杜达雄大鸟

Chapter 758 The Case and the Coffin

Gao Ge glances at the things in the case roughly.

There are quite some good things in the case brought here by Sir Ma and the young men.

“Actually, I know these things are rare but I have no idea where we can sell them. Neither do I know how much they are worth,” Sir Ma says with a bitter smile.

Gao Ge takes a tumble.

No wonder Red Fish Village is still so poor even with these good things.

“Where did you get the case?” Gao Ge is not good at appreciating antiques. Yet, the case looks quite old and supposedly, it has been soaked in the water.

Sir Ma’s answer is consistent with his guess, “We got it out of the sea.”

Gao Ge nods while Ge Chunrong and Zhang Jian are not surprised at all.

After all, they cannot think of any reason other than that.

It is quite normal to get some good things in the sea for the people in the fishing village like Red Fish Village.

However, Zhang Jian is confused.

“Did you find the commercial ship of the Song Dynasty?”

“It was quite likely.” Ge Chunrong also nods, “It probably hasn’t been discovered.”

However, Sir Ma shakes his head.

“Commercial ship? I know what you mean but the answer is no. We searched in the sea for several days but we only found the case.”

Zhang Jian feels a bit surprised. He lowers his head and shakes it, “This shouldn’t be...”

“Was the ancient commercial ship lost in this place?” Ge Chunrong says with a frown, “Or was it carried here by the undercurrents?”

“Actually, apart from the case, there is another thing...” Sir Ma whispers.

“What is it?” Gao Ge asks.

Rather than answer the question immediately, Sir Ma shows a complicated look.

Seeing his hesitant facial expression, Gao Ge slightly furrows his eyebrows and says grumpily, “You actually need my help with another article, don’t you?”

Feeling a bit surprised, Sir Ma nods and gives Gao Ge a thumbs-up, “What a master! You’ve got wonderful foresight indeed!”

Gao Ge waves his hand to suggest that it doesn’t work on him.

Sir Ma doesn’t feel cringy but says with a bitter smile, “Actually, there was a coffin apart from the case back then.”

“A coffin?” Ge Chunrong is pop-eyed.

“Yes, a coffin. At that time, we felt it was ominous so we threw it back hurriedly and made a return voyage,” Sir Ma says.

Zhang Jian nods and gives each of them a cigarette respectively.

After he lights up his own cigarette, he takes a deep breath and puffs out a cloud of smoke, “In this case, it should be over then.”

Gao Ge laughs, “Can it be that you want to get the coffin back so you want me to fish it out from the sea for you?”

Sir Ma hastens to shake his head and says with a long face, “Mr. Gao, don’t ridicule me. I’m here for the coffin indeed. It happened half a month ago, which we didn’t pay much attention to. Now, something has happened again.”

“Oh?”

Sir Ma knows that if he keeps others guessing again, he will be too annoying. Hence, with a cough, he looks around as if fearing being found. Then, after making sure no one is around, he lowers his voice and says, “A few hours ago, we saw the coffin.”

“You went to retrieve it again?” Gao Ge flicks the cigarette ash away and asks.

Sir Ma hastens to shake his head, “We are not tactless. As I said before, it is ominous. Hence, we’ve always stayed away from it. We just don’t go there anymore in case of getting into any trouble. You know, the villagers here live on fishing so we tend to believe this kind of thing. Yet, there are quite some queer things in the world. For example, the coffin floated here just now...”

“What?”

Now, not only Ge Chunrong but also Gao Ge and Zhang Jian are astonished.

“You mean the coffin floated here?” Ge Chunrong says in disbelief, “Is it so light?”

“It is not light! Not at all! It is super heavy!” Sir Ma hastens to say, “Not many people know about this now. I’m afraid that the villagers will fall into a panic if they do.”

Ge Chunrong snorts, “You are actually afraid that the villagers will flee out of here if they know about it, aren’t you?”

Sir Ma shrugs his shoulders and doesn’t look embarrassed about being seen through.

As the village head of Red Fish Village, it is quite normal to have such a worry.

“Well said. I did have that concern but not anymore for now. Someone is missing in the village.”

“Who is that?”

“Hu!”

“Hu?” Gao Ge is a bit dazed.

Ge Chunrong is disgruntled, “You think it was done by us?”

“No, no, no!” Sir Ma hastens to wave his hand, “I don’t know what others think but I surely won’t think this way. I’m not muddle-headed. I know that you are all capable, or I should call you cultivators, right? Hence, you big shots can never bother to deal with Hu.”

“In this case, why do you tell us about it?” Ge Chunrong says disgruntledly.

Sir Ma says with a bitter smile, “You don’t know about this. The coffin was got out of the water by Hu back then...”

Gao Ge nods his head.

He takes a look at Ge Chunrong and Zhang Jian, saying with a smile, “How about taking a look at it?”

“Shall we wait for Lord Heaven Dragon and the others first?”

“Fine by me.” Gao Ge shrugs.

“Don’t!” Sir Ma instantly gets anxious and says, “Please come and look at it with me first. Maybe we can find Hu. If we wait a bit longer…”

While speaking, Sir Ma also takes a few glances at the wooden case.

He is clearly saying that since he has brought the gift here, they should go there and take a look with him!

“In this case, let’s go and take a look then.” It is not that Gao Ge attaches much importance to the case of things but that he also finds something weird with this matter. Besides, he also wonders whether it has something to do with the Ghost Sect.

Hearing Gao Ge’s decision, Zhang Jian and Ge Chunrong don’t stop him then.

After all, they know Gao Ge’s capability.

Hence, they think Gao Ge can deal with it.

Following Sir Ma, they walk out of the yard and head to the seaside.

At the beach, there is a cabin, outside which some sea fishes are dried. The smell of fish permeates the air. Gao Ge rubs his nose and feels uncomfortable.

Apart from that, there seems to be a putrefactive odor. It doesn’t seem a surprising thing to smell the putrefactive odor at the seaside.

However, after taking a few steps, Gao Ge suddenly stops.

Zhang Jiu also whispers, “The odor doesn’t smell right.”

“What’s wrong?” Ge Chunrong asks.

Zhang Jian takes a look at him with meaningful eyes, “It doesn’t smell like fish but...”

He hedges and doesn’t continue saying as if he doesn’t dare to guess at will. Yet, Gao Ge completes his sentence, “It smells more like a decaying corpse, doesn’t it?”

Zhang Jian nods with a bitter smile. It seems that he is not the only one to have the delusion.