After dinner, An Changqing was left behind by the second aunt Yu's grandmother, and only then did she know the origin of the merman.
It is not known how many years ago, the mermen were just a group of ordinary fishermen. They lived by the sea for generations and made a living by fishing. One day, when the men in the village went out to fish as usual, they brought back a strange big fish one day. According to the description passed down by the ancestors: the big fish was covered with dark golden scales, horns on his forehead, and his eyes were like glass, which seemed to be a spiritual thing. But at that time, the village lacked food and clothing, and such a big fish was enough for the whole village to eat for ten days and a half months. Even though the big fish seemed to be begging, the villagers still killed the big fish and distributed the fish to each household.
The villagers who ate fish developed a strange disease soon after, and many people began to grow fish scales on their faces, bodies, and legs... These villagers were afraid of being treated as monsters, and they dared not go to the doctor for medical treatment. Just like this day by day, the villagers who couldn't hold on gradually died and went crazy... Those who were lucky enough not to die all had the same dream, dreaming of the big fish that was eaten by all the villagers.
The big fish claimed to be the dragon fish that jumped over the dragon gate and was about to soar. It was accidentally eaten by the villagers. Unwilling to die, resentment and curse melted into flesh and blood, and all the villagers who ate the flesh and blood of the big fish could not escape its curse.
"It is impossible to test whether the existence of dragon fish is credible, but as far as the curse is concerned, it is probably true." Yu Wu on the side added: "Those villagers who survived by chance, some maintain their human appearance, and some people change. The monsters who became human fish tails can only live on the sea. Some villagers who accidentally saw human fish tails in the sea called them mermen. The villagers who maintained their human form and still lived in the village have since then Changed his surname to Yu and called himself the Merman."
The merpeople who survived by chance moved to a more secluded seaside, thinking that as long as they sincerely repented, the curse would end after their death. But year after year, they found that the curse had not diminished with time. The first batch of villagers who ate fish no longer looked old and could live to be more than 150 years old. Only when they were about to die would their faces that had suspended aging quickly become old and decayed, and finally died quickly. . And the boy they gave birth began to have all kinds of strange red lines on their bodies... When they became adults, they could even conceive like a woman...
The performances that were different from ordinary people made the secluded merpeople even more anxious and cautiously hide their whereabouts. But such strange things as youthful appearance cannot be hidden 100%. From the emperor who seeks immortality to the warlocks of the rivers and lakes, they are all looking for the traces of the merpeople. The merman suddenly became a rare commodity. Running away like a mouse crossing the street.
They were chased and hid in deeper and farther seas. Since then, I have never dared to interact with foreigners too much. But the island is barren. If they want to survive, they can only rely on fishing and weaving. They go out to sea once every few months or half a year, and venture to trade with foreigners.
"But there are only so many people on the island, and all of them are relatives of the same village. After not interacting with foreigners, the inheritance of blood will become a problem." Yu Erdao: "It is said that at that time, the merpeople abandoned the secular human relations and could combine at will. .But this is only two or three generations, and the consequences will appear."
Many physically disabled or deformed children began to appear on the island, and even gave birth to mermaids with fish tails, like beasts, irrational and only devouring flesh and blood. A wise man in the clan said that this may be the real curse of the dragon fish. So they ventured off the island again, went ashore and went ashore to hide their names and hide. There are also a small number of people who choose to stay on the island, but they don't dare to continue their bloodline, and only linger on the island.
Looking at Yu Er's seemingly much older face, An Changqing didn't know what to say for a while. He did not expect that the ancestors of the merman race would have such a dark past. The so-called immortality is just an appearance. No wonder Yu Qi said he would rather not.
Looking at Yu Er's old state, it was obvious that he had entered the final days, and An Changqing's eyes unconsciously took on a hint of heaviness.
Yu Er looked very relieved. He patted the back of his hand and said slowly: "This is the fault of our ancestors. Our descendants can only suffer. Everyone will die sooner or later. You have to learn to look away."
An Changqing gave an "um" and asked again, "What happened to the high priest?"
Yu Er said: "The third and the fifth know more about the high priest. Let them tell you."
After speaking, she closed her eyes a little tiredly, and slowly got up with her knees on her back: "I'm tired, let's go to rest first."
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After she left, Yu Wu continued to tell him: "The high priest is the last living person on the island. According to the records left, he should be the remaining child of the two mermen."
After discovering the consequences of disregarding human relations, the villagers who stayed behind on the isolated island stopped multiplying their bloodlines. But they are still sensible, and those children who are born as mermaids and only have animal instincts grow up, but they will be in estrus. They can no longer be called human, their habits have become almost fish-like, and they do not recognize people. Their only instinct is to lay eggs on the island during the annual season. And Yu Qiao was born after two mercenaries.
He is different from other eggs. When he broke out of the egg, he was in human form, but because he had no fish tail, he was abandoned by the mermaid. The merpeople on the island met by chance and adopted him.
Yu Qiao has been very intelligent since he was a child, and he has learned many things without a teacher. When he was eighteen years old, the last merman on the island also died, so he left the island and wanted to go to the shore to find other people.
"Did he meet Huai Shuan that time?" An Changqing leaned forward and asked.
Huai Shu'an, the former king of Yuze, wrote in his notebook: When he went to sea, he met Yu Qiao, who claimed to be in a shipwreck, so he kindly took him back to Yongzhou. If this is the time they meet, then the time will be right.
"After he went to sea, what happened? What entanglements did he have with Yuze, Xiji and Da Ye?"
"We haven't experienced the era of the high priest. We only heard from the grandfather's generation that the high priest wanted to seek a stable life for the merpeople, and participated in the 'Eight Pillars Rebellion'."
As I said before, the merpeople fish and weave for generations. Later, they ate the flesh of dragon fish, and at the same time they were cursed, they also had some abilities that were different from ordinary people. For example, the cloth woven by the merman tribe is very light, thin and tough. It is made into soft armor and can even be invulnerable to swords and guns. Another example is that the mermen are good at building sea ships. The boats they build are indestructible. They are the most powerful craftsmen. According to the drawings drawn by the merpeople, they can't build the same big ships... Except for building big ships, they use excellent skills. During the "Eight Pillars Rebellion", he made many unheard-of weapons for Yu Qiao.
There is almost no detailed record of the "Bazhu Kingdom Rebellion" in the history books. When it comes to it, it is only written in a few strokes that the previous emperor was incompetent. emperor. An Changqing never knew that Yu Qiao and the merman were so powerful.
"Then then..."
"Later Xiao Li broke his promise. He betrayed the high priest."
Yu Wu narrowed his eyes and recalled what he had heard when he was a child: "There used to be no high priest in the mermen, and Yu Qiao was the first one. He protected the tribe with all his might, and that was probably the most peaceful and peaceful time for the mermen. He also said It will definitely lift the bloodline curse and end the days when the clansmen hide in Tibet."
So he participated in the "Eight Pillars Rebellion". It's just that in the middle, he and Xiao Li met, and the two fell in love with each other. Xiao Li was a born emperor, and the rest of the big pillar kingdoms obeyed him, and the Xiao family was a noble of the former dynasty. For both the public and the private, Yu Qiao supported him to become emperor, even in the battle against the former dynasty. Among them, he contributed the most and contributed the most.
And Xiao Li originally promised that after he ascended the throne, he would become emperor side by side with him, and give the remaining merpeople a peaceful life. But after he ascended the throne, he did not fulfill his promise - in order to appease the orphans of the previous dynasty and stabilize the situation of the court, he married the princess of the previous dynasty.
Although Yu Qiao was disappointed, he did not delay the major affairs of the mermen because of his personal relationship. He only went to find Xiao Li and asked him to erase all the records of the mermen, and give the mermen a peaceful day.
But I don't know how this matter leaked, the matter of the merman was brought up again, and Yu Qiao's unchanging appearance for several years was also mentioned many times. You can get the "magic elixir" of becoming immortal in one bite.
Yu Qiao no longer had expectations for □□, and fled with the surviving clansmen in a hurry to avoid the pursuit.
"What role did Huai Shu'an and Xue Chang play in the middle?" An Changqing asked again.
Yu Wu glanced at him with admiration and said with a mocking smile, "Only the three people who are close to Yu Qiao know about the Mermaid race, Xiao Li is one, and the other two are Huai Shuan and Xue Chang. The sound of the wind is probably one of them, or... it's the three of them."
An Changqing felt a chill down his spine, his lover betrayed, his clan was hunted down, and he couldn't even trust his best friend. He hardly dared to imagine what kind of situation Yu Qiao was in at that time.
"and after?"
"Later, the high priest did not know what method he used to lead all the pursuers to the sea, while the merpeople hid elsewhere and continued to remain anonymous. Since then, the high priest has never appeared again. The old people said that he He died with the pursuers at sea. But Huai Shuan and the others refused to believe him, thinking that he had great ability and could live forever, so how could he die so easily?"
Therefore, Huaishuan found the rest of the merman clan, and sent them to an island in the South China Sea in secret, built a heavenly palace on the island, and accumulated countless gold and silver treasures in it, and built a tomb in the center of the heavenly palace. He refused to admit that Yu Qiao was actually dead.
Yu Wu obviously disgusted these people, and sneered: "Do you think they are ridiculous? Huai Shu'an guarded this island all his life, and named the island "Merman's Tomb". He asked the descendants to guard it from generation to generation, and even poisoned them, and told us to go to Tiangong every ten years to get the antidote and send it to Yuze, so that one day the high priest could find this island and see them when he came back. compensation."
These stories were not personally experienced by their younger generation, they were all heard from the grandparents who had experienced everything. Although they have not experienced it themselves, they can still feel the sadness and resentment. Over the years, they have always remembered that they will never leave this island. Only one tribe will be sent to sea every ten years. But I didn't expect that even so, it is inevitable to face the grief of the death of a loved one.
Their eight brothers and sisters are not actually blood relatives. Back then, the merpeople were hiding in Tibet, and there were many who intermarryed and had children with foreigners. Later, their peaceful life was completely broken. They fled in all directions to avoid being chased and killed. In the end, they hid alive and were sent to the island by Huaishuan, but it was only a small group of people. After their parents gave birth to them, they ranked them according to their age, and called them brothers and sisters, just to make them cherish the only remaining clansmen. Although they were not brothers, they could not fake their relationship when they grew up carefully. If they were not afraid of bringing disaster to other people on the island, they would have gone to sea to find people long ago.
Yu Wu closed his eyes, feeling a little depressed. Yu San, who was next to him, patted his shoulder lightly, and said, "That's all we know. If you still want to investigate and find the antidote, you can only go to Tiangong to find out." He paused again. Said: "The Heavenly Palace was built for the High Priest. The central part is full of dangers, and we dare not go deep into it. It is said that many institutions can only be cracked by other parties... But you are similar to the High Priest, so maybe you can try it."
Even if he didn't say anything, An Changqing was ready to visit the Heavenly Palace. After thanking a few people, An Changqing temporarily stayed in the house that Yu Wu arranged for him, and was going to ask them to inform him of the location of the Tiangong tomorrow, and then sent himself out of the village, and he would take someone to investigate.
After An Changqing left, Yu Wu opened his eyes, frowned and looked at Yu San: "What do you mean by what you just said? Why did Changqing go to the Heavenly Palace? Even if they look alike, they are not alone. Heavy…”
Yu San gently pressed his lips, took off his hair crown, and massaged his scalp with his fingers, but his voice was always calm: "When the Tiangong organ was suddenly activated, I went to the Tiangong to investigate, and I didn't intend to go deeper. , saw the high priest."
"High Priest?" Yu Wu straightened his body and looked at him with a frown, "Why didn't you tell me at that time?"
"I said that there is one more person to worry about." Yu San pressed him on the shoulder and turned the person around, and continued: "It's probably just a residual phantom. He said to me, 'Life and death have destiny, karma is reincarnated, and I hope that there is only one person left. Blood is sacrificed, life is changed, and my people are protected'."
It's not quite accurate to say what he said to him, it's probably just that he broke in unintentionally and ran into some residual sights. This temple is at the bottom of the cliff, because it was built by Huai Shuan, and it is full of organs, so they have never gone deep, so they never knew that the high priest might have returned.
Yu Wu was still worried: "Even if the high priest... it's still too dangerous."
"Whether to go or not, the choice is theirs." Yu San said: "An Changqing is not the bloodline of the high priest, but he looks so similar, maybe it is the answer to the sentence of karma. I probably remember the outside of the Tiangong. If they want to go, I will show them the way."
Yu Wu wanted to say something, but he patted his head: "Don't worry, I'm measured."
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An Changqing rested in the village for one night, and asked to leave the village early the next morning. Yu San took the initiative to send him out, but Yu Qiao wanted to follow him, but after Yu San gave him a faint glance, he shut up again. Only at this time did An Changqing know that Yu San and Yu Wu were his father and daddy.
After saying goodbye to the villagers, Yu San sent him out. Once born and cooked twice, it is probably true that nature is preserved in blood. An Changqing has been able to keep up with Yu San's speed freely, but Yu San's posture is extremely elegant and pleasing to the eye. .
After another cup of tea, the two surfaced. As soon as they put on their clothes, they were surrounded by a group of soldiers. An Changqing probably knew who it was, and turned around and said, "It's me, where's your majesty?"
As soon as the words fell, the whole person was carried into his arms by Xiao Zhige who strode over. Xiao Zhige hugged tightly, like a lost treasure.
Yu San watched from the side, his brows moved: "This is your partner?"
Only then did An Changqing realize that there were outsiders watching, and pushed Xiao Zhige, motioning him to let go of himself, before introducing them to the two: "This is the third grandfather."
Xiao Zhige's brows moved slightly, but he didn't expect that he went there alone and recognized a grandfather. Although his mouth was a polite merman, his eyes were scrutinized.
Yu San looked at him for a moment, and then looked away lightly. Xiao Zhige took off his robe, dried An Changqing's wet hair, and said, "We set up camp not far from the cliff, we'll talk about it when we go there."
The group returned to the camp. When they went back, they saw quite a few soldiers slaughtering wild beasts. The fur of the beasts had been completely stripped off, and the flesh and blood were hanging on the other side to dry.
An Changqing frowned: "What is this doing?"
"I'm taking the skin of a beast to make an airbag." Xiao Zhige saw something on the face, but his hand was tightly gripping An Changqing's hand, and even grabbing An Changqing a little painfully: "I followed you down the river. , but he couldn't hold his breath for so long, and after trying many times, he couldn't go on. He could only ask the soldiers to hurry up and make the airbags."
What he didn't say was that after he lost the man the afternoon before, he was like a furious lion, ordering the soldiers to hunt wild animals and hurry up to control the airbags. Judging by the number, he was not going to go alone at all.
An Changqing coughed lightly, looked at Yu San and said, "Yesterday I went in alone, and he was a little impatient, and there was no malicious intent."
Yu San nodded lightly: "I know."
Several people took their seats in the tent, and after the Huai Ruyu brothers also arrived, An Changqing informed them of everything they had learned in the village, and also said that Yu San was willing to take them to the Heavenly Palace.
Huai Ruyu became more suspicious, and frowned, "Why is it so coincidental that the palace was closed at this time?"
Yu San: "I don't know."
Huai Ruyu: "Is there really an antidote in the Heavenly Palace?"
Yu San: "There should be."
Huai Ruyu frowned: "What is should?"
"We haven't been there for decades." Yu San was not as polite to him as An Changqing, and said coldly: "We don't need an antidote, but we won't take the risk to investigate further."
What he said also made sense. In the end, it was they who asked for others. Huai Ruyu sighed and stopped asking.
Instead, Xiao Zhige said, "How many organs are there in the Heavenly Palace?"
"I have only been to the outer layer, and the outer layer is not considered dangerous. We only heard the old man say that it is very dangerous, and we will never be allowed to set foot in the center. Therefore, I am not very clear. This time I can only give You lead the way to the outer layer. If the antidote is not found in the outer layer, you can only consider going to the center to find it."
Several people looked at each other, and since they all came, they would never return empty-handed.
Xiao Zhige said: "If there is no problem, prepare enough within three days to visit the Heavenly Palace."
Brother Huai Ruyu had no objection. Seeing that they had already set a time, Yu San stood up and said, "Then I will come back early in the morning in three days. You can speed up the preparation of the airbag, and there is also a waterway." After speaking, Chao An Changqing nodded slightly, Say goodbye and leave. ,
The remaining four quickly adjusted their manpower and began to prepare for the trip to Tiangong.
Tiangong needs to use airbags to travel by water, so they can't carry too many hands. Xiao Zhige and Huai Ruyu each chose twenty good water experts to accompany them, and prepared food and weapons. Just in case, they still brought the remaining thunder and firearms. All wrapped in animal skins and airtight.
On the third day of the appointment, Yu San appeared as promised, and the group dressed up and set off with him to the Heavenly Palace, while the rest of the soldiers stayed there and waited.
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