The coffin, which is used to place the body after death, and finally bury it in the earth, is very common.

However, when the coffin appeared on the ship, the situation was by no means unusual. Because of the rules of sailing at sea, if a crew member dies during the voyage, it is usually only a water burial, throwing the body into the sea, and there is no place for such a thing as a coffin.

The sea is vast and full of unpredictable risks. No matter how experienced the boatman is, before going to sea, he will definitely make all kinds of preparations, and after repeatedly checking that there is absolutely no problem, he will officially set sail for the sea. So, theoretically, there should never be a coffin in the storage compartment.

But in fact, the coffin just appeared, and not a mouthful, but a whole bunch.

The bilge of the ship, as the name suggests, is located at the bottom of the entire ship. Beyond the wall is the sea. Therefore, although the whole space is not narrow, it always makes people feel an inexplicable sense of oppression. At the same time, no matter how hard you try to stay dry, there always seems to be a musty smell wafting in the air.

Under normal circumstances, no one would want to come here unless they had to. But right now, it's uncharacteristically crowded with people.

Hu Yuji, Leng Yuxiang, Cheng Li, Shui Longyin, Xi Yinchun, Meizhu Shuangjian couple, Miao Huo, the leader of the Miao Gang, Zhao Quan, the owner of Yidao Village, as well as Le Da Shaole Sihai, and his black-clothed bodyguard who will never leave his side, are all here.

Hu Yuji's face was as cold as water, standing aside, staring at the pile of coffins without saying a word. Leng Yuxiang questioned the female soldiers on the ship who were the first to find the coffins. It's a pity that I can't ask why.

Miao Huo is a Miao person, with a short-tempered personality and a narrow mind and suspicion. Seeing Leng Yuxiang asking non-stop, he couldn't help but sneer: "What else are you asking? shouting that a thief catches a thief, and if you can catch a thief, then you can call a ghost." ”

Le Dashao smiled and said, "Brother Miao, this sentence seems to have something in it." What exactly is your brother going to say? ”

Miao Huo didn't even have a brain, so he directly tore open his throat and shouted: "Whose boat belongs to, who put the coffin in." Phew, who can you scare if you're suddenly tricky?"

Leng Yuxiang frowned and said, "Miao Gang Master, you can't talk nonsense at will. What are we doing with the coffin ourselves? Besides, what's the good for us to scare you?"

Miao Huo shouted loudly: "How do I know why? Perhaps, you don't want to send us people to the sea to sell gold caves, you just want to make money and kill people, that's not necessarily. ”

Leng Yuxiang snorted coldly: "Nonsense, unreasonable. You say we're going to kill us for money? Okay, the boat has only been out for half a day, and it's too late to go back now. How about it, do you want to go?"

Miao Huo said angrily: "Do you want to drive Lao Tzu away? Don't think about it! This time the product sold in the Golden Cave, our Miao Gang is determined to get it, and no one wants to rob us!"

Shui Long Yin persuaded: "Miao Gang Master, you dissipate your anger first." I believe that this was not done by Miss Hu and Miss Leng, and it had nothing to do with any of the sailors on board. ”

Miao Huo glared: "Why do you say that?"

The water dragon smiled: "The reason is very simple. Now that we are in the vast sea, these little lives can be said to be all in the hands of Miss Hu and Miss Leng. There are many ways to take our lives, so why bother to make a fool of yourself and take the coffin out to descend from the people?

As for killing people for money, haha, that's even more impossible. As we all know, although we all go to the sea to sell gold caves to spend money, but the rules of gold caves have always not accepted cash transactions. The gold and silver were exchanged on the shore for the vouchers for the sale of the gold caves, and then these vouchers were used to spend them.

Gold and silver can be exchanged for certificates, but vouchers cannot be exchanged for gold and silver. So Miao Gang Master, think about it carefully, Miss Hu, they just took away all these certificates, what can they get?"

Xi Yinchun's words couldn't be more reasonable. Miao Huo thought about it carefully, and felt that this was indeed the case. It's just that the shameful knife is hard to get into the sheath. Although his voice was lowered an octave, he still muttered in his mouth, "It's not you...... Hmph, who knows if you colluded with someone to do it? I think it's probably a little white face. None of the little white faces are good people!"

At the moment, there are quite a few men on board. Those who are qualified to be called "little white faces" are nothing more than Cheng Li, Shui Longyin, Xi Yinchun and other three. The three of them listened to Miao Huo's complaints, and they all smiled slightly. I know it's not worth bothering with this kind of muddy person, so I don't open my mouth to refute it.

Hu Yuji suddenly took a step forward and ordered, "Come on, light a few more lamps to illuminate a little." Then open all these coffins and examine them carefully. ”

At the sound of an order, the female soldiers around her all obeyed the order. In a matter of moments, a dozen more lanterns were set up in the cabin, illuminating the entire space as bright as day. Immediately afterwards, several female soldiers came over with crowbars and other tools, and vigorously pried open the coffin that had been nailed tightly.

Under the light, the first coffin board was pulled open. Han Mei, who was standing by and watching, suddenly shrank her eyes, and screamed in a lost voice: "There is someone in the coffin!" Without thinking, she reached out and pressed her waist, "Qiang~" Draw the sword out of the sheath.

The atmosphere in the cabin was already tense to a certain critical point. Hanmei shouted like this, and it became the last straw that broke the camel's backbone!

Suddenly, Hu Yuji subconsciously clenched her fists and made a crackling sound. Leng Yuxiang took two steps back, and pinched her ten fingers into the shape of an orchid. Mo Zhu drew his sword to protect his wife, Zhao Quan drew his knife, Miao Huo took off his earrings, Shui Long Yin reached into his arms, Xi Yinchun closed his fan, and everyone looked like they were facing a great enemy. The female sailors were even more unbearable, screaming one by one, and scattered in all directions. The back door was pressed against the bulkhead, and I couldn't help but shiver.

The only one who can keep his composure is Cheng Li. He looked back in amazement and looked around. Then he strode forward, reached into the coffin, grabbed a "corpse" and held it in the air, and asked, "Someone? Where is it?

Everyone looked at each other, and then they were relieved. It turns out that what kind of "person" is? It is clearly a paper doll, also known as Shou Tongzi. It is usually placed in the mourning hall for memorial service. It will also be used when sweeping tombs during the Qingming Festival. When the worship is over, it burns down with a fire.

However, the handiwork of this paper doll is extremely exquisite, and the eyebrows and facial features are all lifelike. The clothes on his body are also real clothes, not paper clothes. In addition, hidden in the coffin, some of the body lights could not shine. So at first glance, it looks a lot like a real person. So much so that even many of the masters present looked away.