This is the only thing I can think of. I am also taking a gamble. No one knows whether Zheng He was dead or alive at that time. No one knows where his body is buried, but he has a soft spot for this island, plus Jiao Ba As I said, this is the location of the real tomb. Combined with the stone murals I saw in the upper two floors of the underground palace, as well as the stone statues of Ming Dynasty generals, I have to be suspicious.
When I finished saying this, the old man turned around fiercely and looked at me with a look that was almost murderous. His look really scared me. This old guy’s face was simply You can't look at it. The more you look at it, the more cautious you become. "Young man, the less you know about some things, the better. Don't ask any more."
Don't ask? Since you have said so much, why don't I ask? From your expression and attitude, I can almost analyze that the person buried in this main tomb might really be Zheng He.
"Okay, I won't ask about this, but there is one more thing I have to ask you. What about the people in the other painting? Where is the eunuch named Liu Qian? ?" I deliberately didn't ask where the body was. I asked where he was. The meaning was obvious. I suspected that this person was not dead at all.
But when I asked this question, I saw with my own eyes that the old man's body trembled and his expression changed instantly. He seemed to have some concerns about this person, I don't know if it was fear or something.
"This person has disappeared." After waiting for half a minute, he actually said this.
"Disappeared? How could this big living person disappear for no reason? Who is this Liu Qian? Can you tell me?" I asked in a low voice, hoping to get it from his mouth. some information.
The old man slowly turned his back and said in a hoarse voice, "Liu Qian. He was my lord's confidant eunuch at that time."
Listen to the old man, when he was still there, Before he followed Zheng He, Liu Qian was already by Zheng He's side. Later, after he followed Zheng He, the two of them became Zheng He's right-hand men, which was very important to the fleet that went to sea at that time. Entitled.
Zheng He would ask the two of them to complete many things. When he first came to this island, Liu Qian was sent here by Zheng He to be responsible for managing the residents living on the island, but According to him, Liu Qian was too selfish and ambitious, and he was not willing to live on such a small island.
So whenever Zheng He came to the island, he would ask to go back with Zheng He, but Zheng He never agreed. In order to appease Liu Qian, Zheng He also asked Taoist priests to stay on the island, saying that he wanted to appease him. , in fact, the Taoist priest was asked to monitor Liu Qian, or in other words, the two of them were asked to monitor each other.
Zheng He later discovered Liu Qian’s ambition and believed that this person could not return to the Central Plains. Once he returned to the Central Plains, he would leak all important secrets. As for what the secret was, The old man didn't say anything, but I thought it must be something big, it must be a big secret.
The eunuch named Liu Qian probably knew the secret. Zheng He probably wanted to keep this secret, so he trapped him on this small island, surrounded by the vast sea. Without boats, people can't escape.
To put it nicely, this is a paradise. To put it harshly, it is no different from a prison. It is an isolated place that prevents you from having any contact with the outside world.
On the first day Liu Qian started living on this island, he was building a mausoleum for himself. This was the first underground palace that Jenny and I discovered. Later, not long after Zheng He passed away, Liu Qian also died suddenly.
The Ming Dynasty people living on the island at that time buried Liu Qian's body in the previously built underground palace. Everything seemed calm and without any problems.
It wasn’t until the Taoist priest faked his death that the problem arose. The Taoist priest could live forever, but he couldn’t let the residents of the island know his secret, so he faked his death once. At that time, his underground palace also It was built right next to the Liu Qian Underground Palace, which was the second underground palace that Jenny and I saw.
After burying him in the underground palace, the Taoist priest planned to live in seclusion in the mountains. Maybe even he himself didn’t know why he went to Liu Qian’s underground palace to check the coffin, just when he was checking Liu Qian’s coffin. When they were picking up the coffin, they discovered that there was no body at all in Liu Qian's coffin, and there was nothing except a piece of clothing.
As for whether Liu Qian was dead or alive, he didn’t know. The body just disappeared out of thin air, so Jenny and I saw two empty coffins.
As for when the body disappeared, he didn't know. When the old man faked his death, Liu Qian had been buried for more than ten years, so there was no way to find out.
At that time, he searched almost the entire island, but could not find Liu Qian's body. It was really hard to understand that the body of a dead person disappeared for no reason more than ten years after being buried. ah.
After I listened to what the old man said, my first thought was that the eunuch named Liu Qian was probably not dead at the time. Since this old man could think of a way to fake death, why did Liu Qian Can't it? Since he is ambitious, he will leave no stone unturned.
If Liu Qian really faked his death at that time, then the problem would be big. Why did he fake his death? What is his purpose?
But if he didn't fake his death, then where was his body? How could a dead person jump out of a coffin? Even if it was a corpse transformation, the body would not be found.
This thing is really weird. As for whether he is dead or alive now, it is even harder to say. There must be some ulterior secret hidden behind a disappeared corpse. I don’t know. Will the secret be related to this trip to sea?
"Have you never seen him since he disappeared?"
What he said should be true, but the old man must have concealed some important information. The reason why Liu Qian was able to disappear out of thin air , it should be inseparable from what he concealed.
The old man looked at me and whispered, "He disappeared, just disappeared. Where will I see him again, but..."
"But what?" I asked quickly. , Why is this old guy so hesitant in speaking?
“When the Qing soldiers came to the island, I was very suspicious. This island is so hidden that even if you want to look for it, you may not be able to find it. At that time, except for my family, almost no one could find it. The sudden arrival of the Qing soldiers made me really confused. "The old man touched his beard again, and I felt uncomfortable all over when I saw his fingernails.
"It's not that you can't figure it out, you don't dare to think about it. You suspect that someone took them to the island, and this person should be the missing Liu Qian. He is your family's confidant and lives on this island. After many years, I couldn’t be more familiar with this place.” Jenny suddenly interjected next to me, but what she said was right, and I thought so too.
The old man looked at Jenny and smiled, "Little girl, are you very smart? I have indeed thought so, but it is a pity that I have not seen him again for so many years. Is he alive or dead? I don’t know, so I dare not jump to conclusions.”
I sneered and asked, "Since you can live forever, have you ever thought that Liu Qian might also live forever?"
"No way, without ginseng fruit, he wouldn't be able to live forever." Maybe he will live forever." The old man raised his hand and rejected me immediately.
"How do you know that he doesn't know where the ginseng fruit is? We all know it, let alone a ruler who has lived on the island for many years?" I asked him again. The old man must have missed something. information.
After listening to what I said, the old man's face became more and more ugly, and his hands seemed to be trembling. He seemed to be talking to himself, "Could it be that... is he really still alive?"
< br>"Maybe, he may be for something important, or what is the purpose of his life to find?" I tried to trick him and see if it would work.
As soon as I said this, the old man’s expression became even uglier, “If this person is still alive in the world, the world will be in chaos.”
“Old man, this is the end of the world. What should I say? "I don't dare to be presumptuous, and there will be no good consequences if I make him angry.
The old man said with a bitter look on his face, "Liu Qian is too ambitious. If his ambition hadn't been discovered by you, you wouldn't have left him on this island. It's my fault that I was careless. If I had burned his body, so many things wouldn't have happened. If he really hadn't died, the secrets that my lord has painstakingly hidden for hundreds of years would have been destroyed in one day. Ah.”
A secret hidden for hundreds of years? I knew that there must be something going on here, or something big. "What kind of secret is it?"
The old man suddenly realized that he had lied. He smiled deliberately and said, "It's nothing, it's just This island is just a secret, haha, but as long as I am still here, no one will be allowed to step foot here. Young man, just If you want to leave here now, I will never kill you.”
I absolutely don’t believe that the secrets Zheng He has hidden for hundreds of years are from this ghost island, but it must be somewhat related to this island. I also knew very well that this old man would definitely not say anything. He was reminding me to get out of here quickly, otherwise my life would be in danger.
I nodded and said, "Okay, after asking this question, let's leave. You just told me to prevent me from being used by traitors. What do you mean by this?"
< br>This old man stared at me with a pair of dead fish eyes for a long time, which made me feel uncomfortable all over. Now, "Why are you looking at me like that?" "The reason why I just said that is because it is not an accident that you landed on this island. Someone must have deliberately led the way to bring you there. Here it comes." The old man spoke slowly and his hoarse voice made his ears hurt.