Chapter 11: The Legend of the Mermaid

Back on the island, they were speechless all night, and neither of them slept well.

At dawn, the whole island is still immersed in the tranquility of the early morning.

The footsteps of Gou Hong walking were particularly loud, and Qi Zhiming greeted him.

"Brother Ming, are you up too? I didn't sleep all night. How do you say Old Man Liu's formation can be used? Although Gou Hong didn't sleep all night, he couldn't see the slightest tiredness.

"You kid are still so breathless? Isn't the use of the formation to use spirit stones? You got it?" Qi Zhiming said angrily.

"Then where are you going to find the spirit stone?" Gou Hong asked with a bitter face.

"Wait, there is a chance to take Xiao Bu out to find out. You have to calm down now, and don't let the merfolk see anything. Hide your strength, what was before, and what you are now. After all, it's still unpredictable, remember?" Qi Zhiming was really worried that this guy was a poor man and a rich man, and he didn't know why for a while, so that everyone would know about it.

While the two were talking, they heard the sound of someone approaching in the distance.

Since learning the exercises, the hearing of the two of them has been very different from ordinary people, and they are well aware of the wind and grass 100 meters away.

"You two have been out for five days, and you don't say anything beforehand······ The elders have been looking for you several times, come with me! As soon as they met, the princess's crisp voice rang out.

chattering non-stop, like a simple little girl in a secular society.

Follow the princess all the way to the elder's residence. With the smile of the little mermaid princess like a flower, the crisp and sweet explanation, and I didn't feel lonely and long along the way.

"The two little friends are really people with great fate. The old man is domineering and full of energy, and this time must be very exciting. It can be seen that the old man is not old and dizzy, and he is not useless. "The mermaid elder seems to be an ordinary old man, with a thin face and a smile, like a chrysanthemum blooming.

"The elder complimented us, we just stayed on the island for a long time and were bored and playing, and we didn't leave the island. The elder has lived on this island for a long time, and he must be familiar with every grass and tree on the island, so how can he say that he has an adventure? "Although Qi Zhiming said that his luck was not good, he was also a clever person, how could he not see the clues?

"Haha, it seems that the old man is really old, don't blame you. Ming people don't talk darkly, we are a mermaid family, and these little friends must have known it for a long time. I wonder if there is a secular prejudice that humans and mermaids cannot coexist with each other in the world? "It's really good to be an old fish.

Qi Zhiming wanted to watch it and see what other tricks could be, so he pretended to be nervous and said, "Why did the elder say this? We thought we were of the same family as merfolk. It's just that because of the different living environment, some changes have taken place in the process of evolution! Besides, the grace of saving lives, the grace of reconstruction! How can there be prejudice? ”

"Everything has life, and if you can save the lives of the two little friends, that is also the great blessing of the two of you. The mermaid people are just at the right time, and there is no need to worry about it, and this matter should not be mentioned again. Little friend has not yet answered the prejudice and hostility between humans and mermaids! The old man is old, and he will die soon, but the people still have to continue to survive. ”

"The two little friends are from the land, for the society in the world, although I have gone through thousands of years but I don't know a thing or two, and I hope that the little friends will describe it in detail. Indicate the way, how can the people survive? As he spoke, the mermaid elder bowed deeply.

was so frightened that Qi Zhiming immediately jumped up, and bowed to the end to return the salute.

Gou Hong has learned from it.

Are you kidding? This elder has lived for a thousand years. The White Lady has only changed from a snake to a human for a thousand years, and she has the ability to turn over the river and the sea, which is impressive.

These mermaids, big and small, old and young, are exactly like humans! The ability must be not small. This old man and elder may be even more powerful, if he does it to the two of them, it will be an instant kill! No, you have to talk well, and leaving alive is fundamental.

"The elder is gracious! We live on land, and we never dreamed of meeting the legendary mermaids. Originally, in order to make money to support his family, he went to assassinate a villain, but he was hunted down afterwards. If it hadn't been for the rescue, I am afraid that I would have been buried at the bottom of the sea. ”

"The younger generation knows very little, and it all comes from some non-existent news reports and some folklore. Maybe the evaluation is not very good, but are the seniors still willing to listen? You won't be angry with us after listening to it, will you? After Qi Zhiming finished speaking, he looked at the mermaid elder's eyes fixedly.

"Xiaoyou is too worried, since the old man wants to understand the impressions and opinions of the people on your human land, that is, your society and the world, he naturally hopes that you can know everything! Haha, don't be afraid, prejudice has been around for a long time, right? It's none of your business. I hope that the little friends will talk endlessly and tell everything they know! The chrysanthemum-like smiling face can't hide the cunning eyes, but it also carries expectations and luck.

"The seniors are not jealous, and the juniors are presumptuous, and after listening to it, I hope that the juniors will not blame the juniors for their false words. It's not our impressions, it's just anecdotes and legends! Qi Zhiming confirmed again.

"Please, it's okay." As he spoke, the elder glanced at the group of merfolk sitting below.

"Everybody listen. No matter how bad the humans on the land have and treat us mermaids, they are not allowed to be hostile or killed, and those who violate the rules of the clan will be dealt with! The eerie tone fits perfectly with his face.

The clansmen should be in unison.

"The younger generation is presumptuous. There is a book called "Sou Shen Ji", which contains "There are mermaids outside the South China Sea, and the water dwells like fish, and they do not waste their weaving achievements. If his eyes weep, he can become pearls. That's what I said. ”

"Another one says mermaids, mermaids, all of them are beauty-like."

"There is a record in the Taiping Guangji: 'Sea mermaid, sea mermaid. There are in the East China Sea, the big one is five or six feet long, like a person, eyebrows, mouth, nose, hands and claws, and the head are all beautiful women, all of which are sufficient. The skin and flesh are as white as jade, scaleless, with fine hairs, light and soft in five colors, and one or two inches long. His hair was like a horsetail, and he was five or six feet long. After speaking, Qi Zhiming stopped and looked at the mermaid elder's reaction.

"Please keep talking!" The elder's face was expressionless, and the expressions of the other merfolk were also unchanged.

"What you just said was all good for you, aren't you all complacent and holding back your laughter?" Qi Zhiming sneered.

"There are mermaids in the East China Sea, who live in the corals of the seabed, and their sex is the most lewd. Confusing the fisherman with his voice, there are no bones left. Without a soul, it is most ruthless. Later generations caught it, poured it with ointment, and burned the lamp all year round. It became extinct. ”

Qi Zhiming said in his heart: "Now you feel better, right?"

looked at the mermaid and still didn't react, and her expression remained unchanged. That's amazing! This kind of qi cultivation kung fu is either a turtle or an executive, and ordinary people can't do it.

"Tang Li Xin has a song "Merman Song" that says: 'Mermaids dive underwater dwelling, and swim with fish up and down their sides.

The light silk is unknowable, and the night is clear and even the moonlight.

Sometimes boarding in the city, the island is already green.

Weeping beads to repay the kindness, see you next year this year.

I knew that all ethnic groups had it, and the hundred-foot deep spring was erected.

The bird has no empty mountain, who looks back, and looks at the clouds and turns himself in. ’

This is the lyrics written by the merman. I didn't have much knowledge and couldn't understand it, so I could only memorize it as best I could. After Qi Zhiming finished speaking, he looked at the elder calmly.

Gou Hong next to him asked quietly, "Brother Ming, do you really have to be able to carry these things?" Or did you memorize it before? "A look of adoration.

"Less nonsense!" Qi Zhiming glared at him, and he didn't look at the time of mischief. If this is a failure to deal with it, there is no place to die. Maybe it's a dead fish!

Hate Qi Zhiming's teeth, is it easy for Lao Tzu? There is so much oil and water to search the intestines and scrape the belly, whether it works or not depends on how the mermaid understands, it is estimated that this old man and elder are not so easy to fool.

Sure enough, the mermaid elder asked again, "What Xiaoyou said is full of legends. I heard what I said, but I didn't say it. ”

This old guy is really not easy to fool.

Qi Zhiming was helpless, recalled the reports he had seen before and some of the news that was spread by falsehood, and said slowly: "The elder doesn't blame the juniors for spreading falsehoods, so I will inform the seniors of the rumors I have heard." But the rumors are often distorted, and the predecessors just listen to the story, but not the truth. ”

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In the Song Dynasty, it is recorded in the book "Zu Yi Ji": "During the reign of Taizong of the Song Dynasty, an official named Cha Dao went to Goryeo and saw a woman appear on the sea, with red clothes and double covers, messy sideburns, slightly red cheeks, and a life in the water. Worship the hand and feel in love, but the mermaid also. ”

In 1962, the British "Sun", China's Harbin "New Evening News" and many other newspapers and periodicals reported: A Soviet exploration ship carrying scientists and military experts caught a child who could speak human language off the coast of Cuba. The little mermaid claims to be from Atlantis, which sank to the bottom of the ocean millions of years ago. The people who survive today live at the bottom of the sea and live up to 300 years old.

On August 24, 1980, Kuwait's "Torch" reported that a mermaid was found on the coast of the Red Sea, with an upper body like a fish and a lower body like a woman's body, with two legs and ten toes like a human.

In April 1990, Wen Wei Po reported: A team of construction workers found a magical creature with a beautiful dark-skinned princess in a tomb near the shore of the Black Sea outside Suojiao City. The lower body is a scaly fish tail with a total length of 173 cm, which died 3,000 years ago, about 100 years old at the time of death.

On July 2, 1991, Singapore's "United Daily" reported: A 12,000-year-old mermaid fossil, 160 centimeters long, died in a landslide off the coast of Banslav. The eyes are like fish, there are no eyelets, and the hands are clawed. The upper body is human, and the lower body is a fishtail.

In August 1991, two fishermen in the United States discovered the skeleton of a half-mermaid in the stomach of a tiger shark.

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"In fact, there are a lot of hearsay stories, but just pick a few of them to say, the predecessors are not strange." Qi Zhiming said apologetically.

After listening to Qi Zhiming's words, the mermaid elder pondered for a long time, and suddenly said, "Can you look at us like a mermaid?" ”

Qi Zhiming scolded secretly.

It's not appropriate to answer this question, let's say like, now people don't have fish tails. Let's not say it's like it, people claim to be mermaids. For a while, it was not certain whether the other party liked to be a human or a fish.

Once you answer carelessly and anger the other party, whether the two of you are steamed or braised depends on people's dietary preferences.

No matter which choice is not good for the two of them, it is because Qi Zhiming is unable to answer.

"I don't look like a merfolk. Merfolk have tails, none of you have, just like us humans. But just now you said that you yourself are mermaids, otherwise how could you have lived a thousand years? Gou Hong saw that Qi Zhiming couldn't answer, so he walked over directly and said.

Gou Hong's previous sentence startled Qi Zhiming, and the latter sentence relieved him, this kid is still a little reliable. Such a straightforward, unvarnished answer is the best choice.

Sure enough, the mermaid elder was also caught off guard by Gou Hong's answer, and was stunned for a moment, and said, "We are indeed a mermaid family, and other questions will slowly become clear in the future." After a pause, he said: "The old man wants to ask Qi Xiaoyou to accompany the princess out of the island, I don't know what Xiaoyou wants?" ”

This seems to be a discussion, but in fact it is an order. People are under the eaves, is there any discussion?

"The younger generation is low, I am afraid that I will live up to the high expectations of the seniors, and the elders should not think that the younger generations have dragged down the princess. The grace of saving lives is beyond retribution, and the sword mountain and the sea of fire are not afraid. Seniors, don't worry! Qi Zhiming said with a smile.

"Xiaoyou is serious, there is no risk of going. Don't you want to figure out the situation in the surrounding waters as soon as possible? ”

Looking at the old man's expression that seemed to be smiling, Qi Zhiming was sulking. It's really tiring to talk to such a fish spirit.

You can't fight your eyes, you can only take one step at a time. In case of trouble, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, and it is tiring to think so much! He has a plan, and I have a wall ladder!

"The words of the seniors mean that the juniors accompanied the princess out of the island alone?" Qi Zhiming asked again.

"Xiaoyou can be alone, Gou Xiaoyou stays on the island as a guest. There is no need to worry, the old man made sure that Gou Xiaoyou was safe and sound. The princess is young, and she hopes that Qi Xiaoyou will take more care of her along the way. ”

Hearing what the mermaid elder said, Qi Zhiming and Gou Hong both understood.

This is leaving a person as a hostage. Once he is gone, or the princess is hurt in some way, then Gou Hongke will be more than lucky. So far, there is nothing to be done, I just hope to come back safely, and there is no other way.

Back in the room, Qi Zhiming repeatedly told Gou Hong not to act rashly, not to reveal the exercises, not to confide in treasures, and not to talk too much······

Gou Hong was irritable, and the conversation ended with Gou Hong's shouting "Mom".