Snake heads and sheep heads were taken back from the Qing Dynasty emperor's house by our grandfathers!
Putting these keywords together, Chu Heng could only think of the twelve animal heads that were snatched away by the Eight-Power Allied Forces in the Old Summer Palace!
The Old Summer Palace is a large-scale royal garden in my country during the Qing Dynasty. It is known as the "Garden of Ten Thousand Gardens" and is famous throughout the world for its grand geographical scale, outstanding construction skills, exquisite architecture, rich cultural collections and profound national cultural connotations. , known as "the model of all gardening art".
In 1707, the Qing Dynasty began to build the Old Summer Palace. After several dynasties, countless manpower and material resources were poured into it, and there are countless treasures inside.
Among the many buildings in the garden, there is a sea banquet hall. There is a green pool under the stairs in front of the door. There are 12 fountains above the green pool. The statues spraying water are the twelve animal heads.
These twelve animal heads were designed by Italian missionary Castiglione, supervised by Frenchman Chiang Youren, and made by Qing court craftsmen.
When the Eight-Power Allied Forces entered the Old Summer Palace, burned, killed and looted, twelve animal heads were cut off by the bandits and swept away with other treasures.
For a long time in later generations, after countless twists and turns, eight animal heads including rats, rabbits, oxen, and tigers were found, while the whereabouts of snakes, sheep, chickens, and dogs remained unknown.
Unexpectedly, Chu Heng just chatted for a while and actually asked about the whereabouts of two of them!
However, what Camille said was a little vague, and he was still a little afraid to confirm it for a while, so Chu Heng thought to himself for a while, and then started to make insinuations about Adolf and his wife in a casual chat.
"If I remember correctly, Ben Shaming should be a descendant of a noble family, right?"
"Oh! I didn't expect you to know this. Yes, he is a descendant of an earl family."
"Then his family members should be very powerful, right?"
"Most of them are. In his family, Benshamin is a well-known collector. His grandfather was once a vice admiral in the navy, his father was the mayor of Nantes, and his younger brother is a successful businessman. Only
His sister is an out-and-out bitch and a waste!"
"Oh? What happened to his sister?"
"She did nothing all day long but spent her family's money and slept with various men. She had different bed partners every day. Once she was drunk, she even slept with her nephew!"
"Oh, damn, what a terrible woman!"
"Yeah, it doesn't get any worse than her!"
"Forget it, let's not talk about her, she makes me sick, let's talk about his grandfather."
"What do you want to know? Just ask."
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While Chu Heng was choosing things, he was chatting with Adolf and his wife for information. After chatting for a long time, he finally found out that Benshaming's grandfather had indeed participated in the burning of the Old Summer Palace and brought back many treasures, including snake heads and sheep heads.
It does exist!
"Thank you so much, Chu. I think Ben Shaming will like these porcelains."
At this time, Chu Heng had already finished selecting things for Adolf and his wife. In addition to those from the Republic of China, these items were from folk kilns in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Their value was not very high, and their artistic value was negligible. What was left was a beautiful, good-looking, and complete item.
It's something that opens the door...
"You're welcome, Adolf, we are friends, aren't we? This is what I should do." Chu Heng patted Adolf on the shoulder perfunctorily, with a sincere and enthusiastic expression on his face, very like a master, but in his heart he was thinking about this person.
Sha Ming, to be precise, the various Chinese treasures in his hands and the animal heads that have been given special meanings.
Just forget it if you don’t know.
Now that we all know whose hands it is, if we don’t think of a way to get it out, we’ll have no idea!
In an instant, the eight hundred minds in the grandson began to spin crazily again, and countless ghost ideas swarmed out. The shadow behind him grew horns, a tail, and a street lamp at some point.
"Biggie!"
At this moment, Avima and Anna, who were shopping elsewhere, came over and saw that Adolf was here. Anna stepped forward and smiled at them: "Oh, my God, Adolf, Camille, why are you here too?"
This? What a coincidence."
"Long time no see, my Camille." Avima said hello to Adolf, then ran to Camille, and they hugged each other vigorously.
Before this woman became a good person, she and Ramil often exchanged their poker playing experiences together. When the interest arose, they would even play a game. It can be said that they were very close...
So they chatted for a while, and after learning that Avima and Chu Heng had a good relationship, Camille's eyes instantly lit up.
She quickly pulled her good sister aside and whispered to her. From time to time, the two of them would look at Chu Heng excitedly, as if a predator was sizing them up.
The prey is average.
This went on for a while.
Just when Adolf was about to get impatient, the two finally finished talking.
Camille returned to her husband and apologized: "Sorry, dear, I haven't seen Avima for a long time. I couldn't help but chatted for a long time. You know, she encountered a lot of troubles in the past period and needs comfort."
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"I understand, I understand, I don't blame you, my dear." Adolf smiled at her, kissed her on the cheek, and then said goodbye to Chu Heng and the others under the gaze of several red-faced salesmen.
, leave hand in hand.
After watching them go away, Avima winked and pulled Chu Heng's arm, saying: "Chu, guess what we just talked about?"
"I don't want to guess, and I'm not interested." Chu Heng immediately rolled his eyes and turned to walk to the third floor, ready to look at the fabric.
He's not blind, he can guess what Camille and Avima are talking about just by looking at their expressions when they chat, so why bother asking?
"You are such a boring person." Avima caught up with him with a distressed look on his face and whispered in his ear: "She wants to sleep with you, do you want to think about it? Camille's skills are very good, trust me
of……"
"Shut up!"
Chu Heng stopped, interrupted her with a dark face, and frowned: "Tell her to stop dreaming. I love my wife, and I'm not interested in her either."
Avima was immediately disappointed. Unwilling to be reconciled, she thought about it and immediately added another dose of medicine: "Please, Chu, she really likes you, just go and try it. In this way, if you are willing to agree to her,
I can also join..."
"If you keep talking nonsense, believe it or not, I will kick you out right now?" Chu Heng, who was still thinking about Ben Shaming, had no intention of nagging her. He glared at her with a cold face and went up without looking back.
On the third floor.
Avima seemed a little angry when she saw his look, and immediately calmed down, complaining a little irritably to Anna next to her: "Damn it, I really don't know what Chu is thinking, he didn't even eat the meat that was brought to his mouth!
"
"Haha, first of all, you have to figure out who is the meat." Anna glanced at her with a half-smile, then slowly stretched out her hand to pinch the ruby ring on the index finger of her other hand, and gently stuffed the ring inside.
Then he followed Chu Heng away slowly and gracefully.
