Chapter 203: Treasure Hunt
"Brother Edmund, your weaponry may not be of much use against the demons." Zheng Dong looked at several armed men behind him and said.
"I know this, several of them have been soldiers, and after retiring from the army, they joined our Church, and they are the paladins of the Church, so in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, we did not use the previous title of Templar. Their weapons have also been treated by the Church's special methods to deal with evil spirits. ”
Edmund's words dispelled the doubts in Zheng Dong's heart, and he nodded, "Okay, how many more paladins do we have?" ”
"There are twenty-eight more, and I brought five of them here today."
Zheng Dong said to the red-robed bishop: "Please recruit paladins from the believers of the Church of God as soon as possible, on the condition that there are people who are firm and have certain military skills, and in terms of training, you can go to Sean of the Knights Hospitaller, if Mostima uses the third chance to summon the army of hell, our armed forces are far from enough." ”
The red-robed bishop's admiration for Zheng Dong is even greater than that of the Grand Master of the Society of God, and the outwitting of the night demon shows that he is brave and strategic, and he will not leave any trouble after killing the night demon, and he is even more thoughtful, resolute and resolute. Convinced of Zheng Dong's judgment, the red-robed bishop immediately replied, "I'll go back to the headquarters now and discuss with the Grand Master, the funds you gave me are enough to recruit a regiment of paladins." ”
Zheng Dong took out three more cards, these cards were all paid for the escape by the group of VIPs on the ship, if they had unswervingly followed Zheng Dong, they might still be living their luxurious life now, but there is no regret medicine in this world, every decision you make may determine the direction of fate.
He handed the card to the Red Envelope Bishop, "Another 60 million for you, recruit more people, and buy some heavy weapons." ”
The red-robed cardinal's face flushed with excitement, "We, the Knights Templar, have been silent for a thousand years, and we are about to recover, and we have finally waited for this day. ”
The white fat old man couldn't help but step forward, hugged Zheng Dong warmly, and then turned to leave.
"I'll go in and see it later, you stay here." After seeing the red-robed bishop leave, Zheng Dong said to Edmund.
"Okay, we'll pick you up at any time, and I'll send the information about this castle to your phone."
Zheng Dong nodded, and disappeared from everyone's field of vision in a few flashes, and the paladins who saw him for the first time were deeply shocked, there were such strange things in the church, and they strengthened their beliefs.
The castle was closed to the public, the gates were closed, the walls were high, and he jumped in, and it was empty, and occasionally a guard could be seen, and when he came, he could hear it from five or six houses, and he could walk around without anyone noticing. Turn on your phone and read the materials Edmund sent him, the castle was open to the public a hundred years ago, and later it was rumored to contain Templar treasures, attracting many treasure hunters, some of whom were ready to commit thefts under the pretext of visiting, and some wanted to buy the castle at a high price, and then dig slowly to find the treasure.
The owner of the castle was so annoyed that he closed the castle, leaving only a few managers and guards, and their daily work was to maintain and inspect the equipment and patrol the fire against thieves. According to the material, a man wrote a book about one of the buildings of the castle - the Alsimi Tower. In the key part of the book, the tower has eight small, tall trefoil windows, one of which is blocked by cement. The author suspects that as long as this window is opened, and at a certain time on a certain day, the sun shines on a signed stone, that will be the clue to the opening of the treasure.
It has to be said that this author has a rich imagination, speculating that the work can be done in a specific location and time, as if she had seen with her own eyes the mystery of the Templars setting up the treasure thousands of years ago. Zheng Dong shook his head, he took out the black dragon mace, if there was indeed a treasure, the tip of the black dragon mace would become dark red.
He held the black dragon gong flat, stood in the middle of the courtyard and turned around, the black dragon mace did not react, indicating that there was no treasure here at all. Next, he was going to the tower to see the symbols left by the Templars, and at the same time, his divine sense was released, and he most hoped to capture Mu Yun'er's familiar breath, his divine sense could only perceive living creatures now, and could not form images of creatures in his mind.
So far, all he has sensed is the guards and administrators of the castle, and he has not detected any unusual creatures or aura. If his previous speculation was correct, on the premise that both he and Mostima were looking for the Holy Grail, they would eventually meet each other, and he was looking forward to the day.
Came to the entrance of the Althymi Tower, the door lock fell to the ground, the door lock was rusty, it seems that no one has been here for a long time, pick it up and take a look, the deadbolt is fused, there are traces of fire burning, it is not an ordinary fuse, the incision is smooth, the light is recognizable, ordinary fusing equipment will not leave such a neat incision, is this a masterpiece of Mostima?
Up to the top of the tower, there were indeed eight small, tall trefoil windows, one of which was plastered with cement, which he knocked off with a mace, and a ray of sunlight cast onto the opposite wall, which was usually covered with graffiti and some strange symbols.
The depiction of symbols is not in a specific order, and it appears disorganized, which makes it difficult to find the logical relationship and understand the meaning. He leaned sideways and let the sunlight fall on this wall, but a ray of sunlight only fell on a symbol, and he recognized it, and it was in the diary that the master gave him, and the contents of the diary were basically recorded with these symbols, and the master had taught him.
However, he noticed the meaningful symbols he recognized, whether they were up and down, or left and right, and the adjacent symbols he had not yet seen. He was in a predicament, puzzled, and when he looked up again, the spot shifted, moving diagonally, and landed on another symbol, which, to his surprise, was also present in the diary, which he also recognized.
He seemed to understand something, nervously waiting for the direction of the next movement of the light spot, it was a long wait, and his heart was extremely tormented, the light spot moved, as expected, he also recognized this symbol.
At this point, he cracked the code set by the Templars. First of all, it is necessary to grasp the meaning of a set of special symbols that only the core knights understand; Secondly, daylight shines through the trefoil-shaped window and falls on the wall covered with characters, and the direction in which the light spots move is the direction of reading, and the other characters are fake, scribbles as distractions. These two are indispensable, and it is no wonder that no one has been able to find the Knights Templar's treasures for thousands of years.
Zheng Dong was excited that the black dragon mace in his hand almost fell to the ground, and he used the tip of the wedge to gently point on the wall in the order of the light spots in his memory, and read out the contents.
"The great leader has been wronged, and we have been disgraced by the Templars, and since he cannot be buried with the martyrs, he will sleep among the peoples, and one day he will return to Paris with the heroic spirit of the Templars, and he will denounce the hypocritical and treacherous king in his hand, and the sword in his hand will defend our faith, and it will open the way to the revival of our great cause."
This heroic remark must have contained an important meaning, but unfortunately it is still unclear, neither the place where the Grand Master is buried, nor the specific location of the treasure.
After a long day, and he had to play dumb riddles, Zheng Dong was angry, and he was here alone, thinking hard, there may not be results, go out to Edmund and discuss it, maybe you can see the meaning of this passage.
After leaving the castle and meeting with Edmund, Zheng Dong recited this passage to Edmund, he listened carefully, and sometimes asked Zheng Dong to stop, and repeated a certain sentence several times, and after two times overall, Edmund seemed to have a conclusion in his heart.
He said solemnly, "It is certain that the Great Leader is the last Grand Master of the era we are looking for, when the Knights still had many territories and castles, and the Templars who died in battle or died of illness were often buried in their domains, but after the death of the Grand Master, almost all of the Templar territories were confiscated. ”
This also explains the sentence that he cannot be buried with the martyrs, and that he will sleep among all the people, so the latter sentence refers to the place where he was buried. Zheng Dong suddenly realized.
Zheng Dong continued to reason: "Among the people, shouldn't it be to hide people's eyes and ears and bury the Grand Master in the cemetery? How many places can reach the cemetery of 10,000 people in France? ”
"Not much, the Catacombs of Paris are counted as one, in the 18th century, because of the outbreak of smallpox plague and plague in Paris, a large number of Parisian residents died, and the cemetery area on the ground was seriously insufficient, so the mayor at that time decided to dig a pit, bury the dead in the soil, and then take out the remaining bones and fill in the underground tunnels and some underground buildings a month later."
"Wait, what year was the last Grand Master executed abroad?"
"In 1314? What's wrong? ”
"No, the Catacombs of Paris were built after 1800, and the time difference between the two events is hundreds of years, how can the Grand Master be buried in the catacombs that were built hundreds of years later."
Edmund was stunned when he heard this, and then laughed, "That's right, that's right, a large number of people were buried in the catacombs of Paris at that time, and I just checked, and there are tens of thousands of dead people stored at present, but this was only tens of thousands hundreds of years ago." I'm sure he went to the Catacombs of Paris. ”
"This explains that he will sleep among the people, and the king of France must have thought about the treasure at that time." Zheng Dong flipped through the Templar Order's profile on his phone.
"With murderous intentions, all the Templars were suddenly captured and executed, and several of the Grand Master and several other high-ranking leaders were killed a few years later." Edmund said indignantly.
"Without further ado, we'll go now." Zheng Dong did not wait for their reply, and began to draw a pattern of six-pointed stars on the ground.