Volume 4 The Stormy Waves Chapter 364 An Empty Coffin

The brothers looked at the dead pointy ghost fish on the ground, and they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Tie Niu kicked the body of the ghost fish with his foot and said, "Lao Bai, where did you say that this ghost fish came from, it can't be that this ghost fish was placed here to guard the tomb when the tomb was built, right?"

"I can't tell!" Poplar shook his head, "but the ghost fish shouldn't be able to leave the sea for too long, so ......"

"How?" Iron Bull asked.

Poplar didn't answer, but first looked to the ground, and after taking a few steps towards the corner of the house, until he reached the deep hole where they had almost fallen, the probe looked down a few more times.

It's a pity that it's still dark down there, and I can't see anything clearly.

"Do you suspect that the ghost fish climbed up from below?" Iron Bull asked again.

"It's not a doubt, it should be a certainty!" Poplar replied, gesturing to the ground, "Look at the ground, when we came up before, there weren't so many water stains on the ground, right?"

Tie Niu lowered his head to look closely, and sure enough, there were some watermarks on the ground, but the watermarks were very faint, and it was difficult to detect them if he didn't look closely.

"Yes, this watermark should have been left by this ghost fish just now! It seems that what I said before is right, under this deep hole, it must not be dry land, but sea water! If we can't find another exit for a while, then jump down from this deep hole!" said Tie Niu, his face full of joy.

Poplar shook his head and said: "I also believe that there will be sea water under this deep cave, but the problem is, since the pointed ghost fish can climb up from below, it is still unknown whether there is a pointed ghost fish down here, or whether there are any other monsters, we can still work together to kill a pointed ghost fish on land, but when we get to the water, I am afraid that it will be difficult to be the opponent of the pointed ghost fish! ”

Poplar tells the truth. But Tie Niu thought about it for a moment, and said: "It's all dangerous anyway, I think it's better to jump down and try it!" Even if there is no way out below, when Teacher Ding smashes the tomb from the outside, the sea water will pour in, and it will float us up from this deep hole!"

"It's as simple as you think!" Bai Yang couldn't help laughing, "Once the tomb is blown up, this deep hole will inevitably be buried, and when the time comes, even if we are in the water, even if we don't die for a while, it will be difficult to use our strength to push away the stones that are pressing down on the entrance of the cave." ”

Tie Niu thought about it again, and couldn't help but admit that Bai Yang was reasonable, so he could only say: "Then what do you say, I will listen to you anyway!"

Poplar raised his wrist and opened the cuff of his wetsuit with his hand to look at his watch, and found that it was almost twelve o'clock. But it was still a long time before Ding Sicheng set the ten hours, so he looked at the wooden boat and said, "Let's go to the wooden boat and check it out!"

Tie Niu agreed, but he couldn't help kicking the corpse of the ghost fish on the ground, and said: "This ghost fish is invulnerable all over its body, we might as well peel off its skin, and maybe we can make an invulnerable armor when we go back!"

"yes, yes, your idea is so good!" Poplar nodded solemnly, "but the question is, since it is invulnerable to knives and guns, what kind of knife do you need to use to peel off its skin?"

Tie Niu was stunned for a moment, seeing that the poplar seemed to be smiling, he couldn't help laughing.

After a few laughs, the gloomy atmosphere in the submarine tomb dissipated a lot, and the two of them didn't say much, but climbed onto the wooden boat together and went directly to the cabin to inspect.

Pushing open the wooden door under the bow of the ship, I saw a wooden ladder going down.

The two brothers carefully stepped on the wooden ladder and went down, and suddenly there was a large boxy cargo hold in front of them.

There is no separation in the cargo hold, it is so wide and spacious as a whole.

The four walls of the cargo hold were also covered with dull mold, but several oil lamps with windshields hung from them.

However, Poplar Iron Bull didn't bother to pay attention to these for the time being, because in the most conspicuous position of the cargo hold, there was suddenly a rectangular coffin.

Just like the submarine tomb that I entered earlier, this coffin is also made of sandalwood. Because sandalwood itself is waterproof and antiseptic, there are few mildew spots on the coffin, and the fragrance of sandalwood can be vaguely smelled.

Around this coffin, near the four walls of the cabin, there are large and small cargo boxes.

The cargo box naturally cannot be made of sandalwood, so the surface of the cargo box is also full of mildew.

"There are so many cargo boxes, Lao Bai, do you think there are all treasures hidden in them?" Tie Niu asked, naturally with excitement on his face.

"I'm not rare to find any other treasures, I just hope to find that so-called psychic orb!" replied Poplar.

"Then let's find it quickly!"

Iron Bull anxiously walked into the cabin to look at the cargo boxes, but Poplar was a little interested in the oil lamps on the bulkhead, so he took off the windshield of an oil lamp nearbyβ€”

But the windshield was made of translucent gauze or paper, and it was fine if no one touched it, and as soon as Poplar reached out and took it, dust immediately drifted away from the lampshade, leaving only a frame that resembled a cylindrical shape.

However, such a situation is not uncommon in large tombs, and Poplar is naturally not surprised, nor does he feel very pity.

After all, it was impossible to take out all the things in this tomb intact.

So Poplar threw the frame away, looked at the oil lamp again, and found that the wick was still there.

Poplar pulled out a lighter from a small waterproof pocket in his wetsuit and tried to light the oil lamp.

I didn't expect that the oil lamp could still be lit, but the light was dim and dim, and it was really like a bean.

Tie Niu turned around and saw that he had lit the oil lamp, and couldn't help but smile and said, "This is an antique from a thousand years ago, let's use it to light it, isn't it too extravagant?"

"It's a bit extravagant, but I can't bring it with me anyway!" Poplar smiled and asked him, "What did you find?"

"There's a lock on the box, and I won't open it, so I'm thinking about what to do!" said Iron Bull.

"What else can I do? Just twist the lock! This is not a tomb on land in our country, every stitch and thread must be preserved as well as possible! And it is impossible to bring all of this, so there is no need to be so cautious. ”

Tie Niu patted his head and said with a smile: "No, I was scolded and scared by Chen Xiaopang, and I didn't dare to mess around and destroy this submarine tomb!"

As he spoke, he grabbed the lock on a wooden box and twisted it hard.

With his strength, this twist was by no means weaker than using iron tongs.

But the wooden box had rotted, and the lock was not unscrewed, but with a soft "click", the whole lock was unscrewed from the wooden box by him.

Iron Bull threw the lock in his hand and slowly lifted the lid of the box.

The reason why it will be lifted very slowly is naturally to guard against the possibility of shooting out hidden weapons and the like.

However, until the lid was lifted, there were no accidents.

The two pillars of light were all projected into the box, and the Iron Bull first cheered and shouted, "Haha, it seems that we are really rich!"

The chest was full of gold and silver utensils, but it was hidden deep in the submarine tomb, and there was no dust in the chest.

And on these gold and silver, there are not too many rust spots due to moisture, so when the light shines, it makes people feel dazzling.

Poplar raised his head, counted a little into the cabin, and found that there were six large wooden boxes and four small wooden boxes, and couldn't help but sigh and say: "It seems that this is really Redbeard's tomb, he has been a pirate all his life, and the treasures he has robbed are probably here!"

"Possibly!" Iron Bull nodded, but soon a question arose, "but he is dead, why would his men, even if they have his sons and grandsons, be so honest as to bury all this treasure in his tomb?

"This ...... I don't know, maybe its sons and grandsons are very filial!" Bai Yang smiled and turned his eyes to the sandalwood coffin, "I think let's open this coffin first and see what is inside!"

Tie Niu naturally had no opinion, so the two brothers stood on both sides of the sandalwood coffin, each of them used the tip of a javelin gun to dig into the crack of the coffin, and then slowly pried the coffin lid open little by little.

With the strength of the two brothers, the process did not take too long, and soon the lid of the coffin was pried open.

According to Iron Bull's temper, he wanted to lift the lid of the coffin directly to the ground, but Poplar reminded him that he didn't know what other monsters were in that deep hole, and it was best not to make too much noise.

So the two brothers first moved the lid of the coffin to the side, looked into the coffin, and couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

The coffin was empty, with no bones, and no burial objects.

"What's going on, why is this coffin empty?"

The iron bull screamed, and with a roar in his hand, he directly lifted the coffin lid, put it on the ground first, and then lowered his head to look carefully inside the coffin.

Indeed, the coffin was empty, and there was nothing.

"What's going on?" Iron Bull asked again, looking up at Poplar.

"I think it's strange too!" Poplar shook his head with a wry smile, "Since there are no bones in the coffin, then why did he build such a huge submarine tomb?

"Is it very possible that you guess?" Iron Bull's eyes couldn't help but light up, "Maybe Redbeard is not dead at all, but he has encountered some unsolvable problems, such as his enemies want to take his life and rob his treasures, so he built such a submarine tomb to make his enemies think that he is dead, and at the same time hide these treasures so that no one can find them." It's just that it's very likely that the tomb was built and the treasure was hidden, and he was killed by the enemy by himself, so this tomb was hidden deep at the bottom of the sea, and no one ever came in again!"

Iron Bull's speculation was purely fanciful, but when Poplar thought about it carefully, he felt that it was not unreasonable.

So Poplar nodded and said, "If what you said is true, then this tomb must have a passage that can be freely entered and exited, otherwise Redbeard and the others will kill the enemy, and it will be impossible to fish up the treasure again!"

"That's good!" Tie Niu's face was full of excitement all of a sudden, "Then let's take a look at what's in the other wooden boxes, maybe there's a map of the passage in and out!"

Poplar nodded, and was about to turn away from the empty coffin, when suddenly, he felt a flash of light.

And at the same time, the jade pendant on his chest seemed to be slightly hot.

(Please see Chapter 365 "The Magical Sea")