Director Miao took Mu Yang's letter to find his leader and reported the matter to his superiors. Finally, the matter was reported to the Vice Premier. The energetic old man looked at the materials summarized and Mu Yang's letter and thought a lot.

For a country, will it care about a painting? No, but it cares about the influence of this matter. How to deal with this matter is likely to be related to the diplomatic relations between China and France and the impressions of China.

The old man called his secretary and instructed: "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will take the lead in organizing relevant personnel from the Ministry of Public Security, National Security, Judicial Department, Palace Museum and other relevant personnel to conduct preliminary research on this matter and come up with a feasibility report."

With the leader, several people from relevant departments quickly gathered together. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was led by a deputy minister, and other ministries and commissions basically sent a department director, and the director of the Second Criminal Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security first reported.

"We collected all the surveillance videos of the neighborhood near Tian Lao. After analysis, the man who delivered the express delivery was locked." Then he asked the meeting staff to distribute printed photos to everyone and continued: "It is this man wearing a sports cap and wearing a sportswear. He is about 1.8 meters tall and his appearance is basically not clear. The analysis should be a Chinese man. According to his walking posture and speed, he is about 18 to 30 years old, and other situations are not clear yet."

"We analyzed the packaging box, but it was just a very ordinary packaging box, without any signs, and no express labels, so this should not be a normal express parcel."

"We also made an appraisal of the letter left by the suspect. Ordinary A4 paper is made by our own Chinese. The sign code on the envelope is from Beijing, so it is certain. This letter should have been made in Beijing."

"To sum up, we suspect that the Chinese man who delivered the express delivery is likely to be the suspect in this matter, between 18 and 30 years old, and has a lot to do with the theft in France François."

Deputy Minister Cheng of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs nodded and asked the Ministry of State Security to report.

A director of the Ministry of State Security said: "We have collected all the relevant information about the theft case of the Francois private museum in France. The main sources of information are news reports and internal information from the French police. This theft case, a total of 662 items were stolen. This ancient painting of Wu Daozi is one of them."

"The French side has initially determined that the man who stole theft was a European man. As for other accomplices, there are many suspicious points in the report of the Paris police, mainly focusing on how this theft gang stole so many antiques, and the French police have not yet figured it out."

"After our analysis, this theft gang should be very large, with clear division of labor and extremely strong high-tech means. We acted meticulously and had no omissions. We compared the methods and methods of theft gangs in various countries. There is no similar gang at the moment, and we do not have any information about this gang yet."

Next, the Palace Museum reported that this time the person who came was President Liu and Mr. Tian. As the first people to see this painting, they are also the top appraisal experts in China. They have the most say in this painting.

President Liu brought reading glasses and said slowly: "We have read a large number of records. We have collected all the ancient books recorded in this ancient painting and compared them with this painting. The appraisal department opened a vacuum storage box and conducted microscopic sampling of the painting for chemical analysis and identification. We also organized a group of experts in calligraphy and painting at the Palace Museum to summarize and appraise the painting, and finally concluded that this painting is undoubtedly the original work of the painting saint Wu Daozi."

"The year this painting should have been made between 742 and 755 AD. During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, it has a history of more than 1,200 years. It is the only painting preserved by Wu Daozi to this day. It can be regarded as a national treasure and can be comparable to the Qingming Festival. "

"This painting has been collected by the royal family in the past dynasties. When the Eight-Nation Alliance attacked the capital in the late Qing Dynasty and burned the Old Summer Palace, it was plundered by Western powers. François's grandfather was one of the commanders, so it was finally collected by the Truffaut family."

After listening to the reports from various departments, Vice Minister Cheng took off his glasses and looked at everyone and said, "I will summarize the reports of comrades. The current situation is, first, this painting is the original work, and the only work handed down by the painting saint Wu Daozi is a national treasure-level antique."

"Secondly, this painting was plundered by Western powers in the late Qing Dynasty and collected by the Truffaut family in France."

"Third, this painting is one of the stolen goods in this French theft."

"The question now is how should we deal with the painting, whether to leave it publicly in the country or return it to the French authorities."

"For more than 50 years, China and France have established diplomatic relations, and we are one of the Five Permanent Persons and have joined Interpol. If we follow international law, should we return this painting? If we keep it at home, the French authorities will definitely negotiate with China on this matter. What should we do in the end and what attitude should we take. These are the problems we are facing now."

"France has always been hostile to China, and France is one of the most premier countries in Europe. Our relationship has always been in a very tense and embarrassing position. If such a thing happens, will the relationship between our two countries become worse?"

Vice Minister Cheng spoke a series of questions, and everyone present fell silent.

Mr. Liu of the Palace Museum, said indignantly, "This is China's national treasure. The Europeans snatched it away. Now he has returned to us. No matter what method, he can't return him to France. This painting will be left in China and for our descendants."

At this time, the people from the judicial department spoke: "If we follow international law, we should indeed transfer the stolen goods transferred from other countries to our country to the victims, but there is a question here. Who should this painting belong to? It is still up to be discussed."

"It can be confirmed now that this painting was plundered by European powers in the late Qing Dynasty. If he wanted to determine his ownership, he should go back to the Qing Dynasty, rather than saying that their Truffaut family snatched it, it should belong to them."

"Of course, there are likely to be a lot of suspicions here, but we in China are not without words."

This judicial expert took a different approach and put forward different opinions.
Chapter completed!