Starting My Treasure Hunting In England

In fact, the party that is most deeply studied about Freemasonry is their biggest enemy-the church. As early as 1738, 19 years after the founding of modern Freemasonry, Pope Clement XII condemned this organization.

And his successor, Benedict XIV, summarized six threats posed by Freemasonry to Catholicism.

According to the information Liang En had previously searched, it has been 300 years since the establishment of modern Freemasonry to today. The church has always compared Freemasonry to Satan. And this hatred continues to this day.

Fortunately, the saying that the person who knows you best is the enemy is a universal principle, so from the information left by the church, Liang En also obtained some common sense knowledge about Freemasonry.

For example, Freemasonry claims that the Knights Templar are its direct ancestors. In particular, the Scottish Freemasons claimed that shortly after the execution of de Molay, the Grand Master of the Knights Templar, several of his most loyal followers fled from France to Scotland.

It is difficult to determine whether this statement is true or false, because when the Holy See outlawed the Knights Templar in 1304, Scotland was in the midst of a chaotic civil war and was therefore unable to enforce this order.

More importantly, there were many elite warriors among the Knights Templar. As a weak side in the war with England at that time, the Scots needed the help of these warriors.

As a result, a large number of Templars on the European continent fled to Scotland to seek refuge, and even preserved their organization intact.

To take an extreme example, during the Glorious Revolution of 1688, supporters of the overthrown Stuart dynasty launched a rebellion in Scotland.

After a tragic battle, people found a large cross of the Knights Templar on the body of the Scottish noble Cloughhouse who died in the battle, and it was an item left before 1307.

In other words, at least 400 years after the fall of the Knights Templar, part of this organization is still operating in some way in Scotland.

And this is not just an isolated case. For example, the branch of the Knights Templar in Portugal was renamed the Knights of Christ after a purely formal trial, and then existed until the 16th century.

For example, the famous navigator Vasco da Gama was a member of this organization, and the red triangular cross used on his ship was the symbol of the Templars.

Considering that the knights of the Knights Templar were originally the upper-class elites of medieval Europe, they had considerable status in the administrative, business, and cultural fields. So they were able to maintain their heritage even after being exiled.

Although as time goes by, the descendants of these knights no longer have the enthusiasm of the past, but the deep hatred for their ancestors who were stabbed by the Holy See must be passed down from generation to generation among a few people.

So when the Freemasonry organization claimed to be descendants of the Knights Templar, the real descendants of the Knights were easily attracted to them and joined them, and finally the boasted story became a reality.

In fact, most of the modern secret organizations first built up a front by boasting, and then attracted upper-class elites to manipulate public opinion to make some of these boasts come true.

These organizations include, but are not limited to, the Priory of Sion, the Kabbalah, the Rosicrucians, the Elders of Zion, the Golden Dawn, and the Illuminati.

However, as the fabricated stories spread more and more evil, these organizations gradually became mysterious and unattainable in the hearts of ordinary people, and appeared in various movies, novels or legends.

Fan Meng was the victim of such a legendary story, so he regarded the treasures that this Freemason might leave behind so important.

"I probably understand. You want to tell me not to have too much hope in these things, right?" After listening to Liang En's brief introduction to the information that can now be confirmed, Fan Meng sighed with a little loss. He said with a breath.

For him, what Liang En said was as complete as telling a child that Ultraman did not exist, shattering one of his previous dreams. Fortunately, he was no longer a child, so he adjusted quickly.

"I thought of something." Fan Meng asked Liang En while driving the car on the bumpy pasture road. "We only brought two backpacks this time. If there are more treasures -"

"Don't worry, it shouldn't be too much." Liang En, who had previously used cards to detect the situation of the lead map, assured. Of course, he knew that he would definitely not be able to convince his friends for this reason. Fortunately, he had already thought about it. Okay, the corresponding excuse.

"You think, we found this hidden thing at the bottom of the lead box. In other words, the other party most likely did this without telling their own organization." After organizing the words, Liang En said.

"So the other party is most likely just a secret treasure trove by one person. Considering the traffic at that time, how much do you think one person can bring on horseback?"

"That's right, and if they are just hiding secrets, there is a high probability that the other party will not hide any property." Fan Meng said helplessly, "Now we can only hope that the carrier of the other party's secret will be worth something after a hundred or two hundred years." money."

As the two people gradually approached the mountainous area, the road became increasingly difficult to walk. The paths that were used to transport livestock or grow pasture gradually disappeared, and finally only a cobbled river valley remained.

Seeing this, Liang En and Fan Meng parked the car directly to the nearest herdsman, and then rode their motorcycles along the springboard at the rear of the car straight to the valley.

I have to say that this section of road feels really bad. Although the terrain of this river valley looks very flat from the map, the gravel on the ground makes riding a motorcycle as bumpy as standing on an air drill.

"Next time, you can't make a decision just by looking at the map." An hour later, Liang En muttered as he got off the motorcycle with a crab walk. Because he felt that a few more rounds of this thing might affect his happiness for the rest of his life.

"You're right. Although I have received this type of training before, I have never experienced such a level of broken roads." Fan Meng also said helplessly. His situation seemed better than Liang En's, but the improvement was limited.

After complaining to each other about the bad road they passed on their way here, the two came to the edge of a waterhole.

This is a small waterhole located in the valley, which seems to be only the size of a basketball court. At the other end of the pool, a waterfall was rolling down the hillside and pouring into the pool.

Naturally, the person who hid before was not hiding by the pool. After all, this place was too humid and was not conducive to the preservation of various items.

The reason why Liang En and the others came here was because they used this pool as a demarcation point on the map, and then marked the location of their destination.

"The stone on the edge of the pool - it should be this one." After comparing the map on the phone photo, Liang En and the others quickly walked to the stone that was as tall as one person on the opposite side of the pool.

Obviously, the other party's choice of calibration points also has its own characteristics. For example, this stone has a pattern similar to the natural Arabic numeral eight.

Soon, Liang En found a cross sign under the stone, and then walked along the longest arm of the cross toward the stone wall at the edge of the valley.