Chapter 161, Chapter 16, Museum

In the early morning of the next day, the sky became more and more gloomy. Light rain fell from the sky, and the waves on the sea kept rolling. This was not a suitable weather for diving.

After the Sanbao was moored at a marina in Surabaya, Song Wenbin took Su Tina and Huo Yu to leave the yacht, holding an umbrella and walking towards the city of Surabaya.Unlike usual, due to the confidentiality of the mission, after landing this time, in order not to attract attention, the photographers took small equipment and sneaked behind them to shoot.Some just pretend to be passers-by and take pictures of them where they pass.

Although Su Tina slept for a while last night, the dark circles under her eyes still haven't disappeared. At this moment, she was walking beside Huo Yu, looking a little out of control.

Song Wenbin was worried that she would be hurt by reading too many materials these days, so he took her to find an Indonesian restaurant that looked pretty good.

The three sat in the store and ordered a satay pork, a spicy sour bean and seafood soup, a fried shrimp ball, a stir-fried beef with pickled vegetables, and a Southeast Asian cendol.This stuff looks like fried green beans, but it's actually a dessert.It is made of green rice noodles with shaved ice, red bean brown sugar and coconut milk. It tastes very fresh and delicious.

Huo Yu was sitting in the shop eating pork satay, looking out the window at the local Indonesians in raincoats on electric bikes, and said, "Treasures can't be inland. Something, it will definitely be reported on the news.”

"Yeah." Su Tina shook the smoothie with a spoon absently.

"By the way, when the people from the GD Provincial Museum approached you, did they tell you about the source of the news?" Song Wenbin asked.

Su Tina took out the tablet from her carry-on backpack, swiped a few times, and put a page in front of Song Wenbin, saying: "This is a foreign cultural relics trading website, and someone posted a piece of porcelain dug out in Indonesia on it. and light gold, and a fragment of a plank."

Huo Yu turned his head and looked at it and asked: "Didn't you say that Indonesia won't take it abroad? Why are they still selling it?"

Su Tina replied: "These things are not of high value, they are all broken. You can call it an underwater cultural relic, or you can call it an underwater garbage. So no one cares."

Song Wenbin stared at the photo on the computer for a while, and said, "When was this picture uploaded?"

"Last year." Su Tina said.

"last year."

Song Wenbin sipped rambutan fruit tea, lost in thought.

"No." He thought for a moment and shook his head.

"No? Why not?" Su Tina asked.

"The porcelain is broken, and the gold seems to be of very low purity, not to mention the wooden fragments, which are not worth anything. Rather than saying that this person is selling cultural relics, it is better to say that what he is selling is clues." Song Wenbin asked: "Have you tried contacting the seller?"

"Of course we have contacted. But we can only contact the middleman, that is, the website. We can't contact the seller at all. This is the protection regulation of these websites reselling cultural relics abroad. In fact, these cultural relics did not only appear once. , they occur many times."

Su Tina scratched the tablet, and there were four or five photos in total, some of which were broken porcelain, some of which were pieces of wood, some of which were rusted coins, and some fragments of statues.

"These are all fragments of Indonesian underwater cultural relics. They are sold at a price of 500 US dollars, and the price is similar." Sutina said: "But only two copies were sold, and one of them was bought by the Chinese Archaeological Institute for research."

Song Wenbin put down his chopsticks, narrowed his eyes, and tapped his fingers on the table.

"I think there's a problem," he said.

"What's the problem?" Su Tina and Huo Yu asked him.

Song Wenbin said lightly: "Think about it, if you found these things in Indonesia, would you sell them like this? I mean, the price is not high, right? If we found these things, we would definitely Follow the vines and continue to salvage, and make a fortune in silence, why bother to release these things and cause a commotion."

"But, apart from us, who else knows the secret of the Jiuwenlong treasure chest?" Su Tina frowned and said, "I can guarantee that the information in China is top secret, and the appearance of these items is also before the start of our show. If you simply don't know that there are more valuable clues hidden behind these fragments, you might try your luck by putting these worthless things on the trading website."

Huo Yu was listening to Song Wenbin and Su Tina talking to each other, and he couldn't get in his mouth.Analyzing problems has never been her forte.

"You're right, but I'm a person who never considers factors other than people. In short, I think there is a problem, and there is a problem with the motive. The motives of the people who sell these things are not pure." Song Wenbin said lightly: "Maybe it is to attract attention."

"Why attract attention?" Su Tina asked.

Song Wenbin shrugged: "There are too few clues, I don't know."

After a simple lunch, Sutina seemed to have regained some energy. The three of them decided to go to the museum in Surabaya first to see if they could find key information about Zheng He's landing on the rocks.

Because the rain was getting heavier, they called a taxi and went all the way to the museum.

Su Tina looked at the surrounding high-rise buildings and those brick walls, and her heart was full of disappointment.If she listened to Song Wenbin's speech last night, she still had some expectations.But when she actually walked down the street, looking at the endless city skyline, she knew that it was impossible to find treasure in it.This place is far away from all romance and ends any fantasies. The electric cars passing by in a hurry and the crazy car horns beat all the things that dare to transcend reality to the ground repeatedly until they are smashed to the ground.

When I walked near the museum, the terrible sense of reality faded a little.

The museum is located in a square with a lot of shade around it. Because of the weather, there are not many people here.

After the three bought a ticket at the door, they entered the museum. There are many strange things on display in the museum, including some Javanese ape-man skull fossils, tripods and gilts from the Bronze Age 4000 years ago, and elephant-headed Buddha statues on Java Island. , Sumatra's unique house models, shadow puppetry, and puppet show props.

Su Tina is full of curiosity about these cultural relics. When she first entered the museum, she looked around like a fish entering the sea, and took notes with a small notebook while looking.

Song Wenbin didn't have any hope in his heart, he just felt that if the treasure hunt couldn't continue, he would take some pictures in this museum and take them back to deal with the business, although it was stupid, it was better than nothing.

At this time, Huo Yu swayed to Song Wenbin's side, poked him quietly, and whispered in his ear, "Someone is following us."

Song Wenbin's heart trembled when he heard the words, and he immediately lowered his voice and asked, "Who?"

"I felt it when I left the pier. When I took a taxi just now, there was someone behind me. Now that person is wandering outside the museum." Huo Yu said vigilantly.

Song Wenbin was about to turn back immediately, but Huo Yu grabbed his face and didn't let him turn back. She pointed to a glass mirror in front of her and whispered: "Look in the mirror, don't turn back, don't startle the snake."

Song Wenbin stared at the mirror in front of him. This decorative mirror reflected the scene outside the museum. Outside the museum, a few photographers from their film crew had not had time to come in, and they were taking pictures of the exterior with their equipment.But under the banana tree behind those photographers, there was still a man in a raincoat standing. He was riding on an electric scooter with a mask on his face, so he couldn't see his face or height clearly. Obviously the head is looking inside the glass door of the museum.

Song Wenbin stood by the decorative glass for a while, looking at his reflection, and the man didn't leave, just kept watching.

"Good guy"

Song Wenbin suddenly became extremely disturbed. If it wasn't for Huo Yu, he would never have known that there was a little tail behind him.

Although Song Wenbin was uneasy about the stalker, he was not surprised.

Now the three of them are all pretending to be identities, and he even pretends to be a rich second generation. He has been floating in the harbor outside Surabaya for a week on a luxury yacht, which will inevitably attract attention.

It's just that Song Wenbin doesn't know the identity of the follower. Is it from the Indonesian government or some other force?Of course, the last thing he wants is to attract the attention of Indonesian officials. Once that happens, the show will inevitably be suspended.

"Could it be someone from the government?" Huo Yu asked softly while looking at his reflection in the mirror.

Song Wenbin said softly: "If it was the official attention, I probably wouldn't be so timid. And that electric car looks broken enough."

"What should I do?"

Huo Yu said in a low voice.

"Let's go inside and see if he can come in. If he comes in, he's close, so we'll stop him and question him." Song Wenbin said in a low voice.

"it is good."

After quietly making a decision, Song Wenbin and Huo Yu returned to Su Tina's side. At this moment, Su Tina didn't know that she was being followed, and she was concentrating on recording various collections in the museum.

"Ready?"

Huo Yu asked Su Tina.

"Ok?"

Su Tina turned her head to the side. She was sketching in a small notebook, and the drawing was vivid.

"Go inside and have a look." Huo Yu said.

"Okay." Su Tina said.

The three of them turned a corner and entered deeper into the museum, away from the glass door.This exhibition hall is filled with all kinds of ancient Chinese porcelain, as well as some ancient Chinese coins. Many of the coins were salvaged from the sea, covered with thick rust, and placed in piles in the display cabinets.

"These are all Chinese porcelain and cultural relics, from Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties."

Su Tina looked at the glass showcase and said sadly, "Among the museums in Southeast Asian countries, there is not a single museum that does not have Chinese cultural relics. In fact, there are millions of Chinese cultural relics stored abroad, many of which are national treasures. .In fact, it would be fine if they were really placed in a museum, but most of the cultural relics will participate in private auctions and become the playthings of the rich.”

Su Tina and Huo Yu were talking, and Song Wenbin casually slipped to the floor-to-ceiling glass of the museum, looking outside from the corner of his eye.The man riding the scooter parked the scooter next to the ticket office, got off and started buying tickets.

This action made Song Wenbin more convinced that he might be being followed.But what is the origin of the other party?Why did he follow him? Song Wenbin was puzzled.

(End of this chapter)

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