Chapter 1261: Blocked secret passage

After sitting down at the table, Ye Tian and the others quickly ordered the dishes, which are the signature dishes of Swan Restaurant! Plus a bottle of top wine from Bordeaux, France.

Next, they began to look around and admire this famous restaurant, the former residence of celebrities that set off a revolutionary frenzy.

Of course, Ye Tian once again assumed the role of an instructor, whispering to Betty and the others about the Swan Restaurant.

"This is a Renaissance-style building, just like the Hugo's house we just visited. Compared to the Brussels City Hall on the other side, this building was built a bit closer.

Before the 1840s, although many celebrities lived in this building, it was not famous for it. It can only be regarded as an ordinary building around the Grand Place in Brussels.

It was not until February 1845 when Marx moved from Paris to Brussels that this building ushered in the most glorious and important piece of history. In April of the same year, Engels also moved here from Barmen.

For a long time since then, it has become the source of working-class revolution in Europe and even the world, attracting countless attentions and leaving a strong mark in history.

It was in this Renaissance style building that Marx and Engels co-founded the Communications Committee and the German Workers' Association, leading the labor movement throughout Europe.

It is also here that Marx wrote a series of famous works, "The Poverty of Philosophy" and so on, and more importantly, it is the revolutionary program of the movement, the "Manifesto".

After the "Declaration" was born, it spread out quickly, setting off countless magnificent revolutionary waves in Europe, Asia, and around the world, sweeping the entire world.

You were born in the United States and grew up in the United States. The education you received from the beginning was an education for capitalism. You may not understand the importance of the Declaration.

But in China, in all other socialist countries, as long as they have received the most basic education, they understand very well what the Declaration means, understand its importance,..."

When doing this explanation, Ye Tian tried his best to make his tone appear calmer and not let himself be overly excited, just like expounding an academic point of view, without personal emotional factors.

He certainly has his own considerations for doing so.

For now, I still live in the evil American emperor, living in the dire straits of capitalism, and I should not leave in a short time.

Therefore, in order to avoid giving others a handle and avoiding being used to deal with him, Ye Tian must always pay attention to his words and deeds. Some things are really not suitable for touching.

Although it is no longer the Cold War period, and ideological opposition and struggle are not so serious, who can guarantee that no one will make a fuss about this? It's better to be careful!

While explaining to Betty and the others, Ye Tian also looked around, visiting and admiring the furnishings and decorations of the Swan Restaurant, watching very carefully.

Of course, he did not miss the opportunity for perspective!

This is where the two great teachers of Marx and Engels worked, lived, and even fought, and there may be surprising discoveries.

Wherever he looked, the dining area on the first floor, the basement, and several rooms adjacent to the dining area of ​​the Swan Restaurant were all presented to Ye Tian, ​​without the slightest secret.

In the dining area on the first floor, except for a few antique relics that are covered by bulletproof glass and related to Marx and Engels, and a few other antique works of ordinary value, Ye Tian did not find any treasures.

Ye Tian had expected this situation long ago, and it couldn't be more normal.

From 1845 to the present, one hundred and seventy or eighty years have passed, and it has been a long time.

During this period of time, the purpose of this building has changed many times. It has been the residence of the two great teachers of Marx and Man, has been a cafe, a hotel, etc., and it is now a restaurant.

Every change in the nature of use basically means a large- or small-scale decoration. For important areas like the dining area on the first floor, it is impossible to keep any secrets today.

Although Ye Tian also found out, in a room adjacent to the dining area, he found a hidden grid behind an oil painting. The location was very hidden and could not be easily noticed.

But the secret space was empty, there was not even a piece of waste paper, let alone the documents related to the "Declaration" from the hands of the two great teachers of Marx and Man.

In just three to five seconds, Ye Tian looked through the dining area on the first floor of the restaurant and several adjacent rooms. He found nothing and found nothing.

Then, pretending to be inadvertent, he looked down at the floor of the dining area, looked through the floor, and began to explore the basement and deeper underground.

The basement of this building has only one floor, which is basically the same area as the first floor. The layout is slightly different, and it is divided into several large and small rooms.

The restaurant operators use the basement here as a warehouse, which is filled with food such as rice, noodles, grains and oil, and various other sundries, as well as a cold storage for storing meat and seafood.

Two of the rooms near the square have been transformed into staff lounges, where there are beds, tables, computers, clothing and other things.

The entire basement is full of stuff, and it looks messy. It's not as solemn and elegant as the facade and the first floor of this building show, and it reveals an artistic atmosphere.

Seeing the mess in the basement, Ye Tian knew, don't expect to find anything in this basement.

God knows how many times this basement has been turned over and refurbished by the previous owners. Even if there is a secret, it has been discovered by others.

In fact, as he expected, Ye Tian did not find any surprises in this basement, nor did he find any valuable antique artworks.

After that, his gaze continued downward, penetrating the floor of the basement, and looking deeper underground.

When his gaze was about one meter deep below the ground, the surprise finally appeared, and it was what Ye Tian had been expecting for a long time, and almost made him cheer for it.

It is a deep and humid arched dense road, about 1.78 meters high and one meter wide. The internal space is fairly spacious enough to accommodate an adult passing through it.

Its location is more than one meter deep directly below the basement of the Swan Restaurant, leaning all the way down and extending deeper into the ground.

One end of the secret road is connected to the basement of the Swan Restaurant, and the other end is not yet known where it leads, and it needs to be explored to be clear.

But judging from what Ye Tian can see, the direction it leads is to the east of Brussels City Hall.

This secret road may lead to the city hall not far away. If that is the case, it would be very fun!

Perhaps for safety reasons or other reasons, the secret passage connecting the entrance and exit of the basement of the Swan Restaurant has been sealed with bricks and soil!

In order to conceal the traces of the secret road, the people of the secret road started to seal the secret road, and the entrance and exit of the secret road were filled with more than one meter thick bricks and soil, making a full disguise.

If there is no perspective ability, even if you put Ye Tian at the entrance of the secret passage and give him a shovel, let him dig at will, it is impossible to find this secret passage!

This secret road was processed and buried so perfectly. With the naked eye, almost no one could find traces of its existence, and no one knew that there was a deep secret road underground.

Fortunately, Ye Tian has a perspective ability, and this secret passage that has long been buried artificially cannot be hidden, and it clearly appears in his eyes.

Ye Tian couldn't know who dug this secret road, so he could only guess the usefulness of this secret road secretly, but he was very sure of the time when this secret road was dug and blocked.

When filling and burying the secret road to connect the entrance and exit of the basement of the Swan Restaurant, he started to bury the person or several people. An arched iron gate was erected underground more than one meter deep from the entrance and exit of the secret road.

There is a big lock hanging on the back of the iron door~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Although the rust is very serious, but from the dazzling red light emitted by the big lock, Ye Tian can accurately judge that what it produces Years.

Looking through the iron gate, Ye Tian saw several candlesticks on the walls on both sides of the secret road. From the dazzling red light emitted by these candlesticks, he could also tell the approximate year of the secret road excavation.

This secret road was roughly excavated in the mid-1840s, and it was closed and buried, that is, the time when the iron gate was erected and the big lock was hung in the early 1850s.

That was the period when Marx and Engels lived here, the period when Marx wrote the Manifesto, and it was also the most glorious piece of history in this building.

After confirming this, Ye Tian's eyes immediately flashed a hint of ecstasy.

Although up to this time, he still hadn't found any valuable antique works of art or important documents in the secret passage, but he was sure that he would find something in the secret passage!

Even if nothing was found in the end, the secret road had already been cleaned up. The secret road alone was a very important discovery, enough to cause a sensation!