Chapter 78: Courtyard Architecture
Although we know where to break this barrier, we still can't grasp the strength of the ancient ship, how powerful it is, this is something that no one knows, and it is unpredictable, whether we can find these six coffins smoothly is still unknown.
But I always have a bad premonition, I always feel that something big will happen this time, this feeling makes me unable to calm down, my heart is very panicked, and I have been in a state of tension, I hope I am worried.
Before leaving, we replaced the battery of the strong light flashlight with a new one, and then re-checked the weapons and equipment, now everyone has less than a shuttle of bullets left in their hands, the ammunition is very tight, and there are not a few grenades left, once the bullets are used up, we can only fight with knives, which is the most difficult for us, if the bullets are sufficient, at least there is no problem to save life, no bullets, it is equivalent to reducing half of the vitality.
We first walked along the stern of the ancient ship to the bow, then went around from the bow to the other side of the ancient ship, and then continued to the stern, so that we can see the appearance of the entire ancient ship, whether there is obvious damage to the appearance, almost at a glance, by the way, it is also good to find a suitable place to board the ship.
From the stern to the bow, this ancient ship has a total of four sails, one in the bow and one in the stern, and two in the boat.
But when we went around from the bow to the other side, we realized that this time we didn't need to use ropes to climb onto the boat, because the ladder of the old ship was right in front of us.
The ladder fell from the top of the bow to the ice, as if it had been specially prepared for us, it was just right, it was really strange, as if it was intended to welcome us on board, it was very strange.
"There's a ladder? It's great that I don't have to climb the rope anymore and my hands don't have to suffer. Martin looked at the rope shaving in front of him, and said a little excitedly, looking at his bear-like appearance, he seemed to be very scared of climbing the rope.
"Why are you so happy? Don't you feel strange that this ladder was put down for no reason? Jiao Ba said with a cold face.
Martin said disapprerovingly, "What's so strange about that? Mr. Jiaoba, you have too much heart, this is just a ladder, don't make such a fuss, right? ”
"Jiao Ba is right, it's better to be careful, whether there is danger or not, we can't be careless, you wait for me below, I'll go up and have a look first." Mai Lao greeted, and then began to climb down the ladder to the boat.
After he climbed to the boat smoothly, he waved us to go up, Chang Shan set off second, he grabbed the rope ladder and climbed up, the appearance of the rope ladder is also covered with a layer of ice, stepping on it is very slippery, if you are not careful, it is easy to fall down from the rope ladder.
For the sake of safety, we only climb one person at a time, so that we can also avoid unnecessary damage, one is afraid that the rope ladder is not enough to bear the load, if there are many people, it will definitely increase the weight, this rope ladder is hundreds of years, in case it can not bear it, it is easy to break, and then it will be really dangerous.
The second is to prevent slipping, if the person who climbs on the top suddenly slips, while he falls, he may not be able to smash the people below, so this is too dangerous, a person climbs the rope ladder, even if it really falls, the rest of us are below, how much can start to work.
After about half an hour, all of us climbed onto the ancient ship, and I was the last to board the ship, and when I climbed onto the ancient ship, I noticed that there was no cabin at the bow of the ship, except for the deck, and there were only some other articles on board, buckets and ropes.
We had to follow the bow of the ship and start to the stern, and when we were almost in the middle of the boat, there was a staircase, and below this staircase was the entrance to the cabin we were looking for, and on each side of the entrance there were two more steps.
But the entrance of this cabin is somewhat special, it actually has two hatches, normally speaking, there is only one hatch at the deck, and if you go down the hatch, there is the cabin inside.
But there is no hatch on the deck of this ancient ship, but there are two entrances in the ship, and the overall structure of this ancient ship is also very different from other ships.
But this ancient ship looks like a small city tower built in a structure, the bow must be flat, but from the middle of the ship, it is higher than the other, especially the stern, there seems to be an obvious jump, the style of the building is like a courtyard, it looks quite artistic, but because of the sails blocking, the line of sight is still a little unclear, and the view is not very obvious, but it is certain that the style of construction is absolutely different.
"So the entrance to the cabin is here, Mai Lao, shall we go down?" Jenny asked.
Mai Lao shook his head and said, "Don't worry, let's go to the stern of the boat to have a look." ”
We descended the steps, and then up the steps on either side of the hatch, and crossed the third sail, and we were almost at the stern, which was more evident at this point.
The first step that appeared in front of us was another step, this step is very high, about two or three stories high, after going up from this step, it is a building that is basically the same as the courtyard, sure enough, it is similar to what I saw before, this small courtyard is very chic, there is only a large round table in it, and the rest is a wooden stool, which looks more like a place to eat and chat.
"The construction of this ancient ship is very artistic, when I was below, I didn't see it very clearly, but when I came up, I found that it was quite special." I walked into the small courtyard and looked around.
"Is this ancient man quite elegant, actually built such a chic environment at the stern of the ship, drinking and chatting here at night, blowing the wind and admiring the moon, is it also unique?" Li Xin said with appreciation.
But Chang Shan suddenly said, "This is not a place to eat, it must be used for observation, you see, the building of this courtyard is the highest point of the entire ancient ship, except for the sails, and the field of vision is relatively wide, and it is better to use this place as a lookout point." ”
"Make a lookout point here? Is this the stern of the ship? There are sails in front of you, why don't you look out at the bow of the ship, but here? I didn't understand and asked, it didn't feel like that, how did this place look, how did it look like a leisurely place to eat and drink.
Mai Lao glanced at us and said, "Chang Shan is right, this is used for lookout, the bow of the ship has a lookout point at the bow, and the stern naturally has a lookout point at the stern, going to sea in the ocean, not only pay attention to the front, but also pay attention to the surrounding environment, the Ming Dynasty people went to sea during the period, there was no radar, and there were no advanced instruments, the only way was to use a telescope to observe the situation in the surrounding seas, so such a lookout point would be built at the stern." ”
"Even if that's the case, why don't other ancient ships have this lookout point?" I still don't understand it, although I have been at sea for many years, I really don't understand the construction of ancient ships.
Mai Lao stretched out his hand and pointed to another ancient ship in the distance and said, "Actually, every ship has it, but it is built in a different form, you see, some ships will have some particularly high pillars at the stern, second only to those sails, and on the top of that pillar, there will be a small watchtower, and the sailors will take turns standing on the watchdeck, responsible for observing the surrounding situation, in fact, with this watchtower, the basic nature is the same." ”
Along the way, there are almost nothing that can stump Mai Lao, the ancient ship he fingers can only see a boat shape, and the lookout on it can't be seen at all, but I thought about it carefully, it seems that this is indeed the case, and what he said is quite reasonable.
After listening to Mai Lao's words, Jenny suddenly said a little clearly, "Oh, so that's the case, Mai Lao, you know so much, I admire you more and more." ”
Mai Lao waved his hand and said indifferently, "This is not a skill, many people understand it, and Chang Shan and Jiao Ba also know the Tao." ”
Jiao Ba just smiled and didn't answer, but Chang Shan said, "I also deduced, after all, it was built so high here, it couldn't be just used for eating, and the location here was also very good, suitable for a lookout point, but it can also be seen from this point that the owner of this ship should have a relatively high status at that time." ”
"The owner of this ship? Are you just talking about the owner of this ship, or" Jiao Ba asked with squinted eyes, not hearing what he meant by this.
"Of course, it's just this ship, there are currently six ancient ships here, which means that there are six mages, but none of us have thought about this question, that is, among these six dark mages, will there also be a leading mage?" As he spoke, Chang Shan glanced at us.
"You're right, there is a leader in everything, among these six mages, there must be a Ah, I understand what you mean, you mean, this ancient ship is very likely to be the burial place of the ** master, right?" Jiao Ba looked at him with suspicion and asked.
Chang Shan nodded and said, "Well, that's what it means, but at present, four ancient ships have been ruled out, and these six coffins are likely to be on the same ship, but there is also another possibility, that is, the most senior ** master himself occupies an ancient ship, and the remaining five mage coffins are buried in another ancient ship." ”
After Chang Shan's words were finished, Jiao Ba's eyes suddenly changed, he rolled his eyes and said, "It's a bit reasonable, according to normal analysis, it should be six ancient ships, and each ancient ship has a coffin in it, but now four have been ruled out, and only two are left, it is very likely that it is really what you said." ”