Chapter Ninety-Four: The Ghost Ship

"Boom-" When all the martial arts of the Nine Yin True Scripture were merged into Lu Sheng's martial arts system, a strong momentum rose to the sky.

Yin and Yang teachings, the flow of the universe. Although Lu Sheng's skill cultivation has not improved, the martial arts realm has once again climbed to a new height. At this moment, Lu Sheng's only skill has not arrived, as long as the skill arrives, the innate realm will definitely go to a higher level.

Although Lu Sheng's breakthrough was not big, it still woke up Lu Jian and the others instantly. The three of them pushed open the window almost at the same time and looked in Lu Sheng's direction, and a gleam flashed in their eyes.

"Lu Jian, what do you say about the progress of your adult's cultivation...... Isn't it a little fast?" After a long time, Sun You slowly came back to his senses and asked.

"It's a bit fast, but no matter how fast the progress of the adults is, I'm used to it. Aren't you used to it?"

"Get used to it!" Sun You laughed dryly, "Get used to a fart, no matter how good your talent is, there is no such ......"

Early in the morning, Lu Sheng changed into civilian clothes, and left the Sentencing Division with a change of clothes and a salute. In Lu Li's teary eyes, Lu Sheng still ruthlessly stepped on the fast horse and left with Yu Lingwei and his party.

"Brother Duan, where is the place where the escort ship was hijacked?"

"Between the rivers of Xishan, the Yangtze River divides Xishan into two, passing through the middle of Xishan, and there are cliffs on both sides, and the guards along the banks can only be sent here and cannot continue forward.

The section of the Xishan River is about 12 miles long, and the passing time is about an hour. But after the official ship entered, it never came out. Five hours later, the officers and soldiers sailed to search, only to see two escort ships slowly moving out, and there was no one alive on the official ships. And the official ship of transporting silver disappeared. ”

"Are you sure it's five hours, is it possible that the robbers have a time difference with us?"

"It's possible, but the officers and soldiers of Changtong Mansion insist that it is five hours, and their record is also five hours, plus the officers and soldiers who escorted them were all wiped out, so we can only believe that it is five hours. ”

Fast horses galloped and dusty.

It is nearly 100 miles from Suzhou Mansion to Xishan, and from the morning, even if you are fast all the way, you have to run for at least two hours in a row. But horses are not machines after all, and they still have to stop and rest after running for a while.

Just as the group was dismounting to rest and drink some water, suddenly a loud eagle roared from the sky.

Duan Fei hurriedly stood up and let out a loud whistle at the sky. The goshawk swooped down, flapping its wings and landing on Duan Fei's arm.

There was a small bamboo tube tied to the goshawk's feet, Duan Fei took it off, and when he opened it, his face suddenly became full of surprise.

"What's wrong?"

"The official ship transporting silver has found ......"

"Found it?"

"The mouth of the Yangtze River was stopped by the Yangtze River Sailors. Duan Fei released the goshawk suspiciously, "Strange, we have been looking for three months and found nothing, and the entire Yangtze River has searched along the bank of the river for seven hundred miles but has not seen the shadow of the official ship." Why did it suddenly appear? And suddenly came to the mouth of the Yangtze River?"

Lu Sheng slowly stood up, his fingers tapping on his arm, "Brother Duan, let's go to the sea immediately." ”

Just halfway through, the offset direction headed northeast.

At noon, the group finally arrived at Shanghai. Shanghai is bordered by the Yangtze River estuary in the north, and the vast sea in the south and east, which occupies the superior maritime trade advantage. Trade in the coastal areas is carried out by sea.

The Yangtze River Naval Division is stationed in Changxing Town, saying that this is the town, but in fact it is an island hanging alone at the mouth of the Yangtze River, after years of changes, from the previous reef slowly became larger than an island of no less than 700 square kilometers.

When they arrived at the riverbank, the people of the Yangtze River Sailor had already been waiting again. After taking Lu Sheng and the others on the boat, a middle-aged man wearing a military general's uniform came to Lu Sheng and the others.

"Yangtze River Sailor, Liu Qingming, the captain of the escort ship, has seen all of you!"

"It's all my own brothers!" Duan Fei responded with a military salute, and the relationship between the two instantly became closer, "What the hell is going on? I have been missing for three months and suddenly reappeared? Who drove it?"

"I don't know!" Liu Qingming's face became extremely strange when he said this, "General Duan, Lord Lu, this is a strange matter!"

"What's the trick?" Lu Sheng asked disapprerovingly.

"We have been searching along the Yangtze River for three months, and we have not let go of the tributaries, and on the 700-mile river, not to mention finding an official boat, it is not a problem to find a flat boat.

But the ship disappeared as if out of thin air.

However, we are not looking for it now, and he suddenly appeared. There was not a single person on board, nothing. But the ship actually ran to the sea on its own.

The brothers said that the brothers who had died in vain were unwilling to do so, so they drove back in a boat. It is also said that when a person becomes a ghost after death, he forgets everything he did before he died, and the only thing he remembers is what he did before he died.

So, they still drove the boat, and gradually the boat came here. There was nothing on the boat, but all the brothers who got out of the boat said that there was a swishing feeling in the ship. ”

As Liu Qingming's tone spoke, Fei Lingwei's face behind Duan Fei also turned a little pale. They are iron-blooded soldiers, but they also have a fear of ghosts. After all, the people of this era still believe in the theory of ghosts and gods.

Today's royal family often creates ghost and god events, so don't say anything in the Dayu Dynasty.

Soon, Lu Sheng and others came to Changxing Town, and from a distance, a three-story huge official ship docked in the port. The rest of the ships were far away from it.

"This is a silver ship, this is a warship!"

"Well, it was originally a warship, but it was converted into a transport ship. Although the appearance is still a warship, except for this broken ramming angle, it is also an ordinary transport ship.

The ship was divided into three layers, and the bottom two floors were the warehouses, and three million taels of silver were packed in these two layers. The top floor is the living area, and the ship has been converted into a transport ship and has run more than ten times along the Yangtze River without accidents. ”

Lu Sheng slowly came to the front of the boat, raised his head and saw the broken collision angle, "This collision angle looks like it was newly broken?"

"I guess, maybe I accidentally hit the cliff when I was hijacked. ”

"Let's go in and see if there's any clues. Lu Sheng said, striding onto the boarding gangplank.

"My lord, please, but I don't think my lord should be distracted. The ship was as clean as a new one, not to mention people, cockroaches, or rats. ”

Lu Sheng ignored it and still stepped into the cabin. As soon as I stepped in, a clear light hit me. As if entering an air-conditioned room in an instant, Lu Sheng felt comfortable all over his body.

It's Mayday, the sun is unusually hot and humid after the sun has risen, and it's been a rainy season recently, so it's even more uncomfortable to stand outside. Entering the cabin that seemed to be an air-conditioned room, Lu Sheng's pores all over his body opened and shivered.

But except for Lu Sheng, the rest of Fei Lingwei were not very good. Suddenly it became cold, and the ghost of the Yangtze River Sailor spread made the faces of the Fei Lingwei unnatural.

Although they were playing drums from the bottom of their hearts, the years of discipline still kept them restrained.

"Let's look around and see if there are any useful clues. Duan Fei's deep voice sounded, and the group of Fei Lingwei immediately dispersed.

After a long time, Fei Lingwei came back in unison, "My lord, there are no clues, the entire ship has been moved, and nothing is left. ”

"Yes, there was a big hole in the bottom of the ship, but it didn't sink because it was made of solid wood. But everything on board was gone, even the seats. ”

"Sure enough, as the sailor said, there are not even cockroaches and mice, this is a ghost ship. ”

"My lord, is it really the soul of the dead who escorted Guan Yin to continue to sail the ship?"

"Fart, how can there be any undead souls in this world to drive a boat? Besides, even if it is an undead spirit, do they dare to come out in broad daylight?" Duan Fei was also uncomfortable when his subordinates said a word from you, but he pretended to be full of anger and shouted.

"Brother Duan is right, there is indeed no nonsense in the world about ghosts driving boats. The rolling Yangtze River is passing away, the waves are sweeping away the heroes, the success or failure of right and wrong is empty, the rivers and mountains are still there, and the sunset is red several times.

The river flows eastward, so even if no one is piloted, the official ship will follow the river eastward, and there is nothing unusual about being able to sail to the mouth of the sea. ”

"Lord Lu, having said that, ...... The ship had disappeared for three months, and suddenly it appeared. If it weren't for the ghosts, how could they have disappeared out of thin air and reappeared out of thin air?" asked one of the flying guards hesitantly.

Lu Sheng slowly turned his head and swept over the group of Fei Ling Guards, "You just searched the entire ship, and you didn't find any clues?"

"There's nothing on board, where is the clue?"

"But it seems to me that there are clues everywhere. Lu Sheng smiled slightly and pointed to the top of the cabin, "You see, the planks above your head are wet. Except for the bottom of the boat, the rest of the planks float on the water. Even if it rains a few times these days, it won't soak the ceiling of this second floor, right?

Also, you look at the ground, there are a few shriveled screws. The screws grow in the water, so you can't climb out of the water to the cabin even if you try, right?"

Listening to Lu Sheng's guidance, Duan Fei's face suddenly turned stunned, "Brother Lu, you mean...... Before this ship...... Soak in water before?"

"The ship was loaded with three million taels of silver, and there was such a big hole in the bottom of the ship. Under such weight, the ship naturally sank to the bottom of the river. And when everything on the ship is removed, there is no weight to press the ship, and it will naturally float. ”

"......I see," Duan Fei slapped his thigh violently, "No wonder we searched for three months but couldn't find it, it turned out that the official ship was not driven away by robbers, but scuttled."

The river was bottomless, and an official ship sank to the bottom of the river without a trace. However, if you extrapolate like this...... It didn't take long for the official bank to be taken away?"

"It should be like this, the official bank was robbed, and the checkpoint will definitely be very strictly guarded for a period of time after the incident. So the robbers did not rush to transport away the official silver, but waited for the wind to relax.

Three months have passed, and although the imperial court has never given up, the search has not been so strong. The robbers carried the official silver away again, and someone came and brought a bowl. ”