Chapter 1098 Underground Auction (Part 2)
"Who is this Marquis Robert?" On the way to Mrs. Erin, Xu Changqing sat in the car hired by the Sunset Hotel, looked through the information about the Temple of Wealth in his hand, and then pointed to the name of the person on the first page and asked.
Yakov replied carefully: "He is the head of the Temple of Wealth in Western Europe in name, and he is a Spanish Marquis. However, his identity as a marquis is still to be discussed, because the marquis family died in World War I due to an accident. It is logical that there are no descendants. The marquis suddenly appeared before the beginning of World War II and accepted the marquis identity through a regular will. Because Spain was in turmoil at that time, this marquis was just an identity and had no inheritance. Moreover, the marquis Robert also donated a sum of money, so he inherited the title without much effort."
"Is this only the information? No more detailed content?" Xu Changqing listened to Selov's introduction, looking at the content on the document, frowned slightly, and asked in a deep voice.
"There are only these information on the surface." Yakov's expression was a little embarrassed. Obviously he knew that there were fewer information. So he recalled in his mind and said, "When I was still working on the front line, I investigated several supernatural and strange things that happened in the Caucasus. At that time, the real reason for these strange things was not clear. With some pressure above, I made a conclusion and ended the investigation. Now it seems that it has something to do with this Marquis Robert."
Xu Changqing couldn't help but ask curiously: "Why do you say that?"
Yakov said in a deep voice: "Because when these strange things happened, the Marquis Robert happened to be on the scene and were all one of the witnesses. Even the reason why these things happened was related to him."
"Tell me specifically." Xu Changqing became a little interested.
"The places where those strange things happened were ruins of the ancient Persian Empire. The surrounding villages were descendants of the ancient Persian Empire. Because of their strict intermarriage rules, their bloodline should be similar to those of the ancient Persian Empire." Yakov said in a casual manner: "Because of bloodline, most of the people in the local villages believed in ancient Persian religions, but they were covered with a layer of Islamic skin on the outside. For some reason, this incident was discovered by the imam of the local Islamic mosque. He immediately organized Islamic believers to attack those false believers and tried to destroy the ruins of the ancient Persian Empire. However, after destroying several ancient buildings, all the people who took action suddenly went crazy and attacked everyone they saw. This incident not only alarmed the local government, but also alarmed some other forces. We were also sent to the local area for secret investigations."
Xu Changqing said in a plain tone: "It is not surprising that such a thing will happen. There are many ancient relics, especially places like ancient temples, and some powers exist. Even though thousands of years have passed, they still exist and play a role. Ordinary people who do not understand this power will inevitably encounter backlash."
"The same is true for our investigation. Those crazy people were mentally confused by the backlash of unknown forces." Yakov continued: "At that time, there were many people who sneaked into the place to investigate. The Earl Robert was one of them. But I had never contacted him. I only knew that there was such a person from the information I inquired from him. Later, the unknown force entrenched in various ruins suddenly disappeared, and our investigation did not have a result." Speaking of this, he seemed to recall something, hesitated for a moment, and said: "Now, this Earl Robert seems a little strange, because the time when the unknown force in several ruins disappeared was just after he left."
"This Count Robert is a bit strange." Xu Changqing nodded in agreement, and became interested in the person Count Robert.
Not to mention the divine texts of the invitation letter that have been mastered and can be used, the other party just has a relatively complete cave world that attracts Xu Changqing's attention. After hearing the details of the underground auction yesterday, Xu Changqing could already confirm that the real location of the underground auction was a cave world, and the divine texts and divine powers on the invitation letter that were similar to the Star Gate God Array just confirmed his guess.
Small worlds like Cave Heaven and Blessing, let alone now, even when the ancient practice path was prevalent, only some sects that inherited ancient times had such treasures. Now a secret organization or individual in the Western world actually has a small cave heaven, and from the details that allow ordinary people to enter, it can be seen that this small cave heaven is relatively intact. The only flaw is likely that this small cave heaven is almost the same as the secular world, and there is no strong spiritual energy there, otherwise ordinary people entering it will inevitably feel uncomfortable for a long time. This shows how profound the mysterious temple of wealth has. He also wants to know whether the controller of this temple of wealth is a true descendant of ancient gods or the kind of superpower who only possesses blood power.
"Will Count Robert participate in this underground auction?" Xu Changqing asked.
"It should be." Yakov thought for a moment and said, "Since he is the head of the Temple of Wealth here, and the goods at the underground auction are so precious, he must be responsible for security and other things."
Xu Changqing nodded and decided to say, "Since you have a chance, it's good to meet this person."
Lady Erin's manor was built by a member of the Habsburg family in the 16th century for his deceased lover Lady Erin. Afterwards, with the decline of the Habsburg family, the manor had several twists and turns and fell into the hands of nobles, powerful men, wealthy merchants and others who were in charge of local affairs. In the past hundreds of years, except for the main body of the manor still maintaining the castle style of the 16th century, other surrounding buildings have been renovated. The entire manor has also undergone three expansions, and finally formed this huge manor villa covering an area of 100 acres.
When the reconstruction of Zagreb began after World War II, Madame Irene's manor occupied a huge area and wanted to reduce the area and push away most of the ordinary buildings around the manor to rebuild it into a new neighborhood, but this reconstruction plan was shelved for some reason. Later, the Temple of Wealth spent a huge amount of money to buy the manor, rebuilt it, and build it into a salon club for local powerful people to provide communication.
The manor is located at the foot of Mount Medvednica, on the edge of the new city, next to the Sava River, surrounded by the market in the new city, and on the other side are forests in the suburbs, with a suitable environment and pleasant scenery. After the Temple of Wealth took over the manor, it underwent a reconstruction here. Except for those valuable monuments, all other parts were demolished. The land was re-planned and built into British-style gardens.
When Xu Changqing came to Mrs. Erin's manor, many guests had arrived here. After he got off the car, he came to the gate. Yakov, who played the role of the butler, followed him and showed the invitation letter in his hand before the receptionist at the door spoke. Although this special invitation letter had appeared several times before, it still made the guests holding ordinary invitation letters scream. The eyes full of envy and jealous eyes all looked at Xu Changqing and Yakov. Many people showed doubts in these eyes. Obviously, they did not know Xu Changqing and did not understand why this stranger could have such a precious invitation letter.
When the receptionist saw this special invitation, he did not show any abnormal expression. He just scratched a finger with a ring on the invitation. Seeing that the ring had slightly changed the color, he handed the invitation back to Yakov, and then waved to a white-clothed servant standing quietly beside him, allowing the servant with special identity to lead Xu Changqing and Yakov into another hidden passage among the flowers and towards the garden behind the manor.
Soon after passing a small forest area, Xu Changqing and his team came to an exquisite courtyard with a distinctive Baroque gorgeous style. At this moment, more than a dozen people gathered in the courtyard. Except for a few people dressed up by the entourage, the other people had different temperaments from ordinary people. Some were majestic, some were noble, some were wearing luxurious masks to cover up their identities, and some did not care about the exposure of their identities. Xu Changqing even sensed that there were several people who were psychics with blood power.
When Xu Changqing came to this courtyard, everyone in the courtyard looked at him, and his eyes were a little confused and confused. Although the whole Europe was big, the circle of powerful people standing at the top was very small. The people present may have good or bad relationships with each other, but they all knew each other. Even those who had no foundation, nouveau riche knew their names, but now they felt completely unfamiliar with Xu Changqing and didn't know who Xu Changqing was.
Although they were extremely curious, these powerful people also followed the etiquette they should have. No one talked too much to ask about Xu Changqing's origin. They just raised the drink in their hands and nodded to Xu Changqing, and then did their own thing.
Xu Changqing found a place to sit down. Yakov brought him a drink like a real entourage. Then half an hour passed, and another person came one after another. The identity of this person was very obvious, all of whom were famous European powerful people. Xu Changqing had seen the information of these people in the information provided to him by Selov.
When more than twenty people had gathered in the courtyard, a man dressed in a gentleman dressed in a tuxedo walked into the courtyard and said to the people around him: "The auction is ready. Please blindfold me according to the rules."
Chapter completed!