Chapter 3021: Sheepskin Scroll
After a while, the portable waterjet was ready.
Ye Tian checked it before, and after confirming that there was no problem, he nodded and said:
"It's time to start, Allen, you cut along the gap around this granite. Be careful not to cut this granite and the surrounding rocks."
"Understood, Steven, don't worry about leaving it to us!"
Allen nodded in response, and then acted.
As the portable waterjet was turned on, a high-speed stream of water containing emery immediately lased from the waterjet nozzle and cut directly into the gap on the right side of the granite rock.
Seeing this scene, the Ethiopians, including Mustafa, were shocked.
They didn't expect that water could even cut stones, and it was like a broken bamboo!
While secretly amazed, they were also a little envious.
There may not even be one high-tech equipment like this in Ethiopia, but it is used by these guys in front of them to explore the treasure!
Joshua and David, who were together at the scene, behaved very calmly.
They have seen this scene many times, and they have long been used to it.
Just as Allen was cutting with a water knife, an excited voice suddenly came from the walkie-talkie.
"Steven, this is Jeremy. We scanned some metal signals in a utility room on the first floor, buried in the ground about four or five meters deep. You'd better come and have a look!"
Upon hearing the announcement, Ye Tian immediately picked up the walkie-talkie and said:
"Okay, Jeremy, I'll go down right away, hope it's a surprising discovery!"
After speaking, he told Alan and them a few words to let them continue to work here.
Afterwards, he took David and the others, left the banquet hall, and walked towards the stairs leading to the first floor of the castle.
On the way, Mustafa and the scenic spot manager looked at each other.
They all saw a trace of worry in each other's eyes.
Are they incompetent, or are these Yankees too clever?
How long did they first enter the Fasil Gaby Castle, they found something, and they were in two places!
In the past few hundred years, the Fasilidas castle complex has been in the hands of Ethiopians. Why is no one discovering these possible treasures? These Yankees are cheap for nothing!
Is it true that there are hidden treasures in Fasil Gaby’s Castle, even the legendary Solomon’s treasure?
If this is the case, does Ethiopia really want to share the treasure with Steven?
Thinking of this, Mustafa and the others felt a little pain, but helpless.
"Steven, what are the metal objects buried deep underground?"
Mustafa asked curiously, looking forward to it.
Ye Tian looked back at the old friend, then smiled and said:
"What exactly are those metal objects? I don't know. Only after checking the scanned metal signals and analyzing them carefully can I know the answer.
They may be an unknown treasure, or they may be some ancient farm tools or weapons, or metal tools used in the construction of this castle, etc.! "
While talking, he had already walked up the stairs and walked downstairs along the spiral staircase.
After a while, they had arrived at a storage room on the west side of the first floor.
The area of this storage room is not large, only less than 20 square meters. The interior is dimly lit, covered with moss, and the ground is slippery.
On the west wall of this storage room, there is a small arched window, no more than one meter high and about fifty centimeters wide. It is the only window in this storage room.
At this time, Jeremy and another company employee were standing in the center of this storage room with a pulse metal detector in their hands.
When he came to the door of the storage room, Ye Tian took a look inside, and then walked in.
Because the internal space of the storage room is limited, it cannot accommodate too many people.
Except for Mustafa and Joshua, the others stayed in the corridor outside, waiting for the results of the exploration.
After entering the storage room, Ye Tian quickly scanned the situation here before he came to Jeremy and the others.
"Let's talk about it, Jeremy, what did you all find? Hope it's an amazing discovery!"
"That's it, Steven, we were more than four meters underground and we scanned a strong metal signal. There were four or five metal objects stacked together."
Jeremy introduced the situation and pointed his finger at the floor in the middle of the storage room.
There was a slate floor in the center of the storage room. Because few people came here, there was no one to take care of it. A thick layer of dust fell on the slate, with green moss, which was quite slippery.
Other than that, there is nothing special about it.
After briefly introducing the situation, Jeremy started scanning the ground with the pulse metal detector in his hand.
Following his actions, there was a beep of a metal detector, which was very pleasing to the ears.
Ye Tian looked at the ground, then came to the side of another exploratory team member, and looked at the signal scanned by the pulse metal detector on the monitoring screen.
As Jeremy said, there are indeed several metal objects hidden in the depth of more than four meters under this floor, and they are stacked together.
However, the signals scanned by the pulsed metal detector cannot distinguish their shapes, nor can they distinguish what it is and what metal it is!
Ye Tian carefully checked the scanned metal signal, and then fell into deep thought.
After a while, he said:
"Jeremy, have you scanned the rest of this storage room? Have you found other metal objects buried deep underground?"
"I scanned this storage room thoroughly, including the floor and walls, as well as the rooms on the left and right and the outer corridors. We also scanned them all.
In other places, we did not scan any metal signals. We only found this one. What could be these metal objects buried deep underground? ."
Jeremy nodded and said, introducing the situation.
Ye Tian didn't respond immediately, but walked around in this storage room and looked at the surrounding walls and the ground.
Then, he pondered for a moment, and then said:
"Judging from the depth of the burial of these metal objects, they should have been buried deep underground when the Fasil Gaby Castle was built.
To build such a magnificent stone castle, the foundation must be dug very deep, that is to say, it must be dug to the depth of these metal objects.
From this point of view, they will not be treasures buried by ancient people, nor will they be buried by later people. I am more inclined to think that these are a few burial objects!
When the Fasil Gaby Castle was built, these things were buried deep underground, and no one has ever discovered it, but we came here.
As for whether these burial objects are gold products or other metal objects, it is not known. For the time being, their value is not easy to estimate."
Having said this, he suddenly turned his head to look at Mustafa, smiled and said:
"Mustafa, we will not excavate these metal objects buried deep underground. For the joint exploratory team, these metal objects are not of much excavation value.
Our main goal is Solomon’s treasure, and other treasures of relatively large value. These metal objects can be left to you. It is up to you to decide whether to excavate or not! "
For such a result, Mustafa naturally raised his hands in favor.
"No problem, Steven, leave it to us to explore these metal objects. We will analyze it carefully before deciding whether to dig!"
"Okay, let's go back upstairs, there is still a secret waiting for us to uncover!"
Ye Tian nodded and said.
Afterwards, the group of them left the storage room and returned to the banquet hall upstairs again.
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When entering the banquet hall, the cutting work is nearing completion.
After a while, Allen stopped cutting and turned around and said:
"Steven, the gaps around this granite stone have been cut open, and this stone can be taken off the wall!"
"Okay, good job!"
Ye Tian nodded in response, and then walked forward.
The others also followed, all looking forward to it.
When he came to the wall on the north side of the banquet hall, Ye Tian first checked the overall condition of the wall, and then looked at the granite stone.
The gaps around the granite stone have been cut open at this time.
The cement used to fill the gap was also taken out by Allen and the others.
As Ye Tian said before, this granite rock is not stressed.
Looking in through the hollowed out gap, the part of the stone buried in the wall is not very deep.
If it is removed from the wall, it will not cause any impact, nor will it endanger the safety of this ancient castle.
Ye Tian did not immediately remove the granite stone, but asked Mustafa and the scenic area manager to take a look and determine the condition of the stone.
After reading it, Mustafa and the scenic area manager both nodded, and at the same time became more curious.
"Behind this granite stone, is there really an unknown secret hidden? What could this secret be?"
Mustafa asked curiously.
"Then I don't know. When I remove this stone from this wall, the answer will naturally be revealed. Just wait patiently for a while!"
Ye Tian said with a smile.
Next, he told everyone else to step back a bit to avoid accidents.
After everyone backed away, he took a closer look at the granite stone and the conditions on the wall, then picked up a crowbar that had already been prepared, and started to do it.
He came to the left side of the granite rock and inserted the flat end of the crowbar along the gap.
Immediately afterwards, he exerted a little force and felt the weight of this granite rock.
With this action, the granite rock moved slightly outward.
Obviously, this stone can be moved.
After confirming this, Ye Tian immediately increased his strength and pressed the other end of the crowbar against the wall.
Not surprisingly, this granite rock was pried out of the wall little by little by him.
When one end of the stone came out of the wall, Ye Tian immediately pulled out the crowbar, then grabbed the stone with his hand and pulled it out forcefully.
On the other side, Ellen and the others have come up to the left, ready to catch the other end of the stone to prevent it from directly hitting the ground.
In a blink of an eye, most of this granite rock has been pulled out by Ye Tian.
At this time, everyone finally saw it.
On the inner side of this granite rock, there is a groove about 80 centimeters long, which was obviously pulled out by man.
There was a long strip in the groove, and a thick black moisture-proof tarpaulin was wrapped on the outside.
Seeing this, everyone immediately exclaimed.
"Wow! I didn't expect that there is something hidden behind this granite rock. It's incredible?"
"What exactly is wrapped in the black damp-proof raincloth? Who hides it in this wall? Is it Italian?"
When everyone exclaimed, Ye Tian suddenly stopped.
Immediately afterwards, he said to the two men standing at the other end of the granite boulder:
"Hold on to this granite rock, Ellen, don't let it fall, I will take out the thing hidden in the rock and see what it is, I hope it will be a nice surprise!"
"Okay, Steven"
Allen and the others nodded in response, and immediately stepped forward and supported the granite rock.
After that, Ye Tian stretched out his hand and took out the thing hidden in the granite rock.
Next, he looked at the inside of the stone and the hidden space behind it.
Confirming that there was nothing else hidden, he asked Allen and the others to push the granite stone into the wall again, so that there was no need to always hold it, and it was safer.
After doing all these things, he turned around and found it surprisingly.
Everyone stared at him, the black moisture-proof and oily thing in his hand, everyone was full of curiosity and anticipation.
"Steven, what's in it?"
Mustafa asked curiously.
"I don't know what it is, it feels like a scroll!"
With that, Ye Tian squeezed the thing lightly.
"Scroll? Is it a document or a treasure map?"
"Take down those black damp-proof tarpaulins, Steven, and let everyone see what's inside."
Everyone said in a rush, they couldn't wait.
Ye Tian pointed to a long solid wood table in front of the wall on the left side of the banquet hall, and said with a smile:
"The environment here is terrible. I definitely can't just open it like this. And this thing has been hidden in the wall for a long time. You have to be careful when opening it.
Wait for us to clean up the long solid wood table, and then open the black moisture-proof linoleum outside on the table to see what is inside! "
After speaking, he nodded to Allen and the others.
Allen and the others immediately understood, went straight to the left wall, moved the long table to the center of the banquet hall, and wiped it quickly.
After they wiped off the dust and moss on the surface of the table, Ye Tian came over and put the thing wrapped in black moisture-proof tarpaulin on the table.
Before that, he had wiped off the dust from the outside of that thing.
It can be seen that on the outside of the black damp-proof oil cloth, a few ropes are tied to prevent the damp-proof oil from spreading.
Ye Tian checked the appearance of this thing, and then said to the crowd around:
"If I'm not mistaken, the one who hid this thing in the wall should be an Italian, and it is probably related to a high-level figure in the Italian occupation army during World War II.
During World War II, Ethiopia was once again occupied by Italy and became an Italian colony. The headquarters of the Italian occupation army is located in the Fasilidas castle group!
Fassil Gaby Castle, the former Ethiopian palace, became the residence and office of the commander of the Italian occupation forces during that period, and it lasted for a long time.
The last decisive battle of the Ethiopian People’s Liberation Nation took place in Gondar! After the decisive battle of Gondar, the Ethiopian War of Resistance against Italy came to an end.
At the time of defeat, those Italians who are about to escape from Gondar and the Fasilidas castle group may really be able to hide some very important things that cannot be taken away here."
Hearing this, everyone's eyes brightened, shining straight up.
Especially Mustafa and other Ethiopians, who seemed to think of something, suddenly became more excited.
Ye Tian glanced at the crowd, then gently pulled a rope tied with a black moisture-proof tarpaulin and untied it.
He repeated the same action three times in succession.
Next, he uncovered the black moisture-proof tarpaulin layer by layer.
Seeing his movements, everyone couldn't help but become nervous.
In a blink of an eye, those black damp-proof tarpaulins have all been uncovered.
What was tightly wrapped under the damp-proof raincloth finally revealed its true meaning.
As one day said, it was a scroll!
However, this is not a paper scroll, but a yellowed sheepskin scroll.
This sheepskin scroll is very delicately made, with fancy shaft heads made of African red sandalwood on both ends, carved with exquisite and complex patterns.
And in the center of the scroll, it is tied with a yellow ribbon and a red wax seal!
The first time they saw this sheepskin scroll, everyone couldn't help but think of a word.
Treasure Map!
There is no other reason, because many legendary treasure maps are sheepskin maps.
"It's actually a sheepskin scroll. I don't know what is written on it. Is it a treasure map?"
"This sheepskin scroll is too delicate, and the content on it must be extraordinary!"
There was a sound of exclamation at the scene, and everyone was excited.
At this moment, Ye Tian had put on his gloves, carefully picked up the sheepskin scroll, and observed it carefully.
After a while, they smiled and said:
"My guess is correct. This sheepskin scroll is indeed hidden by the Italians. The daisies carved on the heads of these two red sandalwood shafts can explain the problem. The daisies are the national flower of Italy!"
With that, he showed off the head of the sheepskin scroll.
Everyone can clearly see that there is indeed a blooming daisy carved on the head of the African red sandalwood shaft!
But what everyone is more concerned about ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ is the content recorded in this sheepskin scroll.
Ye Tian was not in a hurry, he carefully observed the appearance of the sheepskin scroll.
Then, he gently pulled the yellow ribbon that tied the sheepskin scroll, ready to open the scroll.
At this moment, an Ethiopian historian suddenly stepped out with an expression of excitement!
Seeing what he meant, it seemed that he planned to open this sheepskin scroll with Ye Tian and witness history together.
However, Ye Tian shook his head firmly, the meaning couldn't be more obvious.
Fortunately, Mustafa's reaction was quicker, and he grabbed the Ethiopian historian and said a few words in a low voice.
The Ethiopian historian then woke up, and then stopped and did not move on!
Ye Tian smiled, and then gently opened the sheepskin scroll!
