Chapter 130： : Jewelry

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When Hardy came to the security company, Henry excitedly told Hardy what happened.

Gray took Victor to Gironde. Debrand Hill was originally the curator of the Saint-Pale Museum, a small town in Gironde. His family was also in Saint-Pale, so a group of people came here.

Straightforward investigations will definitely be suspected. They forged several documents, said that they belonged to the investigation committee, asked someone to understand the situation, and told them that the person they were looking for must be kept secret, and they must never tell outsiders that someone has asked them to learn about the situation.

that's all,

They collected a lot of information in two days.

Debrand Hill is indeed very famous in the local area, especially for helping Germans to collect art. He was hated by everyone. When Victor learned about the situation, many people gritted their teeth and cursed Hill.

"He took the Germans to search house-to-house, just like a mad dog raised by the Germans, not only in nearby cities, but also in Bordeaux. Many wineries have ruined his poisonous hands, and all the family's artworks have been searched by him."

"You must catch him, hang him and shoot him." A Frenchman who had been looted of his property gritted his teeth.

After the restoration of France, France began to search and execute the criminals who had helped the Germans. Many people were directly shot to death. It is only in 1947. This work is still in progress. It may be the reason for the complete occupation. The processing power far exceeds that of other countries.

"Is anyone else in the Hill family?" Victor asked.

"Hill has no children. He is a romantic guy. He has had countless women but never married. But he has a nephew. Because his uncle's affairs were rejected by the locals, he has left Saint-Pale and went to Bordeaux. I heard Working in a winery over there."

Gray and Victor pondered for a while, and felt that Hill's nephew should be investigated, in case they had a relationship.

They came to Bordeaux to investigate the situation of Hill’s nephew Louet. Louet is now a winemaker in a winery. They found that in recent years, Louet has not had any correspondence, telegrams, or economic exchanges with the outside world.

The winery where Louet is located is called Hongye Winery. Although in Bordeaux, it is far less famous than other big wineries. It can be regarded as a third-class winery at most. It is very inconspicuous and can produce tens of thousands of bottles of red wine and champagne each year.

Nothing was found on Hill's nephew. When Victor thought that the investigation leads would be interrupted, Gray discovered one thing, this Red Leaf Winery, now all people are Americans.

The two continued to investigate further and found out.

During the war,

These wineries in the Bordeaux area were all occupied by the Germans. Red wine was transported to the front lines to meet the needs of officers and soldiers. The situation at Hongye Winery was similar. The original owner here was a Jew, and all the family was killed.

At the end of the war, many wineries were deserted, overgrown with weeds, and cellars became empty.

After the war, the French government checked these wineries and returned those with owners, but auctioned without owners, and the proceeds were used to rebuild the country and resume production.

After World War II, both France and Britain were exhausted, even a little money was good.

At the auction, an American lawyer from a long distance raised a placard to buy Hongye Winery. At that time, some people competed with him, but the lawyer was very firm, and finally suppressed all the other competitors to withdraw and finally won the winery.

At the time of registration, the American lawyer said that he was commissioned by a company to buy a winery in Napa Valley, California, so Hongye Winery was registered under that name.

So far, things are still normal.

However, when recruiting managers and workers at Hongye Winery, in addition to hiring in the newspaper, the lawyer specifically contacted Hill’s nephew Louet and asked him if he would come to the winery as a winemaker, and he was willing to charge him a high price. .

Louet is indeed a winemaker, with a certain ability, but he is far from being tapped as an excellent talent.

It seems a bit strange here.

After that, everything was normal, and he hadn't contacted anyone in the United States. It was working normally, but this still caught the attention of Gray and Victor.

Who told him to be Hill's nephew?

Gray told Henry about the news, and Henry immediately sent someone to investigate the situation of the winery in the Napa Valley.

The owner of that winery is called Jack Goodwin.

The winery is called the A of Spades Winery, which mainly produces champagne.

Coincidentally, this Jack Goodwin arrived in the United States in 1944. He claimed to be a French refugee and obtained American citizenship. Within a few months, he bought a winery in the Napa Valley and renamed it A spade. village.

And just over a year later, when the French liquidation winery assets were auctioned, this person sent a lawyer to buy it in time, and the goal was clear, the Red Leaf Winery was required.

At that time, Hongye Winery was similar to an abandoned manor. It had been abandoned for more than 2 years, and there was no drop of wine in the cellar, but he resolutely bought it.

Henry felt very suspicious, there must be something in it.

I drove people to the Napa Valley area of ​​San Francisco overnight and pretended to be a wine merchant to enter the winery. Because the demand was relatively large, I had to talk to the boss, and Jack Goodwin came out to receive them.

Henry saw this Jack Goodwin at the first glance, and he confirmed his identity. Victor has a picture of Hill. Although it is a picture of seven or eight years ago, he can still tell that this person is Debrand at a glance. · Hill.

"Where is that Hill?" Hardy asked.

"Still in his winery, we did not touch him, I sent someone to stare at, come back and ask you what to do next?" Henry said.

Hardy thought for a while, then whispered a few words to Henry, and Henry couldn't help nodding.

In the afternoon of the next day,

Jack Goodwin got in touch with the people to play bridge and drove out of the winery. On the way, his car was stopped and a group of people kidnapped him. Goodwin was in his sixties, and he couldn't get rid of it. He was worn by others. Pulling the upper hood away, when the first hood is removed, he is already in a dark room.

Click~!

The headlight shone on Goodwin's face, and he couldn't help dodge when it was bright.

"What's your name?" a masked man asked.

"I, my name is Jack Goodwin." The old man said tremblingly.

"Hehe, I'm afraid this is not your real name, is it Mr. Debrand Hill?" The masked man said with a sneer.

Hill trembled, and a look of fear flashed in his eyes.

"No, no, my name is not Hill, my name is Goodwin, Jack Goodwin." Hill quibbleed loudly.

The masked man took out a photo and held it in front of Hill. A very ordinary four-inch black-and-white photo, but it shocked Hill's heart. He recognized it at a glance. It was a photo of himself when he was a museum curator. .

"Are you familiar with this picture?" the masked man asked.

Hill was sweaty with fright.

"I, no, I don't know this person." Hill denied.

"Hehe, I still don’t admit it yet. I know what you are afraid of. Have you read the report? France is now hunting for criminals. Hill, you helped the Germans to search for antique works of art during the German occupation. But the French government ranks very high fugitives. If you are sent to the French government, what do you think they will do with you." The masked man said with a sneer.

Hill's chest couldn't help heaving, he naturally knew what it would be like to send him back to France. With his actions, I'm afraid he would be tortured to death. Hanging and shooting were all kind to him.

"No, no, I'm not Hill." Hill is still making the final struggle.

The masked man approached Hill and said with a smile: "Do you know who we are?"

"who?"

"We are not members of the French government. The French people have nothing to do with us. We are a group of robbers. What we want is money."

"Do you understand asking for money?"

Hill's already dead gray eyes slowly gained a look, and said anxiously: "If you want money, I can give it to you."

"How much do you think you are worth?" the masked man asked.

Hill hesitated a bit, saying that too much was distressed and said that less was dead, he finally gritted his teeth and said: "I am willing to pay 50,000 US dollars."

The masked man shook his head and sneered twice.

"Not enough, far from enough."

"We have investigated. After you came to the United States, you spent more than 130,000 on the purchase of a winery. You sold jewelry in exchange for this money. I believe that when you came to the United States from France, you must have brought a lot of good things, Hill, think If you want to survive, give it all up." The masked humanity.

Hill's heart twitched.

But he knows that these people can find themselves, the energy is imaginable, and they will never let them go easily.

If you want to save your life, you must make money.

"I have a safe at Wells Fargo Bank in San Francisco. It contains my jewelry. The keys are in the drawers of my winery office. You can send me back to the winery and I will help you get the keys." Hill said.

"Hehe, no need, we can get the key by ourselves, you can just tell us the password." The masked man said lightly.

Hill closed his eyes in pain.

"The password is XXXXXX."

A few hours later.

A suitcase was placed in front of Hardy. Hardy opened the suitcase. Inside were jewelry boxes. Open one of them. Inside was a beautiful diamond necklace with an emerald pendant hanging below.

Open other jewelry boxes.

Gem brooch.

Ceylon sapphire earrings.

Diamond necklace.

Although Hardy didn't know much about jewelry, he knew the marks on jewelry, such as Van Cleef & Arpels, Boucheron, Louis Vuitton, and Paris. Just looking at these jewelry styles and brands, he knew that they were valuable.

In addition, there are some unprocessed gems, large Colombian emeralds, rubies, diamonds, opal gems, etc. ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Hardy picked up a ruby, the size of the belly of the thumb, think about it and know It should be very valuable, Hardy guessed that the value of this batch of jewels may be no less than two or three million US dollars.

Henry smiled and said: "I just asked Hill how these jewels came from. He said that when collecting antique art, he would also encounter such jewels. He was very interested in those oil paintings, but it was too big. There is no way to hide them. These jewels are so small that he will hide one or two as long as he has the opportunity.

"When he fled to the U.S., he only brought this box, sold a brooch to the jewelry company, earned more than ten thousand dollars, spent money to find someone to go through the naturalization procedures, and changed to Jack Goodwin's pseudonym."

"In the later period, I sold a few more jewelry and spent money to buy wineries in the Napa Valley and wineries in Bordeaux."

Hardy put down the jewelry, closed the box and said to Henry: "Continue to interrogate him, the big head we want is still behind."

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