Jenny shook her head and said, "I don't know who that person is. It was mailed to me. The address was in China. I signed for it in person at the time, so the memory is very deep. The sender did not leave any contact information, only Beijing and China."
A simple address, name and phone number were not left."
"I was also very puzzled at the time. I grew up in the United States and didn't have any friends in China. But when I opened it, I realized that it was a nautical chart, but I didn't know that it was left by my ancestors, because in China
When my father went to sea, I was still very young and had never seen the complete nautical chart. This is what my mother told me later. This was the nautical chart that my father took away before, but only half of it was left.
No one knows where the other half is."
"The person who mailed you the nautical chart is so important. If you knew who he was, things would be much simpler. Who could he be?" My mind was spinning crazily. The person who mailed the nautical chart to Jenny, and who he was.
What's the purpose? It's half a nautical chart that was mailed, so where is the other half? Did it disappear with her father, or was it left behind by this mysterious man?
"I also really want to know who he is. I always feel that he mailed me this half of the nautical chart for a purpose. Since he knows the existence of the nautical chart, he should have gone to sea with my father. Oh my god.
"Hey, Zhongyi, could he be the Chinese man who disappeared? That Chinese man who is not even in the photo." Jenny suddenly said with wide eyes, obviously she had just figured it out.
Jenny's words suddenly made me realize that she was right. The man who mailed her the nautical chart must have gone to sea with his father. Otherwise, how could he know such important information?
Furthermore, there were a total of twenty-three crew members who went to sea at that time, including twelve Americans, eight Mexicans, and three Chinese. There were twenty-two people in the photo, but the last one was missing.
By one person, it stands to reason that all twenty-two corpses have been found. The two Chinese male corpses in the coffins were a little doubtful before, but now that Jenny said this, it is completely certain.
This twenty-third person, that is, the missing Chinese, is probably the key to the matter. From this, it can also be inferred that this person is not dead. It must be the half of the navigation chart he mailed to Jenny. This person is quite
It's dangerous. Not only did he leave no clues, he didn't even have a photo.
If it weren't for the captain's diary, we wouldn't even know of his existence. So who is this person? What is his purpose? Why can he leave the Ice City alive, as well as Jenny's father and the whole world?
Is the death of the boatman related to him? All this is a mystery.
But I personally feel that there is absolutely no way to escape the connection. We have to find a way to dig out this person. I always feel that there is a huge conspiracy here. If Jenny is not lying, then she has also been calculated into it.
, the person who mailed him the nautical charts definitely had a big conspiracy behind him.
"Zhongyi, why are you so stunned? I'm talking to you?" Jenny touched me.
I came back to my senses and said, "Yes, you are right, it is very likely that he is the Chinese man who disappeared. This is all too weird. He deliberately hid himself. We have to find a way to dig him out."
You have to come out, this person is very important."
"Where should I look? There are no clues at all, so I plan to go back. Since my father is dead, there is no need for me to go to sea." Jenny sighed and said a little sadly.
I said firmly, "You have to stay. Things are not that simple. Now let's think about things in a reasoning way. There are probably two nautical charts. Your father has one in his hand. Zheng He
There is one in Zheng He's tomb, so it makes more sense. Otherwise, there is no way to explain this. But what I don't understand is that there is only the second half of Zheng He's coffin, so where did the first half go?
"If there are really two complete nautical charts, one is in my father's hands, and the other one must still be in Zheng He's tomb, but we didn't find it. It is very likely that he divided one into two parts.
Second, we only found the second half of the picture. The first half was probably placed somewhere else, so it should be like this." Jenny was not sure, everything was just inference, but things finally became clearer, but it was a pity that it was too bright.
Very few, and no very useful clues can be found.
I could have discussed it with Jiao Ba, but I promised Jenny not to tell anyone, so I can only figure out a way on this matter by myself, but my own strength is too limited.
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"Okay, let's go on as you said. Then the person who mailed you the nautical chart, why did he only mail half of it? Could it be that... your father's nautical chart was also split into two? Or...
Something else happened along the way, which eventually caused this nautical chart to be split into two?" I still feel that it is right, it seems that there are some key issues missing.
"That's all it can be. It can't be fake, right?"
Jenny's words suddenly reminded me of a very important thing. I said it didn't feel right. I forgot about it. "Jenny, are you sure this nautical chart is real?"
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"I asked someone to check it. It's a hand-drawn navigation map from the Ming Dynasty. It's unmistakable." Jenny said with certainty.
But what I thought of was what Jiao Ba had said to me before. He told me that this nautical chart was a fake. We had compared it at that time and found that it was indeed different from the nautical chart found in Zheng He's coffin.
Whether it's leather or lines, especially when viewed from different angles under the sun, the black lines on Zheng He's half of the nautical chart will turn red.
As for the first half of Jenny's nautical chart, the original color remains unchanged. It is basically the work of two people. There are also subtle differences in the painting techniques. If you are not a professional, you can't tell the difference at all. If it weren't for Jiao Ba, I wouldn't know at all.
Although this was all done by people of the Ming Dynasty, the authenticity can still be distinguished.
"You are wrong. The half of the navigation chart in your hand is fake." I said calmly.
"What did you say? It's fake? How is it possible? I...I asked someone to check it. It was indeed made by someone from the Ming Dynasty." Jenny still didn't quite believe what I said.
"I know, but that's also a lie. I gave you the navigation chart last time. It should still be with you, right? Just take it out and take a look." Since she doesn't believe it, I have to tell him the truth.
Just fine.
"Here it is, I'll take it out now."
Sure enough, Jenny carried the navigation chart with her. After she took it out, I put it on the ground according to Jiao Ba's previous method, and then asked her to squat on the ground at a 45-degree angle toward the sun and then observed it again. Waiting for Jenny to squat down
After getting off, her expression changed immediately, and she was stunned for a long time without saying a word.
"How's it going? Do you believe it now? If the nautical chart in your hand is real, it should also have changed like this. Unfortunately...it has not changed at all, and if you look closely, the leather of the two nautical charts
It's slightly different from that of a painter." I knelt down and looked at her and asked.
Jenny's eyes widened and she looked back and forth. After a few minutes, she turned to look at me and said, "What? How could it be like this? If you look carefully, it's really different, especially the painting. It's not the work of one person at all. Zhongyi,
How did you know?"
"Me? Of course I don't have that second thought. It was Jiao Ba who told me. The second day after boarding the ship, Jiao Ba told me. But since arriving in Ice City, I have forgotten about it.
, I just remembered what you said just now." To tell the truth, without Jiao Ba, I would never have known.
"Jiao Ba is really amazing. He can see through such small differences, but... have you ever thought that if there are two navigation charts, it is possible that they were drawn by two people?"
"That's true, but under normal circumstances, it shouldn't happen. The fewer people know about such a confidential matter, the better. There is no reason for two people to draw a navigation chart. Moreover, the secret hidden behind this navigation chart,
It's not what you and I can imagine." I remembered what the old man on the island said, this is a century-old secret.
"That's right, if it were me, I wouldn't do it either," Jenny nodded and said.
"Haha, now you know, there is something in it. The person who mailed you the nautical chart, maybe... maybe this was hand-drawn by him." I boldly imagined it, but it really does exist.
This is possible.
"No way? This was painted by someone from the Ming Dynasty." Jenny looked unbelieving.
But his words reminded me again, "People from the Ming Dynasty? Yes, people from the Ming Dynasty. The old man on the island can live to this day, but what about others? Especially the missing eunuch, is he dead or not?"
Life, no one knows.”
Jiao Ba and I didn't analyze this issue at that time. We just thought about whether there was any relationship between the cat-eye black man and the eunuch named Liu Qian. Now that there is such a mysterious Ming Dynasty person, how about combining the three of them together?
If I analyze it, things seem a bit subtle. It seems that I can always connect them, but I can't explain why. What is the relationship between these three mysterious people?
"God, if that's true, then I've been caught in it too. This is probably a big trap." Jenny slapped her forehead and said worriedly.
"Why do you say that?" I looked at her and asked.
Jenny's expression was extremely bad. After she calmed down for a moment, she said, "I...after I received this navigation chart, in order to find out about my father, I went online and typed the email address of the person who sent the email. I didn't expect it.
Yes...it's actually not a residential area, but...Beijing x University."
"What did you say? Beijing x University?" Why is this thing getting weirder and weirder.
Jenny nodded and said, "Yes, I verified it. It was already true many years ago. Later, in order to find this person, I returned to China alone and went to Beijing X University to study. I stayed there for several years.