() "Those fish look really weird!" A sailor murmured: "I have never seen such a fish with such big eyes!"
After hearing this, Du Fei couldn't help but pay more attention to the big fish hanging at the bottom of the boat. He saw that all of those big fish were pitch black, and their skins were glowing with an oily sheen. Although several strange fish had been dead for a long time,
But the lively luster on his body is still there.
"Does anyone recognize this kind of fish?" Du Fei asked his men, but everyone shook their heads. Even the most experienced old turtle couldn't make up his mind: "Ashamed! I have been on the sea for decades, and I have never seen such a fish.
Plant something!”
Everyone was gathering around to watch the excitement, and suddenly they heard a sailor looking in front shout: "Where have all the people gone? There is a big ship ahead! Turn the rudder quickly!"
It turned out that just when everyone was watching the big fish, a large ship floated slowly in the direction of the wind. The size of this ship was only half the size of the Kui Huang, but its shape and craftsmanship were not like the Middle-earth style, but that
It has a Western-style shape and only has three masts.
Everyone hurriedly returned to their posts, and the two boats passed by...
Everyone was so shocked that they were sweating profusely. The old turtle scolded the sailor at the helm: "Why are you all watching the fun!? If you do this again, I will throw you into the sea immediately!"
"It's so strange, that ship is so domineering! When it saw our ship, it acted as if it hadn't seen it and walked forward on its own!" The sailor looking ahead said doubtfully: "I have never seen such a domineering master.
Son, it’s like there’s no one on the boat.”
Du Fei took out the new telescope sent by Phuket and looked at it for a while, with an expression of disbelief on his face: "There is really no one on the boat!"
"What!?" The old turtle was shocked after hearing this: "You mean, there is no one on the boat? No! Let's run!"
Du Fei, who had no interest in getting to the bottom of things at first, was aroused by his yelling: "What's wrong? Is there anything wrong?"
The old turtle wiped the sweat from his forehead and said: "This, this is the legendary 'ghost ship' in the sea. Anyone who gets involved with it will suffer bad luck!"
Then he began to talk endlessly about something he had personally experienced: twenty years ago, he had just gained some sailing experience from some small merchant ships, so he transferred to the famous large ship "Ruifeng" in Fujian Port.
Became a helmsman.
However, on the seventh day after he boarded the ship, something strange happened.
A ship was always driving slowly in front of them, blocking their way. It would be nothing in other sea areas, but that sea area was full of reefs, the channel was very narrow, and the ship
It kept swaying back and forth with the wind, causing them to fail several times when they tried to overtake it.
The owner of the Ruifeng was carrying cargo that could not be stored for a long time. He already owed the contract with the cargo owner. If the cargo could not be delivered to Tianjin Port within a month, he would have to compensate the cargo owner for double the loss. The sailing schedule was originally tight.
The heavy task made him impatient. When he saw the ship always blocking the road provocatively, he ordered a few sailors to board the small boat area to negotiate with them. Unexpectedly, the sailors only found out after boarding the ship.
It was an empty ship with a man at the helm!
The strange thing is that in the sea area full of reefs, the ship swayed around but never hit the rocks and sank! The food, water, wine, and cargo on the ship were all intact, and someone also found some silver, which shows that there must have been some before.
There were many sailors, but I don’t know what happened and all of them suddenly disappeared.
Everyone was surprised: what happened? Encountered pirates? Pirates would never throw food, money and wine on the ship. Encountered a sea beast? Why was the ship intact? Abandoned the ship in a strong storm.
?But the lifeboat is still well set up at the back.
The captain got a big bargain out of thin air. He happily estimated the value of the ship and its cargo, sent ten sailors to board the ship, and connected the two ships together.
I originally thought I had gotten a bargain, but at night the old turtle at the helm suddenly felt that the speed of the ship had suddenly become faster! He immediately reported it to the captain, but the captain waved his hand impatiently and said, "It's just the right wind.
!What a fuss!”
However, the next morning, everyone's eyes widened in surprise: the big ship behind them and the sailors on the ship were gone!
"Those sailors are all the same race as the captain. It is impossible for them to take advantage of the money and drive away the ship. In addition, there is no sign of the rope connecting the ship being broken. The knot is a dead knot, and I tied the dead knot myself! Unless
It is absolutely impossible for someone or an animal to open it with a knife! But..."
The old turtle's expression turned ugly as he spoke, and you could tell how scared he was at that time.
"I have never doubted about ghosts and gods. The so-called ghosts and gods are just beings with abilities beyond people's common sense. There is nothing to fear!" Du Fei saw that everyone was frightened and quickly said a few words to boost morale: "Don't
Panic! Let’s go see what happens!”
"Ah! I'm not going!"
"I'm not going either!"
The sailors shook their heads. Some of them had experienced the ghost ship story, and some had heard it from others. They all believed in it and believed that if they boarded the ghost ship, they would be haunted by ghosts and buried in the sea.
"Okay, Nangong! Brothers Zhang! Come with me!" Du Fei was a little angry. He didn't expect these sailors to be so awed by those illusory things, which puzzled him.
In fact, the actions of these sailors are reasonable when considered from another perspective. You must know that sailors live at sea for a long time, work very intensively every day, and have to face death and misfortune at any time, so they have formed their own unique belief system.
What these sailors worship is not Bodhisattvas and gods, but sea beasts and weather.
They believe that these illusory things have their own personalities, tempers and rules. If they don't follow their tempers, they will definitely encounter bad luck.
Just like people at sea cannot understand that people on land believe in the Lord of the Earth, people who have stayed on land for a long time are naturally puzzled by these ideas that are similar to totem worship.
When Du Fei and others boarded the Western ship, they found that it was a warship with very dense gun positions. It was only half the size of the Kui Huang, but it actually had the same artillery power as the Kui Huang!
Not only are there many cannons, all of them are authentic Spanish artillery, there are a large number of cannons and muskets in the cabin, as well as plenty of water and food.
"What is this?" Zhang Xiong kicked a damaged wooden box and saw that the box had been knocked apart, and it was full of prototype small boxes with shiny iron shells.
Du Fei picked up a box and looked at it. He saw that the structure of this small box was very dense and there were no gaps at all. He squeezed it with strong finger force and crushed the thin iron shell outside.
It was filled with red cooked beef. Du Fei tore off a small piece and put it under his nose and smelled it. The aroma was very pure and it seemed that it had not deteriorated.
Zhang Zhi saw Du Fei trying to put the piece of beef into his mouth, and quickly tried to dissuade him: "Sir! Be careful! It's poisonous!"
"I'm not afraid of poison!" Du Fei put the beef into his mouth and chewed it nonchalantly. This kind of beef was cooked very well and the sauce was delicious. He couldn't help but took another piece and ate it: "It's not poisonous!
And it hasn’t gone bad!”
"This seems to be a special way of storing food. If the cooked food is sealed like this, it should be able to be stored for a long time." Zhang Zhi also took a bite.
"I'll try it too!" Zhang Xiong broke open a can and found that there was trout inside. It tasted both salty and sweet, and was very delicious.
Du Fei estimated that there were at least dozens of such iron boxes. In addition, the other food in the granary was also very rich, enough to feed hundreds of people for several months.
"It's strange. It's just like what the old turtle said. There are food and things to use, but there are no people!" Nangong Feiyun carefully checked the hatch and saw a slight stain on the edge of the door.
There are traces of being cut by a sharp blade.
"Sir! Look!" He immediately greeted everyone and said, "These stubbles are still new!"
Du Fei and others took a closer look and found that the chop marks were all very new, and the chopped wooden doors were all very bright yellow, indicating that they had been chopped just recently.
"There are chop marks, which means there was a fierce battle here!" Nangong Feiyun then frowned in confusion: "Why? Why does the power of the chop seem so weak?"
After he said this, everyone also noticed that there were not only chop marks on the wooden door, but also small marks everywhere in the cabin. The strange thing is that these marks are very small and fine. It is really difficult to detect if you don't pay careful attention.
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"If you insist that it was left behind in a battle, the person holding the knife must be a child." Zhang Zhi shook his head and said: "Although this kind of wood structure is very dense and strong, the sharp blade is definitely not enough for an adult man to chop down.
There are obvious traces of the Tao, let alone a battle of life and death?”
"Stop guessing! Move the food to the big boat first!" Du Fei wanted to connect the two boats with a rope, but he suddenly remembered what the old turtle said. He immediately changed his mind and said: "Use a giant stick to connect the two boats.
The ship's frame is flat! I will stay on this ship myself tonight! I want to see what kind of monsters it is!"
After a while, several huge logs protruded from the Kwai Huang. The sailors carefully and slowly brought the two ships together, and used huge logs several feet long to string together the gun emplacements on the sides of the two ships. And
Tied up with some thick ropes.
But Du Fei still felt that it was not safe, so he ordered everyone to connect the two boats together with iron ropes.
"Sir! You can't do it! You will bring us misfortune!" The old turtle cried uncharacteristically, with a suspicious expression on his face: "This ghost ship will drag us to the depths of the sea!"
But Du Fei believes in everything except evil! What he decides is difficult to change.
Under his unquestionable orders, the sailors carefully moved most of the ship's food and cargo to the Kwai Wong.
After everything was arranged, Du Fei unexpectedly ordered dozens of musketeers to board the ghost ship. Although he did not believe in evil, he was not stupid. Various visions made him believe that although it was not as evil as the old turtle said,
But there must be some unknown secret power on this ship!!