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Hai'an City is a large city located on the edge of Tianyuan Continent.

It is adjacent to several large and small cities to the west and north, and to the east and south is the endless sea area. Although there are fishing boats that are self-sufficient, they have to endure the disasters brought by pirates who speak the foreign language every half a year.

The word "An" in the name of the city may not have the meaning of expecting peace here.

When Wuyan Zhu was still in power, he implemented a policy of inaction against the pirates on the surface, but secretly dispatched his own soldiers to suppress them quietly.

Therefore, the pirate rebellion in Hai'an City was controlled within a specific range, and it would neither disappear completely nor be so rampant that it threatened Wuyan Zhu's position. They seldom managed to burn, kill and loot in Hai'an City.

As a result, Hai'an's frontier defense city lost its vigilance, and the land was opened one by one. In the season when pirates were rare, sometimes there were not even soldiers at the city gate.It can be seen that the large and small cities in the mainland are even more exaggerated, and people of all kinds can come and go freely.Just like Huarong, who hasn't touched a guide for more than 20 years, she still blatantly visited every city in the mainland.

However, now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, he has changed his previous policy of inaction and resolutely suppressed pirates by force.

The time is short and the effect is not obvious yet, but the frontier defense of the city has become more stringent. Regardless of age, gender and identity, anyone entering the city must show an official guide or token before entering the city.If someone wants to forcibly break the city or steal or play tricks, they will be dealt with as pirates.

Although this move was iron and blood, it did not disturb the ordinary people, and on the contrary, it reduced the incidents of stealing, looting, killing and looting, so it did not cause any dissatisfaction among the common people.

Huarong and the others arrived at this city on foot.

Of course, apart from Si Qingqi, the remaining five people had no way to guide them.Huarong kept a token with the character of Qin, but as we all know, when the Luo family's army broke into the capital that day, Lord Qinchang was dismissed, and then Xichang was dismissed, so this token is useless.

This is not a big problem, neither the city guards nor the people in the city have any spiritual power, it is nothing more than ordinary, for Hua Rong and the others, sneaking into the city cannot be too simple.

It's just that before entering the city, thanks to Si Qingqi's delicate thoughts, she reminded: "Jiang, you should change your hair color before going in."

Jiang tilted his head, in a daze.

After a while, Jiang remembered that his hair color was the same as that of his feathers in human form, and it was a gradual warm color, which seemed strange even to a blond and blue-eyed alien.

Jiang didn't want to cause any commotion in Hai'an City.

As soon as Jiang understood, Jiang blinked, and the long hair began to smudge with rich black from the tip, smooth and bright, far from the warm golden color, but equally lovely as if it took years of work by a skilled craftsman Dolls.

Si Qingqi was amazed when she saw it. With the girl's love for beauty, she almost wished to betray her teacher and follow Jiang Xueyi.

"Senior sister, don't even think about it," Lou Yubai is used to talking nonsense in front of Si Qingqi, "You have to have Jiang's good looks first..."

Before Lou Yu could finish his vernacular, Si Qingqi did not say anything.

——The younger brother who is married is also a younger brother, and he must be beaten if he deserves it!

Aggrieved, Lou Yubai ran to Mo Ling's side for comfort, but Mo Ling didn't say anything about Si Qingqi, after all, it was obviously Lou Yubai's own fault, if he said it again, Si Qingqi might beat him too.

Si Qingqi was very satisfied that Mo Ling understood current affairs.

"Good boy" Jiang watched the whole process, wisely left the battlefield of seniors and brothers, and jumped to Shi Mu's side.

Shi Mu stopped the child who came to his door from changing his amber-like eyes, and said, "You don't need to change it, it's not uncommon to see it like this, and it looks good if you keep it."

Huarong also nodded in approval.Occasionally, people from other countries would come to visit Hai'an City, and their eyes were indeed not dazzling.

Unexpectedly, Jiang, who was greeted with praise again, smiled and said, the bird is so beautiful that it will fly without changing its wings.

Then the process of entering Hai'an City was extremely smooth. No matter how hard the defenders of Hai'an City were, they couldn't beat this group of unreasonable players who didn't even realize that someone entered the city gate.

She Yue was not in high spirits, and after entering the city gate, she said she wanted to go to Busu, and explained to Huarong and the others: "You can just go there when the time comes, and someone will give you the room key."

She Yue turned her head and left without waiting for anyone's reaction, Hua Jiuqi hurriedly followed.But he didn't dare to follow too closely, so he could only walk three or five steps behind She Yue slowly.

Huarong took another look at the back, and saw Hua Jiuqi scratching her hair, as if she had encountered some difficult problem - this appearance was really rare for Hua Jiuqi, who was always high-spirited and high-spirited.

Huarong was really helpless towards her father's appearance, but she couldn't say anything, she could only watch Hua Jiuqi leave silently, and hoped that her father could clear up the misunderstanding as soon as possible, and then... embrace the beauty...?

Shi Mu decided to join in the fun, Huarong didn't say anything, and he wouldn't intervene, he just pretended he didn't see it, planning to take Jiang to the shop in Hai'an City in his heart.

Si Qingqi and Lou Yubai cheered and said hello when they heard She Yue's words, and pulled Mo Ling away.

——A good hotel is not an ordinary inn, sometimes you can't live in it even if you have money.But now that the host, She Yue, has spoken, what else do they have to worry about?

Ever since, only Huarong Shimu and Jiang were left near the gate of the city.

Shi Mu has the talent to sneak into the crowd, even if he is not familiar with the place in Hai'an City, he can naturally walk to the busiest street.

The street of shops in Hai'an City is very local, unlike other places.

Hua Rong and Shi Mu have been acquainted all the way, going to various places, and most of them they see are jewelry shops and rouge shops, with the exception of Huanbo City, where wine is everywhere.

Hai'an City has neither gold, silver, precious stones nor brewing skills. Some of them are just shell pearls from the bottom of the sea. Simple stringing, not to mention luxurious, at least simple and pure, can still win the love of girls. , even the heroic female rangers who occasionally pass by can't help but be attracted.

However, Huarong Shimu and even Jiang were naturally not interested in these things, and after looking at all the shops like a horse on a horse, they were quite interested.

In addition, Hai'an City has an expensive specialty, and this specialty is naturally related to the sea.

In this area, every 80 to [-] years, fishermen who go out to sea will have the opportunity to see sharks hunting near the sea, although the two sides are in a state of mutual dislike - the proud sharks can't understand human philistines However, benevolent human beings can't understand the cruelty of the mermaids-in fact, they occasionally trade.

Sharks love beauty, and fishermen would exchange land-based jade with sharks for silk yarn, which is a silk yarn that only sharks can make.

This kind of silk yarn is rarer than any precious brocade in the mainland. If it can be matched with the embroidery of top embroiderers, the finished product will be worth a lot.

But that was a long time ago. Recently, due to the chaos in the Tianyuan Continent, the mermaids seldom appear to trade with fishermen.

Not to mention Huarong and Jiang, even Shi Mu had never seen anything like this.

When he was active in the human world last time, the human world was still in the realm of comprehension, and all things and species were busy in cultivation and ascension, even the arrogant mermaid man was no exception, so there was no leisure for weaving mermaid silk.Furthermore, although the crocodile silk is good-looking, it is neither superior in defense nor has any special attributes. To a cultivator, it is just like a chicken rib, and it is tasteless to eat.

The status of the shark on the mainland is probably even inferior to that of ordinary spiritual grasses. Even the pretty female cultivators are more willing to spend their money on beauty but not sharks, so the sharks will naturally not be bored. Take it to land.

So Shi Mu became interested, and asked the people in the city if there was any scarf, so he went to the shop without saying a word.

Once brought back to Hai'an City, the shark will be quickly cut off by the royal relatives or wealthy merchants. Except for the fishermen who traded to the shark, the locals will not see this precious thing much.

Many factors are intertwined, and there is only one shark in Hai'an City today, and the owner of the cloth shop insisted on keeping it as the treasure of the shop.

Shi Mu and the others were going to this store.

The name of this shop is neat and neat, so it is called "Mackerel". Even though there is only one crocodile in the shop, it is barely worthy of the name.

Perhaps it is the role of the treasure of this shop, the crocodile cloth shop. The business of this crocodile cloth shop is obviously much better than other shops. The shop is a small three-story building, and the top is a small attic with an octagonal roof.There were too many people here attracted by the name, the clerk in the store was not surprised by Hua Rong's intention, and led the three of them upstairs.

Of course, this guy still dutifully introduced Huarong and the others to the cloth placed by the stairs along the way, but seeing that Huarong and Shi Mu were not interested, although Jiang was flipping through the cloth curiously, he was obviously not listening to him. The guy was talking dry and meaningless, so he finally stopped and quietly led the three of them up to the top floor.

There is only one large transparent crystal showcase on the top floor, and there are at most some poems, calligraphy and paintings on the wall, and they dare not overwhelm the guests.

The owner of the shop is ingenious, and the showcase is a set of miniature ocean landscapes, including reefs and gravel, and of course the blue sea water, which is still rippling.The sunlight shines on a large reef protruding from the water surface in the showcase from several small skylights on the roof. A blue-green crocodile flows from top to bottom on the reef, and the lower part enters the sea water and ripples with the water. It has not changed, and it will not stick to the reef or the inner wall of the display cabinet like ordinary cloth.

Just looking at it like this, I can't tell what Jiazi Yinmao is. I just feel that this silk is indeed lighter than ordinary materials.

Huarong has no interest in these materials, rather, he is not interested in most things, in short, he just stands at the door with his arms folded, his eyes only filled with Shi Mu.

Shi Mu and Jiang walked around the showcase, and found a small box on the back in an inconspicuous place, it was full of jewels, and it was not easy to look at.

Jiang bent down to take a closer look, and said to Shi Mu, "This box is not locked."

When Shi Mu heard the words, he took another look at the box, and then opened it directly.

There was a small piece of light red silk in the box, and Shi Mu picked it up by a corner with his thumb and forefinger, and found that the shape of this piece of silk was irregular, like leftovers from some kind of clothes.

Shi Mu thought about it, probably the shop owner deliberately put it here for visitors to experience the texture of the silk, but considering the preciousness of the silk, maybe the shop owner didn't want to let others see it casually, so he quietly took a piece of the old silk The leftovers are placed here, and it depends on whether the visitor can see and touch it.

Jiang also touched it a couple of times, and it was really soft and gentle to the touch, but his childish nature soon lost interest, so he lay down on the display cabinet and stared at the reefs and small shells inside. go.

Shi Mu leaned out from behind the display cabinet, held the shark silk up and shook it, calling Hua Rong to come over.

Since it was Shi Mu who called him, Hua Rong would not fail to go.

Huarong walked to the display cabinet, and symbolically picked up the piece of silk to look at.

It was a little cool to start with.

Huarong rubbed it lightly, and it felt that it was not much better than Shi Mu's clothes condensed with spiritual energy.Huarong's eyes darkened, she suddenly clenched the small piece of silk in her hand, and then let it go quickly, thoughtfully.

"What are you thinking?" Shi Mu asked.

Huarong shook her head upon hearing this, and said, "Nothing special." After saying that, Huarong smiled lightly.

Shi Mu thinks that smile is abnormal and weird, unlike Huarong's usual smile that always carries feelings of helplessness or tolerance.

It should be that Huarong is hiding something, but she is unwilling to say it.

But Shi Mu couldn't tell the difference, and it was so strange, he could only suppress this feeling suspiciously, and attributed it to his own illusion.

Jiang had seen enough, so Shi Mu called him and Hua Rong downstairs.

After all, Shi Mu still wanted to buy Jiang an umbrella that matched him.

Shi Muben also wanted to make an umbrella for Jiang with the shark silk that is not wet in the water, but before he finished speaking, the shopkeeper sternly refused.

Not to mention how wasteful the use of the crocodile is in the eyes of others, the shopkeeper has made up his mind not to sell the only crocodile, and wants to pass it on from generation to generation.

Shi Mu had no choice but to return empty-handed.

"Jiang doesn't want it." Jiang said to Shi Mu after he came out.

Shi Mu only thought that the child was comforting himself, rubbed his head, and said, "It's okay, let's go somewhere else."

But after looking at no less than ten small shops selling umbrellas, Shi Mu was able to confirm that Jiang really didn't want umbrellas sold outside.

Shi Mu asked him why, Jiang blushed and replied, "Jiang is a boy!"

Time to realize.

Although in Shi Mu's opinion, the mottled sword in the umbrella is more suitable for Huarong, who seems to have sword intent all over his body, who has walked through the sea of ​​swords and blood, compared to the delicate and cute child. .But for Jiang, even though the mottled umbrella was not as good-looking as other umbrellas, what he wanted was never an oil-paper umbrella that could only be held up in the soft drizzle in the south of the Yangtze River.Why doesn't he yearn for the shadow of the sword remaining on Huarong's hilt?

Huarong seemed to have expected it a long time ago, and was not surprised. Instead, she took out a tassel with a small gemstone hanging on it, hung it on the sword in the umbrella for Jiang, and said, "Then this umbrella will be given to you later."

Jiang excitedly grabbed the handle of the umbrella, wishing he could jump up, and said, "Okay! Thank you, Daddy!"

After hearing this, Shi Mu called Huarong treacherous, and didn't tell him where he bought the tassels.

After hearing this, Hua Rong jokingly said: "It's rare to see you miscalculate once, why did I remind you specially?"

Shi Mu can only secretly hate himself for not being as thoughtful as Huarong.

It can only be said that this guy Huarong has traveled the rivers and lakes for many years, and his ability to guess people's hearts has penetrated into his bones.

After thinking about it, Shi Mu took out a small silver jug ​​with a thin neck and a red string tied to it.

Shi Mu asked Jiang to pour his small jar of fruit wine into the jug.

The silver jug ​​seems to be no more than the size of a palm, but there is a universe inside it, which can completely hold a jar of fruit wine. It seems that there is infinite space to continue to hold it. At the same time, it can nourish the wine with spiritual energy and enhance the taste.

After filling the wine, the silver jug ​​could shrink even smaller, until it was only the size of a nail shell. The red rope was wrapped around Jiang's wrist, turning it into a bracelet.

The original wine jar can be officially "returned to the hometown".

This silver pot is a good thing in the cultivation world. It was originally used to hold elixirs and spirit springs. In order to preserve its spirituality for a long time, Shi Mu didn't think of it for a while to put wine in ginger.

Huarong is an alcoholic, and has been a mortal for more than 20 years. When she drank, she bought a lot of wine and took it with her on the road. After a while, she was completely drunk. It took a while to find the next place to sell alcohol.Where has he seen such a convenient thing.

Huarong was addicted to alcohol, she stared at the little silver pot with greedy eyes.

Shi Mu said to him: "This pot is a pair, I still have one."

Huarong looked at him.

"But I won't give it."

After Shi Mu said this, he pulled Jiang who had returned home with a vicious grin and said, "Let's go, let's ignore this treacherous guy!"

After finishing speaking, when no one was paying attention, Shi Mu turned around and disappeared in place with Jiang.

Hua Rong felt that this scene seemed familiar.

But he was no longer the ordinary person he was before. When he turned around, Huarong appeared outside the Butong door, and he could still see Jiang and Shi Mu leaving a little corner of their clothes after stepping into Butong.

Seeing that Shi Mu still had a smile on his face, Jiang asked suspiciously, "Daddy will follow right away." So what are you doing...

Shi Mu said to him: "You will know when you grow up."

Jiang Du pouted, feeling a little aggrieved at being said that.

Shi Mu quickly changed his words: "I'll tell you later."

He was really embarrassed to tell the present Jiang—playing a little temper from time to time, and forming cliques to find allies, can be regarded as a little fun between lovers.

Sure enough, as Jiang said, the second child in Buya recognized them, and before she delivered the key that She Yue gave, Huarong walked up to Shi Mu's side, her eyes darkened, as if she had seen through all of Shi Mu's thoughts .

Shi Mu blushed for no reason, but fortunately Xiao Er, who got the key, came to rescue him.

Xiao Er led them upstairs, the rooms were two adjacent sky-shaped rooms, obviously one belonged to Jiang, and the other belonged to Hua Rong and Shi Mu.

Huarong didn't ask where Hua Jiuqi was, and vaguely guessed that his father probably had the honor to live in the top floor exclusive to the landlord.

In this regard, Huarong still has confidence in her father.

……

That night, Shi Mu fell into a deep sleep accompanied by the smell of the sea pervading Hai'an City, but Hua Rong woke up suddenly.

Without telling Shi Mu, Huarong himself made a good performance quietly, except himself, no one knows where he went.

Only the fisherman who came back late found that the deep sea was raging and turbulent that night, and the waves were surging, which was not calm.And those who returned to the shore also found that a man in black walked ashore from the sea with a fishy smell all over his body, and there seemed to be a light smoke floating behind him, which was shining even at night, silver and scarlet. .

For a long time after that, the legend of the mermaid, who had been absent for a long time due to the chaos in the Tianyuan Continent, reappeared.

It is said that it was a male merman with black hair and black tail, who came to the world with the smell of the sea and an ethereal posture.