"Lord Tian, isn't it too far-fetched?" Wu Xiang, who was quite disdainful, shook his head and asked, he seemed to have heard Mark say that more than 80 years ago (1492 AD), the navigator Columbus set foot on the New World for the first time, at that time, he mistakenly thought that he had arrived in the East Indies, so he called the indigenous tribes here Indians, but later navigators found that this name was wrong, but it was already a habit to change. [No pop-ups. 】

"Wu Gongzi, it's not that the official is prominent in front of you, even if you have a gray hair with your head hanging over a beam and a cone thorn, you want to reach the level of an old man, hehe, wait for the next life." Tian Youcai replied conceitedly.

Wu Xiang expressed disdain for this, and said: "Please don't be conceited, Che-Roy's talent in language, neither of us can compare, I'm sure he is definitely not from Anyang, a land of great land." ”

At this time, Tian Youcai began to look at this Indian carefully, only to see that he was naked, with a few red feathers on his head, a necklace made of shells hanging around his neck, a piece of linen wrapped around his waist, and no other ornaments on his body.

Father Mendoza, who had closed his eyes in contemplation, suddenly opened his eyes, and with great emotion, he spoke through Che-Roy about his opinion that he had risked his life and traveled through the various tribes of the Viceroyalty and found that, although the language of each indigenous tribe was different, they greeted each other with a phrase of "Yindian", or a dialect similar to that phrase. However, at that time, he did not have any knowledge of the history of the Great China Empire, and recently listened to the story of "Zhou Chuqishan Crusade against Yin Shang", combined with Tian Youcai's statement, which made him suddenly realize the mystery.

Although Che-Roy was able to master various languages quickly, he had not learned anything systematically after all, and he was very puzzled by the views of Father Mendoza and Tian Youcai, and he did not know where Anyang of Yindi was.

Tian Youcai does not believe in evil, and does not believe that this fool-like servant will have any talent, he thinks that there must be something strange in it, and once again through careful and careful observation, he was suddenly surprised, and finally understood the mystery, and thought in his heart: If there is really a magical "artifact", bring this treasure back, you don't have to risk your life to hunt for treasure, and you can also give an explanation to the court, so he hurriedly got up and said goodbye to everyone.

At this moment, Liu Qian's wife had prepared a meal, and although everyone unanimously retained, Tian Youcai left Liu's house in a hurry.

Father Mendoza was not polite, and during the banquet, he and Wu Xiang tried their best to persuade Liu Qian to ask him to be the arithmetic teacher of the college.

During the meal, everyone talked about Tian Youcai, and when Father Mendoza learned that this person was a third-class jinshi and a member of the fourth rank of the dynasty, he suddenly felt admiration, and out of admiration for Chinese culture, after eating, he said that he wanted to find Tian Daren to apprentice.

Tian Youcai returned to the apartment, took a cloth bag and kicked it in his arms, and began to look for his henchmen everywhere, and learned that the soldiers were all training outside the village, so he ran non-stop to the palm forest behind the mountain, only to see Zhu Hui, Song He, Zhang Gou'er, Jingkong and Chen Xuewen and others leading the team, divided into five groups, each queue stood twenty soldiers with red belts, were practicing Shaolin boxing, attracting many local onlookers.

waited until it was dark, Tian Youcai called a soldier named Ma San away, and the two muttered and chatted along the way, taking advantage of the night to come to the vicinity of San Diego Cathedral.

Ma San held a sharp blade in his hand and asked viciously, "Lord Tian, do you want his left hand or his right hand?" ”

Tian Youcai smiled slightly and replied calmly: "I judge that the finger on his left hand was installed later." I don't need to take a knife, just pull it out for me, I need to take a good look at what kind of treasure it is. ”

"That's good! Master Tian, you can go back and wait. As he spoke, Ma San disappeared as soon as he flashed.

After lurking in the room where Che-Roy lived, he didn't come back until late at night, and when he fell asleep, Ma San got out from under the bed, sprayed the ** medicine on the head of the bed, and hurriedly dodged out again, until the fourth watch climbed in again, grabbed Che-Roy's left hand and touched it, grabbed his index finger and slammed it, and actually took it off.

Like a cat, Ma San slipped out of the church, and when he flashed his light body and passed near a large agave, Tian Youcai suddenly showed his head from under the needle-like leaves, and asked softly, "Did you succeed?" ”

Ma San was almost frightened and fell down, glanced at Tian Youcai under the fat leaf, and asked in surprise: "Lord Tian, you, why don't you go back and wait?" ”

Tian Youcai was afraid that Ma San would use his trick, so he hurriedly stretched out his hand and praised: "Sure enough, your skills are extraordinary, and when we go back, this official will ensure that you will be a general." Show me what he's doing with his fingers. ”

"Yes, it's made of stone." Ma San replied.

Worried that Ma San would deceive himself with something casually, Tian Youcai asked with a smile: "Hehe, let me see what kind of stone it is?" ”

Ma Sanji reluctantly took out the finger and explained: "Lord Tian, it is indeed made of stone, with a layer of skin on the outside and three stones on the inside, and it didn't take much effort to pull it off. ”

Tian Youcai put away the finger of the stone, stretched out his hand again, and asked, "How much is left in that bag of ** medicine?" Take it. ”

"Lord Tian, let's not be so stingy, okay?"

"What are you kid doing with it?"

"Master Tian, you don't care about this."

Because there were people patrolling around Jianye Village day and night, the two did not dare to return to the village easily, and walked towards the beach slowly, lying on the soft sand and falling asleep.

The bright sun sprinkled on the calm bay, the coconut grove swaying, the sea breeze was blowing, Tian Youcai opened his confused eyes, had no intention of appreciating the charming scenery, shook Ma San next to him and woke up, and shouted: "We should go back." ”

Ma San stood up very quickly, without saying a word, followed Tian Youcai and left, bypassing the San Diego Cathedral, and as soon as he returned to the vicinity of the village entrance, they were stopped by Zhang Gou'er, however, the patrol was all Ming soldiers, and Tian Youcai did not panic.

"Lord Tian, where did you come back from?" Zhang Gou'er asked.

"Alas, it's hard to put into words!" Tian Youcai pretended to be very angry, pointed at Ma San and scolded: "This damn thing is homesick, and he secretly ran out and wanted to swim back to Yuegang, don't you think this is a fool who can do this?" I found him on the beach last night, persuaded him to spend the night, and finally persuaded him to come back. ”

Zhang Gou'er knew that the weavers and sailors all came voluntarily, but these three hundred soldiers were different, except for a few who found a match among the female workers, and some were ready to do business in the future, and the others were looking forward to returning home as soon as possible. But from Tian Youcai's point of view, if he can't complete the treasure hunting task assigned to him by the imperial court, I'm afraid he won't dare to go back easily.

So, Zhang Gou'er persuaded: "Tian Daren and Ma three brothers, please don't worry, the old Bai seniors have purchased corn and sweet potatoes, quickly fill our boat, and wait a few days, so that the homesick brothers can go back with them." ”

These words caused a burst of cheers from the soldiers of the Ming army, some people said that after going back, they would settle down at home and come back, and some people said that they would go back to raise capital and follow Shen Daguan to do business in the future, in short, no one wanted to eat food and be a soldier anymore.

"Guys, you all have good ideas, but what should I do?" Tian Youcai asked angrily.

"It's easy to do, Wu Gongzi said that he is not worthy of being the mountain chief of Yingtian Academy, or you Tian Da is more suitable, you will pick up all your family members on the next trip, and all of them will take root here." Zhang Gou'er replied with a smile.

While they were chatting, they suddenly noticed that Father Mendoza was hurrying over with a group of Western soldiers, and Che-Roy was like an angry lion, and asked loudly as he ran: "Have you seen a group of white robbers?" ”

Tian Youcai was suddenly frightened, and Ma San wanted to run away, but after listening to this question, his heart was much more steady, and it seemed that they recognized that it was the white robber who stole Che-Roy's finger.

"Cut, what's wrong?" Zhang Gou'er asked in surprise.

"Someone stole my finger last night." As he spoke, Che-Roy raised his left hand.

Zhang Gou'er found that the index finger of his left hand was gone, and couldn't help but glance at Tian Youcai and Ma San.

At this time, Father Mendoza also came, and he persuaded Che-Roy a few words, and gave Tian Youcai a hand like a Confucian scholar, and said: "Lord Tian, you have made me look for it so hard. ”

Listening to Roy's translation, Tian Youcai almost fell down in fright, but judging from the tone of this sentence, he should have something else to do with himself, so he shook his head slightly, hurriedly bowed and saluted, and asked, "Father, I don't know what to tell you?" ”

"I want to learn Chinese culture from you as a teacher, and write a book about Chinese civilization in the future." As he spoke, Father Mendoza bowed his hand.

"The priest is polite, but he is shallow and uneducated, and he cannot afford such a heavy responsibility." Tian Youcai returned the salute as he spoke, and while Che Roy was acting as an interpreter, he glanced at his left hand, pretended to be surprised and asked angrily, "What kind of person is this who has lost his conscience?" I actually chopped off someone's hand! ”

"It's those pirates from Northern Europe!" Che Roy replied through gritted teeth.

Tian Youcai, who was full of interest, then asked: "Why do you have to say that it is a pirate from Northern Europe?" ”

"I broke a finger while fighting for my tribe, and the elders of our tribe put the crystal bone that had been kept in the temple for thousands of years in my hand in honor of me, and since then, I have been able to speak to the gods at all times. Those pirates from Northern Europe are looking for the legendary Crystal Man, and I have heard from our tribe that they have recently obtained a crystal skull, and through the guidance of the gods, they can know where the other parts of the Crystal Man are, and finally bring the Crystal Man back to life, I have not told anyone about this secret. Wasn't it stolen by the Vikings, and my fingers would fly away on their own? ”

Listening to Roy's words, everyone couldn't help but glance at Mendoza, it was obvious that he didn't understand what he said just now, he shouldn't have known the secret of the crystal hand bone, and it was only because the church was stolen that he led the officers and soldiers to fight. So, Tian Youcai lied and said: "Oh, I really didn't expect such a thing to happen!" As I was strolling along the beach this morning, I met a group of tall white men, dressed in tatters and looking haggard, who had fled from the bay in a flat boat. ”

As soon as the words fell, Che-Roy let out an angry roar and ran in the direction that Tian Youcai had pointed out, when Father Mendoza shouted "apprenticeship" and ran over with the Western soldiers......

After they left, Zhang Gou'er sensed the strangeness and ordered: "Take care of the three Ma brothers, but don't let him drown when he swims in the sea, it's a pity." ”

A group of soldiers came up and were about to take Ma San away, Tian Youcai panicked, and stepped forward to persuade: "Don't, don't be like this, he, he will definitely not do stupid things again." ”

Zhang Gou'er leaned in his ear and whispered: "Lord Tian, I heard Wu Gongzi talk about your conversation at Liu's house yesterday, did you discover any secret about Che-Roy?" Pai Ma San stole other people's things last night? Hand it over, don't let me do it, it's a shame. ”

Tian Youcai hurriedly dodged Zhang Gou'er, and replied with a smile: "Childe, you, look, it's not that the Viking ......"

At this time, Zhu Hui suddenly appeared in front of them and said with a smile: "The so-called saints are immortal, and the thieves are not stopped. Lord Tian, maybe I don't really blame you for this. ”

After escorting Ma San away, he found that Tian Youcai still wanted to play tricks, Zhang Gou'er stretched out his hand and said: "Mr. Che-Roy is right, the Viking can get the guidance of God, and the whereabouts of this finger can be judged through the crystal skull, do you really want to lure the Viking to our village?" ”

Hearing this, Tian Youcai's face became red and white for a while, and he took out the crystal hand bones with a grinding and chirping, closed his eyes and sighed: If you are born, you will be terrible!

(End of chapter)