My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 762 Japanese people of unknown origin
  "We don't know either!"

Zhang Chang and Chen Ning shook their heads at the same time and said that they did not recognize any of the seeds in the box.

Zhu Zhanqi took this golden seed and looked at it carefully several times, but still couldn't recognize it. Finally, he simply put down the bag and opened another bag, only to find that there was also a strange seed inside.

"Zhanqi, we have checked the contents of this box several times. They are all seeds of unknown plants. We don't know where the Japanese got them from?"

Zhang Chang explained again at this time.

"It's really strange. What are these Japanese doing with these seeds?"

Zhu Zhanqi checked a few more bags, only to find that they were filled with seeds he had never seen before, which made him even more curious.

"By the way, what's in the remaining boxes?"

Zhu Zhanqi suddenly looked at several other boxes.

"You'll know just by looking at it. Anyway, the second box is even weirder!"

Zhang Chang pointed to another box next to him.

Zhu Zhanqi curiously stepped forward to open it, only to find that the box contained some clothes, headdresses, weapons and other things. The clothes were very primitive animal skins, and the weapons were also wood and stones. They looked like they came from some natives. Stripped off the body.

The headdress is quite interesting. It is covered with long feathers. These feathers are very bright. I don’t know what kind of bird they are from?
  "Could these Japanese people be so poor that they went to rob a group of natives and even took off their clothes?"

Zhu Zhanqi looked at the things in the second box and couldn't help but complain, these things are really worthless at all. No matter how poor the Japanese are, they won't rob the clothes of the natives, right?

"Zhanqi, you are wrong. These Japanese are not poor at all. On the contrary, they are extremely rich. You will know when you open the next few boxes!"

Chen Ning reminded from the side at this time.

Zhu Zhanqi was stunned when he heard this, and then he came to the third box and reached out to lift the lid, only to see a bright yellow inside. This time it was no longer the golden seeds, but some utensils made of pure gold.

However, these instruments are very strange. Some are huge disks with many pictures and symbols engraved on them. Some are pillars or brands with many pictures and symbols engraved on them. I don’t know what they mean?
  Zhu Zhanqi was also very surprised to see so much gold. Then he opened a few boxes at the back. They were all gold utensils. Some of them were obviously jewelry made of gold. They even had blood stains on them. No need to ask. You can guess that the gold must have been stolen by the Japanese.

"This much gold is not something a small tribe can possess!"

When Zhu Zhanqi saw the gold utensils in these boxes, he finally frowned and said to himself.

He is very familiar with the Nanyang area. If a tribe can possess so much gold, it must be a large tribe with a large number of people. The Japanese who only rely on two boats will definitely not be able to feed such a large tribe.

"Not only that, Zhan Qiyou looks at the symbols and pictures on the gold. They are definitely not written by Nanyang natives!"

Chen Ning pointed at the carving on the gold and said again.

When Zhu Zhanqi heard this, he immediately distinguished it carefully and found that the symbols on the gold were very strange. They were definitely not the writing of the Nanyang natives. After all, he had traveled almost all over Southeast Asia in the past few years and had a certain understanding of the writing of each tribe. Research.

"This is strange. A group of Japanese people of unknown origin bring a batch of gold of unknown origin?"

Zhu Zhanqi touched his chin and whispered to himself, the more he thought about it, the more strange he felt.

"Where are those Japanese people now?"

Zhu Zhanqi thought for a long time, then raised his head and asked Zhang Chang and the others.

"I'm being held in a prison in the city. These people are very tough-talking. No matter how I interrogate them, they just won't tell me!"

When Zhang Chang mentioned those Japanese people, he couldn't help but said a little annoyed. “I’ll go see them after dinner!”

Zhu Zhanqi also became interested in this group of Japanese people and wanted to interrogate them personally no matter what.

"No problem, I'll take you there myself later!"

Zhang Chang nodded immediately.

After the reception banquet, Zhang Chang took Zhu Zhanqi to the prison in the city. Qidong City originally had a small population, and there were basically no prisoners in the prison. It was not until those Japanese were caught that the prison became a little livelier.

Zhang Chang took Zhu Zhanqi to the cell where the Japanese were detained. They saw a group of more than a dozen Japanese, imprisoned in two cells. Each of these Japanese was very thin, and some were even sick, lying on the straw. He kept moaning and felt like he was about to die.

"What happened? Did you torture them?"

Zhu Zhanqi saw the miserable condition of these Japanese and turned to Zhang Chang and asked.

"No, when we saw them, they were even worse than they are now. Both boats were full of patients. Rather than saying we caught them, it's better to say we saved them."

Zhang Chang explained hurriedly.

It turned out that when the Japanese were at sea, the fresh water on the ship was polluted. If they drank the smelly water, the crew would only vomit and defecate. If they did not drink it, they would have to wait for death. So when their ship arrived at Qidong Port, the water on the ship was polluted. Most people are already dehydrated.

However, even after arriving at Qidong Port, many Japanese people still died due to serious illness. Now the people in these two cells are all dead.

"Which of you is the leader?"

Zhu Zhanqi nodded when he heard Zhang Chang's explanation, and then asked loudly into the cell.

"I...I am!"

I saw a short middle-aged man standing up reluctantly in the cell on the left and saying.

"What's your name?"

Zhu Zhanqi looked at the other party and then asked.

"I called Shima Yoshikawa. It was His Highness King Zhao who sent us out to sea for errands. Please send someone to inform His Highness King Zhao. If His Highness knows that we are back, he will definitely reward you heavily!"

The short middle-aged man stepped forward and grabbed the bars of the cell, and said excitedly.

He was very smart. After knowing that these people in front of him were all Han people, he always insisted that he was Zhu Gaosui's subordinates, hoping that the other party would let them go for the sake of Zhu Gaosui, and even send people to send them to Zhu Gaosui.

"You said you are King Zhao's subordinate, do you have any evidence?"

Zhu Zhanqi smiled slightly and asked instead without intending to reveal his identity.

"I……"

This guy came to Shima Yoshikawa, but he was at a loss for words. He originally had the official document given to him by Zhu Gaosui, but they went to sea for too long and encountered many storms. Not only did most of the people die, but six ships were sunk. Unfortunately, those documents were all on the sunken ship, so he had nothing to prove his identity now.

"You have nothing to say, I think you are Japanese pirates!"

Seeing the other party's hesitation, Zhu Zhanqi immediately snorted coldly and said, as long as he is a Mingren, he will not have any good impression of the Japanese. The first impression he gets when he sees them is that they are Japanese pirates.

(End of this chapter)