"Are these people the Ming Dynasty people who were dug up from the graveyard and buried at the foot of the mountain after we arrived on the island?" I couldn't hold back and interrupted Mai Lao's words.
He squinted his eyes and looked at me, "Yes, it is these people."
"Then what happened? That made them all die? And those Qing soldiers, What's going on?" I asked again.
Mai Lao pondered for a moment, "Everything started when Zheng He returned to the island for the second time."
From that day on, these people who stayed on the island became After becoming residents here, Zheng He left Mai Lao and the Taoist priest here in order to manage these people. He said that he wanted them to take care of these people. In fact, he was afraid that they would leak the news, but the people he wanted to guard against the most were still Mai Lao.
The purpose of letting the Taoist priests stay here is to restrain Mai Lao. Everyone can understand that this is an absolute house arrest, and it can even be said to be a kind of torture. Mai Lao and the Taoist priests will never be able to leave this island. From that day on, Mr. Mai hated Zheng He so much that he swore that he would leave this ghost place one day.
Mai Lao and the Taoist priest lived on the island for several years. During these few years, Mai Lao discovered an unknown secret, that is, the ginseng fruit that can lead to immortality. In fact, he was the first to find it. The person who bought the ginseng fruit was Mai Lao, but he was very scheming at the time and didn't mention it to anyone. Instead, he secretly ate these magical fruits. But he didn't know at the time that this thing could lead to immortality. It was just Eat it as a kind of mountain fruit.
It didn’t take long for the Taoist priest to find this fruit. Mai Lao overheard it from his mouth. Only then did he learn that this thing has such a miraculous effect and can actually make people live forever. Immortal, from that day on, he insisted on eating ginseng fruit every day, and came to explore the mystery of this immortal person, so as to practice his own skills.
As for the Taoist priest, he had no idea that Mai Lao knew all this better than he did. He always thought that he was the only one who knew the secret of the ginseng fruit on the island, but he underestimated Mai Lao's strength. Since arriving on the island, Mai Lao looks crazy and depressed on the surface, but in his heart he is calmer than anyone else. He is waiting, waiting for the best time to leave this island.
How many days? Year Later, Zheng He landed on the island for the second time. This was his sixth time to go to sea. At this time, the island was already very suitable for people to live. After several years of construction, the residents of the island have fallen in love with it. They I really like to live a carefree life here, and some residents have their own children. It seems that this island is another country. There is no money and rights here. Everyone is equal and full of happiness and peace. serene.
Zheng He saw that they were living so comfortably, and he felt somewhat more magnanimous. After all, he had forced these people to stay. He was originally worried that they would die here, but now they are better. They are living better than the people on the mainland. Be happy.
This time Zheng He came to the island because he had important matters to discuss with the Taoist priest. That night, Zheng He dismissed Mr. Mai and went into the house with the Taoist priest to discuss the matter. But how could Mr. Mai Being so calm and at his mercy, he turned in a circle and lurked back secretly. Although there were people watching around, it still did not affect Mai Lao's hearing. He found that since eating the ginseng fruit, he seemed to have a soft ear. Others' voices can be heard dozens of meters away.
"What did you say? You can hear someone talking dozens of meters away?" My expression suddenly changed and turned ugly, "Then let's talk about our previous conversation on the boat"
"I know everything. I heard every word you and Jiao Ba said clearly. Chu, as long as I want to hear it, I will definitely be able to hear it, so every move you make is within my control." Mr. Mai said with a proud smile. The way he looked at me was as if you were just kidding. These are all childish tricks. Don't play them in front of me. They look completely mocking.
Jiao Ba and I looked at each other. There was almost sweat on our foreheads. No wonder this old guy knew everything. He could hear our conversation about feelings. Now I was a little confused. , this damn monster, how capable is he? This immortal person is really scary.
"So what happened next?" I stabilized my nervousness and managed to calm myself down.
Mai Lao took two steps forward, turned his back to us and said, "Later, I heard the most important secret."
That night, Zheng He met the Taoist priest for two reasons. The first thing he planned to do was to build a mausoleum of his own here, because he knew at that time that Zhu Di's health was getting worse day by day, and there was no hope for him. He has been alive for a few years, and he plans to bury himself here after Zhu Di dies, not only because he likes this island, but most importantly, no one can find him after he buries himself here. Since ancient times, tomb robberies have been rampant. In order to prevent his tomb from being stolen, this island is his best choice. At the same time, he can also protect his secrets.
This secret is about Emperor Jianwen. That night, he and the Taoist priest drew two nautical charts with their own hands, one for Zheng He's descendants, and the other for burial. In his own tomb, Zheng He wanted his descendants to come His idea of finding this heirloom treasure and his clan's jade was very simple. Instead of letting this treasure disappear, it would be better to leave it to future generations to explore. Regardless of whether he can find it in the end, he must leave something valuable to his descendants. , and this nautical chart couldn’t be better.
At that time, Mai Lao heard all this from outside, and the ambition hidden in his heart sprouted again. He was determined to get the He's Bi and unlock the secret of the He's Bi. He wanted to summon the magic weapon. Coming to unify the earth does not seem to be difficult for this immortal man. After all, his time is unlimited.
After Zheng He left, the residents of the island began to build a mausoleum for Zheng He. This construction took nearly ten years. It was not until Zheng He went to sea for the last time that his mausoleum was completely completed. Emperor Yongle had been sleeping for many years. Well, the emperor at that time was Xuande. After Zheng He went to sea this time, he had no intention of returning to Beijing. He sent people to release him and said that he died at sea. In fact, he himself had returned to that beautiful city. on the island.
Although Zheng He was old at this time, he was still in good health. Logically speaking, he could live for a few more years. However, Zheng He passed away within two years after arriving on the island. It's not God's will, nor is it the end of life, it's all man-made, and the person who let Zheng He die is Mr. Mai.
Mai Lao gave Zheng He a chronic poison, which was prepared from a variety of mountain grasses he found on the island. If Zheng He was directly poisoned to death, it would definitely cause Taoist priests to suspicion, then the best way is to let him die slowly, just like a serious illness, which will kill a person's life as time goes by.
Maybe Zheng He didn't know until his death that he would die in Mai Lao's hands, and he couldn't believe that his men, his confidants, would actually plot against him, even if he saw that Mai Lao had a plan Ambition, he must have thought that after having trapped Mai Lao on the island for so many years, even the most ambitious people would have been worn away long ago, but he had forgotten that a person's nature cannot be changed, and Mai Lao would only become more ambitious. He will get worse and worse, and there will never be any repentance.
After Zheng He's death, he was buried in the mausoleum built for him. The Taoist priests arranged a magic circle for Zheng He's mausoleum and raised a skink. With his powerful magic power, the entire mausoleum was It was sealed off to prevent outsiders from approaching this mausoleum in the mountains. In fact, even if you enter the ancient tomb, you will basically have a narrow escape. There are many mechanisms inside and there are evil spirits guarding it. It is impossible for ordinary people to get out alive.
Everything we encountered later inside was also caused by the formation of Taoist priests. This was our luck. There were monsters like Mr. Mai at that time, and each of us was very strong, so we managed to rush through. After leaving the ancient tomb, this was the island we finally left with the guidance of the Taoist priest. Otherwise, we would still have died inside.
Not long after Zheng He's death, Mai Lao also died suddenly. The residents of the island built a mausoleum for Mai Lao next to Zheng He's main tomb, and put his coffin and The 'corpse' was buried here. This was the first cave tomb that Jenny and I found at that time, but Mr. Mai was not dead at all.
He did this completely to cover up others' eyes. Even the Taoist priests didn't know that just when everyone thought he was dead, he had actually left the island quietly. Zheng He finally When he came once, he left a small boat behind, and he used this small boat to cross the ocean and return to the Central Plains.
This is why when the Taoist priest later faked his death, he found that Liu Qian’s coffin was empty and the body was gone. In fact, at that time, Mr. Mai had already left and flown away, so I asked the old Taoist priest about it. Only then would he say that Mai Lao had disappeared, because he couldn't be sure whether Mai Lao was dead or not.
Mr. Mai drifted on the boat for a long time before returning to land. The journey was actually not smooth. The boat can easily capsize at sea. He was almost capsized by the waves several times, but fortunately he was tenacious. He survived, and the only thing he was lucky about was that he did not encounter a storm at sea. If he encountered such weather, even if he was immortal, he would have to be buried under the sea in the end. After many twists and turns, Mai Lao returned to the Central Plains. From that day on, he hid in the mountains and forests and lived a life of anonymity. It was not until the fall of the Ming Dynasty and Li Zhicheng became emperor that he came out of the mountains. In his words, after the Ming Dynasty was destroyed, no one would know his true identity. He had been waiting for this day to come for hundreds of years.