"Monsieur Monet heard that you like antique paintings?" Jiro Morimura asked Monet flatteringly.

Monet nodded and replied, "Well, because I am a painter myself, I am naturally interested in the art of painting everywhere. ”

But in order to prevent Morimura Jiro from selling to him, he said, "But because I'm not an impressionist, I don't know much about ukiyo-e." ”

Monet thought that Monet wanted to sell ukiyo-e to him when he learned that he had bought a copy of Yoshinian Tsukioka's "Edo Forty-Eight Hands" yesterday, but he asked, "What about ancient paintings from other countries?" ”

"Oh? Which country? Monet asked casually.

"Chinese!" Jiro Morimura replied word by word.

Monet just wanted to ask you how there are ancient Chinese paintings here, but after thinking about it, he must have received them from the Japanese army invading China, and he suddenly felt uncomfortable, but in the spirit of recovering the national treasure, he still patiently asked: "I am very interested in Chinese paintings, but because they are too different from oil paintings, I don't know much, but if you have a fine product here and it is not expensive, I can consider collecting a few." ”

"Mr. Monet, don't worry, the guarantee is true, which means that they can't afford to eat now, otherwise they will definitely not sell!" Jiro Morimura patted his chest and reassured.

Speaking of this, Monet's mind suddenly flashed with inspiration, and he thought of something, so he asked Jiro Morimura: "By the way, do you know a person named Kido Yuzo?" "That's right, Monet thought of the prince's classic "Antiques in the Game", and he didn't know if there would be one in this world, so he asked by the way.

"Kido has three? Of the Kido family? Jiro Morimura asked rhetorically.

Monet nodded and replied, "That's right, it's the Kido family, it is said that this family seems to be very large, and three of this Kido are archaeologists. ”

"Although I don't know three of these Kido, I know the Kido family, so you wait for me to help you inquire!"

"Okay, hopefully soon!" Monet commanded.

The next day, Jiro Morimura came over and reported, "Mr. Monet, there is indeed such a Kido family with three Kido, and like you said he is an archaeologist, but he is dead. ”

Jiro Morimura thought that Monet would be disappointed to hear that the person he was looking for was dead, but he didn't seem to react, but continued to ask, "Did he die after returning from China?" ”

Morimura Jiro thought for a moment and then replied: "That's right, he died shortly after returning from China, as if he went to China to participate in a custom inspection group, and he also made meritorious service, but I don't know why, but the meritorious service has always been depressed." ”

"Oh, did he bring back a Buddha head from China?" Monet asked.

Jiro Morimura replied a little embarrassed: "I don't know about this, anyway, I heard that they brought back a lot of good things from China!" ”

"Go and help me inquire again, if what he brought back is the head of the Jade Buddha of Mingtang; If so, ask them if they sell or not? If it doesn't sell, can you let me take a look! With that, Monet took out a hundred-dollar bill and gave it to Jiro Morimura.

Originally, Jiro Morimura was a little impatient, but when he saw this hundred-dollar bill, he suddenly perked up, and hurriedly replied: "Don't worry, Mr. Monet, I'll go and help you inquire, and this time I will definitely inquire about everything clearly!" ”

After Jiro Morimura left, Safina asked curiously, "Tony, why are you so interested in this Buddha head?" ”

"Isn't it normal for me to be interested in sculpture as a painter?" Monet asked rhetorically.

In fact, Monet has a point, in the West sculpture oil painting has always been inseparable, after all, the basic course of many beginners is to copy sculpture, so even if they can't achieve much in the other party's field, at least the aesthetic vision is the same.

But Safina didn't believe Monet's words, because he was not a qualified painter in nature, he was much worse than his student Michael in this regard, and he didn't usually see how interested he was in sculpture, how could he suddenly like it at this time, and he was still interested in Chinese sculpture.

However, she also knew that since Monet asked so rhetorically, she didn't want to elaborate, so she changed the question and asked: "Why do these people like to collect Buddha heads?" ”

Monet explained: "The answer is very simple, because the whole Buddha is too big for them to take away, and the Buddha head is the most exquisite part of the whole Buddha carving, so they chose to take the Buddha head away, to be honest, this is a very bad act of destruction, just like David or Venus if they don't have a head, then how do you think about it?" ”

"But didn't you say that this Kido Yuzo is an archaeologist, why do you still do such a thing?" Safina asked, puzzled.

Monet snorted coldly and said, "Some so-called archaeologists are actually inferior to those tomb robbers. ”

But then he changed his mind and said, "But as far as I know, this Kido Yuzo is still a relatively pure archaeologist, but sometimes there are many things that you can't decide!" ”

Safina was stunned for a moment, and then echoed: "Indeed, there are times when you can't make your own decisions. ”

The next day, Jiro Morimura came over with an apologetic face and reported: "Mr. Monet, I'm really sorry, these stubborn guys of the Kido family, no matter how much I persuade them, they refuse to sell this jade Buddha head!" ”

Monet was still mentally prepared for this result, so he asked: "Then I can go and see, right?" ”

Jiro Morimura replied without hesitation: "Of course this is okay, if you don't even let you see it, then the people of the Kido family are too much, and you can even ask Captain Jimmy to investigate them because of this matter!" ”

Although Monet knew that Jiro Morimura was reminding him that he could use Jimmy's power to coerce the Kido family, he still didn't want to owe this kind of favor, so he waved his hand and said, "Let's go and see it first, after all, I don't know if the jade Buddha head they collected is real or fake." ”

Morimura Jiro was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then immediately echoed: "You're right, maybe their collection is fake!" ”

PS: Although the prince's logic is very rigorous, to be honest, I don't think this is a good way to save the Buddha's head, make the real Buddha's head into a fake Buddha's head and then send it overseas, this, there are too many links involved, if there is a link that goes wrong, wouldn't it be a national treasure to be destroyed? Of course, from the point of view, this does make the story full of ups and downs and suspense......