Meng Zitao asked, "Team Zhang, do you mean to say that the island is also like the Isle of Death, made of magnets, and there is quicksand around it?"

Zhang Shouping said: "Not only that, but the island is also surrounded by reefs, and it is impossible for large ships to sail into the island, so they can only send small boats to enter at that time." ”

Lu Wenle raised his own question: "I think there are some problems, there are no animals and plants there, and the island is not large, why did you hide the treasure on this small island in the first place?"

Meng Zitao also asked the same question: "Could it not be this island?"

Captain Xi Xiaoying said: "We have carefully checked the existing clues and data, unless there is a mistake in it, it will definitely not be wrong." ”

For Xi Xiaoying's statement, Meng Zitao still believes it, and he doesn't think he will make such a mistake, but the key question is, will the treasure be hidden on such an uninhabited island that can't survive at all?

Lu Wenle opened his mouth and said: "I have an idea, I don't know if you have heard of Chen Zuyi. ”

Chen Zuyi was a pirate leader in the Ming Dynasty, and during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, the whole family went to Nanyang. Chen Zuyi has been a pirate in Malacca for more than 10 years, and the group members exceeded 10,000 at its peak. 100 warships.

In his heyday, Chen Zuyi dominated the waters of Dongying, Baodao, the South China Sea, and the Indian Ocean. Plundered 10,000 passing ships and attacked more than 50 coastal towns. Ming Chengzu hung 500,000 taels of silver to arrest Chen Zuyi. In the end, he was captured by Zheng He, escorted back to China, and beheaded Chen Zuyi in public.

Except for Zhang Shouping, everyone else had heard of Chen Zuyi at the scene, and Meng Zitao immediately understood what Lu Wenle meant, and said: "What do you mean is that the pirates regarded this island as a place to bury gold, silver and jewelry, and then for some reason, they were discovered by Zhu Cihong, so they hid the treasure in this place?"

Zhang Shouping took over and said: "Teacher Meng, I think you have a misunderstanding in this matter, why do you have to think that Zhu Cihong hid the wealth of the Zhu family on that island? Is it possible, in fact, the Zhu royal family has been running this island because of the sense of distress, in order to prosper in a crisis?"

"It's unlikely. ”

Lu Wenle explained: "If this is the case, it is impossible for Chongzhen's internal money at that time to be overstretched. What we are looking for now is also based on the cultural materials that may have been handed down in the Ming Dynasty, and as for any gold and silver treasures, we should not have this hope. ”

Zhang Shouping said: "It's hard to say, what if Chongzhen is also a person who likes to collect money?"

Lu Wenle said with a smile: "The Chongzhen period is not as easy as the Wanli period, and the only chance for Emperor Chongzhen to get rich is to confiscate Wei Zhongxian's property, which has not been announced, and there is a lack of historical records, only some conjectures." ”

However, even if Chongzhen enriches his small treasury because of this, compared to the situation at the end of the Ming Dynasty, this money subsidy is only a drop in the bucket. As for other channels for making money, I believe that in the face of the huge financial pressure of making ends meet at the end of the Ming Dynasty, it was not easy for even the emperor to loot private money. So, if Chongzhen knew that such a large amount of wealth existed, how could he not take it?"

"Therefore, that small island, I prefer to believe, is a place where some pirate gang wants to bury money and treasures, or rather, there is a possibility of getting it from Chen Zuyi, after all, after Chen Zuyi was caught, the treasure he left behind is not recorded in the literature, maybe this is deliberately done by the Ming court. Of course, what is going on, we can only find out after we go to investigate. ”

Xi Xiaoying said: "Yes, no matter how much we talk here, it's just speculation, and when we get there, it's clear if there is a treasure or not, and what kind of treasure it is." ”

Everyone smiled, and then discussed what to do when they arrived at the island.

After lunch, the research ship left the port and set off towards the destination, but the weather was not beautiful, as soon as the ship entered the deep sea area, the sky began to rain lightly, and then it became a moderate rain, mixed with five or six winds, and now it is winter, it is strange to be comfortable.

Fortunately, the ship did not sail for long, but it was only 20 hours, but in order to hide people's eyes, the route of the ship was changed a little, and the time was longer.

The next night, the research ship arrived at the area close to the island, but this was not the time to go to the island, so everyone rested in peace.

The next morning, the rain finally stopped, but the wind was still blowing, and Meng Zitao felt a little cold when he stood at the bow of the boat.

With Mencius's eyesight, he could easily see the situation on that small island, and of course, in order to observe more carefully, a telescope was still indispensable.

The island is small in comparison, less than a square kilometer at best, and its shape resembles that of the island shown on the treasure map, like a pyramid towering in the middle of the sea, surrounded by sea breezes and waves. In addition, the island's coastline is not suitable for boats, and there are no bays for ships to shelter from. The sheer cliffs on the island make it difficult to build shelters.

Fortunately, the rocks here are not smooth, and there are a few raised places for boats to tether, small boats, of course.

Meng Zitao couldn't imagine how the people at that time got to the island in such a harsh environment, not to mention, this island also has a huge magnet, which will affect the equipment on the ship.

"Captain Xi, aren't there any ships passing by here?"

"The island is so far from all sea routes that it is almost impossible to see ships unless there are ships that make the island their destination. Even if you accidentally sail to the range of this small island, because the equipment is affected, it will change the course and pass by the island. ”

Meng Zitao observed the island for a while and asked, "When are we going to go to the island?"

Zhang Shouping said: "I'm going to go to the island right away, but then you take a rest first, and my team members will go to explore the road first." ”

Meng Zitao wanted to say that he would go with him, because he had water droplets, even if he fell into the sea, it didn't matter, and he didn't have to worry about his life.

However, looking at Zhang Shouping's posture, it is definitely impossible for him to be in the first batch of people to go to the island. Moreover, Zhang Shouping sent out all experienced players, and he didn't need to be reckless.

While waiting, the team members sent by Zhang Shouping finally landed on the island and set up a simple focus point, and then some people began to go to the island to check.

To be honest, before Mencius saw this island, he still had great expectations for the harvest of this trip, but after he saw this island, most of that expectation disappeared, just by virtue of the situation of this island, unless the ancients could dig a bunker deep into the hinterland, how many things could be hidden?

When it was getting late, the first people made a discovery, saying that they had found a thick stone slab on the island, and there was a cave under the stone slab.

This discovery made everyone excited and surprised at the same time, could it really be that someone had dug an underground palace on this island, this is also incredible, is it really as previously speculated, this is an island discovered and operated by the Ming royal family early in the morning?

Because it was late, everyone could only hold down the mood of wanting to find out, and rested on the boat for a night, and the next morning, as soon as the sky was bright, everyone took the dinghy and set off to the island.

With the help of safety devices, everyone climbed up to the island with difficulty, and then followed the team to the place they found yesterday, turned over the stone slab, and sure enough, a dark hole appeared in front of everyone.

Meng Zitao was excited, but he felt that something was not quite right in his heart, and he stood at the entrance of the cave and thought.

"Zitao, what do you want?" Lu Wenle patted Meng Zitao on the shoulder.

Meng Zitao came back to his senses and smiled slightly: "It's nothing, let's go down and have a look first." ”

Lu Wenle said: "This hole is not big, at most it can only accommodate one person at a time, who will go in first?"

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "It's better for me to go in first, as for my skills, you must know, don't rob me yet." ”

"This ......" Zhang Shouping hesitated, after all, no one has gone down now, after Meng Zitao went down, if there was an accident, then he would just not be able to finish eating and walk away.

Meng Zitao smiled: "You really don't have to worry about me, it'll be fine." ”

As he spoke, he also briefly showed his strength, the stone slab weighing dozens of kilograms was like a toy in his hand, and everyone else was a little dumbfounded.

"Alright, that's it, tie me up with safety gear. ”

Mencius overrode the crowd and asked everyone to put on his equipment, and then slowly entered the cave.

The space inside the cave is not large, giving Meng Zitao a sense of crowding, but judging from the traces on the walls, this is certainly not a natural formation. He admired the person who excavated it very much, but was it really possible for the treasure to be placed in it?

Meng Zitao's head was full of question marks, but this was put aside in advance, and he carefully fell down the wall to the bottom, and saw that this was a stone room about a dozen square meters in size, and there were a few boxes in the stone room, and there was nothing else.

"That's all there is to it?" the doubts in Meng Zitao's heart were even worse.

At this time, Lu Wenle's voice came from the wired communicator: "Zitao, what is your situation now?"

"I've reached the bottom and now I see that there are five boxes. ”

"Five boxes, is it big?"

"It's not big, it's less than a meter wide. ”

"There are only so many? This is unlikely, right?" Lu Wenle was also surprised by this, fortunately he came here, and there were only five boxes, which was too depressing.

Meng Zitao said: "I feel the same way, now I will open the box first and see what is inside." ”

"Okay, you must pay attention to safety......"