Chapter 1545 Shocking Discovery
"Guys, pay attention, the area of the secret room under this iron door is not estimated to be large, and it is likely that there is no ventilation system, and the air inside is very filthy!
After I open this iron door, you must not take off your masks, that may inhale foul air and damage your body, I don't want to see that result.
Miller, get ready for the ventilation fan, when I open the iron door, immediately put the ventilation fan in it, and when the air in the secret room is replaced, let's enter this secret room."
Before opening the iron door, Ye Tian specially advised him in case something unexpected happened.
"Understood, Steven"
Everyone responded in unison, and Miller also took out a ventilation fan from the handbag next to him.
Immediately after, Ye Tian pulled upwards and slammed open the rusty iron door.
However, he did not completely pull up the iron door, and when it was nearly halfway open, he quickly closed the iron door again with lightning speed!
In the eyes of others, this is a very cautious maneuver to prevent possible attacks in the chamber, in case the chamber is arranged with Charleville's muskets or crossbow arrows!
In fact, it's nothing more than acting!
Ye Tian knew better than anyone else that there were any traps in the secret room under the iron door.
There are only boxes full of documents, and there are no traps at all, so it is very safe to enter!
It was very quiet under the iron door, there was no sound of the machine turning, no sound of musket firing, nothing happened.
Seeing this situation, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and instantly felt a lot more relaxed.
Ye Tian opened the iron door again, this time without reservation.
A dark entrance to the secret passage immediately appeared in front of everyone's eyes, and down the entrance of the secret passage, there was a long set of mossy steps, leading straight to the depths of the ground!
With the slightly dim light in the hall, standing at the entrance of the dark passage and looking down, a few meters down the steps, it is indeed an underground secret room, and the area does not look large!
As far as the eye could see, there were solid wooden chests stacked in the underground chamber, each sealed with rusty locks hanging from them!
Ye Tian glanced at the situation in the secret room, and then said in a deep voice:
"Miller, Walker, you put the air detector and ventilation fan in, check the air quality in the secret room, and quickly change the air inside!"
"Okay, Steven"
Miller and the others responded in unison, and immediately took action, quickly hoisting the air detector and ventilation fan into the secret room!
In the blink of an eye, the air test results came out.
"Steven, the air in this underground chamber is indeed relatively dirty, but it is not toxic, it just circulates slowly, and it will be fine if you ventilate it for a few minutes!"
"This couldn't be better, I was worried that the fresh air outside would bring damage to the things hidden in the secret room, but now it seems that worrying is unnecessary!"
Ye Tian said with a smile, his expression looking much more relaxed.
Martinez and others next to him, as well as many professionals on the live broadcast end, also breathed a sigh of relief, and the heart hanging high in their throats also let go!
Immediately afterward, the fellows looked at the boxes again, wondering what treasures were in those boxes, hidden so secretly!
In just two or three minutes, the air in the secret room has been replaced, and the results of the air test show that the air environment in the secret room is exactly the same as the hall where everyone is located.
You can enter the secret room and discover the secrets of this small secret room!
"Martinez, please, let's take the lead and take the lead in this small secret room to explore the secrets here, and the others will follow up and clean up the secret room in this secret room!"
As he spoke, Ye Tian made a gesture of please, and then stepped out, carrying a searchlight, along the steps of the entrance of the secret passage, and walked straight to the small secret room below!
Martinez followed, his expression extremely excited, his eyes full of curiosity and anticipation.
Behind them are Miller and Walker, who are tasked with wiring and installing lighting fixtures to illuminate the secret room below so that everyone can work!
In a moment's effort, Ye Tian had already descended to this small underground secret room and stood on the granite floor.
After a lapse of more than 200 years, this long-closed underground chamber has once again ushered in light and ushered in a long-lost popularity.
After landing and standing still, Ye Tian quickly glanced at the situation in the secret room, although he already knew the situation here well!
Compared to the hall above, this small underground chamber is much simpler!
The area of the secret room is not large, only twenty or thirty squares, four squares, about two meters high and two or three, standing in it has a slightly oppressive feeling.
Like the hall above, this chamber is made of granite, which looks a bit shabby, but it is actually very luxurious and extremely sturdy!
There are no priceless antique works of art, no Raphael, no Michelangelo, just a dozen boxes of the same size, placed on shelves about 50 centimeters high!
Although there is a layer of dust on those solid wood boxes, there is also some moss, which looks a little mottled and quite historical!
But Ye Tian still saw at a glance that those purple-brown boxes were all made of African red sandalwood, which was not only valuable, but also could prevent insect damage, and the antiseptic performance was also very good!
Even rats are not interested in this hard, aromatic top-quality wood, and generally turn away from it!
In this way, the items in these boxes, especially paper silk items, can be stored for a long time without worrying about insect and rat bites!
Martinez also went down to the secret room, standing side by side with Ye Tian, curiously looking at the situation in the secret room.
"Steven, what are these boxes? Napoleon hid them here, or is someone else hiding them in this secret room?"
Ye Tian shook his head lightly and said with a smile:
"I don't know, but it doesn't matter, when we open these boxes, the answer will come out, the contents of these boxes must be extraordinary, otherwise we wouldn't use extravagant rosewood boxes!"
With that, he stepped forward, raised the hydraulic pliers in his hand, and prepared to cut the padlock on the box closest to him!
With his movements, Martinez and everyone on the live broadcast end held their breath, their eyes glued to Ye Tian and the purple-brown box, looking forward to witnessing the miracle again.
"Smack!"
The rusty padlock was broken in two, and then Ye Tian unscrewed it off and threw it to the ground on the side.
Immediately after, Ye Tian reached out and lifted the lid of the red sandalwood box.
The first thing that appeared in front of everyone's eyes was a dark gray moisture-proof oiled paper, unremarkable, without any marks and words, covering what was underneath.
The first time they saw the moisture-proof oilpaper, Ye Tian and Martinez, as well as all the professionals on the live broadcast end, instantly guessed that the things covered under the oiled paper were paper items nine times out of ten!
But whether those paper objects are paintings or important documents is unknown!
Ye Tian put the hydraulic tongs on the box next to him, patted the dust on the gloves, and then cautiously and gently uncovered the dark gray moisture-proof oiled paper!
The person who hid these items at the beginning was obviously very cautious, lest the items in the box be lost, Ye Tian removed a total of four layers of moisture-proof oiled paper, only to see what was hidden under the oiled paper.
The first layer under the moisture-proof oiled paper is two huge kraft paper bags, the mouth of the bag is sealed with white string, and both bags are bulging, which should be filled with all kinds of documents!
On the surface of the two brown paper bags, the words 1796 are written, and there is a lot of French.
Although Ye Tian doesn't know French, he still recognizes the words France, Italy, and Austria, and he also knows the rest such as the month and day.
With just one glance, he roughly understood what these two brown paper bags were and how important they were!
But he still forcibly suppressed his excitement and continued to perform, so that it was realistic!
He reached for a file bag from the box, prepared to open it, and then took the liberty to introduce it.
At this moment, Martinez next to him was already holding his head and exclaiming, looking almost crazy!
"Oh my God! What did I see? Could it be that this was the armistice that Napoleon had forced the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Sardinia to sign in 1796 after defeating the First Anti-French Coalition in Italy?
How did these historical documents end up here? Aren't they stored separately at Les Invalides and the Bibliothèque Nationale de France? Security is so tight that it is impossible to get lost!
I understand that the documents in this brown paper bag, either a copy of the tripartite armistice agreement, or a draft of the armistice agreement, that is, a draft, are extremely important historical documents!
Without a doubt, this is the greatest discovery of the day, these documents record the most authentic history of France, and now I finally understand why Napoleon hid them so secretly!"
Martinez's voice has not yet fallen, and the live broadcast has been completely detonated.
Especially in many parts of France, people are stunned and completely stupid!
Even the French president at the Elysee Palace jumped up from the sofa like an electric shock and pounced on the TV screen in front of him!