Chapter 309: The Crystal Palace of the Merman King
From afar they saw the light boat of the rich man, which approached the island, and they followed it, as if it were a road under the sea, and the grass huts were lined up on both sides, and because of a turn they turned the corner, and the light car of the rich man was gone.
Liu Wenjiao stopped her car, first made a move to settle the lake, and then took the lead out of the car door, Mao Ping and Ruyiguo also followed, only Liu Qing had no choice, he didn't know how to use magic water, so he had to stay in the car and wait.
They came to the outside of a thatched hut, and after only standing for a while, a male merman came out of it, and the mermaid did not panic when he saw them, probably mainly because they often dealt with humans, and the man invited them into the hut, and they followed them without politeness.
When I went in, I saw that this grass hut still had a bottom, as if it was seaweed, and it was woven into a very thick, mat-like bottom. I saw that some of the furnishings inside were also relatively rudimentary, there were beds made of ropes, and there were things like long cases made of ropes, and some objects were placed on them, among which there were plates and bowls and other things.
Strangely enough, there were two pocket-like objects made of shark silk floating in the hut, and the two ends of this pocket were tied up, and the object in the middle seemed to be still moving.
Ruyiguo was very curious, he moved the pocket, and felt that it seemed to be a living creature inside, and the hostess of the house hurriedly stepped forward and said: "This is our girl, she has just been born for more than three months, put her in the pocket, and there is no water in it, so that she will feel more comfortable." It turned out that this woman also spoke the popular language of the humans of the Batu continent.
These people under the lake are really not simple, and they can use the buzzwords of the Batu continent. "Aren't you used to sleeping underwater?" Ruyiguo asked suddenly. "We were adapted, but then again, we spent too much time in the water and felt uncomfortable on our skin, so we sometimes went up to bask in the sun a lot. Because the child is just born, it grows faster when it is carried in the pocket. ”
"In that case, you can move to the shore to live!" Shigehei asked involuntarily.
"If we move to the shore, we are also not used to it, and if it is more than 24 hours, we will shorten our life a little bit." The man said, and the hostess continued: "We sometimes go into the bag and come out again after a while. ”
"Oh, that's how you regulate your life." Liu Wenjiao looked at this man, his hair was shaved and the top of his head was tattooed.
"It turns out that you can breathe in water, and our race has a wonderful way to make people breathe and live in the sea, but also at the cost of reducing their lifespan, but no one in the human race knows this secret method. The man said.
"You may build a house out of stone at the bottom of the lake, or dig a hole in the edge of the lake." Ruyiguo told them.
"In the old days, when we lived in the ocean, we mined rocks and built scaffolding, planted fast-growing coral creatures, and then built undersea cities underneath them, and there were thousands of people in the cities, and there were villages, and there were hundreds of people, and then we migrated here to the Red Sea Lake, which has a warmer climate."
"It seems that your race is large, and you are one of the people who migrated to the Red Sea Lake?" Liu Wenjiao was checking their shark silk, and she wanted to buy them all.
"We sharks have a country, and we also have kings, which means that the population gradually accumulates more, and countries appear and no longer migrate. Most of our merman countries are city-states. The hostess introduced.
"We, the mermaid king. Both men and women can be kings, and it is hereditary. There was also an official system and a small number of standing guards, but in wartime the army was temporarily recruited from among the people. It was those of us who were shaved off our heads who became soldiers when the time came. The man said.
The man's master told them eloquently: Originally, in the country of the mermaids, there were ministers and officials of various ministries to handle affairs, and the people were divided into citizens and slaves, and the slaves were composed of criminals, aliens and prisoners of war. In ancient times, in addition to fighting with their own races, they also often fought with the human race, and the main way for them to get rid of their slave status was to seize property and redeem themselves or make war achievements in war.
But their armies are also limited, and the main force of the merman's battle in the sea is mainly driven by schools of carnivorous fish. There are specialized sea whisperers, that is, mages, who use exorcism spells. After a war, it was also miserable, and the sea was bloody.
The mermaids often migrate with the changes in the direction of the fish and the warm currents of the sea, on average once every ten years, leaving behind the remains of an empty city.
Their nests made of aquatic weeds hang in the sea, and a tribe will have hundreds of such nests connected by it. Some cities used hollow plinths and pillar walls made of sea limestone, and built their houses with light sea plants, so they could also float in the sea and facilitate migration. Due to the alliance of the tribes, some of the mermaids have increased their productivity, occupied good current areas, and began to domesticate fish and sea plants, forming a settled life.
"It turns out that they also have wars, it seems that where there is a race, there is a war, not to mention in the world or in the world." Liu Wenjiao said with a smile, and she turned to the hostess again: "I want to buy a large number of silk, you can go to the neighbor's house and ask them to come and sell it to me." "77 e-books
After a while, a few women came, holding a pile of silk with both hands, Liu Wenjiao asked Ruyi Fruit to collect it, and then gave them three gold ingots, saying that they should share it themselves. They all said that there were too many, and one of them was a woman, who wore more ornaments on her head than they were, and seemed to be the noble one among them.
The noble rich man said to Liu Wenjiao: "I can sell you a water-repellent bead, plus the silk that I sold to you before, you just need to give me another gold ingot." ”
"Avoiding water beads is so magical, in the ancient legends of our country, there is a magical bead left over from ancient times, and it can open up a dry road in the monstrous waves, and walk in the water like walking on the ground. You can go down to all the oceans, enter all the rivers and lakes, and go to the Dragon Palace. This is the legendary water-repellent bead. "The captain of the palace guard, Mohei, looked very excited when he said it." Could it be that there is more than one water-repellent bead? Ruyiguo asked with his mouth half-open. However, there is also a legend that the eyes of the aquarium Neidan and the Arowana are to avoid the water beads. Liu Wenjiao said.
"This statement is right, there is a Taoist water tribe Neidan, it must be a water bead, for example, there are some high-level fish monsters, there are water beads." After Ruyiguo finished speaking, she saw the woman coming from outside, and there was no water on the left and right sides of her body, one meter wide.
She went into the hut, and there was no water in the whole space. Liu Wenjiao took the water-avoiding bead, and Ruyiguo handed over a gold ingot.
The noble lady said, "Just now a woman who sells silk silk said that you are the imperial concubine of the Dayue Kingdom on the Batu Continent, and she sold silk to you in the morning, saying that you helped cure the plague in Jiangyuan Country, and we also respected you after hearing about it, and I just reported to the king, and the king said let me lead you to him." ”
"Well, then I'll go and pay a visit to your king." After Liu Wenjiao finished speaking, she walked out with the water beads, she came to her mechanized car, opened the door and let Liu Qing out. Where did Liu Qing dare to come out, she said to the imperial concubine: "Isn't it my life to let me go out?" ”
"How can I kill you? Do you see water around us? The two captains of the palace guards asked questions, which made Liu Qing's eyes widen, and there seemed to be no water around them, but she was not sure, Liu Wenjiao pulled her out in a hurry.
Several people followed the woman to the king's residence, sure enough, this place is different, the first thing that catches your eye is a light blue light, the gate is mysterious and magnificent from a distance, and after entering it, you can see that the main color of the whole palace is light blue, which also makes the palace full of a dreamy feeling.
From the details, you can see that the palace is covered with sapphire crystals used for decoration, while the tall palace buildings and suspended crystals show a magical atmosphere.
Gorgeous, peugeot, beautiful, magnificent carved railing, unique. The interior of the palace is dominated by gold and precious stones, and just as the historians of the Great Viet Kingdom fantasize about underwater palaces, gold treasures are everywhere, and spices and ivory are all over the house. If the Dragon Lord sees this crystal palace, it will definitely mean that this palace is weak.
It was originally believed that the seabed has always been one of the most mysterious areas on earth, so the imagination about the seabed has never stopped, and if there is a kingdom under the sea, then what would their royal palace look like? It turned out that their palace was so magnificent and magnificent.
Liu Wenjiao looked up and saw a huge water-repellent bead hanging on the dome, blue like a blue moon, so dreamy and beautiful.
"You can see that although the palace uses a lot of columns to support the palace building, the interior is very tight, and there is no leakage of seawater." The captain of the palace guard said admiringly.
"You don't see that moon-sized droplet? Will there still be water in such a large water-sheltering palace? Ruyiguo asked rhetorically.
As they looked from place to place, admiring the majesty of the palace, they saw the king appear in the company of his attendants, dressed more dashing than the noble man they had seen, with a sumptuous streamer and a beautiful crown of pearls of all colors.
"Welcome to the Imperial Concubine." The king first raised his scepter and then gave a message of welcome. Liu Wenjiao saluted the king and said: "Dear king, your palace is so beautiful, I really regard him as the crystal palace of the dragon king, I have never seen the crystal palace of the dragon king, I think this must be a great underwater building that surpasses the crystal palace." ”
The king didn't pay attention to their words at this moment, he was staring at these two women tightly, these two women from the Batu continent are really beautiful, and the imperial concubine is too beautiful. That woman is also dazzling in beauty, she must be the maid of the imperial concubine, how beautiful, a woman in the world, but the men in the world say that our woman is a mermaid, I think it is far worse than their woman.
"Respected imperial concubine, you are really too complimentary, your arrival makes me seem to see the peony in full bloom in the world, the peony is beautiful, you are willing to say that she is beautiful and fragrant. You praise my palace, but it's a pity that I only live underwater, and there are many limitations underwater, and I can't compare with the humans of your Batu continent. Because of the king's distraction just now, he almost fell into an embarrassing situation, thanks to an official in front of him.
The king invited them to a seat, and they began to talk warmly......