It is recorded in "Sou Shen Ji": "There are mermaids outside the South China Sea, who live in water like fish, and do not waste weaving achievements." The pen % fun % pavilion www.biquge.info its eyes cry can be beaded. In addition, there are many classics, legends, and wild history legends that have described the merman. Even in Western culture, there are shark people, but the West more intuitively calls shark people mermaids: the upper body is a human, and the lower half is a fish.

"There are mermaids in the East China Sea...... There are mermaids in the South China Sea......" Zhou Lao suddenly began to mumble to himself, and he barely stood firm by holding on to his chair. "Sure enough, it really exists!" Zhou Lao's eyes were extremely serious, but he was a little confused, he grabbed Lao Jiang's hand, "You said, that corpse is the corpse of a merman, how do you know that it is a merman, just because the lower half of the body is a fishtail?" ”

Lao Jiang was stunned by Zhou Lao's question, could it be that the upper body is a human, and the lower body is a fish, can there be other creatures besides shark people? Old Jiang nodded in a daze. After receiving Lao Jiang's confirmation, Zhou Lao grinned, revealing neat white dentures, but his smile was a little distorted. He suddenly rushed to the desk, opened the middle drawer suddenly, took out a bunch of keys from the corner of the drawer, carefully discerned them in the light, and pinched out a small key, aiming it at the keyhole of the rightmost drawer. Zhou Lao's hands kept trembling because of excitement, and he couldn't insert it into the keyhole, and he was sweating in a hurry. Poker Face calmly walked behind Zhou Lao, "I'll come." ”

Zhou Lao was stunned for a moment, and obediently handed the key to Poker Face. The poker face opens the drawer with ease. There was only a thick notebook in the drawer, the cowhide cover had been blackened and peeled, and the notebook had become very heavy due to the numerous newspaper clippings. Pokerface respectfully placed the notebook on the desk and stepped aside.

Zhou Lao looked at the poker face and opened the notebook. There were dense words and a few photos posted on it, Zhou Lao was not as excited as he was just now, his eyes were still urgent, "Jin Guo, come and see, is this it?" ”

Lao Jiang approached and saw that on the photo, it was the sketch portrait of the merman, there were four of them, and the portrait of the merman was drawn from four angles. Stick it on the right side of the notebook in order. The portrait even lists the characteristics of the merman, "the ears are large fins, the eyes are as large as black beads, the upper body is a human, the lower body is a fish, and the scales are black and shiny......"

Lao Jiang frowned, trying to remember, for a long time, he nodded heavily. "I'm sure."

Old Zhou's hand trembled, "Where is that tomb?" ”

"Teacher ......"

"I'd like to see it for myself." Zhou Lao's longing for the merman has been there since he was a child, and time has not diluted it, but has made this idea more and more obsessive. The notebook in front of you is the best proof of this. Zhou Lao didn't say anything to anyone, just collected information about the merman little by little. And the original intention of studying paleontology is also to prove that the merman really exists.

"Legend has it that the mermaids live in the dark depths of the sea. A long, long time ago, when there were just humans on the continent, the land and sea changed, and part of the land was submerged by the sea due to earthquakes or other reasons, and sank to the bottom of the sea. These people on land, who are well versed in the nature of water, have slowly survived in the water, and after evolution, they have become the appearance of the legendary shark people...... So, from a certain point of view, merfolk and we are the same ancestor. Zhou Lao explained, Poker Face and Lao Jiang listened carefully, and out of respect and habit, they did not interrupt him.

Ah Shen rummaged through the thick notebook, "Then what is this?" He pointed to one of the photos, "How does this have two tails, how do two tails swim?" It's like two legs......"

"I don't know if you've heard that some sharks have two fins, that is, they have two tails. I suspect that this mermaid should have evolved from a man to a merman, and the two legs of the man became the double tail fin of the merman, and one of the tail fins gradually degenerated over time. It became a tail fin later. ”

"Seriously, old man, you have collected so much information just to prove the existence of the merman? If you want me to say, is it so important that there is no existence or not? "Ah Shen said casually. Zhou Lao was a little dissatisfied, and he looked at Ah Shen incredulously, "After you lose your memory, don't you even have the most basic truth-seeking desire to engage in archaeology?" If you follow your logic, then everything is not something to do, because it is not so important that it must be done. ”

Zhou Lao's words made Ah Shen speechless, and he spread his hands to express helplessness. I went straight outside.

Zhou Lao shook his head, "How could Ah Shen?" ”

Lao Jiang smiled softly, looked at Ah Shen's back, and comforted Zhou Lao Dao, "I heard Ah Shen's fiancée Yu Yue say that Ah Shen's personality has changed greatly due to the accident that injured the nerves in his brain. ”

Zhou Lao's disappointment with Ah Shen did not dispel his obsession with the merman wanting to get to the bottom of it, "Jin Guo, you haven't told me yet, what tomb is the dried corpse of the merman in?" ”

Poker Face looked at Lao Jiang and nodded at him.

Lao Jiang stepped forward, "Teacher, we are here for this matter today." As I recall, you mentioned that there should be a different approach to necromorphic paleontology. It's not a simple black donkey's hooves and black dog's blood that can be subdued. ”

"Oh my shame you remember. Because this is not used much in reality, it is not necessary for ordinary archaeologists to learn it at all. Why do you guys ask this? "Although Old Zhou is old, his heart is bright." What kind of paleontological corpse changed? As soon as Old Zhou's voice fell, without waiting for Lao Jiang to answer, he suddenly seemed to understand everything, and looked at Lao Jiang with wide eyes. You don't mean ......?"

"Yes, mermaid." Lao Jiang helped Zhou Lao to sit down, "At that time, in the bronze tomb under the sea, I heard the cry for help from the wall. I'm sure it was the merman who passed it on to me. The merman's dried corpse was small, and my duffel backpack was big enough to fit it in. So, I brought it back. ”

Old Zhou frowned and shook his head, "You! After all these years, it's already a blessing that nothing major happened to you. Legend has it that the mermaids are extremely ferocious, and when they die, they will cast a poisonous curse, cursing those who touch and destroy their corpses. Why did you just take it away?! ”

"I didn't know that when I woke up, the merman was already in my backpack. I took it out and locked it in my old house. But there is no curse as the teacher said. In the past few years, it has been smooth sailing, and the financial resources are rolling. ”

"So what are you going to do now?"

"Two days ago, I went to the old mansion with Poker Face to take a look, and the merman seemed to have changed his corpse......"

Zhou Lao shook his head helplessly, "It is no longer in line with their attributes for you to bring the corpse of the merman to the shore, they all say that after the creature dies, it should go back from where it came from, I think if the cry for help you hear is really from the corpse of the merman, then I also hope that you can take it to the sea." I didn't expect you to bring it home. It must be grateful to you for taking it away from that bronze tomb, which made you prosperous in the past few years. After all these years, you still haven't thought of sending it back to the sea, and of course it's going to curse you. ”

Old Jiang stomped his feet vigorously, "Teacher, I will understand as soon as you say it." But now the question is...... It has taken over my ancestral hall, you see here. Lao Jiang pointed to the wound on his face, "I'm still hurt by it." We rushed all the way here this time just to get the teacher to think of a way to see if there was a way to surrender this corpse merman. ”

"Do you know what the cause of the corpse is?"

"The host of the corpse itself has a grudge, or the environment of the corpse changes suddenly."

"Throughout the ages, some laymen who robbed tombs would use things such as black donkey hooves and black dog blood glutinous rice to deal with the corpses that had been transformed, but the reason for this is unknown. According to the latest research, the biomagnetic field of the corpses has disappeared, but due to time and geographical reasons, it has generated a certain amount of bioelectricity, and these things can isolate or weaken such a kind of bioelectricity. However, there is no detailed explanation of what exactly is the principle of this. After analyzing it, Zhou Lao continued, "Many scholars who study metaphysics do not believe in this statement, and they prefer to classify the phenomenon of corpse transformation as 'unspeakable' and follow the ancient methods. ”

At this time, Ah Shen happened to come back from outside, humming a little song in his mouth, "How are you talking, are you still reading your notes?" I saw that the atmosphere in the room was solemn, and the three of them had serious expressions, and no one answered, just looked at him, "What are you talking about?" ”

"I'm talking about how to deal with the mermaid corpse in my ancestral hall." Lao Jiang said calmly.

"There is a dried corpse of a merman in your ancestral hall? Isn't it worth a lot of money? Ah Shen blurted out, and as soon as he finished speaking, he ate Zhou Lao's chestnut.

It's really unteachable! ”

Lao Jiang snickered and leaned in front of the poker face, "Your status in the teacher's heart has dropped a lot because of this guy." ”

"I just changed from the posture of looking up at the 45-degree starry sky to the posture of bowing my head and pulling the cart pragmatically, what's wrong?" Ah Shen covered his head and defended unwillingly, "Being a man is not about eating, drinking, and sleeping, in order to achieve this, money is the first thing." What's wrong? ”

As soon as these words came out, Old Zhou sighed and shook his head.

"You're going to be crippled by this guy." Lao Jiang was once again a little gloating. "When this is over, it's time for you to take care of your own identity." Lao Jiang finished muttering beside the poker face, and comforted Zhou Laolai, "Teacher, don't worry about Ah Shen, his appearance is also caused by a nervous disease." Teacher, the dried corpse ......"

Zhou Lao was angry in his heart, glanced at Ah Shen, and said, "If you want to subdue that dried corpse, first go and prepare the black donkey's hooves, black dog blood, glutinous rice, sea salt, and other things that ordinary masters would use." In addition, prepare a large water tank, which must be black and opaque, it is best to seal it, and finally ......" Zhou Lao took out a piece of white paper and wrote his name, phone address, and address on the white paper. Along with a chain around his neck, hand it to Lao Jiang. "Give the chain to this guy and he will help you."

"Teacher, can't you help me? Didn't you just want to see that merman? If you accept it, the teacher can use it for research. ”

Unexpectedly, Zhou Lao shook his head, "I have been obsessed with this in my life, and I have the passion to continue to explore it without being confirmed." One day, if I had really seen and understood the real thing, I wouldn't be as attached to it as I am now. What's more, I'm old enough to be sought after by anyone because I've studied sharks. It's already old. Zhou Lao said, slowly walking out of the room.

The collection of various specimens displayed in the room, and the sense of age that came to his face once again made Lao Jiang and poker face awe-inspiring. Only Ah Shen, who listened to the clouds, nodded as if he didn't understand.