The Peppercorns

Vivi can't believe it, she is supposed to share her headquarters with a Thai-Chi dancing Chinese! Xiaomeng, called Panda, is the son of the Weidtmann family, who are storing a load of tea chests at the Overbecks due to water damage. Vivi and Panda knock over the tea chests during an argument. A Chinese tea set and a document in Cyrillic script come to light. Contraband? Vivi's Russian friend Katja translates the letter. It is indeed the tea set of the last Chinese emperor, which was recently stolen from a museum in Shanghai...