"No problem," Chikana looked at the crowd looking around and said with a smile, "You take everyone to the room to put your luggage, and then I will show you around on the first floor, and then go to the restaurant from the corridor. It can be done in an hour. Send it away.”
"Okay, ma'am."
Lidya breathed a sigh of relief and turned around to arrange for someone to help carry the luggage.
Chi Feichi looked back at the elderberry forest, turned his head and whispered to Chi Janai, "Later, I want to go to my uncle's room."
Ikegana nodded slightly and said in a very soft voice, "I will take you there before you go to bed."
…
The castle is a three-story building with a Gothic tower.
The first floor of the main building is the public activity area, the second floor has a large study room and a small living room, as well as the master bedroom and the male room of the family, and the third floor is the female room of the family.
The guest rooms are arranged on the other side of the corridor, and the male and female floors are also clearly separated.
Even if Jane is not here, the old British housekeeper and Lydia still allocate rooms according to the rules.
Considering that Haibara Ai might have to live alone on the third floor of the main building, Ikeana arranged for Koshimizu Nanatsuki and Kudo Yukiko to also move to the third floor of the main building when the two of them made arrangements.
There were only two female guests here. The old housekeeper thought about it and nodded.
After a group of people looked at the gorgeously decorated hall, they followed the servant who delivered the luggage to see their respective rooms, and then met in the hall on the first floor.
Ikekana led a group of people around the first floor and introduced the activity areas along the way.
"The entire first floor is free to move around. The second floor is the master's study, small living room, and bedroom. The third floor is the women's room. Men stop in front of the stairs on the third floor. Although it is a very old rule, it is also a gentleman's etiquette. Oh, no girl wants to be seen by the opposite sex standing in the corridor when she leaves the bathroom with her hair disheveled..."
"This is the living room on the first floor." Chikana led a group of people into the room next to the hall, turned on the light switch, and looked at the large European-style windows that covered almost one wall with a smile, "The windows face the garden, lighting in Very good, we can come here to rest during the day tomorrow.”
The living room is covered with dark red thick carpet, and there is no door where it connects to the hall, making it look very spacious.
Crystal chandeliers hang from the beautifully carved ceiling, a piano is placed in the corner, a coffee table and a leather sofa are placed in front of the fireplace, and sofas and high-back chairs are placed near the window, which is definitely enough to accommodate more than thirty people.
After others entered the room, they took a cursory look at the layout of the living room and were attracted by the oil paintings on the walls.
"Is this a work by Gainsborough?" Kudo Yukiko saw an oil painting next to the sofa, walked up and looked at it twice, then turned to share with Ikeana, "When I went to the United States to make a movie, I worked with Yuki Zuo saw Gainsborough's works at an investor's house. Most of his works were of British upper-class figures in the 18th century. He liked to paint full-body portraits and place the figures in front of the landscape. He also liked the informal and flexible postures of the figures, which was very interesting to him. At that time, the investor said that a group of Gainsborough's works were bought and collected by British nobles, including a portrait of his daughter..."
Ikegana smiled and nodded, "My mother bought this painting to decorate the living room. It is indeed a work by Gainsborough."
Others also walked to the oil paintings they were interested in and chatted in low voices.
"This is the work of George Innes. He can always paint landscapes so bright and natural, with light and shadow interlaced..."
"Oh my God! Is this a painting by Raphael Sanzio?"
After Chi Feichi entered the door, his eyes were attracted by a painting hanging on the wall next to the door. Except for turning his head and glancing at the oil painting over there after hearing Raphael Sanzio's name, his eyes were glued to on that painting.
Raphael Sanzio's paintings are famous for their "beauty", with delicate characters and beautiful scenes. At that time, Sandy liked Raphael's painting style very much, and she once asked someone to ask Raphael for paintings, hoping that Raphael could He helped the Montgomery family’s patron saint draw a picture, and told him to the bones that if Raphael painted it, he would be able to paint it very well.
The other party replied - Raphael heard that it was an old lady who was almost a hundred years old who asked for a painting from him. He was surprised and happy. He thought it was a blessing to get Sandy's approval, so he agreed on the spot, but in his hand There are other painting tasks that will take about half a year to complete. After completion, I will be invited by Sandy to be a guest and paint a painting for Sandy.
Yes, Sandy was already an old lady that year. After getting the reply, she waited with great joy for half a year, but the last news she waited for was that Rafael had a high fever after returning home, because the doctor thought that Rafael had He just contracted the cold and didn't pay attention to it, and Raphael died.
That year, in the spring season, Sandy sat in the garden, feeling as aggrieved as a child who was almost a hundred years old, and murmuring against the bone pendant. Sometimes she felt like Versailles that her life was gone, and sometimes she felt sorry for Raphael. Why don't you come to Montgomery's house before returning home? Maybe she can cure Raphael.
He was speechless at the time.
To be honest, the medical level back then was just like that. Even in Sandy's generation, diagnosis, medication, and treatment methods were horribly crude. What other doctors couldn't do, the Montgomery family might not be able to do.
However, based on Sandy's love for Raphael's paintings, if Raphael came to Montgomery's house in the early stage of fever, Sandy would probably take it very seriously and pour a lot of soup into Raphael, which would make him diarrhea. Phil might really be able to live...
The dead cannot be resurrected, and the same goes for famous painters. Fortunately, Santi's attention was quickly attracted by the younger generations, and the matter of "not leaving a good-looking portrait for the patron saint" did not become Santi's regret after all.
After Sandy passed away, only he would think of the old lady sitting in the garden that year and the regrets she complained about.
Time is a cruel master, and immortality is an existence that can defy time, but can hardly be called benevolent. At certain times, they are equally cruel.
In short, his understanding of Raphael came from Sandy's love for Raphael's works, and he had never actually met Raphael himself.
And the work in front of him is another gift given to him by time and immortality, a gift that he cannot say whether it is good or bad...
Yuesui Nanatsuki discovered that Chi Feichi was interested in the paintings on the corner. He walked to Chi Feichi out of curiosity. Just when he raised his head to see the paintings on the wall clearly, he vaguely heard a subtle humming from the bone flute under his clothes. He reached out and pulled the black rope out of his collar, looking down at the bone flute pendant.
Chi Feichi also heard the buzzing sound, and turned to look at the bone flute in Yueshui Nanatsuki's hand, suspecting that the bone flute was about to become a spirit, "Yue Shui..."
"Ah?" Yuesui Nanatsuki suspected that he heard wrongly. When he looked up at Chi Feichi, he put down the bone flute pendant with his right hand and cast a questioning look at Chi Feichi, "What's wrong?"
"Has anything strange happened to you since you wore this pendant?" Chi Feichi asked, "For example, like just now, the bone flute suddenly made a sound."
"Did you hear it too?" Nanatsuki Koshizui lowered his head and looked at the bone flute hanging on his clothes. "It seems that it has never happened before. It was the first time just now, but it was clear that there was no wind passing through the hole. I wonder if It was a little air that was inadvertently wrapped under the collar, which happened to make it make a sound..."
No, it's not...
The answer came to Chi Feichi's mind and he looked at the painting on the wall again. He raised his right hand and gently pressed it on the glass protecting the painting, trying to feel the mystery in the painting.
After the oil painting is framed and a glass layer is added, it may affect viewing. However, for some old and fragile paintings, such an insurance can only be added to daily maintenance.
This is an old painting, not so rich in color, but bright enough.
Under the blue sky, the fields are golden. A girl in coarse cloth is sitting on the grain pile in the corner, holding the pendant of the necklace with one hand on her chest. There are many traces of sewing on her clothes, and there is a lot of mud on her hands and feet, but The girl still looked up at the sky, smiling wantonly and openly.
Two flying birds landed on the grain pile next to the girl. The diluted blue material and white material formed whirlpools, filling the fields and the sky. They also formed a tall but faceless figure behind the girl. A figure with huge wings...
The whole painting is brightly colored, and even though there are no religious figures, it still has a strong religious atmosphere.
He knew the girl in the painting.
Hundreds of years ago, her name was Diana, and after she married, her name was Diana Montgomery.
When Chi Feichi and Koshimi Nanatsuki looked at the painting again, Haibara Ai also walked aside, looking up at the painting with a light atmosphere, "It looks like a medieval painting..."
"Are you interested in this painting?" Ikegana also walked to the side.
Yuesui Nanatsuki looked at Chi Feichi, "It's Mr. Chi..."
Chi Feichi put his hand down from the painting and greeted Chi Janai, "Mother."
Chikana smiled at Chi Feichi and looked at the girl in the painting, "Your grandmother bought this painting from a friend whose family was in decline. She could tell that the painting was old and the brushwork was delicate and smooth. It is also very artistic and has everyone's style. Moreover, the girl in the painting is very happy, which makes people feel happy, so she spent money to buy it. However, after checking a lot of information, she still doesn't know where it is. When I was studying in London, a friend came to my home. She sent some paintings whose origins could not be determined to her home painting appraisal institute for appraisal, and it was confirmed that they were indeed from the Middle Ages. It is not easy for a painting from that period to be so well preserved. However, it is also not confirmed whose work it is. If it is confirmed whose work it is, the value will not be lower than Midnight Jackdaw, and maybe even higher. It’s several times higher.”
"It's a painting by Giotto," Chi Feichi looked at the painting and said, "Giotto di Bondona."
After a moment of silence in the living room, everyone who heard the name 'Giotto' turned their heads to look at the paintings in front of them. Those who didn't hear it were also startled by the sudden silence, and then asked the others in a low voice .
Chi Kana didn't understand why Chi Feichi was so sure. After smiling back at the eyes of others, he said calmly, "The laboratory also has the same suspicion. They compared the brushstrokes of the painting and found that it was consistent with Giotto's late paintings. The brushstrokes are similar, as are some of the little habits in painting. In the 14th century, Giotto was the first painter to add a perspective background to his paintings. This is consistent with the estimated historical duration and style of this painting..."
(End of chapter)
