The Book of Appreciation

For two and a half hours, apart from writing down the number of the collection on paper and making some simple marks, Wu Di was completely intoxicated in this long river of history composed of countless cultural relics. The ancient, complete, or incomplete collections have greatly shocked his soul, and made him gradually understand the true meaning of collections!That is a kind of pride and recognition for the nation, a kind of witness to history, and a kind of... Greedy feeling that you want to keep in your pocket when you see something good!

finish watching!Looking away from a huanghuali carved six-legged basin rack made in the middle and late Qing Dynasty, he quietly clenched his fists. All the original plans were overthrown by him, and he wanted to make a new choice!

"Thank you, thank you Mr. Augustus, I've finished reading."

"It's over, have you finished reading so much?"

Before Augustus could speak, Yan Ju, who was looking at a jar with a colorful fish and algae pattern, suddenly raised his head.Wu Di smiled at him. He had the impression that it should be a fine piece from the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty.

"I've finished reading it. I've considered that one too. You can read it slowly when you change back."

Not far away, Augustus, who was gently wiping a piece of blue and white porcelain with a flannel cloth, heard Wu Di's words, walked over gently, and said with a smile:

"Mr. Wu, you're welcome. If you don't have enough time today, you can come back tomorrow..."

Wu Di smiled and shook his head,

"No, I really finished reading it, it's just...the original list may have to be changed a lot, and I definitely can't discuss it with you today."

"Hehe, it doesn't matter. It's actually all my fault. Knowing that the two of you have such a good vision, I chose [-] pieces wisely... I want to apologize to you. I want to ask you two to stay here today. It gives me more time to learn from you."

Wu Di hesitated for a moment, then nodded. If he has time in the evening, he might take a look inside the castle and see if there are Chinese antiques in his other treasure rooms. Haven't seen it yet!

Seeing Wu Di nodding, Augustus laughed loudly and patted the shoulders of the two of them.

"Both please, I have already prepared a dinner party, let's fill our stomachs first and then talk."

The dinner was very sumptuous, and it was said to be an authentic dinner for high-ranking British nobles.But that kind of slow rhythm is really a kind of torture for Wu Di, who doesn't like Western food. After finally seeing everyone finish the last dessert, he stood up,

"Mr. Augustus, your enthusiasm is like the sun on that day, which makes me feel very warm. Originally, I should chat with you for a while, but I found that it takes a lot of time to adjust my list, so... ..."

Augustus left the dining table, took a deep breath on a cigar, and said with a smile:

"It's okay, you don't need to be so anxious about the list. But you have worked hard all day, and you really need to take a good rest. Come with me.

The rooms that Augustus arranged for Wu Di and Yan Ju were on the second floor, all of which were suites, while the military adviser and others were arranged in guest rooms on the first floor.

Seeing Wu Di nodding in satisfaction, the old man said good night, turned and left gracefully.

Yan Ju heard the footsteps gradually receding, rushed to the bedroom, flung himself on the big soft bed, groaned,

"I'm exhausted, I've never seen so many treasures at close range! My eyes are still blurred! There are 10,000+ pieces in just one cellar, plus what he has traded and donated over the years, * **, how many treasures did you say his bastard grandpa snatched from China?"

Wu Di twitched the corner of his mouth,

"Yeah, people are good at being bullied, and Ma Shan is being ridden by others. If this country is weak, they will be beaten so hard that they can't even lift their heads!"

"Xiao Wu, they robbed us of so many treasures, we must not let them go easily this time! Bring the list, I decided to add dozens or even hundreds of them!"

"Plus? How can it be so easy? Haven't you seen it yet? From the beginning of the study to showing us around the treasure house, this old gentleman is trying to create a momentum, a way to firmly grasp the negotiation. The momentum of the initiative! How could it be so easy for you to be ripped off?"

Yan Ju smiled slyly,

"No matter how powerful he is, I only know one truth. There is only one manuscript of Shakespeare, and he is not the only European who has a large collection of Chinese antiques! Hey, Xiao Wu, to be honest, Eskener That guy Ci is also in London, should we get in touch now and have a look over there tomorrow?"

Wu Di shook his head,

"It may be more difficult over there, let's talk with this side first."

"Well, that's fine. After all, it's not easy to find a guy who is so obsessed with Shakespeare and has so many Chinese antiques. Hey, tell me, does he have another treasure room? I'm a treasure in the basement." I haven’t seen any antiques in Europe!”

"That's needless to say? But I can't appreciate their things, and it doesn't matter if I don't see them. Come on, I drew up a new list when I was in the basement. You can take a look first, that's what I think..."

The two discussed for nearly two hours, Yan Ju stood up yawning, and patted Wu Di on the shoulder vigorously.

"You boy, I'm convinced. There are so many pieces, I only read them for more than two hours, and I remember them so clearly! You can talk slowly tomorrow, and I will tell him when necessary. I will contact Eskenac After that, if you still can't scare him, hey, I'm coming to call the president of the Paris Collectors Association..."

Seeing off Yan Ju, Wu Di lay on the bed, staring at the roof in a daze. Thousands of antiques formed a vast river, flowing slowly in front of his eyes, slowly converging into an inlaid ceiling. A crown full of jewels and diamonds!

crown?Wu Di suddenly sat up, why is there a crown here?

The room Augustus chose for Wu Di was very large, more than fifty square meters, and it was a suite.The shape of the ensuite bedroom is a rectangle. Because the roof is a sloping roof, a delicate ceiling is made of mahogany.The crown that Wu Di saw was placed upright in a square hole deliberately dug out of the main beam of the house, and the black iron box outside was covered with dust.

The crown is very exquisite, similar to the current "Imperial Crown" style of the British royal family, studded with gems and diamonds of various colors.However, the front of this crown is not set with a ruby, but a huge light red diamond!

Wu Di carefully looked at the ceiling, judging from the traces of paint, it should have been repaired not long ago, but judging from the dust on the iron box outside the crown, this crown should have not been touched for at least a hundred years ,How is this going?

He turned his gaze to the roof, and then looked down along the rough and strong structure, all the way to the ground, but found nothing unusual.The precious crown was placed there so casually that there was no other way to get it out other than removing the ceiling.An unstoppable thought rose from the bottom of his heart. Could it be that the master didn't place this crown here on purpose?

Wu Di gazed through the roof, staring at the moon that looked like a silver plate and was stunned.Regardless of whether the crown was put on on purpose or not, from the analysis of the current situation, Augustus definitely didn't know about it.But the hole in the beam should have been deliberately made by someone, and most of it was dug to hide the crown, so how could he not know about it?Could it be that one of his ancestors hid the treasure for some reason but did not tell his descendants?However, where did his ancestors get this treasure?

He wandered along the ceiling for a while, and found that to take out the crown, he only needed to use two stools to pile it up, and then remove six boards.So, to take or not to take?

The crown can be placed in that place, it must belong to the Augustus family, as for how they have the crown that only the British royal family can have, it has nothing to do with him.Even if they stole or robbed it back then, that was what they did, and he couldn't take it.This is not the same as buying a house and digging treasures in Myanmar.However, if Augustus can be informed of the news in time, then in tomorrow's negotiation, he will definitely not have any opinions on his list, right?

But how do you get the crown out?If there is no reasonable reason, this matter may be self-defeating.Once Augustus knew that their family had owned such a crown, and after so many years of losing it, he suddenly took it out, what would happen, even if you just think about it with your ass.

In the dark room, Wu Di tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.The gem-studded crown was like a scorching sun, which made him look like a dry seedling from head to toe, from the inside to the outside.Terrible, this is related to dozens of precious cultural relics!

In desperation, Wu Di's thoughts stretched infinitely. I heard that there are usually vampires in this kind of castle.As for why he wasn't killed by the vampire, this question... Do you want to give them a live performance of drinking raw blood?

The ancients in China had a dream, why don't we also have a dream, but the dream is a crown?Your sister, people's ancestors didn't entrust dreams to their children and grandchildren, why did they find you a foreigner?

Can't we set fire to it?This is a good idea, but it is estimated that when they find the crown, it will be a few days later at the earliest.

Difficult, God, you have an earthquake, break this beam!

As if hearing his pious prayer, there was a rustling sound above his head, and along with this sound, some fine dust seemed to be falling down... (To be continued.)