Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 114 The reason for leaving a message

After arriving in front of the stone wall, Liang En and Fan Meng immediately took out a small shovel to clean up the attachments on the stone.Soon, a stone wall that was clearly different from the surrounding area leaked out.

"This thing seems to be cement." Looking at the flat surface on the stone, Fan Meng showed a curious look on his face. "Isn't cement a modern invention?"

"In fact, in 1824, the British construction worker Joseph Aspodin invented and patented the first modern cement, Portland cement. Not to mention that the ancient Romans also had a pozzolanic cement."

Liang En inspected the layer of cement on the rock wall and said about the surrounding situation. "If I'm not mistaken, this should be a secret space created by the other party using a layer of cement to paste a layer of cement on the natural gaps in the stone wall."

"Then let's dig it out and have a look." The two brothers looked at each other, then took out the chisel and hammer from the backpack and started digging.

The reason why they brought this kind of tools was because the information they checked before showed that the mountains in this area were mainly rock structures, so they brought some masonry tools along with them.

"Do you think what we are doing now is very suitable for the occasion?" Fan Meng said suddenly when he was crackling the cement from the rock surface.

"You see, Freemasonry is called the Society of Free Masons. And what we're doing now is the work of some masons. Isn't that a coincidence?"

"You're right, but the level of real freelance stonemasons in this area should not be as good as ours." After digging through a palm-sized piece of cement, Liang En wiped the sweat from his forehead.

The guy who built a back room here used volcanic ash cement, so it's still very strong even after being next to this water source for more than 100 years.

Fortunately, the area of ​​this piece of cement is not too large, so under the continuous gouging of two strong men, pieces of it fell off, finally revealing a dark cave inside.

"It shouldn't be too deep." Fan Meng said after taking a picture of the cave with the flashlight he carried with him, and then knocked on the metal can inside which was about the size of a milk powder can with a telescopic stick.

With the knocking, the jar made a dull sound, and it sounded like there should be a lot of stuff inside.

"Take this thing out first, maybe the other party put something good in it." Liang En worked hard to use the tools in his hand to continuously expand the hole, knocking down those cement blocks one by one.

Fortunately, the round can was not stuck too deep in the crevice of the stone, and the top edge was at most thirty or forty centimeters away from the hole.So after widening the stone gap, Fan Meng carefully took out the metal can with his gloves on.

"This thing is much heavier than expected." Fan Meng took out the jar and took a few breaths and said, "I feel that it is not only packed solidly, but also has a lot of metal-like objects in it." thing."

After the two people repeatedly confirmed that there was no second thing in the stone gap that was previously sealed by cement and gravel, Fan Meng asked Liang En to wait on the spot, and then he took tools and began to carefully inspect the metal tank behind the stone.

As Fan Meng, who has received professional training in the Foreign Legion, he knew that it was his job to be the first one to check when he came across this kind of gunpowder-era container. Otherwise, Liang En would not need to hire him at a high price if he was looking for a coolie. .

But now his mood is not considered nervous, because even if there is any explosive in the container left over from the black powder era, it basically loses its effect, so it should not be dangerous.

Presently he pried off the lid, and after a glance, cried out, "Boss, the danger is cleared. There's all bloody lead in this broken pot."

Even before Liang En came here, he didn't think he could get anything valuable this time, and he came here just to get new cards.But after seeing the contents of the jar, I was still a little disappointed.

Inside the jars were thin off-white lead plates one after another, with burnt and ground charcoal powder stuffed between the lead plates to separate them.

Obviously, those who buried these lead plates at that time hoped that this secret could be preserved for a long time, so they used a lot of means to try to preserve these lead plates used as record carriers.

I have to say that it is a very good idea for ordinary people to use lead plates if they want to record information for a long time.Because lead will form a dense oxide film on the surface after being oxidized, it will not completely turn into a mass of waste in a short time.

Compared with hard steel, stone or expensive gold and silver, lead is naturally suitable as a carrier for ordinary people to leave messages to future generations.

"This thing can't be cursed lead flakes, can it?" After watching Liang En use some special tools to clean up the charcoal powder in the can and take out the lead flakes, Fan Meng suddenly remembered the two people going to each other before. Something Buzz dug up.

"No, it should be just some records." After cleaning up the charcoal, Liang En finally poured out 12 lead flakes of different sizes.Then I started to check the text above.

It is worth congratulating that this time the document is finally not those ancient words, but ordinary English that is not much different from today's English.

Soon, Liang En thoroughly read the letter with nearly 2000 English words according to the Arabic numerals on the lead sheet, and obtained three cards at the same time.

These cards include a [Legendary Power (N)], a [Repair (N)] and a [Detection (N)].And through these cards, Liang En probably figured out how to improve his legendary power.

Obviously, the power of these legends is determined by the status of the ancient objects and relics Liang En found in those natural legends.For example, similar cursed lead tablets are obviously related to this, and so are Freemasons.

On the contrary, Turing's treasure hunt last time did not involve any legends in this regard, so Liang En did not gain any legendary power from that treasure hunt.

"But this should be good news for me." At the end of the conclusion, Liang En thought, "After all, because of the difference between the two worlds, some relics related to legends that have been excavated in the previous world are not found in this world. be found."

It's a pity that he can't search for the relics in Liang En's mind for a while, because they are all large relics, and his current financial, material and manpower simply cannot support such a project.

The lead sheet is by the same hand as the previous secret map at the bottom of the box, the first half of which tells the rite of Masonic initiation.

According to the records above, the entrant will wear a special gown and be blindfolded and brought to a locked door, and then he will knock on the door and enter the door, which represents the isolation from external affairs, and enters a place that belongs to the community. Chamber of Secrets.

Next, he would answer questions about his ability to follow Masonic principles and pledge never to reveal the secrets of the organization.An old member would press the tip of a compass to his chest and ask, "What do you desire?"

The newly-inducted members answered as if ritually: more light. "

Then the blindfold was removed, and the new member could see his fellow members for the first time. Naturally, this was a very symbolic ceremony.

The reason why this Freemason fell to the church and left this note is because he felt that Freemasonry did not come from the Templars, but a completely pagan organization.

(End of this chapter)