Chapter 293 Ancient paintings are mysteriously lost
Fu Yunchen slept for more than four hours. When the alarm rang, he immediately got up and went to the archaeological institute.
There was just one last step left to complete the restoration of the painting, and the mystery of the woman in the painting was about to be unveiled. This was what he was most looking forward to right now.
Ten minutes later, Fu Yunchen rushed to the scientific research institute.
As soon as I took the elevator to the fifth floor, I heard a piercing alarm sound.
Fu Yunchen's heart tightened, and he quickly walked out of the elevator and rushed into the archaeological institute.
The employees in the archaeological institute rushed to a certain room anxiously.
"We must protect all cultural relics!" Mr. Qi's bony face was full of anger.
"Teacher! What happened?" Fu Yunchen walked to Qi Lao's side.
"Someone stole the archaeological artifacts."
Fu Yunchen frowned slightly, and a bad premonition suddenly arose in his heart.
"What was lost?"
"The ancient painting that is about to be restored, and a rosewood cryptex excavated from Tomb No. 02."
Fu Yunchen strode into the repair room. Several staff members and security guards from the scientific research institute were all inside.
"Mr. Fu!"
Fu Yunchen strode to the table, and the painting originally placed on the table had disappeared.
Fu Yunchen glanced at the people present: "Who discovered that this painting was missing first?"
A young man stood up and said, "It was me. I came in to get information, but I found that the painting originally placed on the table was missing. Then I immediately pressed the alarm."
Fu Yunchen pondered for a moment: "Has anyone seen that painting before it was lost?"
A female archaeologist said: "I saw it half an hour ago."
Fu Yunchen fell into deep thought.
In other words, the painting was lost less than half an hour ago.
Qi Lao walked over tremblingly.
"Fu Xiaowu, come here for a moment."
Fu Yunchen was called to the office alone by Mr. Qi.
After closing the door, the old man sat on the sofa and waved for Fu Yunchen to sit down too.
"What do you think of this matter?" Qi Lao asked.
Fu Yunchen lowered his eyes and thought for a moment.
"The archaeological institute is not open to the public. The electronic door at the entrance requires a card to enter. It was obviously stolen by an insider."
Mr. Qi nodded: "I have the same idea, but if the painting has been lost for half an hour, it is very likely that it has been transferred."
Fu Yunchen said: "Check the surveillance first, and focus on those who enter the repair room within half an hour."
"Yes!" Mr. Qi also agreed with this method.
In the control room
Fu Yunchen, Mr. Qi, Ye Xie and Director Ning who came after hearing the news were all present.
Two staff in the monitoring room are collecting all the monitoring data within half an hour.
Several people's eyes were fixed on the LCD screen.
"Within half an hour, only three people entered the restoration room, Zhang Caini, Liu Zhaopeng, and Xu Cuicui. Liu Zhaopeng was the last one to enter, and he was the one who pressed the alarm after discovering that the painting was missing. Xu Cuicui was the first one to enter, and so was Xu Cuicui.
She personally said that she had seen the painting still in the restoration room half an hour ago. From the surveillance camera, it could be seen that when Xu Cuicui entered the restoration room, the painting was indeed still on the table. But strangely, when Zhang Caini entered the restoration room,
Before, the painting had disappeared."
Mr. Qi turned around and looked at Fu Yunchen.
"In this situation, it seems that all three of them are suspected, but the evidence is not sufficient."
Director Ning frowned and said, "Judging from the surveillance video, none of the three of them approached the table. Although Xu Cuicui glanced at the table, she was still more than one meter away from the table. Who did it?"
Fu Yunchen stared at the screen and pondered for a while: "Rewind the video to twenty-one minutes ago."
"Fu Xiaowu, what did you find?" Qi Lao's eyes flashed with joy.
“Not sure yet!”
The staff quickly adjusted the video back to 21 minutes.
The video at this time shows Xu Cuicui standing one meter away from the table. After she went to the bookcase to get some information, she walked around the desk and glanced at the desk unintentionally.
"stop!"
The staff immediately pressed the pause button.
Fu Yunchen stared at the screen silently for a while with his deep eyes.
"Get up!"
The staff member looked at Fu Yunchen with a puzzled look. He didn't know what Fu Yunchen was going to do, but he immediately stood up and gave way to his seat.
Fu Yunchen sat down and began typing quickly on the keyboard with both hands.
About five minutes later
Those clear and deep eyes narrowed slightly.
"The surveillance video of the Archaeological Institute was interfered with, and the time happened to be between minutes 21 and 22 of this video, so this video actually has a one-minute gap."
Qi Lao frowned and thought for a few seconds.
"Xu Cuicui was only one meter away from the table at the time. It is entirely possible for her to hide the painting on her body in one minute. Look at the clothes she is wearing today."
Xu Cuicui is wearing a very loose black coat, the style of which is a bat shirt, and with her slender figure, it is not difficult to hide a scroll on her body."
Director Ning understood and immediately ordered the two security guards behind him.
"Go and bring Xu Cuicui here."
"yes!"
The security guard immediately walked out of the control room.
Five minutes later, they hurried back.
"Director, Xu Cuicui is missing."
Qi Lao's expression changed drastically, and he angrily shouted: "Aren't we going to let people keep an eye on them? All the staff of the Archaeological Institute cannot leave until the matter is figured out."
"Others said that Xu Cuicui went to the bathroom and never came out again."
Fu Yunchen immediately walked out of the monitoring room.
He ordered in a deep voice toward the empty corridor: "Xu Cuicui should have gone out from the bathroom vent. You should send someone to catch her immediately. You must bring her back to me."