanging in the gallery that no one could understand, and when Antonio saw them, he stood up and shook hands politely, and then chattered with Hu Guohua.
After listening to this, Hu Guohua said to everyone: "He said that the porcelain is in Venice, and the price is 30,000 euros. If you are interested, you will leave for Venice tomorrow morning and pay for it with one hand and deliver it with the other. ”
"30,000 euros is more than 200,000 yuan, and a piece of porcelain is not worth that much money." He Tiankun felt that Antonio was a lion's mouth, but Shangguan Chi Ji said that money was not a problem, and the cost of them alone was more than 30,000 euros. So he nodded slightly to Hu Guohua in agreement.
Antonio was about to say something, but in an instant, his already pale face suddenly turned white like a blank piece of paper, and his face twitched slightly, and he said to Hu Guohua, "scusate." He hurried to the bathroom.
(scusate) is a phrase that is unheard of, but it means to say sorry to them.
In less than a minute, Antonio came out with a ruddy, shiny face and asked them to sit in a chair, and he made a few cups of coffee at the home coffee machine, saying it was a pick-me-up.
Li Xiaohe almost choked after taking a sip of coffee, so he smoked and walked out of the door to find a place to spit out the coffee in his mouth. As soon as he stepped out of the door, he saw a familiar face passing by the pillars of the arcade, but Li Xiaohe could clearly see that it was the gypsy, and he didn't even change the clothes he was wearing.
Li Xiaohe immediately broke into the gallery and shouted, "I just saw that gypsy!" ”
Mo Wuwen and Li Xiaomai immediately rushed out the door when they heard him, and there was no sign of gypsies in the crowded streets.
Antonio saw them hurrying out, so he asked Hu Guohua, "Hu, what's going on?" ”
"They saw a gypsy who looked like you, and robbed them the other day in Piazza Duomo in Milan."
"Like me?"
"Yes, Antonio, he and you are like twin brothers."
"Oh, I'll have to ask my father, I don't know." Antonio said with a smile, as if he didn't believe Hu Guohua's words at all.
The gypsies appeared, and in order not to get into unnecessary trouble, they said goodbye to Antonio and drove away from the city. The small cities on the edge of Milan are all one after the other, and there is no dividing line. They looked for a hotel in a nearby city.
As soon as he walked into the room, He Tiankun's first sentence was, "Don't turn on the TV!" ”
"I feel like the gypsies never stop following us, how do they do that?" Li Xiaohe waited for Hu Guohua to walk out of the door, and then said softly to everyone.
"That ghost old man also let us follow the gypsies to find clues to the celadon pieces, who knows that they follow us every day and probably want to get the whereabouts of the blue bear porcelain pieces from us." Mo Wuwen leaned out the window to see if there were any suspicious vehicles.
"There's something very strange about me." He Tiankun was silent for a while, and suddenly spoke.
"Don't sell it, Lao He, when are you still in a hurry."
"Let's think about it, that hotel is not close to the Oriental Porcelain Company, not close to the airport, not close to the city center, and not close to Hu Guohua's home. Why did he choose a weird hotel with a ghost old man? He Tiankun hit the nail on the head and pointed out Hu Guohua's suspicious situation.
But why did he do it? It is true that his behavior is suspicious, but so far it is not clear that he has betrayed our benefit. Although the ghost old man has repeatedly frightened us, he did not attack us, only the gypsy fought us twice, but it was not to snatch our blue unicorn porcelain. And the Blue Bear porcelain is in Antonio's hands, and if it is robbed, it will be against him and not us. "I don't know what to do, but it's still a mess.
"It's also possible that we're thinking too much, or maybe it's all a coincidence." Li Xiaohe said optimistically.
"Let's hope so, rest and rest. Hopefully tomorrow will be another sunny day. He Tiankun stretched his waist and yawned, and lay on the bed to sleep without taking a bath.
The night without turning on the TV was really a peaceful night, and it was really warm to see the first rays of sunlight in the morning shining into the window.
Hu Guohua also arrived on time to pick them up and go to Venice, and they found Antonio at the entrance of the expressway, but Antonio did not give Hu Guohua the address to go, but just asked them to follow his car and keep in touch by phone if they got lost.
"I think this Antonio is also sneaky, yesterday you saw that he was pale and went to the bathroom and came out with a ruddy face. Is it sucking X?"
"Seeing him so haggard, he does look like a person who sucks X."
"Anyway, everyone be careful." At the end, I didn't hear it, and I didn't turn my eyes to look at the scenery along the way.
The car drove on the endless highway, and finally, through the sea bridge, reached the main island of Venice, led by Antonio, the car drove into the parking lot of the high-rise building, and the car circled around to the eighth floor and stopped.
When everyone walked out of the building, Antonio stood in the corner and made a phone call and said to Hu Guohua, "The porcelain is in the safe of the bank, and now the bank is about to close, and it won't open until two o'clock." What to do? ”
"It's not easy for everyone to come to Venice, it's still early, why don't you go to St. Mark's Square to visit. Remember that everyone follow me and don't get separated. Hu Guohua first communicated with Antonio in Italian and then spoke to everyone in Chinese.
The so-called St. Mark's Square is a Renaissance-style building, and the bars around the square are lined with tables and chairs, and thousands of pigeons fly in the sky.
Although Mo Wuwen is not interested in the view of St. Mark's Square, the memory of the visit still needs to be done. A few of them took pictures with the pigeons flying over their shoulders, when suddenly a voice came from the side, "What a coincidence, I met you again." ”
They turned their heads and couldn't believe their eyes, and it was Helian Rong who had come to Europe for a tour in front of them. Helian Rong saw them looking at her with surprised eyes, smiled and said, "It is said that the most beautiful island in Venice is the Colored Island, I'll go and see you, everyone." ”
"It's a really small world." Li Xiaomai looked at Helian Rong's departing back and said.
But Mo Wuwen was puzzled, who is this Helian Rong? Chance encounters can't be repeated over and over again, just as the gypsy had a premonition that would appear in Venice.
Antonio told them that the bank was on a small island and that they had to take a ferry or a rental boat to get there. With the blue sky and blue water, they sat on the boat and really felt what the sea and sky were.
Mo Wuwen walked to the deck and picked up his mobile phone to take pictures of the seagulls soaring in the blue sky, but when he took out his mobile phone, he found that the screen was dark. Obviously, when it was fully charged, it was consumed all at once, and Mo Wuwen could only try to restart the phone.
After restarting the phone, Mo Wuwen looked at the screen and almost screamed, but immediately turned off the phone with a slightly trembling hand. Because when I just turned on the phone, the screen of the phone suddenly appeared with a picture of a ghost old man holding a wine glass!
What does the ubiquitous ghost old man mean, Mo Wuwen involuntarily restarted the phone, this time there was no ghost old man, but it was a big two words "danger". After reading it, Mo Wuwen silently turned off his mobile phone and walked to the ferry cabin pretending to be fine.
The ferry docked, and when I got off the boat, I looked around at the environment of the island, there was no hustle and bustle, and the island was silent, and occasionally there were tourists pacing in twos and threes. How the bank was located on such an inaccessible island was very strange to Mo Wuwen.
The bank sits in an old two-story building, and when they open the old door, they feel an eerie atmosphere.