Chapter 2720 High Standard Stone Gate

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There were piercing noises from the basement. Ian and the others, holding electric drills, were demolishing the stone wall facing the atrium garden in the basement.

Ye Tian, ​​David, and the Bishop of Kent stood a little later, chatting while guiding and supervising the demolition work.

"After the failure of the last Crusade, the strength and authority of the Holy See were so bad that they were coerced by King Philip IV of France and moved to Avignon, France, as a resident there.

Since then, the Pope of Rome has been subject to the King of France for more than 70 years, known as the "Prisoner of Avignon" in history. This incident marked the decline of the Holy See and was subject to the secular state.

In the middle and late fourteenth century, due to a series of defeats in the Hundred Years War between Britain and France, France was no longer able to take care of the Holy See in Avignon. The then Pope took this opportunity to move the Holy See back to Rome.

For more than a hundred years since then, the Holy See has changed its location many times, and moved back and forth between Rome and Avignon several times. During this period, the Holy See also split, which was a big split that lasted for forty years.

Of course, France supports the Holy See in Avignon, while France's hostile countries, such as the United Kingdom, support the Holy See in Rome. These countries support different popes out of their own interests.

At that time, there were even three popes in office at the same time. One of the popes was a notorious pirate chief. To put it bluntly, the pope at that time had become a doll of secular politics.

It was not until the middle of the fifteenth century that the Holy See was finally unified again, but the prestige and power of the Holy See could not return to the past. Even the famous Inquisition, the Holy See was gradually lost.

At the same time, with the rise of the Renaissance movement and the decline of the Holy See, other political cultures in Europe began to flourish, and a true nation-state gradually emerged in Europe.

The Holy See, which has just experienced 100-200 years of turmoil and regained its foothold in Rome, is very necessary to build some secret chambers to hide some important secrets or treasures, so as to avoid the tragedy from happening again.

It is because of these reasons that there are secrets or treasures hidden behind this stone wall, and the person who hides them is naturally the Holy See, but they don't know what these secrets or treasures are? "

Ye Tian, ​​who was standing in the center of the basement, was talking eloquently, introducing to everyone the history of more than five hundred years ago.

During this process, he tried his best to use euphemistic words so as not to embarrass the bishop of Kent who was also present.

In fact, the Holy See during that time had been completely reduced to the puppets of several European powers, and the situation was very dire.

Hearing his words, everyone at the scene nodded and had no disagreement, as did the slightly embarrassed Bishop of Kent.

While talking, the harsh motor sound suddenly stopped.

Immediately afterwards, Ian's excited voice came over.

"Steven, here is a thick granite bar, buried horizontally in this stone wall, supporting the above stones, the ground, and the building, it seems that this is the entrance"

Hearing this, Ye Tian stopped talking immediately, and looked towards the wall, and everyone else at the scene did the same.

At this time, several pieces of granite in the area defined by the stone wall had been pried off by Ian and the others, and they were placed on the floor.

And inside that wall, at a height of about 1.56 meters from the floor, there is a granite strip about 30 to 40 centimeters thick and about one meter long, stretching across the wall.

This is only the length as far as the eye can see. The two ends of the granite strip are buried in the walls on both sides. It is not very clear how long it is.

The moment he saw the granite strip, Ye Tian had a look of surprise on his face, and walked quickly to the stone wall.

Before coming to the stone wall, he first pretended to check the situation of the stone wall and the granite strip seriously.

Then he smiled and said:

"Well done, my fellows, this granite bar was evidently buried here deliberately, and is not of the same age or texture as the surrounding stones.

According to my judgment, the time when this granite strip was buried here was the beginning of the sixteenth century. Its function is clear at a glance, that is, to support the walls and ground buildings above.

Under this granite strip, there should be a stone gate. As long as you remove the stones outside, you will probably be able to see an ancient stone gate and reveal the secret hidden here."

After hearing Ye Tian's analysis, there was a burst of cheers at the scene. Everyone was very excited and immediately cheered and celebrated.

"Great! There is indeed a treasure hidden here, I hope this is a huge surprise!"

"I don't know what is hidden behind this stone door, it's really exciting!"

After a brief celebration, Ye Tian said again:

"This stone door that is about to appear has been closed for more than five hundred years, and a large amount of dirty or even poisonous gas may have accumulated inside. For safety reasons, everyone should wear protective clothing and gas masks now to prevent accidents."

Following his words, everyone immediately took action and put on protective equipment.

Immediately afterwards, Ian and the others acted again to dig.

Ye Tian stood aside to guide, ready to help at any time to avoid any accidents.

As time went by, pieces of large or small stones were successively removed from the stone wall by Ian and the others, and piled on the ground one by one, and quickly piled up into a hill.

At the same time, a large hole about 1.5 meters high and 1.23 meters wide appeared on the stone wall.

And inside this big hole, a stone door covered with mud and mottled, gradually emerged and appeared in front of everyone.

Although the stone gate is covered with dirt, everyone can still see the general situation of the stone gate clearly.

Right above this round arched stone gate, there is a huge crucifix carved. The top of the stone gate is divided into left and right sides, with patterns of the archangels Michael and Gabriel engraved respectively.

These two archangels hold a long sword and a cross respectively, flying in the air, as if guarding the stone gate, and around these two archangels, there are some flying little angels.

And at the bottom of the stone gate, there are some images of hell engraved. Those who are suffering in hell are looking up at the sky, as if they are praying for God's forgiveness and mercy!

In addition, there are many exquisite decorations and patterns, as well as some words, engraved on and around this stone gate.

Since the stone door is covered with mud, the details of those decorations and patterns are still unclear for the time being, including those Latin words.

Unsurprisingly, the moment they saw the stone door, there was another burst of excited cheers, and everyone in the basement's eyes lit up with excitement.

"My God! This stone gate is really shocking. Among other things, this stone gate alone is a priceless and significant top-level antique cultural relic."

"Wow! The specification of this stone gate is really too high. The secret or treasure hidden behind this stone gate must be of great importance, and it may be another great discovery that sensationalizes the world."

While everyone was discussing, Ian and the others had already removed all the stones outside the stone door and stacked them on the ground one by one.

Afterwards, Ye Tian asked them to step aside, walked forward by himself, and began to check the situation of the stone gate.