"Shut up, we'll talk about your business later." I knew the seriousness and couldn't point the finger at Jiao Ba now, so I quickly asked Mr. Mai, "That night, was it you who left me the note on the bedside?" I remember clearly.
, the night I found the jade pendant, I found a note on the bedside.
Mai Lao smiled and said, "Yes, it's exactly what I left behind. I feel safe keeping it with you. I just wanted to remind you."
"What about the second note?" Jiao Ba later found another note, but the handwriting was different, as if it was deliberately imitated.
"You shouldn't ask me this, you should ask him." Mai Lao's eyes were on Jiao Ba again.
I was suddenly shocked, things actually came back again, this damn Jiao Ba, what else has he done, "No need to ask, you are directing a play by yourself again." I looked at him helplessly, this grandson.
He is really good at pretending, and he also deliberately pushes things to Shunzi. If he didn't put the overall situation first, I really want to kick him to death.
The muscles on Jiao Ba's face were almost twitching together. He probably never dreamed that everything he had done would be discovered by someone. It was like it was under Mai Lao's eyelids. Every move he made,
Even every thought, Mai Lao seemed to know very well, but for such a long time, Mai Lao never mentioned it to anyone, nor did he feel sorry for him.
"I admit defeat this time, my sworn brother Jenny. I will give you an explanation for my affairs in the future." Jiao Ba had a grimace on his face, obviously losing confidence.
I didn’t want to continue with his questions. I turned around and looked at Mr. Mai, “What about the back? What happened again?”
As a result, Mr. Mai asked me, "After the demise of the Ming Dynasty, wouldn't it be your Manchu world?"
"We are full of people?" I replied casually, but immediately felt something was wrong, "What do you mean?"
Mai Lao smiled sinisterly, "Jin Zhongyi, I know you very well. Your surname is Aixinjueluo, and you are a descendant of the Manchu royal family. Am I right?"
I was really shocked. Not even Jiao Ba, not even Shunzi knew about this matter. I had never mentioned it to anyone, and over the years, I had almost forgotten my identity. After all, these
Everything is history, there is no need to look back.
"This thing is really new." Chang Shan said nonchalantly from the side.
Jenny, Li Xin and the big man also looked surprised. Maybe no one would have thought that I, a poor commoner, would be a descendant of Wan Qing's royal family. "How did you know? Have you investigated me?" This old man
This guy seems to know every one of us very well.
"Hahahaha..." Mai Lao laughed, "I know the identities of all of you, but... except him." His last gaze was on Chang Shan. This man was indeed a mystery.
Even Mai Lao can't find out, which is really not to be underestimated, but which side is he on? Or... he is not on either side.
Chang Shan still had a cold expression, without any fluctuation. Mr. Mai turned his head and looked at me, "Actually, many years ago, your ancestors and I had a chance encounter..."
After Li Zicheng proclaimed himself emperor, Wu Sangui surrendered to the Qing army, joined forces with the Qing army, defeated Li Zicheng in the battle of Shanhaiguan, and led the Qing army to successfully enter the pass. From then on, the Qing Dynasty began to rule the Central Plains for nearly three hundred years.
After the Qing Dynasty ruled the Central Plains, Mai Lao no longer lived in seclusion and began to live like ordinary people, but he was not an ordinary person after all. How could an immortal monster be willing to live in such obscurity all his life? Moreover, he
He has never forgotten to find the Heshi Bi, this is his ultimate goal.
Although Mr. Mai no longer has to hide in Tibet, he will not stay in one place for too long. Generally, he will change places every twenty or thirty years. Although the ancient emperors had feudal authoritarianism, the management system was not very strict.
It is strictly prohibited. Many small towns are relatively backward. Mai Lao will travel through these small towns and no one will notice him at all. Who would have thought that he would be an immortal monster?
No matter when, if you want to live, you must need money, and Mr. Mai is no exception. A person who has lived for hundreds of years will naturally know more than ordinary people. By the time of Qianlong, Mr. Mai was already
He is a wealthy businessman. He is well-known throughout the Jiangnan region. He has deep friendships with many dignitaries. He has hundreds of servants at home. Even the local prefect has
Look at his face.
Qianlong visited the south of the Yangtze River six times, three of which were accompanied by Mai Lao. During these three times, every time Qianlong came, Mai Lao would spend a lot of money. The level of luxury was unimaginable. Because of this, Mai Lao would see Qianlong. But
At that time, Mai Lao had already changed his appearance and no longer looked the same as he did a hundred years ago.
In his own words, he didn’t want to have anything to do with the emperor. Accompanying the emperor is like accompanying a tiger. He knew this very well. If he did something slightly wrong, he would easily offend the emperor. Although he was not afraid of anything, he still had to be careful.
It was for the best, but there was nothing that could be done about it. Every time Qianlong came to Jiangnan, local officials would look for Mr. Mai because he was rich. Who else would they look for if not him? So he had to bite the bullet and do it.
But Mr. Mai is an immortal after all, so he has to fake his death, otherwise it will easily arouse suspicion. Before he faked his death, he transferred all his property, leaving only an empty shelf. He has no children.
Wu Nu, after he faked his death, the mansion was closed, and the wealthy businessman seemed to disappear overnight, leaving nothing behind.
In fact, Mai Lao had already left for a long time. From that day on, he had been asking about the descendants of the Zheng He family, because only the descendants of Zheng He had that navigation chart. Even if it was stolen, he had to get it.
He got that nautical chart, but unfortunately the information at that time was lagging behind. It was not easy to find someone in the vast sea of people. Until the Guangxu period in the late Qing Dynasty, he could not find Zheng He's descendants.
people.
But at the same time, he had a bold idea. When Zheng He buried the queen and maids at sea, he was present. He watched the two ships sink to the bottom of the sea with his own eyes. According to his memory, he thought he could find these two ships.
There was a sunken ship, so he immediately decided to organize people to go to sea to find the sunken ship.
Mr. Mai has plenty of money, and a brave man must be rewarded. During the Guangxu period, due to the serious corruption of officials and the extreme luxury of the Empress Dowager Cixi, the people were in dire straits and were completely in dire straits. People died of starvation almost every day.
It is easy for Mr. Mai to find people to go to sea. As long as he has money, anything can be done easily.
He bought a big ship and set off with a group of people. However, he sailed on the sea for more than half a month and could not find any clues about the sunken ship. After all, the technology at that time was limited and there was no any clue.
Diving equipment is all about drifting with the waves on the sea.
But maybe he was lucky, and he found a sunken ship in the end, which was the Ming Dynasty shipwreck where two palace ladies were buried. But there was no diving device at that time, so if he wanted to go into the sea, he could only rely on a reed pole.
With one breath, Mai Lao is an immortal person, so he can naturally do it, but others can't.
When he led some people into the sea, these people were already dead on the bottom of the sea before returning to the sea. Although Mai Lao was tough, he could not breathe underwater. The sunken ships in the Ming Dynasty had barriers, and he
The first time I went into the sea, I immediately returned after breaking the barrier.
It was not until the second time that he reluctantly entered the forbidden area of the sunken ship. He used strong force to transport a coffin from the sunken ship, and then trapped it with a rope. The people on the ship were following the rope.
Pull the coffin up little by little.
The coffin was finally completely transported to his ship by Mai Lao. For the people of the Qing Dynasty at that time, salvaging the coffin underwater was something they could not even think about, but everything Mai Lao did was beyond imagination.
They were so impressed that they all thought Mr. Mai was a capable person, but no one knew what his plans were.
But just when Mai Lao was about to take people into the sea again to bring up another coffin, the sea began to roar. The climate at sea is changeable. It might have been calm a quarter of an hour ago, but a quarter of an hour later, there might be strong winds.
rainstorm.
Unfortunately, Mai Lao and the others encountered a storm. This kind of wooden ship could not withstand the attack of the storm at all. After a few huge waves came down, the ship was mercilessly sunk, and the sea area where they sank was near the Ming Dynasty shipwreck.
, everyone on the ship, except Mai Lao, all died in this shipwreck.
At that time, he was holding a piece of wood and relying on his strong strength to barely survive the storm. In the end, he drifted at sea for two more days before being rescued by several fishermen who went fishing. This is what we were doing at that time.
The first sunken ship we found was from the Guangxu period in the late Qing Dynasty. No wonder there were female corpses from the Ming Dynasty inside. No wonder Mai Lao found the sunken ship at the first time. All of this has a root cause, but it’s just us, who can?
Thought of it.
But he was not reconciled. After returning to the Central Plains, he organized ships to go to sea again. Unfortunately, his luck was not that good. No matter how he searched on the sea, he could no longer find the Ming Dynasty sunken ship. He
He went to sea several times in succession, but still found nothing. At this time, he clearly realized that he had to find a nautical chart, otherwise he would not be able to find the sunken ship in the vast sea.
Since Zheng He's descendants could not be found, he could only get the navigation chart from Zheng He's tomb. He knew nothing about that mysterious island, so he paid a lot of money to bribe a man.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the naval generals prepared to storm the island and open Zheng He's tomb.
Under the guidance of Mai Lao, this general led several fleets of sailors towards the mysterious island. When they landed on the island, they discovered that it turned out to be so beautiful. At that moment, these Qing soldiers were attracted by this island.