The scholar is the white moonlight in the heart of the bandits

When Zeng Ning fell off the bed, he landed on his buttocks, and woke up in pain, sweating all over.

"It turned out to be a dream..." Zeng Ning said a little disappointed, "Is that right, how could I be friends with a mermaid."

Just as he was feeling lost, Zeng Ning suddenly heard a familiar singing voice, and his eyes lit up.

"It's it!"

Like going crazy, Zeng Ning ignored the pain in his body, opened the door and ran, looking for the source of the sound.

He kept searching and searching, and finally, he found the rose garden where he heard the sharp screams and whips yesterday.

"No way..." Zeng Ning murmured.

Could it be that the voice heard yesterday was the voice of a shark?

Why is it screaming, why is it being whipped?

Why?Such a beautiful mermaid, why do you want to bully it!

Thinking of this, Zeng Ning couldn't help crying.

That's his friend...

Following the sound, Zeng Ning looked around, until finally he found that there was a secret passage under the rockery where he was sitting yesterday, but for some reason, it suddenly opened today!

Looking at the dark entrance of the secret passage, Zeng Ning was also in a panic. He didn't know what terrible things would be encountered inside besides that hard-won friend. If he met the servant of Murong's family, then he would But it's over...

However, the mermaid's singing came faintly from the entrance of the cave again.

"It's singing today, so it should be fine next time!" Zeng Ning comforted himself, swallowing by the way.

Still a little nervous.

Gathering up his courage, Zeng Ning bravely took a step down.

Once there is the first step, there will be the second step, until the end, it will go faster and faster, and go to the end in one breath!

Only when he stood firmly on the floor did Zeng Ning feel the pain on his body, and he grinned in pain.

The master said, don't get out of bed after taking the medicine today.

Hey, I can't control that much anymore!

Zeng Ning looked around for a while, only to realize the horror under this secret passage.

This is a basement. You don't need to look up to see the mummy hanging from the ceiling. The upper body of the mummy is human and the lower body is fish tail. You can tell it's a mermaid at a glance. There is also a desk not far away. There was also a merman that had been disemboweled, and the amber oil of the merman flowed all over the desk. The body of the merman was still fresh, presumably he had just been killed not long ago.

Zeng Ning walked over, and found that the shark's mouth was wide open, his eyes were wide open, and his beautiful face showed a hideous and terrifying expression, presumably he had suffered a lot during his lifetime.

Stretching out his hand, Zeng Ning covered the shark's eyes, gently covered them, and then took them away.

It didn't work, the merman still opened his eyes wide.

It is death without rest.

"If there is an afterlife, don't be a mermaid anymore, join a good family." Zeng Ning put his hands together and bowed in front of the mermaid.

Suddenly, Zeng Ning heard a chuckle, the voice was very familiar, just like the friend he just met.

Zeng Ning was overjoyed, and turned around immediately, but was shocked by the scene in front of him.

I saw a long passage behind the desk. At the end of the passage was a water tank. In the water tank, a mermaid was being tied up with a chain. The long and thick chain was almost as thick as an adult's arm. Tie it tightly, and behind the merman, there is a slender chain that passes through the merman's collarbone. If it wants to do something in the water tank, this slender chain will easily restrain it , and even cause great pain.

The upper body is bound, so the shark can only move the lower body, only the lower half of the tail, which is not bound by the chain, is still free.

The merman seen in reality is completely different from the merman in the dream. Although they have exactly the same appearance, Zeng Ning saw that the mermen in front of him were covered with scars, and some of them were even oozing with amber merman. Oil, the scales on the tail are not as shiny as in the dream, but a little dim, and the long hair hangs lifelessly in the water, coupled with the expression on the beautiful face of the merman at the moment, it looks even more miserable and pitiful.

Sharks are different from humans. Humans have blood flowing in their bodies, while sharks flow oil. Therefore, sharks often live longer than humans.

And shark oil is a good material for making shark beads. The shark dew extracted from shark oil is placed in a special container, and when it solidifies together, it will condense into beautiful shark beads.

In the past, Zeng Ning only knew about the production method of shark beads, which he had overheard, but he never thought that the production method of such beautiful shark beads is indeed so cruel!

"Are...are you okay?" Zeng Ning walked to the water tank, touching the glass in front of him distressedly, as if his palm would penetrate the glass and touch the Merman, which would bring pain to the Merman.

The shark was taken aback for a moment, then it lowered its head and glanced at Zeng Ning's feet.

They were a pair of slender little feet. On the feet were a pair of simple cloth shoes, with a little dirt on them. Because of Zeng Ning's tall body, the short trouser legs gradually became not long enough, revealing the dark and slender calves inside.

The merman sneered disdainfully, "Okay, can't you humans see it?"

"I...I know..." After finishing speaking, Zeng Ning lowered his head, with tears in his eyes, "I feel so sorry for you."

The merman frowned, and then laughed out loud, as if he had heard a big joke, "Distressed? How can you, a human being, say you love me, a merman?"

Zeng Ning nodded sincerely, "Yes, I really feel sorry for you!"

But he didn't expect the shark to laugh even louder.

This is the funniest joke it has heard in a hundred years.

Over the years, it has heard human insults, disdain, and arrogance towards it, but it has never heard of human love for it.

And in its heart, human beings do not have such feelings.

Human beings are cruel, terrible, and vicious, and it takes all the worst words in the world to describe them completely.

But now, the human in front of him actually said, distressed?

Hahaha, distressed?

Ridiculous!

"What's wrong with you?" Zeng Ning didn't understand the abnormal appearance of the merman, it was different from the merman in his dream who would sing softly for him.

"It's really interesting that you are a human being. You actually feel pity for a merman. Do you know what you are doing?"

Those are the worst shark beads. It is said that when sharks shed tears, their tears will turn into shark beads, but this is different from the shark beads produced in Murong Mansion. This kind of shark beads are often accompanied by some impurities. The color is not too uniform, and it is not sold well in the market. Only shark dew extracted from shark oil and specially condensed together can be regarded as the best shark beads.

"I know!" Zeng Ning said sincerely, "Aren't we friends?"

"Friend?" the merman was puzzled.

"I was dreaming just now. I dreamed of you. I asked you if I could be friends with you. You nodded and agreed." Zeng Ning said.

The shark heard this and laughed.

This human being is really ridiculous, how can the things in the dream be taken seriously, then it also dreamed that it regained its freedom, and everyone in the Murong family died, how could it not come true?

"Then what else did I say in my dream?" the shark asked.

"You didn't talk to me." Zeng Ning said, "But you sang me a song."

"Sing?"

Zeng Ning nodded, "But I don't understand what it means, I only know it sounds good!"

The merman was silent, then it opened its mouth and hummed a few tunes softly.

"Is that how it is sung?" the shark asked.

Zeng Ning nodded heavily, "Yes, yes, that's how it was sung!"

"This is the language of the sharks, to the effect that it praises the sea under the moonlight."

"Is that so?" Zeng Ning said, "It really sounds good."

"A friend of mine taught me to sing." Shark said.

"So you have other friends." Zeng Ning felt a little disappointed.

He thought that the merman only had him as a friend.

"Yes, it's a mirage just like me." Sharkman said

"Mirage?" This is a name that Zeng Ning has never heard before, and he suddenly wondered, "What is that?"

"It's the offspring of the combination of the Mirage and the Sharks." Having said that, a look of disappointment flashed across the faces of the Sharks. .”

"Is that so..." Zeng Ning felt sorry for Shark, "What about your friend?"

"He's dead!" the merman gritted his teeth and said, "It's the Murong family. They have lost all conscience, killed my friend, and imprisoned me here for decades!"

"Ah... so you are already dozens of years old!" Zeng Ning said in surprise.

The merman smiled contemptuously, "Decades are but a moment for a merman, let alone a mirage like me, who can live for hundreds of years."

"Is that so..." Zeng Ning said, "Then how old are you now?"

"It's almost 100 years old." Shark said. "And you?"

"I'm only 16 years old." Zeng Ning said a little shyly.

"Looking at you, you don't look like you. You are twelve or thirteen years old at most. Lying is not good. However, it is normal for you humans to lie. I am used to it." said the shark.

"Really!" The merman didn't believe himself, and Zeng Ning felt a little sad, "I...I just grow slowly."

"Hehe, okay." Sharkman said, "Then, can you tell me the purpose of your coming here?"

"I'm here to look for you." Zeng Ning said.

"Looking for me? Why?" the merman was stunned.

"When I woke up, I heard you singing. I followed your voice. I didn't expect you to be there." Zeng Ning said.

"Can you hear me singing?" the merman said, "This is underground, how can you hear me as a human being?"

"Really, my ears are very good, and I can hear sounds from far away." Zeng Ning said.

"Is that so..."