Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 1608 Won

"If you still have doubts about the styles of the general reliefs and attendant statues, we have found the latest evidence..." Tony Huang pulled down the picture of the female attendant statues while speaking, revealing another picture of the same size as the warrior statues: "Please take a look!"

"Wow!" There was an uproar in the courtroom.

Above the picture, there is another relief, standing opposite the previous one.

The previous relief showed a man wearing armor, holding a sword, stepping on a auspicious beast, and with a blue dragon on his shoulder.

This side is also made of high relief on a rectangular Quyang white marble stone. It is fully painted and the size is the same as that of the Qinglong general. He is also wearing military uniform, stepping on a moose, holding a sword in his hand, with the tip of the sword pointing to the lotus in his mouth.

Apart from some subtle changes in his expression and clothing, the biggest difference is that there is a phoenix hovering above the general's head with a pearl in its beak.

The two generals stood there with their eyes glaring at each other, instead of looking at each other, they were guarding the gate tightly, but the blue dragons on their shoulders and the phoenixes on their heads were staring at each other. Anyone who looked could find that the stone processing, carving techniques, painting techniques and subject matter selection of the two reliefs were absolutely unified.

  This is a set of exquisite crafts!

"This is a Five Dynasties deep relief artwork purchased by Mr. An Siyuan, a famous Oriental art collector in your country, in Hong Kong Island last month." Tony Huang said, "Please allow the judge and jury to present the transaction certificate and customs certificate of Mr. An Siyuan's purchase of this artwork."

"Objection!" Lu Lirong's lawyer immediately protested: "Submitting new evidence during the closing argument and final trial is not in compliance with established procedures!"

The black lady nodded. "It is indeed against the established procedures to present new evidence during the closing argument and final trial. However, if new evidence that is decisive to the case is not adopted, it is even more inconsistent with the spirit of the law. Therefore, the solution is very simple. Change this closing argument and final trial to the 14th trial and reschedule the final trial on a later date."

"But now it seems that we may not need to bother reconvening the jury and wasting everyone's time."

“I agree that the prosecution may present new evidence.”

Tony Huang presented the evidence: "This is the appraisal report we asked the appraisal institutions of the two countries to report on the relationship between the two warrior statues. This is the composition analysis and multi-spectral thermal imaging analysis of the pigment we took from Mr. An's statue of a general wearing a phoenix and the pigment on the statue of a group of female attendants unearthed from Wang Chuzhi's tomb. The composition of the two is exactly the same!"

"The defense has been refusing to take samples for identification. I think everyone now understands the reason."

"Finally, we would like to provide one more piece of evidence to the court!"

The black lady flipped through several appraisal certificates and asked, "What evidence?"

"Please watch the VCR!"

"What?" The black lady was stunned. This word is considered a new word even in today's American courts.

"This is a reconstruction of the remains of the east chamber of Wang Chuzhi's tomb by the Computer Center of Shudu University of China using its own intellectual property rights in graphic recognition technology."

Tony Huang had someone push in a projector. Zhou Zhi connected it to his laptop and started operating it.

A picture of a ruined tomb chamber first appeared on the screen. The picture of the tomb chamber was relatively large, surrounded by a bunch of small pictures, which contained individual photos of archaeological relics.

Zhou Zhi tapped the keyboard, and the objects on the small picture began to move to the large picture, and after adjustment and deformation, they merged with the large picture. The process was simple and clear. As the broken stones and fragments were restored to the tomb, the broken tomb gradually returned to its original appearance, with a dome-shaped stone tomb roof on top, and maids, pavilions, music and dance, and the owner's portrait on the surrounding walls, a scene of peace and prosperity, and a pleasant sightseeing.

As the camera moves forward, the objects in the small picture are constantly "absorbed" into the large picture frame, and finally restored to the front of the east chamber tomb door.

There is an epitaph, a perpetual lamp, and tomb guardian beasts in front of the tomb door. After these are in place one by one, you enter the pseudo-tomb chamber.

The walls and roof of the pseudo-tomb were surrounded by carvings of stars and flying auspicious beasts, but right in front of the real tomb there was a large empty hole.

The most crucial video is finally here. The reliefs of the two generals are flipped 180 degrees respectively, revealing their backs, and then moved into the large picture frame to fill in the big holes. The star map in the pseudo-room suddenly becomes complete, seamless.

"Because the former tomb had been robbed thousands of years ago, mud and sand were washed in by rainwater," Zhou Zhi explained. "So it took a lot of time to clean up the fake tomb, which resulted in us not discovering the bas-relief of the astrological map in time."

At this time, the camera on the projection screen has passed through the restored curtain wall and entered the real tomb chamber. Turning around, everyone can finally see a pair of mighty warrior statues standing behind the tomb door, serving as the final guardian of the tomb owner.

"By processing the edges of the graphics on the computer, we can find that the pair of warrior reliefs can be perfectly matched with the remaining components of Wang Chuzhi's tomb. These are all irrefutable evidence that the pair of reliefs came from my King Chuzhi's tomb!"

Walking out of the South District Court, the rare bright sunlight outside in winter forced Zhou Zhi to squint his eyes.

"Elbow, we won!" Liang Pingyi put his hand on his eyebrows to block the sunlight from above, looking at the traffic jam under the marble steps: "This is the first time we have used legal means to recover stolen cultural relics. We won!"

"Mr. An has agreed to donate the Dancing Phoenix statue to our country. Tony Huang will handle the specific legal documents as soon as possible. We will try to return it to the country together with the Panlong statue. Let's do double duty for the country!"

“Hahahaha!” Liang Pingyi put his left and right hands on Tony Huang and Zhou Zhi’s shoulders respectively. “You two are both heroes! Great heroes! Using the pigment composition on the Dancing Phoenix Heavenly King statue donated by Mr. An as evidence, and Shu University’s graphic boundary recognition technology, it was a sure win. Lu Lirong was stunned at the time!”

"Eh? By the way, Tony Huang, can you contact Lu Lirong?" Zhou Zhi asked.

"I have the contact number of his lawyer." Tony Huang nodded: "Elbow, what are you going to do?"

"After this incident, I think his Xinbaozhai will not be able to continue." Zhou Zhi said, "If he wants to turn around the storehouse, I can consider taking over."

"Pan Ku Zhuan Ban" is also an industry term. The term "Zhuan Ban" even originated from the Song Dynasty. In the industry, it means that a large stall can no longer operate, so it sells the storefront and inventory together with the goods at a low price to buyers who are willing to take over.

"what?"

"No need. Isn't he pessimistic about the future of Hong Kong Island and eager to emigrate?" Zhou Zhi said, "Now this terrible thing has happened. The loss is estimated to be huge. Instead of dragging it out and affecting the immigration process, it is better to free up a large sum of cash to enjoy a peaceful life abroad. For me, I can get a stall in Hong Kong Island and a lot of important personal collections. It's the best of both worlds."

"Before the warrior statue, Hong Kong Island Xin Bao Zhai was also considered an important private collection of oriental art."

"I'm afraid he'll be angry and would rather sell it to someone else at a lower price than to you." Tony Huang guessed what Lu Lirong was thinking.