v2 Chapter 172： Disappearing crew

The smell in the cabin was a little unpleasant. Zhang Heng's eyes were covered with moss everywhere. He tore off a piece of clothing to cover his nose and mouth and took a few steps. The doors of several rooms passing by along the way were open. Messy, the table and chairs turned over, and a few tattered pieces of clothing.

Considering the time that the ship drifted in the sea, this is normal, but besides that, Zhang Heng noticed one thing, that is, there is no one in each room, not just no living people, There were no bones, and somehow the windows were nailed to wood.

This is why the cabin is so stuffy. Zhang Heng split open two windows with the saber in his hand to allow the sea breeze to flow in, and the taste in the cabin was much better. As he walked around, he also found three gold coins in the cracks of the wooden board under his feet, but he did not know why their owner left them here.

Zhang Heng didn't stay in these rooms for too long, and soon came to the captain's room at the end.

It was also the only room in the corridor with the door closed.

Zhang Heng reached out and pushed the door, but unexpectedly did not open it. There should be something stuck in the back, so Zhang Heng stepped back and bumped it with his shoulder. After three consecutive times, he finally opened the door. I also saw Carmen's stuff in the back. It was a seat, but the back of the seat had been broken by him.

Zhang Heng just looked away and looked away. He glanced around quickly. Probably because of the closed door, the condition of the captain's room was much better than the other rooms, at least not so wet. It was originally placed on a shelf Of books are scattered all over, and most of the paper is yellow and moldy, but the table is still in place.

However, like the previous rooms, there are no people here, and the window is closed. Zhang Heng hangs the oil lamp on the hook on the wall. He simply searched and found a string of pearl necklaces in the drawer. A ring and some silver coins.

Coupled with the gold coins he had previously found in the cracks in the floor of the room, it seems to prove that the accident of the ship was not caused by a pirate encountered during the voyage.

But then Zhang Heng encountered some trouble when looking for the captain's log. There was more than one notepad on the table, but he didn't recognize the above text. Based on his language reserves, he could only tell that it was neither English nor There are many French and European languages, and he doesn't know which language this is. He can only take those notes together and take them away in the most stupid way.

Zhang Heng then spent another quarter of an hour, carefully searching the house again, and confirmed that there was nothing worthy of note. Then he turned to leave, but the next moment he stopped suddenly.

The status of the previous empty rooms can also be explained by the people inside leaving hastily, but the situation in this captain's room is obviously completely different. The windows here are also closed, and the only entrance and exit door is also used. The chair is stuck, but the question is how did the person who moved the chair Carmen leave here?

Even with Zhang Heng's calmness, when I thought about this problem, I couldn't help but have a chill in my heart. Of course, considering the time when the ship was drifting at sea, there was a small probability that the chair would follow the waves. Just stuck in front of the door.

But this still can't explain the closed windows. After all, the necklaces and rings in the drawers, and the gold coins on the floor indicate that the people on the boat are leaving very hurriedly. In this case, why do they still have to close the windows? stand up? Are you avoiding something?

Just then Zhang Heng heard footsteps coming from behind him, he turned at the fastest speed, and at the same time pulled out the British army knife from his waist.

It turned out that the face of the red-haired girl was seen.

"How will you be here?"

"I just finished checking the warehouse below, and when I heard the sound of a door knocking, I looked up. It's strange that there is no one on this boat, but the cargo below is still there, and it is not unsealed. Unfortunately, the woollen cloth inside The damp is too bad to sell. "The girl paused." By the way, you seemed a little nervous just now. "

"This boat is a bit out of place. Since we haven't found anything of value, let's leave here, Billy them?" Zhang Hengdao.

"He and Monte are examining the lowest level. Would you like me to inform them?"

"Forget it, let's go together." Zhang Heng was not assured that Annie was alone, leaving the captain's room with those notes and oil lamps.

The red-haired girl was as careless as ever, leading the way, the two found the downward stairs, but the strange upper handrail did not know where to go, it looked as if someone had split them all off.

"Billy said that the ship had more than a hundred years of history, is it true?" Annie asked as she walked.

"From the perspective of the decoration and architecture here, they really don't look like things of this era." Zhang Heng replied.

"Where have all the people above?"

"I also want to know the answer to this question. Judging from the exclusion method, it should not be pirates. There are no traces of fighting in the captain's room. Therefore, the chance of sailors rioting is not high. Alas, if a plague occurs, you should see the bones. … In fact, if there is no extreme situation, few crew members will be willing to give up such an intact ship. ”Zhang Hengzheng said he heard Billy's voice not far away.

"You'd better come here, I found something."

The two heard their words speeding up and came to the ground floor. Billy and the other sailor were standing there with their heads up, and they looked like they were together.

"what happened?"

The helmsman of Jackdaw heard the words and raised the oil lamp in his hand, so Zhang Heng and Annie saw the dense scratches on their heads ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Is this what the mouse did? "The red-haired girl frowned.

"I have never seen a mouse on a boat that can do such things like this." Billy said, "How about, do you find anything there?"

Annie shook her head. "Everything looks normal in the cargo hold."

"There are still a lot of bacon left in the kitchen. The people on board should not have encountered any food crisis. In addition, we also found two boxes of silverware in the Diaolou." The remaining group of pirates responsible for inspecting other areas also rushed out. Back, this time finally brought back some good news. Although everyone still does not know how the crew on the ship disappeared, at least this expedition did not leave empty-handed.

Then Billy and others moved the two boxes of silverware to the boat together, and when the last person jumped into the boat, the seven of them rowed towards the Jackdaw.

When the boat was about to reach the Jackdaw, Zhang Heng looked back at the mysterious Clark ship behind him, wondering if it was his illusion. He faintly saw a row of dark shadows standing on the side of the ship, quiet in the rain. Quietly watched them leave, but when he looked again there was only the shadow of the mast.