Bind to the collection system, I became a national treasure

Chapter 247 Prepare to shake people

Bai Xi frowned and thought to himself for a moment.

Suddenly, she bent her index finger and gently tapped the bronze wall of the bronze tripod, and a dull echo came from the tripod.

"This sound seems a little wrong..."

"Is there something inside this tripod-shaped bronze vessel?"

Such a guess emerged in Bai Xi's mind.

Last time, Bai Xi encountered a similar situation when he was completing the national destiny mission: The Glory of the Ming Dynasty. The Twenty-Four Seals of the Ming Dynasty were hidden inside an ancient stele. If Bai Xi had not asked Xiao Rui to smash it open with a hammer, the Twenty-Four Seals of the Ming Dynasty might have disappeared in the long river of history along with the ancient stele.

However, speculation is speculation. The situation this time is no better than last time. Even though the tripod-shaped bronze in front of you is not an item required for the mission, it is a bronze from the Spring and Autumn Period after all, and it is so well-preserved. It is a national treasure-level cultural relic, and there is nothing like an ancient monument. The value is lost if it is smashed. If the bronze in front of you is treated in the same way, it would be too much of a waste of natural resources.

"Xiao Rui, bring Niu Jianrong in."

Bai Xi thought about it for a while and decided to interrogate Niu Jianrong again.

"it is good."

Xiao Rui responded and waved his hand. The soldier behind him understood, turned around and strode out of the storage room, dragging Niu Jianrong from the living room in like a dead dog.

Due to excessive bleeding from his legs, Niu Jianrong's face was now as pale as paper. After being dragged to the storage room, he looked at Niu Jianxiong who died with his eyes open beside him, stretched out his right hand tremblingly, and gently placed it on the other's eyes, making him close his eyes.

Bai Xi did not stop Niu Jianrong from doing this.

"Niu Jianrong, where did you dig up this tripod-shaped bronze vessel?"

Bai Xi lowered his head slightly and asked Niu Jianrong.

Niu Jianrong raised his head and glanced at Bai Xi. A trace of deep hatred flashed in the depths of his eyes, but on the surface he responded honestly, "We dug this out near Luyi County, ZK City, Nanhe Province."

"What have you dug up?"

Bai Xi remembered this place and then asked Niu Jianrong again.

"The tomb was very empty and dilapidated, so we excavated this tripod-shaped bronze vessel and dozens of coins from the Spring and Autumn Period."

Niu Jianrong answered truthfully.

"Where are the coins?"

"sold."

"Where was it sold?"

"It's in the black market here."

"Did you only bring this tripod-shaped bronze vessel and those coins with you this time?"

"Correct."

……

Bai Xi asked questions one after another and Niu Jianrong answered them one after another.

In such circumstances, Bai Xi felt that Niu Jianrong probably didn't have the courage to lie to her.

Based on the information provided by Niu Jianrong, Bai Xi thought about it for a while and felt that the key to completing the task lay in this tripod-shaped bronze artifact.

Although the coins from the Spring and Autumn Period are also very precious, they are definitely not comparable to the tripod-shaped bronze artifacts. Moreover, these coins have long been sold by the Niu brothers and are obviously not the target items of this mission.

"please……"

"I've told you everything, just leave me a way to survive."

Just as Bai Xi was thinking, Niu Jianrong raised his right hand weakly, his eyes full of helplessness and pleading.

Upon hearing this, Bai Xi looked down at Niu Jianrong, then turned his gaze to Xiao Rui and Yuan Meng.

"Don't worry, he will get the punishment he deserves."

Xiao Rui nodded at her, then he and Yuan Meng took Niu Jianrong out.

......

The next day, early morning.

Shangri-La Hotel.

Bai Xi was sitting in the living room, with breakfast and hot milk on the coffee table.

"Dear viewers, welcome to the Manzhouli morning news. Today is December 27, 2015. The daytime high is 0 degrees Celsius, and the nighttime low is..."

On the TV in front, the morning news from Manzhouli is being broadcast at this moment.

In fact, Bai Xi's attention was not on the TV at all. The so-called morning news was purely background noise.

Last night, when Bai Xi returned from S Block, it was almost two o'clock in the morning. After she properly placed the tripod-shaped bronze ware, she took a careful bath and went to bed.

Not surprisingly, Bai Xi suffered from insomnia.

Although Bai Xi was extremely sleepy, she just couldn't fall asleep. Every time she closed her eyes, the extremely bloody scene from last night and the desperate wails of those people before they died emerged in her mind.

Bai Xi was mentally prepared for this.

Post-war stress reaction is a hurdle that every soldier who has experienced blood and fire must go through. Although Bai Xi did not go to the battlefield personally and shoot and kill people last night, all these people died because of Bai Xi, so it is very normal for Bai Xi to have a stress reaction.

Insomnia and frequent dreams are typical manifestations of stress response, so Bai Xi didn't sleep much the whole night. He lay in bed and watched the sun rise with his own eyes.

Later, Bai Xi simply couldn't sleep, so after dawn, he changed his clothes and went to the gym downstairs to walk around twice.

As for why only in the gym...

Of course it’s because it’s too cold outside and there’s heating in the house!

If she hadn't wanted to confirm last night whether it was a mission item, she wouldn't have been willing to go out in this awful weather.

After returning, Bai Xi took a quick shower and then did not go to the restaurant for breakfast. Instead, he had breakfast brought to the living room.

Regarding the issue of the tripod-shaped bronze artifact, Bai Xi thought about it carefully while walking in circles just now, and felt that the tripod-shaped bronze artifact still had to be opened, because it was very likely that the key item for her to complete the task was hidden inside the tripod-shaped bronze artifact.

But how to open this tripod-shaped bronze vessel is now a problem.

It will definitely not work if you open it violently.

After much deliberation, Bai Xi finally decided to go to the Imperial Capital Museum far away.

If there is any place in the world that has the most extensive research, the strongest technology, and the most experts on ancient artworks, it is definitely the National Museum.

She wanted to open the tripod-shaped bronze vessel, but she was helpless and the system couldn't help her either.

But that doesn't mean the National Museum will be helpless. You have to know that there are hundreds of senior experts and dozens of professional teams in the National Museum, which are definitely different from a half-baked person like her.

Bai Xi felt that the National Museum of China would definitely have a way to solve this problem by taking out the contents of the tripod-shaped bronze artifact while protecting it from damage, so she only needed to contact the organization and hire a team of experts from the Imperial Capital, and the problem at hand would be solved.

But unfortunately, Xiao Rui went to deal with the Niu brothers' affairs and it would probably take a few hours for him to come back.

She also didn't want to make a phone call to the General Staff over such a small matter, as that would be an overreaction.

So after thinking it through, he sat patiently in the living room, waiting for Xiao Rui to come back.

Urgent, indeed urgent.

But she could still wait for a few hours.