Search for Treasure Worldwide Chapter 2678: Two sculptures
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"Gentlemen, if we see an Excel sheet filled with color blocks on an oil painting, the first thing that should come to mind is, is this a work by the master of art Mondrian?"
Ye Tian said jokingly, introducing an oil painting in his hand.
As he said, the oil painting he is holding now is full of colorful filled color blocks, and it looks like an Excel spreadsheet filled with various colors.
After Picasso’s Cubist oil paintings, Ye Tian successively unveiled the moisture-proof oilcloth wrapped around the last two easels.
As expected, what appeared in front of everyone's eyes were still two priceless top-notch works of art.
And these two oil paintings are both by the same art master, that is the famous Dutch painter, the artist behind the De Stijl movement and the founder of non-representational painting, art master Piet Mondrian!
At this time, what Ye Tian was explaining and introducing to everyone was the last oil painting from Balbo's secret room, which was Mondrian's color Excel spreadsheet!
"Hahaha"
There was a burst of laughter and everyone laughed.
When the laughter subsided, Ye Tian put away the Mondrian painting, rewrapped it in moisture-proof oilcloth, and put it aside gently!
Afterwards, everyone turned their attention away from the oil painting and turned to the wooden box still placed in the center of the secret room. Everyone's eyes were full of curiosity and expectation.
Ye Tian glanced at everyone present, then said with a smile:
"Gentlemen, next I am going to enter Balbo's secret room to check the condition of the wooden box. For the sake of safety, it is best for everyone to stay away to avoid any accidents!"
Hearing this, everyone nodded, and then moved to both sides, avoiding the front of the secret room.
Next, Ye Tian gave David and Derek a few more words, and then walked into the secret room.
After entering the secret room, he did not immediately check the wooden box placed in the center of the secret room, but quickly scanned the secret room.
Except for the wall where the door is located, the other three walls of this secret room are all made of stones and strips of different sizes. They are very strong and have an extremely long history.
It can be seen from this that these three walls are part of the original Roman underground city. They have not been modified by later generations, and there are no hidden secrets or traps.
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The floor of the secret room is in the same situation. It is covered with large or small stone slabs. It is very solid and there are no traces of any traps!
Seventy or eighty years ago, after Italian Air Force Marshal Balbo obtained this Romanesque building, he just used it as a secret treasure house without setting up any traps!
The reason for this situation is probably that Balbo had to do this in order to cover up others' eyes.
He didn't want anyone to know the existence of this secret residence, so he didn't carry out any major renovation work here or hire professionals to set up traps to avoid attracting attention.
After making sure that the walls and floor in the secret room were safe, Ye Tian walked to the wooden box in the center of the secret room and pretended to look at it carefully.
This is a box made of oak. It is simple in shape, boxy and very strong. Although it has been stored in this secret room for seventy or eighty years, it is still intact!
On the front of the box, there is an old-fashioned lock hanging, locking the box.
As for what is packed in this box, it is not known for the time being. Only by opening this box can everyone know the truth!
Ye Tian inspected the entire wooden box, not missing any corner, and found no traps.
Then, he carefully lifted the wooden box a little bit and checked the situation under the box, but still found nothing wrong.
After completing this series of performances, he walked out of the secret room.
As soon as he returned to the utility room outside, he said to Derek and the others:
"Derek, the wooden box in the center of the secret room is safe. No traps have been found. You can go in and lift it out. But be careful, that wooden box is quite heavy!"
"No problem, Steven, just leave it to us"
Derek nodded in response, and then walked into the secret room with another company employee.
After a while, the wooden box was taken out and placed on the floor of the utility room.
Afterwards, Ye Tian took the hydraulic pliers that had been prepared, cut off the old-fashioned lock on the wooden box, unscrewed it and threw it aside!
At the same time, Bishop Kent and the others also rushed up and looked at the old but sturdy oak box expectantly.
After Ye Tian took off the rusty lock, he looked at these old friends, then said with a smile:
"Gentlemen, let us take a look, what kind of treasure is in this box? I hope it is a huge surprise, that would be great!"
As he spoke, he gently opened the wooden box a crack, and then stopped.
There was no abnormal noise coming from the box, and no bullets or crossbow arrows were fired out. Nothing happened, it was very quiet!
After a pause, Ye Tian opened the top lid of the box a little more, slowly and cautiously.
Just like that, after several pauses, he opened the top cover of the oak box.
Up to this moment, the things Balbo stored in this box finally saw the light of day and appeared in front of everyone after seventy or eighty years.
The first thing everyone saw was something wrapped in dark gray moisture-proof tarpaulin, lying quietly on the upper floor of the wooden box.
Just from the exposed outline, everyone can tell that this should be a head sculpture. The outline of the head can be seen at a glance, and there is a square base under the head!
This head sculpture is not big. It is basically the same size as a normal person's head. Not counting the square base, it is only about 30 centimeters high. As for who the figure is, it is unknown!
Seeing this scene, everyone's eyes lit up, and the curiosity in their eyes became more intense!
Ye Tian did not immediately reach out and take out the head sculpture, but instead observed the situation inside the box and the situation around the head sculpture.
After confirming that there was no danger, he reached into the box and took out the small but heavy head sculpture.
"Gentlemen, this should be a bronze head sculpture. It is very heavy. As for who is the carved figure? Is it a sculpture from ancient Greece or ancient Rome, or a sculpture from the Renaissance era? And it comes from Who is the master of sculpture? This is unknown!”
With that said, Ye Tian placed the head sculpture on the floor of the utility room with a muffled sound.
Hearing his words, everyone's eyes suddenly lit up again, and their eyes became even hotter!
At the same time, as the head sculpture was taken out, everyone saw that there were several thick layers of cotton padded inside the wooden box.
Under the yellowed and blackened cotton cloth, there seems to be a slightly larger sculpture. Due to the obstruction of the cotton cloth, the outline of the sculpture is not clear, and it is temporarily unclear what the sculpture is!
Just when everyone was confused, Ye Tian walked to the wooden box again, carefully took out the old cotton cloth from the box, and threw it aside!
Immediately afterwards, he took out the sculpture lying at the bottom of the wooden box and placed it on the floor of the utility room.
It was only then that everyone saw clearly that this was a humanoid sculpture. The carved figure stood on a circular base, with arms spread out, as if staring ahead.
Although everyone has not actually seen this humanoid statue, they don’t know what character it is carved from, or the legendary god.
However, when everyone saw this humanoid statue, they all felt very familiar and had a sense of deja vu!
"Steven, who is this human sculpture carved by? Why does it look so familiar!"
Bishop Kent asked curiously, and the rest of the people at the scene nodded in sympathy and echoed a few words!
Ye Tian did not answer this question, he just smiled softly, his eyes always staring at the two sculptures wrapped in moisture-proof tarpaulin in front of him, his eyes full of ecstasy!
He first inspected the two sculptures, then squatted down and began to dismantle the ropes and moisture-proof tarpaulin wrapped around the head sculpture!
In just a moment, he had uncovered the dark gray moisture-proof tarps, and the head sculpture wrapped inside appeared in front of everyone!
The moment they saw this head sculpture, everyone in this utility room froze on the spot, as if they were under a body-holding spell!