Chapter 137 Treasure Hunt

Early the next morning, Mr. Lambert took the train straight to the treasure trove to inquire about the owner of the land. As the place was not far from London, Mr Lambert had already finished his inquiries and went home at noon.

Seeing Mr. Lambert walking in with a strange expression on his face, mother Sally asked curiously, What's the matter? Is it the domain of the royal family or nobles, and we are not allowed to enter treasure hunting?

No, it's not. Mr. Lambert shook his head, then took a sip of water from the cup on the table and said, When I went there in the morning, I found that the place was a small farm with a dilapidated house in it. I was told that this small farm has been managed by an agricultural company for more than a dozen years. Its owner has not visited the farm a few times during this time.”

Isn't that better? They are not professional farmers anyway, so the probability of them agreeing to dig something in the farm is not higher. Ryan said happily after listening to his father's statement.

Yeah, I was very happy to go to the town to check the owner of this land, and found out that this land belongs to a lady named Jane Sterling.

Wait, this name is familiar, I seem to have heard it somewhere? Do I know her? Sally said suddenly.

Lambert nodded, You must know. This lady later went to college and went to London, where she married a dentist named Charlotte Granger.

Pfft, Ryan spit out the water in his mouth: Father, do you mean this treasure is hidden in my classmate Granger's mother's farm?

If I'm not mistaken, this is it. Lambert continued: I think you need to use your wizard's method to contact your classmates. After all, the Granger Dentist family is traveling, and we can't contact them. .

Okay. Ryan misses the era when mobile phones were popular.

That night, Ryan received a letter from Hermione, Dear Ryan, we are now in Calais waiting for the boat to go home tomorrow morning. After receiving your letter, my parents were very excited and they agreed with you to go on a treasure hunt. The only thing The request was to wait for them to come back and go together, because my parents are also interested in treasure hunting.

It seems that the number of treasure hunters has increased again, and now we can only hope that the final treasure will be richer. Don't be sorry for being so inspiring.

On the third morning, the morning after the Grangers' return, Lane and his family drove to the Grangers' farm near Eastbourne.

Because Eastbourne is located at the eastern end of South Downs, it is the sunniest place in the UK. So the town became a tourist hotspot. Along the way, I saw a lot of vehicles going back and forth on the road.

After arriving in Eastbourne, the car turned east and drove for another ten minutes. The roadside landscape slowly changed from hotels and residences to hedges and farms. Finally, they turned on a gravel-paved path and arrived at their destination.

Much like Mr Lambert's account, Lane saw a small farm at the end of the gravel road. The residence on the farm is a stone bungalow with a spire, but the glass on the windows and the tiles on the roof are all tattered and it seems that few people come here usually.

Surrounding the house is a chest-high stone fence, with a blue Volkswagen SUV parked inside. It seemed that Hermione's farm had arrived.

Sure enough, after hearing the sound of the car, the Granger family of three turned out from the back of the dilapidated house. It looked like they should have had a good time on this trip to France, everyone was tanned to a healthy wheat color.

After a few chats, mother Sally and Mrs Granger started preparing a picnic in the yard, while the fathers took their children on a treasure hunt.

According to Nick's description, they soon found the large stone embedded in the abandoned wall at the edge of the ranch. According to Mr. Granger's description, it used to be the manor of a French nobleman, and it was later sold to Hermione's mother's ancestors. This stone has not been moved since then.

It was only at this time that Ryan realized that Hermione came from a rich family, but thinking about it. Dentistry at UK universities is one of the most expensive professions. A college student's family who can provide a dentist can't afford to be too poor in any case.

In Nick's letter, the boxes were buried in the back room under the big rock of the car. And Nick said that the ghost also specifically emphasized that the big rock was part of a secret room, and the door to the secret room could be found by digging from the side.

According to Lane, the two fathers dug with shovels for a while. Sure enough, when digging down about thirty centimeters, several pieces of stone that were obviously cut were exposed.

The discovery lifted everyone's spirits, and even the two ladies came out of the yard with shovels to help excavate. After spending more than an hour, a stone arch with a length and width of two meters was exposed. The wooden door leaf and iron door bolt installed on the arch are also exposed.

There is a lock on the bolt, but the two hundred years of wind and rain have completely rusted the lock. Mr Lambert smashed the lock off with a swing of his shovel.

Fortunately, the door hinges are copper and not rusted, and the door is pushed open with a creaking sound. Everyone found that there were a lot of black and weathered straw straws inside the door. After cleaning the straw straws, three wooden boxes with a length of nearly 1.5 meters and a length of 2 meters were exposed.

Using the wire ropes and pulleys on the car, everyone easily dragged the three boxes out of the secret room along the newly dug up slope. The boxes were strong and did not crack as expected.

After a simple lunch, the two gentlemen took the crowbar and prepared to pry open the box to see what was inside. Ryan, on the other hand, had just confirmed through Taoism that there was nothing dangerous in it, so he stood and watched with a smile. Hermione, standing beside her, opened her eyes in excitement.

The first box contained a bunch of clothes that looked very delicately embroidered with gold and silver threads, but unfortunately, the color on the clothes became gray due to time.

The second box is filled with shock-absorbing items such as cotton wool, which are uncovered, and a small pile of gold and silver utensils are placed underneath. After careful inspection, it was discovered that some churches used crosses, incense burners and candlesticks. Mr. Lambert picked up one and dipped it, then said: It seems to be just gilded, too light. Mr. Granger picked up another cross and nodded: This cross is really silver. In the end, they found that only small pieces smaller than the size of a palm could be precious metals, while others were at most plated with a layer of gold and silver.

This promised treasure is a bit anticlimactic, and everyone turned their attention to the last box. The difference between this box and the other two boxes is that it is painted with a layer of black paint, and some simple patterns are also carved.

After opening the last box, Hermione looked at it and screamed.