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Chapter 366 Strengthening
The group temporarily shook off the pursuing mutants and came to a flat high ground to rest and bandage their wounds.

Looking down from a high point, the whole island looked like a battlefield. The sea was filled with frogs, croaking one after another, the harbor was full of broken limbs, the sound of artillery fire could be heard from the dense forest from time to time, and a fire was burning in the direction of the Tu family's mansion, with thick smoke billowing.

Seeing Lu Hu's hesitation, Li Sheng said, "The Jinyiwei came to the island to investigate the Tu family's rebellion. There is no need to keep it secret at this moment."

Good news, the Tu family did not plot treason.

Bad news, what the Tu family is doing is even more evil than treason.

People killed by mutants will also become zombies, with great strength, agility, and tenacious vitality. Ordinary servants transformed into zombies are comparable to acquired warriors, and acquired warriors are even closer to innate masters.

If this disaster happened in the densely populated areas of North and South Zhili, or in the border garrisons where frontier troops were stationed,
Just imagining that scene, Lu Hu's scalp went numb, and he immediately told what he knew, "A month ago, the Zhenfusi Yamen in Tianjin received two anonymous letters of unknown origin. The first letter described the many evil deeds of the Tu family.

For example, their family would use imprisonment and drugs to control the women who married outside and invite sons-in-law to marry into the family, so that they could not leave the island for the rest of their lives;

Slaves were purchased regularly from Korea, Japan, and Western merchants, and sent to the islands at night. The whereabouts of all the slaves were unknown.

In addition, he secretly colluded with the White Lotus Sect, smuggled firearms to the Jurchens, and sold intelligence to the Japanese pirates.

"That's it?"

Li Sheng raised his eyebrows. The overall moral level of the scholar-officials in the middle and late Ming Dynasty was roughly equivalent to Lays potato chips without the air.

They have no ability to do practical work, but they are very adept at annexing land in their hometown, engaging in factional struggles in the court, colluding with foreign enemies, and sucking blood from the country.

The charges against the Tu family looked scary, but in fact they were all leftovers from high-ranking officials, ministers, gentry and celebrities - there were people buried in the earth everywhere, and there was no noble family without a few concubines and slaves who were beaten to death, or servants who were seen pretending to be pirates.

What's more, it was an anonymous letter.

Lu Hu looked embarrassed and continued, "There was a second letter, but the commander went to the capital overnight after reading it, so I didn't see the content of the letter. I only know that there was a painting stuffed inside."

"painting?"

Zhang Fuluan's face suddenly changed, and he stood up suddenly. "What kind of painting is this?"

He took out the rice paper from his arms and handed it to Lu Hu, who took a deep breath and said, "Judging from the material of the paper, it should be the same."

The rest of the people were confused, Zhang Fuluan and Sikong Lan had very ugly expressions, and described in detail the murals they saw in the Shentu Tunnel, and how Zhang Fuluan was sent to the island.

"In other words, the ancestor of the Tu family, the king of the ancient country Cang Ze nearly three thousand years ago, had the ability to foresee the future three thousand years? And this ability to foresee was inherited in some way, and letters were sent to Longhu Mountain and Jinyiwei successively?"

Su Konghu scratched his head with his left hand, while his female companion Wang Biliu was applying medicine and bandaging his cut right arm.

Zhang Fuluan paused and said, "It's hard to say, there are too many things that cannot be explained.

First, assuming that King Cang Ze could really know three thousand years in the future, why did the ancient country of Cang Ze disappear from history books? "

Second, the material of the corridor murals is undoubtedly from ancient times, but the left mural only depicts me and Brother Sikong, not Mr. Xianxiao. In the birthday banquet massacre scene depicted in the right mural, the faces of most of the guests are also blurred.

Third, if this ability to predict the future was inherited by the descendants of the ancient Cangze Kingdom, that is, the Tu family, why have they been poor for the past few hundred years and willing to be boatmen on the sea? Even if there is only a little bit of predictive ability, it is enough to get rid of poverty and become rich. "

"Indeed, I know a Western hermit named Doctor Strange. He once said that his biggest regret in life was that he didn't learn the predictive ability of his master, Doctor Strange, and make a killing in the casino."

Li Sheng said casually, "But for the third point, there is an explanation, atavism.

For example, the hind wings of Diptera are generally degenerate, but occasionally there are individuals with two pairs of wings; dolphins have an extra set of fins;

Human infants have tails or lots of hair.

The ancestor of the Tu family, the one who was the 'guest in the Dragon Palace' in the legend, may have awakened the ancestor's ability to predict the future, thus becoming rich and regaining the inheritance."

"what?"

Sikong Lan was stunned when he heard this. "Could it be that the letters sent to Longhu Mountain and Jinyiwei were also left by the Tu family's ancestor? Did he foresee the evil deeds of his unworthy descendants and want to kill his own relatives for the sake of justice?"

"No, the first generation of the Tu family has been dead for more than a hundred years, and this rice paper has not been treated with anti-corrosion. It is obviously not passed down a hundred years ago. I am more inclined to believe that these letters were sent by someone in the Tu family who has the ability to predict the future."

Li Sheng shook his head and said, "Being a wealthy merchant in the South China Sea, life is much more comfortable and stable than being the king of the ancient country of Cang Ze three thousand years ago."

"I see. There is a traitor in the Tu family. He doesn't want to join others in the rebellion. He wants to be a rich man."

Su Konghu slapped his thigh, "But, he has the ability to predict the future, why doesn't he just explain the situation to the court, ask the government troops to intervene, send a hundred warships to surround the island, and force the Tu family to surrender.
If they don’t surrender, we will just fire artillery at them and send all the rebels to the sky.

Isn't this more reasonable?

Moreover, Commander Lu was sent by the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and Taoist Zhang was sent by Longhu Mountain. Why didn't the two parties directly state from the beginning that the Tu family had an accomplice?
Jinyiwei and Longhushan both have imperial backgrounds, so it doesn't make sense that their purpose is to investigate the Tu family."

"Who knows? Maybe only by landing on this island without knowing the intelligence can there be a good ending."

Li Sheng shrugged and said to Lu Hu, "Brother Hu, you Jinyiwei should have a backup plan."

"some."

Lu Hu inexplicably felt that Li Sheng's tone of voice when he called him "Brother Hu" had a bit of a Kanto accent. He coughed and said, "According to the original plan, a merchant ship will dock at dusk three days later, and there will be several Jinyiwei on board to pick us up."

"Three days? It's doubtful whether we can survive tonight."

Wu Ge had a bitter expression. The shadows of the trees not far below were shaking, and those zombies might discover them at any time.

In the distance, dark clouds slowly pressed towards the island, and fine raindrops floated in the wind. In the bitter wind and rain, surrounded by corpses, if Wu Ge hadn't cared about his junior sister, he would have probably chosen to jump off the cliff and fall into the sea.

"I have a solution. Live towards death."

Li Sheng was waiting for Wu Ge to say this, "Everything started because of the Tu family. Go back to the Tu residence and arrest Old Lady Tu and the rest of the Tu family, and everything will be solved."

Ah this
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. Lu Hu frowned and said, "Brother Xiao, we have warriors here, and there are also warriors among the zombies. The zombies transformed by innate masters are even more brave and violent."

With a natural master's physique comparable to Captain America, a single matchlock gun can hardly pose a threat to him.
The zombie transformed by the innate master broke a tree that was as thick as a man's embrace with one palm, as if it was just a joke.

"I know, so I'm going to give you some strengthening methods. Wait a moment, I'll be back soon."

Li Sheng called Hui Yu and went into the woods, pretending to tinker with something, but in fact he was moving two large boxes out of the three-dimensional warehouse and carrying them back in front of the dumbfounded Lu Hu and others.

"The firearms in the box on the left are local specialties sent by my friend. They are called Gatling, Maxim, Barrett, and Kalashnikov. The medicines in the box on the right are protein powder, trenbolone, cistron, tritolon, and compound number five that can strengthen the body."

(End of this chapter)