Chapter 133

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date="2021-09-03"

title="Chapter 133"

weight="134624"

series = ["The Tyrant’s Beloved Empress"]

mode = "manual"

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After dinner, an Changqing was left behind by Aunt Yu, and only then did she know the origin of the mackerel people.

I do not know how many years ago, the mackerel people were just a group of ordinary fishermen who lived by the sea for generations and made a living by fishing. One day the men in the village went fishing as usual, but they brought back a strange big fish. According to the description handed down by our ancestors, the big fish was covered with dark golden scales, horned forehead and glazed eyes, which seemed to be spiritual things. But at that time, the village was short of 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 beg in his eyes, the villagers still killed the big fish, and each household divided the fish and meat.

The villagers who ate fish soon developed a strange disease, and many people began to grow fish scales on their faces, bodies and legs. These villagers are afraid of being treated as monsters and dare not go to see a doctor. After suffering day by day, some villagers who could not support it died and went crazy. Those who were lucky not to die had the same dream about the big fish eaten by all the villagers.

The big fish claims to be the dragon fish that skips the dragon gate and is about to rise. But was accidentally killed by the villagers to eat flesh and blood. Unwilling to die, grievances and curses are melted into flesh and blood, and all the villagers who have eaten the flesh and blood of big fish can not escape its curse.

"the credibility of the arowana can no longer be tested, but the curse is probably true." Yu Wu on one side added: "some of the villagers who were lucky enough to survive have maintained their human appearance, while others have become monsters with fish tails and can only live at sea from now on." Some people happen to see the villagers with fish tails on the sea, so they are called mackerel people. The villagers who have maintained their human form and still live in the village have since changed their surname to Yu and call themselves the mackerel people. "

The whole mackerel, who survived, moved to a more secluded seaside, thinking that as long as they sincerely repented, the curse would end after their death. But as the years went by, they found that the curse did not fade with time. The first batch of villagers who ate fish no longer look old and can live up to more than 150 years old. only when they are about to die will their faces grow old and decay quickly and die quickly at last. And the boy they gave birth to began to show all kinds of strange red lines. When you reach adulthood, you can even conceive like a woman.

All kinds of unusual behaviors make the mackerel people who live in seclusion more frightened, and they can only hide their whereabouts more carefully. But there is no impenetrable wall in the world, and such a strange thing as not looking old is impossible to hide completely. From emperors seeking immortality to charlatans, they are all looking for traces of the mackerel tribe. The mackerel people suddenly became a curiosity. Can only run away as awkwardly as a rat crossing the street.

They were chased and hid to a deeper and farther island at sea. From then on, I never dared to have too much contact with foreigners. But the island is barren, and if they want to make a living, they can only rely on fishing and weaving, going out to sea for months or half a year, and taking risks 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 has become a difficult problem. " Yu er said, "it is said that at that time, the mackerel people abandoned the secular human relations and could be combined at will." But after only two or three generations, the consequences were revealed. "

Many disabled or deformed children began to appear on the island, and even gave birth to mackerel men with fish tails, irrational and ferocious as wild animals. Some wise people in the clan say that this may be the real curse of the arowana. If they continue to breed, their offspring will become monsters sooner or later. They then ventured off the island, went ashore and hid themselves incognito. There are also a small number of people who choose to stay on the island, but do not dare to continue their bloodline and only stay on the island.

Looking at Yu er's much older face, an Changqing didn't know what to say. He did not expect that the ancestors of the mackerel had such a dark past. The so-called immortality is just a facade. No wonder Yu Qi said he would rather not.

And look at Yu er's old state, obviously has entered the last time, an Changqing's eyes unconsciously with a trace of heavy.

Yu er was very relieved. He patted him on the back of his hand and said slowly, "this is a sin made by our ancestors. We can only bear it. People will die sooner or later. You must learn to take it easy."

An Changqing let out a low "uh-huh" and then asked, "what happened to the high priest?"

Yu er said, "the old three and five know more about the high priest. Ask them to tell you about it."

Then she closed her eyes a little wearily and got up slowly on her knees: "I'm tired. I'm going to have a rest."

After she left, Yu Wu continued to preach to him, "the high priest is the last living person on the lonely island." According to the remaining records, he should have been the child of two mackerel men. "

After discovering the evil consequences of ignoring the combination of human relations, the villagers who stayed on the isolated island no longer breed their blood. But they are still rational, and children who are born mackerel and have only wild animal instincts will mate in estrus when they grow up. They can no longer be called human beings, become almost fish-like and do not recognize people, and their only instinct is to lay eggs on the island during the annual mating season. Yu Yu was born after mating between two mackerel men.

Unlike other eggs, he was in human form when he broke the egg, but because he had no fish tail, he was abandoned by the mackerel. The mackerel people on the island met by chance and adopted him.

Yu Huan has been very intelligent since he was a child, and he has taught himself a lot of things without a teacher. When he was eighteen years old, the last mackerel tribe on the island died, so he left the island and wanted to go to the shore to find other people.

"did he meet Huai Shu'an at that time?" An Changqing leaned forward and asked.

Huai Shuan, the late king of Yuze, wrote in his handwriting that when he went out to sea, he met Yu Yu who claimed to have encountered a shipwreck, so he kindly took him back to Yongzhou. If this is the time they meet, then the time will be right.

"what happened after he went out to sea? What is the entanglement with Yuze, Xixi and Dawei? "

"in the days of the high priest, we did not experience it. Only people of my grandfather's generation said that the high priest wanted to make a stable life for the mackerel people, so he took part in the Bazhu Rebellion. "

As mentioned earlier, the mackerel people have been fishing and weaving for generations, and later they ate dragon fish and were cursed. At the same time, they also had some abilities that were different from ordinary people. For example, the cloth woven by the mackerel people is so light and tough that it can be made into soft armor and even bulletproof, which is called "mackerel". For example, the mackerel people are good at building sea ships, and the ships they build are indestructible, so they are the most powerful craftsmen. According to the drawings drawn by the mackerel people, they cannot build the same big ship. In addition to building large ships, they also used excellent skills to make many unheard-of organ weapons for Yu during the "eight pillars Rebellion".

There are few detailed records in the history books of the Rebellion of the Bazhu Kingdom. in time, there are only a few writings about the obscurity and incompetence of the former emperors, the eight pillar countries agreed on major events in the national capital, overthrew the former dynasty, established a new dynasty, and respected Xiao Li as the emperor. An Changqing never knew that Yu Yu and the mackerel tribe had made such a great effort.

"then."

"then Xiao Li reneged on his promise, and he betrayed the high priest."

Yu Wu squinted his eyes and recalled what he had heard when he was a child: "there used to be no high priest among the mackerel people, and Yu Kui was the first." He did his best to protect the people, which was probably the most peaceful and peaceful period of time for the mackerel people. He also said that he would lift the blood curse and put an end to the days when his people were in hiding. "

So he took part in the "eight pillars Rebellion". It's just that in the middle, he and Xiao Li knew each other, and they fell in love with each other. Xiao Li was a born emperor, and the other Dazhu kingdoms all obeyed him, and the Xiao family was also a former aristocrat. In terms of public and private, Yu Li supported him to ascend the throne as emperor, even in the campaign against the previous dynasty, it was he who contributed the most and did the most meritorious service.

Xiao Li originally promised to be emperor side by side with him after ascending the throne, and would give the remaining mackerel people a peaceful life. But after he ascended the throne, he did not keep his promise-in order to appease the orphans of the former dynasty and stabilize the situation in the court, he married the princess of the former dynasty as the queen.

Although Yu Kui was disappointed, he did not delay the great events of the mackerel people because of his personal affairs. he only went to Xiao Li and asked him to erase all the records of the mackerel people and return them to a peaceful day.

However, I do not know how the story leaked out, and the story of the mackerel people was brought up again, and the appearance of the mackerel people who had not changed for several years was also mentioned many times, and the secret of "immortality" of the mackerel people was exposed. once again, it has become a "panacea" in the eyes of the world that can become immortal with one bite.

Yu Kui no longer expected Xiao Li and ran away in a panic with the surviving people to avoid being hunted and killed.

"what role did Huai Shu an and Xue Chang play in the middle?" An Changqing asked again.

Yu Wu looked at him admiringly and said with a sarcastic smile, "only the three people close to Yu Kui know about the mackerel clan. Xiao Li is one, and the other two are Huai Shuan and Xue Chang." When the news came out, it was probably one of them, or. It was leaked by the three of them. "

An Changqing had a chill on his back, his lover betrayed, his people were hunted, and even his best friend could not be trusted. He hardly dared to think about Yu Kun's situation at that time.

"what happened next?"

"then, without knowing what method he had used, the high priest led all his pursuers to the sea, while the mackerel went into hiding somewhere else and continued to remain anonymous. And since then, the high priest has not appeared. The old men said that he died with the pursuers at sea. But they refused to believe Huai Shu-an and thought that he had great abilities and could live forever. How could he die so easily? "

So later, Huai Shuan found the rest of the mackerel people, secretly sent them to an island in the South China Sea, built a heavenly palace on the island, accumulated countless gold and silver treasures in it, and built an empty tomb in the center of the heavenly palace, but never admitted that Yu Kun was actually dead.

Yu Wu was obviously disgusted with these people and said with a cold smile, "do you think they are ridiculous?" Huai Shu an guarded the island all his life and named the island "the tomb of the mackerel". When he died, he asked future generations to guard here from generation to generation, and even poisoned them, telling us to go to the Heavenly Palace to get the antidote and send it to Yuze every ten years. But hope that one day the high priest will come back alive and find the island and see their compensation. "

These stories have not been experienced by their younger generation, and they have all been heard from their grandfathers who have experienced all this. Although they have no personal experience, they can still feel the sadness and resentment, and over the years, they have always kept in mind that they will never take a step off the island. Only one tribe is sent out to sea every ten years. But didn't expect that even so, couldn't help facing the grief of the death of loved ones.

In fact, their eight brothers and sisters are not related by blood. At that time, the mackerel people were in hiding, and many of them intermarried with foreigners and gave birth to children. Later, the quiet life was completely broken, and they fled to avoid hunting, and at last they were only a small group of people who hid alive and were sent to the island by Huai Shu. After giving birth to them, their parents ranked them as brothers and sisters in order to tell them to cherish the rest of their people. Although they are not brothers, they cannot fake the relationship they grew up with. If they were not afraid of bringing disaster to other people on the island, they would have gone to sea to find people.

Yu Wu closed his eyes, feeling a little depressed. Yu San, who was next to him, patted him on the shoulder and said, "that's all we know. If you still want to track down and find the antidote, you can only go to the Heavenly Palace to find out." After a pause, he added: "the Heavenly Palace was built for the high priest, and the central part is full of crises, and we dare not go deep into it. Many organs are said to be cracked only by other parties." But you bear a resemblance to the high priest, so perhaps you can give it a try. "

Even if he didn't say, an Changqing was going to visit the Heavenly Palace. After thanking several people, an Changqing temporarily stayed in the house arranged for him by Yu Wu, prepared to ask them to tell them the location of the Heavenly Palace tomorrow, and then sent himself out of the village, and he took someone to explore.

After an Changqing left, Yu Wu opened his eyes and frowned and looked at Yu San. "what did you mean by that?" Why did Changqing go to the Heavenly Palace? No matter how much they look alike, they are not alone, and the heavenly palace is full of organs. "

Yu San gently pressed his lips, removed the crown of his hair and massaged his scalp with his fingers, but his voice was always calm: "when the Heavenly Palace was suddenly activated, I went to the Heavenly Palace to explore. At that time, I inadvertently went deeper and saw the high priest."

"High priest?" Yu Wu straightened himself up, frowned and looked at him and said, "Why didn't you tell me at that time?"

"it means that one more person is worried." Yu San turned the man around by his shoulder and continued, "it's probably just a residual shadow. he said to me, 'there is life and death, and there is reincarnation of cause and effect. I would like to take Yu's fine blood as a sacrifice to change my life and protect my people.'"

It is not very accurate to what he said, but he just broke in unintentionally and came across some residual scenes. The Heavenly Palace was at the bottom of the cliff, and because it was built by Huai Shuan, it was full of organs, so they never went deep into it, so they never knew that the high priest might have come back.

Yu Wu is still worried: "even if the high priest. But it's still too dangerous. "

"it's up to them to choose whether to go or not." Yu San said, "an Changqing is not the blood of the high priest, but his resemblance may be due to the reincarnation of cause and effect." I probably remember the organs outside the Heavenly Palace. If they want to go, I will show them the way. "

What else did Yu Wu want to say, but he patted him on the head: "Don't worry, I'm measured."

An Changqing had a night's rest in the village and offered to leave the village early the next morning. Yu San took the initiative to send him out. Yu Qiao wanted to follow, but after a faint glance at Yu San, he shut up angrily. It was only then that an Changqing knew that Yu San and Yu Wu were his father and father.

After saying goodbye to the villager, Yu San saw him out. It is probably true that nature is preserved in the blood. An Changqing has been able to keep up with the speed of Yu San, but Yu San's posture is extremely elegant and pleasing to the eye. In order to be faster, he can only do what he can do conveniently.

After another cup of tea, the two men surfaced, and as soon as they put on their clothes, they were surrounded by a group of soldiers. An Changqing, who probably knew who it was, turned around and said, "it's me, where is your Majesty?"

As soon as the words fell, the whole person was carried into his arms by Xiao Zhige who strode to him. Xiao Zhige hugged very tightly, as if holding a lost treasure.

Yu San watched, eyebrow moved: "this is your partner?"

It was only then that an Changqing realized that there were outsiders watching, pushed Xiao Zhige, motioned him to release himself, and just introduced to the two people: "this is the third grandpa."

Xiao Zhige's brow moved slightly. Unexpectedly, he went there alone and recognized a grandfather. Although he called people politely, his eyes looked at him with scrutiny.

Yu San looked at him for a moment and then looked away. Xiao Zhige took off his robe, dried his drenched hair for an Changqing, and said, "We camped not far from the cliff. Let's talk about it over there."

The party went back to the camp. When they returned, they came across many soldiers slaughtering wild animals, the fur of which had been completely stripped off and the flesh and blood dried on the other side.

An Changqing frowned: "what are you doing?"

"taking the skin of the beast as an airbag." Xiao Zhige could not see anything on his face, but his hand clasped an Changqing's hand tightly, and his strength was so strong that he even grabbed an Changqing with some pain: "after I followed you into the river, I couldn't hold my breath for so long, and then I tried many times, but I couldn't go down." We can only ask the officers and soldiers to speed up the production of airbags. "

What he did not say is that after losing people the afternoon before, he was like an angry lion, ordering his officers and soldiers to hunt wild animals and speed up the production of airbags. Look at the number of airbags, he is not going to the village alone. If an Changqing comes back later, he will probably bring someone to the door.

An Changqing coughed lightly and looked aside at Yu San and said, "yesterday I went to the village alone, and he was a little impatient and meant no harm."

Yu San nodded faintly: "I understand."

Several people sat down in the camp, and after the Huai Ruyu brothers arrived, an Changqing told them what he had learned in the village and said that Yu San was willing to take them to the Heavenly Palace.

Huai Ruyu was more suspicious and frowned on: "how could the Heavenly Palace happen to be 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 supposed to be?"

"We haven't been there for decades." Yu San was not as polite to him as an Changqing, saying coldly, "We don't need an antidote, but we won't risk digging into it."

He also has a point. In the final analysis, they want something from others. Huai Ruyu sighed and no longer questioned.

However, Xiao Zhige said, "how dangerous are the organs in the Heavenly Palace?"

"I have only been to the outer layer, and the outer layer is not dangerous. In the central area, we have only heard the old man say that it is very dangerous. There is no return, and we will never be allowed to set foot. So I don't know. This time I can only show you the way to the outer layer. If you can't find an antidote in the outer layer, you can only consider looking for it in the center. "

Several people looked at each other, and there was a choice in their eyes-- now that they had all come, they could never go home empty-handed.

Xiao Zhige said: "if there is no problem, be well prepared within three days and visit the Heavenly Palace."

The Huairuyu brothers had no objection. Yu San saw that they had set a time, so he got up and said, "then I'll come back in the morning three days later." You can speed up the preparation of the airbag, and there is also a section of water to go to the Heavenly Palace. " With that, Chaoan Changqing nodded slightly and left.

The four people left behind also quickly adjusted their manpower and began to prepare for the trip to the Heavenly Palace.

To go to the Heavenly Palace by water, you need to use airbags, that person can not take too many, Xiao Zhige and Huairuyu respectively selected 20 good swimmers to accompany them, and prepared food and weapons. Just in case, they still brought the rest of the thunder and firearms. It's all airtight wrapped in animal skins.

On the third day of the appointment, Yu San appeared as promised, and a party packed up and followed him to the Heavenly Palace, while the rest of the officers and soldiers were stationed in place to wait.

The author has something to say:

Counseling: how many grandfathers do I have?

Here you are:. Five, five?