Mu Qingcheng was suspicious in his heart, why did Cheng Yijie never talk about it, he was also in Bosnia-Herzegovina at that time? He didn't even mention that his sister had a house in Bosnia-Herzegovina. And Cheng Sally said "every time he comes", which means that he has been here more than once?

After coming to the front of the house, Mu Qingcheng was completely stunned, there was an iron fence outside, a small lawn inside the railing, and a cluster of rose trees in the center of the lawn. Looking up, the sunlight is reflected on the glass of the window, and the soft light shines.

Time and space were confused in an instant, and in the dizziness, Mu Qingcheng seemed to see the swaying figure through the window glass again. Although it was night, the house, the "vampire" who jumped from the second floor, and everything around her, were deeply engraved in her mind!

Her body shook violently.

"What's wrong with you?" Cheng Sally supported her, "Isn't it dizzy, hurry up and go into the house to rest." ”

Mu Qingcheng followed Cheng Sally into the house in a trance. That night, she was carried into the building by the "vampire", and the unbearable scenes blew on her like a hurricane, surging over her like a tide, and she struggled to stand still, trying to concentrate her thoughts, trying to maintain the clarity of her mind. She didn't even see what the downstairs living room was set up in, so she went up the stairs blankly and entered a room on the second floor.

It is a small, brightly lit room with beige carpets, goose-yellow curtains, yellow and brown sofas, and Chinese characters printed on the backrest. The TV set is very small, the old style is like from the eighties and nineties of the last century in China, and the audio equipment next to it is also very ordinary. Cheng Sally said that this house was bought from a Frenchman, the French do not like to compare like Chinese, deliberately pursue the spacious and luxurious room, as well as the high-end eye-catching facilities such as household appliances, they live a very casual life, simple and comfortable.

Mu Qingcheng walked to the window, opened the curtains, opened the wooden-framed window, the cool breeze was blowing, and her restless thoughts calmed down a little. "When the festival was held the year before last, how long did Yijie live here?" She confirmed with Cheng Sally.

"He came to me to get the keys at the beginning of the festival, it was a Monday, and I remember it very well, stayed for more than a week." Cheng Sally thought carefully, "On Saturday, our manor held a masquerade ball, and he came to participate, and then he received a call from a friend and asked the other party to meet here at the house, so he left in a hurry, and he didn't have time to remove his makeup when he left, I don't know if it scared that friend, and I forgot to ask." ”

All kinds of complex emotions surged again, Mu Qingcheng was heartbroken and sad, and he was about to collapse. The "vampire" who humiliated her, that nightmarish existence, turned out to be Cheng Yijie! It turned out that he had already recognized her, so the chance encounter at the garbage dump later, and all the coincidences that followed, were all deliberately done by him? He approached her from the beginning with an ulterior motive? He and Jim, are they really together? But if that's the case, why would he use a fake painting to deceive Jim, and why not be afraid that Chen Yufei will know his secrets? Could it be that Chen Yufei is also their person, and they have infighting?

Hundreds of thousands of questions were intertwined in his mind, and Mu Qingcheng felt that his head was about to explode, and the pain was spinning.

"Drink a glass of water, I see you're very uncomfortable." Cheng Sally intimately handed her a glass of water, she took it, and drank it to the bottom, and the heartfelt coolness made her feel more comfortable.

"Let's go." Cheng Sally rinsed the empty cup and put it back in place, and came over to support her again, "I'll send you back to the hotel to rest and then attend the dinner." ”

Mu Qingcheng nodded. On the way back, her eyelids began to fight, and the more she walked, the more she felt top-heavy, and she was almost unconscious as soon as she got in the car.

Cheng Sally looked back at Mu Qingcheng in the back seat, with a deep layer of melancholy between her eyebrows. She started the car and instead of going to the hotel, she drove in the direction of the winery.

Mu Qingcheng slept grogily, and when he woke up, he was still dazed, and he didn't know where he was. She curled up on the cold ground, and suddenly remembered that Cheng Sally said that she would take her back to the hotel to rest, but she was obviously not in the hotel room. She got up from the ground and looked around with wide eyes, a very large wine cellar, surrounded by many oak red wine barrels, as well as solid wood wine shelves of different styles and shapes, on which various bottles of wine were densely displayed.

The lighting of the wine cellar was a cold light source, and there was an air conditioner to maintain a constant temperature and humidity, and the temperature was low, and she shrank back, shivering because of the cold and fear. Suddenly, the wooden door of the cellar was opened, and someone entered, and the light from the roof shrouded him.

Mu Qingcheng looked at it and was stunned, it was Cheng Yijie! She didn't expect to see him again so soon. The light flickered in his hairline, and the moment the wooden door closed, countless reflected points of light fell on his shoulders like raindrops. She looked at him dizzily, not knowing whether to be surprised or frightened.

Cheng Yijie approached her, the sound of footsteps echoing in the empty wine cellar, every step seemed to trample on her heart.

"What is this place?" She muttered, "How did you end up here?" ”

"This is the wine cellar of my sister's estate." His voice was flat, "I asked her to bring you here, I have a task for you." ”

"What task, can't you talk about it first, but throw me into this cold wine cellar?" She asked angrily, she didn't even know how she was brought!

"Because, what you have to carry out is a secret mission." He paused before adding, "During your mission, you have completely lost your personal freedom and have no contact with the outside world. ”

She looked at him in a daze. "So, I'm imprisoned here?"

He nodded.

"What if I don't say yes?" She asked.

His expression was solemn. "If you don't agree, you won't be able to get out of here alive."

"You're threatening me?" Her voice trembled, tears glinking across her eyelashes.

He stood there, tall and straight, like a mountain peak, so steep that if he ventured to climb it, he could be crushed at any time. "Yes." He replied, "You didn't say no

Qualifications, because, even if you are not afraid of death, you can't help but think about the safety of your family. ”

She was stunned again, then smiled. The smile was strange, sad, helpless, bewildered, and desolate. "Okay, but before I start the mission, I want to confirm one thing with you, and please answer me truthfully. When I came to Bosnia-Herzegovina to attend the festival the year before last, I met a man dressed as a vampire in the house that your sister bought. ”

"Yes." Without the slightest hesitation, he replied, "At that time, my companion and I were discussing a secret trade in cultural relics, and you almost ruined our business. I relented and let you go. But after that, I set my sights on you, and I secretly conducted a full investigation of you, and I have all the information about you. You are a calligraphy and painting restorer in the Xilin City Museum, and this convenience can be used by us, so since then, I have consciously approached you step by step and used you. That's all I can say to you. Your task now is to restore the original "Han Xizai's Night Banquet" in the British Museum. ”

"The original copy of the stolen "Han Xizai's Night Banquet" from the British Museum?" She was shocked, "You and Jim, really together, stole that painting, and you were involved?" ”

"Knowing too much is harmful to you and not beneficial." His face was so serious, so cold, "Don't try to make any small moves, your every move is under my surveillance, and you can't escape from the palm of my hand." ”

Her heart skipped a beat, and she scolded: "I was really blind to fall in love with a man like you, you are not only a gay who makes me sick, but also a robber and a criminal!" ”

"Good scolding." He also smiled, "But if you hadn't been blind, you would have died a long time ago, and your family will also be affected, you should be glad that you have chosen." ”

She snorted coldly. "I'm not interested in talking nonsense with you anymore, where is that painting, take me there."

Cheng Yijie walked to one of the wine racks and gently moved the wine racks open, revealing a secret door behind it, which was extremely secret and could not be seen through the wine racks at all. Cheng Yijie took out the key from his trouser pocket, opened the secret door, pushed it open, and let Mu Qingcheng go in first, he put the wine rack back in place, and then entered and closed the door.

The darkroom, which was originally a storage room for Cheng Sally and her husband to store important belongings, has been converted into a living room. In one corner of the room, there is a wooden booth with all the tools needed to restore the paintings. At the other end of the room is a double bed with a long black wrap.

"Let's get to work right now." Cheng Yijie picked up the package on the bed, opened it layer by layer, and handed the scroll inside to Mu Qingcheng, "During the restoration of the painting, I will always accompany you and live here." ”

Mu Qingcheng took the scroll expressionlessly, slowly spread it out on the wooden booth, she carefully looked at the painting, although she did not have the qualifications of a calligraphy and painting appraiser, but she was also an expert in this area. From the five dynasties to the Southern Song Dynasty, from the surface of the silk, in addition to the single silk silk, there is also a double silk form. From this point of view, the silk of this painting fits this characteristic. According to her previous research on various documents, it can be basically determined that this painting is the original copy of "Han Xizai's Night Banquet" stolen from the Oriental Art Museum of the British Museum. Compared with the Song Dynasty copy collected by the Xilin City Museum, although this original is older, it is much better preserved, of course, there are still a lot of mold and cavities.