Chapter 242 Cloisonne Kirin
Xu Youyou booked a buyer for this flower-mouth plate with almost no effort.
The price is certainly not low.
Not long after she took the plate, the system refreshed the task reward, which was still as generous as ever.
But she asked the system in a somewhat strange way: "This flower-mouthed plate is extremely valuable, why didn't it directly refresh the task of picking up bargains?"
The system's reply was also very straightforward: [Because this task is actually not that difficult. ]
Xu Youyou was stunned. She recalled her transaction process. Even the person who bargained was Xu Fang, so it was indeed not difficult.
On the contrary, for this task of the system, for three consecutive days, the person guarding the door of the store still did not send back any good news.
When Xu Youyou thought about the system's task time, she couldn't help but feel anxious, fearing that she would exceed the time limit if she continued like this.
She even had the idea of operating the same way as in China.
"Ms. Xu, the landlord of this house is the owner of the store. We can't contact him, and it's difficult to convey your ideas to him."
After receiving such a reply, Xu Youyou was suddenly at a loss. Since she failed to buy a house, she had also asked someone to inquire about the owner.
According to acquaintances in nearby shops, this is the owner's personality. When he has money, he goes out to live a carefree life, and when he has no money, he immediately comes back to open a shop.
Now when this man will come back depends entirely on when he spends all his money.
"He won't come back to open a store until all his money is spent, even if he is offered several million euros." This is what an acquaintance said about the owner.
Xu Youyou felt that the other party's concept of money was still too advanced, and could only hope in her heart that this person would spend all his money as soon as possible and come back to open a shop.
Perhaps Xu Youyou’s prayers had some effect. On the fifth day of someone’s surveillance, she finally received news that the shop owner had returned.
Xu Youyou immediately asked the driver to drive there and rushed to the second-hand market as quickly as possible.
However, when she first arrived, she saw that the other party was closing the door and hanging up the sign outside saying that the return date was uncertain.
"Wait a minute! Wait a minute!" Even the French translator reminded loudly.
But the shop owner, who had curly hair, acted as if he didn't hear anything and just closed the door of the shop.
Xu Youyou didn't expect the situation to be like this, and couldn't help but ask the person in charge of stakeout nearby.
The man said with a bitter face, "Miss Xu, this man has only been here for more than an hour. Someone came to buy something and seemed to have paid a few hundred euros, and then he started to close the store."
Xu Youyou: ...
"Are a few hundred euros so valuable?" Xu Youyou said with a frown.
Although converted into RMB, it is worth several thousand yuan, and even in first-tier cities in China, several thousand yuan can last for a while, but she still couldn't help feeling bitter.
"Ms. Xu, don't worry. I estimate that he will only spend a few hundred euros for three days at most, and then he will have to come back to open the store." said the French translator.
Xu Youyou didn't even dare to return to her house in the city center, and simply asked someone to arrange another accommodation near the second-hand market.
Just as the French translation said, after waiting for another three days, the store finally reopened.
It took Xu Youyou less than ten minutes to get over there.
The shop owner looked lazy, wearing a pair of sunglasses, sitting on a recliner outside the shop with a glass of orange juice next to him. If someone didn't know him well, they would probably think he was on vacation. No one could tell that he owned a shop.
When the boss saw Xu Youyou walk into the store, he didn't even follow her in, but continued to lie there basking in the sun.
Xu Youyou followed the system's instructions and found a drum.
This drum looks simple in shape, but Xu Youyou always feels that something is not right.
No matter how hard modern products try to imitate antique styles, they still cannot conceal the traces of modern industry.
This drum is like that.
Xu Youyou picked up the drum and brought it to the shop owner.
"This drum sounds dull, it's not a good drum," the boss said in French.
Xu Youyou paused after hearing this. She didn't expect the boss to be so honest, but she still said, "I like it very much and want to buy it. Name a price."
"Five hundred euros," said the shop owner.
Xu Youyou didn't bargain, but just asked: "Where did you get this thing? Did you get it from someone else?"
Seeing that she paid readily and was pretty, the boss was happy to talk to her: "This is a legacy from a relative of mine. That relative really likes antiques from your country of China. I don't know where he got this thing from. It's a pity that this drum should not be worth much."
Xu Youyou did not continue to stay in the second-hand market, but returned to her residence. No matter how she looked at it, she could not figure out what was so valuable about this drum. After all, there was no obvious mark or signature on it, and secondly, it did not have much artistic value as a musical instrument.
She couldn't help but ask the system: "Can I take this thing apart?"
The system doesn't speak.
Xu Youyou immediately understood that this was a tacit agreement, and without any hesitation, she found the tools and cut the drum open.
Xu Youyou didn’t know how traditional drums were made. The structure inside this drum was obviously a bit strange. She saw something that was wrapped very tightly inside.
She had a guess in her mind, fearing that something truly valuable had already appeared.
She carefully took the item out, and after removing the wrapping, what was revealed seemed to be a Qilin ornament? The Qilin ornament was blue-green in color and looked extremely exquisite.
Xu Youyou took out her phone, tried a few keywords, and got the exact result.
Cloisonne Kylin.
This treasure was originally stored in the Old Summer Palace, but was snatched away by the French during the catastrophe in the country more than a hundred years ago. It had been kept in the Palace of Fontainebleau until 2015, when the treasure was stolen and its whereabouts remain unknown.
Xu Youyou thought of the shop owner who sold this treasure. He inherited the drum from a relative who died in an accident. His relative was said to be a retired veteran with no wife or children, and he had not liked to interact with other relatives for many years.
The owner didn't even know he had this relative until the lawyer found him and read out the inheritance, so he didn't know where this thing came from.
Although Xu Youyou was a little curious, she wondered whether the relatives of this veteran knew that there was a cloisonné qilin hidden in the drum, or whether this person was the mastermind behind the theft.
It’s a pity that now that time has passed, no one can get the truth from the dead.
"It seems that you have had a great harvest in France. The preliminary judgment is that it should be the cloisonné qilin that was stolen from Danfeng Bailu Palace." Lu Jingyao relied on several photos sent by Xu Youyou and asked a large number of domestic experts to make such a judgment.
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