Chapter 193: Treasures of Chinese Culture

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There were a few bodyguards who stayed in the hotel to rest, and there were enough people.

Several temporarily hired armed drivers can speak fluent Italian, Nicole asked to go to the "mouth of the truth" first, Jenny also looked expectant, only Zhang Nan looked bitter.

The mouth of the mantra is actually a stone mask with a round human face, embedded in the walls of the Church of Our Lady of Greece in the city of Rome.

The open mouth was originally a drain, but its name "Mouth of the Truth" gave it a new meaning - all because of the Roman Holiday.

There's a scene in the movie where Gregory Pike's reporter tells the princess that the mouth of the truth bites off the liar's hand, and then he stands facing the "mouth of the truth" for a moment and puts his hand inside.

Suddenly, he screamed in pain!

The princess was shocked, and hurriedly helped him to pull out: the arm finally came out, but only the sleeve remained!

The princess covered her mouth and almost fainted! At this moment, Pike smiled and stretched out his hand hidden in the cuff, and the princess awoke from her panic and surprise, and the two lovers embraced each other as if they were happy.

Who would have thought that this thrilling scene would turn out to be an impromptu performance by Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn.

At that time, Parker deliberately tucked his hand into his sleeve, but Hepburn was unprepared for this sudden "terrifying" scene, which added a lot to the film.

The international film industry has left a romantic story, and the "mouth of truth" is also famous all over the world.

Xiang Weirong laughed there after hearing Nicole's request, but Guan Xingquan didn't know what to say: he hadn't watched the "Roman Holiday", and he didn't know that Zhang Nan might suffer this time.

Zhang Nan had a bitter gourd face, while Xiang Weirong and Jackson were laughing, and Guan Xingquan was a little confused.

"Don't ask, I'll watch a play, watch a play!"

Facing Guan Xingquan's inquiring expression, Xiang Weirong whispered "warned" his old subordinates.

Sure enough, when I arrived at the place, I lined up a little, and when Zhang Nan put his hand into that big mouth, the questions of the two girls stunned everyone nearby!

The bodyguards are also busy enough, standing on the side and signaling other tourists to take care of their cameras, just like bullies traveling and everyone avoiding!

"Love us?"

"Love me more, or love Nicole more?"

"Do you have any other girlfriends?" ......

Zhang Nan was so anxious - he met two "Holiday" fans, which really made everyone watch a big show!

It's really a lot of fakes, but it's good that the hand is still there!

I almost hid my face and fled, but in the end, I even hugged my fists around and left with my head held high.

When Nicole asked seven or eight questions, the tourists nearby didn't know which bad breed was applauding, and soon there was applause - today is really a cow man!

"It's still so, brother from the Middle East? Man idol!"

Of course, many men were almost killed by their lovers with white eyes!

Now it's the turn of the two girls to be embarrassed to ask again, so retreat quickly!

Head high to Porterce's Gate Market: a huge semi-souk that is a little messy, but with ancient gramophones, delicate gemstone brooches, copper utensils of all kinds, rococo-style dressers, and antique bicycles from Grandpa's generation...... There are countless antiques, art, handmade and lifestyle items!

It is the largest open-air flea market in Rome.

The bodyguards are full of aura, because it is also one of the places with the highest concentration of thieves and pickpockets in Rome, and the thieves in Italy will be as famous as its mafia.

However, there is a stick surrounded by bodyguards in black suits, even if all the pickpockets in Rome are there, they dare not attack this group.

Soon, the two women bought two ruby brooches, the price is not expensive, it is estimated that the gems on them are actually semi-precious stones such as rubellite, but they are really exquisite.

Zhang Nan was not very interested in these little things, but he still patiently accompanied the two girls to hang out.

More than half an hour later, Zhang Nan found that there was a stall selling second-hand goods with a large number of old books, and there was a large frame on the side, which was also full of books, and many books looked like they had been for many years.

I can't read it, and those words aren't in English anyway.

Nicole, however, stopped and flipped through the pages, and bought a copy of the 1902 Italian "Decameron" at the stall, which was well preserved but not cheap, and cost more than $20 when converted.

I don't understand it and buy it, probably she likes this book.

The books on the stall were well selected, and they basically cost more than $5, and the stall owner said that the books in the box were relatively cheaper.

Nicole was interested in looking for it again, and Zhang Nan also looked through it curiously.

I don't know Italian, but I can still understand English.

Suddenly, a stack of very special books that had been pressed lower in the basket was turned out by Zhang Nan, and when he saw what it was, his hands couldn't help but clench slightly.

"It is 50.3 centimeters long and 30 centimeters wide, and it is 1 foot 5 inches and 6 minutes high and 9 inches and 3 minutes wide. ”

Zhang Nan was holding a book in his hand, and he couldn't help but think of this year in his mind.

The book is open on the left, and there is a rectangular bookmark glued to the upper left of the front of the book jacket, and the four words "Yongle Grand Canon" are inscribed in the frame!

Yes, this is the Yongle Canon!

The first book in his hand is "Yongle Dadian" under the four characters: volume 1821 1822, five books at a glance, all of them are connected, until the volume 1830.

The book jacket is hard-mounted with multiple layers of rice paper, and there is a layer of yellow silk wrapped in the brain on the outside, the whole book is particularly solemn, and the whole book is basically undamaged.

The content of the pages is written with a vermilion and ink pen: the vermilion pen is used to draw the boundary lines of the sidebar, and the author and title of the book are cited; the ink pen is used to write the title, the number of volumes, the rhyme, the text of the book and draw pictures; the circle points are stamped with a reed, bamboo, bone or jade pen tube with a hollow inner and outer circle dipped in cinnabar ink, and the color of the paper is definitely more than four or five hundred years.

Zhang Nan read the two pages seriously, everything is right, this is the Jiajing period recopied basically can not be wrong: this volume is recorded in the Taoist classics, each leaf of the vermilion sidebar boundary line is drawn by hand, not printed, using the Ming Dynasty official regular script: the pavilion body is copied one stroke at a time!

Zhang Nan signaled, and the bodyguard asked the price: 5 copies are a total of 10,000 lira, less than two dollars a piece!

A treasure of Chinese culture that is more than 500 years old is sold for more than $1 a copy at this second-hand booksstand!

paid, Zhang Nan turned the box upside down, and couldn't find the sixth book.

The stall owner was chattering on the side, and seemed a little unhappy, but he didn't dare to curse.

"Mr. Allen, he said that these five old Chinese books are gone. The bodyguard translated.

"Where did it come from?"

When the bodyguard asked, the man replied.

"An old house has been renovated, and he got it from there two days ago, and it's all here. ”

"What about the house?"

"Demolished. ”

"Ask him to take us and give him $500. ”

The bodyguard didn't give the money first, but showed the placket of the suit, and then took out $500 to the stall owner.

The stall owner's face changed, so he had to say a few words to the stall owner on the side, and followed Zhang Nan and his group.

Half an hour later, Zhang Nan's group of people arrived at an old house that was being renovated: a few bodyguards who got Zhang Nan's instructions would make it look like a mafia, stop the workers who were under construction, and ask where all the papers that were taken out of the house before went!

Fortunately, it hasn't rained for the past two days, and the debris has not been used up yet, so it is piled up in the yard of the house, like a hill!

None of the workers dared to move, for fear of causing trouble.

Zhang Nan pointed to the garbage heap, "Jack, take someone to turn it over for me! Find the same book as this one, I will award $100 for a scattered page, and 10,000 for a complete one!" (To be continued.) )