"It seems to be... Chinese words?"

"Can you understand?" Yusuf looked at Isabel hopefully.

She shook her head helplessly: "I won't. It's too difficult."

"So I specially invited the Chinese girls in your team." Captain Messon twisted his beard proudly, as if everything was under control, "She should be able to interpret it for us."

"Qing is Japanese."

Yousuf and Isabel looked at each other and poured cold water on Captain Messon in unison.

The room was in an awkward silence.

"I can understand." Qing suddenly said, "Although we speak different languages, many of our books are written in Chinese. My father taught me Chinese."

Captain Messon breathed a sigh of relief.

Next, the Chinese characters on the chart are translated into Portuguese by the Qing Dynasty, and then handed over to Isabel to translate into Arabic.

Putting the information of the two fragments together, it is almost certain that they come from the same nautical chart.

Judging from the shape and annotation of the land, it depicts the East African coastline.

"But why should a chart be written in two different languages?" Isabel was a little difficult to understand, but then he opened his eyes in surprise, "Is it really a chart of the eunuch Sanbao!?"

This makes sense. When the eunuch Sanbao voyages to the West, there were many people proficient in Arabic in the sailing team, and many of the crew members themselves were devout believers of Allah.

They trade with countries in the Indian Ocean, and Arabic is the basic common language between merchants and sailors. In order to facilitate communication with people from other countries, they sometimes use Arabic instruments.

"If I were them, I would have made two." William thought, "one of them is a rubbing of the other."

Captain Messon agreed: "More than two hundred years ago, the Chinese suddenly entered the Indian Ocean with great fanfare. They continued to explore for thirty years, but suddenly withdrew and terminated all navigation operations." He grasped the pause just right to arouse the audience's desire for knowledge, "Have anyone ever thought about why this is?"

"They must have discovered something," William interjected, his thinking always turned very quickly, "but what exactly is it? Let them rather give up the hegemony of the ocean and return to land."

I won't get the answer to this question in a short time unless they can read the secret hidden behind this chart.

"The treasure of the Chinese emperor..." Isabel murmured in a low voice. She remembered what Gecko Munch once said, and his warning.

She turned to Captain Messon suddenly: "Where did this half chart come from?"

Captain Messon sighed: "It was originally in the hands of the one-legged Old Joe."

"Original?" Yusuf read out his implication, "What happened?"

"That's another reason I've come to you in advance." He turned to his deputy, "Doctor, please tell me."

Hearing the captain's instructions, the photo gallery doctor said, "Old Joe is dead. It happened half a month ago." He looked around the audience's expressions, "He was almost out of reach when he was sent. Barr Mentus did it, he wanted this half of the navigation chart."

"Bal Mentus?" Yusuf frowned. This was a strange name. "As well a pirate?"

"Yes." Captain Messon rarely showed such a solemn expression. "Bar Mentus, the god of death sailing on the sea, has another more famous nickname - Harry the Mourner."

这个名字仿佛一柄重锤,狠狠击打在伊莎贝尔的心口上.

按壁虎蒙克的说法,是他杀了她的海盗父亲.她脱口而出:“那个恶棍——”

"A perfect villain. He not only plunders merchant ships, attacks warships, but also a fanatical pirate. He will kill all the pirates who were defeated by his men." Captain Messon said. "He has been sailing in the Caribbean for many years, mainly in the Atlantic. It is normal for young people like you to be unfamiliar with him."

威廉察觉到异样:“那老乔是怎么回事?他可不会去大西洋.”

"Old Joe won't go to the Atlantic Ocean. They're here." Captain Messon's tone was as gloomy as his face. "The mourner Harry and his gallows have already entered the Indian Ocean and are now eyeing us somewhere!"

“所以你才会发出鹦鹉信召集我们来这里.”优素福也感受到米松船长言语中传来的压力,“印度洋的海盗们到了需要同心合力对付大麻烦的时候.”

“他就为这半张航海图千里迢迢跑过来?”

An ominous premonition enveloped Isabel's heart, but she was not sure what made her so nervous.

"And you guys."

米松船长把目光投向优素福和他的两位队伍成员.

“果阿总督下了重金雇佣送葬者哈利,要他追猎崇高信仰号,取下你们的项上人头!”
Chapter completed!