Chapter 5 Mermaid's Love (5)
This was the first time Miao Sheng saw Han Songluo's mother, which was similar to what she remembered - wearing a dark yellow brocade suit, her skin that lost its color was like a tree bark that was about to die. She had a little look in her eyes, without being sarcastic, which was something Miao Sheng could accept.
Li Chuyue stepped forward, blessed her body and smiled. "I've seen my aunt."
Miao Sheng followed her and became blessed with her appearance, but she did not speak.
Mrs. Han's eyes swept across Miao Sheng without a trace, and looked at Li Chuyue with a kind smile and said, "Get up quickly, Chuyue. From now on, we will be a family, so these empty gifts will be spared. I wonder if this girl is..."
Looking at Miaosheng with a silence, Mrs. Han asked with a smile.
"Reporting to the wife, the little girl is named Miaosheng, and she was saved by Mr. Han, so she was able to settle here." Miaosheng smiled, but she felt extremely depressed. These empty rituals on earth were a kind of bondage to her.
Mrs. Han's eyes moved. She knew about the woman her son brought back last night. Moreover, Han Songluo did not mean to hide it from others. So, now everyone in the city knows that Lord Han, who has just been in office for a year, brought back a little girl like a flower and a jade-like girl from somewhere last night... Cough, I don't know who reported it!
"Since Miss Miaosheng is here, please stay here with peace of mind. When Song Luo finds her relatives, she can reunite with her relatives." Is this the meaning of trying to drive her away?
Mrs. Han didn't want to rush Miaosheng to leave. Maybe she was old, so when she saw Miaosheng, Mrs. Han couldn't help but feel that Miaosheng was not an ordinary person... Perhaps, this is because the elders had eaten more food than the younger generation had eaten, right?
Miaosheng lowered his head, looking like he was taught, but he was wondering how to leave the Han Mansion. Just when Miaosheng racked his brains to go out to play, the opportunity came to his door automatically...
In the government office.
Han Songluo looked at the corpses on the ground with a headache - three corpses were lying on the ground, and they died in strange shapes, their bodies were dry, and they were all women.
"What have you found out these days?" Han Songluo raised his eyes and glanced at Wen Shang, who was full of embarrassment. For this case, Han Songluo had not returned to his house to rest for several days.
Wen Shang shook his head, "It's not bad. We have checked all the places we can check, but there are no clues. The only thing we think is suspicious is that these women are not locals."
Han Songluo held his forehead, wasn't he a local? Why did the murderer pick out foreigners? Wen Shang poked his friend with his elbow and said with a smile: "Didn't you bring a woman from another place back home a few days ago? Do you want her to come and have a look? Maybe she will know something."
"Miaosheng is an orphan who is wandering on the sea. What can she know?" Han Songluo waved his hand and rejected the proposal.
Wen Shang twitched the corner of his mouth, would you like to draw a conclusion so quickly? "But that little girl is really suspicious. She had this incident as soon as she came. If she was used by someone who was interested, the little girl would be miserable..."
"Shut up!" Han Songluo glared at Wen Shang angrily, and the crow's mouth. In the end, Han Songluo asked someone to go back to his house to invite Miao Sheng. As for why he did this, even Han Songluo himself didn't know. Perhaps it was because of the unhappiness in his heart when Wen Shang said Miao Sheng would be misunderstood. He didn't want Miao Sheng to be uttered, and when he decided to bring Miao Sheng, he actually felt relieved.
The yamen runners went quickly and came back quickly. Miao Sheng was wearing a blue shirt and there was an unconcealed excitement on his face.
"Brother Han!" Miao Sheng shouted excitedly, attracting Wen Shang's curious gaze. The girl in front of her was only seventeen or eighteen years old, with long black hair casually tied her hair behind her head, and a green-leafed bamboo hairpin was inserted diagonally, looking pretty and neat. Although she was quite handsome, how could Han Songluo, who had never been confused about beauty, care about this little girl this time?
Han Songluo waved to Miao Sheng, "Miao Sheng, come here!"
Miaosheng walked obediently to Han Songluo. Han Songluo rubbed her hair and introduced with a smile: "He is Wen Shang, my friend."
"Hello, Brother Wen!" Miaosheng greeted with a obedient look, "My name is Miaosheng."
"Miss Miaosheng." Wen Shang responded to Miaosheng with a smile, but he silently complained in his heart. Is this guy Han Songluo really interesting to this little girl, right? Is it obvious that the old cow eats tender grass?
Miao Sheng sniffed, looked down at the corpse on the ground, and asked, "Brother Han, are you having trouble with me?"
"Oh, that's right. Miss Miao Sheng, the deceased lying on the ground, saw it? I don't know why, women have been killed recently, and they are all outsiders. We think that Miss Miao Sheng, you are also outsiders, maybe you will know something!" Before Han Songluo could speak, Wen Shang spoke first.
Miao Sheng looked up at Han Songluo, and Han Songluo nodded slightly, "The victims are all from other places, but the locals are not injured."
Hearing this, Miao Sheng turned around several corpses, her nose moved, and she seemed to smell a faint smell of fishy smell. Looking at Miao Sheng observing the corpse with a leisurely look on her face, Wen Shang grabbed Han Songluo and said excitedly: "Songluo, have you seen that this little girl is not afraid! The big men who found the corpse before were scared to death!"
Han Songluo slapped open his claws and said lightly: "What's there to make a fuss about? Have you never seen a dead person?"
Wen Shang: Haha... He has seen a dead person, but he has never seen such a strange dead person! Looking at Han Songluo's calm look, Wen Shang suddenly felt that he was hurt. He, a person who has been a constable for so many years, is not as good as Han Songluo who has just entered the officialdom?
Smelling this smell, Miao Sheng raised his eyebrows. This fishy smell is only found in the sea creatures. Why does it appear on these corpses? Could it be that this matter is related to the creatures in the sea?
Seeing Miaosheng frowned, Han Song's eyebrows moved slightly, "Miaosheng, do you know what's going on?"
"Let's find a place where no one can talk!" Miao Sheng's tone was a little depressed. After saying that, he turned around and went into the inner hall.
Looking at the obviously lonely back, Han Songluo felt an indescribable emotion in his heart...
Holding the teacup and taking a sip, Miaosheng organized the language and said, "Well, do you believe there are monsters in the world?"
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I thought Miao Sheng would say something insightful, or that she knew the murderer herself and was acquaintance with the murderer. In order not to make the little girl sad, the two big men who were ready to comfort her were suddenly stuck. Who would have thought that Miao Sheng would be so scary as soon as she opened her mouth? The comfort of thousands of words was choked in her chest, making the two of them feel so uncomfortable!
Seeing the subtle expressions of the two, Miaosheng was puzzled, "What's wrong?"
Han Songluo rubbed his eyebrows, "What do you mean is this incident caused by a monster?"
"Yes... that, Brother Han, you also know, my father... My father is a sea business. After traveling around for so many years, he naturally has seen many strange things. I have been with my father for so many years, and I have learned some... Cough cough cough..." Someone who was not guilty of talking nonsense, but was accidentally choked by the tea.
Wen Shang put away his surprised expression and said seriously: "I have heard from others what Miss Miao Sheng said." Seeing that both of them looked at each other, Wen Shang continued: "The place where the body was found was a village in Linhai. The old man there was knowledgeable and said that these people died of blood by the monsters in the sea. I heard a sentence at that time and thought it was the old man who was talking nonsense, so I didn't take it to heart. Unexpectedly, Miss Miao Sheng and the old man had the same idea."
After listening to Wen Shang's explanation, Miao Sheng couldn't praise her in her heart, "That old man is really a little knowledgeable." Han Songluo put one hand on the table, tapped slowly, and looked at the two of them and said, "Then you have ever thought about why this monster only attacks women from other places and lets the women in the city go? Miao Sheng..."
The burning gaze staring at him made Miaosheng feel more stressed. He thought for a while and said, "I need to go and see where the body was found, especially the village that Brother Wen Shang mentioned."
After taking a meaningful look at Miaosheng, Han Songluo nodded, "No problem!"
The three of them quietly left the city without disturbing anyone. Miss Miaosheng's emotions were raised again. Looking at Wen Shang beside him, he asked, "Does Brother Wen Shang believe what I said?"
"Well... I can't say I believe you, it's just that the facts are in front of me, which makes me have to believe."
"Then, how does Brother Wen Shang view these monsters?"
Wen Shang tilted his head and thought for a long time and expressed his thoughts: "Actually, monsters are divided into good or bad! I have heard some old people say that seventy years ago, Haiyue City had experienced a natural disaster. Fireballs in the sky fell from the sky, countless people and animals were killed and injured, and all the houses were damaged. Seeing that the entire Haiyue City was about to turn into ashes. Suddenly the sea rolled, blocking the top of Haiyue City like a mirror, blocking all the fireballs outside."
"Later, a middle-aged man floated above Haiyue City. The sky became dark and a giant dragon could be seen flying in it. Then a heavy rain poured down, extinguishing the fire in the city and saving the burned people. The rain took away all the filth. People said that it was the Dragon God who came down to earth. Some old people said that the middle-aged man was not a god, but a mermaid, because he had a fish tail on his lower body... Anyway, I don't think all monsters should die. After all, if there were no mermaid, there would be no Haiyue City."
Miaosheng listened with relish. She really didn't know about this history. Seventy years ago, she was still sleeping! As for why she was sleeping, she also forgot. Moreover, the creatures of the sea clan kept silent and did not mention this matter, making Miaosheng unable to find someone to ask clearly if he wanted to know the whole story.
As he spoke, the three of them went to the beach. Looking up at the three big words "Mermaid Village" above the entrance of the village, Miao Sheng's skin twitched, this...
Han Songluo also twitched his lips and said nothing.
Wen Shang looked at the expressions on the faces of the two people beside him and couldn't help but smile, "I knew you would have this expression. When I saw the name of this village, I also had the same expression as you."
"Hehe..." The kind laughter made several people look over and saw an old man who had just returned from outside the village. Wen Shang smiled and greeted him, "Oh! Uncle Chen, are you going to sea again?"
Uncle Chen nodded, looked at Han Songluo and Miao Sheng, and then looked at Wen Shang, "Is there anything wrong with you coming to find me, the old man?"
Wen Shang scratched his head and laughed: "It's true that I can't hide it from you, Uncle Chen!" He turned around and said nodded to Han Songluo, "This is the knowledgeable old man I and you are talking about."
"Why are you very knowledgeable? Okay, come in!" Uncle Chen smiled and shook his head, and brought a few people into the village. Miao Sheng leaned over to Uncle Chen, blinked his eyes, and smiled gently, "Uncle Chen, why is this village called Mermaid Village? Is it because there are Mermaids here? Or is it because Mermaids have been here?"
"Little girl, you guessed it all wrong!" Uncle Chen took them to his home, poured them a few glasses of water, and slowly said: "The reason why this is the Mermaid Village is because of the natural disaster seventy years ago."
"It has something to do with it seventy years ago?" Han Songluo frowned and told him intuition that this incident might not be that simple.
Uncle Chen looked up at the sky, his eyes suddenly became very deep and very far away. "The natural disaster seventy years ago made the people suffer. At that time, many people in the village saw a beautiful woman jumping up from the sea. Although she had fish tails, we were not afraid of her at all."
"She smiled at us, then waved her right hand, and the burning fire was instantly extinguished. She saved many people in our village. Later, when we went out to sea and encountered storms on the sea, she saved us. In order to thank her for her life-saving grace, the villagers decided to change the name of the village to the Mermaid Village, which was to let our descendants remember her kindness, and on the other hand, it was also a thought of us."
Hearing this, Han Songluo looked at Miao Sheng and his eyes flashed. However, Miao Sheng, who was immersed in the story of Chen Bo, did not see Han Songluo's gaze.
"Uncle Chen, is there any connection between what happened seventy years ago and what happened now?" Wen Shang grabbed his hair, not understanding the connection.
Han Songluo's heart moved and stared at Uncle Chen sharply, "Uncle Chen wants to tell us that Haiyue City and the surrounding villages are protected by the mermaids in the sea, so the monsters dare not make any decisions about the people here, right?"
Uncle Chen just smiled and didn't speak, but Han Songluo knew that he had guessed it right!
Miao Sheng thought silently in her heart, but found that she had no impression of her memory three or four hundred years ago, especially what Chen Bo and Wen Shang said about seventy years ago. Even if she was really sleeping at that time, why was her memory so mediocre? There were people who went out to sea to encounter Shanghai Feng and were saved by her mother. This kind of thing should happen from time to time, so why couldn't she remember it at all?
"Miaosheng, what's wrong with you?" Han Songluo was shocked when he realized something was wrong with her.
"I..." Miao Sheng felt a churn in his mind, and a blue star seal faintly flashed on his forehead. Uncle Chen, who had originally glanced casually, suddenly opened his eyes wide. The mark... He had seen it on another person.
"You two go out!" Uncle Chen stood up, drove Han Songluo and Wen Shang out and closed the door with a "bang". He looked at Miao Sheng sitting by the table, Uncle Chen had a guess in his heart...
"Buzz..." Before he could think too much, Yu Lan appeared in front of Uncle Chen.
Uncle Chen looked at Yu Lan blankly, and looked at the figure that was exactly the same as in his memory, and suddenly cried... For many years, he had been thinking about seeing that figure again. He thought he would never see her again in his lifetime, but he didn't expect that today...
"The spirit of the sea, wash away the filth. Chen star is a consent, and holy water is a concise, seal!" Yu Lan bit his finger and drew a red five-pointed star on Miao Sheng's forehead. As soon as the five-pointed star appeared, it suddenly paused, and then gradually turned blue, slowly drifting to Miao Sheng's forehead, and merged into one with the five-pointed star that appeared before. As soon as the five-pointed star merged into Miao Sheng's forehead, Miao Sheng fainted. After the five-pointed star completely disappeared, Yu Lan turned around and looked at the old man and smiled. "I haven't seen each other for many years, can I still be fine?"
Chapter completed!