Chapter 761 Paul's Gray Blue

In the era of the Republic of Venice, what people pursued was not religious piety, but free enjoyment, so extravagant banquets would incur a lot of expenses.

If you spend 300 million US dollars to buy a Renaissance palace, you always need to add a little furniture to it. The price of a piece of Renaissance antique furniture is not cheap, and a complete set is at least 20 to 30 million US dollars.

Napoleon used all the furniture and treasures of the Doge's Palace in Venice to fill his palace, and he almost dismantled the San Marco Library and transported it back.

Later, after he lost Venice to Austria, the Habsburg royal family also loved luxury, but Napoleon had already taken the best, so the soldiers not only tore down the palace of Venice, but also tore up the silk wallpaper of the Venetian houses. Yes, the tapestry curtains are rolled up, which adorned not only the Golden Hall of Vienna, but also Sissi's suite.

Princess Sissi was killed by Italian anarchists, which made many of her admirers feel pity, but they selectively ignored the fact that Austria "civilized to rob" other people's things.

Princess Sissi's suite is what the Venetian Palace looked like in its heyday, and it will cost a fortune for buyers to fully restore it. Caviar, truffles, and foie gras are a must for any decent dinner party. With waiters, chefs, and sterling silver tableware, at least $20,000 is the starting point, and only a Swedish marquise can afford such a luxurious banquet.

Sweden has a total population of 10 million. Taxpayers cannot afford to support the growing royal family. The Swedish royal family is the poorest royal family, and even the king is driving the royal family members out.

But no one asked where the marquise's money came from, everyone just had fun, why ask such a spoiling topic? Someone pays the bill, so why care about where her money comes from? Even if there is a problem with money, there is no problem with caviar, and if you want to trace it, you will not be able to find it on yourself.

It was the kind of occasion that bothered Sirius the most. He would rather ride a motorcycle with James, wear a cheap T-shirt, race like a hippie, and play chase with the Muggle cops.

If you want to go up the golden staircase, you have to go through the prosecutor's staircase. An upright and honest prosecutor is definitely the most hated person by corrupt officials and criminals in the world.

The golden staircase is not only for receiving foreign guests, but also for privileged nobles to pass through. At the top of the golden staircase is the informant box. The mysterious journey has to pass through a hidden entrance next to the golden staircase. After passing through a narrow and simple passage, it is the Council of Ten God knows how many nobles have been arrested at the top of the golden staircase.

It was an inauspicious room, the Venetian spy network was controlled by the council of ten wearing white Larva masks, black three-cornered hats and cloaks, haunting like ghosts, and they were about to fight Dr. Beak It also represents death.

In addition to the lovely cat-shaped masks and the "little dove" masks worn by actors in the opera house, there is also a kind of black velvet furniture that women wear when they visit the monastery. It's too weird to wear this mask to a banquet in a place where food and water are served.

There are still people on duty at the Governor's Mansion after nightfall, and the security is not as good as before, but those authentic works still have to be careful of being stolen.

There is a long table and twelve high-back chairs in Housimen, which is empty during the day, and eight of them are already occupied, leaving four chairs.

The "Diplomat" found himself a place to sit, hunched over like a hyena, looking at them unfriendly.

The remaining three seats should be reserved for them, the seat representing the "master" is empty, that seat should be reserved for the person in the mask of "Bauta", who is gracefully inviting them to sit down, "dining table" There was plenty of food on the table, thin apple crisps, croissants with chestnut cream, grapes in silverware, tiramisu cakes, but in this eerie atmosphere, Pomona There is really no way to have an appetite, she feels a stomachache.

"I hate the British." A man in a long-nosed mask said with undisguised disgust. "They're as pale as vampires."

"It's the clouds," Severus said, "I didn't make it cover the sun."

"Who's chatting with you?"

"I'm British and chatting about the weather is our daily greeting."

Pomona suppressed a laugh.

The weather is the last refuge of boring humans. Talking about the weather will not involve substantive topics, and it is also the safest topic. It can also transfer uncomfortable topics in the conversation. The principle is the same as the old Chinese greeting "Have you eaten?" it's the same.

"You guys were just discussing the wedding in Ghana." A woman wearing a golden Dama mask said, "Which one do you think is the authentic one, the one at the Church of Our Lady of the Ankang or the one at the Louvre?"

"What's the point?" Severus asked.

"There are three famous figures in the Venetian School of Painting, Titian, Tintoledo and Paul Veronese, among which Tintolido and Paulo Veronese are both Titian's students, they are like Titian and Joel Jone is also a classmate, and at the beginning he used the same bright silver-gray tone as Giorgione..."

"Like Giorgione's sleeping Venus?" Pomona interjected.

"That's right, it's the bright and peaceful color." The woman said, "After arriving in Venice, Veronese switched to the secular and noisy color."

"So?" Pomona asked.

"Are you sowing discord?" Dama asked. "Like making Cain and Abel hurt each other?"

"Who are you brothers with? The French?" Severus smirked.

"We won't divide Italy anymore!" said a man in a clown mask. "We know what you Brits are playing."

"I'm a wizard, and then I'm an Englishman. I don't want to participate in your Muggle disputes." Severus said, "There is a bank in the wizarding world. They have monopolized it for too long. I want to find them a competitor. If you If I don’t want to, I can find someone else to cooperate.”

"How can we trust you?" Dama asked.

Severus took his wand out of his sleeve, and he swung it around. The still paintings in the four halls all moved, and people inside and outside the paintings screamed in panic.

"I don't have time to play tricks with you." Severus said coldly, "You can do what you want, and it has nothing to do with me if you don't."

"Why did you come, wizard?" the clown asked sharply.

"Honeymoon," he said shamelessly.

"Then why are you running around the city?" the diplomat asked.

"Because, I'm traveling." Severus said patiently, "Damn it, why are you like the Order of the Phoenix?"

And it's not because you're so badass.

Pomona couldn't help shaking her head.

"Are you his wife?" asked the woman in the black velvet mask.

"I guess." Pomona said helplessly.

"What is your job, I mean other than wizards."

"School teacher, who teaches middle school and high school." Pomona said in an easy-to-understand way. Children aged 11 to 17 do go to middle school and high school in Muggle schools.

"Brits use wizards as teachers?" asked the man in the long-nosed mask.

"No...we have a magic school..."

"Hogwarts." Bauta, who was sitting in the master's seat, said, "Are you Hogwarts teachers?"

"You've heard of that school?" Pomona asked.

"It's quite famous. In 1994, I remember that there was some kind of competition, and there was an accident." Bauta said.

"The Triwizard Tournament, that's what we hosted," Pomona said. "Can we calm down and talk now?"

"Can you restore those paintings to their original state?" Dama trembled. "Please don't hurt these works anymore."

"So the Louvre didn't return the Cannes wedding, did it?" Pomona asked. "The one in Notre-Dame d'Ancon is a fake?"

"It was painted by Tintoledo," said the diplomat. "Even if the treasure is lost, we will not hang a fake in a solemn place."

"That painting was a decorative painting for the dining room of a monastery. It took Veronese one year and three months to complete the painting alone." Dama said, "He and his The two younger brothers just arrived in Venice, and the monastery only included lunch, and they earned 324 Venetian gold coins and a barrel of red wine when they finished the painting."

"And then they had their first home," Pomona said, staring at Dama.

"Most tourists only know Leonardo Da Vinci. I don't think they will pay attention to who painted that painting. What they want is happy memories. Who wants their honeymoon trip to be full of darkness?" Dama said "Be a happy little pigeon, Linda."

"I don't think I'm that kind of woman." Pomona said with a wry smile. "My teacher taught me how to be a fighter. He hoped that I would not waste time and energy on love."

Pomona thought sadly, she was lost, the key is that the old wizard who could protect her and give her guidance died, and she married the murderer who killed him.

She can't be that kind of ordinary woman, and she can't be the headmistress who completely entrusts her life to education like Minerva. What is she doing?

"I knew Fortuna was coming, we will change our luck." said the silent man wearing a Larva mask. "Even the French can't stand the French."

"What?" Pomona asked confused.

"A French rich man, François Pinault, brought a weather vane in the shape of Fortuna to Venice, and it is now placed on the roof of the customs building." The clown said impatiently, "Need I tell you Fortuna?" Who is Tuna?"

Pomona wanted to throw the cake in his face.

"Why did he bring the weathervane of Goddess of Fortune to Venice?" Severus asked in bewilderment.

"Pino was planning to build a museum in an abandoned Renault car factory, but the bureaucrats in Paris changed the plan and prevented him from obtaining land use rights. Later, he planned to give the Fortuna weather vane to Notre Dame de Paris, the rooster-shaped weather vane. It's so ugly," Larva complained.

“I think that weather vane is cute and childlike, it fits their style very well,” said another woman in a blue mask, which is so gorgeous and covered with rhinestones.

"That Gallic chicken has a holy thing in its belly, they wouldn't put a pagan goddess' weathervane on it," Larva said. "I hate that chicken."

"Me too," said the Joker.

"Me too," said the diplomat.

"What did the designer think? Why do you want a chicken to stand on the roof..."

"Ahem." Bauta coughed dryly, stopping the discussion on this topic.

"Looks like they're going to be unlucky, who would say no to Lady Luck?" Severus gloated.

"Where's the customs house?" asked Pomona.

"It's just in front of the Church of Our Lady of Ankang. We used to build it to reject ships that didn't pay taxes." The diplomat said, "but it has been abandoned for many years."

"What's the purpose of putting a weather vane on the abandoned building?" asked Pomona.

"That's the 'bow', and the goddess of fortune will guide the course of the ship in Venice." Bauta said.

"Freak," Severus murmured, which seemed to provoke outrage.

"What's the matter with your clothes? Did you go to play beach volleyball?" Larva said, "It hasn't been ironed at all, and you are ashamed to wear it if it is so wrinkled."

"And that greasy hair, that terrible haircut, I can't believe you're making yourself a beggar on your own honeymoon."

"What do you see in him?" the lady in the blue mask asked Pomona.

Although she couldn't see Severus' expression now, she could feel that he was about to explode.

"I don't know either." Pomona said maliciously, being besieged was entirely his own fault.

The English word "luck" (fortuna) comes from the Roman goddess of fortune. As one of the oldest goddesses in the city-state of Rome, she leads certain people to the road of luck and success, and at the same time brings misfortune to other people. Now this weathervane is on the Venetian Customs Building

Francois Pinault (Francois·Pinault) is the fifth richest man in France, with assets of more than 7 billion US dollars. He controls the world's third largest luxury brand Gucci Group. He has the most generous art collection in France Home, on June 28, 2013, he donated the bronze mouse head and rabbit head from the Yuanmingyuan, a private collection, to China free of charge.

In April 2005, Pino bought 80% of the shares of Palazzo Grassi beside the Grand Canal in Venice. As for the rooster weathervane of Notre Dame de Paris, it is said that it was found after the fire. It's like a miracle that a rooster can lay eggs!