America 1881: They Call Me Legend

Chapter 201 Gold is not what you want to get, you can get it if you want

Chen Jianqiu threw the gold bar in his hand to Holmes.

Holmes' hands trembled a little. He held the gold bar in his hand, looked at it over and over several times, and repeated:

"It's Aztec gold bars! It's Aztec gold bars!"

While looking at the gold bars, he told Chen Jianqiu the origin of these gold bars.

Nov. 1519, 11

A Spanish explorer named Corster led his team to the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan.

They kidnapped the Aztec emperor Montezuma II and ruled the empire under his command.

Half a year later, Alvarado, the general of Cortes, slaughtered more than 600 Aztecs, and thousands of Aztecs gathered to besiege the palace.

Cortes dispatched Montezuma II to appease the crowd. During the chaotic rally, Montezuma II was hit by stones thrown by angry crowd and seriously injured.

Montezuma II is dead.

The Spaniards claimed that he had succumbed to his wounds, but the Aztecs preferred to believe that the Spaniards had killed their emperor.

The Spaniards realized that the danger was approaching, and they decided to break out that night.Loaded with looted treasure, the conquerors tried to slip away along a dike road, only to be discovered.

The Indian boats surrounded the Spaniards, and a bloody battle began.

Many Spaniards were forced to throw their treasures into the water to lighten their load, and many others, because they carried gold, fell into the water during the melee and died with the gold.

On this night, more than 1000 Spaniards and more indigenous people died in battle. Later generations called it "the miserable night".

This group of Indians is descended from the Montezuma royal family. They transported the gold in the canal, together with some other royal property, to the southwestern United States before the arrival of new invaders.

They thought that one day they could rely on this property to make a comeback, but smallpox and the harsh natural environment made them gradually wither.

These people tried every means to hide this legacy, including introducing groundwater to hide the gold at the bottom of the cave.

"I was still guessing the meaning of those obscure fables, and they were all true." Holmes was so excited that he almost cried.

Chen Jianqiu sighed a little.

These Aztecs are so pitiful, people are dead and money is not spent.

Let me, Chen Jianqiu, guard these treasures for you.

He glanced around at the others.

Everyone's reaction was basically in his expectation.

The two young men were still a little confused because they didn't know all the news and couldn't understand English well, but they knew that it would be over if they listened to their young master.

Sean leaned next to Holmes with an unbelievable look on his face;

Danny and his wife hugged each other; Hanif was a little uneasy, wondering if he should discuss with Chen Jianqiu and let him re-elect.

"Boss, should we go down and salvage all those treasures now?" Sean rubbed his hands and asked.

"It's fine, you can fish whatever you want today, as long as you catch it, it will be yours." Chen Jianqiu said to the black man with a smile.

"Then, what about me?" Hanif looked at Chen Jianqiu anxiously.

"You too." Chen Jianqiu nodded at him.

The two hesitated at first, but with Chen Jianqiu's words, they jumped into the lake recklessly.

In less than 2 minutes, the voice of "help" came from the lake.

It was Hanif who shouted "Help". He had just gone down for a minute, and before he touched the bottom of the lake, the freezing cold water made his calf cramp.

Chen Jianqiu slowly jumped into the lake again and dragged Hanif up.

As for Sean, he didn't even see a shadow on the lake.

Chen Jianqiu frowned.

This is a bit troublesome, this black buddy may not be able to see it on the lake, let alone under the lake where you can't stretch your fingers.

But after he thought about it again, he couldn't see it anyway, it just depends on his luck.

Suddenly, he noticed that not far away, there were air bubbles rapidly flipping from the bottom to the surface of the water. Some of them looked the same as the previous hallucinogenic gas, while others were not.

Looks like Sean should be drinking water down there.

Chen Jianqiu plunged down and touched the bubble.

He put his arms around the bottom of the lake twice, and sure enough, he touched a body that was still warm, but if he didn't pull it up, it would probably get cold soon.

Chen Jianqiu held the black man between his arms, and with the other hand he fished a handful from the bottom of the lake, and suddenly felt heavy in his hand.

He surfaced, tossed Sean onto the bank like a sandbag, and climbed up himself.

Teresa gave Sean first aid, and the black man woke up after spitting out a few mouthfuls of water, rolled his eyes, and scratched at the air:

"Tentacles! Ah! Don't catch me! Ah! Big octopus..."

Chen Jianqiu didn't bother the incoherent Xiao En, and looked around at the crowd: "Is there anyone else who wants to go down?"

Everyone fell silent.

Hanif froze his head and said weakly: "Boss, we are too reckless, we all listen to you, this lake is too weird."

He thought that the gold under the lake would be within his reach, but who knew that he almost lost his life when he went there.

Just who the hell is this man in front of him?

Chen Jianqiu glanced at what he had just fished out, it was a gold necklace and some broken gold.

He returned to the lake again.

A moment later, when he returned to the shore, his left and right hands were full of gold bars.

Chen Jianqiu threw the broken gold and gold bars to Holmes: "We can't let everyone come for nothing this time, share it with everyone, don't forget Adam's, I will deal with the stone fortress."

Hanif shook his head: "It's useless for us to take the gold, and we don't plan to divide the money and break up. No matter where you go in the west with this gold, you will be targeted."

Everyone else nodded, but the two Chinese boys were still in a state of bewilderment.

"Since you all understand, then I won't say anything more. I will deal with the gold in the water later." Chen Jianqiu asked Holmes to put away all the gold that was fished up first. "We Chinese have an old saying, called 'Silently make a fortune', so don't worry, everyone."

As Hanif said, it may not be a good thing to suddenly find gold in the west. Sooner or later, people will be eyeing not only the gold, but also the land under your feet.

You can't just go to the state bank in Santa Fe with a box of gold bars and exchange them for dollars.

Wait, bank?
Chen Jianqiu thought about it and made a plan.

Let the rest of the gold sink to the bottom of this lake first, and come and get it whenever you want.

There is nowhere more secure than here.

"Come on, let's go back up." Chen Jianqiu asked everyone to turn off the lights in the cave, and then slapped Xiao En awake who was still rolling his eyes.

Then he walked towards the entrance of the cave shirtless.

It was so cold in the cave that he had to find a place to warm himself up.

Downey and Li Sifu were sitting by the campfire.

Li Sifu's English is not good, and he has a strong accent. Donnie is not the same as him, but because the two are similar in age and rich in body language, they chat happily.

Suddenly, the rope hanging from the back of Li Sifu's buttocks into the hole moved.

Li Sifu was startled, and raised his torch to shine on the cliff.

He saw a male upper body that was as strong as a sculpture.

Chen Jianqiu jumped up directly from below, passed Li Sifu, and trotted to the edge of the bonfire.

"It's so cold, it's so cold." He sat by the campfire and put his wet clothes on the edge of the fire to roast.

The people behind also climbed up one after another.

Chen Jianqiu, who was roasting by the fire, suddenly wanted to drink some wine to warm himself up. However, only Adam in the team had a bottle of Erguotou.

"Let's go back to the lake." Chen Jianqiu stood up quickly.

"But..." Danny glanced at the dark sky, the sickly Hanif, and Sean who was still rolling his eyes, and was about to say something.

He just turned his head and found that Chen Jianqiu, who was shirtless, had already walked towards the cave.

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