Chapter 600

When the dust was removed, the color of the box flickered with a faint light. It was neither wood nor iron. Even the erudite Du Wei couldn't recognize the texture of the box for a moment.

It's obvious that there is no secret hidden in the killing mechanism like shooting two crossbows under the pull ring. Dewey put the two arrows away gently, and he still had some doubts in his heart: this thing is obviously very old, and there is no rust mark on it, and the poison smeared on the arrow still adheres to it, and does not volatilize with age. This is absolutely not what ordinary craft can do, it can only be done by magic.

But... There are magic things in the astrology Museum, which is a paradox in itself. Because on the mainland, there is such a strange situation: magicians despise the church, and the church does not like magicians. At the same time, both the church and the magician look down on astrologers. Because astrologers are the absolute magic wands. The so-called prophecy is regarded by magicians as something to deceive people.

I pulled it, but the box was closed. There seemed to be a secret lock inside. Du Wei pondered for a while, he simply took advantage of the fingertips, gently pinched and cracked the lock. When I opened the box, I found that

Empty?

Dewey was stunned.

The inside of the box is covered with a layer of brocade. With the development of time, the brocade has already rotted. With the wind blowing, it turns into fly ash. However, it was empty.

"Has... Something inside been taken away?" Dewey murmured to himself.

He couldn't help feeling disappointed. He was about to lose the box, but he couldn't recognize the texture of the box for a moment, so he put the box in his arms again. Because after losing his magic power, Dewey's mental power was almost the same as that of ordinary people, so he didn't dare to use the magic storage ring he used to use easily.

In theory. Dewey can still use magic now. He can spell, psyche and telepathy, but his psyche is too low to meditate on. Nowadays, Dewey can't use magic at all. At least one or two of the simplest fireball skills can barely do it. However, his mental strength was low, almost after two fireballs. It will dry up.

Therefore, in order to save his little mental energy, he has tried his best to change his original living habits. He no longer dares to use the storage ring that he used to keep in hand, because he uses it every time. It takes magic power. Although the magic power of using the storage ring can be ignored for duvet in the past, now he can't.

Dewey walked out of the storeroom in disgrace. After waiting all night, the guard knight and the people in the planetarium came out and welcomed him. The owner of the planetarium had changed into a formal astrologer's dark black robe with black background and numerous star patterns. When Du Wei came out, the owner wanted to make up with him, but he was coldly blocked by Du Wei's loyal guard knight.

"Don't be rude." Dewey had a smile on his face. He waved to the guard to get out of the way and went to the owner of the museum with a smile: "Sir, please forgive me for being so bold. I'm just in a hurry to look up some astrological information... I think you know that I'm going to go to battle in the near future. According to our astrologer tradition. I'll do some divination. "

The owner of the museum was very happy at once. What the tulip duke said was "we astrologers". Now that the other party has admitted that he is also an astrologer. Then it's your own person.

"Well, you're welcome, your highness." The owner's face was full of smiles: "I know the news that the Duke is going to fight. What about? If you need divination, I'll take someone to your hell tonight to observe the stars for you and divine your fortune

He is the chief astrologer of the palace. On weekdays, unless the royal family can let him go, other royal nobles just let other senior astrologers in the planetarium go. This time, he volunteered to do divination for Dewey, which is already a naked favor.

But Dewey said, "thank you for your kindness, but no need to... Well, please don't mind. I'm also an astrologer, so I dare not work for you."

The owner of the museum immediately returned to his senses and realized that he was reckless. He was so excited that he just wanted to please Du Wei, but he forgot that Du Wei was also an astrologer. Usually, an astrologer would never ask another astrologer to do divination for him. That would almost wait for him to admit that his astrologer was much better than himself. Since they are surgeons, they always have dignity.

"Ha ha, I was reckless." The owner of the museum said with a smile: "I forgot that you are also a court astrologer. Well, you may not have all the tools for astrology. I will send someone to send you one today."

Du Wei didn't refuse the owner's kindness. Before he left, he sighed deliberately: "I'm an astrologer, but I haven't come here to see the owner. Today, I came here to see our astrology Museum... Alas, it seems that many places are in disrepair. It seems that the warehouse hasn't been repaired for some years. I think the funds in the museum must be tight. Although I'm an imperial Duke, I'm also an astrologer. I'm a member here. Last night's interruption was rude to me, but I'll find an opportunity to report it to his Highness The Regent and ask him to pay more attention to our library. It's better to set aside a sum of money. "

All the people in the planetarium looked happy. They immediately felt that the young Duke was a very good man. They even forgot the hard work of being called up from the bed in the middle of the night and waiting outside all night.

Dewey wrote out a few empty checks at random. People only thought he was a noble, and would never tell such a lie. With the help of a group of astrologers, Dewey left the planetarium. Before he left, he said that he was afraid that he would often come to look up the information, but he was too busy with state affairs to come in person.

"It doesn't matter." The curator immediately patted his chest: "although there is a rule that outsiders are not allowed to enter the museum, you are not an outsider. I know you are busy with state affairs. It's impossible to come in person all the time. When you need to, you can send someone to come with your warrant. The upper and lower storerooms of the planetarium are available to you. Or, if you need to find something, send someone to send a message, and I'll send someone to look for it. I'll send it to you when I have found it all. "

The master of the museum is really a man who can eat in the palace. Du Weimei smiles. Before he says goodbye to the public, he says, "you don't have to go back with me. Go to young Mr. Zach at once and pass on my word that 50 million gold coins will be used as the cost of repairing the storehouse of the planetarium in my own name. "

Five thousand gold coins. Let alone build a warehouse, a new building is enough. The owner of the museum was very happy. He sent Duwei to the horse.

In a word, the astrologers in the astrological museum are not low-ranking, but they are not rich. They are also gods. Naturally, there are countless believers on the mainland in the temple. However, these astrologers could only live on a small amount of financial funds allocated by the Empire every year. Occasionally, the nobles might come to ask astrologers to do divination, but they would often reward only 100 gold coins at most.

What's more, every year when divination is needed, it's nothing more than those festivals or weddings and funerals. There are not many such things in a year. There are a hundred and ten astrologers in this library. There are dozens of servants, eating and drinking Lhasa. It's just barely respectable. In addition, after Prince Chen came to power, the Regent practiced magic since he was a child. According to the tradition of magicians, he didn't think much of astrology, and he didn't take much care of the planetarium. Although there was no reduction in funds, the usual reward was far less than that during the reign of the old emperor Augustine VI.

Gradually, even the chief astrologer of the Court seemed to be rarely called to do divination.

Du Wei's donation of 5000 gold coins is more or less a windfall. How can people be unhappy?

Duwei gave him thousands of gold coins, which was nothing more than a trivial matter. However, he didn't know that it made the whole astrological Museum inherit his great favor, and some consequences that made Duwei happy later.

Back in the Duke's mansion, Dewey didn't sleep all night, and he was a little sleepy. Now he's no better than before. It doesn't matter if he doesn't sleep for a few days. After his mental strength has shrunk, he needs more sleep every day than ordinary people.

But when I got back to my study, I got some hot tea and soup. Instead, I tried to study the box I brought back.

He took out the box, looked at it with a magnifying glass for a while, and then knocked to make sure there was no interlayer in the box, and nothing else was hidden.

Then he took a sharp broken sword, gently cut the corner of the box, and checked the information. Then he found out the material of the box.

"Well, wulimu is a rare tree. It's as hard as iron, but it's heavier than ordinary wood. No wonder I haven't seen it. It was extinct hundreds of years ago. So it's at least a few hundred years old. "

Du Wei remembers that he once studied the military history of the Loran empire. He knew that several hundred years ago, when the Empire was expanding its navy, someone had put forward the idea of using this kind of ebony to build warships: this kind of wood is hard, clear and extremely resistant to corrosion. If it is used to build ships, it is really a first-class material.

However, that idea was not realized, because at that time, wulimu was very rare and could not be cut down in large quantities. Later, this kind of plant became extinct and could not be found on the mainland.

Du Wei was familiar with all kinds of ancient books and literatures of the Roland empire. He was proud of his memory and erudition. He thought of such a thing. Now that he had made it clear, he played with the box in his hand for a while, and his interest gradually faded. Then he threw it on the table, stretched his waist, and was ready to go to bed.

Hum, never. This thing is just like the moonlight treasure box. After opening it, holding it in your hand and shouting "Prajna Prajna honey" can you go back to 500 years ago?

Ha ha ha

As soon as Du Wei smiles, he is ready to give up and leave, but suddenly he sees the cotton cloth he just used to wipe the dust on the box on the desk. His eyes suddenly stop! The cotton cloth was black, but it was smeared from inside and outside the box.

His eyes flashed and he grabbed the cotton cloth abruptly. Get up to your nose and smell

"Well?"

There was a smile on Dewey's lips.

Although it has gone bad, it has a faint smell of ink! This is absolutely not wrong!! In addition, the ebony is naturally resistant to corrosion, and the box is exquisitely made. After closing, the inside is airtight. After being preserved for so many years, the smell of ink still exists!

Dewey grabs the box again, opens it, reaches inside and touches it again and again. Sure enough, I felt a rough feeling. And the ink stain on the cotton cloth was just the inside of the box that I wiped before!

After taking the light, duvet looked carefully in the light of the fire. He saw that on the inner wall of the box, there was a raised sculpture. The lines are delicate, one by one, so clear

I just watched for a while, but I was at a loss. I can't understand the meaning of these lines at all. In some places above, it seems that there are some words, but those words seem to be familiar with the strokes, and I can recognize them completely.

Dewey closed his eyes and pondered for a while, his brows gradually loosened!

Think of it!

He laughed and said to himself, "no wonder I don't understand. Because all the patterns on it are reversed. Those inks are painted on the inner wall just to print out the patterns inside! "

With a smile, Dewey immediately took out a bottle of ink, daubed it on the inner wall of the box with a brush, then took out a piece of white paper and printed it carefully.

Open the white paper again! The above patterns and words are very clear!!

This... This is actually a map!

It's sketched and crooked. But it seems to be a road one by one. Occasionally, there are places marked with words. They are all written in the Roland Empire, but from the perspective of grammar, they are all written in ancient times.

However, although the identification is clear, when Duwei understands the content of the map, his face is more and more surprised!

Because

This map is

palace!

Moreover, this is not an ordinary map of the Imperial Palace, but it seems to be an underground secret road map built in the underground of the imperial palace!

The winding secret road shows that there are more than a dozen, and all the secret roads are concentrated in the center at last!

The place where he concentrated was even more moving to duvet!

White Tower!!

The tallest building in the imperial capital, the magic tower in the palace, which was built by the founding emperor Aragorn a thousand years ago, and maintained and preserved by successive emperors with unremitting efforts, and built with countless magic materials!

It is also the core of the largest magic defense array of the whole imperial capital!

This magic array is extremely powerful. At that time, Aragorn even boasted that even if the legendary dragon family came, it would be difficult to break this huge magic array! And the core of this magic position is the high white tower in the palace, which has existed for a thousand years.

This white tower, on weekdays, is an absolute forbidden area in the imperial palace. Traditionally, only royal magicians can get close to this white tower, but only two people in the whole empire have the right to enter the white tower.

One is the chief magician in the court.

The other is the Emperor himself.

And in addition, anyone, no matter what the reason, no matter what the situation, dare to close to the white tower, no amnesty!

It can be said that in the palace, if you dare to get close to the white tower except the Emperor himself... Even if you are a palace aristocrat, the general manager of the Imperial City, the commander of the Imperial Army, and even the prince and Princess... The court magician has the right to kill you on the spot without the approval of the emperor!

This is the iron law. For nearly a thousand years since the founding of the Empire, most of the iron laws laid down by Aragorn have been abandoned. However, this iron law has always been respected by emperors of all dynasties!

But this map is clearly an underground secret map in the palace, which leads directly to the White Tower

Du Wei's canthus muscles jumped a few times, and his heart was in a trance.

Subconsciously knocked on the table.

Such a secret map, the content of the map, is absolutely the existence of treason! So, who drew this map?

What is the purpose?

Also, why is such a secret map stored in the planetarium?

Dewey took the chair and sat down. Then he picked up the box and deliberately destroyed it, but with a movement of heart, he carefully put it away.

Touching his brow, Dewey thought bitterly with a smile: the origin of this thing is not clear.

First of all, the underground secret road in the imperial palace can build a secret road under the imperial palace. No one else can do such a big project. Only the Emperor himself can do it. Is it Aragon?

According to legend, in order to build the huge magic array, Aragon almost extravagantly laid tons of magic crystal on the ground of the white tower in the center of the palace as the tower base! Not to mention anything else, but there are a lot of magic crystals buried underground. It is said that in the white tower, there are countless best gems to maintain the magic array. There is also such a huge piece of secret silver at the top of the white tower and the largest magic gem in the whole continent!

It's said that the map of the magic array left behind in it was arranged by Aragorn himself, who was the most powerful person in the starry sky, the most powerful warrior and magician in the mainland! Even if there are so many treasures, the magic map left by Aragorn is the most precious to the magician! For thousands of years, I don't know how many evil magicians have lured to steal! Fortunately, a team of court magicians loyal only to the royal family has been kept in the palace. For thousands of years, they have guarded the white tower and killed at least many people who tried to break in. It is said that it took nearly two years for Aragorn to build this magic array. For a newly established Empire, this is absolutely ridiculous! What's more, at the beginning, the mainland of Roland had been unified. There was only one country like the Empire of Roland on the mainland. It cost so much to build such a huge magic array. Who could it deal with? To deal with the air? Only because of Aragorn's high prestige at that time can he suppress countless voices of opposition and go his own way. Perhaps, only Dewey can understand: Aragorn must have done that in order to use this magic array to deal with the return of criminals in the years to come. With the strength of the whole country, together with a nearly God level strong man and twelve Saint Laurent knights, all the top magicians in the mainland work together to create such a huge magic array! Secret way? It is absolutely impossible to do such a big project in the imperial palace except for the Emperor himself. OK, let's solve the first problem: let's assume that Aragorn made the underground project himself. But... What does he do with such a thing? And this picture, was it painted by Aragorn? If not, then who? Who put it in the planetarium? Du Wei frowned and thought hard. At this time, a familiar voice that had not appeared for a long time came into his mind“ It's me. I drew this picture. "