Chapter 17: The Tides (I)
Uncle Ming also said: "Hu Zai is reasonable, I used to run a boat, I saw a Thai man buy a pebble, put the stone in an empty bowl, overnight, can give birth to a bowl of water, the Thai merchant thought that there is a treasure in the stone, want to exhaust the secret, I didn't think to smash it open to see, there is only a pool of clear water, and two small transparent fish, soon died, and the stone is worthless, he was almost stimulated to jump into the sea." This stone is full of water, and there are fish in the water, which is a natural creation, but there is nothing surprising, but this stone mirror ancient coffin is really a peerless treasure, you see how dense the water lines on it are......"
Uncle Ming said that this was suddenly a little difficult, such a large sarcophagus, the cabin has been filled with all kinds of materials, how can there be a place to put it? The fat man said that this is too simple, I saw a mezzanine on the side of the bilge, and there will be a place for the wood to be removed, let's not waste time, put this green head in place, and hurry to the sea, and more brilliant results are waiting for us over there.
The ship's boss Ruan Hei's face changed greatly when he heard this, and he didn't let the fat man and others put the sarcophagus into the bilge, I saw that his expression was different, and I knew that there must be a reason, so I asked him what the hell, let him make the words clear, what is the name in the bilge?
Ruan Hei was about to kneel on the ground and beg everyone, but he didn't explain the reason: "There is an extra wooden partition in the bilge, but I don't dare to dismantle it, none of us can survive if we tear it down." After speaking, he begged Shirley Yang again: "Miss Yang is the most sensible and good person, you can persuade them quickly, don't dare to do this." ”
Under our repeated questioning, Ruan Hei still refused to say a word, and only as a last resort did he say: "You also know that seven Englishmen died on this sea willow ship, they died in the bilge, and I really can't say anything else, in short, you can't see the things in the mezzanine, and you will die if you see them." ”
The "Trident" was originally converted from an old sea willow ship, although it was remodeled by the British, but the main parts of the hull are still the sea willows on the old ship, this group of ambitious British salvage team, a total of seven members, they died inexplicably collectively, and the place of the incident was the bilge of the trident.
Before I went to sea, I also inquired in many ways, but most of the fishermen and merchants on Coral Temple Island did not know the details, and then I overheard the ship's boss Ruan Hei mention this matter, and told us that there was indeed a small mezzanine in the cabin, but the contents of the ship, no matter what, could not be seen, and if someone saw it, it would be unfavorable to the ship, and that was how the British died.
I looked at Uncle Ming, and saw that he was also at a loss, obviously I had never heard of such a story on a ship, so I began to suspect that Ruan Hei was alarmist, and I had to go to the bilge to find out.
Ruan Hei asked Shirley Yang for help to persuade him, he knew the previous owner of the Seawillow, and he had been hired to help the British refit the ship not long ago, so he knew some unknown insiders. He swore that there was indeed something hidden in the bilge of the ship, but seeing that thing would do all kinds of harm to the members of the ship, and if the things in the bilge did not exist, it would be as usual, and it would have no effect on the ship, and it was by no means alarmist, which was a lesson that many lives were exchanged for.
I saw that Ruan Hei, the boss of the ship, had sworn a poisonous oath, and knew that if these superstitious sea wolves swore a heavy oath, they would definitely not deceive each other, since he said that there were things in the bilge that could not be alarmed, as long as it did not affect our voyage, there was no need to deliberately destroy these special customs and taboos.
Ruan Hei was relieved to see that I had finally agreed, and said, "When I go back after picking eggs, I will definitely tell you the secret here, only those who don't take this boat can know, otherwise if you inadvertently talk about this matter on the ship, you will get into trouble, and there will be nowhere to escape in the vast sea at that time." ”
I nodded in agreement, but after thinking about it, this kind of rhetoric of pretending to be a ghost is not good for me, and when I go back, what is the use of knowing the reason for this? Sooner or later, I'll find a chance to see it first, and then I'll not do anything that is kept in the dark.
So I kept quiet, put the matter aside for the time being, and started with the rest of the people. Due to the limited space on the ship, the huge coffin, and the wood filled in the middle of the coffin had to sink into the sea again, only the innermost sarcophagus remained, and everyone packed the materials in the bilge into the sarcophagus until it was filled, so that the space in the ship was enough to accommodate the sarcophagus, and the sarcophagus was as cool as water, and many watermelons in the cabin were put in, which could play a good role in preserving.
When we were busy in the bilge, I went up to drive the boat while it was dark, I deliberately paid attention to the sandwich board, except that it was completely sealed and difficult to move, I really couldn't see anything special, just put my ears on and listened to the movement inside, I was discovered by Shirley Yang, she came over and patted me on the shoulder: "What kind of skills do you practice?" ”
I was listening intently to the movement in the mezzanine, thinking about what I couldn't say or see. I didn't pay attention to it at all, and was startled by Shirley Yang, and hurriedly pointed to the sandwich cabin plate to her: "I'm scouting and scouting, you can also come and listen, it seems that something is moving here......"
Shirley Young didn't go with me on the reconnoitring, she seemed to have something to say to me, motioned for me to speak somewhere else, and I followed her up to the back deck. At this time, Ruan Hei and Uncle Ming reconfirmed the course and were sailing the boat at full speed towards the coral spiral, the "Trident" was riding the wind and waves on the sea, and the two "diving bells" hanging behind the boat also swayed with the hull of the ship.
After the Kuroshio Tide on the bottom of the sea, large areas of the sea seem lifeless, and the schools of flying fish that used to be seen on the surface of the sea from time to time are gone, and only the boundless sea water is turbulent all around, which seems to be immense. Shirley Yang looked at the end of the sea and sky from the deck, and only said after a while: "Professor Chen is my father's friend when he was alive, and his wish is my father's wish, and I don't care if I take a big risk." However, the South China Sea is really vast, and the ruins in the coral spiral are even more mysterious, and I am a little worried about whether we can find the Qin King Bone Mirror, after all, our salvage team is small and small. ”
I said to her: "What is there to worry about, it is not a problem to have fewer people and small ships, although we have few people, but we all have the ability to take charge of our own affairs. Ancient China Chen Sheng Wu Guang uprising, at the beginning of the ** hundreds, they sent out to the world the emperor general Xiangning has a kind of great cry, ascending a call to unveil the pole, once swept the world, but then why did this team fail? Because of the growing number of their people, they became a rabble, losing the purity of the revolution and the fighting power of unity. We should learn the lessons of the failure of the peasant uprising, even our guide when we went to the desert, Master An Liman, knew that Hu Da's myth was that the world can only win if it was united, and in addition, we should be extra cautious when recruiting team members. ”