Han Daring was about to go out of the meeting room, when Bai Chongwei, who was beside him, took the first step and stepped forward to greet that Zhao Gongzi.

"Brother Jingsheng! Long time no see! ”

As he spoke, he shook hands with Zhao Jingsheng and Zhao Gongzi and said hello.

Although Zhao Jingsheng looks like a rich son with a prominent status, he has an elegant and polite temperament, not at all like an ordinary rich son, he always has an arrogant atmosphere, but he does not have the sleek sophistication of a businessman like Bai Chongwei, he is more like a prince and grandson, five points of nobility, three points of bookishness and two points of unattainable prestige.

He and Bai Chongwei exchanged a few polite greetings, and then he saw Han Daring coming out of the living room, and he was slightly stunned.

Although the bodyguards around Zhao Jingsheng are also tall and abnormally strong, compared with Han Dada'er, they lack the intellectuality and courage in their eyes. I don't know if it's because of this that Zhao Jingsheng has this expression, but this expression lasted less than half a second, but he turned around and disappeared.

Bai Chongwei hurriedly introduced to Zhao Jingsheng:

"Brother Jingsheng! This person who once saved my life is my good friend, Detective Han Zhigang of the Tianjin Police Department! ”

Then he said to Han Daring:

"Brother Han! This is Zhao Jingsheng, Zhao Gongzi! Zhao Gongzi's family is a leader in the military and business circles in North China! ”

Han Daring was a little unexpected, he only said that this Zhao Gongzi is a rich son, he didn't expect that his family is involved in the military and political circles, looking at the present, such a combination of military and political businessmen is equivalent to holding life and death to seize power, no wonder this Zhao Gongzi still faintly reveals the kind of killing domineering that can only be seen in the army.

Zhao Jingsheng seemed to hear Han Daring'er's name, but he didn't seem surprised, his eyes were still very peaceful, and he just politely shook hands with Han Da'er and greeted:

"Mr. Han! Hello! ”

Han Da'er also shook hands and saluted:

"Zhao Gongzi! Hello! ”

When ordinary people saw Han Dada'er for the first time, they shook hands, just looking at his tall and majestic figure, they had to be shocked by the majesty on his body, but the Zhao Jingsheng Zhao Gongzi in front of him had a calm expression as usual, his speech was light, his eyes were shining, and he was elegant and modest with a look of incomparable confidence.

Han Daring's eyes intersected with him, although he did not fall into the wind, he was also suppressed by the light on his body, like the bright moon in the sky when the stars were shining, and it instantly looked dull.

Zhao Jingsheng said:

"I've always heard that there is a detective Han Zhigang in Tianjin who has repeatedly solved strange cases, but I didn't expect to meet him today!"

Han Daring said:

"Some little false names, it's really not worth mentioning!"

When the two were greeting each other politely, a woman with a foreign accent next to them said:

"It turns out that you are, the one who solved the water ghost case, the floating corpse case and the prison ghost case, the Chinese detective, I thought it was an old man over half a hundred years old! Hehehehehehehehe! This passage carries a heavy weight

The woman's voice was magnetic, but the final laugh had the tone of a European aristocratic sneer.

Only then did a few people notice that a richly dressed foreign woman had just entered through the gate of the Red Fort and walked towards Han Da'er and the others. This woman looks not young anymore, not fifty but forty-five, with thick fat powder and bright red lipstick on her face, even if this color is used on Mei Ruohong's lips, it looks very charming, not to mention an old woman who is nearly half a hundred years old!

Bai Chongwei whispered to Han Daring:

"This woman is a countess living in the French Concession, and her husband is a descendant of the French Bourbons, but he is dead. This woman has a large inheritance in her hand, but she does not squander it, but invests it in art and famous paintings, and it is said that she has a good eye and really a lot of money. ”

The countess obviously knew Zhao Jingsheng and Bai Chongwei, and he walked up to a few people and stretched out his hand while greeting them. Bai Chongwei gently took the countess's hand and kissed it symbolically. This kind of Western hand-kissing etiquette is very much found in Europe.

Then she smiled and greeted Zhao Jingsheng, and stretched out her hand, intending to accept Zhao Jingsheng's kiss on the hand. Who knew that Zhao Jingsheng just nodded politely, put the countess's outstretched hand, and stopped in mid-air awkwardly. He didn't seem to see it, his eyes were neither humble nor arrogant, although he had a faint smile on his face, but his eyes were disdainful, and he didn't take the countess seriously at all.

On this one detail, Bai Chongwei and Zhao Jingsheng's identities are judged at a high level, Zhao Jingsheng's innate nobility gives people a sense of superiority all the time, although his attitude is polite, but he clearly disdains these foreigners, Bai Chongwei is sleek, and he is unwilling to easily offend anyone whose identity is above him or close to him.

At this moment, Han Da'er suddenly became a little estranged from Bai Chongwei in his heart, but instead had a little respect for the rich son Zhao Jingsheng in front of him.

The countess felt a little embarrassed, and unnaturally lowered her hand, with an angry expression on her face, but this expression only lasted for a few seconds, followed by a burst of laughter, and said to Han Da'er:

"This tall and handsome man must be Detective Mr. Han!"

She was not fluent in Chinese, with a strange foreign accent, and even popped up some French at the end.

Hearing French, Han Daring subconsciously said:

“Enchanté!”

This is a French greeting that is usually used when meeting for the first time. Although he didn't like the countess in front of him very much, the other party had always praised him, so it was really inconvenient to say cold to him, so he simply said hello.

The countess was very surprised, she didn't expect Han Da'er to speak French. Bai Chongwei hurriedly introduced:

"This Mr. Han graduated from the French Concession Church School! Not only is he good at investigating cases, but he is also proficient in French and Western science! ”

The Countess was even more amazed when she heard this, and began to talk to Han Da'er in French. Han Daring just echoed in French at that time, and she didn't expect to provoke this woman to talk endlessly, which was really annoying.

At this time, he noticed the attendant who was following the countess. The attendant was a Chinese woman, also in her thirties, and there was a scar on her cheek, after years of tempering, the scar had become very light, but Han Da'er could still see it at a glance.

The woman was straight, and followed the Countess, her eyes downcast, and she looked at her toes, looking very humble and humble, and wherever the Countess went, she followed silently, and stood without saying a word.

At this time, several other people from George Brown who had sent out the invitation also came to the Red Fort.

One is a famous educator, but also a calligraphy and antique art connoisseur "Yan Zhiyi", this is not only a master of antiquities, but also a master of restoration of antiquities, he used many years of collection of antiquities, in Tianjin Wei opened a private museum.

He came today with a young man, who was in his early twenties and named Zhang Xi. Guan Yanzhi called the teacher, and he should be his student.

Another is a famous businessman in Tianjin, but also an antique collector Gao Yunlong, the original position of full diligence in Guizhou, after the fall of the Qing Dynasty, moved to Tianjin to become a businessman. But the businessman consciously insulted his ancestors, and changed his surname to Gao. The Gao family is one of the few banner people who hides wealth but does not squander it.

In Gao Yunlong's generation, the wealth accumulated by the family is quite rich. But Gao Yunlong doesn't like to do business, but loves to collect and appreciate antiquities, and has a close friend in the antique shop on Yiyi Street, he often studies and discusses with this friend, and advises each other, this friend is a blue half-foot.

Gao Yunlong and his son Gao Jinghui are attending George Brown's small exhibition today.

There is also a French art collector, Jean. Pierre. This is also a collection of artworks, but in the outside of the bad reviews, legend has it that he often resells important cultural relics of various countries, although he has superb antique art appreciation skills, but in fact is indeed an antique cultural relics dealer, so he is forced to look at in the circle. Unexpectedly, George Brown would invite him too.

Yan Zhiyi himself is enthusiastic about education and integrity, and he has always been unaccustomed to letting a cultural relics dealer like Pierre, and even more reselling our country's cultural relics and treasures, and gritted his teeth and hated it. I don't bother to be with him, even if I stand closer, I feel dirty.

Originally, as soon as Yan Zhi saw Pierre coming, he wanted to leave first, but later he was persuaded by Gao Yunlong to reluctantly stay, but he still stood far away, keeping a distance from Jean Pierre, and his eyes were full of disdain and disdain for him.

The countess, on the other hand, did not care about any of this, and had bought a few famous paintings from Jean Pierre, so when she saw him coming, she smiled and walked over to talk to him. At this moment, Han Daring was liberated.

The countess kept laughing and talking to Han Daring in French, if it weren't for the fact that the countess was an elderly woman, and praised herself, she had been echoing her voice out of politeness, and Han Dada'er had an elbow to let her stop lying down early in the morning.

And for some reason, the lady's attendant beside the countess always made Han Daring feel very strange, so she would glance at it from time to time.

Han Daring had just been relieved, he was very thirsty, and he was about to pour a cup of tea to drink, walked back to the living room, picked up the dragon well on the table and was just about to drink it, when he felt that someone behind him shot down on his shoulder with one palm.

The tea that Han Dada'er was holding was all poured from his shoulders to his back, it had just been poured out of the teapot, and it was still a little hot, when he heard a strange scream behind him, which was very loud, and it alarmed all the guests outside the reception room and in the hall.

Han Daring was very familiar with the shouting behind him, and when he turned around, he saw that the little Jew was standing behind him with a face of tea, covering his face and scolding!

Han Daring hurriedly smiled and took out a handkerchief, wiped his face, and the little Jew said in a low voice:

"Okay! You immoral thing! See clearly and then splash! I'm disfigured if I owe something! ”

Han Da'er wondered why he was here, and when he asked, he found out that the uncle of the little Jew, "Kar Perez", was not only a well-known businessman with a rich family, but also an art collector. This time I was also invited.

Originally, Culperez was going to bring his entourage secretary with him, but the little Jew knew that Han Da'er was coming to the exhibition tonight, so he had to ask his uncle to take him to take a look.

Everyone in the hall saw that Han Da'er and the little Jew were just a misunderstanding, so they continued to talk to each other and no longer paid attention to the two in the reception room.

At this time, a few more guests arrived, and the lights were on, and the lights in the Red Fort were bright, and the pre-arranged band also sat down in the performance seats on the edge of the hall and began to play some soothing music. Servants in the Red Keep serve guests with trays. On the plate are cakes, caviar meals, and other delicacies, as well as champagne, brandy and other kinds of wine, and some freshly baked small cakes, with a small piece of tin foil pasted underneath, and there is still some residual warmth.

The host of the reception had not yet appeared, and the guests were arriving, and the banquet began in a hurry, just like this small cake with tin foil.

Han Daring saw that the Japanese hadn't come down yet, so he and the little Jewish Bai Chongwei found Lao Cai together. Lao Cai happened to come down from the second floor, and Han Daring stepped forward to ask if Mr. George Brown had finished meeting the Japanese, and if he could meet him before the official start of the exhibition.

Lao Cai said that George Brown didn't see Mr. Morishithiro at all, but just invited the gentleman to the guest room on the second floor to rest, and then talked to him in detail after the exhibition.

George Brown has been in the room tidying up these restored artworks for display.

Bai Chongwei hurriedly asked Lao Cai to ask George Brown for instructions, because after the exhibition started, I am afraid there would be no chance to meet alone.

When Lao Cai heard this, he turned around and went upstairs, and after a while, Lao Cai returned to the first floor and said to Bai Chongwei:

"Master can see the two of you now, but it's just the two of you!"

The implication is that the others should not follow, the little Jew is very interested, and walks away on his own, in fact, he can't see George Brown, he doesn't care, he is only interested in those exquisite meals and drinks.

Bai Chongwei and Han Daring followed Lao Cai to the second floor and walked to the room at the end of the left hand, when Han Daring looked back at the corridor on the right curiously, he saw that in addition to the oil paintings hanging on the wall, there was also a silver armor standing in the corridor on the right.

Han Daring walked over curiously and looked at the armor, the armor was placed against the wall, facing the window on the second floor, I believe it should be the knight's armor that Han Dada'er saw through the window on the second floor when he first came.

This armor is covered with a burqa, and the iron armor exposed outside the burqa is also shining with silver, which looks like a whole armor made of iron sheets.

Generally, this kind of furnishing is placed in the castle or manor of the foreigner, and is placed in a human form standing together, and will hold a weapon, or sword, shield or spear, held in the hand armor of the armor, and the end of the weapon is clubbed to the ground.

The armor in front of him, the iron armor of the arms exposed by the burqa drooped, the armor of the two hands intersected on the abdomen, the palms downward, and the left and right sides were stacked on the end of the hilt of a long sword, the position of the head of the sword. The tip of the longsword is downward, stuck in the wooden base under the armor. The pose is like that of an old man, with both hands on crutches. The sword in the armor's hand is exactly the same as the one hanging from the wall on the left.

Han Daring was a little puzzled, so he asked casually:

"Why is there a similar sword hanging next to this armor, and the armor on display is wearing a burqa?"

Lao Cai replied:

"The lord said that this is the armor of a nobleman during the European Crusades, and the velvet burqa is a set! And the two swords are also the swords of this nobleman! ”

Han Daring looked at the armor and long sword again, the armor looked very tall and straight, it seemed that this armor and armor, to say the least, weighed dozens of pounds, it was hard to imagine how someone would wear such a bulky thing to fight before.

Han Da'er wanted to reach out and touch the armor, but was stopped by Lao Cai's words. Lao Cai said that because some servants saw the armor walking around in the corridor by itself and had no head, it was rumored that the armor was possessed by resentful spirits, coupled with the recent legend of the revenge of the Yellow Lotus Virgin, so the lord placed him in the corridor on the second floor and did not let anyone touch this armor again. I hope that with the power of God, I can get rid of the infestation of evil spirits, and after speaking, I pointed to the display case in front of the armor.

At this time, Han Da'er saw that in the display case in front of the armor, there was a beautiful gemstone cross, which seemed to be a priceless antiquity, and the so-called power of God probably referred to this thing.

Although hearing Lao Cai say this, Han Da'er was still very curious, and when Lao Cai turned around, he stretched out his hand to the cold Western armor......