Chapter 1280 Linked to the Mission

The notebook is like a parchment scroll. Just putting it in front of you will give you a sense of historical vicissitudes.

The content above is already a bit dim, but I can still barely see its content clearly.

However, the writing on it was all in French, and there were omissions in many places. Of course, Shi Lei couldn't see any of it.

Andre asked someone to bring another tablet and opened a document on it.

This document contains detailed records of this manuscript.

More than 200 years ago, the owner of this winery was a young man in his twenties. He joined Napoleon's army, followed Napoleon in his campaigns, and successfully witnessed Napoleon's coronation.

And because of his outstanding performance in the war, he was promoted many times. After Napoleon's coronation, he also held great power and followed Napoleon's stepson to Italy.

But the good times did not last long. Napoleon defeated Leipzig in 1814 and was eventually exiled. The former owner of the winery was also implicated. Although he was in exile in Italy at the time, his family was all killed by the Allied forces.

Then Napoleon returned to the throne, and he naturally returned to France. Unfortunately, after Napoleon returned to the throne, he only lasted a hundred days. With the defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, the Bourbon dynasty was restored again.

But this time, Louis XVIII also learned his lesson and tried every means to appease the country. In the end, the former owner of the winery returned here and became the owner of his winery with peace of mind.

Because of this, he lost the inheritance from his ancestors. Originally, their ancestors passed it down from generation to generation. Before the death of the previous winery owner, he would dictate the location of the secret passage and the method of opening it to the next winery owner. However, the previous winery owner was executed by Louis XVIII, and the winery owner who had followed Napoleon in both the north and south did not receive this inheritance.

Since then, the family has been looking for the entrance to the secret passage in their castle and winery.

Although he didn't know the location of the secret passage and how to open it, he had long heard his father say that this secret passage must be opened in a normal way. Once violent cracking or excavation is used, it will cause the secret passage to collapse. , everything hidden inside will be destroyed.

Two hundred years have passed, and the secret passage has never been found, but this legend has been passed down from generation to generation.

In the early years, the winery was doing well, and the owner of the winery did not really look for this bottle of wine.

However, due to poor management of the winery, its descendants continued to sell off various treasures in the house, almost reaching the point of exhaustion. In recent decades, he has been working hard to find the king of wine. As long as the king of wine is born, it will surely alleviate the difficulties faced by the winery and even make a comeback.

Unfortunately, he failed to find it in the end. Fortunately, Andre spent 500 million euros to buy the winery.

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Putting down the tablet in his hand, Shi Lei had some other thoughts in mind.

This seems to be somewhat related to what Heika is looking for. Although Europe was not that powerful two hundred years ago, it would not have much influence on the Qing Dynasty in China at that time. However, the twenty-three works that Heika is looking for are the latest ones from five to six hundred years ago, so it is not completely impossible for them to appear in this castle.

After all, the black card must have carried out so-called macro-control, and it is very likely that Shi Lei would discover something like this involving secret passages.

Andre told Shi Lei: "Although this bottle of wine is produced by Chateau Lafite, based on the contents of this handbook and a series of investigations and research I have done, I found that this bottle of red wine is One of the bottles of red wine that was originally sold to China. The original owner of this winery once visited China and brought back many things from China, including this bottle of red wine. China brought many things that were ahead of Europe at the time, so he had enough funds to create this winery.”

When Shi Lei heard this, he felt vaguely excited. Could it be that those twenty-three paintings and calligraphy works would really appear in this castle?

However, this also gave Shi Lei a headache.

Even if he could help Andre find the entrance to the secret passage and successfully crack the secret passage, how could he possibly buy back the twenty-three calligraphy and paintings by top celebrities from Andre? They are not short of money at all, right?

This is a bit cheating!

Shi Lei's brows wrinkled unconsciously.

Andre looked at the change in Shi Lei's expression. He felt a little strange and said, "Dear Shi, what's wrong with you? Have you heard of these legends too?"

Shi Lei quickly waved his hand and said, "No, no, I just think this legend is a bit interesting. The owner of this winery is so strange. Since he wants to pass on the bottle of King of Wine to his descendants, why should he It seems illogical to set up a mechanism in a secret passage, and once it is entered or opened in an abnormal way, it will cause the secret passage to collapse? "

Andre shrugged and said, "That's unknown. No one knows what an old guy from two or three hundred years ago thinks."

Shi Lei smiled and said, "I still think this may be just a legend. Perhaps, all of this was simply made up by the former owner of the winery in order to sell the winery at a good price."

Andre said seriously: "No, no, no, this is absolutely impossible. There are many clues that show that what he said is true. The records on this sheepskin notebook also fully illustrate this point. It makes no sense. A person two hundred years ago would fabricate such a lie to deceive his descendants, which would not do him any good.”

Shi Lei rubbed his head and said in his heart that I also know that this must be true, but I just want to get other things in the secret passage. After all, the task Heika gave me will probably be done by someone like you. The village is finished.

But how can I get those calligraphy and paintings from Andre? Just a life-saving favor probably wouldn't make Andre give up those calligraphy and paintings, right? Even buying it is impossible. After all, even the most ignorant person knows who the authors of those calligraphy and paintings are, and how much these calligraphy and paintings are worth!

In any case, now that Shi Lei knew the news, he began to pay attention to this castle.

Andre still took him around the castle, and Shi Lei also relied on his knowledge of mechanical applications to study the castle from all possible angles, trying to find out the location of the entrance to the secret passage.

Not much gained.

Fortunately, Andre saw that it was too late and invited Shi Lei to stay in the castle.

If it weren't for the secret passage, Shi Lei would definitely not stay.

But this might be an opportunity for him to complete his mission, and Shi Lei would have no reason to leave.

Shi Lei agreed immediately and lived in this castle.

There is still one day left before the settlement day. If Shi Lei can find clues to the secret passage within this day, he may really have a chance to complete the task assigned by the black card.

The room Andre arranged for Shi Lei was the largest room in the castle, located on the second floor of the castle.

Originally this room was reserved for Andre for his father to stay in when he came to the winery, but in order to show his respect for Shi Lei, he gave the room that was originally reserved for his father to Shi Lei.

After Shi Lei entered the room, he sat in the room and pondered for a long time, but he could not find a reasonable way to get Andre to give up those calligraphy and paintings to him.

Suddenly, Shi Lei laughed to himself. He was thinking about changing hands before he even found the thing. This seemed a bit too hasty.

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