The Story of the Seventh World (13)
Su Hang looked at Big Ben in front of him, he always thought that Big Ben was a "twin brother", but he didn't expect it to be a "triplet brother", just now on the way here, from a distance Su Hang vaguely saw that there was a tower in the middle of Big Ben and Victoria Tower, but it was much shorter than them, and the photo in his memory didn't seem to capture the tower in the middle.
Su Hang asked Corporal Lynn what the tower was called, and Corporal Lynn said that the small tower was called St. Stephen's Tower, the most obvious being its spire, which was designed as a high-rise air intake, and if it stood in the wrong direction, sometimes it could not be found.
"Big Ben is arguably a landmark in the City of London, much more famous than the Victoria Tower. Big Ben is 96 meters high, and it houses four gilded clocks on all four sides. Named after its overseer, Sir Benjamin, Big Ben weighs 135 tonnes and chimes so deep that its chimes can be heard for miles. Yaheng looked at the clock tower in front of him and explained what he knew to Su Hang beside him.
"Actually, 'Big Ben' originally referred to the giant clock inside the clock tower, but later it changed to the name of the entire clock tower." Corporal Lynn interjected.
"Alright, let's go in and have a look!" Corporal Lynn led the way towards the clock tower. For the rest of the day, we listened to the docent from Corporal Lynn, who was the staff in the clock tower. When visiting, for the commemorative scene, several people from Suzhou and Hangzhou took a group photo together, and even Osmond was among them.
"Chu, next to Big Ben is the place where the council is held, and the surrounding area is heavily guarded, and the guards there are all drawn from the elite of the army. Both the House of Lords and the House of Commons meet in the Palace of Westminster. They walked out of the clock tower where Big Ben was, and Corporal Lynn looked at the east building of the clock tower and said.
"Corporal, have you been to the Palace of Westminster?" Yaheng looked at Corporal Lynn and asked.
"I've been there more than once, and when Dean Charles came here for a meeting, I went in as a member of the Guard." Corporal Lynn took out a cigarette from his jacket pocket, lit it, took a deep breath and said.
"What's it like inside?" Yaheng looked at Corporal Lynn, who was smoking, and asked.
"The Palace of Westminster is surrounded by a number of small gardens, which are very large, and it is said that there are 1,100 private rooms, and we guards are generally not allowed to enter the second floor, and even the first floor is only allowed to go to the dining room, and the other rooms are not allowed." Corporal Lynn said with a cigarette in his hand and looking at the Miyagi building opposite.
"The Palace of Westminster itself has a guard, and we went in more to show the importance of the people we were protecting. In fact, in my opinion, it's just a matter of being forced to be high, and it's all pretending. Even those Miyagi guards generally only stay in their own area and cannot move freely. They have their own dedicated office area, the Black Rod Guard's Office, next to the garden they frequent, also known as the Black Rod Guard's Garden, which has their own dedicated access. Corporal Lynn smoked a cigarette and told Su Hang and Yaheng what he had seen.
"Have you been to the shortest of the three towers?" Su Hang listened to Corporal Lynn tell what he had seen, and suddenly remembered the smallest tower in the Palace of Westminster that he had seen when he came just now, and asked Corporal Lynn.
"Chu, you're talking about the central tower, and the center of the Palace of Westminster is the octagonal central hall, which is next to the noble hall, which is the base of the central tower. Once once taken by Dean Charles, there is a mosaic sculpture in the central hall showing the patron saints of the United Kingdom: St. George of Britannia, St Andre of Scotland, St Davie of Wales and St. Bode of Ireland. Corporal Lynn said with a cigarette in his mouth and a mist in his mouth.
"We went across the River Thames to see the Palace of Westminster, where we could see the frontal view, and with the dusk down, the River Thames and the palace were reflected in the painting, as if it had been carefully designed by an oil painter." Osmond sighed.
"Then let's go!" Corporal Lynn looked at Su Hang and said.
"Good!" After Su Hang finished speaking, he followed Corporal Lynn and Osmond to the carriage parked on the side of the road, and rode the carriage with Yaheng, who was sitting in the carriage, towards the other side of the Thames.
As the carriage drove on the bridge, Yaheng looked at the Thames and sighed: "Most of the main buildings in London are located on both sides of the Thames, and outsiders or students who come to London will pass through this river, and people say that this is the "mother river" of the United Kingdom.
"Yes! Although the River Thames is not very long, it is the place where British culture is located, and it can be said that it is this river that nurtured the splendid British civilization. Su Hang looked at the Thames River in the sun, the river was sparkling, and he could see a small boat driving on the river in the distance.
"The River Thames is not only a cultural symbol in the UK, but also an economic lifeline. The River Thames opened the way for Britain to sail to Northern Europe at sea, which made Britain even more prosperous. "Corporal Lynn looked at the end of the river as if he saw the ships at the mouth of the Thames, bringing untold wealth to England.
The sky slowly darkened as they walked and stopped in Suzhou and Hangzhou, the street lights on both sides of the river bank gradually turned on, and a faint mist floated on the Tames River. At nightfall, the people of Suzhou and Hangzhou stood on one side of the riverbank, looking at the Palace of Westminster on the other side, there were a large number of towers on top of him, as well as the beautiful reliefs on the walls and the stone ornaments on the lace windows, and gradually there were lights from it, like finely carved works of art under the lights, showing their unique and natural charm. Its numerous towers and pin-like spires sparkle like a queen's crown in the light of searchlights. Looking from this side of the riverbank, with the mist on the river, there is a hazy beauty, like an elegant and beautiful, well-mannered queen hidden behind a tulle.
Corporal Lynn, who was next to Su Hang, was "swallowing clouds and spitting fog" on the side, this was already his twelfth cigarette, he hadn't stopped since lunch, every once in a while, Su Hang watched his cigarette case change from bulging to now deflated. "Corporal, it's not healthy for your body to smoke like this!"
"I'm used to it, since I joined the army, smoking is like eating." Corporal Lynn finished his last puff of cigarette, left the cigarette butt still on the ground, and twisted it out with his foot.
"Corporal, if you go to the Palace of Westminster and smoke like this?"
"What a joke! This is not possible, and from the 17th century onwards, the House of Commons issued a ban on smoking, and no one was allowed to smoke in the Palace of Westminster. However, I have heard Dean Charles say that some high-level executives still smoke secretly, and it is very embarrassing to be caught. Corporal Lynn said, shaking his head.
"Lynn, are you allowed to wear weapons when you go inside?" Yaheng looked at Corporal Lynn and asked.
"Weapons are not allowed into the hall, there is a storage area at the entrance. Not only weapons, but also military uniforms cannot be worn, and even identity badges are not required. There are records in it, and the personal information is sent to the Palace of Westminster before each visit, so there is no need to carry extra items. Corporal Lynn said patiently.
At this time, the groom who was on the side of the road came over and said, "Gentlemen, it is getting late, do you want to go back to the hotel now?" ”
Corporal Lynn took out a pocket watch from his jacket pocket, the time was shown on it, it was already six o'clock in the evening, "Time flies so fast, then let's go back to the hotel now!" As he spoke, he looked at Su and Hangzhou.
"Then let's go back!" Su Hang looked at Yaheng beside him and said.
"Okay."
Under the cover of night, several people sat in a carriage, marching along the riverbank, and under the reflection of the street lamp, the carriage dragged out a long shadow, and the sound of several people talking faintly came from the carriage.
Roberts Manor Main Building Office:
Charles sat behind his desk, reading a report from the Academy, on which a brand new newspaper was placed and steaming coffee. "Knock knock" Three knocks sounded on the door, Charles looked up at the door and said, "Please come in!"
The person outside the door heard Charles's voice, opened the door and walked into the room, closed the door and walked towards Charles behind the desk. Charles looked at the person and said, "Second Lieutenant Avery, is there any news from the Metropolitan Police Department?" ”
"Dean, the killer caught in London has not yet sobered up because he was violently beaten by the angry police, but he is under 24-hour supervision, and there will be no 'accident'."
"The London side brought back the killer's car at the scene, which was modified, and the parts were available around the city of London, and there was no useful value." Ensign Avery said, holding a file bag in his hand, standing straight and looking at Dean Charles.
"Is it all bad news, is there any value?" Charles got up from behind his desk, walked to the round table by the window, picked up the pipe on the table, and lit it slowly with a lighter.
"On the killer's chest was a tattoo of a man with no scalp and covered in blood on his knees. The killer and the gunman at the scene had the same tattoos, and even the location had not changed. "Second Lieutenant Avely gave the only useful information given by the London side.
"Second Lieutenant, inform Lieutenant Bishop to go to London to monitor the interrogation, I don't want to see the news of someone dead." Dean Charles was afraid that someone would deliberately kill the killer and decided to send someone to watch over it so that 'new problems' would not arise.
"Okay, Dean." With that, Ensign Avery left the room.
The office was quiet again, and Dean Charles was wearing a tartan sweater and holding a smoking 2-sepiolite pipe in his hand, looking out the window, not knowing what he was thinking. From the second floor, you can see that the servants are still busy with the trivial affairs of the manor, and the guards are burly and tall patrolling the manor.
Wu Zi looked out the window, his eyes looked at everyone working in the manor, suddenly turned around and picked up the phone on the table, dialed the phone dial, and the phone was "Didi!" After the voice, a thick male voice asked, "Dean Charles, what news do you want to know this time?" ”
1 Mosaic: also known as mosaic brick or paper brick. The building is used to assemble small flake tiles for various decorative patterns. The use of mosaics originated in ancient Greece. The peak of mosaic development was during the Byzantine Empire, when Emperor Constantine legalized Christianity and gave it a major boost.
2 Sepiolite: Sepiolite is a fibrous hydrous magnesium silicate, usually white, light gray, light yellow and other colors, opaque and luster. It is formed by the shells of microorganisms in the sea deposited on the seafloor millions of years ago and petrified. Sepiolite is light, has good heat dissipation, and because the stone is delicate and soft, it is very easy to carve a very delicate and delicate relief pattern on the outer wall, which has high artistic value.
watched Yaheng leave the restaurant and disappear from sight. Corporal Lynn and Corporal Lynn chatted again, and Corporal Lynn introduced the places of interest in London to Seoul, and the topic of the two also talked about the characteristics of local attractions to food and the history of the country. Su Hang remembers his sailing experience with his parents and friends on the ship, as well as what he saw and heard in various countries. Osmond also shared anecdotes about life at school with Su and Hangzhou, and the three chatted freely in the cafeteria.
Corporal Lynn went to a military school, but a military school is still different from a serious university, there are significant differences in both study and life, and Osmond's college life anecdotes are still very attractive. Similarly, Suzhou and Hangzhou, who did not go to university, only sailed on the sea, went to one country after another, and learned a lot of knowledge, but did not go to university. Su Hang, who is from another world, has attended a university that is not the same as this era, which makes Su Hang also very interested in Osmond's school anecdotes.
Unlike Su Hang, Corporal Lynn talked about the "old neighbor" France in addition to the customs of Britain, but more often because Corporal Lynn was listening to Corporal Lynn talk about his experience of meeting those French women and a few French girls he had soaked, which also made him learn French. It can be seen that the fastest way to learn a foreign language is to find a girlfriend from that country.
During this period, Su Hang and Corporal Lynn each asked for a cup of milk tea. A young Englishwoman passing by Su Hang's table attracted the attention of Corporal Lynn, and Su Hang also followed Corporal Lynn's gaze, the British woman was wearing a women's suit that had just become popular in this era, a suit composed of a yellow coat and a crimson skirt, which looked even more beautiful and elegant on the young British woman.
Corporal Lynn and his innocent eyes looked at the young woman, and said to Su and Hangzhou with his chin in his hands: "This Chanel suit is suitable for her." ”
At this time, Su Hang also noticed that on the button of the young lady's coat, there was a representative Charnell double C overlapping logo, which was the symbol of Chanel's clothing, which belonged to the latest women's clothing in this era.