"Outside the South China Sea, there are mermaids, who live in water like fish, do not waste weaving achievements, and their eyes cry, they can produce pearls."

Silver Chestnut is a merman.

He is different from other mermen, he is very timid, he doesn't speak loudly, he is often bullied by other mermen, and when he is bullied, tears keep falling.

The twin brother Silver Poppy always scolded him: "Don't cry, don't cry, you can cry so much, being caught by those Terrans will definitely make you cry every day." ”

Silver Chestnut was so frightened that he hid behind the reef and quietly wiped his eyes.

Although the world is afraid of demons, but the merman is gentle in temperament, rarely hurts people, often some people in the sea to hunt mermaids for a living, caught either sold to the rich at a high price as playthings, or stay at home to make the merman tears every day, the deep merman in the West Sea has become less and less. Silver Poppy and Silver Chestnut plan to change places and leave the West Sea.

But before they could leave, one day, Silver Chestnut was caught.

He was seized by a litter of pirates, who tied him to the mast in the bow of the ship and cut the scales from his tail with knives, and Silver Chestnut trembled with fear and burst into tears.

When they saw that he could cry pearls, they became more and more happy, and one of them said: "When we get ashore, sell this merman to those rich people, and we can make a lot of money!" ”

"If you look closely, he's pretty good." Another person squatted in front of him, with some regret: "It's just that there are scales on the face." He made a gesture to cut Yinli's face with a knife: "Why don't you pull it out?" ”

Silver chestnut's face turned pale.

The pirate leader scolded: "What are you pulling? Do you know how much less you can get when you deliver a piece of fish scale? I don't know! He beckoned to his subordinates: "Lock him up for me, don't let this merman die!" ”

Silver Chestnut was locked in a cabin on the second floor.

The ship was a cargo ship, and the pirates had robbed the ship, killing all the men and children on board, and leaving the women for pleasure. Every night, Yinli could hear the sound of a woman crying and struggling overhead. Occasionally, there was the "plopping" sound of a heavy object falling into the sea, and he lived in the water for many years, and he could hear it clearly, which was the echo of a dead person falling into the water.

The shark hunter uses a special rope to tie the demon rope, and he can't break free, so he can only stay on the boat. There is also fear in my heart, and those sharks who are bought by the rich have different fates. The better ones can still survive, and they will be trapped in the narrow water tank in the courtyard for the rest of their lives as a plaything, and the worse ones will be ...... Silver chestnut has seen someone on the beach auction the ointment under the skin of the merman. The merman anointment is used as lamp oil, and its fire will not be extinguished for ten thousand years.

Silver Chestnut thought that he was probably dying.

But someone saved him.

One night, Silver Chestnut was leaning against the corner of the cabin, and in the middle of his sleep, he heard the sound of swords colliding overhead. He was stunned for a moment, then opened his eyes, and someone came in from outside, and there was also a sea breeze from the West Sea. Sweeping away the dull, suffocating turbidity, he saw a woman dressed in red, armed with a bow and arrows, and caught a glimpse of Silver Chestnut.

In order to avoid being seen ashore and causing trouble, the pirates covered Silver Chestnut with a wide cloth robe to hide his silver fishtail. The scales on his face were also covered in black mud, making him look like a dirty, ordinary teenager.

The woman in red obviously didn't notice anything unusual about Yinli, and thought that he was the one who was tied up in the cargo ship here by pirates, she walked up to Yinli, half-squatted down beside Yinli, and while untying the demon rope on his body, she asked, "Are you from this ship?" ”

Yinli was extremely nervous, he didn't dare to speak, and he was afraid that the woman would find out his identity as a merman, so as soon as the rope on his body was removed, he quickly jumped out.

"Huh?" The woman in red was startled, "You ......"

Silver chestnut jumped into the sea.

The Terrans are all the same, when they see the mermen, they want to arrest them and sell them, and he can't fall into the hands of the Terrans again.

Yinli saw the woman hurrying to the bow of the boat, asking people to find their traces, and she herself held on to the railing of the boat and looked down, Yinli saw clearly, she was wearing, it seemed to be a shortened wedding dress, and the sleeves were also rolled up, a little strange, but not ugly, very special.

The guards found no trace of Silver Chestnut and returned to the ship. Yinli followed from a distance, and he saw the woman in red release the women on the cargo ship, and he heard those people call the woman in red: Princess Lizhu.

Turns out that's her name, Ginri thought.

Princess Lizhu is the princess of the Lin family and the future queen of the Li'er country. It's just that she didn't expect to encounter pirates robbing ships on the way, so the princess, who is good at riding and shooting, personally led the guards and killed the pirates by surprise.

The little mermaid lay behind the reef, looking at the boat from a distance, and exclaimed in her heart, how brave she was. The pirates were vicious and cruel, but she was calm and fearless, and she didn't pay any attention to them, and her horned bow was also very majestic, which was very much in line with her.

"How long are you going to follow her?" Silver Poppy swam from behind him, grabbed his tail with both hands, and tried to drag his brother away, but Silver Chestnut didn't move at all as if he was growing on a reef.

Silver Poppy was discouraged: "You shouldn't fall in love with him, right?" ”

Love? Silver Chestnut was stunned for a moment.

He is now almost a hundred years old, in terms of human lifespan, he is about sixteen or seventeen years old, and he has heard his people talk about those heart-wrenching love stories, but he doesn't know what love is.

He hugged the reef and looked up into the distance.

Princess Lizhu leaned against the railing at the head of the bed, wiping the longbow in her hand.

The boat was sailing on the sea, the moonlight was illuminating thousands of miles, and the woman in red looked down at the longbow in her hand and wiped it very carefully. She was born beautiful and heroic, her long black hair was tied into a simple bun, her red robe swayed slightly in the wind, and even the sea breeze was lined with her brightly.

However, her expression looked a little lonely.

Yinli's heart was followed by a sour and sour feeling, he didn't know what it was, so he whispered: "I want to accompany her." ”

"How do you accompany?"

The little merman thought about it, turned over happily, and slapped a beautiful wave on the seashore with his tail, and he said wistfully: "Isn't it often said in the human world that life-saving grace should be promised by oneself?" She saved me, and I will repay the favor. ”

Yin Poppy poured cold water on him: "Repay, can you think clearly, we are demons, she is human, let alone in love, if you appear in front of her, you will immediately be arrested as a monster." ”

Ginri knew he was right.

But he still wanted to accompany Princess Lizhu.

So, he found the witch of the snake witch clan and asked the witch to make a deal with him.

The torches on the wall burned quietly, but Hairpin Xing felt a little cold, paused, and asked, "The deal you said wasn't going to be for the shrine maiden to turn your fishtail into legs, right?" ”