Chapter 41: The Ghost Ship (Text)
Yoriko's eyes were excellent, and he stared at the ship carefully for a moment before shaking his head.
"This ship shouldn't be the one we set off. You see, there's a cabin on this ship, where did we get this stuff on the two boats we were on when we came? ”
Seeing the boat slowly drifting past, Zhang Meng was a little anxious, if Uncle Cripple was on this boat, it would not be a big delay, he hurriedly ran back and kicked Zhao San, who was sleeping soundly, awake.
"Third uncle, there is a boat near us!"
Not long after Zhao San fell asleep, he originally wanted to be angry, but when he heard Zhang Meng's words, he got up in one go, and he didn't dare to slack off. He touched the torch and a flashlight, took it in his hand and hurried to the river.
"Go...... Go and wake up your ghost uncle. ”
Zhao San left a word, and people didn't know where to go.
When Zhang Meng and the sick ghost rushed over, the boat was already very close to their position, the night in the Devil's Mountain Range was a little quiet, and the wooden door of the cabin on the ship seemed to have the sound of 'babbling', which made Zhang Meng's heart a little hairy.
"It's not like there's someone in there, it's supposed to be an abandoned boat. You see, when you walk on the waterway at night, you don't even have a coal lamp, and if the bottom of the boat hits the rock, isn't it a dead end? ”
Zhao San squinted his eyes at the cabin for a long time, and when he saw that the ship did not make any movement, he said softly.
"Third uncle, I seem to have seen something on the ship flash by just now, I don't know if I was dazzled......"
Zhang Meng's voice trembled a little, he clearly saw a shadow in the dim moonlight just now, which seemed to have entered the cabin.
"It can't be crippled them, right?"
Zhao San's expression changed, but it was impossible to think about it, if it was a cripple and they, they would definitely stop when they saw the big guy.
"Nine times out of ten, I think this boat is a ghost ship, there are too many boats that have accidents in the river god road, and there are some old boats drifting around, this kind of thing is very common."
Laizi thought for a while and said, he has been here for a while and has some understanding of the situation in this area.
"Give a signal and see how the ship reacts?"
The sick man suddenly spoke.
Zhao San turned on the flashlight, and the light shone on the ship, three long and two short, which was also the signal light they agreed on. After the signal light, several people looked at the ship with bated breath, after all, it would be better if they were really lame on this ship.
"No response, it doesn't look like they're big guys, it's better not to touch this boat. In this area, the appearance of the ghost ship is always accompanied by some ominous omen! ”
Laizi shook his head and said, his face was not very good.
The planks on the top of the ship and the cabin were stained with black blood that had dried up a long time ago, and I don't know when it happened.
"Lao Zhao, I'll go and have a look with you, maybe I can find any clues?"
The sick ghost shook his head, they and Chen Cripple had been separated for almost a day, and the chances of finding them were getting slimmer and slimmer, and there might be some clues on such a ghost ship at this time. However, he didn't force Laizi, but decided to go up with Zhao San and Zhao San.
"Well, Ah Meng also followed, I don't believe that a broken ship can give me something to do!"
Zhao San didn't worry about Laizi in his heart, and finally decided to bring Zhang Meng with him, which was much better next to him than next to this little brother of unknown origin.
Just do it, Zhao San took back the bamboo pole that supported the boat, and stuck the ghost boat with the top part. The pole bent slightly, but the ghost ship's momentum stabilized.
Zhao San took a piece of hemp rope and tied a slipknot, carefully aimed at the bulge at the edge of the ghost ship, and then tossed it gently.
The hemp rope fell on the protruding wooden part like an eye, and the rope was stretched tightly for Zhao Sanyi, and several people worked together to pull the boat to the river. Although the ship is not large, the bilge is very high, about seventy or eighty centimeters, and you have to rely on an escalator to go up.
"Alright, let's lean here."
Zhao San shouted, although the ship was dilapidated, some of the equipment on it was not decayed. The escalator Zhao San pulled lightly, and it was also quite stable, Zhao San held the gunpowder gun, and Zhang Meng and the sick ghost each grabbed a folding shovel to defend themselves.
Jumping on the deck, Zhao San walked in front with a solemn expression. They didn't notice it from a distance just now, and the deck was also covered with bloodstains, and Zhang Meng stepped on it, always feeling that the soles of the rubber boards were a little slippery.
There seems to have been a terrible fight on this ship, so much blood, if it were only a few minor injuries, it would not have been possible to have so many blood stains.
The blood stains on it had already scabbed and dried, but Zhang Meng could still faintly smell a smell of blood, and he didn't know how many lives had been lost on this ship.
Wheels......
A slight sound suddenly came from inside the hatch, which startled Zhang Meng. He had heard this sound before, and at that time he thought it was coming from somewhere else, but it turned out to be from this ship!
"Be careful, I'll see what's inside this hatch." Zhao San said in a deep voice.
He didn't know the word fear when he approached the hatch and kicked it open.
"No, this ship has no sails!"
Zhang Meng looked at the bare deck, and suddenly had a touch of wrong thought in his heart, the current here is retrograde, and this ship has no canvas, how can it be possible to go against the current? A qiē proves that there must be someone in the cabin!
Before his words fell, when he was stunned for a while, Zhao San and the sick ghost had already disappeared. The flashlight had always been turned on by the sick ghost, and when the sick ghost disappeared, the surroundings fell into darkness again.
Zhang Meng looked around, and through the dim moonlight, he saw a pair of eyes looking at him through the crack in the hatch, and there seemed to be a strange smile in those eyes, and it was dark in the cabin, and he couldn't see who it was.
Zhang Meng suddenly felt that his body was half paralyzed, and he was almost frightened. Who would have thought that there would still be people on such an abandoned broken ship?
After a long time, Zhang Meng looked at the eyes staring at him like this, and there was no movement, and then he slowly came back to his senses, and his first thought was to leave the ship quickly.
Holding his heart beating desperately, Zhang Meng slowly retreated towards the escalator mouth, he saw Lai Zi waving his hands desperately, his face was very anxious, and suddenly a bad feeling came to Zhang Meng's heart. He turned his head to see a hideous face next to him, eyes fixed on him without any emotion.
"The Rat Queen!"
The nerves tensed rapidly, and Zhang Meng almost suffocated. He recognized it at once, this is not the rat queen they met before, this rat's face is very round, and the fur has long been peeled off and clean, at first glance it looks like a face that has not been bathed for several years, plus those eyes, it is the appearance of a human face.
Zhang Meng subconsciously yelled, wanting to scare the rat queen away, but the rat queen showed no signs of moving, it just stared at Zhang Meng as if it was a lifeless thing.
Zhang Meng was scared to the extreme, what did the rat do to make any moves, just staring at him like this, which made his heart even more furious, Zhang Meng slowly took a few steps back, and then suddenly turned his head and ran.
"Be careful!"
Yoriko yelled. Zhang Meng only felt that there was wind in his ears, and he quickly turned around, only to find that there was a bloody mouth in front of him! The huge mouth, covered with densely sagged teeth, could hold almost an entire football, and it was almost like swallowing one's own head and chewing it into a meat foam.
Zhang Meng was stunned for a moment, although he had the intention to avoid this mouth, his body did not react at all.