Jenny shook her head and said, "I don't know who that person is, it was mailed, the address is in China, I personally signed for it at that time, so the memory is very deep, the sender did not leave any contact information, only Beijing, China and a simple address, the name and phone number were not left." ”

"At that time, I also wondered, I grew up in the United States, I didn't have any friends in China, but when I opened it, I knew that it was a nautical chart, but I didn't know that this was left by my ancestors, because when my father went to sea, I was still very young, and I had never seen the complete nautical chart, which was later told to me by my mother, this is the nautical chart that my father took away before, but only half of it was left, and no one knew where the other half was."

"This person who mails you the charts is so important, if you know who he is, things are much easier, who can he be?" My mind was spinning wildly, what was the purpose of this man who mailed Jenny nautical charts? Or half a nautical chart in the mail, so where is the other half? Did she disappear with her father, or was she left behind by this mysterious man?

"I also want to know who he is, I always feel that he mailed me this half of the nautical chart for a purpose, since he knew the existence of the nautical chart, then he should have sailed with my father, my God, Zhongyi, could he be the Chinese man who disappeared? It's the Chinese man who doesn't even look in the photo. Jenny's eyes widened suddenly, apparently she had just figured it out.

Jenny's words made me suddenly realize that she was right, the person who mailed her the nautical charts must have gone to sea with his father, otherwise how could he have known such important information.

Moreover, there were twenty-three people in the crew at that time, including twelve Americans, eight Mexicans, and three Chinese, and there were twenty-two people in that photo, only the last one was missing, it stands to reason that the twenty-two bodies have all been found, and the two Chinese male corpses in the coffin before were still a little suspicious, and now Jenny said so, it is completely certain.

This twenty-third person, that is, the Chinese who disappeared, is probably the key to the matter, from which it can be inferred that this person is not dead, it must be the half of the nautical chart he mailed to Jenny, this person is quite dangerous, not only did he not leave any clues, not even a photo.

If it weren't for the captain's diary, we wouldn't even know he existed, so who was this man? What is his purpose? Why did he leave the ice city alive, and did the death of Jenny's father and the whole ship have anything to do with him? It's all a mystery.

But I personally feel that it is absolutely inseparable, and I have to find a way to dig this person out, I always feel that there is a big set in this, if Jenny is not lying, then she has also been calculated, this person who mailed him nautical charts, there is definitely a big conspiracy behind it.

"Zhongyi, what are you doing? Shall I talk to you? Jenny touched me.

I came back to my senses and said, "That's right, you're right, it's very likely to be the Chinese man who disappeared, it's all too weird, he deliberately hides himself, we have to find a way to dig him out, this person is very important." ”

"Where can I find it? There was no clue at all, so I was going to go back, and since my father was dead, I didn't need to go to sea. Jenny sighed and said a little sadly.

I said firmly, "You have to stay, things are not so simple, let's think about things in a reasoning way, that nautical chart, it is very likely that there are two, your father has one in his hand, and Zheng He's mausoleum has one, so it is more reasonable, otherwise there is no way to explain this, but what I don't understand is that Zheng He's coffin, but there is only the second half, so where did the first half go?"

"If there are really two complete nautical charts, one in my father's hand, then the other one must still be in Zheng He's mausoleum, but we didn't find it, he is very likely to divide a nautical chart into two, we only found the second half, the first half is likely to be placed elsewhere, it should be like this." Jenny couldn't be sure either, everything was inferred, but things were finally a bit of an eyebrow, but unfortunately there was too little light, and there were no too useful clues to be found.

I could have discussed it with Jiao Ba, but I promised Jenny that I couldn't tell anyone, so I could only figure out a way to do this on my own, but my own strength was too limited.

"Okay, just go down as you say, so why did the person who mailed you the nautical charts only mail half of them? Could it be that your father's nautical charts have been split in two? Or did something else happen along the way and end up splitting the chart in two? "I still feel right, it's always like there's something missing about the key issues.

"It's all about that, it can't be fake, right?"

Jenny's words suddenly reminded me of a very important thing, I said that it always feels wrong, and the feeling is that I forgot about it, "Jenny, are you sure this nautical chart is real?" ”

"I found someone to check it, it was a hand-drawn aeronautical chart from the Ming Dynasty, and I can't be wrong." Jenny affirmed.

But what I thought of was what Jiao Ba had told me before, he told me that this nautical chart was a fake, and the two of us had made a comparison at that time, and it was indeed different from the nautical chart found in Zheng He's coffin, whether it was leather or lines, especially when viewed from different angles in the sun, Zheng He's half of the nautical chart, the black lines would turn red.

And Jenny's first half of the navigation chart, is the original color unchanged, it is simply from the handwriting of two people, there are subtle differences in the painters, not professionals, can not be distinguished at all, if it is not for Jiao Ba, I don't know at all, although this is all done by the Ming Dynasty, but the truth can still be distinguished.

"You're wrong, the half of the nautical chart in your hand is fake." I said calmly.

"What do you say? Fake? How is it possible, I have found someone to check it, this is indeed from the hands of the Ming Dynasty. Jenny still didn't quite believe me.

"I know, but that's also fake, I gave you the chart last time, it should still be on you, right? You can take it out and see it. "Since she doesn't believe it, I'll have to tell him the truth.

"I'm here, I'll take it out now."

Jenny really carried the nautical chart with her, and after she took it out, I put it on the ground according to Jiao Ba's previous method, and then asked her to squat down on the ground at a forty-five degree angle to observe it in the sun, and when Jenny squatted down, her face immediately changed, and she didn't say a word for a long time.

"How? Believe it now, right? If the nautical chart in your hand is real, there should also be this change, but unfortunately it has not changed at all, and if you look closely, the leather and drawing of the two nautical charts are also slightly different. I crouched down, looked at her and asked.

Jenny's eyes widened, looking back and forth, and after a few minutes, she turned to look at me and said, "What?" How so? If you look closely, it's really different, especially the painter, it's not from one person's handwriting at all, loyalty, how do you know? ”

"Me? Of course I didn't have those two times, it was Jiao Ba who told me, and the day after I got on the boat, Jiao Ba told me, but since I arrived in Ice City, I forgot about it, and I just remembered what you just said. "I'll tell you the truth, without Jiao Ba, I would never have known.

"Jiao Ba is really amazing, he can see through such a small difference, but have you ever thought that if there are two nautical charts, it is really possible that two people drew them?"

"That's right, but under normal circumstances, it shouldn't be, this kind of confidential thing, the less people know about it, the better, there is no reason to let two people draw nautical charts, and the secret behind this nautical chart is not something you and I can imagine." I remembered what the old man on the island had said, it was a century-old secret.

"Yes, if it were me, I wouldn't." Jenny nodded.

"Hehe, now you know, there is content in this, the person who mailed you the nautical chart, maybe this is his hand-drawing." I had a bold idea, but it was a possibility.

"Wouldn't it? This was painted by the Ming Dynasty. Jenny looked incredulous.

But it was his words that reminded me again, "Ming Dynasty people? That's right, it's the Ming Dynasty, and the old man on the island can live until now, so what about others? Especially the missing eunuch, whether he is dead or alive, no one knows. ”

Jiao Ba and I didn't analyze this problem at the time, just thinking about whether the cat-eye black-clothed man had anything to do with the eunuch named Liu Qian, and now there is such a mysterious Ming Dynasty person, so if you combine the three of them to analyze, things seem a little delicate, and it seems that they can always be connected, but I can't say why, what kind of relationship do these three mysterious people have?

"God, if that's the case, then I'm not caught up in it, and it's probably a big trap." Jenny patted her forehead and said with some worry.

"Why do you say that?" I looked at her and asked.

Jenny's face was extremely bad, she calmed down for a moment and then said, "After I received this nautical chart, in order to find my father's news, I went online to find the email person's address, but what I didn't expect was that it was not a residential area, but Beijing X University." ”

"What do you say? Beijing X University? "It's getting weirder and weirder.

Jenny nodded and said, "That's right, I verified, it was already many years ago, and later, in order to find this person, I went back to China alone and went to Beijing X University to study, and this stay was several years, but unfortunately, there were still no clues." ”