Search for Treasure Worldwide Chapter 524: Stone tunnel (please vote for me, please recommend)
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"No wonder this guy hasn't moved away for thirty years! It turns out it's because of this!"
Ye Tian sighed secretly, and then continued to inspect the situation of the cabin inside.
The furnishings in the room are simple and clear at a glance.
A double sofa, a high chair, a few oil paintings, a bookshelf one meter high and one meter wide, with some books on it! Basically they are religious and art books.
There is a shrine against the wall on the west side of the room. It should have been built at the same time as this small building. It radiates red light in Ye Tian's eyes, but it is of little value!
In addition, there are two pinhole cameras in the room, located at the east and west ends, monitoring the entire room!
As far as the eye could see, there was no secret room or secret passage entrance. The room was very quiet, as if no one had been there!
Obviously, after that guy Thompson entered the secret room or secret passage, he immediately closed the door, so he didn't notice it!
Is it a secret room or a secret passage leading elsewhere? Where is it hidden?
With these questions, Ye Tian began to look through every corner of the room, every centimeter of the wall and floor.
The walls are not too thick, and there are no intervening walls or mechanisms inside. Next door is a data room. No one has entered it for many years. It is dusty, very quiet, and has no secrets.
Since it’s not next door, it can only be underground! The secret is hidden under the floorboards, no doubt about it!
My gaze immediately penetrated the ancient red bricks paved on the ground and looked directly to the ground.
Underneath the sofa, bookshelf, and several oil paintings are solid foundations and black soil. There is no shadow of a secret room or secret passage at all.
Then, Ye Tian's eyes turned to the shrine standing against the wall.
There are two bronze angel statues on the front of the shrine, about 20 centimeters high, with average carvings. Although they are old, they are not of much value!
But it was these two angel statues that instantly attracted Ye Tian's attention.
There is no other reason than that the glossiness of the surfaces of the two angel statues is different, even very different!
The angel statue on the right seems to have been touched frequently. The statue's appearance is shiny and has a layer of patina, as if it has been played with for many years. There are also traces of friction and rotation on the base!
Although the angel statue on the left is also shiny, it is still much worse than the one on the right. It does not look like the luster of a handball player, but more like it was wiped with a towel. It lacks popularity!
More importantly, the base of the statue on the left shows no traces of rotational friction at all!
Obviously, there is something fishy about the angel statue on the right!
Without a moment's hesitation, Ye Tian immediately began to see through the angel statue!
Under perspective, the biggest secret of this studio was immediately revealed.
As expected!
This angel statue is movable and can rotate ninety degrees inward.
Its base is connected to a mechanism, which consists of several pulleys, iron chains, and a metal pipe as thick as a wrist. The iron chain is connected to the mechanism inside the shrine through the metal pipe.
The chains and pulleys inside and outside the shrine are very lubricated. They seem to be used frequently and run smoothly. It is estimated that the sound when they are turned on is very small or even silent.
Obviously, someone is carefully maintaining these mechanical parts.
The person who maintains these institutions is undoubtedly Pastor Thompson.
The perspective continued, and the secret of the shrine was completely grasped by Ye Tian in an instant.
This shrine is a door. Just hold the angel statue on the right and rotate it ninety degrees inward to open the door. The shrine will also open ninety degrees.
After entering this secret door, you can pull up the shrine from the inside and return the shrine to its original position to cover up traces of entry and exit!
The reason why Thompson can disappear without leaving any traces is due to this!
It can be seen from the friction marks on the base of the angel statue and the friction marks between the shrine and the ground that this secret door was opened very frequently.
And these marks don’t look very old, they are all friction marks that have appeared in recent years!
Although some people tried to cover up these traces and did some tricks, in Ye Tian's eyes, this was completely useless, and he could see through it at a glance.
Obviously, Thompson often opened this secret door to enter and exit secret rooms or secret passages located underground.
Don’t even think about it, this secret room in the underground, or the place where the secret passage leads to, is Thompson’s real art warehouse, and it is also the ultimate goal of his investigation!
There must be a large number of top-notch antique artworks hidden there, most likely including the 13 top-level artworks looted from the Gardner Museum, as well as the remaining three famous paintings robbed from the Bierle Foundation in Switzerland!
What kind of secret room is hidden behind the shrine? How big is the area? When was it built? Why build this secret chamber? Most importantly, how many top-notch antique artworks are hidden inside?
If there is a secret passage behind the shrine, where will this secret passage lead to? Is it this old apartment building next door? Or the building of Captain Jack's cabin at the door of the church?
What is hidden in the place where the secret passage finally leads? Danger or wealth?
With countless questions, Ye Tianqiang suppressed the excitement in his heart and continued to see through.
The gaze continued downward, directly through the shrine, and towards the mysterious door behind.
This is a secret door about 60 centimeters wide and 1.6 meters high. It is completely blocked by the shrine. Only one person can enter, and he has to bend his back.
Behind the secret door is a stone secret passage with steps that slopes downward. This passage extends down at an angle of about 45 degrees, and the **** is not small!
Following the secret passage about two meters down, you can see a spiral staircase, which is also made of stone and is very strong!
This spiral staircase leads directly to the depths of the underground. Take two steps down and there will be enough space above your head, so you don’t have to hunch forward!
Where this spiral staircase leads, Ye Tian has no idea for the time being! We can only find out after sneaking in quietly at night and conducting field inspections.
When his sight reached the spiral staircase, he couldn't get any further!
It was more than two meters and nearly three meters deep underground, reaching the limit of perspective. If it weren't for the empty secret passage that made the line of sight unobstructed, he might not have been able to see the spiral staircase.
This means that this perspective exploration can end here.
The sight will not turn around! What can we do if it doesn’t end?
Although I didn’t see where the spiral staircase led, nor did I see the secret room where antique artworks were hidden, this clairvoyance exploration was very successful and the harvest was huge!
"Awesome! Thompson! Even if you burrow into the depths of the earth, I can dig you out, and I can make a fortune out of you!"
Ye Tian cheered quietly again, very excited!
During the clairvoyant exploration process, he had basically grasped the situation of this secret passage.
This is a stone secret passage. Although it has a history of nearly three hundred years, it is still very solid and solid. There is not even a crack in the wall!
The people who built the Old North Church had no idea what their purpose was, but they actually built such a fortress-level secret passage. It must have had a very important purpose.
Based on the analysis of the situation in the secret passage, the secret room under the spiral staircase is probably stronger and more majestic. It may be an underground palace.
The people who built this secret passage and secret room probably never imagined that this place would actually fall into the hands of Thompson and be used by him to hide stolen antiques and art for art crimes!
If they knew this, they would probably be so angry that the three corpses would jump! Die again!
This secret passage is not only strong and solid, Thompson also made some modifications and added some things.
He installed an emergency light in the two-meter-long secret passage for lighting and to facilitate movement; he also installed essential monitoring equipment, very cautiously!
It can be seen from this that lighting and monitoring equipment must have been installed along the spiral stairs and in the secret rooms deep underground.
He may even transform the underground secret room into a studio with constant temperature and humidity to preserve antique artworks to prevent those valuable treasures from being damaged.
Everything is possible!
Ye Tian withdrew his gaze from the secret passage and turned to the studio outside.
There is also a top-notch piece of art there, waiting for you to appreciate it!
At this point, the answer you want most has been found, and it’s time to reward yourself! And appreciating top-notch art is also a very good way to reward yourself!
Looking into the studio again, Ye Tian looked directly at the oil painting on the easel, his eyes were very excited and full of anticipation!
This is a landscape oil painting that is about to be completed. The size is medium, about 70*95.
The content of the picture is very familiar to Ye Tian. It is a very famous painting, one of the masterpieces of the famous French realist landscape painter Corot, "Landscape near Voltra"
But unfortunately, this is not the top piece of art that Corot contributed to the world, it is just a copy!
The level of copying is pretty good! You can still see a bit of Corot’s paintings!
As for the person who copied it, of course it was the respected Pastor Thompson!
He used special pigments to forge the surface of another famous painting, copying Corot's famous painting! The painting covered with special paint was the top-notch work of art that Ye Tian really wanted to see.
That is a painting from nearly four hundred years ago and made by a master. It has extraordinary artistic value!
But which art master is it? Ye Tian still knows nothing!
The perspective was turned on, and the secret disappeared in an instant. A baroque-style oil painting appeared in Ye Tian's eyes with incomparable clarity.
The moment he saw the content of this oil painting clearly, Ye Tian couldn't help but exclaimed in a low voice, with excitement and joy in his voice!
""Bacchus"! Velázquez's "Bacchus"! Oh my God! It's actually this famous painting that the Spaniards have been frantically searching for for decades!"
Velazquez, a Spanish painter during the Baroque period in the 17th century, had extremely high artistic achievements and was known as the first master in the history of Spanish painting!
This painting "Bacchus" is one of his masterpieces and has been collected in the Prado Museum in Madrid for centuries.
In the 1970s, this oil painting was stolen from the Prado Museum and its whereabouts are still unknown!
The Spanish police and the Prado Museum have never given up tracking this famous painting for decades, but they have never received any news. Some even say that the famous painting has been completely burned!
But who would have thought that this famous painting would actually appear in Boston and fall into Thompson's hands.
And looking at the current situation, this top-notch artwork should have found a home and is ready to be traded, which is why Thompson took out this famous painting for forgery!
“Fortunately, my brother stepped in, otherwise the Spaniards may never be able to take back this famous painting! God knows it will become the private collection of that collector!”
Ye Tian sighed secretly, and his eyes began to glow green!
Then, he adjusted his mood slightly and began to appreciate this masterpiece handed down from generation to generation!