I looked intently at the mermaid in the pool, and she said with flashing eyes: "Actually, people in the past didn't call us mermaids, but called us sharks."
"Merman" I suddenly widened my eyes and said, "Merman oil is" I pointed at her, but didn't dare to say anything for fear of angering her.
But it seemed that she was not angry.
She nodded and said, "Yes, when fishermen caught us in the past, they would hand it over to the government, and the government would send us to a special place to boil shark oil and use it.
If you light a lamp, it will not go out for ten thousand years.”
My face twitched slightly and I said, "Won't you explain to them?"
"How do you explain that the sharks can't speak your language at all?"
the mermaid asked.
"Then why did you say that?"
I asked in surprise.
"Zhao Tuo, the lieutenant of Nanhai County, had not yet established the Nanyue Kingdom at that time.
When the Nanhai County of the Qin Kingdom was established, he was ordered to set up an army specifically to capture the sharks.
The captured sharks were usually sent directly to the Qin Palace. , but when he captured me, Zhao Tuo left me behind out of curiosity."
The mermaid said.
"Why keep you?
Is there anything special about you?"
I asked.
"Actually, I'm nothing special, just because I'm a female mermaid.
They usually capture male mermaids, because females are relatively rare and bear the task of reproducing offspring, so they will always be in the deep sea. , generally do not float too shallowly, and only adult males that come out to catch food will be caught.
However, because I am playful and curious about the outside world, I secretly followed the fishing team and set out, but unexpectedly I encountered Zhao Tuo’s fishing team was unfortunate Caught."
The mermaid thought for a moment, then looked up at me and said, "Zhao Tuo was curious as to why the shark has the upper body of a human but the back half of a fish, and can still stay in the water for a long time. of residence, they dissected many of us Sharks, actually we sharks have lungs, but our lungs are special and can absorb air from the water.
After water enters the lungs, it sucks the oxygen out of the water, and then spits out the remaining water. , keep repeating this action.”
"Then why didn't he kill you but kept you?"
I asked curiously.
"Didn't you tell me, because I am a female mermaid, not only smaller in stature, but also have the face and body of a beautiful woman.
Then Zhao Tuo wanted to know if we can be like ordinary humans.
Learn to speak, write, communicate, etc., because when I was arrested, I was very I was scared and kept calling my mother.
The word mother in the shark language is the same as the human word.
In fact, not only the shark language, but also the pronunciation of mother in many ethnic languages is the same as the human word.
So Zhao Tuo kept me and gave me As a test subject, he raised me as a human being and asked me to be taught how to speak and write. , singing, dancing, and even asked a wizard to teach me witchcraft.
I didn’t expect that I could do everything.”
The mermaid took a deep breath and said: “Actually, I was afraid that they would kill me to boil oil, so I worked harder, and I added.
I was pretty smart to begin with, so I learned it quickly.
After I learned it, I specialized in dancing.
I sang for Zhao Tuo and became a different kind of dancer.
Once there was a major festival, he would let me dance in the pool for everyone to watch.
I became the biggest bargaining chip between Zhao Tuo and other princes and kings because Only he, Zhao Tuo, is a beautiful shark who can play chess, calligraphy and painting, is good at singing and dancing, and can speak human language."
I see, but whether her explanation is believable or not is one thing.
What I want to know is why she is here and why she can live so long.
I looked the mermaid up and down, and first asked: "Why are you here?"
"Buried with him."
The mermaid sighed and said, "I am Zhao Tuo's favorite dancer.
When he died, he named me to be buried with him.
It was not buried as a sacrifice, but maybe buried with him, because the dead shark was I can’t dance, so I was banned here.”
"Then how come you have lived for more than two thousand years?
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You have to give me an explanation."
Let me see how it answers this question.
"I don't know the specifics."
The mermaid shook her head and said, "But you have to be clear.
Aquatic creatures generally have long lifespans.
Thousand-year-old kings and eighty-thousand-year-old turtles.
The lifespan of our shark race is also not short.
Because I am young, No one told me how many years we can live, but before I was captured, the oldest one in our clan was already a year old. " "Well, even if you have a life span of two thousand years, how do you survive?
Don't you eat or drink?"
I asked again.
"Yes, didn't you see that there wasn't a single fish in the lake?
They were all eaten by me, but I found that even if I didn't eat, I wouldn't feel hungry.
And what's strange is that our tribe The old people here will get older as they grow older, but I have never changed.
I was like this when I was buried with him, and I am still like this now."
She actually took the initiative to express her doubts.
I frowned slightly, looked at the pillars around me, thought for a while and said, "Maybe it's because of these six pillars and the formation.
Didn't you say that the water in this pool is dust-free water?
Even dust can't get in.
It seems like this The pool is a relatively static state, maybe that’s why you don’t age.”
"Maybe that's true."
The mermaid nodded.
"There's another question.
How come you look exactly like Xia Mengping?
Since we've already talked about it, let's talk about it."
I held both swords and looked at her intently.
"You are very persistent."
She thought for a while and said, "It's okay to tell you.
This is the art of disguise.
There is the art of disguise in witchcraft.
I can change the appearance I want at will."
I remember that the former leader of the Wu Clan disguised himself as a Yueyang Taoist to deceive me, so I knew that the Wu Clan had witchcraft.
But even Yuelan doesn’t know how to disguise herself, so how could she know it?
"Is this difficult to learn?"
I asked casually.
"Well, it's difficult."
The mermaid nodded and said, "And it's usually not passed down to the outside world.
It's passed down from generation to generation in the hands of tribal leaders.
Because of my specialness, Zhao Tuo ordered one of the tribal leaders to pass on the witchcraft without reservation.
He passed it on to me, threatening the lives of his entire clan, so he passed it on to me without reservation. " "Prove it to me."
I don't believe she knows the art of disguise.
"Well, okay, you wait."
She nodded, then plopped and got into the water again.
I stood on the steps, waiting to see how she would prove it.
Three minutes later, there was a splash of water.
The moment I came out of the water, I was stunned and frightened
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