Chương 524: Chapter 524: Secret Underpass
"No wonder this guy hasn't moved his nest for thirty years! It turned out to be because of this!"
Ye Tian sighed secretly and then continued to investigate the situation in the cabin.
The furnishings in the room are simple and clear at a glance.
A two-seater sofa, a high chair, a few oil paintings, a bookshelf measuring 1.5 meters high and 1.2 meters wide with some books on it! They are mostly religious and art books.
There is a shrine on the west side of the room against the wall. It should have been built at the same time as this small building. It radiated a red light in Ye Tian's eyes, but it was of little value!
In addition, there are two pinhole cameras in the room, located on the east and west sides, monitoring the entire room!
As far as he could see, he didn't see the secret room or the secret passage entrance. The room was very quiet, as if no one had been here!
Obviously, after the guy Thompson entered the secret room or secret passage, he immediately closed the door, so he didn't find it!
Is it a secret room or a secret road leading to other places? Where is it hidden?
With these questions in mind, Ye Tian began to see every corner of the room, every centimeter of walls and ground.
The walls are not too thick. There are no walls or institutions inside. The next door is a reference room. No one has entered for many years. It is dusty, very quiet and has no secrets.
Since it's not next door, it can only be underground! The secret is hidden under the floor, no doubt!
The line of sight immediately penetrated the ancient red bricks laid on the ground and looked directly at the ground.
The sofas, bookshelves and a few oil paintings are all tamped foundations and black soil. There is no shadow of secret rooms or secret passages.
Then, Ye Tian's gaze turned to the shrine that stood against the wall.
There are two bronze angel statues on the front of the shrine, about 20 centimeters high and the carving level is average. Although they are old, they are of little value!
But it was these two angels that instantly attracted Ye Tian's attention.
There is no other reason. The gloss of the two angels is different, or even far apart!
The angel statue on the right seems to be often touched by people. The statue is shiny, with a layer of grout. It seems to have been caring with the plate for many years and there are traces of friction and rotation on the base!
Although the angel image on the left is a similar statue, it is still a lot worse than the right one, and it doesn't have the luster that comes out of a care, it's more like wiped out with a towel and lacks popularity!
More importantly, the base of the statue on the left has no traces of rotating friction at all!
Obviously, the angel on the right looks tricky!
Without a moment's hesitation, Ye Tian immediately began to see through the angel statue!
Under perspective, the biggest secret of this studio was immediately revealed.
As predicted!
This angel seems to be mobile and can rotate ninety degrees inward.
Its base is connected to a mechanism, which is composed of several pulleys and iron chains and a metal pipe with the thickness of a wrist. The iron chain is connected to the mechanism inside the shrine through the metal pipe.
The chains and pulleys inside and outside the shrine are very lubricated. They seem to be used frequently and run smoothly. It is estimated that the sound is very small when it is turned on and there is not even a trace of sound.
Obviously, someone is carefully maintaining these mechanisms.
And the person who maintains these mechanisms is undoubtedly Pastor Thompson.
The perspective continued and the secret of the shrine was completely grasped by Ye Tian in an instant.
This shrine is just a door. As long as he hold the angel statue on the right and rotate it ninety degrees inward, he can open the door. The shrine is also opened by ninety degrees.
After entering this secret door, he can pull up the shrine from the inside, let the shrine return to its original position and cover up the traces of entry and exit!
The reason why Thompson was able to disappear as if he had evaporated of the world without leaving any traces originated from this!
It can be seen from the friction marks on the base of the angel statue and the friction marks between the shrine and the ground that this hidden door is opened very frequently.
And these traces seem to be not too old, they are all traces of friction that have appeared in recent years!
Although some people tried to conceal these traces and did some tricks, in Ye Tian's eyes, this was completely useless and he could see through it at a glance.
Obviously, Thompson often opens this secret door, entering and exiting the secret room or secret passage located underground.
Without even thinking about it, this secret room located underground, or the place where the secret road leads, is Thompson's real art warehouse and it is also the ultimate goal of his own investigation!
There must be a large number of top antique artworks hidden there and it is likely to include the 13 top artworks looted in the Gardner Museum and the remaining three famous paintings looted from the Bührle Foundation in Swiss!
What kind of secret room is hidden behind the shrine? What is the area? In what year was it built? Why did them come to build this secret room? Most importantly, how many top antique artworks are hidden inside?
If there is a secret path behind the shrine, where will this secret path lead? Is it the old apartment building next to it? Or the building of Captain Jack's house at the entrance of the church?
And what is hidden in the place where the secret path finally leads? Is it danger or wealth?
With countless questions, Ye Tian suppressed the excitement in his heart and continued to see through.
He continued to look down, penetrated the shrine directly and looked at the mysterious door behind.
This is a secret door with a width of about 60 cm and a height of about 1.6 meters. It happened to be completely blocked by the shrine, allowing only one person to enter and it had to be arched.
Behind the hidden door is a stone-built underground tunnel with a stepped slope. This tunnel extends down at an angle of about forty-five degrees. The slope is not small!
Going down the underpass for about two meters, he can see a spiral staircase, which is also a stone staircase, which is very strong!
This spiral staircase leads directly to the depths of the underground, two steps down the staircase, there is enough space above the head and there is no need to bow forward!
Ye Tian doesn't know where this spiral staircase leads to! It can only be known after sneaking in at night and exploring on the spot.
When his gaze reached the spiral staircase, he couldn't get in anymore!
It was more than two meters underground and nearly three meters deep and it had reached the limit of his perspective. If it weren't for the open dark tunnel, which made his sight unobstructed, he might not have seen the spiral staircase.
Here, it means that this perspective exploration can be over.
The line of sight will not turn! What can he do if it doesn't end?
Although he didn't see where the spiral staircase leads and the secret room where the antique art is hidden, the perspective exploration has been very successful and the rewards are extremely great!
"Awesome! Thompson! Even if you dig deep into the heart of the earth, I can pull you out and I will point you to make a fortune!"
Ye Tian cheered in a low voice again, very excited!
In the process of perspective, he has basically grasped the situation of this secret tunnel.
This is a hidden stone road. Although it has a history of nearly three hundred years, it is still very strong and there are not even cracks on the wall!
The people who built the old North Church built such a fortress-level underpass for some purpose, which must have a very important purpose.
Analyzing the situation in the secret tunnel, the secret room under the spiral staircase is probably stronger and more magnificent, maybe it is an underground palace.
The people who built this secret passage and secret room would probably never think that this place will fall into the hands of Thompson and it will be used by him to hide stolen antique art and use it for art crime!
If they knew this, they would probably be furious at the point of die again!
This tunnel is not only strong, but Thompson also made some changes and added some things.
He installed an emergency light in the dark tunnel of more than two meters to illuminate and to facilitate his actions; he also installed essential monitoring equipment, very cautious!
It can be seen that lighting and monitoring equipment must have been installed down the spiral staircase and in the secret room deep underground.
It is even possible for him to transform the basement secret room into a constant temperature and humidity studio to preserve antique works of art to prevent damage to valuable treasures.
Everything is possible!
Ye Tian retracted his gaze from the dark tunnel and turned to look at the outside studio.
There is also a top-level artwork, waiting for him to admire it!
At this point, the most desired answer has been found and it's time to treat himself! And to appreciate the top art is also a very good way of rewarding!
Looking into the studio again, Ye Tian looked directly at the oil painting on the easel, his eyes were very excited and full of expectation!
This is a landscape oil painting about to be completed, the size is medium, about 70/95 cm.
The content of the picture is very familiar to Ye Tian. It is a very famous painting. One of the masterpieces of the famous French realist landscape painter Corot, "View of Volterra"
But unfortunately, this is not the top art that Corot contributed to the world, it's just a copy of it!
The level of copying is not bad! He can still see the taste of Corot's paintings!
As for the copying person, of course it is the respectable Pastor Thompson!
He used special paints to fake the surface of another famous painting, copying Corot's famous painting! The painting covered by the special paint is the top art that Ye Tian really wants to see.
It is a painting from a master nearly four hundred years ago, with extraordinary artistic value!
But is it the work of that master artist? Ye Tian still knows nothing!
When the perspective is opened, the secret no longer exists in an instant. A Baroque-style oil painting is very clear in Ye Tian's eyes.
The moment he saw the content of this oil painting, Ye Tian couldn't help but exclaimed in a low voice, with excitement and joy in his voice!
""The Triumph of Bacchus"! Velázquez's "The Triumph of Bacchus"! Oh my god! It's actually this famous painting that the Spaniards has been looking for for decades!"
Velázquez, a Spanish painter in the Baroque period of the seventeenth century, has extremely high artistic achievements and is known as the first master in the history of Spanish painting!
And this "The Triumph of Bacchus" is one of his masterpieces and it has been collected in the Prado Museum in Madrid for centuries.
In the 1970s, this oil painting was stolen from the Prado Museum and its whereabouts are still unknown!
The Spanish police and the Prado Museum have never given up on tracing this famous painting for decades, but they have never received any news and some even say that this famous painting has been completely burned!
But who would have thought that this famous painting appeared in Boston and fell into Thompson's hands.
And looking at the current situation, this top-level artwork should have found its next home and is ready to be sold, so Thompson took this famous painting and are disguising it as a fake!
"Fortunately, he got a kick, otherwise the Spaniards may never be able to take back this famous painting! Who knows it will become a collector's private collection!"
Ye Tian sighed to himself, his eyes had begun to glow green!
Then, he adjusted his mood a little and began to appreciate this masterpiece!
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sphinks
sphinks Another mentioned painting that is in the possession of its true owner, if the same situation continues to appear, I will consider that the author is doing this to create content for the story.
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