Chapter 120

Lin Jianquan won, and won the once-in-a-lifetime title of the Four-Year-Old Horse King for the King of Hell, and he himself also received the supreme honor.

Countless applause rang out, people shouted Lin Jianquan's name, people put up big banners saying "The King is Back", and some people cried and said that this game was unique.

So far, Ye Tianhui has gained both fame and fortune, and Lin Jianquan has also reached the pinnacle of fame, and the value of the King of Hell has reached a new high.

Because of this incident, Meng Baohui was naturally furious.

It can be said that Lin Jianquan slapped Meng Baohui hard in front of everyone. All of Hong Kong knew that his blood was unwilling to recognize this marriage. Not only did he not want to recognize it, but he also insisted on being under Ye Tianhui's command and fighting for the Ye family to help the other party deal with his biological father!

At the award ceremony of the Derby, Meng Baohui could no longer bear it and walked away in anger.

The Hong Kong media has always been sensitive, so everyone naturally discovered it and was in a commotion for a while, all rushing over for interviews.

Fortunately, Meng Yinian was still there, and he finally supported the Meng family's situation, and also congratulated Ye Tianhui and Lin Jianquan in a friendly manner.

But of course he also understood that no matter what the Meng family did, Lin Jianquan would not turn back.

Lin Jianquan's mother is gone, and the last bit of scruple that Lin Jianquan had in the world is gone.

He has been reborn, and he has begun to do whatever he wants and live for himself.

In response, Ye Tianhui comforted Meng Yinian: "At least everyone knows that this is your Meng family. You are still victorious even if you lose, right?"

Meng Yinian smiled bitterly: "My grandfather was also very angry about this, but there was nothing he could do, so he had to accept it."

In fact, what else could he do if he didn't accept his fate? Now he could only watch Lin Jianquan fight for others and he could only stare blankly.

Because of this derby competition, the Ye family naturally had a great time. In this scene of great success, the Ye family and the Gu family held a grand engagement ceremony for Gu Shizhang and Ye Tianhui, and then the two of them rushed to England.

Ye Lixuan had already arranged the trip to London, England. There were two professors in the school who were good friends of Ye Lixuan and could take care of Ye Tianhui. As for other things, there was nothing to worry about, as Gu Shizhang would accompany them.

According to the plan of Gu Shizhang and Ye Tianhui, the two of them would go to London, Ye Tianhui would study, and Gu Shizhang would handle some work matters, so that neither of them would be delayed.

They arrived in London in April. According to Gu Shizhang, it was a rare sunny time here, so they could travel around.

Gu Shizhang first accompanied Ye Tianhui to the school and got familiar with the course. The course was relatively easy, in the form of lectures and group case discussions. These were not difficult for Ye Tianhui. Perhaps the most troublesome thing was the language barrier.

Fortunately, after two or three days of adapting, Ye Tianhui felt that it was okay, at least there would be no major trouble, so she was relieved.

After the initial adaptation, Gu Shizhang accompanied Ye Tianhui to travel around after studying. First, they traveled around Europe, and then visited horse shows and participated in horse auctions in the UK. Ye Tianhui also made a lot of money from betting, and also bought several batches of foals to send back to Hong Kong.

At this time, Black Rose had given birth to a filly, who looked like a pony with great potential. Sun Jiajing also absorbed a few pups and slowly cultivated them. Ye Tianhui's horse company became more and more lively.

Everything went smoothly in her career, and she had nothing to worry about in her studies. This was a rare period of leisure for Ye Tianhui.

Since she went to Hong Kong, she felt that everyone in Hong Kong was busy, and there seemed to be a surging tide behind her that kept pushing people forward involuntarily.

Now that her family affairs were settled, her revenge had been avenged, and the horse company was on the right track, she had no worries for the time being. This was a rare leisure time in life. She could stop and enjoy the scenery along the road, enjoy traveling, enjoy delicious food, and enrich herself in this famous school in a foreign country, and open her eyes to see the world.

The man who accompanied her was naturally gentle and considerate, and also powerful.

He took her to the evening parties of British nobles, antique auctions, and introduced her to those in the center of power in Britain.

There was a famous nobleman present, the Earl of Salisbury. The Earl was over 50 years old, loved horse racing, and was also very fond of Chinese culture, especially Chinese antiques.

He was amazed when he saw Ye Tianhui and thought she was a classical Chinese beauty.

Ye Tianhui wanted to explain that she didn't look classical at all, but it seemed that the old Earl had determined this point, and she didn't mention it because she couldn't explain it.

Salisbury kept talking to her about his love for horse racing, saying that he had watched her races: "You are so amazing, you are a god, you make me admire you!" Gu Shizhang didn't

say anything about Salisbury's excessive enthusiasm, but just separated the earl and Ye Tianhui without a trace.

Salisbury brought it up again: "There will be an auction next, which is about classical oriental artworks. Maybe you will be interested?"

Ye Tianhui: "Classical oriental artworks?"

Salisbury saw that Ye Tianhui seemed interested, so he introduced it to her. It sounded like a batch of ancient porcelain and ancient jades that came from China, all of which were rare ancient Chinese artworks.

Ye Tianhui wanted to take a look, so she looked at Gu Shizhang inquiringly: "Do you want to take a look?"

Gu Shizhang: "Since you are interested, I will accompany you in two days."

Ye Tianhui: "Okay."

Seeing this, an earl next to her smiled and said, "When it comes to Chinese porcelain, Gu is an expert among experts, and no one can compare to him. I believe Miss Ye also knows a lot about it?"

Ye Tianhui: "I don't know much, I just have a little interest. Compared with art, I still like horse racing more."

Everyone laughed, but when they talked about horse racing in the UK, horse racing in the UK is naturally more popular than in Hong Kong, and there are many kinds of competitions. Seeing this, the Earl of Salisbury suggested: "Miss Ye can consider bringing your racehorses to the UK so that we can have a look."

When he said this, the other people present were very interested and started chatting.

In fact, Ye Tianhui herself also had this idea, but the Hong Kong Derby just ended, so she has not considered it yet. It will take some time to plan.

After all, this is not an easy thing. After all, if you travel a long distance, it involves the transportation of horses and the problem of acclimatization. The cost is huge, but fighting overseas is something that must be done. It is impossible to always participate in Hong Kong.

Now they have reached the ceiling and need to expand their participation territory.

With this idea in mind, Ye Tianhui began to study the British horse racing market.

Compared to Hong Kong, the British horse racing industry has a history of hundreds of years, and naturally has a foundation that Hong Kong does not have. Just talking about racetracks, there are the famous Newmarket Racetrack, Ascot Racetrack and Goodwood Racetrack, etc. These racetracks can hold races of various levels.

The British races are also varied. The Kentucky Derby, Epsom Derby and St. Leger Stakes are well-known worldwide.

In fact, the so-called Derby in Hong Kong, the word Derby is derived from the English word Derby, which means horse racing.

In this strong horse racing atmosphere, British horse racing is naturally fiercely competitive.

Although Hong Kong horse racing is in full swing now, there are still only a few overseas races, and the few horses under his control have never competed overseas. If they can make a name for themselves overseas, they can try new developments in the future, such as competing in the United States and Japan.

Ye Tianhui talked about this matter with Sun Jiajing, who also thought it was a good idea, so the horse management company began to study taking the opportunity to compete in the UK.

After having this idea, Ye Tianhui also discussed with Gu Shizhang which race to choose as the entry point for his horse. If the time is too close, there will be no time to prepare. If the time is too far, they are afraid that it will affect the next Hong Kong horse racing season.

Gu Shizhang studied it for a while and suggested: "Why not participate in the Royal Ascot?"

Ye Tianhui: "Royal Ascot?"

Gu Shizhang said: "There are many horse racing enthusiasts among the former kings of Britain, so horse racing is also called the king's sport here, and the Royal Ascot is the most luxurious and extravagant horse racing meeting in the world. The horse racing meeting they are about to hold is called the Royal Ascot Horse Racing Meeting. It will be held in two months and will last for five days. It is an event where Her Majesty the Queen of England sends an invitation letter to participate in the race. The entry threshold is very high, but the specifications and influence are both world-class."

Ye Tianhui: "That is to say, , we have to get an invitation letter?"

Gu Shizhang's expression paused, then he raised his eyebrows and looked at her with a smile: "Getting an invitation letter, this is very easy."

He smiled and said: "Of course I can get it. I am an honorary member of the Royal Ascot Club of the United Kingdom. However, with your current reputation in the horse racing world, I believe they will be more than happy to have you participate."

She herself may not realize how famous she is now. She became famous in the Queen's Cup Mountain Race in Hong Kong and refused the Knight's Medal from the Queen of England. Now she has a certain degree of fame in the British aristocratic circle. Now she wants to participate in the Royal Ascot, it is naturally easy.

Ye Tianhui: "Really? Well, then let's take part in the next Royal Race."

Gu Shizhang: "Then bring Hell King to participate."

Ye Tianhui: "Yeah, I think so too. Let it participate in foreign races and become famous."

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Since it has been decided to let Hell King participate in the British Royal Ascot, Ye Tianhui communicated with the domestic authorities and made preparations. There is naturally a lot of work to be done. On the one hand, it is necessary to understand the rules and regulations of the Royal Ascot, and on the other hand, it is necessary to solve the long-term transportation problem of racehorses.

Racehorses are sensitive animals. Will they be afraid of the huge human transportation tools suddenly, and whether they can adapt to it, will they get carsick, and whether they can adapt to the climate in the UK, these are all things that need to be solved.

In order to stand out from the competition with the British horses, it is necessary to study the enemy, countermeasures, competition rules, etc.

This requires a huge investment of energy. Fortunately, Ye's Horse Service Company has hired a group of professional consultants to study strategies with several old people, which saves Ye Tianhui some energy.

At this time, Earl Salisbury sent an invitation to Ye Tianhui to participate in the Oriental Art Auction in the UK.

In fact, after Earl Salisbury mentioned it last time, Ye Tianhui was somewhat interested, but not very interested, and then forgot about it. Now seeing the invitation letter, she wants to go and take a look.

She thought of Gu Shizhang's arrangement: "I remember you were going to the United States?"

There have been major changes in his investments in the United States recently, and he has been contacting her frequently by phone recently. However, there are some things that cannot be done without her, so she needs to go.

Gu Shizhang looked at the schedule and said, "Yes, I have a telephone conference with the United States that evening, and I will leave for the United States the next day. If you want to go, I will accompany you. If you are interested in seeing it, let your assistant accompany you. I may have to leave first."

Ye Tianhui thought it was nothing: "Okay, you just do your thing. It's no big deal. It's just a look. If there is nothing suitable, we can leave early."

Gu Shizhang smiled and said, "Okay, let the assistant take care of it for you. You may have to dress more formally."

According to British etiquette, these important occasions are all dressed up. Ye Tianhui knew this, so she asked her assistant to arrange it in advance.

On this day, Gu Shizhang wore a British suit, and Ye Tianhui wore a custom-made dress in advance, with a colorful hat. The two went to the Oriental Art Auction together.

After arriving at the auction, the two of them looked around casually. This auction included about hundreds of ceramics from the Tang, Song, Ming and Qing dynasties of China, as well as some fine Chinese traditional furniture such as huanghuali and red sandalwood.

Relying on the experience of her previous life, Ye Tianhui naturally understood some of these things, but she still wondered: "Why did such good Chinese porcelain go abroad? Did they rob or steal it?"

Hearing the words "rob" and "steal", Gu Shizhang looked at her helplessly, and said with a smile: "I don't know about that, various ways are possible."

He thought about it and explained: "It is also related to China's backward history in the past hundred years. There are many Chinese who resell very valuable domestic works of art abroad in order to make profits."

Ye Tianhui: "Oh, it turns out to be a traitor, bought by capitalism!"

Gu Shizhang smiled bitterly: "You can say that, but even now-" As

he said this, he suddenly noticed a batch of ceramics over there, and his expression paused.

Ye Tianhui was curious, so she followed his line of sight and was surprised.

You know, although porcelain has been fired in every dynasty, the firing styles are completely different in different times and technologies.

The porcelain pieces that Ye Tianhui saw now have a fine texture, and the walls are tough and thin. At first glance, the shape is also quite solid and thick, and the style is surprisingly familiar.

This familiarity is probably because you can vaguely feel that you have seen it before, and this is the vessel you used in your daily life in the past.

So Ye Tianhui understood instantly, and understood why Gu Shizhang was stunned after seeing it. Apparently he also realized it.

It was a kind of porcelain with the aura of their era.

Their era was not recorded in the history of this world, and before that, Ye Tianhui had not found any historical antiques that were so close to the style of their era.

Apparently Gu Shizhang had never encountered it either.

Ye Tianhui looked at the porcelain in the exhibition cabinet, and was dazed for a moment, a little confused, and didn't know what to say.

After a while, it was Gu Shizhang who spoke first: "These pieces of porcelain seem to have a very special style, come and have a look."

Ye Tianhui: "Oh, okay."

She felt that her voice seemed a little stiff, but fortunately Gu Shizhang didn't seem to notice.

The two of them came closer and looked at the porcelain. Seeing it from such a close distance, Ye Tianhui felt more and more familiar. The porcelain body was solid and delicate, and the glaze was pure white and bright. It was exactly the high-quality white porcelain that her family was used to using

. She was familiar with it because in their era, fine porcelain raw materials were needed to fire this kind of white porcelain. There were not many high-quality and precious raw materials, so the white porcelain fired in the official kiln was exclusively used in the imperial palace and also flowed into the homes of noble families in the capital.

The utensils she used in the past were all gifts from the palace, and they were all this kind of white porcelain.

And there were some patterns on the porcelain. Judging from the patterns, it also had the style characteristics of her dynasty.

After looking at it so carefully, the feeling of familiarity became stronger.

This made her even more confused. So, did her era exist in this world? Was it a period of history that was not discovered by historians?

She raised her eyes and looked at Gu Shizhang beside her. Gu Shizhang was also looking down at the porcelain pieces. It was obvious that he was no less shocked than she was.

So at this moment, she suddenly had an impulse to ask him and talk about it.

She thought, he should want to talk to her too.

But how to start, how to say it?

If they really wanted to talk, before talking about porcelain, they must sit down and talk about their past lives and her final ending, so they still couldn't escape that hurdle.

Gu Shizhang seemed to be unaware. He looked at the porcelains and said, "These should be unearthed items."

Ye Tianhui: "Unearthed items?"

Gu Shizhang: "They were dug out from the ground. It is estimated that they were not sold through legitimate channels but directly resold overseas."

Ye Tianhui: "Isn't this considered smuggling? Can such items be put on auction?"

Gu Shizhang: "There are some ways to launder them. They have mature processes. After laundering, they create a legal file for the artwork, and then dare to put it on such a formal art auction. From this perspective, these porcelains are estimated to have been unearthed for many years."

Ye Tianhui looked at the batch of porcelains and thought that she had read history books and visited museums in China, but she had never seen anything like this.

So this is a batch of artworks that were excavated and then lost overseas?

Gu Shizhang: "If you like it, then we'll buy it."

Ye Tianhui was silent for a moment: "I can't say I like it that much, I just think it's very special."

Gu Shizhang then reached out his hand, gently held hers, and smiled softly: "Then take it. I've already paid the deposit, you can take whatever you want, I'll pay for it later."

Ye Tianhui heard that he wanted to ease the atmosphere, and it was obvious that he didn't want to get involved in this topic.

She smiled and said: "What if it's very expensive?"

Gu Shizhang: "Buy it if you like it."

Ye Tianhui smiled and said: "Okay."

Gu Shizhang accompanied Ye Tianhui for a while, and when the time was almost up, he left first, and told his assistant to accompany Ye Tianhui, and Ye Tianhui could take whatever she saw, and the assistant would handle it when the time came.

Lord Salisbury was also there at this time. He was very enthusiastic about Ye Tianhui and talked to her about Chinese traditional culture. Ye Tianhui was curious and started chatting with Lord Salisbury, asking about the origin of the batch of porcelain.

She knew about Chinese history, but if it was about antiques in Chinese history, she didn't have the conditions and didn't know much.

Fortunately, Lord Salisbury was knowledgeable. He also analyzed the batch of white porcelain for her and said that it was somewhat similar to the Xing white porcelain of the Tang Dynasty in China, but not completely. He also consulted some Chinese ceramic experts, but he couldn't tell the difference for the time being, and even suspected that it was a modern counterfeit.

Ye Tianhui understood more or less after listening to this.

It seems that she didn't miss anything. The Great Zhao Kingdom she had experienced did not exist in this world, or at least it was unknown. Now, the appearance of several pieces of porcelain for unknown reasons has caused confusion among antique scholars.

She started to talk about her interest in this batch of white porcelain. Lord Salisbury was very kind and gave her some suggestions on how to shoot.

Finally, he suddenly remembered something: "By the way, there are about six or seven pieces of porcelain in this batch. In fact, there is one more piece. It seems that it was not auctioned due to evaluation issues. Do you want to take a look?"

Ye Tianhui: "Really? What kind of thing?"

The Earl of Salisbury: "When the auction is over, I will ask my art consultant to understand the situation. Then we can work together. Take a look."

Ye Tianhui: "Okay, thank you in advance."

The whole auction went smoothly. The Earl of Salisbury was obviously very attentive to her and helped her successfully acquire the pieces of porcelain. After the auction, the Earl of Salisbury was led by the art consultant and took Ye Tianhui to see the white porcelain that had not been auctioned.

Ye Tianhui was shocked when she saw it.

It was a plain white glaze pen holder with a simple shape and almost no decoration, except for a woman dancing with a sword by the water carved on one side.

She would definitely recognize this pen holder. It was the one she had used in the past! It was

a fine product from the official kiln, a gift from the emperor, given to her to hold all kinds of brushes.

She even remembered what the saint said at that time: "This woman dances with a sword, and her aura is a bit like General Ye."

Ye Tianhui stared at the pen holder for a while before asking, "Can I try it?"

The Earl of Salisbury didn't know what was going on, but seeing that Ye Tianhui liked it, he naturally tried to please her and said, "Of course."

Ye Tianhui picked it up and carefully looked at the inner wall of the pen holder and the bottom.

Sure enough, there was a very small scratch on the bottom.

This was the bruise she got when she accidentally bumped into it and dropped it one year. Since it didn't seem to be damaged at the time, she just kept using it there without changing it.

After putting the pen holder down, Ye Tianhui's hands were almost shaking under her sleeves.

She had been searching in the mainland for several years, flipping through all kinds of books in the mainland libraries, trying to find clues about the former Da Zhao Kingdom in the gaps between the words in the piles of old papers, but she had never found any.

She never thought that at this moment, in a foreign country like London, she would actually see the pen holder she used in the past.

The pen holder given by Yu Ci was once placed on her desk. It was a familiar object among his many objects that was not very eye-catching but was touched every day.

At this moment, this familiar little object appeared in front of her after traveling through thousands of years.