Chapter 1939 Sleepless Night
Prince Charles and Prince William's convoy left the Temple Chapel, taking with them the Stone of Destiny from Irish mythology, leaving behind a signed contract for the sale of art.
In this art transaction contract, every word is written very clearly.
The antique artwork used to exchange this stone of destiny of Ireland is the treasure of the Chinese Pavilion of the British Museum, the Tang Dynasty facsimile of the famous Eastern Jin Dynasty painter Gu Kaizhi's "Female Historical Atlas".
In addition to this outstanding work of the earliest surviving professional painter in China, there are also 5,000 scrolls and scriptures from the Dunhuang Scripture Cave, which Ye Tian needs to go to the British Museum to select by himself.
Of course, these priceless Chinese antique artworks and ancient books are still in the British Museum for the time being, and Ye Tian will only go to receive them after processing this Knights Templar treasure!
When he gets the "Female History Atlas" and the ancient books and documents of the Dunhuang Scripture Cave, he will charter these priceless treasures back to Beijing as soon as possible, so as not to have too many dreams at night.
Although these priceless treasures have not yet arrived, Ye Tian is not worried about the performance of this art transaction contract.
At the end of the contract, the names of Prince Charles and Ye Tian are signed, as well as the names of the director of the British Museum and the Bishop of Kent, a witness, and the signatures of lawyers on both sides.
For the sake of insurance, this art transaction contract, which is enough to cause a sensation in the world, as well as the entire signing process, was photographed by Ye Tian and uploaded to the cloud for storage as soon as possible.
This is to prevent the British royal family and the British Museum from turning their backs and reneceiving their accounts, so he reserved a backhand, so as not to make the bamboo basket empty.
But in fact, he didn't believe that these British would dare to cheat themselves, break their promises, and if they did, then prepare for an extremely fierce revenge!
Even if the stone of Ireland's destiny was moved into Buckingham Palace and closely protected, Ye Tian would have a way to get the broken stone out and send it to Northern Ireland.
At that time, the British royal family will probably lose more than the Stone of Destiny of Ireland!
In addition, with the exposure of the art transaction contract and related videos, the British royal family and the British Museum will also lose face and become the target of all people's criticism.
In this extremely tense winter night, Ye Tian and these British Yankees only reached a work deal, that is, to transfer the Irish Stone of Destiny.
The rest of the antique relics such as King Edward I's golden crown, as well as those incomparably precious historical documents, are still in the temple of the temple church and in Ye Tian's hands.
The reason why these antique relics and historical documents were not sold is very simple, the conditions of the two sides have not been negotiated, and because of the time and situation, everyone has not worked too hard.
However, Ye Tian was not worried at all.
If the Brits are reluctant to trade up their top Chinese antiques in exchange for their offer, he will immediately look for other buyers.
With the special significance and great value of those antique relics and historical documents, as long as the news is released, top collectors and famous museums all over the world will surely flock to the world to start a fierce competition.
A few minutes after Prince Charles and his party left, Bishop Kent came to Ye Tian's side and whispered solemnly:
"Steven, just ten minutes ago, His Holiness the Pope and a number of high-ranking Vatican clergy and diplomats had just concluded their talks with the Israeli delegation.
The Israeli delegation was led by the president and included not only senior government officials and diplomats, but also high-ranking officials from the Jewish and security services.
The Israelites were quite hard-lined, claiming that they had to take back the two Jewish relics, King Solomon's golden candlestick of seven branches and the Gospel of Hebrews.
Of course, they are willing to pay the corresponding price for this, and the specific price is unknown, it is not known for the time being, it is nothing more than money or the like, but the Vatican is not short of money.
In addition to the Israelites, other denominations, such as the Protestant denominations, the Greek Orthodox Church, the Armenian sects, and the German Lutherans, also made claims for these holy relics.
His Holiness the Pope has rejected all of their unwarranted demands, and it is conceivable that those fellows will definitely take action and do not rule out the use of force to snatch these holy relics."
Hearing this, Ye Tian immediately smiled and nodded, saying:
"That's inevitable, if I'm not mistaken, the Israelis were responsible for the violent explosion that happened on Fleet Street before, and the Mossad guys have always done anything to get there.
The crowd pouring into the temple church must have been mixed with a lot of Mossad agents, especially those in monks' uniforms who kept bewitching the crowd, and nine times out of ten they were Mossad agents.
In addition to the Israelites, there must have been many people from other sects and various organizations in the crowd that rushed into the temple just now, ready to take advantage of the chaos to storm the inner temple and loot the treasures and holy relics.
Luckily, we reacted quickly and put up a lot of obstacles in the church, which was able to stop the crowd from rushing and quickly alert the frightened people to sabotage the tricks of those guys, and we were safe and sound!"
Bishop Kent nodded slightly, then continued:
"It is night, the light conditions are very poor, and it is freezing outside, and it is obviously impossible to transport them safely, and His Holiness wants you to continue to protect these Christian relics.
Tomorrow morning, a large number of security personnel will come to the temple church to remove these Christian relics and store them separately, and you will not have to worry about the rest.
Next, His Holiness will preside over a grand Mass at St. Paul's Cathedral in London, where the Christian relics will be publicly displayed to all believers.
After the three-day Mass, His Holiness will return to the Vatican with these Christian relics, and we can continue our exploration and go to the next country."
"Let's continue to protect these Christian relics? Well, as long as these Christian relics are still in the temple church, no one will be able to snatch them from us.
It is conceivable that tonight will be a sleepless night, and the ten hours from now until tomorrow morning will be incomparably long."
Ye Tian smiled and nodded, and there was no disagreement.
"Except for you and the members of the Swiss Guard led by Leonardo, the rest of the security personnel who have arrived in London, some of them are responsible for protecting the Pope and his entourage, and some of them have come to the vicinity of the Temple Church.
Together with the police at Scotland Yard and the large number of heavily armed British soldiers, I believe it will be enough to hold the Temple Church and protect the Christian relics until tomorrow morning."
The Bishop of Kent said confidently, but there was a little worry in his eyes.
Next, Ye Tian chatted with Bishop Kent for a few more words, and then ended the conversation and began to make some necessary arrangements.
He called Jason to his side and said to the boy:
"Jason, you lead a few company employees out and bring all the sleeping bags we brought into the church, we won't go back to the Ritz Hotel tonight, we will stay here for the night until tomorrow morning.
Cole will send a few security guards to protect you, and I will also contact the person in charge of Scotland Yard and ask them to send police to protect you, but you should be careful."
"Okay, Steven, don't worry, nothing can go wrong, we'll be back soon"
Jason nodded in response, and then went to pick someone.
Immediately afterwards, Ye Tian turned on the micro microphone of the wireless invisible headphones, lowered his voice and said:
"Cole, send a few guys to protect Jason and they go outside the church, go to the convoy to get the sleeping bags we brought, and prepare to spend the night in the temple church, and tell the guys to be careful.
Another point is to release all the beetle drones we brought, and use infrared night vision cameras to monitor the surroundings of the church to prevent some scheming guys from sneaking up at night.
In addition to the outside of the church, you also have some night vision surveillance equipment and traps in the middle and inner shrines, and when Jason and the others return, the middle and inner shrines will become off-limits.
Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night, tell everyone to keep my eyes open, keep my eyes open to everything around me, not let up for a second, and always be ready to fight."
"Okay, Steven, I'll let the guys know, and we'll take care of the security."
Cole whispered in response, and then went into action.
As soon as he finished speaking, Leonardo's voice came over the intercom.
"Steven, the delivery staff at the Ritz Hotel has arrived, do you want them to come in?"
Hearing the announcement, Ye Tian immediately picked up the walkie-talkie and said:
"It's okay to let them in, but everybody has to be searched, the food truck and all the utensils have to be thoroughly checked, and when they're in, we're going to check every piece of food.
When we are sure that the food is safe and non-toxic, you can arrange for your trusted subordinates to come in and pick up the food, and then eat it in batches, and now we have to be extremely cautious."
As soon as the words fell, Leonardo's voice came over the walkie-talkie again.
"Understood, Steven, I'll arrange for the guy to do the check"