After breakfast, Mr. Mai asked us to go to Jenny's rest cabin to discuss the next step. Jiao Ba was still sleeping, so Shunzi and I had to go. Seeing that Shunzi was recovering well, the faces of Jenny and Mr. Mai also changed.
Everyone wears a smile. No matter whether the smile is real or fake, or there is something hidden behind it, I have to greet them with a smile.
Li Xin has basically said everything that happened in the cabin last night. I just added the details today. After all, after searching six cabins in a row, there was still no progress, except for those weird events.
Except, nothing was gained.
I deliberately said, "I think we should just forget it. It's just a broken granary ship with nothing."
"Impossible, absolutely impossible. If you investigate carefully again, you will definitely find something useful." Jenny immediately refuted my words. I looked at her. This girl pretended to be stupid on the surface, but I saw that she was already in her heart.
clear.
"It's easy to say. It's very dangerous to go into the sea. There's nothing on the broken ship. What's the point of surveying? What do you think, Mr. Mai?" I still insist on it. I have to see the attitude of the three of them.
Mr. Mai was a little embarrassed and said, "This... Li Xin, what do you think of this matter?" This old guy is really good at it, and he directly pushed it on Li Xin.
"I'm free to listen to you. If you say you want to go, I'll go. If you say no, we'll just go home." Li Xin was even more straightforward. The problem was thrown back to you again. She made it clear whether she wanted to go or not.
It doesn't matter.
Jenny was a little anxious at this time, "No, I don't agree, we have to go down again, Zhongyi, even if I beg you, please check it carefully again, okay?"
I glanced at her and said nothing, "Jenny, Jenny, you really make me sad. I asked you several times why you went to sea, but you refused to tell me. Now you beg me to go to sea. What are you hiding?"
?Or are you simply using us? This beautiful woman is indeed untrustworthy.
After all, it was Mr. Mai's decision in the end, "Okay, just do what Jenny said. Just do your best. Let's go to the sea again. If nothing is discovered this time, let's go back."
Mansion."....
After discussing everything, we decided to rest for two days before going to sea. After returning from the sea this time, we thought that the reactions of other sailors would be great, but what we didn’t expect was that after a night of tossing, we were not convinced by what we saw in the cabin this time.
They couldn't remember the strange images clearly, they only knew that the lights flashed for a while.
Jenny didn’t dare to tell them that they were possessed by evil spirits. Of course, this was what Mr. Mai had explained. Originally, we were told to keep it secret and just said that we all collectively had hallucinations. But as soon as we saw this situation, we didn’t need to
Let's stop talking nonsense.
In fact, Jiao Ba and I both knew that even if the sailors remembered it, they would not dare to say that they were possessed by evil spirits. If this was revealed, the sailors would probably be in trouble again. But according to Jiao Ba, this is just a toxin.
, a toxin that can stimulate the brain, but where does this toxin come from? It seems that this sunken ship really needs to be turned over.
Although the other sailors didn't remember, why could Shunzi remember it? I couldn't figure it out. I even asked Jiao Ba specifically. At that time, Jiao Ba hesitated and didn't say anything.
He said that Shunzi might have prepared in advance, or had a better physique than them. It was okay to fool a child. Who could believe it? All the sailors had forgotten it, but he was the only one who remembered it.
If he had really prepared in advance, Shunzi would not be as if he had been possessed by an evil spirit. If he had a good physique, those old sailors were all physically stronger than him. What Jiao Ba said was blocked at both ends, and there was no way of believing it.
Is Shunzi really the one who has been hiding behind this as he said? The once innocent boy turned into a sinister and cunning villain in a blink of an eye? It is really unacceptable.
The whole morning was idle, Shunzi was writing notes, Jiao Ba was looking at it with his little green notebook, and the other sailors were catching up on sleep in the rest cabin. Everyone was exhausted these days, so this
Fortunately, my physical fitness is good, otherwise I would have been exhausted a few more times.
I didn't feel sleepy at all, so I could only lie on the bed, smoking a cigarette, and thinking about things randomly. The things that happened recently were getting more and more weird, and they made me feel dizzy. I had to think about everything.
I recalled the matter carefully again, and then carefully analyzed every detail. But the more I analyzed, the more confused I felt.
Ever since we went out to sea, things have been busy. Let’s first remember the sunken ship of the Qing Dynasty. According to the beauty on the navigation chart, we should have salvaged the sunken ship of the Ming Dynasty. But why did we inexplicably encounter a sunken ship of the Qing Dynasty? And it was still the same.
A Qing Dynasty shipwreck containing a Ming Dynasty female corpse was found. At that time, I was busy trying to find the man in black and unraveling the female corpse’s origins, so I never seriously considered this matter.
Now after careful analysis, there are indeed many doubts. First, if the nautical chart is correct, we should not encounter this sunken ship from the Qing Dynasty. We should just go directly to the sunken ship from the Ming Dynasty. But instead of
We just met, is this a coincidence? Or is it all purposeful, is someone deliberately pushing all of this?
The second point is that a sunken ship from the Qing Dynasty actually contains a female corpse from the Ming Dynasty. This is weird enough. In addition, the apparent purpose of our trip to sea is to find the sunken ship from the Ming Dynasty. Could it be said that this is also a kind of
Coincidence? This is obviously illogical.
The third point, and the most important point, is that the man in black went to the shipwreck that night. If Jiao Ba and I hadn't stopped him, then the half of the jade pendant in my hand would have definitely fallen into his hands, and
The things that Jiao Ba took from Big Beard, even the small piece of gold in the mouth of the female corpse, also proved that the matter was not that simple. Until now, the life experience of the female corpse has not been completely solved. These are the key to the problem.
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Now that I think about it, there are indeed many doubts. First of all, someone should know the secret of this sunken ship in the Qing Dynasty. He went after the female corpse of the Ming Dynasty. Now that I analyze it carefully, I suddenly realize that among us
There must be one person among people who knows all this.
Furthermore, the man in black knew that there was something designated on the female corpse, and this thing should be of great importance. I thought it could solve the ultimate purpose of this trip to sea, but who was the man in black at that time? I filtered everything in my mind.
I hope I can find some clues.
When I put out the cigarette butt, I suddenly thought that this man in black should be the one who knew that there was a female corpse in the sunken ship. Yes, it was definitely this person. If he didn't know that there was a female corpse in the sunken ship, how could he?
I'll sneak over there in the middle of the night.
When I thought of this, I quickly called Jiao Ba, "Lao Ba, Lao Ba, let's go and go out with me for some fun."
Jiao Ba still looked at his little notebook and said without raising his head, "You didn't notice that I was busy. You can go on your own, Yige."
Shunzi put down the pen in his hand, looked at me and said with a smile, "I'll go with you, brother."
In order not to arouse Shunzi's suspicion, I smiled and nodded and said, "Okay, you can go out with me to bask in the sun." But before leaving, I still shouted, "Old man, you can come too, don't do it."
I'm feeling sick."
Jiao Ba now raised his head and glanced at me. I gave him a look calmly. Jiao Ba pretended to be very reluctant and said, "Oh, I understand. You go first. I'll be there in a moment."
Shunzi and I came to the deck. The weather today was good, cloudless, and the sea breeze was very comfortable. I looked at the sea in front of me and said with emotion, "I used to think that the sea was beautiful and charming."
Yes, it is what we yearn for in life, but now it seems that this sea is not only not charming, but actually terrifying and can kill people."
Shunzi smiled beside him and said, "Brother Yi, when did you become so poetic and sensible?"
I looked at the sea in front of me and said, "People, you have to adjust your mentality all the time. You can't always face life with the same attitude. And as a person, you must have principles. When you treat your friends, you must be kind and sincere."
I said this to Shunzi on purpose. I wanted to see his reaction.
"Well, Brother Yi is right. You should be kind and sincere when treating your friends." Shunzi spoke in a firm tone, and his eyes were clear, without any turbid look.
Looking at the big boy in front of me, he still gives me that kind of honest feeling. He is still the same Shunzi who is willing to follow me in everything, that sunny and handsome young man from the countryside. But are his heart and appearance the same?
I'm not sure, "Shunzi, after going through so many things, do you regret going to sea with me?"
"Brother Yi, to be honest, I was scared at first, but after I got over it, it became worse. If I didn't know you, I wouldn't have experienced so much. In fact, I'm quite happy." Shun.
Ziye looked at the sea in front of him and said.
"Hey, what are you two talking about here?" Jiao Ba wandered over, took out a cigarette and threw one to Shunzi and me.
I took the cigarette, lit it and said, "Nothing, just chatting, aren't you going to study your little book?"
"I'm just researching something. I'm just bored. I'll just take these two days off as a pastime." Jiao Ba said while taking a puff from his cigarette and blowing out the smoke.
The three of us just chatted, none of which was serious. We all talked about the past and our plans after returning. After chatting for about half an hour, Shunzi said that he was sleepy and wanted to go back to sleep, so he turned around and left.
Return to the cabin on deck.
As soon as Shunzi walked away, Jiao Ba asked me, "Brother Yi, have you discovered anything?"
I looked around like a thief to make sure there was no one around, and then whispered, "Well, I just analyzed what happened before..." Then, I asked all the questions I just thought about.
He said it again.
After listening to this, Jiao Ba pondered for a moment and said, "Well, that makes sense. Your analysis makes sense. We really didn't notice these details at the time."
"But who could know that there was a female corpse in the sunken ship? This person is probably the man in black." I squinted my eyes and was still thinking.
Jiao Ba suddenly said anxiously, "By the way, Brother Yi, who was the first to discover the shipwreck of the Qing Dynasty?"
Yes, how could I forget such an important plot? Whoever discovered the sunken ship first might be the manipulator behind the scenes. I thought about the situation at that time, but when I finished thinking about it, my head hurt again.
I didn't say a word for a long time.
When Jiao Ba saw that I was silent, he touched me and said, "What's wrong? Speak up, Brother Yi, who discovered it first."
I looked at him and said with an ugly expression, "Yes...it's Shunzi and Mai Lao."...