Chapter 1259: wishful thinking

In a blink of an eye, Ye Tian and the others had walked to the corner in front of the Swan Restaurant.
Passing this corner is the four-story building where Victor Hugo's former residence is located, and next to it is the famous Swan Restaurant!
At this moment, Louis suddenly pointed to a group of tourists gathered at the corner of the street and said:
"Steven and Betty, there is the lying portrait of Serkras cast in 1356. It has a history of more than 600 years. Serkras is an ancient hero in Brussels.
Since ancient times, Brussels has had such a legend that people who come here only need to touch this bronze statue, and it can bring happiness to those who touch it. Are you not going to try it? "
Ye Tian looked at the tourists waiting to touch the bronze statue in the alley, then smiled and said:
"I know this legend, and I also know this famous bronze statue with a history of six hundred years. When touching it, you must touch the right wrist of the bronze statue with your left hand. That will work.
Now that we have come to the Grand Place in Brussels, we certainly don't want to miss this opportunity. Who doesn't want to live a very happy life? Betty and I are no exception!
But now is not the right time. There are too many tourists. We will come back to touch this famous bronze statue later. When there is time, we live here and it is very convenient! "
After speaking, he took Betty and continued forward and went straight to the former Hugo residence.
After walking through the alley, Betty kept looking back, with an expression of eagerness and full of anticipation.
Seeing her appearance, Ye Tian immediately chuckled and said in a low voice:
"My dear, don't feel sorry, wait for fewer tourists in the square later, we have plenty of time, come and touch this bronze statue again!
You can touch Serklas from head to toe, the angel next to him, and his dog, don't let go, you can touch it for as long as you want! "
"Okay, I don't want to miss this opportunity"
Betty nodded vigorously, and then she looked back reluctantly.
Soon, ten minutes passed.
Ye Tian and the others are already in the former residence of Hugo. While admiring the furnishings and decorations in this former residence of celebrities, they listened to the professional explanation by the instructor.
"In 1851, after Napoleon Bonaparte overthrew the Republic and restored the monarchy, Victor Hugo, a famous leftist writer, was forced to go into exile.
After 19 years of exile, Hugo spent most of his time living in Brussels, living in this apartment, using it as a base and using his pen as a weapon to continue the struggle.
Here, Victor Hugo wrote countless battle essays, slamming Napoleon Bonaparte’s dictatorship, and always fighting on the front line of the French Revolution.
Also in this apartment, Hugo laid a solid foundation for the completion of his immortal masterpiece "Les Miserables" and contributed to the completion of that literary classic.
For this apartment, for the Grand Place in Brussels, Victor Hugo loves it so much that it far exceeds any other place he has lived.
The apartment you see now, and the furnishings in the apartment, are exactly the same as the scene when Hugo lived here, almost unchanged!
In many literary works of Hugo’s period, as well as the literary works of Hugo’s friends, there are very detailed descriptions of the situation of this apartment,..."
While the explainer introduced this former residence of the celebrity, Ye Tian also kept looking at this old apartment, admiring the furnishings and layouts, and looking through it from time to time to see if he could discover any secrets.
In his eyes, this set of celebrities' former residences is very different from what others have seen, and even very different.
The Belgian beauty instructor is right, the furnishings and decorations in this apartment are no different from when Hugo lived here, or even the same.
The antique furniture that radiates dazzling red light, and the artwork with charming halo of several or even ten layers are the best proof.
Ye Tian can tell just from the antique artworks in the apartment.
Belgians really attach great importance to this set of celebrity’s former residences and did not make some antique crafts to fool tourists. Almost every item here is genuine antique art.
Especially the set of tables and chairs and a Baroque lamp in the Hugo study, as well as two pieces of Chinese porcelain in the living room, are very good antique works of art, all of which are very valuable!
Belgians are also very aware of the value of these treasures, and the protection measures are quite strict, and tourists are basically unlikely to have access to them.
Of course, these antique works of art on the bright side were not Ye Tian's goal, nor did he have the chance to get involved.
The reason why he sees through every corner of this apartment is to find some hidden and unknown secrets here.
You know, this is an ancient building built hundreds of years ago, and it is located in a place like the Grand Place in Brussels. How can there be no secret rooms or sandwich walls?
In fact, he did find a secret room with a rather narrow area that could only accommodate one or two people to hide, just behind a wall of the living room.
It's a pity that it was just a hiding place, empty inside, nothing, let alone valuable antique works of art.
There may have been something hidden in that secret room, but it has been emptied by the Belgian who manages the apartment, leaving nothing behind.
From the relatively clean interior of the secret room, it can be seen that the Belgians had discovered it a long time ago and left no suspense.
After walking into Hugo's study room, Ye Tian found another hidden compartment on the wall behind the bookshelf. It was also empty and there was nothing, which was disappointing!
Except for these two places, there are no other secret rooms or secret compartments in Hugo's former residence, which made Ye Tianfa's wishful thinking about discovering the manuscript of "Les Miserables" completely vanished.
It took about half an hour for Ye Tian and the others to visit the former residence of Hugo.
When they walked out of this Renaissance building, it was noon, and it was time for lunch.
The Belgian lunch time is fairly normal. It usually starts at 12 o'clock and basically ends around 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
If you see someone having lunch in a Brussels restaurant after 2:30 in the afternoon, it is either French or Spanish.
Only people from these two countries can eat a meal as long as a century!
After coming out of Hugo's former residence, Ye Tian did not immediately walk to the Swan restaurant next to him.
With a big smile on his face, he turned his head to look at the Belgian police detectives who were posing as tourists and wandering at the door of Hugo's former residence, and said to the guys:
"Gentlemen, you have worked so hard. After following so long, you are really doing your job. Thank you very much for your protection, which has saved us a lot of trouble.
Since entering the Grand Place in Brussels, the thieves and crooks have never approached us again. It must be the credit of you.
Now it’s lunch time. If you don’t mind, I would like to invite some of you to have lunch and express your gratitude. The place is in this famous Swan restaurant.
I have been admired for this restaurant for a long time. I have already reserved a seat early. Plus, there should be no problem with the few of you, but I don’t know if you are willing to appreciate it. "
After speaking, Ye Tian looked at the Belgian police detectives with a sunny smile on his face, and he was very friendly!
Betty, standing beside him, Anderson and Louis behind them, all tried to suffocate a laugh, not to laugh out loud.
Several Belgian police detectives were completely stupid, their faces blushing and white, and their expressions were so embarrassing!
From the beginning of the co-authoring, the whereabouts of my own people were discovered by the Steven, who just didn't break it!
In vain, people like themselves have tried to hide their whereabouts, pretending to be passers-by and tourists, and the result is a clumsy performance that is all self-satisfactory and completely redundant! What a shame!
Thinking of this ~EbookFREE.me~ several Belgians suddenly felt a fierce pain in their cheeks, their faces almost fell on their feet, and they couldn't pick them up!
After a long time, the lead Belgian police detective suppressed his emotions, blushing and said in a deep voice:
"Thank you for your invitation, Steven, but we are on a mission and it is not convenient to accept your invitation to have lunch with you. I am very sorry.
Let’s go and enjoy lunch by yourself. Swan Restaurant is a very good restaurant, famous for its food. I wish you a good lunch time! "
"Well, in that case, we have to have lunch alone. I hope that when we come out of the Swan Restaurant, we can still see you guys!"
After speaking, Ye Tian nodded to several Belgian detectives, and then led Betty to the Swan Restaurant.
Anderson and Louis immediately followed, and the group soon walked into the Swan restaurant and disappeared from the Grand Place in Brussels.
Seeing Ye Tian's departure, several Belgian police detectives rolled their eyes, but they were helpless!