Looking at the Da Vinci cipher bucket made of alloy on the table in front of him, it was a cipher circle made of eight sets of 26 English letters. It could only be opened if the cipher was correct. If it was forcibly cracked, the corrosive liquid in the cipher bucket would corrode the documents in the bucket.
William followed his grandfather Henry's instructions and entered the Chinese letters of his father Chen Jing in this world. The cipher bucket was opened. Henry was really astute. Who would have thought that he would use William's father's Chinese name as the cipher? No one knew what his father's name was.
In the cipher bucket were two envelopes made of vacuum-sealed plastic. Opening one of the envelopes, William saw the fabled Oxford Statutes. Opening it, William saw a line of words written with a fountain pen: The Knight of London was buried by the Pope after his death. His life's deeds enraged the Holy Sepulchre. The Holy Orb should have rested on the Heroes' Veil. The pregnant Princess should have lived in the Princess.
William looked at it for a long time but still couldn't understand the meaning of these words. After turning another page, William saw another line of words on the back of the regulations: The Holy Grail in ancient Rosslyn awaits. The sword and the Holy Communion Cup guard the door of Eden. Dedicated to the master's masterpiece. Accompanied by dreams, she can rest in peace and look up at the starry sky.
These words made William even more confused. He didn't have a clue. God, what is this? I can't understand it at all.
William turned to the last page. It said: We are the guardians of the God of Light. We are the defenders of the truth. Holiness and faith are with us. The Knights Templar will live forever.
These were the words on the third page. This should be what William wanted to give to the Grand Duke of Devonshire. William thought about it. The meaning of this sentence was clear. It meant that the Devonshire family was most likely born as Knights Templar. They had been guarding the truth and the God of Light for hundreds and thousands of years. But what was the truth that they guarded?
William rummaged through the folder and finally found a small slip of paper. He took a look at it and knew it was written by his grandfather, Henry. "William, I'm very happy that you can see this slip of paper. It means that you've revived the Devonshire Family. The Devonshire Family has been guarding a secret that could destroy the Holy See for generations.
Go to France and find Jacques Saunière in the Louvre. He will tell you everything. Remember, William, we are guardians and defenders. Sometimes, sacrifices and bloodshed are inevitable. This is the foundation of our family. Anyone who wants to destroy it is our enemy. Yes, you did not read wrong, enemy. "
The last word on the note was written in red ink. William knew what Henry meant. He couldn't be merciful to his enemies and had to kill them directly.
After thinking for a long time, he still couldn't figure it out. He decided not to think about it. He would know when he found Jacques Saunière and asked him.
William used his phone to take a picture of the sentence about the Holy Knights on the third page. Then, he put all the information back into the vacuum bag. He rolled it up and put it back into the password bucket. He picked up the second vacuum bag and opened it. There was only a diary inside.
William was shocked when he read it. He knew that the ancestors of the Devonshire Family were once members of the Crusades. They found a huge treasure under King Solomon's temple. This treasure had been fought over by more than a dozen kings, pharaohs, and emperors over the centuries. Every time the treasure changed hands, the scale of the treasure would become bigger. In the end, the treasure disappeared mysteriously until William's ancestors, the knights, found it under King Solomon's temple.
Maybe they were really virtuous, or maybe they had other ulterior motives. These knights felt that the treasure was too big. If they gave it to any country, it would break the balance of Europe. So, they secretly transported the treasure back to Europe and hid it. At the same time, they formed the Knights Templar to guard the treasure.
Hundreds of years later, the Knights Templar in Europe continued to grow. Many of the Knights Templar had become rulers. These people's beliefs began to change. They no longer guarded the treasure. Instead, they wanted to get the treasure. They began to fight and fight.
The last batch of Knights Templar who still adhered to the agreement of their ancestors began to secretly transport this batch of treasure to America, which was still a barren land. They also established the Stone Brotherhood in America. PS: They are freemasons, secretly guarding the treasure.
But a few hundred years later, the situation changed again. America became independent and the War of Independence began. In order to prevent the English army from getting their hands on the treasure, the founding fathers of America secretly hid the treasure. In order to keep it a secret, they even made a very, very secretive map. It was so secretive that if the password of the secret protector was lost, the treasure would never be found again.
Everything the Stone Brotherhood did made William's grandfather's grandfather's grandfather think that the Americans betrayed the Knights Templar. They took the treasure for themselves. Thus began the more than 200 years of the Devonshire Family's treasure search. Until Henry, the Devonshire Family had been tirelessly searching for King Solomon's treasure for more than 200 years.
Looking at the notebook in his hand, he slapped his forehead gloomily. This was another mission with no clues. William looked at the last page of the notebook. There was an old piece of paper pasted on it. It said: The secret is with Charlotte, Thomas Gates, 1783.
It seems that I have to go to America to find the descendants of Thomas Gates and see if they know anything. William looked at the notebook in his hand. It recorded that there were more than 140 tons of gold, plus an unknown number of antiques, artworks, gold coins and jewelry.
The current price of gold alone was worth more than 4 billion USD. No wonder there were so many people in the Devonshire Family who had never stopped looking for the treasure.
Thinking of the huge wealth, William's heart was also stirred by such a huge amount of wealth. A voice kept appearing in his heart, "Find it, find it, it's yours."
William secretly decided in his heart, "God, I'd be a fool not to look for such a huge amount of wealth."
After putting the notebook in his storage space and putting the rest in the safe in the safe house, William locked the door of the safe house and went upstairs to wash up and sleep.
The next day, he woke up at 7 o 'clock. He had to send the death squad off. After freshening up, William went to the dining room and saw that his mother, Lena, was already in the dining room instructing the maids to set the tableware.
He walked to his mother, hugged Lena, and said, "Good morning, Mom."
"Good morning, William. Go and see if the guests are up. We'll have breakfast at 8 o 'clock sharp," Lena said.
William nodded and said, "Okay, Mom. I'll go now."
After breakfast, William saw the lawyer off first. Then, he asked the castle's maids to drive the six members of the death squad to the private airport. William had called yesterday to rent a plane that could fly directly to New York. Before boarding the plane, William hugged and shook hands with the members of the death squad. He was still a little reluctant to part with these guys.
Barney stepped forward and gave William the death squad's lucky ring. "Boss, before we leave, this is a gift from us. I hope you like it."
William looked at the skull ring on his hand. It was similar to Barney's, but his was golden, and the skull's eyes were inlaid with two rubies.
He put the ring on his left ring finger. The size was just right and it looked really good. William clenched his fist with the hand with the ring and bumped it with Barney's fist. He said, "Thank you, Barney. You're so thoughtful. I like it very much."
Barney smiled happily and said, "It's good that you like it, boss."
William bumped fists with the others with his left hand and sent the death squad to the plane. After the plane took off, William got in the car and went back to the castle.
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