Chapter 174: The Silver Crown Summons
The mermaid has heard of this animal Zuo Dengfeng before, and has seen it in books, but the legend does not match what is recorded in the books, and the books record that this person has a human body and a fish tail, the upper body is the same as a human, and the lower body is similar to a fish, covered with scales.
But the legend is another matter, Zuo Dengfeng is a fishing village, the old man in the village once told a story, is to say that a fisherman surnamed Zhang in the village once caught a mermaid in the sea during the light years, for the female surname, the appearance is exactly the same as a human woman, very beautiful, the lower body is merged together, similar to a dolphin, no scales, the skin color is very white, this fisherman surnamed Zhang caught it and did not let it go, nor did he sell the goods, but raised it at home, it is said that the fish man can not speak, the surname is gentle, feed on fish, and can also be used as a woman.
Zuo Dengfeng was young at that time, and he didn't think much about it if he didn't understand personnel, and last year Jin Zhen sent him a lot of Taoist books, and he read the relevant records again in a "Taiping Guangji" that recorded the Taoist scriptures, which verified that the rumors in his childhood were true, that is to say, the real mermaid did not have scales, and the lower body also had an organ with a female surname, not the lower body was the same as the fish as the public misunderstood.
The earliest records of this species can be traced back to the flood period, which means that there were already human beings during the flood period, and no one knows how it came to be, but one thing is certain is that its population has been decreasing, and it is difficult to see it today.
"Thirteen, I'll leave it to you." Zuo Dengfeng Chong Thirteen said, Thirteen is the best at dealing with pythons and snakes.
Thirteen heard the words and immediately jumped off the shoulder of the left peak, jumped on the back of the anaconda with a slight cushion on the rock, and then leaned out of the red claws to grab the anaconda, Thirteen's action is very crisp, and it is also very professional, it is not along the snake scales, but against the scales out of the claws, a paw down to directly remove a few pieces of snake scales, the anaconda ate the pain after the snake's mouth opened, quickly swallowed the half-swallowed mermaid upside down spit out, snakes in the process of eating if attacked by the outside will be the first to spit out food, In order to attack the enemy, but although this anaconda spit out the mermaid, Thirteen did not give it a chance to turn back, and made up another claw in the place where the snake scales were removed before, and directly disemboweled, Thirteen ate too much snakes, and knew very well about the body structure of snakes, and accurately found the location of the heart, three claws went down, snake blood surged, no matter what animal, the heart was pumping, and the death rate of heart damage was second only to head trauma, and after a short meandering, the anaconda went limp.
Thirteen first went forward and ate a lot of poisonous insects, and he was not hungry at the moment, and after killing the anaconda, he jumped to the rock where Zuo Dengfeng was, and at this time Zuo Dengfeng was looking at the mermaid that was spit out by the anaconda.
There is also a large amount of acid in the digestive tract of the snake, and the tail of this mermaid has been burned by the acid, red and swollen and broken skin, and at this moment it is moving quickly towards the water's edge with both hands on the ground, and at the same time looking nervously at Zuo Dengfeng and Thirteen.
Zuo Dengfeng looked at it with a smile, the organs of its lower body were not fully developed, but there was no doubt that it was a male surname.
"Be careful later." Zuo Dengfeng opened his mouth, he wanted to determine if this mermaid could speak human language.
After he finished speaking, the mermaid suddenly showed fear, which showed that it couldn't understand human words at all, Zuo Dengfeng was slightly disappointed when he saw this, at this time the mermaid had climbed to the water's edge and dived in, Zuo Dengfeng turned around.
There are no large mammals here, not even rabbits, but there are birds here, and Zuo Dengfeng and Thirteen caught a few pheasants in the forest and returned to their footing.
At this time, the iron shoes and the jade whisk had already lit a bonfire and boiled the snow water, and the butcher and cook had always been Zuo Dengfeng, and after the rectification was completed, the whole was cooked.
Then Zuo Dengfeng told the two of them about the scene he saw on the riverside while lighting the fire, and the reason why he told the two of them was not just small talk, but wanted to hear their views on this matter.
Iron Shoes had been practicing penance in the Shaolin Temple before he went crazy, and he only started running around after he went crazy, so his knowledge was not extensive.
"I once saw mermaids in a Han Dynasty tomb on the southwest coast, their corpses were made into long lanterns to illuminate, after the tomb was closed, the lanterns would consume the oxygen in the tomb, in order to achieve the purpose of preserving the corpses, but those sharks are more like fish than like people, only very different from the one you see, maybe the sea water and fresh water area." Jade Whisk recalled.
"Amitabha." Iron Shoes immediately sang Buddha when they heard the words, whether it was Buddhism, Taoism or Confucianism, it was strictly forbidden for Yang people to enter the tomb and disturb Yin people.
"No, these mermaids can live in seawater or freshwater, they don't have gills and they breathe with their lungs." Zuo Dengfeng shook his head and said.
"Do you think this mermaid has something to do with the Pu country we're looking for?" Jade Fu asked.
"Yes, Chinese writing can be divided into seven fonts: Jia, Jin, Seal, Li, Cao, Kai, and Xing according to the time of appearance, and the oracle bone inscription and Jin inscription are inclined to hieroglyphs, and the writing of this Pu character oracle bone inscription and Jin inscription in the Pu country is similar to today's Pu character, and according to the literal decomposition, it can be understood as a person by the water, so I suspect that this mermaid is a descendant of the Pu people." Zuo Dengfeng said.
"It's hard to say whether they are descendants of the Pu people, but what is certain is that they have populations." Jade Whisk said, since there is an adult mermaid, then it must have parents.
"The river here is very fast, not suitable for them to breed, but the appearance of the juvenile mermaid here indicates that the area of their activity is not far from here, and we will not only look for the abandoned ancient city, but also pay attention to the waters with gentle currents." Zuo Dengfeng nodded and said.
"Boss, why don't you have an ancient city?" Iron Shoes interjected coldly.
Although his question was very questionable, Zuo Dengfeng still understood what he meant, and Iron Shoes wanted to ask why there was no ancient city in the area where Zi Rat was.
"The boss lived in the area of the country of Ji before, and there have always been human activities in the area where the country is located, so their ancient city has been covered by the footprints of later generations, and the current location of our current location is surrounded by rivers, and outsiders can't come over, so the buildings of 3,000 years ago may be very well preserved." Zuo Dengfeng patiently explained.
"It's not that you can't come, it's that you don't dare to come." Iron shoes have a feeling, there are too many reptiles here, and ordinary people really dare not set foot in it.
Zuo Dengfeng nodded when he heard this, Tie Shoe saw that his opinion was recognized by Zuo Dengfeng, and added firewood with a smile, the aroma of the pot had already come out, and the aroma of stewed pheasants in clear water made Tie Shoe feel hungry, he had a heavy burden and a large amount of food.
"Back then, Jiang Ziya went on an eastward expedition, the eight tribes followed, the Jinji Lu country had giants, the Golden Monkey Yong country was good at using poison, the water rat country may have the spell to move mountains and reclaim the sea, does the water pig Pu country have these mermaids." Zuo Dengfeng frowned and shook his head, after the conversation was interrupted by the iron shoes, he could only go back and continue.
"What do you want to say?" Yu Fu asked, in her opinion, Zuo Dengfeng's thinking and Iron Shoes are a bit similar, both are very divergent, the difference is that Zuo Dengfeng's thinking has a main line in series, while Iron Shoes' thinking is scattered like a plate of sand.
"The Shang and Zhou dynasties were a slave society, and every ethnic group had nobles and slaves, and these mermaids would definitely not be the nobles of the Pu Kingdom, but if they were slaves, it seemed to be useless." Zuo Dengfeng said.
"What you saw was just a juvenile mermaid, you haven't seen an adult mermaid, Jiang Ziya's expedition to the east can't help but encounter rivers, if you encounter rivers, these mermaids can play a role." Jade Whisk Analysis.
Zuo Dengfeng nodded when he heard this, Yufu's analysis has a certain truth, but what the truth is, he still has to find the ancient city located in this area.
After a while, the chicken soup was stewed, Zuo Dengfeng first served the jade whisk, and then gave the whole iron pot to the iron shoes, he was not hungry.
"Hey, what are you doing with a brick on your back." Just as Zuo Dengfeng was pondering, the iron shoe turned out the gray brick he had brought out from the Qingshui Temple from the wooden box.
"No wine, don't look for it." Zuo Dengfeng stretched out his aura and grabbed the brick from the iron shoe hand.
Seeing this, Yufu just wanted to ask a question, and suddenly frowned and looked east, Zuo Dengfeng saw that her expression was different, and he also looked up to the east, he didn't see anything, but he heard a buzzing sound.
Buzzing Zuo Dengfeng had heard it more than once before, it was the sound of the green worm shaking its wings, and sure enough, a moment later, a green worm flew from the east, circled around the jade whisk three times and landed on her right side of the placket.
"What's the matter, the sect is looking for you." Zuo Dengfeng put the gray bricks back into the wooden box.
"Not this faction." Jade Whisk picked up the frogworm and looked at it carefully.
"Maoshan sent an accident." Zuo Dengfeng frowned and asked again, there were already telephones and telegrams at this time, but the three of them were in the wilderness, and their contact with the outside world depended on the green worms of the jade whisk.
"No, this green worm was given to Wang Zhenren of the Quanzhen Sect back then." Jade Whisk looked solemn.
"Something happened to the Quanzhen faction." Zuo Dengfeng frowned and asked.
"I don't know." Jade Fu shook her head and said.
"Maybe something happened to the Quanzhen faction, why don't you go out and have a look." Zuo Dengfeng pondered for a moment and said, Jade Whisk is his most powerful assistant, and Jade Whisk leaving will make him lose his right arm, but something must have happened outside the mountain, but unfortunately the green worm can't speak, and everyone has no way of knowing what happened outside the mountain.
"Wang Zhenren acts calmly, even if the Quanzhen faction is in trouble, he will not ask us for help, because they are the Quanzhen lineage, the Quanzhen faction also has a large number of subordinate Taoist temples, Bible Mountain is the Quanzhen ancestral court, if there is really a difficulty, it is also the Taoist under the Quanzhen banner to go to the rescue, it is not our turn to be Zhengyi, besides, this green worm is I gave it to him when the three of us were fighting against Yue himself in Nanjing, just to inform each other of the location after discovering the Yue army, not to ask for help." Jade Fu shook her head and said.
"Du Qiuting also has a green worm, if there is really something, Wang Zhenren will also ask Du Qiuting to summon me, and he will not do it personally, he personally released the green worm to show that Du Qiuting does not know about this matter, which means that this matter has nothing to do with Du Qiuting." Jade Whisk shook her head again.
"Don't dare to rub it off, it's safer for you to go out." Zuo Dengfeng frowned and spoke.
"I can't go, Master, you can go out and follow the frogworms to the Quanzhen Sect." Jade Whisk turned her head to look at the Iron Shoes.
"The old man once compared the light body technique with that bull's nose, and he doesn't need to be with this insect to know where the Quanzhen Sect is." Iron Shoes nodded when he heard this, he hated this place full of reptiles.
"With the green worms, maybe Wang Zhenren is not in the Quanzhen faction." Yufu said.
"Okay." Iron Shoes grabbed the pheasant in the pot and put it into his arms, and then picked up the boss.
"Wait a minute, you take these two bamboo tubes, if you need me to go back, you can release one, if you are in a hurry, you can release two, and we will both return at that time."
Hearing this, the iron shoes took the bamboo tube and put it close to him, and went east with the boss and the green worm.