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Chapter 1085 The true appearance of the collection room
When the old butler heard this, he immediately started to prepare. First he took out the white gloves from his pocket and put them on. It seemed that he did this job often!

The first thing to pack was the Van Gogh painting that Shriver sent this time. Even though it was a replica, old housekeeper Delong carefully put it into the wooden box.

This painting is not large in size, and the paper and frame were faked with great care, so even if it is a replica, its value is still high.

Therefore, the old housekeeper Delong still said something fair: "Shriver has been very dedicated over the years. After all, the means of counterfeiting are too sophisticated now.

There are not many paintings by Van Gogh and Picasso in existence. Most of them are in the hands of top collectors and museums. It is indeed very difficult to receive them.

Although it can be guaranteed to be authentic at the auction, it is a pity that the quantity is too small, and it may not be possible to buy it.

Some of these private collectors still have a lot of genuine items on hand, but there is a mixed bag of good and bad, and the chance of receiving genuine items is not very high! "

The Duke nodded, agreeing with the old butler's point of view. At this time, his stomach growled twice, and this feeling of hunger was really not a good one.

But when I saw the two bottles of quite good vintage wine on the table, I wasn't in the mood to taste them at all, let alone the sumptuous breakfast that was served this morning, and I didn't even take a few bites.

It’s so uncomfortable. I really can’t go on like this. I can’t eat big chunks of meat and drink big bowls of wine. I really can’t live this life!
Touching his already shriveled belly, the Duke replied with a sense of powerlessness: "Shriver and the others should also pay more attention. After so many years, my preferences have long been known to others.

They have been sparing no effort to collect these two kinds of paintings. It cannot be ruled out that someone specially used imitations to set them up.

And in order to please me, they naturally would not send it to me for appraisal immediately, let alone ask me to do the appraisal on the spot, so in this way, these fraudsters would have a lot of room to take advantage of the loopholes.

Let's talk about this later. If that doesn't work, let them send the painting and the person together first, and then pay for it after appraising it on the spot. I can't let others make money and still say that I was taken advantage of! "

After laughing at himself a little, the Duke walked to the bedside depressedly, looking at the scenery in the distance in silence.

The old butler had already packed the things on the table, and then called three assistants. After asking them to put on white gloves, he directed them to follow him with the box in their hands.

Are you taking them to the collection room?

Could these assistants also be able to enter?
Old Butler Delong did not take the spiral staircase up this time. Carrying such a valuable antique, it must be quite dangerous to take that route.

There are many stairs in the castle, and many of them are quite stable, so after turning around and turning around, there is a long and not steep ladder that goes straight down.

Then he headed in the direction of the back mountain and came to a very different gate.

The folding door looks a bit heavy, and the height is not low. It seems to be about five meters, and it is full of metal texture.

And judging from the historical atmosphere revealed above, it should have a history of hundreds or thousands of years. The accumulated sense of vicissitudes of life cannot be achieved by making it old.

Although this door is large, there is still a small door underneath. There is no metal lock on the small door. Instead, there is a modern screen and many buttons.

The old butler pressed a few numbers on the button, and then a ray of red light appeared on the screen, and it began to scan up and down at the old butler.

As a series of mechanical sounds sounded, and finally a "ding" was heard, the scan should have passed, but the small door still did not open.

The old housekeeper put his eyes on the display screen, and then heard another "ding" sound. It should be that the eyeprint scanning was completed, but the door still didn't open?

Finally, the old housekeeper put one of the fingers of his right hand into a groove on the top. The "ding" sound sounded again, and then he heard a "click" sound, and the small door opened in response!
It was said to be a small door, but it was still more than 3 meters high. The old housekeeper walked to the front, and the three people behind him filed in, forming a straight line.

This is a straight passage. The floor of the passage is actually made of stones and is polished very smooth. The sides and top of the passage are also made of stones.

This should be the most original building of the castle, and it is known that this castle was previously made of stone. This is definitely a rare building.

Because in the Middle Ages in Europe, most castles were built of wood and rammed earth, and there were very few who wanted to use stone to build castles, so the castle of Duke Dalton is particularly valuable.

The passage was a bit long, and the old housekeeper walked with the people for about two or three minutes. They came to another door, but this door was different. It was a modern metal door.

It looks a bit like the kind of security door used in vaults in European banks. If you try to blow it up with explosives, you probably won't be able to blow it open.

Using explosives in a place like this is equivalent to committing suicide, and it will also directly blow up the place. It is naturally impossible to enter the collection room.

The "procedures" to enter the door were naturally very complicated. It took the old housekeeper a full 2 ​​minutes. After scanning his eye patterns and fingerprints, he also entered at least 20 digits on the numeric keyboard before the security door opened.

The next step should be the collection room, right?

You must be able to see a magnificent scene, right?

However, what is disappointing is that after entering, it turns out to be a square space that is much larger than the passage. There are several large tables placed here, and there are some standing safes on the side of the wall.

At the old butler's signal, the three of them put the wooden boxes in their hands on the table, then turned and left. The old butler then closed the door they had just come in from.

Then he looked at the three doors here, which were also metal security doors. One was on the left, the other on the right, and the remaining one directly in front of him.

There are four doors here, except for the one that came in just now, where do these three doors lead to?

However, there is an eye-catching sign on these four doors, that is, there is a circular color mark in the upper left corner of the door. The door you just entered is blue.

The one on the left is yellow, the one on the right is purple, and the one directly opposite is red. It can be seen that these different colors represent different meanings, and the space behind the door is naturally different.

After taking a look at the wooden boxes on the table, Old Butler Delong first came to the yellow-marked security door on the left. After going through a series of "procedures", he directly pressed the handle on the door.

With a "bang" sound, the door opened, and instantly I felt a very different air convection coming out of it, which was obviously warmer than in this space.

The old housekeeper turned around, opened the box of the painting that Shriver bought this time, took out the painting, and walked in like this.

There is a large space inside. When you look up, you can see the huge lamp on the top, which illuminates the entire space inside.

There are also hidden lights in the rest of the place, which provide light for the things displayed on the wooden shelves inside, so that their color and light can be clearly seen.

And it was also able to recognize these antiques at the first time, so it can be seen that this should be the so-called underground collection room.

There are many wooden shelves here, and they are all fixed very firmly. There are also many paintings hanging on the walls. In addition to some safes, there are also many sculptures on the walls.

After all, this is also a branch of European art, and there is still a certain generation gap between foreign and domestic art appreciation.

Secondly, there are some ancient weapons such as armor, spears and cross swords. There are also many collections in this area, as well as some vases and classical furniture.

There are even some antique pianos and other European musical instruments, and the classification here is very clear, and the collections placed in each area are classified.

The old housekeeper carried the painting to the area with the most wooden boxes, and there were a lot of paintings piled up against the wall. Some of the larger ones were placed in the innermost part, and it was impossible to see clearly what the paintings were.

So it can be inferred from this that the paintings placed here should all be fakes, otherwise they wouldn't be placed directly in a pile. Doesn't this mean that they don't pay much attention to them at all?
If it is genuine, then at least it needs a place to hang it. Although the chance of damage is low when stacked together like this, it still exists after all.

This painting had a frame, but Old Butler Delong did not put it among the pile of paintings. He carefully put the painting aside.

Then I opened one of the rather large boxes among the pile, and I could see two paintings lying quietly inside. The two paintings were one large and one small, but they were all oil paintings, and they had all been passed. Framing of pictures.

He also carefully laid the painting flat, and then closed the box. However, the old housekeeper didn't seem to be in a hurry, and stood in front of the box and stopped.

As if he thought of something, he stood there and sighed slightly, then gently patted the box with his hand, and then looked at the box again from top to bottom.

Then his eyes showed a look of confusion, he put his hand on the box and touched it several times, and stood there thinking for nearly 3 minutes.

In the end, he shook his head helplessly and took two steps forward. Unexpectedly, he turned around again, touched the box twice more, then spread his hands, turned around and left.

These actions are quite weird. It's just a box, and it's not too inconspicuous among the pile of wooden boxes. But I don't know why the old housekeeper Delong behaved in such a strange way towards it?
After walking out of the underground collection room, the old housekeeper closed the door, and then opened the door with a purple mark next to it.

Similarly, different temperatures are transmitted inside, and the influence of air convection can also be felt. It can be seen that the air inside should be maintained at a constant temperature, and the cost is definitely not low.

After opening the door, instead of seeing the space just now, a long corridor appeared. The old housekeeper walked for 5 minutes before coming to another door.

It's another "procedure". There are a lot of security measures and they are very strict. You have to enter more than 20 digits of password every time. I don't know how this old housekeeper remembers it?

After opening this door, it will definitely open your eyes, because what you see are dense rows of wooden shelves, and the surrounding walls are filled with all kinds of paintings.

This should be the cave collection room. Duke Dalton's collection for decades should be stored here, and everything in it should be genuine.

But as soon as he walked in, the old housekeeper didn't take a closer look at the huge space. Instead, he placed the boxes in his hands in their proper places.

But the gold coin was relatively small, so the old housekeeper didn't put it in the box, but took it out and put it on the shelf.

Then the old housekeeper walked out directly. The sound of closing the door made a muffled sound in the space, and the entire huge space became quiet again.

The space here is at least dozens of times larger than the underground collection room just now, which shows how grand its scale is and how rich the collection must be.

When the old butler came in, he only put a few things in, and it took him nearly half an hour. This shows how big the space is inside.

By the time he finished everything, it took an hour to return to the Duke's room, and our Duke seemed a little impatient.

"Come on, let's go over and take a look. Someone should have prepared the dishes by now. There are so many top chefs here this time, which should surprise me!
Oh, by the way, where is that magical Chinese chef?Did he move? "

It seems that because he didn't eat well during this period, the Duke's body is very weak, and he has to rely on the old housekeeper to support him when he stands up from the chair.

After he stood firm, the old butler let go of his hand and let the Duke slowly walk forward step by step, while he accompanied him by the side, fearing that the Duke would accidentally fall.

"I called to ask when I came back just now, and two chefs are about to finish it, and the time is just right now.

There was still no movement at all from Mr. Chu's side. Sims looked very anxious. He asked Mr. Chu twice, but still no action was taken. "

Lord Duke Dalton took some heavy steps, feeling the discomfort caused by the slight dizziness, and felt a little depressed.

My majestic Lord Duke actually fell into such a situation, these doctors are really useless, what happened to my body?
The desire for meat is strong, but once you see it, you will be repelled. If you forcefully eat it, you will vomit it out after a while, which will make it even more uncomfortable.

The old housekeeper also noticed that the Duke was in poor condition, so he asked in a deep voice: "How about Dr. Davis replenish some nutrient solution first?"

The Duke stopped, then waved his hand and said: "No, after replenishing it now, I have no desire to eat anymore.

Nutrient solution!
It’s nutrient solution again!
This damn nutrient solution!
I absolutely hate it!
Do these doctors have no other solution now except nutrient solution? "

After complaining fiercely, the Duke showed a very helpless look on his face. Under the comfort of the old butler, he slowly walked towards the living room step by step.
(End of this chapter)