Before George Brown could answer, the door was pushed open! A Japanese man wearing a kimono and huffing out of the door broke in from outside the door, it was Morisharo who had slapped the servant downstairs just now!

When this man saw George Brown, he kept babbling in Japanese, and Han Daring was very disgusted when he saw this little Japanese man! In fact, to say that he is a little Jizi is to compare with Han Daring, this guy is of medium stature, much taller than the average Japanese at that time, but that is just compared with the Japanese, and he is just a general.

Han Daring didn't wait for him to finish, he reached out and pushed him on the forehead of Namori Shiro, and he stumbled and pushed him directly from the house to the corridor, and sat down on the ground with his buttocks.

Morishhiro got up and opened his mouth to scold, but seemed to see that the big man in front of him was a Chinese, so he looked disdainful and said in broken Chinese disdainfully:

"See! It's a Shina man! He said that the pronunciation of Chinese is like a tongue between the cheeks, which seems to be hard at the base of the tongue, the words are not clear, and the tone is plausible.

Han Daring was furious when he heard the three words of the Zhina, went up and picked up Morishara, and shouted:

"Lie down, you little devil!"

As soon as he raised his hand, he threw him directly to the staircase.

George Brown was taken aback, and it was too late to step forward to stop him. Morishhiro, this guy doesn't seem to like to lift the bar, Han Dadang asked him to lie down, he was really obedient, and he fell to the staircase and died! Then he rolled down the stairs with a ball game, and fell all the way to the hall on the first floor with a ball game, and his head was lying under a lady's skirt.

Everyone knows that this Japanese is lustful, this foreign lady also thought that the Japanese were going to play hooligans, and when she lifted her high heels and stepped on Morishhiro's face, Morishhiro "What a man", he was stunned and didn't say a word, of course, he had already fallen into shock!

George Brown also knew that the Japanese had always been arrogant and unreasonable, and now they even occupied the three eastern provinces of China, and they were simply bald and lawless in China, but after all, this was the British Concession, and the Japanese did not dare to come nonsense at present.

Let's talk about this is the early thirties of the Republic of China, at that time the Japanese did still have some scruples, until 1938 after the Japanese army fully invaded China, the Japanese were really rampant, 39 years of British Concession died two traitors, the Japanese dared to besiege the British Concession for a whole year, you say enough arrogance.

At this time, Lao Cai happened to go upstairs to invite George Brown to preside over the exhibition, and now the guests in the hall on the first floor have arrived, and the exhibits have been placed, just waiting for him to go down and speak!

George Brown hurriedly asked Lao Cai to carry Morishhiro to the guest room to see how his injuries were, and if it was serious, he would be sent to the hospital, trying not to disturb the guests.

Lao Cai asked the maid to carry Morishhiro to the guest room on the first floor to check the injury, and explained to the guests that it was the Japanese guests who accidentally rolled down the stairs, which gradually calmed the guests' uneasiness.

George Brown told Bai Chongwei and Han Daring that he would talk to them in detail after the exhibition was over. Just when he was talking about the festival, he was stirred up by Morishhiro, but Han Daring has also finished educating this little devil, and he can't beat the water dog, so let's go up and make up two punches to relieve his anger.

Han Daring didn't care about this exhibition, and there were still a bunch of question marks in his heart, but he couldn't delay other people's business, so he could only go downstairs with Bai Chongwei first.

As soon as he reached the first floor, the little Jew came over and said:

"Sensei, it's a good thing you've done! It's black enough! I don't think this little Japan will be able to slow down for three days. ”

Han Daring said:

"I'm inquiring about things, let this little Japanese guy stir up, I'm light!"

Zhao Jingsheng and Zhao Gongzi in the distance, although they raised their glasses and drank lightly, their eyes kept looking at Han Da'er, and there was a hint of aggression in their quiet and peaceful expressions.

The lights in the hall were dimmed, and the music played by the band became slower and more ethereal. A few beams of light shone on the five low pillars in the middle. Respectively, the Shang and Zhou bronze tripods, blue and white bird pattern moon bottles, colorful hollow moire bottles, enamel color lotus plates, white porcelain Lu Zu statues, bronze tripods in the center, four pieces of porcelain are placed around.

More than a dozen guests present gathered in front of the booth, some squinted their eyes, and some took out magnifying glasses to carefully admire several exhibits.

There are gluttonous patterns on this bronze tripod, and three inscriptions are engraved on the sea seal under the tripod, Han Daring is not familiar with the ancient seal characters, and he doesn't know what the three words are, but he knows that the bronze tripod is a ritual vessel in the Yin Shang period, and many of the surviving ones are stolen from the ancient tombs.

The blue and white bird pattern moon bottle is decorated with bird pattern blue and white flowers, combined with the unique style of the moon bottle, with a short neck, with left and right ears, and a round abdomen like a full moon, which perfectly combines color and shape. The so-called moon bottle, also known as the Baoyue bottle, is named because of its small mouth, straight neck, and bottle belly like a full moon.

The colorful hollow moire bottle, with the method of painting and carving, the whole body is rich and dense, and there are as many as seven layers from top to bottom. When painting the colored materials, red, yellow, green, eggplant purple, alum red, and peacock blue are used to outline and depict the floral moire, which makes the whole magnificent and extravagant.

The enamel color lotus plate is a porcelain of the three dynasties of the Qing Dynasty, which was originally a practical utensil in itself, Gao Yunlong was born in the former Qing Dynasty, and he recognized it at a glance, which should be a thing in the palace. It is estimated that it was not brought out by the eunuchs of the former Qing Dynasty, or the objects brought out of the palace by the emperor of the last dynasty of the year.

The last one is the white porcelain statue of Lu Zu in the Ming Dynasty, Lu Zu is Lu Dongbin, this statue is beautifully made and white as jade. Mr. Yan Zhiyi, after a careful examination, said that this should be the Dehua kiln of the Ming Dynasty, which is likely to be the handwriting of He Chaozong, and it is a rare porcelain statue. He Chaozong was a famous sculptor craftsman at that time, and the figures he carved were mostly taken from the Buddha, including Shakyamuni Buddha, Maitreya, Guanyin, Bodhidharma, Lu Zu, etc., at that time, He Chaozong's works were highly respected and regarded as treasures.

Han Daring knew that the objects on display in this small exhibition held by George Brown were all broken artifacts that were later restored by him. But he looked around a few artifacts for a long time, and he didn't even find a crack under the light, if this is really a fragment repair, then this George Brown's craftsmanship is too superb, it can really be said that it can be said to be the power of creation.

At this time, everyone's eyes were focused on the exhibits, and they were all amazed by the ingenious craftsmanship, and no one paid any attention to the fact that the owner of the exhibition, George Brown, had never appeared.

Han Daring looked up at the housekeeper Lao Cai, and saw that Lao Cai was also looking towards the stairs, as if waiting for George Brown to come down from the stairs, but there was no movement on the stairs.

Suddenly, a hoarse scream came from the second floor, everyone's eyes looked at the direction of the stairs together, Lao Cai hurriedly ran up to the second floor to check, Han Da'er and Bai Chongwei also followed, the other guests were slightly stunned, and quickly reacted, and then the countess, Gao Yunlong, the antiquities dealer Jean Pierre, and the little Jew's uncle Calperez and others all ran upstairs after them.

Zhao Jingsheng was not surprised, and seemed to be indifferent to the shouting just now, just looking at Han Daring's back as he went upstairs, and hesitated for a moment before following with his entourage of bodyguards.

Lao Cai came to the door of George Brown's room first, pushed open the door and saw that it was empty, Han Daring and others also rushed in, Lao Cai pushed open the door of the suite study, it was still empty inside, and Han Daring saw the whole picture of the study at this time.

In addition to the desk by the window in the study, there are two long cases inside, and there are many antique objects stacked at random, including jade pot spring bottle, Yuan blue and white large jar, pastel dragon pattern bottle, bronze wine jue, small bronze mirror, jasper mountain, etc., all kinds of porcelain, jade, bronze, and some small pieces of wood and porcelain bottles and jars, some are intact, and some are seriously damaged.

The whole study was full of all kinds of utensils, but there was very little furniture, only two stools except for a desk and a few desks, and a soft chair with nothing else, and George Brown was not here.

Lao Cai pushed open the bedroom door on the side wall of the study again, and everyone followed in. Strangely, the bedroom was still empty. Han Daring even leaned over to look under the bed, but it was empty.

At this time, Han Daring wondered, could it be that George Brown was in danger just now and shot outside from the window?

I hurriedly ran to the window and reached out to pull the window, who would have thought that these windows were so closed that they couldn't be opened at all. He ran out again and tried to pull open the hallway window, but the hallway window turned out to be closed.

Lao Cai says:

"The old man's trachea is very sensitive, so the windows on the second floor are closed and can't be opened at all!"

Han Da'er wondered if George Brown had sneaked away from the stairs while the guests were watching the exhibits, or if there were other passages on the second floor at all, and he could leave directly.

But Lao Cai's answer is no, since the last old housekeeper died of illness, Lao Cai has been working here for two or three years, and knows the entire Red Fort very well, there is only one way to leave from the second floor, that is, the stairs, and you must pass through the hall where the banquet is being held to leave from the door, even if you go through the back door, you have to turn from the hall on the first floor to the kitchen at the end of the corridor, and then leave from the back door of the kitchen.

Lao Cai just went to the guest room on the first floor with the servant to help Mori Shiro go to the guest room on the first floor, so he left the hall for a short time, I don't know if George Brown left quietly at that time. But Bai Chongwei was not very interested in artworks, so when everyone looked at the artworks, Bai Chongwei had been drinking champagne in the hall, and he did not see George Brown walking through the hall.

At this time, Lao Cai suddenly thought of something, and then walked to the cabinet next to the bed in the bedroom, he reached out and gently pushed the cabinet to the side, and the cabinet was easily moved to the side. A secret door peeks out from the back of the cabinet.

Han Da'er hurriedly asked:

"Didn't you say there was no other way out of the second floor?"

Lao Cai Dao:

"This is not the way out, it's the passage to the underground vault!"

In the old days, many Western buildings or castles would build a basement, some as a treasure vault, some as a refuge, and some as an escape route. For example, HSBC Silver and Standard Chartered Silver designed and built basements at the beginning of construction.

Everyone followed Lao Cai down a few circles of the stone steps that circled down, the width of the stone steps can accommodate two people to walk down at the same time, and light bulbs are installed on the walls along the stone steps, so they are still bright. When the Red Fort was built, there were mezzanine and stairs left in the wall, which allowed you to go directly from the second floor to the underground, unlike the general basement, where the entrance was on the first floor.

The exterior stone bricks of the Red Fort are very thick, but the mezzanine of the staircase leading to the ground floor on the second floor is still very wide, and the wall of the mezzanine is also made of bricks and stones, which is very strong and solid. It's just that there is no sunlight all year round, so it can't help but look damp and cold, and some moss grows.

Walking up the spiraling staircase, the group came to a narrow underground corridor. In terms of height, this corridor should be four or five meters deep under the Red Fort, which is much deeper than the average basement. Although the corridor is long and narrow, it can accommodate more than two people to pass through in parallel.

There are no air windows in the hallway, only a few steps above the floor with an iron grate attached to the vents to ventilate the basement. The underground corridor is equipped with several ceiling lights, and the whole area is a masonry structure, without any wood, because in the past, the basement was mostly a vault or a storage of valuables, so this kind of basement needs to be fireproof and waterproof, and the construction is often more solid and rigorous than the buildings on the ground.

In the past, most Western buildings had basements, and most of them were semi-basements, that is, the basement area was very small, the smallest was only a few square meters of space, and the larger ones were half the size of a building.

The basement of the Red Keep is different, although it is not a full-building basement, it is almost the same as most of the Red Keep. The basement of the building has about seven basements in addition to one passage.

Han Daring stood in the underground corridor, looking left and right, but only saw an iron door at the end of the corridor. Lao Cai said that behind this iron door is a long main room, the main room is connected with six other basements, and all basements are only an iron door at the end of this passage.

And this iron gate is an anti-theft iron gate, which was specially made in Great Britain, and came from Great Britain by sea when the Red Fort was built. The door is at least 18-20 cm thick, and there is a heavy lock on the door, with only two keys, which can be locked with a key from the inside and outside.

Then the people went to the iron door, but they heard a hoarse voice coming from inside the door, and the voice shouted in English with great horror:

"Don't come here! Don't come here!"

Han Daring heard that it was George Brown's voice, so he quickly ran to the iron door, and pulled the door hard, and it was locked. The iron door is heavy, with only a square peephole the size of a teacup. Han Daring leaned over and looked inside, but it was pitch black!

At this moment, the sound of iron-clad armor suddenly sounded from a distance, and the place where the business sounded was the staircase where everyone was descending.

"Ka Ting", "Ka Ting", "Ka Ting" sound like someone walking in armor, and the sound comes from far and near, towards the iron gate at the end of the corridor. It was as if there was an invisible ironclad knight, dragging heavy steps towards the iron gate step by step.

Just when the sound of iron armor came to the vicinity of the iron gate, there was a sudden sound of a sword blade cutting across the floor, as if the invisible knight had passed directly through the iron door, walked into the door, and was dragging the blade across the ground, George Brown in the door suddenly let out a scream, followed by a chopping sound, and then something rolled down and bounced on the ground with a thud......

Han Da'er was just busy looking into the peephole, when some light suddenly lit up in the peephole, and the light shone in the direction of the iron gate. It was very dim in all directions, and I saw that two or three meters in front of me, there was a stone carved column that was only more than one meter high, and the blood on the top of the column was clear, and the head of George Brown was placed on it!