Rebirth of India: Superior

This is a vivid bronze statue of a snake head. Although it is covered with dust, you can still feel the cold light shining in the snake's eyes. Shakru asked curiously: "Mr. Ezkenna, may I ask? What kind of collection is this?”

Ezkenna thought for a while, and then said with some embarrassment: "Well, I'm not very sure about this. It is said that it seems to be the faucet of the Chinese emperor, but who would use such a big faucet? Although I am sure that it must be a faucet. It’s a timeless collection, but to be honest, I don’t like the shape very much, so I’ve just kept it here ←”

After Ezkenna's explanation, Shakru suddenly remembered what this thing was. Isn't this the twelve animal heads of the Old Summer Palace that had been making a lot of noise for a while in his previous life? "After that, Shaklu went to check the information. It is said that in order to welcome the return of these animal heads, the country spent a lot of energy and cost, but even so, there were still four items that were not returned, and one of them seemed to be this snake. head.

Ezkenna is right to say that this is the emperor's faucet. These twelve portraits were originally placed on the 12 stone platforms on the north and south sides of the fan-shaped pool fountain in front of the Haiyan Hall in the Western Tower of Yuanmingyuan. On the south bank are the rat, tiger, dragon, horse, monkey, and dog; on the north bank are the ox, the rabbit, the snake, the sheep, the rooster, and the pig. These portraits all have animal heads and human bodies. The head is made of copper and the body is made of stone. The hollow is connected to a water spray pipe. Every other hour (two hours), the portrait representing that hour will spray water from its mouth; at noon, ten The two portraits have fountains of water gushing out of their mouths at the same time, creating a spectacle. These bronze zodiac statues are 50 centimeters high and are exquisitely carved. They are the finest bronzes of the Qing Dynasty.

The animal head was designed by Castiglione, a Jesuit priest stationed in China. He used the twelve zodiac signs of the animal head and body to represent the twenty-four hours of the day. Each bronze statue sprayed water in turn, creating a spectacle. In 1860, the twelve zodiac animal heads were plundered by the British and French forces and then scattered around the world. Among them, the bronze statues of the cow, monkey, tiger, pig and horse heads have returned to China and are collected in the Poly Art Museum; the rat and rabbit heads were made by French leather The Nuo family made a free donation to China and entered the National Museum of Tibet.

Although this snake head is definitely not as expensive as Guiguzi Xiashan, the meaning of this thing is different. Whether it is to start a business to make money or to satisfy my homesickness, I will definitely go to China frequently in the future. As long as such a treasure is operated properly, the benefits and rewards it can bring to you cannot be measured by millions.

So Shakru pretended not to care and said: "This thing is made quite similar. There happens to be a snake temple near my home. You can worship inside."

Ezkenna shook his head and smiled: "Mr. Pandit, sometimes I really don't understand you Indians. Why do you seem to worship everything, not to mention cows, even rats and cobras?" It is the object of your worship.”

Shakru replied vaguely: "Isn't this custom different, haha."

In addition to "Guiguzi Descending the Mountain" and the snake head, Shaklu randomly selected a dozen pieces of exquisite porcelain and enjoyed an authentic British lunch at Ezkenna's house before bidding farewell to Ezkenna. Na returned to New Delhi.

But what Shakru didn't know was that there were several people waiting impatiently for him in New Delhi at this time. These people were not his beautiful bodyguards Pivopolova and the others, but five men. Of course, they They had no special hobbies, they were focused on Shakru's money.

Speaking of the cause of this incident, we have to talk about Rajesh Company. Although Imran, the vice president of Rajesh, kept saying during the acquisition that the gold chains from Shakru did not have the value of antique gold, but in fact Rajesh Sri Lankan company has always emphasized the origin of this batch of gold in its publicity, and even conducted an on-site smelting During the live broadcast, because most Indians are religious, they are eager for this kind of gold from ancient temples. From this, many people knew that Shakru had obtained a large amount of gold in the temple treasures, and some people began to start a fight. They had a bad idea, and Tana and the others had already made preparations before Shakru came back.

The Tana people are not Indians, but from the neighboring country of Pakistan. In fact, before the partition of India and Pakistan, the two countries were one country. Therefore, although there were conflicts on the border, there were still thousands of connections between the people of the two countries. There are countless connections, so this time Tana and others obtained extremely accurate information and laid an ambush early on an extremely secluded road that Shaklu had to pass home from the airport.

Perhaps the waiting time was too long. Musharraf, who was sitting in the passenger seat, muttered: "Tana, is your news accurate? If Shakru didn't follow this path, then we can Waiting in vain.”

Tana glared at Musharraf and said with some dissatisfaction: "Calm down, everyone. I have only been out of business for a few years, and I am already so restless. I tell you that this news is absolutely reliable. I spent a lot of money to get it from that person." I bought it from the brother of the maid in Shakru Villa. Do you know why they chose this path? "

"Who knows? Maybe it's because he's afraid of traffic jams?" Zardari put his head in the back seat and said.

"On the one hand, it's true, because his beautiful Soviet driver is simply not used to driving on the chaotic streets of New Delhi." Speaking of this, Tana paused, and then said with an evil smile: "On the other hand, it's They plan to make a splash on this secluded road!"

Musharraf was shocked and said in disbelief: "No way, although this road is remote, people pass by occasionally. Aren't they afraid of being discovered?"

Tana pretended to know a lot and replied disdainfully: "What do you know? Rich people like to play this kind of tune because it is exciting enough. It is said that they usually play more crazy in the villa. They have played many tricks that we have never thought of. Moreover, these Soviet women rely on serving this Shakru to make a living. Now he has been away for almost a week. If we don't seduce him quickly, what if he falls out of favor?"

Musharraf spit fiercely and said: "These rich and unkind guys deserve to be bombed out of money by us!"

Just as several people were discussing, Suleiman Hang, who had been watching the movement in the distance with a telescope, said: "Stop arguing, this guy's car is coming, get ready to fight!" Mobile users please visit http://m.piaotia.net