Speaking of which, this Yan Palace is much simpler than the Shu Palace, and it can't be compared with the Zhou Imperial Court, but it is one more wall than the two palaces, and the city gates, arrow towers and the like are very complete, adding a bit of solemnity. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Le Jian got out of the carriage with Fei Cai and walked into the city gate, until he came to the palace of King Yan, who was sitting on the throne waiting for him.

"Your Majesty has sent a letter to inform the king of the intention of the Marquis of Donghai, and at this moment of crisis, the Marquis of Donghai can work tirelessly to help in person, and the king is grateful." King Yan waved his hand and said after Fei Cai sat down.

Fei Cai raised his eyes and saw that King Yan was about fifty years old, with a dignified appearance and a tall figure, like a military general and more than a king, but there was a trace of sadness between his eyebrows, which must have something to do with this merman's entry into the court.

"The king is polite, this merman has entered the Kou, although the disaster is only Yan Guo, but it is also the people of the Great Zhou, and Benhou is here just to do his best to rescue some innocent people. King, why did this merman join the court, can you tell me in detail? Fei Cai knew that the situation was urgent, so he stopped being polite and went straight to the point.

King Yan signaled to Lejian, and Lejian began to tell the story.

"Master Hou also knows that the east of my Yan country is close to the sea, and this merman is a foreign race in the sea, with a smooth body, and there are streamers and whiskers hanging down to cover it, so he usually no longer wears clothes. When standing or walking in the water, the leather wings and whiskers cover most of the body, and the upper body is bare when swimming, and the lower body is in the streamer. The mermaids live on Mermaid Island in the East China Sea, and they are docile and not brutal on weekdays, and if a fishing boat gets lost and strays on Mermaid Island, they will lead them back to the mainland on the bow of the boat. ”

"The rebellion began a month ago, when a fishing boat floated in the coastal port of Mengjin, the hull was badly damaged, and only two live mouths were left on it, and as soon as they came ashore, one of them died, and the surviving man told the local officials that they were attacked by sharks while fishing at sea, and there were five people on board, and the captain saw that the momentum was not right and hurriedly raised the sails and returned to the sea, but he did not escape all of them, only he survived."

"Since that day, there has been news that fishing boats have been attacked by sharks, and after the officials of Mengjin Port reported it, they sent warships to the sea to find out what happened to Mermaid Island, but who knows, none of them have been able to return."

"Moreover, since that day, the mermaids have become more and more rampant, not only attacking all kinds of ships going to sea, but even appearing in coastal villages, several villages have been razed to the ground by them, and the people have been displaced."

"There is no way, the coastal area of my Yan Kingdom is too wide, and the existing number of monks cannot take care of all of them, so the king ordered the coastal residents to hide in the county town first, and then send monks to be stationed there to protect the safety of the residents."

"Who knows, the mutation still happened, just three days ago, Yuyang County came to the urgent document, the county was attacked by the mermaids overnight, when the army arrived the next day, Yuyang County has been broken by the mermen, the monks who defended the city only survived, and half of the county was also destroyed by the mermen, the soldiers were killed and wounded, and even the residents were killed and wounded, hey..."

"Master Le, do you have a map of Yan Country to help me point out where Yuyang County is?" Fei Cai thought about it and spoke.

King Yan waved his hand, and the waiter on the side put a map in front of Fei Cai, and Le Jian pointed to a city sign in the southeast of Beiping near the seaside and said: "This is Yuyang County, and the mermaids landed from here to attack the county seat overnight, and then returned to the sea by the same way." ”

Looking at the map, Fei Cai saw the clues, although this Yuyang County is also close to the sea, but there is a county seat in its northeast direction, Anle County, which is closer to the sea, why do the mermaids put the closest Anle County from the sea not to attack, but to attack Yuyang County from afar, there must be something in this county that attracts them.

He informed Le Jian and King Yan of this discovery, and at the same time said, "Great King, Lord Le, where is the surviving monk of Yuyang County, and can I say a few words to him?" ”

"It just so happened that the surviving warrior was healing in the Imperial Hospital's Pavilion, and I asked someone to bring him to talk to Master Hou."

"Okay, Lord Labor."

After a while, a pale-faced man came from outside the hall, and as soon as he entered the main hall, he saluted King Yan: "The minister Yuguang pays a visit to the king." ”

"Yu Zhuangshi, please, this is the Marquis of the Great Zhou Donghai, specially for this merman to make trouble, I heard that you had a war with the merman the day before yesterday, and I want to ask you about some things, you don't have anything to hide, just tell the truth."

"Yes, my lord." Then Yu Guang bowed his hand to Fei Cai again, "Meet Master Hou." ”

"Yu Zhuangshi doesn't have to be polite, please sit down, where was Yu Zhuangshi when he was attacked that day, have you ever seen the whole process of the merman's siege of the city? Don't misunderstand, Ben Hou doesn't doubt your martial arts, but you need to know the details of the situation at that time before you can make a judgment. ”

"Yes, Hou Ye Mingjian, I was the city protector that night, and I was responsible for controlling the city guard tower on the city wall. Due to the frequent invasion of the mermen, we also ensured that at least a third of the monks on the city wall were on duty at night, and I remember that it was a cloudy day that night, the visibility was very poor, and the lights on the castle tower could only shine a few dozen meters. It was almost midnight, and one of the guards heard a strange sound not far away, and when the fireworks were released from the city wall, they realized that the merman was already approaching the city wall. ”

Speaking of this, Yu Guang's face turned pale again, as if he recalled something terrible, and Fei Cai hurriedly poured him a glass of wine to suppress his shock.

After a glass of wine, his face looked a little better, and after thanking Fei Cai, he continued: "When the merman found out that he had been discovered, he let out a cry and rushed directly to the city wall, their bodies were covered with thick scales, although they did not hold weapons in their hands, but those hands were like daggers inserted into the bricks of the city wall and climbed up, I also quickly manipulated the tower to shoot arrows at them, but their scales seemed to be oiled, unless they were shot head-on, otherwise the arrows would cause them little damage, But even so, I didn't stop attacking the building until I ran out of mana and fell into a coma. ”

"Then you were unconscious at the end, did those mermaids break through the city wall?" There was no way, for the doubts in his heart, Fei Cai had to force Yu Guang to recall the painful experience of that night.

Yu Guang nodded sadly, and said in a hoarse voice: "Yes, at that time, part of the city wall had been breached, and I remember that those mermaids went straight to the county office, and I don't know what happened after that." ”

Fei Cai narrowed his eyes and looked at King Yan and Lejian, "King, I want to go to Yuyang County to have a look." ”