"What did you say?" I couldn't believe my ears. Pangu Kaitian, an ancient artifact, how could this be possible?
“What he said is right.” Mai Lao sneered, “But it’s not completely correct. He’s Bi is indeed an ancient artifact, but its owner does not summon gods, but can summon divine weapons. When After the magic weapon arrives, the owner can rely on the power of the magic weapon to rule the entire China, or even the entire world.”
I was completely shocked by what Mr. Mai said, if what he said is true. of, So his ultimate goal is to rule the whole of China, and even the whole world. He wants to be the emperor, or even a more majestic figure than the emperor. This man's ambition is really terrible. From how he wants to get the Heshi Bi Judging from his state, this statement should not be a lie, and there is no need for him to tell such lies to deceive people. In addition to what Chang Shan said just now, it seems that He Shibi really has unpredictable abilities.
"Do you want to use the power of this magic weapon to rule China?" I asked tentatively.
"No, China is just a part. What I want is the whole world. With the power of the magic weapon, I will be invincible. No force can stop me, hahahaha." Mai Lao laughed wildly, as if the whole world It's all in the palm of his hand, and that laughter is contemptuous of everything in the world.
"Madman, you are simply a madman, and you still rule the world? You can't imagine it." I have to admit that Mai Lao's idea is too crazy. I couldn't accept it for a while. I never thought that he would be so big. Ambition, it seems that the eunuch is really perverted and twisted in his heart.
"Hahahaha..." Mai Lao raised his head and laughed, "Everyone longs for rights, what's wrong with me doing this? How can ordinary people like you understand this kind of thing. "
"It's really ridiculous. You are a eunuch. What will happen if you are given more power?" Jiao Ba supported the general with a look of contempt. Looking at Mr. Mai, "You are the only one who still wants to dominate the whole world. I think you are just being ridiculous. These hundreds of years have been wasted."
"Shut up, how dare you slander me." Mai. The old man immediately became angry, "I hate people calling me eunuch the most in my life. Believe it or not, I will kill you right now." He frowned, clenched his fists, and his murderous aura began to spread again.
Jiao Ba immediately didn't dare to say anything. After all, he was no match for Mai Lao. He looked at me and I winked at him to shut up, "Mai Lao, I still I'm willing to call you that." I quickly put on a hypocritical smile, "After all, we are life-and-death friends, you won't want to kill us, right?" I have to stabilize him first, I'm really afraid that this damn eunuch will kill him when he gets angry. We were slaughtered.
"Don't worry, I said, as long as you return He's Bi to me, I will definitely not kill you. You can still take the treasure away. Isn't that great?" Mai Lao stretched out his hand and looked at me with a smile.
In the past, his smile would have made me feel at ease, but now, the more I look at his smile, the more frightened I feel. It is clearly a sinister smile, just like those old eunuchs in the palace, which makes me feel more at ease. He looked disgusting and angry. I really hated his face more and more, and I wanted to go up and slap him in the mouth.
But I couldn't show it completely. I put away my smile and asked seriously, "I can give you He's Bi, but... you have to tell me everything. I want to know everything." The truth."
"Don't you know everything? What else do you have to ask?" Mr. Mai seemed a little impatient. His eyes were as deep as the abyss, making people afraid to look directly.
I subconsciously moved next to Changshan, but I didn’t get too close, just behind him. I had to keep a certain distance. I was afraid that Changshan would suddenly come over and steal what I had in my hand. , if he destroys this Heshibi now, Mr. Mai will go crazy. Once he goes crazy, all of us will have to play.
"Let me ask you, are you the one who mailed the nautical charts to Jenny?" I asked suddenly, no need to beat around the bush now.
As soon as Jenny heard my question, she immediately took two steps forward, and her face looked a little nervous. Mr. Mai turned around to look at her, and then back to stare at me, "Jin Zhongyi, it seems... you You seem to be interested in all this?"
I said coldly, "I'm not interested, but I want to know the truth of everything."
Mr. Mai chuckled. subsequently His expression changed, "Okay, then let me tell you, you guessed it right, that person is me."
It turned out to be him. I was not that surprised. I had suspected that he was the one behind it before. The mysterious man, now that he admits it personally, has saved a lot of trouble. It seems that the whole thing was planned many years ago. Everything is within his plan, but when did this plan start?
"So you are the Chinese who went to sea with my father? The Chinese who disappeared in the end?" Jenny was a little excited, and her voice became much louder.
"That's right, it's me. I'm the 23rd person on that fishing boat. I took the group photo of the crew." Mr. Mai nodded and said with wandering eyes.
"It's you. It's really you." Jenny's face turned ugly, and she looked very sad, "I didn't believe it when Zhongyi doubted you. I even defended you. I What an idiot. So you did all this? Fortunately, I always thought you were a reliable person and I would listen to you in everything. I didn’t expect you to be the culprit.” She was so angry that she was a little crazy, and her eyes were full of murderous intent. If Li Xin hadn’t been holding her back all the time. , I'm afraid she will rush forward and fight Mai Lao to the death.
"You don't have to look at me like that. I didn't do your father's death. It was the evil spirits in the ice city who killed him. So if you want to hate, just hate them." He said lightly. He said without a trace of guilt.
Jenny was so angry that she was trembling all over. I could feel that her heart must be full of hatred now. Unfortunately, she still had no way to deal with Mr. Mai. I really don’t know if she can avenge this revenge. Mai Lao's strength is too strong. We can't conflict with him head-on. Let alone killing him now, it's a problem to escape unscathed, so we have to outsmart him. But this old guy is too cunning, so I'm afraid he won't be able to do that. easy.
"What is all this going on? Mr. Mai, you should have told us the truth by now, right? After all, we have been with you all the way through life and death. Those companions who died did not even leave their names. They were all gone until they died. I won’t rest in peace.” I put on a pleading tone and started an emotional battle.
Mai Lao stared at me, then he turned sideways and suddenly closed his eyes. He took a deep breath, as if remembering, and said quietly, "In this case... there is nothing to hide. Yes, everything All love can be traced back to 1398."
In 1398, the emperor's grandson Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne, succeeded Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and became the second generation emperor of the Ming Dynasty. His reign was Jianwen, and he was known as Emperor Jianwen in history. After Emperor Jianwen ascended the throne, in order to prevent the expansion of the vassal kings' strength, he began a series of measures to reduce the vassal vassals. He successively eliminated all the less powerful vassal kings.
At the same time, the troops deployed around Peiping and in the city were also deployed, and in the name of border defense, the elite guards of Zhu Di, the fourth son of Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty and King of Yan, were mobilized to guard outside the fortress, preparing to eliminate King Yan. .
The King of Yan, Zhu Di, was in Peiping. Unwilling to be cut off from his vassal by Emperor Jianwen, he began to rebel in 1399, and then sent his troops all the way south. It was known as the Battle of Jingnan in history. The war lasted for four years. In 1402, Zhu Di captured Emperor Yingtian , which is now Nanjing City, the whereabouts of Emperor Jianwen during the war are unknown, and the Heshi Bi in his hand also disappeared. Some said that he died by self-immolation in the palace, while others said that he escaped through the tunnel and fled overseas, but No one knows where Emperor Jianwen went at that time.
In the same year, Zhu Di ascended the throne and was known as Ming Chengzu in history. In the second year, the reign name was changed to Yongle. After Yongle ascended the throne, he had always felt uneasy about the disappearance of Emperor Jianwen. He even had nightmares every night and woke up in the middle of the night. In order to find Emperor Jianwen and consolidate his imperial power, he decided to send people to search overseas.
In the third year of Yongle, Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, issued an edict, ordering Zheng He to organize a fleet to sail to the Western Ocean and lead the fleet to set sail from Longjiang Port in Nanjing. Many people thought that this was a show of force and national prestige. Others thought that this was a show of force and national prestige. It was for tribute trade and to strengthen economic exchanges with other countries, but only Zheng He knew that this was just an excuse. The real reason for going to sea this time was to find Zhu Yunwen, the Emperor Jianwen who disappeared a few years ago.
There are two most important people around Zheng He. One is Mai Lao, and the other is a Taoist priest. Mai Lao is Liu Qian, and the Taoist priest is the old man on the ghost island. Both of them are Zheng He's confidants naturally went to sea with him.
But things did not go smoothly. There were no clues for the first time he went to sea. Emperor Jianwen seemed to have disappeared from the world and could not be found at all. The same was true for the next three times he went to sea. There were no clues. For Zheng He It is said that it is more difficult to find a person on the sea than to reach the sky.
It was not until the fifteenth year of Yongle, when Zheng He went to sea for the fifth time, that the whereabouts of Emperor Jianwen were found. At that time, the fleet encountered a storm midway, and Zheng He's main ship lost contact with other fleets. , drifted to an unknown island, and it was on this island that they found the long-lost Emperor Jianwen.
The island at that time was the island we are on now. However, the island at that time was not so desolate, nor was it beautiful. It was just a very ordinary desert island.
Now that Zheng He has found him, there will naturally be no less war. However, Emperor Jianwen’s troops were not very strong. Some of the soldiers he took away were dead and injured. There was not much left, and only the big general was still guarding him. Both Mai Lao and the Taoist priest are masters in the world, especially Mai Lao. Even though he is a eunuch, he is the most powerful person in martial arts. This is why Zheng He keeps him by his side. reason.