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Chapter 234 Painting in the door?

"Boss, why don't we go underground?" David suggested.

The rooms on the ground are basically wandering around. After all, it is a castle that has been open to the public for nearly 30 years. All places that may keep secrets have been explored, so there is nothing suspicious about it.

"Let's go and have a look."

Wu Qian and his group of five walked down the revolving stone stairs. If it were 500 years ago, the stone stairs going down would be very dark, and there would only be a candlestick about two meters apart on the wall. What is the situation with the dim yellow candle light.

But now they are all equipped with modern lighting systems, so they don't look cramped and dim, and the lights illuminate the stones brightly.

Walking down about two large circles, about 10 meters underground, Wu Qian saw several storage rooms with open doors and empty inside.The storage room is not big, only three to five square meters, and you can see the head at a glance. It is a very solid stone room without any gorgeous decorations. It should be used for storing sundries.

At the end of the stone steps is the wine cellar of Leeds Castle. The main body of Leeds Castle is built on a small island in the middle of the lake. The geographical location is very special. Because it is too humid, the relevant department specially installed a dehumidifier for the wine cellar.

Wu Qian and his group came to the wooden door of the wine cellar. A wooden indicator was hung on the stone wall next to the door. The indicator depicted an oak barrel in an abstract ancient style. The oak barrel was entwined with vines, probably grapes. rattan.

Rosalind found the power switch and turned on the dehumidifier and ventilator in the wine cellar.

Wu Qian found that the door of the wine cellar was ajar. He put his hand on the door, and was about to push it open, when he realized that this door was a bit special. For some reason, it was made very heavy.

"Is this anti-thief or moisture-proof..."

Wu Qian pushed hard, and the heavy wooden door of the wine cellar creaked open. The shelf in the wine cellar was not high, only a little over 2 meters, and it was also empty and transparent.

Although it was bright everywhere, the sound of the door opening just now made Wu Qian's scalp tingle, and a series of horror stories about the castle that he had heard instantly came to mind.

"Ho ho... Are you nervous?" Wu Qian didn't step forward, but turned to glance at the four bodyguards following him.

The bodyguards were very puzzled. There was nothing to be nervous about. Yesterday, this place was exhibited as a scenic spot, and there were ghosts when people came and went.

"Don't be nervous, BOSS. I'll take a look first." Kux saw that Wu Qian seemed a little flustered. His BOSS came from the mysterious East, and there were many mysterious stories in that mysterious country. He felt that his BOSS might be remembering A frightening legend.

Wu Qian nodded, very satisfied with Kux's performance.

Then, Kukes and David walked in front, Wu Qian walked in the middle, Rosalind and Ball walked in the back, and a group of five walked into the wine cellar.

"It's empty, there's nothing to see, and all the valuable things have been taken away." Kux stood in the middle of the wine cellar with one hand on his hips and said, fanning his nose with the other hand, and said with a smile: "It's not Nothing, just a little scent left."

The wine cellar is about 150-200 square meters. If it were the wine cellar of the rich today, if it had this size, it would be considered a large wine cellar. However, it was not for ordinary people to live here, but for the royal family. Relatively speaking, women do not seem so extravagant.

Wu Qian stood in the wine cellar a little disappointed, with solid stone slabs under his feet. He didn't think there could be anything hidden under such a stone slab. If that was the case, it was not a small trick at the time. There must have been leaks or related records. The relevant departments Impossible to do nothing.

Wu Qian couldn't imagine what a ghostly painting would look like if it was buried underground after so many years...

Of course, if you can't find it on the surface, the next step is to dig three feet into the ground.

"Where is it hidden?" Wu Qian walked along the wall of the wine cellar with his hands behind his back. He could even see some marks left by the feet of a drunk driver on the ground. The traces of time are very obvious. Wandering in it, Wu Qian can think Add some pictures.

A servant and maid dressed in medieval costumes come to the wine cellar and fetch a barrel of fine wine for the castle owner in each oak barrel; or there are beautiful maids who have an affair with prominent figures in the castle here , Accidentally knocked over the wine barrel to the ground, the barrel shattered, the wine flowed all over the floor, the fragrance overflowed, and the cheater panicked and fled in a panic.

Wu Qian immersed himself in his own world for a while, and then prepared to leave the wine cellar with four bodyguards. There is no place to hide things here, and one can see through it at a glance, except for stone walls and stone slabs...

"Could it be that there is an unknown secret room in the castle? The British don't know how to use tricks..." Wu Qian said, pulling on the wooden door of the wine cellar with his hand, making another creaking sound, which made people's teeth ache. .

"This door should be repaired... Hey, yo ho, it's so thick?" When Wu Qian opened the door, he found that the wooden door was a bit ridiculously thick.

When he first entered the wine cellar, he only felt that the door was very heavy, and he didn't explore in detail how thick the wooden door was, but when he looked from the inside to the outside, he found some incongruities.

Wu Qian measured it with the palm of his hand. The distance between his thumb and ring finger when he opened his palm was about 22 centimeters, but this wooden door was actually not enough. It was about 30 centimeters thick by visual inspection.

Nowadays, the thickness of doors in households is generally 4-6 cm. If it is said that the thickness of the ancient city wall door is 30 cm, it is reasonable, but it is a bit contrary to common sense to use such a thick door for a wine cellar.

"Don't you think the thickness of this door is a bit unusual?" Wu Qian stood by the door, opening and closing the wooden door back and forth, making creaking and creaking sounds. It should be because the wooden door is too heavy, and the hinges that bear the weight are overwhelmed. the sound made.

The few bodyguards really didn't care about this phenomenon. They used to train in the G4S castle before, and the doors used in some special storage rooms were also very thick. It didn't feel too obtrusive at first, but Wu Qian mentioned it like this. People also feel that the installation of this door is a bit inconsistent here.

"Boss, I feel like it's a bit thick. Could it be that the painting is hidden in the door?" David asked with his eyes puffed up in disbelief.

The people in front of Wu were going crazy looking for things, and they finally found some clues, so naturally they couldn't let them go.

Several people carefully looked at the suspicious wooden door. Because the shelf of the wine cellar is not high, the wooden door is not high.The overall color is dark maroon, and the door knocker made of metal is very delicate, but it has been rusted.

(End of this chapter)