The royal capital of Yingzhou is a long way to Wanghai County in Xuzhou. Zhuo Zhenggong took Shen Shuo all the way north.

Because to the east of Yingzhou is the majestic Zhuoguang Mountain, there are only two roads to Xuzhou, one of which goes south to Yinzhou, and then goes east from the tail of the remaining veins of Zhuoguang Mountain.

The other road is the closest, which is to go north through Luzhou, along the mirror lake and then all the way to the east, through the north of Huzhou, and then go east for more than 100 miles, you can reach Xuzhou.

Xuzhou is adjacent to Longshenhai in the east, and the six counties are all named after the sea, and the easternmost Wanghai County is named after the sea of Mufeng.

There is a mountain in the place near the sea in Wanghai County, called Mufeng Mountain, Linlong Shenhai, the wall stands thousands of people, the west side of the mountain is Wanghai County, the east side of the mountain is the cliff cliff, when you reach the top, you can see the waves under the thousands of miles to beat the mountain, it is very spectacular, so it is also called Mufeng Haiya.

Legend has it that the people of the sea are good at water, and they can still ride the wind and waves on such waves, although even the people of Wanghai County have never seen it, but many people are still willing to believe in such legends.

In the fishing village near Ryujinkai, children's favorite thing to do is to collect shells on the beach when the tide recedes.

Because a few years ago, there was a naughty child, on the beach picked up the mermaid tears, that is a priceless treasure, the next day the family moved to the city of the state capital, it is said that the bead was bought by the rich man, in exchange for enough money and silver for a family of three to spend a lifetime.

This can be envied by the neighbors, the children who did not go to school were 'sent' by their parents to the beach to play, which can be difficult for the old village chief, the wind and waves on the sea are not as good as the fishing village, no one knows when the wind and waves suddenly rise, although the ancestors have lived here for generations, the moment of the high tide and low tide is quite accurate, but it is difficult to ensure that there are no accidents, so a few people are simply arranged to take care of those children along the coast.

This is also a beautiful difference, it is easier than going to the sea to fish, and you can also have the opportunity to pick up a treasure or something, and you can move to the state capital.

The white-bearded old man stood on the seashore, leaning on his shiny crutches, the sea breeze mixed with a faint fishy smell, blowing his white hair and beard, the old man was lying on his back, looking intently at the children playing on the beach, three or five middle-aged people along the coast, while preventing the children from falling into the sea, while looking for an opportunity to make a fortune.

The young men glanced at the white-bearded old man from time to time. But they weren't looking at their old chief, they were looking at the woman standing next to him.

A young woman dressed in purple stood quietly beside the white-bearded old man, she was slender and slender, her long hair was coiled on the top of her head, tied with a simple silver hairpin, under her smooth and white forehead, her eyebrows were lightly swept, a pair of phoenix eyes were clear and cold, with the smell of fireworks that did not eat the world, and the purple tulle scarf covered the lower half of her face, but her moist jade neck could still be seen from the side.

Even if they couldn't see her face clearly, judging from the slender and graceful figure and the exposed eyebrows, the men could still imagine that the woman under the veil must be a stunning beauty, ten times more beautiful than the most beautiful girl in the fishing village.

Looking at the fishermen whispering on the seashore in the distance, occasionally looking here, showing a complicated and eager expression, Hua Shang didn't care.

"Village Chief, have you seen Haimin?" The woman in purple asked calmly, waiting for the answer from the old man standing in front.

The sea breeze is a bit loud, especially this spring time.

"I've seen it once." The old man is already over seventy years old, if he was born in the royal capital and fell into the family of Wang Sun Guiqi, the old man of this age would not look so old, but the old man did too much hard work when he was young, so that he would grow old early.

The woman in purple didn't interject, just listened quietly to the old man's story.

"I was a teenager at the time, and it seemed like ...... At the age of twelve, my father said that there was an injured merman who was washed ashore by the tide, it was still night, and the people in the village were very curious, and I also wanted to see what the sea people looked like, so I slipped out with my friends, and the merman was put in the village chief's house, and a group of people surrounded him, and I squeezed in through the gap and saw the dying merman. The old man looked at the sea and the sky in the distance, the blue sky followed the blue sea, and his eyes became frightened and frightened.

"That merman has long aqua blue hair, and his body is like that of an adult man, only in place of his legs, it is a fishtail, but his whole body is ulcerated, and his appearance can no longer be seen, like a stinky fish and shrimp, it is full of bad smell, but he is not dead, I hear the whispers of adults, they are saying, 'Hit him, make him hurt, see if you can squeeze the shark's tears'." The old village chief's hand holding the cane trembled slightly, as if he was afraid of listening to some vicious language.

The woman in purple looked at the old man's trembling body, she didn't know how to comfort her, she was indifferent by nature, she had been in the royal capital for more than ten years, and the human nature she had seen was vicious, and it would only be more sinister than this.

"I was taken aback, and at that time, I decided to do something. My friends and I secretly carried the merman away while the adults were sleeping, and we didn't know how to save him, but I knew that we couldn't let the adults touch him, so we had to throw him into the sea, hoping that some sea people would save their people. When he said this, the old man's silent eyes showed a soft bright color, as if something gentle bloomed in the bottom of his heart.

"When we carried him to the beach, we saw a group of fishtails standing on the waves." The old man raised his head and seemed to remember the moonlight more than sixty years ago, "That night the moonlight was very bright, and the sea shone sparkling, especially beautiful, and those fishtail people were like old fishermen in the village who could tread water, standing on the water, like land, and the sea breeze blew their long hair at night, and I couldn't see their faces clearly." ”

The woman in purple looked at the sea not far away with her cold eyes, imagining the scene that the old man said.

"They took the dying merman from us, bowed down like the four of us children, and then the group went into the sea and disappeared in the blink of an eye." A soft smile appeared on the cheeks of the old village chief, "The next day, the adults found that the merman was gone, and there were fish scales left by the merman on the beach, thinking that they had been rescued by the sea people. We found out that those people had already taken care of what happened for us. ”

"Haimin also has feelings and wisdom no less than those of Zhongzhou people." The woman in purple groaned, all the people she knew about the sea people were known from the history books and ancient scrolls, and the heavenly official in the royal capital was always sleeping, and she was also silent, so she still had limited knowledge about the affairs of the sea people.

"Girl, can I ask about it?" The old village chief had seen many people and many things, and he knew at a glance that the woman in purple was by no means an ordinary person, so he asked.

"Village chief, please speak." After all, the woman in purple is a junior, and the old village chief is already an old man of her grandfather's generation, and the people of Zhongzhou are serious, so she hurriedly supports the old man.

"Girl, I don't know what will happen, but please don't hurt the people in the village, our ancestors have been here for generations, even if there is a small evil, can it be borne by the old decay." The white-bearded old man sensitively felt that the arrival of this beautiful woman in front of him would definitely be a catastrophe in the village, but he could do nothing but pray helplessly.

"The village chief can rest assured that Huashang will keep the village safe." The woman in purple spread out her right hand and covered the old man's withered hand holding the cane, giving the old man a firm reassurance.

Even though, she didn't know what was going to happen.

"Old man, thank you, girl!" The old village elder burst into tears, and his inexplicable premonition frightened him in his heart, but with such a guarantee, he still felt a little relieved.

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Along the north shore of Jinghu Lake, Zhuo Zhenggong and Shen Shuo have been traveling non-stop for a day.

In order to minimize the knowledge of others, they chose to avoid the horse post, although this would prolong the time to arrive in Xuzhou, but the time to change horses was small, and it was far more useful to not be known by those sinister people than to arrive earlier.

Zhuo Zhenggong changed into a gray gray robe, Shen Shuo wore a washed white blue cloth shirt, and carried a long sword, like two ordinary knights.

Mirror Lake is named after the water surface is as calm as a mirror, trickling in and out, leaning on Zhuoguang Mountain, the wind is sheltered, in order to maintain such a calm lake.

At the end of the day, even though Zhuo Zhenggong had a deep foundation in martial arts and did not feel tired, the horse was still tired after all and needed to rest.

The two of them and two horses stood near the lake, but fortunately, the spring breeze was getting warmer, and they didn't feel cool when they slept against the trees.

Zhuo Zhenggong picked up his sword and cut a few handfuls of grass and fed it to the two horses.

"Boss, you're a famous sword, don't you think it's tyrannical when used to cut grass?" Shen Shuo stared at Zhuo Zhenggong waving the moon chasing in his hand, chopping down a handful of artemisia grass with a sword.

It is the famous sword given by the first king to the successive divisions of the Shen Hunting Division, which is cast by the master of the craftsman Shen Yu family when Da Geng was in his heyday, with two swords in the same furnace, and another sword called the day of the day, which is said to be in the Southern Tang Kingdom.

"Use your hand, or will your sword lend me to make it?" Zhuo Zhenggong rarely joked, he cut the last handful of grass and asked the young people in his company to borrow a sword.

"Don't borrow!" Shen Shuo had just picked up the fire and was about to cook, when he heard that Zhuo Zhenggong wanted his beloved sword to cut the grass, he hurriedly hugged it and stared nervously at the slightly strong middle-aged man.

Shen Shuo knew that Zhuo Zhenggong had always been a man of his word, and when he said this, he really wanted to use his own sword, which he was reluctant.

"Just kidding." Zhuo Zhenggong picked up the scoop and turned to scoop water.

"Boss, when did you learn to joke?" Shen Shuo put his mind at ease, took out the bag of dry food from his bag, and prepared to wait for the water to come back to cook.

The Divine Capture Division always has a lot of tasks to do, and it can be regarded as a trip in Kyushu, so under the leadership of the general director, there is a 'fine tradition', that is, cooking by himself in the wild, and even if he is a man, these jobs are now handy. Except for the third brother and Qingqing, who are resident in the royal capital, everyone else has become good at cooking rice because of this, of course, it is cooked, not cooked deliciously.

Thinking of the time when I was on official duty with my second sister in the past few months, my second sister's craftsmanship ...... Let's just do it yourself.

Thinking of this, Shen Shuo raised his eyebrows, looked at Zhuo Zhenggong, who had already scooped up the water and came back, and asked, "Boss, when you were on official duty with your second sister before, who cooked?" ”

"Gorgeous clothes." Looking at the young colleague who was squeezing his eyebrows, Zhuo Zhenggong replied lightly.

"The boss is mighty!" Shen Shuo gave a thumbs up and admired Zhuo Zhenggong's strength from the bottom of his heart, after all, if he could eat the rice cooked by his second sister calmly, he was by no means an ordinary person.

"In two days, we will be able to reach Wanghai County." Shen Shuo calculated the itinerary while adding firewood, with their foot strength, they will set off early tomorrow morning, the horses are rested, and two days should be enough.

"Huashang ......" Zhuo Zhenggong was sitting cross-legged on the cool straw mat, muttering the name, the expression on his face changed, there was a shallow smile, and there was a thin worry between his eyebrows.

"The second sister is in a fishing village near the sea, and that village is very remote, so it will be fine." Shen Shuo knew Zhuo Zhenggong's worries and comforted him gently.

"Since the chaos in the world a hundred years ago, the sea people have not been on Zhongzhou, now, what do they want to do?" Zhuo Zhenggong frowned, this was the most unpredictable thing since he took over as the Divine Capture Division.

"Therefore, there are too many people who are paying attention to this matter, not only our Dachen, at least, there are people from Beili." Shen Shuo stirred the dry food that was almost cooked, and even though there was no one around for ten miles, he still lowered his voice and said.

"It's Huashang who asked you to go back to the royal capital." Zhuo Zhenggong looked at the moon as curved as a hook, the stars were also obscured by the large clouds, and the firelight danced in the stone mound, illuminating the side faces of the two men.

"Yes." Shen Shuo was silent for a long time before answering slowly, the second sister heard that the big cases in the royal capital happened one after another, and the second sister, who was originally as cold as frost, actually showed an anxious look, ignoring Zhuo Sidian's instructions before leaving, he must let him, who is the smartest of the Divine Capture Division, return to the royal capital to help.

He has always looked at the relationship between Zhuo Sidian and his second sister, one is a boring man who is polite and polite, and the other is a cold and silent iceberg woman, but even if the personalities are so weird, it is undeniable that they are all very good people, and it is not incomprehensible to be attracted to each other, not to mention that others cannot know what they have experienced together.

"Boss, you can come, the second sister must be very happy." Shen Shuo paused, but still spoke, the corners of his lips showing a slight arc.

"But she's also angry." Zhuo Zhenggong shook his head with a gentle smile, his eyes soft and doting.

"Eat, Boss!" Shen Shuo took a bowl of dry and thick soup and handed it to Zhuo Zhenggong.

"Well, you're pretty good." Zhuo Zhenggong drank half a bowl in one gulp.

Sure enough, Lord Zhuo is not without a sense of taste, he just likes to eat what his second sister makes, Shen Shuo thought of this, and couldn't help but feel that his eyes were a little moist.

"Boss, don't worry, the king has a third brother, and it's going to be fine. On the second sister's side, it will be fine. Shen Shuo didn't know how to comfort Zhuo Zhenggong, but he knew better that Zhuo Zhenggong would leave the royal capital at this time, and it would never be just because of the changes in Xuzhou, but only because this thoughtful general secretary had already planned the follow-up, and even arranged all the developments of the situation, so that he would leave the royal capital with peace of mind.

"Yes, after all, the real number one master of the Divine Capture Division is her!" Zhuo Zhenggong finally showed a smile without any worries, and drank the soup in his hand.