"Why is there such a difference?" the female translator asked puzzledly.

"My one is a male, and Mr. Chen's one is a female," Old Man Ouyang explained while looking at the two "Monkey Eagles". After hearing what Old Man Ouyang said, we suddenly realized, but after thinking about it carefully, this

It's also normal - no matter how special this kind of bird is, there should be male and female.

At this time, Crazy Six suddenly asked Mr. Chen with a mysterious face: "Does your bird often spit out something from its mouth?"

Crazy Six's question surprised Mr. Chen: "Yeah, how do you know? It does spit out something from its mouth. The stuff is sticky and white when it spits out.

But after a while, it will turn gray and become very hard. At first, I thought it was sick, but later I found out that it was not. This seemed to be a normal reaction of it. Every time

It happens over time, so I got used to it."

My cousin suddenly asked Crazy Six: "Did you see it from the meridians of this 'Monkey Eagle'?"

Madman Liu nodded: "Yes, although the appearance of these two 'Monkey Eagles' is almost identical, their meridians are very different. I guess that this difference in meridians may be due to gender.

Caused by differences; in addition, Mr. Chen’s bird has a very special meridian, which is very similar to the meridian of a kind of swift. It runs from the place where eggs are laid to the throat. And that kind of swift will regularly

Vomiting something out, that’s why I came to this conclusion.”

"Is that thing spitted out by swifts what we usually call 'bird's nest'?" The female translator took out a small notebook and asked while taking notes. Because of her background in a biopharmaceutical company, she always has special concerns about such strange creatures.

is very interested.

After getting along for such a long time, Madman Six’s hostility towards the female translator gradually disappeared. Therefore, Madman Six responded to the female translator’s questions more calmly: “It’s a bit similar, but not exactly the same. We usually

The kind of 'bird's nest' I'm talking about is indeed a nest built by swifts with saliva, but the kind of swifts I'm talking about, what they spit out from their mouths is not used to build ordinary nests, but a kind of 'incubator'

'."

After hearing what Crazy Six said, my cousin's brows widened and he was shocked, as if he suddenly understood something. However, the rest of us were still confused. We didn't know what Crazy Six said was related to what we were discussing.

What does that 'skull stone' have to do with it?

Crazy Six went on to explain: "It's very strange to talk about it. Generally, birds hatch eggs by relying on the bird's own body temperature, but the swift I'm talking about hatches eggs in a very different way - it lays eggs first.

Lay an egg, and spit out the white gelatin to wrap the egg in layers. When exposed to air, the white gelatin will harden and turn gray, forming a thick layer. Then the swift will

The wrapped eggs are exposed to the outside and receive sunlight. After ten or twenty days, the swifts will secrete another liquid to dissolve the hard shell, and then use their own body temperature to incubate them for a day or two, and the little swifts will hatch.

It can be hatched from the egg."

"You mean the female 'monkey eagle' hatches eggs in a similar way to the female swift?" Xiao Lei asked a little surprised.

Crazy Six didn't speak, but nodded silently.

"According to what you said, the stone wrapped around the egg of the 'Monkey Eagle' is actually formed from the material spit out from the mouth of the female 'Monkey Eagle'?" After hearing this conclusion from our cousin, we suddenly realized,

I was also shocked - I really didn't expect that the 'skull stone' was not a natural stone, but formed from the secretions of the 'monkey eagle'! It's really incredible.

However, if this is the case, then it can be explained why there are eggs inside the "stone". Unexpectedly, the way the "Monkey Eagle" incubates eggs is so special.

It turns out that Crazy Six has gone around in such a big circle and is still talking about the origin of the "Skull Stone".

"Then why do the substances spit out by the 'Monkey Eagle' contain skull-shaped particles?"

In response to Hongmei's question, Crazy Six shook his head and said: "I don't know much about this. As for why the particles in that substance are in the shape of a skull, maybe as Kenya said, it's just a

It's just a coincidence, but the substance spit out by the 'Monkey Eagle' interacts with the air to form something that, according to the definition of physics, is indeed a certain kind of crystal."

But for us, this kind of skull stone is too mysterious. Why do people temporarily lose their memory when they see the skull-shaped particles inside? How can this be explained scientifically?

In addition, since there are "Monkey Eagle" eggs here, there must be "Monkey Eagle" eggs around.

But why did this "monkey eagle" and skull stone happen to appear in that crater? Is it a coincidence? Or is there another reason?

At this time, my cousin suddenly said: "I think I have figured out how Zhu Leting, the Ming Dynasty vassal king, escaped." Hearing what his cousin said, everyone immediately became excited.

The escape of the Ming Dynasty vassal king Zhu Leting is indeed too mysterious and incredible for us. What kind of escape plan did his counselor Xuan Heng make for Zhu Leting?

I thought this mystery was impossible to solve, but I didn't expect that my cousin had a clue. How could I not be excited about it?

Under our eager questioning, my cousin still spoke slowly in his calm tone:

"Xuan Heng, the counselor under Zhu Leting, has a very strange background - although he himself is a failed official, his family has made a living by raising birds for generations. It may be difficult for you to understand that raising birds can become a profession. In fact,

, In the Ming Dynasty, bird raising was indeed a profession in our area. The birds raised by bird keepers were generally divided into two categories - one was raptors used for hunting, such as hawks, eagles, etc. Many hunters

These birds of prey are purchased for hunting; the other type is ornamental birds, such as parrots, starlings, larks, etc., which have special sounds or brightly colored birds.

The Xuanheng family is engaged in this kind of profession, but compared with ordinary bird farmers, their family's income is much richer. As for why this is the case, I will talk about it later.

It was his ancestors who were in this business, so Xuan Heng was very familiar with various birds since he was a child, and even knew how to breed new varieties. However, Xuan Heng's father felt that raising birds for several lifetimes was nothing more than a little money.

There is no future, as the saying goes, "Everything is of inferior quality, only education is good." So he sent his son to study, thinking that in the future, he would be able to get an official position, which would be regarded as a change of family and a glorious family.

However, Xuanheng's journey to the imperial examination was not smooth. After passing the examination, he failed repeatedly. However, he was a smart and capable person. By chance, he was introduced to Zhu Leting's house and became a guest, but he failed.

What comes to mind is that Zhu Leting loves birds as much as his life, and Xuan Heng comes from a "bird-raising family" and is very knowledgeable about the habits of various birds. Therefore, the two of them have a common language, and Xuan Heng gradually becomes Zhu Leting's confidant.

Zhu Leting's escape to this crater must have been planned by Xuan Heng. Moreover, among the people who fled with Zhu Leting, there was Xuan Heng. They also mysteriously disappeared in this crater.

I thought about it again and again, and felt that it was precisely because of this background that Xuan Heng might know the bird "Monkey Eagle", and his understanding of this bird may be beyond our imagination.

I also heard Mr. Chen say that this kind of 'monkey hawk' was once the 'patron saint' of an Egyptian pharaoh, and for Zhu Leting, the 'strange bird' he held when he fled can also be regarded as his

It is almost certain that he can get into the hole of the crater. That bird played a key role, and that bird should be the 'Monkey Eagle'.

When we were in the crater, I also mentioned that history books record that after Zhu Leting and others entered the crater, several screams came from the crater, and the screams did not sound like they were coming from humans.

It should be the bird in his arms. According to my speculation, that cry is using the special frequency in the mountain to open the cave entrance.

Moreover, when we were in the pit, we let Brother Ouyang's 'Monkey Eagle' scream on the spot. After calling, a hole appeared, and from that hole, Mr. Chen's 'Monkey Eagle' had been missing for a long time.

, also drilled out.

I think our 'monkey eagle' may be calling in the wrong place or in the wrong way, and the hole is not opened wide enough, but this is enough to show that the cry of the 'monkey eagle' can indeed make people in the crater

The dark hole opens.

The escape method used by Xuan Heng may seem unbelievable, but it actually has a hidden secret.

If we use artificial methods to build a dark cave in this crater, it would be simply impossible, because we all know that the stones in that crater are too hard. With the level of construction technology of the Ming Dynasty, it is simply impossible -

- Not to mention that in that crater, even building caves in other places in the mountain is still a huge project. We do not have such manpower and material resources in our area. To say the least, even if such a project can be built, it will still require a lot of effort.

There are too many people, and when there are too many people involved, confidentiality cannot be guaranteed at all.

Therefore, when it comes to building caves, prehistoric humans were really smart. Not only were they much smarter than the people of the Ming Dynasty, but they were not inferior to today's construction technology.

Why am I saying this?

Just want to make one point - the hole in the crater was definitely not built by Zhu Leting and Xuan Heng, but the cave was there before, maybe it was natural, or it was built by prehistoric people, but it was discovered by Xuan Heng

That’s all.

How did Xuan Heng discover the cave? He was not a geologist, and history books did not say that he knew Feng Shui. Therefore, based on his understanding of bird habits and his method of using bird calls to open the cave entrance,

Based on these signs, it can be roughly inferred that the hole under the crater must be found through a bird.

Following this line of thinking, I suddenly remembered another record about Zhu Leting - there are too many historical materials in my mind, maybe because I am old, so many historical materials cannot be recalled at once - then

What kind of record is it?

It’s a strange thing about Xuan Heng.

Starting from Xuan Heng's grandfather, people discovered that their family could raise many strange birds, and these birds, let alone other bird keepers, had never been seen in nature.

For example, their domestic eagles are not only slightly larger than ordinary eagles, but also look very different from ordinary eagles. They are also very smart and can quickly understand various human commands. They are very easy to tame and are used for hunting.

When the time comes, it is even more handy, and the prey it captures is many times higher than that of ordinary eagles. Moreover, this kind of eagle can also help its owner pick bird's nests, Ganoderma lucidum, etc. on the cliff. Therefore, the price of Xuanheng's eagles is higher than that of ordinary eagles.

Eagles are more than ten times more expensive, but they are still in short supply. Relying on this advantage, the Xuan family quickly became a wealthy local family, while ordinary bird farmers simply cannot compare with them in terms of income.

People all think that the Xuan family must have a secret method of raising birds passed down from their ancestors. This secret method is strictly kept secret.
Chapter completed!