When the boy saw him walking towards him, the smile on his face grew wider. The expression became more intimate to An Changqing, and while jumping forward, he took the initiative to introduce: "My name is Yu Qiao. It's the name my father chose to remember my little uncle. How about you?"
"An Changqing."
Yu Qiao slowed down, looked at An Changqing with wide eyes, and said with a smile, "You look so good-looking, if you go back to the village, those men who are chasing after me to have babies should turn around. I'm chasing you. I heard from my father that my uncle used to be the most beautiful person in the village."
An Changqing smiled lightly and said, "I'm already married and have two children. My husband is the man in black just now."
Yu Qiao widened his eyes in surprise: "A foreigner?"
"Well." An Changqing followed him through the woodland: "My father is also a foreigner."
Yu Qiao tilted his head, looking very puzzled: "Father always said that it is dangerous outside, but I think you are doing well outside. Can you tell me about your uncle and the outside world?"
An Changqing met his clear eyes, and after thinking about it, he still didn't hide it from him, and told him exactly what happened to the envoy in Yuze.
Yu Qiao finished listening. He murmured to himself: "Then my father is not a lie to me. The people outside are really bad. No one in our village dares to do such a thing."
An Changqing smiled: "There are indeed many bad people outside, but there are also many good people. Those of my companions are all good people."
Yu Qiao probably didn't quite understand it. Ningmei thought for a while and said, "How to distinguish between bad people and good people?"
An Changqing didn't know how to answer him, and hesitantly said: "For decades, bad people and good people will meet each other. If you see more, you can probably tell the difference. Besides, sometimes there are no clear boundaries between good people and bad people. Maybe the same person, he He hurts you, and to you he's a bad guy. But he protected me, and to me, he's a good guy."
"What about your friends? Are they good people or bad people to us?" Yu Qiao stopped suddenly and looked directly at him without dodging.
The boy's eyes were still pure and pure. Some people are simply stupid, while others are pure but transparent, but Yu Qiao is obviously the latter.
"They are not malicious, but they are from Daye and Yuze respectively. For you, they may be the descendants of those bad people." An Changqing did not despise him because of his young age, but treated him honestly. He came here to seek medicine for the Huai brothers, and also to relieve his own hidden dangers. Since you are asking for others, you must be open and honest to show your sincerity.
Yu Qiao really laughed, revealing two cute little tiger teeth and said: "Although I don't know anything about what you said, my father once told me that if a liar is a liar, he must not be brought into the village. You did not lie and deceive. I can enter the village."
"I Have a Scroll of Ghosts and Gods"
An Changqing was infected with a bigger smile: "Then I passed your test?"
"Yes. I'll take you back to the village." Yu Qiao smiled happily, grabbed his wrist and led him to run forward. The two walked through the woods, stepped across patches of grass, and finally came to a big river.
At the end of the big river is a cliff several feet wide. The river falls on the edge of the cliff and becomes an upside-down waterfall. The scenery on the other side of the river was obscured by the mist and was not very clear. But An Changqing estimated the time the two had traveled, and guessed that the cliff was the moat discovered by the vanguard.
"How are we going to get there?"
"Go through the water." Yu Qiao said, "Do you know how to swim?"
An Changqing hesitated: "I was flooded when I was young."
Yu Qiao looked at him in disbelief. But he was relieved quickly and pushed him forward and said, "It doesn't matter, my father said that none of the merpeople are incapable of water. This is our nature. He threw me into the river when I was three years old. You go down. It will."
An Changqing was still hesitating, but he quickly took off his clothes and wrapped them in an inconspicuous gray bag. The other bag was handed over to An Changqing: "You should take off your clothes soon, put them in the bag so they won't get wet."
The grey bag in the hand feels cool and slippery, and it is not a common fabric. An Changqing looked at Yu Qiao who had already jumped into the river and waited, took off his coat as soon as he gritted his teeth, and jumped in after him. Ever since he fell into the water when he was a child, he has been deliberately staying away from the water source, but after he got into the water at this time, he felt an indescribable feeling. His hands and feet swayed erratically in the water, and they gradually floated up.
"Your posture in the water is really ugly." Yu Qiao laughed at him in the water. He waved his hands and feet gracefully before coming to him, grabbing his wrist and saying, "Hold your breath, I'll take you forward."
An Changqing nodded in response, then took a breath and let him sink into the bottom of the river with him. The river on the island can be seen clearly, and An Changqing was a little uncomfortable when he opened his eyes at first, but after getting used to it, he became curious again. Open your eyes and look around. In addition to water plants, there are all kinds of fish and shrimp at the bottom of the river. When they see people coming, they run away in panic. Yu Qiao seemed to be very familiar with this area, and he saw him calmly waving his limbs under the water, and even had enough energy to tease the fish and shrimps that were fleeing in panic.
The corners of An Changqing's mouth curved, but fortunately, she remembered in time that she was in the water, and quickly held her breath.
After being led by Yu Qiao to swim at the bottom of the river for a long time, An Changqing was surprised that he never felt suffocated. He glanced back and estimated that the two of them had spent at least a cup of tea at the bottom of the river, but he still held his breath. The river behind him was clear, and there was no trace of anyone following him. He guessed that Xiao Zhige probably failed to follow.
Thinking about it this way, the merpeople hide the passage at the bottom of the river, which is indeed more able to prevent outsiders.
He was thinking. He felt Yu Qiao shake his hand forcefully, and when he came back to his senses, he saw Yu Qiao pointed to the top of his head, compared his mouth shape, and spit out a bunch of bubbles, which meant that they had arrived. An Changqing followed his example and tried to float up.
When the two came up from the bottom of the river, what they saw was a row of flower trees, and the pale red petals fell on the river surface, drifting away with the river. A little further, there are verdant meadows and rows of exquisite houses. The gray-haired old man in front of the house was basking in the sun, and there was a middle-aged man carrying a fishing basket and a fishing rod as if he had just returned home. Seeing Yu Qiao on the river, he waved and said, "Qiaoqiao, you sneaked outside to play again. Your father knows, I won't help you."
After speaking, he saw An Changqing next to him, his smile restrained a little, and he said, "Who is this?"
The two went ashore and quickly changed their clothes before Yu Qiao pulled An Changqing over and said, "Seventh Uncle, this is An Changqing. It's the grandson of the little uncle."
The middle-aged man known as the seventh uncle stared at An Changqing's face, and took a scrutiny: "You are the grandson of the younger brother? Where is the younger brother? How did you find it? Is there a way to prove it?"
Unlike Yu Qiao, he was obviously very wary of outsiders. There is not much closeness between the demeanor, but more vigilance.
An Changqing showed him the red pattern behind the ear, and took out the Pisces jade pendant that Xiao Zhige had brought back just in case: "My mother was adopted, and my grandfather only left this jade pendant. .I followed the clues and found this place just now."
Seventh Uncle's eyes trembled when he saw the jade pendant, he took it over and looked at it carefully for a while, and murmured: "It really belongs to the younger brother."
After he finished speaking, he looked up at An Changqing and said solemnly, "Come with me."
An Changqing hesitated for a moment and followed, and Yu Qiao wanted to follow, but was stopped by the seventh uncle: "Go find your father and daddy back."
Yu Qiao reluctantly said "Oh", and finally read An Changqing's words before he dawdled away.
Seventh Uncle took An Changqing into a wooden hut on the right. After the two sat down, Seventh Uncle did not speak, but only stared at his face. An Changqing was not timid, and looked at him with open eyes.
"You don't look like him."
An Changqing lowered her eyes and said softly, "I have never met my grandfather."
"Then what are you looking for?" Uncle Seven said, "You said that your mother was abandoned, so the younger brother must be gone. Your mother and son have never seen him, and you won't have a deep relationship. You came here because Did you discover that you have a special physique? Or did someone from the Yuze royal family send you here? You didn't come alone, did you?"
His eyes suddenly sharpened, An Changqing sat opposite him, and the doors and windows in the room were closed, making him feel like he was being interrogated. He silently raised his vigilance in his heart, thinking that although this merman tomb is isolated from the world, not all the people above are as simple as Yu Qiao.
"I'm here to find an antidote."
Since he had guessed most of it, he also saved An Changqing's efforts to explain: "When my grandfather fell in love with King Yuze, an accident happened in the middle and went to Yuze. After giving birth to his mother, he left a jade pendant and disappeared. Knowing her identity, she married and gave birth to me. I found out that I had a special physique, even though I was a man, but I could conceive, so I kept tracking it secretly. Only when I found Yuze did I know that I was my grandfather and the late king of Yuze. There is poison in the blood of the Yuze royal family, and my grandfather was the holy messenger who delivered the antidote. After he disappeared, the Yuze royal family did not know the antidote and died young. This generation of Yuze king found out my identity, We worked together to trace it here.”
"You're smart. If he has half of your heart, he probably won't be deceived." Uncle Seven said whether it was a compliment or a derogation, and then he stopped talking, and only looked down at the Pisces jade pendant. .
He was silent, but An Changqing was watching him secretly. He felt strange before. Based on his mother's age, no matter how young his grandfather was back then, if he lived now, he would have been nearly sixty years old. But Yu Qiao called his grandfather "little uncle", and Seventh Uncle also called his grandfather "little brother", obviously he was about the same age as his grandfather, or even older. But the man in front of him looks only in his forties, with a strong and powerful figure, without a trace of old age.
An Changqing is wondering, is this "Seventh Uncle" high in seniority, or is the merman really able to live forever as in the legend
Before he could wonder for a long time, the closed door opened. The first person came in was a pair of middle-aged men with good looks. The slightly taller one was very similar to Yu Qiao, and a pair of eagle eyes swept over and condensed on his face. For a moment, his voice was majestic: "Are you Changqing? Younger brother's grandson?"
Seventh Uncle turned around and showed them the Pisces jade pendant in his palm.
"It's my younger brother." The handsome-looking man beside him took the jade pendant for identification, and then looked deeply at An Changqing before saying, "Don't be afraid, we just want to confirm something with you."
An Changqing nodded slightly.
The Qing Jun man said again: "This place is too small, go to my place and talk about it."
An Changqing then turned around and followed them out. When he went out, he found that in addition to these two people, there were three people standing at the door. There were men and women. All of them were very good looking. Most of them looked like middle-aged people. He was the largest, with half of his hair white, and he looked like he was in his fifties. He heard others calling her "Second Sister".
The second sister stood at the front, and when she saw An Changqing coming out, she came forward to look at him, sighed again, patted his hand hard, and said slowly to the others, "This is from the Merman clan. The number of fate, the high priest has long predicted, don't blame this child. This is not necessarily a bad thing. "
An Changqing was at a loss, but everyone else clearly understood what she meant. The Qing Jun man nodded and said, "We know."
The second sister seemed satisfied, and said An Changqing again: "Your grandfather is my little brother, so you can call me the second aunt."
An Changqing gave a gentle cry, and she laughed, and the tiny wrinkles on her face piled up, making her look older than when she didn't smile just now. She patted An Changqing on the back and said to him: "You go and talk about the business first, and when you're done, come to my place for dinner."
The others responded and led An Changqing to another wooden house. It's bigger and brighter than before, and it's obviously been carefully laid out. Yu Qiao was also there, with a small tail stalked behind his back. The eagle-eyed man gave him a faint glance, and then stopped to keep up with the old man.
After everyone arrived, the Qing Jun man introduced him: "Your grandfather has a total of eight brothers and sisters. He is the youngest. The second aunt's grandmother I just met, and I am the fifth." He pointed to the eagle-eyed man beside him: " He is three, and I won't tell you if you have seen the seventh. They are the fourth and sixth. You can call me grandpa."
An Changqing obediently called a circle of people, and the eyes of several people present softened a lot.
Yu Wu then continued: "Tell us about your grandfather and the situation outside."
An Changqing told them all the things they found out. After several people listened, their faces were different. On the other hand, Yu Qi's temper was obviously more impatient, and his tone was not very good: "I said that Xiao Ba should not be allowed to go out to sea, those people outside don't have a good thing. It was like this hundreds of years ago, and it will be the same hundreds of years later! In short, we are not dead. If it's over, they won't give up!"
"Old Seven!" Yu San shouted in a deep voice, his eagle eyes with awe-inspiring majesty: "This is the fate we are born to bear, and we don't have to blame others. There will be gains and losses."
"I'd rather be an ordinary person." Yu Qi said emotionally in his eyes.
"Okay." Yu Wu sighed and interrupted their argument: "Let's get down to business first."
Yu Qi obviously listened to his words more, and sat down indignantly, with only one pair of eyes still churning with unwillingness and resentment.
Only then did Yu Wu turn to An Changqing again and asked, "Are you here to find the antidote?"
"Yes."
Yu Wu looked at him gently, with a somewhat apologetic expression: "The antidote is in the Heavenly Palace at the bottom of the cliff. We could easily enter and exit the Heavenly Palace, but not long after Xiao Bayi left and never returned, the Heavenly Palace at the bottom of the cliff was activated, and the door was opened. It's closed, and we won't be able to get in. Even if Xiaoba doesn't have an accident, we won't be able to get the antidote until the next ten years."
An Changqing didn't expect this ending, so he was stunned, and then hesitantly asked, "Can you tell me what's in the Heavenly Palace?"
"Heavenly Palace..." Yu Wu's expression seemed to fall into memory: "According to the records handed down from generation to generation in the clan, there are countless gold and silver jewelry and sharks in the Tiangong, as well as countless organs, the most central place... is the rest of the high priest. place."
"The High Priest... is that Yu Qiao?" An Changqing asked again, "He died?"
Yu Wu glanced at him and shook his head: "The empty tomb was built at that time, and we never went to see it."
What more did An Changqing want to ask, Yu Wu stopped his words, pointed to the dark sky outside and said, "It's getting late, let's go to dinner first. I know you must have many questions to ask, wait for dinner. After dinner, I'll tell you again."
He showed a helpless smile: "Many things are passed down by word of mouth. I'm old and can't remember clearly, so I have to think about it."
An Changqing looked at his face in his early forties and said, "You don't look old."
Yu Wu smiled and called the others to eat first: "Look at people, you can't just look at their appearance... Just like the wicked people often have a Bodhisattva face. Some people are old and can't tell from their faces."
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