Hudson University, Jason. In Professor Byford's office.

Professor Byford took the photograph Beckett had given him and looked at it, "Yes, I've met Susanna, and she came to me to find out what the symbols meant. ”

Beckett asked, "And how did you answer her?" ”

"I told her that these symbols depend, some of these symbols have been around for thousands of years, they have different meanings in different cultures, and most of these symbols are related to Freemasonry, and many of our country's founding fathers were Freemasons, so many buildings will have these markings."

When Cassel heard the professor's words, he said with some excitement: "Oh, it actually involves Freemasonry, and I am reminded of the movie "National Treasure". ”

Byford continued: "Movies and novels are fictional, but during the American Revolution, there were similar symbols that were used as war secrets and markers for buried treasures. For example, the gold coins left over from the defeat of Great Britain and the missing half of the first coins minted by the U.S. Treasury coffer. ”

Beckett showed the reconstructed symbol from Susanna's hand to Byford, "Professor, do you know this symbol?" It was engraved on the hand of the deceased Susanna. ”

"The dead? Is Suzanne dead? Sorry, I don't recognize this symbol. But I think you should take a look at this. She once brought me a letter and wanted me to see if it had anything to do with the symbols, and this is a copy I left behind. Upon hearing the news of Susanna's death, Professor Byford quickly found a letter in Latin from a drawer and gave it to Cassel and Beckett.

Cassel took the letter and read: "I, Theodore of New York City. Rose, a loyal patriot who is physically and mentally healthy... This is my will. I will leave the key to my descendants, and it will point to a great secret hidden in the city, and my descendants will remember this saying: The world is turned upside down in heaven and in the land of Egypt, and no one who has evil intentions will meet with misfortune. Theodore stayed in 1798. ”

After saying goodbye to Professor Byford, the two return to the police station, where Ryan and Esposito not only find out the identity of the mysterious priest, but also find out that Suzanne had taken a taxi to the church where the Freemasons of Yongfu were located before her death.

Considering that Susanna's death scene might have been there, Beckett called Chen Zhong and everyone came to the church together.

The head of the church told Beckett that the mysterious priest they were looking for was named Benjamin. Wade, who was in the church with a few other friars at the time of the crime.

Ryan and Esposito went to the friars to confirm their testimony, and Chen, Beckett, and Kassel visited the ancient church.

"I bet the testimony of these monks must be the same, don't you understand, these monks are guarding this secret, like the Ark of the Covenant, and the secret they guard is the ultimate source of energy. ”

Beckett couldn't stand Cassel's absurd reasoning and said to him, "This isn't Raiders of the Lost Ark, and you're not Indiana. Jones. These monks were poor, abstinent, obedient, and they were God's people. ”

Chen Zhong suddenly pointed to the carving on the top of the church and said: "Susanna's letter says that the world is turned upside down in heaven and Egypt, and you see that what we have carved on it is the scene of heaven. ”

Cassel and Beckett looked at the carvings overhead, and indeed, as Chen Zhong said, depicted the legendary heaven.

The three of them scattered to look around, and Kassel found a familiar symbol on the altar of prayer and beckoned Beckett and Chen Zhong to come over.

On the wall next to the altar is a half-human-high relief, surrounded by four symbols representing the elements surrounding a monster's large mouth.

Chen Zhong found that each element had a letter on it, and Cassel pointed to the relief and said: "Earth, air, water, and fire surround the ether in the middle, these are the five elements of medieval alchemy, and they make up the world. But these elements are also distinguished by important lines, and according to their importance, you can spell out ORIS, which means mouth. ”

Excited, Cassel came to the relief and put his right hand into the monster's mouth in the middle, and while everyone was waiting with bated breath, Cassel screamed loudly, as if something had bitten his hand.

Chen Zhong and Beckett were startled by Kassel's screams, and they both approached Kassel at the same time, trying to pull his hand out.

Looking at the looks on the faces of the two, Cassel laughed and said, "I was joking with you, but I didn't expect you all to be fooled." ”

Beckett lifted his leg and kicked Kassel, and Chen Zhong punched him in the back.

"Just kidding, but there's really something in the mouth of this relief."

Cassel grabbed the mechanism in his mouth with his right hand, and with a creaking sound, the relief receded inward, revealing a hole.

Chen Zhong took out a lighter and lit it for testing, and the flame was burning, indicating that there was oxygen in the cave.

Beckett took out a flashlight and walked into the cave with Kassel and Chen Chong.

There is a hall in the cave, and in the middle is a very old sarcophagus, and Cassel came to the sarcophagus and pushed the lid of the coffin to open it, but the lid of the sarcophagus did not move.

When Beckett and Cassel were paying attention to the sarcophagus, Chen Zhong came to the corner of the hall and found a scimitar more than one meter long with a gauntlet on the ground, with beautiful patterns on the knife body, and traces of blood on the ground.

Chen Zhong picked up the knife gently, but he didn't expect to get a system prompt.

[Yarn Chopper]: This knife was made of Uzi steel by Persian craftsmen, and was brought back by Richard the Lionheart after the Crusades. This piece of equipment can be taken out of the world.

Chen Chong has experienced three worlds, and he also wanted to bring some things to other worlds, but the evolution space is limited, and ordinary items are not allowed to be taken out of his own world, but he didn't expect to encounter equipment here that can be brought out of the world.

The delighted Chen Zhong hurriedly put the knife into the storage space and walked to Beckett and Cassel next to the sarcophagus.

At this time, Kassel had already found the mechanism to open the sarcophagus, held the stone ball carved on the lid of the sarcophagus coffin representing the world, and gently pulled and turned, and the sarcophagus opened.

The three of them looked at it, and inside the sarcophagus was a bag of silver coins, Cassel picked one up and looked at it carefully, and said happily: "In 1792, this is what Professor Byford said, the first batch of five-cent silver coins minted by the U.S. Treasury Department, one sold for $1.5 million at last year's auction, and there are probably more than 1,000 in this bag. ”

Chen Zhong pointed to the corner and said: "There are blood stains over there, it should be the first scene of the murder, now we only need to investigate the people who came to this church at the time of the crime, and we can find the murderer." ”

With the murder scene and the time of the victim's death known, all that remains is to find witnesses, rummage through the surveillance of various streets, and soon lock on Susanna's cousin Collins.

After Beckett's interrogation and various evidence, Collins quickly confessed his guilt.

Suzanne and Collins are both Theodore. Rose's descendants, the legend of the five-cent coin has always been passed down in the family. Suzanne accidentally cracks the secret and contacts her cousin Collins to find the treasure, but the two have a disagreement.

Suzanne insisted on donating the coins, and Collins wanted to use the wealth to change his life, and during the argument, Collins killed Susanna.

Chen Zhong ignored the subsequent development of the case and still returned to work in the laboratory, and Alexis quietly came to Chen Chong's side.

"Chen, I've learned a lot from you recently, can I treat you to dinner to thank you?"

"Alexis, I'm sorry, I have something to do in the evening, can you do another day?"

Alexis, whose proposal was rejected, hesitated for a moment and said directly: "Chen, do you know? At my birthday party, the first time I saw you, I thought you were special. ”

Chen Zhong smiled and said: "Alexis, you are a very beautiful and lovely girl, but we are not suitable for each other, I believe you will find a better person to love you." ”

Looking at Chen Zhong as he walked out of the laboratory, Alexis tasted rejection for the first time, and sad tears flowed down his jade-like face.

Cassel, who had seen everything from the side, came over, and Alexis threw himself into his father's arms and cried softly.

Alexis lifted his little teardrop face and asked, "Did I do something wrong?" Why doesn't he like me? ”

Cassel patted her daughter on the back and said, "You are a good girl, and he is a good man, but it doesn't have to be a good girl and a good man to get together." If two people want to be together, they also need fate. ”

Coaxing his precious daughter in his arms, Cassel thought to himself, maybe Chen Zhong is the same as I thought, we are afraid that you will be hurt.