She looked up at the Huizhou Museum in front of her, which was known as the "Seal of History" museum, and to be honest, it was her first time here! "Why is a jewelry show held in a museum and not in a convention center?" She held up her camera to take a few photos of the museum's exterior, "I'm here for the first time, and I'm not familiar with it at all. ”

"Are you familiar with the convention center?" Xiao Mo, a colleague who came with her, said disapprerovingly, "Who doesn't know that your Miss Shisui doesn't come to Jiangbei once a year." ”

She laughed dryly, and then said: "Anyway, I don't know it, so I think I'm here to see the architecture of New Huizhou." Having said that, I saw it on the news at this jewelry exhibition, why did the editor-in-chief ask us to collect materials, is she very interested in jewelry? ”

"The jewelry on display in this exhibition seems to be antique, which is why it is held in a museum." Xiao Mo said, "Also, the editor-in-chief heard a rumor that a 'cursed treasure' was exhibited here, so he planned to collect information and make a special feature." ”

"Wouldn't it? The editor-in-chief wants to do a suspense mystery special to analyze what happened to the people who were cursed to death by that jewel, right? She screamed.

"Probably." Xiao Mo smiled and shrugged, "She said that she would formally explain the specific situation tomorrow." ”

"I don't remember hearing the 'informal note.'" She twitched the corners of her mouth and said, "Come, tell me what that cursed treasure looks like." ”

"Spike, please do your homework beforehand, okay?" Xiao Mo sighed and said, "The name of the gem is 'Blood Mermaid', and it is a stone that weighs 100. The 7-carat pear-shaped sapphire is named after the mermaid-shaped red spot inside the sapphire. What is rare is that this red spot is actually a ruby, and the mermaid is three-dimensional, and the side and back of the mermaid can be seen from different angles, in short, it is a ghostly workmanship. ”

"Although rubies and sapphires are corundum, I've never heard of rubies in sapphires." If the real thing is rare, and with such a magical shape, it is still a large gemstone of more than 100 carats, and the value must be astronomical, right?

"yes, mineralogists are very interested in that, too." Xiao Mo said.

"Could it be man-made?" She said skeptically that it is not impossible to make artificial sapphires now, but the value is a long way from natural gemstones.

"I don't think there was artificial sapphire technology more than 300 years ago, right?"

She and Xiao Mo said as they entered: "There will definitely be a lot of people snatching the head of such a rare thing, no wonder the people who own the gems are unlucky." That's why it's called a "cursed treasure."

"There is also a legend that those who own gems can meet real mermaids." Xiao Mo smiled.

"It's a question of whether mermaids really exist." She scoffed, "Besides, what if you see a real merfolk?" Is a photo taken as a creature discovery? Legend has it that eating mermaid meat can lead to immortality, do you want to kill the mermaid as sashimi? By the way, it is also said that the tears of the mermaid will turn into pearls, will you catch a mermaid and come back and wait for it to cry a bunch of pearls? "You can buy such a precious sapphire, and you can buy a pearl farm, right? Do you need to go to great lengths to catch a mermaid?

"In any case, if these legends increase the mystery of gemstones, don't they increase the value of gemstones?"

"That's right." It's like going to a castle hotel in France last week, and there are rumors of vampires haunting it, and more people go there as a result.

There are heavy security inside and outside the exhibition hall, and there are metal detectors at the door, which is more exaggerated than the airport security check. According to the news, for this jewelry exhibition, the police in Huizhou are nervous. It's right to think about it, if there is any failure in the jewelry on display, not only will the insurance company go bankrupt, but the city's face and dignity will also be lost.

"Hey! How did you come here? She was about to hand over her backpack and camera bag to the guards at the door when a familiar voice stopped her.

"Officer Meng?" It turned out to be Meng Fan, a policeman who had treated her as a suspect before. He's here to do security work, too? "Of course I'm here to see a jewelry show, so could it be that I'm here to buy groceries?"

"Who is he?" Meng Fan looked at Xiao Mo suspiciously.

"My colleague Xiao Mo." She introduced, "This is Meng Fan, a criminal policeman from the Public Security Bureau. ”

"You still know the police?" Xiao Mo asked strangely.

"For some reason......" she chuckled dryly.

"Let's go in after checking, I don't have time to chat with you." Meng Fan waved his hand.

There are a lot of lights in the exhibition hall but not dazzling, and there is a lot of lighting in the display cases - indeed, this makes these gems even more dazzling! At the entrance of the exhibition hall, there is a free brochure about the introduction of the exhibits, and the first page is the "blood mermaid" sapphire mentioned by Xiao Mo. She flipped back, "Huh? Are all the jewels on display here the property of the same person? ”

"Yes." Xiao Mo nodded.

"It's really rich." Sure enough, no matter how many poor people there are in the world, the number of rich people will not lose. "I'm afraid that any random thing here is enough for me to live on the ground for more than ten years!"

"Didn't you say it yourself, there is gold everywhere in this world, the question is whether it will be dug or not." Xiao Mo smiled, "These can't be envied." ”

"Of course I know, can't I sigh?" She glanced at Xiao Mo.

"Yes, yes." Xiao Mo raised his hand and made a gesture of surrender, "Then can you start visiting now?" ”

"Hmm......" she said, "Where's the 'bloody merfolk'?" ”

"Let's go ahead and see." Xiao Mo took the lead in the exhibition hall.

At the very back of the exhibition hall, a square glass display case is used for this one-of-a-kind sapphire. This gemstone is cut in the shape of a droplet, which makes the color of this gem rich but clear and radiant, and the mermaid-shaped ruby inside is bright and dazzling. I didn't expect the mermaid inside to be so lifelike - a head of often curly hair, a woman's face delicate and beautiful, eyes closed and expressionless, hands clasped in front of the chest as if praying, and even the feminine chest lines were clear and abnormal. The lower body is a fish tail that curls up upwards, and even the tail fin and scales on the tail can be clearly recognized.

"Wow, this contrast is too strong, it hurts to see your eyes." She shook her head, "Is this really natural?" Are you sure it's not synthetic? ”

"The first time this gem was recorded in writing was more than 300 years ago, and after scientific testing, this gem has existed for at least 10,000 years." Xiao Mo said, "Could it be that the cave people on the top of the mountain can make such a thing?" ”

"Tens of thousands of years?!" She staggered, "This gem has a long history!" ”

"Now you believe in the wonders of nature, right?" Xiao Mo squinted at her and said.

"I didn't doubt it." She shrugged, "But don't you know that there were prehistoric civilizations tens of thousands of years ago?" Maybe it's a product of aliens! ”

"Does that make sense?" Xiao Mo sighed.

"Well, my collection is beautiful, isn't it?" Suddenly, someone behind them said to them. They turned around and it was a middle-aged man with a smile on his face who was talking to them.