Chapter 10 Chapter Nine Hidden Historical Secrets

However, after hearing that he was from Spain, the surname "Digado" stabbed in my heart like a needle. For a moment, I opened my mouth wide and couldn't say a word.Di Jiadu said again: "Originally, I wanted to come to you for a long time, but I always felt that this matter was ridiculous, and it was difficult to even talk about it, but since I met you today, I think I should talk about it anyway. .” I nodded. "I think what you want to tell me is about my time in the Atlantic Ocean?" Di Jiadu said: "Yes, Mr. Wei, I have read the article written by Mr. Bai in detail. In his article, he mentioned that you and a Moya captain have seen the emblem of the ghost ship. Di Jiadu The crest of the Du family."

I took a breath. Di Jiadu glanced at me, and said again: "I am the only descendant of this ancient and withered family." As we talked, we walked forward and came to my car. I said, "In my house, there are more information about the Dijiadu family. Are you interested in taking a look?" Di Jiadu shook his head: "As for the Di Jiadu family, no one in the world knows more about its rise and fall than me. I want to invite you to my residence. I have something else to show you." My curiosity was ignited at that moment. When I was researching the history of the Tigardo family, I had a very strange feeling. As if it was suddenly obliterated in history, it was mentioned once or twice in only a very small number of history books.

However, even the one or two occasions are all vague, and it is completely impossible to see why he has declined.At that time, I felt that there must be a great secret in this period. Similar to this kind of obscure historical secrets, there are many in Chinese history. The fundamental truth is completely impossible to check. But now, the Dijiadu family still has the only descendant alive. Can he provide What about my information about the family? To be honest, when I thought of this, I hadn’t connected the Digardo family with my strange experience at the bottom of the sea, but since the three “ghost ships” had the emblem of the Digardo family , which of course interested me.

So, I hurriedly said, "If it doesn't bother you too much, of course I'd like to go!" Di Jiadu smiled: "I have been waiting for this moment for a long time, please follow my car." He got to his own car, started the car, and drove forward, and I drove behind. Twenty minutes later, the car drove into a very quiet road and stopped in front of a small and exquisite house. We got out of the car, and Di Jiadu opened the door with a key: "I live alone, I I came here because of a cultural exchange program, and I’m going back to China soon!” I walked in with him, although the house was only his temporary residence, but it was also very delicately furnished, he took me straight to the study, and then we took off our coats together.

As he opened a cabinet, he said: "There are some things, no matter where I go, I always take them with me, because this is the only record kept by our family. Our family used to have brilliant battles Records, but later, they were regarded as traitors to the country and suffered extreme humiliation, and everything about this family has been erased from history!" I nodded and said, "Yes, I couldn't find any information about the history of the Dijiadu family when I researched it." After Digato opened the cabinet, he took out a box. The box was made of metal, but it looked dark and obviously very old.The box is not very big.

He opened the box again, and I saw that on the top of the box, there were two metal rings holding a bunch of keys. Those keys are all of very ancient form, and now, no one has used this kind of lock for a long time. And in the box was a stack of papers, he picked up one and said, "Look at this old castle." I saw this old castle. The old castle was drawn on parchment with charcoal. The paper has turned yellow, and many places have been damaged.The old castle is built on a cliff, and the sea is below the cliff. The painting of the castle is very vivid, it seems that in the painting, one can also feel the eerie atmosphere in the castle.

Di Jiadu smoothed the paper carefully and said, "This ancient castle was built during the heyday of the Di Jiadu family." I looked at him: "Is the castle still there?" Di Jiadu nodded: "Still!" He reached out to pat the bunch of keys again, and said, "These are the keys in the castle, all of which are used to open various parts of the castle, and this castle is now my property!" I glanced at him, and he immediately said: "Don't think that I am rich because I own an old castle. In fact, if it weren't for my affection for the family, I would have given up on it a long time ago. You know, keeping an old castle How much does it cost to keep the castle clean and tidy? That would make me bankrupt. So in fact, since its owner suddenly stopped coming back, no one has entered the castle at all, just keeping it locked."

I frowned: "Haven't you ever gone in?" Di Jiadu said: "I went in once, but only opened the door, and then retreated, because the inside is too dilapidated for people to set foot inside." I said "hmm": "So, what's your intention for letting me see this painting now?" Di Jiadu paused for a moment, then took out a stack of papers and spread them out. On the three parchment papers were three ships. As soon as I saw those three ships, my heart jumped wildly. Each of these three ships has the kind of emblems that I am familiar with, and I am no stranger to the appearance of these three ships. These are the three ships I have seen before, in a dense fog. In the night they came upon my ship and sank it!

My breathing became very rapid involuntarily. Yunlin Di Jiadu looked at me and said, "Mr. Wei, I believe what you saw were these three ships!" I made a sound like a groan, and pointed to one of the ships: "This ship is on the bottom of the sea. I have passed its side and entered its empty cabin. I am still on this ship. seen-" I didn't go any further when I spoke here, and stopped suddenly, because since Di Jiadu knew the whole incident, he naturally knew what I saw in the sunken ship, so there was no need to say anything. Di Jiadu nodded: "These three ships were the best three ships at that time. They were built by one of my ancestors himself. His name is Weiss, Weiss Di Jiadu."

I took a deep breath, and Di Jiadu said again: "Wait a while, I will show you some records. My ancestor was a very weird person. After the boat was built, he was the one who led the boat. The one who went to sea, since then, he has never come back. Since then, our family has been regarded as a traitor to the country. The superficial reason is that he deceived the royal family and took away many treasures of the royal family, but I I believe there is another reason." I frowned, I am not interested in these, because I am not a person who studies history. But at this moment, Di Jiadu looked at me: "Now, I want to ask you to calm down."

I raised my voice: "Why?" Tigato took out another piece of paper from the box, but he didn't open it right away, and pressed it with his hand. Then, he fixed his eyes on me again: "This is a portrait, the person in the painting is my weird ancestor, the supervisor of these three ships, General Vestigadu." As soon as I heard him say that, I couldn't help but became nervous and my heart beat very hard. Di Jiadu still did not unfold the paper, but said: "I just want to prove it, I know it is impossible, that is, I want you to take a look at his appearance, he—" When Di Jiadu spoke here, he unfolded the piece of paper. And when I saw the man drawn on the paper, I let out a most piercing exclamation. This exclamation was really uncontrollable, and it rushed out of my mouth suddenly, and then, I felt dizzy for a while, and my body was shaking. Di Jiadu quickly supported me, and I immediately Turning his head away, unwilling to look at the painting again, while panting rapidly. That Vestigadus, the one I saw at the bottom of the sea swinging the hammer and hitting me over the head, that is, when three ships came at me together in the thick fog, one of the ships On the bow of the ship, the man who let out a stern laugh! This is actually impossible, but I can be sure that it is him! In an instant, I felt very weak and panted: "Please put this painting away." Di Jiadu said: "Don't you want to look more carefully?" I screamed, "No, I know who he is at a glance, and he is that man!" Di Jiadu said, "Is that the one you saw in the shipwreck?" I pushed Di Jiadu away, took two steps forward, and tried my best to calm myself down. I didn't say until I had completely recovered my composure, "Yes, it's him, that's right, it's him!" Di Jiadu sat down opposite me: "You mean, you have seen his ghost!" I was stunned for a moment, and then smiled wryly: "Sir, it's not a ghost. I have indeed seen him, and I even fought this man in the water! It's not a ghost!" Digardo took a breath: "He was born in 1614." I know what Tigarto meant when he said that. He only said that he was born in 1614, not when he died. Naturally, he respected what I just said. However, that also clearly shows that he disagrees with me. It seems that the limit of human life span cannot exceed two hundred years, and from 1614 to now, there are more than three hundred years! The sound I made was like a groan: "It doesn't matter what year he was born, but I did see him. He hit me with a hammer. He almost killed me. Later, he directed Hit me with three boats, sink my boat, and drive me crazy!" I couldn't stop panting, I couldn't go any further, I had a strong premonition that I might fall into madness again! About that time, my expression and complexion were horrific, so Edgardu hurriedly gave me a glass of wine, which I swallowed in one gulp. Di Jiadu put everything into the box and closed the lid again. When I calmed down a bit, he said, "I'm so sorry!" He didn't seem to want to talk about it any more.However, after he said "I'm really sorry", he finally couldn't help it, and added: "In the records of my family, it was stated that he was a very violent person. Moreover, he once beat him to death with his own hands. crew." I didn't say anything, Di Jiadu said again: "I'm really sorry, I made you so emotional, I wanted to have a proposal, but now, I'll forget it!" I smiled wryly: "What did you propose? But go to the bottom of the sea again?" Di Jiadu shook his head: "No, it's useless to go again. Haven't you been there? You didn't find anything. Everyone thinks it's your hallucination, right?" I smiled wryly: "Illusion? How can I see a person who actually existed in the hallucination? Before this, I have never seen this person, but just now I recognized him at a glance! " Di Jiadu said: "If it's not your hallucination—we can be sure it's not your hallucination, then we must assume another point!" I said weakly: "Yes, then it must be confirmed that this old Mr. Digado is still alive and can live freely on the bottom of the sea. He and his boat are still there!" I spoke up to this point in one breath, then took a quick breath, and said again: "However, is this possible?" Di Jiadu paced back and forth, saying: "If you are interested, I can also tell you some facts. He had a very bad temper and lived a very mysterious life during his lifetime. For a period of time, he lived alone in that old castle. , do not allow anyone to approach, and do not allow anyone to wait on you." I looked at Di Jiadu, and for a moment, it was difficult to understand what Di Jiadu wanted to tell me. Di Jiadu said: "I guess, during that period of time, he must have been engaged in an extremely secret job in the castle. Although later people said that he was plotting to rebel at that time, but I believe it is not !" I said, "Then what do you think he is doing?" Di Jiadu spread his hands: "I don't know, this is my original idea, I want to—" When he got to this point, I waved my hand abruptly and interrupted him: "Wait a minute, you said, since he went out to sea and never returned, no one must have entered the castle again?" Digado blinked and nodded. I said again: "That is to say, after three hundred years, the castle will still maintain its original condition?" Digardo nodded again. I took a breath: "I see, you want to explore the old castle, if there is something left, we can know what he did in the old castle!" Di Jiadu looked very excited: "Yes, this is my original idea, I plan to invite you to go with me!" I stood up, but immediately sat down again, and after a while, I said: "In the castle, I can only find out about his past life, and it won't be of any help to what I encountered at the bottom of the sea." of." Di Jiadu shook his head and said: "Otherwise, you met him at the bottom of the sea, and now you can't find him again. How can he be seen at the bottom of the sea again after three hundred years? I believe it is possible Obtain certain information in his past life situation!" I thought about it for a while, and then said: "Mr. Dijiadu, several people have suffered misfortune in this matter. If it wasn't for 100% luck, I am still in the madhouse. Is there any really special reason to study this?" Digardo said: "To find out the history of one of the most remarkable figures in my family is enough to make me do that!" I looked at him for a while, and he said again: "A week later, if you don't go, I will go alone. You can have enough time to think about it!" I rubbed my face with my hands: "I'll go with you, but there's no need to invite anyone else!" Di Jiadu said: "Of course, and, it will never be made public!" Tigadu was very excited and toasted me again. Then, I tried my best to calm down and asked him to take out the materials in the box and study them together. That night, we studied those materials together almost until dawn.For the next few days, I was with him every day. After a few days of research, I found several noteworthy places. First, during the construction of the three ships, the old Tigadu personally supervised the construction, but they were extremely mysterious. Except for those who participated in the work, no one could visit them, and even refused the emperor's special envoy.Because of this incident, a political storm was caused at that time. At that time, some people accused General Vestigadu of being disrespectful to the emperor, but it finally subsided. Second, during the construction of the three ships, all craftsmen worked separately, and it was strictly forbidden to communicate with each other. Several craftsmen who violated the rules were executed on the spot. Third, the construction cost of these three ships is extremely astonishing. Calculated by the currency value at that time, at least 30 similar ships can be built, that is to say, more than ten times the usual value.This incident also caused a big storm, but the strange thing is that the emperor tolerated it. Fourth, only the external shape of these three ships remained. No one knew what the internal conditions were like now, let alone at that time. Only a carpenter told people afterwards that the three ships were The wood is not only the best, but also treated with a special preservative solution, and the carpenter disappeared soon after. Based on the above four points, at that time, General Vestigadu must have been undertaking an extremely weird mission, and there must also be ulterior and important secrets on these three ships. Moreover, it may not be General Vestigadu alone who knows this kind of secret, at least, there is a tacit understanding between him and the Spanish emperor at that time, otherwise, the old Digatto spent so much money, the emperor would never Will tolerate him doing that. However, it is unbelievable to say that these three ships are still sailing on the sea and appearing and disappearing at any time, but I have indeed seen them, not only have I seen them, but they also smashed me into pieces. boat! Moreover, I once entered one of them, and I can still remember the situation in the ship. It definitely doesn't look like a ship that has sunk in the sea for hundreds of years!These are all things that I will never forget in my life! After we affirmed that the old Tigadu, General Vestigadu, must have engaged in an extremely secret job, and this job was related to the three ships, for the arrival of the ship The interest in exploring in the castle also naturally increased. Bai Su insisted on walking with me, because last time, I acted alone, and such a terrible thing happened, I almost spent my whole life in a madhouse! But I persuaded her and told her that this time, there will be no accidents, and there will be no danger in that old castle. What we have to do, even two young people can do it. What to do is to use the key to open the doors of the rooms in the castle one by one, and check the things in the rooms. When I said that to Bai Su, I really thought so in my heart. I didn't intend to deceive Bai Su. I can't think of it myself. I went to Spain with Tigato. Tigato has a very high social status in Spain. In the first two days, I followed him and participated in a lot of social entertainment. It was quite boring, and there is no need to record it. On the second night, we started our long journey. The way to travel is to drive, and Tigadu and I took turns driving. We spent nearly forty hours on the road. Before arriving at the old castle, it was at noon and the sun was shining. Standing in front of the old castle, you can see the sea under the cliff. The sea water hits the rocks, making a hollow sound and splashing high water. The reason why we chose such a place to build the old castle , I think it has something to do with old Digado's enthusiasm for the ocean. As for the castle itself, it is more dilapidated than I imagined. It is made of quite large stones, which may be the reason why it has been able to support it for hundreds of years, but the whole castle , all under the cover of vines, under half of the withered and yellow vines, the castle looks even more dilapidated, just like the residence of wizards in a fairy tale world. When I looked up and looked at the castle carefully, I seemed to feel that those windows would open at any moment, and a group of crows would rush out, and behind the crows, there was a witch sitting on a broomstick. I told Di Jiadu about my feelings, but Di Jiadu didn't appreciate my imagination at all, and he didn't have any sense of humor, he said: "I don't think my family trip will have anything to do with witchcraft !" I originally wanted to say, and I didn't want to say that the Digado family had something to do with witchcraft, but I didn't say it because I found that Digado attached great importance to his family's reputation. I'm afraid the more I explain , the more it will cause his misunderstanding and unhappiness.The two of us stood in front of the car and looked at the castle. It was about ten yards away from the iron gate. After watching for a while, we walked towards the iron gate together. It's much older, and since I was here last time, I thought about calling craftsmen to repair it—" When he talked here, he didn't go on, just smiled wryly. I naturally know why he didn't continue talking, because if this ancient castle is to be repaired to a new look, the cost required will probably bankrupt many first-class rich people! We came to the iron gate. On the iron gate, there was a huge emblem of the Tigadu family, but the metal was already rotten, and the iron gate of the iron gate was even more rusty. If you touch it with your fingers, there will be a large piece of rust. It fell down.There is a huge lockhole on the iron door. Dijiadu stuffed a key into the lockhole, a lot of rust fell off, and the key could not be turned at all. Dijiadu smiled wryly, pushed hard, and deduced that I also pulled hard on a few iron branches, and after a while, an iron door fell down entirely.We got back in the car, drove the car, and drove through the iron gate. Inside the iron gate was a large open space. In the open space, there are still many broken stone statues and a pond that has long dried up and is full of dead leaves. In the center of the pond is a sea monster statue carved out of stone, which is naturally dilapidated. The grass was covered with grass, and the car drove over the grass where the road was no longer discernible. The grass was pressed by the tires of the car, making strange noises.The car stopped before the gate of the castle.