At this moment, when the three of them were still at a loss, something strange suddenly appeared on the sea around them.

The three of them only had two headlamps, but the light of these two headlamps was not so strong, especially in such a dense fog, the distance they could reach was really limited.

But despite this, you can faintly see that some things that are not too big seem to be floating on the water surface in the whirlpool, and gradually come towards the bronze ship.

At this moment, the three of them were nervous again, and they looked at the things that were getting closer and closer, and they slowly drifted over like that, but no one knew what those things were.

Suddenly, it was the fat man again, and his eyes were indeed good, and he was still the first to see those things.

But this time, instead of shouting loudly, he lowered his voice and whispered in an almost hoarse voice: "My dear mother, those ...... Those things seem to be ...... It's all small boats......"

"What?" Gao Chao's attention was concentrated, he had just seen an inexplicable person on the sea, and at this moment, there were so many small boats drifting towards them, which could not help but make Gao Chao a little panicked.

So he quickly picked up the 95 bar in his hand and began to watch the changes on the sea with vigilance.

At this time, Xia Qing looked at it, but suddenly said: "No, those things are not boats, they seem to be ...... It's a ship coffin. ”

Gao Chao was stunned and said: "Boat coffin? You're saying those things are coffins? ”

At this moment, the nearest boat-like thing was already near the bronze ship, and they immediately shone their headlights, only to find that the boat seemed to be covered with a layer of black linen. And what was under the sackcloth was impossible to discern.

At the same time, many small boats also approached, and the number of them increased, and in a short time the entire bronze ship was crowded with such strange small boats. And these boats are all the same, no matter the size or length, these boats are like they are made uniformly, and they are basically the same.

However, it is not known what these little boats are on, but their cabins are covered with that black linen, and there is no reason for it.

At this time. Gao Chao looked at these small boats, and couldn't help but feel frightened, if according to Xia Qing, these are all ship coffins, then how could so many coffins suddenly appear here? You know, so many coffins are floating nearby, making people take a look. I'm going to get goosebumps all over my body.

At this time, the fat man was shocked on the side: "I grass! These ships also seem to be cast in bronze, you see. All of them are still tinged with patina! ”

On a small boat directly below the fat man, the fat man hit it with a headlamp, which did reflect a touch of patina, and Gao Chao and Xia Qing could also see it clearly.

Xia Qing nodded and said: "These bronze boats should be the coffins of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, but they have been unearthed all along. Most of them are made of nanmu, and this is the first time I have encountered this kind of bronze ship coffin. ”

Gao Chao wanted to figure it out just now, but now when he heard Xia Qing say this, he hurriedly asked, "You said that these are all ship coffins." How can you be sure? You didn't see anything in these boats. ”

Xia Qing said: "Boat coffins all have characteristics, as long as they meet those characteristics, they will basically not be wrong." ”

The fat man couldn't help but ask, "What are the characteristics?" ”

Xia Qing said: "The ship coffin is divided into burial coffin and water burial coffin, the general burial coffin is 'head and foot flat', the shape is like a wedge, it is easy to distinguish, and the water burial coffin also has characteristics, that is, the hull is narrow, regardless of the bow and stern, the shape of both ends is symmetrical and unified, so the design is easy to fix the body in the hull, it is not easy to move the body in the sea drift, or even throw the body out, and the water burial ship coffin also has one of the biggest characteristics, that is, it is different from the burial coffin, it has absolutely no coffin lid. ”

Gao Chao was puzzled: "Why is there no coffin lid?" ”

Xia Qing said: "The reason why the ancients chose to bury the coffin in the water is that they believe that the soul of a person comes from the sea, or from the ruins of the origin of all things, so they think that if a person is covered in a coffin, it can only be counterproductive, and the soul of the person cannot return to nature after death, so they will choose to cover the body with a layer of tarpaulin, which is to shield the sun and the pecking of seabirds." ”

Gao Chao nodded and said, "So that's the case, but how can there be so many coffins here?" And you see, so many ship coffins are cast in bronze, how much work does it take? ”

The fat man pouted and said, "Lao Gao, what do you care about?" Now we should not care about the scale of these coffins, but about where these coffins came from! ”

Gao Chao was helpless to be said, so he had to nod and say: "Indeed, where did these coffins come from?" Before, when we entered this fog, we were still the only ones on the water, but now in this fog, how do I feel like I have everything......"

When Gao Chao said this, he suddenly remembered the person who appeared on the opposite boat before, so he continued to say to Xia Qing: "Xia Qing, why did you lie that we were from the 101 Institute just now?" How could the person on the other side say that he himself was from the 101 Institute, what the hell was going on? ”

Gao Chao and the fat man both looked at Xia Qing, Xia Qing thought for a while: "Don't worry about asking me these things first, I'm not very sure about my judgment now, otherwise, you wait for me a little longer, if my judgment is confirmed this time, then I can explain all this to you." ”

Gao Chao and the fat man were a little helpless, but before they could complain, Xia Qing had already moved and ran in the direction of the stern, although the two were helpless, they had no choice but to follow behind Xia Qing, but at this moment, they didn't know what Xia Qing wanted to do.

Then, Xia Qing came to the stern of the boat, reached out and grabbed the chain used to get on the boat, and then she wanted to try to climb down from here.

Gao Chao hurriedly stopped Xia Qing and said, "What are you going to do?" ”

Xia Qing then said, "I have to go down and take a look." ”

Gao Chao was stunned: "What are you looking at?" ”

Xia Qing said: "Take a look at the corpses in those coffins. ”

This sentence came out of Xia Qing's mouth, which made Gao Chao and the fat man a little uncomfortable, who would want to see the corpse? But Xia Qing wanted to see what kind of woman she was, and what was she looking at the corpse for at such a time.

Gao Chao didn't let go of Xia Qing's hand, he finally sighed and said, "Forget it, don't go down, I'll go down and take a look." ”

Xia Qing looked at Gao Chao, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face.

"Really?" Xia Qing looked a little surprised, and continued: "Do you really want to go down for me to take a look?" (To be continued.) )