Chapter 259: Knights Templar

"Say, where is the treasure of the Crusaders?"

After resting for a week, Wu Tianyuan started the treasure hunt in good spirits, gathered Tom's team, took Wang Jun and Wang Hong, and prepared for the treasure hunt crusade.

"In 1119, several French fallen knights initiated the establishment of a religious and military order to protect the pilgrims and defend the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, which was established during the First Crusade. Since the order was headquartered in the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem, it was called the Knights Templar. ”

"After the formation of the Knights, the Knights Templar amassed considerable wealth through extortion against pagans as well as Christians, donations from pilgrims, and various gifts from the pope. They owned fiefs and castles, opened banks for pilgrims and kings, and were early bankers in Europe. ”

Later, they lived in luxury, greed, and conspiracy to participate in political activities, which finally aroused the resentment of the kings and other religious orders in Europe, and they were denounced as heretics. In 1312, Pope Clement V had to officially announce the dissolution of the Knights Templar. ”

The Ring of the Brave explains: "On October 5, 1307, King Philip IV of France ordered the arrest of all members of the Knights Templar in France. The King of France wanted to confiscate the Knights Templar's wealth by attacking them in order to subsidize their ailing financial expenses. ”

"But the Knights Templar cleverly kept a great deal of wealth hidden. In fact, it was the Pope of Rome who quietly sent a message to the Knights Templar a few days before the French king took action. When Jacques, the High Priest of the Templar Order, learned from prison that the King of France was going to destroy the Order once and for all, he took drastic measures by calling his nephew, the young Count Scheed, to prison, where the Count secretly succeeded him as High Priest, and asked the Count to swear to save the Order and preserve its treasures until the end of the world. ”

He then told the Count that the remains of my former High Priest were no longer in the tomb of the Knights Templar. Through these archives, many holy relics and treasures can be found, with which it is possible to escape from non-Christian influences. This treasure came from the Holy Land, and it includes 7 candlesticks of Solomon, the crown of the kings of Jerusalem, and 4 golden gospels with holy relics, illustrated by Sepirkle.

"The main wealth of the Knights Templar is elsewhere, at the entrance to the tombs of the high priests, in the two large pillars of the altar. The tops of these pillars rotate on their own, and in their hollow bodies hide the vast treasures of the Knights Templar's accumulation. ”

"In 1314, after the High Priest of Jacques was executed by the King of France, the Count formed an organization of pure architects and asked the King of France for permission to bury Molay's body elsewhere. The king agreed. Boge then took the opportunity to take gold, silver, and precious stones from the large pillars of the Knights Templar's church. Due to the Knights' long-standing passion for occult arts, the Knights Templar had their own unique system of mystical symbols. It is with this system of symbols and secret religious rituals that they hide and reclaim their treasures. ”

After Wu Tianyuan learned the ins and outs of the matter, he became more interested in these treasures, the Crusaders have always been a mystery of history, and many holy relics disappeared at that time. The Holy See has been secretly searching for thousands of years, and if it can find some of it, the bargaining chips will be even stronger.

"To the small town of Setu in Jerusalem!"

The group flew straight to the town of Setu, a small place with only one name on the map, and the ring said that one of the treasures was there.

"Wild? Okay, dig straight away! ”

Wu Tianyuan likes the treasures in the wild the most, he doesn't need to spend money to buy them, he digs them directly at night, and he dug out two treasure chests after a while.

"This is the crown of King Latin Syp!"

"And Solomon's menorah!"

"The Templar Master's Cross and the Handwritten Bible!"

"Alchemy parchment three rolls!"

Wu Tianyuan excitedly counted the seemingly ordinary harvests, knowing that he had picked up treasures this time, and these were the heavy weapons preserved by the Crusaders back then. Each one represents an important piece of religious history and is invaluable to the Vatican!

"Huh? It's not just the Vatican, right? ”

Wu Tianyuan suddenly had an idea, these are also treasures for France, it was their king who ordered the elimination of the Knights Templar, although there is also the meaning of the Pope behind it, it is estimated that Henry is also very interested in these.

"Forget it, go to the Vatican first, Andrew has always been very righteous, I can't be stingy, just go to see what kind of faction is going to the Holy See headquarters?"

Wu Tianyuan decided to go to the Vatican first, Andrew was very atmospheric several times, and the Holy See was also a diamond thigh, so he could cooperate as much as possible. Now he is still weak, and if he has external forces, he must use them as much as possible, and wait until he is strong.

"Dear Wu, the glory of the Lord has called you again!"

Andrew personally went to the airport to pick up Wu Tianyuan, and drove directly to the Holy See headquarters in a few cars, and after reading the treasure this time, he praised it and said: "You are worthy of being the messenger of His Majesty's prophecy of the Holy Father, you have found so many lost holy relics in just three months, and the Lord must be very kind to you!" ”

Wu Tianyuan looked at Andrew's envious look, pursed his lips, and said secretly: "It's not the lord's favor, but the babies themselves like me!" ”

"It's a pity that His Majesty the Holy Father is not in the Holy See for something, otherwise he would have wanted to meet you, a magical treasure hunter."

"Next time, chance!"

Wu Tianyuan shirked, he didn't want to see a person with the Pope's great ability, an Andrew would perceive his ability, if the Pope didn't see through himself directly?

"Let's go, since you're here in person, I'll take you to the secret room to have a look."

Wu Tianyuan was stunned for a moment, and asked curiously: "Is this convenient?" ”

Andrew smiled: "You have been baptized, you are your own family, come with me!" ”

Wu Tianyuan excitedly followed Andrew to the secret room of the Holy See, of course, it was only the smallest, and the core secret room was only allowed by the Pope.

"Zhang Zeduan's Tokyo Menghualu!"

"Han Yu's snowy landscape!"

"Li Gonglin's Five Horse Diagram!"

Wu Tianyuan excitedly held three handscrolls, all of which are national treasures, Tokyo Menghualu is the only authentic handiwork of Zhang Zeduan in addition to the Qingming Riverside Map!

"Five Horses" is a masterpiece of his hand-me-down, in which five horses from the Western Regions were drawn to the Northern Song Dynasty in white strokes, each led by a Xi official.

There is an inscription by Huang Tingjian on the back of each horse, which refers to the age of the horse, the time of tribute, the name of the horse, and the stable where it was received, etc., and is called Li Gonglin's work. The five horses have their own good names, which make people reverie, in order: crested skull, brocade skull, good head red, white at night, full of Sichuan flowers.

There are inscriptions of Emperor Qianlong in two places, and there are 20 seals such as "Le Shou Tang Treasure Treasure" in the Qing Dynasty. Li Gonglin's life is not very proud of his career, but he has a high achievement in poetry, calligraphy and painting, and is good at figure pommel horses. He established the white drawing method, which was only used as a powder book in the past, as a kind of painting, and became the first person to draw white painting. (To be continued.) )