Chapter 92: The Box
Under Chris's arrangement, soon the craftsmen and materials were ready, and the prince's expectation was to complete it in one day, and after consulting the craftsmen, they also promised to complete it in time, after all, building a wall was too simple for them. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Leon was indoors preparing for a banquet, while York went outside to smash the wall, a physical task much more interesting than facing a pile of papers.
Before Leon could finish his business, York hurried back.
"Why, the wall was smashed so quickly?" Leon thought carefully, it was only a long time, no matter how strong he was, it was impossible to complete the task in such a short time.
"No, it's this. York said, holding a box in both hands.
It turned out that when he smashed the wall just now, York went down with a few hammers, and a hole was smashed in the wall, but it was not only the bricks that fell on the ground, but also a box in it, and it was obvious that this box had been hidden in the wall, and if it weren't for today's operation, it is estimated that it would have been hidden.
Leon took the box, it was a short, flat cuboid, only half the size of a normal brick, dark red throughout, I couldn't tell what it was, but it was hard to the touch.
The box only has some irregular patterns on the top, the rest of the sides are smooth, there is no lock on it, and you only need to remove the lid to see the contents inside.
But the problem lies in this lid, when the Yorkie knight first got his hands on it, he tried to open it to see, and after a lot of effort, the box was still the same as before, as if the lid had been glued to the box.
Leon tried to pull the lid open, but it was the same.
"Your Highness, this should be something to glue them together, try it with a knife. York took a knife and tried to pry it open with the blade, there was a visible slit in the box that the blade could be inserted.
The result was still the same, the box would not be opened at all.
"What the hell is hidden in there?" Yorke touched his chin with his right hand, pondering repeatedly, at first he thought it was some of the private money that some magistrate had hidden here before, but now judging from its hardness, there might be something more valuable in it, otherwise the man who placed the box would not have opened it, wouldn't he be asking for trouble.
"I'm concerned about why it's inside the wall. Leon placed the box on the table and began to think about it.
Hiding it in such a secret place just doesn't want anyone to find it. But who could have predicted when the wall would be torn down, and if you want to be safer, burying it deeper in the ground is a rational choice, which means that the person hiding it does not want it to be buried permanently, but hopes that someone will find it one day.
"Since it is hidden in the wall, it must have been done by the people of the castle before, you think, prince, the history of this castle is also hundreds of years, and when the town was poor in the past, perhaps it was a certain administrator who hid his money here and took it away at a certain time, probably because something happened in the middle of the way and forgot it. York still thinks it's money.
"How much can you fit in such a big box? Besides, listen carefully. Leon shook the box, but there was no sound of metal colliding, and York's claim was dismissed.
"What could that be? You can't go to great lengths to hide an empty box. York shook his head again and again, how could a remote town have so many strange secrets, it can't be opened now, everything can only be imagined.
"Let's take a look and maybe find some clues. Leon couldn't think of it, so he had to put it aside and go to the place where it was found.
The craftsmen had already knocked down more than half of the walls, and the bricks were scattered on the ground, and no other anomalies were found.
The two of them squatted on the ground to inspect piece by piece, and the people around them looked confused, haven't the nobles seen bricks?
"Your Highness, I don't think there will be anything to be found here, so it's better to tear down all the castles, and there may be other boxes. York threw away the bricks in his hand and looked at the castle behind him.
Leon disagreed. It seems reasonable for a person to hide important things separately, but it is not known what is in the box at present, and if the castle is recklessly demolished, it will be a big loss for a few worthless gadgets.
So the task at hand is to open the box.
"You go to the blacksmith and try it. When they returned to the Executive Hall, Leon handed York the box, which he could not pry open with a knife, indicating that a special adhesive had been used in it, and that only the blacksmith could try it.
As soon as York left, Leon was about to put the matter aside and deal with the banquet quietly, but he kept thinking in his heart, and he couldn't help it, so he simply put down the pen in his hand and chased it out.
By the time Leon arrived at the blacksmith's shop, the blacksmith was already studying the box with him, and York sat on the side and couldn't help but look surprised, why did His Highness follow.
"Your Highness, Lord York. I've never seen this material before, so I can't guarantee that I'll be able to open it. The blacksmith looked at it for a long time, tapped it with some tools, and finally said this, which showed that the origin of the box was even more mysterious.
"Can you guess how long this has been around?" The blacksmith didn't know what the box was made of, so it was certain that it was not an ordinary product, and it ended up hidden in Ravenwood, at least it means that someone brought it from somewhere else, and if the time could be deduced, it could probably be traced from the information in the town.
The blacksmith shook his head, if it was a common metal material, he could still make an estimate through some tests, but now he didn't even know the material, so he couldn't judge it at all.
"Then you can give it a try. "Leon asked the blacksmith to try, and if he couldn't do it, no one in the town would be able to do it.
The blacksmith was rudimentary, but some common tools were available, and the blacksmith tried to fix the box to the two pliers, pulling them in both directions, and no matter how much effort he used, the box remained intact.
"Your Highness, this box is one, and the gap on it may only be for decoration. "The blacksmith has spent a lot of effort, but there is still no result, even if the material is rare, as long as they are the relationship between the lid and the box, they should be separated under such a pull. There is only one plausible explanation for such a result, and that is that the box is originally a whole.
"No, there must be something in there. When Leon shook the box before, he heard a shaking sound, the sound was very weak, but he could still feel it clearly.
The blacksmith had no choice, so the two of them had to take the box back to the castle and take it to White Mist City to find someone to try it if they had the chance.