It's not a mermaid, it's from the East, then there's only one explanation, the mermaid!

In the oldest naturalist in China, "The Classic of Mountains and Seas: The South of the Sea", it is recorded as follows: "The country of Boxi, the country of Li'er, the country of carving inscriptions, and the country of Beiqu are all in the south of the water." Note: Away from the ear, the mole from its ear is ordered to droop as a decoration, that is, the ear is also, in the Zhuya Haizhu; The carving theme, the face of the Nirvana, the painting body is scaly, that is, the mermaid also. The appearance of the mermaid is a fish with a human head and four legs, and it was later transmitted to Japan and became the most primitive image of the mermaid. There are also descriptions in the Classic of Mountains and Seas that look like water creatures such as sansho fish, giant salamanders, eels, and catfish, which look like humans and are covered in scales, which feels relatively close to a mixture of humans and animals.

In the Western Han Dynasty, Sima Qian's "Historical Records Volume VI? Qin Shi Huang Benji Sixth, there is a record of "mermaid", which mentions that "the first emperor ascended the throne at the beginning, wore the Lishan Mountain, and the world, the world sent more than 700,000 people, wore three springs, and went down to the copper to the coffin, and the palace was full of strange artifacts and strange weapons." Let the craftsman make a crossbow arrow, and shoot those who are close. With mercury as the rivers and seas, the machine is instilled, with astronomy and geography. With mermaid paste as a candle, the one who will not be extinguished will last for a long time. ”

Liu Song's Pei Chu's "Collected Explanations" quotes the ancient interpretation of "mermaid" as: "Xu Guang said: 'Mermaids are like □ and have four legs. "Righteous Guangzhiyun: "The sound of the fish is like the cry of a child, it has four legs, and it is shaped like a snakehead, and it can cure cattle and get out of the water." 'Foreign Object Zhiyun: 'The mermaid resembles a human form, more than a foot long. Unfed. The skin is good for mackerel, and the sawn timber is wooden. There is a small wear on the neck, and the breath comes out of it. Qin Shi Huang's tomb uses mermaid paste as a candle. That is, this fish also. Out of the East China Sea, there is one in present-day Taizhou. 'Press: In the tomb of the emperor's lacquered lamp, the fire will not be extinguished. "Snakehead" is the name of a fish, in today's Yangmingshan National Park in Taiwan, there are still species such as "Seven Star Snakehead" and "Moon Snakehead", which have a slippery surface and like to inhabit rivers, ponds or swamps.

But do mermaids really exist?

"The Classic of Mountains and Seas" records "Lingyu" and "The Classic of Mountains and Seas? Overseas Western Longitude "This fertile wilderness... The Arowana Mausoleum is located in its north. It is like a raccoon dog (carp). This passage says that in the north of a certain fertile land, there is a creature called an Arowana that looks like a carp. "Mausoleum" means that you can live on land. Indicates that this fish is amphibious. Some people think that he is the Lingyu mentioned elsewhere in the book, and the fish that everyone talked about later may also refer to this fish. The Classic of Mountains and Seas? The North Longitude of the Sea "Lingyu Human Face". Hands and feet, fish body, in the sea. It is described in detail here, the Lingyu is a half-human, half-fish posture, with a human face, hands and feet, unlike the mermaid in Greek mythology, whose lower body is a fishtail.

The bones of the mermaid have been found by many people in the world, and the U.S. Navy has also caught a live, which is said to be the ointment of the mermaid in the sea. Not only is the ignition point very low, but also as long as a drop can burn for several months, and in ancient times, the tombs of nobles often used their grease as a perpetual lamp.

The shark people of the East China Sea are the most sexually, bloodthirsty, and live under an island formed of dead coral in the sea. The coral caves under the island, crisscrossed by caves and unknowable, are the nests of merfolk who make their noises in the nearby seas and attract passing sea merchants. The victims were all eaten to the bones, and some people caught a live black-scaled merman, slaughtered it to dry, poured it with ointment, and made a long candle, worth 3,000 gold beads.

Legend is still legend, and no media has ever been able to confirm it, and there has been no official announcement that merfolk really exist. But Qin Xuebing was convinced that some of the Qimen secret techniques inherited by the jade pen were specially used to deal with mermaids, and he believed that the predecessors of Qimen would not be bored enough to create Qimen secret techniques to deal with legendary species.

Then there is only one explanation, merfolk really exist!

"What do they say?" Qin Xuebing asked, maybe Van Deming and Werther would know something, otherwise they wouldn't have been involved in this matter.

"Vander clearly knows some ......" Xiangxi told the results of their questioning, which is indeed a legend about the merman.

The merman, the era lived on an overseas island, no one knew where the island was, and the people who went there were already dead. The mermaids are also good at using magnetic fields, which can cause the crew to hallucinate, and then scuttle the ship to kill people and collect treasures.

The ancient emperors all understood the usefulness of the merman, and they could use the merman to boil the ointment, which can be ignited, a small amount can be burned for a long time, and with a faint fragrance, it was loved by the ancient emperors, and even after death, the merman ointment should be stored in the tomb and lit a 10,000-year-long lamp.

The merman was murderous and cruel, and the ancient emperor took a fancy to the merman's ointment, so he doomed the merman clan to extinction. As for how to perish, it remains to be seen. After all, mermaids are good at water, they live in water in the era, and they are good at using magnetic fields, and it is too difficult for ancient emperors to exterminate this race, it is simply impossible.

"It should be the Qimen people involved!" Qin Xuebing sighed, those Qimen secret techniques used to deal with the mermaids were probably created by the Qimen people who were enshrined in the court, helping the ancient emperors to effectively obtain the merman ointment.

"Are you sorry that the people in the ancient Qimen were too vicious?" Xiangxi frowned, after being in the agent team for so long, she no longer took her life seriously, especially the enemy's.

"I just blame those people in ancient times for being so ruthless that it is difficult for future generations to see the merman." Qin Xuebing would not feel that the ancient Qimen people were too vicious, after all, the mermaid was cruel and killed an unknown number of innocent sailors, and it was natural to be killed by humans, so it could only be said that one report would be repaid.

What's more, those Qimen people who were enshrined in the court in ancient times were not wrong, and they were loyal to the king. In modern parlance: the ass determines the head.

"Don't think about it yet, the boss hasn't woken up yet." Ye Qiong snorted dissatisfiedly, she didn't bother to care about the life and death of the merman, even if the merman was exterminated ten times, it had nothing to do with her, she just wanted the beautiful snake to wake up now.

"This statue should be used by the people of the ancient Qimen to deal with the sharks, there should be a lot of secrets in it, but it was sealed by a curse. The beautiful snake should have triggered the curse, and she was cursed by the people of the ancient Qimen before she fell unconscious. Qin Xuebing explained.

"Curse, can you deal with it?" Ye Qiong gritted her teeth, she couldn't deal with it, she didn't care so much, these problems should be a headache for Qin Xuebing. Who made him have that kind of relationship with the leader.

"Don't worry, this stone carving is still there, and you will definitely be able to find the method of the curse."

Qin Xuebing was not too worried at this time, and he already had a way to deal with it in his heart: "Maybe you can dig out the real secret of the stone carving and go to the mermaid country to see it." (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )