gluttonous adventure king

Chapter 99

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Fang Hong's boat stopped almost directly above the mountain, the iron marker drooped and the rope stretched straight.

Fang Hong went down the rope.

Near the entrance of the cave, the visibility is still very, very high, but not far into the entrance of the cave, it is already pitch black.

From the perspective of terrain, this so-called submarine mountain should be a rare submarine mountain nearby.

Judging from the topography, it is very likely that the flat slope was exposed to the sea 700 years ago.

If this is the case, then this place is equivalent to a super small island with an area of ​​no more than a quarter of a football field, and it is so far from the coast that there are no living conditions at all.

At the same time, this cave was equivalent to a cave on a cliff about six meters high that suddenly appeared on a small island back then. No one would climb in to see it. It was indeed a good place to hide treasures.

If this inference is correct, then the sinking of the island may even have misled Queen John's people in their search for this treasure.

This is also the real reason why later archaeologists, adventurers, and treasure hunters scanned every inch of Lincolnshire with metal detectors, and even found out the horseshoes many years ago, but could not find the treasure.

After the island sank, it no longer belonged to Lincolnshire, let alone England.

But this time, the most important thing for Fang Hong is not to find the so-called gold, silver and jewelry from back then, because the whole of England back then was not comparable to a wealthy family in the same period in China.

The reason why this batch of treasures is so attractive is that there is an amazing treasure in it.

That is, the Iron Crown!
Things have to start from 900 years ago, when William I, the ancestor of the British royal family, was actually not eligible to succeed because he was a French nobleman and an illegitimate child.

According to the legal principles back then, although illegitimate children also had the right to inherit, there were still many males in William I's family, and the title of Duke of Normandy was simply not his turn.

He was lucky to become the Duke of Normandy in France.

The young Duke of Normandy waged a long war with the rebellious Norman nobles and won.

Then, the English royal heirs were cut off, and the King of France supported the Duke of Normandy as the King of England.

The old-fashioned English nobles believed that William I was an illegitimate son, a descendant of a cobbler, and was not qualified to be a king.

William I was a decisive person who suppressed the Anglo-Saxon nobles comprehensively, supported the Normans, and became a new nobleman.

It was also from him that England changed from a primitive country of slavery to a feudal country.

Faced with all kinds of ridicule and attacks from the old nobles, William I took an iron ring as the crown and succeeded to the throne of England.

If you look carefully at the crowns across Europe, they are mainly divided into two types. One is to add decorations to the dome hat, which represents the crown of the Pope and the crown of the King of France.

The other is the ring-shaped crown that is not closed. In the end, the ring-shaped crown replaced the cap crown and became the mainstream crown of the European royal family. It all started with the iron crown of William I.

If it is just an iron ring, then although this thing has profound significance, it will never be called an amazing treasure.

The succeeding British kings were all masters who were good at fighting and killing decisively.

These British kings kept adding honor to the Iron Crown.

The second king of England recast the iron crown and covered it with gold for enthronement.

third...

Until another King of England, the Lionheart.

In Chinese history textbooks, only the deeds of three British kings clearly appear in the textbooks. The first is William I, the second is Charles I the Lionheart, and the third is Elizabeth I.

The reason why the Lionheart King is called this name is because he was locked in a lion cage. In the end, he survived holding the lion's heart. Compared with William I's iron-blooded life, Charles I is more brilliant and legendary. He has been an emperor for more than ten years. Basically spent in wars, including the Crusades.

In the end, he added six brilliant diamond-shaped squares to the golden ring of the Iron Crown. Later, in the Tudor Dynasty, this symbol became a rose.

After the Lionheart, the crown has added a legendary color.

Subsequently, the successor was King John.

When Charles I was imprisoned in the lion cage, he launched a rebellion to ascend the throne, but he failed, and then Charles I forgave him and designated him as the successor, so King John was eligible to use the Iron Crown.

When the Iron Crown came into the hands of King John, great changes took place.

Between the six squares, six taller spear flowers were erected, and every inch of the iron crown was inlaid with colorful gems.

Pink diamonds, emeralds, amber, sapphires, rubies, black onyx, white pearls.

In the end, the iron crown finally changed from a mockery of the old nobles by a strenuous man to a mockery of the world by a brutal man.

However, after a four-day crusade against the nobles, the crown disappeared forever.

Since then, no one has ever seen King John wear this crown, which symbolizes the glory and continuation of glory of the ancestors.

Because of its disappearance, the portraits of Charles I in every era, the crown on his head is the crown of that era.

Because of its disappearance, the British royal family later cast 25 crowns, losing the tradition of inheritance.

Because of its disappearance, the era before King John seems to have become a blank in British history.

There is no strict record in history books, and no proof of cultural relics inheritance.

If you compare the short history of England with the history of China, the Iron Crown is the jade seal of the people of England!

Of course, it is also because of its disappearance that there will be a joke about inlaid with precious stones from all over the world, and the teeth will be crushed on the coronation day.

Only then will there be the embarrassment that the British royal family needs different crowns on different occasions.

In this treasure, it is rumored that there is also William I's golden scepter, King Arthur's ring, and a box of rare gold coins.

However, the heroic King Arthur and the crazily murderous King William I left behind only personal legends. Only this iron crown is the foundation of the British royal family's inheritance.

100 years ago, the British royal family used Windsor, where William I built the castle, as their surname. Didn’t they just want to inherit the 900-year blood brand?

Although the man has repeatedly broken the inheritance, the surname has changed and changed, and the dynasty has changed and changed, but Windsor still believes that he is a descendant of William I.

If you get the Iron Crown, the British royal family will sell the iron, and it will also have to satisfy Fang Hong's thirst for Chinese cultural relics in the Xiaoying Museum.

Fang Hong looked at the dark hole, turned on the recorder, swung his flippers, and swam into the hole.

Searchlights illuminate the road ahead inch by inch.

Inch by inch, bits and pieces of plankton are revealed in the transparent sea water.

Going down the cave, Fang Hong's eyes widened!
ladder!

It's a ladder!A step-by-step stone staircase!

This is a man-made cave!
Was it possible for the ancients to carve caves at a depth of more than ten meters?
impossible!

Unless it was carved and sunk in the sea.

King John's treasure?

That Shakespeare's cunning, treacherous, supercilious King John?
The legendary treasure left behind by the landless king who had no land because the French fief was granted to all his brothers by his father, because he was angry with property and fief all his life, and searched the whole of England for King John?
Step by step of the stone ladder goes down, but Fang Hong floats and swims in the cave, as if leading to hell.

Fang Hong knew that as long as he saw the legendary treasure chest, he would become the most hated person in England, and he would never have a chance at this land.

For an adventurer, this is a kind of torture in the depths of the soul.

However, if you have the opportunity but don't find it to exchange for the lost Chinese treasure, it will be the whipping of the ancestors who have no face behind them.

The lamp, according to the light, is a pile of broken stones in front of it.

A little reflection dazed Fang Hong.

A reflection of light was projected from the pile of rocks!
(End of this chapter)