Today's imperial court's income is no longer based on the taxes of the common people, but on selling the tears of mermaids to obtain gold and silver.

Since the discovery of mermaids, the imperial court has formulated a series of regulations: all mermaids must pay tribute to the imperial court, and the imperial court will reward them according to the number of tributed mermaids, but if they raise mermaids privately, they will be severely punished. punishment.

The mermaid's tears can be compared with the flat peach fairy grass in the sky.In order to cure their own incurable diseases, common people are willing to buy a mermaid tear from the imperial court at a sky-high price, and rich people in a big country who want to prolong their life even catch a lot of them. They are not stingy with gold and silver in their hands to exchange tears.

The national power of the imperial court is unprecedentedly strong. Although there are no local tribute mermaids in recent years, and there are no tears to sell, but the income of the previous years has filled the national treasury. Until today, the imperial court is still very rich.

After entering the palace, many rich men were arranged to rest in a palace, and only one elderly and prestigious rich man was left to send Wei Junchen to the hall where the emperor was with Tao Yuanhang.

Wei Junchen once went to Jiang Yuan's Guchang Dynasty, but compared with the imperial court here...the gap between a small thatched hut and a big mansion with three entrances and three exits.

The palaces of many dynasties in history are not as luxurious as this place.Carved beams and paintings, magnificent, the pillars in the palace are covered with pure gold carved flying dragons, which are also inlaid with various gemstones, and the marble paved on the ground is covered with a layer of beeswax, and people walking on it can almost see their own reflections .

The emperor's hall was extremely extravagant. There were two statues of cranes next to the calligraphy practice of pearls and jade, and four or five goose feather cushions were placed on the dragon chair with a length of two feet and a width of two feet.

"Pick up the mermaid to face the emperor!" The guard next to him raised his long sword and directed the rich man and Tao Yuanhang.

During the day, Wei Junchen was at his weakest. Seeing Wei Junchen curled up lifelessly in the water tank, he rolled up his sleeves and walked closer. Before his hands reached into the water, he was scared back a few steps.

"You—you come!" The rich man ordered Tao Yuan to sail.

Tao Yuanhang lightly helped Wei Junchen up from the water tank, allowing his upper body out of the water to lean on him.

The emperor sitting in the upper hall saw the gills on Wei Junchen's neck and the half of the fish tail, and a light that hadn't appeared for a long time flashed in his eyes.

Since the emperor was born, he has been pampered and spoiled. Since he ascended the throne, it has been the period when mermaid tears are sold, and every day is more delicacies from mountains and seas.Today, the emperor, who weighs nearly two hundred catties, sits lazily on the dragon chair in a yellow dragon robe. From Wei Junchen's point of view, he looks like a puddle of fat.

"That's right, there are still live mermaids! Reward!" The emperor waved at the two of them, laughing so hard.

Afterwards, a few eunuchs came out from the back of the palace, carrying a lot of gold, silver and jewels towards the two of them.One of the leaders, a father-in-law, glanced at Wei Junchen, who was held in Tao Yuanhang's arms, with an unconcealable smile showing two big gold teeth.

"You guys are exhausted all the way, just rest in the side hall of the palace for two days before going back. Someone..."

"Eunuch," Tao Yuanhang interrupted his words, "what will this mermaid be used for?"

The father-in-law glanced at him contemptuously, "Of course, take him down and let him cry as before, and let him die when he cries enough."

die? !

When hearing this word, both Wei Junchen and Tao Yuanhang couldn't help but gasped.Tao Yuanhang's hand on Wei Junchen's shoulder trembled slightly, "Can the grassroots stay a little longer?"

"Stay?" The father-in-law looked at him strangely, "Do you also want to be the father-in-law with the Zha family?"

"..."

"Honestly take the reward and go to X, don't think about trying to get rich in the palace!"

The father-in-law waved the whisk in his hand contemptuously, said something to Tao Yuanhang angrily, and then ordered the people behind him to separate Tao Yuanhang and Wei Junchen.

Tao Yuanhang reluctantly put Wei Junchen back into the water tank, "Don't worry, I will definitely find a way to save you."

The temperature of the water was very high, but Wei Junchen couldn't help shivering.The splendor of the palace oppressed him so much that he couldn't imagine how they would force him to cry, only to hear Dabai keep sounding the siren in his ear.

【warn!warn!Host, please protect your X flower!Wait... Protect your fish tail! 】

…………

Wei Junchen was escorted to the prison, where there were [-] instruments of torture, each of which was soaked in the blood of humans and mermaids.Seeing this, Wei Junchen was so frightened that he almost swallowed his breath.

However, none of these instruments of torture are for him... To make a mermaid or a man cry, torture alone is not enough. After all, men do not cry lightly, so special methods are still needed...

"Use more chili water! Splash it hard!"

"Where's the mustard? Mustard! Add more mustard!"

"Chop the onion finer for me! Put it all on his face! I don't believe he can't cry!"

……

More than a dozen eunuchs surrounded Wei Junchen, using all means.As a result, he was full of inner cows, and Wei Junchen's eyes were reddened by all kinds of smells, but he couldn't shed a tear, no, let alone tears, not even a drop of snot.

One of the young eunuchs rolled his eyes, leaned close to the old man's ear and said to him, "Grandpa, why don't you find a troupe to play Dou E's injustice for him? Or Qin Xianglian? Maybe he will cry when he is moved." gone."

"..."

Not only these eunuchs, Wei Junchen was also puzzled.Why can't I cry myself?He is usually most afraid of onions, as long as he smells the smell of onions, tears will flow non-stop, why can't he cry today?

"My breed is different from other mermaids. They specialize in crying so they cry easily, but I'm not good at crying, so I can't cry no matter what. Why don't you let me go? I'll find someone who can The crying breed?"

Hearing what Wei Junchen said was sound, the old man actually thought that what he said was quite reasonable, so he put down the onion in his hand and started to count with the people around him.

[Complete the hidden mission of "Tricking and Swindling"!Get 10 gold coins and deduct 10 character points at the same time! 】

After a while, the old man walked up to Wei Junchen's side, touching his fish tail immersed in the water, "Mermaids are useful, since you can't cry, maybe your meat can be curative, eat it One piece can prolong life or something. This fish tail can be cut into thousands of pieces~ Well, are you that kind of 'meat mermaid'?"

Nima eggs!Are your brain circuits blocked?How could you think of going here?Wei Junchen almost spat out a mouthful of old blood, he silently took his father-in-law's hand away from the fish tail, and replied quietly, "Actually, my breed is the same as theirs, and I can cry, but it hasn't been developed, just wait a little longer ? Maybe I'll be able to cry in a few days..."

The father-in-law angrily picked up the whip next to him and lashed at him, "Humph! I don't have time to wait for you! You better cry to me quickly! Otherwise, I will kill you and make soup!"

After working all day, all the father-in-law in the prison went out to rest at night, and put Wei Junchen in the water prison in the prison.

The water dungeon is the river water in the Yuhe River, in order for Wei Junchen to get used to it, he just added some more salt.However, this was of no use. Although there was a large space for Wei Junchen to stretch his body, the salinity of the water was not enough, and Wei Junchen was still feeling uncomfortable lying in it. Every time he breathed through the gills in the water, it was very uncomfortable.

After all, there is still such an omnipotent existence as Dabai around him, Wei Junchen immediately thought of buying something from it that can turn fresh water into sea water.

[The host can buy salt beads, one for only 5 gold coins, and it can make fresh water the same as sea water. 】

【purchase! 】

"bling~"

Dabai held a small light blue bead in his hand, he threw it upwards, and the bead drew a perfect arc in the air, from a false mirror image to a real one, and finally fell into the water.

"Gudong~"

There was a halo of water on the surface of the water, and Wei Junchen gradually smelled the unique smell of the sea, and immersed his head in the water as if in the ocean.

It has been a long time since he has been able to swim freely like this. Although there are wooden stakes restricting his freedom, he can still stretch his muscles and bones.After swimming a few laps, Wei Junchen thought of a more serious question, so he stroked the ring on his finger again, and called Dabai out.

[What else is there for the host?In the middle of the night, the system also needs to rest, okay? 】

Nima!It's obviously virtual, sleep you XX and wake up high!

[Why can't I cry?Neither onion nor mustard will work. 】

Dabai thought for a moment, 【Each mermaid cries differently. Most mermaids are no different from humans. They can cry with just a little stimulation, but some mermaids are born with underdeveloped lacrimal glands and can only cry when their nerves are stimulated.For example, moved?pain? 】

[According to what you mean, if they show me some tragedies, I can cry? 】

【Yes. 】

After knowing the reason why he couldn't cry, he didn't want to cry anymore... because crying means losing the value of use, and it means dying...

"Go in!"

In the second half of the night, the voices of several guards came from the prison entrance, which was originally silent, and at the same time there was the sound of shackles rubbing against the ground.

Wei Junchen, who was awakened, swam from the bottom of the water and returned to the surface to see what happened.

It was Tao Yuanhang, his hands and feet were handcuffed, his nose was bruised and his face was swollen from the beating, his clothes were torn to pieces, blood was stained in many places, he looked like he just had a fight with someone, Because the back of his hand was full of blood, he didn't know if it was his own blood or someone else's.

Seeing Wei Junchen, his head drooped even lower, "I'm sorry, I couldn't save you, and I couldn't save the people in the village either."

"What's going on?" Wei Junchen asked him, clutching the stake tightly.

Tao Yuanhang let out a long sigh and did not speak.

He was locked in a cell next to him by the guards, and at the same time removed the shackles that imprisoned him.The guard snorted softly, and answered Wei Junchen's words for him, "I think you don't want to live after fighting in the palace!"

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