Chapter 115: The Father and the Son (16)
After going back and forth, Nezha's grievances and grief that had just dissipated surged up again. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Hmph, he won't go back by himself!
If they don't come to him, he won't go back!
Angry, Nezha lay down and buried himself tightly in the warm sand, revealing only a small head.
He was in a time when he was craving praise and recognition, hoping that he would be recognized. If you want him to take the initiative to go back and be looked down upon, it is better to kill him with a knife, maybe it is more neat.
There has never been a moment so close to heaven and earth.
Nezha looked at the vast starry sky in front of him.
The blue sky is full of scattered silver stars.
There are also hazy bands of light, flashing meteors.
This is a magnificent sight that has never been seen in the house.
There are always lights at night, the sky seems to be higher, and the stars are not so bright.
And now, lying in the sand, it is as if he can touch the low-hanging sky and the silver stars with a single stretch of his hand.
The sound of waves continued not far away, as if the sand below me was also trembling slightly.
This scene seems to be familiar.
The shaky, warm place makes the body feel relaxed.
Nezha was imprisoned for a day, and the servant only sent a few steamed buns and a bowl of water according to the instructions, he was not full, and the mood fluctuations in the past two days were very violent, so listening to the sound of the waves, he fell asleep after a while.
Nothing was said all night.
Nezha was awakened in the early morning by a burst of crying.
The cry sounded small, but it kept lingering in my head.
Nezha finally couldn't fall asleep after being stirred, so he rubbed his eyes and sat up.
"How long are you going to cry?"
Nezha asked the mournful Mai woman who was crying in front of her.
"You...... Are you a human or a demon?"
The woman in sackcloth took two steps back in fright, and asked the child who suddenly came out of the sand in a trembling voice.
Nezha slept behind a hidden reef last night. Unexpectedly, this Mai woman couldn't cry anywhere, but she just cried on the edge of the reef beside him.
So, as soon as he sat up, sand fell down his body, and this scene, by coincidence, hit the bottom of the sackcloth woman's eyes.
"Aren't you tired of crying for so long?"
Nezha didn't answer, and asked himself.
The fat white arm like a lotus root stretched out from the sand, and the red belly pocket stretched out from the sand, and soon, the sand on his body was shaken clean.
"It turned out to be a child~"
When she saw Nezha's appearance clearly, the Mai woman suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, because she was afraid that a strange tail would suddenly appear in the sand just now.
"Why are you crying here so early?"
Nezha asked.
The Mai woman was already depressed, and when she heard a strange child's question, her desire to talk was hooked, and she said silently: "I'm getting married~"
"Isn't that great?"
"Not good. I'm not marrying a man, but ...... Dragon. ”
"Dragons?"
The Mai woman nodded sadly and told the story.
Originally, this seaside town was called Pearl Town.
The town of Pearl is named after the fine pearls it produces, and the pearls in the palace are all paid tribute from the town of Pearl.
Most of the civilians in the town depend on the sea for their lives, fishing and pearling, and their lives are peaceful and uneventful.
But just half a year ago, a golden dragon suddenly appeared here.
The dragon, who calls himself the Third Prince, asks Pearl Town to send him a young and pure girl every other month, otherwise it will set off a storm and disturb the peace of those who depend on going to sea for a living.
The townspeople of Pearl Town didn't believe it, but who expected, it was a violent storm for more than a month, and they couldn't go to sea. Seeing that the day of handing over the tribute beads was approaching day by day, such a change occurred.
So, the helpless townspeople had no choice but to do what the third prince asked.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the woman was sent away, the storm stopped on the second day. Within a month, the sea was calm.
And so the rules were observed.
The chosen woman must be young and innocent, and on that day the fishermen will send the dressed woman out to sea in a flower boat. It is also strange to say that the flower boats are very ordinary fishing boats, but on the day of the woman's marriage, they can automatically go against the water without wind.
The Mai woman's name is Xiaoluo, and her family has been pearl divers for generations, and this time, it is their family's turn to "marry a girl".
Although he knew that his daughter had gone and never returned, for the sake of comfort, he called him "marrying a daughter".
As the saying goes: a daughter who marries out, spills water.
The woman dedicated to the third prince has never returned, and the people have taken this statement for the comfort of their hearts.
"Don't you want to go?"
Although Nezha is smart, he is still a child in the end, and he doesn't understand the sadness and care contained in it.
"Of course not. So many girls who were sent to sea but did not come back, they were all eaten or tortured to death by him. I'm going here, I'm afraid I won't go back. My mother was blind, and my father fell ill due to years of going to the sea. My younger brother is also young, and when I go like this, the family is old and young, how can I live?"
Xiao Luo said and cried softly.
"Don't cry. What kind of third prince is that, it doesn't sound like a good person, why don't you go and invite the immortals?"
"Why didn't you invite it? As a result, the immortal was bitten and thrown back. Since then, we have died of that heart. The third prince said that it was useless to find immortals, because he was an immortal......"
"Immortals?"
"yes. He seems to say that he is the third prince of the Dragon Palace of the East China Sea...... Ah, it's almost dawn, and I'm going to go back quickly, or I'll be found out. Xiao Luo looked at the clearer and clearer sky, and hurriedly got up.
The two were talking, and inadvertently the sky was bright.
Xiao Luo picked up an empty basket from behind him, straddled his arm and told Nezha, "Little brother, go back quickly." You've been out to play for a while, and your family will be worried. ”
Nezha saw a pile of burnt paper ash and some yellow ingots in the corners between the reefs behind the little snail.
What is it?
Nezha was curious, and was about to take an unburned one with his hand to take a look, but Xiaoluo saw it and hurriedly stopped him.
"Don't move. This is what is burned for the dead. Children can't touch it, and it's easy to attract unclean things. ”
"Has anyone in your family died?"
Nezha asked.
"It's my brother. He went pearl diving last year and never returned. Xiao Luo said abruptly, "After I leave today, I'm afraid I won't have a chance to burn paper for him again." Therefore, before dawn, he secretly came to sacrifice him. ”
As she spoke, tears fell from the corners of her eyes again, and in order to prevent Nezha from seeing it, she deliberately turned her back and wiped it with her sleeve.
"Little brother, I'm leaving, you can go back quickly-"
So saying, he ran away as if he had to run forward.
Nezha was stunned for a moment, and then jumped in front of Xiao Luo: "Where does he live?"
"Who?"
"Third Prince. ”
"What do you want to do?"