Chapter One Hundred and Sixtieth Tian Tian Jian Treasure
Viserys fiddled with the diary in his hand twice, then threw it aside.
However, at this moment, Viserys suddenly discovered that there seemed to be a glimmer of light beneath the hole where the safe had just been dug.
"Um?"
Now that he was in the chamber of Maester Targaryen Lannister, Viserys raised his eyebrows slightly.
"Is there anything else down there?"
Afterwards, the guards who returned after executing several servants once again obeyed Viserys's orders, and the soldiers continued digging with tools.
However, before digging too deep, the tool touched something again, and the soldiers lifted it out of the soil.
This time it was a box made of bronze. It seemed to be larger and heavier than the box just now.
"Harder!"
It took a lot of effort for several soldiers to lift it out of the hole underneath.
Boom——
Then it was placed heavily on the ground, causing dust to ripple. Viserys covered his mouth and nose slightly before squatting down and observing the bronze box carefully.
Its appearance looks a bit vicissitudes of life, like something in the style of the Valyrian civilization.
Viserys did not expect that Gillian Lannister would actually have such a treasure in his hands, and he would actually trade out an antique.
However, Viserys was not an archaeological expert and had no idea about the decorative style of Valyrian period artifacts.
It's just that as a Targaryen prince, he once lived in the Red Keep. He had the impression that he had seen many treasures from the Valyrian Free Fortress period in the Red Keep.
Even in Viserys's memory, he seemed to have accidentally broken a valuable antique vase when he was a child, which seemed to come from ancient Valyria. At that time, he was scolded by his mother, Queen Leila.
Pass.
Therefore, Viserys recognized the origin of this ancient bronze chest at a glance.
However, what's more important is what's in the box.
This box was buried deep in the ground, but it was not locked. The heavy lid covered it almost tightly.
Then he didn't know what was put in the box. With caution, Viserys stood up and drew his sword from his waist.
Clang...
A ray of cold light illuminated the candlelight in Jillian's bedroom, and then he inserted his sword into the gap in the box. Then his eyes narrowed slightly, and he directly lifted the lid of the heavy bronze box with his wrist.
.
Boom——
The bronze lid hit the ground with a loud sound.
However, Viserys did not change his expression. He had seen many cultural relics from the Valyrian Civilization period, and he did not care whether this bronze box, which might be worth a lot to ordinary people, would be damaged.
Several surrounding castle guards did not know the value of this ancient bronze box, and they also looked inside the box curiously.
They didn't know what exactly would be inside the box.
Viserys was much calmer than them.
Snapped--
After he sheathed his sword, he looked inside the ancient bronze box, wanting to see what was inside.
"Um?"
However, when Viserys saw clearly what was inside, his brows furrowed involuntarily, roughly the same as the reactions on the faces of several guards around him.
However, what they saw was different.
"Your Majesty, here..."
The guards looked at the contents of the box and scratched their hair slightly, with disappointment written all over their faces.
They originally thought that after the bachelor went to such great lengths to hide such a deep box, it should be filled with gold, silver and jewels. Why...
"That's it?"
"Why are they all rags?"
Inside this ancient bronze box, all you can see are tattered and rustic-looking things.
It's like they were just dug out of a pit, but they really were just dug out of the ground.
An ancient urn with a chipped edge, a bronze candlestick with spots everywhere, and a bronze mirror that could no longer illuminate anything clearly.
And at the end, there is even a stone sculpture whose face is unclear, but looks like a woman with a horn growing out of her head and a perfect figure.
The stone sculpture as a whole seems to be completely natural and lifelike. Except for some cracks due to years of disrepair, many of the gaps have been filled with soil.
However, you can still see the exquisite craftsmanship of the carver from the details, which is really amazing.
What's strange is that the sculptor's craftsmanship is so exquisite, but he didn't carve out the face of this woman, which really makes people feel a little regretful.
The guards looked at the tatters of this box and were a little confused.
I don’t know what the significance of ‘Maester Gunther’ putting such a box at the bottom is after all his efforts to hide it even deeper than his diary.
Why did you pack a box of junk?
However, in Viserys's eyes, the tatters of this box were slightly different from what the soldiers saw.
"This is..."
Viserys's eyes narrowed for a moment, and his fingers clenched slightly involuntarily. If you look carefully, you can see a faint magic rune deep in the young man's lavender eyes, and a clear hint of shock.
This shock was even more shocking than when he saw the report letter that Varys wrote to him not long ago, which stated that 'Maester Gunther' was an insider of the Iron Throne.
Because before this, he had already had some doubts about the bachelor.
"How can this be?"
Viserys stared intently at the contents of the box, his voice a little incredulous.
Now in his eyes, these tattered surfaces were actually wrapped with a faint layer of black mist.
Although it is not very strong, it is indeed the black mist that Viserys is most familiar with and can be obtained after killing people.
Being able to see this inexplicable black mist is one of the biggest secrets in Viserys's heart, second only to his soul from another world, which is prophetic about major events and important people.
Viserys once tried to search for information in many ways, but could not find any records related to the Black Mist in the vast historical documents.
If this kind of black mist that can strengthen oneself by killing people really existed in someone else's body, that person will definitely leave his name in history.
However, Viserys could find no clues.
Even after many years passed, Viserys was still searching for clues to the origin of the Black Mist.
But he never expected it.
Today, when I executed a traitor, I found a little clue about the black mist.
call…
Viserys let out a breath, pursed his lips slightly, and suppressed the shock in his heart.
Then slowly stretched out his hand.
Phew~
The black mist clinging to these broken items seemed to have found its mother, turning into a wisp of black smoke and entering Viserys's body.