"No problem."
Su Xiu nodded slightly. It didn't matter if he increased the speed or not. Anyway, the quality was there.
He copied…borrowed from the famous work of the Queen of Suspense.
Wasn't success a given?
"Right, Su."
Adrian did not know what Su Xiu was thinking, so he suddenly stood up and said,"I have a gift for you."”
"A gift?"
Su Xiuluo raised his eyebrows and was a little curious.
However, Adrian pretended to be mysterious as he took out a box from his carriage.
After politely rejecting Leah's help, he personally carried the box into the living room.
"Su."
Adrian smiled and suggested,"You can open it yourself."”
"Oh?"
Su Xiu became even more curious.
When he opened the box and saw what was inside, there was only shock in his heart.
Although he was not proficient in historical relics.
However, he also knew that this thing in front of him was definitely a bronze artifact from ancient China!
The mouth is cylindrical, and the abdomen is shaped like the back of the front body of the double sheep.
The horns were curved, and the lower part of the mouth was decorated with bowstring patterns and dragon face taotie patterns.
The lower jaw and abdomen of the sheep are decorated with ridges, symbolizing the beard and the hanging hair on the abdomen.
The face is decorated with dragon patterns, the belly is decorated with scale patterns, and the legs are decorated with dragon patterns.
"It's called Twin Goat Venerable."
Adrian answered," It's one of my father's many collections. I heard from Bill that you like collecting relics from China. So, I wanted to give this collection to you.”
"Venerable Twin Goat?"
Su Xiu reached out his hand and gently stroked the patterns on the surface, his thoughts inexplicable.
In the 10th year of Xianfeng (1860), after the Anglo-French coalition forces captured Peiping, they occupied Yuanmingyuan.
The garrison of the Celestial Empire was outnumbered, and Wen Feng, the chief minister of Yuanmingyuan, committed suicide by throwing himself into the sea of fire.
Subsequently, the British leader Erjin, with the support of Prime Minister Palmerston, ordered the burning of the Old Summer Palace.
3500 Anglo-French allied forces rushed into Yuanmingyuan and set fire to it. The fire did not extinguish for three days.
During this period of time, from the bronze ritual vessels of the pre-Qin period of the Celestial Dynasty to the famous paintings and various rare treasures of the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, the number of cultural relics that were looted was roughly 1.5 million!
What they left behind was the ruins of the Old Summer Palace, which had been destroyed by the fire. It was a testament to this humiliating history.
There was no doubt that this bronze artifact was one of the cultural relics that were taken away when the Yuanmingyuan was burned down.
"Su."
Adrian looked apologetic and said softly," I'm sorry that the invasion half a century ago brought great pain to your country. However, all I can do is to give you this cultural relic that I have.”
"No, it's not like that."
Su Xiu shook his head." Thank you, Adrian, my friend. I really like this gift.”
"As long as you like it."
Adrian heaved a sigh of relief, but then he seemed to recall something, so he took out an invitation letter." There'll be a large-scale auction in London a week later, and there'll be a few precious cultural relics from China on sale.”
"I'm sorry I don't have enough money to buy them, but I think you should need this.”
"In fact,"
Su Xiu looked at the invitation in his hand with a subtle expression." John has already given me an invitation.”
"John?"
"Are you talking about John?" Adrian was surprised.”
"Yes."
Su Xiu asked curiously," Didn't Bill tell you? It was John who introduced me to Bill. At that time, I happened to be looking for a house in London. John introduced me to Bill, and Bill introduced me to this house.”
"I've never heard of this.”
Adrian smiled bitterly." Also, Su, do you know John's identity?”
"I really don't know."
Su Xiu rubbed his chin.
He guessed that John's identity was not ordinary.
Anyone who had hundreds of thousands of pounds in cash and had the courage to buy a watch with hundreds of thousands of pounds was not ordinary.
However, he did not know who she was.
"He has royal blood."
Adrian sighed, feeling helpless about his friend's ignorance.
"The royal family?"
Su Xiu raised his eyebrows slightly.
"Yes."
Adrian nodded, then added," However, he has nothing to do with the throne. After all, he's been related to the current royal family for a long time. But even so, he could inherit the title of Duke at any time if he wanted to.”
"That's really amazing."
Su Xiu's eyes flashed with understanding. He was the heir of the royal family and the duke.
With these buffs, it was obvious how extraordinary John's identity was.
"Then how did he know Bill?”
Su Xiu suddenly felt a little strange and asked doubtfully," Is Bill also the heir of some great aristocrat?”
"That's not it."
Adrian spread his hands." Although Bill was also a descendant of a noble, he did not inherit the title because he was the second son. The reason why he knew John was that although John could inherit the title, he wanted to be a merchant more.”
" And because Bill was unable to inherit the title, he could only choose to become a merchant.”
"I see."
Su Xiu immediately understood what Adrian meant.
Instead of inheriting the title of duke, he wanted to become a businessman. It seemed that there was something wrong with his brain.
It sounded unbelievable.
But it wasn't that strange.
After all, there was still a king in Great Britain who did not even want the throne for his mistress.
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