When Mr. Tian Fengyuan returned home, his wife put down the work in his hand, came out of the kitchen, and said to him: "Just now, a person from a courier company sent you a package, which is quite large, and it is placed in your room, what have you bought?" ”

Tian Lao said with some doubts: "I didn't buy anything, you know that I don't know how to shop online, so it won't be my granddaughter's purchase." ”

"No, I asked Tian Tian, and she said it's not hers, you can go and see for yourself, I'll cook." The old lady finished speaking and went back to the kitchen.

Tian Lao came to the room and saw a very large box on the desk, the box was a little flat, but it was not small, occupying half of the desktop.

"What a thing?" Looking outside, there was no express label, Tian Lao took out a paper cutter, cut the box seal, and the moment he opened it, when he saw the contents clearly, the whole person stayed in place.

Vacuum storage box, this kind of thing Mr. Tian is recognized, there are several ways to preserve ancient paintings, such as choosing to store in a place with suitable ventilation and temperature and humidity, using some special coatings to cover the surface of ancient paintings to reduce the oxidation rate, home decoration glass passport, of course, there are also uses this kind of vacuum storage box, but generally those and their precious scrolls, will use vacuum storage boxes, after all, this thing is very expensive.

The vacuum storage box was nothing, the main thing was that he was really shocked when he saw the painting inside through the glass cover.

"It's Wu Daozi's "Guanyin Priest Seated Statue", wasn't he stolen a few days ago, how could he appear here." The old gentleman muttered.

The theft of François's private museum has been reported in China, and the newspapers have written a detailed list of the stolen items. And what people in China are more concerned about is this Wu Daozi's "Guanyin Priest Seated Portrait". Mr. Tian Fengyuan naturally knew the news.

He was amazed as to why the painting appeared in his home. Who sent it, and why did it come to you?

After seeing the painting, Mr. Tian quickly put these thoughts behind him, opened the drawer and took out a magnifying glass, then lay on top of the painting, and began to carefully study this ancient painting through the glass cover.

After a long time, the door was opened, and a young girl came in and said, "Grandpa." It's time to eat. ”

"Oh, okay, let's eat."

The old man replied unconsciously, and then straightened up and hung down lightly twice, he was too focused just now, and he looked at it for half an hour, and his waist was sore.

"You're not paying attention to your body again, what are you looking at?" The girl saw her grandfather's moves. stepped forward and asked the old man by rubbing his waist.

"An ancient painting, you can also come and see it, let grandpa see how much you have learned." The old man said with a smile. The girl is still in college. But she studied history and learned a little bit of her grandfather's ability to appreciate antiques.

The girl glanced at the vacuum storage box and said, "Extravagant." This vacuum box alone will cost tens of thousands, what kind of paintings are in it? ”

The girl looked inside the glass enclosure. At first, she didn't care, but when she saw it clearly. also froze in place.

"Ah, it's it, it's that, ah, is it the true handiwork of Wu Daozi, Guanyin sitting statue." The girl finally called out.

"It's the "Guanyin Priest Seated Statue". Tian Lao corrected.

"Grandpa, wasn't he stolen, how could he be in our house." The girl was surprised.

"Grandpa doesn't know why he appeared at our house, your grandma said it was sent by courier, but I didn't see the courier list." The old man said.

The girl also looked around the box curiously, there was indeed no courier list, the girl did not give up and wanted to move it up to look at the back, but when she lifted a corner, she found an envelope under the box.

"Grandpa, there's a letter." The girl shouted.

Mr. Tian hurriedly took out the letter and looked at the envelope, it was empty, but he felt that there was something inside.

I opened the envelope, took out a folded piece of white paper from it, and unfolded it to see that it was an ordinary A4 piece of paper with a letter printed on a printer.

"Dear Mr. Tian Fengyuan, hello, you may have a lot of doubts in your heart when you saw that painting. I am an overseas traveler, and I stumbled upon this painting of the saint Wu Daozi, who is a treasure of China, which has been handed down for thousands of years, but was plundered by the Western powers during the Qing Dynasty, and also became an overseas traveler.

I understand his feelings, even though he is just a painting, I can hear his voice, he wants to go home, he wants to go back to his homeland. Those great powers took him away from the motherland by plunder, but they blatantly displayed it in their own museums as their trophies to show off to this day.

Maybe the way I got this painting was a bit extreme, but don't Westerners always claim that might is truth, well, since whoever grabs it is whoever's, then I'll snatch him.

This painting was delivered to you, and I hope that through you, he will be transferred to China, because this painting belongs to China.

Overseas travelers stay. ”

"Grandpa, you said that this overseas traveler, is it the thief of paintings, I have read the report, it is said that they have emptied the museum of the French collector François who had a verbal fight with you, there are more than 600 collections, until now the French police have not been able to find out who stole the things, the newspapers laughed at the French police, and now they have not even been able to analyze the theft of the thieves, so that those French policemen have lost a lot of face." The girl said.

"I've read the news, and I think this painting is probably one of the stolen items in that theft, and it's the most precious of them, but I don't know why he came to China. And why did those thieves give it to the state when they were so deliberately stealing this priceless painting? Tian Lao said.

"I must be a Chinese, and I'm a thief." The girl said with a grin.

"You, how can there be so many thieves, you watch too much TV." The old man laughed.

"By the way, grandpa, grandma taught you to eat." The girl suddenly remembered the purpose of coming in.

"If you don't eat it, I'll call you, you can eat first." The old man said, picked up the phone and began to call.

In a short period of time, three important people in China's collecting circle, Liu Yuliang, director of the Palace Museum, Miao Honggang, director of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, and Deng Yuzhou, dean of the Department of History of Peking University, gathered in Tianfengyuan's hometown.

Liu Yuliang, director of the Palace Museum, was the last to enter the door, and said anxiously as soon as he entered the room. "Lao Tian, what you said is true, that Wu Daozi's "Guanyin Priest Seated Portrait" appeared." (To be continued.) )