Chapter 72: Pillow Corpse
Château Moonlight is a French winery that specializes in wines imported from France, champagne and cognac, as well as other wines with unique flavors.
Jorren is a good drinker and is obsessed with the French wine culture at this winery, so he can be considered a regular here.
"Mr. Qiao, are you here so early today?" the blonde-haired and blue-eyed French waiter greeted him in fluent Mandarin.
"Good afternoon, Belle. Qiao Ren'an nodded, "Is Zoe here today?"
"Of course, didn't you hear the piano on the second floor? The waiter replied with a smile.
"Thank you. Qiao Ren'an listened attentively, and sure enough, there was a melodious sound of the piano, and he thanked him happily, and went upstairs from the wooden stairs: "Help me and Zoe prepare a bottle of Latour with Benli Franc." ”
"Okay, wait a minute. The waiter replied with a smile and placed the polished goblet on the counter.
"Jingle bells. ”
The wind chimes rang at the door.
A man dressed in a street stall walked in.
"Hello, is there anything I can do?" said Belle, who walked out of the front desk, and although this man didn't seem to want to afford a famous wine, his good professionalism made him not show contempt on his face.
The man's face was lifeless, and he didn't respond to Belle's question like a deaf man, but mechanically turned his head around, and then focused his gaze on the mahogany staircase beside him.
"Sir, we're not a hotel or a restaurant here. Seeing that this guy was walking up the stairs without saying a word, Bell quickly stopped him, "We are a winery, if you need a good red wine or champagne, please come with me." He pointed to the rows of wine racks on the right, where there were thousands of bottles of wine.
Stopped, the man of Mumu looked at Belle, whose turquoise pupils shrank, and involuntarily took a step back, and for a moment, he felt that what stood in front of him was not a human but a beast, or rather, a demon that had come out of the pile of corpses.
"Sir...... What do you need, can you tell me ......" Berle swallowed, he suspected that this man should have come to rob, it was still broad daylight, and the road outside the door was also full of traffic, this is China, the world's top public security environment, why would anyone be so bold to commit a crime in the day? He had been in this winery for several years, and he had never met such a person.
"Annoying. A word suddenly popped out of the man's mouth, without any emotion, as if it had been broadcast by some voice reading software.
Belle didn't hear clearly, a puzzled look on his face, and then he rolled his eyes and collapsed - the man shot too quickly, slashing him in the neck with a knife that knocked him unconscious.
Ignoring the handsome French man who fell to the ground, the man continued to walk up the stairs.
"Squeak, squeak. ”
The mahogany staircase made the sound of a rat grinding its teeth as it was trampled on by a man.
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"Director Yang, how embarrassing is this?"
In the small park behind the Tianlong Building, Director Yang gave the C-shaped jade pendant to Murong Nana, who was flattered and didn't dare to accept it - she was still a new employee, and she really didn't understand why the other party wanted to give her a piece of ancient jade.
That's right, she could see at a glance that the piece of jade in Director Yang's hand was not a modern handicraft, because she had watched her grandfather tinker with all kinds of antiques since she was a child, and she had seen this C-shaped jade jue a few times - [Jade Pig Dragon] from the ancient era, Hongshan culture.
It was something that was sacrificed and worn by the ancestors in an era that was older than the so-called "Yanhuang".
In ancient times, the image of the dragon and the pig was often mixed together, not to mention, just say that the Western Han Dynasty shocked the Han Wu Emperor, his nickname was "彘", "彘" is the meaning of the pig, Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty gave his son this name, its deep meaning is that his son is a "young dragon", yes, the pig can specifically refer to the "young dragon" at that time.
There is also an idiom called "There is a dragon elephant", which generally refers to the fact that although a person is currently in a humble position, after growing up, he will have the image of an emperor (real dragon).
From the C-shaped jade dragon six or seven thousand years ago to the five-clawed dragon on the steps of the Forbidden City in the Ming and Qing dynasties, dragon worship has been accompanied by the gradual development and growth of Chinese civilization.
The appearance of the C-shaped jade dragon is like the prototype of the embryo in the womb that a pregnant woman saw when she did B ultrasound, a small lump, smooth and soft, and it has not yet grown.
By the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the dragon on the bronze tripod pattern had grown limbs and a beautiful head and tail, and it looked unrestrained and vigorous, like a child.
Then in the pre-Qin era, horns began to appear on the dragon's head, the snout was long and rolled up, the lower lip was in the shape of "Yue", the mouth was slightly opened into a semicircle, and some dragon's mouths were wide open, and sharp teeth were exposed. The body of the dragon is manifested as a kind of twisting curve, no longer a simple "C" shape, and various "S" shapes have begun to appear, with delicate and delicate ornamentation on it, which looks complicated and gorgeous, noble and magical - this is the dragon's juvenile years.
and then to the later strong Han Sheng Tang Dynasty, the scale armor on the dragon's body became thicker and thicker, and the posture became more and more winding and majestic, which was the dragon's youth.
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For 5,000 years, the "dragon" has been growing, from the "embryonic dragon" to the divine dragon of Kyushu, so the Chinese people say that they are the "descendants of the dragon".
Perhaps because she is already a dragon person, Murong Nana is very sensitive to everything about dragons, and all the knowledge about jade dragons in her memory also came to mind in an instant.
Because she knew enough, she knew that this piece of jade was by no means an imitation of craftsmanship, and looking at its shape, the age of this piece of black and green jade dragon should be no less than 6,000 years.
It's a priceless treasure, and even if it's a little vulgar, it will definitely fetch a shocking price at any auction.
"Sit down and I'll tell you a story, little girl. Director Yang sat down on the bench, the winter afternoon sun was very warm, she squinted, and seemed to be back in the plum blossom village back then.
"Thirty-seven years ago...... Director Yang told all the things of that year in 1510.
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The second floor of Haoyue Winery.
A beautiful French girl was lying on her side on the floor by the piano, frowning, with tears of horror on her face, fainting.
Qiao Ren'an also fell to the ground, but he was not so lucky, because his body was lying on his back, and his head was resting upright on the piano keys a few meters away.
The young man of Mu Mu took a flip phone and took a photo of himself and the human head.
Then, he walked over to Qiao Ren'an's headless corpse and lay down, using the corpse as a pillow to adjust a comfortable position.
pressed the OK button on the phone, and melodious music played in the phone - the music box version of "Only Mom is Good in the World".
A few seconds later, he entered the dream realm, the corners of his mouth raised, his index finger stuffed into his mouth, and he smiled stupidly.