Behind the White Pagoda is the Treasure Hall, where many of the imperial jewels are on display. Among them are the royal scepter, trumpets and swords, coronation robes, crowns, scepters and orbs with a cross on the top, the royal crown made for Queen Victoria covered with precious stones, and many other curiosities to behold.

These jewels are displayed in a bright glass case in the exhibition room, and visitors can only pass slowly on the automatic passage, and it is strictly forbidden to take pictures, but fortunately, the distance between them is just enough for Chu Chen's Lingbao eyes to use, otherwise such a good opportunity can only be missed in vain.

"Achen, why are you smiling so happily?" Walking out of the Treasure Hall, Wu Ke saw Chu Chen's smiling appearance, and couldn't help but ask curiously.

Chu Chen smiled and said, "It's nothing, it's just that I suddenly felt quite happy to see so many foreign treasures." ”

Of course, the real situation is that the upgrade progress of his ability has risen by nearly ten points, you must know that ten points of the Dao Dao means a billion worth of antique treasures, if it is himself, earning more than a billion is not something that can be achieved in a moment and a half, and now he has it just by walking around, how can this not make him happy.

With the experience of visiting the Tower of London this time, Chu Chen felt that 10 billion was really nothing, and if he returned to China to visit the Forbidden City, it was estimated that he could complete most of it, so it seems that 100 billion is actually not much.

However, if you really want to visit all the museums in the world, it will not be able to be completed in a while, and this can only be done slowly. Chu Chen felt that it would be better for Wu Ke to start after graduation, and it would be more interesting for the two of them to play.

There are many flea markets in London. And there is a fixed time every week, and it is a special antique market. For example, on Fridays it is Greenwich Market, on Saturday it is Notting Hill Antiques Market, on Sunday it is Liverpool Street Market, and on Monday it is Covent Garden Antiques Market.

Today happened to be Friday, and after listening to Chu Chen's words, Wu Ke smiled and proposed: "Achen, since this is the case, let's go to Greenwich Market for a while." ”

Chu Chen nodded and agreed: "Okay, before we go, we have to fill our stomachs, I just heard someone's stomach screaming!" ”

"I hate it! ……”

Unlike the lackluster local cuisine. London's foreign restaurants are well developed, and you can easily find dishes from all over the world.

Not to mention the world-famous Chinese cuisine, French, Italian, Indian and Turkish restaurants can be found on the streets of London. What particularly surprised Chu Chen was that the Chinese restaurant here could be subdivided into different cuisines.

And the taste of some Chinese restaurants is quite authentic, which makes Chu Chen almost think that he is not in a foreign country, of course, the authentic dishes also make Wu Ke eat heartily and addicted.

After a very hearty lunch, the two took a taxi to Greenwich Market.

The location of the market is actually not far from the place where the two of them eat. It's less than 20 minutes by taxi.

In the eyes of the Chinese people, the market often gives the impression of humble stalls with cheap and inferior knick-knacks, but this is not the case here in England, for example. The handicrafts at each stall here are full of character and character, and these are some of the creations that contain the creativity and inspiration of the makers.

In addition to these elaborate handicrafts, there are other items such as paintings and photographs, antiques, skincare products, souvenirs, jewelry, local delicacies and much more. There is everything in this bazaar, and this is for Wu Ke. It's like you've arrived in a shopping paradise.

Seeing so many things of interest, Wu Ke instantly forgot the purpose of coming to the bazaar. Take a look here, look there, Chu Chen was happy to see her, as long as she was interested, she was ready to buy it, but this was rejected by Wu Ke, and in the end, she just bought a few pieces of essential oil soap and a brand-name handbag, as well as some small jewelry.

There is a food area in the market, which brings together food and snacks from all over the world, and when they were tired of shopping, the two of them went to the food area to rest for a while and ate some delicious snacks.

Looking at a few handbags on the side, Wu Ke said with some embarrassment: "Originally, I came to see antiques, but I didn't buy what you wanted, but you helped me buy so much." ”

Chu Chen smiled: "What does it matter, I came to England to see you, I must be the main one for everything!" ”

Hearing Chu Chen say this, Wu Ke's heart was full of sweetness, she fed the cake in her hand to Chu Chen, wiped it with a tissue, then stood up and said, "Let's go, let's go to the antique shop here next!" ……”

After visiting a few antique stores, Chu Chen didn't come across anything she liked, but Wu Ke found a Hermes perfume bottle from the 60s, and it also came with an original box, and the price was not expensive, which surprised her.

Then, the two came to a small shop specializing in carvings, although the small shop is not big, but there are not many things, and all of them are placed in an orderly manner, which makes people feel very clean and refreshing.

And here, although there are not many domestic carvings, there are more than 30 of them, and some of them still look like fine products, which can't help but make Chu Chen interested.

However, foreigners' things may not all be real, Chu Chen carefully observed several of them, and found that they were either modern handicrafts or fakes made in modern times, which was really quite boring.

However, the next bamboo carving dragon descending Arhat made Chu Chen's eyes light up.

This image is made of bamboo roots, and I saw that the arhat's forehead bone was wide and smiling. Dressed in Zen clothes, he sits on a futon, holding a bead and playing with a dragon in his right hand. Above the left knee of the dragon pan, looking at the Arhat, the proportion of the dragon is small, the expression is tame, and the Buddha power of the Arhat is more prestigious.

The dragon descending arhat is one of the eighteen arhats, which is intended to embody the boundlessness of Buddhism and has become a frequent theme for carvers. The Arhat carving is in good condition, the idea is ingenious, the knife technique is concise and soft, although the specifications are small, the square inch and shows the Buddha's world, it is a typical Qing Dynasty Arhat style.

And what surprised Chu Chen even more was that there was still the name of Shi Tianzhang engraved on the statue of Arhat.

Shi Tianzhang is a famous bamboo carver in the Qing Dynasty, "Bamboo People" recorded Wang Mingshao on Shi Tianzhang: "Since childhood, the most workmanship bamboo root figures, the position of siblings, the chic clothes, the face of the gods, are very vivid." The old ones have goosebumps, crane hair, rib bones, throat and teeth, all indexed; Laughter is joyful, if there is a sound. ”

No wonder Chu Chen felt that the style of this statue was a little familiar just now, it turned out to be the work carved by Shi Tianzhang, which was really an unexpected joy.

Chu Chen looked at the list price, but it was only 9,000 pounds, which was only 135,000 RMB, and buying it at this price was equivalent to picking up a big leak.

When he entered the door just now, Chu Chen saw that the sign of the small shop said that he refused to bargain, and he had been reminded by Wu Ke before, and he also understood the rules here, so he simply asked the clerk to wrap up the things.

After picking up a leak, Chu Chen's spirit immediately became high-pitched, and he continued to read it with great interest. Although the next things are not as fine as just now, I still bought a bamboo carved pen holder, and a mahogany carved Ruyi, and the price is also very cheap, which is equivalent to picking up two small leaks.

Although the quality of these two things is not too high, and Chu Chen himself will not collect such things, they are sought-after goods in the domestic market, and they can be used as goods in his antique shop.

The last two carvings are ivory carvings and horn carvings.

Among them, the ivory carving is carved with ivory, with the skill of multi-layer relief carving Canglong godson figure, Canglong is vigorous and majestic, sometimes hidden and sometimes appearing, the dragon head is majestic, the carving is delicate, the momentum of the Canglong is vividly expressed. This device can be described as ingeniously conceived, delicate and delicate carving, dense ornamentation, clear and distinct layers, should be a masterpiece.

However, what made Chu Chen sigh a little was that this ivory carving work was a modern handicraft that had only been completed in recent years.

As the saying goes, there is no killing without buying and selling, Chu Chen can't control others, but at least he can control himself, if it's an ancient ivory carving or horn carving, then he can still accept it, but since it's a modern ivory carving, even if it's a cheap price, you can sell it for a high price if you buy it back, think about those poached elephants, he still doesn't appreciate it.

The last horn carving is a rhino horn carving lychee cup in the style of the early Qing Dynasty.

The cup is carved in the shape of a stump, with an open mouth, a concave abdomen, and a concave bottom, and the high relief around the cup vividly twists the branches, flipped leaves and full lychee fruits, showing the good and vigorous growth state of lychee.

A closer look reveals that the undulating opening and closing of the branches, the turning of the leaves, the growth of the tiny branches, and even the subtle growth structure at the junction between the petiole and the branch are all vividly expressed by the author with a simple knife technique.

Moreover, the author carved a different brocade on each lychee, which is extraordinary in simplicity, which can be described as ingenuity.

Throughout this cup, it is full of natural interest, the decoration is simple and fine, the knife work is sharp and relaxed, and the artistic appeal exuded by it makes Chu Chen can't help but secretly admire.

However, to Chu Chen's surprise, this rhino horn cup also has a famous model, and the author is the famous craftsman You Tong during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty.

It is said that once, Youtong's father borrowed a very beautifully carved rhino horn cup from a relative, and Youtong imitated an almost identical one according to this cup, but the fly in the ointment was that the color of the imitation cup was lighter.

So Yu Tong came up with a way, picked some impatiens (also known as nail grass), mashed them, and dyed the new rhino horn cup as carefully as nails, and as a result, even his relatives could not tell which was the original and which was imitated.

Moreover, You Tong is named after carving a rhinoceros horn cup, and has also been enlisted in the court, known as "You Rhino Cup". A rhino horn cactus cup in the collection of the Palace Museum is his masterpiece, and its ingenious skills can be described as stunning to the court. (To be continued......)