Water Margin people

"So much gold!"

“There’s a house here!”

“There’s a door here!”

As the shouting continued, the Crusaders were completely excited.

Conrad III and Louis VII also rushed up with their men to help with the excavation.

Baldwin IV was a little unconvinced. He walked closer and looked at the ancient stone pillars and various houses with a look of confusion on his face.

"Zoroastrianism's pattern!"

Baldwin IV touched the stone pillar in front of him. Although he didn't know what ancient monuments were, the stone pillar in front of him was obviously very old.

“Is this really a relic?”

Baldwin IV looked at William and asked.

"It should be a thousand years old! This is indeed a Zoroastrian decoration, usually at the entrance of a temple!"

William had studied these things and made a judgment after looking at them for a moment.

"But this one is from Manichaeism. The carvings here should be from 600 years ago!"

William pointed to a stone pillar not far away. On that pillar was the emblem of Manichaeism, and the age also matched.

"So is this a Zoroastrian place or a Manichean place?"

Baldwin IV looked at William and asked, although Manichaeism and Zoroastrianism are closely related, they are two religions after all, and it is impossible for things from two religions to appear at the door of a temple.

"I do not know!"

William shook his head.

"So much gold!"

"And pearls!"

“These silver items are so exquisite!”

The Crusaders shouted wildly and fought for property.

The main sand dunes were quickly flattened, revealing the top of the entire village.

"These people are really quick. It took me several days to bury the entire village, but these people dug it up so quickly."

Mi Sheng looked at everything in the distance and spoke.

"Brother Mi Sheng, is everything alright? These people are not all fools, don't let them find out!"

Deng Fei looked at Mi Sheng and asked, the soldiers in the Crusaders are all idiots, but the bishops and nobles are different, these people are still very knowledgeable.

"Don't worry, this is not a village I built myself. There was originally a temple ruin here, but it was too old and couldn't be seen at all, so I dismantled some ruins from other places and transported them here, and put them together to build this village. Although it's a hodgepodge, they are definitely all old things, guaranteed to be authentic!"

Mi Sheng smiled and said, what relics and antiques are needed are old objects, and everything he found is real.

"Brother Mi Sheng, you are really capable. You put all this together and it becomes a mess!"

Lu Fang said speechlessly, moving things from the east to the west, how can they be confused?

"Who cares? As long as it's true!"

Mi Sheng said indifferently.

The Crusaders became more and more excited as they excavated. Treasures were constantly being found and they robbed gold coins, pearls and silver items.

It was gradually getting dark, but the Crusaders showed no intention of resting. Fires and torches were lit, and they were going to dig all night long.

"The Archbishop found a large building that looks like a pagan temple!"

A priest walked out of the ruins and spoke to the cardinal who was still praying.

"The remains of a pagan temple?"

the cardinal asked, looking at the priest.

"It looks like Manichaeism, but there are also Zoroastrianism and Shamanism totems at the door!" said the priest.

"Zoroastrianism and Shamanism?"

Baldwin IV frowned and said, "We had discovered Manichaeism and Zoroastrianism stone pillars before, and now we have Zoroastrianism and Shamanism totems. What kind of place is this?"

"This looks like a gathering place for pagans! Dig it up!"

The cardinal spoke immediately.

By daybreak, most of the yellow sand had been removed, the village had been excavated, and the ruins of the temple in the center of the village were completely exposed.

The cardinal brought a group of people to the front of the temple. They all frowned as they looked at the animal head carvings at the entrance of the temple. They had studied them for a whole night but gained nothing.

"Open it!"

The cardinal immediately gave the order.

A group of knights immediately stepped forward with swords and hammers, smashing the stone slabs blocking the temple entrance, revealing the dark entrance.

The cardinal held the cross in his hand and began to pray. After reciting "God bless you", he walked inside holding the cross.

The passage is very long, but there are no mechanisms. After walking down a distance, you will enter a huge room.

"This is!"

Everyone was amazed. Under the light of the fire, there was a dazzling array of things. The ground was covered with gold coins, reflecting golden light. On the roof, the crystal glass lamps that were as exquisite as divine objects dazzled them. They could not have imagined such things even in their dreams.

"This is... Liuli!"

Baldwin IV looked at the huge and exquisite lamp above his head and murmured with some doubt. This thing was the same as the glassware of Qi State. However, the glassware of Qi State brought back by merchants were all very simple. The one in front of him was too exquisite. There were hundreds of lights alone, and the diameter was more than four meters long.

"I want this thing! I want to put it in my palace."

Conrad III looked at the glass lamp greedily and said that he didn't care about gold or anything like that. He was the future Holy Roman Emperor and he could have as much gold as he wanted, but this kind of glass treasure was hard to come by.

"Then I'll take these!"

Louis VII pointed to some exquisite glass cups and glass table lamps, as well as a number of silver cutlery on the table on the other side and said that he also wanted to fight for the glass lamp on the top, but he was not as strong as Conrad III and could not win the fight.

The cardinal did not look at these things, he just wanted to find the Ark of the Covenant.

"Archbishop, here..."

The priest who was searching ahead shouted excitedly.

The cardinal immediately led his men over and saw an antique cabinet standing in the corner with a cross mark on it.

"The Lord's item!"

The cardinal said excitedly, holding the cross in his hand.

One type of bishop held a cross in his hand and began to chant hymns praising God.

The cardinal carefully adjusted his red priest robe and the hat on his head, then he carefully opened the cabinet.

"The Ten Commandments!"

Inside the cabinet was a gold plate with ancient characters engraved on it.

"Archbishop, are these the Ten Commandments?"

All the bishops and priests looked at the cardinal excitedly, but they did not recognize the words on the golden plate.

"These are ancient Phoenician characters! These are indeed the Ten Commandments that the Lord gave to Moses, but... why is there only one?"

The cardinal spoke excitedly and said that the Phoenician writing was born from the Phoenician merchant group in Asia Minor, and these people spread the alphabetic writing far and wide through trade routes.

"Only one ring!"

All the bishops looked at the golden plate in surprise.

"Archbishop, didn't you say that the Ten Commandments were on a slab of stone?"

A bishop said that their Bible records that God gave Moses ten commandments for him and the Jews to follow. (End of this chapter)