Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 102 Strange Book

"It seems that we can only keep this silver coin inside." Liang En made a decision after taking a closer look at the first item found after entering the place with the probe.

Because this kind of thing is such a very common Victorian horse sword silver coin after all, the market price of silver coins is up to 40 pounds, it can be said that it is a popular commodity in the antique market, and it is not of great value.

And prying open those mahogany trim panels, also from the Victorian era, for such a thing that is neither precious nor valuable is obviously not worthwhile.

"How did this thing fall in?" Looking at the silver coin stuck between the wooden decorative panel and the wall on the screen, Fan Meng showed curiosity.

"There are indeed cracks on the decorative panel, but such a large silver coin can't be stuck in it horizontally like it is now. Besides, I really can't find any place where such a silver coin can be stuck in."

"This decorative strip should be replaced." After hearing Fan Meng's question, Liang En stood up and looked at the overall situation of these decorative wooden boards, and then pointed to the top of the decorative board.

"It's the thin wooden strip at the top of these decorative wooden boards." Liang En explained while pointing to that decorative strip.

"Obviously, some time after the wood trim panels were here, there was some warping between the wood and the wall. There was a gap between the two."

"And after discovering this, the owner of the house at that time added such a piece of wood to plug the crack, and added a new decoration to the upper edge of the decorative board."

Soon, Mr. Lewis, who was notified, came over and asked Liang En to take a screenshot of the silver coin after learning about the situation.

For him, being able to record this thing and show it to others is enough, not pursuing to take this thing out from behind the wood trim.

In the following time, the three of them found a series of small things like hairpins, rings, and even pen nibs in the cracks of the wooden floor or under a piece of furniture.

Although Liang En and the others were not very satisfied with the things they found, the Lewis couple was quite satisfied with the batch of spoils they found.

Because in the eyes of the couple, these gadgets with a time span of more than 100 years fully explained the history of this house, which is why they invited Liang En to search.

For these rich guys, they need something interesting enough to talk about and show off.And the history of my own house is obviously a very good topic.

It took a full five hours for a few people to explore the entire room.After completing this work, Liang En stood in the living room on the second floor and used a [Detection (N)] card.

After all, even if the employer is very satisfied with this search work, he still feels that this search work is a little short, so he hopes to find more things.

In an instant, a white light rose from the study room on the second floor, marking the items with the highest historical value in the entire building.

"There shouldn't be anything precious in the study." Seeing this reaction, Liang En frowned, because he remembered that Mr. Lewis specifically said that because they had just moved here, they hadn't had time to put books in the cabinet in the study.

And during the inspection process just now, Liang En also confirmed that the books in the cabinets in the study were all hardcover books that were common from the 20s to the 60s, and the cabinets were also common types, not precious in themselves, and not What mezzanine.

"It seems that I must have overlooked something just now." Realizing this, Liang En immediately went to the study room, and followed the white light to find a copy of "Alice in Wonderland" on the shelf.

"A book of fairy tales?" Liang En frowned. Of course he knew about this book, because in both worlds, this book is a very famous book of fairy tales.

After taking the book and checking it over and over again, Liang En found that there was nothing special about this book published in the 20s.

Both the book itself, the cover and the spine are very normal, and there is no obvious thickening than other places.

In other words, there should be no interlayer in this book like the Champollion draft paper he found when he found the Hummingbird pistol before, and naturally there will be nothing hidden.

In addition, Liang En also carefully checked whether there was any code in the book, and found that the book was clean, except for the yellowing of the paper due to time and the initials of AMT on the title page, it was nothing new. the difference.

"It's definitely not that this book is more precious." Liang En whispered after carefully looking at the issue number on the back of the book and checking it with his mobile phone.Because several of the books in the cabinet are more precious than this one.

"But if it wasn't this, what else could it be?" Liang En narrowed his eyes and fell into deep thought. At the same time, he subconsciously stroked the cover of the book with both hands, and suddenly found something wrong.

Normally, the edges of these book covers should be smooth due to the treatment.It will not become rough unless it is very worn.

But now the inner surface of the cover of this book is obviously a little rough, giving people the feeling that it has been polished on a rough stone, and it is obviously different from the back cover of the book.

"Huh?" Realizing something was wrong, Liang En immediately launched further observations, only to find that the leather on the book cover had obviously been peeled off, and then glued on again.

"This is interesting—" Liang En thought, at this moment, Pierce and Fan Meng found that Liang En hadn't gone downstairs for a long time, so they came up to look for him.

"I found something interesting." Seeing his two companions who came upstairs to find him, Liang En raised the book in his hand and smiled, then said. "But what to do next, we should ask the owner here."

"You mean that someone might have hidden something interesting in the cover of this book?" After listening to Liang En's analysis, Mr. Lewis asked while holding the "Alice in Wonderland".

"It's just possible. After all, this book is very new and hasn't been worn much. In this case, it seems strange that the cover of the book was removed and then reinstalled. I think someone may have hidden something. thing."

"Mr. Lewis, do you know the origin of this book?" After Liang En's voice fell, Pierce suddenly pointed to the book in Mr. Lewis' hand and asked.

"Under normal circumstances, if we can know the origin of the book, such as where it was purchased and who it was purchased from, we can infer a lot of valuable information."

"We don't know much about the origin of this book." After exchanging a few opinions with her husband, Mrs. Lewis said to Liang En apologetically.

“All we know is that the books have been here since we bought the house. We also asked the previous owner of the house at the time, but the previous owner said the books were left by their predecessor.”

"That is to say, the origin of these books should be unclear." Liang En looked at the book helplessly and said in a low voice. "We only know what's hidden here when we open the cover."

(End of this chapter)