Starting My Treasure Hunting In England

by Little Merger

An amateur web novel author was magically transferred to a parallel world. It didn’t take long for him to realize that, overall, the parallel world was similar to his. Yet, there were some considerable differences in the minor details. Leonard Ethan quickly learned that there were many things he could do in the new world. However, just as he was about to make a name for himself, he

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After eating a makeshift dinner of fast food and tea boiled with filtered spring water, Liang En specially used his metal detector to detect all the places around him that had traces of human activity. .

Perhaps because the people passing by were relatively poor at the time, he only found a dozen bullet slugs that had turned into lead lumps, except for a common 1882 Morgan silver dollar.

"This is a bare lead slug from an old pistol, derived from .44 pistol bullets." Barry took the small handful of slugs and said.

"At least in the early 20th century, this kind of bullet, which had become outdated in the east and big cities, still had a large market in the west and Canada. If I remember correctly, my father still had it until I was seven or eight years old. Will buy the same type of bullets for his old revolver."

"It seems that there has been a firefight in this place before." Looking at these deformed bullets, Liang En said in a low voice. Obviously, these bullets should not have been fired by those lawless gangsters when they were having fun.

"By the way, what's the value of this silver dollar?" After throwing away the worthless bullets, Barry looked at the blackened silver dollar in Liang En's hand and asked.

"It's only 30 to 40 US dollars, because the Morgan silver coins issued in this year are really too big, and this one is not well preserved." Liang En threw the silver coin to Barry and said.

As the sun goes down, the temperature suddenly cools down.

Fortunately, the overall feeling of the cave was pretty good with a fire lit at the entrance. At this time, Liang En and Barry were sitting by the fire, warming themselves up and chatting. The loaded rifles were placed within easy reach after they turned off the safety.

Through chatting, Liang En also learned that this Irishman named Barry was a Canadian with a U.S. green card. He had followed Bruce when he retired from the army ten years ago.

Thinking about it, since he can be sent by the tycoon named Bruce as Liang En's collaborator, then this Barry must be second to none among Bruce's men in terms of ability and loyalty.

Because the vegetation coverage on the surrounding surface is very low, the temperature quickly dropped below 0 degrees. Occasionally the howling of wolves can be heard in the distance, but as long as there is a fire burning at the entrance of the cave, there is no danger.

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After chatting for a while, Barry went to bed first. Liang En stayed by the fire to take care of the fire and guarded it for half the night. The broken wood previously collected from nearby gold mines was very resistant to burning, which relieved Liang En a lot of the work of adding firewood.

In the middle of the night, after Liang En and Barry changed shifts, they ran into the depths of the cave and got into sleeping bags and fell asleep. They had a peaceful night. Early the next morning, the two of them took a few bites of the bread bought in the supermarket yesterday, filled a bottle of milk, packed up and set off.

Three hours later, they finally climbed to the pass of the last mountain. Standing at the mountain pass and looking east, you can see a small basin surrounded by mountains. In the center of the basin is a dry spring.

"I think we're here." After taking out his phone and pulling out the previous map, comparing it with the surrounding terrain and the local GPS, Liang En smiled at Barry beside him.

An hour later, the two people came to this earth-yellow valley, and Liang En saw the light reflected behind the mound of soil near the spring at his first glance.

I have to say that this place is indeed a good place to hide things, because for locals, they basically will not come to such a dried up spring, and travelers will subconsciously pay attention to it after seeing the surrounding situation. Focus on the spring rather than searching the surroundings.

"We need to dig out this mound next." Liang En pretended to walk around the small valley, which was only the size of a basketball court, and pointed at the glowing mound.

"If I guess correctly, what we are looking for is under the mound."

"How did you figure it out?" Although Barry had promised to follow Liang En's instructions during this treasure hunt before he came, he still couldn't hold back his inner curiosity and asked. "This is no different from the surrounding mounds."

"You only need to look at the cliff above the mound to know." Because of the blessing of the card [Careful Observation (R), Liang En also saw something unusual about this mound at this time, and then explained arrive.

"This soil is often formed by the weathering of rocks on the mountain that fall down, so the larger the mound of soil below, the higher the degree of weathering on the mountain above."

"But this pile of soil is an exception." Liang En said, pointing to the glowing mound of soil in his field of vision, "You see, the cliff above it is basically not weathered, so theoretically, the pile below should not be so big. A pile of dirt."

"You're right, it should indeed be like this." Barry nodded, then took out the engineer shovel from his backpack and started digging together with Liang En. Five minutes later, the two people discovered something interesting.

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"This stone should have been piled up by hand." Barry suddenly exclaimed after digging out the gravel and soil more than 1 meter deep on the surface. Because he saw obvious artificial traces on the side of the cliff.

After putting on the headband and camera and continuing to dig for a while, a cave on the cliff appeared in front of Liang En and the others. This is a cave that seems to be only about 1m high. Through the newly cleared cave entrance, two boxes can be seen in the cave.

There is a thick layer of dust accumulated on the box, which should be the traces of nearly a century of time. Judging from the style, this box made of wooden boards looks like the most common box used to store explosives on construction sites back then.

"Be careful!" Just after Liang En cleaned up the last few remaining stones, Barry suddenly pulled him back. "What's wrong?" Liang En, who almost fell due to the sudden pull, asked in confusion. "There seems to be a bomb next to that box."

With a nervous look on his face, Barry turned on the flashlight and looked inside. Sure enough, there was a bundle of cylindrical mining explosives placed beside the box.

"The explosives are fake." After checking it out, Barry showed a dumbfounded expression. The bundle of what looked like explosives was just cardboard tubes stuffed with dirt.

Considering that the robber did not injure anyone almost all the time when he robbed people, it is completely understandable to place a fake bomb in this place.

Next, the two people moved the two dusty boxes out of the small cave, checked through the gaps in the boxes to make sure they were safe, and then pried open the boxes.

The box contained coarse cloth bags, half of which contained some well-preserved banknotes. Unfortunately, they are no longer in circulation. The other half contained some bags, boxes and paper rolls of different sizes.

Obviously, it would be very stupid for Liang En and the others to carry these things together in the box, so they decided to count them first, and then they would put these things in their backpacks and carry them out.

There were three to four hundred gold and silver coins wrapped in paper rolls. Unfortunately, most of them are worthless Morgan silver coins, and there are only about thirty gold coins.

The small pieces of nugget gold wrapped in paper and the gold sand packed in corked glass bottles together weighed about two kilograms.

In addition to these hard currencies, the other party also used a series of paper boxes and wooden boxes to contain many handicrafts. The gold and silver watches alone totaled about ten yuan. In addition, there were also a series of rings made of precious metals. , brooches and other jewelry.

The diamond brooch that Liang En was mainly looking for this time was also found in a box. Although almost all the small gems on the brooch were missing, the main body of the brooch and the peanut-sized light blue diamond Still exist.

"Except for the brooch, the total of these things can be sold for about five to six million US dollars." After looking at the pile of things and making a quick estimate, Liang En came to a final conclusion. "It's hard to say if it goes to auction."

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The reason why these specific prices are difficult to estimate is because they found a Colt 1873 revolver and a Smith \u0026 Wesson No. 3 revolver at the bottom of the box.

On the bodies of these two guns, Liang En found the signatures of Sundance Kidd and Butch Cassidy. Apparently before leaving, they hid the firearms they couldn't take away in this place.

Because these two pistols were coated with thick butter and carefully wrapped in oil paper for several layers, and placed in a dry and cool place, the condition of the firearms is very good.

At least according to Barry's judgment, after returning home, as long as the butter is removed from the two guns and they are simply maintained, they can be used directly for shooting at the shooting range.

Considering that these two are considered celebrities in the Western era, it is unknown how much their firearms can be sold. If you really meet someone you like, it is not impossible to spend a lot of money.

After connecting to their mobile phones and watching the video they had just taken, the two of them repackaged these things and put them into their own backpacks. Then they ate something for lunch and set off on their way back.

The biggest gain for Liang En this time, apart from most of the wealth that belonged to him in the backpack, the biggest gain came from the cards that exploded after discovering and recognizing these two boxes.

In addition to the three [Detection (N)] cards, this treasure belonging to the Western Cowboy legend also revealed a bronze skill card for Liang En.

[Quick Gunner (R): Don't worry, it's not the one you're worried about. For these Western cowboys who licked blood from their swords, the only thing they could rely on was the pistol in their hands and their extremely accurate marksmanship.

Those cowboys who mastered the powerful marksmanship relied on this to give birth to a western legend that is sung to this day in that lawless era.

Strengthen the card (one-time use). By consuming this card, you can master the magical pistol marksmanship that these two cowboys used to travel across the West. Note that mastering only skills does not involve physical strengthening. 】

After using this card, Liang En immediately felt a wave of heat swirling around in his mind and then entering his arms. After the heat subsided, he found that his hands seemed much more flexible than before.

"It seems that these skills can actually adjust the body slightly." Liang En thought after feeling the flexibility of his fingers. "It's just that maybe my physical fitness was not good before and those skills were aimed at the whole body, so I didn't realize this."

"Pah, pah -" Arriving at the place where they camped last night, Liang En and the others were planning to take a rest. But at this moment gunfire rang out not far away.

After hearing the gunfire, Liang En and Barry immediately grabbed the rifles on their chests and quickly went to the hall and turned on the safety, and then quickly moved back to back to the depression of a valley.

After entering this shallow pit more than 1m deep, the two people immediately squatted on the ground and hid their figures with the surrounding grass, and then quickly removed their backpacks.

There is a reason why they are so nervous, because this place is not a hunting area at all, and the surrounding bare mountains mean that there are not many animals worth hunting with guns in the entire area, so there are almost no people wandering around.

If it is reasonable to say that Liang En and Barry went to the wilderness to hunt for treasure, then it is obvious that they are trying to fool people by shooting here.

"I'll fire when I call fire." As a professional soldier who has been a soldier for ten years, Barry immediately guessed what the situation would be like.

"The wild areas of the western states are no different now than they were a hundred years ago. All kinds of crimes are happening in endlessly." After the two people hid, Barry explained to Liang En in a low voice.

"So if you hear gunshots in the wild at this time and place, there is a high probability that a group of guys selling various contrabands are fighting. But the total number of people from both sides should be less than ten according to the sound."

Soon, the gunshots became sparse, and it seemed that the two sides were almost done fighting.

But just as Liang En and Barry were hiding behind the rocks, waiting for the people not far away to finish their work, and then leave with the treasure they just found. But unexpectedly, they heard gunshots getting closer and closer to them.

Soon, a guy wearing a hoodie stumbled out from a slightly hidden corner not far away. However, before he could run a few steps, he was overtaken by bullets from behind and knocked to the ground.

"There seems to be someone in this place." The five pursuers behind him first walked over to the man they had just killed to check, and then saw the abandoned gold mines around them.

"Since that guy ran this way just now, there is probably something hidden in this place." The leader, the bearded middle-aged man, waved the pistol in his hand and said, "Everyone, look around, don't let anyone alive." ."

"Two on your left, three on my right." After realizing that hiding was impossible, Barry whispered to Liang En, "You are on the left and I am on the right. Fire when I call."

After a few seconds, Barry gave the order. Then the two men stood up from their hiding place and pulled the triggers of their firearms at the same time.

"Pah, pah, pah, pah." After two groups of rapid fire shots, the two guys Liang En had previously targeted were all shot in the chest and fell to the ground. The whole process only took three seconds. On the other side, Barry also quickly knocked over three other people.

"Safe." After confirming that all enemies had been killed, Barry raised a hand to indicate that it was safe. Then asked. "Mr. Liang, how do you feel now?"

"It's strange. It feels like the brain is deprived of oxygen after being overly nervous." Liang En said after taking a deep breath. "But it doesn't seem like the nausea and vomiting sensation shown in the movie."

"This is normal. My comrades had different reactions after completing the first kill." Barry comforted Liang En after confirming that those people died.

"You don't have to feel any guilt for what you did, because in the situation just now, if they didn't die, you would be the one who died. You were just fighting for your own survival."

"Don't worry, I'm in pretty good condition now." Liang En smiled and shook his head. "Let's go and see where they came from. It's best to find out what these people are trying to do."

Soon, the two people found a valley not far away. In addition to the two bodies lying in that place, there were two schoolbags and a suitcase placed in the middle of the valley.

After putting on gloves and opening the large suitcase, Liang En saw that the boxes were all filled with yellow plastic bags. There were 15 bags in total, all wrapped in plastic paper and wrapped with yellow tape.

"Sure enough, this group is engaged in illegal arms trading." After cutting open a plastic bag with a knife, Barry looked at the M1911 inside and said.

"Isn't it legal to buy guns in the United States?" Liang En asked with some confusion. He didn't understand why these people would trade such things here.

"But legal guns will have records," Barry said with a smile. "So there will be some people who buy firearms without any records from the Philippines or somewhere and then use them for illegal activities."

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Every time a gun is fired, the rifling leaves a mark on the bullet. And this kind of trace is like a fingerprint, every gun has its own trace.

The marks on all legal firearms or firearms found at crime scenes will be recorded, so that any problems that arise will be identified as soon as possible.

Therefore, for many outlaws, it is natural to purchase a so-called clean firearm before committing a crime plan, so as to avoid being targeted by the police for the first time.

In the two schoolbags, Liang En and the others found a total of 65,000 US dollars. All of the money was old unserialized bills, a few of which were hundred-dollar bills, and the rest were all $20.

Just like in the movie, Americans generally don't like to use large denomination bills of $100, so most of the bills I found this time were $20.

The next step is to clean up the battlefield, in addition to picking up the bullet casings just shot. They began to classify the things on the field now.

Although the firearms and the large gold chains and gold plate fingers hanging on these people were very valuable, Liang En and the others did not touch the personal belongings of the deceased. Because these things 100% only cause trouble.

"We can take the money." Barry was obviously a veteran in this area, so he quickly analyzed what could be taken. "These old notes are safe to spend and no one can trace their origin."

Liang En nodded. Although he had zero experience in this area, he had at least seen Hollywood movies. When it comes to illegal transactions in movies, there is always some prototype of the old unserialized 20-dollar bill.

Next, the two men roughly cleaned up their footprints in the surrounding area, took apart all the black guns and threw them into the surrounding valleys and rock crevices respectively. This was a smooth contribution to the security of the United States.

Anyway, the terrain of this place is rugged, and you can see some things, but if you want to get them back, you may need to go around for most of the day. Therefore, even if the latecomers of the black gun can find some parts, it is equivalent to being scrapped.

"This place is relatively close to the Indian protection area." Barry said when the two men continued to move forward with their trophies. "I guess these people have a high probability of coming from that way."

"This is also the fault of the Americans themselves, for the Indians who were driven into this wilderness. If they didn't do this, they might just starve to death." Liang En shook his head and said.

After walking for an hour and the two of them were far away from the crime scene, Barry suddenly asked. "Did you just shoot someone for the first time?"

"Yes." Liang En nodded. Even including his experience in another world, this was his first time shooting something other than a target.

"Then you were born to be a soldier." Barry praised, "You didn't react at all when you saw a corpse for the first time, which shows that you are brave and very determined in your will."

"It's not as powerful as you said." Liang En smiled and shook his head. "I think this is probably because my reaction is slower than others, so I don't feel afraid."

"And after all, the other party wanted to kill me, so it was natural for me to kill them as a legitimate act of self-defense. In this case, I naturally don't need to feel remorse or guilt for killing them."

There was another reason he didn't say, and that was that after being indoctrinated by Goldfinger many times, he found that his willpower had unexpectedly increased. Therefore, Liang En felt that maybe the Vikings card had greatly enhanced him in this regard.

Because of what they had just encountered, Liang En and the others subconsciously speeded up their pace, even choosing to give up rest and rush all night, finally returning to the entrance of the valley at around 3 a.m. the next day.

The pickup truck parked here is almost exactly the same as when it set off. If there is any difference, at most it only has an extra layer of yellow dust visible to the naked eye.

"It's safe now. I don't think those people can find us." Barry said after driving back to the interstate and driving for more than ten minutes.

After all, this kind of wilderness in Utah is not the center of New York, so there is no surveillance at all. Therefore, as long as they stay away from the conflict scene, which is vast and sparsely populated, and are not caught on the spot, no one can guess what they are doing in the mountains.

Of course, it is precisely for this reason that many things hidden under the bright side of society are carried out quietly in such wilderness, far away from the crowd.

It was different from when I came because I had a large amount of cash and jewelry with me. So taking a flight back has naturally become an inappropriate thing to do.

Considering safety, the two of them talked with Bruce on the phone in Salt Lake City early the next morning, rented an RV and drove all the way north.

The reason for driving north is simple: Christmas is just two days away, so Mr. Bruce chose to go to Teton County, Wyoming to spend Christmas with his family.

It has to be said that as the birthplace of car culture, renting a car in the United States is an easy thing. So Liang En and the others easily found a chain car rental store and completed the procedures for returning the car across state lines.

The distance from Salt Lake City to Teton County is 290 miles, and it would take five or six hours to drive there without stopping.

"Salt Lake City is considered the core area of Mormonism, and the reason why this city can be built is also related to the early pioneering Mormons-" Along the way, Barry Taotao kept introducing to Liang En the things he had just passed by. General description of the location.

As vehicles drive out of the city, various buildings on the roadside first turn into factory chimneys. Then it turned into a wasteland of dead grass and bare mountains in the distance.

Both Utah and Wyoming belong to the standard West, and they are still sparsely populated to this day. So except for the occasional small town or gas station on the roadside, there was only the unchanging western wilderness.

As the destination of Liang En's trip, the most noteworthy thing about Teton County is that it has the highest per capita income in the United States.

Yes, unlike what everyone imagines, the place with the highest per capita income is not bustling New York or a city in California. But this little place near Yellowstone Park.

At first glance, this bare, rural area seems unremarkable, whether it's ski trails, beautiful scenery in the Rocky Mountains, or a great place to camp in a national park.

The reason why those wealthy people choose to live here is very simple, that is, Wyoming has neither personal income tax nor corporate income tax.

Just swearing to the IRS that you live in Wyoming (which is easy to do legally) can save you a ton of money in taxes.

But it's ironic, because the rent for the cheapest house in this place is around US$5,000 a month, and the house price is in the millions.

Therefore, ordinary people who work here have to drive 45 minutes every day through the very steep mountain roads of Yellowstone Park back to their homes in Iowa.

What's even worse is if there is snow, which is common in this area. Then these ordinary people may have to live huddled in their cars for several days.

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After nightfall, Liang En and the others finally drove to this place with the highest per capita income in the United States and the widest gap between rich and poor.

Then, under Barry's driving, the two of them drove through this small but modern-looking city, and then stopped in front of a cream-yellow double-story building.

"Welcome, welcome my friends!" When Liang En and the others parked the car and entered the room, Mr. Bruce welcomed them in the living room.

Soon, the three of them came to the study together and talked about this adventure.

"It's really hard on you this time, especially when you encounter armed gangsters on the way." After listening to Liang En's story, Bruce sighed and said.

After the story is told, it's time to divide the spoils. At this time, Barry left here directly, because for him, everything was over now.

In addition to half of the cash seized from the gun dealers, Barry will also receive a bonus from Bruce during this operation.

After Barry left, two middle-aged men walked in quickly outside the door. They are antique jewelry appraisal experts invited by Bruce to confirm the true identity of the trophies Liang En is looking for this time.

"Yes, these things are the treasures lost in several important bank robberies in the late 19th and early 20th centuries." Ten minutes later, one of the experts put down the magnifying glass in his hand and said.

"And your brooch has been confirmed. Both the brooch itself and the blue diamond on it are genuine. So it should be the brooch that your family lost before." Another expert continued. .

"As for the loss of those small gems above, it is very normal. After all, compared to this large blue diamond, it is easier to get rid of small gems without revealing your identity."

Then, the two experts began to examine other items in the treasure. But unlike the brooch, other things were only checked briefly, so after half an hour, the approximate value of these treasures was estimated.

"Except for the two pistols, the overall value of these items is about US$750,000. But it may take a long time for those banknotes to be sold."

"The price of those two legendary revolvers is not easy to determine, because you need to find someone who likes it, otherwise it will be difficult to sell it at a good price."

"As for these two guns, I hope to buy them." After the two experts assessed the price, Mr. Bruce said, "I am willing to pay $150,000 for them."

It turns out that Bruce's wife is an avid Western fan, so Bruce naturally hopes to get these two commemorative pistols.

"Well, I may have to reject your request." Liang En said after hearing Bruce's request. "Because I have a dream to open a museum, so I naturally hope that something with historical value like this can be preserved."

This is not Liang En making excuses, but a long-term goal he set for himself after he discovered that he had a golden finger. After all, compared to ordinary people, it is entirely possible for him to find treasures that fill a museum.

Therefore, compared to the short-term goal of making money, Liang En's long-term goal is to open a famous museum of his own. At the same time, it can also become a motivation for him to continue taking risks.

"Of course, I won't sell these two pistols because of money, but if there are antiques that I am interested in in exchange, I will be willing to do so even if the antiques are cheap."

In the end, Liang En did not die, but left a tail. After all, in interpersonal communication, except for some issues of principle, speaking too harshly is not a small thing.

And compared to the pistol that had already been harvested, Liang En also really longed to obtain some antiques that he had never seen before in order to supplement his card library.

"You mean these things can be exchanged for other antiques?" After listening to Liang En's words, Bruce not only did not show a depressed look, but suddenly became excited.

"If that's the case, you can go to my treasure house and have a look. If there's anything you like, I can exchange these two pistols with you."

Soon, Liang En was taken to the basement of this house. This was a basement similar to a bank vault, and after walking through the door, he found various antiques placed on the shelves on both sides.

"Ever since my grandfather got rich, he started purchasing all kinds of antiques, and this habit has continued into my generation."

Looking at Liang En's surprised look, Mr. Bruce said proudly. "Everything in this warehouse is something I am willing to trade. As long as what you are interested in is less than $180,000, then we can trade it."

"Thank you then." Liang En bowed slightly, and then began to walk around the room. Of course, it was impossible to read so many things at once.

So he used four [Detection (N)] cards to scan the entire house and identified three artifacts with the most historical value in the room.

Although in many previous attempts, Liang En found that the historical value did not represent the wealth value of these things, it was obviously easier to find valuable things using this method than searching for a needle in a haystack.

"Is this a sacred object?" After completing the inspection, Liang En went straight to a shelf placed in the middle on the left hand side, and then pointed to an old small wooden box on the shelf and asked.

He asked because there was a small wooden cross on the box. In Western tradition, generally only religious items have the cross symbol.

"My grandfather bought it at an auction in the UK for more than a hundred pounds, but there was no identification at the time to indicate the identity of the object."

After taking the box and turning it over to look at the label attached below, Mr. Bruce walked to the computer next to the door and tapped a few times before speaking.

"The only thing that can be confirmed is that this silver-gold-plated ring is a 15th-century ring, and the earliest owner was probably a woman because the ring was relatively small."

"How much does this ring cost?" As the item with the most historical value on the left hand side of the entire warehouse, Liang En naturally chose it first.

"$2,500 is more appropriate." The two experts said after looking at the ring and whispering to each other. "Because no matter in terms of quality, workmanship or storytelling, this ring is a bit inferior. And throughout Europe, there are too many relics of various saints."

In fact, this expert said it very tactfully. Since the Middle Ages, many unscrupulous clergy and even other people of all kinds have been forging various false holy relics, so that all kinds of false holy relics have become rampant.

Since there are no other documents that can be used to prove this ring, it is difficult to tell whether it is a real sacred object or a fake made by people at that time.

As for the price of $2,500, to be honest, it was just for Mr. Bruce's sake, to avoid the embarrassment of the ring being considered a fake.

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"This counts as one, you can go pick out a few more things." Mr. Bruce nodded and said after watching Liang En put the box and the ring in the box on a cabinet at the entrance of the room.

So Liang En walked to the right side of the warehouse, and then checked the two points he just discovered on the right side. As a result, he found that the two points were very close to each other, and all the items placed here were antiques from RB.

For Americans, various RB artworks have become popular here since the Black Ship Founding Incident. So naturally there are many antiques from RB stacked in this warehouse.

"Sorry, this thing doesn't work." When Liang En pointed to a wooden box and asked, Mr. Bruce shook his head and explained. "Because there is an ukiyo-e painting by Katsushika Hokusai, and the current market price is around US$250,000."

"Ah, then, let me change it - what is inside this box? I see that the label outside says "Oriental writing and art?" After discovering that the first thing he was interested in was rejected, Liang En immediately changed his target.

He quickly took a few steps forward and came to the corner of the house, then pointed to the long wooden box placed on a golden nanmu cabinet in the corner and asked.

"This should be fine." Mr. Bruce checked the computer next to the door and said, "My father bought this from a US military stationed in Japan. It was said to be a calligraphy work by a famous monk. Before. I once appraised the price, and it was probably worth US$70,000 to US$80,000."

"Okay, I want these two." Liang En said after looking around the room again and finding that he really didn't like anything else. "Just trade these two for the two guns."

"But the price is still less than half." As a wealthy man, Bruce felt that taking advantage of this aspect was really detrimental to his reputation. "You can pick out one or two more things."

"No, I don't feel anything about anything else here." Liang En shrugged and said, "For me, I tend to only look for things that I feel something about."

"And it's enough for me to exchange two guns for these two things. If you really think that what I want is less, then you can just use euros to make up the shortfall for me."

"Ah, I understand, I will make up the remaining money for you." After hearing what Liang En said, Bruce finally understood the idea. Soon, several people left the underground warehouse with the two selected items.

Because it was getting late, Liang En temporarily stayed in this mansion, and when dawn came the next day, all the income from the last treasure hunt had been settled.

Considering that the jewelry related to the famous robbers in the West did not have high historical value, and because these items were the most valuable in the United States, Liang En simply packaged them and gave them to Mr. Bruce for US$650,000.

As a result, in addition to the two cultural relics obtained from Mr. Bruce's collection warehouse, Liang En earned a total of US$752,500 from this trip to the United States.

The money included US$650,000 in packaged and sold Western treasures, US$32,500 seized from the gang of black gun dealers, and US$70,000 paid by Mr. Bruce to make up the difference.

In addition, Mr. Bruce also helped him return the two antiques that were not convenient for him to carry with him to his family's farm for free, saving him a lot of money and energy.

After eating breakfast, Liang En left Bruce's house and walked down the street. After he walked a certain distance, he found a bench in a roadside park and sat down. Then, while counting his previous gains, he thought about the goal of his next move.

After completing the mission and earning a lot of money, he originally planned to return to England. But since it happens to be Christmas now, there is nothing to do even if we go back.

As for the original plan to go home and get together with his parents during the Christmas vacation, it had actually been abandoned long ago. After all, he had lived at home for too long before, so it was not a good idea to go back in a short time.

Just like when everyone goes home for the holidays in college, your parents will think about it at first, but after a month, your parents will be eager for you to go back to school early.

Fortunately, we are already in the Internet age, so after taking out his mobile phone and searching local news carefully, Liang En quickly found something interesting.

So after temporarily renting a cheap Toyota pickup truck, he drove all the way north to Montana, where he was going to pick up an interesting job.

"Are you here to apply for a job as a hunter?" After arriving at a farm near Stamford, the farmer with a gray beard looked Liang En up and down and asked in disbelief.

"I don't mean any discrimination, but I bluntly say that in my impression, hunters are usually Mexicans or Caucasians, and it is rare to see Asians doing this kind of work."

"Then you saw it today." Humility is not very popular in the United States, so sometimes it is more appropriate to tell the truth or even exaggerate a little to express your ability.

Fortunately, the most important thing when recruiting hunters on the farm is based on actual marksmanship, so after Liang En showed his marksmanship with the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle he carried and his passport, he easily completed the next work.

"There are too many wild boars in my farm." The farmer, Old Arthur, drove Liang En straight to his pasture in a small all-terrain vehicle. "At the same time, these animals are also very smart."

"So when I set a trap, I only have one chance to shoot, so I need a helper to knock down as many of them as possible, so that I can protect the crops on the farm."

"You are right, old Arthur." Liang En nodded and said, thinking of what he heard his grandfather say in another world. "But if we can kill most of the wild boars at once, this area can survive for several years."

A few days before this, Old Arthur poured a bag of corn every day in multiple places on his farm, trying to gather the nearby wild boars.

So when the two people got off the all-terrain vehicle far away and climbed up a small slope, they saw six or seven fat and strong wild boars looking for corn in that area.

Seriously, hunting a wild boar is much safer than hunting a gunman. Although wild boars are said to have rough skin and thick flesh, domestic news reports also reported that after wild boars rushed into the city, several policemen shot them several times with pistols and let the wild boars run away, but guns are different.

After the Type 56 semi-automatic is equipped with military bullets, its lethality is far more powerful than the June 4th pistol, nicknamed the Little Smasher. At least from the perspective of muzzle kinetic energy, the muzzle kinetic energy of the Type 56 semi-automatic is nearly ten times that of the Type 64 pistol.

So after the two men fired the bullets in the magazine, the wild boars all fell to the ground. By the time it was getting dark, the two of them had killed more than twenty wild boars. Only one or two little wild boars escaped.

"Well done, young man." Old Arthur said loudly while driving the car on the way back to the farm house. "I want to take back my previous comment. There are also excellent shooters like you among Asians."

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After cutting off a few pieces of good meat from the killed wild boar and removing the tusks, Liang En and Old Arthur returned to the house with the trophies.

As for the remaining wild boars, it is very simple to deal with them. Old Arthur has just used the walkie-talkie to notify the Central American workers on the farm who are not very good at using guns, so that they can also share these trophies.

Of course, if all the people combined can consume 1/5 of the wild boar, it is already very powerful. However, there are many foxes and wolves around here, so it only takes a day or two for those dead pigs to be destroyed by nature. Decomposers digest thoroughly.

For Americans, this is a natural time to celebrate with barbecue. Through barbecue and beer, Liang En quickly got to know Old Arthur and chatted about some very interesting things.

"Liang, what did you do in the United States?" Old Arthur asked curiously after swallowing a piece of roasted wild boar in his mouth.

Unlike those cities on the east or west coast, you may not see more than ten outsiders in this slightly remote town a year. Therefore, Old Arthur felt a little strange as to why Liang En appeared here.

"I'm here to hunt for treasure." Liang En said after thinking for a moment, and then pulled out a lot of similar news from his phone and showed it to Old Arthur.

"For example, if I can find a spur that was used by a famous person in the West, then I can sell the spur for tens of thousands of dollars on the East Coast or even in the UK."

"Can you really make money in this business?" Old Arthur said with his eyes widened, and then quickly explained. "I've also seen programs on TV that were similar to warehouse treasure hunts, but I thought it might have been a pre-rehearsed script by the director."

"Well - how should I put it, not everyone can make money in this industry." Liang En thought for a while and said. "You need a certain level of expertise, a keen eye and a little bit of luck."

"For example, there are novices in the UK who used a metal detector for the first time and found a treasure left by the ancient Vikings, but there are also unlucky ones who have been busy for more than ten years but only got a few worthless silver coins. "

"Oh, so that's it." After satisfying his curiosity, Old Arthur leaned back on the chair and began to think. He soon asked as if he had thought of something. "By the way, do you always leave valuable things in your old places?"

"It's hard to say, it still has something to do with people." Liang En shrugged and said, "Precious treasures may come from the wilderness, and some ancient buildings will only have garbage left inside."

"But at least according to the information I get from chatting with colleagues, it is indeed easier to find treasures in some older settlements."

"If that's the case, I know a good place." Old Arthur said after thinking for a while. "There is an abandoned mining town five or six kilometers north of my ranch into the mountains."

"That town used to serve the surrounding coal mines, but as the coal mines were exhausted, the whole town was abandoned. Just after World War II, there was no one in the town."

"This sounds like a good place, but I'm worried that searching there will violate some laws?" Liang En asked worriedly after thinking about the gun ownership rate in Montana.

"You know I'm a foreigner. I came to the United States just to travel and hunt for treasure. It would be too bad if I accidentally got shot or was caught in jail."

"You can rest assured about this. There are quite a few small towns like this in the nearby mountains, and they can't be managed at all. And those places are not private territory." Old Arthur said with a smile.

"As for the U.S. government, what we are digging is not an important historical relic. So even if it is discovered, it will be fined."

So early the next morning, Liang En drove the pickup truck and headed towards the mountains with the pile of treasure hunting items. As for these metal detectors, Mr. Bruce prepared them before and gave them to Liang En. They can be used now.

Surprisingly, this mountain road in the valley is very flat. Although this road has not received any maintenance for more than half a century, it still allows the pickup truck driven by Liang En to pass smoothly.

Think about it, this was the only road for transporting coal in the mountains back then, so it is not incomprehensible that it has been maintained to this day.

After driving on the mountain road for more than ten minutes, a standard American town appeared in the valley at the end of the road. However, because no one has been here for decades, the entire town has basically been integrated into nature.

"It seems that this search is just for fun." Looking at the scene in front of him, Liang En's heart suddenly became cold. Because this environment is obviously not conducive to the preservation of various items.

After entering the center of the town, Liang En realized that the entire town was more severely corroded than it could be. For example, the original tavern in the city center has completely collapsed and was covered with a layer of plants.

"It feels like there shouldn't be anything found here." Liang En looked at the mess in front of him and shook his head helplessly.

Theoretically, it is easier to find valuable things in public places such as abandoned pubs than in private houses, but in this case, even if there is anything inside, it should be turned into a pile of garbage.

After circling the town, Liang En returned to the location of the tavern. But this time he didn't try to clean up the garbage on the surface, but went around to the back of the room.

Sure enough, after Liang En cleared away the pile of rotten wood formed by the fallen fence wall at the end of the path in the yard behind the room, a wooden door that had begun to rot and turn black appeared on the ground.

After destroying the wooden door with a crowbar and hammer, Liang En waited for a while for the gas inside to drain out, then put on a gas mask and walked out.

It must be said that this town must have been relatively prosperous back then, so the ladder leading to the cellar was not a wooden ladder common in the west, but a stone staircase. This makes it easier for Liang En to enter the wine cellar now.

The wine cellar is entirely made of stones. Although there are leaks in some places, it is generally well preserved. At least it is significantly more expensive than those wooden surface buildings.

"Wow, my luck is not too bad." Looking at the rows of wooden barrels on both sides of the wine cellar and the dusty bottles on the shelves, Liang En raised his eyebrows.

In those days, bars tended to stock large quantities of alcoholic beverages in areas where such logistics were not particularly convenient. After the area was abandoned, except for some valuable species, few people were willing to take those things away.

In addition, in such a place with complex terrain, people may also discard or forget something.

But as time changes, some things that may have been everywhere in the past will gradually become precious. These items that have increased in value due to time are the targets of Liang En's search.

Thinking of this, Liang En took out the metal detector he carried with him and began to detect it in the wine cellar. Because in places like underground wine cellars where light is not very good, there are likely to be some coins or even jewelry forgotten here.

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Just a few seconds after Liang En took out the metal detector and started searching, the metal detector buzzed. After bending down and searching for a few seconds, Liang En quickly found a brass cartridge case on the side of a wine barrel.

".45ACP pistol bullet, and it's a model after World War I." Liang En picked up the cartridge case and took a look at it and immediately confirmed the model of the cartridge case.

Because the early version of this pistol bullet, which only appeared in the early 20th century, would have a roller groove pressed on the cartridge case to prevent the bullet from retracting into the cartridge case. This was not eliminated until the process improved during World War I.

Soon, Liang En found seven or eight more bullet casings in every corner of the wine cellar. Of course, bullet casings are not worth a penny, but the presence of bullet casings in a wine cellar is an interesting thing. At least under normal circumstances, few people would shoot in a wine cellar.

"It seems that this wine cellar is not simple." After discovering the situation here, Liang En became interested in this wine cellar. So the movements of the hands naturally accelerated.

Half an hour later, he had sorted out everything in the wine cellar. In addition to the bullet casings, he also cleared out more than a dozen bottles of whiskey, large and small.

The reason why there are not many trophies is mainly because the poor local environment is really not conducive to the preservation of various items. For example, the large wine barrels I saw at the entrance of the wine cellar were later found to be empty.

This is because of long-term corrosion, the wood of the barrel has long since rotted away, and the wine has also drained away.

The same goes for the wine in glass bottles. Because the stoppers and caps were corroded, most of the wine inside disappeared. Only these dozen bottles were lucky enough to be preserved.

However, during this process, Liang En discovered that this wine cellar was indeed not as simple as it seemed, but that there might be a hidden space.

The reason why I say this is because when Liang En checked into the depths of the wine cellar, he found that there was a large pile of various garbage piled at the end of the wine cellar. It looked not only incompatible with the surrounding environment, but also unreasonable.

After all, a place like a wine cellar needs to be kept clean, so it is impossible to put a lot of garbage in it. And if the wine cellar was abandoned and thrown in, anyone in their right mind would not move it to the innermost part, but would pile it directly at the door.

So after moving the bottles that looked like they still had wine out of the wine cellar, Liang En brandished a shovel to clean up the pile of garbage piled on the ground. Soon, an iron plate painted with black paint appeared in front of him.

After lifting the iron plate to breathe for half an hour, Liang En got in wearing a gas mask. After reaching the bottom of the steps, Liang Encai discovered that there was a space of dozens of square meters below.

The strange thing is that although the basement in this basement is not large, apart from a room with a height of three meters, there is actually a corridor that is only ten meters long and can only be passed by one person.

At the other end of the room, there was a pile of things covered by oilcloth.

"Let me see what this is-" Liang En said, stepping forward and lifting up the oilcloth and bringing up a cloud of dust. When the dust fell along with the oilcloth, a strange set of containers appeared in front of him.

"Is this a boiler?" Liang En thought curiously as he looked at the machine in front of him, which was composed of a sealed container and a series of pipes, because in his impression, this kind of machine with containers, pipes, combustion chambers and instruments was easy to make. It reminds me of a boiler.

But he soon gave up this conjecture, because after going forward to check, he found that the walls of both the container and the pipe were very thin, and the container could even be disassembled with simple tools.

"That is to say, the thing here is a still. A still used to make private whiskey." After realizing that this thing was not able to withstand pressure at all, Liang En quickly guessed the purpose of this set of equipment based on the wine cellar above.

After all, Ireland itself produces whiskey, so he had seen something similar. The reason why these instruments were hidden, Liang En thought, was probably related to the prohibition on alcohol designated by the United States in the early 20th century.

From 1920 to 1933, the United States enacted the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which prohibited the brewing, transportation, and sale of all alcoholic beverages. This period is also known as Prohibition.

The reason why the Americans promulgated this decree is, on the one hand, because the United States itself is a country that pursues Puritanism, so they believe that the existence of alcohol corrupts morality, and prohibiting alcohol will return the United States to a pure secular society.

On the other hand, it is because, unlike the low-alcohol beer and cider that Americans often drank in the early days, in the mid-to-late 19th century, the United States began to produce more whiskey with a much higher alcohol content. And drinking a lot of spirits has caused a series of social problems.

However, the effect of Prohibition was not as good as the framers imagined. From the first day of Prohibition, various illegal drinks, underground bars and accompanying illegal forces continued to grow wildly.

As for the illegal alcohol, except for a small amount that comes from overseas, most of it comes from private wine produced in such distillers.

Therefore, it is not surprising that such a distiller appears in this place. After all, there were a large number of mines here at that time, and most of the people working in these mines were wealthy bachelors. There must be huge sales of alcoholic beverages.

Although this place is in the middle of nowhere, prohibition inspection personnel rarely arrive. However, because the channels for obtaining alcohol from the outside world were cut off, the boss here could only choose to brew his own wine to provide supplies for his bar.

In this way, the stills used for brewing naturally do not need to be as small and cheap as those in the big cities on the east coast. So after Liang En carefully inspected it, he found that this still was no different from a formal still except that it was easy to disassemble.

Both the pure copper main structure and the instruments used to monitor the distillation situation look very similar to the equipment in a regular brewery, but they are just a little smaller in size.

This design was convenient for Liang En. After studying the simple structure of the still, he quickly disassembled the still using the tools he carried.

I have to say that the previous [Viking (SR)] card was indeed very useful. If it weren't for the reinforcement brought by this chapter's card, it would be difficult for him to carry these distillers, which can weigh up to 50kg each piece, by himself. Get to the car.

"Well, what is this?" Just when Liang En disassembled the main container, he suddenly found that there was a tightly tied oilcloth bag in the container.

After moving the oilcloth bag to the ground and opening it, a violin case and a small leather suitcase were revealed. However, when Liang En reached for the violin box to open it, he found that the box was much heavier than expected.

"Sure enough, this is the Chicago violin." After opening the lid, a disassembled Thompson submachine gun lay quietly in the piano case. Because it has been kept in a sealed container, there is no rust at all on the entire gun.

Different from the improved M1A1 in World War II, this M1928 submachine gun has a muzzle compensator, barrel fins, a small grip under the barrel and a large 50-round drum. It is the best quality version of the Thompson submachine gun.

Of course, due to the complex structure and high cost, the output of this version of the submachine gun is naturally unsatisfactory. But the corresponding price is now quite high.

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After putting away the M1928 submachine gun, Liang En opened another box. It turned out that the box contained two pistols and corresponding tools.

Different from the M1928 submachine gun that is now expensive, the pistol in this box is an absolutely popular M1911A1 pistol. Fortunately, these two guns are well preserved, and there are additional antler grip plates that add a lot of value to them.

At the same time, the appearance of these two guns also made Liang En realize that the narrow corridor he had seen in the basement was not a corridor at all, but a target lane for the bootlegger to test his guns.

Just after Liang En confirmed that the still and the three guns were all left over from the prohibition era, three new cards immediately appeared in his mind. In addition to two [Detection (N), there was also a new card. Bronze-colored R-rated cards.

"Let me see if this card is related to the Thompson submachine gun." After seeing the newly released card, Liang En rubbed his hands excitedly and thought, after all, in that era, it was almost common for gangs to shoot at the streets with Thompsons. A symbol of American society at that time.

[Cocktail (R): There are seven origins of cocktails, but the most recognized one is in 1776. When a bar in New York was about to close, an officer wanted to drink, so he poured the remaining wine in Together and stir with chicken feathers.

The officers who drank the wine were very satisfied with the taste of the wine, so they asked the waiter the name of the wine. The waiter said: "This is Cocktails (the plural form of chicken feathers, also means chicken tails.), hence the name of the cocktail."

Enhanced card (one-time use). By consuming this card, you can gain knowledge about cocktail mixing and tasting, but it is limited to bartending and does not include fancy performances. Note that mastering only skills does not involve physical strengthening. 】

"What's going on?" After seeing this card, Liang En was immediately stunned. Because he couldn't figure out the relationship between this card and the things he found.

Fortunately, after he climbed on the roof of the car to let his mobile phone find a signal, he found the connection between these things on the Internet through keyword searches.

We all know that drinking alcohol was a risky thing to do in the days when Prohibition was in effect, so just having a drink was a good thing.

Therefore, in this era, in order to avoid being caught drinking and to reduce the impact of some inferior wine, people were keen to add various things to wine, which in turn promoted the popularity of cocktails.

After Prohibition ended, cocktail recipes returned from Europe raised the level of this alcoholic beverage to a higher level, making cocktails a mainstream alcoholic beverage.

"When I go back, I must find a few people to form a team." After running several times to empty out the basement in the basement. Liang En thought as he spread out on his seat.

Although Liang En got rid of the original physique of an ordinary college student after being strengthened by cards and obtained obvious enhancements, today's search made him realize that his own abilities are still limited, and it would be much more efficient if he had helpers. .

After finishing cleaning the wine cellar in the tavern yard, it was noon. So Liang En took out the self-heating food he had brought before and ate it while thinking about the goal of his afternoon search.

After eliminating the largest number of dormitories, Liang En targeted the building where the former mayor's mistress of this town was located as his second and last target before calling it a day.

The reason for this choice is also very simple. Although antique jeans or old Coke bottles can be sold for dozens or hundreds of dollars each, if you collect more, you can sell them for a lot of money.

But Liang En is alone now, so he needs to find something more valuable. Therefore, places like coal miners or townspeople's residential areas were naturally abandoned.

As for places like banks or police stations, although they look nice, considering the shabby condition of the town, the scavengers who came here before have probably visited there countless times, so there probably won't be anything good left.

As for how Liang En knew the room where the mayor's mistress was, it was an accident, because he accidentally discovered a discarded account book while cleaning the underground wine cellar, and the account book recorded some events in the last period of this town. .

The target location was a two-story red brick building. However, due to the passage of time, the entire roof collapsed, turning the house into a pile of ruins.

"Ah - this -" Looking at the pile of construction debris in front of him, Liang En showed a helpless expression. But now that he's here, Liang En thinks it's more appropriate to walk around here before walking.

But just as he was using a metal detector to comprehensively detect the ruins with a look of helplessness, he unexpectedly heard an alarm sound in the middle of a remaining wall.

"This should be the utility room or study room of the original room." After briefly checking the surrounding situation, Liang En came to a conclusion, "If the height of the rubble pile is excluded, then this place should be 1.7 meters tall. The person's chest is lower."

And this judgment also shows from the side that the metal reaction in the wall is most likely something hidden in it, rather than the building materials of the building itself or something else.

Thinking of this, Liang En immediately took out a hammer and smashed it. Fortunately, this kind of red brick wall is much easier to smash than reinforced concrete, so it only took a few hits before a big hole appeared in the wall.

Then Liang En quickly reached out and took out the oil paper bag placed in the hole, and then moved away as quickly as possible from the dangerous wall that was crumbling due to the heavy smash just now.

After running out of the danger zone, Liang En had time to look at the oil paper bag, which was about the same size as a glasses case. Judging from the traces on the oil paper package, this thing was indeed well preserved inside the wall. At least there wasn't much mold or rot.

"Are all mistresses so poor?" Looking at the dusty oil paper bag, Liang En complained and opened it, then opened the box inside.

But the moment he opened the box, he was shocked by what was inside.

"This is simply perverted -" Liang En muttered quietly, because what appeared in front of him now was an absolutely abnormal necklace: there were seven bird heads inlaid on gold plates.

This bird head necklace uses green and red hummingbird heads. Through online image searches, he found that these two hummingbirds come from Brazil, South America.

I don't know how the designer came up with the idea that the two red bird heads on either side of the middle bird head were hung upside down on the necklace. So after opening the box, the bird's head stood up directly under the action of gravity.

To Liang En, this jewelry was the cruelest jewelry he had ever seen. Hummingbirds are indeed beautiful, but these pretty little heads should stay on their bodies, not on jewelry.

At least in his opinion, this kind of jewelry and the human bone necklace are of the same style, both revealing a pure possessiveness with a certain cruelty.

"18 New Bond Street, London, England. 1868." Looking at the text on the box, Liang En felt that this jewelry might not have belonged to the last mayor's mistress. After all, the house is old.

However, neither the cruel craftsmanship nor the unknown owner prevented Liang En from considering the box and the jewelry inside as his own gain. After all, this is part of history.

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It was already five o'clock in the afternoon after exploring this small building, so as soon as the work was done, Liang En took the things he found and left this abandoned town.

When he drove out of the mountains, it was already dark. So he found a safe place, parked the car on the side of the road, and called Mr. Bruce.

"Dear Liang, what's the matter?" The person who answered the phone was Mr. Bruce himself, and it could be heard from the phone that he was in a very good mood.

"It's like this. I've found some things from the Prohibition era that I want to sell. After all, I'm not an American. It's a little difficult to take them away, so I wanted to ask if you are interested in these things."

"Can you tell me what it is? It's best to send some photos." After hearing what Liang En said, Bruce, who was drinking with a few friends, immediately sat up straight and said.

"I'm not interested in this, but I'm surrounded by several people who are similar to me, and some of them might be interested in this stuff."

"I understand, thank you, please give me ten minutes." After hearing what Mr. Bruce said, Liang En immediately thanked him, then hung up the phone and ran to the truck body, then lifted the tarp and took photos. and sent to Mr. Bruce.

A few minutes after sending the photo, Liang En received a call back from Mr. Bruce. In a call back, Mr. Bruce stated that a friend of his who owned a bar was interested in the item and wanted him to deliver it to a residence in Teton County.

At about 10:30 p.m., Liang En drove the rented pickup truck into a house a few kilometers away from the small town in Teton County.

When his car had just stopped and had not turned off, Bruce, who learned of his arrival from the surveillance camera, walked out of the room together with several middle-aged and elderly people.

"We were holding a cocktail party just now." After Liang En got off the car, Mr. Bruce pulled him aside and whispered. "And after seeing the photos you posted, everyone wants to see these things."

"It's okay, it would be nice if there were more people. Anyway, it's not something shady." Looking at the group of people surrounding him, Liang En nodded lightly. "By the way, can you tell me who is interested in my things this time?"

"It's Mr. Carlos." Bruce pointed to a middle-aged Mexican not far away who excitedly asked the servant to remove the cover and shine the light on the still. "He runs several bars, and Mainly retro style."

"If I remember correctly, his biggest bar staple in Los Angeles was the 1920s and 1930s. So your stuff should fit your bill."

"It's very good. This is a masterpiece among the moonshine distillers of the prohibition era." As a professional, Mr. Carlos quickly recognized this set of stills and said loudly.

"In other words, although these things are used to brew private wine, they are actually made by winemakers and workers in regular wineries. The wine produced is no different from regular wine."

"It was a common thing in those days. Because Prohibition put them all out of work, there was a need for some kind of job that could support the family."

"How's the situation?" Bruce led Liang En over and asked, "By the way, old Carlos, Mr. Liang is also a scholar who studies ancient Egyptian language, and he helped me a lot recently, so don't treat your usual Show your enthusiasm for business talks."

"Liang——" After hearing Bruce's words, a middle-aged white man wearing a monocle and dressing up like an old cowboy asked. "Is he the person who published a paper in the Journal of the British Archaeological Association a while ago?"

Liang En's surname is rare in the Western world. Bruce also pointed out that he studied ancient Egyptian language, so an old man quickly asked as if he had thought of something. "

"Yes sir, I have published two articles and have just submitted the third manuscript." Liang En said, then took out his mobile phone and showed the old gentleman the "Journal of the British Archaeological Association" to him. reply.

"Your research is really important." After Liang En admitted his identity, the old man suddenly became excited. "I think your progress in this area has exceeded all the research in the previous ten centuries-"

"Okay, Hans, you can talk about academic issues later." After learning that Liang En was not just a treasure hunter, but also a top scholar in some aspects. The attitude of this chain bar owner named Carlos is also much better.

"Mr. Liang, I like your complete still and the three guns, so are you willing to transfer them to me together?"

"Of course I do. After all, I'm not that interested in these modern things, so I naturally hope to sell them at a good price." Liang En nodded and said, "So please bid, as long as they suit them." It's yours."

"If this is the case -" Carlos fell into deep thought after seeing Liang En handing the pricing power back to him. Because Liang En was different from what he thought before, the pricing would also have to change.

Before, he only thought that Liang En was an ordinary treasure hunter, so naturally he hoped to keep the price as low as possible. But the price is too low now and it is definitely not suitable to sell it.

This change is determined by social status. As rich people, they naturally have a higher status than the treasure diggers who search for treasures everywhere. But it is another matter if the treasure digger is a well-known scholar.

"I think US$88,000 is a suitable number." After thinking for more than ten seconds, Carlos quoted a price. Then he explained to everyone present.

"The still is in good condition, and I am engaged in this profession, so I am willing to buy it for US$22,000. As for the two pistols, although they have been modified and well preserved, because the production of this pistol is too large, I can only pay US$3,500. ."

"The most valuable thing inside is the M1928, because it is a rare legal automatic weapon and is in very good condition. So after combining the prices of similar items, I am willing to pay $62,500."

Gun management in the United States is becoming more and more strict. In the early days, people could even buy large weapons like machine guns. But now they are all banned, with the only exception being old guns that existed before the ban took effect.

But guns are different from ordinary things in that they wear out. Therefore, after a period of time, these firearms will naturally become less and less available. Therefore, prices also rise over time.

For example, this submachine gun is like this. If it goes to auction, it is possible to sell it for 70,000 to 80,000 yuan. However, when there is no middleman to make a difference like this, the price of just over $60,000 is considered reasonable.

As for the wine-making equipment, Liang En really didn't know the price, but thinking about it, in this case, it was unlikely that the other party deliberately lowered the price.

"That's it." After thinking for a few seconds, Liang En made a decision. Although you can increase the price if you want at this time. But in this case, there is absolutely no need to raise one or two thousand dollars.

It has to be said that these big guys were happy to give money. Ten minutes later, Liang En received a notification from the bank that the payment had been received, and then a bodyguard drove the car away.

"It's a pleasure to work together." Carlos stretched out his hand and shook Liang En's hand before inviting him. "I think we can continue our drinking party together."

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"Ah, I have a headache. It seems that going to bed too late is not a good thing." The next morning, Liang En woke up from the guest room of Carlos Manor and shook his head to wake himself up.

Last night, he chatted with this group of people until very late. But the harvest is also very great.

At least the old man Hans, who runs various art businesses, said that if Liang En has good things in the future, he can sell them directly to him, which means that Liang En has now opened up a new sales channel.

The next week, I spent a leisurely Christmas vacation in Yellowstone National Park. At the end of the vacation, his father also helped him find a reliable manpower.

"Do you remember Fan Meng? He is your Uncle Fan's son." Liang En's father said on the phone. "He is back now, so your Uncle Fan entrusted me to help him find a job."

"Fan Meng, Uncle Fan's son - ah, I remember it." Liang En suddenly remembered the person his father was talking about.

In the early years, there were very few Chinese Americans in Ireland, and this Uncle Fan was a good friend their family had met before, an Indonesian Chinese. Because he was discriminated against, he immigrated here with his parents since he was a child.

The two families met by accident. Liang En's father, who had just arrived, was defrauded by an ABC when buying seeds and almost lost all his money. Fortunately, Uncle Fan came to help and was able to recover most of the losses and bring the scammer to justice. Law.

After that time, Liang En's family established a deep friendship with Uncle Fan's family. For example, the best dishes from their farm are sold to Fan's Restaurant.

Fan Meng is the second eldest son of the Fan family, but unlike his sister, who was eventually admitted to Oxford, and his brother, who has a talent for cooking and spends all day studying in the kitchen, he is not good at studying and does not like cooking.

When he was in middle school, he was one level older than Liang En. Because the relationship between the two families was relatively good, and they both liked the military, the relationship between the two was also good.

Later, because Fan Meng was in good health and courageous. So after graduating from high school and not going to college, I locked myself in my room and thought about it for a week, and then I chose to go to France to join the Foreign Legion.

After he joined the legion, Liang En still kept in touch with him. However, because the foreign legion was often deployed overseas, Liang En could only chat with him for more than ten minutes in one or two months on average.

Considering that the other party is one year older than him, he has just completed his five-year contract. Obviously, the other party did not choose to become a non-commissioned officer and become a professional soldier, but chose to retire.

"Mengzi, what are you doing now?" After hanging up the phone from his father, Liang En directly called Fan Meng's new number. As soon as the call was connected, noisy voices were heard, mixed with the sound of cooking.

"I've been fine since I retired from the Foreign Legion. Now I help my dad's store drive and sell goods. Anyway, the store has dividends from my shares and retirement compensation. So I'm just messing around like this for the time being."

Mandarin with a southern Cantonese accent came from the microphone. As an Indonesian Chinese, his Chinese is indeed much better than most second- and third-generation Chinese overseas.

"By the way, I heard from my dad that you made a fortune recently and even bought the ranch next door to your home. Is this true?" After a few pleasantries, Fan Meng asked carelessly.

"It's true, but it's just like buying a lottery ticket. It depends purely on luck. That's why I spent most of the money to buy that ranch. After all, for us Chinese, land is the most valuable thing."

"That's right." Fan Meng nodded, then changed the topic. "By the way, you're not just looking for me to chat now. I guess my old man wants you to help me find a job."

"Uh - you guessed it right." Liang En admitted directly. "My business is getting busier and busier now, and I can't do it alone, so I need a reliable person to help -"

Next, Liang En briefly described the nature of his work. When he was searching in the wild, Fan Meng interrupted him many times and asked about something he had vaguely mentioned.

"Okay, buddy, I'll do it with you." Although Liang En jumped over things like fighting with a black gun dealer and didn't say anything about it, Fan Meng had worked in the Foreign Legion for so many years, so he could naturally pick up some clues. .

"My work here is tiring, and sometimes it's dangerous -" Liang En finally warned out of habit, but was interrupted by Fan Meng before he could finish his words.

"It's okay. How dangerous can it be on the battlefield?" Fan Meng said nonchalantly, "It's settled. Give me a call when you return to Dublin, and I'll pick you up at the airport."

After the two made an appointment, Liang En continued his journey in Yellowstone National Park. It was not until two days later that he flew back to Dublin.

"Mengzi, we meet again." After walking out of the airport with his luggage, Liang En first saw Fan Meng holding a sign in the waiting area, and then the two people patted each other's shoulders.

"Yes, we haven't seen each other for two years since we met once when I came back from vacation last time." Fan Meng showed a smile on his face, and then raised a scar on the side of his cheek, which looked like an iron tower. The back of the body looks a bit ferocious.

Unlike Liang En, Fan Meng's mother is an Eastern European immigrant. So he used to look quite handsome, even a bit like the leading actor in Twilight.

But now, the scar on the right face has completely destroyed the original feeling of being a little girl.

"What's going on with you?" Liang En asked looking at the scar on Fan Meng's face. "It's just a shrapnel. In order to protect my injured comrades, I didn't have time to protect my handsome face." Fan Meng said nonchalantly.

"And I was really lucky at that time. If it were a little higher, my eyes would be damaged. And if it was a little lower, you would probably have to wear white chrysanthemums when you see me."

On the way back, Liang En told Fan Meng something similar to the exchange of fire with a black gun dealer in the wilderness, and then said it seriously. "Contrary to what you originally thought, this is a job that requires patience and is dangerous—"

"I can completely accept this." Fan Meng shrugged and said, "Actually, your job is much easier and safer than I thought - by the way, what is the main specific work I will do next?"

"Relax, I will mainly do the professional work. You only need to help me drive, carry, and dig. Of course, sometimes you may need to pay attention to security work." Liang En said while driving the car.

"Of course, it would be better if you know other skills. After all, this kind of work will take you to the wild, and having one more skill will be of great benefit."

"I can use metal detectors, build bunkers and repair vehicles." Fan Meng said, "I used to spend four months a year overseas performing peacekeeping or anti-terrorism missions, and I was an armored vehicle driver for the amphibious force, so I have mastered the skills More."

"This is great. You know I had a lot of problems during my last fieldwork—" Liang En complained after hearing Fan Meng's words.

Soon, the two people came to Liang En's parents' farm. After greeting the family, they moved the things Liang En had stored at home from the warehouse to the underground warehouse of his newly purchased ranch.

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During the Cold War, the dark cloud of nuclear war hung over mankind all over the world. Among them, there are 1,200 nuclear bombs aimed at Britain alone. In this case, the fear of nuclear war was deeply implanted in everyone's heart.

For many people at that time, before falling asleep at night, they would worry uneasily about whether they would be able to wake up alive tomorrow morning.

Therefore, in this case, building various protective bunkers became a popular practice at that time. For example, at that time, all countries were desperately building various public civil defense fortifications, and many private individuals were also building private fortifications.

There is such a private bunker next to the small private ranch residential area purchased by Liang En. It is different from the simple protective bunkers built by ordinary people. The owner of this ranch is a rich man, so he can build this bunker sitting 7m underground. bunker.

As the world situation changed and the risk of a global nuclear war became less and less, the bunker was gradually abandoned and turned into an underground warehouse for the owner of the ranch.

After Liang En accepted the ranch, apart from some basic renovations, the only big change he made was to turn the underground nuclear-proof bunker into an antique warehouse, ready to be used to store various things he might find in the future.

Of course, this small basement is now empty. Except for a safe in the corner that contained the chess pieces from the Isle of Lewis that Liang En found last time, the Kazan copper pot and some gadgets, there were only a few things shipped from the United States.

I have to say that Mr. Bruce from before was really powerful. He not only helped Liang En transport the ring, necklace and the RB painting and calligraphy work, but also helped him transport back the 56 and a half and go through the corresponding procedures.

"The EU gun license is still Class B. It is not an easy document to obtain." As a former soldier, Fan Meng knows these things very well. Compared with Class C and D certificates, this Class B certificate is allowed to possess up to three long guns and two pistols.

However, compared with the Class A document, which is basically impossible to apply for, this document does not allow the possession of any military weapons or automatic weapons. It is also not allowed to carry firearms with integrated ammunition in urban areas and other residential areas.

"I only have a Category C license, so I can only hold pure single-shot civilian long guns, and I can't carry pistols." Fan Meng shrugged and said, "You are really lucky to be able to meet a big boss to help you handle these things. "

"You can play with this semi-automatic later." Liang En said, "I remember that there is an area in the ranch that is a shooting range. It seems that the previous ranch owner built it himself."

"Okay, I'm going to play with guns." After carrying the things, Fan Meng used the excuse of playing with guns to leave the underground bunker. After he left, Liang En began to inspect the items that had been shipped all the way from the United States. those antiques.

After getting ready, he first opened the rectangular wooden box containing RB's calligraphy, then took out a scroll and slowly unfolded it, gradually revealing a scroll that had turned brown.

There are not many words on the scroll, only four lines excluding the signature. Fortunately, ancient RB respected Chinese culture very much, so all these texts were written in Chinese instead of Japanese.

"Who can come to the Zen Xu Hall in the south of Xumi is not even worth half a cent?" After reading the words on the paper softly, Liang En showed a thoughtful look.

Although he couldn't see the meaning of what was written on this thing for the time being, he could feel a strong sense of arrogance and some kind of enlightenment hidden under the arrogance.

"The person who can write such a thing must be an eminent monk." Liang En thought about it and looked at the last signature, and finally saw the five words Donghai Junyixiu. "Tōkai Jun Ikkyu...Ikkyu!"

After seeing clearly what was written on the signature, Liang En was alert and then his eyes widened, because even if he was not from RB, he was definitely not unfamiliar with this name.

In order to verify his inner thoughts, Liang En took out his mobile phone and started searching. As a result, he not only found out the specific identity of the person who signed the signature, but also found out what the article was.

Just as he thought before, this Tokai Jun Ikkyu is the Ikkyu brother in the cartoon "Smart Ikkyu" that Liang En watched when he was a child.

There are many stories about him. If you can sum it up briefly, it is that he is an eminent monk similar to the ancient Chinese Taoist monks, that is, the Living Buddha Jigong.

Now that Liang En has obtained this handwriting, it was in 1481 that the eighty-eight-year-old Yixiu wrote a death verse when he was dying.

What Liang En didn't know was that the handwriting appearing here reflected different places in two similar worlds. In the previous world where Liang En was, this handwriting had been preserved in the Pearl Temple in RB Kyoto.

In this world, this handwritten letter was sold in 1944 and has been missing ever since, leaving only a few blurry photos from the 1930s.

The reason for this difference is that in this world, the U.S. bombing of RB at the end of World War II also included Kyoto. The entire city suffered considerable damage, and the fate of a large number of people and objects also changed.

As for the work itself, it mainly embodies the spiritual temperament of tranquility and ease. It is also the final summary and reflection of Zen Master Ikkyu Sect's life of poetry, calligraphy and Zen cultivation.

At that time, Mr. Bruce valued this item at US$70,000 to 80,000. It was most likely because the calligraphy work itself was a niche within a niche, so the other party did not recognize the importance and preciousness of the work at all when valuing it. .

Out of caution, Liang Enshi used a [Appraisal (N)] card. Soon, row after row of tiny words appeared in front of him, and he understood the origin of this handwriting of Master Ikkyu.

[The last handwritten note left by Zen Master Ikkyu before his death. Before the end of World War II, due to large-scale bombing, this handwritten note left the Pearl Monastery and was resold. 】

[After the end of World War II, this important calligraphy and Buddhist work finally left RB and went to the United States after being resold many times, where it has been preserved to this day. 】

And just when these words finally appeared, two cards were exploded. One of them is the common [Detection (N), while the other one is [Japanese (R)].

[Japanese (R): As a Buddhist master, the biggest impression given by Zen Master Ikkyu is his witty words, through which others can realize the power of Buddhism.

Enhanced card (one-time use), consuming this card will allow the user to master all Japanese listening, speaking, reading and writing from the Heian era to today. 】

"It's not Buddhism." Although Liang En was a little surprised that the cards printed on this work were different from what he imagined, he was also happy to be able to master Japanese fluently.

After all, Master Yixiu is an eminent monk. If the Buddhist teachings he obtained from him this time were particularly profound, Liang En could not guarantee that his will would not be significantly affected and he would become a monk.

After confirming the true identity of the RB calligraphy, Liang En put the calligraphy into the special safe he had bought for a lot of money. And used the [Japanese (R)] card.

Then he solemnly took out the small box containing the gold-plated silver ring from the box, preparing to check the origin of the ring whose origin could not be seen before.

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This ring is a gold-plated silver ring with diamond-shaped decoration on the outside and some patterns on the side walls.

The surface of the ring adopts a unique triangular prism design and is engraved with the Gothic English letters "IHS" and "MAR", which represent important Christian religious figures.

But to be honest, this kind of religious-shaped rings were very common in that era. It can even be said that eight out of ten were of this type. If it were not for the small cross on the box, this ring would have sold for 200 pounds. Taller.

As for the smaller hand size, it does not mean that the owner is a woman, because for warriors of that era, in order to avoid affecting the use of weapons, they often wore the ring on the ring finger or even the little finger.

"It seems that I can only use one more card." After carefully inspecting the ring itself and the box, Liang En found that he couldn't see the origin of this thing and could only use another [Appraisal (N)] card. Card.

"How is this possible?" After looking at the information from the card, Liang En's eyes widened. Because this time, the information sent back to him by the card was something he had never seen before.

[This is a ring from the 15th century, produced in Europe, and has been owned by many famous historical figures in history]

[In the 20th century, this ring left the United Kingdom and was brought to the United States. The remaining information cannot be read through the power of faith because the card user is not high enough. 】

"There are actually things that cannot be identified by cards." Seeing this, Liang En looked at his main card [Historical Explorer (Elementary) (UR)] and fell into deep thought.

Obviously, the history behind this item may be more important than all the cultural relics Liang En found before, so that at his current level, he cannot even know the story behind this item.

"But the question is how to upgrade this main card." Liang En looked at the glass-like main card with a headache, and looked thoughtful, because everything in this card system had to be explored by himself, so naturally he couldn't Know how to upgrade.

But thinking about it, since this thing is called a historical explorer, then the upgrade should be to search for various historical relics and rediscover them.

After realizing this, Liang En could only shake his head helplessly, and then put the ring back into the oak box. It seems that it may take some time to figure out what this ring is.

After going out, I found Fan Meng test-firing 56 and a half at the ranch. It has to be said that as a professional soldier, his level of shooting is much better than that of someone like Liang En who was purely indoctrinated.

"Come and try." After seeing Liang En come out of the basement, Fan Meng emptied the chamber of the gun and placed it on the table. "Since I am responsible for your safety, I have to see what your level is."

"No problem." Liang En nodded, and then used the crude equipment on the field to carry out shooting training that imitated actual combat using the tactical movements in his mind.

"You haven't been hiding from everyone in recent years to join the army, right? No, joining the army won't be like this." After Liang En completed his shooting and confirmed that it was safe, Fan Meng showed a surprised look.

Because Liang En said before that he only learned how to shoot by following the content on the Internet and a little individual training, but now it seems that Liang En's shooting method is no different from that of soldiers who have received formal training.

"What did you see from my shooting just now?" After putting the gun on the table, Liang En walked up to Fan Meng and asked. "Why did you say joining the army wouldn't be like this?"

"Because those habits of yours are the habits of the East German army." Fan Meng said directly. "You know there are people from our Foreign Legion everywhere. After the end of the Cold War, a group of East German soldiers joined the Foreign Legion, so I know this better."

"So now I believe that you are indeed a genius in this area. At least those who can learn this level through self-study are very rare. I have only seen one or two even in the Foreign Legion."

"So next we just need to practice our coordination a little bit." Fan Meng said after the praise. "After all, we have each received professional training, so for us now, the most important thing is to strengthen the tacit understanding of cooperation."

So in the next three days, the two went to a shooting range near Dublin to practice various shooting methods and the most important coordination. Fortunately, both of them had received training in this area, so they got along very quickly.

"Okay, I think training to this level is enough." Fan Meng said to Liang En after declining several invitations from the shooting range owner to hire him as a CQB tactics instructor.

"After all, we are going to hunt for treasures and not be mercenaries, so we only need to strengthen the basics in this aspect. We can learn more other things slowly. We are not in a hurry to use these skills anyway."

"By the way, what are we going to do next?" Fan Meng asked curiously after the training. "I have also checked online in the past two days to see if our job is to detect the wasteland with metal detectors and then dig out anything that reacts."

"This is just part of our job." After walking out of the shooting range, Liang En shook his phone and said, "We will go to Surrey next, because there is an entire old community there that needs to be demolished. So we are going to help them clean it up. attic."

Maybe it's because the climate in the UK is relatively humid, so people are generally used to throwing all kinds of unnecessary things into the attic, so there may be a lot of good things left in the attic.

For treasure hunters like Lawrence, each attic is like a lottery ticket, which may lead to something valuable.

So the two people returned to London that day and made do with each other in Liang En's house for a night. The next day they drove the truck to Guildford, the county seat of Surrey in the west.

The city is not large, with a population of only 140,000 even today, and is located in the rolling hills of the Surrey countryside. In the past, Guildford gradually became an important stopover between the capital and the port because it was located between London and Portsmouth.

It's a great place for travelers, and from a heritage perspective, the city is home to the University of Surrey and Guildford Cathedral, while retaining the traditional cobbled center street and riverside walk. .

The city also has modern shopping and entertainment facilities. With nearly 240 retailers and hundreds of restaurants and cafes, Guildford High Street is a shopper's paradise.

But none of this has anything to do with Liang En and the others. After arriving in the city, the two people drove directly to an old community on the northwest edge of the city, preparing to participate in a small auction organized by the city government.

"Are you sure you can really find good things in this place?" After getting off the car, Fan Meng said while looking at a row of dilapidated houses on the roadside.

No wonder he thought so, because the paint on these houses was mottled and the glass on the windows was also broken. All kinds of weeds and shrubs grew wildly in the garden, and the condition looked really bad.

"Only in places like this can you find good things." Liang En said after looking carefully, "In our industry, the more glamorous the houses, the better. It is easier to make money on houses like this that are older."

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After getting off the car, Liang En and the others quickly found the auction organizer who was surrounded by a group of treasure hunters. After waiting here for more than half an hour, the auction started soon.

Because this was not a formal auction, the various procedures were naturally not very formal. Only after everyone had almost arrived did the other party announce the rules of the auction.

Maybe the auction party hopes to make more money at this auction, so this auction chose a hidden bid instead of an explicit bid.

According to the rules, the organizer will take them past those houses in turn and stop at the door of each house for five minutes. Then everyone will place a secret bid together, and the one with the highest price will win.

"What can be seen from this!" After listening to the organizer announcing the rules, Fan Meng looked at the row of small buildings in front of him with a puzzled face. In his eyes, although the styles of these dilapidated buildings were different, they were not visible at all. Which one is more valuable?

"Of course we can see a lot of things." Because the two parties may have to work together for a long time in the future, Liang En whispered some knowledge in this area to Fan Meng.

"You see, these houses are single-family rooms with gardens, so compared with the common townhouses in urban areas, these places are often occupied by high-end white-collar workers or small businessmen."

"I understand, that is to say, because the people in this place are relatively rich, it is easy to find valuable things in the room." Fan Meng was just not familiar with these aspects, so Liang En understood it as soon as he explained What exactly is going on.

"Yes, although expensive boxes may not contain valuable things, the probability of valuable things being contained in those expensive boxes is always much greater than that of being contained in broken boxes."

Now that he has said this, Liang En doesn't mind saying more. "But the problem is, what you can see can often be seen by others."

These small buildings all look similar, with the mottled paint and broken glass looking a bit miserable. However, the state of preservation is much better than the buildings that Liang En saw before that even had their roofs collapsed.

If there are no accidents, there will be many things in this kind of room that can be preserved to this day, and they are like treasures to treasure hunters like Liang En.

However, these treasures have attracted quite a lot of people today, and there are even several big guys who are well-known in the treasure hunting industry and own companies or clubs.

So even though Liang En took advantage of his abundant liquidity and bid on all 16 houses in this row, he only won one house in the end.

"The eyes of those veterans are really sharp. They took over the three houses I was most optimistic about." After paying the money and getting the keys, Liang En said to Fan Meng as he walked towards the room.

"Fortunately, I didn't miss out on this guaranteed house, so I won't go back empty-handed."

"Then why don't we add a little more money and focus on bidding on the rooms you like?" Fan Meng asked with some confusion. "If we keep adding more money, I think we should be able to get one or two of those three rooms."

"This may be because everyone's habits are different." Liang En said as he walked to the door of the room.

"I don't like to take too many risks, so every time I bid, I will set a maximum limit. If it exceeds the maximum limit, no matter how attractive it is, I will choose to give up."

With that said, Liang En used the old bronze key to unlock the door of the room, then pushed the door open and walked in. Just as the two people opened the door, a gust of wind blew in and kicked up the dust in the corridor.

"Okay, where do we start looking?" Fan Meng looked at the completely rotten furniture placed next to the broken glass window, and turned to Liang En beside him to ask. "And - what are we looking for?"

"There are so many things we are looking for. All valuable things are the targets of our search." Liang En glanced around the living room and then said. "But the specific goals can range from various small decorations to furniture."

"Understood." Fan Meng nodded, and then he and Liang En began to search using the living room as the starting point. Soon, Liang En focused his attention on the coffee table covered by a tattered tablecloth in the living room.

"Is there something wrong with this coffee table?" After lifting the rag covering it, Fan Meng looked at the coffee table with drawers with a puzzled look on his face.

Because in his eyes, this coffee table was dusty, without any decoration on it, and the copper handles and pull tabs were also covered with a layer of green rust, making it look unremarkable at all.

"This coffee table should be an oak coffee table that has survived to this day from the Victorian era, and it is very well preserved." Liang En gently knocked on the table top and said, "If this thing is cleaned, it will sell for a thousand dollars." It won't be too difficult to get around the pound."

"Just this coffee table is worth 1,000 pounds!" Fan Meng stared at the inconspicuous coffee table in front of him with wide eyes. If he had come alone, he would definitely not have realized that this coffee table was actually worth so much money.

"Don't forget, I spent 2,150 pounds to buy this room, so there is a coffee table worth 1,000 pounds in the room. It is not a strange thing." Liang En said after looking around the living room.

"But it seems that this is the only valuable thing in this living room. As for the other furniture, I think it is not qualified even for burning the fireplace."

The reason why he said this was because the remaining furniture in this room was made of pine wood and plywood. After such a long time, they were all cracked, and some were even moldy.

Originally, Liang En thought the wool carpet pattern near the house looked interesting, so he planned to roll it up and clean it, and maybe sell it for tens of hundreds of pounds.

As a result, after grabbing it with hands and lifting it up, a palm-sized piece of carpet was torn directly from the main body of the carpet. Taking a closer look, Liang Encai discovered that although the carpet looked good, it was basically rotten and could not even be lifted off.

After the living room was inspected, there was the kitchen and dining room. Unfortunately, this house was used until the 1960s and 1970s, so everything inside was replaced with items from that era, so it has little value.

But just when Liang En was about to leave after looking at the pile of junk in the kitchen, he found that Fan Meng had been standing at the door of the kitchen staring at the top of the door, as if he had discovered something.

"What did you find?" Liang En walked to Fan Meng and asked.

"I think there might be something hidden in the center." Fan Meng stood up on his toes and took a look before saying. "Because the beam of the door frame was pressed down a bit seriously, the entire beam was bent into an arc, which should not be the case under normal circumstances."

"That's true." After standing in the kitchen and taking a look, Liang En also realized that something was wrong with the door beam.

So he asked Fan Meng to go out and get the handsaw from the car, while he found a sturdy wooden stool in the room to try, then climbed up and cut the beams with the handsaw.

Soon, he discovered that the middle of the beam was actually empty, and the space inside was filled with nearly square newspaper bags wrapped in yellowed newspapers.

"This thing is quite heavy, it should be hard currency." After Liang En jumped off the chair, Fan Meng pointed to the six small square paper bags on the table with a smile on his face. "I don't think anyone would be bored enough to put lead weights on doorframes."

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After getting Liang En's permission, Fan Meng quickly cleared away the old newspapers. Then pieces of gray-black metal ingots glowing with metallic light were revealed inside. "Oh - this seems to be silver."

After gently picking up the two pieces and touching them, Fan Meng showed an excited expression on his face. As a result, when he turned around, he found Liang En holding a piece of silver and frowning.

At this time, Liang En had already measured the size of this thing with the small tape measure he carried with him, and found that each silver ingot was basically 6cm long and 3.5cm wide. It is 1.5cm thick and has many scratches and black oxidation marks on it.

"Boss, this is money." Looking at Liang En's expression, Fan Meng showed a puzzled expression. "And I think these things must be old antiques."

In Fan Meng's opinion, this aged precious metal ingot should fully meet the definition of treasure, so he couldn't understand why Liang En was not excited at all.

Liang En was speechless looking at the excited Fan Meng, but since he was his assistant, he had to explain at this time to prevent Fan Meng from falling into trouble one day.

"This thing is called archway ingot, also known as assessed silver and saddle ingot. It is named because its shape resembles the ancient archway building. It was cast during the Guangxu and Xuantong years of the Qing Dynasty and lasted for more than thirty years until it was withdrawn from circulation in the early Republic of China. Circulated in the southwestern region of China."

"Due to the implementation of the "Abolition of Two and Reform of Yuan" in the early years of the Republic of China, a large part of this silver was recycled and recast into silver dollars, and not much remains today."

After hearing what Liang En said, Fan Meng became even more confused. Because according to Liang En, this type of silver ingot, known as the archway ingot, has a short release time, a small scope, and a small remaining quantity. Then it should be more valuable.

"I remember you know Chinese, so you can take a look at what the words are written on it." Seeing Fan Meng's confused look, Liang En smiled, then pointed to the words on one of the pieces of silver and said.

Although Fan Meng looks like a combination of Chinese and Western, he was forced by his father to learn Chinese since he was a child. Therefore, he still recognized the stamps on these silver bars, so he quickly read out the Chinese characters on the silver bars.

"Guang Bao Tong Xu Tian Bao Di Bao" After recognizing those messy Chinese characters, Fan Meng also frowned. Because not only does the content of these words make no sense at all, but the structure of the words is also very bad, just like a child's graffiti.

"Because these are not silver coins minted in China at all, but imitations from Southeast Asian countries." Liang En directly revealed the answer. It turns out that although the southwest border of China was remote, it had prosperous international trade.

In the border trade between local merchants and neighboring countries such as Thailand, Myanmar, and Laos, the circulation rate of silver dollars is not high, and a large amount of silver is still needed as hard currency in trade.

Therefore, those silver ingots from various provinces in China, including the archway ingots, that had been withdrawn from circulation, were transformed into international trade currencies, and were even finally regarded as a kind of local legal currency.

In this way, in addition to obtaining a large amount of silver ingots through trade, those Southeast Asian countries will also cast a batch of silver ingots according to the style and shape of traditional Chinese silver ingots to meet international trade and local circulation.

However, due to the differences in language, culture and technical conditions between countries, the silver ingots cast cannot compare with those of China in terms of craftsmanship or writing level. The casting quality is rough, the quality is chaotic, and the inscriptions are full of errors.

For example, Liang En and the others have now found that the inscription "Guangbao Tongxu" on these silver ingots is a misspelling of "Guangxu Tongbao". They should refer to the copper coin inscriptions but do not understand the order of ring reading.

As for the Tianbao Dibao at the back, it comes from traditional Chinese folk money used to pray for blessings and ward off disasters. It is probably printed here to allow these silver ingots to obtain the blessing and supervision of the gods.

"In other words, these silver coins are just poor imitations of genuine silver ingots?" Fan Meng shrugged helplessly after hearing what Liang En said. He thought he would find the treasure the first time he worked, but now it seems that is not the case.

"Yes, because the quality of these silvers is obviously not as good as genuine silver ingots, and the output and stock are also very large." Liang En nodded. "So the price of these silver ingots in the market is equivalent to their equivalent weight of silver."

"Each of these silver ingots is five taels of silver from China in the past, which is equivalent to about 170 grams today. If placed on the market, each piece should be sold for about 100 pounds."

"That's not a small number." Fan Meng had already adjusted his emotions at this time. "After all, even in a place like London, the per capita monthly income is only over 3,300 pounds, so 600 pounds should be higher than most people's weekly salary."

As for the reason why these silver ingots were hidden on the door frame, Liang En also found out from the newspapers wrapping these silver ingots. The dates on these newspapers were all between May and August 1940.

That time period coincided with the disastrous defeat of the British Expeditionary Force on the European continent in the early stages of World War II. Although it retained its effective strength through the Dunkirk evacuation, its weapons were almost exhausted. At the same time, the German Air Force began bombing various British cities.

For the British people, the entire country is in chaos at this time, and war may ignite in Britain at any time. Therefore, many British people chose to exchange for some precious metals and hide them in order to survive that chaotic time.

This silver should have been hidden by the people who lived here at that time. As for why it is Southeast Asian silver ingots, it is normal. After all, Britain was an empire on which the sun never sets, and it looted all over the world, so it is normal for silver from other countries to appear.

After putting away the silver, Liang En and the others began to search other places, but unfortunately, except for the oak coffee table and silver ingots, they did not find anything valuable on the first floor.

And when the two people climbed to the second floor, they discovered that compared to the first floor, the things on the second floor were obviously inferior to the first floor in terms of value.

The reason for this situation is that compared to the public space on the first floor, the private space on the second floor will change the contents every time the owner of the room changes, so there is not much valuable left at all. thing.

Although the things placed on the second floor are much better preserved than those on the first floor because the glass on the windows on the second floor is intact, these things from the 1960s and 1970s are really uninspiring.

To take the simplest example, there is an old-fashioned TV with a large picture tube placed in the bedroom and guest room on the second floor. It seems to be forty or fifty years old. But it can only be regarded as electronic waste.

But when the two men climbed to the attic, the situation changed again. In addition to a large pile of rags deep in the attic, they found a box about the same size as a car trunk.

"This is a camphor wood box from Southeast Asia." After wiping off the dust on the box and looking at the patterns on it, and then getting closer and smelling it, Liang En looked at the surrounding area in front of him, which was hooped with several rings of reinforcing iron. said the big box.

"Such a large camphor wood box can be sold for at least more than a hundred pounds. More importantly, this type of box is often used to store some important items. If there is something inside, we will really make a profit this time."

After speaking, Liang En used the ax in his hand to smash open the big rusty lock on the box, and then opened the lid.

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The opened camphor wood box was filled with various strips of cloth and waste paper. After reaching in, Liang En and the others took out one piece of metal utensil after another.

After Liang En and the others spent more than ten minutes, they finally cleared out all the things inside, and then placed a huge pile on the floor of the attic.

The items included six candlesticks, four beer glasses, two plates, a teapot, four teacups, two boxes, a picture frame, seven large and small jars and six palm-sized animal statues.

"These should be tin products." After taking a cup with his hand and shaking it, Liang En quickly determined some basic information about these things. "And it looks like it was a product of the British Straits Settlements 80 or 90 years ago."

The reason why Liang En dared to be so sure was because he used an [Appraisal (N)] card on the largest plate. The card shows that the plate was manufactured in 1917 in Kuala Lumpur, which was then part of the British Straits Settlements.

"It turns out this is made of tin, no wonder it looks gray." Fan Meng showed a look of understanding after hearing what Liang En said, and then asked sheepishly. "By the way, how much are these things worth?"

"It's hard to say, but it shouldn't be a big problem to sell the box together for more than 2,700 pounds." Liang En said after looking at the pile of things and thinking for a while, "Because I looked at the stamps on these tin wares, they are all The best kind of low-lead tin."

"As you know, metallic tin is easily mixed with lead during the refining process. Once the lead content exceeds the standard, these tin products are not suitable for holding food or drinks."

"So compared to the lead-containing tin ware produced in greater quantities, this kind of lead-free tin ware can often be sold at a price that is several percent higher than the lead-containing counterparts, not to mention that these items are still considered antiques."

But apart from the box, they had nothing of particular value in the room. Even when they used a metal detector, they only found a few small-denomination copper and nickel coins.

However, after moving the coffee table and the camphor box out of the room, Liang En and the others, realizing that there were still two or three hours before the end, finally took down the bronze chandelier in the living room.

It wasn't that two people were sabotaging it, but that they realized that the bronze chandelier might be worth some money. And that was exactly what happened. After the bronze chandelier was removed, Liang En discovered that the chandelier was actually an old-fashioned candle-style chandelier.

"It's a pity that during the renovation, all the structures used to put down the chandelier were dismantled, and several holes were drilled inside to place wires." Liang En sighed after inspecting the chandelier.

"A complete chandelier can sell for at least 1,800 pounds on the market, but after such a transformation, I estimate that the selling price will only be about 500 pounds."

"Let me do the math." Fan Meng immediately did the math, "600 plus 1000 plus 2700 plus 500. That means we found 4,800 pounds of stuff inside this time. After deducting 2,150 pounds of auction fees and 100 pounds of miscellaneous expenses Then he made £2,250."

"This is just an estimate. It really depends on how much money we make this time or it needs to be sold before we can finally determine it." Liang En said with a shrug.

An hour later, two people appeared in Pierce's shop. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Pierce walking up enthusiastically. "Lawrence, the Viking gadgets you consigned to me last time were sold for a total of 350 pounds."

After high-fiving Liang En, he focused on Fan Meng behind him. "Who is this--"

"This is Fan Meng. The relationship with my family started from my father's generation. We have a very good relationship, so now I ask him to be my assistant." Liang En introduced Pierce.

"Hello, you can call me Pierre." Fan Meng stepped forward and shook hands with Pierce. "Nice to meet you."

"Me too." After shaking hands with Fan Meng, Pierce turned to look at Liang En and asked, "Did you come here today because you found something while working? I think you came in that truck."

"Yes, I went for a trip to Surrey today. Although I didn't find any good treasures, I still got some valuable things." Liang En nodded, and then the three of them took the things from the car together. Things were moved.

All the things were quickly moved out of the car, and then Pierce checked what Liang En and the others found. Ten minutes later, he stood up from the coffee table.

"If you package these things and sell them, I'd be willing to pay £5,000."

"This is a bit more than I thought. I thought this thing was worth at most 4,800 pounds at the time." Because the two were friends, Liang En directly stated his previous estimate. "How did you estimate the price here at 5,000 pounds?"

"The main thing is this coffee table. It should be from the mid-Victorian era, and it is very well preserved." Pierce said, pointing to the coffee table on the ground.

"And I happened to meet a rich man from India recently. This rich man just bought a new house in Knightsbridge. He hopes to decorate it in a Victorian style. I can just ask him to sell this coffee table at a high price."

"It seems that you have been very lucky recently." After hearing what Pierce said, Liang En stepped forward and lightly hammered his shoulder and said, "By the way, are there any new sources of goods that you can recommend to me recently?"

"I'm looking for it for you, but because Christmas has just passed, there is really not much information." Pierce shook his head helplessly.

"Now I only have one business in Dundee, Scotland, which involves cleaning up a warehouse. However, the photos I asked locals to take showed that the warehouse was basically empty and I had to pay 1,500 pounds. It was really too much. A bit of a loss."

After speaking, Pierce sent several photos to Liang En. After looking at the photos, Liang En felt that the owner of this warehouse probably wanted to defraud money, so he offered such a price.

Because the warehouse had obviously been tidied up by the warehouse manager. Although the other party put some valuable things outside, you could see through the gap that there was a pile of garbage behind it.

This is actually a common situation in auctions, where the seller of the warehouse disguises the true value of the items in the room by adjusting the placement direction of the items in advance, and uses deception to obtain more money.

"Forget it, it's not worth a trip to Scotland for this pile of rubbish." Liang En shook his head and said. "I'd better check online. Maybe I can find some other information."

After leaving Pierce's store with the money, Liang En and Fan Meng returned to their rented apartment in London. As soon as he arrived at the door, he saw the apartment manager coming over with a thick stack of letters.

"You must be Lawrence." Because Liang En and Fan Meng are the only East Asians renting in the entire apartment, the administrator can recognize Liang En even if he has not been renting here for a long time.

"Yes, what's the matter?" "Here are your letters." The fat black aunt put a lot of letters into Liang En's hand and said.

"There have been letters almost every day since you left here before Christmas, and they didn't stop until the last two days."

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"Thank you! I'm really sorry to trouble you." After taking the pile of letters. Liang En smiled and nodded, then returned to his room with the letters.

After returning to the room, he opened the letters one by one and found that except for two letters, which were advertisements and bills, the remaining letters came from a series of museums such as the British Empire Museum, the Hermitage Museum in Russia, and the Louvre Museum in France. Department of Ancient Egyptian Antiquities.

Obviously, the translation of some common words in ancient Egyptian in Liang En's third paper suddenly attracted a group of big names in this field of research, so they sent letters one after another asking about this aspect.

In addition to the request for communication between the two parties, almost every letter was accompanied by several photos of ancient Egyptian text, and it was stated that Liang En could help translate the content in the photos.

It was not difficult to translate these ancient Egyptian texts written on papyrus and carved on wood or stone tablets, so Liang En quickly translated everything above and followed the email address on the letter one by one. Sent over.

As a result, when he sent the last translation, his email box started ringing. After clicking on the email in his mailbox, he was surprised to find that Dr. Louis, the curator of the Egyptian Museum at the Louvre, had actually replied to him.

"Do the French move so fast?" Looking at this email, Liang En's eyes widened violently, because this was definitely not as efficient as his impression of the French doing things.

Of course, Liang En didn't know that his article had been read and highly recognized by this group of French Egyptology experts from the Louvre before it was published. Therefore, the other party kept an eye on Liang En's mailbox, and would alert him whenever there was any movement. reply.

The content of this email is very interesting because it is an invitation letter. Invite Liang En to participate in an archaeological mission to Egypt in two weeks.

Obviously, because these papers of Liang En demonstrated his attainments in ancient Egyptian language. Only these people from the Ancient Egypt Museum of the Louvre would send him an invitation to go to Egypt to conduct on-site archaeology.

In most people's imagination, archeology means searching for buried treasures and traveling to exotic places. Use your toothbrush and dental tools to carefully dig something out of the soil.

But in fact, in most cases of archeology, archaeologists don't know how to do it, and naturally have nothing in common with their counterparts on the screen like Indiana Jones.

To take the simplest example, anything you find in these formal archaeological efforts does not and should not belong to the discoverer. The most valuable parts will be sent to national or regional museums for public exhibition.

But most of it will be put into boxes or bags and stored in local museums, universities or other places for scholars to study.

From an archaeological perspective, post-mortem research is more important than excavation work. A 6-7 week excavation may require scholars to study for two years or even longer before publishing the research results.

In other words, if Liang En is willing to go to Egypt to participate in this archaeological operation, it is basically impossible for him to gain any economic benefits. Considering that he was also unable to do his job during this period, it was equivalent to losing money.

But on the other hand, participating in these archaeological works was beneficial to his personal reputation, which was very important for many things to come.

What's more important is that if he really finds some important relics in history, even if he doesn't get anything materially, the cards he gets are enough to make him feel that it's a worthwhile trip.

More importantly, because of the subtle differences between the two worlds. Therefore, there are several countries in this world that have conditionally opened certain regulations related to personal treasure hunting. Therefore, Liang En still has a chance to take away some treasures from this area.

Of course, the reason why Liang En did this was entirely because he had that set of magical cards. Therefore, he is fully qualified to find all kinds of treasures without violating any laws.

After making up his mind, Liang En walked out of his room to discuss the matter with Fan Meng. Because Liang En was invited as a scholar. The scholars who are generally invited are not only celebrities, but also often older.

So in this case, the inviting party will not only give the scholar a place, but also give them one or two student places.

In order to treat everyone equally, even though Liang En was young and not well-known, the other party still gave him a place as an entourage with food, accommodation and travel expenses included.

"Of course I want to go with you. Didn't we make an appointment in advance?" Fan Meng said directly after hearing this, "Besides, I am familiar with North Africa, so I might be able to help you. ."

Because the French colonies were mainly concentrated in West Africa and North Africa, the other country's national interests in Africa were basically concentrated there. In this case, the Foreign Legion is often deployed in this area.

Therefore, during Fan Meng's previous military service, his overseas deployment time was basically all completed in the Sahara Desert and nearby areas, so he is naturally familiar with a large area including Egypt.

After finalizing the personnel, Liang En sent copies of the passports of the two people to the Louvre Museum via fax.

The biggest advantage of this trip for them is that the Louvre Museum will handle all the procedures for them, so they don't have to worry about it themselves.

Ten days later, the two prepared people took a plane with two large suitcases and flew straight to Paris, France to meet the scientific expedition team of the Louvre Museum.

At first, they were worried that having too much luggage would cause dissatisfaction from others.

As a result, after they were reunited, they discovered that the archaeological team from the Louvre Museum had a lot of luggage. The wooden and iron boxes with lead seals on them alone could fill a standard small container.

"This time we will take a batch of carry-on luggage and fly directly to Egypt to start preliminary inspection work. These large luggage will be transported by train to Marseille and then directly shipped to Egypt."

After Liang En met the archaeological team, a young staff member named Bernard told him about the process, "So if you have any big things that are difficult to carry, you can send them directly with these things."

"Thank you, but we don't have much stuff, so it should be no problem to carry it with you." Liang En said with a smile. "By the way, I know that I didn't say the location of this inspection before due to confidentiality, but I should be able to say it now."

"Sorry, no one knows the location of this inspection except the leader, Mr. Jacques." Bernard said with a helpless shrug. "Because we want to prevent some illegal diggers from reaching the target before us."

"Okay, I understand." Liang En nodded and said, then handed his supply list to Mr. Bernard.

"You did the right thing. At least I hope to find something truly valuable this time instead of helping a group of tomb robbers clean up the mess."

"Thank you for your understanding." Bernard smiled and took the list. "Of course, there are still some things that can be revealed. For example, our target this time is the ruins of an Egyptian fortress near the mouth of the Nile—"

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"I didn't expect that the other party would not tell us our destination this time." After Bernard completed the basic registration and left, Fan Meng whispered to Liang En.

As a former soldier of the Foreign Legion, Fan Meng's French proficiency can be said to be very good among non-native French speakers, so he naturally knows what Bernard just said.

"To be honest, this feels as bad as if we didn't give out mission goals before we carried out the mission. I hate this feeling of facing the unknown."

"There's nothing we can do about it." Liang En spread his hands and shook his head helplessly. "After all, illegal excavation is so rampant on the eastern and southern coasts of the Mediterranean, so we must prevent some bad situations from happening."

In fact, the act of robbing antiquities also has a very ancient history. In ancient Egypt, some pharaohs and nobles even had their tombs stolen shortly after they were buried.

For people in some regions and cultures, digging for antiquities is a way of life, usually something the poor have to do in order to survive.

To take the simplest example, in some war-torn areas, shops are closed and fields are burned, and there is no possibility of going out to make a living. In this case, if a person digs up some antiquities to sell them in order to support his family, it is difficult for people to blame him.

But the problem is that in many areas, illegal excavation activities have become large-scale activities. In those chaotic areas, some guys will loot some relics and even destroy them in the end.

For example, during the turmoil in Egypt in the past few years, various illegal excavation operations suddenly increased. At least the number of various robbery holes on the ground has increased significantly.

What's even worse is the fact that most of these stolen cultural relics end up in auction houses in New York or London, or even put up for sale publicly on eBay.

This situation illustrates from the side that behind many illegal excavation operations is not just a simple purpose of local people to make money, but a link in the international black market of cultural relics.

Also for this reason. Therefore, formal archaeological teams like them have to choose to hide their investigation destination. Avoid well-informed thieves who dig in and destroy the site.

After staying in Paris for a day, they took a plane directly to Cairo.

Because the plane was an Egyptian airline, the attendants all spoke English with an Egyptian accent. So Liang En and the others could only guess what the service staff on the plane were talking about.

Since it is winter now, the climate in Cairo, which is located on the Mediterranean coast, is pretty good. It is not as hot as expected after leaving the airport.

When everyone arrived at the suburban hotel they had contacted with their luggage, Professor Jacques, the team leader, announced that everyone could disperse and go out for a walk. Of course, the other party specifically reminded everyone to try to go to crowded places and not to wander into shantytowns.

So after exchanging a large number of Egyptian pounds on the first floor of the hotel, Liang En and Fan Meng went out to go to the city center. Unlike in London, taxi drivers here don't use meters at all.

Fortunately, it only costs 3 euros to get from here to the city center, so Liang En didn't bother to negotiate the price, but just agreed, got on the bus and went straight to the city.

Soon, the car drove onto the avenue leading to the city center. Although there were no guardrails around this avenue and were all concrete blocks, the two-way eight-lane road was really well built.

In particular, this road had neither a speed limit nor a traffic light, so with the driver's furious driving, it took them less than half the time expected to arrive near Cairo's Tahrir Square in the city center, where Liang En and their target was the Cairo National Museum. There.

To be honest, Liang En would rather not save this little time. Because the Cairo drivers on the road were driving too wildly. If they disagreed, they would snake on the straights and accelerate through corners.

In addition, Liang En was a little uncomfortable with the heavily armed checkpoints before entering the city. Fortunately, Liang En and the others had Asian faces and looked like tourists. So I was just checked up and down with a metal detector, and I didn't enjoy the full-body pat down by the armed police.

"Since we are here to inspect ancient Egyptian cultural relics and ruins this time, we must come here to take a look." Looking at the double-story luxury stone building opposite the square, Liang En introduced to Fan Meng. "This is one of the top museums in the world."

"You can see it." Fan Meng looked at the armed guards around the museum and said, "If this place wasn't important, there wouldn't be so many armed guards."

The walls of the National Museum in Cairo are surrounded by a post every three steps and a sentry every five steps, all of which are armed guards with guns. After entering, I discovered that I needed to pass three checks to get in, and I also had to be searched when I went out.

However, the fare here is not expensive, a ticket only costs 100 Egyptian pounds, which is equivalent to 4.6 pounds. And this ticket also includes the main exhibition hall and Tutankhamen Hall.

Interestingly, above the price list next to the ticket office, it says in English and Arabic that photography is prohibited in the museum, and next to this line it says, unless you purchase a photo ticket.

After buying two tickets and a photo ticket, Liang En and Fan Meng walked into the exhibition hall, and were shocked as soon as they entered the exhibition hall.

The exhibition hall on the first floor is filled with huge statues from various temples. Some of them are obviously damaged and should be placed here for repair, while the other part is very precious and not suitable to be displayed outside.

The density of artefacts in this museum makes it look more like a warehouse than the empty museums in London. And most of the sculptures don't even have glass covers, or even fences.

"Hey, we're in contact with history." After looking around, I couldn't find any placards prohibiting touching, and the staff at the venue didn't stop them either. So Fan Meng simply stepped forward and touched the huge statues placed outside.

At this time, Liang En carefully observed all the representative statues and took a bunch of photos focusing on the words on them. Because these words were very valuable to him.

After spending nearly two hours carefully looking at the pile of things on the first floor, the two people went up to the second floor. Different from the large items on the first floor, the second floor is full of small items, giving people the feeling of entering an antique store from a warehouse.

The most eye-catching one is the Tutankhamen Hall. Once you enter, you can see the world-famous golden mask in the center. In addition, the golden cultural relics placed in the museum make people feel like they are in a state of ecstasy.

However, Liang En and Fan Meng spent less time visiting than most tourists because they did not visit the paid royal mummy hall. After all, for Chinese people like them, visiting the golden coffin is the limit, forget about the mummy.

"I really don't understand why so many people are willing to pay to visit the morgue." Fan Meng complained after watching a group of chattering American tourists buying tickets to enter the Royal Mummy Hall, "Don't they think it's unlucky?"

"Europeans don't seem to be so taboo about this." Liang En shrugged. "At least as far as I know, there are several guys in London who not only collect mummies but also keep them in their homes."

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Although due to taboos, Liang En and the others did not visit the royal mummy house, but they still went to a free animal mummy house nearby.

It has to be said that the ancient Egyptians were quite knowledgeable about preserving animal carcasses for a long time, so Liang En and the others saw the mummies of a series of animals such as baboons, crocodiles, lions, cats, etc. in this room.

Compared to the morgue next to it, which houses a series of mummies of ancient Egyptian royals, this room has a much better feeling. At least most of the mummies are stuffed in plaster shells, and they don't look like they have anything. So exciting.

After leaving the museum, it was already 3pm. Because they were very hungry and this place was a tourist area in the city center, Liang En and the others simply followed a group of French tourists to a nearby street to find something to fill their stomachs.

To be honest, things near tourist spots around the world are similar. Things like barbecue stalls exist wherever there are people. It's just that for some reason there is no beer to drink during the barbecue here, and only some tea can be used.

After eating a large portion of barbecue burrito per person and a large glass of freshly squeezed juice, Liang En and the others, who had been so hungry just now, finally came to life and planned their next travel destination.

Because the pyramid will be visited collectively tomorrow, after a brief discussion, Liang En and the others decided to stroll around and look for anything good.

Although Liang En does not intend to purchase any cultural relics discovered through illegal excavation, in order to develop tourism, there will be some state-run souvenir shops near various tourist spots in Egypt.

The difference from Liang En's last world is that some of the functions of Egypt's state-run souvenir shops in this world are a bit like the cultural relics stores operated by China in the early years. Some legal cultural relics can be purchased.

"It feels like all places related to cultural relics in Egypt are arranged in the same style." After entering, Fan Meng whispered to Liang En in Chinese.

Just like the museum just now, the room is full of things here. Various imitations of cultural relics and ancient Egyptian-style artwork occupy almost every inch of the room.

Because of Champollion's gift, after listening to a few words of accented English, Liang En simply started chatting with the clerk in Arabic. After learning the purpose of Liang En and the others coming to the store, the clerk took Liang En to a row of cabinets.

"If you want real cultural relics, they are all in these cabinets." The clerk pointed to five or six glass cabinets and said, "You guys take a look here first, and call me when you like something."

"Are these things legal?" Although he had done his homework beforehand, Liang En still asked, "We are foreign tourists. Can the things we buy here be taken out of customs legally?"

"Of course, and this is the meaning of our stores." The uncle clerk introduced, "If you buy something from us, we will issue you an appraisal certificate so that you can bring those items with you." Things are coming home."

"Why do you feel that everything here is full of junk?" After the clerk left, Fan Meng looked at the things in front of him and said in confusion.

Because the things in the glass cabinet were either some rusty Arab-style copperware, or various stones or mud fragments, only a few gold and silver coins placed in the plastic box looked valuable.

"No, no, no, there are a lot of treasures in here." Liang En looked at the fragments on the clay tablets and stones with sparkling eyes. "They may not have much economic value, but historically they are priceless."

Obviously, Egypt's cultural relics department has a similar level of appraisal of many things as Fan Meng. In their eyes, the value of cultural relics is obviously related to material and size, so naturally some important things will flow into this kind of store.

"And don't forget, in principle, cultural relics before 1883, no matter whether they were unearthed or not, as long as they are newly discovered, cannot even be transported out of Egypt for research, exhibition or exhibition without the special approval of their Ministry of Culture or even higher-ranking officials. Allowed, let alone privately owned."

Liang En had already read the Egyptian laws before coming, so he sighed and looked at the mess in front of him.

"Even though what's sitting here now looks like trash, it's the only legal artifact we can buy in this country."

Because there were so many things piled here, Liang En directly used a [Detection (N)] card in order to avoid missing any good things. In an instant, a white light emerged from the bottom layer of the cabinet.

Bending down, Liang En discovered that the white light emitting there was a small pile of broken clay tablets. After quickly looking at the two lines of cuneiform writing on one of the tablets, he realized that the clay tablet described Gilgamesh in Akkadian.

Gilgamesh is the oldest epic poem of mankind. It originated from the poetry and legends of the Sumerians. The story has different sources and versions. Because the entire epic has been circulated for more than two thousand years, every existing version has None of the versions are complete.

The earliest clay tablets come from ancient Babylon, and together with the Akkadian clay tablets discovered later, form the source of modern translations of Gilgamesh. In the 1870s and 1880s, the entire known epic had been translated.

As for why things from the Middle East were found in Egypt, the reason is very simple. After all, there were extensive exchanges between the countries in the ancient Middle East and ancient Egypt, so it is not uncommon for both sides to find things from the other side in their respective territories.

The biggest reason why the clay tablet that is now Liang En's target appears here and is sold as goods is that it is mixed in a pile of broken clay tablets the size of basketballs on the ground, so it is regarded as a lot of garbage.

And during careful observation, Liang En discovered some interesting things from this large pile of clay tablets. So if there are no surprises, you should be able to cut off a lot of price.

"How much does this pile of clay fragments cost?" After making up his mind, Liang En called the clerk and asked, pointing to the pile of fragments under the counter. "I hope you can give me a more honest price."

"12,000 euros." The clerk took out a book from the back of the cabinet and said after looking at it.

"These things are the oldest here, so although they are fragments from different places and are very damaged, they will not be too cheap because of the writing on them."

"If they are all genuine, then the price is still appropriate." Liang En thought for a moment and nodded, "But it would be inappropriate to sell them at this price if there are fakes inside, right?"

"How could this be forged?" The clerk immediately opened his mouth to argue after hearing this, but immediately closed his mouth before he finished speaking, because Liang En showed him a photo he had just taken.

In the photo, there is a clay tablet circled in red, and the cross section of this clay tablet is inlaid with a piece of plastic sequins commonly used on clothes. Obviously, such a thing could not have existed at the time when these tablets were made.

"Uh - I'm sorry." After bending down and looking at the clay tablets, the clerk immediately bowed to Liang En and then took out his mobile phone to ask for instructions from his superiors. Soon, an Arab in a suit and ties came from outside. Came in.

"Hello, I'm the manager here." The middle-aged man said. "I'm very sorry for the fakes appearing in this pile of clay fragments. So if you still want these things, we will compensate you in the price -"

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"I bought a plastic bag of broken mud flakes for 8,000 euros. This is really unimaginable." Fan Meng said with surprise when he walked out of the souvenir shop with Liang En.

You know, the average monthly salary of programmers in France who are in the upper-middle income category was 3,640 euros last year. In other words, this pile of debris is equivalent to more than two months' salary of a programmer. This is not a huge sum. small amount.

"Because I think there may be something valuable in this thing." Liang En shook the plastic bag in his hand and said, "If a relatively complete clay tablet can be assembled from it, the 8,000 euros will be spent. value."

It was already dark when we returned to the hotel, so the two of them had dinner in the restaurant on the first floor of the hotel and immediately went upstairs to the room to play jigsaw puzzles.

Most of the things in this plastic bag are really just small pieces of ordinary clay tablets, and there are even some modern fakes mixed in. It is not wrong to be sold to tourists as souvenirs.

Of course, Liang En didn't buy this bag of fragments simply to pick out some souvenirs. Soon, he followed the white light and picked out more than a dozen fragments of various sizes from the pile of fragments.

Putting together a dozen fragments was naturally not as difficult as putting together hundreds of fragments here, so in a short period of time, Liang En and Fan Meng pieced together a clay tablet the size of an adult male's palm.

"There is actually a complete clay tablet here." After putting it together, Fan Meng looked at the clay tablet in surprise and said, "By the way, what is written on this clay tablet?"

"Don't worry, let me take a look. Fortunately, I understand Akkadian -" Liang En said, picking up the pen and paper, and then started to translate the words on the clay tablet bit by bit.

"This should be the fifth of the 12 clay tablets in the Epic of Gilgamesh." As he wrote and drew, Liang En gradually translated the content on the clay tablet.

"The first part of the article states that Gilgamesh and Enkidu entered the cedar forest together and killed the strange god Humbaba with the help of the sun god Shamash."

"The next part of the article writes that the two of them cut down a lot of cedar trees here to make rafts, and then carried the cedar trees used to build the temple and Humbaba's head back to Uruk along the Euphrates River. ——"

Liang En said that he connected to the Internet with his laptop, and then compared it with the version translated by a professor at Oxford University more than ten years ago. Soon, he discovered the content recorded on the clay tablet in his hand. There will be more.

The extra content is mainly concentrated at the beginning of the article. Different from the existing version, the content recorded on the clay tablet in Liang En's hand contains some additional descriptions of the sounds heard by the two people after entering the forest, including the chirping of birds and insects. Ming and ape cries etc.

Obviously, this clay tablet is an important addition to a world-class literary classic written 3,000 years ago.

And just when Liang En figured out the identity of this clay tablet, he got three new cards. Two of them are the common [Detection (N), and the last one is a newly obtained R-level card this time, [Poem Singing (R)]

[Poetry Singing (R): In the oldest era, only a few people mastered all kinds of writing, so for most people, the only way to obtain information was through word of mouth.

Therefore, in that era, bards were an indispensable part of the entire society and could play an important role in connecting information and keeping the entire society alive to a certain extent.

Enhancement card (one-time use), consuming this card can allow the user to gain a certain degree of talent in various ancient folk songs and quickly learn various poetry chants. 】

"I don't see any useful abilities at the moment, but I don't see a limit to this skill anyway, so it's not a bad thing to learn a little more."

After choosing this card and using it, Liang En felt that there was something inexplicable in his mind. Although I don't see any use for the time being, getting a new ability is not a bad thing.

The next day was the time for a collective visit to the pyramids. Unlike what many people imagined, the pyramids were not built in some desolate desert, but in the Giza district of Cairo.

"Just like a local saying, humans are afraid of time, and time is afraid of pyramids!" Liang En sighed subconsciously while standing on the sand and looking at the huge pyramid in front of him.

It is a pity that the pyramid was hollowed out 3,000 years ago, and even the tomb robbers from that year have become important archaeological objects today.

Moreover, the ancient Egyptians also had great experience in recycling items. At least yesterday Liang En saw a coffin containing several pharaohs in the museum.

After returning to the hotel after the pure trip of the day, Fan Meng asked Liang En for a thousand euros in the evening, saying he wanted to buy some self-defense items, and then left. He did not return until more than two hours later.

Early the next morning, everyone got up very early and took a bus to Alexandria to pick up the supplies needed for this archeology. After the count was completed at noon, they drove straight to the city of Rashid, located at the western mouth of the Nile Delta.

The Nile River turns into two rivers when it reaches the north of Cairo, the Damietta River in the east and the Rashid River in the west. The two rivers enter the sea separately and no longer meet. The Rashid River passes through a small city, Rashid, before it merges into the Mediterranean Sea.

Today, this city is an inconspicuous seaside town with a population of only more than 40,000. However, compared with the European Cairo and Alexandria, this city is full of Arab and Ottoman styles.

Different from today's depressed appearance, from the Mamluks in the Middle Ages to the Ottoman Empire, Rashid has always been the largest port city in Egypt during the rule of the Arab Turks.

During this period, Egypt, as the crossroads between Europe, Asia and Africa, naturally became a transit point for East-West trade. Indian spices, Chinese porcelain and other oriental wealth were first brought here, and then brought to RNY and Venice by sailors.

As a result, the prosperity of Port Rashid in that era was average, but in comparison, Alexandria at the same time was neglected.

However, as technology develops, ships are getting larger and larger. A port like Rashid, which is located at the mouth of a river and is often silted up, cannot accommodate large ships because the water is too shallow, and it has gradually become depressed over time.

Therefore, when Liang En and the others drove into the city, they found that there were not many traces of modernization in the entire city, as if time had stayed in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Because each of them brought more things, after leaving Alexandria, everyone's mode of transportation changed from buses to pickup trucks and trucks that they drove separately. After entering the city, the radio in the car rang.

"We will not stop here and go directly to our destination of this time, Katebey Castle." The voice of Professor Jacques, the leader of the team, came from the radio.

"Also, follow the instructions on the road. You can do whatever I call. This place is not that safe."

"It seems that this place is not as safe as the travel brochure says." After ending the call, Liang En, who was sitting in the passenger seat, sighed, and then asked Fan Meng who was driving. "Where are those self-defense things you bought yesterday?"

"It's in the storage box in front of you." Fan Meng said while holding the steering wheel. "These things may not be legal, so it's best to cover them up if you need to wear them later."

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There are two somewhat old Helevan pistols placed in the storage box in front of the co-pilot. They are Beretta 1951 pistols copied and produced by Egypt with permission. It was once the standard weapon of the Egyptian army, but has now been eliminated.

"I spent 1,000 euros to buy them and 80 rounds of ammunition yesterday." Fan Meng introduced, "After all, the situation in this area has not been very stable, so it is better to prepare some weapons for self-defense than to wait for someone to rescue or pay a ransom after being kidnapped. ."

"You are right, the Egyptians are not that reliable in many places. Rather than relying on them, I think it is more meaningful to make some preparations myself." Liang En nodded, and then looked at the scenery on both sides of the road.

Because this place is in the Nile Delta, both sides of the road are not as desolate as before, but full of vitality. Whether it is date palm trees or aquatic plants by the river, the surrounding environment is not so dead.

Although it is winter now, the temperature at noon is still around 25 degrees. Driving on an asphalt road under these conditions is not a good feeling.

Fortunately, the destination of this trip was only five or six kilometers away from the city, so the convoy reached its destination along the highway in just a few minutes.

"We are here now." Just when everyone saw the mouth of the river flowing along the road, Professor Jacques's voice came over the radio. "Ahead of us now is Ketbe Castle."

After hearing the sound, Liang En, who was originally a little drowsy, sat upright in his seat and looked towards the front of the vehicle, only to see a building similar to Tianfang Temple.

This is a castle left over from the Mamluk era, located five kilometers north of Rashid City where the Rashid River enters the sea. It was built as a fortress to guard strategic roads.

It's just that now this castle has completely lost its military role in the past, and has become an ordinary ancient building surrounded by various simple houses.

The reason why Liang En and the others came here was because the local area planned to renovate this building and use it as a tourist attraction to attract tourists, so they invited the Louvre Museum in France to help with the scientific research even though they were short of manpower.

"Katebe Castle?" After the call ended, Fan Meng looked at the unattractive building in front of him with a puzzled expression. "If I remember correctly, the castle built on the site of the Alexandria Lighthouse was also called this name."

"You are right, because the Sultan who was printed on one Egyptian pound was a standard infrastructure maniac in that era." Liang En replied with a smile. "So there are quite a few buildings named after him in Egypt now."

The Sultan was an Egyptian ruler who lived in the 15th century, so the other party naturally had no ideals about protecting cultural relics. Therefore, when building this castle, the other party used a large number of materials from ancient buildings.

In fact, this kind of behavior was very common in that era. For example, only half of the outer buildings of the Colosseum in ancient Rome are left, and the other half was used by local residents as building materials to build new buildings over a long period of time. .

This is why the Louvre Museum needs to be invited to come here when the building is being renovated. Because this building uses a large number of certain components from ancient Egyptian architecture, these things now need to be sorted out.

After getting off the car, everyone quickly moved some things from the car into the castle, and then, accompanied by a group of locals, began to explore the entire castle.

As soon as he entered the door, Liang En saw ancient Egyptian characters carved on the steps on the wall on the right. When he got closer, he found that although there were only some incomplete words on it, the remaining ring of the king's name indicated that it should have been taken from a certain temple.

It's a pity that the stonemason's plan at that time cut the pillar horizontally, so the two lines of writing on it were all incomplete, and it was impossible to recognize what was written.

But this is obviously a good sign, proving that there are many valuable cultural relics hidden in this area. So after placing some of the tools they carried in the center of the yard, the entire expedition team divided their respective areas to search under the instructions of Professor Jacques.

The search area assigned to Liang En was very small, with only a few soldiers' barracks. The reason for this is because the main purpose of Liang En's visit this time is to translate the texts on the excavated cultural relics for everyone in real time.

As soon as the mission was announced, Liang En was pulled to a wall by Professor Jacques. On that wall, half a stone tablet was embedded at the height of a person's face. It looked relatively complete, with only a few places showing signs of wear.

"This should be a stone tablet left by the Ptolemaic Dynasty in the Hellenistic era of ancient Egypt." After reading a few lines of text, Liang En quickly translated the content on the stone tablet. "It is mainly to praise Arsinoe III's donation to the temple."

"Arsinoe III? That is, the daughter of King Ptolemy III of Egypt, the half-sister and wife of Ptolemy IV." As an Egyptology expert, Professor Jacques quickly remembered who this person was.

"Although she died during the political struggle, the other party was a person who was quite popular among the Egyptian people in history. The two conspirators who killed him at that time were also expelled later, so this inscription was left behind. It's normal."

"But professor, is this translation really accurate?" Just after Liang En finished translating the content on the stone tablet, a middle-aged man with a beard suddenly said next to him.

After hearing the question, Liang En turned his head and found that the person who raised the objection was Dr. Sharif, who is also a researcher in the ancient Egypt department of the Louvre Museum in France.

"Okay, what do you think is wrong with my translation just now?" After hearing the questioning, Liang En looked directly at the middle-aged man and asked.

After all, this is a language that has been dead for a long time. Even a talented expert like Champollion may not be able to translate everything correctly, so he also hopes to hear some valuable suggestions.

"How are you sure that your translation is completely correct? After all, no one knows what these dead words actually mean now. You can completely fabricate the so-called correct translation through sensationalism -"

"I hope you can come up with some valuable information instead of being so messy as you are now." After discovering that the other party was just making a personal attack for some reason, Liang En said with a serious face.

"I don't think my research is necessarily correct, but you'd better come up with some tangible evidence when you accuse me. Otherwise, it will be difficult for your accusation to be beneficial to this academic field."

"Don't be pretentious here. The so-called research of a guy like you who has not received long-term professional training is just hoping to defraud money." Obviously, this Dr. Sharif must have some problems in some aspects, so he took it out on Liang En.

Come to think of it, he looks twice as old as Liang En and has much higher education than him. But now he can only do some auxiliary tasks for Professor Jacques, so it is reasonable for his emotions to burst out all at once.

"Sharif, we are scholars, not politicians." Professor Jacques also had a look of dissatisfaction on his face at this time. "So when you accuse others of making mistakes, it's best to come up with reasonable enough reasons instead of making personal attacks like now."

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Professor Jacques' scolding made Dr. Sharif have to stop talking, but the other party still stared at Liang En with an angry look from time to time.

In order to avoid such annoying eyes, Liang En temporarily resigned after translating the current batch of contents, and then joined Fan Meng who was searching for supplies in the barracks.

"I finally understand why that guy is still an assistant researcher in his forties." Fan Meng commented after listening to Liang En briefly talk about what happened just now.

Because the scope of the job included protecting Liang En, who was a child of his own, Fan Meng had already collected the public information of everyone in the team before he came. Therefore, Liang En just said it and he roughly guessed what it was. what happened.

"This Sharif is a second-generation immigrant like us, but he is different from us who can preserve our national identity. He belongs to the kind of complete integration. If we Chinese are the standard ABC, there is a kind of conversion fanatical."

"In fact, what he did reflects the views of those old Europeans on you." Fan Meng said, "After all, Egyptology can be regarded as Europe's strength, and it is difficult for them to accept that a non-professional Asian can get such a right Results."

"Of course, all the other party can do is criticize you verbally or online. There is no need to worry about any security issues. At least according to the information I found, that guy is just a standard keyboard warrior."

"You're right, and I didn't take this matter to heart." Liang En shook his head indifferently and then asked. "By the way, did you find anything valuable here just now?"

"I found some stones with inscriptions on them, but they basically looked like fragments." Fan Meng said and began to point at the walls and the ground for Liang En.

As Fan Meng said, because the craftsmen who built the castle only cared about the size of the stones and did not care about the content of the carvings at all, the content on them was naturally messy and irregular.

After a simple translation, he found that the contents were very messy. They were part of the temple's tribute list and also a description of a scene in a certain war.

Obviously, these things should have come from multiple ruins and then been randomly put together.

After translating all the contents now exposed, Liang En and Fan Meng expanded their search scope. Considering that the craftsmen might have placed the side with writing on it, they began to examine everything that looked like a stone tablet.

Soon, the two people found an interesting object on the floor of a room. It was a semicircular stone. From the arc of the upper half of the arc, it could be seen that it was a stone that had been carefully carved. out of stone.

Obviously, if you just use stone to pave the floor, there is no need to process the stone in such detail. Therefore, this stone is most likely the stone that the builders removed from an unknown ruin.

"This thing looks like half a stone tablet." After cleaning the soil on the surface with a broom, Fan Meng looked at the stones on the ground and said in a guessing tone.

A very interesting fact is that although different civilizations have different development directions. However, when most civilizations carve stone stele, they will make the stele into a shape with a circle at the top and a circle at the bottom.

Therefore, after seeing the stone on the ground that was equivalent to a large-sized computer screen, Fan Meng's first reaction was that someone should have laid half of the stone tablet on the ground as bricks.

"Your judgment is very reasonable." Liang En said after looking at it, "If this stone is thicker, then the construction workers should use this thing to build the city wall, so this should be a relatively thin stone slab. ."

"If you add that this stone has a fine texture and is carefully polished, then it is very likely that this is a stone tablet that was pulled from somewhere."

After confirming this, the two men started digging. Fortunately, the people who built the castle laid the ground without much mortar, so they easily dug out the stone from the soil.

This stone is nearly 30cm thick, slightly more than 70cm wide, and nearly half a meter long. It looks like it should be the upper part of a stone tablet.

After turning it over, they found that the round top of the stele was carved with images of eagle wings, cobras, the sun, and ancient Egyptian gods. These patterns indicate that this stone tablet is of a very high level and is most likely related to the royal family.

At least in ancient Egyptian tradition, the pharaoh was regarded as the incarnation of the sun god. Therefore, if the sun is carved in the center of the stone tablet town, it means that this stone tablet is either an edict issued by the royal family, or it is simply a record of certain things done by the royal family.

Because this stone is granite, with a side with writing on it, and it is spread all the way down on the floor, the writing on it remains relatively clear. So after cleaning off the dust, they found eight lines of hieroglyphics carved on the stone tablet.

"Let me see what is written on it." After dragging the stone tablet from the dim room to the sunshine in the castle yard, Liang En began to translate the words on it. At this time, many people in the yard They also gathered around to watch.

"——The legitimate heir to the throne of Egypt, a devout believer in God, the rebuilder of the Kingdom of Egypt and the defender of human civilization, invincible, the one who made Egypt prosperous for 30 years, the master of Upper and Lower Egypt, the son of Ra, eternal life King Ptolemy, the beloved son of the god Ptah——"

These words were all ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics, so based on the knowledge in his mind, Liang En quickly translated the content and recited it.

But because it was only a broken stele, the only information he got from the stele was that a king of the Ptolemaic dynasty donated the statue to the temple.

"Are you making this up based on the ancient Greek inscriptions carved by several Ptolemaic kings when they donated money to the temple?" Just as everyone was listening quietly, a harsh voice came from the side. come out.

"Anyway, no one here knows what these ancient Egyptian inscriptions are, so you only need to slightly change the name of the pharaoh in the circle of kings' names, and then you can compile a reasonable inscription."

"Mr. Sharif, let me say it again, you can accuse me of mistakes, but I hope you can come up with reasonable reasons instead of personal attacks on me."

Since the other party brought these things to everyone, Liang En was not going to give him face.

"I think everyone here has heard what I just translated, and the stone tablet is placed here." Liang En said, pointing to the stone tablet on the ground, "So please point out my mistakes!"

After hearing what Liang En said, everyone present focused their attention on Dr. Sharif.

Although they didn't know what the conflict was between the two people, it was human nature to watch the excitement, so everyone focused on them.

"Because it is now recognized that ancient Egyptian characters are all hieroglyphics used to express meaning, and you confirm that some of these characters are just phonetic symbols."

When he realized that everyone was looking at him, Sharif panicked for a moment, and then quibbled.

"Although the point of view you put forward can indeed translate part of the content, without other evidence to support your plan, it is just a conjecture, and I just don't want you to lead everyone astray."

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After Sharif finished speaking, everyone else on the field focused their attention on Liang En.

After all, for these professionals who specialize in ancient Egypt, whether a dead language like Ancient Egyptian in this world can be deciphered is closely related to their future, so they sincerely want to know what step Liang En has taken in this regard. .

"You are right. Ancient Egyptian language does look like pure hieroglyphics, but hieroglyphics will gradually evolve." After realizing that everyone was paying attention to him, Liang En said to the people present.

"But with the development of the times, those hieroglyphics will also change. For example, Chinese is an important example. The earliest Chinese was hieroglyphs, but as time progressed, they developed into ideograms."

"So in this case, I think that since the ancient Egyptian holy script has left a lot of hieroglyphics, it is very likely that it will develop into ideograms like Chinese."

"On the basis of this understanding, I compared the last remaining Coptic parts of the ancient Egyptian language to today, and then gradually deciphered the true meaning of these ancient Egyptian words——"

Liang En gave a rough explanation of his process of translating this language. Of course, he did not expect to be able to convince Sharif, who was worried about himself, but he hoped to make the people around him understand what he had done before.

Those present were all professionals in historical research, so everyone understood that although the view proposed by Liang En was inconsistent with tradition, it was at least reasonable from various principles.

"This is a very meaningful attempt." An expert on ancient Egyptian craftsmanship named Fines said, and then he looked at Sharif. "I don't know whether Mr. Liang's judgment is correct, but this is at least a breakthrough."

"For us, any conjecture should be allowed. Especially when we can't find any new valuable progress on the road of hieroglyphics in a short period of time, this new judgment angle is very useful even if it is wrong. value."

"As for you, Mr. Sharif, I don't know what the grudge is between you and Mr. Liang. But what I need to remind you is that on academic issues, we need to have enough evidence when opposing other people's opinions, and not just rely on our own guesses. "

Obviously, Mr. Fines still has a high reputation among the people who came to Egypt for this inspection. So after he said these words, everyone dispersed and went about their own business, and no one listened to Sharif's platitudes.

"We have to give him a taste of something powerful." Looking at Sharif walking away in despair among the crowd, Fan Meng walked to Liang En and whispered in Chinese. "Constant harassment like this is so annoying."

"How should we teach him a lesson? Put a sack in a sack and beat him, or throw him into the Nile River next to him." Liang En shook his head helplessly and said. "For us, unless we can get concrete evidence, it would seem that we are at a loss for words."

"Especially because although the other party is messing around, it looks like an academic discussion. So unless I can find academic evidence to support my point of view, there is really no good way."

"After all, this kind of academic problem can only be solved from an academic perspective, just like you can't knock over the opponent's debater with one punch in a debate competition."

When it was getting dark at night, everyone got together and chatted all over the place. It was at this time that everyone brought the topic to the history of the city of Rashid.

"Excuse me, why did you just say that this city has a name?" Just as Liang En and Fan Meng were sitting and listening to several scholars talking about the history of this city, they suddenly heard a somewhat familiar pronunciation, So he asked quickly.

"Ah, that's from the colonial era." Mr. Fines said seriously. "For the colonists, sometimes they couldn't pronounce the local place name, so they would find a similar pronunciation for convenience."

"In this case, the place called Rashid was naturally given a name by the British. It's called Rosetta - Mr. Liang, what are you doing?"

Fenes looked at Liang En in surprise, because after he said the word Rosetta, Liang En jumped up as if there were springs on his butt, and then quickly rushed towards the half he dug out just now. Stone tablet.

"I suddenly had an inspiration." Liang En confessed and rushed into the room where the previously excavated stone tablets were kept. Seeing this, Fan Meng followed him into the warehouse.

"Rosetta, it's actually Rosetta. I should have thought of it when I saw the first line of words on that stone tablet before." Liang En finally remembered the familiar feeling when he was translating just now.

Because the few sentences he translated from the stele before were actually the cornerstone of Champollion's study of ancient Egyptian, the first few sentences of the Rosetta Stone.

The reason why he didn't think of this at the first time was because when the original stele was excavated, there was no ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic text on the top, but only the Greek version.

After realizing this, Liang Encai discovered that the fragment of the monument he had found before was probably the upper half of the Rosetta Stone that had disappeared in the world he came from. At least it was very similar in size.

So while combining four [Detection (N)] into one [Detection (R), he headed to the room that was used as a warehouse as quickly as possible and came to the edge of the half of the stone tablet.

"Brother, why did you come here while you were eating?" Liang En just walked to the stone tablet, and Fan Meng also ran into the room and asked. "The whole roasted lamb will be on the table soon."

"I just suddenly thought of something very important." Liang En said, taking out a strong flashlight and a small brush. "Can you tell from this stone what the wear marks on it mainly come from?"

"You can see part of it." As a soldier who has been on the front line for a long time, Fan Meng has a certain understanding of this kind of traces, so he quickly found some traces on the stone tablet.

"Except for the signs of weathering, there are not many signs of wear and tear on these stone tablets." Fan Meng said after carefully checking the top and bottom of the stone tablets.

"And this can only mean two things. Either the castle was built on the basis of an ancient temple, or the building materials came from elsewhere but were transported directly through the Nile River next to it - —"

"It should be the second type." Liang En said after thinking for a moment, because the Nile River has a fairly high sand content, so a large amount of sediment with humus will be deposited in places with slow flow rates such as the mouth of the river.

In this way, the location of the mouth of the Nile actually extends step by step towards the Mediterranean. In other words, during the years when these stone tablets were carved, this land by the sea was probably still under the sea.

Just as the two people talked to each other, the process of building this castle was gradually restored. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Liang En used the [Detection (R)] card on this half of the stone tablet.

In an instant, a light spot lit up in Liang's mind. The amazing thing is that this light spot is not far from where Liang En is now, in the small courtyard of the castle.

"It's okay, it's okay -" Looking at the position of these light spots, Liang En felt a lot more relaxed.

It seems that the people who built this castle did it relatively cleanly when they demolished the ancient Egyptian buildings, so they allowed the stone tablet to come here intact, without having to find a way to escape into the desert.

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"Are you scholars so crazy?" Just when Liang En was excited about the light spot so close at hand, Fan Meng suddenly complained from the side.

"Am I crazy?" Liang En, who was awakened from his thoughts, pointed at himself with one finger, only to see Fan Meng nodding beside him.

"It shouldn't be so urgent to figure out how to build this castle. It's hard for me to understand why you gave up the roasted whole lamb just out of the oven for this."

"Mengzi, this is much more important than roasting a whole lamb." Liang En gently shook his index finger and said. "If the other party transported this stone monument here by water transport, then the builders will most likely transport the entire stone monument here."

"Judging from the existing text on this stele, this stele should come from a temple built by the Ptolemaic Dynasty in the Hellenistic era of Egypt." Speaking of this, Liang En glanced at Fan who looked confused. Meng, then explained.

"And if the other party transported it by water, it means that the other party most likely ignored the weight of those items. In other words, the lower half of this stone tablet is likely to be in this castle."

"But what does it mean?" After hearing Liang En's explanation, Fan Meng felt even more confused. "Is there any special significance in restoring this stone tablet? Today we found three complete stone tablets and more than a dozen incomplete ones——"

"No, it's not the same." Liang En shook his head and said. "Because in that Hellenistic era, such temple inscriptions were ordered to add Greek words as a sign of surrender to the conquerors."

"Greek..." Fan Meng just didn't know much about history and was not very good at reading or doing academic research, but his mind was still very smart, so as soon as Liang En finished speaking, he realized what Liang En said The meaning of the words.

"Are you saying that if this was a complete stone tablet, then the same thing should be written once in ancient Egyptian and then again in Greek?"

"That's right, and if there is such a stone tablet, I can prove to everyone that the ancient Egyptian translation method I summarized through my own means is correct." Liang En said helplessly.

"Unfortunately, the Hellenistic era in Egypt was not very long, and changes in beliefs caused many of the temples in the past to be destroyed or used for other purposes, so this bilingual stone tablet has not been completely preserved to this day."

Considering that it is night, it is not convenient to do any work. So Liang En and Fan Meng returned to the square in the center of the castle with excitement and ate the already cold roasted whole lamb.

Those present were not surprised by Liang En's behavior just now. After all, for these real scholars, it is normal to start working on something when they think of it. They even feel that only such people can gain academically. Great achievements.

Early the next morning, Liang En and Fan Meng, who had just finished breakfast, came to a ruins in the courtyard. On the ruins, several local workers with their heads wrapped were cleaning up under the command of a young scholar. ruins.

When Liang En and the others said that they were able to help because they had completed the work at hand, the young scholar named Roland showed a grateful look on his face.

The reason why Liang En and the others dug here was because this was the location he marked after using the card last night. Of course, what he told Fan Meng was another reason.

"I think I found it." Just an hour and a half after they started digging, they finally cleared away the rubble on the surface and dug to the ground. At this time, Fan Meng felt that there was a large piece of dust under the finger-thick layer of dust on the surface. Stone.

"It seems to be what we are looking for." After clearing a palm-sized piece of ground, Liang En discovered that the flat stone underneath was also black granite.

"You're right, those workers moved the stones in a regular manner." Fan Meng whispered to Liang En while cleaning the soil on the ground. "

Obviously, the stones paved in this building at the entrance of the fortress are larger than those in the houses we looked at before. In other words, the heavier the stone, the shorter the distance they can carry. "

While the two people were chatting, the outline of the stone tablet was gradually cleared out. Like the previous half of the stele, the half of the stele here also has the side with the writing facing down.

The reason for this is not how much awareness of cultural relics protection those people have. It's because there are so many hieroglyphs in ancient Egypt that look like human figures, so they need to cover them up for religious reasons.

Soon, the outline of the stone monument was cleared. Then with the help of the hired native workers, they pried the stone monument up from the ground and turned it over.

"Oh my god! This is a big discovery--" After seeing the densely packed text on the other side of the stone tablet, the scholar named Roland exclaimed.

But just when he was about to pounce to check, Liang En stopped him.

"Now I have some things to do." Liang En said and asked Fan Meng to take out a piece of cloth from the side and cover the ancient Greek words. Then he cleaned the stone tablet and took photos at the same time.

"A lot of people don't believe that I can translate ancient Egyptian, so I want to be able to prove that I actually have this knowledge and not make it up to stand out."

After looking at the person who had just been summoned by Roland's voice, Liang En glanced at Sharif, who had been messing around just now and kept finding trouble for him, and then said loudly.

"The stele we just discovered is a very rare monumental stele from a temple in the Hellenistic era, and it is relatively well preserved. In other words, the same content is written in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics, ancient Egyptian secular and ancient Greek I wrote each article once."

"Now, I will translate ancient Egyptian in front of you. And you can understand what is written on this stone tablet through ancient Greek. When the translation is finished, everyone should know whether I Really understands ancient Egyptian."

In fact, Sharif represents the views of many people on the court. After all, Liang En is considered an outsider who joins this small group. At the same time, he was also the lowest among these people in terms of academic qualifications, so they were vaguely repelled by Liang En.

Therefore, it is easy to understand why Liang En suddenly acted like this at this time. At least through this method, he could get the respect he deserved in the shortest time.

"Very good, let's do this." Professor Jacques, the leader of the team, said, and then began to direct the workers to prepare everything Liang En needed and prepare him to translate the ancient Egyptian words on the stone tablet on the spot.

In his opinion, Liang En's current age is when he is young and vigorous, so after being provoked many times before, his ability to endure it is now better than most of his peers. Therefore, it is natural to use this method to rectify one's name now.

Rather than scolding each other, Liang En's current method of academic counterattack is more likely to gain recognition from the scholars present.

Of course, Professor Jacques also had a small selfish motive for doing this. That is, I hope that I can witness an important event in ancient Egyptology for the first time.

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So in the following time, Professor Jacques and another professor sat next to Liang En and began to record every bit of Liang En's translation of the stone tablet.

The other group of people, with two ancient Greek experts as the core, sat on the other side of the courtyard and quickly translated the ancient Greek inscriptions under the stone tablet.

After 30 minutes, both parties finished the translation and transcribed the translated content on a piece of paper in French, and then handed it to Professor Jacques together.

"Okay, everyone, let's take a look." After reading for a few minutes, Professor Jacques pasted the two pieces of paper on a wooden board behind him and said. "We are witnessing today a moment in history, an extraordinarily important moment in Egyptology."

After listening to what Professor Jacques said, everyone present crowded around the board and looked at the words on it. As a result, they were surprised to find that the contents written on the two pieces of paper were basically the same.

And this also shows one thing, that is, everything Liang En said before is true. He truly deciphered the ancient Egyptian texts through observation, summary and a little bit of luck.

Soon everyone gathered around the two pieces of paper to read them. By the way, after obtaining permission, they uploaded the photos of the stone tablet and the two pieces of paper to their respective social media accounts. Only Sharif, who had been looking for trouble just now, hid his face and ran away against the crowd.

"Look, this is the right way to retaliate against those who discriminate." Liang En pointed at Fan Meng who was running away like a lost dog and said in a low voice in Chinese to Fan Meng next to Sharif.

Now that there is clear evidence, what Sharif did before has suddenly become a recognized practice of deliberately seeking trouble regardless of the facts.

Considering the identity of the scholars in this archaeological team and the importance of this discovery, it is basically certain that Sharif's career in Egyptology is over.

Not to mention that the story of the discovery of this stone monument will most likely spread around the world, and Sharif will also be spread as the villain in the story.

"High, really high!" Fan Meng gave a thumbs up in response and said, "The shrimp and pig heart are at least much better than what people like me can come up with."

This was not the only thing that made Liang En happy. What made him even more happy was that a total of five cards appeared in his mind this time, one of which was a golden card that he had never seen before.

"SSR card, it seems that the historical significance of this stone tablet is far more precious than anything I have ever seen before." The first moment he saw the gold card, Liang En's eyes widened.

Fortunately, at this time, everyone else was focusing on the translation papers, and Fan Meng was standing behind him, so no one noticed the changes on his face.

Soon, Liang En adjusted his mentality. Considering the commotion caused by the use of the [Viking (SR)] card last time, he decided to wait until he was in a stable place before looking at this card.

After all, an SR card can make such a big noise, so a higher-level SSR card will inevitably make more noise. So in order to avoid worrying about it, he decided to endure it and wait until he could see these things in a suitable environment.

After handling these matters, Liang En and Fan Meng continued to translate the unfinished stone tablets very calmly. Of course, Fan Meng mainly helped clean up, while Liang En was the one who translated.

The reason why Liang En was calm was because he had received a valuable enough reward, and in addition, this cultural relic could not belong to him, so he could naturally remain calm.

But others were obviously not as calm as him. After confirming this important discovery, Professor Jacques immediately called the Louvre Museum and the Egyptian authorities so that they could know the news as soon as possible.

So starting from noon, this remote little castle suddenly became lively. The small square that usually only houses some surrounding villagers and fishermen is now filled with all kinds of vehicles.

The big shots who had never set foot here came here one by one. In addition to the cultural relics management personnel of the Egyptian headquarters, there are also personnel from the French and Irish embassies in Egypt.

After they heard about the importance of this unearthed cultural relic and the news that the ancient Egyptian script had been deciphered, they all came to express their concerns. What made Liang En feel a little unexpected was that the Ambassador of the Irish Embassy actually came over in person.

"Nice to meet you." Because Liang En was the only pure East Asian present, the ambassador who looked to be in his forties quickly came over and shook hands with Liang En.

"I really didn't expect that the scholars who found such an important cultural relic and deciphered its contents were actually Irish people. This is probably the greatest contribution that Irish people have made in archaeology."

As he said this, the ambassador was so excited that his eyes were red. Although this was part of a performance, there was also a lot of sincerity in it.

On the one hand, in European tradition Ireland is regarded as the intellectual depression of Europe. Even in the famous British drama "Yes Minister", the IQ of the Irish has become a famous meme.

So even though an Irishman like Liang En, who didn't look like an Irishman at all, had made such achievements in history and archeology, the ambassador still felt honored.

On the other hand, for the Irish ambassador to Egypt, he basically has nothing to do except for daily diplomatic affairs and occasionally solving some problems for Irish expatriates or tourists.

So after hearing that an Irishman had deciphered the secrets of ancient Egyptian, he immediately asked his driver to drive him here to gain attention.

"When we negotiate later, we will stand firmly behind you." Of course, building a sense of presence can't just be empty words, so the ambassador quickly revealed another goal of his visit.

"Although we are a small country, we are no worse than those big countries in safeguarding the interests of our citizens. Therefore, all members of our embassy will try their best to fight for you in the subsequent negotiations to get the benefits you deserve - —"

As a professional diplomat, the ambassador obviously realized that compared with Egypt and the Louvre Museum, individuals like Liang En were too weak, so he also seized the areas where Liang En needed him most and provided him with them. s help.

In the next few days, a large group of reporters came to interview Liang En. Liang En would call the ambassador named Beckett during every interview.

This is naturally a mutually beneficial approach. After all, apart from professional academic issues, Liang En is not very good at dealing with reporters. And this ambassador happened to be good at this thing, and took this opportunity to come out to show his face.

"The person who just interviewed you was actually The Times. It seems that my choice to work for you at that time was probably the wisest decision I made since I chose to join the Foreign Legion."

Fan Meng, who was acting as a bodyguard at the door, walked into the room after everyone else was gone, and then said to Liang En.

"Don't mention it, I have done nothing else this week, just deal with the media." Liang En said helplessly, shaking his head. "More importantly, there is no pay for this job."

"I think being famous is much more important than making money." Fan Meng shrugged and said, "Also, if there are no accidents, these things will be over by the weekend in three days, and we can complete it. The work here is back home."

"That would be great." Liang En had a smile on his face. Seriously, these reporters are causing more trouble than the environment and the workload combined.

If it weren't for the help of the professional diplomats who came with their own food, Liang En felt that he might have messed up these things.

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Obviously, because this is a formal archaeological operation. Therefore, it is impossible for Liang En and the others to get anything dug out from here, nor to get too much wealth.

Even for Liang En, he lost a large sum of money during this archaeological project:

The moment the stone tablet was dug out, Liang En, realizing that there would be no safety issues in the future, asked Fan Meng to take apart the two pistols he had spent a lot of money to buy and throw them into the Nile River.

Of course, this does not mean that Liang En and the others won't get anything from this archaeological activity. Just when those big shots came to inspect, they, the main personnel in archeology, received an invitation from Egypt.

"I'm glad you have done everything for the archaeological work in Egypt." Three days later, on the weekend, a middle-aged man shook hands with Liang En and said at the handover ceremony of items held in Cairo, the capital of Egypt.

Then, the Egyptian dignitary awarded Liang En a first-class Republic Medal and announced that he had won the title of honorary citizen of Egypt. For an instant, the flashes of the camera below flashed.

In addition to Liang En, many other members of the archaeological team have also received some medals of honor issued by Egypt to civilians. in recognition of their contribution to this archaeological work.

The Rosetta Stone, which was broken into two pieces, has been recognized as a national treasure of Egypt and will be sent to the National Museum in Cairo for restoration. After the restoration is completed, it will be displayed to the public.

By the way, in this world, the colonial name Rosetta Stone will no longer appear, and will be replaced by the name Rashid Stone, which is full of local characteristics.

"To be honest, at least we didn't run in vain this time." When returning to the hotel after the reception banquet, Liang En whispered to Fan Meng, "Although the money we get every year is not much, we can make a steady flow of money." ."

The reason why Liang En said this was that in addition to these honors, he also gained some substantial wealth this time. Of course, this wealth is not cultural relics, but some copyright prizes:

Now, the Egyptians have granted the copyright related to the Rashid Stone to Liang En, and Liang En signed an agreement with the Louvre with the help of legal personnel sent by the embassy.

The agreement stipulates that in addition to maintaining its own production rights, Liang En also granted the rights to produce peripheral products to the Rashid Monument to the Louvre Museum, allowing them to produce replicas of the monument or peripheral products.

"You can get about 60,000 euros a year, and you can get it for a lifetime. This is not a small amount of money." After listening to Liang En's words, Fan Meng shrugged.

"You are right. If averaged, this is equivalent to the annual income of one and a half Londoners." Liang En also laughed. "So I want to live as long as possible so that I can get more money."

"What should we dig next?" Fan Meng suddenly asked after chatting and laughing with each other for a while. "I feel like I can't help but want to find the next treasure now."

"We are going to Bath this time." Liang En said with a smile. "Go over there and enjoy the hot spring baths to relax and take away some of the treasures scattered around."

Since Liang En deciphered these ancient Egyptian texts, many universities that have established archeology majors or archaeological laboratories have sent him invitations in the past few days. In addition to his alma mater, Liang En naturally has some invitations to those schools. Selected.

Considering that staying in the desert this time was really uncomfortable, Liang En thought about it and decided to accept the invitation from the University of Bath and go there to recuperate for a few days.

Bath is a small city located in the east of Avon, England. It is the only city in the UK listed as a World Cultural Heritage, about 100 miles away from London.

This is a very famous tourist town in the UK. The name of the city Bath means "bathing" in English. The reason why this place is called is because hot springs were discovered here in ancient Roman times.

As a civilization that loves bathing, the ancient Romans naturally would not give up this place rich in natural hot springs, so they built a bathhouse full of Roman style here, and the remains of that bathhouse remain to this day.

The reason why Bath is called a "small town" is because Bath has a population of less than 90,000 and there are no high-rise buildings. But because of this, this place is densely covered with a large number of ancient buildings.

The current layout of Bath's old town was completely designed by John Wood, a famous designer in the 18th century, and built accordingly.

If we want to make an analogy, this city is actually like the Huaqing Palace complex built during the Tang Dynasty. They are both cities developed with hot springs as their core.

Because this place has a long history, Fan Meng is not surprised why Liang En chose this place as their next treasure hunt destination. After all, this kind of place where rich people vacation is likely to leave many valuable and good things.

That night, Liang En, who returned to London successfully, locked the door as soon as he entered his room, and then checked the cards he had obtained before.

Among the five newly acquired cards, four are the most common cards, three of which are [Detection (N), and the other one is [Identification (N)].

Of course, because these cards are very common, Liang En just looked at them briefly and put them into categories, and then focused on the golden (SSR) card. Card.

"Is the place I am now really the parallel world of the original earth?" The first time he saw the card, Liang En shook his head desperately to try to clear his mind.

[Door Key (SSR): Don't worry, this is not Bubble Yog-Sothoth, but it can also open an unprecedented door. Of course, this is only for you, not as targeted as Bubble. The whole world.

Just like the Rosetta Stone can bridge modern times and ancient times, the Door Key can also blur the line between reality and illusion, and open the door between the real world and legend.

Strengthening card (one-time use). After the user uses this card, the card [Historical Explorer (Elementary) (UR)] will be permanently upgraded to [Historical Explorer (Intermediate) UR)].

Note: This card is to strengthen the soul. The strengthening time takes 24 hours. At the same time, the user will be in a coma during the whole process. Therefore, when using it, please make sure the safety of the surrounding environment to avoid unnecessary accidents. Danger. 】

"Open the door between the real world and the legend?" Looking at the words on the card, Liang En's face showed a solemn expression, because the information contained in this sentence could be said to subvert his three views. .

After all, there is no supernatural phenomenon in this world like Liang En's last world, so the sentence about blurring the line between reality and illusion made him think of a lot of things.

However, after some simple thinking, Liang En decided to use this card. After all, for him, this set of cards is the foundation of his existence, and anything that can strengthen this foundation is what he needs now.

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After deciding to use this card tonight, Liang En immediately said hello to Fan Meng, who was currently living in the room next door, saying that he was very tired now, so he should not disturb him all day tomorrow.

Otherwise, Liang En's dedicated friend would most likely call the police to break open the door when he couldn't, and then take him to the emergency center.

Although Liang En now has enough money to go to the hospital, it will be troublesome if danger occurs.

"Don't worry, I won't disturb you, because I have to rest all day tomorrow." Fan Meng, who was only wearing pajamas, leaned out of the room because the heating in the room was hot enough.

Fan Meng was much busier than Liang En in Egypt before, so he also needed time to take a good rest. Therefore, Liang En will not be disturbed tomorrow.

After making all preparations, Liang En put on his pajamas and lay quietly on the bed. Then he closed his eyes and used this newly acquired SSR card.

Because the previous [Viking (SR)] card made Liang En feel great discomfort and huge changes in his body, Liang En immediately tensed up his body after choosing to use the card, preparing to face the Pain hits.

But just when Liang En was ready, he found that the situation was completely different from what he imagined. After disappearing, this golden card turned into a golden light and entered his mind, and then turned into a cluster of golden-red flames.

At the same time, the same flame was ignited on Liang En's fundamental card [Historical Explorer (Elementary) (UR), turning the entire card into flames.

As the flames burned, a chain like a living snake stretched out from the two flames, and then connected together. Then a wave of energy began to flow between the two flames.

At the same time, Liang En could feel that it was different from the torture-like upgrade experience last time. He could feel that his whole body was completely relaxed this time.

In this completely relaxed situation, Liang En quickly fell into a deep sleep, and when he woke up again, he found that the room was still dark.

"You woke up so soon?" Liang En took out his phone and checked the time after feeling that he had just slept, and found that a whole day had passed.

"In other words, the previous card has taken effect now?" After realizing that 24 hours had passed, Liang En immediately recalled the cards in his mind. Soon, he discovered the card The change.

[Historical Explorer (Intermediate) (UR): Time will always wear away a lot of things, but some existences can always gain knowledge, wealth, and power from history.

Contrary to what people think, history is not only true history. In many countries and nations, history can also be passed down through myths.

As a historical explorer, he has the power to convert information condensed in time into energy, and then project it into the real world in a way that modern people cannot understand.

Professional card (permanent), unique. It is permanently bound to the user's soul and cannot be released. Other cards must be used through this card. 】

"In other words, I can now exert some supernatural powers?" After reading the two new lines of text on the card, Liang En showed a surprised look on his face.

Although the skills he had mastered before were also related to the supernatural, there was none of the projected power that truly belonged to him.

Fortunately, Liang En could still imagine what that kind of skill looked like. After all, the Kazan copper pot he owned had such a skill, and he had used this skill before.

It's a pity that this kind of upgrade is just the basis for Liang En to have such skills. So before he obtained this type of skill card, he was no different from before.

"But what kind of treasures do we need to find to obtain this kind of skills?" Soon, Liang En fell into thinking.

He had previously discovered that the skills he acquired were related to the items he found, but he really didn't know what to look for to get the newly upgraded cards related to supernatural abilities.

"Forget it, I don't want to anymore." After thinking for a long time and not knowing how to find something related to the supernatural in this world without any supernatural abilities, Liang En shook his head and sat up to get something to eat.

After filling his stomach, Liang En first looked at the time and then decided to have a good sleep. After all, it was already 9:30 in the evening. If there was anything else, we could wait until tomorrow morning.

"You have become famous this time." Early the next morning, Liang En met Pierce in the Emerald Thrift Store. As soon as they met, Pierce said to Liang En in a tone full of surprise.

"I saw your news in a lot of newspapers a few days ago. Even the news on TV was about your discovery of the stone tablet and deciphering the ancient Egyptian script."

"Fortunately, they mainly took pictures of the stone tablets, not me, otherwise I might not be able to continue my treasure hunting work in the future." Liang En said with a shrug.

"Don't worry, it doesn't matter even if it has your photo on it." Pierce waved his hand gently. "After all, treasure hunting is for ordinary people, and the public often doesn't pay attention to this kind of news."

"By the way, there is one more thing here." After discussing Liang En's previous adventure in Egypt, Pierce talked about another important thing.

"You know, there are many wealthy people among our customers, so after they saw your news this time, many of them expressed to me that they hope to invite you to the next auction. will."

"If I have time, I will look for an opportunity to go there." After hearing the news about Pierce, Liang En nodded. "Of course, I definitely don't have much free time recently. You know there are a lot of academic things that I need to deal with recently -"

"I understand, I understand -" Pierce nodded and said, "Of course, your business will be the main focus during this period, and I think it seems that you are too cheap compared to going there immediately after receiving the invitation."

"At least now you have a certain status in the academic world, so even if you don't have enough reputation like those scholars with gray beards, you can't be ordered around by those rich people-"

As a friend, although Pierce knew that Liang En's appearance at that kind of auction would definitely bring various benefits to the sale of items, he still paid more attention to friendship and long-term interests.

After saying goodbye to Pierce, Liang En and Fan Meng drove to Bath. Throughout the day, he spent the whole day chatting with scholars and students at the University of Bath on various archaeological topics.

It wasn't until night that he dragged his exhausted body to meet Fan Meng in a hot spring hotel.

Compared with Liang En, who is now like a dead fish, Fan Meng, who has completed the tasks assigned by Liang En and walked around for a long time in the city, appears to be in high spirits and looks much more energetic than before.

"The things you asked me to do have been taken care of. We can start work tomorrow morning." After soaking in the hot spring, Fan Meng reported to Liang Enhui.

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Early the next morning, Liang En and Fan Meng appeared in a small valley on the outskirts of the city. Yesterday, when Liang En went to the University of Bath for academic exchange, Fan Meng followed his order and obtained permission from the city government.

After having this permission, Liang En and the others can carry out treasure hunting activities in the non-private wastelands on the outskirts of the city.

"How did you know that there are ruins from this place?" After getting off the car, Fan Meng looked at the valley in front of him that was not much different from the surroundings and asked, "In my opinion, this is nothing like the surrounding mounds. the difference."

"I can't confirm that there are ruins here." Liang En shrugged and said, "But judging from the information I collected before, the possibility of ancient ruins here is not small."

In the Viking Age map that Liang En obtained before, this valley was considered an important navigation location. Because there are some relics from an older era in this valley, they can help the Vikings find a correct path in the surrounding hilly areas.

However, more than a thousand years have passed from the Viking Age to the present, so those relics from that time have basically disappeared, leaving only a piece of withered yellow grassland remaining in this place.

This is why Fan Meng is curious. After all, the entire area seems to have no traces of artificiality at all. It is hard to imagine that there is anything in this place.

"Work has started." Liang En said, taking out two metal detectors from the trunk of the pickup truck, one for himself and Fan Meng, and then walked towards the center of the basin.

After arriving at the center of the basin, Liang En and Fan Meng began to spin clockwise back to back, and then used metal detectors to carefully detect the reaction of their feet.

After walking so carefully for five or six minutes, the metal detector in Fan Meng's hand buzzed rapidly. Then he stood still and began to draw a circle with the metal detector, trying to find the specific place where the thing was buried.

"A good sign." After hearing the noise from Fan Meng's side, Liang En took out a small flag from his body and placed it where he stood. Then he walked to his side holding his own metal detector.

Next, Liang En and Fan Meng used metal detectors to scan the withered grass blades. As a result, it was unexpectedly discovered that this place was not the only one with metal reactions.

As metal reactions continued to be confirmed, the detection range of Liang En and the others became wider and wider. Finally, more than ten minutes later, they determined the area of the land with metal reactions.

After completing the detection work, the two people put aside the metal detector they had just used, then took out a shovel and drew a circle on the ground to outline it, and then began to dig in the withered yellow grass with the shovel.

It has to be said that metal detectors play an irreplaceable role in this kind of field excavation. After all, metal was very precious in that era, and it was impossible to throw cans, bottle caps, nails, iron pieces, etc. around like modern people do.

Therefore, after drawing a rough range along the underground metal displayed by the metal detector, the subsequent excavation work can determine its rough range more accurately.

The objects were not buried too shallowly, and they were worried that excavation work might destroy the antiques buried here. So it wasn't until half an hour later that the two men discovered some artifacts at the bottom of the pit nearly 1m deep.

"This is not metal, but it is obviously a man-made object." After looking at a chopstick-like object exposed from the bottom of the pit, Liang En breathed a sigh of relief, and then cleaned up the surrounding soil bit by bit.

Soon, a small statue appeared at the other end of the bone stick. It was a statue of a woman. One of them was holding a small basin filled with various belongings, while the other was holding a Holding a steering oar.

"This is a bone hairpin from the Roman era, with a statue of the goddess of wealth on one end." After cleaning the whole thing out, Liang En quickly identified what it was.

As the excavation work continued, more things appeared in front of Liang En and the others. However, unlike what was imagined, what triggered the reaction of the metal detector was not some precious metal products, but some lead and tin.

The lead and tin were all made into thin plates and tightly rolled together, and some even had an iron nail nailed on them. Due to the passage of time, these things have now turned into ugly metal lumps one after another.

"I think I've seen this thing before." After digging out seven or eight such metal lumps from the pit, Fan Meng said suddenly, "I seemed to have seen something similar in a travel brochure about Bath yesterday. "

"I remembered." After waiting for a few seconds, Fan Meng suddenly snapped his fingers and said. "This thing seems to be called a cursed lead piece. It was thrown into the pool by the ancient Romans to pray to the gods and curse their enemies."

"In other words, this is most likely a pool or well used by ancient Romans in the past." As a professional, Liang En roughly guessed what it was after hearing what Fan Meng said. "

No, no, this can't be a well. "Soon, Liang En denied one of his previous conjectures. "If it were a well, these things would not be buried so shallow, and the distribution area would not be so large. "

Because almost all the locations of these metal reactions are within a nearly circular range of about seven meters in diameter, and the burial depth is between 50 and 80 cm. So when it got dark, the two men dug out all the metal.

"33 lead pieces rolled into a ball, a bone hairpin, 17 copper coins and 3 silver coins." Looking at the trophies placed on the plastic sheet, Liang En's face showed a smile. "Of course, the most important thing is not this."

As he spoke, Liang En cast his gaze on the dug and uneven land behind him. A pit with a diameter of 1m5 appeared on the edge of the circular range just drawn, and at the bottom of the pit there was a relief sculpture of a human face with an open mouth.

"What we found is probably an ancient pool." After resting for a while, Liang En came to the edge of the big pit and looked at the stone sculpture below. "The stone sculpture below is the outlet of the pool."

I know this stuff. "Fan Meng looked at the human face relief and said. "When I was walking around the city of Bath before, I saw several very old fountains in the city with similar things. Did the ancient Romans like this kind of face very much? Relief? "

"To be precise, the whole of Europe likes such relief patterns, so this kind of human face relief has been popular from the ancient Greek times to the Renaissance and even today, and is often used for decoration of water conservancy projects." Liang En explained to his friend road.

"If I guess correctly, this place should have been an artesian fountain at first, so the ancient Romans built a drinking pool here to supply people or livestock on the road."

"Oh, that's it." Fan Meng nodded seriously, and then asked, "But I feel like we may not make much money this time. After all, these things don't look very valuable?"

"Then you have to see who the seller is." Liang En said to Fan Meng with a smile, "We will be busy for another day tomorrow, and then you will see how I sell these things at a good price."

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That night, Liang En and Fan Meng set up a tent next to the car to guard their treasure. After a brief wash during the next day, they continued digging with shovels.

Since the face relief yesterday was mounted on a curved stone wall, Liang En and the others quickly analyzed the rough shape of the original pool based on the curvature, and then locked the center of the pool.

Sure enough, after more than an hour of careful digging. A slightly damaged cylindrical stone pillar appeared at the bottom of the pit they dug.

"Yes, this is indeed a building built by the ancient Romans." After cleaning up the dust on the stone, Liang En pointed to the small hole in the center of the stone and said.

"You see, we can clearly see that the water outlet in the center of the stone is surrounded by a ring of lead. This shows that the users at that time used lead pipes, and this was a standard Roman architectural style."

"This sculpture looks really good." Fan Meng said while looking at the carvings around the stone pillar. "How much do you think this thing could sell for?"

"If we take it away from here, this stone sculpture can be sold for about two thousand pounds. But we will also violate the Treasure Act." Liang En shrugged.

"But to be honest, there is no need for us to do such a thankless thing. At least as far as I know, we have an easier way to get more money-"

Half an hour later, two off-road vehicles drove over from the direction of the city. Then seven or eight people got out of the car. Obviously, Liang En's choice was to call the local cultural relics department.

"Ah, Dr. Smith, it's nice to see you again." As soon as he got off the car, Liang En recognized the identity of the old man who was leading the group of people who got off the car.

This old man is the director of the Cultural Relics Conservation Center of the University of Bath. He had also invited Liang En to come to the University of Bath for academic exchanges. Liang En did not expect that he could attract this big boss just by finding a fountain.

"Lawrence, I didn't expect you to be able to find an ancient ruins in such a short period of time." Smith walked up to Liang En and said to him, "I now believe you are an explorer."

In fact, those people couldn't believe it when Liang En said he was a treasure hunter. Because in their view, the person who can decipher ancient Egypt and its secrets should be a professional scholar, not the kind of antique dealer they scorn.

"Yeah, I think I have talents in both areas." Liang En smiled, and then took this respectable scholar to look at everything they discovered yesterday.

"Very good, very good -" Seeing the assistants they brought cleaning up the pool, Smith nodded with satisfaction, then turned to Liang En and said. "This should be regarded as the most valuable historical relic found in this area since the beginning of this year."

"It's not just that, Dr. Smith." Liang En said and walked to the other side, because in his memory, there should be an old road five or six steps away from the pool well.

According to the markings on the Viking map, this place has a road that is very suitable for their movements, and many places on it have been hardened with stones.

Considering the era in which that group of Vikings lived, it can be judged that the people who lived on such roads should be ancient Romans. Because only the ancient Romans could build such roads at that time.

"Please look at this place." Liang En led Professor Smith to the grass beside the big pit, then pointed to a place and said. "I think there might be something underneath this place, otherwise there wouldn't be a path without big trees."

"There is indeed something wrong here." As a professional, Professor Smith quickly saw what was going on here. Liang En and Fan Meng stepped forward and did some simple digging. Some concrete floors appeared more than 20 centimeters below the soil.

"Another important discovery." After bending down and taking a closer look at the heavily weathered road surface, Professor Smith immediately returned to the car and took off the spare tools to study, while saying at the same time.

"According to the information we have received before, there was only one avenue connecting Plymouth and London through Bath in ancient Roman times, and the rest were just small roads."

"But judging from the current paved road, everyone's previous traditional understanding was wrong. This city was more prosperous than we imagined in the ancient Roman era, and even had two or more Roman avenues-"

Professor Smith was talking nonstop, but Liang En had already focused on the few new cards he had just obtained. Just after he excavated this ancient Roman road and identified it. Three cards appeared in his mind.

After checking, Liang En realized that except for a common [Detection (N)] card, the remaining two cards were two identical brand-new cards that he had never seen before.

[Power of legend (N): There are many histories in ancient times that turned from facts into stories, stories into legends, and then from legends into myths. And many things are gradually tainted with information in the legend that is inconsistent with the real world.

And you, a young explorer of history gain powers from beyond this world. So this information can be converted into real power.

Skill card (one-time use), consuming this card can increase the upper limit of legendary power by one point. 】

"Is this the legendary blue bar?" Liang En suddenly woke up. He suddenly realized that all the skills he had mastered before could be mastered if he studied and trained by himself. It was difficult to say that they were truly extraordinary abilities.

And after that [Historical Explorer (Elementary) (UR)] card was upgraded to [Historical Explorer (Intermediate) (UR), in theory, he should have gained real extraordinary abilities, and naturally he needs to be able to use them. The extraordinary power of ability.

After realizing this, Liang En pretended to listen to Professor Smith's content while quickly using the two [Legendary Power (N)].

He originally thought that these cards might have a different feeling after being used, but in fact, after being used, the cards only turned into two groups of light points, and then merged into the [Historical Explorer (Intermediate) (UR)] among cards

And after he carefully checked the cards. Only then did he discover that a blue circle appeared in the lower right corner of the card [Historical Explorer (Intermediate) (UR), and there was a golden Arabic numeral 2 on it.

"This is a bit like the blue bar in Diablo -" Liang En thought after looking at the changes in this card. But this matter ends here, after all, he does not have any such ability now.

"——So, this road plays an important role in the historical identification of the city of Bath. It can prove that Bath had a higher status as a city in the ancient Roman era." At this time, Professor Smith's narration also arrived The end.

"Yes, I think this is a very important historical discovery." Liang En quickly nodded in agreement, "Especially the lead pieces in the pool can show that this place was a very lively place in the past."

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Of course, after the local cultural relics department took over, the archeology of this ruins naturally did not require Liang En's intervention. As a treasure hunter, it is time for him to summarize the income from this treasure hunt.

"To be honest, these lead sheets are not very valuable if you consider the economic value purely. Even if you add those sculptures, they don't have much advantage." As the director of the local cultural relics department, a middle-aged man said to Liang En.

After hearing these words, Liang En still maintained a very polite smile. After all, although the other party's words sounded a little disappointing at first, they contained some important information.

"——But because you took the initiative to contact us this time, this cultural relic is very well preserved. Therefore, we decided to give you 25,000 pounds as a reward for your treasure hunt."

Seeing that Lian Liangen remained polite, the official from the English Heritage Department smiled and nodded, and then stated their final decision.

"The artefacts will then be taken to the University of Bath Heritage Conservation Center for simple cleaning and maintenance, and then put on public display in the museum in Bath."

"You are right, Bass is indeed a place where we can get enough harvest." That afternoon, Fan Meng said while soaking in the hot spring, "I really didn't expect that such a good thing could be dug out in that bare valley. "

"Actually, this is some work related to information collection." Liang En said on the other side of the hot spring pool. "For example, you can see the road on the satellite map, and the fountain itself can also find some clues from the local construction documents——"

"Yes, yes, not everyone can do it there." Fan Meng shook his head and said, "At least I definitely can't read so much information and find out what I need. Content. So it's better for me to work hard with you."

After soaking in the hot spring, Liang En and the others came to a bar next to the hotel. For British people, the bar is the most important social occasion in the country.

This bar looks to be old, and the decoration inside is also very nice. As soon as you enter the door, you can see many black and white or color photos posted on the wooden wall next to it.

"It seems that many famous people have been here." Although some of these photos have become blurry due to their age, they can still recognize some people they have seen in some materials and even textbooks.

For example, in a corner, they saw Churchill with five or six people holding a wine glass and smiling at the camera lens.

Perhaps because they came at a time when there were not many customers, there were less than ten people sitting in the entire bar. Therefore, when they sat down, a waiter came over quickly to greet them warmly.

So Liang En and the others ordered two glasses of beer and some snacks, and everything was quickly delivered to their table.

"The ancients are actually quite interesting. For example, those lead pieces today are things I have never thought of before." After seeing Fan Meng's interest in the things dug out in the past two days, Liang En also started talking about it. content in this area.

As a student studying archeology in the West, Latin is naturally a required course. After the previous strengthening, Liang En's knowledge of this ancient language has reached the level of a native language.

So after getting those lead sheets, Liang En quickly understood a lot of the content on these lead sheets, and these contents were all curses imposed on some people by the ancients.

"For example, there is a piece of lead that says he cursed the damn thief and hoped that the thief would lose his hands because the thief stole his woolen robe while he was bathing."

"Is a woolen robe worthy of such a vicious curse?" Fan Meng opened his eyes wide, with a puzzled look on his face. "Of course it's wrong to steal something, but it's just a woolen coat—"

"The woolen coats of that era cannot be described with the word 'just'." Liang En raised his glass and took a sip.

"For many civilians in ancient Rome, woolen coats were not only their coats, but also their quilts at night, and might even be their only possessions. In this case, the feeling of losing something may be the same as when we lose a car. "

In ancient times, especially in ancient Rome, people's private property was much less than it is today. After all, the production capacity of that era was located there. For people with average economic conditions, a thick woolen robe was probably half of their wealth.

"In other words, if I go back to ancient times, I can make a fortune with a cart of woolen cloth." After listening to Liang En's words, Fan Meng said jokingly.

"This is a very good idea. After all, whether in the West or the East, textiles were hard currency and could even be used as currency." Liang En explained.

"Of course, the most popular raw-colored wool felt fabrics today may not have been so popular in those days, but instead were various fabrics dyed in bright colors."

"I know, I've read about this in history books." Fan Meng raised his glass and touched it with Liang En before saying. "For example, when the Gothic leader Alaric besieged Rome, the ransom he demanded included 3,000 pieces of red cloth."

"Yes, the price of dyed fabrics in that era might be several times that of undyed fabrics." Liang En nodded, "Especially those fabrics dyed with chemical dyes that we don't like much today would have been more popular in ancient times. welcome."

"Because those fabrics were not only bright in color, but also not easy to fade. They should have been the most popular at that time. As for the harm of chemical dyes to the body, it was not a problem at that time - "

"Are you the famous scholar who deciphered the ancient Egyptian language, Mr. Liang?" Just as the two of them were eating appetizers and drinking wine. A young woman next to me suddenly walked over. She walked around a few times and then asked Liang En.

"I am the one who deciphered the ancient Egyptian language, but I don't dare to call him a famous scholar for the time being. May I ask who you are -" After being asked this question, Liang En looked at the young lady in confusion. She looked like a student, but Liang En felt that he did not recognize this lady.

"Ah, my name is Diana Black. I am a student at the University of Bath. I have met you before when you gave a speech." The young woman quickly introduced herself after seeing Liang En's confused eyes, and then said He remembered the reason why he came.

It turns out that Diana is not only a student at the University of Bath, but also an old resident who lived in Bath several generations ago. Because something happened recently, she is in urgent need of raising money.

Since she had heard Liang En introduce himself as a treasure hunter in a speech before, after discovering Liang En at a bar party with her friends, Diana came over and tried to invite Liang En to go treasure hunting at her house.

"If your family has really been living here since the Victorian era, as you said, then there may indeed be some valuable things in your home." Liang En said to the short-haired girl in front of him.

"But I need to remind you that in this case, the purchase price I offer you will definitely be much lower than the selling price of these things outside. If you agree to this, then we can go to your home and have a look later. ."

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Because they had drunk some wine before, even though they and Fan Meng were still clear-headed. Liang En chose public transportation and went to a small road in the city.

Seriously, this bus ride didn't feel good at all. Especially the big bag on Fan Meng's back and the metal detector on Liang En's back seemed to attract a lot of people's attention.

Their destination was a seemingly very narrow road, barely enough for two cars to miss each other on the road. There were lush lime trees on the sidewalks on both sides of the road, and some shops that looked older were scattered in the buildings on both sides of the street.

Diana's house is on this road. It is a three-story building built with red bricks. Judging from the signs of weathering on the bricks on the surface of the building and the wear and tear on the stone pavement, this is indeed an old building.

"I feel that the economic situation of the people living in this place is not too bad." Looking at the surrounding environment, Fan Meng quickly came to a conclusion. "After all, this place is very close to the wealthy area, and I also saw the police patrol car passing by just now."

"This should be where the factory owners, ship owners or major shareholders of the company who got rich first in the Victorian era lived." Liang En explained, recalling the information he had read before.

"You know, Bath is an ancient hot spring resort city, so the nobles and people of high status have already occupied all the good places around it."

"So after the outbreak of the Industrial Revolution, the newly affluent class who suddenly emerged found that they could not find a place of their own in the city, so they simply built another residential area."

"Of course, with the passage of time, the nature of the residential areas in the city has also undergone major changes. Places that were once exclusive to the nobles were crowded with all kinds of wealthy people, and these areas have become wealthy people. A middle-class residential area——"

After explaining, the two people also came to the door of Miss Diana's residence. After knocking on the door, Miss Diana opened the door and welcomed them into the room.

This building is a standard Victorian building. The structure inside is not much different from the old rooms Liang En saw before. The only difference is that there are people living in this house, so the overall interior looks more advanced.

Even so, some fundamental problems with this old house have not been completely solved. For example, the room is so dark that they have to turn on the lights during the day.

"Miss Black, I would like to take the liberty of asking you, do you know who the previous owner of this house was? It was the owner before your grandfather moved in." After walking into the living room together and sitting on the sofa, Liang En asked Dai Anna asked. "

Sorry, I really don't know this. "Diana, who was sitting across from the coffee table, said, "My grandfather didn't say these things when he gave this house to me. I only know that the earliest owner here seemed to be a colonial official of the British Indian government. "

"If it is a colonial official of the British Indian government, then he may indeed leave some valuable things in the room." Liang En nodded thoughtfully, "But the prerequisite is that you have not decorated this room on a large scale before. A building."

"Of course we haven't renovated it on a large scale." Diana shook her head and said, "My grandfather's father liked this style when he bought this house. Naturally, he would not carry out comprehensive decoration inside like some people did."

"If this is the case, then there may indeed be some valuable items left in this house." Liang En said after looking at the antique and even dim-looking decorations in the room. "By the way, how much money do you need now?"

"I'm not asking for privacy, but I want to be able to plan the items you need to sell as reasonably as possible. Let you sell as few items as possible to get enough money."

Knowing that it is taboo to ask strangers who have just met a few times about money-related matters no matter where they are, Liang En quickly explained to himself after raising the question.

"This is not something taboo." Diana smiled after listening to Liang En's explanation, and then said. "You know, the annual property tax on a house like this is not cheap, so I need £5,000 to pay the tax."

"This house used to be my grandfather's and was given to me for my 20th birthday last year. I was happy to receive this birthday gift from my grandfather, but trying to raise the property taxes was a daunting task. A big deal."

"In other words, you only need to find something worth 5,000 pounds." Liang En nodded. In fact, the property tax paid every year in Europe and the United States is not cheap. For a student without much income, he wants to afford it. It's not that simple.

This Miss Black is obviously an ambitious person, so she naturally hopes to pay the property tax for this house by herself instead of asking her family for help.

After obtaining the permission, Liang En and Fan Meng started wandering around the house. For this kind of search, the less disturbed the place, the more likely it is to find good things, so their first step was to go to the attic.

Why don't we go to the basement? "After going upstairs, Fan Meng, who found that the lady had not followed, whispered to Liang En, "Also, that lady believed in us too much, and actually let us come up like this -"

"Don't forget, this is Bath, and the groundwater level is very high. There is a high probability of water seepage or leakage in a basement that has not been managed for a long time. Even if there is something, it is probably difficult to preserve it." Liang En shook his head and said.

"As for trust, this does not mean that the lady is gullible, but because he believes that with my current status, I will not steal anything in the room or deceive her."

After all, Liang En can now be regarded as a rising star in the archaeological world, so as long as his mind is normal, he will not do those worthless things to ruin his future.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to talk, the two people climbed up an aluminum alloy ladder and came to the attic. After looking around with a flashlight, Liang En had an idea.

From the furniture containers of different styles and the obviously different thicknesses of ash, it can be seen that the debris accumulated here must have been put in in batches over a long period of time.

"The old rule is to search these containers first, and then search the surrounding walls." Liang En said after taking a look at the structure of the house.

After simply comparing the size of the roof outside the house with the space inside the house, he felt that there might be some secrets hidden in this house that Miss Black didn't know.

After making the decision, Liang En and Fan Meng, who put on gas masks and gloves, searched the boxes and cabinets in the attic.

Half of the cabinets that looked relatively recent were completely empty, while the other half contained a lot of worthless things in their eyes. For example, something like plastic toys or flashcards.

"Take this box of things to a thrift store and sell it. You can probably sell it for 15 to 20 pounds." After checking a box, Liang En lightly kicked the box and said, "But the labor cost of moving it away is At least £10."

"Same here." Fan Meng threw a tattered doll into the box and said, "There is only some combustible garbage in this box."

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It took more than an hour for Liang En and the others to search all the containers in the attic. But except for two wooden boxes that were probably from the Victorian era and were worth some money, the rest of the items were hard to make them want to buy them.

"I can only give you 80 pounds at most for these two boxes, because even if I sell them for 150 pounds, it would be too much." Liang En explained to Miss Black after taking the two boxes down from the attic.

"Reasonable price." As an archeology student, Miss Black also understood this kind of thing, so she nodded. "Besides this, what else do you have your eye on?"

"Everything else is just rubbish." Liang En said bluntly, "If you pack it up and sell it to a scrap collection station, it might fetch fifty or sixty pounds, but it's not worth buying for us."

"Okay!" Miss Black sighed, then raised her head and looked at Liang En, "Have you completely searched the attic?"

"No, not really." Liang En shook his head, and then told Miss Black exactly what he had discovered about the abnormality on the roof.

"I understand." As a smart person, Miss Black understood what Liang En wanted to express, so she said, "You can remove those boards in the attic, but I hope I can follow you."

Soon, the three people returned to the attic together, then took out the metal detector and started searching. When they searched the inner wall of the roof without windows, the metal detector soon had a clear response.

"Pry this open-" Liang En turned to Fan Meng and said. Fan Meng nodded immediately, and then started working on the wooden wall with a hand saw and a crowbar. Five minutes later, a cabinet door appeared. In front of everyone's eyes.

After using the carpentry screwdriver he brought with him to remove the locking hinge of the cabinet door, several canvas bags of different lengths placed on the cabinet block immediately attracted the attention of everyone present.

"This is definitely a good thing." Seeing the outline of these packages, Fan Meng suddenly became excited, and then carefully stretched out his hand to move the canvas bags out.

Liang En and Miss Black next to him nodded in agreement with his statement, because the outlines of these packages were so obvious that they could be seen as firearms at a glance.

"Congratulations, I think your property tax is now settled." Liang En said with a smile to Miss Black next to him, and then he used the rope he carried to hang the bags from the attic entrance.

After emptying out the firearms hidden in the secret cabinet, Liang En habitually checked the secret cabinet itself to see if there was anything like a mezzanine.

Sure enough, as he suspected, after checking the whole thing, he found a movable partition at the back of the cabinet, and then took out a small box from behind the partition.

After spending another half an hour thoroughly checking the attic, Liang En and the others took the pile of things they had just found to the living room on the first floor, and then used the sunlight coming in from the window to inspect the trophies they had just found.

The first canvas bags to be opened were those that were completely white, and after untying the rope on the first canvas bag, a single-barreled smoothbore sporting rifle with a traditional shape and a hexagonal barrel and a flash cap was revealed inside.

The gun is an old muzzleloader that uses black powder as the propellant. It also has a huge diameter of 0.67 inches.

There is an inscription engraved on the metal below the gun, indicating that the gun came from the Currimola Company, the official manufacturer of the Rambo monarch in India, and was intended to be presented to a British Army major named Porter.

"Now we can match up." Miss Black clapped her hands and said. "This fits perfectly with the information my grandfather told me that the entire house formerly belonged to an Indian Army officer and his descendants."

This gun has never been cheap due to production issues. Even with this average level of preservation, it can be sold for around 3,500 pounds on the market.

In addition, they also found an 1870 Wilkinson centerfire sporting rifle and an 1872 Richards centerfire rifle.

Because these two guns are produced in larger quantities, the price is about 1,500 pounds. Compared to the canvas bags containing the long guns, the three small canvas bags brought them a bigger surprise.

Two of the canvas bags each contain a double-barreled breech-loading pistol with precious metal wire inlay patterns and bas-relief on the bolt cover and grip. Just from the appearance of the decoration, you can tell that these pistols will not be too cheap. .

"This shouldn't be a pistol for shooting people, right? Even though the caliber of firearms in the black powder era was generally large, this one is clearly over the standard." After confirming that the firearm was not loaded, Fan Meng turned the muzzle of the gun and looked at it carefully before saying.

"And the whole gun is a bit too big. I think it would be difficult for normal humans to carry such a large gun like an ordinary pistol."

"But if it is used as a shotgun, this thing is obviously not qualified. Because its barrel is too short and the range is too close. If you really encounter a wild beast, shooting with it is no different from gambling your life."

"Could it be a self-defense pistol?" Miss Black asked. "My grandfather and father both liked to go hunting in Canada. They would often carry a large-caliber pistol to avoid encountering some large-sized guns at close range. Predators."

"What you said sounds reasonable, but in fact it is not." Liang En pointed to the exquisite relief on the pistol and said with a smile, "The people who use this kind of gun are people with status, so they tend to There are enough guards to handle the situation."

"Okay, don't be too pretentious." Fan Meng carefully inspected the beautifully carved wooden grip of the pistol and said, "Tell me what is this double-barreled pistol used for?"

"This is an elephant sedan pistol. Users often ride on the back of an elephant to use them." Liang En said as he picked up another pistol. "When the British hunted in India, the hunter would often sit in a box on the back of an elephant. This box was called an elephant palanquin."

"This is actually a traditional hunting habit of Indian nobles, and the British carried this habit forward after they arrived. Especially hunting some large and ferocious animals."

"The hunters tended to be British military officers and administrators serving in India, who had high-quality military-grade weapons and were skilled in their use."

"The reason why we sit on the back of an elephant for hunting is because trained elephants can drive prey from hiding places to open areas, which brings a huge advantage to hunting. And when standing on the back of an elephant, these hunters And be safe."

"Hunters can completely shoot at those beasts at close range when a tiger attacks an elephant with sufficient safety, and in this case, this kind of double-barreled large-caliber pistol will naturally be of sufficient use. "

"If that's the case, this kind of firearm is indeed suitable for use in that situation." After listening to Liang En's explanation, Fan Meng showed a clear expression.

"Although it is difficult to aim a large-caliber pistol, I think there should be no problem if you use this gun to shoot a target as big as a tiger that is barely moving one or two meters away."

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Compared with those rifles that came before it, this pair of 1875 London-made William Moore Gray centerfire Elephant Cage pistols chambered for .577-inch flat-nosed bullets added a lot of embellishments to the original.

This situation is not uncommon in civilian weapons, especially for some noble or wealthy people. They naturally hope that their weapons will be different, so they will spend extra money to decorate their weapons.

Because of these decorations, the value of the two double-barreled elephant sedan pistols in front of Liang En and the others is much higher than the ordinary version of the pistol, and they are naturally more valuable.

"If it is a mass-produced version, the two pistols will cost about 2,500 pounds in total, but now this kind of pistol with exquisite sculptures is not cheap. If there are no problems, it can be sold for about 4,000 pounds." Soon, Liang En gave an estimate.

"That is to say, the firearms here alone exceed 10,000 pounds." After hearing Liang En's quotation, Miss Black suddenly became excited.

"Yes, but this is the market price, not my purchase price." Liang En said with a smile. "After all, according to tradition, I am entitled to 40% of it, so if it were sold to me, I would only be able to pay £6,000."

"Of course you also have the right to sell these firearms to other people, but according to tradition, you need to pay me £4,000 as a reward for finding these items."

"Of course, Mr. Liang, you deserve this." Miss Black nodded with a smile, and then said, "But we think we should read the contents of the last box before making a decision."

The box Miss Black was talking about was what Liang En had found in the secret compartment at the back of the cabinet, and it was wrapped in a thick layer of wax.

Liang En had seen this method of preserving items several times before, and it was basically to preserve various precious things. So everyone was naturally very curious when facing this box hidden in the mezzanine.

"There is a book and a necklace inside." After taking out some tools from the bag to clean the wax on the outside of the box and opening the box, Liang En saw what was inside the box.

The necklace is a silver necklace with a very simple style. It looks like some metal rings simply buckled together. However, there is an unusual necklace pendant on top of the simple necklace.

"What animal's tooth is this?" Miss Black looked curious after seeing the pendant on the necklace in the box. Because the pendant hanging in the center of the necklace is a pair of huge teeth half-mounted on a silver base.

"It should be a tiger's tooth." After a brief inspection, Liang En said. "After all, the shape of this tooth should come from some kind of feline carnivore, and among these animals only tigers have such large teeth."

Considering that the man who left the firearm was obviously an officer who hunted frequently in India during the colonial era, it makes perfect sense to use his own trophies to make such a piece of jewelry.

"This tooth is quite big." Just as Liang En was explaining, Fan Meng who was beside him took out a small measuring tape and measured it, and quickly measured the size of the tooth. "16.6cm, it seems that this tiger was really big back then."

"Let me see--" After Fan Meng said this, their client, Ms. Blake, also became interested, so she immediately took out her phone and started searching. Soon, she found content related to Indian tigers.

"You are right, this is indeed a big guy." Miss Black read to the mobile phone in her hand, "In India, people often hunt Bengal tigers, and the canine teeth of Bengal tigers are generally 136 mm, and this canine tooth is obviously It needs to be bigger."

"Also, the largest tiger is the Siberian tiger, but that animal is mainly distributed in Siberia, Russia, the Korean Peninsula and Northeast China. So it is impossible for the British officer in India to find this kind of tiger."

"It seems that this can be understood." Liang En looked at the necklace with the tiger's canine teeth and said, "Obviously, our Major Porter hunted a tiger that was bigger than other tigers, so he took Tiger teeth were removed as decorations."

"Considering that tigers are now protected animals around the world, and this tiger tooth is much larger than other normal tiger teeth, I think if I find the right person, this necklace should be sold for 3,500 to 3,700 pounds."

After taking away the silver necklace, Liang En put on white silk gloves and carefully took out the book from the box, then opened the book and inspected it.

This is not a common printed book, but a diary. After reading a few pages, Liang En discovered that it was Major Porter's diary, recording the major's experience as an officer in the army stationed in India.

"If this lot of things were packaged and sold, I think it should be sold for about 35,000 pounds." After checking all the things, Liang En gave a simple valuation.

"Of course, I mean selling these things in a package. Because these things are related, they can be sold as a whole for a good price."

"Uh - I think it would be more useful if I left this thing behind." Miss Black said after thinking for a while. "I could give them to my grandfather and I would be able to solve my current property tax problem."

Obviously, for this rich young lady, he can give this kind of gift to his elders. This is indeed the most appropriate way for her to handle it. But the problem is, in this case, she will owe Liang En 14,000 pounds.

"Sorry, I really don't have cash right now." Miss Black naturally knew that her current situation was not suitable for debt, so she quickly came up with a solution. "But I can pay for it with something if you want."

"Yes, you can quote everything, but we have the right to choose." After discussing a few words with Fan Meng in Chinese, Liang En said the final result of their discussion.

Because the two of them felt that the things this young girl could bring out to pay for the debt were probably some bags or jewelry. Although such items have a certain depreciation when used second-hand, they are easy to sell and easier to exchange for cash.

What they didn't expect was that after waiting downstairs for 15 minutes, Ms. Blake came downstairs with a bunch of obviously antique-looking things in addition to some luxury goods.

"These are things I bought with money before. If you like any of them, you can take them." Miss Black said, while opening the boxes one by one.

"This is -" Just when the other party opened a wooden box that was originally filled with red wine, Liang En's eyes suddenly froze because he saw a brown and green statue inside the box.

This statue is a standing statue of a monk with his chest exposed and his belly exposed. He has a kind-hearted image, a pleasant smile and a leisurely look on his face. The statue holds a rosary in its left hand and a cloth bag in its right hand.

The entire statue adopts the exposed tire decoration technique, using the flint red burned from the exposed tire to express the color of the skin, and at the same time, the characters' faces and expressions are carefully depicted. As for the clothes, thick and shiny celadon is used to reflect the soft and smooth texture of the clothes.

In short, the whole statue makes people feel a sense of peace at first glance. And this just shows how valuable this statue is as a work of art.

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