Chapter 22: The Story of the Portrait
The training lasted for a long time, so long that I even went to pat Ah San out to inquire about those strange information. Only when Ah San came back one day in his shabby car did I seriously remember the purpose of coming here. .
Ah San has been away for more than half a month. It seems that it is not easy to investigate these things.
I called Xiao Ai out to see what kind of news Ah San could bring back. Ever since I attacked Xiao Ai on the second day of the special training, she had been guarding me all the time, but I was more frightened than she had ever been. , because she started to break her promise and started to train me to attack anytime and anywhere. A long time ago, Hulu told me that there is a layer of paper between men and women. Once it is broken, there will be no restraint. So, I have been deliberately creating incidents of breaking the window paper, but I tried my best and couldn't take advantage of it. Only the last chance was the best, but Xiao Ai gave me a scissor kick. I cracked it. It seems that my method is still too slow and I have a lustful intention, but I don’t have the ability to force the bow like a bully.
Xiao Ai had just come out of the house at the moment. Over the next period of time, I got used to training every day, and I could handle it without her urging. Although it was not easy, at least it was not so strenuous.
Ah San not only brought back news this time, he also brought a cart full of food, including beef, mutton and fresh canned vegetables that I wanted to eat. It’s just a pity that the cooking stoves here are insufficient and I can’t eat the meals I cooked in advance. But in this way, I Already very satisfied.
Me, Xiao Ai and Ah San’s family sat together and ate happily, and then I asked Ah San: “Have you figured it out?”
Ah San hesitated for a moment and said, "Boss, this thing is really hard to figure out. It's really difficult to understand the story of the characters in the portrait just from a portrait."
"I'll tell you as much as I can find out. Isn't there no information at all?" I asked.
"I analyzed the paper material of this portrait. This paper was probably produced more than a hundred years ago. At that time, India did not have enough craftsmanship and technology to make such good paper. At that time, India had already It is under the control of the United Kingdom, so it can be said with certainty that this portrait should come from the United Kingdom or someone from other European countries." Asan said.
"Europe? How come the clues that came to India to investigate were sent to Europe? Is there any other information?" I continued to ask, after all, although the clues are very important, you have to find out whether they are true or false.
"Also, judging from the clothing in the portrait, it should be Arab clothing, but judging from the skin color, it looks more like you Chinese."
"Isn't this nonsense? I am Chinese, and this person looks very much like me, so he must be Chinese!" I think Ah San's message is just to take off his pants and fart, which is unnecessary.
"It should indeed be understood this way, but from a historical analysis, your country was in the Qing Dynasty at that time, and the Manchus ruled. Didn't they keep their hair but not their hair, and their hair but not their hair?" Asan reminded me.
More than a hundred years ago? I thought deeply. What happened more than a hundred years ago? In fact, it is not impossible. If there are Chinese people who have been living in India, then it is not a strange thing to have hair. But I vaguely feel that all this is not as simple as I thought.
"Where's that map? Are there any clues?" I asked.
"It's even harder to explain the map. No one can understand it. Who knows what the two chicken legs mean. And bx and xb3060, no one can explain it. Could it be just a joke?"
Ah San said.
In fact, I would rather this is a joke made by others, but subconsciously, I believe that this is definitely not a joke.
"Can you be more precise about the time of more than a hundred years ago?" I asked. More than a hundred years refers to the period between 101 and 199. If converted to AD, it means between 1814 and 1912. What happened during this period
There are too many, the whole world is undergoing earth-shaking changes, and similarly, anything can happen.
"Around 150 years ago, an antique dealer I was very familiar with told me." Ah San said with certainty.
150 years, that is, around 1860 AD, will any of my ancestors be here in India at that time? If you want to find out these questions, you should go back and ask my second and third uncles. The old man and my fourth uncle may
I will understand them better, but they have all left me forever, so I can understand them as much as I can.
"By the way, boss, my friend also told me a story about a treasure from around the same time. Are you interested?" Ah San suddenly remembered something and asked me.
"Treasure, I think I'm not very interested. Can you tell me, does it have anything to do with this?" I said.
It was probably around 1870. At that time, the Arab region had long been fragmented, and the Caliph, who still had some power in his hands, appointed one of his cronies, Matt Ibn Sultan, to transport one hundred barrels of gold coins to Zanzibar in Africa. However,
Their every move was watched by Tipitip, the largest pirate in the Arabian Sea at that time, so they planned to rob near Kenya. But unexpectedly, they encountered a huge storm during the voyage.
After the storm passed, the 12 ships carrying gold coins disappeared, and even the pirate Tippi who wanted to rob them disappeared without a trace.
Legend has it that two ships carrying a hundred barrels of gold sailed upstream along a large river in Kenya that flows into the Arabian Sea. I wonder if the gold was hidden there. Asan’s friend thought that this map might be related to the treasure.
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First of all, I think Asan’s friend’s reasoning makes sense. But he must not know that not long ago, Jin Douer told me this secret code at a dinner party, which came from a Chinese. The location was Bohai Bay.
, then I don’t understand. A code word appears in two places. It seems that such a treasure map will describe the third place more often, right?
According to my own analysis, the one hundred barrels of gold coins have nothing to do with the treasure map, but it is very likely that the treasure map will be on the body of someone on the ship at that time. Anyway, Asan's father also said that the body seemed
He looks like he has been dead for a long time, and his clothes are very old. Or he may be one of the pirate Tippi's men. This is even more likely. Any pirate would be too embarrassed to go out without seven or eight copies of the treasure map. In Beijing dialect, this is all
A shame, really.
Xiao Ai pulled me by the arm and said: "Ye Fei, didn't Asan say that Kumar Ali Darvich's temple was looted more than a hundred years ago? Could it be that those things were taken away at that time?
Was it drawn as a treasure map?"
After Xiao Ai's reminder, I suddenly understood. Yes, although a hundred barrels of gold coins are very valuable, they may not be attractive to a caliph. This kind of thing was originally just a businessman's action, and the caliph promptly showed up.
At that time, when rights were deprived, no one could violate the religious will. No matter how powerful the Europeans were, they would not foolishly attack the messenger of Allah, otherwise the attacks of Muslims around the world would give them a headache.
Therefore, the task assigned by the Caliph must not be a simple gold coin. What exactly is he going to transport to Africa? I had previously guessed that people from the Mughal Empire might transport Kumar Ali Darvich’s treasure.
, it is very likely that a dragon ball was snatched away. At that time, I thought it was sent to Mecca, but now it seems that the meaning of putting it in Mecca is not to let the Caliph keep it? From this we can conclude
In conclusion, eighty or ninety percent of what this fleet transports are Dragon Balls, but I don’t know which Dragon Ball they belong to yet.
But how should we explain that portrait? It is acceptable to carry a treasure map with you. What does it mean to carry a portrait? And the more I look at it, the more it looks like myself. Could this be my previous life?
Xiao Ai pulled me again and motioned for me to come out if I had something to say.
I first told Ah San to let the three of them chat for a while, and then I pulled Xiao Ai out.
"What do you think?" I asked Xiao Ai.
"Actually, I remembered something. You know the organization I belong to and how powerful it is, right?" Xiao Ai asked me.
"Yes, your organization is indeed amazing. I'm confused. In fact, you are like a religion in your own right," I said.
"That's right, in fact, we exist like a religion, but what we believe in is not God, but him. In our eyes, he is the same existence as God." Xiao Ai continued.
"What do you want to say?" I asked.
"He has been a mysterious existence since I first came into contact with this organization. But I occasionally heard that this organization has existed for hundreds of years. I don't know if the leader has always been him, or if there is something about it.
A kind of inheritance, but more people think that he has lived hundreds of years." Xiao Ai said worriedly.
"First of all, I think it is not impossible for a person to live hundreds of years, but there must be some methods that we don't understand yet. Secondly, it is already very boring for a person to live a hundred years.
After so many years, there must be some purpose, and this purpose is not small. Finally, he runs such a huge organization, but you have never seen him, so you can doubt that he does not necessarily exist! "
I said.
"You mean, he was just a mission fabricated by the four leaders, and we were all deceived?" Xiao Ai asked doubtfully.
"I think there is such a possibility, but I'm not sure. In this world, anything can happen. By the way, you continue to express your thoughts." I said.
"Well, I think that since the organization has existed for so many years, they will not just wait for you to appear before they start planning. Their purpose seems to be very clear now, which is to find the nine sons born to the dragon.
Since there is a messenger, I believe that the messenger is not the only one, but may be the only one within a certain period of time. In other words..." Xiao Ai suddenly fell silent.
Chapter completed!