MMB Chapter 342 Containers
Chapter 342 Containers
Chapter 342 Containers
"Have you found the Templar's treasure?" Seeing the excited expression on Liang En's face, Joan immediately came over and asked.
"I don't know if it's the treasure of the Templars, but I probably guessed where the place indicated by the cross is?" Liang En said with a smile.
"Look at the direction the warrior's sword tip on the cross is pointing to. If I'm not mistaken, when the cross was erected at this place, the sword tip should point to the location of the hidden treasure."
However, after careful comparison, Liang En and the others found that if the cross was still standing in place, the point of the sword in the warrior's hand should be pointing to the halfway up of a mountain hundreds of meters away from the valley.
Considering that it was not a good idea to climb the mountain at night, the two returned to the small village to stay for one night, and did not continue the trip that could not be completed the previous day until after breakfast the next morning.
Fortunately, although the road on the road seemed a bit rough, and the mountain was covered with trees and various plants, the hillside was not too steep, so the two soon climbed to the destination 80 meters above the ground.
"I don't think we've looked in the wrong place. I guess if the information on the wall is true, these things are probably nearby." Liang En pressed his hands on his knees, panting while bending over.
"That's right, I really didn't expect that there was a platform hidden in this place." Joan of Arc said while sitting on the ground leaning against a tree. "The angle of the trees on the mountain and the surrounding stones is just too coincidental. If you don't climb up, you can't see the platform at all."
This platform is not that big, it seems to be only 8~9 square meters at most, and on the side close to the mountain, a stone suddenly appeared there.
The reason why this stone feels a bit abrupt is because the surrounding mountains are all covered by soil or plants, and only this stone stands there bare.
Because climbing the mountain with more than 20 kilograms of mountaineering bags was exhausting, Liang En and Joan of Arc rested for more than ten minutes before continuing to work even though they knew that the goal was in front of them.
"Sure enough, there is something wrong with this stone." After simply cleaning up the dust on the stone, Liang En and the others quickly found a palm-sized carved cross on the stone, which was the same as the cross in the cave at the bottom of the mountain before. The same Templar cross.
"Where do you think these things are?" After the break, Joan of Arc and Liang En each took out a metal detector to detect while talking.
"It will be troublesome if that thing is buried very deep." The reason why she said this is because the metal detector they rented this time is only a common item, so it is difficult to find the things you want if they are buried too deep. s things.
"It won't be too deep." Liang En said with a smile. "You see, the platform is not big, and the way up is not easy, so if people didn't have helicopters, they would be able to spread out on this place, that is, five or six people."
"Considering that neither the Templars nor the early Freemasons were invented when the steam engine was invented, it is impossible to dig too deep in this place with just seven or eight people."
"More importantly, this mountain is different from the pure stone mountain in the opposite quarry. It is made of a mixture of stone and soil. Considering the local precipitation, the cave is easy to collapse if it is dug too deep."
Just as Liang En was talking, an alarm sounded in his earphones. When he raised his head, he found that his current position was exactly half a meter in front of the cross.
After confirming the location, Liang En and Joan of Arc started digging quickly. After only seven or eight minutes, they saw a touch of gold protruding from the soil at the bottom of the shallow pit of about 8cm.
Realizing that they were approaching the target, Liang En and Joan of Arc immediately replaced the engineering shovels with two wooden cooking shovels, and then started digging bit by bit.
This is a very meticulous work, because cultural relics often become fragile due to various corrosions underground, so you must be careful when you determine the target.
It's just that the speed of digging will naturally be greatly reduced in this way. Even though Liang En and Joan of Arc dig as hard as they can, they didn't dig out the contents of the pit until one or two o'clock in the afternoon. .
"This seems to be a golden jar." Looking at the two golden containers at the bottom of the pit, which were about the height of a person's waist and covered with lids, Joan looked curious. "Are the Knights Templar so rich?"
"As far as I know, the Knights Templar do have money, but this container is not made of gold." Liang En stepped forward to check it, and then pointed to a scratch on it.
Because the mountain here is made of mud and stones, if such a large jar is to be buried, it will inevitably be bumped, so there are naturally a few not-so-shallow scratches on the jar.
Looking in from these scratches, it can be seen that the gold is only a thin layer on the outside, while the inside is a kind of grayish metal. It is obvious that the two jars are made of lead, and the outside is only plated with a layer of gold.
This practice is considered a common practice in Europe. For example, there are some golden statues in the fountains of many palaces and squares in Europe, which are actually gold-plated lead statues.
However, this jar is obviously not one of those finely crafted handicrafts, at least the jar looks very rough as a whole, and it is completely a practical utensil.
The incongruity on the jars naturally aroused Liang En's interest. After careful observation, he found that both jars were not sealed, so he and Joan of Arc opened the lids of the jars.
After all, if this is a sealed container, they also need to consider whether the sealed container will affect the contents once it is opened, but if this kind of unsealed container is opened, there is no need to worry so much.
Because at this time, if the contents inside can be preserved, it will not affect the situation if you open it, and the perishable things will rot if they are not sealed.
When they opened the lid, they found that there was nothing sealed between the lid and the body of the jar, so the two easily opened the lid, and looked into the jar while covering the sun with their bodies.
"Let me take a look." Seeing Liang En's expression of surprise, astonishment and incomprehension, Joan moved up curiously, only to see that there were containers the size of thermos cups inside the jar, and a large pile of already Carbonized rotting rope.
These ropes should be used to protect those containers from being broken or deformed due to collisions. After cleaning up part of the ropes and taking out one of the containers, Liang En finally saw the original appearance of these things.
This is a glass container the size of a thermos cup, with a silver frame blackened by long-term oxidation on the outside, and a shiny golden object inside the container.
"Gold!" After weighing it in his hand, Liang En immediately understood what was in the container. "It seems that this may indeed be a treasure of the Templars."
(End of this chapter)