Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 118 The Remains in the Cave

The reason why Professor Brown asked Liang En to send students to help him was because he felt that with Liang En's previous contributions in archaeological work, it was very likely that he had also found a valuable ancient relic this time.

Considering that the ruins are not far from the ancient Roman town, Professor Brown thinks that the ruins are likely to be related to the ruins they are excavating now.

Therefore, he hoped that some of his students could go to Liang En's side to observe the ruins in the cave up close, so as to obtain first-hand information.

"Thank you very much, Professor Brown. I welcome everyone to come and help." After listening to Professor Brown's suggestion, Liang En replied with a smile.

For him, the premise of finding all kinds of treasures is to choose legal means instead of stealing as much as possible, which is why he spent so much money and energy to buy this land before.

In this case, his excavation work can naturally be placed in the sun openly, without worrying about being seen by others.So he naturally welcomes someone who is willing to come and help.

To Liang En's surprise, when he asked who was willing to go treasure hunting with him in the mountains, the seven students all raised their hands and showed eager eyes, so that Professor Brown had to draw lots to choose to stay. people.

He didn't know until later in the chat that Liang En himself was now regarded as a rising star in the history and archeology circles because of the deciphering of the ancient Egyptian script.

Especially for these young students, many of them regard Liang En, a young scholar who is about their age but has achieved great achievements, as their idol.

So after hearing that Liang En was looking for possible ancient secret religious sites in this area, they all hoped to follow the young idol to investigate the new ruins.

Of course, the reason why these students are so enthusiastic is that what Liang En is doing now is somewhat similar to the explorers in movies like Indiana Jones or Laura.

Compared with cleaning up the ancient Roman house with only one foundation left, it is obviously more interesting to search for an ancient religious place related to Freemasonry.

So until the next morning, Liang En and Fan Meng, who had just finished breakfast, returned to yesterday's excavation site with the three students who had drawn lots yesterday to continue their cleaning work.

Soon, one of the students who was assigned to use a metal detector to check the surrounding area was the first to discover an artifact: he dug out a piece of copper with the Masonic symbol on it from among the stones and soil all over the ground. quality badge.

The badge was rusty on the top, and the pin behind it was broken off.It looks likely to be the Masonic symbol that the Freemason lost after being stimulated.

"It seems that the clues we found before are now highly likely to be true." After wiping off the patina on the badge and looking at the mottled silver layer on it, Liang En showed the badge to everyone and cheered everyone up.

And after passing around these badges, everyone present was refreshed.Because it is obviously impossible for such a thing to appear in the wilderness with its own legs, it can only show that the records left in those years are indeed true.

"Wait, the backside seems to be empty." After everyone had been digging in full swing for almost half an hour, Liang En found that the bottom of the shovelful of soil that the shovel had just shoveled away was no longer a stone wall, but a dark cave.

The discovery of the cave revived everyone immediately, and everyone present immediately began to clean up the gravel residues blocking the entrance of the cave regardless of their fatigue.

But to everyone's surprise, when they excavated the gravel less than half a meter thick on the surface, what was exposed underneath was actually a low wall built with two layers of wood and one layer of rammed earth.

"Obviously, this cave was abandoned when everything was prepared. So we can look forward to the preservation." Just as everyone started digging, Liang En also began to explain to Fan Meng the things he found now. represent something.

And when everyone emptied the top of the low wall, they found that the low wall should have covered the entire opening, but the former Freemason had destroyed part of it violently so that he could pass through.

"We found a cave, and there are traces of artificial sealing at the door." After checking the low wall that blocked the door with those archaeological students, Liang En immediately notified Professor Brown who was digging outside the mountain through the walkie-talkie .

"According to the judgment of your three students, the wall that now blocks the entrance of the cave was probably built in ancient Rome, but we cannot determine the specific age when the wall was built."

"Is it really a building from the ancient Roman era?" Liang En heard Professor Brown's excitement from the intercom. "Wait for me, I'll bring someone over right away."

"Where is the thing?" Ten minutes later, Professor Brown and his students drove over on an all-terrain vehicle, and asked loudly before getting out of the vehicle.

"It's right here." He waved to Professor Brown, who was more than ten meters away, and then pointed to the pile of rubble behind him. "We haven't gone in yet, mainly to avoid any damage to the inside—"

"Your approach is correct. Although you have received corresponding training, you are not trained specifically for the remains of ancient Rome. Therefore, some problems may occur during the cleaning process."

Professor Brown grabbed Liang En's hand and climbed up the pile of rubble, then looked at the cave entrance and low wall that had been cleared out and said.

With Professor Brown as the host, the following work will be much more professional.We first used the camera to photograph and measure the low wall, and then slightly enlarged the hole that was dug before and turned on the flashlight.

"It seems that the Freemason from back then crawled in." The first time the light of the flashlight hit the ground, Liang En found several handprints on the layer of dust at the bottom of the cave.

However, after simply looking around, they found that these handprints were mainly concentrated near the entrance of the cave, and did not go deep into the interior of the cave.

This is very good news, which means that after seeing the situation in the cave clearly with the help of the light, the freemason member retreated directly due to the shock of his spirit, and blocked the entrance of the cave with a little explosive.

Therefore, there is a high probability that the things in the cave will remain in the state when they were buried that year, allowing more information to be left to this day.

"Let's go in." After more than an hour of wind, Professor Brown and Liang En glanced at each other, then each took a gas mask, and bent over into the room wearing disposable protective clothing with gloves and foot covers. cave.

Because of the wind that passed through just now, the air in the cave is relatively fresh.Through the illumination of the flashlight, they found that the cave was a natural cave that was not considered big at all.

Although it is a natural cave, the traces of artificial repair in the whole cave are also very obvious.For example, Liang En saw at the first sight that there was a wall on the left hand side of the entrance and a wall on the front, with an arch above it.

"I think I know where this is." When Liang En turned the light of the flashlight into the depths of the cave, he saw a statue at the bottom of the cave facing the gate at first sight, which made him recognize the place. The specific identity of the cave.

(End of this chapter)