After Zhang Xue'er left, the atmosphere in the living room was a little heavy. The one who is about to speak is organizing his language, and the one who listens is waiting in a hurry, and it is not easy.

Ma Longyi was silent for a long time before he spoke up: "Doctor Ling, you are a doctor, before I open my mouth to tell that secret, I want to see your ring, okay?" ”

"No problem." Ling Xiao knew that he would make such a request, and he generously stretched out his right hand.

Ma Longyi grabbed Ling Xiao's hand, carefully observed the Yin Yang Ring, and then touched it with his hand.

"It can't be taken off." Ling Xiao reminded.

"I know this." Ma Longyi let go of Ling Xiao's hand and said thoughtfully: "It's the same as the ancestors described, I didn't expect to see it in my lifetime." ”

Ling Xiao was silent.

"I want to ask you a question." Ma Longyi said again.

"Mr. Ma, you ask, if I know the truth, I will tell you." Ling Xiao said, but he was thinking in his heart, he really knows how to ink, is it so difficult to say it happily?

"You're a doctor, if a part of a patient's body is missing, can you regenerate that part?"

This was Ma Longyi's problem, and Ling Xiao was stunned on the spot. He didn't expect Ma Longyi to ask such a question at all, because people with a little common sense knew that it was impossible!

"Please tell me, can you do it?" Ma Longyi asked again.

Ling Xiao smiled, "Mr. Ma, it's true that I'm a doctor, and I'm a little famous, but if you want me to do it, my answer is yes, I can't do it." I'm sure no one in the world can do it, right? ”

On this issue, a part of the human body is missing, not to mention those important internal organs, even if a finger is missing, no matter which country the doctor has, no matter how advanced the medical equipment is, he will not be able to regenerate that part!

"Do you believe anyone can do it?"

Ling Xiao shook his head, "I don't believe it. ”

"Huh." Ma Longyi smiled, and then said: "The secret I want to tell you is this, the ancestor of my family, Zheng He, he is a pure eunuch, yes, but when he went to the West for the sixth time, something happened to him, and the missing part of his body was reborn. That's why I'm sitting here talking to you right now, and I wouldn't exist if those things hadn't happened. ”

Ling Xiao's mouth was a little surprised and couldn't close.

The part of Zheng He's missing and reborn that Ma Longyi said is obviously the part that was cut off when he was a eunuch. The question is, that part of the nerve is developed and is the most important part of the man, is it cut off and can it grow again? That's not a turnip!

It's really incredible.

Ling Xiao couldn't believe it, but he found that Ma Longyi's solemn and serious expression didn't seem to be fooling him at all. He was entangled, and he was a little shaken, was that true?

"I know you wouldn't believe it, and I wouldn't believe it if it were me. This secret has been passed down in our family for generations, and it has been almost 600 years since my generation. A 600-year-old secret, I really can't find a reason to doubt it. Ma Longyi said, observing Ling Xiao's face.

After thinking for a while, Ling Xiao said: "This thing is really incredible, but there are too many things in the world that cannot be explained, and your family has inherited a secret for six hundred years, I don't think I can find a reason to doubt it." However, can you tell me what happened to your ancestors? ”

"I don't know much." Ma Longyi continued, "The sixth time the ancestor went to the Western Ocean, it was Yongle in 1421, the ancestor led the fleet, riding the northeast monsoon across the Indian Ocean, into the waters off the east coast of Africa. A sudden storm caused the ancestor's flagship to break away from the fleet and drift to an island where something strange happened to the ancestor. It was also on that island that the missing part of his body was reborn, and he brought back the painting, along with the ring from your hand. ”

The most important part Ma Longyi didn't say, which couldn't satisfy Ling Xiao's curiosity, he asked: "Mr. Ma, you said that something happened to your ancestors on that island, what is it?" ”

Ma Longyi smiled bitterly and shook his head, "I don't know the Dao, it's not that I deliberately hide it, it's really not the Dao." After all, that's hundreds of years old. I've tried to find that island, but there are so few clues that I might have used, and I've spent almost ten years of my life looking for it, but I haven't found anything. “

It had taken him ten years to find the island, and Ling Xiao felt that if he was asked to find it, it would be even more difficult. Ma Longyi is also a descendant of Zheng He, no matter how he says, and he has some clues that can be used, but he has nothing. At this time, his confidence in cracking the secret of the Yin-Yang Ring was somewhat shaken for the first time.

"I'm old, well, I don't have the strength to find that island." Ma Longyi said with a sigh.

"Mr. Ma, you are old, you still have sons and grandchildren, they will continue." Ling Xiao comforted.

Ma Longyi's old face showed a trace of bitterness, and his voice was a little tired, "My son's name is Ma Xizhe, and the last time I saw him was five years ago. It was the last time he had ever gone out to find the island. In the past five years, I have searched all the places where he could go, India, Somalia, Tanzania, etc., but to no avail. ”

He ...... Always? Ling Xiao was surprised, he didn't expect such a story to exist at all.

"Yes, but I feel like he's alive, he's my son, I feel that way." Speaking of this, Ma Longyi suddenly said sadly: "But what's the use of having such feelings? I'm almost seventy years old, and I don't know how long Lu Dao can live, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to see him in this life. ”

"Mr. Ma, don't worry, your father and son will meet." Ling Xiao comforted him again.

Ma Longyi smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Doctor Ling, you don't need to comfort me, after so many years, time has healed my wounds. It's just that every time I see someone else's family reunited, I can't help but feel sad in my heart. I have one of his sons, and he has not married and had children, if the incense of our family is broken on him, I will become a sinner of the family, and I will not have the face to go to my ancestors and fathers...... Back then, I asked him to find the island. ”

Ling Xiao's heart moved, and he said, "Mr. Ma, what if I go to find that island?" ”

"You?" Ma Longyi's gaze fell on Ling Xiao's body, looking very surprised.

"I think this matter has a lot to do with me, because I have the ring that your ancestor Zheng He brought back from that island on my hand. I haven't heard from my mentor, and I don't know much about the origin of this ring, so I want to get things straight. After a pause, Ling Xiao said again: "Also, if we cooperate, maybe I can help you find your son." ”

"Wait, let me think about it......" Ma Longyi thought.

Ling Xiao didn't say any more, waiting for the results of his consideration.

Zhang Xue'er's phone call inexplicably involved the clues of the Yin Yang Ring, which was a great gain for Ling Xiao. However, although he now has a little understanding of the origin of the ring, such an understanding is far from enough, and he needs the clues that Ma Longyi has.

"Okay, I agree, let's work together." Ma Longyi said: "I'm old and can't run anymore, so it's useless to keep those things." Dr. Ling, you are still young and you have the time and energy to get it done. If you can bring my son back in my lifetime, I will kowtow to thank you. ”

Ling Xiao hurriedly said: "Mr. Ma, this is not necessary, the first time we met, I feel honored that you believe in me so much." ”

"Hehe, I don't believe you for nothing. My family has an ancestral physiognomy technique, and I can tell at a glance what kind of person you are. Ma Longyi said with a smile.

Only then did Ling Xiao understand, no wonder Ma Longyi looked straight at him more than once just now, and that look looked very strange. Also, his mind was guessed by Ma Longyi twice before, I'm afraid it is also related to this kind of physiognomy.

"I'll show you the genealogy of my family's ancestors, which records the experience of our ancestors of the Ma family searching for that island several times. But I can't give you that genealogy, you can only read it here. I have a notebook, which is a diary of several times I went to sea in search of pirates, and there are some clues in it. I can give this notebook to you to take with you. ”

Ling Xiao nodded, "Okay, I'll take a look at the genealogy first, and I can go back and read the notes." ”

Ma Longyi got up and went upstairs, and walked down again a few minutes later. He brought with him an old thread-bound booklet, a notebook with a cowhide cover. The former is very old, and the paper is yellowed. The latter is used frequently, the corners are badly worn, and the leather cover is also rubbed to a bright shine.

Ling Xiao looked at the genealogy, and most of the content on it was that Zheng He's descendants married a woman from a certain family and gave birth to several children, and then what offspring the children raised, and the bloodline continued from generation to generation. Ordinary family members are often just a name. Important family members have a sentence or two description, such as what kind of official they have been. Among them, three went to sea to find the island, one was the Ma family in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, one was the Ma family in the Qianlong period, and the other was the Ma family in the Republic of China. However, the experience of these three Ma families going to sea to find the island is only a few words, such as the general direction, the places they have been to or something, although it has a certain value, but it is not very big.

This is understandable, if there is a detailed route or even latitude and longitude coordinates or something, will Ma Longyi still sit here and talk to Ling Xiao?

After reading the genealogy of the Ma family, Ling Xiao picked up the notebook again and flipped through it casually. The notebook was almost full of papers, and each one had content, and some had a road map, which was very detailed. However, Ling Xiao didn't look closely, and closed it hastily.

"Mr. Ma, if you trust me so much, I will definitely give you an explanation." Ling Xiao said solemnly.

Ma Longyi reached out and patted Ling Xiao's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Doctor Ling, I believe in you." Take a look at my diary, and then we'll have a good time to talk, you need a workable plan. ”

"Okay, I'll make an appointment with you another day." Ling Xiao got up and said goodbye.