"No wonder this guy hasn't moved his nest for thirty years!

Ye Tian secretly sighed to himself, and then continued to look through the situation of the inner hut.

The furnishings in the room are simple and easy to see at a glance.

A two-seater sofa, a high chair, a few oil paintings, and a bookshelf 1.5 meters high and 1.2 meters wide with some books on it!

There was a shrine standing on the wall on the west side of the room, which should have been built at the same time as this small building, radiating red light in Ye Tian's eyes, but it was not of much value!

In addition, there are two pinhole cameras in the room, located at the east and west ends, monitoring the whole room!

As far as the eye can see, there is no secret room or secret passage entrance, and the room is very quiet, as if no one has been here!

Obviously, after Thompson's guy entered the secret room or secret passage, he immediately closed the door, so he didn't find out!

Is it a secret room, or is it a secret passage to another place, and where is it hidden?

With these questions, Ye Tian began to look through every corner of the room, every centimeter of walls and floors.

The walls weren't too thick, there were no walls or traps inside, and next door was a data room, which had not been entered for many years, dusty, very quiet, and without any secrets.

Since it's not next door, it's underground! Secrets are hidden under the floor, no doubt!

The line of sight immediately pierced through the ancient red bricks laid on the ground and looked directly into the ground.

Underneath the sofas, bookshelves, and several oil paintings were solid foundations, and black dirt, and there was no shadow of a secret room or secret passage at all.

Then, Ye Tian's gaze turned to the shrine standing against the wall.

There are two bronze angel statues on the front of the shrine, about 20 centimeters high, and the carving level is average, although it is old, it is not of much value!

But it was these two angel statues that instantly attracted Ye Tian's attention.

For no other reason, the gloss of the surface of the two angel statues is different, or even far from each other!

The angel statue on the right seems to be often touched, the appearance of the statue is shiny and shiny, with a layer of pulp, as if it has been playing with the plate for many years, and there are traces of friction and rotation in the position of the base!

Although the angel statue on the left is also recognizable, it is still much worse than the right one, and it is not like the luster of the plate, but more like it is wiped out with a towel, which lacks popularity!

What's more, the base of the statue on the left has no traces of rotational friction at all!

Obviously, the angel on the right seems to be a cat!

Without a moment's hesitation, Ye Tian immediately began to look through this angel statue!

From perspective, the studio's biggest secret is immediately revealed.

Sure enough!

The angel statue is movable and can rotate inward 90 degrees.

Its base is connected to a mechanism consisting of several pulleys and chains, as well as a wrist-sized metal pipe that connects to the mechanism inside the shrine.

The chains and pulleys inside and outside the shrine are very lubricated, and they seem to be in constant use and run smoothly, and it is estimated that the sound is very small when opened, not even a sound.

Clearly, someone is taking care of these parts.

The man who maintained these institutions was undoubtedly Reverend Thompson.

The perspective continued, and the secret of the shrine was completely grasped by Ye Tian in an instant.

This shrine is a door that can be opened by holding the angel statue on the right and rotating it inward 90 degrees, and the shrine can be opened 90 degrees.

After entering this secret door, the shrine can be pulled up from the inside, so that the shrine can be returned to its original position, and the traces of entry and exit can be concealed!

The reason why Thompson was able to disappear as if he had evaporated from the world, leaving no trace, came from this!

From the friction marks on the base of the angel statue, as well as the friction marks between the shrine and the ground, it can be seen that this secret door was opened very frequently.

And these marks don't look very old, they are all friction marks that have appeared in recent years!

Although some people tried to cover up these traces and did some tricks, in Ye Tian's eyes, this was completely useless, and he saw through it at a glance.

Apparently, Thompson often opened this secret door to enter and exit the secret chamber or secret passage located underground.

Don't even think about it, this secret room located underground, or the place where the secret passage leads, is Thompson's real art warehouse, and it is also the ultimate goal of his own investigation!

There must be a large number of top-quality antiques hidden there, most likely including the 13 top-notch works of art that were looted at the Gardner Museum, and the remaining three masterpieces looted from the Bürle Foundation in Switzerland!

What kind of secret room is hidden behind the shrine? how big is it, when was it built, why was this secret secret room built, and most importantly, how many top-notch antique artworks are hidden inside?

If there is a secret passage behind the shrine, where does it lead? is it the old apartment building next to it, or the building of Captain Jack's Cottage in front of the church?

And where the secret passage finally leads, what is hidden? is it danger or wealth?

With countless questions, Ye Tianqiang suppressed the excitement in his heart and continued to see through.

The gaze continued downward, directly through the shrine, to the mysterious door behind it.

This is a secret door about 60 centimeters wide and about 1.6 meters high, which happens to be completely covered by the shrine, allowing only one person to enter, and it has to be hunched.

Behind the secret door is a stone secret passage with a staircase that descends diagonally and descends at an angle of about forty-five degrees, which is not a small slope!

About two meters down the dark passage, you can see a spiral staircase, which is also a stone staircase, which is very strong!

This spiral staircase leads directly into the depths of the ground, and two steps down the staircase will give you enough space above your head so you don't have to hunch over!

And where this spiral staircase leads, Ye Tian doesn't know for the time being! He can only know after sneaking in quietly at night and probing on the spot.

When his gaze reached the spiral staircase, he could no longer make any further progress!

It was more than two meters deep underground, nearly three meters, and it had reached the limit depth of perspective, and if it weren't for the empty dark passage, which made his line of sight unobstructed, he probably wouldn't have been able to see the spiral staircase.

At this point, it means that this perspective probe can end here.

What can we do if we don't end?

I didn't see where the spiral staircase leads, nor the secret room where the antique artwork is hidden, but the perspective exploration has been very successful and the gains are huge!

"Great! Thompson! Even if you go deep into the depths of the earth, buddy can get you out, and buddy still points to you to make a fortune!"

Ye Tian cheered in a low voice again, very excited!

In the process of perspective exploration, he has basically grasped the situation of this dark passage.

It's a stone tunnel, and even though it's nearly 300 years old, it's still very sturdy and sturdy, and there isn't even a crack in the wall!

The people who built the Old North Church at the beginning, I don't know what the purpose is, they actually built such a fortress-level secret passage, which must have a very important purpose.

From the analysis of the situation in the dark passage, the secret room under the spiral staircase is probably stronger and grander, maybe it is an underground palace.

The people who built this secret passage and secret room probably never imagined that this place would actually fall into the hands of Thompson, who used it to hide stolen antique artworks and use them for art crimes!

If they knew this, they would probably all be violently jumped by the angry three corpses!

Not only was the tunnel sturdy, but Thompson had made some changes and added a few things.

He installed an emergency light in the dark passage of more than two meters to illuminate it, and also installed essential monitoring equipment to facilitate movement, very discreet!

It can be seen that lighting and surveillance equipment must have been installed in the vault down the spiral staircase and deep underground.

It is even possible that he could have transformed the underground chamber into a constant temperature and humidity studio to preserve the antique artworks from damage to those valuable treasures.

Anything is possible!

Ye Tian withdrew his gaze from the dark passage and turned to look at the studio outside.

There's also a top-notch work of art there, just waiting to be admired!

Now that you've found the answer you want, it's time to treat yourself!

Eyes entered the studio again, Ye Tian looked directly at the oil painting placed on the easel, his eyes were very excited and full of anticipation!

This is a landscape oil painting that is about to be completed, medium in size, about 70 x 95.

The content of the picture is very familiar to Ye Tian, it is a very famous painting, one of the representative works of the famous French realist landscape painter Corot, "Landscape near Voltra"

But unfortunately, this is not the top artwork that Corot contributed to the world, but just a copy!

The level of copying is okay! You can still see a little bit of Corot's paintings!

As for the copyists, of course the venerable Reverend Thompson!

He used special pigments to falsify the surface of another famous painting, copying Corot's famous painting! And the painting covered by the special pigment was the top artwork that Ye Tian really wanted to see.

It is a painting from nearly 400 years ago, by a master, and it has extraordinary artistic value!

But what exactly is the work of that master? Ye Tian still doesn't know!

When the perspective was opened, the secret disappeared in an instant, and a baroque oil painting was incomparably clear in Ye Tian's eyes.

The moment he saw the content of this oil painting, Ye Tian immediately couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice, his voice was full of excitement and joy!

"Bacchus Bacchus! Velázquez's Bacchus Bacchus! Oh my God! This is a famous painting that the Spaniards have been frantically searching for decades!"

Velázquez, a Spanish painter of the Baroque period in the 17th century, has achieved great artistic achievements and is known as the first master in the history of Spanish painting!

And this "Bacchus Bacchus", one of his masterpieces, has been in the collection of the Prado Museum in Madrid for centuries.

In the 70s of the last century, this oil painting was stolen from the Prado Museum and its whereabouts are still unknown!

The Spanish police and the Prado Museum have never given up on tracking down this famous painting for decades, but they have never received any information, and some even say that the famous painting has been completely burned!

But who would have thought that this famous painting would actually appear in Boston and fall into the hands of Thompson.

And judging by the current situation, this top-notch artwork should have found a home and is ready to be traded, so Thompson will take out this famous painting for counterfeiting!

"Thankfully, buddy stepped in, otherwise the Spaniards would never have been able to reclaim this famous painting! God knows it would have become the collector's private collection!"

Ye Tian secretly sighed, his eyes had already begun to glow green!

Then, he adjusted his mood a little and began to appreciate this masterpiece!