Department of Teaching.

The woman in front of her had fair and smooth skin, and her eyes were dark and clear.

Most notably, she has silvery-white, silky hair and pointed ears with a slight flipper.

She is the Yin Yuefei that Gu Changan is looking for, a woman with half merman blood.

Yin Yuefei looked at Gu Chang'an on the other side of the tea table, and asked cautiously, "Young Master Xia, did Lord Zhao ask you to come to me?" ”

The corners of Gu Changan's mouth turned up slightly, and with an indifferent smile, he reached into the placket of his clothes, took out a lock of silver-white hair tied with a red rope, and gently put it on the table.

"This is a token given to me by Zhao Sishui."

The woman, who had half merman blood, let out an exclamation, picked up the lock of silver-white hair, and muttered to herself, "Isn't this the hair I cut for Lord Zhao in the first place?" He used to say that he liked my hair the most......"

Immediately, her burning eyes moved to Gu Changan, her eyes were sad, and she was full of worry: "Lord Zhao, he ...... How is he doing now? I haven't seen him in almost three months, is something wrong with him? ”

Gu Changan pondered for a moment and squeezed out a smile: "That's not true." On the contrary, he has now been transferred to the north by the Ministry of War, and he will follow General Gu to fight against the beast barbarian army. Presumably, you will be able to make contributions on the battlefield in the future, and you will be promoted to the knighthood. ”

"Alas......"

The sadness and worry in Yin Yuefei's eyes were swept away, but then there was a faint resentment: "But even if he is going to be transferred to the north, why doesn't he even say hello to me?" He wasn't like that before. ”

Gu Changan said with a smile: "Because the war in the north is tight now, he is in a hurry, I'm afraid I don't have time to say goodbye to you." That's why I came to you and said something for him. ”

Yin Yuefei's frowning brows slowly loosened: "I see." ”

Seeing that he had gained the initial trust of the other party, Gu Changan opened today's formal topic:

"Silver girl, I have heard your name from Zhao Sishui for a long time, and I am also quite curious about your acquaintance, I wonder if you are interested in giving me an outsider a chat or two?"

Today's Gu Changan changed into a set of plain white and clean robes, with a graceful demeanor, elegant temperament, and free to talk and laugh.

In addition, he took out the small lock of silver hair found from Zhao Sishui's corpse as a token, and the woman named Yin Yuefei was convinced of everything he said.

"Lord Zhao, he can even hand over such an important token to Xia Gongzi, how can Xia Gongzi be an outsider!"

Yin Yuefei shook her head, and then smiled bitterly: "It's just that the past is a little unbearable, I'm just afraid that it will disturb Xia Gongzi's good mood all day." ”

Gu Changan dusted off his sleeves and pretended to smile: "It's okay, Zhao Sishui is my best friend." I am not a person who can only share joys and sorrows. ”

Yin Yuefei's eyes were empty, her eyes were far away like a light smoke, and she slowly told the past of her and Zhao Sishui......

……

Over the years, the Daheng Dynasty has opened up new routes everywhere in the East China Sea in order to trade with the four seas and to go to sea to seek immortals;

There are countless people who hunt and kill the water tribe spirit beasts in the East China Sea for the sake of the business of heaven and earth, and then there is constant friction with the mermaid tribe who have lived in the sea for generations, and there are countless big wars and small battles between the two sides.

Nine years ago, that is, in the eleventh year of Taikang, Zhao Sishui served in the East China Sea Division.

At that time, a mighty naval battle broke out between the Daheng Dynasty and the Shark Kingdom in the East China Sea.

The merman clan used water-based spells, and drove the water tribe spirit beasts to fight for them, causing wind and thunder, huge waves, and discoloration.

Daheng's East China Sea Division relied on its ironclad ships, strong bows and crossbows, as well as unpredictable magic circles and formidable battle intentions, chopping waves little by little, and chiseling through the defensive front of the merman clan little by little.

The axe-bladed giant whale was densely shot into a hedgehog by the crossbow arrows, feathered arrows, and spear arrows of the Great Hengshui Division, dyeing the azure sea water in a radius of five miles red.

The horned winged sea dragon beast that could call the wind and thunder also fell from a great height of ten thousand feet, letting out a terrible cry that pierced the sky, stirring up the towering waves like a city wall on the sea.

The Great Hengshui Division took advantage of the victory to pursue, and the momentum was like a bamboo.

The corpses are floating for ten miles, bleeding and drifting.

When he attacked a merman sea market called "Huiyue City", he Mingjin withdrew his troops.

Although the Great Hengshui Division killed 1,000 enemies, he also lost 800 ......

At that time, Zhao Sishui was just a small centurion, and his ship was broken in half by the axe-bladed giant whale summoned by the mermaid clan, and he himself was thrown into the sea, and then he was swallowed up by the raging waves set off by the sea dragon beast, a behemoth, and passed out......

When I woke up, the Great War was over.

He was pushed to a reef by the waves, and there were no comrades, no Daheng's naval warships, only a ruthless group of mermaids surrounded him, as if they wanted to peel him off.

Their eyes were full of resentment and resentment.

"Kill this lander! We have died so many brothers and sisters, and we have lost so many water spirit beasts! ”

Someone gave this bloody proposal, and there was a flurry of people who echoed it.

"He's out of his army, he's no longer a threat to us, he's just a prisoner of war now, we can't kill him!"

Her father is the leader of the mermaids, her mother is from the land, and Yin Yuefei, who has half human blood, has a trace of compassion for this human from the land, and at this time she is a little naïve, but she retorts solemnly.

The two sides were momentarily locked in an argument.

Someone shouted, "Commander, let you decide." ”

The Grand Commander pondered for a moment and gave his decision: "Bring this man back alive." ”

Although there were many mermen who didn't understand it at the time, they later learned that this was because the high-level of the merman clan was not ready to break the net with the land terrestrial race, and they did not have the strength.

Preferential treatment of prisoners of war may be a bargaining chip in the future......

In this way, Zhao Sishui, who was a centurion, was brought back to the mermaid sea city - Huiyue City as a prisoner of war.

The city of Bright Moon gets its name from the beauty of its sunset and moonrise.

The setting sun sinks over the western land, rendering the sky a magnificent orange-red, and a bright moon as clear as jade rises from the East China Sea, spreading the mercury-like moonlight in the city of Huiyue.

Countless mussel beads, shark beads, and night pearls were lit up, and the moonlight was shining brighter than the bright moon.

The city is built around reefs and coral reefs, and is beaten by the tide day and night.

For a long time, the Great Hengshui Division and the Shark Clan were in a state of silence.

Zhao Sishui, a prisoner of war, also received a lot of preferential treatment in Huiyue City.

Unlike prisoners of war, many times more like a guest.

Perhaps out of curiosity about the group where her mother belonged, Yin Yuefei gradually got closer and closer to Zhao Sishui.

Feelings quietly sprout, sprout, and thrive unconsciously......

Although Zhao Sishui was also thrilled by this fair-skinned, dark-eyed, and beautiful silver-haired mixed-race girl, his sense of belonging to his own race was still better, and he didn't want to stay in Huiyue City for the rest of his life.

He wanted to plot an escape.

Yin Yuefei also knew his plan, and although she was secretly sad, she also helped him escape from Huiyue City.

Zhao Sishui passed through the long blue waves and returned to the military port on the coast of Ningzhou.

Although he was only a centurion, the high-ranking naval governor personally received him in his shogunate, and even poured him a glass of wine himself, and just asked him with a smile:

"You've lived in the merman's Bright Moon City for nearly half a year, so you should know their defenses well, right?"

This wine is not poisonous, but it is more poisonous than poisoned wine.

Zhao Sishui's face tightened, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead, but he never dared to drink it.

After a night of circling, soft grinding and hard bubbles, Zhao Sishui never opened his mouth and did not drink this glass of wine.

The patience of the Governor of the Navy was gradually exhausted, and he ordered Zhao Sishui to be dragged outside the gate, stripped naked, and whipped to death.

Zhao Sishui would rather not speak.

Maybe it's better to be dead......

He didn't have to worry about whether he was a treacherous or a traitor.

But he didn't die after all.

The Governor of the Navy ordered an end to the flogging of him, as new captives had escaped from Huiyue City.

Although they were not treated as well as Zhao Sishui in Huiyue City. But as soon as Zhao Sishui fled, they did the same, and soon escaped from Huiyue City, bringing back a lot of information from there.

After obtaining this valuable information, the Naval Governor regrouped and planned to take Huiyue City in one go.

Zhao Sishui didn't have to provide the so-called information anymore, but he had to go out again with the sailor fleet and continue to attack Huiyue City.

Then the intelligence that escaped back to the captives, the Great Heng Sailor clearly understood all the weak points of the merman clan, and all the way to the ground, killing the ocean, and finally successfully contributed to the merman sea city of Huiyue City.

Countless merman men were killed, countless merman women were captured, and countless merman treasures became trophies.

The dragon silk that is not wet in the water, the pearl turned into the tears of the merman, and the merman oil that burns forever......

A considerable number of the good-looking female mermaid captives were later sent to the Ministry of Rites into the Department of Teaching.

Not only female merman captives, but also female captives from the beast barbarians in the north, or female captives from the witch people in the southern Xinjiang, if they look like a certain appearance, they will be beaten into the sect department.

This was a practice of the Daheng Dynasty.

The wives and daughters of the officials who committed crimes in this dynasty will be sent to the Church Division, and the women who were captured during the war will be sent to the Church Division.

This is both humiliating and deterrent.

……

"Lord Zhao has always wanted to redeem me......

Speaking of this, Yin Yuefei burst into tears, but before the tears could fall, she waved her hand to wipe the moisture from her eyes, and soon regained a shallow smile.

This smile may be a little reluctant, but the emotion is real.

"According to the provisions of the law of Daheng, only officials above the sixth rank can ransom people from the Sect Division......"

"And...... The ransom is expensive......"

Gu Changan listened silently all the time and did not speak.

But he has understood the cause and effect of everything.

Zhao Sishui is just a seventh-grade Caochuan captain, even if he has prepared a large ransom of several thousand taels, his official goods are not enough to redeem Yin Yuefei.

And he offended the Governor of the Naval Division in the East China Sea, so naturally he would not have any good resume.

The Daheng Dynasty promoted military attachés, looking at the past resume, and the second looking at the martial arts cultivation.

If Zhao Sishui wants to be promoted to the sixth grade, if he wants to have the qualification to redeem Yin Yuefei, he may only have to find a way to improve his martial arts cultivation.

It's a pity that he accidentally went astray, and there is no longer such a possibility......

Gu Changan stood up and bowed slightly: "Thank you Miss Yin for these heartfelt words." I believe that Brother Zhao will definitely be able to gain fame in the northern frontier in the coming future and become a big man who stands up to the sky. ”

Let her break her dreams, he really can't do this......

"Silver Maiden, take your leave."

Gu Changan made a false gesture and turned to leave.

Behind him came the soft chant of the woman who had half merman blood:

"I only hope that the beloved will return, and the beloved will not return......"

You asked me to take care of her, I can't afford to take care of her...... Gu Changan shook his head and strode out of Yin Yuefei's boudoir.

As he was about to step out of the threshold, he frowned slightly, took another step back, took a gold ingot of about ten taels from his belt, and silently stuffed it into an open door of the wardrobe.

Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief and walked away.