Ryan was startled by the scream, and then he looked into the box. When he saw the contents of the box clearly, he couldn't help but make a "fuck" sound.
Because there was actually a person in the box; to be precise, it was a skeleton, a skeleton wearing a golden helmet and covered in shining golden armor.
No wonder Hermione screamed, after all, to a twelve or thirteen year old girl, a skeleton in a wooden box would be frightening, even in bright sunlight.
The skeleton is lying flat on the shock-absorbing cotton batting in the box, with a piece of blue velvet cloth underneath it, and holding a gold-plated and carved ceremonial halberd in its right hand. The fact that it is not falling apart means that the skeleton should be specially fixed.
However, it was previously placed there in a standing position.
The skeleton was wrapped from head to toe in a knight's plate armor. The plate armor had exquisite reliefs and gilded patterns, and was decorated with a large number of gems. The most peculiar thing was that there were two large holes in the chest where the armor should have been the thickest.
.Leave the ribs of the skeleton exposed.
In addition, there are a large number of hollows on the arm armor and leg armor, showing the bones inside. On the face of the skeleton, the visor is pushed up onto the helmet. The exposed face is covered with inlays on the mouth and cheeks.
There are a large number of gold pieces with precious stones. Even the empty eye sockets are covered with jewelry woven with gold wire, surrounded by a large number of pearl flowers, and inlaid with large sapphires in the middle.
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 jewelry.
On the gauntlets of the hands, each finger is wearing a ring inlaid with large gems. Even on the neck, there is a gold chain as thick as a thumb, which is also inlaid with various gems. The largest piece even has a thumb.
big.
All in all, this is a bejeweled skeleton. The richness of the jewels on it is so exaggerated that you can't even 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 very regretful expression. Jewelry is indeed lovable, but this kind of jewelry directly embedded on the bone frame makes it so...
People stay away from her, no matter how beautiful she is, she won't make people want to have her.
Because he was writing an adventure novel recently, Mr. Lambert read a lot of information, and among them happened to be information about the thing in front of him. So after hearing Mr. Granger's question, he quickly answered: "In the late 16th century, someone excavated
Skeletons from around the 2nd to 5th centuries AD. This coincided with the Reformation period, when the church
It is wishful thinking that these bones belong to famous early saints and can be used to consolidate the authority of the church. This kind of skeleton is also called "Dharmakaya". The biggest difference between them and standard skeletons is that they are all dressed in the luxurious royal costumes of the 18th century.
and jewelry, the church holds a commemorative ceremony for the gem skull every year.”
It's just that due to different sects, churches in the UK and Northern Europe rarely have this. In the era before the Internet, some remote knowledge was basically unknown to no one unless they specifically looked it up. So the Granger family couldn't recognize what it was.
It makes sense.
"The people who make this thing are really rich." Hermione sighed at the side.
Indeed, there may be thousands of gems on it. Except for the broken gems used for edging, there seem to be hundreds of large gems. Especially the red spinel the size of a dove egg inlaid on the chest of the armor.
It doesn't look much smaller than the one on the Queen's crown, but if you think about it for a moment, you'll know it's worth a lot.
Looking at the jewelry inlaid on it, you can tell that the people who made this thing were not only rich, but also powerful. It is difficult to find jewelry craftsmen who can at least achieve this level.
"This should be something from the church. Let's see if there are any clues?" Mr. Lambert had just finished speaking. Hermione replied: "This should be something from France, because look at the blue padding under the skeleton.
The velvet is painted with the symbol of golden fleur-de-lis, which represents the French royal family in the past. We have seen many similar things while traveling in France during the summer vacation."
"And this." After Ryan finished speaking, he took out a wax seal from the box containing gold and silverware. There was a French word on it: Lance.
Because many British people choose French as their foreign language, everyone present can understand this word. After reading it, Mr. Lambert said: "Ryan, you said the ghost told you that this word was sent here about two hundred years ago."
. I think that time happened to be the era of Napoleon, France
It was a mess. Some French people transferred these important things to England, and later, for some unknown reason, they never came back. These treasures stayed here. Reims served as the coronation place of the French royal family in the past, and the church there
It’s normal to have such treasures.”
The question now is how to deal with this thing? Although everyone agrees that according to the law, each of the two families will share 50% of the proceeds (treasures on private land in the UK are divided equally between the discoverer and the landowner). But how to deal with it is a big problem. Once
It would be really troublesome to attract the French.
However, Lambert quickly finalized a solution after discussing it with Mr. Granger. After returning to London, Lane found that his father began to call reporters.
Now that his father had found a solution, Ryan returned to normal holiday 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 change to this?" Ryan asked Hermione strangely after glancing at the newspaper.
"Look at page four." Hermione said briefly.
Ryan turned to the fourth page at once, pretending that the previous pages did not exist. Then he was surprised to see a photo of his father and Mr. Granger standing in front of a silver-plated cross.
Under the photo, it was written: A dentist and a writer from London found extremely precious cultural relics in England. They decided to return these cultural relics to the French, and the French were willing to pay more than two million pounds as compensation.
Rewards for both of them.
"This is really good news." Ryan said excitedly.
"Indeed." Hermione agreed. "It's a pity that the wizarding world is too strict about the exchange of galleons, otherwise I would be able to buy those expensive books."
The thinking of the god of learning is indeed different from that of normal people. Ryan made a deep self-examination about the pile of money that just appeared in his mind.
When I got home that day, I saw my parents happily discussing how to use the money to travel around the world and fulfill their dream of owning their own farm when they first got married. A smile also appeared on Ryan's face: he can use his ability to bring benefits to his family.
He felt happy from the bottom of his heart to live a better life.