The Lion Castle is located on a mountain southwest of Porvoo. The altitude of this mountain is higher than Julian's hotel, and it covers a large area. It is said that the pine forests on the mountain have grown for hundreds of years. This was once a certain

The fiefdom of a Finnish nobleman is said to have been lost to the ancestors of Lord John in a gamble, and then his ancestors built the Lion Castle here. Zhou Yi actually didn't understand why the British and the French worshiped lions.

This was the case from King Arthur to Napoleon. Even the castles of small nobles were named after lions.

Walking along the long wooden path through the forest, Little Leaf had long since released the captured squirrel back into nature, and now his attention was focused on the various mushrooms in the mountain forest.

Porvoo is a famous mushroom-producing area. Whether in winter or summer, there are colorful and beautiful mushrooms on the mountains. And Finland, like many Nordic countries, advocates "everyone's rights", regardless of skin color or nationality, anyone can

You can pick mushrooms here as you like. In order to avoid poisoning incidents, mushroom experts will hang identification methods and patterns of various types of poisonous mushrooms in mushroom-rich areas. When Zhou Yi and the others were at the hotel, they even received free promotional brochures.

The women were very interested. Not only Little Leaf, but also Catkins and Bai Bingbing accompanied her to dig out the wooden path and pick up many mushrooms. It had just snowed the day before yesterday, and some of the mushrooms were still covered with unmelted ice and snow, making them shiny.

They are just like handicrafts. Zhou Yi roughly calculated that the three girls gathered four or five kilograms of mushrooms, which was enough for a meal. He was about to praise them with a smile when he suddenly heard a familiar voice.

Said: "Wow, there are so many mushrooms. I'm going to pick some too, Henry. Are you going?"

"Henry?"

Zhou Yi was startled for a moment, then turned around and saw a luxuriously dressed man named Shi Shiran walking on the wooden path behind him, followed by two strong men who looked like bodyguards, and a sexy girl clinging to his side. The girl's

The face is familiar and the figure is graceful. She is Emma from Wengji An Leiban Casino. Zhou Yi still has a deep impression of this woman. He remembers that when he and Henry first arrived at the casino, this French beauty wanted to seduce him, or that

It's not a hookup, it's just that she's used to being flirtatious and will misunderstand men if she casually moves her eyes or twitches her waist.

"Zhou, are you going to the Lion's Castle too? Oh, I'm sorry, I have something urgent to do and I have to go first..."

Henry's face changed slightly, and he pulled Emma who was about to pick mushrooms. He laughed twice and passed by Zhou Yi, but Emma's eyes moved and she smiled sweetly at Zhou Yi, then she took Henry's arm and shook it.

The waist is gone.

Sure enough, Henry still got hold of this beauty. Although it had something to do with his painstaking arrangements, Zhou Yi was actually a little disappointed. He shook his head and said, "Let's go too."

"Brother Zhou, is this your friend?"

"It's my second brother-in-law..."

"Ah? Oh..."

Tang Bao and Liu Ke were both shrewd people. They usually joked around, but they knew what to ask and what to keep in their hearts forever. They exchanged a look with each other and then stopped talking. Liu Xu opened her mouth several times and always kept silent.

Still too embarrassed to ask, the group of people walked towards the top of the mountain in silence. Only Little Leaf chirped and boasted about his mushrooms, which were much prettier than Aunt Bai's...

After walking through the last pine forest, the vision suddenly opened up. Even Tang Bao, a well-informed young man, started to admire and admire the British man's generosity.

On the faded grassland, rows of pines and cypresses line up straight, and a two-hundred-meter-long avenue connects the majestic castle. A courtyard wall made of Finnish blue marble surrounds the entire castle, like a building.

Small town on top of a mountain.

In front of the castle, there is no parking lot that is common in modern society. Bodyguards wearing white gloves and black suits are like gentlemen, patrolling and guarding around. There are also people who are responsible for picking up guests and driving small vehicles.

Passenger trams are available in the manor at any time.

Bai Bingbing’s Professor Maozi is an authentic British man. Although he looks informal, in this kind of environment, he naturally behaves like a gentleman, politely handing over the passport, and communicating with a person who looks like a bodyguard.

A few words seemed to be introducing Zhou Yi and the others. The bodyguard looked at Zhou Yi and Tang Bao a few times, and then lingered on Liu Xu and Bai Bingbing for a while. He picked up the walkie-talkie and said a few words, and finally nodded and waved.

Two battery cars came over and took Zhou Yi and the others to the castle.

According to Professor Adam, the collectors invited this time are basically famous people in the art world, about dozens of them, and most of their attention is on John's famous paintings and some of the Chinese cultural relics collected by John, such as

There is not much interest in seven-star lanterns, porcelain and Chinese paintings, so Zhou Yi and the others should not encounter too strong competitors.

This makes Zhou Yi a little strange. He doesn't understand how Henry, a declining 'artist', got in. But it's hard to say. After all, he is also a 'painter' and now he has become a billionaire. It should be easy to get a ticket.

Yes, didn’t you and Tang Bao also take advantage of Professor Adam?

Nordic castles are generally built on manors and are the center of the manors. The same is true for the Lion Castle. Compared with some famous castles protected and owned by the country, the scale is not large, but despite this, the scale is sufficient.

There are more than a dozen 'Tingfeng Villas', and the manor occupies a large area. It takes nearly ten minutes to reach the entrance of the castle on a battery car.

This is a plant manor. There are no food crops growing. What is planted are some evergreen varieties all year round. Some shrub-like evergreen plants cannot even be named by the planting master Zhou Yi. They are pruned into regular shapes, like a maze.

.The battery car is driving inside, and there are green walls everywhere. It makes people dizzy as they go around. This design is not only unique, but also has a certain security effect. If a stupid thief enters, there is no need for the security guards to take action. Just this

The plant maze can make them dizzy and trapped alive in it. Tang Baoer seems to like this design very much. He watched it carefully along the way. Maybe he is planning to build a plant Bagua array in the 'Zhugu Garden'?

After entering the castle, Henry and Emma were not seen. As soon as some collectors and Zhou Yi who were also invited arrived, a smiling butler-looking man in a tuxedo arranged for them to enter the room to rest.

Zhou Yi's eyes were opened. He looked at the aristocratic style of this family. From the housekeeper to the maid, everyone had top-notch looks. The etiquette was as detailed as the angle of the bow, the depth of the smile lines, and the arrangements were organized and orderly. The guests thought

They thought of things, but they still thought of things that the guests didn't expect.

For example, Xiao Zizi, because she is still young, the housekeeper arranged a children's sunroom. The specially renovated room is only 2.67 meters high, so she will not feel scared because it is too empty, and specially arranged catkins in it.

The apartment next to hers, you can come directly by opening the door.

Another example is Adam and Bai Bingbing, both majoring in Western painting. They have representative works of Western painting hung in their rooms. Although they are all fakes, the painting quality is master-level. In the six-meter-high room, an entire side of the

The walls are filled with books and materials related to Western paintings...

Professor Adam only briefly mentioned Tang Bao's identity, but soon a room suitable for him appeared. There was actually a talking myna in the room. The fish tank contained rare and precious fish species, and even a room for drinking water.

The set of cups are imitation Yuan blue and white, and there is even a snuff bottle. In fact, Tang Bao didn’t use the snuff bottle, but when he picked it up, he found that it was actually a genuine item from a famous artist, a good thing that is hard to find in Kyoto, China.

There is a big room for each person, and people have made it clear that there are many houses. Liu Ke and Zhang Zhao's rooms are very suitable for both of them. Not to mention, Zhou Yi's room is similar to Tang Bao's. In addition, at his special request,

The bookshelves on both walls are filled with books and information about Chinese and Western paintings and the identification of various cultural relics. These bookshelves are all six meters high, and you need to stand on a ladder to get to the upper books. Needless to say how much information there is.

, Zhou Yi even found bamboo slips with vertical seal script layout and Western documents written with quills. Fortunately, most of them were in English and French, which he could understand.

Calligraphy, painting, literature and play are indistinguishable. A snowfall started a secondary career in painting. Zhou Yi, who originally had no interest in calligraphy and painting, is now very interested, because when he drew the "Flying Snow Picture", he felt an unprecedented feeling.

Great happiness, great joy, great satisfaction, that is much better than smoking cigarettes.

Interest is the best teacher. Zhou Yi looked at the shelves full of books and felt very hungry. Speaking of which, this is also the reason for the system. Once the life occupations in the system, such as cooking, are opened, knowledge related to them will come one after another.

, although it is not said that he can master the world's recipes, the amount of knowledge is still extremely considerable.

But for occupations that are higher than life, such as music, chess, calligraphy and painting, Zhou Yi can only master a few related skills. However, the system does not provide the insights and experiences closely related to them, but requires him to learn and master them. He is used to "getting something for nothing"

'The Book of Changes', now I feel the joy of learning and enjoy it...

"Zhou, I take the liberty to bother you. This time, I need your help..."

Zhou Yi was standing on the ladder and opened a popular book called "Four Hundred Years of Western Painting". He was reading it with gusto. Professor Bai Bingbing's Lao Maozi suddenly opened the door and walked in. His expression was in a hurry and he even forgot to knock on the door.

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"Oh? Professor Adam, have you discovered the fruit of the Garden of Eden?"

Although they only interacted with each other for one day, Zhou Yi changed his view of Adam. This person is not actually an old pervert, he is just obsessed with studying westernization, which is difficult for ordinary people to accept, especially if they don't know him well. This year

At fifty-three years old, he is still an old virgin. This is what Bai Bingbing secretly told Zhou Yi.

This is a painting fanatic. Zhouyi would pay enough respect to such a person who is obsessed with learning, so instead of being annoyed, he actually made a joke to him...

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