Chapter 77: The Truth Revealed
"What did you say?" I can't believe my ears, Pangu Open Heaven, Ancient Artifact, how is this possible?
"He's right." Mai Lao sneered, "But it's not entirely true, He's Bi is indeed an ancient artifact, but the owner is not to summon gods, but to summon divine soldiers, when the divine soldiers come, the owner can rely on the power of divine weapons to rule the whole of China, and even the whole world." ”
I was completely shocked by Mai Lao's words, if what he said was true, then his ultimate goal was to rule the whole of China, and even the whole world, he wanted to be the emperor, or even more majestic than the emperor, this person's ambition is really terrible, judging from the state of what he wants to get Heshibi, this should not be a lie, and there is no need for him to say this kind of lie to deceive people, plus what Chang Shan just said, it seems that this and Shibi really have unpredictable ability.
"You want to use the power of this divine soldier to rule China?" I asked tentatively.
"No, China is just a part, what I want is the whole world, with the power of divine soldiers, I will be invincible, no force can stop me, hehehaha" Mai Lao laughed wildly, as if the whole world was in the palm of his hand, and that laughter was a sign of contempt for the world.
"Crazy, you're just crazy, and you rule the world? You can figure it out. "I have to admit that Mai Lao's idea is too crazy, I can't accept it for a while, I never thought he would have such great ambitions, it seems that the eunuch is really perverted and twisted.
"Hehehaha...... Mai Lao looked up and laughed, "Everyone wants power, what's wrong with me doing this?" How can you grass people understand this kind of thing? ”
"It's ridiculous, you are a eunuch, even if you are given great power, what can you do?" Jiao Ba held the general and looked at Mai Lao with a contemptuous gaze, "As far as you still want to dominate the whole world, I think you are simply a showman, these hundreds of years have really been in vain." ”
"Shut up, you dare to slander me." Mai Lao suddenly became angry, "I hate others calling me a eunuch the most in my life, believe it or not, I will kill you now." He raised his eyebrows, clenched his fists, and the murderous aura began to spread again.
Jiao Ba suddenly didn't dare to say much, after all, he was not Mai Lao's opponent at all, he glanced at me, I gave him a look, and asked him to shut up quickly, "Mai Lao, I am still willing to call you that." I quickly put on a hypocritical smile, "After all, we are also friends in life and death, you will never kill us, right?" "I have to stabilize him first, I'm really afraid that this dead eunuch will slaughter us in anger.
"Don't worry, I said, as long as you return He's Bi to me, I will definitely not kill you, and you can still take the treasure away, isn't that great?" Mai Lao stretched out his hand and looked at me with a smile.
In the past, his smile would make me feel very steady, but now, the more I look at his smiling face, the more frightened I feel, this is clearly a treacherous smile, just like those old eunuchs in the palace, it makes people look disgusting and angry, I really hate his face more and more, I can't wait to go up and slap him a few big mouths.
But I couldn't fully express it yet, so I put away my smile and asked seriously, "I can give you He's Bi, but... You have to tell me everything, and I want to know the truth of the matter. ”
"Don't you know everything? What else is there to ask? Mai Lao looked a little impatient, his eyes were deep, like the abyss, which made people dare not look directly.
I subconsciously moved to the side of Chang Shan, but I didn't get too close, just behind him, this is more or less to keep a certain distance, I am afraid that Chang Shan will suddenly come over and snatch the things in my hand, if he destroys this and Shibi now, Mai Lao must go crazy, as soon as he goes crazy, all of us have to finish.
"I ask you, is it you who mailed Jenny the chart?" I asked suddenly, there was no need to beat around the bush now.
As soon as Jenny heard me ask, she immediately took two steps forward, her face looked a little nervous, Mai Lao turned around to look at her, and then turned back to stare at me, "Jin Zhongyi, it seems... You seem to be interested in this qiē? ”
I said coldly, "I'm not interested, but I want to know the truth of everything." ”
Mai Lao smiled, and then his face changed, "Okay, then I'll sue you, you guessed right, that person is me." ”
Sure enough, it's him, I'm not so surprised, I have suspected that he is the mysterious person behind it before, and now he admits it himself, and it saves a lot of trouble, it seems that the whole thing was premeditated many years ago, and everything is in his plan, but when did this plan start?
"So you are the Chinese who went to sea with my father? The last Chinese to disappear? Jenny was a little excited, and her voice was raised a lot.
"That's right, it's me, I'm the 23rd person on that fishing boat, and the group photo of the crew is exactly what I photographed." Mai Lao nodded, and said with a wandering look in his eyes.
"It's you really you" Jenny's face turned ugly, it seemed that she was still very sad, "I didn't believe it when Zhongyi doubted you, I even defended you, I'm such an idiot, it turns out that you did all this?" I always thought you were a reliable person who listened to you for everything, but I didn't expect you to be the culprit. She was a little crazy, her eyes were full of murderous energy, if Li Xin hadn't been pulling her, I'm afraid she would have rushed up and fought with Mai Lao.
"You don't have to look at me like that, I didn't do your father's death, it was the evil spirits in the ice city that killed him, so if you want to hate, hate them." He said lightly, without a hint of guilt.
Jenny was trembling with anger, I could feel that her heart must be full of hatred now, but unfortunately, she still has no way to take Mai Lao, this revenge, I really don't know if we can revenge, Mai Lao's strength is too strong, we can't clash with him head-on, let alone kill him now, it's a problem to be able to get out of the way, so you have to outwit it, but this old guy is too cunning, I'm afraid it's not so easy.
"What's going on with this qiē? Mai Lao, now that it's over, you should tell us the truth, right? After all, we have been together all the way to life and death, and those dead companions, they didn't even leave their names, and they won't look blind until they die. I put on a pleading tone and started an emotional battle.
Mai Lao stared at me, then he turned sideways, suddenly closed his eyes, he took a deep breath, as if remembering, and said faintly, "In that case... There is nothing to hide, everything has to be traced back to 1398"
In 1398, Zhu Yunwen, the grandson of the emperor, ascended the throne and succeeded the emperor of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, and became the second emperor of the Ming Dynasty. After Emperor Jianwen ascended the throne, in order to prevent the strength of the vassal kings from expanding, he began a series of measures to reduce the feudal domains, and he successively eliminated some of the less powerful vassal kings.
At the same time, the troops deployed around Beiping and in the city, and in the name of defending the border, transferred the fourth son of Ming Taizu, the elite guards of Zhu Di, the king of Yan, out of the fortress to defend them, preparing to cut off the king of Yan.
Yan King Zhu Di sat in Beiping, unwilling to be cut by Emperor Jianwen, in 1399, began to rebel, and then waved all the way to the south, known as the Battle of Jingyan, the war lasted for four years, in 1402, Zhu Di captured the imperial capital Yingtian, that is, the current city of Nanjing, the whereabouts of Emperor Jianwen in the war are unknown, and the Heshi Bi in his hands also disappeared, some people say that he died in the palace self-immolation, some people say that he escaped from the tunnel, absconded overseas, but where Emperor Jianwen went at that time, no one knows.
In the same year, Zhu Di ascended the throne, known as Ming Chengzu in history, and in the second year, the year name was changed to Yongle. After Yongle ascended the throne, he has always felt uneasy about the disappearance of Emperor Jianwen, and even had nightmares every night, waking up in the middle of the night, in order to find Emperor Jianwen and consolidate his imperial power, he decided to send someone overseas to find out.
In the third year of Yongle, Ming Chengzu Zhu Di issued an order, ordering Zheng He to organize a fleet to go to the Western Ocean and lead the fleet to set sail from Nanjing Longjiang Port, many people think that this is to show off force and show national prestige, and some people think that it is for tributary trade and strengthen economic exchanges with various countries, but only Zheng He knows, this is just an excuse, the real reason for this trip to sea is to find Zhu Yunwen, Emperor Jianwen who disappeared a few years ago.
Zheng He has two most important people around him, one is Mai Lao, the other is the Taoist priest, Mai Lao is Liu Qian, and the Taoist priest is the old man on the ghost island, both of them are Zheng He's henchmen, so naturally they went to sea with him.
But things are not going well, the first time to go to sea there is no clue, Emperor Jianwen seems to have evaporated from the world, there is no way to find it, the next three seas are the same, there are no clues, for Zheng He, to find a person on the sea, it is even more difficult than climbing to the sky.
It was not until the fifteenth year of Yongle, when Zheng He went to sea for the fifth time, that he found the whereabouts of Emperor Jianwen, when the fleet encountered a storm on the way, Zheng He's main ship lost contact with the other fleets and drifted to an unknown island, and it was on this island that they found the long-missing Emperor Jianwen.
At that time, the island was the island where we are now, but the island was not so desolate at that time, but it was not a beautiful mountain and clear water, just a very ordinary desert island.
Now that Zheng He has found him, there will naturally be no less war, but Emperor Jianwen's troops are not very sufficient, some of the soldiers he took away, the dead and wounded, there is not much left, and only the big general is still guarding his side.
Mai Lao and Taoist priests are both masters in the rivers and lakes, especially Mai Lao, don't look at him as a eunuch, but he is the strongest person in Da Nei's martial arts, which is why Zheng He has always kept him by his side.