Mind Reader III

By the time Shen Yan was finally willing to get up, it was already past three o'clock in the afternoon.He and Ji Yuyang walked back to the main building of the castle slowly as if they met on the road, and found that the west building seemed quite lively.

Today is July 7th, and there are still a few days before the invitation, but the invitation letter originally stated that you can arrive at the castle after July 18th, so so far, many violinists who have been invited have come with their entourage .

After meeting Butler Barton and hearing that Louis and Xu Ling went riding together again, Shen Yan lit a piece of wax for Xu Ling in his heart, and followed Ji Yuyang to the west building without conscience.There is not much difference between the east and west buildings, but after observing the suite where the four of Ji Yuyang and the others lived, they realized that the room they lived in was indeed worthy of a luxurious large room.The suite in the west building is similar in size to the manor suite where Princess Grace held her birthday party, but the decoration is quite unique, and they are all old things.Think about how local tyrant Louis lives in such a big castle by himself, and the royal family of B has to borrow a wealthy businessman’s manor for a birthday party. In contrast, the current local tyrant president is much richer than the pretending royal family.

The rest of the group went about their own business, Long Yao and Gu Lei were wandering around in the name of visiting the castle, Song Qi went to the servant's building to get close to the butler, which was convenient for Shen Yan and Ji Yuyang occasionally Lived in a world of two.After staying in the house for a while, the two went to the entertainment place on the second floor, found a pool table and started playing.

There are a total of four billiard tables in this ball room, and there are small bars, tables and chairs around. There are several people in the ball room besides the two of them.Before Shen Yan received Xu Ling's invitation list, he checked all the people on the list. Now, with a glance, two people matched.

A small, fat, brown-haired, middle-aged man named Duke was playing at the other table. He was the principal violinist of the Venice Orchestra. The young man who played with him looked outstanding, but he respected Duke. It should be Duke students.Sitting at the bar with a glass of wine and looking at them mockingly is a beautiful blonde girl named Anne who has won more than N awards in the world. Targeting the teacher-student pair of Duke, but I don’t know the reason. It seems that she and Duke are not from the same country. Duke will not participate in the competition at his age and status. Why did you make Annie unhappy?

There were two other men sitting at the table chatting softly. Judging from their expressions, they should have just met. Since the two are not in the data, it means that they are the entourage of a certain violinist.

Shen Yan closed his gaze calmly, started playing ball with Ji Yuyang, finished one round and was about to start the second round, but Annie put down her wine glass and came over.

"Two handsome guys, don't you mind coming with me?"

Annie showed Ji Yuyang a charming smile, and Shen Yan's heart immediately rang an alarm.This one has a rich love history in the data, isn't Ji Yuyang the one who has been eaten to the brim when she meets her?

But Ji Yuyang had a dazed look on his face, and Shen Yan finally understood that he didn't understand!Ji Yuyang is studying American English, and Annie's words are too local, and Ji Yuyang didn't pay attention to this person just now, so he didn't react for a while.

Shen Yan was very satisfied with Ji Yuyang's attitude of not paying attention to this beautiful girl from the beginning to the end, so he put on a smile and said to Annie, "Of course not, what does this lady want to do?"

Annie was dissatisfied. Although she was talking about two handsome guys, her eyes were fixed on Ji Yuyang. She didn't expect that this person didn't like her.But it doesn't matter, she likes challenging things, since this person's companion agrees, she will always notice her when she gets used to it, right?

But before Annie could reply, Ji Yuyang gave Shen Yan a dissatisfied look, and said in Chinese, "Do you want to play with her?"

When Shen Yan heard it, the jar of vinegar was overturned.Not long ago, when playing tennis in country B, he still talked about him flirting with the beautiful women on the tennis court. Although he just wanted to be friendly, Ji Yuyang didn't like it.The relationship between the two of them used to be ambiguous when they were in school, but recently they were together every day, and Shen Yan realized that Ji Yuyang's jealousy was not small, especially when Shen Yan took the initiative to smile at someone, he almost immediately gave him a slap in the face.

Anyway, their goal wasn't Annie. Since Ji Yuyang was upset, Shen Yan didn't insist anymore, but said goodbye to Annie politely, and the two went out together.

But in Anne's opinion, this is a big deal!I took the initiative to show my favor to that tall oriental man. Although he didn't appreciate it, his companion has already agreed to play together!In the end, the tall oriental man didn't know what he said. Anyway, his expression was very unhappy, so his companion didn't insist, and the two left just like that!

Annie has always followed the mature and sexy route, from teenagers to old men, she can take it all, and no one has ever disrespected her like this.She immediately gave Ji Yuyang a bad review in her heart, and remembering Shen Yan's polite smile to her before, her favorability index for Shen Yan suddenly rose.Although she didn't regard Shen Yan as a hooker, it was obvious that Ji Yuyang was very concerned about Shen Yan, so Annie immediately thought of an evil idea: to hook Shen Yan and make Ji Yuyang mad.

She went out to find a servant, and described the physical characteristics of the two people just now. The servant in charge of catering is not very familiar with the guests, especially the Orientals. In their eyes, the Orientals all look the same. ah! (That's right, several foreign teachers in my previous school have expressed the same opinion. Don't be surprised ==) So the servant could only tell her that there are four oriental guests living in the west building. They are donkey friends who came to the forest for hiking and were invited by the owner. Stay for a few days.

Annie was relieved when she heard that those oriental guests would stay here for a few days.You must know that her mind is very small, if you don't make her happy today, she will make everyone unhappy tomorrow.

During dinner, she gave up her plan to have someone bring her to her room and went to the restaurant in the west building.Annie came here alone, without any entourage. She chose a small table by the window and sat down, her eyes darting around the restaurant.Quite a few people had come to have dinner, but no Orientals were seen.

She was not in a hurry, and waited slowly after ordering. While she was slicing the steak leisurely, a few orientals came into the restaurant, and the tall handsome guy who didn't give her face in the afternoon was also there.There were three oriental men with that handsome guy, but they didn't laugh at that handsome guy at her in the afternoon (Shen Yan's image in Annie's heart sublimated after Ji Yuyang's cold reception ==).Annie remembered what the servant said, a total of 4 oriental guests lived in the west building, and now Ji Yuyang and his party happened to be 4 people, making up the number of oriental guests among the guests.And looking at Shen Yan's appearance, it is impossible for him to be a servant, so what's going on?

Originally, when I was preparing dinner, I wanted to meet someone and then strike up a conversation with the handsome guy, so as to make the handsome guy feel uncomfortable, but I didn't expect the handsome guy to disappear immediately.Anne thought for a while, and went out after dinner calmly, and found another servant to ask if there were any orientals who looked like this or that in the castle.This servant was in charge of arranging the accommodation guests in the West Building. He told Anne that the guests in the West Building were only the four Oriental guests in the restaurant. If Annie met other Oriental guests, that person could only be the owner's personal assistant. Mr. Xu.This servant has never met Shen Yan before, and is only responsible for managing the affairs of the west building. Naturally, he does not know that there is an oriental man in the castle. Shen Yan and Xu Ling are about the same height and shape. According to Annie's description, he can only think that it is Xu Ling. Spirited.

However, the kind servant saw that Annie was in such a hurry to find someone, so she reminded her before leaving, saying that Assistant Xu was "very, important, and important to the master!" If you wink at someone who shouldn't be thrown, the master will be angry.

Here Annie was amazed by the incredible information she got, while Shen Yan, the person involved in the incident over there, was sitting in the small restaurant in the east building having dinner with Louis and Xu Ling.

Shen Yan originally wanted to go to the west building for dinner, and check to see if there was any suspicious person among the guests who had arrived.However, Louis took the initiative to invite him to dinner, so this face was naturally given.

At this time, the atmosphere at the dining table was weird, Xu Ling's face was dark, and she knew with her toes that it must be the trick in Louis' cabin in the afternoon that failed, so she ran to him to solve her psychological problems.Louis didn't talk much, so in order to get close, Shen Yan had no choice but to find topics like a courtesan, talking like a speech by himself.

Fortunately, Louis was quite interested in some of Shen Yan's experiences, so he wouldn't be left alone.So Shen Yan slowly brought the topic to music, and finally mentioned the sky-high priced violin that Louis snatched at the auction a few days ago.

"...the Messiah made by Antonio Stradivari I once saw it when I visited the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford University, but it was a pity that it was placed in the museum to be dusty, but it could never let its timbre appear again. It sounds in the world, it can no longer pull out the natural sound of the past." Shen Yan said with regret, "The masterpiece of art of a generation of masters has been silent, and I don't think it is the best home for it to be placed in a museum. If I were a violin, I would rather have the strings broken by the master than sleep in a glass box, which is called making the best use of everything in the oriental language."

There was some novelty on Louis's face, "I would rather be broken than sleep? This is quite a new saying."

"Isn't it?" Shen Yan shrugged, "No matter how you put it, it's just a violin in essence. It was made to make beautiful music. Its value does not lie in itself, but in the violinist's violin. You can make a wonderful sound in your hand. If you don’t make any sound, can you see the difference between a 1000W violin and a 1000 yuan violin?”

"Vic," Xu Ling frowned and called Shen Yan. It seemed as if he was reminding Shen Yan not to talk nonsense here, but in fact he was purposely calling Louis' attention.

Sure enough, Louis said next, "I also took a violin a few days ago. It is said that it is the twin of Messiah. It was made by Antonio Stradivari together with the Oxford University."

Shen Yan was taken aback, stared at Xu Ling with some annoyance, lowered his head, ate his dessert and stopped talking.

Seeing Shen Yan showing the expression of a child who did something wrong, Louis' eyes became softer.

"Want to see it?"

Shen Yan was taken aback for a moment, then raised his head in disbelief, and then looked at Xu Ling.Xu Ling smiled and said to Louis, "Don't talk to him, he just can't keep his mouth shut."

Louis didn't care, "Vic is not an outsider, so what's the matter. Besides, isn't he also learning the violin? There are many more in the showroom. Vic can go and have a look. I'll give you which one you like."

Make friends!Shen Yan's heart skipped a beat, the violins in Louis's showroom, even if they weren't Messiah, were still expensive and famous products!And what does it mean to be an outsider?Is it brother-in-law?Do you really think of him as a brother-in-law? !

Xu Ling objected, "He has only just started learning, so I don't know if it's a 3-minute enthusiasm, and it's a waste to give him."

Shen Yan coquettishly said to Xu Ling, "Brother~ I'll just take a look~ Just take a look~"

I don't know if Xu Ling will accept this coquetry, but Louis is quite useful anyway.So the three of them went to the showroom on the fourth floor of the east building together after finishing their desserts.The showroom where violins are stored is in the third to last corridor, which is also just above Shen Yan's room on the second floor.If it wasn't for the library on the third floor, Shen Yan really wanted to climb in through the window at night and be a strange thief.

There are no surveillance cameras installed in other parts of the castle, only the showrooms on the fourth and fifth floors of the east building are equipped with surveillance cameras, and there are supporting security systems.These security systems are not considered the latest high-tech, so it should not be too difficult, of course, Shen Yan, a layman, doesn't count, he has to let Long Yao take a look to find out.

After entering the house, Shen Yan suddenly felt that this was a... violin supermarket.The left and right walls are covered with violins, and there are also some glass cabinets in the room that also contain violins, which are obviously higher grade than those on the walls.And the largest and most eye-catching glass cabinet in the center of the room should be the Messiah (pseudo) according to the habits of local tyrant Louis.

Seeing that Shen Yan entered the room, Louis glanced at the other zithers, without showing any extra expressions, and stared blankly at Messiah, and his evaluation of Shen Yan was even higher.In fact, these violins are all similar in appearance, even an expert would have to try the sound to distinguish them, but Shen Yan recognized Messiah at a glance.

If Shen Yan knew that Louis was thinking this way, he would have grabbed him by the collar and yelled, "Who doesn't know that you put such a big cabinet in the middle of the room, are you kidding me?".Of course, it is really difficult for a local tyrant who spent 1200 million to bring back a handful of fakes to realize this.

So without waiting for Louis to introduce, Shen Yan walked up to the fake product in two or three steps to look it up, and then asked Louis with a surprised expression, "Is this the Messiah?"

Louis nodded, "At the auction some time ago, a descendant of an old nobleman took out a collection. The auction invited several authoritative appraisers to appraise it. Mr. Kruger, the chief violinist of the Philharmonic Orchestra, played it in public. .This piano is very well maintained, and its tone can definitely be called the sound of the devil."

The voice of the devil, huh, 1200W fake, it can't be any more devil.

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