Chapter 121 Capture the US Capitol
When old friends meet, especially when they have shared hardships, they are even more excited.
You know, that year William and Hermione went to the International Wizarding Conference and encountered the loss of the Goblet of Fire and the White Dragon incident.
It is precisely with the help of Terenie that we can turn the tide in Venice.
The only thing I wondered about is why she came to the United States and was still helping Babuling?
In fact, William understood the moment he saw Terenie.
It must have been Babuling who bypassed her and found her alone.
In the year when the Triumph Championship was held, Babuling specifically looked for William and wanted to leave Terenie.
It was just rejected by William.
Of course, Terenie is good at doing this. She was adopted by Martyr since she was a child and specially trained to assassinate wizards.
There is definitely no problem with ability.
But the more this happens, the less William wants her to get involved in these things again.
What Terenie likes is driving a gondola and sailing on the sea, rather than killing people.
Looking at William's complicated expression, Terenie chuckled:
"At that time, Babuling found me and asked me if I would like to come to the United States. She lacked one person to help.
I thought it was interesting, so I agreed, don't blame her."
Terenie stretched out her finger and picked her sideburn hair.
It's naturally a lie to be interesting, otherwise she wouldn't have defected to Martel back then.
It was only because Babuling told her that she could help William that she was willing to come here.
But there are some things that need not be said and cannot be said.
She deliberately changed the subject, stood beside William, reached out to compare her height, and smiled:
"William, you have grown a lot taller. I remember being one head taller than you that year."
Terenie's height is definitely a prominent figure among the witches.
It is not an exaggeration to call a pair of long legs against the will of heaven.
However, two years ago, William was only fifteen years old and had not fully developed, so it was normal that he was much shorter than Terenie.
After the three of them greeted each other for a while, Hermione asked the most critical question: "How should we enter the US Capitol building?"
"I have a way, don't worry." Terenie blinked playfully at her.
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The majestic U.S. Capitol is located at the eastern end of Washington National Mall, and is a towering highland.
At that time, Washington designer Pierre Longfang called the place "the base of the monument."
The Capitol covers an area of more than sixteen acres and contains 541 rooms in it.
The entire building is a three-story flat-topped building, with a towering dome in the center, which is also divided into three levels.
There is also a small round tower on the dome, and a bronze statue of the Statue of Liberty stands upright on the top of the tower.
She was wearing a feather crown on her head, holding a torch in her right hand, and holding a scripture in her left hand, looking at the place where the sun rose in the east forever.
Standing outside the Lincoln Memorial Hall and looking at this magnificent building, William felt very familiar.
Of course it looks familiar, because the shape of the US Congress was built in imitation of the Pantheon in Rome.
When he went to Venice that year, he traveled with Hermione and spent several unforgettable nights in Rome, and was no stranger to the Pantheon.
It would be fine if a building was similar, but if William continued to visit Washington, he would see more familiar things.
It's very simple. Many of the buildings in this city are copied from other countries.
For example, the city of Washington has its vertical, horizontal and oblique axes, although it gives images of democratic republics such as "separation of powers", it is slightly compared to the plane of the Palace of Versailles:
It's really a mystery.
This is also normal, after all, the designer Lang Fang is a Frenchman.
It is not difficult to imagine that the most beautiful new city in his mind is the magnified Palace of Versailles.
Lincoln Memorial Hall, a cottage version of the ancient Greek Parthenon.
There is also the Washington Monument, which imitates the obelisk of Egypt.
Even the name of the capital "Washington" was the founding fathers who originally wanted to name it "Rome".
They were even so crazy that they renamed a small broken canal leading to the Capitol Building "Tiber River".
Who are you insulting?!
The buildings in Washington are also decorated with legendary great gods and statues of goddesses - Zeus, Apollo, Minerva, Venus, the sun god, the god of vulva, and Jupiter.
But these gods are all the founding fathers of the United States.
Therefore, it is not without reason that the United States and Russia can't pee in the same pot.
Russia has always regarded itself as the Third Rome, the heir of Byzantine.
And the United States also has the saying of contemporary Rome.
The founding fathers of the country wanted to imitate Roman architecture one by one.
Just tell everyone clearly: I, the Roman heir, surrender!
Isn’t this a dispute over national destiny?
However, this kind of debate is really ridiculous. After all, the orthodox Romans are in Zhangjiakou.
It’s useless to be angry with Jingluo.
The three of them can still get close to the Lincoln Memorial Hall, but from here you can see tanks parked at the door.
Generally, when entering the Capitol, you need to go to the underground visitor center.
Yes, tourists can visit government agencies like the Capitol and the White House.
Some areas are open.
But at this time, the Muggle army had already been martial law. Whoever approached would be directly crushed by the tank car.
There must be many purges in the building. These wizards have sealed the entrance and cast anti-phantom manifestation spell.
Although you can get in, you will lose your secrets.
Tom probably wished the American Demons and France Association and sent Aurors to break through.
Other methods are required.
William and Hermione both looked at Terenie.
She has been here for several years and is more familiar with the geography than the two of them.
Terenie knew the secret passage, she smiled:
"We can enter from the Library of Congress, between these two buildings, with a connecting corridor."
The Library of Congress, as its name suggests, mainly serves Congress, and is located directly east of the Capitol, not far from Capitol Villa.
These seem to be two buildings, but in fact, few people know that the two sides are connected.
This passage is located under the Independence Avenue, secretly connecting the two building complexes.
But because it is too secret, it seems that no matter whether it is.R or the purgatory, they don’t know this.
At least there was no army surrounding it.
Under the leadership of Terenie, the three of them quietly moved towards the entrance of the Library of Congress.
The entrance is a copper door, which is closed at this time.
But for a wizard, it can be opened easily.
After the three of them entered the building, they were in the dim light at night, and the library hall was still shining brightly, showing the classical grandeur of the European court.
The ceilings up to seventy-five feet, the stained glass skylights, and the beams decorated with aluminum foil are complemented by the beams.
In that era, this was simply a nouveau riche decoration.
But one thing is true, the Library of Congress, as the largest library in the world...no one is.
It's really not a false reputation.
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Chapter completed!