"I don't know what the Xuanshu Iron Coupon is, but I can feel that the whereabouts of the Yin and Yang Fish Pendant must have been recorded by the Xuanshu Iron Coupon." John Hua paused and continued: "After the change of dynasty, I resigned from the Prime Minister's Yamen and came directly to Yueyang, I always felt that a sunken ship, if it had not been salvaged, must still be in Dongting Lake, and maybe, I could still find something from a thousand years ago." The second time he returned to Yueyang, John Hua was obviously more handy, and since he had no relatives in Yueyang, he had no choice but to continue to work in Huasheng Commercial Bank.

The owner of this firm also planned to return to China, so he sold half of the shares of Huasheng Commercial Bank to John Hua, and he returned to his home country with the money he had earned over the years.

Soon after taking over Huasheng Commercial Bank, John Hua, on the one hand, relied on the reputation and contacts accumulated by Huasheng Commercial Bank to continue to provide surveying, mapping and design services for urban construction, and on the other hand, he did not give up treasure hunting, and constantly looked for traces of treasure ships in the Southern Song Dynasty in Dongting Lake.

On weekends, he would drive a steamboat to Dongting Lake, or dive or fish, in the name of sightseeing.

It was also in this process that he met Luo Shi Niang, who was in the boat show business near Dongting Lake. At that time, it had just changed the dynasty, and many boat people had not yet left Dongting Lake, and the business she did was the Flower Boat Theater, also known as the Flower Boat Tour.

This kind of business is not unique to her, but comes from Hangzhou, south of the Yangtze River, and has been very popular since the Tang Dynasty.

Qiantang has been prosperous since ancient times, uneven 100,000 households, even in the previous dynasty, Hangzhou is also a rich place in the south of the Yangtze River of Wu Nong's soft language, on the West Lake, in addition to the ten views of the West Lake, the most eye-catching is the West Lake flower boat.

These flower boats are mostly up and down two layers, about ten zhang long and a few zhang wide, carved railings and painted buildings, rich and luxurious, the furnishings are exquisite, and the people on the boat are also flowers and moons, delicate and beautiful.

At night, the hull of the ship must be brilliantly lit, the lights are colorful, the drums and sheng in the boat, singing and dancing endlessly, the rich businessmen and the famous ministers will entertain guests here, gather to gamble and play cards, swallow clouds and spit fog, and sometimes, it will become an occasion for secret agents to have a private meeting, where they discuss court affairs, military affairs, and business contacts.

Whenever at this time, there will inevitably be a song and swallow dance in the boat, these spectators eat the delicacies of the West Lake, listen to the silk and bamboo orchestra, and have the glamorous boat lady as a companion, both to watch the elegance and the wind and the moon.

Luo Shi Niang had to run a gang to make a living at that time, and at the same time, in order to facilitate the news, she imitated the livelihood of the boat lady in the West Lake, and started a Dongting flower boat in Dongting Lake, entangled in some Kunqu corners, and started a cruise business along the coast of Dongting Lake.

At that time, John Hua was pulled to the flower boat by a friend in the business port world, he had no interest in these at all, and after chatting, he found that Luo Shi Niang was very familiar with Dongting Lake, and if he used her, he might find those fragments as soon as possible, so he moved his mind to make friends.

After that, he used his relationship to help Luo Shi Niang solve a lot of problems, and it was at this time that he learned that Luo Shi Niang was from the Qingchuan Association, and had stolen official silver before, and at the same time, he also heard the story of Old Man Zhu excavating the inscription of the treasure ship of the Southern Song Dynasty.

The appearance of this news made John Hua even more convinced that there was a Southern Song Dynasty treasure ship in Dongting Lake, and perhaps the Xuanshu iron coupon he was looking for was hidden in the Southern Song Dynasty treasure boat.

In order to achieve this purpose, he made an exchange with Luo Shi Niang, he helped Luo Shi Niang to run Huihe Hall, in order to help them explore the relationship, in exchange, Luo Shi Niang wanted to help him find the treasure ship of the Southern Song Dynasty, and steal other ancient tombs for him.

Luo Shi Niang originally wanted to avenge the Qingchuan Club and the innocent boat people, but the boat people have a special identity, and there are some things they can't do and can't touch, if John Hua can use his influence to open the Huihetang Kunqu Opera Museum in Yueyang, many problems will be solved.

Even, Luo Shi Niang didn't need to be so humble as she was on the flower boat to play with these rich businessmen and wealthy officials, as long as she used his relationship in the officialdom, it was enough to learn a lot of news that they couldn't get if they were killed.

This deal is so cost-effective, Luo Shi Niang has no reason not to agree! Thus, Huihetang was established, and since then, Luo Shi Niang is the owner of the Kunqu Opera Restaurant on the surface, but behind the scenes, she is a killer and a tomb robbery gang, who inquires about all kinds of news about the West Lake for John Hua, and also does something inconvenient for John Hua as a foreigner.

During this period, John Hua also used the connections of Huasheng Commercial Bank to find out many officers and soldiers, officials, thugs and miscellaneous servants of the trial bureau at the beginning of Luo Shi Niang, and even some of the most violent ignorant people.

Once it is determined that these people are the enemies they are looking for, the Blue Boat Society will mark them, and when the time is right, they will let this person die unexpectedly in a way that ordinary people cannot detect.

Over the years, the government's functions have been lacking and incomprehensible, and many people have died every day, and their actions have been covered up.

This time, if it weren't for the fact that they deliberately used the golden rat to ask for their lives to create a terrifying atmosphere, the government would not have found out now, and these people were actually killed by someone.

Luo Shi Niang and John Hua have always trusted each other so far, they both know what the other party wants, and of course try to fulfill these things in order to maintain the current cooperation.

When John Hua said this, Luo Shi Niang nodded at Yue Qingshan and them: "What Hua Lao said is good, at the beginning, if it wasn't for Hua Lao to help me, I still can't avenge the boat people, of course, I can't talk about being alive, I may have been caught and executed by the government in a certain assassination activity." ”

"Then, does Hua Lao know the real location of the Southern Song Dynasty treasure ship?" Sun Daqiao's words, John Hua shook his head in disappointment: "The area of Dongting Lake is too large, relying on our strength alone, we may not be able to find the location when we feel the row, we can only hope for the inscription of Old Man Zhu, the secrets on those inscriptions, I am afraid that only you can solve them." ”

"We?" Yue Guanchao listened to John Hua's words, this foreign old man was really cunning, he had been investigating them behind his back for a long time, and when he said it at this moment, he was afraid that he was already planning to open the skylight and say something bright.

John Hua looked at everyone and continued: "Mrs. Luo mentioned you, it was you who gave her the address and told her to take the official money to help the boat people, about this, I admire you very much, and I also know that you are checking the location of the treasure ship, if you don't dislike it, I am willing to cooperate with you, if you find the shipwreck of the Southern Song Dynasty, all the treasures in it belong to you, I only need the Xuanshu iron coupon, how about it?" "Sure enough, he is still lying to them now, this old foreign dog is now low and small, completely because he can't find the location of the treasure ship himself, and if he really finds the treasure ship, these treasures are estimated to have gone into the pockets of Huasheng Commercial Bank, and even they will be exterminated.