He shook my hand vigorously, and asked me in a slightly excited voice, "Professor Night told me that you found this painting, and he refused to tell me the details." If you have already read this section, read the latest section

"Can you let me know where you found this painting?"

I glanced at my second uncle quietly and calmed down, "I'll tell you the specific situation slowly in the future, tell me the result first!" ”

Professor Wang Kun nodded helplessly and led us into his research room, "Since I took this painting in, I have started to appraise it, but the result is really a bit unbelievable. ”

Glancing at us, he explained, "Let's talk about how we can distinguish the authenticity of a famous painting." Specifically, there are four steps, such as this red vineyard. ”

He pointed to the painting I had picked up across from him, "As we all know, this painting was painted by Van Gogh in November 1888. To identify its authenticity, the first step is to make a correct decision about the author's style in that time period.

"Then we will find out the pigments that were commonly used in Europe in 1888 and look at them with a microscope to see if they are the same. The third step is to sign. ”

Professor Wang Kun pointed to the signature of "Red Vineyard" and said, "Everyone's handwriting is different, so the author's signature is often the most important factor in judging the authenticity of a painting." In the last step, the age of the canvas is detected with a radiographic ray. ”

Speaking of this, Professor Wang Kun's face was deeply puzzled: "I spent several days carefully identifying this painting, and the first, second, and third steps all show that it is genuine.

"But after irradiating it, there was a very strange result!"

He glanced at the three of us deeply, his voice was clear, but there was a tremor in his tone, "Canvas, canvas is too new!"

"Although it is the same as the canvas made in France in 1888, both in terms of style and raw materials, the radiation indicates that the canvas should not have been manufactured for more than four years."

"What do you mean?" Yu Xin and the second uncle's brains couldn't turn around for a while.

I sorted out my thoughts and asked in as calm a tone as I could, "You mean, this painting is fake?" A fake that has only been made in recent years? ”

"That's not right." Professor Wang Kun shook his head in confusion, "No one can fake such a real painting." It's just the canvas that I can't figure out. No matter how you look at it, the painting should be real. ”

"Whether it's true or not, please make it clear." I got a little impatient.

Professor Wang clenched his head in distress and said loudly, "I don't know, but with my more than 40 years of appraisal experience, it is true." But the canvas ...... Canvas! ”

"Don't guess, I've got the easiest way here."

I interrupted him unceremoniously: "This red vineyard of Van Gogh should now be preserved in the Pushkin Museum in Moscow, you can give them a call and ask about the situation." ”

Professor Wang raised his head, shook it vigorously, and then continued to hold it with both hands, and said with difficulty, "It's useless, if the painting is real, what is preserved in the Pushkin Museum is a fake."

"If they really bought fakes, how could they spread the scandal!"

I was really speechless, glanced at Yu Xin, and said helplessly, "Since this painting has doubts, and it is still such obvious doubts, it is too early to judge it now." ”

At that moment, a researcher scrambled into a newspaper with a newspaper.

He gasped, his voice very nervous, "Dean Wang, there is a news item in today's newspaper about the red vineyard, and it has been stolen!" ”

These words immediately set off an uproar in this small research room, and everyone stood up from their chairs in shock, their whole bodies stiffened, and they almost forgot to breathe in surprise.

Professor Wang Kun couldn't wait to grab the newspaper, and the three of us also leaned over with our heads.

I saw the front page headline of the morning newspaper, with the headline clearly written in large number 2 letters: the theft of the Pushkin Museum, and the unknown disappearance of Van Gogh's "red vineyard".

It is to the effect that a week ago, the "red vineyard" in the safe of the Pushkin Museum was missing, but strangely enough, there was no trace of theft at the scene.

The involvement of the police and the secret investigation preliminarily ruled out the possibility of internal thieves.

The Pushkin Museum wanted to hide the facts, but in the end, a certain clerk couldn't help but tell his wife, and leaked the secret.

There are many suspicious points in this case, and the Russian police are still investigating further.

We read the newspaper report carefully, and sat back in our chairs silently, and no one was willing to break the silence for a long time.

I smiled wryly and said softly, "A week ago, it just so happened that we found this painting seven days ago. ”

Yu Xin asked a little confused, "Brother Xiaoye, it's weird, why did the newspaper say that the painting disappeared in the safe?" Didn't you tell me before that it hung in a museum for people to see in an exhibition? ”

"Fool." I looked at Professor Wang Kun and then at my second uncle, and said, "Generally speaking, works of art are very fragile. In particular, paintings, no matter what material they are working on, more than a hundred years of time, and external factors are enough to tear them apart.

"Therefore, almost all the artworks taken out of the museum for exhibition are replicas, and the real paintings will be kept in low-temperature safes to avoid harm."

Yu nodded happily, pursed his lips, and said, "Cut, I will never go to the museum again in the future, since it is not a real thing, what else is there to see, it is better to pay for a picture album." ”

Listening to her somewhat mean words, the faces of Professor Wang Kun and the second uncle were not very bearable. I smirked, my eyes fixed on the newspaper once again.

The reporter who wrote this headline was very skilled, and he could see everything that needed to be said, and the chapter implied a lot of unspoken meanings.

Since the police have found no traces of theft and ruled out the possibility of ghosts, how did the "red vineyard" disappear?

And, if it was really stolen, why did the thief just steal a painting and turn a blind eye to the numerous collections in the safe?

Since he was able to sneak into the heavily guarded safe of the Pushkin Museum without being detected, the thief must have been fully prepared.

He or they definitely have extremely clever means, and the cost of equipment and the collection of data and information will also cost a huge amount of money.

With so much effort, why did they only take away one painting?

Unconsciously, my mind came back to the man who had fainted next to Lu Yu's coffin a week ago.

That man was extremely smart, and if he was skilled, it would have been possible to infiltrate the Pushkin Museum and steal the paintings.

Moreover, the present puzzling painting was found right next to the spot where he was found.

Reaching into my trouser pocket, I touched the ring I had taken from the man's ring finger and laughed inexplicably, would this ring, which seemed to be important to him, bring him to me?

Hehe, suddenly I was looking forward to it......

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