Chapter 73
Chapter 104: Accidental Priory Member
"Sorry, everyone, I didn't expect the police to come so quickly. When you first came in, the bank's security system automatically called the police. Your wanted order is stored in the system, and we can't get rid of it. Please come with me, You hold the oldest account in our bank, and there is a clause in it that keeps customers safe from leaving the bank."
The night manager pushed open a door while walking, and led William and the three to an escort car. Langdon looked at the escort car with a hesitant expression. .
When the escort car left the bank, the police stopped him and asked for an inspection. Finally, the night manager was very smart, and he dealt with the police's questioning and drove William and the others out of Paris.
In the car, William looked at the wooden box in his hand, "The Holy Grail, the magical cup, the source of the God of Light's power on earth"
"It's all bullshit," Sophie laughed after hearing William's teasing.
Langdon watched William and Sophie mocking the God of Light indifferently, "Don't you believe in the God of Light?"
Sophie smiled and shook her head, "I don't believe in any divine power that falls from the sky. I only believe in people, and sometimes people are kind."
William nodded in agreement and said, "I have one. I believe that there are more good people than bad people, but I believe that only when I am strong can I protect the things and people I want to protect."
William opened the wooden box, and inside was a cryptex, ha, it was very similar to the one Henry had left him, but it was much smaller than the one at his house.
Sophie took the cryptex in William's hand and said, "Oh, God, this is a cryptex, invented by Leonardo da Vinci,"
Sophie looked carefully at the cipher cylinder in her hand and said, "This is used to protect secrets. There is a glass bottle filled with vinegar, and the paper is wrapped around the glass bottle. If it is violently opened, the vinegar inside will be removed. The bottle will be broken, the vinegar will corrode the writing, and the text on it will disappear. There are 5 groups of 26 English letters, a total of 12 million possibilities. No one knows the secret and no one can know the secret inside.”
At this time, the escort car began to slow down and stop, the door opened and the night shift manager pointed p226 at them and said, "I've been guarding it for 20 years, but I didn't expect three murderers to come, so bring it here."
"Take what," said William
The manager "Peng" didn't hesitate, and fired a shot directly at the carriage of the escort car. The stray bullet almost hit him. The gun was pointed at William, so he walked over slowly and handed him the secret tube with his left hand. Behind him, he was going to take out the Glock 17 from the storage space with his right hand when the manager took the cryptex to kill the manager.
"Wait, show me the ring on your hand." The manager suddenly became excited.
William turned his left hand inside, and the manager became excited after seeing the ring on William's hand, "What's your name, why is this ring in your hand?"
"William?? Devon Hill"
"That Devon Hill in England, what was your grandfather's name?"
William hesitated, seeing that the manager had stopped pointing p226 at him, and said, "Henry?? Winster?? Devon Hill"
The manager was immediately excited: "God, so Saunière didn't kill you."
Both William and Langdon Sophie looked at the manager unexpectedly. At this time, the three of them all reflected that the manager was also a member of the Priory of Suanshan, otherwise he would not have seen William's iris signet ring and put down his gun.
After putting down the gun, the manager said to the three: "come down first"
After the three got out of the car, the manager said, "My name is Andre Vernet, and I am the guardian of this cryptex. I have been guarding it for 20 years. I didn't expect the elder Saunière to die. Said he was killed by the Lightworkers Guild."
Langdon hurriedly asked after hearing this, "Guangming Guild, isn't this organization banned?"
Andre said: "No, in fact, they were only banned by the Holy See of the God of Light on the surface, but these guys were hidden in the end like us, and they were hidden in the Holy See of the God of Light.
A committee was secretly set up to look for the Holy Grail and our monastery. Over the years, many of our members were assassinated by this light and divine affairs guild. Together with the elder Saunière, we have now died of 3 elders and a major. Elder, the Priory has reached its most dangerous moment,"
After finishing speaking, Andre took William to the side and whispered: "William, the secret of the Holy Grail must not be known to the Guild. You are now the only elder of the Priory, find the Holy Grail and protect him."
"But Sauniere was killed before he told me about the Holy Grail. I don't know how to look for it now. Do you know anything about it, Andre?" William asked
"Sorry, William, I'm just a guardian, my mission is to protect this cipher cylinder, I don't know much about the rest," Andre said apologetically.
"I know a man, he's very deep into the Holy Grail, his name is Teabing, he's an Englishman, and he's living in France, maybe I can help," Langdon said.
William can't do anything right now. He knows very little about the history of Europa. If he can find an expert to ask, maybe he can really ask something.
William said, "It's good, we'll go to him, what are you going to do Andrea?"
"Don't worry, after I took you to that Teabing, I drove straight to Zurich, and they couldn't find me," Andrei said.
After everyone got in the car, William and Andre were sitting in the cargo box of the escort car. Langdon and Sophie were driving in the cab. Neither of them knew what William and Andre were saying in the cargo box. , William looked serious after getting out of the car.
Andrea and William said that the Priory is now dead in name only. All four elders are dead. Ordinary members have been scared by the people in the guild for the past ten years and hide their identities. After the death of the four elders, most of the members lost their contacts. .
The members of the Priory were all artists, scholars, and professors. The organization was too scattered, and it was easy for everyone to break down.
Especially in the ten years after Henry's death, the guild's actions became more and more despicable and shameless, and assassinations could be carried out. Andre reminded William to be careful. The fact that he is the last elder of the Priory must not be spread. , otherwise the people in the guild will definitely find him.
These people are looking for the Holy Grail not to destroy the Holy Grail as they say, but to blackmail the Holy See like the Knights Templar 1,000 years ago.
In Paris, Fache received a report from his subordinates. The Swiss bank called the police that an escort car in Paris had been driven out of the bank without notice. Bank staff at the Swiss headquarters suspected that the car had been stolen. .
The police officers didn't pay attention at first. After they dispatched the police, they saw that Fache's team was closing and searching the nearby streets. As soon as the two sides summed up, they immediately realized that something was wrong and applied to the Swiss Bank to transfer the GPS location.
GPS positioning showed that the escort car stopped at Fort Villette for ten minutes, and then got on the highway to Switzerland. The police immediately suspected that Langdon might be looking for the owner of Fort Villette, Ray Teabing.
Fache was overjoyed when he heard the call, and hurriedly called his subordinates to drive more than ten cars to Villette Fort.
Chapter 105 The Teabing and Langdon Argument
After sending Andre off, Langdon answered three boring questions at Teabing's door, and the three of them heard a voice: "Welcome to Fort Villette, Professor Langdon."
After everyone entered the Villette Fort, William saw an old man with white hair standing on the stairs of the manor with a cane in both hands and saying to them: "Welcome to Villette Fort, I am the owner of this place, Ray? Bin"
Langdon said, "Long time no see Teabing, I'm here to introduce you, this is Sophie, this is William Devonhill"
"Sophie, William, this is Sir Ray Teabing"
Teabing came down with a cane, shook hands with Sophie, and said to William: "The famous Devon Hill, William, I met you, when you were only five or six years old, when Henry and I were in England. We often have afternoon tea together”
William heard Teabing and his grandfather know each other and shook Teabing's hand: "Hello, sir, nice to meet you."
Teabing smiled at William and said to Langdon, "Earl Grey?"
Langdon smiled and nodded. "Better add a slice of lemon."
"Ok, I'll take you to the restaurant, let's have a drink and have something to eat, it's almost dawn now"
Everyone came to the restaurant and Teabing said after the three of them had tea: "You come to me late at night, there must be something very important, tell me what can I do for you, the old lame man."
Langdon said to Teabing, "We want to ask you about the Priory,"
"Keepers or Crypto Wars?" Teabing said
Langdon didn't know if he should tell Teabing what happened today, he hesitated for a moment and saw that Teabing was waiting for him to speak with confusion. After thinking about it, he decided not to tell Teabing, "Sorry, Teabing, we came so abruptly, but We have encountered something incomprehensible, and we need your help to find clues to unravel some secrets."
"You? Incomprehensible," Teabing understood immediately. "Looks like you've found something without me, Langdon, we're friends, and you know I've been looking for the Priory. You do this. Not enough friends."
"Well, my fault, didn't I come to you now?" Langdon said.
"Forget it, it's all over. I can only accept your apology, but Langdon remembers to call me next time he has a chance to find a secret, Priory, so to speak." Teabing thought for a while and said:
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