Greed is in human nature and their appetite can be more than just these treasures.

At this moment, Fu Ying and others came to the underground world in the hope of smuggling these treasures and a batch of "stones" out of China through the Lancang River and the Mekong River through a hidden channel, and first get this underground base to be temporarily preserved.

This is not an ordinary stone, it is a batch of nearly 200 tons of top-grade jadeite jade rough, is the last batch of top-grade, "determined" jade rough mined and purchased by the Qing government. The purchase deposit alone amounted to more than 200,000 taels of silver, which had been paid in installments to the British Governor's Palace in Honsavady. The Qing government originally hoped that Tongguò would make a big profit from this batch of jade, so that the already stormy Qing Dynasty could get a little respite.

Old Vic Daoan was tempted.

But it was easier said than done to cross the jungles and mountains from China to transport the treasure to Pure. To ensure that the treasure was secured, the elder Vic Daoan trained a fleet of ships and armed guards. It was only in the summer of 1914 that the fleet secretly crossed the Mekong and Lancang rivers, where the rapids and rapids were numerous for two years, and it was only before the dry season of 1916 that some of these treasures and jadeite rough were smuggled into the cave.

Another part of the treasure, as a "toll" in the upper reaches of the Mekong River, was "given" to the then British governor. Vic Daoan is an explorer, to put it bluntly, a bandit. The British governor forcibly collected a "toll", and he also used color to have his little grandson, Vic Dawn, steal the governor's youngest daughter, Delia, who was only 5 years old at the time, into the ship and take her into the Upper Hills.

Vic Dauan Jr. was only 13 years old at the time, his parents had died on a beach, and the elder Vic Dauan took him from France to the foot of the mountain after building an underground fortress base.

Next, a massacre took place inside this underground base.

A long career of wilderness exploration has made the old Vic Daoan sick. In 1916, when Europe was plunging into the First World War, the marauder lying in his hospital bed made an important decision that he would also go on a killing spree. In the name of distributing wealth, he tricked the old expedition members into the vault and killed them all in the snake cave.

The expedition members who had followed him through the difficult expedition had all become Black Snake's meal.

Then, he took the "masters" of this batch of wealth, that is, the three missionaries who had been detained here and Fu Ying, a second-class member of the Qing court, as well as dozens of his people, men, women, and children, as well as all those who knew the secrets of these treasures, to be executed in the snake cave in batches.

At this time, the secrets of this batch of treasures were known only to the two grandchildren of Vic Daoan and the young Delia. Even the officials of the French Viceroyalty of Indochina, which managed the drug processing plant and the drug trade, did not know where the treasure was hidden.

In 1918, the First World came to an end, but China entered a bitter era of warlord warfare, and the country was in chaos, and no one cared to track down this treasure. The elder Vic Daoan's grandchildren returned to France with little Delia and a large number of gold, silver and jewelry, and immediately became the hero of the expedition and the French socialite, the tycoon, and the darling of the European high society.

Many precious Chinese cultural relics, through guò his hands, have been acquired by major European museums and have been lost overseas forever.

In 1924, the Chinese National Revolutionary Army began the Northern Expedition and fell into the flames of war. Before he died, he also asked his grandson Vic Dauan Jr. to return to Lancang and transport the remaining large number of rare treasures and jadeite rough back to France, "so that they will become the eternal wealth of the French Empire."

However, little Vic Daoan was unable to fulfill his grandfather's last wish right away. Staying in Parisian high society, he fell in love with little Delia, who was only 15 years old. It wasn't until Delia was 18 years old that they officially got married. The wine, the women, the salon, made him lose himself. When World War II broke out, Europe was plunged into war, the Germans captured Paris, and Vickdaoan Jr. fled to England with Delia alone, avoiding the war.

From the drunken high-society life of the empty city of Paris, to the scarcity of wartime life in the British Peninsula, little Vic Dauan came to his senses. He remembered his grandfather's instructions, but at this time, the German wolves in the Atlantic were haunted, and he was unable to find an opportunity to run to the Far East.

Throughout World War II, the Japanese army occupied Lancang, and this base at the foot of the Pure Mountain was also discovered. But only a few months after the Japanese army staged a coup d'état and seized absolute control of Lancang, the Japanese surrendered. As a result, the local Miao team left behind by the elder Vic Daoan is still loyally guarding the abandoned drug processing plant. There were more than twenty of them, and they survived this difficult time by hunting outside the cave.

After the end of World War II, France re-entered southern Annam. Vicdaoan and Delia first transferred to the French Doge's Palace in Pheasant City, south of Annan, to form a new guard, and finally came to Lancang again.

But when they re-entered the underground base, things changed. The place where they hid their treasure was controlled by a huge "black snake"-like animal. Due to the complex terrain, Vic Daoan brought more than 30 guards, even using mortars, but failed to defeat the Black Snake. On the contrary, the guards were eaten by the black snake and killed more than a dozen people.

The black snake has no eyes, and as long as it eats people, it will rest for quite a long time and never come out of its hole.

But as soon as someone approaches the place where the treasure is hidden, it will come out of the cave and devour everyone clean. Vic Daoan slowly figured out that the black snake relied on hearing to detect some movement in the outside world, and would come out to attack. As long as it eats a living person, it will go into the cave and sleep.

So, the Victor Dao security guards captured a number of Miao people from the Miao village in the jungle, tied them up and sent them across the river, and let the black snake devour them. After feeding several people at once, the black snake was reluctant to move. It hid in its hole, too lazy to act. So, Vicdaoan was able to re-enter the cave barefoot.

Next, Vic Daoan began to train the Black Snake, and every once in a while, he would beat the drum and feed the Black Snake to the Hmong men and women who had been kidnapped from the jungle. A year later, the Black Snake was trained. It "sounds the drums" and can roost in the cave for days without the sound of drums.

"God, in a year, how many Miao people has he killed?!" Yingya shuddered when she heard this.

"Yes, according to his records, in a year and a half, he fed 'two hundred and seventy natives'." Xu Tianyi said regretfully.

Twice a month, five or six people at a time, "beat the drum and eat", never stopping. Slowly, the Black Snake stopped attacking Vikdaoan's men. However, against others, he still attacks fiercely.

Later, the almighty CIA office in Siam discovered and occupied the underground base.

The French first hid in the vault, and Colonel Billy of the CIA led people to negotiate with Wickdaoan, but Vicdaoan avoided it. Colonel Billy's men were eaten by the Black Snake twenty or thirty, and they did not get into the vault.

So, Colonel Billy changed his tactics and he began to seal off the vault. Half a month later, Vic Daoan couldn't hold on anymore and agreed to negotiate with Colonel Billy. In exchange for supplies and food, he had to tell Colonel Billy the secret of the black snake.

So, the task of feeding the black snake fell to Colonel Billy.

But with the arrival of Colonel Billy, the end of Vic Daoan, has also come.

Colonel Billy was in the vault, where he had one last negotiation with Wickdaoan and Delia. Either hand over this wealth and serve the "Lancang secret war" of the free world to eradicate communism. Or, kill them, confiscate their ill-gotten gains, and make a "last contribution" to the free world! ”

At that time, country M was implementing the "Marshall Plan" in Europe in an attempt to revive the post-war economy of Western Europe, and country M and Western European countries were in the honeymoon period. Vic Daoan and Delia don't believe that Billy from Country M would actually kill them in this situation. In their opinion, this is nothing more than a "despicable trick" by the people of country M.

"And private wealth is sacred, and all the wealth here is the private property of the Vicdaoin family, which belongs to the great French Empire, and the people of country M have no right to confiscate." Little Vic Daoan wrote in his diary.

So, they firmly chose the latter.

But what Vic Daoan and Delia didn't expect was that Colonel Billy wasn't just talking. He did not order them to be killed, but he did order them to be built in their bedrooms.

"When the last stone was stoned to death in cement, Delia and I, as well as Nia (the servant under the bed), still thought it was nothing more than a threat. But when the air gets thinner, we know it's not a joke, but it's too late......"

This is what is stated on the last page of the diary......

Everyone was embarrassed, and they couldn't tell why, but they were by no means sorry for these Frenchmen.

"What kind of product is Fuying? Were there any yamen and officials in the Qing Dynasty who were specifically responsible for buying jadeite and jade? Lin Zhumin asked.

"Guo Dong is in the industry, and his knowledge reserve is richer than mine, so you can talk about this."

Liu Guodong said, "Chinese jade culture has a long history and is broad and profound. 'Wear gold to show wealth, wear jade to keep peace', jade is a treasure in the hands of Chinese, but also the soul in the heart. Gold and silver have a price, and jade has a fate. In all dynasties, jade is the important weapon of the country, the jade wall of the sky, the jade cong of the worship land, and the Gui, Zhang, Amber and Huang of the four directions of the heaven and earth have strict regulations. ”

"The jade seal is a symbol of the state and royal power, starting from the Qin Dynasty, the emperor adopted the system of using jade as the seal, which was followed until the Qing Dynasty. In the Han Dynasty, after the death of the emperor, he had to wear jade and jade clothes. After the Qing Dynasty, a large amount of Burmese jade from Hungsawaddy began to sweep the imperial palace. ”

"At that time, most of the daily necessities such as chopsticks, pots, and boxes used in the court were jadeite products. Especially after Cixi came to power, her obsession with jade has bordered on madness. Specially sent eunuchs as Qincha, who lived in Yunnan Province, were responsible for the mining, purchase, polishing, and making of jadeite and jade roughs. And Fu Ying is a eunuch who does this errand. ”

After listening to Liu Guodong, Yu Songyuan said, "In other words, Vic Daoan and his wife only stole back a few gold, silver and jewelry, and did not transport these stones back to France. Are they also eyeing the Chinese jade market? ”

"Possibly. China is a country with a complete jade culture, which is unique in the world. Jade is also the best in jade, and Chinese flock to it. This is certainly also an important reason. Liu Guodong said affirmatively.