Chapter 641 Chapter 600 Moonlight Treasure Box?

After brushing away the dust, the color of the box flickered with faint light, neither wood nor iron, even the knowledgeable Du Wei couldn't identify the texture of the box for a while. The killing mechanism like the two crossbow arrows shot out from under the pull ring obviously does not know what secrets are hidden inside.Du Wei put away the two crossbow arrows casually, he still had some doubts in his heart: this thing is obviously very old, but there is no rust on it, and the poison smeared on the arrowheads of the crossbow is still sticking to the surface. The top has not evaporated with age-this is definitely not something that can be done with ordinary craftsmanship, but only with magic.

But...the fact that there is something magical in an astrology hall is a paradox in itself.Because on the mainland, there is such a strange situation: magicians look down on the church, and the church doesn't like magicians either.At the same time, both the church and the magicians look down on astrologers.Because astrologers are out-and-out magic sticks.The so-called prophecy is regarded by magicians as something to deceive people. After pulling it, the box was tightly closed, and there seemed to be some hidden lock inside.Du Wei pondered for a while, and he simply put his strength on his fingertips, squeezed lightly, and with a click, the hidden lock broke.After opening the box, I found inside...

empty? Du Wei was stunned. The inside of the box is actually empty. The inside of the box is covered with a layer of brocade. With the passage of time, the brocade has already rotted. When the wind blows gently, it turns into fly ash. However, the inside is indeed empty. of. "Could it be...the contents inside have been taken away?" Du Wei muttered to himself. He couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, and was about to throw the box away, but when he remembered the texture of the box, he couldn't even recognize it for a while, so he stuffed the box into his arms again—because after losing his magic power, Du Wei His mental strength was almost the same as that of ordinary people, so he didn't even dare to use the magic storage ring that he was used to.

Theoretically speaking, Du Wei can still use magic now, he can spell, spiritual power and sensitivity can also be used-but the spiritual power is too low, and he cannot meditate to practice growth.Now Du Wei can't say that he can't use magic at all, at least one or two of the simplest fireball techniques can barely be done.However, his mental strength is so low that it will dry up almost after using two fireballs. Therefore, in order to save his limited mental power, he has changed his original living habits as much as possible, and he no longer dares to use the storage ring that he never left his hand, because every time he uses the storage ring, it will consume mana. Although for Du Wei in the past, the magic power consumed by using the storage ring was almost negligible-but now, he can't do it.

Du Wei walked out of the warehouse in disgrace. The guard knights outside and the people in the astronomy hall waited all night. Seeing Du Wei came out, he hurried up to greet him. The owner of the astronomy hall had changed into an official astrologer. The dark black magician's robe, the robe is black, and it is embellished with patterns of countless stars.Seeing that Du Wei came out, the owner of the pavilion wanted to get close, but was coldly blocked by Du Wei's loyal guard knights. "Don't be rude." With a smile on his face, Du Wei waved his hand to ask the guards to move away, walked up to the owner of the pavilion, and smiled slightly: "Your Excellency, please forgive my presumptuousness, I am just in a hurry, and I just came here to look up some astrological information... ...You must know that I will go to war soon, and before going out, according to the tradition of our astrologers, I will always do some divination."

The owner of the museum immediately became happy - Duke Tulip was talking about "our astrologer". Since the other party has admitted that he is also an astrologer, it is equivalent to being one of his own. "Hehe, you don't need to be polite, Your Excellency." The owner of the museum had a smile on his face: "Your Excellency is about to go on an expedition, I also know the news. How about it? If you need divination, I will bring someone to you in person tonight Your family will observe the astrology for you, and divination this transit." He is the chief astrologer of the palace. Normally, only the royal family can let him go. The other nobles in the palace just let other senior astrologers in the astronomy hall go. This time he volunteered to help Du Divination by Wei is already a blatant flattery.

But Du Wei said haha: "Thank you for your kindness, but no need... Well, please don't mind, I am also an astrologer, so I dare not work on your master." The owner of the museum immediately came to his senses, knowing that he was reckless, he was excited for a moment, he just wanted to please Du Wei, but he forgot that Du Wei himself was also an astrologer - under normal circumstances, an astrologer would never invite Another astrologer comes to divination for himself, which is almost tantamount to admitting that the other party's astrology level is far superior to his own.Since he is a magician, he always has dignity.

"Hehe, I was reckless." The owner of the museum hurriedly laughed: "I forgot that you are also the title of court astrologer, um, but the tools needed for divination and astrology may not be available in your house, I will prepare a set today , send someone to deliver it to you." Du Wei did not decline the owner's kindness. Before leaving, he sighed deliberately: "As an astrologer, I have never come here to see you, the owner. I came today and saw our astrology hall... Alas, it seems that many places have been in disrepair for a long time, and the warehouse seems to have not been repaired for some years. Presumably the funds in the museum must be tight. Although I am the Duke of the Empire, I am also an astrologer, so I can count it here One of the members—I was interrupted last night because of my abruptness, but I will find an opportunity to report to His Royal Highness the Regent, and ask him to pay more attention to our museum, and it is best to allocate a certain amount of funds."

After saying this, everyone in the astronomical museum looked happy, and suddenly felt that the young Duke was a very good person, even after being woken up from the bed in the middle of the night last night, and waiting outside for a whole night, They were all forgotten in an instant. Du Wei wrote a few bad checks and went out. People only thought that he was a dignified aristocrat, and he would never tell such a lie to deceive people. After being escorted by a group of astrologers, Du Wei left the astronomical hall. Before leaving, he also said that he might come to look up information from time to time, but he was busy with state affairs, so he might not be able 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 that you are busy with state affairs, and it is impossible to come in person all the time. When you need it, you can Send someone to come with your warrant, and you can consult the upper and lower warehouses of the astronomical museum. Or, if you need to check something, send someone to send a message, and I will send someone to search for it. I will send it to you when everything is found. All right."

The owner of the museum is so on the road, he really deserves to be an old Jianghu who can enjoy himself in the court. Du Wei smiled, and before saying goodbye to everyone, he told his side in public: "You don't have to go back with me, go to Little Zach immediately Sir, pass on my words, and you will pay 50 million gold coins, which will be regarded as the cost of donating to the astronomical hall to repair the warehouse in my own name." Five thousand gold coins, not to mention building a warehouse, is enough to build a new building.The owner of the museum was very happy and sent Du Wei to the horse. Speaking of which, although the astrologers in this astrologer are not low-status, they are not rich-they are also magic sticks, and there are naturally countless believers on the mainland who support them in the temple, but these astrologers only They can live on a small amount of financial funds allocated by the empire every year. Occasionally, the nobles may come to invite astrologers to do divination, but they often only reward a hundred gold coins at most. Moreover, when divination is needed every year, it is nothing more than those festivals or weddings and funerals. There are not many such things in a year. There are hundreds of astrologers in this museum, and there are also several The ten servants, eating and drinking, were just trying to maintain a decent appearance.In addition, now that Prince Chen came to power, the regent has practiced magic since he was a child. According to the tradition of magicians, he doesn't think much of astrology, let alone take care of the astrology hall.Although the funds have not been cut, the daily rewards are far less than during the reign of the old emperor Augustine VI. Gradually, even the chief astrologer of the court seemed to be rarely called to divination. The 5,000 gold coins donated by Du Wei is more or less a windfall. How could everyone be unhappy? Du Wei rewarded a few thousand gold coins casually, which was just a trivial matter to him, but he didn't know that letting the planetarium go up and down, he accepted a lot of favor from himself, and later derived Some consequences that made Du Wei happy - this is naturally a later story. Back at the duke's mansion, Du Wei didn't sleep all night, and he was also a little sleepy. He was no different than before, and it didn't matter if he didn't sleep for a few days. After his mental strength atrophied, he needed more sleep every day than ordinary people. But after returning to the study room, someone brought some hot soup and tea over, but instead he persevered and began to study the box he brought back. He took out the box, looked at it with a magnifying glass for a while, and tapped again to make sure that there was no interlayer in the box, and there was nothing hidden in it. Taking another sharp broken sword, he gently cut open a corner of the box, checked the information again, and finally figured out the material of the box. "Well, 'Wuli wood', a rare tree, is as hard as iron, but its weight is lighter than ordinary wood. No wonder I haven't seen it. It was extinct hundreds of years ago. So it seems that this The age of things is at least several hundred years." Du Wei remembered that he had studied the military history of the Roland Continental Empire. He knew that hundreds of years ago, when the empire was expanding its navy, someone had proposed the idea of ​​using this kind of ebony wood to build warships: Hard and clear, and extremely corrosion-resistant, if used to build ships, it is really the best material. It's just that the idea couldn't be realized, because at that time Wulimu was very rare, and the number was very small, so it couldn't be cut down in large quantities. And this kind of plant was once extinct, and it can no longer be found on the mainland. Du Wei has read all kinds of ancient books and documents of the Roland Empire. He is proud of his photographic memory and knowledge. When he remembered such a thing, now that he figured it out, he took the box and played with it for a while, and his interest gradually faded away. Then he threw it on the table, stretched his waist, and was about to go to sleep. Hmph, is it possible that this thing is also a thing like the Moonlight Treasure Box, and after opening it, you can go back to five hundred years ago by holding it in your hand and shouting "Prajna Prajna Honey" a few times? Ha ha ha ha…… Du Wei smiled and was about to give up and leave, but suddenly saw the cotton cloth on the desk that he had just used to wipe the dust on the box, and his eyes suddenly froze!The cotton cloth is all black, but it is a stain from the inside and outside of the box. His eyes flickered, he suddenly grabbed the cotton cloth, brought it to his nose and sniffed it... "Ok!?" A smile appeared on the corner of Du Wei's mouth. Although it has deteriorated, it has a faint smell of ink!You can never go wrong! !Coupled with the natural corrosion resistance of this Wuli wood, the box is extremely delicately made. After closing, the inside is airtight. After so many years of storage, the smell of ink inside still exists! Du Wei grabbed the box again and opened it. He reached out and touched the inner wall of the box again and again, and he really felt an uneven feeling.And the ink smear on the cotton cloth was left by him wiping the inside of the box before! After taking the light, Du Wei looked carefully under the firelight, and saw that on the inner wall of the box, there was a piece of raised carvings, with fine lines and lines, all so clear... I just looked at it for a while, but my heart was at a loss, I couldn't understand the meaning of these lines at all, and there were some places on it, which seemed to be some words faintly, but those words seemed to be very familiar with the strokes, and they were completely recognizable. Du Wei closed his eyes and pondered for a while, his brows gradually loosened! Figured it out! He smiled and laughed at himself: "No wonder I can't understand it, because the patterns on it are all reversed. Those inks are painted on the inner wall, just to print the patterns inside!" With a laugh, Du Wei immediately took out a bottle of ink, smeared it on the inner wall of the box with a brush, took out a piece of white paper, and printed it carefully. Unfold the blank paper again!The patterns and text above are very clear! ! This... This is actually a map! There are sketches on it, twists and turns, but it seems to be a road. Occasionally, there are places marked with words, all of which are written in the characters of the Roland Empire, but from the grammar point of view, they are all ancient words and characters. up. However, even though he identified it clearly, when Du Wei understood the content of the map, his face became more and more surprised! because…… This map is impressively... palace! Moreover, this is not an ordinary map of the palace, but what is revealed seems to be a map of an underground secret passage built under the palace! The crooked secret passages showed that there were more than a dozen of them, and all these secret passages were finally concentrated at one point in the center! The concentrated location moved Du Wei even more! White Tower! ! The tallest building in the imperial capital, the one in the imperial palace, was built by the founding emperor Aragon a thousand years ago. The emperors of all dynasties made unremitting efforts to repair and preserve it, and used countless magic materials to build that magic tower! It is also the core that opens the largest magic defense array in the entire imperial capital! This magic circle is extremely powerful. Back then, Aragorn even boasted that even if the legendary dragons came in full force, it would be difficult to break through this huge magic circle!And the core area that hosts this magic circle is the inside of the palace, the tall white tower that has existed for a thousand years. And this white tower, on weekdays, is an absolute forbidden place in the palace. Historically, only court magicians can approach this white tower, but only two people in the entire empire have the right to enter the white tower. One is the chief great magician in the court. The other one is the emperor himself. In addition, anyone, no matter what reason or situation, dares to approach the White Tower, they will be killed without mercy! It can be said that in the palace, if someone other than the emperor himself dares to approach the White Pagoda...even if you are a nobleman of the palace, the head of the imperial city, the commander of the imperial forest army, or even a prince or princess...the court magician has the right to do so without the emperor's approval , kill you on the spot! This is the iron law. In the nearly thousand years since the founding of the empire, most of the iron laws laid down by Aragorn have been abolished. However, this iron law has always been respected by the emperors of all dynasties! But this map is clearly an underground secret map in the palace, leading directly to the White Tower... ... The muscles in the corners of Du Wei's eyes twitched a few times, and he felt a little dazed. Subconsciously knocked on the table. Such a secret map, the content on the map is definitely a treasonous existence!So, who drew this map? What is the purpose? Also, why is such a secret map stored in the planetarium? Du Wei supported the chair, sat down, then picked up the box, intending to destroy it, but with a thought, he carefully put it away again. Touching his brow, Du Wei smiled wryly and pondered: The origin of this thing is hard to tell. Let’s talk about the underground secret passage in the palace first—it’s impossible for anyone else to build a secret passage underground in the palace. The only thing that can be done is the emperor himself—could it be Aragon? According to the legend, in order to build the huge magic circle, Aragorn laid tons of magic crystals under the white tower in the center of the palace as the foundation of the tower almost extravagantly!Not to mention anything else, but there are a large number of magic crystals buried underground, and inside the White Tower, it is said that there are countless top-quality gemstones that maintain the magic circle, and there is such a huge piece of Mithril on the top of the White Tower and the largest piece of magic in the entire continent. A magic gem! It is said that the map of the magic array left behind was arranged by Aragorn himself, who was the strongest man under the starry sky and the most powerful warrior and magician on the mainland! Even if there are so many treasures aside, the map of the magic circle left by Aragorn is a supreme treasure for magicians! For thousands of years, I don't know how many evil magicians have been tempted to try to steal it! Fortunately, there has always been such a team of court magicians who are only loyal to the royal family in the palace. For thousands of years, guarding the White Tower has at least killed many people who tried to break in. It is said that Aragorn spent almost two years of the empire's financial revenue to build this magic circle - for a newly established empire, such an approach is absolutely absurd! What's more, at the beginning, the Roland Continent had been unified, and there was only the Roland Empire, the only country on the continent, and it cost so much to build such a huge magic circle—for whom?Against the air? It was only because of Aragorn's outrageous prestige back then that he could forcibly suppress countless voices of opposition and insist on going his own way. Perhaps, only Du Wei can understand: Aragorn must have done that in order to use this magic circle to deal with the return of the sinners after many years in the future. All the efforts of the whole country, together with a near-god-level powerhouse, twelve saint-rank Saint Laurent knights, and all the top magicians on the mainland worked together to create such a huge magic circle! Secret way? It is absolutely impossible to do such a large project in the palace, except for the emperor himself. Well, let's solve the first problem first: let's assume that this underground project was created by Aragorn himself. But... what is he doing with such a thing? And this picture, was it drawn by Aragorn?If not, then who?And who stored this thing in the planetarium? Du Wei frowned and thought hard. At this moment, a familiar voice that hadn't appeared for a long time suddenly sounded in his mind. "It's me, I drew this picture."