Director Miao took Muyang's letter to his leader, reported the matter to his superiors, and finally reported the matter to the vice premier.

For a country, does it care about a painting, no, but he cares about the influence of this matter, and how this matter is handled, is likely to be related to the diplomatic relations between China and France and the impression of each country on China.

The old man called his secretary and instructed: "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will take the lead and organize relevant personnel from the Ministry of Public Security, national security, judicial departments, and the Palace Museum to conduct a preliminary study on this matter and come up with a feasibility report." ”

With the leadership, people from several relevant departments quickly gathered together, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was led by a vice minister, and the other ministries and commissions basically sent a department director, and the director of the Second Criminal Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security first reported.

"We collected all the surveillance videos of the neighborhood near Tianlao, and after analysis, we locked down the man who delivered the courier." Then he asked the conference staff to distribute printed photos to everyone, and continued: "It is this man wearing a sports cap and sportswear, about 1.8 meters tall, his face is basically not clear, the analysis should be a Chinese man, according to the walking posture and speed, about 18 to 30 years old, other circumstances are not clear for the time being." ”

"We analyzed the box, and it was just a very ordinary box, without any labeling and no courier label, so it shouldn't be a normal express package."

"We also identified the letter left by the suspect, and the ordinary A4 paper was made in China. The marking code on the envelope is from the capital, so you can be sure. This letter should have been made in the capital. ”

"To sum up, we suspect that the Chinese man who delivered the courier. It is likely that the suspect in this case, aged between 18 and 30, has a lot to do with the theft in François, France. ”

Vice Minister Cheng of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs nodded, and then asked someone from the Ministry of State Security to report.

A director of the Ministry of National Security said: "We have collected all the relevant information about the theft of François's private museum in France, the main sources of information are news reports and internal information of the French police, and this theft has resulted in a total of 662 items, and this ancient painting of Wu Daozi is one of them." ”

"The French side has preliminarily identified that the man who stole was a European man. As for the other accomplices, I don't know for the time being, but in the report of the Paris police, there are many suspicions, mainly focusing on how this gang of thieves stole so many antiques, and the French police have not figured it out until now. ”

"After our analysis, this theft gang should be very large, with a clear division of labor and strong high-tech means. We have compared the methods and methods of theft gangs in various countries, and there are no similar gangs for the time being, and we do not yet have any information about this gang. ”

Next. The Palace Museum reported that it was Dean Liu and Tian Lao who came this time. As the first people to see this painting, they are also the top experts in China. The painting has the most to say.

Dean Liu put on his reading glasses and said slowly, "We have read a lot of bibliographies. We have collected all the ancient books that have recorded this ancient painting and compared them with this painting. The appraisal department opened the vacuum storage box and took a microsample of the painting for chemical analysis. We also organized a group of calligraphy and painting experts from the Palace Museum to summarize and identify this painting, and finally concluded that this painting is the authentic work of the painting of Saint Wu Daozi. ”

"The year of this painting should be between 742 and 755 AD, during the period of Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, which has a history of more than 1,200 years, and is the only painting preserved by Wu Daozi to this day, which can be called a national treasure, comparable to the Qingming Shanghe map."

"This painting has been collected by the royal family in the past dynasties, and when the Eight-Nation Alliance attacked the capital and burned the Old Summer Palace at the end of the Qing Dynasty, it was plundered by the Western powers, and François's grandfather was one of the commanders, so it was finally collected by the Truffaut family."

After listening to the reports of various departments, Vice Minister Cheng took off his glasses, looked at everyone and said: "I will summarize the reports of the comrades, and the current situation is, first, this painting is genuine, and the only heirloom work of painting Saint Wu Daozi is a national treasure-level antique. ”

"Second, the painting was plundered by Western powers in the late Qing Dynasty and collected by the Truffaut family in France."

"Thirdly, the painting is one of the stolen goods from this French theft."

"The question now is what we should do with the painting, whether to keep it in the country for public or to return it to the French authorities."

"China and France have established diplomatic relations for more than 50 years, we are all one of the five permanent members, and we have also joined Interpol, if according to international law, should we return this painting? If we keep him in the country, the French authorities will certainly negotiate with China on this matter, and how to deal with it in the end, and what attitude we should adopt are the problems we are facing now. ”

"France has always had a hostile attitude towards China, and France is the most platoon in Europe. As one of the countries in China, our relations have always been in a very tense and awkward position, and if such a thing happens, will the relationship between our two countries deteriorate even more? ”

Vice Minister Cheng uttered a series of questions, and everyone present fell silent.

President Liu of the Palace Museum is old and strong, and said with an indignant face, "This is China's national treasure, they Europeans snatched it back then, and now he is back in our hands, no matter what way, he can no longer be returned to France, this painting must remain in China, left to our children and grandchildren." ”

At this time, the person from the judicial department said: "If according to international law, we should indeed hand over the stolen goods transferred from other countries to our country to the victims, but there is a question here, who should belong to this painting, which is still up for debate." ”

"Now it is certain that the painting was plundered by the European powers at the end of the Qing Dynasty, and if its ownership is to be determined, it should be traced back to the Qing Dynasty, not that they were robbed by the Truffaut family, and it should belong to them."

"Of course, there are likely to be a lot of lawsuits in this, but we in China are not without anything to say."

This expert from the judicial department has put forward a different opinion in a different way.

Is this a rogue, but can this be considered a scoundrel, this is a treasure of China, but now it is home. (To be continued.) )