As night fell, the wind on the sea gradually increased. The lanterns hanging on both sides of the pagoda were precarious, and suddenly fell down with a "bang", and a raging fire was ignited in an instant.
The guard was taking a nap in the room, and he heard the merman seem to be yelling in a daze, so he jolted and hurried to see what happened. As soon as he went out, he was frightened out of his wits by the skyrocketing fire, and hurriedly yelled to find someone Extinguishing. This pagoda was originally built to suppress the evil spirits in the sea. Usually no one went up to it. The rotten wood encountered strong winds and fires, and the rise became more and more uncontrollable, dyeing the dark night with a layer of orange red.
"What's going on!" A middle-aged man hurried over, it was the general Chu Heng sent to garrison the island earlier, named Cai Chen.
"Back to the general, the fire caught fire for some reason." The guard knelt on the ground with a "plop", "It happened to be a strong wind, so I couldn't put it out."
Whether this pagoda was burned or not, Cai Chen didn't care much, he never believed in ghosts and gods. But seeing charred charcoal falling down from the high place with flames, and the mermaids under the tower were already in chaos, the deputy general said anxiously: "General, if this tower falls into the pool, there will be countless casualties."
Cai Chen beckoned to his subordinates and moved all the sharks to another place.
The flames gradually engulfed the wooden pillars at the bottom, and the pagoda collapsed, smashing heavily into the previous Yuren Pool, splashing countless water splashes.
"That's it." Zhou Mubai touched his chin in the dark, "Even if you want to clean it up, it will take a lot of effort."
"When will the shadow guards of Chasing Shadow Palace arrive?" Zhao Yue asked.
"The water fetching boat will come back tomorrow night." Zhou Mubai said, "If everything goes well, it should arrive at midnight."
The water fetching boats in Bel-Air Bay only carry 16 or 17 wooden barrels at a time, and it is understandable to miss one or two times. If several barrels of water are leaked one after another, it will inevitably arouse suspicion. So just to be on the safe side, it was decided that Zhao Yue and Zhou Mubai would go ashore first and deploy them. When the agreed day of action came, the other seventeen people would get into the water fetching boat and land on the island.
Although this move is a bit risky, but the situation is compelling, but there is no room for more choices.
After being transferred to the small pool, the mermaids were still in shock. Due to the Gu and dumb drugs, most of them couldn't tell what happened.
Zhou Mubai glanced around the pool, it was very empty, if the shadow guards could arrive in time, it would not be difficult to protect these mermen.
The sky soon turned bright, and Cai Chen checked the fire-burned Merman Pool again. It would take at least ten days to clean it up and then introduce new seawater. He also heard that the Merman Pool has not calmed down until now. There is nowhere to vent the anger in his heart, and he can only beat the guard with a board.
In Da Kun City, Wen Liunian transcribed and sorted out all the written records about Baiwu Island that he had consulted in the past few days, neatly bound them into a book, and submitted them to Chu Yuan.
"Thank you for your hard work, Aiqing." Chu Yuan said, "I have been working on this matter without sleep or rest."
"Originally, it's the job of a humble minister." Wen Liunian was a little weak.
"Uncomfortable?" Chu Yuan frowned slightly, put down the book and walked forward.
Wen Liunian's stomach growled.
Chu Yuan: "... Ai Qing didn't eat breakfast?"
"Eat." Wen Liunian complained, "Vegetable porridge." His face would turn green.
Looking at his misty eyes, Chu Yuan thought for a while, and then said: "Let's have lunch with me at noon, don't let Xiaojin know."
Master Wen nodded desperately.
As an emperor, Chu Yuan was always extremely frugal, and the meals in the palace were extremely simple, let alone outside. So even if additional vegetables are added, it is nothing more than some extra ribs, chicken and duck, but for Mr. Wen who has been vegetarian for seven or eight days, it is obviously a rare delicacy, and his eyes are almost shining.
"Aiqing, take it easy." Chu Yuan had a headache.
Wen Liunian concentrated on one duck leg, eating quickly and gracefully, without any oil on his mouth, and there were only bones left in the bowl.
Chu Yuan was funny, and gave him another rib.
Master Wen continued to eat.
"Aiqing really has a good appetite." After eating, even Chu Yuan couldn't help feeling, "I don't see any growth."
There are still some, Mr. Wen thought, just know how to hide.
Duan Baiyue happened to come over for something, and Eunuch Sixi didn't stop him - the emperor said he should pay attention to Ye Guzhu, but he didn't say he should pay attention to other people, after all, King Xixi is not an outsider.
"Don't just eat meat." Chu Yuan shook his head, and served him a bowl of vegetable custard, "Drink some soup."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Wen Liunian reached out to hold the bowl, just as Duan Baiyue pushed open the door.
"What's the matter with the Southwest King?" Chu Yuan frowned slightly.
The corner of Duan Baiyue's mouth twitched: "This king seems to have interrupted the emperor's dinner with Lord Wen?"
Wen Liunian held the soup bowl with an innocent expression on his face.
"Back off." Chu Yuan didn't even look at him.
Duan Baiyue didn't say much, she walked out of the dining room with a calm smile, and went straight to the medicine house to look for Ye Jin.
So that afternoon, Emperor Chu was forced to listen to the babble for half an hour, over and over again with only one meaning—"Master Wen has been working too hard these days. I have worked hard to find rare medicinal materials for him to recuperate his body. Only by removing the meat can the medicine be effective. As the king of a country, you don’t follow the doctor’s advice to give him elbows, do you know that all the previous efforts will be in vain and you can still be a good emperor?”!
Especially fierce.
Chu Yuan was exhausted physically and mentally.
"Do you know it's wrong!" Ye Jin went to the study again.
Master Wen drooped his head: "Yes."
"Do you still eat meat?"
"Don't eat or eat."
"what's for dinner?"
"vegetable."
Ye Jin patted him and told the kitchen to cook medicine and stew old pumpkin at night.
After dinner, Wen Liunian squatted on the threshold, pouted.
Not tasty, bitter.
The shadow guards sighed collectively with their cheeks on their hands, and they didn't know when the master would come back, we all felt sorry for him.
The lights in Beishawan were flickering, and Zhao Yue quietly sneaked into Cai Chen's residence. As midnight approached, the next guard came to change the guard. Zhao Yue took the opportunity to jump up and land on the roof.
Cai Chen's bed was huge, and it looked like there was a secret passage. Zhao Yue thought about it for a moment, then picked up a broken tile next to him, and threw it at a guard with his internal strength.
The other party screamed, and the others were taken aback. Naturally, Cai Chen was also awakened, and instinctively wanted to get out of bed to find out what happened. Zhao Yue saw the timing, stepped through the roof the moment he left the bed, and attacked with a knife.
"Come on! There's an assassin!" There was a lot of shouts outside, Cai Chen knew something was wrong, and reached out to press the mechanism, but a cold light had already hit his face.
"Your Excellency belongs to the son?!" Cai Chen dodged hastily.
Zhao Yue didn't say a word, and his moves became more and more fierce. The guards outside also came in, and Cai Chen took the opportunity to turn out the window. Zhao Yue cut open the guard in front of him with a knife, and chased him out.
There were shouts on the island, and raging torches were lit everywhere, and the sharks gradually became commotion after hearing it. Hearing that there were outsiders, the guard immediately ordered the archers to assemble—everyone on the island knew the rules, and if there was a big mess, they would kill these mermaids first, so as not to fall into the hands of others.
The water fetching boat gradually approached the island, but there was no sentry post as usual. There seemed to be killing sounds in the distance, and the fire was especially conspicuous in the middle of the night.
"Retreat!" Knowing that something was wrong, one of them immediately ordered loudly, but there was already a dull pain in the back of the neck, and his eyes darkened and passed out. The rest of the people on the boat didn't know what happened. They saw countless black shadows flashing in front of them, and they passed out one after another. Only one person escaped by chance, but was given a pill again, which tasted very sweet.
"Sail the boat and wait here, or you will die from poison within three days!"
The man nodded repeatedly, his whole body was shaking like chaff, and he couldn't even speak.
The island is not far away, and the shadow guards around Chu Yuan are all masters of lightness kung fu, they don't even bother to ask for a boat, they just jump into the sea, ride the waves on the flat ground and fly ashore, roughly distinguish the direction, and then run towards Yuren Bay and go.
Zhou Mubai hid in the dark, secretly picking it up in his heart. Relying on his own strength, it is obviously difficult to save all the mermen in the rain of arrows. Seeing that the archers are almost in place. Zhou Mubai's heart was broken, and just as he was about to kill the general, the shadow guard had already fallen from the sky. The whip in his hand was like a swift poisonous snake. After hitting him, his bones were almost shattered.
Zhou Mubai breathed a sigh of relief, and also drew his sword and rushed out. The shadow guards lined up to protect the surroundings of Yurenchi, and asked, "Where is the master?"
"At Cai Chen's side." Zhou Mubai said, "Take care of this place first!"
Although the mermen were infected by Gu, some of them still kept their minds. Knowing that these people came to rescue themselves from the devil's lair, they were very happy in their hearts. The officers and soldiers smashed over.
The arrow feathers flew from a distance with a cold light, but they were all swept down by the shadow guard's iron whip. The sound of weapons clashing could be heard endlessly, and guards kept screaming and falling into the pool, being held down and beaten by sharks. Seeing that the situation was not good, the rest turned around and wanted to escape, but how could they escape? After a while, they were already lying on the ground crying for their father and mother, most of them surrendered.
"Leave five people here to guard, and the rest will follow me to find the master." Zhou Mubai ordered.
The shadow guard nodded and followed him towards the main house. The group of mermen were lying on the shore, screaming and struggling to get ashore.
The shadow guard who stayed behind sighed in his heart, helped them up one by one, and helped them take off the fish tail, seeing those pale legs, he was even more furious, wishing he could cut the culprit into pieces.
Inside Stonehenge by the sea, Cai Chen held a long knife in his hand and looked at the person in front of him warily.
"You have nowhere to escape." Zhao Yue said lightly, "Admit defeat."