Under Xiao Ran's command, Matthew and the others took demolition tools and began to demolish the wall on the south side of the living room.
After a while, a crack about fifteen centimeters wide and twenty-five centimeters deep appeared on the wall.
The sandwich wall hidden inside this wall then appeared.
This is a sandwich wall only ten centimeters deep. It is very narrow and can only accommodate items such as oil paintings.
Nothing thicker than ten centimeters can be put in it.
With the appearance of this wall, everyone became more excited and full of expectations.
Xiao Ran stepped forward and looked at the situation between the walls, and then said to his subordinates:
"Matthew, put an endoscope probe into the wall to see what's going on inside for safety reasons."
"Be careful when exploring and don't touch anything inside the wall."
After the words fell, Matthew immediately nodded and responded:
"Okay, Sean, we'll be more careful."
As they spoke, they took out an endoscope probe and slowly inserted it into the sandwich wall.
With this action, the situation inside the wall was immediately displayed on the monitoring screen and also on the live broadcast screen.
Xiao Ran retreated to Elaine and Pierre and introduced the situation to everyone while looking at the exploration screen on the iPad!
"This sandwich wall doesn't look like it was built during the French Revolution. It doesn't have a very long history, only eighty or ninety years ago."
"It can be inferred that it was probably built before World War II by the residents who lived in this apartment."
"During World War II, after Paris was occupied by the Germans, many people built similar secret compartments, sandwich walls, and even underground secret rooms in their homes to hide some things."
While he was talking, two objects wrapped in moisture-proof tarpaulin suddenly appeared on the surveillance screen.
These two things were very thin and of different sizes. They were stored quietly in this sandwich wall and had been sleeping in the darkness for who knows how many years.
Seeing this scene, everyone immediately understood.
The two objects wrapped in moisture-proof oilcloth were the panels for two oil paintings.
As for whose works these two paintings were, it is unknown.
But what is certain is that the painting that was so carefully hidden is absolutely extraordinary!
With this discovery, everyone was talking and everyone was excited.
Xiao Ran pretended to check the exploration video seriously, then went to the crack in the wall and looked inside.
After confirming that there were no traps in the wall, he immediately asked Matthew and the others to speed up the process and continue to demolish it!
After a while, the two drawing boards hidden in the sandwich wall were taken out.
After getting the two drawing boards, Xiao Ran did not immediately open the moisture-proof tarpaulin wrapped outside.
Instead, he asked his men to turn off the lights and close the curtains to avoid bright light.
When everything was ready, he took one of the oil paintings and gently placed it on the table, ready to untie it.
At this moment, Caroline's cell phone suddenly rang.
Immediately afterwards, Pierre's cell phone rang.
They took out their mobile phones and looked at the display, then walked aside to answer the phone.
Before leaving, they specially told Xiao Ran not to open these two oil paintings in a hurry. They didn't want to miss any step!
What else could Xiao Ran do, he could only nod in agreement.
After a while, they had finished answering the phone and turned back.
Coming closer, Caroline said first:
"Sean, the dean of our university's history school and several history professors are already downstairs."
"They want to come into this apartment building and see for themselves what's going on here."
Immediately afterwards, Pierre continued:
"And that guy Henry, he brought some appraisal experts over."
"He also wants to come in and participate in the next exploration operation."
"Of course, it depends on what you mean."
Xiao Ran looked at his father-in-law and mother-in-law, pretended to think about it, and then nodded and said:
"The Dean of the History School of Sorbonne University and Henry can come in, but not others."
"The exploration work is still going on. If too many outsiders come in, it may cause some unnecessary interference!"
Before he finished speaking, Pierre and Caroline nodded together.
"Okay, this arrangement is fine"
"I'll go downstairs to pick them up and explain the situation."
After saying that, the two turned around and left the apartment and went downstairs to pick up someone.
A few minutes later they entered the apartment with Henri and the dean of the Sorbonne's School of History.
After meeting and greeting each other, the dean of the Sorbonne History School immediately asked:
"Sean, can you let me see the historical documents you just discovered?"
"That's all French history, it's so important!"
Xiao Ran looked at this guy and then shook his head.
"I'm very sorry, Cornell, you can't see those historical documents now!"
"The exploration here is still going on, and I have no time to take care of other things."
"When the exploration operation is over and you return to the hotel in the evening, you may be able to look at the historical documents."
Hearing this, Connell's eyes suddenly lit up.
"That's great, Sean, I can wait until tonight to watch."
Immediately afterwards, Henry continued:
"Sean, your luck is so incredible. You found a treasure in the famous haunted house in Paris. It's incredible!"
"Which art master are the works of these two paintings in front of me? It's really exciting!"
As he spoke, he pointed at the two paintings he had just taken out from the wall.
Everyone at the scene and the live broadcast looked at these two paintings.
Xiao Ran looked at Henry, then smiled and said:
"Which art master are these two paintings? I don't know either."
"When I open these moisture-proof tarpaulins outside, the answer will naturally be revealed. Let's all witness the miracle together!"
As he spoke, he gently pulled open the string that tied the first painting and untied the string.
Then he carefully peeled off the moisture-proof tarpaulin wrapping the painting layer by layer.
When he gently peeled off the last layer of oilcloth, there was another black painting bag.
Then the sealed painting bag was opened, and the oil painting that had been hidden for seventy or eighty years finally came to light and appeared in front of everyone.
This is a very old oil painting. The painting is densely covered with fish scale-like cracks.
Fortunately, the picture was not affected too much. It is still clearly visible and the colors are gorgeous and bright, giving people a strong visual impact!
In the painting, three curvy and voluptuous goddesses are standing and bathing in the river near the forest.
While bathing, the three goddesses were still whispering, seemingly talking about something.
Directly above the painting, there are two little angels on the left and right, flying in the sky.
The moment they saw this painting, everyone was stunned.
The next moment, David suddenly said in surprise:
"Why does this painting look familiar? I seem to have seen it somewhere before!"
Xiao Ran smiled softly and immediately gave the answer.
"The reason is very simple. This is "The Three Graces" by Italian Renaissance art master Botticelli. It is the prelude to "Spring" and was created in the same year as "Spring"!"
""Primavera" is one of Botticelli's most famous masterpieces. It is famous in the history of Western art and almost everyone knows it!"
"The three goddesses of beauty and beauty also appear in "Spring", and they are highly similar to the images in this painting, so this painting is called the prelude to "Spring""
"I never expected that Botticelli's "The Three Graces" would be hidden here. This is definitely a huge surprise!"
Before the words were spoken, the scene and countless live broadcasts were already completely boiling!
"Oh my God! It's actually Botticelli's "The Three Graces". Wasn't this painting destroyed by the war? How could it be hidden here? It's incredible!"
"This painting "Three Graces" is so beautiful. I didn't expect it to still exist in the world. It's really a miracle!"
Elaine and Caroline cheered and danced excitedly.
Carlin, who was also present at the scene, was shocked but also felt extremely bitter!
Part of Botticelli's "Primavera", the Three Graces
