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It was a pair of eyes that peeked out from behind the crack in the door without any warning. It was a pair of eyes that peeked out from behind the crack in the door without any warning.

There was someone behind the secret door! And it was a living person!

This thought immediately popped into my mind, but I was woken up by the sound of the sea beside me. The two Beastmen were already riding on his neck, their sharp claws grabbing towards his eyeballs, while the other Beastmen were crazily smashing apart the vats. In an instant, the sound of the vats shattering filled the entire cabin!

Following the shattering of the jar, the dense crowd of not completely dead Beastmen started to grow black hair. After that, they slowly got up and let out bursts of roars. The sound of the beastmen's roars could be heard from outside the cabin.

Pfft!

I was in no mood to think any more. I jumped to the side of the sea, twisted my dagger, and thrust it into the chest of one of the orcs.

We backed away from each other until we reached the dark door. The sea asked me why I didn't squeeze in, and when I told her about my eyes, the sea was stunned for three seconds. I couldn't help looking back, but the pupils behind the door were gone.

The situation in front of us was too dangerous. We didn't have time to figure out if we were seeing things or not, so we had to focus fully on fighting the beastmen to the death.

Creak!

At this moment, a sound came from the secret door behind us. We subconsciously turned around and saw that the secret door had been forcibly opened to reveal a gap the width of a person. A valiant and formidable face appeared behind the door.

I was stunned, her face had a straight nose and small mouth, her eyes were big and lively, her sharp eyebrows gave off a heroic vibe, it was actually Zhu Yingqiong!

Hai Yang was also completely shocked, she just couldn't understand why Zhu Yingqiong would appear on the Ancient Ship.

Seeing the both of us in a daze, Zhu Yingqiong shouted anxiously, "Don't just stand there, come in!"

Zhu Yingqiong was quick to react, and hastily closed the secret door, and moved a few large things from the side to block the door, only then did I realize, there were actually several corpses!

Phew...

After finishing everything, Zhu Yingqiong panted heavily, and looked at me. I looked at her at the same time and asked: "Why are you here?"

Zhu Yingqiong asked in unison, "Why are you two here?"

After saying that, the three of us stared at each other, feeling a little awkward. After a long while, I said faintly, "Can this door stop the beastmen outside?"

Zhu Yingqiong shook her head, and said in a clear voice: "I don't know!"

Her voice was cold and straightforward. I was stunned for a moment, then realized that Zhu Yingqiong's pitch black eyes were staring straight at me, as if she wanted to see through me.

Zhu Yingqiong definitely knew what was going on and was about to speak, but Zhu Yingqiong said directly: "I know what you want to ask, but you all should first take a look at where this is, and then I'll slowly tell you the rest!"

Hearing her say this, I swallowed the words at the tip of my tongue. I quickly looked back at the entire hold and saw that it was dark and extremely narrow. It was about the width of a bedroom.

In the darkness, I could see several figures standing around me. My heart thumped, thinking to myself, could it be that all of them were Zhu Yingqiong's people?

However, after carefully scanning the area with the flashlight from the sea, I was able to see clearly that the silhouettes were all corpses that couldn't stand up. Like javelins, their expressions were stiff and the most important thing was that their clothes didn't oxidize.

There were about seven or eight bodies, all lined up in a circle around a rectangular object, and I didn't look at it closely because I was all drawn to it.

Damn it, all of these corpses were actually dressed in Imperial Guard's attire, and there were even Embroidered Spring Blades by their waists, they looked exactly like the ancient people. I turned my head to look at the secret door, and realised that the things that Zhu Yingqiong had moved over to block the door were all these stiff corpses that had yet to rot.

"What's going on?"

I looked at the corpse and asked Zhu Yingqiong in shock.

Zhu Yingqiong stared at me with a smile that was not a smile without saying anything. Hai Yang touched the corpse and smacked his lips, "Damn, all of it was irrigated with mercury. No wonder I said why corpses do not rot."

"Mercury?"

Hai Yang carried over a body of Imperial Guard, pointed at the top of his head and said, "Come over here and take a look yourself. All the corpses have a small hole in their heads, the mercury is poured in from here.

I took a closer look and realised that it was true. There was a small hole in the top of each corpse, which should be the entrance to the sea to water mercury, but using mercury to keep the corpse from rotting was a taboo method in ancient tombs. Why would it appear on a Ancient Warship?

Martyrs were a part of the Qin and Han dynasties' funeral system. It meant killing the concubines and servants at the side of the deceased, then continuing to serve the deceased as a "waiter" in the underworld.

After Qin Shi Huang's death, Huhai executed all the women in the imperial harem before Qin Shi Huang's death for the sake of their martyrdom, which caused the people to resent him for it. It wasn't until Henggao Zu Liubang abolished this inhumane custom, but why did the martyrdom, which had long disappeared in the ancient civilization, appear on a Ancient Warship of the Ming dynasty?

Could it be that these Imperial Guard were all buried to death, and for whom?

Damn, could it be that this Ancient Warship was actually a large tomb?

Thinking about this, I subconsciously looked at the black rectangular object that Imperial Guard's corpse was surrounding. When I approached Hai Shui and shone the flashlight, both of our faces simultaneously turned green, and our eyes filled with disbelief.

I didn't guess wrong, it was a white jade coffin!

This white jade coffin was laid out in the center of the hold, there were gold pots at all four corners, there was a long square hole in the middle, and inside it was a handful of soil. Judging from its position, the deceased must have been a dragon or phoenix among men, otherwise there wouldn't have been such a high grade white jade coffin, and there was even Imperial Guard burial!

Hai Yang suddenly exclaimed: "Damn, could this be Zhu Yuanzhang's coffin?"

I was stunned at first, but then refuted: "Nonsense, the moment you opened your mouth, your unlearned nature was exposed. Zhu Yuanzhang's Xiao Huan is in Nanjing, how could it work at Wild Mountain? Furthermore, how could the coffin be Zhu Yuanzhang's? "

Hai Yang carefully looked at the white jade coffin with the flashlight before saying: "Crown Prince, this is what you don't understand. I have been travelling around the world for the past few years, and have seen more things than you have ever tasted salt, take a closer look, this is Golden Well Jade Burial, it is a qualification that only the imperial family have, and this is a Ming dynasty Ancient Warship, and also the Imperial Guard Tomb, who else could it be other than Zhu Yuanzhang?"

I also know about the Jindan Jade Burial mentioned by Hai Yang, or perhaps the people in the jade circle know a little about it because the Jindan Jade Burial is linked to jade and only the royal family can have Jindan Jade Burial. This represents a difference in status.

The so-called golden well was to leave a long square hole on top of the coffin, with a layer of loess in the middle, called the golden well, then either directly around the coffin, or the entire coffin was made of jade stone, or a corpse with jade stone in its mouth, called the burial of jade. The reason for this was because the ancients believed that the golden well could communicate with Yin and Yang, that the jade burial could keep the corpse from rotting, and that the golden well jade burial would be buried in the two dynasties of Ming and Qing dynasties.

But just because of that, it's impossible for me to believe that this is Zhu Yuanzhang's coffin!

Hai Yang immediately retorted, "Do you really think that Zhu Yuanzhang's corpse is still in the memorial hall? Sanjin, when you go back, you must remember to read more. Have you heard about Zhu Yuanzhang's burial? "

I shook my head. I really didn't know about this. Hai Yang immediately revealed a proud expression and said smilingly, "I didn't expect that a university student like you would still have something you don't understand. To be honest, didn't you specially harm my daughter while she was studying?"

I coughed dryly, feeling a little awkward. I turned my head to look at Zhu Yingqiong, only to find that she had completely ignored us, and only stood behind us, listening.

I stared at Hai Yang and said, "If you have something to say, say it. Don't go too far!"

Hai Yang chuckled. "Although I haven't read for a few years, I've heard quite a bit about the evaluation. This is something I've heard from the evaluation."

I frowned. "Can you not show off?" This is the first time I've heard someone bring up a evaluation book so fresh and refined, hurry up and get down to business! "

It was only then that Hai Yang coughed for a moment and said sternly, "When I heard the evaluation, I knew this paragraph. Legend has it that when Zhu Yuanzhang was buried, the nine city gates opened at the same time and nine procession came out. Each procession carried a coffin and it is impossible to tell which procession he was in, so no one knows where Zhu Yuanzhang was buried."

I asked doubtfully, "No, why would Zhu Yuanzhang do that?"

"Holy shit, you don't even know how to defend against thieves?"

Hai Yang spat on the ground, then excitedly pointed and said, "Zhu Yuanzhang is so smart, he went from the base level to the emperor, he doesn't know much about the people here. Old Zhu is just afraid that after he dies, someone will go steal his tomb, so, even if the coffin in front of us is Zhu Yuanzhang's, it's not strange!"

After all, the words on the Embroidered Spring Sword could prove that this was a Ancient Warship that had been established for four years. At that time, when Zhu Yuanzhang's body was already turned into a corpse, how could it be Zhu Yuanzhang's coffin?

And why did the Emperor Jianwen let the Imperial Guard bring Zhu Yuanzhang's coffin to the Wild Mountain for no reason at all? Watching the scenery after death?

Pfft!

Suddenly, a light laugh came from behind. It turned out that Hai Shui and I had made Zhu Yingqiong laugh. She covered her mouth with a smile, and in the darkness of the cabin, a beautiful scenery was formed.

Hai Yang immediately became unhappy. She frowned and said, "Big sis, don't you have a different opinion?"

Right after he finished, he continued, "We won't listen to any opinions you have made. You have an unknown origin, but who the hell knows who you are, and why are you here? Previously, Japanese purposely destroyed the Beastman Altar to harm us. Was it you who arranged it? "

Zhu Yingqiong only lightly shook her head, a ridiculing expression that was not a smile appeared on her face. It was unknown if she was ridiculing the ocean, or ridiculing me.

I left the white jade coffin and looked straight at Zhu Yingqiong: "I know you are not a photographer at all, and I also know that the one who pretended to be Fourth Uncle at the Fourth Uncle's house was you. Tell me, what are you planning to do?"

When I came in and saw Zhu Yingqiong, I wanted to ask him, but I didn't expect to see the white jade coffin that was buried in Jin Jing Yu's body, which was why my thoughts were in a mess.

Now that the ocean asked for it, there's no need for me to hide it anymore. After all, we are trapped in the cabin and belong to the grasshoppers on the same line. Even if Zhu Yingqiong wanted to run, she wouldn't be able to do so.

Since I met him again, I had to get to the bottom of this matter. At the very least, I had to let me know what exactly happened to the old man and what secrets were hidden in the Wild Mountain!