"The Holy Grail," Sophie exclaimed. For Europeans and Americans, the Holy Grail was indeed something that everyone knew. There were countless legends about the Holy Grail in various movies and books.
Sophie then said, "What is the treasure?"
Langdon, who was in the co-pilot seat, looked at William and said, "Maybe William knows what it is."
Sophie looked at William in surprise. "William, you know what the treasure is, right?"
Looking at the curious faces of Langdon and Sophie, he thought for a moment. He had no clue about the treasure that his family was looking for. He thought that Langdon might know something. "King Solomon's treasure."
"What treasure?" Langdon shouted in surprise. He was a rune and history expert at Harvard University. He had never seen any accurate records of King Solomon's treasure. Langdon had always thought that King Solomon's treasure was fabricated. "That's impossible. King Solomon's treasure is only a legend. There are no records of it in history."
William shook his head with a strange expression. "It's real. It's in the Holy City and was obtained by the Knights Templar. The Knights Templar found it more than a thousand years ago during the First Crusade. 140 tons of gold, countless antiques, sheepskin manuscripts, gold coins, gold and silver wares, and jewelry.
It's there and has always existed. The Devonshire family has been guarding it since a thousand years ago. Until the massacre 600 years ago, the remaining members of the Knights Templar hid it. More than three hundred years later, there were traitors in the Knights Templar and they split up. These traitors hid it.
The most ridiculous thing is that these people hid King Solomon's treasure for decades. In the end, they didn't even know where the treasure was.
For the past three hundred years, the Devenhill family has been searching for it. The legendary King Solomon's treasure. God, more than ten generations of people have been searching for it. Haha, in the end, this task was handed to me. I don't know if it has been divided up, or if it has been buried in some corner of this world. "
"Unbelievable, this is really unbelievable. King Solomon's treasure actually exists, and it's so secretive that there are no written records. William, who are those traitors of the Knights Templar?" Langdon was indeed a Harvard professor with a photographic memory. He asked the key question immediately.
Sophie, who was in the back, became nervous when she heard the key question. William looked at Langdon and Sophie with a smile. "Do you think I'll tell you? This is a secret that the Devonshire family has protected for thousands of years..."
"Oh, no, William, I shouldn't have listened to this. I'll definitely lose sleep in the future. God," Langdon complained as he held his head with his hands.
Sophie, who was in the back seat, punched William unhappily. "Go see God, William."
William shrugged. "It's for your own good that I didn't tell you. Do you know how many people in this world want to know this secret? It won't be good for you to know. Maybe you'll be arrested and interrogated. If you're lucky, you'll be thrown into a dark prison and won't be able to get out for the rest of your life. If you're unlucky, you'll be buried in a desert or sunk into a river. "
"Okay, okay, don't tell me. I don't want to know. I'm just an ordinary person. William, you scared me. I can guess who the traitor of the Knights Templar is. I'm an American, and I don't want to be found by those guys," Professor Langdon said with lingering fear.
William said in surprise, "You can even guess that? Professor, are all Harvard professors so good?"
"God, I'm the best history and runes professor at Harvard. I'm the best, understand?" Langdon said unhappily.
"Shut up, Langdon. Tell me what you know," Sophie scolded from the back seat.
Langdon looked at Sophie in surprise. Seeing Sophie staring at him, he raised his hand and said, "Okay, ma 'am. William's words are very clear. More than 600 years ago, the Knights Templar were massacred, and the whole of Europe was unsafe. These people had to transport such a large amount of treasure to other continents to protect it safely. It was impossible to transport it to Asia or Africa, so they could only transport it to America. At that time, America was still a barren land.
William said that the traitors couldn't find it 300 years later. It could only be because the situation was so critical that the hidden people had to make the treasure map very difficult to understand. America was in such a critical situation only during the war between the United States and England, because the American government was afraid that the English army would get the treasure. Am I right, William? "Langdon asked William.
William smiled and said, "Yes, very right."
Langdon waved his hand. "Then it's very clear. The treasure is the legendary national treasure of America for more than 200 years. Legend has it that the treasure was hidden by the three founding fathers of America. This is the treasure that the Freemasonry has been looking for.
The traitors William said were the Freemasonry formed by the Knights Templar who escaped from Europe to America. God, I don't want to know anything about this treasure now. Trying to steal it from the hands of the Zion Society and the Freemasonry is really courting death. Let's talk about something else.
I'm now involved in the Zion Society, which has been suppressed in Europe for more than 600 years, and I'm now a wanted criminal. If I go against the Freemasonry, which is powerful enough to affect all industries in America, I can't imagine what will happen to me. "
"Okay, Langdon, you're right. Let's talk about something else." Sophie was also frightened by Langdon's words.
"National treasure? It can't be the national treasure that Cage acted as, right? Damn it, the ship wasn't mentioned in the movie. "William patted his head and tried to recall. Damn it, his soul had been silent for 18 years. It was impossible for him to remember every detail of a movie that he had watched once in his previous life. He remembered that the password was on the back of a declaration, and the treasure seemed to be under a church. But what was the name of the church?
William, who couldn't remember for a long time, glanced at the great expert Langdon beside him, thinking that maybe this guy might know something. "It's actually not as dangerous as you think. I have a clue here, but I have no clue about it. Professor Langdon, maybe you can help me solve the mystery."
"No, William, I don't want to know at all. It's too dangerous. Even if I find it, I won't be alive to spend it. The value of this treasure is too great. It's worth at least tens of billions of dollars. I'm living a good life now, and I don't want to take any risks. When this is over, I'll return to Harvard and be a professor."
After I finish my work at Harvard, I'll go to America to discuss academic problems with you. Professor, you won't refuse me, right? "William said.
"We'll talk about it when the time comes." Langdon ignored William and looked at the key in his hand. After careful inspection, he found that the key's head was an antique that was hundreds of years old, but the handle was modern and had laser codes on it. "Hax 24, what kind of riddle is this?"
Sophie immediately understood. "Hax 24 is not a riddle. It's an address. I know where it is. William, let's go."
Following Sophie's instructions, they found a Swiss bank in downtown Paris. After unlocking the bank's door with the key, the three of them walked in. Under the guidance of the bank's night manager, Sophie used the key and the set of numbers left behind by Saunière to open the safe Saunière left in the bank's vault.
When Sophie opened the safe, Langdon saw a small wooden box with irises engraved on it. "God, I can't believe this. A rose. A rose is the symbol of the Holy Grail!" Langdon exclaimed in shock. "Oh my God, I can't believe this.
William took the wooden box from Sophie's hand and looked at it. It was obviously an antique. Before the three of them could open the wooden box, the bank's night manager opened the door and walked in.
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