Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Secret War in the Prado Gallery

Before leaving, Qin Li explained his itinerary and purpose to the people in the gallery, and told them to pay attention to safety and not attract the attention of others.

"What are you worried about?"

On the plane, Corot looked at Qin Li, who looked a little solemn, and handed him a cup of hot coffee.

"Do you know that in this area of Shuyu, there is a mysterious thief who steals paintings?" Qin Li took the coffee and looked at Corot.

"I've heard it, I've heard it when I was a child, but who knows if it's true or not, no one has seen it, maybe those who lost the painting just made up such a story just to cheat the insurance." Corot said.

"But over the years, people have lost their paintings one after another, and they are all ancient paintings and famous paintings, although there are not many of them, but they are very valuable. Do you still remember that "Picture of the Jade Terrace of the Immortals"? Qin Qi asked.

"Remember, an Italian collector spent millions on a photograph that was lost on a high-speed train in France." Corot nodded.

"I suspect it was the thief who did it, even though it happened outside of China." Qin Bai frowned and said.

"Are you worried that the gallery will be targeted by that thief? No, we have never sold a masterpiece in our gallery! Corot said.

"I just have this feeling, maybe I'm thinking too much." Qin Li rubbed his eyebrows.

"Well, when you're old, it's easy to be cranky. By the way, you and that Sadako-sama, aren't you? Well? Corot looked at Qin Li with a gossipy face.

"Did you find her background?" Qin Li asked rhetorically.

"Oh, not yet, maybe we'll have news when we get back." Corot shook his head.

"You're getting less and less productive."

Qin Li raised his eyebrows and glanced at Corot, then stopped speaking, and after putting down the coffee, he began to close his eyes and recuperate.

"I..." Corot glared at Qin Li and closed his eyes as well.

After the plane landed, the two hailed a taxi and went straight to the Ritz Hotel, and by the time they checked in, it was already 5 p.m.

For ease of observation, Corot booked the Royal Suite facing the Prado Art Museum.

The Ritz is the last work of Cesar Ritz, the father of modern hotels, and in order to respect the Spanish national tradition, especially the artistic concept, it still retains the Spanish decoration style of a hundred years ago, such as beautiful mahogany, beech wood furniture, intricate and ornate crystal lamps, and even the bathroom faucet, which are all originals from that era.

However, for the two of them, even if they live in a real palace now, they can't be distracted by this.

"How? Is there anything abnormal? ”

Corot packed his bags, walked to the window, and looked out.

The Prado street is still bustling under the sunset, but the Prado Art Museum standing on this landscape avenue seems to be a little quiet and serene, and under the rendering of twilight, it shows a mysterious and magnificent temperament.

"It's just ordinary tourists, and they all look pretty normal." Qin Li, who stood by the window and observed for a while, said lightly.

"What if his people disguise themselves and mingle among the tourists?" Corot frowned.

"Even so, they didn't dare to blatantly grab the paintings." Qin Bai said.

"Closes at eight?" Corot asked.

"Hmm." Qin Li nodded, raised his hand and looked at his watch, "There are still more than two hours, and we can set off." ”

"Hmm." Corot nodded.

Next, the two studied the map of the museum and the surrounding area of the museum that Corot got for a while, noted the location of the exhibition hall where "Danae" was located, as well as the blind spots of each camera, and drew the best route map for escape.

Just after eight o'clock, the two of them each changed into a set of dark sportswear, and Corotdo put on an oil painttube on his back and left the hotel and headed to the Prado Art Museum opposite.

At night, Via Prado is illuminated with dim and beautiful lights, and this artistic street is bustling with people of all kinds, both locals and tourists, who walk along the wide boulevards.

Qin Li and Corot buttoned their caps on their heads, disguised themselves as passers-by running at night, dodged the cameras on the road, and slowly moved closer to the art museum.

The Prado Gallery in the moonlight is even more mysterious than it is at dusk, and when visitors leave, the entire gallery seems to fall into a deep sleep, despite the lights in some of the pavilions, except for the noise of the streets.

The two went around to the back, and Qin Li took Corot according to the map printed in his mind, and quickly found the location of "Dana'e".

"Is this it?" Corot asked, looking around and pointing to the wall in front of him.

"Hmm." Qin Qi nodded, took out an oil paintbrush from his pocket, dipped the tip of his tongue in saliva, and painted it on the wall.

With Qin Li's big stroke, the shape of an arch suddenly appeared on the originally gray wall.

"Just draw the door, why paint it exactly like the door next to it!" Seeing Qin Qi's careful depiction there, Corot couldn't help but mutter.

Qin Qi ignored him and continued to paint on the wall.

After more than ten minutes, a delicate arch appeared on the wall, almost identical to the next arch in shape and color.

"Squeak!"

Qin Li pushed it gently, and the door that he had drawn was actually pushed open.

"Let's go!"

Qin Li walked in first, followed by Corot.

"Remember to close the door." Qin Qi reminded in front.

"Got it." Once inside, Corot closed the door.

"Remember, we only have three minutes." Qin Qi raised his hand and looked at his watch, reminded, and quickened his pace.

"Understood, you are a three-minute Qin Li." Corot teased.

Qin Li ignored him, and along the blind corner of the surveillance, he came to the front of the "Danae" by Klimt.

"It's beautiful!" Corot couldn't help but sigh, and slowly approached Danae.

In the painting, Danae curls up and occupies most of the picture, and his movements are a little awkward, but his expression is very enjoyable.

Danae, with red hair and white skin, is beautiful and plump, with closed eyes, slightly open lips, red cheeks, one hand between his legs, and the other hand bent inwardly into a claw, as if grasping something, and as if it is a conditioned reflex made by the body.

Around her, all kinds of gold and coins were sprinkled, and it is said that these gold were transformed by Zeus, and in this way, to rejoice with her.

"Go back and look at it slowly, and take the painting down first." Qin Bai patted Corot's shoulder and reminded.

"Oh, good!"

Corot carefully removed the painting and placed it on the ground, then, taking tools out of his pocket, opened the frame, and took the canvas out.

"I think when she runs out, she will definitely amaze the Quartet."

After taking out the canvas, Corot carefully rolled up the canvas and exchanged the "Danae" in the oil painting tube that Qin Li had imitated before.

"It's not just amazing, I'm afraid it will blind everyone."

Speaking of this, Qin Yi suddenly thought of Hu Yi, if Hu Yi saw Danae covered in gold, he probably couldn't help but pick off the gold coins and gold on her body.

"What are you laughing at?" As soon as Corot raised his head, he met Qin Li's snickering face.

Qin Li immediately put away his smiling face and said coldly: "Hang the painting and withdraw it!" ”

"It will summon people."

After Corot carried the oil painting tube, he hung up the reframed Danae.

"Less than a minute."

Qin Li raised his hand and looked at his watch, stepped his long legs, and walked in the direction he came, followed closely by Corot.

The door is still there, but the color has faded a lot, and it seems to be slowly disappearing.

"Quick!"

Qin Li pushed Corot to the front, and after opening the door, he pushed him out.

The moment Corot was pushed out, the door suddenly disappeared, and the walls returned to their original state.

"Old Qin?" Corot whispered at the wall.

"You go first, go back to the hotel directly, don't waste time, protect the painting!" Qin Qi sent a WeChat message to Corot.

After reading WeChat, Corot took his mobile phone, carried the oil painting tube, followed the escape route drawn in advance, and left quickly.

"Da Da Da..."

Suddenly, a slight sound of footsteps sounded not far away, and it became louder and louder from far to near.

Just listening to the footsteps, Corot surmised that there were a lot of people who came, and they were well organized, and they were trained, if not the museum's security guards, or they must have been the same group of people.

Corot immediately hid in a nearby corner and quietly observed.

Soon, the group of people stepped on the moonlight and appeared in front of Corot's eyes.

I saw a group of young men of different skin tones, dressed in the same style of black sportswear, wearing peaked caps, half of their faces were covered by large black masks, and only a pair of eyes were exposed.

All of them were tall and tall, but they were on the thin side, not like bodyguards, but like thieves.

"It's them!"

Ke Luo was shocked and immediately sent a WeChat message to Qin Li: "They are here." ”

"You find a way to evacuate first, leave me alone." Qin Bai replied in seconds.

Corot glanced back at the men in black who had disappeared into the night, and then turned to leave.

Qin Li, who was painting the door, received a WeChat message from Corot before he was halfway through the painting, so he decided to change his plan.

Dipping a paintbrush on the tip of his tongue, Qin Li quickly painted on the wall next to him.

"Da Da Da..."

The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and Qin Li knew that they must have entered here through other means.

He quickened his movements, and soon drew a red-haired nude beauty on the wall, only, on the naked body of this beauty, plastered with gold.

“Ve!” (Go.) )

After shining a highlight on her eyes, Qin Qi took a step back.

“Vale!” (Okay.) )

Suddenly, the beauty spoke, responded to Qin Li, and blinked, and then walked down from the wall.

The beautiful woman ran towards the place where the footsteps came, shouting as she ran, "Dios mío!" (Oh my!) )

“E 'lei!” (It's her!) )

The group soon spotted the beautiful woman and chased after her.

The beautiful woman turned her head and turned in the other direction, leading the group away.

After hearing the footsteps and leaving, Qin Li dipped his paintbrush on the tip of his tongue again, and then randomly drew a wooden door on the wall.

After changing the previous excellence, this door is painted a little rough and haphazard.

However, it was also painted quickly, and in less than a minute, a gray wooden door of similar color to the wall appeared on the wall.

Qin Li pushed open the door, closed it casually, and disappeared into the night......