The reason why Lu Songtao snatched the bronze mirror that Pierre stole was because it was directly related to another matter he investigated.

Chen Qi, the son of Wenqu Sect, who was arrested in Xiguan Prison earlier, once confessed an ancient artifact, "Yuanqiao Immortal Mirror", and there is a Nine Shadows Abacus City in Jinwei. At that time, Han Daring thought that he made it up, but later, when the Shura envoy, Yan Sandao, was arrested, he also explained the matter, and mentioned that the Sanyang Sect was looking for Yuanqiao Immortal Mirror.

Although Han Daring didn't believe in these god-headed things, he also knew that he couldn't stand someone from believing in this kind of thing, and believed that he could kill people for it! Even so, Han Da'er only thought that this was the Sanyang Sect being too superstitious, where did the Yuanqiao Immortal Mirror come from, and Jinwei was such a big place, where to find Abacus City?

But Lu Songtao, who was sitting in front of him, was really investigating this matter. It turned out that a few years ago, when the Nanjing government was building a government office building, it accidentally found a relic of the early Ming Dynasty, and unearthed two remnants of the stele from the secret room of the ruins, and there was a description of the abacus city and the Yuanqiao fairy mirror on the stele.

The age of this relic is speculated to be in the early Ming Dynasty, at least before the Battle of Jingyan, when Zhu Di, the king of Yan, had not yet become the emperor, and the capital of the Ming Dynasty was still in Nanjing, so it is speculated that Zhu Di did not know about it.

This inscription is plain and plain, without flowery rhetoric, not like a fabrication out of thin air, more like a description of what you have seen and heard. The key is that the writer of this inscription is also very famous, he is the only strange person in history who was exterminated by the ten clans, Mr. Gucheng - Fang Xiaoru!

Fang Xiaoru was a scholar and thinker, and he was very upright, he would rather die than give in, refused to draft an edict for Zhu Di's accession to the throne, and was finally killed, and exterminated the ten clans. The content of this inscription was written by him based on what a friend had seen and heard in the land of Yan Zhao, and it stands to reason that it would not have been made up, otherwise it would not have been hidden in the deepest secret room Zheng of the ruins

After the Nanjing government obtained the inscription, it had found several archaeologists to verify its authenticity, although the scholars felt that the relics and the stele were true, but the content of the inscription was too unbelievable, not believable, only the executive member of the Central Organization Department at that time "Zhang Lisheng" believed in the inscription.

Because Zhang Lisheng was born in Leting, Hebei, when he was young, he once heard people mention the legend of Abacus City and Yuanqiao Xianjing, and now he has found the inscription of the Ming Dynasty to be confirmed. The most coincidental thing is that from the interrogation records of the arrest of the Sanyang Sect reported by Jinwei, Abacus City and Yuanqiao Immortal Mirror are also mentioned. Therefore, Zhang Lisheng applied to Chen Lifu to open a special investigation file and sent investigator Lu Songtao to conduct relevant investigations.

Han Daring looked at the bronze mirror on the table, frowned slightly, and couldn't help asking:

"Could it be that this is the so-called Yuanqiao Immortal Mirror?"

Lu Songtao nodded and said:

"It is the mirror core of the Yuanqiao Immortal Mirror, according to the inscription, the Yuanqiao Immortal Mirror is much larger than this bronze mirror!"

He went on to say:

"But alas, it's just a fake! It was Martin who copied it himself based on some sources! ”

Han Daring heard that this was an imitation made by Martin, so he picked up the bronze mirror and looked at it carefully, but he really lacked knowledge of antiquities, and only felt that this bronze mirror looked very old, and he couldn't distinguish the authenticity at all.

Lu Songtao said:

"The Frenchman who stole the mirror, Jean-Pierre, is actually also a Sanyang cultist!"

Han Da'er thought that the Sanyang Sect was all Chinese, so he was indeed a little surprised to learn that the foreigner was also a Sanyang Sectist.

Lu Songtao said again:

"Don't think that if you catch some leaders of the Sanyang Sect and break a few of their altars, you won't take them seriously. There are not only Chinese in the Sanyang Sect, but the person wearing the monkey face mask still doesn't know his true identity! ”

Han Daring didn't expect Lu Songtao to also know about the masked man, so he asked:

"You've seen the masked man too?"

Lu Songtao said:

"After a simple fight, and my kung fu is between the two of them, although I won't lose in a real fight, I'm not sure I can win him! I haven't found out his identity yet! ”

When Han Daring heard him like this, a layer of clouds suddenly shrouded in his heart, and he thought to himself, even Lu Songtao was not sure to win him, so wouldn't he be bound to lose!

Lu Songtao said again:

"The Sanyang Sect thought that George Brown had already found the Yuanqiao Immortal Mirror by relying on the code in the "Thirteen Chapters of Supplements", so he sent Pierre, and then when George Brown opened the exhibition, he went to the Red Fort to steal the mirror! At first, I thought that this mirror was really the core of the ancient mirror, so I was worried that Sanyang would be able to teach the Tao, so I snatched it. But after getting rid of you, I found out that it was a fake! ”

He looked at the mirror for a moment, then asked:

"Do you also believe that such nonsense can have the magical power of a mirror!"

Lu Songtao shook his head and said:

"It doesn't matter to me whether I believe it or not, it's my mission, and I'm just looking for an ancient relic with historical value!"

Han Daring said:

"You're not here just to give me this fake, are you?"

Lu Songtao said:

"This time I came to visit, in fact, I have something to ask for!"

Han Dada'er knew that Lu Songtao's martial arts were very high, he was very sensitive, and he was a spy reporter, so he shouldn't have anything to help.

Fighting with Lu Songtao in Kaiwa yesterday morning, Lu Songtao actually intended to show his skills, so that Han Daring knew that there were people outside and people outside, and he should not take the enemy lightly and take advantage of his appearance. This is actually for the sake of Zhu Fei's face, and it taught Han Daring a lesson. In addition, in the shootout on the second floor of the Red Castle before, Lu Songtao had saved Han Daringer, so for Lu Songtao's request, Han Dada'er really had no reason to refuse.

Lu Songtao said:

"Although I have a government background, there are many dragons and snakes in the concession of the nine countries of Tianjin, and I have to consider various forces when acting here, and I am conducting an independent and secret investigation this time, not only can I not use the army and police, but I can't even notify the people at the Tianjin site, so I can be isolated."

And he said:

"During my time in Tianjin, I have secretly observed you, and I know that you are very capable, courageous, and upright. You are also my senior brother Zhu Fei's cousin, and the only person I can trust at the moment is you! ”

Han Daring said:

"Why don't you look for my uncle, he was still at my house before!"

Lu Songtao said:

"I know! But I went to the Red Fort before, and my brother was already gone before I came back, so I can only ask you for help! ”

As a matter of fact, Lu Songtao, as an agent of the Kuomintang spy agency, could have asked for help from the military unification station at that time, but the two factions of the military unification and the central unification were not in agreement, and the internal struggle was quite serious, so Lu Songtao had no choice but to ask outsiders for help.

Han Dada'er didn't know that the military commander had already set up an intelligence station in Tianjin, and he was even more unclear about their internal struggle, so he only thought that Lu Songtao couldn't find his uncle to help, so he asked himself to replace him! It was incumbent on Lu Songtao to rescue him before he landed and help him, so he nodded and agreed!

Lu Songtao saw that Han Dada'er didn't ask anything, so he agreed to help, which showed that he was an open-minded person, so he told the truth.

He had two things to ask Han Daring for help, one was to find Martin and the others, the last batch of Tanglin national treasures stored in the Xinghe Trading Company, and then ship them out of Jinwei, so that he could transport the national treasures back to Nanjing. In addition to some rare treasures, which will be returned to the National Museum, the rest of the gold, silver and jade artifacts will be used to purchase military supplies for future military expenses in the war against the Japanese. These treasures sold in batches will also be selected by some Chinese private buyers to try to avoid the loss of national treasures overseas.

Han Da'er felt that what Lu Songtao said was not bad, and under the current situation, the country really needed a large amount of money to prepare for war, so he was afraid that it would not be long before a full-scale war of aggression against China would be launched against the Japanese in the three eastern provinces. Among the treasures of Tanglin, some gold and silver jewelry, rather than being placed in museums, should be replaced with materials and armaments.

After Lu Songtao left the Red Castle, he had already quickly investigated several industries under Xinghe Trading, which was indeed consistent with the information obtained by Zhao Jingsheng. The results of his analysis are also consistent with Han Da'er's, and the most likely treasure hiding place is the match factory in the Japanese concession. The key is how to transport the national treasure now.

Now that all the shareholders of Xinghe Trade are dead, if Lu Songtao puts on makeup and pretends to be the fictional character Heji, it is not impossible, but Heji wants to completely get control of the company and legally take over the industry of Xinghe Trade, I am afraid it will take a lot of procedures, and it will not be completed in one time. What's more, Heji's fictional identity has been exposed in public by Han Daring in the Red Castle, and now he can no longer pretend to be this fictional character.

Han Daring also felt that this matter was more tricky, but Zhao Jingsheng and Bai Chongwei had helped before, if there were these two Rao to help, with Errao's identity background, he might not be unable to think of a way, so he put this matter aside and let Lu Songtao do the second thing.

Lu Songtao asked Han Daring if he asked for a flashlight, and although Han Daring thought it was quite strange, he still found the flashlight he used when patrolling and handed it to him.

Lu Songtao held a flashlight in one hand, picked up the fake bronze mirror on the table with the other, and then shone the light of the flashlight on the bronze mirror. I saw a beam of light refracted from the copper mirror and reflected on a wall.

At this time, it was the morning, Han Da'er's study, in the afternoon, although the room was bright, but there was no direct sunlight, and the wall was blocked by the shadow of the bookcase, and the light refracted by the copper mirror suddenly appeared. The light was golden and round like a full moon, and the strangest thing was that there was a map on the light!

Han Daring thought he was dazzled, and hurriedly looked at the surface of the bronze mirror, but he was shaken by the flashlight, but when he reached out to touch the bronze mirror, he felt that the surface was smooth and smooth, no different from an ordinary mercury mirror, and there were no nicks.

Lu Songtao explained that this is a Chinese magic mirror made by Martin in accordance with the techniques of the Western Han Dynasty. He turned the mirror upside down, and Han Daring saw that the back of the mirror was just some uneven patina, which looked pitted. But it looks like a map emitted by a light mirror, but in reverse.

It turns out that this copper mirror is a convex mirror, when the whole copper block is made and poured copper mirror, there will be uneven thickness, as long as the area depicted by the line of sight is uneven, the hardness of the copper mirror is not the same after cooling, and the hardness of the copper mirror is not the same because of this hardness difference, and a very slight height difference will be formed, and the difference between the dimple marks that are not visible to the naked eye, plus the principle of the convex mirror, let the reflected light, scattering and focus form a chiaroscuro, and finally present a pattern.

At this time, looking at the map refracted by the bronze mirror, it turned out to be the map of Jin, and there were twelve points on the map, pointing to the twelve locations of Jinwei. These twelve dots are all black, and only one of them is a light bright spot, and the location is on the location of the bungalow courtyard in the south city of Xinghe Trading.

It was no coincidence that Martin had found something and bought the courtyard with the Xinghe Trading Company. It is very likely that there is a clue to the abacus city hidden in this courtyard, or the courtyard leads directly to the abacus city!

So the second thing Lu Songtao asked him to help was to talk about this bungalow together, but this matter is not in a hurry, and he can wait for the national treasure to be transported safely, and then make a decision!

Although Han Daring didn't believe in anything like Abacus City and Immortal Mirror, he knew that in the "Thirteen Chapters of Supplements" in Martin's hand, there were many codes for the location of the ancient tomb, maybe this place was just an ancient tomb, and it was unknown. This matter seems to be much simpler than finding the Tanglin National Treasure and transporting it out of Jinwei safely, so I also agreed.

Lu Songtao saw that he agreed easily, so he said solemnly:

"Don't think it's easy! Before this courtyard was bought, it couldn't be sold! Do you know why? ”

Han Daring shook his head, only to hear Lu Songtao say:

"Because the yard is rumored to be haunted!"

Han Daring smiled slightly, a nihilistic thing like a ghost is not as practical as a fart for him! He has been a policeman for so long, just the rumor that Jinwei's house is haunted, he hasn't heard of eight hundred before, if he takes it seriously, Jinwei won't become the underworld?

He was just about to taunt two sentences, but Lu Songtao continued:

"By now, nine people have disappeared into that courtyard! It's true! ”