NOVEL SIMPLE Treasure hunt begins in England
Chapter 27 Clues
Chapter 27 Clues
After an evening and morning at home.After lunch the next day, Liang En left home and drove the family car to the city center.
Because according to the comparison between the map in his mind and the electronic map on the Internet yesterday, he was surprised to find that the light spot was actually located in the National Library of Ireland.
The National Library of Ireland is located in Kildare Street, Dublin. It is a classical style building built of white stone.However, this building was built in 1890, so it is not as old as it looks.
After taking a few glances at the rotunda of the library's main building, he bypassed a group of tourist groups taking photos at the door, and walked into the library along the steps.
Because he majored in history at university, the long-term reader coupons he applied for through his tutor for writing his graduation thesis happened to be available, so he went straight to the reading room marked on the previous map after entering the library.
As soon as he entered the door of the reading room, Liang En saw a white light that only he could see was emitting from the bookshelf in the middle of the reading room.
When he walked to the bookshelf, he found that the book that was emitting light was a book that looked old.
However, unlike ordinary books, this book is a little smaller in size, and can even be placed in the palm of an adult, but it is much thicker than ordinary books.
"The Bible?" Liang En frowned as he looked at the almost completely faded bronzing title on the visibly worn-out book.
This book is the most widely circulated book in the Western world, and it is normal to appear on this shelf of religious books.But he really didn't understand why the card would lead him to find this book.
After taking the book off the shelf, Liang En began to read this book which may be one of the most read books in human history in the reading room next to it.
Although he does not believe in religion very much, it is impossible to say that he has not read this book in a place with a strong religious atmosphere like Ireland.So he soon discovered that the book was actually no different from the ones he had read before.
If there is a difference, it is that modern "Bibles" are often written in the languages of various countries, while this book is written in Latin.
Besides that, the strangest thing about this book is that for some unknown reason, from the very first printed page there is a black spot under some letters.
After Liang En saw these black dots, he tried to connect the letters with black dots at the bottom from the first page, but the result was a bunch of garbled characters.
"If it's not about the content, then there should be something different about the book itself." After briefly flipping through some content, Liang En focused on the book itself.
Soon, he found a name on the title page of the book - Jacques de Brian.On the last page of the book, it can be seen that the book was printed by the French Church in 1804.
If these findings are linked to the previously worn book itself and the content written in Latin, it can be deduced that this book is likely to be a religious book carried by a nobleman in the past for prayers.
This discovery lifted Liang En's spirits, because such small prayer books are often personal items of people.So if there is really any secret, then the probability of it being hidden in the book is not small.
After careful inspection, he found that there was no interlayer or other things in the book, but on the title page with the name written on it, he could vaguely feel some unevenness.
"Sure enough, this book is not an ordinary book." Liang En smiled, and then checked the scratches on the page. Soon, he found that there was a number and a French word written on the scratches --repent.
According to the number displayed by this scratch, I turned to the page of the book.Liang En saw that the main content of this page was "Psalm" 51:1-12, which is the prayer of King David when he confessed to the gods.
"If the confession on the first page refers to this psalm—" After realizing what was written in this thing, Liang En immediately began to record from the first letter with a black dot below it in this psalm.
A few minutes later, some scattered French words appeared in front of him: Cork, Michael, sanctuary, 12.
"Don't worry, old lady. It's just a trip to Cork, and the whole journey is on the highway, there is really no danger—" An hour later, in a restaurant in Port Laish, Liang En whispered to the other end of the phone mother promised to arrive.
"—understand, understand, I will take care of myself, you can rest assured, and I promise to call you to report your safety when I arrive."
After discovering the clue in the library, Liang En immediately took out his mobile phone and started looking for the computer map.
In his opinion, the words Cork and Michael found in the book should refer to a place called Michael near Cork, the second largest city in the south of Ireland.
But the strange thing is that after searching for a long time with the satellite map on his mobile phone, he only found a forest called Michael around Cork.
Obviously, if this Michael is the word that these words want to guide the place name, then it is obviously abnormal that the destination is such a large forest.
Because the search range of this target is too large, if there is something hidden, it is impossible for ordinary people to find it.
While thinking, Liang En flipped the book in front of him subconsciously.And in this case, the publication date printed on the last page of the book suddenly gave him an idea.
"What if the place called Michael only existed back then, but it doesn't exist now?"
It's not impossible, especially in Ireland.Because in the middle of the 19th century, a huge famine broke out on the island of Ireland.The famine resulted in the death of more than 100 million people, and nearly 200 million people chose to emigrate to other places.
At the same time, the famine also completely changed the population distribution of the Irish. Since then, the number of Irish people has not recovered to the peak era of the 18th century.
However, because of this famine, Ireland's struggle for national liberation continued to rise. In the subsequent history, they launched uprisings again and again, and finally gained independence from the empire on which the sun never set.
To this day, there are still a large number of abandoned uninhabited villages on the island of Ireland.
Therefore, if the Michael mentioned in this book is an abandoned village, it is indeed impossible to find it on the satellite map.
Thinking of this, Liang En immediately went to the electronic reading area of the library to look for those old maps, and he found the small village called Migar in an 1836 map of Cork and its surrounding areas.
After confirming the target, Liang En immediately took a picture of the content on the screen with his mobile phone.Then he drove the Kodiak at home towards the target.
But when he felt hungry and ready to eat something after driving for more than an hour, he realized that he had forgotten to notify his family before going out.
So during the meal, he had to spend a lot of time explaining to his angry mother why he let her go and didn't go home for dinner.Fortunately, after explaining for a long time, he finally got his wife's understanding.
"It's done——" After hanging up the phone, Liang En clenched his fists in front of his chest, ate his simple lunch in two or three bites, and then continued his journey.
(End of this chapter)
After an evening and morning at home.After lunch the next day, Liang En left home and drove the family car to the city center.
Because according to the comparison between the map in his mind and the electronic map on the Internet yesterday, he was surprised to find that the light spot was actually located in the National Library of Ireland.
The National Library of Ireland is located in Kildare Street, Dublin. It is a classical style building built of white stone.However, this building was built in 1890, so it is not as old as it looks.
After taking a few glances at the rotunda of the library's main building, he bypassed a group of tourist groups taking photos at the door, and walked into the library along the steps.
Because he majored in history at university, the long-term reader coupons he applied for through his tutor for writing his graduation thesis happened to be available, so he went straight to the reading room marked on the previous map after entering the library.
As soon as he entered the door of the reading room, Liang En saw a white light that only he could see was emitting from the bookshelf in the middle of the reading room.
When he walked to the bookshelf, he found that the book that was emitting light was a book that looked old.
However, unlike ordinary books, this book is a little smaller in size, and can even be placed in the palm of an adult, but it is much thicker than ordinary books.
"The Bible?" Liang En frowned as he looked at the almost completely faded bronzing title on the visibly worn-out book.
This book is the most widely circulated book in the Western world, and it is normal to appear on this shelf of religious books.But he really didn't understand why the card would lead him to find this book.
After taking the book off the shelf, Liang En began to read this book which may be one of the most read books in human history in the reading room next to it.
Although he does not believe in religion very much, it is impossible to say that he has not read this book in a place with a strong religious atmosphere like Ireland.So he soon discovered that the book was actually no different from the ones he had read before.
If there is a difference, it is that modern "Bibles" are often written in the languages of various countries, while this book is written in Latin.
Besides that, the strangest thing about this book is that for some unknown reason, from the very first printed page there is a black spot under some letters.
After Liang En saw these black dots, he tried to connect the letters with black dots at the bottom from the first page, but the result was a bunch of garbled characters.
"If it's not about the content, then there should be something different about the book itself." After briefly flipping through some content, Liang En focused on the book itself.
Soon, he found a name on the title page of the book - Jacques de Brian.On the last page of the book, it can be seen that the book was printed by the French Church in 1804.
If these findings are linked to the previously worn book itself and the content written in Latin, it can be deduced that this book is likely to be a religious book carried by a nobleman in the past for prayers.
This discovery lifted Liang En's spirits, because such small prayer books are often personal items of people.So if there is really any secret, then the probability of it being hidden in the book is not small.
After careful inspection, he found that there was no interlayer or other things in the book, but on the title page with the name written on it, he could vaguely feel some unevenness.
"Sure enough, this book is not an ordinary book." Liang En smiled, and then checked the scratches on the page. Soon, he found that there was a number and a French word written on the scratches --repent.
According to the number displayed by this scratch, I turned to the page of the book.Liang En saw that the main content of this page was "Psalm" 51:1-12, which is the prayer of King David when he confessed to the gods.
"If the confession on the first page refers to this psalm—" After realizing what was written in this thing, Liang En immediately began to record from the first letter with a black dot below it in this psalm.
A few minutes later, some scattered French words appeared in front of him: Cork, Michael, sanctuary, 12.
"Don't worry, old lady. It's just a trip to Cork, and the whole journey is on the highway, there is really no danger—" An hour later, in a restaurant in Port Laish, Liang En whispered to the other end of the phone mother promised to arrive.
"—understand, understand, I will take care of myself, you can rest assured, and I promise to call you to report your safety when I arrive."
After discovering the clue in the library, Liang En immediately took out his mobile phone and started looking for the computer map.
In his opinion, the words Cork and Michael found in the book should refer to a place called Michael near Cork, the second largest city in the south of Ireland.
But the strange thing is that after searching for a long time with the satellite map on his mobile phone, he only found a forest called Michael around Cork.
Obviously, if this Michael is the word that these words want to guide the place name, then it is obviously abnormal that the destination is such a large forest.
Because the search range of this target is too large, if there is something hidden, it is impossible for ordinary people to find it.
While thinking, Liang En flipped the book in front of him subconsciously.And in this case, the publication date printed on the last page of the book suddenly gave him an idea.
"What if the place called Michael only existed back then, but it doesn't exist now?"
It's not impossible, especially in Ireland.Because in the middle of the 19th century, a huge famine broke out on the island of Ireland.The famine resulted in the death of more than 100 million people, and nearly 200 million people chose to emigrate to other places.
At the same time, the famine also completely changed the population distribution of the Irish. Since then, the number of Irish people has not recovered to the peak era of the 18th century.
However, because of this famine, Ireland's struggle for national liberation continued to rise. In the subsequent history, they launched uprisings again and again, and finally gained independence from the empire on which the sun never set.
To this day, there are still a large number of abandoned uninhabited villages on the island of Ireland.
Therefore, if the Michael mentioned in this book is an abandoned village, it is indeed impossible to find it on the satellite map.
Thinking of this, Liang En immediately went to the electronic reading area of the library to look for those old maps, and he found the small village called Migar in an 1836 map of Cork and its surrounding areas.
After confirming the target, Liang En immediately took a picture of the content on the screen with his mobile phone.Then he drove the Kodiak at home towards the target.
But when he felt hungry and ready to eat something after driving for more than an hour, he realized that he had forgotten to notify his family before going out.
So during the meal, he had to spend a lot of time explaining to his angry mother why he let her go and didn't go home for dinner.Fortunately, after explaining for a long time, he finally got his wife's understanding.
"It's done——" After hanging up the phone, Liang En clenched his fists in front of his chest, ate his simple lunch in two or three bites, and then continued his journey.
(End of this chapter)
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