"Tell me, handsome guy, if you don't make it clear, you will be doomed." The blonde beauty smiled and leaned lightly on the door frame, as if she was winning.
Cao Gui: "..."
Where does this woman get her confidence?
Cao Gui raised his hand and patted it, dragging a silk scarf with his left hand to cover her face.
"you……!"
The blonde beauty's face changed drastically, and the pungent smell rushed straight to her brain. Then her body went limp and she fell down. Cao Gui's silk scarf was soaked in ether, which can make people comatose.
Cao Gui carried the woman into the storage room and quickly walked to the Declaration of Independence to remove the screws.
"So, what are we going to do with this woman later?" Harry asked.
"I don't know." Cao Gui said while removing the screws. To be honest, he also had a headache. If he was a man, he could just kill him or beat him into a vegetative state... Hey, there is a way.
Cao Gui had a flash of inspiration and thought of a good thing: Kingsman's watch!
This thing contains an amnesia potion that makes people lose short-term memory. After Galahad sent the things to Cao Gui's residence, Cao Gui directly put everything into the [system backpack].
There must be bugs and monitors in these things, so although Cao Gui was very interested in these things, he never used them, but now it was just right and they came in handy.
Thinking like this, Cao Gui had already unscrewed all the screws, successfully took out the authentic Declaration of Independence, then put an imitation souvenir inside, and restored the screws.
"Hey, perfect!"
Cao Gui walked up to the blonde beauty, took out his watch, set it to amnesia mode, and then stuck a short needle into the blonde beauty's neck.
"It's done, let's go... wait." Cao Gui suddenly stopped. What if this girl wakes up and realizes something is wrong, and then checks?
"No, we have to divert her attention!" Cao Gui chuckled, took out a box of plain yogurt, sprinkled it on her hair and face, and sprayed some heather-scented perfume on it.
"...Cao, you are such a pervert." Harry couldn't help complaining through the headset.
Cao Gui chuckled and ran away.
"Why do you say that?" Gwen asked in the headset: "Did Cao do something?"
"Sir, we're walking back, let's take a look later," Beth said.
"Ahem, Harry!"
"I got it, you pervert." Harry said, and then quickly deleted the video.
Cao Gui Shiran stepped away, got into the sewer, and returned to the ground from the sewer.
In a van on the roadside, Gwen and Beth had already arrived. Seeing Cao Gui appear, they immediately asked, "Tell me, what happened just now?"
"Ahem, it's nothing." Cao Gui clenched his fist and coughed lightly: "Harry, I got the stuff, let's go."
"Wait a minute, I'll clean up the traces so no one can trace me."
…
An hour later, Cao Gui and the others arrived at a single-family villa. This was a property purchased by Beth's mother in Washington. Although it had not been occupied for a long time, it was cleaned every day, so it did not affect its use.
The four of them looked at the yellowed Declaration of Independence in front of them, and several of them scratched their heads.
"So, what's next?" Beth asked, holding the Declaration of Independence and looking left and right: "There's nothing on this piece of paper."
Gwen paced around, thought for a moment and then said: "It should be invisible ink. The invisible ink that exists in nature is squid ink. Maybe you can see it after roasting it with fire."
"Or a special solution like ferrous sulfide that requires reagents to display."
"How about... let's try it?" Beth said, "It's just right, the oven hasn't been used yet."
Cao Gui rolled his eyes: "No, this thing is the only clue. That would be too risky."
After thinking for a while, Cao Gui continued: "Gwen, how did the ferrous sulfide you mentioned appear?"
"Acid needs to be heated," Gwen said.
"I'm going to buy lemons," Harry said.
"By the way, buy an alcohol lamp...or a hair dryer." Cao Gui said.
"Okay, got it." Harry left quickly, leaving Cao Gui and the other three staring at the Declaration of Independence in a daze.
Cao Gui touched his chin, took out his pipe, dipped it in ink, and printed out the above sentences.
"The legend written down, the traces of stains are revealed, the key of silence, fifty-five stylus pens, even Maitli can't damage it."
In these sentences, the initials of Shen Mo and Matlie were bolded. Cao Gui didn't understand the meaning and always felt that something was wrong here.
Not long after, Harry came back.
Cao Gui and the others hurriedly cut the lemons, and then...
"What's next? Paint the whole back of this thing?" Beth hesitated.
"Uh... it should start from the right." Gwen said: "The official documents at that time were from left to right, but the writing habit was from right to left, so let's start from the right."
"Okay." Cao Gui picked up a cotton swab and dipped it in citric acid, smeared it on and put it on an alcohol lamp to bake. Sure enough, a small icon and a string of numbers appeared on it.
"Oh my God! There is actually something!" Bess exclaimed.
"Quick, take your notes." Cao Gui said excitedly: "Bess, switch to a hair dryer instead of an alcohol lamp."
"OK, here it comes!" Beth rubbed her hands and said excitedly
They looked excited. The clues behind the Declaration of Independence must be a big treasure.
After a lot of busy work, a series of numbers were placed in front of Cao Gui and the others.
Cao Gui scratched his head and tried to recall the plot of the original work. His mind went blank and he couldn't figure out what it meant.
"What are these?" Harry frowned.
"I don't know either." Cao Gui spread his hands.
"This... should be the Ottendorf code." Gwen said: "Simply put, it is the page, line, and letters of a book or document."
"So, what book or document is it?" Beth asked.
"It should have something to do with 'silence'." Gwen picked up the lines on the pipe and looked at it: "The key to silence..."
Cao Gui frowned slightly and turned his attention to the words of the pipe again. The word "Silent" and the initials of Matley were bolded. Does this mean that "Silent" is a personal name?
Thinking of this, Cao Gui took out his computer and started searching, entering the keywords "silence", books, and American history.
Soon, a message came out: a letter from Sirens Dogood.
Selens is a transliteration, which means silent and soundless.
And the so-called Sirens Dogood was Benjamin Franklin, the one who flew the iron kite and made the lightning rod.
This man once wrote 14 letters under the name Sirens Dugood, and the name translated into Chinese means to do good deeds without leaving a name.
"Let's go, guys, go to the museum again and see what's written on it." Cao Gui said with a smile.
"Bess and I will go." Gwen felt sorry for Cao Gui and said quickly: "You guys take a rest."
"No, you have already appeared in the sight of the museum security. If you appear again, it will easily arouse suspicion. Harry and I will just go." Cao Gui said with a smile.
"Uh... okay then."
"You stay here and take notes to see what the information is." Cao Gui said with a smile.
