The smell in the cabin was a little unpleasant, Zhang Heng's eyes were full of moss, he tore off a piece of clothing to wrap his mouth and nose, walked a few steps, and the doors of several rooms he passed along the way were open, and there was a mess inside, tables and chairs were turned over, and there were a few tattered clothes.

Considering the time that the ship has been adrift in the sea, this is also a normal phenomenon, but in addition, Zhang Heng noticed one thing, that is, there was no one in every room, not only no living people, but also no bones, and for some reason the windows were nailed by wooden planks.

This is also the reason why the cabin is so stuffy, Zhang Heng split the two windows with the saber in his hand, allowing the sea breeze outside to pour in, and the smell in the cabin is much better. As he walked, he found three gold coins in the cracks in the planks beneath his feet, but he didn't know why their owners had left them here.

Zhang Heng didn't stay in these rooms for too long, and soon came to the captain's room at the end.

It was the only room in the entire hallway with a closed door.

Zhang Heng stretched out his hand and pushed the door, but unexpectedly did not push it open, it should be something stuck in the back, so Zhang Heng took a few steps back, bumped into it with his shoulder, and finally knocked open the door after three consecutive times, and also saw the thing behind the card door, it was a seat, but the back of the chair had been broken by him just now.

Zhang Heng just glanced away and looked away, he quickly glanced around, probably because the door was closed, the situation in the captain's room was much better than the other rooms, at least it was not so damp, the books that were originally placed on the shelves were scattered all over the ground, and most of the papers were already yellowed and moldy, but the table was still in place.

But like the previous rooms, there was no one here, and the windows were sealed, Zhang Heng hung the oil lamp in his hand on the hook on the wall, searched briefly, and found a pearl necklace, a ring and some silver coins in the drawer.

Coupled with the gold coins he had previously found in the cracks in the floor of the room, it seemed to prove that the ship's accident was not due to encountering pirates on the way.

But then Zhang Heng encountered some trouble when looking for the captain's logbook, there was more than one notepad on the table, but he didn't know the words on it, and with his language reserves, he could only judge that this was neither English nor French, and there were many languages in Europe, and he didn't know which language it belonged to, so he could only use the stupidest way to pack those notes together.

Then Zhang Heng spent another quarter of an hour carefully searching the house again to confirm that there was nothing worth noting, and then he turned around and prepared to leave, but the next moment his footsteps suddenly stopped.

The state of the empty rooms can be explained by the hasty departure of the people inside, but the situation in this captain's room is obviously completely different, the windows here are also closed, and the only entrance and exit door is also blocked by a chair, but the question is how did the person who moved the chair and the door get out of here after that?

Even with Zhang Heng's composure, he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart when he thought of this question, of course, considering the time that the ship had been adrift at sea, there was a small probability that the chair would be stuck in front of the door with the bumps of the waves.

But that still doesn't explain the sealed windows, after all, the necklaces and rings in the drawers, and the gold coins on the floor, all indicate that the people on the ship left in a hurry, so why did they have the time to seal them all? Are you hiding from something?

At this moment, Zhang Heng heard footsteps behind him, and he turned around as fast as he could, and at the same time pulled out the British saber from his waist.

What I saw was the face of a red-haired girl.

"Why are you here?"

"I just checked the warehouse below, and I heard the sound of banging on the door and came up to take a look, it's really strange, there is no one on this boat, but the goods below are still there, and they have not been unpacked, but unfortunately the woolen wool inside is too damp to be sold." The girl paused, "By the way, you looked a little nervous just now. ”

"There's something wrong with this boat, let's get out of here since we haven't found anything of value, Billy?" Zhang Hengdao.

"He and Monte are at the bottom of the inspection, do you want me to inform them?"

"Forget it, let's go together." Zhang Heng was not worried that Anne was alone, so he left the captain's room with those notebooks and oil lamps.

The red-haired girl was as grinning as ever, leading the way in front, and the two found the stairs going down, but the strange handrails on the top didn't know where to go, and it looked like someone had split them all off.

"Is it true that Billy says the ship is more than a hundred years old?" Anne asked as she walked.

"Judging by the décor and architecture, they really don't look like things from this era." Zhang Heng replied.

"Where have all the people up there gone?"

"I would also like to know the answer to this question, judging by the method of elimination, it should not be the pirates, there is no sign of battle in the captain's quarters, so the chances of a sailor riot are not very high, well, if there is a plague, the bones should be seen...... In fact, if it were not for some extreme circumstances, there would have been few crew members willing to abandon such an intact ship. Zhang Hengzheng was saying when he heard Billy's voice not far away.

"You'd better come here, I've found something."

The two quickened their pace to the bottom floor, where Billy and the other sailor were standing with their heads up, and they looked like they were all together.

"What's wrong?"

The helmsman of the Jackdaw raised the oil lamp in his hand when he heard this, so Zhang Heng and Anne saw the dense scratches on the top of their heads.

"It's ...... Did the rats do it? The red-haired girl frowned.

"I've never seen a rat in a boat do anything like this in my life." Billy said, "Well, did you find anything over there?" ”

Anne shook her head, "Everything looks normal in the hold. ”

"There's still a lot of bacon left in the galley, and the people on board shouldn't have had any food crisis, and we've found two boxes of silverware in the stern." The rest of the group of pirates who were in charge of inspecting the other areas also rushed back, and this time finally brought back some good news, although everyone still did not know how the crew of the ship disappeared, but at least this expedition did not return empty-handed.

Then Billy and the others moved the two boxes of silverware to the boat, and when the last man jumped on board, the seven of them rowed towards the Jackdaw.

When the boat was about to arrive in front of the Jackdaw, Zhang Heng glanced back at the mysterious Clark ship behind him, not knowing if it was his illusion, he vaguely saw a row of black shadows standing on the side of the ship, quietly watching them leave in the rain, but when he looked again, there was only the shadow of the mast.