Chapter 17: The Pearl Incident (3)
There is a big lake at the foot of Lutai Mountain, and it is rumored that the Gu Eagle once hid in it and dragged people, so no one dared to come and stay until now.
The two carried the mermaid to the lake and gently placed it on the rock. Zhong Minyan rushed all the way over, but he forgot to lift his breath, he was so tired that he couldn't speak, so he could only squat on the ground and gasp, while saying intermittently: "Xuanji...... You, you ...... first Take care of him ......"
Xuanji squatted beside the merman, and when she saw that he was covered in injuries and there was no intact place, she couldn't help but sigh: "You...... Does it hurt? I have medicine here and can give it to you. ”
The merman just looked at her quietly, as if he couldn't understand her words, and didn't even blink his eyes.
Xuanji tugged at Zhong Minyan's sleeve: "What should I do, he doesn't seem to understand me?" ”
"You...... Care, don't care if he understands it or not! The, the dressing, the dressing, the release! Zhong Minyan finally lay down on the ground and didn't want to say a word.
Xuanji took out the Shaoyang Sect's unique golden medicine from the skin bag on his waist, and stared at the scars all over his body for a long time, there was blood and water on it, dirty, and some places turned over the skin and flesh, and it was white with blisters.
She quickly tore her handkerchief in half, dipped it in lake water to wash his wounds, and then gave him medicine. Fortunately, due to the recent demon hunting, there are many injured people, and there is still a leftover gauze bandage in the skin bag, which is enough to wrap it for him.
Giving him good medicine, Xuanji breathed a sigh of relief, simply learned from Zhong Minyan, sat on the grass, put his chin on his knees, and stared blankly at the merman.
Although this was the third time she had seen the merman up close, after all, the first two times were when he was in the water. Now that there is no water, he looks even more pale and decadent. A long algae-like hair hangs down on the back of the chest, and unlike the hair color of ordinary people, the hair of the mermaid is as black as sandalwood, black with purple in the middle, and it looks particularly gorgeous in the sun.
His eyes were pale cyan like a lake, and his eye sockets were narrower and longer than ordinary people, showing more depth of vision. Under the straight bridge of the nose, there are thin lips, probably suffering too much, the lips are pale, and they look very embarrassed.
However, no matter how you look at it, he is a "person" with a unique charm. Maybe not as elegant as Yu Sifeng, maybe not as handsome as Zhong Minyan, but as long as anyone has seen him, they can't forget him. I can't forget the pale blue eyes that were faintly sad, and I can't forget the soft and peaceful that is unique to him.
Xuanji looked stupid when she looked at it, and vaguely felt that there was a smile in his clear eyes, she suddenly came back to her senses, pulled Zhong Minyan's clothes and shouted: "Look at you!" He's laughing! Do you feel happy to be free? ”
Zhong Minyan propped up his head and looked at him, "Where is there a laugh!" Look stupid! ”
He moved his muscles and bones, jumped up from the grass, looked left and right, and said, "Si Feng, that kid, why haven't you come yet!" You won't be in any trouble, right? Xuanji, why don't you go ahead and have a look? ”
Xuanji didn't listen to him at all, she was holding the steamed cake baby in front of the merman.
"Are you hungry?" She asked carefully, "Do you want to eat?" ”
The merman still didn't speak, only looked at her lightly. Xuanji put the steamed cake to his mouth and took a bite, signaling that this thing could be eaten, and then handed the unbitten one to his mouth, his eyes full of anticipation were simply shining.
He still didn't move, and sat there like a log.
"He doesn't like to eat our stuff!" Zhong Minyan was also attracted over, "He is a merman, he should eat the things of a merman." ”
Xuanjiqi said: "What do the mermaids eat?" ”
"Uh......" Zhong Minyan thought very seriously, "mermaids live in the water, similar to fish...... I think I should eat small bugs and shrimp! You might as well dig up some earthworms and feed him! ”
Earthworm?! Xuanji couldn't help but have black lines on her head, and the merman on the opposite side seemed to be sweating a little, but she still didn't speak.
"Shark people, like humans, eat the same thing." Yu Sifeng's voice sounded in the back.
Zhong Minyan hurriedly jumped up, "How is it?" Did anyone find out? ”
Yu Sifeng shook his head and walked over, looked at the merman first, and saw that he was covered with bandages, so he couldn't help but ask Xuanji gently: "Is it you, did you do it?" ”
Xuanji nodded, "I just don't know if the human golden medicine is useful to him." ”
He smiled: "Useful." Rest assured. ”
Seeing that she was holding a steamed cake in her hand, he smiled again: "But." Sharks, don't like to eat, these snacks, you just, don't bother, anymore. ”
Xuanji said "oh", it seemed a pity, so she had to pack the steamed cake by herself and keep it for supper at night.
Zhong Minyan looked around and said, "What should I do?" Let him live in this lake? Will it be discovered? ”
Yu Sifeng squatted in front of the merman, as if he saw a familiar friend, raised his hand to comb his messy long hair, and said softly: "Don't be afraid." First stay here for a few days. Don't, let people catch it. After a month, someone will come to pick you up. ”
The merman seemed to understand him, and his eyes blinked in agreement. Zhong Minyan couldn't help but be surprised: "He can understand Si Feng's words!" Hey? Could it be that the mermaids don't understand the authentic Central Plains emphasis, but prefer the Central Plains dialect with the flavor of the western dialect? ”
Yu Sifeng glared at him helplessly, then turned back to the merman and said, "Remember, my words." Soon, someone will come. ”
Xuanji asked, "Si Feng, how do you know that someone will come to pick him up?" ”
Yu Sifeng was stunned for a moment, and then said lightly: "We, Lize Palace, have, a special person, who is responsible for dealing with these injured and underage weak demons." Not in the world, every sect is like, you Shaoyang, like that, exclude dissidents. ”
Zhong Minyan was a little angry when he heard this, but after thinking about it, he was indeed right, if it was the master or the uncle who saw this merman, let alone save it, I was afraid that they would arrest them personally.
He felt that he was at a loss, and he didn't want to admit it, so he had to snort and walked to the side and stopped talking.
Xuanji said softly: "I don't rule out dissent, I only help those who want to help." Whether it's a demon or a human. ”
Yu Sifeng was silent. After a while, he gently pushed the merman and said, "You go." This bottle of elixir is for you, if you are hungry, take one. It is also good for wounds. He tied a small purple ceramic bottle to his waist with a rope.
The merman looked at him deeply, then looked down at Xuanji, suddenly raised his head, opened his mouth, and let out a clear whistle.
The sound was simply wonderful beyond their imagination, and at first glance, goosebumps came out all over the body, and every pore opened in an instant, and the whole body was relieved by a comfortable and refreshing thing.
He took one last look at Xuanji, and suddenly turned his body upright, and the silver fishtail was like a light veil in the sunlight, and he waved it dreamily, and the brilliance overflowed, and he jumped into the lake gently and skillfully, without even splashing a drop.
The three of them watched in amazement as the ripples became bigger and bigger, and the snow-white figure of the merman was finally no longer visible, and his singing voice was still flowing in his ears, so entangled that he drifted until nine days away, and all the clouds were instantly intoxicated.
I don't know how long it took for Xuanji to wake up from this dreamlike singing, and then look at the lake, where is there still half a figure!
"Well, he'...... What was you singing about? Zhong Minyan was still a little stunned, "It's so good, I've never heard this kind of voice." ”
Yu Sifeng said lightly: "He is here, thank us." Many people say that sharks use their singing voices to confuse their minds. In fact, it is them, in their own hearts, that have ghosts. For the merman, the voice is, they, the most beautiful, baby. So, they will give, this treasure, to the benefactor. ”
Xuanji touched her arm with palpitations, and the goosebumps on it had not receded.
She was stunned for a long time, and then suddenly smiled: "Is the pearl incident a successful completion?" ”
The two on the other side were stunned for a moment, then they both laughed, and the three of them stretched out their hands at the same time with a tacit understanding, and shouted together: "Perfect ending!" We are heroes! ”
We are heroes!
That afternoon, those words kept drifting on the surface of the lake.
Three teenage children, for the first time in their lives, tasted the joy of being heroes.
After returning to the inn, their faces were flushed with excitement, and in the end, Chu Yinghong asked them what they were doing in the afternoon, but no one spoke, just laughed.
This is the secret of three people, from now on, the secret of a lifetime, the secret of friendship.
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