There is only one small inn in the town, and the shopkeeper is very happy and enthusiastic when he sees that he is a guest from the Qing Dynasty, and he takes the trouble to introduce the customs and customs of this place.

"You're here to buy pearls, aren't you?" he asked.

"Yes, I heard that the pearls in Jindo are the best, and I want to take a look. ”

"Of course, at about this time of the year, the merchants of the Great Qing Kingdom will come to the various islands of the Mergui Archipelago to purchase, and sometimes the officials of the imperial court also come to inspect, and they can be majestic in official uniforms. ”

Mo Yan's heart moved when he heard this, his set of civil official supplements from the third grade was still in the baggage, and the surname Suo acted as an official again, and it was indeed a very pleasant thing to shake his majesty.

"This official is the official of the imperial court who came to Mingzhen Island to investigate, and was ordered to come to select the best pearls for the emperor. Mo Yan unwrapped his baggage, took out the official uniform, smoothed out the folds on the clothes, and said casually.

"Oh, then my little shop is full of brilliance, I don't know how disrespectful it is for adults to come in casual clothes, how disrespectful. "The shopkeeper felt that it was a great honor for the officials of the Great Qing Kingdom to come to his small inn.

"I don't know if it's a crime or not, the official asked you how many people are engaged in mussel harvesting on Mingzhen Island, and are there any other outsiders on the island?"

The shopkeeper told Mo that Minh Chin Island is a medium-sized island in the Mergui archipelago, and there are more than ten families of Moken fishermen living on it.

"My lord," he whispered in a low voice, "I don't know what year it began, a group of hooded red-clothed men came to the island, took over a small volcano on the island, and forbade the Moken people to enter. It is said that the gang is fierce, so it is better not to approach them. ”

Mo Yan was secretly happy in his heart when he heard this, it seemed that he had found the right place, and the crown of Ayutthaya might be hidden on that mountain.

"This official is going to Mingzhen Island to investigate, it is said that it is more than 100 miles away by boat, I wonder if there will be a boat to go over?" Mo asked me.

The shopkeeper shook his head and said, "If you want to go, you can only hire a boat." ”

"Then ask the shopkeeper to help hire a boat, and the officer wants to get to Myeongjin Island as soon as possible. ”

The shopkeeper agreed, and that night he found a boat owner who knew a little Chinese and brought it to the inn.

"After a few days, there will be a strong wind, so the price of going back and forth to Myeongjin Island is a little more expensive than usual. "The ship's owner's name is U Naiye, and he is of Chinese descent.

"When can I leave?" Mo asked.

"Tomorrow morning, we have to prepare food and fresh water. U Naiye said.

Early the next morning, the shopkeeper led Mo Yan and the little mountain ghost to the small pier by the sea, where Wu Naiye and his boat were already moored on the shore waiting for them.

The wooden boat sailed into the Amanda Sea and headed westward, and the cabin was stacked with grain, vegetables, fresh water, and some daily necessities, which Wu Naixiong said could exchange with Moken fishermen for some seafood, such as fish, shrimp, dried scallops or pearls.

When people who live on land come to the sea, they suddenly feel small, and the wooden boat is like a leaf floating in the boundless sea, and there is no place to go and no future. Isn't life like this, the hunters of Mojiayi, from being born and growing up, marrying a wife and having children, to aging, illness and death, their ancestors have continued the same path from generation to generation, no one has any doubts and no one thinks of changing, and the decades will be over in a flash.

It would have been the same fate, thanks to Xia Bashan's thought of taking himself out of Dali City on that rainy night, and since then he has found that there is another path to cultivate the truth in addition to the original regular life, and he can find the passage mark to the unknown spiritual world.

What is in the spiritual realm? It is worth the painstaking pursuit of many people throughout the ages, and even gave their lives for it. Mr. Mu is like this, Jin Danzi is like this, and even the cruel demon Holy Infant Niang is no exception.

Mo Yan fell into deep distress.

The current was smooth, and at noon the second day, a touch of green appeared on the horizon, and U Nai Yah said it was Minh Trin Island.

Myeongjin Island is said to have its name from a radius of more than 10 miles, and there is a lush spherical mountain peak on the island, which looks like a green pearl from a distance.

The wooden boat slowly sailed into the harbor and docked at the simple dock, and seven or eight Moken children ran bare-bottomed, and U Naiye seemed to be familiar with them.

U Naiye led them to a Moken family to spend the night, and the family had an empty house not far from the foot of the mountain where dry firewood was piled up.

Wu Naiye told Mo Jian that he had Moken friends on the island, so he could borrow from them to talk about some business by the way, and he would send some rice and vegetables later, and there was a stove and firewood in the house to make a fire for cooking, of course, if he was troublesome, he could go to a Moken family to eat at will, and he would not be refused.

Mo Yan smiled and said: "If you are used to eating, you won't bother." ”

The little mountain ghost stayed in the room to wash rice and cook, and Mo Yan walked towards the emerald green mountain peak before it was dark, wanting to test whether outsiders were forbidden to enter the mountain as the innkeeper said.

Follow the trail until you reach the bottom of the mountain in a short time. The climate here is hot, and the vegetation on the mountains is extremely dense and flourishing, which is typical of tropical rainforests. The towering sky-looking tree, the huge roots of more than one person high are like a wall in the dense forest, and thick vines are hanging in the air, and the trunk is parasitic with all kinds of unnamed plants, and the dim light emits a strong smell of moss.

Mo Yan paid attention to the situation in the forest, and walked slowly along the path towards the mountain, and suddenly, he found a flash of red light behind the tree.

A man in a red robe and a red mask stood on the mountain path, silently watching him.

Mo Yan was dressed in the Great Qing Kingdom from the Sanpin Mansion, and asked majestically: "Who is standing there sneaky, and dares to block the way of this official?"

The masked man was silent, just staring at Mo Yan without the slightest intention of backing down.

"Are you a human or a ghost, why don't you answer the official's question?" Mo Yan shouted, and then said to himself, "Fanbang, you must not understand the language of my Great Qing Kingdom. ”

The man remained silent.

"Get out of the way, the official is in a good mood and wants to go up the mountain for a walk. Mo Yan scolded two sentences and continued to move forward.

At this moment, another masked man appeared on the mountain road in an instant, and his body moved so fast that he didn't even know where he came from.

"It's forbidden for outsiders to enter here, so let's go back. "The new masked man actually speaks Chinese.

"Bold, what kind of person are you, you didn't even take off your mask in front of this official and replied. ”

"It turned out to be a high-ranking official of the Great Qing Dynasty, and he was rude, I don't know what your lordship is doing when you come to this Mingzhen Island?"

"Nonsense, what are you doing in this outland? Aren't you selecting and purchasing pearls for the palace? ”

"Your Excellency should buy them by the sea, but there are no pearls on the mountain, so please go back." ”

"Bold, isn't it okay for this official to go up the mountain to enjoy the scenery, who are you? Aren't you the grass coward who occupies the mountain as the king here?"

The masked man sneered: "Don't be ignorant, seeing that you are a high-ranking official of the Great Qing Kingdom, this will save you some face, if it is a native who has already been corpsed in the barren mountains, get out." ”

"How dare you be so rude, hmph, this official will not stop there. Mo turned around and left angrily, still scolding and swearing all the way.

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