Chapter 758 - The Case and the Coffin (1/2)

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?”