Starting My Treasure Hunting In England

Let me see. After hearing Liang En's voice, Professor Alexander came over and looked at the patterns on the silver badges in Liang En's hand, which were about the same size as silver coins.

The main part of these badges is the coat of arms of the British Stuart royal family with a lion and a unicorn, but the details are different from the coat of arms of every known king or queen.

Sorry, I don't recognize this. After looking at it for a few minutes, Professor Alexander shook his head helplessly and said, Heraldry is a very professional subject, and I don't know much about it other than the coat of arms of the British King.

I have learned this, let me try it. Nelson took the initiative to stand up at this time. As a true member of a noble family, although he did not have a title, he had indeed learned this aspect.

Sure enough, it is unreasonable to say that there is a specialization in the art industry. After careful inspection, although Nelson did not recognize what this thing was, he still saw many valuable clues.

First of all, this badge belongs to a king, which can be seen from the crown at the top of the badge. Nelson said, pointing to the pattern on the badge.

Secondly, from the standing lion, three lions, luanhua and harp on this badge, as well as the helmet, lion and unicorn on the edge of the badge, we can conclude that the owner of this badge should have a direct blood relationship with James I .”

If you look at it together with the name Elizabeth above, the person behind the badge is most likely Elizabeth Stuart, the eldest daughter of King James I of England.

But this is impossible. Liang En frowned and said, The highest title in Elizabeth's history is Queen of Bohemia, and it only lasted for one year. How could she be a - wait, I think Something came to mind.

At first, Liang En thought this thing looked more like a prank, but soon he remembered an important event related to it in history.

This event is called the Gunpowder Plot. It may not be a famous historical event to people from other countries, but for the British, it is one of the most important events in their history.

This incident occurred in 1605. It was an attempt by a group of desperate Catholics from rural England to blow up the British Parliament and kill King James I, his family and most of the Protestant nobles who were conducting the opening ceremony of Parliament. Plan for success.

At that time, James I was previously the king of Scotland and inherited the throne of his mother, Mary, Queen of Scots. However, because the famous Elizabeth I had no heirs, the throne of England fell on him.

Traditionally the main faith in Scotland was Catholicism, rather than the Anglican Church, the Protestant branch of England, but James I refused to grant equal rights to Catholics after he came to power. So these rebels banded together.

To achieve this goal, the plotters planned to assassinate King James I, Elizabeth Stuart's father, and his son Henry.

They planned to blow up the Houses of Parliament on November 5, 1605, and kidnap the nine-year-old Elizabeth. Once the rest of the royal family was dead, the plotters would marry Elizabeth to a Catholic and use her as a puppet queen to control England.

The plan was planned by Robert Gatsby and executed by explosives expert Guy Fawkes. Other known conspirators are Thomas Ventour, Robert Ventour, Christopher Wright, Thomas Percy, John Grant, Ambrose Lockwood, Robert Case, Everard Sir de Digby, Francis Tresham and Gatsby's servant Thomas Bates.

Initially, the rebels were able to rent the basement of a house adjacent to the old House of Lords and prepared to dig a tunnel leading to the basement of the House of Lords. But then they rented the basement of the House of Lords.

By March 1605, they had packed 36 barrels (about 2.5 tons) of gunpowder in the basement of the House of Lords, concealed by winter fuel.

Fearing that a Catholic senator would also be killed, someone (probably Francis Tresham) secretly communicated to the famous Catholic senator of Monteagle.

The senator received the letter on October 26. The rebels learned of the letter the next day, but went ahead with their plan after Fox checked the basement and found it intact. At the same time, however, Mount Eagle delivered the letter to Secretary of State Robert Cecil.

Guy Fawkes stayed to carry out the plan, while the other rebels ran to Dunchurch in Warwickshire to await news. After learning of the tip-off, a justice of the peace named Thomas Nevitt raided the basement on the morning of November 5, 1605.

During this search, rebel Guy Fawkes was discovered hiding in the basement of the Houses of Parliament, and he ordered a search of the entire area. As a result, the authorities discovered the powder keg and Guy Fawkes was arrested.

After being tortured on the rack, Guy Fawkes confessed and named other rebels. To avoid violating English law, the king signed a special order permitting torture.

Gatsby was killed while resisting arrest, but the other rebels were quickly captured and either executed after interrogation or killed while being hunted.

In the following hundreds of years, this event also became one of the sources of inspiration for a large number of novels, movies and a series of artistic works. For example, the last scene of the famous Micro-lettered Vendetta is a tribute to this event.

Because of this incident. Every year on November 5th, the British celebrate the smashing of the conspiracy with Bonfire Night, Fireworks Night or Guy Fawkes Night.

Many local governments in England organize grand fireworks displays, and people light bonfires and throw figures of the British traitor Guy Fawkes into the fire.

At this time last year, Liang En and the others were still busy, so they only celebrated on a small scale. Of course, this is just an excuse to eat something good and relax.

Joan of Arc raved about the Bonfire Night recipe of mulled wine, toffee and toffee apples, while lamenting the fact that James I was never able to fly on a plane.

In addition to enjoying delicious food and watching fireworks, an important part of this night is to burn the Guy dummy. However, starting in 1996, the British Bonfire Association decided to replace Guy's torture with unpopular celebrity figures. .

The first unfortunate person to be elected was Princess Diana's cycling coach Witt. Subsequently, the portraits of Saddam Hussein, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, etc. were all selected as Celebrity Guys and burned.

Also because this festival has gradually become a carnival in the UK and Commonwealth countries, and many people know about it, when Liang En said the word Gunpowder Plot, almost everyone present thought of this event.

Gunpowder, silver coins, Elizabeth's royal emblem, and most importantly, a secret letter with the Jesuit logo. Professor Alexander also reacted to Liang En's reminder at this time.

I think we are now confronting a piece of history that was previously shrouded in mystery, and I believe this discovery has the potential to rewrite England's ancient history.