Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 554 Finding the Treasure
"I found it—" Just seven or eight minutes after starting the search, Liang En, who had no hope at all, was about to find an excuse to guide everyone's thinking to this big banyan tree, but unexpectedly heard Joan cheering and raising her hand to signal road.

"What did you find?" Liang En immediately walked over and asked after hearing Joan's words, because he really didn't know what valuable things could be found in this place other than the possible treasures.

"One—one should be a gold-plated cufflink." After gently peeling off the dirt with her hands, Joan said in an uncertain tone while extending her hand.

There was a golden object lying quietly on Joan's slightly rough hand. After pinching this object with two fingers and placing it in front of his eyes, Liang En recognized that this object was indeed a cufflink.

After careful inspection, he determined that this item was not a native product of India, but a product from Europe. It belonged to the first batch of luxury goods in the world that may have faced the middle class instead of the rich merchants and nobles.

In the early years, those luxury goods were mainly aimed at princes and nobles and the rich, but with the advent of the industrial revolution and the emergence of the so-called middle class, these people with spare money also had requirements for luxury goods.

Manufacturers of those luxury goods have also seized on this and produced a series of specially manufactured luxury goods for these emerging markets.

Compared with traditional luxury goods, these luxury goods cost less and look simpler, but they are also exquisitely crafted, and they have successfully won the favor of the middle class as soon as they are launched.

Therefore, it is not normal to distribute such a cufflink in this place, especially when Liang En's cufflink was produced at about the same time as the group of criminals ransacked the ruins of the temple, it can highlight the previous appearance. question.

Thanks to such a layer of gold plating, the original material of this piece is only brass cufflinks, which can be perfectly preserved to this day and leave enough clues.

For example, from the initials on the back of this cufflink, they can basically confirm that this gold-plated cufflink came from a London manufacturer, which was rare in India at that time.

"This may be what was left by the treasure hunter back then." After watching Liang En study the cufflink, Joan of Arc said seriously from the side.

"This cuff button was found in a crevice in the stone. It is easy to catch clothes on the body when walking past that place. If you are unlucky, you may leave this kind of thing in it."

"So that's what you said—you're right, things should be like this." After hearing Joan of Arc's words, Liang En recalled Mr. Carter who was in a hurry in his memory and nodded.

After all, he risked his life when he did this, so it is understandable that he accidentally left something behind in a hurry.

"And I guess that thing should be near this banyan tree." After getting Liang En's approval, Joan of Arc looked even more excited. She looked around and pointed to the umbrella-like banyan tree.

"Looking at the diary just now, we also know that when the other party hid things back then, he wanted to get them back for his own use after he escaped, so he must follow certain rules when hiding things.

"To give the simplest example, if you want to find something you hid in a hurry, then the place where you hide it should not be too common, otherwise it will be easy to find it later when you come back."

"That's right—" Liang En nodded approvingly. For example, if you throw something directly into the sea or into a ravine, the concealment is indeed strong enough, but the possibility of the person hiding the thing trying to get it back is almost the same. above zero.

"But if you want to guard against some people, then this location cannot be clearly marked, otherwise it is very likely to be found by someone other than the person who hid it." Jeanne continued.

"So if you want to hide something, it's best to hide it near a naturally formed sign, which can meet the previous two requirements." Liang En said at this time.

"The banyan tree, for example, is a good fit, it's a natural landmark and at the same time it doesn't raise too much suspicion because it's a natural tree."

"A very good reasoning." At this time, Fan Meng, who was holding a small camera to film the situation, said, "I think if there is a treasure, it should be here."

Ever since he was reminded to shoot some things for publicity last time, Fan Meng has a new task, which is to take pictures on the sidelines when Liang En is digging, to see if there is anything that can be released for publicity of.

And the excavation work in India during this period is naturally a very good subject for shooting. According to Fan Meng, after going back, he can cut and cut this thing and produce another good video.

Of course, the boring excavation work is naturally not as eye-catching as searching for hidden treasures, so Fan Meng naturally took out his camera and began to follow up when he realized that there might be a major discovery this time.

Liang En once asked Fan Meng before this, what should he do if he didn't find something during the treasure hunt, and Fan Meng told him that it would make his character design more realistic, and the overall publicity effect would not be worse than finding the treasure where to go.

So under the camera, Liang En and Joan of Arc surrounded the banyan tree with a metal detector, and when they were close to the trunk of the banyan tree, Liang En slightly deflected the metal detector, and sure enough, he heard a prompt from the detector. the sound of.

From the beeping sound of the metal detector, Liang En could be sure that there was indeed gold in the treasure. Unfortunately, he only saw the box in his memory, and he didn't know what was inside.

But now that the location was confirmed, the next job was much easier. Liang En and the others quickly took out their tools and dug fiercely at the tree trunk. In just ten minutes, a big hole was opened in the tree trunk.

At this time, they discovered that the trunk was not as solid as it looked on the outside, but had a large hole inside.

It seems that the tree originally had holes, but with the changes of time, especially the growth of the tree, the outside of these holes has been filled, so it seems that there is no problem.

After opening a hole with a diameter of about half a meter, Liang En used a trekking pole to poke the humus accumulated in the tree hole, and found some shiny golden things at the bottom.

After 20 minutes of cleaning, they pulled out two items, one of which was a men's necklace with a huge pink gemstone embedded in it, while the other was an exquisite gold box.

When it was discovered, the necklace was packed in a gold box, surrounded by a layer of completely carbonized textiles, and on the outside of the gold box, there were traces of a carbonized wooden box.

"It seems that we have indeed found something that should be very valuable." Looking at the necklace in front of him, Liang En showed a thoughtful expression.

Although he doesn't understand diamonds, the pink diamond above 50 carats plus the exquisite necklace as the base should definitely have a name in history, so it shouldn't be difficult to find the origin of this thing.

(End of this chapter)