Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 115 Next location

By the cold and damp pool, Liang En and Fan Meng gathered together and stared at the lead sheets full of words in front of them.The two of them watched with gusto just by introducing the contents of the Masonic initiation ceremony in the first few pictures.

After all, the internal etiquette and activity rules of the Masonic Society circulated in modern times mainly come from an anonymous book published in the Netherlands in 1745. It is difficult to determine whether it is true or not.

Therefore, after seeing a real member of the Freemasonry revealing these not-so-secret secrets, both Liang En and Fan Meng are quite interested in these things.

Now it seems that the previous book and the later research by experts are all correct, at least the content recorded on these lead tablets is basically the same as the content disclosed by the outside world.

Compared with the previous records, the later records are more interesting to Liang En.Because more texts later record the reasons why this once staunch Freemason chose to leave.

The matter starts with his Masonic initiation ceremony. As one of the oldest branches of Freemasonry in Scotland, the initiation ceremony here naturally has a stronger sense of ritual.

According to the records on the lead tablets, they held such a ceremony in an ancient secret room underground in an ancient church.For this member, this naturally strengthened his allegiance to the Freemasonry.

This kind of loyalty has been maintained for decades, and it has also accompanied him from an ordinary geological surveyor to a master figure in the field of geological surveying.

Of course, the reason why this Freemason has achieved such a high achievement is of course the support of those fellow members who are also members.

But the more important point is that in the era of the first industrial revolution, the huge demand for various minerals led to the huge development of these prospecting-related occupations, which naturally benefited people in this field.

If there are no accidents, this Freemason should maintain his loyalty to the Freemasonry until the end of his life.But the world is always full of surprises. When he was 50 years old, an exploration job changed everything completely.

Exploration work is taking place in a mountainous area in Scotland, a country that needs more coal, iron and even copper because of the Industrial Revolution.So the Freemason was sent to a mountainous area where copper was once produced in history to explore copper mines.

"—We used some explosives to try to blow up a cliff to find traces of mineral veins, but after the explosives blew up some rocks, I saw something that shocked me." Looking at the words on the lead sheet, Liang En Read it aloud.

"There is an ancient cave hidden under a pile of rubble, and the layout in the cave is exactly the same as the basement where I held the initiation ceremony. The only difference is that there is a pagan god statue in the place where the cross is placed in the basement."

"At this time, I thought of another legend about Freemasonry, a legend about the relationship between Freemasonry and paganism. I just thought it was a rumor before, but now it seems that the situation is not the only one."

"So after a brief hesitation, so I used the remaining part of the bomb to create a small avalanche to cover the ruins, and then, after a long consideration, I chose to return to religion to save my soul .”

"Of course, because the Freemasons have helped me over the years, I have not betrayed these secrets. But I am going to die now, so I hope I can finally speak these things out and let God decide all this-may God forgive me My soul."

After reading the words on the lead plate, Liang En gently took the last lead plate.It turned out that the lead plate was a detailed latitude and longitude.

After looking it up on their mobile phones, they found that the two locations were located in an abandoned church near Edinburgh, which is now a public Masonic hall, and the other was in the mountains northwest of Falkirk.

"I don't think it needs to be said about the Freemasonry Hall. This should be the place where this member swore to join the Freemasonry before." Looking at the electronic map displayed on his mobile phone, Fan Meng said.

"However, there is another interesting point. According to him, he found a relic of pagan worship in the mountains, and after taking a look at it, he directly hid the relic."

"That's right, at least that's what's written here." Liang En nodded and said. "Considering that the other party wrote these things for inner peace before he died, there is a high probability that these records are true."

"Then what should we do next, Liang Zi?" At this time, Fan Meng changed his name to Liang En, and asked everyone what to do next as a friend.

"We have found what we were looking for when we came here, so what should we do next, should we go back to London directly or continue to follow this address to find the pagan relic?"

"It goes without saying, of course we will continue to search." After thinking for a few seconds, Liang En made his own decision.

"After all, the last location is only a few hours' drive away from our current location. We have come here all the time, so we should just look at all the points in this area, so as not to run again next time."

"Listen to you, then continue." Fan Meng showed a happy expression on his face. After all, he believed that following Liang En not only had a better future with his friend, but more importantly, he could have an unusual life.

For him, it's the standard of living that he's been working in his family's restaurant.It will also outperform most people.If it weren't for the yearning for an adventurous life in my bones, I wouldn't have chosen this path.

Soon, the two returned to Dundee along the same road.Considering that the time was not particularly urgent, the two simply chose to stay in Dundee for one night with the things they found just now, and then set off in a rented car early the next morning.

The straight-line distance of this distance is only about 100km, but because of the huge Forth River bend on the road, they had to make a big circle to avoid that bend.

The average temperature in Scotland in February is generally single digits. Fortunately, the plants on both sides of the road are gradually recovering, so at least the eyes can be guaranteed to be green.

It's just that because the temperature outside was too cold, both Liang En and Fan Meng closed the car windows tightly, and didn't intend to breathe the fresh air in the wild.

"It's finally here, we can have something to eat first." After stopping the car in a parking lot closest to the intended target, Liang En got out of the car, only to find that there were actually complete service facilities around.

This is very normal in China, because the population of China is enough to support the operation of these facilities, but in the UK, especially in a sparsely populated place like Scotland, many parking lots are just an open space with only the most basic facilities. That's all.

Fortunately, a sign not far away explained his doubts, because the sign indicated that these facilities belonged to the tourist attraction of the Anthony Great Wall.

"Travel attractions?" Liang En raised his eyebrows. After all, when he was looking for a parking lot, he simply considered being closer to his target location, so he didn't see what the parking lot was for at all.

However, this is not a bad thing for Liang En. Compared with deciding to buy something casually before, it is naturally a better choice to go to these restaurants to have a hot meal.

(End of this chapter)