SFS Chapter 280 Mermaid Mystery
Chapter 280 Mermaid Mystery
Chapter 280 Mermaid Mystery
Lin Su smiled lightly: "Are the Zhang family, Li family, Li family, and Yang family considered local people?"
The four families he casually listed were all local squires, and the court informed the government that they were also the leaders of these four families.
Ren Taiyan's eyes bulged, and finally he could only admit that the four of them are naturally local people...
Lin Su said: "When you build this market, will the interests of the four families be harmed? Is it considered to be exploiting them? In addition, if you set the law that killing mermaids is the same crime as murdering them, is it considered protecting the mermaid family?"
There was a cold light in Yu Ji's eyes, it was the first time she saw the shamelessness of a high-ranking human official...
Ren Taiyan stood up abruptly: "The so-called crime of wanting to be imposed has nothing to say. Your lord insists on arguing for the powerful and confusing right and wrong. Aren't you afraid that you will be ashamed of the holy way?"
Lin Sudao: "My lord, I'm not trying to show off for the powerful, I'm just telling you, you have your arguments, others have other people's arguments, you think the truth is on your side, and others can pull the truth to the other side , if you only want to wander around the capital and persuade the court, you will only end up in a war of words, which is meaningless."
Ren Taiyan was surprised: "What do you mean, my lord?"
Lin Sudao: "My meaning is very simple. To truly realize your ambition, you must stop thinking about going to Beijing and focus on breaking through from the bottom."
"How to break through?"
"For example, you and I work together!"
Ren Taiyan's whole body was shaken, and Yu Ji's complexion also changed suddenly. There was a ray of bright red on her completely pale face...
"grown ups……"
Lin Su said slowly: "In the inertia of your thinking, the supervisor of the capital must be in the same rank as the court officials, and it is impossible to stand on your side to plead for the people, is it?"
Ren Taiyan's eyes flickered...
Lin Su added: "That's because you don't know who I am."
"Who is the lord?"
Lin Su said: "Haining Lin Su!"
Ren Taiyan's eyes brightened: "The number one scholar who took down Qin Fangweng, forced away the third prince, and nailed Zhang Wenyuan to the pillar of shame with the words 'Wag the Tail of Luo City'?"
Lin Su said: "Exactly!"
"Yu Ji, bring some food and wine... I'll have a drink with Master Lin." Ren Taiyan said.
Yu Ji is overjoyed...
"Use my wine!" Lin Su put his hands together, and a jug of wine appeared on the table, which was just beside the white clouds.
Yu Ji brought a wine glass and side dishes, and stood by the side to wait. At this moment, she was more excited than ever, because the inspector arrived, but the script deviated. Stand together, there is salvation!Finally saved!God open your eyes...
Lin Su held up his wine glass: "Master Ren, I would like to toast you."
"Why respect me?"
"Because of the eight prefectures of Xizhou, only Lifu can vaguely see the true colors of the Holy Way!"
Ren Taiyan's heart suddenly became hot. After many years, he finally got an affirmation from the officialdom, the only time!
He held up his wine glass, his eyes flickering: "Master Lin, you have heard the conversation between me and Yu Ji. If the situation gets out of control, I will go to Beijing for a walk. Do you know who is the first lobbying target I envisioned?"
"who is it?"
"It's you, my lord!"
Lin Su was slightly startled: "Why? I'm a soft-spoken person."
"Although my lord's official position is only fifth grade, but entering the literary world, ruling the world, and entering the officialdom, there is a stream of cleanliness. How can you be so humble? How can you speak lightly?"
Yu Ji interjected: "Master Lin, what my master admires the most is his ability to govern the world. He heard that the Haining River Beach has become a paradise under his rule. He has said many times that he must go to Haining to see and learn from your master's rule of the world. technique."
Lin Su smiled: "Okay, let's communicate with each other, and I will also learn how to make friends with other races from the adults..."
what?
Both Ren Taiyan and Yu Ji were stunned, what do you mean?Are you guilty?
Lin Su added: "I have a confidante from the monster clan. I haven't made up my mind on whether to accept her. Today, I'm learning the ways of adults, and I will accept her when I go back. You say, Does this count as applying what you have learned?"
Haha ...
lol...
Both of them were happy, and in one sentence, the distance between them was reduced to zero...
Ren Taiyan accepting a mermaid as a concubine is a taboo in the officialdom.
This kind of behavior is not explicitly prohibited by the law, but it can make a big fuss if it falls into the hands of people with ulterior motives. Therefore, Yu Ji usually does not show her face, so as not to give people an excuse.
Today Lin Su sneaked into the study and saw all the actions of Ren Taiyan and the concubine. The relationship between the two was indisputable, so it was a bit embarrassing.
With one word from Lin Su, the embarrassment was eliminated.
That is to tell them directly: I also have a concubine who is a monster, and we are from the same way, you don't have to be embarrassed, I can't use this as your article...
Ren Taiyan let out a long breath, held up his wine glass: "I never thought that the Supervision Department would send you, Mr. Lin, to investigate me."
Lin Su smiled mysteriously: "I thought of it a long time ago."
Ren Taiyan was slightly taken aback...
Lin Su said: "Sending me to Xizhou is a game of chess for them! You and I are both pawns in their chessboard."
Ren Taiyan changed color: "Then... how to deal with it?"
"There is a saying in the art of war, know yourself and your enemy, never slack in a hundred battles, tell me about the relevant situation..."
related situation...
Ren Taiyan said...
In the officialdom, Zhang Chun controls the overall situation. Since he took office for three months, he has eliminated dissidents and installed cronies. Almost all the prefects and the seven prefectures except Li are his people, and the only few are not under his control. , was also suppressed by him in every possible way, and had no real power.
On the rivers and lakes, all the gangsters from all walks of life are vested interests in the mermaid industry chain. Behind them is Tianquan Villa. The strength of Tianquan Villa is unfathomable, and there are no taboos in doing things.
Among the people, the Daosheng Shengjia has unprecedented influence, but the Daosheng Shengjia is on Zhang Chun's side. The Shengjia believes in "nature is supreme", "existence is reasonable", and "government by doing nothing", and the people feel that Capturing mermaids makes sense.
The military, don’t forget that there is another military. The Yandang Mountain garrison said it was to guard against the invasion of the Dachuan Kingdom, but it was bullshit. Passing through the mountains is a narrow escape, and it is basically a forbidden area for marching. As long as the generals of the Dachuan Kingdom are not crazy, they will never send troops into the country from here.
In fact, this garrison should have been transferred to the Demon Race battlefield a long time ago, but Zhang Wenyuan stayed behind. Why?Make him rich!The military formations catch mermaids very well. In the past three years, more mermaids have been captured by this army than all the people in Jianghu put together.
Yu Ji was beside her, her lips trembling slightly, the officialdom, the people, the rivers and lakes, and the military were all enemies of the mermaid clan, and who could she rely on?There are only these two people in front of her, one is her husband, and the other is the supervisor from the capital.
Alone!
It's hard to sing alone!
Who can reverse the world?
The hope she had had at the beginning was almost wiped out at this moment.
After Ren Taiyan finished speaking, he let out a long breath: "I know what your lord means, and I want to borrow some strength. Unfortunately, besides the tens of millions of people in Lifu, where can we borrow strength?"
Lin Su said: "Not necessarily! After all, there is some strength."
"Who?" Ren Taiyan pondered...
He already had the answer in his heart. He guessed what strength Lin Su wanted to borrow. Could it be the state officials who were suppressed by the Zhizhou?For example, Cailie and others?But the power these people have is actually power in the officialdom. Under the premise that Zhizhou controls the officialdom, the power of these people is not power at all...
Lin Su raised his eyes, somewhat mysteriously: "I heard that the mermaid clan is also a big alien race in the world, but I don't know why it has been reduced to the current situation. Come here, catch them and sell them..."
The mermaid clan is the strength that Lin Su really wants to borrow.
All their entanglements revolve around whether the mermaid should be killed or saved. The mermaid clan is a pawn on the human chessboard, but why?The mermaid race itself is a big alien race that has existed for countless years, so don't they have the power to protect themselves?
Why should it become a pawn of human beings?
If the Mermaid Clan had their own strength, then the strength of their "Mermaid Protection" faction would have the strongest support from the root.
Yu Ji stood up slowly: "My lord, may I answer this question?"
"Okay, say it!"
Yu Ji took a deep breath...
The mermaid clan, a different race from heaven and earth, also dominated a generation thousands of years ago.
Entering the West Sea, the majestic wind will force thousands of miles, forcing the West Sea Dragon Palace to draw a line and rule it.
Going out of the West Sea, he also fought side by side with the three thousand warriors of Jianmen, pointing his sword at Heiyou King, killing thousands of demon soldiers, his strength is extremely tyrannical...
Lin Su's heart was shocked. The mermaid clan was actually a force that fought against the demon army back then. They fought side by side with Jianmen. Could its decline be the same as that of Jianmen?The high-level extinct, leading to emptiness in the clan?
No, Yu Ji told him, this is not the case. Although the Mermaid Clan suffered heavy losses back then, they did not shake the foundation of the clan. Eight hundred years after the founding of the country, the Mermaid Clan is still half the overlord of the West Sea, drawing a line with the West Sea Dragon Palace. And rule, even the Dragon Palace can't do anything about it, how dare practitioners in the world dare to go wild in the West Sea?
The real problem was 200 years ago...
200 years ago, there was a problem with the holy tree in the holy land.
The holy tree is the foundation of the holy land and the source of the mermaid's power.
The sacred tree withers, and the consequences are devastating.
The high-level can't break through, and the cultivation base is getting lower step by step.
The middle level cannot be broken through, and practice is getting more and more difficult.
Newborn mermaids are plagued by disasters and illnesses, and their blood gradually loses spirituality.
Later, once the mermaid landed, they couldn't mobilize their cultivation, and became useless. The entire mermaid clan was imprisoned in a corner of the West Sea.
After another hundred years, the situation became more serious, the holy tree further dried up, and the clansmen not only could not land, but could not even stay away from the holy land. If you enter the death circle, you will face the danger of being caught.
"The sacred tree is dry, is there a solution?" Lin Su asked this crucial question.
Yu Ji shook her head lightly: "The clan has conceived countless methods for more than two hundred years, but none of them worked. The clan also often sends out young talents to travel around the world, asking for advice from wise men and masters of cultivation. People are called 'green lanterns', to tell you the truth, I am also a blue lantern..."
"Green lantern?" Lin Su mused, "Is that what you mean by burning yourself and illuminating your people?"
"My lord Huida! That's exactly what I mean!" Yu Ji said, "Every green lantern is a kindling of hope released by the mermaid clan. When we stepped ashore, we didn't plan to turn back. At that time, I was destined to find a glimmer of life for the mermaid clan..."
Ren Taiyan held her hand and said softly: "I sincerely hope to find an opportunity for you, but unfortunately I still don't have the ability, I'm sorry."
Yu Ji shook her hands gently: "Sir, don't say that, I know that you have been to Daoshengshengjia, you have been to Yaochi, you have traveled to every corner of Lifu, and you have visited all kinds of strange people, but you have not found a chance. God's will, you also personally built a safe haven for the mermaid clan, which saved thousands of mermaid clan from being arrested when they landed, who knows the favor you have done to the mermaid clan?"
Lin Su looked at the two people holding hands, no, one person and one from another race... His heart was pounding.
In a desperate situation, a large number of mermaids are released every year. They know that when these mermaids are released, very few of them can step out of Xizhou freely. Most of them will fall into the trap of the human race and become the plaything of the human race, but they still do so.
Why?I only hope that these mermaids living in other places will have a chance to find an opportunity to save the whole family.
Is this hope?
Maybe it will!
Yu Ji found Ren Taiyan and set up a safe haven for the mermaid clan.
Maybe there will be someone who will find a peerless person who can really solve the danger of the genocide of the mermaid clan...
This hope is slim, slim to make people heartache.
When each "green lantern" stepped out of the family gate, it was impossible to know who they would meet, and they did not know their own fate. The moment they stepped out of the West Sea, they were like a spinning top, drawn by the whip of fate to an unknown distance ...
There is only a wandering from a starting point without an end point, with a fate that may always be hopeless...
Year after year, generation after generation, batch after batch...
Suddenly, there was a slight sound in the well outside, Ren Taiyan and Yu Ji were startled at the same time, there is a secret passage leading directly to the West Sea, usually few people come, once someone comes, it must be an emergency.
In the well, an old man sticks out his head. On his head, there is no hair, but there are deep wrinkles. In each wrinkle, there are green moss. It is obvious that he is not a human race, but an old man, quite old. kind of.
Yu Ji was taken aback: "Elder, why did you personally..."
"Yu Ji, Lord Ren...huh?" The old man's eyes suddenly shot out, and he locked on Lin Su at the door of the study.
"Elder, he is a good friend of the master, from our side!" Yu Ji stopped immediately.
The light in the elder's eyes slowly disappeared...
Ren Taiyan said: "Elder, don't be nervous, this lord can definitely be trusted."
The elder nodded: "My lord, I dare not use the conch number to send a message today, and I came here because of an extremely serious matter..."
"you say!"
"Princess Yingying has been arrested!"
What?Yu Ji's face turned pale suddenly: "Princess Yingying? She...how did she come out?"
"It's hard to say!" The elder said: "My lord, I beg you, no matter what, you must rescue the princess. The mermaid clan can lose tens of millions of people, but Princess Yingying can't make a mistake."
"Don't worry, tell me everything..." Ren Taiyan's face was serious.
The elder let out a long breath and told them the truth.
Princess Yingying came out privately. No one knew that she had sneaked into the caravan and came to the market. The situation happened so suddenly. By the time the elder found out, it was already too late, and she had already been taken away...
Ren Taiyan said: "Who did it?"
"It belongs to the Yang family!" said the elder.
"Okay!" Ren Taiyan said: "Elder, you go back first, I will go to the Yang family and rescue the princess."
"My lord..." the elder said: "The Yang family has recruited a large number of masters of the rivers and lakes for doing illegal things, and they are confident that they have the backing of court officials. Buy it, the needed property will be provided ten times and a hundred times by the Mermaid Clan."
Buying the princess with money was the best way to solve the problem. The Yang family didn't even know that the princess was the one they captured, so they couldn't offer much. If they bought it, the problem would be solved.
However, Ren Taiyan was full of confusion.
Take money to buy?
It is clearly forbidden to capture, but he is a dignified prefect who spends money on transactions. Doesn't he indirectly acknowledge the legality of capture?So what is the arrest order he issued?
"Spending money to buy is to encourage hunting. I will never negotiate a deal with thieves!" Ren Taiyan said: "Elder, you go first, wait for me to order and arrest, and set off immediately!"
A voice came from behind: "The arrest will be spared! Let me come, I will be a bodyguard for the adults!"
Ren Taiyan was overjoyed: "That's great, my lord, please!"
They broke through the air word by word and disappeared into the night.
The elder looked at the sky with a strange expression on his face...
It never occurred to him that this person in the costume of a Jianghu man was actually a member of the officialdom, and he was also a scholar of literature and morals.
(End of this chapter)