Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 23 The King's Lock
The small town is not far from the main champagne producing area, so the town is also producing a variety of sparkling wines from grapes produced in the surrounding vineyards.

So in the following time, Liang En and the others found an outdoor tavern, ordered a glass of wine and drank together.

Although the sparkling white wine produced here cannot be called champagne according to trademark law, in fact, the gap between the two is actually only a little bit in terms of taste.At least with Liang En's tongue, he couldn't taste the difference at all.

After chatting slowly and drinking the wine in the glass, the time is almost up.So the two returned to the parking lot to continue their journey.

To be honest, Liang En benefited a lot from this treasure hunt in the market.Because he found that in this part of Europe, most people have very little understanding of various non-European cultural relics.

Therefore, for him, if he wants to find treasures in the future, he can pay more attention to this aspect.In this way, you may get some unexpected gains.

At 9:30 that night, the three finally drove the truck back to London safely.

According to the plan, the old Pierce will find a way to mobilize the contacts he has accumulated before to sell the treasure he got this time, and Liang En and Pierce can take advantage of this opportunity to do something of their own.

For example, Liang En got up early in the morning on the second day after returning, and then began to clean up the rabbit statue he had obtained before.

I saw that he used a cotton swab dipped in a little prepared lotion to test it on the corner of the statue first, and after finding that there was no problem, he carefully cleaned the statue little by little.

As he cleaned up, he gradually wiped off the yellow-green paint with a cotton swab, revealing the golden surface below.More than half an hour later, a golden rabbit appeared in front of him.

"It seems that the skills learned in school have been kept in my mind."

After checking the rabbit and confirming that the paint on the surface of the rabbit had been cleaned, Liang En threw down the cotton swab and said to himself, then carefully inspected the rabbit statue.

After removing the layer of paint used to cover the outside, the sculpture can be regarded as showing its original shape.The beautiful patterns that were previously hidden by the dark-looking paint are also revealed.

These patterns are gorgeous and slender flower patterns. At the same time, the rabbit's eyeballs are also inlaid with two mung bean-sized rubies, and the whole is full of Rococo's asymmetrical beauty.

And unlike previously imagined, this thing is not just cast from a single piece of metal.For example, Liang En discovered that the head and tail of the rabbit can move.

But he didn't dare to touch the parts that seemed to be movable until he figured out what was going on with the thing.Because he was worried that if he used the wrong method, he might break the thing.

Besides, the most special discovery came from the belly of the rabbit, where Liang En saw a badge the size of the tip of a little finger.

"This should be the emblem of Queen Mary—" After carefully examining the emblem with a magnifying glass, Liang En quickly recognized who the emblem with a capital M and a capital A stacked together represented.

Queen Mary, full name Marie Antoinette.Marie Antoinette, the wife of King Louis XVI of France, had no achievements in politics since she entered the French court.Every day, she is only keen on balls, fashion, fun and celebrations, decorating the garden, extravagant, known as "Madame Deficit", and later died in the French Revolution.

There have been many controversies about this man in history.Many people believed that she was one of several important culprits in the crisis that France was in at that time, but others believed that she was just a victim of the times.

But in any case, as a queen, Marie Antoinette is still very competent, at least in terms of the taste of various items used in daily life.

However, this badge also made Liang En fall into contemplation, because according to tradition, this kind of private badge is different from the royal badge, and it is often only placed on personal items that are close to the body.

But now that the rabbit statue is not big or small, it is really hard for Liang En to figure out what role such a sculpture can play.

"Okay, this is the only trick now." After a simple inspection, Liang En, who really couldn't see the origin of this thing, activated a [Appraisal (N)].

After the card was used, lines of tiny words appeared in front of Liang En out of thin air, revealing the secret inside the sculpture.

[French King Louis XVI is not a qualified king. According to the oriental term, he is a bit like the Emperor Apocalypse of the Ming Dynasty.It's just that what he likes is not being a carpenter, but making all kinds of locks. 】

[Of course, these complex and delicate locks at that time were often used to hide some secrets, such as the lock that Louis XVI gave to his wife back then. 】

After all the words disappeared, a [Detection (N)] card appeared in Liang En's mind.This also means that he has thoroughly figured out what this sculpture, or what this rabbit-shaped lock is.

Obviously, such a lock made by Louis XVI and given to his wife Queen Mary should be a valuable cultural relic, but for Liang En, he is now more concerned about what may be hidden in it. What exactly is the secret.

However, it was not so easy to open this lock. At least Liang En couldn't even find the keyhole of this lock. No wonder Louis XVI thought he had created a lock that outsiders could not crack.

Fortunately, times have changed. Faced with such complicated mechanical equipment, Liang En has a simple solution.

"You said that this lock was made by Louis XVI as a gift to his queen, and it might contain some secrets?" In the emerald thrift store, Pierce looked at Liang En in shock.

"Buying a random gadget from the booth can be such a valuable good thing. Your luck has been a little bit too good recently. Do you have a magic spell to increase your fortune?"

"Of course not. You see, I used to buy a lottery ticket every week, but I never planted even the lowest prize." Liang En shrugged.

"Okay, now is not the time to talk about this, help me see the structure inside this thing."

"No problem, but I need a little time to check." Pierce stood up from behind the counter and walked to the back of the room.

"You know that broken machine has been in our house for ten years, but it was last used a month ago. So I have to check to make sure this machine is still working-"

Fortunately, this machine is a bit old, but the quality is good.So after more than ten minutes, they successfully figured out the internal structure of the lock.

Then Liang En picked up the lock from the table, and gently pressed the short tail of the rabbit to snap it upwards.With a click, the rabbit's head suddenly turned to another direction and exposed the keyhole below.

"It's unlucky." Looking at the rabbit-shaped lock Liang En who turned his head away to the side, he complained, because he remembered that the king and his wife seemed to be executed by guillotine.

(End of this chapter)