A cowhide tent was set up by the river, and Zheng Yi entered the tent with Bantu, Huang Yuanyu, Pan Yue and others, and a big fire was lit inside to dispel the chill on the riverside in early spring.

After taking his seat, Bantu asked the prefect Pan Yue and the green camp to count the losses of the chief Daniel Zhang, and at the same time called Chen Shuiya, Li Yu, Lao Jiangtou and Ye Xun into the tent, and he and the guard Wang Jinbao led people to bring two groups of people into the two tents and inquire about the situation after they entered the water.

After two incense sticks, Wang Jinbao went to Bantu's tent, interrogated Chen Shuiya and Li Yu about the situation, and handed over the inquiry record, Bantu read it in detail, and asked Lao Jiangtou: "After you go into the water for five or six zhang, the water is pitch black and invisible, how do you observe the bottom of the water?" ”

"Lord Hui, Ye Xun and I dived into the river to darken, I can't see Li Yu's figure, I have a piece of glowing fluorite, at the bottom of the river, I found a big boat, more than 20 zhang long, there was a water monster rushed out, I pulled Ye Xun into a small cabin, only to see the water monster swim up, we hid in the bottom of the warehouse, in the cabin saw a lot of wooden stakes, as if it was the rumored Qinggang stick, because the wooden stakes are too heavy, and there are water monsters, can not carry things to float up, feel that the pig urine bubble is not enough, We had no choice but to float to the surface of the river," replied the old Jiangtou tremblingly, and took out the round stone from his pocket and handed it to Bantu.

"You saw a big ship, hid in the cabin to avoid the water monster, and saw the Qinggang stick in the cabin, is this true?" Bantu turned to Ye Xun and glanced at the fluorite in his hand.

"Yes, my lord, this is true, I still want to open the stake, but unfortunately I can't borrow power underwater, that thing is very heavy, and I can't carry it, and the water monster is too vicious!" Ye Xun's face was frightened.

Bantu looked at the underwater exploration records again, asked some trivial questions, and said with a happy face, "You must find a way to eradicate the water monster, how can you get the treasure?" ”

Bantu walked around the tent a few times and ordered his soldiers to invite Wang Jinbao, Huang Yuanyu, Pan Yue and the people from the Exploration Bureau in.

"Just now I asked the divers and Lord Wang respectively, and both of them found a big boat of more than 20 zhang at the bottom of the river, just at that time, the water monster appeared, Lao Jiang and Ye Xun entered the cabin to avoid the water monster, and Chen Shuiya and Li Yu were chased by the water monster and surfaced on the river, and Lao Jiang and Ye Xun found in the boat, this should be one of the places where the Great West War Ship sank, all the ships will start to search for the net tomorrow, looking for other Great West sunken ships, how to eradicate the water monster? Please give us your ideas," Bantu said.

The people present offered suggestions on measures to prevent the attack of the water monster and eradicate the water monster, and Bantu asked his entourage to record them one by one, and arranged for tomorrow to be prepared. Then they came to a large courtyard, where a roaring fire was burned, on which were a few whole sheep, already roasted to a golden brown, and the hot sheep fat was dripping onto the red fire, and a tempting fragrance was steaming.

Bantu ordered his soldiers to cut off two golden leg of mutton with knives and gave them to Lao Jiangtou and Ye Xun, and brought a jar of old wine to Lao Jiangtou and Ye Xun and said: "Today, I want to toast to the two heroes, they have found out the bottom of the shipwreck at the bottom of the river, and I want to celebrate your achievements!" Lao Jiangtou only took the wine and drank it all, and when they were full of wine and food, it was already full of stars, and Lao Jiangtou and Ye Xun helped each other all the way back home.

Seeing the door of the tofu workshop, Lao Jiangtou whispered, "Don't look back, someone is watching", Ye Xun pretended not to know, swept the corner of his eye, and saw a figure lurking in the corner not far behind him, so he directly opened the door of Uncle Gen's house, and deliberately said loudly: "Uncle Gen, Lao Jiangtou is drunk, get him a sobering soup, and then send him away." ”

"After a busy day, I am lucky to be able to come back with my whole body, I heard that there is one more water monster today, and more than ten people have been broken, this water monster is a goblin who has practiced for thousands of years, Lao Jiangtou, for that little reward is not worth it, you will go to yourself tomorrow, don't take Xun'er, he is still a child", Uncle Gen muttered, complaining about Lao Jiangtou.

"Don't blame me about this, it's still this kid who ripped my old bones down the river, without my old horse to lead, do you think this little foal can find the way," Lao Jiangtou said loudly, and pointed out with his hand, meaning that someone in the yard was eavesdropping.

"With so many people in today, can you find the whereabouts of the hidden treasure?" Uncle Gen understood and asked loudly deliberately.

"Master Ban arranged this matter to be kept secret, but it doesn't hurt to tell your old man, I saw a big boat at the bottom of the river, twenty zhang long, and there were a lot of wooden stakes in the cabin, which may be the legendary Qinggang stick, but unfortunately it was too heavy, and none of them were fished up, and two big water monsters rushed over, you don't know, I almost lost my life," Lao Jiangtou replied with a sigh.

"Heavy treasures must be guarded by demon beasts, you think it's so easy to take treasures, otherwise people would have salvaged them a long time ago, you are still like a little baby at your age," Uncle Gen said disdainfully at Lao Jiangtou.

"The old guy drank a little too much, you let your sister make a bowl of tofu brains to sober up Uncle Jiang, your pair of living treasures really doesn't make people worry," Uncle Gen raised his voice and said to Ye Xun.

Ye Xun slowly opened the door and walked out of the door, his eyes caught a glimpse of a figure flashing in the dark at the gate, and he couldn't help laughing. When I walked to the kitchen, I saw that there were still two bowls of tofu brains in the pot, the embers under the stove had not been extinguished, and the cold and heat were closed, so I brought it into Uncle Gen's house, handed the tofu brain to Lao Jiangtou, and said in a low voice, The person who was watching it had left.

"Our two grandfathers were on the boat, and found General Anxi's saber and brass cartridge, the boat at the bottom of the river is the ship of King Anxi, the child is also older, and he has a family feud, it is time to tell the truth to the child," Lao Jiangtou groaned for a while, glanced at Xun'er, and said to Uncle Gen.

In November of the first year of Shunzhi, Zhang Xianzhong called the emperor in Chengdu, the founding name 'Daxi', and sealed four adopted sons as kings, Sun Kewang was the king of Pingdong, Liu Wenxiu was the king of Funan, Li Dingguo was the king of Anxi, and Ai Nengqi was the king of Dingbei. And your grandfather is Li Dingguo, the king of Anxi, and your father is Li Runxing, the youngest son of the king of Anxi, and you Uncle Jiang and I are the deputy general in front of your father's account, my original name is Xu You, and the old Jiangtou is formerly known as Jiang Zhongtian", Uncle Gen was immersed in the smoke and clouds of the past, and said slowly.

Li Dingguo began to lead troops at the age of seventeen, led 20,000 subordinates, attacked Henan and Hubei, disguised himself as a Ming army officer, 20 light cavalry raids to capture Xiangyang City, captured more than 100,000 military resources stored by Yang Sichang, the governor of the Ming Dynasty, and helped Zhang Xianzhong's righteous army lay the foundation for its career.

In November of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, Zhang Xianzhong formally established the Daxi regime in Chengdu, Li Dingguo was named the general of Anxi with outstanding military achievements, supervised 16 military camps, Li Dingguo was only 24 years old at this time, he was eight feet tall, handsome, did things in moderation, was tolerant and benevolent in the army, was extremely brave in battle, and made countless achievements, and was called "Xiao Wei Chi" and "10,000 enemies" by the soldiers, and was a wise and brave general in the Daxi Army.

In August of the third year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty, Zhang Xianzhong was shot by the Qing army and the prince of Shuosu Haoge poisoned arrow in Xichong Phoenix Mountain, and before his death, the treasure map of Tibet was divided into two, one was handed over to Sun Kewang, the general of Anxi, and the other was handed over to Li Dingguo, the general of Anxi. After Zhang Xianzhong's death, the army was in turmoil, and his four righteous sons collected more than 10,000 people from the remnants of their families, and retreated eastward at night for hundreds of miles.

To the north of the Jialing River, Zeng Ying, the general soldier of the Southern Ming Dynasty, led the troops to block, shelled the baggage of the righteous army, the military pay ship and the family ships, dozens of ships were bombarded and sank to the bottom of the river, the ship of Li Dingguo, the general of Anxi, was also hit by the red-clothed cannon, Zhang Xianzhong's family members who accompanied the ship were blown up, and the military salary in the ship sank to the bottom of the Jialing River, this is the origin of the treasure shipwreck at the mouth of the Jialing River, and the king of Anxi got on other ships to get out of danger.

After Zhang Xianzhong died in battle, Anxi generals Li Dingguo and Sun Kewang led their troops to fight against the Qing Dynasty. In the sixth year of Yongli in the Ming Dynasty, Li Dingguo entered Guangxi, Keguilin, took advantage of the victory to go north, Lianke Yongzhou, Hengyang, killed the Qing army Dingnan Wang Ping'an General Kong Youde and the Qing Dingyuan general Nikan, defeated a total of 150,000 elite soldiers led by him, and personally split the Qing army Dingyuan General Jingjin Prince Nikan in half, "two famous kings, the world shook", so that the Qing court was once ready to give up the annexation of seven provinces in southwest China.

In the tenth year of Yongli in the Ming Dynasty, Li Dingguo secretly welcomed Emperor Yongli into Yunnan and was crowned King of Jin. But he was jealous of Sun Kewang, the righteous army infighting, suffered defeats one after another, had to retreat into Guangxi, and then turned to Yunnan, but Sun Kewang defected to the Qing Dynasty, and presented the "Yunnan-Guizhou map" to the Qing Dynasty, the southwest defense secrets were lost, the Qing army attacked Guizhou on a large scale, he turned to the war unfavorably, and retreated into Burma.

In the fifteenth year of Yongli, the 100,000 troops of the Qing army Wu Sangui entered Burma and forced the king of Burma to hand over the Yongli Emperor, and in the sixteenth year of Yongli, Wu Sangui hanged the Yongli Emperor in Kunming, and the Southern Ming Dynasty perished. When Li Dingguo, the king of Xining, heard the news, he became sick with grief and indignation, and he knew that he would die soon, so he sent deputy generals Xu You and Jiang Zhongtian to take 50 guards to disguise themselves, and escort the major general Li Runxing from Burma back to the neighboring Tengyue, incognito, waiting for the opportunity to make a big deal, and soon Li Dingguo, the king of Xining, died of illness.

"We sneaked up in Tengyue, in Tengyue opened the Rishengchang, take the ancient tea horse road in the southwest provinces, operate the jade jade and tea business, and then opened the Rishengchang general number in Chengdu, by the major general pseudonym Duan Zixing, I am under the pseudonym Xu Tian, I am responsible in Tengyue, everyone calls me Xu shopkeeper, and Jiang Zhongtian, that is, your Uncle Jiang, does not like to welcome business, on the bank of the Jialing River in Chongqing Prefecture, and became a fisherman.

Ten years ago, your parents' identity was found out and killed in Chengdu, I was afraid that it would affect the lives of your sister and brother, so I had to clean up the family property and come to Chongqing to seek refuge in your Uncle Jiang, today you are an adult, and the truth should be told to you, child, you are responsible for two generations of General Anxi, but be careful! When Uncle Gen said this, his eyes were sad, and he looked at Ye Xun solemnly.

Ye Xun was shocked inexplicably if he was hit by a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and then suddenly realized, why his parents went to Chengdu when he was a child, and there was no news, and why he fled from Tengyue to Chongqing overnight, he only had two relatives, his sister and Uncle Gen, and why he always thought of the gentle and beautiful eyes in his dreams, the strong, powerful and warm arms, these childhood memories suddenly came to his heart, he felt lonely and heavy, he felt sad and hateful, he realized gratitude and apology, he knelt down, and he couldn't kneel for a long time. Facing two people who are not confused but have gray temples, two benefactors who are ordered in danger but never give up.

"Child, your real name is Li Tianfeng, this is the name your father gave you, he hopes that you can stand up to the sky and help the world and save the people," Uncle Jiang pulled Ye Xun up vigorously and looked at Ye Xun in front of him with loving eyes.

"Uncle Gen, Uncle Jiang, why were my parents killed? Who killed my parents? Xun'er thought of her parents' blood feud, and her eyes couldn't help but be full of grief and indignation.

"Listening to Ma San, who fled for his life in Chengdu, he seems to be a person from the Qing Dynasty government, but how can the government take advantage of the dark night to kill and rob people in the face when looking for a treasure map? It's like a trick again! Uncle Gen glanced at Lao Jiangtou in confusion.

"There must be a reason for this, we can start from the Chengdu government to investigate, because many innocent people have been killed, there must be a report, see if we can find clues," Lao Jiangtou thought for a while and said.

"General Anxi's sword and ink cartridge are already in our hands, and there is a wooden brocade box, I don't know what it is, tomorrow Xun'er and I are waiting for the opportunity to retrieve it. Tomorrow will dive to explore the treasure, the water monster is not an ordinary beast in the world, it is ferocious and abnormal, Xun'er will find an excuse not to go into the water, or I will go down to insurance," Lao Jiangtou said.

Ye Xun has a deep blood feud, and it is a mystery related to his grandfather, General Anxi, how can he agree, and Uncle Gen and Lao Jiangtou will no longer stop him.