Starting My Treasure Hunting In England

Carefully opening the page that had been deformed due to long-term squeezing, lines of tiny text appeared in front of Liang En's eyes. Due to the characteristics of lead, even though the text was small, it was still very clear.

"Is this Arabic?" Jeanne guessed as she looked at the words. Because what appears in front of everyone are some easily identifiable Arabic letters.

However, the Arabic alphabet not only corresponds to Arabic, but also corresponds to a series of scripts from North Africa to Central Asia, such as Persian, Pashto and early Turkish, so Joan of Arc cannot accurately determine what it is for the time being.

"This is Arabic." After reading the entire dozen pages of text, Liang En quickly made a judgment. "As for the content inside, it is the part of the Seventy-Seventy and the Book of Balance written by Zabir ibn Hayyan."

Alchemy is not a patent of Europeans. At least many people in ancient Eurasia were obsessed with it. Especially the Middle East, which can absorb both Eastern and Western cultures, was once an important center of alchemy.

The alchemy of the region from North Africa to Central Asia embodies a philosophy of essence that is closely related to the ancient Greek philosophy of Hermes and Chinese alchemy, as well as to the specific principles of the transformation of minerals and metals into gold. Relationship.

The efficacy of alchemy has long been debated in the region. Most orthodox religious scholars opposed alchemy, while most scholars of natural sciences, although they did not believe that ordinary metals could be turned into gold, accepted the basic ideas of alchemy.

The two books "Seventy Treatises" and "The Book of Balance" are regarded as the basic theoretical works of XXX alchemy. They are one of the most important documents about alchemy written in Arabic, so it is reasonable to appear here. matter.

Of course, due to limited space, these thin lead sheets did not record the entire contents of these two books, but only excerpted the necessary core records.

The discovery of the first lead book excited everyone, and with further digging, more and more lead books wrapped in asphalt were cleared out.

After sorting it out, Liang En found that these books were mainly divided into two categories, one was about alchemy, and the other was about the exploration of supernatural powers.

"We're still at the last bit." Looking at the pitted bottom of the hole, Liang En sighed and turned to look at Elizabeth, "Didn't I ask you to contact the Italian Ministry of Education before? Why haven't they arrived yet?"

According to Italian law, all found cultural relics need to be reported to the Ministry of Education as soon as possible, and the Ministry of Education will pay the discoverer's excavation and storage costs and a bonus or part of the cultural relics not exceeding one-fourth of the value of the discovered cultural relics.

Liang En has always been abiding by the law when it comes to excavations, so as soon as he found these things, he called the cultural relics management department under the Ministry of Education. But the strange thing is that it has been more than a week and they haven't sent anyone over yet.

"I called, and the cultural relics management department said that they can't find anyone recently. In addition, you and Joan of Arc both have EU-recognized archaeological excavation qualifications, so they have already faxed us the authorization letter." Elizabeth shrugged.

"Okay, remember these expenses now, and they will be included in the excavation costs later." Liang En said with a helpless shrug. This kind of thing does seem to be something that Italians can do.

As for the reason why the Italians came late this time, it is also very simple, because a relic from the ancient Roman era was discovered in the center of Naples, and a bottle containing more than two hundred ancient Roman gold coins was found.

Therefore, the few mobile personnel of the Naples regional archaeological department are basically busy with this, and there is simply no manpower available to go to this remote island in the countryside.

Of course, Liang En's reputation and good reputation accumulated in the past also provided a lot of help, even to the extent that the local archaeological department felt relieved to let Liang En dig by himself.

But on the other hand, this group of Italians really didn't know what Liang En and the others had dug up here, otherwise they would definitely abandon the ruins in the city center and rush over.

"It seems like something different was dug up this time." Joan of Arc said suddenly just as she was digging out the last asphalt ball here from the pit. "It seems like this one is heavier than the previous ones."

"Indeed." After taking the asphalt ball and weighing it in his hand, Liang En also felt that this thing seemed to be heavier than the previous asphalt balls of the same volume.

This weight difference is not very obvious, and most people cannot feel the difference at all, but for beings like Liang En and Jeanne who have surpassed human limits, they can feel this tiny difference as soon as they get started.

As the supernatural power gradually reversed reality, layers of asphalt deformed as quickly as slime and peeled off from the main body and fell to the ground, then revealing what was inside.

"Golden Book!" Jeanne exclaimed softly, looking at the golden color that had not dimmed even after hundreds of years. "I always thought this kind of thing was just a legend."

There are legends of golden books throughout the history of the Mediterranean region. From the earliest words engraved on a gold plate to the later golden books, all illustrate the human idea of ​​linking gold with knowledge.

But in fact, there are almost no books that are actually made of gold. The only ones found are just some metal sheets that are gold-plated or have words engraved on them. There are no books that are actually made of gold.

But what appeared in front of them now broke people's original understanding. Even though the golden book seemed to be only a dozen pages thick, it also broke the past idea that the golden book was just a legend.

"Look what's written here." Mary became excited at this time, because they had dug up more than 20 books before, all of which were made of lead. It was natural for a book made of gold to appear at this time. Extraordinary value.

"Let me see, this seems to be a person's name written in Latin." After opening the golden book, Liang En frowned slightly. He originally thought this should be a core alchemy book, but now it seems Obviously not.

"What is recorded in this book?" After seeing the change in the expression on Liang En's face, Joan of Arc asked in a low voice. She was also very curious about what happened here.

"This is a very strange book." After being asked this question, Liang En was stunned for a moment, and then organized his words and said, "The front part is a hymn to praise the sun, and the back part is a hymn to praise the sun. A list.”

"What does the list mean?" Elizabeth also frowned at this time. They had just seen a lot of knowledge related to alchemy and mysticism, and a list was obviously incompatible with this.

"A list of the Hermetic School records the list of leaders of a branch of the Hermetic School from the 11th to the 17th century." After careful inspection, Liang En said seriously.

"So I guess this ruins is probably a center of occultism in Naples, or even in northern Italy, but I don't know why it suddenly disappeared in the 17th century."