When Father Simon Almeida opened his eyes, he found himself lying on a small boat as white as jade, and in front of him was a pirate wearing an eye patch, and he was seen fiddling with a dark green ring with a sly smile.

"Who are you?" Simon Almeida stood up and saw that the ring that Zhang Biao had stolen was still there.

"Honorable Father, it is this ring on my hand that reminds me to save you from the sea of suffering." Jack the One-Eyed Dragon asked rhetorically, "May I ask where that ring on your hand came from?" ”

Simon Almeida couldn't believe it, when he first brought this ring, his intuition was that Zhang Biao had been fooled, and the ring he got from Osea was fake, but at this moment, he clearly realized that there might be more than one key used to find the golden ark of the covenant, and he couldn't help but recall his conversation with Hakim in Japan......

At that time, the black slave ship was seized by the Sakai Town Public, and Hakim was imprisoned; After Simon Almeida was driven away by Fernando on Lanyu Island in Taiwan, he did not dare to return to Manila, so he took Cheng Blind and others to Sakai Town, where he was able to meet Hakim in prison.

Since there were dead people on the dagona, the Communists did not dare to let the slaves disembark, and after Simon Almeida's agreement, they decided to transport the slaves to the New World and sell them to the old Fili, who opened the silver mines.

After Hakim was released from prison, he looked around for his Persian cat, and once met Miss Child, who told Childchild through the ring on his foot that this person was a liar, and resolutely refused to go with him, and soon, Miss Childchild followed Shen Mao to the New World.

Upon learning of this, Hakim immediately went to Simon Almeida and asked him to look for the Persian cat in the New World, and told him a secret, the ring tied to the cat's leg was the ring that Solomon had given to the Queen of Sheba......

"So, Mr. Hakim, the ring of the Queen of Sheba has been in your possession for a long time, do you know the whereabouts of the Golden Ark of the Covenant?"

"This ring is indeed left by the 'Menelik' family, I have long sensed the existence of the Golden Covenant Ark, it has been transported far, far away, if you want to find it, you need to pay a great price, just like that, I hope to get a sum of money through the slave trade, and then go to find the Golden Covenant Ark."

"Mr. Hakim, where do you perceive the Ark of the Golden Covenant?"

"It should be in the ocean east of Japan."

Hearing this, Simon Almeida's eyes immediately widened, in fact, he had a suspicion that the legendary Golden Ark of the Covenant had once fallen into the hands of the pirate king Zhi, and then it was somewhere to be obtained by that damn Bai Haishan, but at this time he was not sure, so he continued to ask: "Mr. Hakim, how much do you know about the legend of the Golden Ark?" ”

Hakim pondered for a moment and replied cautiously: "When the queen of Sheba and Solomon's son Menelik became king of Ethiopia, he took the golden ark from Jerusalem and built a cathedral of Lalibela in the rock pit of Axum in the north, and hid it in it, and for many years this church was hidden by olive trees until it was discovered a thousand years later, when the king built ten more basilicas there and put them heavily guarded, about fifty years ago, Ethiopia was invaded by the Francos and the Ottoman Empire, and the Golden Ark was robbed, and many legends arose that some people took the opportunity to impersonate the descendants of the Menelik family and claim to know the whereabouts of the Golden Ark. ”

"Are you a descendant of the Menelik family?"

"I—I don't know if it's true, but my father said yes."

"Bastard, are you? Why did that Persian cat fall into your hands? ”

Finding Simon Almeida angry, Hakim admitted that he wasn't.

"Actually, my father was a pirate leader. He leads a gang of pirates to steal the Golden Ark of the Covenant, hoping to open the gates of heaven and gain magical powers in the universe to become the master of mankind. Just when he was about to open it, a snow-white Persian cat suddenly sprang out, stared at him with an irresistible look, and told my father by telepathy, don't act rashly, my father was scared, so he let his men do it, at this time, a thunder sounded in the sky, and those pirates were killed on the spot, and after witnessing this miracle, my father adopted the Persian cat and never dared to open it again. ”

"Why, then, did the Ark of the Golden Covenant go to the East?"

"My father found that the Persian cat had a ring tied to its leg, and he wanted to take it off, and the cat gave a revelation, which was the ring that Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba, and it could only be worn on it, and later, under its inspiration, my father really found the descendants of the family of Menelik, and learned a secret from them: Before the Lord gave the Golden Ark of Moses on Mount Sinai, as early as the time of the Great Flood, in the far east, the Lord gave a mirror to the king of the water, Dayu, and later passed it to the hand of King Pangeng, who moved the capital six times. It was all done under the guidance of this mirror, which was used by the court wizards, and like the Golden Ark of the Covenant, it was a gift from the Lord to mankind, and only by relying on the light of the Mirror could the code of the Golden Ark be unlocked. So my father sold the Golden Ark to them, and the Persian cat kept it for himself. ”

Hearing such a complicated story, Simon Almeida became a little impatient and asked, "Why did the Golden Ark of the Covenant end up in the collection of the pirate Wang Zhi?" ”

"The royal power of the Menelik family is no longer there, at that time, they have become rich maritime merchants, through a navigator named Zheng He, who went to the Ming Dynasty to make a pilgrimage to His Majesty the Chinese Emperor, and did business with the Chinese royal family, and later, when the Chinese banned the sea, their business was broken. After they bought the Golden Covenant Cabinet, they tried to contact the Chinese Emperor to find the Divine Mirror, and by chance they found the self-proclaimed Sea Overlord Wang Zhi, who claimed that the Divine Mirror was in his hands, and asked the Menelic family to transport the Golden Ark to the East, and the Menelic family was fooled, and in this way, the Golden Testament fell into the hands of the pirate Wang Zhi. ”

Simon Almeida has traveled to the East for decades, and knows a lot of rumors and secrets well, hearing this, he immediately felt a thrill, thinking about why Wang Zhi, who is rich and rival the country, hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers, and has an answer in his heart, at that time, Wang Zhi was eager to reconcile with the Ming Dynasty court in order to obtain the mirror that could open the golden ark, although he was very thoughtful about Zhao'an, all his property was eventually transported to the depths of the ocean.

As for what the fallen Hakim said, Simon Almeida judged that he was not lying, and there was another question that puzzled him.

"Mr. Hakim, if the ring on that cat is so precious, I wonder why you don't wear it on your own?"

"Dear priest, why don't I want to, you don't know, that ring was worn on my father's hand for less than a day, and he died violently, and I also tried to take it, but there was a miracle, it allowed me to hear all kinds of sounds, no matter which tribe's dialect I could understand, but if I couldn't wear it for an hour, I would be dizzy, and the feeling of dying you might not imagine, so I could only tie it to the cat's leg, which has been breeding for several generations."

At this point, the origin of the Golden Covenant Ark and Queen Sheba's magic ring is clear, and there are still some questions about the mirror, before leaving, he found Konishi Ryuza through the Zhonghe Association, and confirmed that Yushiba Hideyoshi once owned, but he was accidentally transferred to the Kiso River, and it is said that after being salvaged out, it finally fell into the hands of Zhu Hui of the Brocade Guard, then, it is very likely that he has been taken to the New World.

So, Simon Almeida no longer hesitated, secretly killed Hakim, and set off with the dhow.

In Acapulco, he heard that Zhu Hui, Bai Haishan and others had been held hostage in search of treasure, so he quickly rushed to Portosí......

At the same time, Felipe heard that something had happened to the caravan and immediately returned to Acapulco from Potosí, so the two did not meet.

Old Filip was very happy to receive these cheap laborers, and learned that Simon Almeida supported Felipe as governor of the Southern New World, and treated the priest with great courtesy, and did his best to flatter him, but Simon Almeida was not in the mood to enjoy it, and he strongly encouraged old Filip to go to Oseia.

At this time, due to the escape of the Crystal Man, Filip Sr. had just sent Tridani to Oseia, hoping to wait for news at home.

Simon Almeida heard that someone named the islands near Oseia "Solomon Islands", realized that the secrets he held were almost widely known, and with the help of Cheng Blind and others, they forcibly took away the old Filipe in the nature of almost kidnapping, and they tried to use Zhang Biao to steal the divine mirror, as well as the ring on the Persian cat, and promised the old Filipe that obtaining these magical powers would definitely make Felipe the governor of the Southern New World, and he would assist Felipe to establish a new southern world." Heavenly World".

Simon Almeida asked old Filip about the name of the "Solomon Islands", but the explanation was that the navigator Mendner saw that the inhabitants of the island wore gold and silver, so he chose a random name, until he listened to the rhetorical question of Jack the One-Eyed Dragon, looked at the ring on his hand, and finally realized that there was more than one ring that could sense the existence of the Golden Ark of the Covenant.

Stroking the ring on his hand, Simon Almeida smiled knowingly.

"My name is Simon Almeida, a Jesuit priest canonized by Pope Paul III, and I am in charge of missionary work in the East at the behest of Philip II of the Spanish Empire.

When Jack found that he had not spoken for a long time, he thought he was frightened and stupid, and when he heard that he was a Jesuit priest, he was furious and punched Simon Almeida in the dark.

"You hateful bastard, why did you hit me?" As he spoke, Simon Almeida got up and fought with Jack......

Jack dodged his attack, threw him two more punches, knocked out several of Simon Almeida's front teeth, and pounced on him as he lay on the hold to pick up his teeth......

"You abominable priests, speak out for my beautiful and lovely wife, Anna, and I will not hesitate to send you to hell and die, bastard!"

(End of chapter)