Starting My Treasure Hunting In England

After arriving in front of the stone wall, Liang En and Fan Meng immediately took out their small shovels and cleaned up the attachments on the stone. Soon, a stone wall that was obviously different from the surroundings leaked out.

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

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

Liang En said while inspecting the layer of cement on the rock wall and the surrounding conditions. "If I read it correctly, this should be a secret space created by the other party using the natural gaps in the stone wall to paste a layer of cement."

"Then let's dig it out quickly." The two brothers looked at each other, then took out the chisel and hammer from their backpacks and started digging.

The reason why they brought this type of tools was because the information they had previously searched 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 quite appropriate?" Fan Meng said suddenly while the cement was being chipped away from the rock surface.

"You see, Freemasonry is called an organization of free masons. And what we are doing now is the work of some masons. Isn't this a coincidence?"

"You are right, but the level of real free masons in this area should not be as good as ours." After cutting open a piece of cement the size of a palm, Liang En wiped the sweat from his forehead.

The man who built a secret room here used pozzolana cement, so it is still very strong even after it has been next to this water source for more than 100 years.

Fortunately, the area of ​​​​the cement was not large, so the pieces fell off under the constant hammering of the two strong men, and finally exposed a dark cave inside.

"This shouldn't be too deep." Fan Meng said after looking into the cave with the flashlight he carried, and then used a telescopic stick to knock on the metal can inside, which was about the same size as a milk powder can.

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

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

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

"This thing is much heavier than expected." Fan Meng took out the can and took a few deep breaths. "It feels like it is not only solid, but also contains a lot of metal-like materials." thing."

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

As Fan Meng who has received professional training in the Foreign Legion, he knows that it is his job to be the first to check when he encounters such a container from the gunpowder era. Otherwise, there is no need for Liang En to hire him at a high price if he is looking for coolies. .

But now he is not too nervous, because even if there are explosives in the containers left over from the black powder era, they have basically lost their effect, and they should not be too dangerous.

Soon he pried open the lid, took a look and shouted: "Boss, the danger has been eliminated. This broken jar is filled with damn lead plates."

Even before coming here, Liang En didn't think he could get anything valuable this time. He just went here to get new cards. But I still felt a little disappointed after seeing what was in the jar.

The jar is filled with thin gray-white lead plates one after another, and burned and ground charcoal powder is stuffed between the lead plates to separate them.

Obviously, the people who buried these lead plates at that time wanted the secret to 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 for ordinary people, using lead sheets is a very good idea if they want to record information for a long time. Because after lead is oxidized, it will form a dense oxide film on the surface, which will not completely turn into a ball of waste in a short time.

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

"Isn't this thing a cursed lead piece?" After watching Liang En use some special tools to clean out the charcoal powder in the can and take out pieces of lead pieces, Fan Meng suddenly remembered that the two of them had gone there before. Something Bas dug up.

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

What is worth celebrating is that this time the document is no longer those ancient words, but ordinary English that is not much different from today's English.

Soon, Liang En read the letter with nearly 2,000 English words thoroughly according to the Arabic numerals on the lead sheet, and also obtained three cards.

These cards include one [Legendary Power (N)], one [Repair (N)] and one [Detection (N)]. Through these cards, Liang En also roughly figured out how to enhance his legendary power.

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

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

"But this should be good news for me." Liang En thought at the end, "After all, because of the differences between the two worlds, some legendary relics that have been excavated in the previous world are not found in this world. be found."

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

The lead sheet was written by the same person as the secret map at the bottom of the previous box, the first half of which recounts the rites of Masonic initiation.

According to the above record, the initiate must wear a special dress and be blindfolded to a locked door. Then he will knock on the door and enter, which represents the isolation from external affairs and entry into the community. The secret room of the Franciscans.

Next, he would answer questions about his ability to follow Masonic principles and promise never to reveal the secrets of the Order. An older member would press the tip of the compass to his chest and ask, "What do you long for?"

The new members responded like a ritual: more light. "

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

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