Chapter 35: The Secret Passage

Magellan was not sure if the baron's ancestors had left useful information, it was a pure attempt.

"You don't want to rob the tomb, do you?"

The baron's words were purely visceral and without malice, but Magellan sighed involuntarily.

"No, it won't. ”

Archaeology and tomb robbing are not the same thing.

Even if what Magellan is doing now is not archaeology, but expeditions at all costs, he will not take everything of value from the tomb like a tomb robber, leaving a mess behind.

The first thing people who want to get information from the ruins should do is to protect the ruins.

Of course, the vast majority of people don't know about this, they just think that archaeology is tomb robbing.

"So, what I'm most afraid of is taking it for granted for no reason......"

Magellan didn't know how to convince the baron.

So he quickly gave up.

Fortunately, the baron believed Magellan, and he began to try to remember the place that might have been the family cemetery.

"They never seem to commemorate their ancestors at a certain time, and we may not really have a family cemetery. ”

The baron finally began to discover the anomaly of the matter, and there was hardly a nobleman who would not commemorate his ancestors. Undoubtedly, this situation is too strange for the nobility, whose status is determined entirely by blood.

"I've got a couple of options, so let's check them out while it's still dark. ”

In that big book, there was a lot of missing records in the last period, probably because the heirs of the family began to feel that keeping a diary was too much of a waste of time, or they didn't feel that what they were going through was worth documenting, but Magellan had another guess: they were deliberately hiding something.

And any attempt to hide something will only end up leaving clues to the outcome.

Magellan led the two to the market outside the castle, and on a dirt slope not far away, there was a small church.

It's a very dilapidated building, surprisingly still clinging, and anyone who sees it won't believe that it's been standing quietly here for more than 200 years.

In the distant past, when the whole city had not yet appeared, and there was only a wilderness outside the castle, this chapel was already here.

The baron's eyes widened in surprise when Magellan said this, he remembered his efforts to destroy the chapel as a child, and the baron never imagined that it would be such an old building.

"More than two hundred years ago, a Schmidt mentioned this chapel, and he prayed in it. ”

Magellan walked into the empty church, where three white candles were still burning in front of the altar, the light of the fire flickering, but it could not dispel the shadows.

"Stone Candlestick ......"

With almost just one glance, Magellan was sure that it was indeed a remnant from hundreds of years ago, and that the altar was too conspicuous.

"It sounds like a lot of money, but it definitely doesn't sell. ”

Arthur didn't like this place, not because it was dark and shabby, but because it was supposed to be valuable, but it was dark and shabby.

Magellan let out a long sigh.

It's almost everywhere with the flavors he is familiar with, both in terms of layout and craftsmanship.

"If I'm not mistaken......"

Magellan walked to the front of the altar, put his hand on the candlestick, and turned.

With the sound of heavy objects dragging on the ground, the wall to the left of the altar began to move, revealing a hole in the back.

"What?"

The baron looked at Magellan in great surprise, then at Arthur, who looked "expected", and even began to wonder if he was in a dream.

"How do you know?"

"Nothing strange, I've seen it before. ”

Magellan took a candle from the candlestick, held it in his hand, and walked into the open hole.

"The air is still fresh......

Arthur soon spotted the problem.

"What?"

The baron still hadn't understood what was happening.

"That is to say......"

Magellan's explanation was abruptly interrupted by a shout, and with a sound, a man rushed out of the secret passage.

"In other words, the mechanism was opened not long ago. ”

The man rushed into the light, then finally stopped.

"Magellan!"

"Professor Granger?"

Magellan was extremely surprised, he did not expect to meet his friends of the Royal Society here.

"It's been a long time since we last met, and you don't look the same!"

Professor Granger laughed.

"It's ......," Magellan smiled and shook his head, then hugged Professor Granger, "It's been a long time. ”

"You have to see, what I found here!"

Professor Granger immediately remembered what he had just done.

"A secret room from two hundred and forty years ago!"

He stood at the door of the secret passage, smiled excitedly at Magellan, and then sighed helplessly.

"But I didn't expect that the mechanism that opened the door inside this secret passage was in disrepair and could not be used, so it was a shame for the Royal Society to be locked in for two days......"

"Typical of the post-Crusades craft, those of the Stonemasons Guild were ahead of their time, right? ”

Magellan smiled and walked into the darkness, he could fully understand Professor Granger's agitation, most of the secret rooms of this period were still in the hands of the aristocracy, and few lucky scholars could find a sample of research.

"The tomb under the chapel belonged to a family of knights with a long history, and according to the custom of the time, the weapons and armor of the people were buried together, and the deeds of the people were recorded on stone tablets. ”

Professor Granger knew everything about the place, and he walked at the front, introducing the knight's names and titles to the skeletons of the knights.

"It's like this is your family graveyard!"

The baron finally couldn't help but speak.

His words made the professor laugh in surprise.

"What? This is your family cemetery. ”

The baron suddenly began to wonder if he had said the wrong thing, and he looked at the elated strange man in front of him and nodded reluctantly.

"It's the first time I've seen such a coincidence in my long life," Professor Granger laughed at Magellan, "this is your family graveyard, right, my lord, you see, this place undoubtedly needs to be cleaned and cleaned up, can I help?"

"What can you do?"

The baron saw Professor Granger from head to toe with the eyes of a judging servant, and the man was nothing but a strong physique.

"I can sweep away the dust from this precious relic without harming your ancestors, and I can help sort out the genealogy of these noble knights, so that you know which one is your grandfather's grandfather and which one is your grandfather's great-grandfather. ”

The baron was speechless.