Fortunately, when Liping and Master Ji came to the elevator, there were not many tourists waiting for the elevator.

Liping and Master Ji quickly entered the elevator and arrived at the ground floor of the Eiffel Tower in a short time.

When they arrived at the meeting point designated by the tour guide, the members of the "Golden Autumn Group" happened to have all arrived.

"Hello friends! It's 2:26 Paris time, and all of us in the 'Golden Autumn Troupe' have arrived! This shows that we all have a strong sense of organizational discipline and a strong sense of time. With such a conscious and collective concept, we can believe that our journey will be very smooth and enjoyable! Okay, hurry up, it's time to go. Next, let's go to the Palace of Versailles! ”

Xiao Luo, the tour guide who had been waiting at the exit for a long time, was very happy to see that all the members of the tour group had gathered on time.

After giving her comments to the tour members, she happily held up a small pennant and led everyone towards the parking lot.

Ouch, it's been more than two hours since I left the minibus, and I don't know if I woke up from my dreams?

Liping, who was still following the tour group at first, saw that the companions of the "Golden Autumn Group" were about to arrive at the parking lot, and suddenly thought that the dream was still sleeping in the car, so she trotted a few steps, quickly came to the tour guide, and walked in front of everyone with Xiao Luo.

When she arrived at the car, after the tour guide informed the driver to open the door, Liping was the first to step into the minibus.

After getting on the bus, Liping found that Mengdu did not sit on the third row of seats fixed by the two of them, but lay on the seats without armrests in the last row of the minibus.

"Mengdu, get up quickly! You see, everybody's coming back. ”

Liping walked quickly to the back seat, and pushed her hands on Mengdu's curled body a few times.

"Hmm——, you're back?"

Yume rubbed his eyes in a daze, and after a while, he sat up sleepily.

"Come, Mengdu, let's sit back in our seats."

Liping pulled up Mengdu, who was still rubbing his eyes, and helped him stumble back to the third row of seats, and sat down in their fixed seats.

"Hello friends! Now, our car is on time! We are going to visit one of the most important World Heritage Sites in France: the Palace of Versailles. ”

After the minibus started, the tour guide Xiao Luo began to introduce the Palace of Versailles to the tour group:

"Located in the town of Versailles, 18 kilometres southwest of Paris, the Palace of Versailles is one of the most brilliant jewels of human art. When the Palace of Versailles was built, there was a particularly interesting story. ”

While introducing, the tour guide Xiao Luo deliberately glanced at the tour group members in the car.

When she saw that everyone was listening to her explanation, she continued:

"The story takes place in 1661. In that year, Louis XIV, who lived in the old palace of Van Sennes, was invited by the chancellor of the exchequer of the imperial court, Fugai, to attend a banquet in the newly built mansion of Fugai.

Upon arriving at the Chancellor's Palace, Louis XIV visited the entire building and decoration of the Mansion and was immediately impressed by the magnificence and splendor of the newly built Palace.

After visiting the mansion of Fugaet, Louis XIV did not squeak at that time. But three weeks later, Louis XIV threw Fuguet into the Bastille prison on charges of embezzlement and self-deprecation, and sentenced him to life imprisonment!

At the same time, perhaps out of jealousy, Louis XIV made an important decision:

Build a new palace that is even more luxurious than the rich mansion!

Louis XIV ordered the construction of the new royal palace to begin that year, still by the same people who built the Fugai Palace, and named it the Palace of Versailles himself.

After the construction of the new imperial palace, compared with the mansion built by Fugai, both the overall structure and the architectural style of the two buildings have a very high degree of similarity. ”

"What about the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who is convicted of corruption and self-interest? Has it disappeared from nowhere? ”

After listening to the tour guide's story, Master Ji of the tour group asked in a tone that broke through the red dust.

"Yes, that Chancellor of the Exchequer, Fugai, life and death are unknown from now on."

The tour guide replied with a smile.

"This is in response to the words of our ancestors, called: 'Blessings and misfortunes are hidden, and misfortunes and blessings are relied on'. It seems that it is better to be low-key. ”

Master Ji nodded thoughtfully, as if talking to himself, and as if to the companions of the tour group, he said a word of inner emotion.

"Yes, Ji Shifu has a lot of sense. It can also be said that 'the sky has unpredictable circumstances, and people have good and bad luck'. Therefore, in our daily life, it is better to 'have wealth without exposure, and art without publicity'. ”

It can be heard that the tour guide Xiao Luo agrees with Master Ji's point of view very much, and summarizes the story just now with a point similar to Master Ji's point of view.

"If the Chancellor of the Exchequer had not invited Louis XIV to visit his house after he had built it, would nothing have happened?"

"That's right! As long as Louis XIV had not been invited to visit his house, that Fugai would not have fallen from heaven! However, if that were the case, there would probably be no Versailles today. ”

"That's right! If it weren't for Louis XIV to visit his palace, there would not be the Palace of Versailles today. It seems that the Chancellor of the Exchequer is really 'sacrificing one of me for the benefit of hundreds of millions of people'! ”

At this time, the atmosphere on the car became lively, and the companions of the tour group began to chatter.

Some of them are talking to each other;

Some talk loudly. The whole minibus was full of warm and joyful emotions.

"Well, the legend of the Palace of Versailles is over. Now, I would like to give you a brief introduction to the architectural features of the Palace of Versailles. ”

The tour guide Xiao Luo smiled and paused for a while, and only after the chatter on the car gradually disappeared did he continue to say to everyone:

"The Palace of Versailles began construction in 1661 and was completed in 1689, and has a history of more than 300 years.

The entire Palace of Versailles covers an area of 1.11 million square meters. Among them, the construction area is 110,000 square meters, and the garden area is 1 million square meters.

The architecture of the palace is imposing and the layout is harmonious. The main hall of the palace was built in an east-west direction. The two ends of the main palace are connected with the south palace and the north palace respectively, forming a very symmetrical geometric pattern.

The roof of the Palace of Versailles adopts a flat roof technique, which is upright and majestic.

The outer wall of the palace, at the upper end, stands countless statues of people, all of which are carved from marble, with beautiful shapes and lifelike.

"Today, the Palace of Versailles has long since become a world-famous tourist attraction. More than 2 million people visit the area every year, second only to the Eiffel Tower.

From the beginning of the 19th century, the ground floors of the South, North and Main Palaces of the Palace of Versailles were converted into museums.

The museum houses a large collection of portraits, sculptures, huge historical scrolls, and other art treasures.

Today's Palace of Versailles, in addition to being visited by tourists from all over the world, the current president and state leaders of France often meet or entertain foreign heads of state and diplomatic envoys here. ”

"Oh——, okay. Dear friends, we have now reached our destination! As for whether the situation at the Palace of Versailles that I just introduced is worthy of its name, I invite you to go and verify it on the spot now!

Oh, by the way, by the way, it's 2:55, before half past five, please come back here and don't be late. Well, now, let's visit the Palace of Versailles! ”

As the tour guide Xiao Luo's words ended, the minibus also arrived at the special parking lot of the Palace of Versailles.

So, after the tour guide finished the notice to the members of the tour group, he took the lead in getting off the bus with a pennant.

"Liping, I don't think the Palace of Versailles will be worth visiting, so I'm not going, right?"

When the tour group members got off the bus, Yumedo was still sitting in the third row of seats, unmoving.

With a gaze that was still full of boredom, he looked at Liping inquiringly, and said his thoughts directly.

"No, you slept so long just now, you should have rested a long time ago. According to the tour guide's introduction, this Versailles Palace is a unique and gorgeous historical palace! We wouldn't be able to see it anywhere else. I said Mengdu, you better go and visit with everyone. ”

Liping got up as she spoke, and after standing in the aisle, she turned around and reached out to pull Mengdu.

"Hey, I really didn't expect that this trip abroad would feel so tired!"

Seeing Liping reaching out to pull herself, she still didn't want to get up in her dreams.

However, when he saw a few companions at the door of the car looking at him, Dream felt a little embarrassed, so he was unwilling and reluctant to stand up by Liping.