Chapter 32 Inheritance, it's really an inheritance
To be honest, Rebecca is really not good at this. Even though Gao Wen had explained it to her, she just understood it half-understand it - but one thing she understood was that her ancestors did not seem to have such a good impression of the current king Francis II.
"Hostility is not yet known, but alertness is absolutely necessary," Gao Wen replied casually when he heard Rebecca's question. He glanced at Amber standing next to him, but said openly, "Second Dynasty, don't forget that it is now the 'Second Dynasty'. For a royal family that is not very legitimate, the Cecil family can be said to be the founding hero after it, but they can also be said to be... the people of the previous dynasty. Even if we don't have this heart, Francis II, as the king, had to have this concern, and his concerns determined my alert."
"So you are asking for trouble for His Majesty the King?" Rebecca asked with his eyes blinking.
"No, I don't actually want to cause trouble for him," Gao Wen shrugged, "I'm just making trouble."
Rebecca: "Oh?!"
Gao Wen really couldn't explain this issue to Rebecca, so he directly changed the topic: "Forget it, these are not important, so let's continue with the topic just now. Amber..."
Amber raised his hands without waiting for the order to express his understanding: "I know I know, go outside and guard it, right? - Alas, I'm busy..."
"No," Gao Wen raised his eyebrows, "I mean you can stay by the side - of course if you feel bored, you can go back to your room to rest first. You should be tired after making trouble tonight, right?"
Amber looked at Gao Wen incredibly: "Hey, are you suddenly kind-hearted?"
Then she shook her head and moved to the desk: "I won't go back. I want to see what you two are going to do... I'm going to say that it's not really a legacy, right?"
Gao Wen shook his head and ignored the half-elf, but placed the platinum disc on the table again.
"You just said this is a key," Rebecca still remembers what Gao Wen hadn't finished saying just now, "Is it the secret treasure of our family?"
Amber immediately opened her ears, but she deliberately looked around, as if she wanted to be fake.
Gao Wen smiled: "It is indeed a treasure, it is a hidden treasure house located on the southern border, but it was originally prepared for the Kingdom of Ansu. Of course, for the kingdom of today, it should not be considered a huge wealth - but for the pioneering team that just fled to this land, it is half the property of the Expeditionary Force."
Rebecca's eyes widened.
"It was originally a insurance for the Ansu Kingdom. After all, in that era, no one knew what would happen the next day," Gao Wen smiled and said the real purpose of this journey to the capital. "The pioneering team fled from the wasteland of Gondor and went north. While we moved, we collected the surviving remains on the wasteland and collected various resources. The team became larger and larger, bloated and eye-catching. As a result, when crossing the dark mountains, a large army of monsters wandering out of the wasteland discovered our traces. The army covered the civilians moving in the mountains, and of course they could not keep up with the monsters that could not stop sleeping, so a fierce battle occurred. The battle suffered a lot. When counting the losses after the war, Charlie and I realized one thing: those monsters would not give up. If we continued to carry all the supplies across the mountains and forests, the entire team would probably die on the road, so we made a decision...
"We left some of the baggage that would seriously drag down the team's speed, hiding it in the depths of an abandoned border fortress, and at the same time imposed a strong seal on the treasure house. Then the team drove lightly and continued to head north.
"You know the history of the pioneering team has gained a foothold in the north and established a new kingdom center between the Holy Spirit Plain and the mountains in the north. Charles I built earth and city in the Sunil area, but the supplies from the south... are still quietly lying there."
Rebecca asked curiously: "Why didn't you get them back?"
"It was initially because the situation was unstable and the cost was too high," Gao Wen explained. "At that time, the pollution was still spreading. The monsters even spread the corrupt area to the north of the Dark Mountains for a while, so the place where we left the baggage became a polluting zone. It was unwise to send a team to pick up goods in that kind of place. And more importantly, we found rich resources among the mountains in the north of the kingdom, and the Holy Spirit Plain began to produce a steady stream of wealth. These new wealth would not take long to exceed the little materials left in the south. Under two major factors, the treasure house among the southern mountains was slowly forgotten."
Rebecca looked at the platinum disc in Gao Wen's hand: "But it doesn't seem to be completely forgotten..."
"That's right, the pioneers certainly remember where they hid the treasures. Although the wealth will become increasingly insignificant in the expected future, it is ultimately the 'memorial' of that epic pioneering. And we thought that the demon tide would eventually fade away naturally, and that descendants could safely retrieve those things one day. So Charlie and I made an agreement that our two families kept this secret separately, and we would pass on the stories of those treasures from the south from generation to generation. The heirs of the Cecil family and the Moen family will know all this. If one day the demon tide disappears and the kingdom needs this property, we will take them out. Think about it, the ancient secrets that have been passed down for hundreds of years, the treasure house passed down from generation to generation by the royal family and the founding nobles, and the legacy hidden in the mountains, needs a token to be opened - anyway, Charlie, the old middle school second thought it would be cool."
Amber looked up and down at Gao Wen: "It was you two who made this decision after you got drunk again?"
Gao Wen: "…I can think so."
Rebecca stared at his ancestors in a daze and said after a long time, "But I, Cecil's heir, have never heard of this story..."
"This method of inheritance is always prone to problems," Gao Wen sighed, "I passed away suddenly that year and didn't have time to explain to my descendants..."
Rebecca: "…"
"But it seems that Charlie has passed the secret to his descendants very well," Gao Wen coughed twice to break the embarrassment, and raised the platinum disc in his hand. "I came here to confirm whether the key is still there - since it is still there, it means that the Ansu royal family has not taken advantage of that property in the past seven hundred years. Charlie knows this secret, and his descendants who have passed down normally, but the illegitimate son does not know."
From 635 to 636, an civil strife destroyed the inheritance order of the royal family. The king did not have time to leave his children, and the king's brothers and sisters died in the civil war. In the end, only the Grand Duke of the North supported a man who was found from the people. No one knew whether it was a true or a false illegitimate son and ascended the throne...
Even if the illegitimate child was real, he would not know the secret of the Southern Treasure House.
"Those things..." Rebecca looked at the "key" with shiny eyes, but then frowned, "But can we really use it casually? That's..."
Gao Wen glanced at the great-granddaughter of N+1: "Of course, you are the descendant of the Cecil family, so show some confidence. Those things were buried by Charlie and I. In addition to Charlie himself, is there anyone in this world who is more suitable to inherit that property than me? I don't believe that Charlie can also pop out of the coffin like me..."
Rebecca thought for a while, suddenly turned her head and grabbed Amber's arm hard: "You must not dig the imperial tomb!"
Amber: “…what?”
Immediately afterwards, the half-elves suddenly shuddered and stared at Gao Wen with a nervous face: "Wait! I...I have heard such a confidential matter... You shouldn't really plan to take this opportunity to kill me to silence me?"
At this time, Gao Wen really wanted to slap her on the wall with one sword: "If I want to destroy you, do you have to wait until now?"
The nervousness on Amber's face didn't go away: "Then I'm just an outsider who said these things... "
"First, I still trust you more now, second, I know you are actually a smart person," Gao Wenyangyangyang said, "The only bold idea you may have popped up is to steal this disc, but this disc must be activated by the blood of the Moen family or the Cecil family. It is hard to say whether the blood of the Moen family really exists in the world. So obviously, if you want to get some benefits, you only..."
Amber took a step forward, raised her chest and raised her head and said righteously: "It is a great honor to play for the founding heroes. I, Amber, will do my best to do my duty - what else can I talk about if I have such an epic thing?
"Then I really won't talk to you about money..."
"Of course, if you insist on talking to me about money, I can't do anything about it."
This is the first time that Gao Wen has seen a person who is shameless and righteous at the same time...
In the second half of the night, there were finally no more visitors to disturb me.
The row of mouse clips and nails placed on the windowsill of Gao Wen in the study were useless.
Although these things are not very useful to those shadow stalkers who do not talk about science...
On the second day, Gao Wen and his group arrived at the Silver Fort after raising their energy.
It was still the inner court official yesterday who was responsible for the reception, and Francis II also copied the grand welcome scene of yesterday as it was - the work on face can be said to be very good.
And this time, two teams of commanders were specially rode out in the Silver Fort, and they toured the road along two main roads outside the Royal District, and used amplification magic to convey the news that "The Founding Grand Duke of Ansu, Gauven Cecil is about to enter the Silver Fort."
It seems that Prince Edmund had conveyed Gauven's wishes well to his father, and Francis II made a good show in front of outsiders.
I just don’t know how the Shadow Guard will repay him after he returns—this point should be easy to judge after seeing Francis II’s face.
Chapter completed!