Chapter 9 Chapter 9 Strange Sounds

I was hesitating, but Ah Hui was already walking into the cabin, so I had no choice but to keep up with her.There are a lot of things piled up in the cargo hold, and there is only a small passage facing inwards. Ah Hui walked in front very quickly, and I was a little surprised. It was so dark inside, why was she so curious?Are you not afraid? I quickened my pace to catch up with her, and the two of them went deep into the cargo hold. I saw that there was no cargo here. There was an oil lamp on the bulkhead, and the ground was covered with rectangular ballast stones, which looked very heavy.And the strange thing is that these ballast stones actually surrounded a place, and there was only a small round stone like a millstone in the open space, which was distinguished from other ballast stones, not only in shape, but also in color. It's just that you don't look very carefully from a distance.Ah Hui stood there, looking at the stone with a look of surprise on his face.

I stood beside Ah Hui, she turned her head to look at me, her eyes were bright, and she said softly: "Minsheng, it doesn't look like a place for people down here, look at that stone." I approached the small ballast stone, and suddenly found that there was a piece of yellow paper on it, with something scrawled on it like a peach charm, which looked a little weird in the dim cabin.No wonder the color just felt a little wrong. At this time, there seemed to be a wave coming from outside, and there was a slight shaking under my feet. I listened to the outside, and the sea water made a rhythmic beating sound, and I felt that we were just at the waterline, so below the waterline, that is, the bilge Below, there must be another layer of cabins.

I remembered the scene of seeing the bottom of the Fuchang ship in the water earlier. The Fuchang ship is a fishing boat. Why did such an extra layer of cabins be built out of thin air? I took a closer look at the Dao Talisman again, and found that it was a palm-wide piece of yellow paper with bright red cinnabar characters written on it. Under the dim light, there was a sense of oppression, and I seemed to be a little out of breath after looking at it for a long time.At the end of the characters is a huge hammer-like stroke. In my impression, the auspicious symbols used to sacrifice to the Dragon King are usually black characters on red paper. This kind of yellow paper represents the King Yama, and it seems to be a magic symbol used to exorcise evil spirits.I used to go out with my uncle, and I often saw similar ones in the homes of some patients, all of which were written by Taoist priests or wizards to exorcise demons.

Ah Hui obviously noticed it too, and said to me: "This is... a Taoist talisman used to ward off evil spirits... There is a monster under here." To ward off evil spirits?Talisman?I suddenly realized, that’s right, I’ve heard that if Tao Haike encounters a dead person when they go out to sea, they must bring the dead person back to land, otherwise the door separating the two worlds of Yin and Yang will be opened the next time they go out to sea , the boat will sail into the sea of ​​darkness unknowingly, and only this magic talisman can close the gate of Huangquan Road, so that the evil spirits in hell will not escape along the Huangquan Road to the underworld, and living people will not drift forever in the sea of ​​darkness.

Why is this Taoist affixed to this ballast stone?Could it be that there were dead bodies under the ballast stones?But this doesn't make sense, the Fuchang just set off, if it was really a sea-scourer who died at sea, he should have been buried in the earth after landing.It is impossible to seal the corpse on the ship for a long time. Besides, the space below is so large, what kind of corpse is occupying the space of a cabin. Besides, how could the dead body make a suppressed moan? Is it a scam?I was startled, and couldn't help pulling Ah Hui to take a step back.Suddenly, another deep groan came clearly from under the ballast stone, stirring up a feeling of horror in this silent space.I got scared and stared at the talisman, afraid that something would burst out of the cabin in the next moment, even if I was not unarmed, I would not be able to deal with such evil spirits.

My heart was beating wildly, and I quickly dragged Ah Hui to run wildly, my feet made a slapping sound when I stepped on the wooden board, mixed with groans, it seemed like something was chasing us behind.I forced myself to stay calm, and ran without looking back, until I ran out of the cabin door, and suddenly there was an angry shout behind me: "Stop!" I burst into white sweat all at once, thinking that I can't hide this time?I shouted for help or wanted to run, but there was a hand firmly holding my shoulder.I panicked and struggled, but was pulled backwards, at the same time Ah Hui shouted: "Zhong Canfu, let him go."

Zhong Canfu?what happened?I stopped and turned around to see Zhong Canfu behind us at some point, staring at us coldly. "Why are you here?" I asked strangely, and as soon as I said it, I knew I was wrong. On this terrible ship, they are the masters, and I ran to the bottom deck without the owner's permission to look around. Definitely won't let us go. I remembered the horrible groan again, and looked back nervously. It was so dark that I couldn't see anything clearly, as if the light didn't know when it went out.Before I could say anything, Zhong Canfu clapped his hands, and immediately two people jumped out, holding a sharp fish blade, and sandwiched me in the middle: "Fucking hell, you dare to come here? Come on, come see me!" Lord Jiao, let's see how he deals with you!"

Zhong Canfu waved his hand, glared at them, and then turned to us and said, "Get lost!" I broke out in a cold sweat, and looked at Ah Hui again, she was pale beside her, she covered her mouth and dared not speak.Although I don't know how Zhong Canfu let us go so easily, but I don't have time to think about it now. I have always been afraid of the things in the bottom cabin. Since it is so easy to pass the level and stay away from the bottom cabin, I certainly won't ask for trouble. . Without further ado, I took Ah Hui and ran to the fish cabin on the second floor. As soon as I got to the deck, I heard Zhong Canfu's furious scolding: "Damn, I told you to guard, are you all going to eat shit? Master Jiao What the fuck did you say? Let Lord Jiao know that someone has come down, you just wait to die! If any outsiders come down in the future, I will stick them into the sea to feed the fish!"

Seeing that they didn't come up, I breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that they really didn't want to deal with us. At this moment, there was a special sound on the deck-crack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack The steps are striding towards this side, but it looks like a person.In an instant, Zhong Canfu and the others below became quiet.At the same time, the voices of other sea hunters on the deck also disappeared.

I turned my head and saw a figure appearing on the deck in the night. Walking along the side of the ship, a short and strong man, about forty years old, with a dark complexion and an ordinary appearance, came out of the cabin. He was wearing the black fat dragon trousers embroidered with dragon and phoenix patterns that only the captain of the ship could wear. He was wearing a button-down shirt, and the muscles on his exposed arms looked as hard as iron. What was even more peculiar was that I noticed at a glance that there were seven toes on each of his two bare feet. People with six toes are occasionally seen, but people with seven toes have never been heard of. What's even more strange is that both feet have seven toes.

When this man walked on the deck, his seven toes were like seven iron nails, and when he fell, they were firmly nailed to the black and polished ship planks.No wonder he makes such loud noises when he walks. The Fuchang has been rocking back and forth with the waves. When we first boarded the boat, we had to hold on to something to keep our feet on the ground. But this short man, because he has seven toes on his two feet, is walking on the boat like he is on the ground. . We were overwhelmed by this man's aura and stayed for a while. The weirdo came to the hatch behind us.All the sea hunters were busy looking for things to do with their heads down, and no one raised their eyes to see the short man who had just walked over. I was muttering in my heart, wondering why Taohaike, who was still smiling just now, suddenly changed his gender, so I heard that strange man ask the bottom cabin in a hoarse voice: "What happened just now? What are you arguing about in the bottom cabin? Do you know the rules?" Zhong Canfu raised his head: "Master Jiao, I inspected the gangway over there yesterday when it was put away, and it was obviously good. Just now, someone got on the boat and it broke, and an unlucky bug almost fell to his death. Would you like to repair it?" Repair." It was a bit incoherent. "I asked what happened just now!" The strange man interrupted Zhong Canfu, staring down at Zhong Canfu from the deck and said coldly. "I don't know who broke the gangway. I asked Xiazi to fix it. I didn't expect him to be lazy here, so I just scolded him." Zhong Canfu said quickly with his head down. "Tell the truth!" The short man raised his eyes. "Really." Zhong Canfu seemed a little scared: "I dare not lie to you..." I was terrified in my heart, this fierce bearded man is actually helping us to hide, but it must not be because of helping me escape, it must be because if this Master Jiao knows that we got off the bilge, they may also be unlucky. It seems that the things in the bilge, this Lord Jiao has made a deadly rule, and the things inside must be of great importance.One touch is dead.But the authority of Master Jiao is too great. At this moment, the strange man turned around and faced me, a bright light flashed in his eyes: "There are also Mao Ke who ran behind the steering wheel. When did the Fuchang have such a rule?" "Master Jiao, I'll let them go!" Zhong Canfu said, and immediately climbed up. Before he could make a move, Ah Hui dragged me to the cabin among the passengers.Then Zhong Canfu yelled loudly: "You two adulterers and whores, come to the rear rudder and I will throw you directly into the sea!" When I got into the cabin, I looked back, Master Jiao turned around and walked back without saying a word. This short man with seven toes turned out to be the boss of Fuchang, the famous Master Jiao. Whether the next trip is safe or not is in his hands. I suddenly remembered what my uncle said to comfort me before, and now I believe that such a character might really be able to kick a cow to death.However, his performance just now has clearly confirmed my speculation that the bilge of this ship is not trivial. But what is hidden in the hold of this ship?Thinking back to the groans coming from the bilge, it was either a demon or someone who was about to die—my previous doubts resurfaced in my mind, what is the situation of this ship?If, as Ah Hui said, the ship three years ago was not like this, then what happened to the ship in the past three years?Make this ship look so weird. Just as we were thinking about it, there was another groan suddenly, and then the passengers around us were in a commotion, because this groan quickly became very close to us, almost outside the cabin. When we heard the groans just now, the passengers must have heard them too. I saw a few people start whispering, some of them looked at me, and some of them put their ears to the deck. I immediately imitated their appearance. When I heard it, it was the same thing that made the strange noises just now, but this time it seemed to be below our deck. Got under the cabin. Someone whispered at the hatch: "Is this boat unclean? Why did I hear a female ghost screaming?" Immediately, the person next to him covered his mouth: "You don't want to live anymore. How can you say such unlucky words here? If you let Tao Haike know, you will definitely not live." The man turned pale with fright, but his words had already been heard by many people, "It's the sound of the boat being hit by waves. There must be some old boards on this boat. I have worked as a boatman, so I know." Someone said. I smiled wryly in my heart, how could this sound be the sound of a ship plank, this thing must be made by some living thing.Besides, the creature must be right under our cabin. I looked out, and the Taohaikes didn't seem to care. It seems that they should have known about the things in the bilge and got used to it, so the suspicion in my heart became stronger. Just as I was thinking, Ah Hui suddenly yanked me. I turned around and saw Heipicai and Uncle Quan walking towards me in the crowd, looking at us as they walked.