Network New Liao Zhai

Chapter 640

Carolina was led to the deck by Melanie. She saw a small band playing and a group of handsome men and women dancing.

A man dressed like Captain Jack and another middle-aged man came up to her.

"Dear Countess Carolina, welcome aboard the Pirate. I am the Captain of the Pirate."

Carolina held out her hand haughtily.

"Pirate Captain, you look exactly as I imagined you. I like it."

"Thank you Madam Xie for your compliment."

The pirate captain bowed his head and kissed his hands.

"Madam, please allow me to introduce you. This is Mr. James, a famous collector and expert in identification."

Carolina reaches out to James. "I've heard of your name."

James: "That was my pleasure. Nice to meet you, ma'am."

Just now they stood on the deck and witnessed Carolina boarding the ship. The pirate captain had already introduced the identity of Mrs. Carolina to him—this is a very rich owner.

"Ma'am, this way please."

The pirate captain graciously pulled out a chair and asked her to sit down.

Then he told the dancing men and women to go down.

The band played soothing and beautiful music again.

The waiter served a sumptuous meal, and the glasses were filled with wine.

The three were chatting happily while eating.

Carolina drank the glass of red wine, looked at James and said, "Mr. James, on such a charming night, wouldn't it be disappointing to not dance a song?"

James stood up and walked to her, "That's exactly what I mean. Ma'am, would you like to do a dance?"

Carolina stood up and held out her hand to James.

The two hugged each other and jumped up.

"Madam is a good dancer at first glance."

"I am not only a master of dancing, but also a master of other aspects."

"Which aspects?"

"You'll know."

Mrs. Carolina put her hand on her forehead and said: "Did I drink too much and jump fast? Why am I dizzy? Mr. James, can you help me go back to rest?"

"Happy to serve."

James helped Carolina toward the elevator.

The pirate captain was the only one on the deck who was still drinking by himself.

James helped Carolina back to room 405.

"Madam, rest well, I won't bother you..."

Before he finished speaking, he was dragged into the room by his wife and thrown on the bed.

"Mr. James, you may stay here tonight."

James thought: Madame is too enthusiastic.

"Mr. James, do you know who I am? Why come on board?"

"I know, you are Countess Carolina. There are gold mines and oil mines at home, and you are also an antique collector. You must be on board because there are things you want on board."

"It's easy talking to smart people. Yes, there's something I want on board, and I've got to find it."

James: "You don't need to look for it. Tomorrow, the pirate captain will take you to the exhibition room. There are photos of the collection on the ship. Madam can order anything you like."

"Have you seen it all?"

"I've seen the photos, but I haven't seen the real thing yet. The pirate captain said that he will bring out the real collection for me to appraise after all the guests have arrived.

It was only after I got on the ship that I found out that the purpose of their invitation was to make an appraisal of these antique collections and convince the guests.

And my reward is that I can choose one thing to take away. "

Carolina: "Sounds good. You appraise the customers, and they buy the antiques they like-everyone's happy."

"That's what the pirate captain told me."

"Then you have no doubts about the origin of these collections."

"This is not a question for me. If there are buyers, there must be sellers. As for whether these collections were entrusted to sell by pirate ships, or whether they were robbed by pirate ships, it has nothing to do with me."

"You think it through."

"When you get on the boat, you can only listen to them, I know very well."

Carolina: "Okay, let's not talk about this, let me ask you, have you seen an ancient painting in the exhibition room called Mountain Dwelling Picture."

"Dwelling in the mountains? A painting of dwelling in the mountains painted by Wang in the Yuan Dynasty in China?"

"Yes."

James: "No. It is impossible to see it, because this picture was taken by my friend at a price of more than 1000 million US dollars a few days ago, and it is now in his collection room. If it wasn't for me The Pirate, maybe at this very moment, he is tasting wine and admiring ancient paintings with him."

"Is the friend you mentioned named Huang Zhongshi?"

"How does Madam know?"

"Not only do I know that his name is Huang Zhongshi, but I also know that this ancient painting, Dwelling in the Mountains, was taken away from him on the day of the auction."

"Impossible. Huang Zhongshi is a person who loves painting like his life. Who can take it away from him?"

"Someone kidnapped his wife and son. So..."

"Despicable. Who? Who did it?"

"I don't know who it is, but someone saw the person who took the ancient painting board the pirate ship."

"You mean the mountain dwelling map is on this ship?"

"Yes."

"You can be sure."

"Mr. James, don't doubt my ability."

"What do you want?"

"Find the mountain dwelling map and return it to its original owner."

"I didn't see a picture of the mountain dwelling in the exhibition room."

"Of course they don't trade it, because you've seen the mountain dwelling. They just take the picture back to where they want to go."

"I didn't see anyone else get on the boat either... Wait, I remembered, not long after I got on the boat that day, the speedboat that picked me up picked up another person from a freighter, and that person had a bag on his back. Something in the shape of a cylinder. Could it be..."

"That's right, that person is the one who took away the ancient paintings. There are ancient paintings inside.

We have reason to believe that the man came aboard with the ancient painting.He stayed on board the whole time. "

"you…"

"Yes, we. Not only me, but many of us. You think that Mr. Huang Zhongshi lost such a valuable thing, how could he not send someone out to look for it? How can he swallow it after such a big loss This tone? As his friend, Mr. James, can you do us a favor?"

"Of course. Huang is my friend. If what you say is true. I'd like to help. What do I need?"

"Staying in my room the whole time. It feels like we've been together tonight."

"and then?"

"Then you go to bed, and I'll go find a painting."

"You go, do you know where the painting is hidden? The boat is huge. You are a woman, it is very dangerous. I will find a way."

Carolina thought for a while: "Thank you for your concern, I am more suitable than you, otherwise I would not be allowed to come."

"Is your relationship with Huang Zhongshi so good? Are you willing to take risks for him? I've never heard him mention you."

"Some relationships don't have to be talked about all the time. Besides, I don't help in vain. You won't help in vain either."

James: "Understood."

He went to turn on the TV,

"Here is the distribution map of the ship. The waiter told me that I can go to the second floor, third floor, fourth floor and the deck. The first floor and the lower deck belong to the crew and guests are not allowed to go. I have been to the second floor. There are restaurants, bars, exhibition rooms, screening halls, casinos, guest rooms on the third and fourth floors, and the roof deck above. It is impossible to store valuables in these places. I think it is very likely that those collections are in one The lower deck or the lower deck. And the first floor has crew members coming in and out, so it is not suitable for storing valuables, so it is most likely the lower deck."

"Mr. James, your analysis is very reasonable. So I am going to go down to have a look tonight."

Carolina goes over and turns off the TV.

The resulting layout of the entire ship has actually been stored in her mind long ago.

She knows exactly where there is surveillance and where there are people.

"Okay. Mr. James, you rest. Hehe, they know we won't bother you when we're together."

Carolina locked the door, went into the bathroom, and came out in a tight black dress.

Under James' astonished eyes, he opened the balcony door, turned over and jumped off the balcony.

James: Is this really the Countess?

(End of this chapter)