Chapter 37: Cabin in Distress
Ancient ships can be divided into three layers, the lower part is composed of cabins and water compartments, the cabins are mainly used to stack goods and living quarters. At the bottom are the compartments, which are made up of compartments to ensure that the hull is buoyant in the event of a single compartment being damaged, and these compartments are occasionally used as warehouses. The middle floor is the deck, where most of the tasks are carried out during sailing, and the upper floor is the wheelhouse, which controls the direction and speed of navigation and gives various commands, which exists as the core part of the whole ship.
Now it seems that most of the parts above the deck do not exist, and can only lead to the second floor through the traces of the deck, which Lao Pi originally thought was a simple task, on the basis of ensuring that the iron-hulled ship did not collapse, he only needed to spend some time to clear the sand layer, in fact, the beginning of the matter was indeed going in the way he envisioned.
It didn't take much effort for the old leather to find a place on the deck with a clear gap, which was a rectangular cover with a brass buckle like a doorknob, and after two hard pulls, it began to loosen, and after two swaying squeaks, the black entrance was finally revealed after a burst of ashes.
He held the kerosene lamp in his hand and held his breath and poked into it twice, the black cabin smelled musty, I don't know if it had not been in the air for hundreds of years, and the old skin got up and took two sips before going down to take a look.
"Let Lao Zheng accompany you." Wang Ling proposed: "I'm a little unsure, you're too impulsive. ”
"Him?" Lao Pi still had some opinions about Zheng Jiuwu in his heart, and after his competitive heart got up, he was even more unconvinced, and waved his hand and said: "This is a big deal, you just wait for the news of my victory." ”
The moment the old skin drilled down, Zheng Jiuwu followed and passed, Wang Ling knew his personality too well, so he put a kind of please, all the eyes on Zheng Jiuwu, the latter also immediately understood, the two of them met in the cabin one after the other. Lao Pi said with some dissatisfaction: "Why are you coming down, don't you just say that I am the only one." But when he looked at the shoe print on his chest that was still left, his momentum suddenly became a little less and said, "Forget it, you just follow me honestly, just don't drag me back later." ”
Finding a step for yourself is something that most face-saving men do, so Lao Pi acts like a complete hero, and he wants to prove himself in front of the "enemy", but this idea is actually sad most of the time.
I don't know if the ship has been cleaned up, there is not much left in this cabin, there is a compartment on the left and right sides, and there are some altars and jars in the corners of it, most of which are ordinary things of little value. There is a door from the right side of the warehouse, and when it is opened, there is a galley, the space on the ship is very limited, the sailors of the ship in ancient times mainly relied on dry food for food, and the only galley in this galley is only a small pot, presumably for those who have the upper class of power. Here, they found some grain that had long been lumped, rice and noodles, and even a few pieces of bacon that were already like stones, in addition to a few jars of wine gently shaking and the sound of liquid in them.
Inside the galley is a bunk-like cabin, in which you can still find some quilt-like wreckage, exuding a choking smell, and a few boxes are opened to contain some clothes and daily necessities, as well as some discarded weapons, it seems that this is the dormitory where the crew live. Inside the bedroom is the warehouse, which is stacked with large bags of grain, gunpowder and weapons, these things are worthless to Lao Pi, the two of them rummaged here for a long time, quite disappointed, and now they just have to pin their hopes on the other side.
According to Lao Pi's theory, everything important must be kept by the most powerful person on the ship, that is, the captain, and the captain usually does not crammed into a cabin with ordinary crew. The first room of the left warehouse was also the sailor's room, the same large bunk and disorganized, but in this chamber they found some strange things, these strange things were the bones of more than a dozen people displayed on the bunk!
When the dim kerosene lamp shone on the two hollow eye holes, Lao Pi jumped back in fright, and Zheng Jiuwuyi dragged him past himself and blocked him: "Go to the back!" ”
"Don't make a fuss," said Lao Pi, "a few dead people, but I look at these as if they were soldiers." He pointed to the clothes still on the bones and said: "These may be the soldiers of the national army who are fighting with the little Japanese above, you see that the people on the left are our people, the clothes are the national army system, those are our people, and they are designated to help bless us." After saying that, he folded his hands and made a worship gesture towards the row of corpses, turned around and pointed to the right and said: "This is the system of Little Japan back then, how can this group of deflated calves who lack virtue put our ancestors and this group of turtles together!" ”
Cautiously through the cabin, there was a slightly smaller compartment in the middle, which was obviously much better, with a single bed and a table with various nautical instruments stacked in a mess, and if it was not mistaken, this was the captain's room. After some searching, the result was still disappointing, Lao Pi sat on the boat and complained: "There is not even a decent bottle and jar, that is also an antique of the Ming Dynasty, I guess this place has long been searched by those Japanese soldiers, eighty percent of them have little hope, I still go back to search for those Japanese soldiers, maybe there can be one or two on them." ”
When the two were about to leave, Lao Pi's eyes were attracted by a small doll hanging at the head of the bed, it is a little difficult to say that this doll appears in such a place without being noticed, it has a small rope tied around its neck and is hung on the nail at the head of the bed, the lower half of the body is wearing a skirt, the head is very large, a small red tongue is sticking out, I don't know why this tongue looks very bright and looks like a new one.
"What a strange doll," Lao Pi said: "I see why my scalp is a little numb, why don't I take it back and use it as a toy for Li Xin's girl, this is also a toy of the Ming Dynasty." With that, he reached out to take it, and Zheng Jiuwu shouted coldly behind him: "It's best to control your hands, don't you think this doll's eyes are a little strange?" ”
Lao Pi dangled in front of the doll with a kerosene lamp and said, "What's so strange, isn't it just a doll?" ”
"Its eyeballs are too realistic," Zheng Jiuwu said, "It's really a bit unusual." ”
"Really?" Lao Pi still has some opinions about Zheng Jiuwu in his heart, thinking that this guy is chattering all day long, if it weren't for you kid, we are singing and dancing on the island at this time to sing and dance the praises of New China, so this kind of rebellious psychology will make him have a strong urge to prove "You are wrong, I am right".
So, Lao Pi said: "That's simple, I'll deduct it." Just as he reached out and pinched the lower half of the doll's bamboo pole, the doll's tongue was originally drooping, and he didn't know how to do it, but he suddenly stood up and stretched forward. At this time, a person will probably be frightened and scream, "Ah! "Gotta get it.
What he didn't expect was that this doll would actually open its mouth, and its tongue would be spit out and then its mouth would open, and I don't know if it had been hanging here for too long. Lao Pi couldn't dodge this mouth open, only felt a choking in his throat for a while, he quickly let go and then fanned the bad air in front of him with his hand, and spitted out with all his strength and scolded: "This is a broken doll invented by a craftsman of a dog day, this is not only fucking scary, but also fucking can use hidden weapons!" Forget it, don't want it, don't want it, let's go out and find the bad luck of the Japanese. ”
As soon as he turned around, Lao Pi felt that something was wrong, his surroundings fell into darkness, and then he turned his head to look at the kerosene lamp in his hand, I don't know when it was actually extinguished, and a biting cold began to gradually spread upward from the soles of his feet, and he was a little afraid to move!
Gently put the kerosene lamp on the bed, Lao Pi touched two handfuls with his hand, he clearly remembered that Zheng Jiuwu was behind him just now, what about people?
"Lao Zheng," he shouted softly, "Lao Zheng, where are you?" It's best not to play pranks in this kind of place, didn't you blow out my kerosene lamp? He shouted a few more times in succession, Zheng Jiuwu still didn't respond to him, Lao Pi pricked up his ears and listened carefully, but there was no movement in the end, and he scolded in his heart: This damn plague god!
In the small cabin, even a mosquito flew in front of him, but the surroundings were quiet, and Lao Pi was a little scared! He slowly removed five and a half from his shoulders, his palms were full of sweat, and he thought that if Zheng Jiuwu really left himself here alone, that is, he was distracted when he went to pinch the doll just now, there would only be one way out here, and the big deal would be to discredit and go out. So he whispered again: "If you mess with me again, I'll leave, and don't say that I'm leaving you here alone when the time comes." When he said this, he was actually more nervous than anyone else, that is, he wished that Zheng Jiuwu would appear immediately, but Zheng Jiuwu was stunned and disappeared again......