Chapter 354 Stealing the Beams and Replacing the Pillars
Zhao Xi lowered his veil, his mouth, which was about to open, froze instantly. He stared at Meng Yunzheng in shock, "You, how did you know she was??"
Meng Yunzheng glanced at him sideways. "Is it that hard to guess?"
No, isn't it difficult?
Meng Yunzheng poured Shu Yu a glass of water and asked her to sit down before asking, "Miss Lu, what brings you here? And you even recognized Zhao Xi?"
"It's a long story, let's put it aside for now. I have something very important to say." Shu Yu stopped catching up with them and went straight to the point.
With a serious expression, Meng Yunzheng couldn't help but sit up slightly. Zhao Xi had originally wanted to complain that she had bumped into him too hard and say a few words to her, but after hearing her words, he immediately had no other thoughts.
He sat to the side, massaging his shoulders and feet while listening to Shu Yu's words.
Shu Yu spoke up, "You all know about the painting that was just auctioned off, right?"
Meng Yunzheng and Zhao Xi exchanged a glance. "I know." He was the one who painted that picture.
Shu Yu said, "Then you should also know that Lord Xiang is looking for my fourth uncle because he took a painting that was used as evidence, right?"
Before Zhao Xi could react, Meng Yunzheng immediately understood, "You mean, the painting that was just auctioned off is the one that hides the evidence of the former magistrate's crimes? It's the painting that Lord Xiang is looking for?"
Shu Yu nodded, and Zhao Xi's eyes widened. "No way? What a coincidence?"
Shu Yu said, "I just saw my uncle. He didn't collude with the former magistrate to hide the evidence, as the adults suspected. We couldn't find him because he's been trapped in the black market these past few days. He did take that painting with him initially, but it ended up in the black market by some twist of fate. And then the black market stole it."
Zhao Xi was speechless. Meng Yunzheng seemed to understand something. "Putting everything else aside, our most urgent task right now is to get that painting back."
"Yes, it's a pity that I deliberately made a commotion outside that private room, but no one came out. We don't know the identity of the person who bought the painting, so it's a bit of a problem."
Zhao Xi's lips twitched. So you bumped into me so hard just for this?
Meng Yunzheng nodded. "This matter is indeed difficult."
He frowned and pondered for a while before saying, "How about we try a substitution?"
"Substituting one beam for another? How do we test that?"
Meng Yunzheng picked up the veiled hat from the side, put it on, and said to her, "Wait a moment."
Then he went out, and Shu Yu could hear him talking to the guy outside.
A short while later, Meng Yunzheng came back in with a box.
Shu Yu looked at the box with a puzzled expression, and then saw Meng Yunzheng remove the veil and take out the contents of the box one by one.
Zhao Xi tidied up the table and spread out the scroll with perfect understanding.
Shu Yu was stunned for a moment before she reacted and asked, "You're not thinking of painting the same picture on the spot to replace it, are you?"
"Um."
Shu Yu frowned. "I know you're a good painter. It's fine in the past, but this is the black market, so it's easy to tell the difference between real and fake. Besides, this painting you just painted is too different from the one you painted a year ago. It's not easy to switch it out."
Moreover, unless he had seen the painting before, it would be impossible for him to paint an exact replica even if he had only glanced at it from the second floor.
Hmm? Wait a minute.
Shu Yu suddenly looked at him suspiciously. Given Meng Yunzheng's cautious nature, it was unlikely that he would do something that even she found unbelievable.
unless……
I'm stuck on the story, completely stuck. One less chapter today. I need to really sort things out.
(End of this chapter)
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