Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 550 Clues
The reason why Liang En plans to spend a lot of time and energy searching for the ruins is also very simple, that is, he hopes to find out what is behind the ruins in this place.

On the one hand, since he found a ruin, Liang En naturally hoped that this thing could be done more perfectly.On the other hand, because no cards appeared in this search, it meant that Liang En had not completed the entire search.

So in order to avoid going back empty-handed, Liang En planned to study the relics of the British man who died in the secret room of the temple before, to see what he hadn't found.

Of course, they don't need to stay in the wild for the next research. They just need to stay comfortably in the Varma family's mansion and wait for the search results here.

I have to say that although the lives of many Indians are very bad, for the rich in India, living in this country is like living in paradise.

For example, Mr. Valmar's manor is like this now. Although Liang En has been to many very high-end occasions, it should be said that this place has the best hardware and software conditions, especially Liang En is here as a distinguished guest of the owner's family. .

However, Liang En also declined the eight servants sent by Mr. Varma to serve him, and just asked the other party to send a person with good hands and feet and good English to help him run errands.

"No problem, this thing is indeed a silver pocket watch made in Manchester." After comparing it with the data on the computer, Liang En confirmed the specific situation of a key item.

Unfortunately, this does not help much in the traceability work, because Manchester was one of the most prosperous cities in the UK at that time, and there were countless similar jewelry manufacturers.

If the watch is a high-end luxury watch, or a top-level watch produced by a very famous manufacturer, there may be clues to trace back, but this ordinary silver pocket watch can't be expected to have any records.

"However, this watch always feels a little weird. Let me see what's wrong with it." Liang En held the watch in his palm and observed it for a long time, then said to himself.

Although he hasn't found out where the specific suspicious point is right now, after observing it in his hand, he always feels that there is something abnormal about this thing.

Fortunately, after looking at it over and over for a few minutes, Liang En realized that this pocket watch was not original, that is to say, the beautifully carved case was added later, while the movement was of another type.

Although Liang En didn't know much about watches, he could tell that the movement was a cheap movement, at least not the same product as a well-made watch case.

This practice was not particularly uncommon in the Victorian era, and many people would go to jewelry stores to match their pocket watches with a more stylish case.

Especially for some people, old pocket watches may be very meaningful to him, especially those pocket watches that have been handed down from his ancestors, so when they have money, they don't throw away these watches, but make them look better by adding ornate cases to the watches. The watch is worthy of its current status.

This discovery also made Liang En excited all of a sudden, because if it was really such an important commemorative watch, maybe the previous owner would engrave important information on the movement.

So he quickly asked the servant to bring a set of tools, and then carefully pried the back cover of the pocket watch by placing it in the gaps of the pocket watch. Soon, Liang En discovered some problems with the back cover of the pocket watch.

Because there were a lot of rust on it just now, so many details were covered up, but when Liang En started to open the back cover of the pocket watch, he found that all the original screws on the back of the pocket watch were missing, and the back cover was just stuck on the watch. .

This is obviously not normal, because if there are no screws, the back cover of this kind of watch is very easy to fall off. The reason why it is stuck so firmly now is purely because of the rust on the copper case inside. It is estimated that this thing would fall off easily in the past .

Fortunately, this also made it easier for Liang En to open the watch cover. He only used a bamboo stick to gently remove the rust on the top, and then used a special tool to go deep into the gap and pry the watch cover off.

"Huh——" Liang En let out a small exclamation when the watch cover was removed, because there was no movement inside the watch cover, but a silver inner cover instead.

The material of the inner cover should be silver, but it looks a little black because it has been placed in a humid environment for too long. After a few simple attempts, Liang En slowly twisted the back cover with a special tool. down.

At this time, he had already realized that this pocket watch was likely to be the crucial clue that he had been looking for before, so when the cover was lifted, he immediately cast his gaze under the cover.

Sure enough, this pocket watch has been completely remodeled as he had guessed before, and there is a hidden interlayer inside to hide certain things.

After a brief inspection, he found that there was a key, a place name and a number engraved on the inside of the back cover, which should be where the answers to all the questions were located.

It may be because the box is made of high-purity silver, so the whole box is sealed very well. Whether it is the bronze key or the engraved text inside, it is very clear and has not been eroded by time.

"You really found the clues. No wonder His Excellency the Earl is full of praise for your talent in archeology and history." Seeing Liang En bring these things to find him, Mr. Varma also showed a surprised expression.

"I believe that what you found this time is the greatest archaeological discovery in the whole of Kerala and even the whole of southern India in the past 20 years. If there is anything that needs my help, I will do my best to help you."

For a rich man like Mr. Varma, he no longer lacks most things, so he is more eager to participate in this series of activities to make himself famous.

Especially compared to Chinese people, Indians prefer to show off themselves. Mr. Varma definitely hopes that he can participate in the whole process for such a thing that has a high probability of becoming famous.

After the temple was discovered, many media made a special trip to interview. Since Liang En was very busy at the time, Mr. Varma took over the work in this area and made a good show of it. And I won't get bored either.

Anyway, for him, his servants are enough to help him deal with all the daily affairs, so it is no problem to spare some time to participate in the current search work.

"I really need your help with something." Liang En said, pointing to the engraved words on the inside of the back cover, "This place looks like it should be an Indian bank, but I haven't found any clues about this bank .”

"Let me see—" Varma took the silver back cover and glanced at the words, then smiled immediately, and said to Liang En. "Ah, my friend, it is not the name of the bank, but the name of the temple."

"Temple?"

"Yes, and this temple is one of the five or six temples that our family still manages. It has always had a tradition of storing things for outsiders." Varma showed a proud expression.

"This temple is much more reliable than those banks. I can guarantee that something like this more than 100 years ago will stay there quietly. As long as you can provide the key and the number of the warehouse, you can take it from the temple. something preserved."

(End of this chapter)