We discussed for more than two hours, but we couldn't find any too useful clues, according to Jenny, these sailors, including Gangzi, were introduced by the company, so who knows that the bearded man has a nautical chart in his hand? One thing is certain, it is definitely not through Gangzi, the bearded man is now dead, there is no proof of his death, the clues that I thought I could touch are now broken again, and I have come full circle, and now I am back to square one.

"It's strange, how did the bearded man know you had nautical charts? Did you know that Gangzi before? I asked, looking at Jenny.

"I don't know, I've even seen it." Jenny's words confirmed my judgment, and in this way, it proved that only those who knew the nautical charts could leak this news to the bearded man, so who could it be? What is this man's conspiracy? Is he and the man in black alone? Now who the man in black is has not yet been solved, and this is another incident, which is really a wave of unsettled waves.

"Jenny, who knows about this chart?" Jiao Ba asked again what I wanted to know.

Jenny frowned and thought for a moment and said, "Not many people know, except for you, it is the family, and now the sailors on the ship also know." ”

I snorted coldly and said, "Hehe, it seems that there is really a mole on our ship." ”

"I think this traitor is you, from the beginning of your ship, I think you have a big problem with your character, and you are also a soldier, the whole market is a hooligan, and now you are still suspicious of others here, it is really a thief shouting to catch a thief." Li Xin interjected me fiercely next to me again.

I didn't get angry, and said to her with a smile, "I see that your character is also very problematic, aren't you also shouting to catch a thief here?" ”

"You"

"Okay, okay, I said don't quarrel, why are you still noisy, let's put these things aside for a while, since everyone has nothing to do now, it's a blessing in misfortune, these messy things, let's leave it alone for the time being, even if we discuss it again, there is still no result, it's very late, let's go back and rest, tomorrow morning, we will discuss the search for the wreck, let's get down to business first, and talk about the rest later." Without waiting for Li Xin to speak, Mai Lao gave an ultimatum.

A few of us nodded, got up and walked to our respective rest compartments, along the way, I was still pondering the ins and outs of these things, why the bearded man and his men disappeared en masse, this is still a mystery, whether they are dead, or what, I don't know, but I always have a feeling in my heart that this matter is 100% related to someone on our ship, and as for who he is, I will find out sooner or later.

When I just walked to the door of our rest room, I suddenly thought of what I was going to ask, but I couldn't let others know about it, I said hello to Jiao Ba, and returned to Jenny's rest room, in order to avoid Li Xin, I called Jenny to the deck alone.

"What's wrong? What's so urgent? I have to say that this is mysterious. Jenny put her arms around her shoulders, it seemed to be a little cold, and at night, the sea breeze was a little strong.

I took off my coat and put it on her, and said softly, "This matter can't be too public, let me ask you, how long have you known Li Xin and Mai Lao?" ”

Jenny replied to me incomprehensibly, "It's been a few years, what's wrong?" ”

"And who did you know first?" I looked at her and asked very seriously.

"Li Xin, who I met first, and Mai Lao, who I met later, what happened?" Jenny still didn't understand what I meant.

"It's nothing, I'll just ask, was Mr. Mai introduced to you by Li Xin?" I really want to know this, if Mai Lao was introduced by Li Xin, this matter will be a little troublesome, how can an arrogant woman like Li Xin have anything to do with an old man, the biggest possibility is that the two of them have some ulterior secrets, this is also a guess.

"No, Mai Lao is a visiting professor at our school, very well-known, hey, where is this, you shouldn't really doubt them, right?" Jenny reacted, and she asked with an innocent expression.

I pretended to be joking and said, "No, no, how can I be, I'll just ask, let's go, go back, it's too cold outside." ”

Jenny and I went back to our respective rest rooms, and Junzi and Jiao Ba were playing poker with the other two sailors, and when they saw me coming back, Jiao Ba smiled and asked me, "Do you want to play two?" ”

I waved my hand and said, "I'm not interested in this thing, let's play with it, I'm sleeping." Jiao Ba pursed his lips and continued to fight with them.

I lay on the bed, my eyes closed, due to exhaustion, I quickly fell asleep, this sleep was very peaceful, I didn't have any dreams, I don't know how long I slept, I vaguely heard someone whispering my name, "Brother Yi, Brother Yi, wake up, wake up." ”

Then I shook my body slightly, I opened my eyes suddenly, and by the moonlight outside the window, I saw a person standing in front of me, as if it was Jiao Ba, I couldn't see it very clearly, "Who is it?" ”

"Shh~~~ It's my brother-in-law." Sure enough, it was Jiao Ba, and he sat directly on my bed.

I sat up, looked at him and whispered, "Are you sick?" Why are you yelling at me in the middle of the night? ”

Jiao Ba took out something from his hand and said, "It's not that I want to call you, look at this." ”

I reached out and took it, and it was a note, "What do you mean?" I'm not going to be a kid. "This kid has nothing to do to send me a note, it's the middle of the night, nonsense.

"Fuck, I'll tell you about business, just look at it." Jiao Ba's tone was aggravated, and it didn't seem like a joke.

I quickly opened the note, I moved to the window, and by the moonlight outside, I saw a line on the note, and when I finished reading it, my head buzzed, and it almost exploded, and it was written, 'Put away the contents of the woman's mouth, and if you lose it, be careful of your dog's life.'" "When was this discovered?" I hurriedly asked Jiao Ba, maybe I slept too hard, and I didn't find anyone entering our lounge, and cold sweat flowed down instantly.

"When I got up to go to the bathroom, I found the note, which was next to my bed, and it seems that this person already knew that it was in my hand." Jiao Ba's voice trembled a little, and although he tried his best to hide it, I still felt it.

I quickly took out the note that the man in black had left for me and compared it, my eyes lit up, and I got the result I wanted, the font of these two people was almost identical, there were obvious similarities.

I showed it to Jiao Ba, "Look at the old eight, this font is almost the same, it should be left by the man in black." ”

Jiao Ba looked at it carefully and said, "The handwriting is indeed the same on the outside, but there is an obvious imitation component. ”

"Imitation ingredients? You're saying it's not the work of one person? "I can only look at the general idea, and I don't know anything about these detailed identification methods.

Jiao Ba nodded and said, "Well, the font looks almost the same on the outside, but there is a clear difference in the place where the pen is written, and outsiders can't see it, I have learned this, so I understand it." ”

"So, did someone deliberately leave this note to make us suspect the man in black?" I always felt that something was wrong, but I couldn't say it.

"Brother Yi, are you sure that the person who left you a note for the first time was the man in black?" Jiao Ba's words reminded me, I always thought so, but I didn't see who left the note at all, but according to the possibility at that time, only the man in black knew that we had a jade pendant in our hands.

"Of course I'm not sure, but I can't think of anyone else other than the man in black." This is a fact, there were only three people present at the time, Jiao Ba and I and the man in black, could it be that there would be someone else?

Jiao Ba took the note and looked at it again and said, "In this way, we tentatively determine that the person who left the note for the first time is the man in black, according to this analysis, there are currently two possibilities, the first is the note left by the man in black, this time he did it to hide people's eyes and ears, let us suspect that there is another person, but the biggest doubt is, why didn't he just change his method to write, but made it so realistic, if we are both laymen, then we can't tell it at all." ”

"And the second one, that is, there is really another person, he has been hiding behind the scenes, he is doing this, so that we can't suspect him, divert our attention, this trick is really cunning." Jiao Ba's analysis is very comprehensive, and this grandson's brain is really not in vain.

I thought about everything and said, "Well, your analysis makes a lot of sense, but it's hard to draw conclusions about whether it's one person or two people, we should check everyone's notes to see if we can find some clues." ”

"I don't think it's that easy, since he can leave a note, he should be able to think that we will go and check the notes, but that's the only way, let's find a chance to look at it tomorrow." Jiao Ba said softly.

I nodded and said, "Okay, that's it, don't make a noise about it, you go and put the hatch on the cumbersome way, just do nothing and nothing happens." ”

Jiao Ba went back to sleep after the cabin door was cumbersome, since the other party already knew that the golden key was in our hands, we didn't have to be senselessly afraid, I just haven't figured out whether there is anyone else besides the man in black, or is all this just a trap, just used to disrupt our thinking