After seeing off Carlos and Colin, who were going to counter-attack the Guild of Light's mastermind, William walked towards Rosslyn Chapel in an even better mood.
William wasn't in a hurry to learn the curving bullet technique from Carlos, because judging by Carlos's attitude towards him, William wasn't worried about not being able to learn it.
The most important thing to do now was to eliminate the people from the Guild of Light. He hadn't forgotten that White Hair had said that the assassins from the Guild of Light would hunt down the families of the Brotherhood members.
The best way to deal with these lunatics was to send them to meet Satan.
I went to the church, found a shovel, dug a large pit, and buried all fifteen mercenaries. Then I drove back to the hotel with the vase, took a good shower, changed clothes, and happily admired the vase on the table.
Langdon and Sophie were such idiots, seeing a treasure mountain but not recognizing it. The vase was indeed a modern replica, but Langdon didn't consider that the first secret chamber had many Da Vinci paintings, so how could the second secret chamber casually place a modern replica vase to commemorate Maya of Ramoda?
As soon as William entered the second basement, he noticed the special nature of the vase. To keep it a secret, he didn't show it until later. When Langdon and Sophie were emotionally stirred, he seized the opportunity to take it. Afterwards, even if they remembered William's anomaly, he could simply say it was fake and he had thrown it away.
If they wanted it, they could go look for it in the Edinburgh dump.
The people in the church hall didn't care that William took a vase. The items in the second basement were originally left by William's grandfather, and no one even knew there was a second basement in the church.
William carefully inspected the vase. After scanning it with his mental power, he discovered that the base of the vase had been repaired. This discovery delighted William, as he knew there was something wrong with the vase.
He carefully separated the base of the vase and found a piece of oil paper inside, on which were written some numbers and a message: "Do you remember the book I read to you in the hospital the day you fell down the stairs?"
Upon seeing this message, William immediately remembered it and chuckled to himself. Henry was indeed an old fox, because what Henry was referring to was not a book but a picture book. It was the first time he heard the comic story of "Tim the Lion" when he was 8 years old.
"Tim the Lion" was a comic published decades ago, so it was easy to find online. William quickly understood what the numbers meant.
"The lion holding a sword guarding the angel's throne." The meaning was too obvious. William immediately understood that it referred to the angel statue in front of his family's castle.
Combining the sword and the Holy Grail, the location where the Holy Grail was kept became very clear.
The Devonshire family has been the sword for hundreds, even thousands of years. The angel statue is a female angel. Unknowing people seeing a female angel would have no doubts, but the true meaning of that female angel here is the Holy Grail. She represents Maya of Ramoda.
And the angel's throne is the bronze base under the angel statue. William used to wonder why a bronze base was welded to granite with molten bronze. Now, he realized that those granites were not ordinary granites at all; they were actually the sarcophagus of Maya of Ramoda.
Thinking of this, William's heart was stirred. God, 270 years ago, the ancestors of the Devonshire family audaciously hid the wife of the one in heaven in their own garden.
However, after a moment's thought, William broke out in a cold sweat at this answer. The meaning of the sword and the Holy Grail guarding Imon became clear at a glance. If other members of the hermitage knew about this, the Devonshire family would certainly suffer. They dared to let the wife of the one in heaven guard their own front door as a guardian deity.
William immediately burned the note in his hand. This secret had to be hidden in his heart forever. William would never reveal it unless it was a matter of life and death.
And now he also understood why Henry wanted him to find Jacques Saunière. Henry and Jacques Saunière had the same idea: for him to protect Sophie, because Sophie was the sole heir to the St. Clair royal family.
Only if the St. Clair family did not die out could modern genetic technology be used to check if the DNA of Maya of Ramoda and the St. Clair family were the same.
Only in this way would the sarcophagus of Ramoda Maya, held by the Devonshire family, be useful. Otherwise, the power of this trump card would be reduced by at least 70%. Heavens, does this mean I still have to pay attention to that old maid Sophie in the future? And I have to put effort into paying attention to Sophie getting married and having children?
That girl is 32 and still not married. No, Sophie must get married and have children. Otherwise, who knows if Sophie, a few years older, will still be able to have children?
William pondered that Langdon and Sophie seemed to have some feelings for each other. Sophie should not object to the two of them getting together. Thinking of this, William, this shameless fellow, immediately thought of giving Langdon and Sophie something that would make them fall for each other.
He didn't have the time or energy to wait for them to have a long-term romance. Moreover, Sophie, now back with the St. Clair family, might be arranged for blind dates by her grandmother. If that happened, who knew if Sophie would still get married in the future?
As soon as he thought of it, William acted. He paid 1,000 pounds on the dark web for an urgent cash-on-delivery, home delivery service. After leaving the address of a nearby park, he got dressed, put on a hat and mask, and left.
After paying for and receiving the medicine in the park, William ignored the ambiguous look from the delivery guy, gave an extra 10 pounds as a tip, and turned to leave.
After wandering a few blocks and confirming no one was following him, William returned to the hotel and called Sophie. Hearing that they were still celebrating at a manor near Rosslyn Chapel, William immediately accepted Sophie's invitation and drove to the manor Sophie mentioned.
An hour later, upon arriving at the manor, he saw Sophie and Langdon standing together to greet him. He smiled, hugged them, and exchanged greetings, then chatted and laughed as he followed them into the manor.
Inside the manor, people occasionally smiled and nodded at William. These people were all members of the Priory, descendants of the Knights Templar, who had been guarding the St. Clair family and the secret of the Holy Grail.
Unfortunately, they didn't know the Holy Grail was no longer in Rosslyn Chapel.
After exchanging pleasantries with those around, the three stood together and chatted for a while. William, holding a wine glass, chuckled as he teased Langdon, "So you've become an American member of the Priory and also Sir Langdon?"
Langdon said happily, "I also didn't expect the Grand Duke of Ireland to recommend me to King Lan Philip of England for a knighthood. Although it's only a lifelong knighthood, I'm still very happy."
Of course, he was happy. Beckham, the footballer, went to great lengths for a knighthood, using all sorts of tricks to get a low-ranking title.
"Haha, that's great news, congratulations, buddy, we should have a good toast to celebrate," William said, then drained the wine in his hand. Langdon and Sophie could only follow William and drink a large glass of champagne.
Next, William kept finding excuses to drink with Sophie and Langdon. Sophie and Langdon were also very happy today and felt bad refusing William. In less than half an hour, both of them were a bit drunk.
Seeing that it was about time, William got new glasses for himself, Langdon, and Sophie from a waiter, then said to Sophie, "Sophie, aren't you going to show me around this manor? You know, I bought back the family castle in Oxford, but the renovation and decoration are really bothering me. How about you take me to visit this manor for some inspiration?"
This manor was her grandmother's leisure estate in Edinburgh, and it indeed had many wonderful furnishings and decorations. She laughed and said to William, "No problem, I'll take you two to visit."
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