Chapter 81: The Truth Revealed (5)
Jiao Ba turned his head to look at me, "Brother Yi... I..."
"Shut up, we'll talk about you later." I know the severity, I can't point the finger at Jiao Ba now, and hurriedly asked Mai Lao, "That night, was it the note you left for me at the bedside?" "I distinctly remember that the night I found the jade pendant, I found a note at the bedside.
Mai Lao smiled, "That's right, it was I who left it, and I'm relieved to put it on you for safekeeping, I just meant to remind you." β
"And what about the second note?" Jiao Ba later found a note, but the handwriting was different, as if it was an intentional imitation.
"You shouldn't ask me about this, you should ask him." Mai Lao's eyes were on Jiao Ba again.
I was shocked, things actually came back, this damn Jiao Ba, what else did he do, "Don't ask, it's you directing a play by yourself again." "I looked at him helplessly, this grandson is really capable of pretending, and he intends to push things on Junko, if it weren't for the overall situation, I really wanted to kick him to death.
The muscles on Jiao Ba's face were about to twitch together, he probably never dreamed that the qiΔ he had done was actually discovered, just like under Mai Lao's eyelids, every action he made, even every thought, Mai Lao seemed to know it, but for so long, Mai Lao had never mentioned it to anyone, nor did he feel sorry for him.
"I'll admit it this time, brother Jenny, I'll give you an explanation of my affairs in the future." Jiao Ba's face was bitter, and he obviously had no confidence.
I didn't want to continue on his question, so I turned around and looked at Mai Lao, "What about the back?" What happened again? β
As a result, Mai Lao asked me rhetorically, "After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, isn't it your full world?" β
"We're full?" I replied casually, but immediately felt wrong, "What do you mean?" β
Mai Lao smiled gloomily, "Jin Zhongyi, I know you very well, your real surname is Aixin Jueluo, and you are a descendant of the Manchu royal family, am I right?" β
I'm really stunned, this matter, not to mention Jiao Ba, even Junzi doesn't know, I've never mentioned it to anyone, and for so many years, I've almost forgotten my identity, after all, these things are history, and there's no need to look back.
"It's so new." Chang Shan said lukewarmly beside him.
Jenny, Li Xin and the big man were also surprised, maybe no one would have thought that I, a poor people, would actually be a descendant of Wanqing's royal family, "How did you know?" Have you investigated me? "This old guy seems to know every one of us well.
"Hehehaha" Boss Mai laughed, "I know the identities of all of you, but except for him." His last gaze was on Chang Shan's body, this man is really a mystery, even Mai Lao can't find out, it's really not to be underestimated, but which side is he on? Or did he not stand on either side?
Chang Shan's expression was still cold, without any fluctuations, Mai Lao turned his head to look at me, "Actually, many years ago, I had a relationship with your ancestors."
After Li Zicheng became emperor, Wu Sangui surrendered to the Qing army, united with the Qing army, defeated Li Zicheng in the Battle of Shanhaiguan, and led the Qing army to enter the customs smoothly, thus beginning the Qing Dynasty that ruled the Central Plains for nearly 300 years.
After the Qing Dynasty ruled the Central Plains, Mai Lao no longer lived in seclusion, and began to live the life of ordinary people like ordinary people, but he was not an ordinary person after all, an immortal monster, how could he be willing to live in obscurity all his life, and he never forgot to find Nahe Shibi, which was his ultimate goal.
Although Mai Lao doesn't have to hide in Tibet, but he won't stay in one place for too long, generally every twenty or thirty years, he will change places, although the ancient emperor was feudal and autocratic, but the management system is not very strictly prohibited, many small towns are relatively backward, Mai Lao will shuttle in these small towns, no one will notice him at all, who would have thought that he would be an immortal monster?
No matter when, if you want to live, you must need money, Mai Lao he is no exception, a person who has lived for hundreds of years, naturally understands more than ordinary people, and when it comes to the Qianlong period, Mai Lao is already a giant businessman on the rich side, in the entire Jiangnan region, is famous, and has a deep friendship with many dignitaries, there are hundreds of servants in the family alone, even the local prefect, have to look at his face.
Qianlong went to the south of the Yangtze River six times, three of which were accompanied by Mai Lao, in these three times, every time Qianlong came, Mai Lao would spend a lot of money, luxury Cheng dΓΉ unimaginable, because of this, Mai Lao would see Qianlong, but at that time, Mai Lao, has changed his face, and he has long been without the appearance of a hundred years ago.
In his words, he didn't want to have anything to do with the emperor, he was like a tiger, he knew this, if he did something a little wrong, it would be easy to offend the emperor, although he was not afraid of anything, but it was better to be careful, but this was no way, every time Qianlong came to Jiangnan, local officials would look for Mai Lao, because he had money, he didn't look for anyone he was looking for, so he had to do it.
But Mai Lao is an immortal person after all, so he still has to fake his death, otherwise it will be easy to arouse suspicion, before he faked his death, he transferred all his property away, leaving only an empty shelf, he has no children and no daughters, and after he faked his death, the mansion was also closed, and the giant businessman on the rich side seemed to disappear overnight, leaving nothing.
In fact, Mai Lao, has long been far away, from this day on, he has been asking about the descendants of the Zheng He family everywhere, because only Zheng He's descendants have that nautical chart, even if it is robbed, he has to get the nautical chart, but unfortunately the information at that time is also backward than the call, and it is not easy to find a person in the vast sea of people, until the end of the Qing Dynasty and the Guangxu period, he also failed to find Zheng He's descendants.
But at the same time, he had a bold idea, Zheng He was present when he buried the queen and the palace maid at sea, he watched the two ships sink to the bottom of the sea, according to his memory, he thought he could find the two shipwrecks, so he decided to organize people to go to sea to find the wreck.
In the Guangxu years, due to the corruption of officials, coupled with the extreme luxury of the Empress Dowager Cixi, the people were not able to make a living, and they were completely in dire straits, and there were starvation deaths almost every day, so it was easy for Mai Lao to find someone to go to sea, as long as he had money, everything was easy to do.
He bought a big ship and set off with a group of people, but he sailed at sea for more than half a month, and he failed to find any clues about the shipwreck, after all, the technology at that time was limited, and there was no diving equipment, so he was completely drifting with the tide at sea.
But maybe it was his luck that he finally found a wreck, the Ming Dynasty shipwreck where the two palace maids were buried, but there was no diving device at that time, so if you want to go to sea, it is completely with a reed pole and a breath, Mai Lao is an immortal person, so he can naturally do it, but others can't.
When he led a part of the people to the sea, these people have died at the bottom of the sea before they can return to the sea, although Mai Lao is tough, but he is not able to breathe underwater, the shipwrecks of the Ming Dynasty have enchantments, when he first went to the sea, he returned immediately after breaking the enchantment.
It was only at the second time that he barely entered the forbidden place of the wreck, and he carried a coffin out of the wreck with great force, and then trapped it with a rope, and the people on board were pulling the coffin up little by little along the rope.
For the Qing Dynasty people at that time, salvaging the coffin underwater was something they didn't even dare to think about, but what Mai Lao did made them admire it so much that they thought that Mai Lao was a capable person, but no one knew what he had in mind.
But just as Mai Lao was about to take someone down to the sea again to get another coffin, the sea began to roar, the climate on the sea is changeable, a quarter of an hour ago may be calm, but a quarter of an hour later, it may be a storm.
Mai Lao they were very unfortunate to encounter a storm, this kind of wooden ship, simply could not resist the storm, a few huge waves down, the ship was ruthlessly sunk, and the sea area they sank, just near the Ming Dynasty shipwreck, everyone on the ship, except for Mai Lao, all died in this shipwreck.
And he was holding a piece of wood at the time, and relied on strong strength to barely survive the storm, and finally he drifted at sea for two days, only to be rescued by a few fishermen who went out to sea to fish, this is the first shipwreck we found at that time, the shipwreck in the late Qing Dynasty Guangxu period, no wonder there will be a female corpse of the Ming Dynasty inside, no wonder Mai Lao will find the shipwreck for the first time, this qiΔ has roots, but when it is we, who would have thought of it.
But he was not reconciled, after returning to the Central Plains, he organized ships to go to sea again, but unfortunately, his luck was not so good, no matter how he looked at sea, he could no longer find the Ming Dynasty shipwreck, he went to sea several times in a row, but still found nothing, at this time he clearly realized that he had to find the navigation chart, otherwise he could not find the wreck in the vast sea.
Since Zheng He's descendants can't find it, he can only get the navigation chart from Zheng He's mausoleum, and he can't be clear about the mysterious island, so he used a lot of money to buy off a general of the navy army in the late Qing Dynasty, preparing to storm the island and open Zheng He's mausoleum.
Under the leadership of Mai Lao, the general led several fleets of sailors all the way to the mysterious island, and when they landed on the island, they found that this place was so beautiful, and these Qing soldiers were fascinated by the scenery of this island.