The Age of Awakening: From the Young Runtu

"Zhang, you're here just in time. In two days' time, it's the Cuckold Festival, and there will be an art exhibition in the art museum. There are countless collections in it. Let's go and have a look. You will definitely be interested."

David was very interested in these works of art.

It would be great if there was a way to get it myself. I wouldn't sell it, just use it for collection.

"Cuckold Day?"

Runtu knew something about this festival, which was used to commemorate a patron saint of Europe.I didn’t expect that the United States also celebrates this holiday.

Just like in China a hundred years later, those foreign festivals began to be celebrated, and they made a lot of noise.

There is a strange rule, on that day, people who celebrate the festival must wear a green hat on their heads.

There is nothing wrong with the green hat now, but it will have a very bad meaning in the future.

Runtu was not interested in this festival, but he was very interested in taking a look at the art exhibition in the art museum.

"Of course."

I agreed and went to see the art exhibition with David.

There are many works of art.

I don't know how many of them are domestic.

Go directly to Boston.

Boston is close to the sea, so you can try Boston lobster.

Wandered around for a while.

It's the festival.

David also came to Boston with several people.

The art gallery is also a private museum.

The people who come to visit are basically some rich people in the United States, and they are still the kind of rich people with cultural heritage.

The history of the United States is only 80 or [-] years, and there are really not many families with rich heritage.

Each has its own characteristics.

The British are really arrogant from the bottom of their hearts, and the Yankees are a little more realistic.

David went in with a man.

Then add Runtu and an assistant.

With four people, it was relatively simple for David to get four invitations.

Into the museum.

The floor area is not too large, and the floors are high.

There are tens of thousands of items in the collection.

Among them are some very valuable collections.

No wonder David also wanted to come and take a look.

He is an antique fan.

I also saw several familiar items in this private museum.

Many can be named.

The visitors who came in lamented the strength of the host.

The collection is too much and too precious.

Runtu looked inside for a long time and directly turned on the space function to cover it.

Good guy, I also saw one or two bronzes from the Shang and Zhou dynasties.

It's 3000 years ago, and anything you come up with is worth a lot of money.

The most valuable items in those days were bronze wares.

Walked over and looked carefully for a long time.

David also came over.

His favorite is also Huaxia Wenwan.

The assistant also came over and asked: "Bronze ware from the Shang Dynasty?"

Runtu: "Yes, it is genuine. It must have been stolen from China in the past two years."

More than ten years ago, the Eight-Nation Army stole a lot of things.

I am afraid that many museum collections in foreign countries have some of the things that were robbed.

There are tens of thousands of collections, and dozens of them belong to China.

The most precious thing is the bronze ware.

Walking in the museum for a long time, there are many famous paintings.

There are as many as ten top-level paintings.

There are also a few paintings of symbolic significance, perhaps no matter how much money they have, they cannot be compared.

No wonder David invited Runtu here many times.

David's collection is certainly not as extensive as the owner of this private museum.

A lot of things that money can't buy.

After shopping for two or three hours, I saw a lot of collections, and it was time for dinner.

All the hundreds of people who came over were invited to a private estate for drinking and eating.

David and Runtu were at the same table.

"David, do you know the owner of this museum?"

"I'm not familiar with each other. We all like art and antiques. Naturally, we meet once in a while. There are a few paintings that I have thought about for a long time. I want to get them. It doesn't matter how much money they have, but they don't sell them." .”

David said very regretfully.

I can only look at it occasionally, and I can't keep it to myself. It's very torturous.

Because of the festival, everyone drank happily.

After a while, most of the people were drunk.

All consumption here is free of charge, it is the museum owner's treat.

Perhaps he invited these people of social status just to show off.

The banquet lasted another two hours.It was completely dark now.

All the people dispersed one after another.

Say hello and part.

Runtu booked a room in a hotel near the museum.

It was midnight.

Get up from the bed.

After going out, the assistant woke up from a very light sleep and asked, "Where are you going?"

"Go out to do some errands, and you will be back within an hour. You go to sleep first, and don't worry about me."

He packed up his clothes and went out.

I found a cloth and covered my face so that my eyes were not exposed.

It has a spatial function of its own.

Even with your eyes closed, you can perceive your surroundings.

In a flash, I reached the art museum.

The place is not very big.

There are also several security guards patrolling inside.

There are still surveillance in several places.

Runtu jumped up and down on the roof, trying to avoid places that could be monitored.

There is a monitoring that cannot escape.

He directly took out a stone in his arms and hit it, breaking the monitor.

I didn't expect that the United States is already so powerful and has surveillance. Cameras have been invented these days.

Soon.

Just touched the inside of the museum.

There are fewer guards inside.

Maybe it's because many people just visited today.

Today is a holiday, and the security guards have also relaxed their vigilance.

They ate and drank outside, and all of them became dizzy from drinking.

Runtu entered the museum.

The few most valuable paintings were found.

There is a lot of space.

If it were a flower for ordinary people.

It is also very convenient to get a dozen sheets, that is, a dozen larger sheets of paper.

Not to mention that the most precious thing in this private museum are these ten or so paintings.

For ordinary people, the slightly more troublesome thing is that there is a picture frame outside, and the picture frame has to be taken down.

With more than a dozen paintings, it is definitely unrealistic to walk with the frame.

There are several paintings hanging on the walls.

Very high.

But for Runtu, it was very easy.

In half an hour, a dozen paintings and two bronze utensils were packed up by Runtu.

It's almost done, go back.

Did not go through the door.

He jumped ten meters along the wall and jumped out of the window.

Keep sneaking on the roof.

Avoid those surveillance cameras.

It is very difficult for ordinary people to take away things, but it is still easy for people like Runtu.There is no guilt about stealing it myself.

How old is the United States? Everything in his private museum belongs to others. He only took part of it back and it seems like he suffered a loss.

I thought about the things I had in Jiashan, but I must not let others steal them.

"The monitoring system in the private museum is pretty good. It can prevent others but not me."

Even so, these monitors are quite useful.

Humans can also get tired at times.Machines don't.

Jiashan also has resettlement monitoring.

The effect is better than here.

I brought back dozens of things, including domestic ones and foreign ones.

Runtu selected two paintings and gave them to David.

He knew that David loved these works.

Yesterday when I was in a private museum, I saw David standing in front of these paintings for a long time.

What I thought in my heart must be why these paintings are not in my collection.

Now he got what he wanted.

"Zhang, you are really capable."

The private museum was stolen, and it was not his own. Of course, David was indifferent.

But I didn't expect that Runtu would give him two more pictures. This was an unexpected surprise.

"I'm still guessing today, who has the ability to steal it. After guessing, it might be you, and it really is."

The theft of the art museum caused a sensation throughout the country early in the morning.

A dozen paintings of famous people.One porcelain and two bronzes are the most important things in the museum.

Such a big case naturally caused a sensation throughout the United States.

"This is today's newspaper, take a look."

David gave the newspaper to Runtu. The whole newspaper was about the theft of the art museum.

Those who went to visit yesterday were very suspicious.

But it's just a suspicion.

They have all been inspected manually and mechanically, and there are no tools for committing crimes.

It's impossible to take away so many things with just two hands.

With a reward of tens of thousands of dollars, police officers across the United States are paying great attention to this case.

Some important places were carefully searched and checked, but no clues could be found.

Naturally it cannot be found.

In their opinion, no one can do a leap of more than ten meters.

Even if someone thought of something, it would be regarded as nonsense, and it would easily become an unsolved case.

Spreading the painting out, David looked at it carefully.

"Vermeer's "Concert", as well as Raphael and Michelangelo's. Zhang, you have stolen the most precious painting in the museum."

David said excitedly.

David: "No wonder there is a reward of [-] yuan to catch you. If it were me, I would accept all these things, even if they cost millions and millions."

It seems to be saying that the reward of [-] US dollars is too small.

It was missing for David.

For others, one hundred thousand is enough.

One hundred thousand, even if you ask people to commit crimes, many people will do it.

Runtu said jokingly: "David, will you report me for these [-]?"

"of course not."

The old butler came in from the door and saw these paintings, as if he hadn't seen them: "Master, there are some police officers outside the door, saying they want to enter the house to investigate, I sent them away?"

These police officers are quite efficient, and visited the homes of those who visited the private museum yesterday.

The efficiency is fast, yes.

The person who was stolen was a rich man with great power.

They will naturally be more concerned.

The old housekeeper and David were calm and didn't pay attention to the people outside.

Naturally, Runtu didn't panic at all in David's manor.

Even the assistant looked a little worried that he might cause trouble.

It’s not much different from the process last time in Shanghai.

Two police officers walked in under the leadership of the housekeeper.

"Hello, Mr. David. We are here to investigate something with you."

The officers were very nice and they all knew David's energy.

Bravely walked in.

It was just like a routine, I thought I could deal with it early and leave early.

"Please sit down. What's the matter? I'll definitely cooperate."

David pretended not to know and asked curiously.

"We know that you visited the art gallery yesterday. We reported this morning that many precious works of art were lost in the art gallery, which are of high value. I thought I would investigate with you and see if there are any clues that I can provide."

The quality of the police officers was pretty good, and they explained all the key points in an orderly manner.

Looking at David and the others, I hoped to ask something.

I saw Runtu, with an Asian face.

According to what I learned, these two people also attended the museum tour.

David's expression was slightly exaggerated, as if he had just learned the news.

Little did he know that there was a newspaper on the seat next to him.

"That's too bad. Has the thief been caught now?"

He showed a very regretful expression.

The police officer knew that there seemed to be nothing more he could ask.

If David knew what he wanted to say, he wouldn't be so pretentious.

Then I asked David a few more questions.

"Mr. David, can I ask what time you came back last night?"

This question is a bit private, but the police officer opposite, please answer it.

"Nine p.m."

David answered his question.

If you ask more personal questions, he may refuse to answer.

The police officer stopped immediately and did not ask any more questions.

Instead, he asked Runtu next to him.

"Who is this gentleman? He showed up at the art gallery yesterday, right?"

I just asked out of curiosity and didn't look too suspicious of Runtu.

More than a dozen paintings, as well as other works of art, and nearly a hundred items, were quietly stolen.These police officers are all guessing that it should be done by insiders.

Nine times out of ten, they are the employees of the museum.

Only those who are particularly familiar with it can do it.

A perfect crime, so they can't find any clues.

Now that we have asked about Runtu.

Runtu replied: "I am a friend of Mr. David, an Easterner."

He told them his identity very cooperatively.

"Hello sir, may I ask where you were last night."

Runtu briefly told them his itinerary and said that he would arrive at David's house early this morning.

The police officer still wanted to continue questioning.

was interrupted by David.

David looked a little angry.

"Thank you sir for your cooperation, then we will leave first."

When David got angry, they immediately apologized.

Left the manor.

This errand is really difficult to handle.

The same goes for everyone else.

The people who went to the art museum yesterday were either rich or wealthy.

These police officers were asked to investigate those big bosses, which made them a little panicked.

I'm afraid that I might offend someone by accident.

I'm afraid my future will be ruined by then.

David was also afraid that if they asked again, they would really touch something and arrest Runtu.

America is unfair, the rich have higher rights.This is a capitalist country, and capitalists have great power.

But at least not on the surface, there can't be any wrong things.

The officers were escorted out the door.

After questioning for more than ten minutes and understanding some of the situation, they were actually able to report to their superiors.

Some other people's teams may not be as good as them.

Maybe you can't even get in through someone else's door. (End of chapter)