The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 140 Harvest
Ryan was startled by the scream, and then looked into the box too.When he saw the contents of the box clearly, he couldn't help but let out a groaning sound.

Because there was actually a person in the box; to be precise, it was a skeleton, a skeleton with a golden helmet on its head and a shining golden armor all over its body.

No wonder Hermione screamed out, after all, for a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl, even in bright sunlight, a skeleton in a wooden box would scare people.

The skeleton lay flat on the shock-absorbing cotton in the box, with a blue velvet calico cloth under its body, holding a gold-plated and carved halberd of honor in its right hand.It didn't fall apart in this way, which means that the skeleton should have been specially fixed, and it had been placed there in a standing position before.

The skull is wrapped from head to toe in a knight's plate armor, which has exquisite relief and gilded patterns, and is also decorated with a large number of gemstones.The most peculiar thing is that two big holes were opened in the chest where the armor should be the thickest.Leave the skeleton's ribs exposed.

In addition, there are a large number of hollows on the arm armor and leg armor.Show the bones inside.On the skull's face, the visor was pushed onto the helmet.The exposed face is covered with gold plates inlaid with numerous precious stones on the mouth and cheeks.Even the hollow eye sockets are covered with gold thread.Surrounded by a large number of pearl flowers, jewelry with a large sapphire inlaid in the center.

What's even more exaggerated is that through the gaps in the armor, you can see that every bone inside is wrapped with gold wire and inlaid with jewels.

On the hand gauntlets, each finger wears a ring set with a large gemstone.Even around his neck was a gold chain as thick as a thumb, which was also inlaid with gemstones of various colors, the largest one was even as big as a thumb.

In short, this is a jeweled skull, and the richness of jewels on it is so exaggerated that it is impossible to find where there is space on the bones to add jewels.

"What is this?" Mr. Granger asked in surprise.The three women present showed a regretful expression.Jewelry is indeed pleasing, but this kind of jewelry that is directly set on the bone frame is awe-inspiring, no matter how beautiful it is, it will not make people want to have it.

Because he was writing an adventure novel recently, Mr. Lambert read a lot of materials, and among them happened to be the material of this thing in front of him.So he quickly answered after listening to Mr. Granger's question: "In the late 16th century, someone excavated bones from around the 2nd to 5th centuries AD. At that time, it was the period of the Reformation, and the church wishfully believed that these bones belonged to famous early saints." , can be used to consolidate the authority of the church. This kind of skeleton is also called "dharma body". The biggest difference between them and the standard skeleton is that they are all dressed in luxurious royal costumes and jewelry in the 18th century. commemorative ceremony."

It's just that due to different denominations, churches in Britain and Northern Europe rarely have this.And in the era without the Internet, if some remote knowledge is not specifically searched, basically no one knows.So it was reasonable that the Grangers couldn't recognize what it was.

"The people who make this stuff are really rich." Hermione sighed on the side.

Indeed, there may be thousands of gemstones on it, and apart from the broken gemstones used for the border, there seem to be hundreds of large gemstones.Especially the dove egg-sized red spinel inlaid on the chest of the armor, it doesn't look much smaller than the one on the Queen's crown.

Looking at the jewels inlaid on it, one can tell that the person who made this thing was not only rich, but also powerful.Jewelry craftsmen who can at least achieve this level are hard to find.

"This should be something from the church, let's see if there are any clues?" As soon as Mr. Lambert finished speaking, Hermione replied: "This should be something from France, because you see the blue cushion under this skeleton. The velvet is marked with a golden phoenix flower, which represents the French royal family in the past. We have seen many similar things during our summer travels in France."

"And this." Ryan finished speaking and took out a wax seal from the box containing gold and silverware. There was a French word on it: Lance.

Because many British people have chosen French as their foreign language, everyone present can understand this word.After reading it, Mr. Lambert said: "Lane, you said that the ghost told you that it was sent here about 200 years ago. I think it happened to be the time of Napoleon, and France was in chaos. Some French people put these The important things were transferred to the UK, and they never came back for unknown reasons. These treasures stayed here. Reims was used as the coronation place of the French royal family in the past, and it is normal for the church there to have such treasures. "

The question now is what to do with this thing?Although everyone agrees to share 50% of the proceeds according to the law (the treasures on private land in the UK are divided in half by the discoverer and the landlord).But how to make a move is a big problem. Once the French are attracted, it will be really troublesome.

However, after discussing with Mr. Granger, Lambert quickly finalized a solution.Back in London, Lane found his father started calling reporters.

Now that his father had his way, Lane went back to normal vacation life.Until this weekend when he was studying in the library, Hermione suddenly walked in from outside and put a newspaper on the table.

"The Sun? When did your taste become like this?" Ryan asked Hermione strangely after glancing at the newspaper.

"Look at the fourth edition." Hermione said briefly.

Lane flipped through page four in one fell swoop, pretending the previous ones didn't exist.Then he was surprised to see a picture of his father and Mr. Granger standing in front of a silver-plated cross.

Below the photo read: A Dentist and a Writer from London.Extremely valuable artifacts have been found in England.They decided to return these cultural relics to the French, and the French were willing to pay more than 200 million pounds as a reward for the two of them.

"This is really good news." Ryan said with some excitement.

"Indeed." Hermione agreed. "It's a pity that the magic world is too strict about the exchange of galleons, otherwise I would have been able to buy those expensive books."

The thinking of Xueshen is really different from that of normal people. Ryan deeply self-examined the pile of money that appeared in his mind just now.

When I got home that day, I saw my parents happily discussing how to use the money to travel around the world to fulfill their dream of owning a farm when we first got married.There was also a smile on Ryan's face: he felt happy from the bottom of his heart that he could use his ability to bring a better life to his family.

(End of this chapter)