Chapter 1145 The Diamond of Misfortune

There are many women who believe that diamonds are necessary for courtship.

Diamonds belonged to royals and nobles to show off their wealth and status for a long time after they were discovered.

But after the discovery of diamond mines in South Africa in the late nineteenth century, this once-rare gem became as rare as silver. Coupled with the diamond mines in Russia, these diamonds flow into the market, and the value of diamonds will be greatly reduced.

Later, a British businessman thought of an idea, that is to combine love with diamonds. After all, diamonds are the hardest substance known to man. It seems that this transparent stone, which is not much different from crystal at first glance, can witness the most steadfast and eternal love.

This businessman spent a huge amount of money on advertising and began to create a so-called diamond culture. In almost all wedding photos, the bride will have a happy smile on her face, and the diamond ring on her hand will blind the eyes of the audience.

A diamond is forever, and a diamond will last forever. (a diamond is forever)

60% of the women on this beautiful blue planet know this slogan.

This is a big advantage for the rich, after all, the threshold for giving diamonds is much lower than the threshold for dying.

The world seems to be like what Socrates said in his drunken words, the god of love prefers the handsome god of wealth.

In the Titanic movie, there is a blue diamond called the Heart of the Ocean, which is based on the blue diamond bought by Louis XIV of France from India.

When the diamond was first unearthed, it was a rough triangle, which could not have been the eye of the goddess. Louis XIV asked the court jeweler to cut it and set it on a gold base as a pendant for the king's ceremony. It was called the blue of France at that time.

Louis XV cut this diamond and inlaid it on his Golden Fleece Medal as a pendant. During the French Revolution, the diamond was stolen from the royal treasury, and it appeared in the hands of a London jeweler twenty years later. At this time, it just passed the retroactive time limit stipulated by the law. Even if France wanted to recover it, it was impossible.

Then, a series of well-known "bad luck" happened. People with "hope" either died early or went bankrupt, and almost no one died well, so this diamond became the famous diamond of bad luck.

But this is somewhat related to the far-fetched hype of the auction house. The more legendary something is, the easier it is to fetch a high price. Now it is displayed in the museum to earn tickets, and millions of people visit it every year.

The Conqueror Yellow Diamond, the "Diamond of Misfortune", is not that well-known among ordinary people, but the owner who is cursed by it is not a wealthy businessman.

Its first owner was "Charles the Bold", Duke of Burgundy. This war-loving Duke has been wearing it on the battlefield since the first day he got the yellow diamond, because he believed that the The largest yellow diamond on the planet can bring him good luck.

Later, the Duke himself went into battle in the Battle of Nancy, but unfortunately died in battle, and his body was mixed in the "corpse field".

His gorgeous dress caught the attention of a farmer, who got the priceless yellow diamond, but he thought it was glass, and sold it to a Swiss for 2 gold coins.

The Swiss, a Swiss mercenary who had participated in the campaign, had more knowledge than the peasants and knew that the "stone" was worth a lot, so he sold it to a Genoese.

Charlie the Bold used the double rose cut method when cutting the Conqueror Yellow Diamond. The cutting process of modern diamonds is mainly to show the dazzling fire of the diamond, which will cause a lot of loss of diamonds during the cutting process.

Although the classical cutting method cannot highlight the fire and brightness of the faceted stone, it can preserve more rough stones.

The double rose cut method was relatively new in the 15th century. The Genoese was born a businessman. He saw the value of this yellow diamond at a glance, so he dedicated it to Ludovico Sforza, the Grand Duke of Milan. , he became the second owner of the Conqueror Yellow Diamond.

The Grand Duke of Milan was very generous when funding artists such as Da Vinci, but he was called the "Black Duke" by the aristocratic circle, and he was a famous sinister figure during the Renaissance.

It is said that in order to obtain the title, he imprisoned his 7-year-old nephew in a water prison.

Bold Charlie once made such a judgment, a beautiful woman was taken by the city lord, and she was unwilling to be the mistress of the city lord, so the city lord killed the woman's husband.

The woman complained to Charlie who was passing by, hoping that Charlie would severely punish the city lord. Charlie's verdict was to forcefully marry the woman to the city lord.

The lord of the city happily enjoyed a night of fun, but the next day, Charlie took the woman to the dungeon, where her first husband was tortured to death. There was a coffin there. Pretending to be her second husband.

It seemed to Charlie that everyone got a satisfactory result, and he made a wise decision.

Ludovico got the yellow diamond, and he didn't know whether it was because the diamond smelled too bloody or it really had the power of curse. Ludovico Sforza made an irrational judgment and introduced the French into the Italy.

Although he achieved a temporary victory, the Grand Duke of Milan finally fell into the trap of the French. In the end, like his nephew, he was imprisoned in a water prison until he died, and the yellow diamond also fell into the next trap. hands of the master.

During the Renaissance, there were many rich people, but few of them could squeeze into the upper class. Among them was a businessman named Jacob Fogel.

In Florence in the 15th century, the Medici family took three generations of hard work to own an important bank in Italy, and it took another five generations for their influence to reach other parts of Europe. The Vogel family did it in two generations.

Jakob Vogel was only 10 years old when Hans Vogel died, and his mother took over the family affairs.

As the third child in the family, he is destined not to inherit the family business like the eldest son. He lived in his parents' mansion, listened to the noise of the noisy street, smelled the stench from the open gutters, and studied hard to become a priest.

When he was 14 years old, he was sent to Venice by his mother to study finance. Five years later, he became a partner of a company. Later, through the concerted efforts of the three brothers, the Vogel family became one of the largest chaebols in Europe.

He twice bought the throne of Holy Roman Emperor for the electors he supported. After the Medici family entered the aristocratic circle, in order to wash away their merchant spirit, they transferred out many properties, many of which were taken over by Jacob.

Through this relationship, Jacob hooked up with Pope Julius II, the God of War. He paid for the hiring of Swiss mercenaries for the Pope, and gave the Pope the Conqueror Yellow Diamond.

Julius II almost couldn't wait to set this diamond on his triple tiara.

When Julius II was a little emissary, he had seen the Grand Duke of Burgundy wearing this yellow diamond on his chest.

Bold Charlie has countless gems, but this one is his favorite.

Charlie thinks he is a romantic knight, and his force is indeed a bit level.

The "Samurai Pope" is said to be very good at fighting when he was a cardinal. Pope Caesar Borgia of the Borgia family wanted to pave the way for his son, so he sent assassins to assassinate all the red clothes who threatened his son. bishop.

Julius II was also among them, but the Borgia family even sent several assassins to no avail. The assassins said that it would be impossible to assassinate the cardinal.

In the end, Julius II persisted until the death of Pope Borgia, and finally ascended the throne of St. Peter.

Under his supervision, Michelangelo completed the Sistine ceiling painting. In addition, he also led the army to sweep the whole of Italy. Italy was almost unified because of him, but as he was getting older, his ambition could only be seen by him. Think about it while looking at the Sistine Chapel.

Michelangelo did not paint The Last Judgment while Julius II was alive. At that time, many people thought that the pope who shouted and killed could not go to heaven. At first, Michelangelo was commissioned by Julius II to build his own tomb. This tomb is located in the south of the cross wing of St. Paul's Chain Church. . The famous sculpture "Prophet Moses" is part of the tomb of Julius II.

Michelangelo went to paint the zenith, and the tomb of Julius II could not be continued. Later, due to various reasons, it could not be completed. Only three statues were completed in 40 years, except for Moses. , two slaves were transported to the Louvre, and the other five unfinished sculptures of slaves were permanently embedded in stone, as if because of Michelangelo's death, they became eternal slaves.

After the Pope died, the diamond passed to his nephews, the Lowell family.

This was originally a very prosperous family, but since getting the yellow diamond, members of the family have died in accidents one after another, and finally this prosperous family has no heirs after three generations.

The last woman from the Lowell family, Victoria, married into the Medici family with this yellow diamond. Bad luck came again. She was once laughed at by other nobles, because of her low blood, the Medici family also gave birth to children like rats. Endless.

After the death of the last member of the Medici family, Ana Maria Luisa de' Medici, the "conqueror" yellow diamond and the city of Florence fell into the hands of the Habsburg family.

Reckless Germans dare not touch this yellow diamond, which is well-known in aristocratic circles. It is placed in a showcase that is said to have cast magic, and even maids who clean it have rarely approached it for two hundred years.

During this period of time, no one in the Habsburg family died unexpectedly, but many people became "obsessed" and went crazy, and a "witch hunt" was also carried out in Germany.

This situation continued until Sissi's husband, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, came to the throne.

Franz loved Sissy so much that despite the objections of his courtiers, he gave her the yellow diamond to wear.

So the Habsburg family also embarked on the same bad luck as the Lowell family and the Medici family. The only crown prince committed suicide at the age of 30, and Princess Sissi also died in an assassination.

Just when Franz was in mourning for the loss of his son and wife, the crown prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Archduke Ferdinand, was assassinated by a Serbian youth in Sarajevo, and the First World War broke out based on this.

Later, Franz's grandnephew, Charles, the last emperor of the Habsburg family, came to Switzerland with his wife, children and royal jewels, but soon after, the blood-dripping yellow diamond disappeared, and no one knew its origin. whereabouts.

Some people say that it has ended its fate with the Habsburg family and is looking for the next victim.

It was also said to have fallen into the hands of Adolf Hitler, but since there was no photographic evidence, it was dismissed as gossip.

Others say it was stolen by servants, trusted confidants of the royal family.

Among the suspects, one of the suspects lives next door and is recovering from his injuries.

"Why didn't Dad tell me this?" Draco asked trembling with excitement.

Felix, who was eating a pineapple yogurt cookie, opened his mouth wide, and didn't even know that the cookie in his mouth fell to the ground.

"That's because all the dead are Muggles, and we wizards were implicated only because of the ban on that yellow diamond. As long as we don't mind that business, bad luck will never happen to us." Severus calmly explain.

"Why would anyone want that diamond?" Pomona said bitterly. She had never seen the eye of the basilisk, and everyone who had seen it was dead. It was said to be a huge yellow eye, just like the "conqueror" "Yellow Diamond.

"There are many lunatics in this world, each in his own way." Severus took a sip of the wine, spitting it on the ground as if gargling it.

"Do you want to keep them, or send them away when they recover from their injuries?" asked Pomona.

"Of course to let them go." Severus patted the table decisively, "If you want to meddle in your own business, you have to wait until your own affairs are settled."

"Are you all right, Fiona?" Pomona asked.

The Muggle woman's face was pale, and she didn't know whether she was shocked or frightened.

The Conqueror Yellow Diamond does not really have this diamond. Those who are interested can Kangkang those Renaissance sculptures, as well as the photos of Princess Sissi. It seems that there are replicas. Which hero has the courage to try it. (*＾3＾)