I Have A Dual World Seal-Chapter 726: Collector Thief

Regarding the suspected object, Yuan Jing would naturally inform Daoist Mingzhang and Yuan Ye, so Lu Zheng returned to his home in Tonglin County.

That night, he called over Shen Ying and Liu Qingyan, and after a brief rest, Lu Zheng handed the Spirit Medicine plants to Liu Qingyan to refine into pills.

After all, Liu Qingyan's alchemy skills were better than his.

...

Elizabeth and her group traveled in Beidu for a week, then returned to Hai City, said goodbye to Lu Zheng, and flew away.

Days passed by...

One day close to the Spring Festival, Lin Wan came home from work to find Lu Zheng had already prepared two dishes and was waiting for her.

"Braised Giant Shrimp, Sweet and Sour Pork? Thank you, darling, kisses!"

Putting the document folder aside, Lin Wan jumped onto Lu Zheng, giving him a loving reward.

Lu Zheng held Lin Wan as they went to the bathroom to wash their hands, then he let her down to change clothes, and they sat together at the dining table.

"So tasty!"

Lin Wan sucked a bite of the shrimp, skillfully removing the head and shell, then stretched out her hand to feed Lu Zheng.

Simultaneously, she bit into the clean shrimp Lu Zheng offered.

After an affectionate dinner, Lu Zheng went to wash the dishes, and when he returned, he saw Lin Wan had prepared snacks and drinks on the living room coffee table.

"Why haven't you turned on the TV?"

Normally, at this time, Lin Wan would already have the TV on, having chosen a movie or drama to watch, waiting for Lu Zheng.

Lin Wan leaned on the sofa, waving the document folder in her hand.

Lu Zheng had noticed it earlier, "I thought it was work-related again, ready to assist or go on a business trip."

Lin Wan shook her head and said, "No, this is what I've secretly been investigating."

Lu Zheng couldn't help but laugh, "Oh? This is the information you've been looking into? What's this all about?"

Lin Wan sighed and said, "Tracing back the sources, it's a huge selection of information, and I've only found a few possible families, not sure if they're the right ones."

"What are the possible families, what are the right ones?" Lu Zheng asked with curiosity while taking the document folder and pulling out a stack of papers, "What are you talking about?"

"These five families, as I found out, have documented evidence that their ancestors came to Hua Country, participated in the Eight-Nation Alliance, and have decent family backgrounds now." Lin Wan explained, "Additionally, there are eight well-known private collectors with connections in both the underworld and legitimate circles, rumored to have many suspicious items locked in their vaults that the public doesn't know about."

Upon hearing this, Lu Zheng couldn't help but put away his smile.

"Just like you said, if artifacts are in national museums, it falls under the current tacit rules of various countries, and we indeed find it hard to act.

But, those in private hands, obtained through theft rather than trade, are national-level cultural relics. Now that we have the ability, should we intervene?

After all, you can't expect them to suddenly develop a conscience.

Moreover... even Cheng Long's deeds in the movie of acquiring those animal heads weren't precisely legal either.

Nonetheless, those are unmistakably ours; we can't let them be forever hidden in those shady cellars."

Lin Wan looked at the information in Lu Zheng's hands, and calmly said, "Before they put them up for sale or donate them to a museum..."

Lu Zheng nodded in agreement, "Exactly, once they're out in the open, it's inconvenient for us to act."

Lin Wan smiled and said, "At that time, anonymously donating them to the nation would just result in a war of words, with the public opinion certainly favoring us. Additionally, if we can stir things up..."

"Stir things up?" Lu Zheng was puzzled.

Lin Wan shrugged, "Do you think our country is genuinely interested in those artifacts from the Pharaohs, Olympus, and Three Brother Country?"

Lu Zheng was astonished, "You're simply a little genius!"

Lin Wan stood proudly with hands on her hips.

"Why bother with Interpol, hurry up and join the criminal ranks; this line of work suits you better!"

Lin Wan glared with playful menace and pounced on him, "I'll bite you!"

Then Lin Wan bit Lu Zheng playfully.

However, Lu Zheng neatly returned the information to the document folder.

...

Lu Zheng hugged Lin Wan and asked, "When are we going? During the Spring Festival holiday?"

After all, traveling to the other side of the world, flying there takes quite a while, and such matters are best handled without leaving traces via flights.

"No Spring Festival for us; I've already taken leave from work, we'll depart tomorrow!" Lin Wan said with sparkling eyes and high spirits.

She couldn't wait for a day longer...

"Alright!" Lu Zheng nodded, then said, "Luckily, those items from the Fan Ning Clan haven't been sent to Beidu yet."

"There's no hurry; once we've collected enough artifacts, we'll send them all together."

Lu Zheng nodded, then Lin Wan, feeling refreshed, enthusiastically flipped over and straddled Lu Zheng once more.

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[Sir Bao Man's collection was stolen, according to internal sources, the stolen items number in the hundreds, with a value of at least two billion British Pounds]

[Mystery! The Grant Clan filed a report on stolen family collections, including a bronze sculpture from Pharaoh Country weighing five hundred kilograms]

[The notorious artifact thief reappeared, Clark Manor in Gaul was visited, and over two hundred artifacts from Hua Country, Japan, Third Brother Country, Malaysia vanished]

[Security company business booming, European collectors are on edge. Interpol and multiple national police forces have already joined the investigation]

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Lin Wan looked at the internal network's work schedule, "Lord Raman's home will have police stationed tomorrow, let's adjust the schedule and go there tonight."

Lu Zheng nodded, "Alright."

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In the following half month, several renowned private collectors in Europe were visited, and news about the issue didn't settle down.

However, those filing police reports could only register some less important items, while those sensitive items could only be discreetly passed through underground channels.

A few private collectors have jointly issued a bounty, seeking these artifact thief's downfall!

Indeed, this...

No one believed that these dozen major cases were done by a pair of thieves working together.

Indeed, twelve cases...

While Lu Zheng and Lin Wan were in action, they found other clues at these people's homes, so they decided to go all out and captured everything.

But they had principles; ordinary collectibles with little artifact value or legally circulating artworks were left intact.

What they took were those hidden in basements, rarely seen, suspiciously obtained artifact collections.

These collections included not only those from Hua Country but also a large batch from Pharaoh Country, Greece, and various Middle Eastern countries; furthermore, Japan and Third Brother Country provided notable cultural heritage.

Although Hua Country people might not value these two countries' histories, they genuinely possess a historical heritage in the global scene.

After all, among the four major ancient civilizations, Hua Country is the only one without the prefix "ancient."