Chapter 0701: Time and Memories
A day later, the northern Italian town of Bobbio.
When he came to this place, Xia Lei had a sense of déjà vu. It's not that he's been here, it's the landscape that Tranquility painted. Tranquility paints a medieval town, in front of which is a modern town, the medieval buildings are almost invisible, but there are still some traces of antiquity in some places.
"Boss, this is Bobbio, Leonardo da Vinci used to live here. The background of "Narissa" is also here, and although I have not been here, I know a lot about it. In an old pickup truck, Arecio introduced Charlei, who seemed to want to be a tour guide.
Xia Lei said: "I want to walk alone, you just need to keep in touch." ”
"Well, no problem. Arecio smiled and said, "Also, boss, Italian girls are very open, you have to be careful not to be abducted into bed by them." ”
Xia Lei smiled, got out of the car, and walked down a street.
The streets of the town are not lively, and there are few pedestrians. Although the Mona Lisa was born here, it was always an oil painting, and it alone could not support the tourism here.
Crossing the street, Charley continued on his way, looking aimless. He wears a human skin mask on his face, and no matter what angle you look at it, you can't find the shadow of "Xia Lei". He carries a travel backpack on his back, and he looks like a backpacker from the East.
The members of the Zodiac clan did not follow, they were scattered all over the town, and they had long taken this town under their control.
Xia Lei didn't let them follow, he naturally had his reasons. One is that seven or eight people walk together, with different skin tones, and it is easy to attract the attention of others. Besides, he didn't want them to know what he was doing in this town, he didn't even tell Long Bing and Xia Xue the secrets of Gu Alloy and AE, how could he tell them casually.
In fact, there is another reason, that is, he is the leader of the Zodiac team, and they are his subordinates, he simply tells them everything, he just needs to control them and let them do what he wants.
Walking out of the town, a river appeared in front of me. The river is not big or small, and it is flanked by a dense forest. There is also a path that winds through the woods on both the left and right. Xia Lei walked a little further along the path on the left and came across a stone bridge.
It was a very old stone bridge, and the stones used to build it were covered with moss, and some of the stones were already mottled to a decent. At first glance, this stone bridge is at least a few hundred years old.
When he saw this stone bridge, Xia Lei's heart thumped, "Isn't this the big stone bridge in the Mona Lisa? ”
Stepping onto this big stone bridge, Xia Lei couldn't help but have a picture in his mind. A woman in a long black dress has her back to the bridge and faces a painter with a charming smile on her face. The painter paints with great concentration, his eyes are deep and full of wisdom. His name was Leonardo di Leonardo da Vinci, and the woman in front of him was Lisa Gradini, a character from the Mona Lisa.
What brought these two men together and then created the world-famous painting. This is a question that only Leonardo da Vinci himself can answer.
Thinking of Leonardo da Vinci, a new question popped up in Xia Lei's mind. That's when Leonardo da Vinci wrote the map and his message in pencil, and why did he hide such an important thing in an oil painting? After all, he certainly could not have predicted that this painting would become the most famous painting in the world.
In his thoughts, Xia Lei's eyes moved to the downstream of the stone bridge, and he saw an old man fishing. The old man had silver hair and was very tall. Both physical appearance and body shape are typical white characteristics.
When Xia Lei saw the old man, the old man also happened to look over and saw him.
"Hey, young friend, are you here for a tour?" the old man took the initiative to greet Xia Lei, looking very enthusiastic. His accent is also pure Italian.
Xia Lei nodded and said, "Yes, I like this place. ”
"You won't be disappointed, this is the most beautiful place in all of Italy. Go around and you're bound to get something out of it. Good luck!" The old man waved to Xia Lei.
"Good luck. Charley said, and left the stone bridge.
Perhaps Xia Lei's words played a role, and just as he walked off the stone bridge, the fish float on the river suddenly sank into the water, and the old man jerked the fishing rod in his hand, and a large fish was dragged out of the water.
"The old man's reaction was quite fast. Xia Lei said in his heart, he withdrew his gaze, walked into the forest path, and continued walking.
The woods were quiet, and from time to time a gust of wind blew and shook the treetops with a rustling sound. Occasionally, a small bird will fly up and make a chirping sound. This place is free from the hustle and bustle of the city, and it can bring a kind of peace of mind.
Would Leonardo da Vinci also pass by here?
This kind of conjecture is meaningless, but it is beautiful.
After about five hundred meters, Xia Lei stepped out of the woods, and a pile of rubble came into his sight. He was immediately intrigued. The pile of rubble was not a natural stone, but a stone that had been hewn by a stonemason, a stone brick used in construction, or something.
The oil painting that Tranquility had painted resurfaced in his mind, a house, the hillside behind it, and the tombstone under the hillside. His gaze followed away from the ruins and into the back. So a hillside came into his sight, and the terrain was exactly the same as the hillside behind the house painted by Tranquility!
"Found it!" Xia Lei was excited, and he walked over quickly.
A few minutes later, Charlei came to the ruins. Stones strewn in the grass, cracks, moss, and missing parts are evidence of age, at least hundreds of years old. There are also some carvings on some of the stones, mostly related to religion, crosses, the Virgin and the Child, etc.
In the painting painted by Serenity, a young man in jeans and carrying a backpack is looking in the direction of the hillside. Now, Xia Lei is also standing in the same position, he is also wearing jeans and carrying a backpack, and he is also looking in the direction of the hillside. At this moment, time and space seem to overlap, making it difficult to distinguish whether it is inside the painting or outside the painting.
"The house is beautiful in that picture of Serenity. The town she painted was a medieval town, with no modern elements. But she drew a modern man, standing where I am standing now...... She had never been here, but she did. If she drew it with memory, then wouldn't her memory be ......" Thinking of this, Xia Lei's back suddenly felt cold!
If Tranquility drew that picture from memory, then her memory was at least hundreds of years, but Tranquility was only in her twenties, how could this be possible!
"Oops, we seem to be lost, right?" suddenly came a woman's voice.
Xia Lei's thoughts were suddenly interrupted, and he followed the sound. An old woman and an old man were walking down the path. The old man seemed to be a husband and wife, nagging as they walked.
"You can't be wrong, I was fifty years ago, and I remember it well. The old man said.
"But I don't see any churches, are you sure you're not mistaken?" the old woman seemed to be a little unable to walk, and her face was tired.
"A little further on, I think you should be able to see the church. The old man helped the old woman to continue walking.
"There was a young man there, and I don't know if he knew the church. "The old woman saw Xia Lei.
"Hey, young friend, where are you from?" the old man greeted Xia Lei.
Xia Lei hesitated, "South Korea, I'm Korean." ”
"Oh, your Italian is so good. The old man smiled.
Xia Lei smiled, "I live in Italy. ”
"Oh, that's pretty good. The old man said, "By the way, do you know that there is a church around here?"
"Church?" Xia Lei looked around, but even with the vision of his left eye, which was more than 4,000 meters high, he didn't see any church.
"No?" said the old woman looked disappointed, "My husband said that he was baptized in that church when he was a child, and he wanted to go there before leaving this world. However, we seem to have lost our way. ”
Charleigh's mind suddenly came back to the painting that Tranquility had painted, and in that painting there was indeed a church. But the town in that painting is a small town hundreds of years ago, and hundreds of years have passed, and this place has long been a place of people. The church wasn't there, and he didn't know it anymore.
"What do you mean by church?" Xia Lei asked.
The old man said, "Well, it's a very old church, with a very high dome, and the kind of stained glass of the Duomo of Milan, have you ever been to the Duomo of Milan?"
"Oh, I've been and it's beautiful. "Where have you been to the Milan Cathedral," he casually pointed in the direction behind the hillside, "The church you are talking about is probably in that place, and you can see it when you climb over this hillside." ”
But he wasn't pointing in the direction of the church, he was referring to the church in the painting that Serenity painted.
"Thank you, young friend. The old woman thanked Xia Lei.
Xia Lei said politely: "You're welcome, I wish you all a smooth journey." ”
The old man smiled at Xia Lei, and then said, "I'll just say, I've been to that place, how could I be wrong." Let's go, we'll be there soon. ”
The old man and the old woman left.
Xia Lei watched the old man and the old woman leave, and only when they were out of sight did he leave the ruins and walk in the direction of the hillside.
There are no roads, and the weeds are knees. There were no tombstones standing in the direction ahead, except for weeds and weeds.
Suddenly, the grass in front of me shook.
Xia Lei's nerves suddenly tensed, and one hand was also placed on his waist. He had a "Viper" pistol hidden from his waist. If something unexpected happens, he doesn't hesitate to use it.
Rustle rustle......
There was a sound in the grass.
PS: Sorry for the update a little late today, but it's still 3 more, and the other two will be in the afternoon and evening. In addition, I would like to say that in the case of typos, it is a lot of work, and it is inevitable that there will be mistakes, so please forgive me. Usually, some book friends point out that I have corrected it, so there are almost no typos in vertical and horizontal reading.