"I'm afraid I can't." Zhou Tianwen said with a bitter face full of regret, "Lao Zhang, you don't know that my son and daughter-in-law died in an accident a few years ago, and left my little granddaughter, who is now only fifteen years old, to me. Hearing him say this, Zhang Tianzheng's face also sank.

"I don't think these two need to worry, now all kinds of logistical supplies there have been completed, if you talk about universities, the oasis has not yet been established, but we already have junior high and high schools, and the teachers are all hired from famous schools, you can be absolutely assured that the teachers will not miss your children's future." Chen Pi's words immediately reassured the two old men.

Chen Pi, who got the two old men, couldn't help but be overjoyed, this is the solution to his headache in recent days, so many cultural relics are concentrated on the oasis, even if the number of warehouses is more than enough, it is also sent to the collection in different categories, and it can't be piled up in a mess, if you want to find a certain cultural relic in the future, wouldn't it be a big deal.

Seeing that Zhang Tianzheng and the two were so happy, the wrinkles on their faces bloomed, and after the confused Curator Peter asked Zhang Tianzheng and the two of them a few words in English, he immediately turned his head and said to Chen Pi with a begging face: "Mr. Chen, can I join their ranks, I believe that with my many years of ability to identify cultural relics and management experience in the Louvre Museum, I will be able to help." "With millions of artifacts collected from all over the world, many of them even rare treasures left in the world, there is no more attractive job for an antiquities collector.

"Huh?" Chen Pi couldn't help but be taken aback and said, "Director Peter, of course, I personally welcome you to participate in this work, and I also believe that with your ability, you can solve many difficult problems for me, but what about the Louvre Museum, does your position as director allow you to stay in China for a long time?" ”

"Curator?"

"Hahaha, compared with the countless precious cultural relics, what is a mere position, besides, I am also so old, I will soon resign as the curator and go home to retire, for me, it is just a year to advance this time, Mr. Chen, you can rest assured, as long as you agree, at most one month, I can board the plane to Huaguo." Curator Peter said without any hesitation, "How's that?" Mr. Chen, if you can give me more time, I can also bring some more useful talents for you. ”

Chen Pi was stunned in his heart, he really didn't expect that this director of the Louvre Museum would treat the director of the Louvre Museum as nothing, and he should not do the same thing at all, and he chose to give up so happily, which really surprised him.

However, he thought that it would be beneficial for Curator Peter to go there voluntarily, and the experience he had accumulated over the years in managing the Louvre, an internationally renowned museum, was invaluable, and could just make up for the shortcomings of the domestic museum industry.

Thinking of this, Chen Pi smiled and said, "Since Curator Peter has made up his mind, of course I welcome it with both hands." ”

Curator Peter was overjoyed in his heart, the old man was so happy that he didn't know how to express it, Zhang Tianzheng and the two couldn't stop saying hello to him after learning the news, and only they could truly understand the incomparable joy in Curator Peter's heart.

Under the leadership of Director Peter, several people focused on visiting some of the essence of the Oriental Art Museum, after all, the total collection of this museum is as high as more than 80,000 pieces, which if you look carefully one by one, you can't finish it in half a month.

"Huh?" When Chen Pi's gaze fell on a round ball with a texture like stone, not stone, jade, and not jade, he couldn't help but let out a surprised exclamation. I don't know why, this ancient artifact that looks like a ball seems to be constantly exuding a strange energy that is absolutely imperceptible to ordinary people, but its energy is quite weak, and even tangerine peel is only aware of it when it is within ten meters.

"It was discovered in 1941 from the ruins of a temple around Baghdad, and its texture is so strange that the forensic experts have used a lot of equipment to determine its exact age, and its usefulness is naturally impossible to speculate." Curator Peter saw that Chen Pi was paying attention to it, and hurriedly explained.

"And how many years do you think it's been around?" Chen Pi folded his hands in front of his chest and asked.

"It is generally accepted that it is at least 4,000 years old, but many experts believe that it should be at least 7,000 years old and belongs to the remnants of prehistoric civilization." Curator Peter didn't understand how Tangerine Pi could be interested in such an inconspicuous thing, in his opinion, this cultural relic could not be seen to have any other value other than its age, and various experts had studied it for many years, but they did not get a single useful information from it.

Chen Pi shook his head and continued his visit, but his mind was no longer on it, the curator of the round ball Peter didn't know its value, it didn't mean that Chen Pi didn't know either, it should be a magic weapon, although the specific function is currently unknown, but Chen Pi can be sure that it was left by ancient cultivators, but it seems that it has been sealed, so only when a practitioner like Chen Pi is at a very close distance can it be detected.

"It turns out that the relics left by ancient practitioners can also be found in museums." Realizing this, Chen Pi let go of his perception and scanned every ancient artifact he passed by to see if there could be any new discoveries, but unfortunately, until everyone visited the Oriental Art Museum, there were no new discoveries.

At this time, it was already noon, under the warm invitation of Director Peter, everyone tasted the dishes of Lanxi in the restaurant of the Louvre Museum, although they were in a hurry to limit their time, and the restaurant was not fully prepared, so only two main dishes of fried foie gras steak and simmered oxtail in red wine were prepared, supplemented by salad lettuce and some small desserts, but the wine was quite well prepared.

Foie gras is fat, steak is fresh and tender, with red wine mushroom sauce, forced out the umami of beef tenderloin, fused into the aroma of the taste, red wine simmered oxtail is selected is the best section of oxtail, thickness has a certain specification, add a variety of spices, simmer for more than ten hours to get the delicious, the skin is very tough, the meat is moderately fat, not greasy, the soup is fresh, the taste is a bit like a hoof, the nutritional value is better, compared with the dishes of Huaguo, there is a different flavor, so that Zhao Youcheng, who has never tasted the food of Lanxi, Yukihime and Flower Tears ate with relish.

After dinner, everyone took a short rest, went straight to the ancient Egyptian art gallery of the Louvre Museum, where there are about more than 35,000 pieces of ancient Egyptian cultural relics, the collection is quite rich, it is an important treasure house for the study of the history of the development of ancient Egyptian civilization, in the exhibition room, the mysterious Sphinx statue dignified gaze at the visitors, making people feel the unfathomable nature of the long history, and those emperor statues sitting in danger show the ancient Egyptian king's proud and unparalleled spirit from those myths and comprehensive religious relics, People can learn a little bit about the unimaginable cosmology and morality of the ancient Egyptians, but the Book of the Dead and the sarcophagus carvings will amaze the ancient Egyptians with their developed imagination.

However, as soon as he entered the ancient Egyptian art museum, Chen Pi's eyes were attracted by a scepter placed in the center of the hall, which was about three feet long, and the texture seemed to be wooden, and at the top of the scepter was a monster head with a hideous expression, fierce eyes, and an open mouth, and the whole scepter exuded a faint undead aura.

"It was the Scepter of Prosperity of Osseris, which was discovered in 1896 by a joint Franco-German archaeological team in a temple in Upper Egypt, and there were two of them at that time, and a scepter in the shape of a farm implement, which is now in the German Museum, and although we have been in our collection, it has not been put on public display until the last few years." Curator Peter explained, "This scepter has been identified by experts and confirmed that it is at least 6,000 years old, it should be a work of ancient Egypt, its raw material is very special, it should be wood, but it is as strong as steel, I really don't know how the ancient Egyptians did it 6,000 years ago." He said, amazed.

In Egyptian mythology, he usually appears as a mummy, wearing a white crown representing Upper Egypt, holding three scepters, a scepter that looks like a hook, a scepter that represents "supremacy", a scepter that represents the "supreme" agricultural implement, a flail that threshes wheat and a scepter with the head of a mythical monster, representing "prosperity", which is the scepter that Chen Pi sees now.

There is also a legend about Osellis: he was originally a pharaoh who was favored by the people, his brother Seth out of jealousy, designed to kill Osellis and dismembered his body and threw his body into the Nile, his wife Isis went through a lot of trouble to find her husband's remains and put them together, Osellis was resurrected, but he could no longer remain alive, and since then Osellis has ruled the underworld and presided over the judgment of the dead.

Of course, this is only one of the many legends, and in the eyes of most Egyptians, Osellis is a symbol of eternal life, the presiding officer of the judgment of the dead, and therefore, there are many hymns to him in the Book of the Dead, in order to pass the judgment smoothly and obtain "eternal life".

Chen Pi smiled faintly, if Curator Peter's doubts are from the perspective of a cultivator, it is actually not difficult to explain, not to mention a wooden thing, it is a paper product, if it is refined by a cultivator and becomes a magic weapon, then it can definitely be as strong as steel, but he will not say these words to Curator Peter, and he will not understand if he says it, it seems that this so-called Osellis Prosperity Scepter is also a priceless treasure left by ancient cultivators.

For the rest of the time, Chen Pi listened absentmindedly to Director Peter's explanation, but he was thinking about how to take these two magic artifacts from the Louvre reasonably and legally.

When Chen Pi and his party left the Louvre Museum, it was already night and the lights were on.

"Oh, I'm tired, eat, eat." Zhao Youcheng shouted loudly while moving his muscles and bones, he was not interested in these antiquities at all, and if he wanted to see them, there were antiques left over from 10,000 years ago on Qingcheng Mountain for him to see, so he had already become impatient when he just walked around and picked out some interesting exhibits to see.

"The Lanxi cuisine at noon today tastes okay, let's find a restaurant to try other dishes, what do you say?" Hua Tear also took Chen Pi's hand and said coquettishly, the coquettish voice and her beautiful face made it impossible for a man to refuse. Francisco quickly turned his head away, not daring to look more.

"Whatever, Francisco, you're familiar with this place, so you can help us find a well-known Lancy restaurant." Chen Pi said casually absentmindedly, on this day today, his harvest is quite large, not only collected a group of urgently needed talents, but also found two magic weapons left by his predecessors, but the problems caused by this also made him quite troubled, and he didn't have the heart to think about these trivial things at all.

"A well-known Lancy restaurant?" Francisco naturally did not dare to slack off on the request of them, who were not only his own saviors, but also the respected guests of Lord Iago, and thought carefully, "Then let's go to the Silver Tower restaurant located on the banks of the Seine, near Notre-Dame de Bali, which is the oldest restaurant in Bali." ”

"Alright, alright, I'm going to faint from hunger, you can lead the way." Without waiting for others to speak, Zhao Youcheng had already shouted exaggeratedly.

"You're the reincarnation of a starving ghost." Hua tearfully said lightly, "Really, there is no serious appearance, this is abroad, don't embarrass the people of your own country." ”

"You don't care about my business, my predecessors didn't say anything, what is it that you pick your nose and eyes." Zhao Youcheng was very dissatisfied with Hua Tear's words, and immediately sneered, "Isn't it just a meal, as for grabbing your predecessors like a dog skin plaster, you have the money to eat it yourself." He hadn't forgotten what Tears had said the day before.

"You." The tears were choked by him and he was speechless for a while.

"Alright, alright, really, you two can't stop eating with your mouth." The brigade hurriedly played a round and separated the two.

Located on the banks of the Seine near Notre-Dame de Bali, the Silver Tower, which looks like a Renaissance castle, was built in 1582 and is the oldest restaurant in Bali and has maintained its notoriety in the gastronomic world for more than 400 years.

When the group came to the door of the restaurant, they were politely and politely stopped by the waiter, it turned out that there was no reservation here to receive guests, just when Chen Pi turned around to leave, Francisco unhurriedly took out a small silver cross from his arms, and shook it in front of him, the waiter's face couldn't help but change slightly, and he bowed respectfully, and then opened the door and invited seven people in.

"Please wait here for a while, and I'll go and ask the shopkeeper to come and arrange a seat for a few of them." The waiter turned and walked away.

"What did you show him, and why did he suddenly change?" Tears leaned over to Francisco's side and asked curiously, in his opinion, there was nothing special about the little cross.

Francisco blushed slightly and said: "That's the personal token of Lord Iago, in Bali, many high-end consumption places will leave some seats for those diplomats and local high-level figures who have decided to come temporarily, Lord Iago is also in a prominent position in the Bali Sect, so he has this qualification, this time Lord Iago decided to let us accompany a few people, and handed this over to me, with it, a few people can be unimpeded in Bali, and many areas that are not even open can be entered to visit." ”

Chen Pi nodded, this Iago lord seems to have taken a lot of trouble to curry favor with himself.

"Oh, I've kept a few distinguished guests waiting." A chubby middle-aged man hurriedly came to several people, "I'm Turrell, the manager of the Silver Tower Restaurant, your seats have been arranged, please come with me." ”

Richard took Chen Pi and the others to a seat on the second floor with a wide view and a beautiful view of the Seine, and said with a smile: "Are these people from the East?" "In the end, he is a well-informed person, although he was confused by the beauty of the three daughters at first, but he soon returned to normal, which made everyone secretly praise in their hearts.

"Yes, we are from China, we came to Bali to do some things, we have heard the good name of Lanxi cuisine for a long time, and we want to taste it, Francisco recommended your restaurant to us." Chen Pi smiled and said, "We are new to the city, and we only heard him say that your restaurant is the oldest restaurant in Bali. ”

"Yes, Mr. Francisco is right, the Silver Tower was founded in 1582 and belonged to my Turrell family in 1916, and it is the oldest restaurant in Bali." Turrell said proudly.

At this time, the waiter had already delivered the menu, and Chen Pi casually handed the menu to the third girl to choose, while he chatted with Turrell without saying a word.

"Do you have any good wine here?" Another brigade asked casually while looking at the menu.

"Haha, this pretty young lady is the right person. In the country of Lanci and in the whole of the West, we are famous for the excellent wines stored in the Yinta Restaurant, which now has more than 700,000 bottles of fine wines, including a bottle of fine Lanci cognac from 1788 and a Bordeaux sweet white wine from 1868. Turrell said proudly.

"Oh, it's so expensive." Zhao Youcheng poked his head and glanced at it, and couldn't help but say, "Senior, do you know how much the champagne in 1912 costs, six thousand four hundred dollars, and after eating this meal, I won't eat eighteen thousand." ”

"Eat boldly, I can still afford it." Chen Pi smiled and said, "Taste what is different from our country, and if you go back, it won't be your trip to Bali for nothing, Francisco, don't stay here either, go and see what dishes you are interested in, since Lord Iago wants you to be my guide, then I will trouble you these days." ”