The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 139 Treasure Hunt (Please subscribe, collect, and recommend)

The next morning, Mr. Lambert took the train to the treasure hiding place to ask the owner of the land. Because the place was not far from London, Mr. Lambert had finished his inquiry and returned home at noon.

Seeing Mr. Lambert walk in with a strange expression on his face, his mother Sally asked curiously, "What's wrong? Is it the territory of the royal family or the nobility, and we are not allowed to enter to dig for treasure?"

"No, it's not." Mr. Lambert shook his head, then picked up the cup on the table and took a sip of water and said, "When I went there this morning, I found that the place was a small farm with a dilapidated house inside. People around me told me that this small farm has been entrusted to an agricultural company for the past decade. Its owner has only been to the farm a few times during this period."

"Isn't that better? They are not professional farmers anyway, so the probability of them agreeing to let us dig things in the farm will be higher." Ryan said happily after listening to his father's statement.

"Yes, I was very happy to go to the town to check the owner of the land, and then I found that the land belonged to a lady named Jane Sterling."

"Wait, this name sounds familiar. I seem to have heard it somewhere? Do I know her?" Sally said suddenly.

Lambert nodded. "You must know her. She went to college in London and got married here to a dentist named Charlotte Granger."

Poof, Ryan spat out the water in his mouth: "Father, do you mean that this treasure is hidden in the farm of my classmate Granger's mother?"

"If I'm not mistaken, that's it." Lambert continued, "I think you need to use your wizard's method to contact your classmates. After all, Dr. Granger and his family are traveling, and we can't contact them."

"Okay." Ryan missed the era when mobile phones were popular.

That night, Ryan received a reply from Hermione, "Dear Ryan, we are now in Calais waiting for the ship to go home tomorrow morning. After receiving your letter, my parents were very excited and they agreed that you should go treasure hunting. The only requirement is that they hope you can go with them after they come back, because my parents are also interested in treasure hunting."

It seems that the number of people seeking treasure has increased again. Now we can only hope that the treasure will be richer in the end. Don't let down everyone for mobilizing so many people.

On the third day, the morning of the second day after the Grangers returned, Ryan and his family drove to the Grangers' farm near Eastbourne.

Because Eastbourne is located at the eastern end of South Downs, it is the sunniest place in the UK. Therefore, this town has become a popular tourist destination. Along the way, we saw many vehicles traveling back and forth on the road.

After arriving in Eastbourne, the car turned east and drove for another ten minutes. The scenery on the roadside gradually changed from hotels and houses to hedges and farms. Finally, they turned onto a gravel road and arrived at their destination.

Similar to Mr. Lambert's description, Ryan saw a small farm at the end of the gravel road. The farm house was a stone bungalow with a pointed roof, but the glass on the windows and the tiles on the roof were broken, and it seemed that few people came here on weekdays.

The house was surrounded by a chest-high stone wall, and a blue Volkswagen SUV was parked inside. It seemed that Hermione's family's farm had arrived.

Sure enough, after hearing the sound of the car, the Granger family of three came out from the back of the shabby house. It seemed that they had a lot of fun on this trip to France, and everyone was tanned to a healthy tan. After a while of greeting, mother Sally and Mrs. Granger began to prepare a picnic in the yard, while the fathers took their children to start treasure hunting.

According to Nick's description, they soon found the large stones embedded in the abandoned wall at the edge of the pasture. According to Mr. Granger's description, this was a French noble estate in the past, and it was later sold to the ancestors of Hermione's mother. The stones have not been moved since then.

Ryan was surprised to realize that Hermione came from a wealthy family. But it made sense. Dentistry is one of the most expensive majors in British universities. A family that can afford to send a dentist to college cannot be too poor.

According to Nick's letter, the boxes were buried in a secret room under the big stone of the car. Nick also said that the ghost emphasized that the big stone was part of a secret room, and the door of the secret room could be found by digging from the side.

The two fathers dug for a while with shovels according to where Ryan said. As expected, when they dug about 30 centimeters, several pieces of stone that had obviously been cut were exposed.

This discovery made everyone excited, and even the two ladies came out from the yard and took out shovels to help dig. After more than an hour, a stone archway with a length and width of two meters was exposed. The wooden door leaf and iron bolt installed on the archway were also exposed.

There was a lock on the bolt, but two hundred years of weathering had rusted it thoroughly, and Mr. Lambert smashed it off with one blow of his shovel.

Fortunately, the door hinges were made of copper and had not rusted. The door was pushed open with a creaking sound. Everyone found a pile of black weathered straw inside the door. After cleaning the straw, three wooden boxes with a length of nearly 1.5 meters and a width of 2 meters were exposed.

Using the steel wire ropes and pulleys on the vehicle, everyone easily dragged the three boxes out of the secret room along the slope that had just been dug. The boxes were very strong and did not crack as expected.

After a simple lunch, the two gentlemen took a crowbar and prepared to pry open the box to see what was inside. Ryan had just confirmed through magic that there was nothing dangerous inside, so he stood aside and watched with a smile. Hermione stood beside him with her eyes wide open in excitement.

The first box contained a pile of clothes that looked very exquisite and were embroidered with gold and silver threads. Unfortunately, due to the passage of time, the color of the clothes had turned gray.

The second box was filled with cotton wool and other shock-absorbing materials. When the cotton wool was removed, a small pile of gold and silver utensils were placed underneath. After careful inspection, they found that these were some crosses, incense burners and candlesticks used in churches. Mr. Lambert picked up one and shook it, then said, "It seems to be just gold-plated. It's too light." Mr. Granger picked up another cross and nodded, "This cross is silver." In the end, they found that only the small items smaller than the size of a palm could be made of precious metals, and the others were at most plated with a layer of gold and silver.

The promised treasure was a bit anticlimactic, and everyone turned their attention to the last box. This box was different from the other two boxes in that it was painted black and had some simple patterns carved on it.

After opening the last box, Hermione took a look and screamed.

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