Jiao Ba turned to look at me, "Brother Yi...I..."
"Shut up, we'll talk about your business later." I knew the importance, and couldn't point the finger at Jiao Ba now, so I quickly asked Mr. Mai , "Did you leave me a note on the bedside that night?" I clearly remember that I found the note on the bedside the night I found the jade pendant.
Mai Lao said with a smile, "Yes, it's exactly what I left behind. I feel safe keeping it with you. I just wanted to remind you."
"Then the first Where are the two notes?" 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 towards Shunzi. If he didn't put the overall situation first, I would 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 others, just like under Mai Lao’s eyelids. Mai Lao seemed to know every move he made, and even every thought he had, 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 of my affairs in the future." Jiao Ba had a grimace on his face, obviously he had no confidence.
I didn’t want to continue with his question, so I turned around and looked at Mr. Mai, “What about the back? What happened again?”
As a result, Mr. Mai asked back I said, "After the demise of the Ming Dynasty, wouldn't it be your Manchu world?"
"We are Manchus?" 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 , is a descendant of the Manchu royal family, am I right?”
< br>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 things are history, and there is no need to look back.
"This matter is really new." Chang Shan said lukewarmly beside him.
Jenny, Li Xin and the big man also looked surprised. Maybe no one would have thought that I, a poor commoner, could actually be a descendant of Wan Qing’s royal family. “How did you know? You investigated Pass me? "This old guy seems to know each of us very well.
"Hahahaha." Mai Lao laughed, "I know the identities of all of you, except him." His last eyes were on Chang Shan. This man was indeed a mystery. Even Mai Lao was If you can't find out, it really shouldn't be underestimated, but whose side is he on? Or rather, he doesn’t take any side.
Chang Shan's expression was still cold, 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 he be willing to live like this for an immortal monster? Living in obscurity, and 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 dictatorship, The management system is not very strict, and 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 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 and has deep friendships with many dignitaries. He has hundreds of servants at home, and even the local prefect must Look at his face.
Qianlong visited the south of the Yangtze River six times, and three of them 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 was I will meet Qianlong, but at that time, Mai Lao has changed his appearance and is no longer the same as he was a hundred years ago.
In his words, he did not 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 Don't be afraid of anything, but it's better to be careful, but there is nothing you can do 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 bit the bullet? It has to be done.
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 He was an empty frame, he had no children, and after he faked his death, the mansion was closed, and the wealthy businessman seemed to disappear overnight, leaving nothing behind.
In fact, Mr. Mai has already left for a long time. From that day on, he has been asking about the descendants of Zheng He’s family, because only the descendants of Zheng He have the navigation chart. Yes, he also had to get that nautical chart. 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 had no idea. Zheng He's descendants can be found.
But at the same time, he had a bold idea. When Zheng He buried the queen and maid 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.
Mai Lao 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 in dire straits almost every day. Some people died of starvation, so it was easy for Mai Lao to find people to go to sea. As long as he had money, anything could 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 It was limited, and I didn’t have any diving equipment, so I just drifted with the waves on the sea.
But maybe he was lucky, and he finally found a sunken ship, 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, it was completely impossible. Just with a reed stick and a 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, they were already dead at the bottom of the sea before they could return to the surface. Although Mr. Mai was tough, he was not able to breathe underwater. The Ming Dynasty's There was an enchantment on the sunken ship. When he went into the sea for the first time, he broke the enchantment and returned immediately.
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, a little bit. Pull the coffin up little by little.
The coffin was finally transported to his ship by Mai Lao completely. For the people of the Qing Dynasty at that time, salvaging the coffin underwater was something they would not even dare to think about, but Mai Lao Everything he did made them admire him greatly. They all thought that Mr. Mai was a capable person, but no one knew what his plans were.
But just when Mr. Mai 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. A quarter of an hour ago, it might have been calm, but a quarter of an hour later , maybe it will be a violent storm.
Unfortunately, Mai Lao and the others encountered a storm. This kind of wooden ship was unable to withstand the storm. After a few huge waves came down, the ship was mercilessly sunk, and the sea area where they sank, Near the Ming Dynasty shipwreck, everyone on the ship, except Mai Lao, died in the shipwreck.
He was holding a piece of wood and relied on his strong strength to survive the storm. In the end, he drifted at sea for two more days before being rescued by several fishermen who went fishing. Well, this was the first sunken ship we found at that time, that sunken ship in the Guangxu period of 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 its roots, but it’s just that Of us, who could have 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 never find the Ming Dynasty sunken ship. He went to sea several times in a row, but still found nothing. Only then did he clearly realize 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 used With a lot of money, he bribed a naval general in the late Qing Dynasty to prepare to storm the island and open Zheng He's tomb. Under the leadership 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. The scenery was mesmerizing.