Walking out of the auditorium, Chu Jingqiu saw that Xiao Yihan's expression was a little serious, so he asked in a low voice: "Yihan, what's wrong? Did something happen?"
Xiao Yihan patted her shoulder and said softly, "It's okay, it's just a small matter. Let Xiao Xu take you home first. I'll take care of it. Be careful on the way.
Please take some time these days to ask Uncle Chu whether he bought any paintings at the exhibition held at the Shanshui Gallery in Nanshi around 1953.
If you have, you should carefully examine those paintings to see if you can find any clues to the Daqingshan treasure in them."
Chu Jingqiu nodded and said, "Grandpa and I were checking Dad's paintings today. I spent the whole afternoon looking but couldn't find any useful clues. Now that you have a definite target, it will be much easier for me to find it.
Xiao Yihan opened the car door for Chu Jingqiu, and after she got in, he repeatedly told Xiao Xu to be careful on the road.
After watching Chu Jingqiu's car drive away, he got into another car and left.
It was already past ten o'clock in the evening when Chu Jingqiu returned home. The lights in the house were still on. Jiang Jiang ran to the door to welcome her in. She first changed into slippers and then walked into the living room.
Grandpa and grandma went to rest, and Dad and Mom were still sitting in the living room waiting for her. Dad was reading a newspaper and Mom was knitting a sweater.
Seeing her back, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief. He Manwen said, "Xiao Qiu, you're back. Did you enjoy the performance tonight?
Chu Jingqiu smiled and said, "It's fine. Have grandpa and grandma gone to bed?"
He Manwen put down the sweater in her hand, stretched herself, and said, "Your grandma and grandpa just went to bed. They are worried and plan to wait for you to come back before going to bed.
Your dad told them the show usually ends around 11 o'clock, and then they go back to bed."
Chu Jingqiu smiled and said, "You guys are still worried about me and Yihan going out! You still have to go to work tomorrow, so you don't have to wait for me.
It’s getting late, Mom, you should go to bed first! I’ll talk to Dad for a few minutes and then go to rest.”
He Manwen nodded. "I'm really a little sleepy. I'm going to bed first. You two shouldn't talk for too long. Go to bed early."
Chu Jingqiu responded and sat down next to Chu Baichuan. "Dad, did you buy any paintings at the exhibition at the Shanshui Gallery in Nanshi around 1953?"
Chu Baichuan put down the newspaper in his hand, thought for a while and said, "I think I bought a landscape painting by a famous person. At that time, I thought the price he asked for was a bit high, so I hesitated whether to buy it or not.
The gallery owner promised to give me another painting, which happened to be a painting by one of my former teachers, so I bought it. The painting seemed to be called "Spring Mountain Dwelling". Xiaoqiu, why are you asking this?"
Chu Jingqiu said seriously, "The painting you bought might be related to the treasure of Daqing Mountain. I'll look for it tomorrow and see if these paintings can reveal any clues. By the way, what's the name of your teacher's painting?"
Chu Baichuan paused and said, "The painting that the teacher has is called 'Green Mountains and Autumn Waters'. I've copied both of them before and they're quite familiar to me. There's nothing special about them. How can they be related to the treasure of Daqing Mountain? Did the spies make a mistake?"
Chu Jingqiu sighed, "There's no smoke without fire. Those people have gone to extremes over these paintings. If there's nothing wrong with these two paintings, we'll be relieved. I'll take a look tomorrow and see what happens."
Chu Jingqiu took Jiang Jiang back to her room. She had spent the whole afternoon looking for paintings and danced on the stage in the evening. She felt really tired, so she planned to go to the space to take a shower and look for the two paintings tomorrow.
At this time, Xiao Yihan was carefully inspecting the destroyed ambush site in the park.
In the afternoon, Li Qingpu confessed his contact information with Taotie, and Xiao Yihan asked someone to place a pot of azalea on the balcony of Li Qingpu's house, and put a letter conveying false information under the brick next to the rockery in the park.
He also arranged more than a dozen subordinates to monitor the park.
Around eight o'clock in the evening, it was completely dark and several children from near the park came here to play hide-and-seek.
The children ran to the rockery, lifted the brick, and ran away with the letter. The subordinates in charge of surveillance followed them.
They found that the children were looking around at the park entrance with the letter in their hands, as if looking for someone. After a while, they threw the letter into the trash can and left.
A deputy commander in charge of surveillance divided his subordinates into two groups, one to monitor near the trash can, and the other to follow the children home.
The people who followed the children conducted a detailed investigation on them after they returned home.
The children's statements were consistent. When they were playing hide-and-seek at the park entrance at night, an old lady selling masks came over.
She was wearing a Monkey King mask and said she especially liked playing with children and wanted to play a game with them.
She hid a letter under the brick next to the rockery in the park, and would give a mask to whoever brought the letter to the park gate first.
The children were very happy and ran over excitedly. After they got the letter, they found that the masked old lady had left. They felt that they had been cheated and threw the letter into the trash can.
The letter thrown into the trash can has not been picked up by anyone until now. Xiao Yihan held the letter picked up from the trash can in his hand with a very serious expression.
It seems that the opponent is very cunning. He disguised himself as an old man who sells masks for profit. This way he can hide his face and easily persuade several children to help him complete the task.
He must have been watching nearby, and if he didn't notice anything wrong, he could easily take the letter away.
If he finds any suspicious problems, he can also withdraw in time.
Li Qingpu's line was probably broken again, but this time he inflicted heavy damage on the enemy, and their purpose was known. His left and right arms were cut off, and it would be difficult for him to attack again in a short time.
Xiao Yihan fell into deep thought. He needed to reorganize his thoughts and make plans for the next step.
After breakfast the next morning, Grandpa He and Chu Jingqiu brought Jiang Jiang to the park again, walked to a deserted place, and entered the space.
Mr. He was still thinking about the cartoon he hadn't finished watching, so as soon as he entered, he couldn't wait to take Jiang Jiang to watch it.
Chu Jingqiu continued to look for the painting in the warehouse. Since she already knew the name of the painting, it was much easier to find it today than yesterday.
She looked at the label on the box and quickly found the two paintings inside: one was "Spring Mountain Dwelling" and the other was "Green Mountains and Autumn Waters".
She carefully examined the two paintings and found that they were exactly as her father had said, without any problems. One depicted a spring mountain scene, the other an autumn landscape. There was no problem with the text or signature on them, and there was no interlayer between the paintings.
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