Chapter 1143: Valuable
Meng Zitao asked Mi Anliang, the coordinates of the isolated island, and he definitely wanted to see it with his own eyes.
After that, he asked Mi An Liang a few more questions in detail, although he looked honest, he would not be deceived by Mi Anliang's appearance, this guy has a black heart, if he believes it easily, he won't know if he is sold.
After a while, colleagues and police from the Rongcheng branch arrived, and after a routine investigation, they took Mi Anliang away, and Mi Anliang's illegal possession of firearms is a major crime, and it can be said that the circumstances are more serious, at least three to seven years in prison. If there are other felonies, they are waiting for a life sentence, or even the death penalty.
Mi Anliang wanted to make meritorious contributions, and with his cooperation, only one of the lost artifacts in the museum where Qian Songyuan was previously located was missing, and the others were found, which made Qian Songyuan very happy when he learned the news, and the whole person looked a few years younger.
Not to mention Qian Songyuan, in order to avoid a long night of dreams, Meng Zitao set off by boat early the next morning to go to the isolated island, this time except for a colleague, he did not take anyone, this is because Ren Dongsheng They encountered something strange, in order to avoid danger, it is better to have fewer people.
The ship sailed for five or six hours before it reached the isolated island, and it was indeed as Mianliang said, the small island was very small, it seemed to be only a few hundred square meters, and there was nothing to be seen on the island, and it looked rather deserted.
Meng Zitao was a little confused, why did the other party choose such a small island to bury treasures, or was it just a trick?
Before, Meng Zitao asked his master Zheng Anzhi about the salvage of the Awa Maru, and at that time, Zheng Anzhi just gave him a meaningful smile and told him that when he was level enough, he would be able to know the truth.
Although Meng Zitao didn't know what was going on at that time, since the master answered so, it meant that the results of the salvage must have been hidden from the outside world. Therefore, the treasure hidden on the isolated island may have nothing to do with the Awa Maru.
But since Mi Anliang found a box of gold from the isolated island, and Ren Dong's life and death were unknown, he must investigate clearly.
Since large ships could not get close to the island, a small boat was lowered from the ship, and Meng Zitao went to the island with his colleagues and a crew member.
On the island, Meng Zitao and his colleagues walked around the island together, and there were no obvious differences except for a few manually dug pits.
Maybe a friend wants to say that Meng Zitao can use his ability to view it, but if he uses his ability to view this isolated island, the amount of aura spent is huge, and if it is just a trick, he will lose a lot.
It's just that he finally came here, but he didn't find anything, and it was not what he wanted to go home empty-handed, so he carefully observed every corner of the isolated island.
Just as he turned to the northwest corner of the island, he suddenly noticed that a few stones on the edge of the island were a little unusual.
Of course, this may also be done by Ren Dongsheng and others, but Meng Zitao found that not only did these stones have traces of being soaked in water for many years, but also in the seawater, there were several such stones, and they had been stretching to the side.
Meng Zitao was in good spirits, this was probably an important clue, so he hurriedly called his colleague and said that he was going to the sea to check.
A colleague found diving equipment, originally planned to go down with Meng Zitao, but was rejected by Meng Zitao, with Meng Zitao's strength and the water beads he carried, he could guarantee that he had no problems, but his colleagues went down together, he couldn't guarantee it.
Putting on his diving equipment, Meng Zitao set off in the direction of the stone rising, groping all the way, without any accidents, he found a cave at the bottom of the isolated island that could accommodate two or three people.
"It's really a miracle of nature!"
Meng Zitao found that the cave should be formed naturally, and he also looked to the center of the island, and couldn't help but sigh.
I don't know how long it will take to check inside the cave, Meng Zitao surfaced, notified his colleagues, and then went to the cave to check.
Not long after entering the cave, Meng Zitao found some fish bones around, and there were quite a few of them, this strange phenomenon made him raise his spirit for one hundred and twenty points.
Mencius groped cautiously until nothing unusual happened, and then he surfaced and appeared in a small cave.
Except for the searchlight on Meng Zitao's head, there was no trace of light in the cave, and he was wearing diving goggles, so his vision was blurred, but Meng Zitao didn't dare to take it off, worried that something would go wrong, at this time, it was better to be careful.
Meng Zitao carefully climbed up from the sea water and found some traces of artificial excavation around it, probably because the cave was too small and deliberately chiseled larger to place things.
In addition, what Mencius noticed was the boxes, two of which were open, and there was a mess around them.
Assuming that this place was discovered by Ren Dongsheng, what happened at that time that led to everything that followed?
Now there is no proof of death, and Meng Zitao can't think of what happened at the beginning, he just wondered for a moment, and seeing that his intuition did not warn, he walked towards one of the boxes and opened it.
The boxes are all wooden, because they are kept in such an environment now, they all look relatively strong, open one of them, find that it is all gold, and then open it is still a box of gold, and then open a box of boxes, and find that most of them are gold and jewelry, even some antiques are made of gold and silver, two-thirds of them are Central Plains style, and one-third are exotic styles.
Seeing this, Meng Zitao couldn't help but wonder, this can't be a place where some pirate hides treasures, these gold jewels are pirates' trophies?
Meng Zitao was just puzzled for a moment, and he was about to open the remaining boxes, but when he opened one of the boxes, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, and quickly stopped what he was doing. There is likely to be a problem in this box, so make a mark and wait until the boxes are all moved out.
In the penultimate box, Mencius found another very precious artifact, a golden mask.
The mask is only the size of two palms, with a strong ancient Egyptian style, and the appearance is already quite mottled, as if it has been weathered, Mencius used his ability to be surprised to find that the mask is actually more than 3,000 years old, which shocked him, and at the same time the movements of his hands were a little more careful.
The environment was not suitable for closer observation, and he carefully set the mask aside and took out a piece of parchment from the box.
When Mencius opened the parchment, he found that there were some words on it that he did not recognize, and he later learned that these words were originally early secular characters.
The evolution of the Egyptian script took a long time, with the earliest known written records dating back to 3200 BC. From 3200 BC to 2100 BC it is called Ancient Egyptian script, from 2100 BC to 1600 BC it is called Middle Egyptian script, and from 1600 BC to 600 BC it is called Late Egyptian script. Many of these neatly carved and illustrated characters are carved into the walls of some temples and tombs, known as the Holy Script.
It may be because it is too time-consuming and laborious, especially when written on papyrus or leather, so just like Chinese characters, some cursive characters have evolved, and the degree of simplification has gradually increased. Originally used by monks to record religious affairs, it gradually evolved into a secular body used to record non-religious matters such as administration, commerce, and law around 650 BC.
The text on the parchment is written in a secular script and tells the story of Hatshepsut, the queen of the 18th Dynasty of ancient Egypt, who was also one of the three beauties of ancient Egypt.
Hatshepsut's father was a brave fighter, and this had a great influence on Hatshepsut. When she was young, she wished she was a boy so that she could grow up to be a big man like her father. But being a woman didn't stop Hachasut from becoming a great man.
At the age of 30, her husband Thutmose II died, and the heir to the throne was not yet 12 years old, Hatshepsut naturally became the regent. She ruled Egypt for 20 years.
During her reign, she interrupted the expeditions she had been making since Thutmose I to conquer Asia and turned to peaceful trade diplomacy, with a special focus on trade with Africa. A magnificent funerary temple was built in Tiel Bahari on the west bank of Thebes, and the obelisk was dedicated to the enlargement of the Karnak Temple.
As Thutmose III came of age, Hatshepsut's cronies fell out of favor. Soon, she also disappeared, but whether she died a natural death, was assassinated, or abdicated, is a mystery for the ages.
To get back to the point, at this time, Meng Zitao didn't know what was written on the parchment, so he put away the parchment and the mask together.
Inside this chest, in addition to the gold mask and parchment, there are several pieces of gold and silver jewelry with ancient Egyptian characteristics, each of which is extremely valuable.
This made Meng Zitao look forward to the last box, however, when he opened the last box, he found that there were still some gold nuggets inside.
Meng Zitao calculated for a while, the gold, silver, jewelry, and various cultural relics in the entire cave could be said to be of great value, and even he was very excited, if it weren't for the fact that he couldn't hide it, he wanted to keep everything for himself.
Fortunately, with his contribution to the discovery of the treasure, the department would not let him suffer, so he only regretted it a little, then adjusted his mood again, and then sorted out his diving equipment and returned to the surface. Next, I thought of a foolproof way to move these things away.