Chapter 151: Big Guy
[Suddenly found that I had made a mistake in direction all along, and Shanhaijian should be located on Dashi West Street, not East Street.] 】
Could this be the legendary dragon sucking water?
Looking at the giant tortoise that was not yet dead, the first thing that came to Wang Shouye's mind was the scientific explanation of later generations.
But although it is cloudy today, there is almost no wind, not to mention that this is seafood, and the capital is at least two or three hundred miles away from the sea.
What kind of tornado must it take to sweep a giant turtle of hundreds of catties from the sea to the capital?
And there is not even a trace of residual power!
Bang~
Just as he and Ma Gui were watching the giant turtle, a black shadow nearly a foot long fell near the southwest corner, and it could barely be distinguished through the rain curtain that it should be a big fish with a long snout.
Tuna?
Is there tuna in Bohai Bay?
Could it be that this thing flew from thousands of miles away?
"Hah!"
Wang Shouye was looking at the 'tuna', and suddenly a low shout came from behind him, and when he looked back, it was Ma Gui who waved his knife and cut off the head of the giant turtle.
"Give it a treat."
Ma Gui explained casually, and also came to Wang Shouye's side, and poked the waist knife out of the verandah, wanting to use the rain to wash away the blood stains on the knife.
Who knew that before the blood stains were washed away, a mackerel weighing more than ten catties smashed near the handle of the knife first, and the straight Magui body was crooked on one side, and he almost fell out of the verandah.
Wang Shouye hurriedly dragged him to the nearest duty room.
While greeting the scribes in the same room, I listened to the rattling of the roof, and I didn't know how many tiles had been smashed.
Not long after, someone next door shouted that in fact, it seemed that the roof had been smashed alive.
"Dude."
Ma Gui stood in front of the window, rubbing his wrist and curious: "What do you say is going on with this special girl?" ”
"It's hard to say."
Wang Shouye shook his head slightly.
At this time, I listened to the scribes on the side muttering:
"It can't be a leak in the fish pond of Heavenly Court, right?"
"Who's going to keep such a mess in a fish pond? Look, look, there's a soft fish [squid]! ”
"I think it should be Tianhe leaking! You said that the big turtle just now, will it be related to Xuanwu? ”
Tianhe is leaking......
Why don't you say that the next marshal of the canopy will come?
Wang Shouye rolled his eyes speechlessly, and then heard Ma Gui curious: "Bocheng, do you think these fish can be eaten?" ”
"It's hard to say."
Where did Wang Shouye know the answer, he could only prevaricate with the three-character mantra.
However, this reminded him that after this fish rain stopped, it is estimated that there will be many people who want to use these fish for tooth sacrifices.
If it's just an ordinary dragon absorbing water, then there's no problem.
But at the moment, this fish rain is obviously not in line with the principle of dragon water absorption, so it is best to be careful.
"Brother Chongzhi."
Thinking of this, Wang Shouye said: "When the rain stops, we might as well send some people to the streets to warn the people not to rush to eat these fish first, and wait until the government confirms that they are non-toxic and harmless—anyway, it's winter, and it won't be bad overnight." ”
After a pause, he added: "By the way, let's investigate carefully to see how big the scope of this strange rain is, and if there are any signs before." ”
"Don't send anyone."
Ma Gui said sharply: "I just saw that there seems to be a big guy in the east, so let's just go and open our eyes together, and by the way, we will do this." ”
Big?
Could it be that there can still be whales?
But it was said that this rain came and went quickly, and it was just a cup of tea, and the rain disappeared.
After Wang Shouye and Ma Gui asked the two prison guards for instructions, they dispatched fifty foreign guards to warn the people nearby, and by the way, investigate the area of the fish landing, as well as the signs and strangeness related to it.
Ma Gui was still thinking about the 'big guy', so after leaving the yamen, he pulled Wang Shouye and went straight to the east.
At this time, many people have taken to the streets, and some of the bold ones have even begun to pick the good-looking fish and carry them to their homes.
The reason why we want to talk about carrying rather than taking is because these fish are generally large, three feet to five feet are the norm, and it is not uncommon to be more than seven feet, but the 'small fish' below three feet are extremely rare.
Wang Shouye even saw a 'shark' that was nearly a foot long.
The reason for the quotation marks is that the shark has a flattened palate with wings that extend to the sides, and its eyes are on either side of the palate.
This can't be a mutation, right?
Suspicious, Wang Shouye immediately called two foreign guards, asking one of them to guard the shark, and the other to go back to the yamen to set up a car, so that the shark could be transported back for study.
Along the way, there are four or five similar strange fish, but they have all passed the East Fourth Archway, but the so-called big guy has not even a shadow.
"Brother Chongzhi."
Wang Shouye couldn't help but wonder: "Did you read it wrong at that time?" Or maybe that thing wasn't that big......"
"Can I still be wrong with this eyesight? Maybe it fell into a house? ”
Ma Gui said, just turn around and find it again.
Wang Shouye refused to follow him to kill time this time, because after the East Fourth Archway, the number of fish on the street began to decrease significantly—of course, the size of the fish also increased from the common three to five feet to five to six feet.
Perhaps further on, it is the edge of this rainfall range.
Wang Shouye wanted to confirm the matter, so he was naturally unwilling to go back with Ma Gui and look for the so-called big guy.
So the two parted ways in the East Fourth Archway, one continued to the east, and the other turned back to the west.
Sure enough, it was similar to Wang Shouye's speculation, and when he arrived near Chaoyang Gate, there was almost no seafood on the street.
According to the confessions of the surrounding people, there was almost no ordinary rain at that time.
After that, Wang Shouye conducted a horizontal investigation.
It was found that this strange rain covered about two miles from north to south, and the rain area was generally 80 to 120 zhang away from the city wall.
But it is not without exceptions.
For example, a whale with a body length of more than 7 zhang [23.33 meters] landed on the 'arid zone' less than 30 zhang from the city wall.
There are whales!
There are also a few exceptions, which are also oversized sea creatures, and the most eye-catching of them is a king squid with a body size of about four feet.
This made Wang Shouye can't help but give birth to some reverie and speculation.
"Lord Wang, Lord Wang!"
While they were comforting a few weeping people—the whale had killed three and wounded four in two families—two guards cried out.
When they saw the whale that looked like a hill, both of them were dumbfounded, until Wang Shouye asked them about their intentions, and the two hurriedly reported that Ma Gui had finally found the 'big guy', and asked Wang Shouye to go over and take a look.
Speaking of 'big guy', the two of them looked at the whale in unison, and they couldn't help but feel a little weak between their words.
Obviously, compared to what Magui is looking for, this whale is the real 'big guy'.