In the cave, a burst of cold and humid air came, and the trickling of the water seemed to have an echo.
There were moss and insects squirming on the stone wall. Looking inside, pearls were scattered on the ground. Even in the dim environment, the pearls like gems were still extremely eye-catching.
Under the pearl, blood of many colors flows. The blood is very unreal. There is black blood, blue blood, fluorescent blood, and pink blood...
Like colorful paint scattered on the ground, the blood revealed a kind of crystal. Looking along the source of the blood, there were five large fish tails broken into two parts. The scales on the fish tails were still so beautiful. , with the blood covering it, the scales are also extremely dazzling.
At this moment, Cheng Yongfeng, who had been at the entrance of the cave, stumbled in. He was cowardly. The moment the villagers took action, he only dared to hide outside the cave and huddle in a corner, listening to what was coming from inside. Screams.
His shoes were stained with colorful blood, and the cave was filled with a strong fishy smell. He walked in step by step, and what he saw was Xi holding one of the sharks. Duanwei was in a daze.
Xi's hands were all covered in blood. She desperately held the big knife swung by the villagers with her hand. The palm of her hand was cut by the sharp blade, and the skin and flesh were torn.
But she still couldn't stop everything. She watched her tribe members being tail-docked, and it hurt her life and death. She knelt on the ground, cried and begged. For the first time, she kept kowtowing, just wanting these people to be let go. tribesmen.
But no one let them go. Those cruel villagers, after killing all the clan members, turned around and left without even looking at them.
Cheng Yongfeng saw this scene. Next to the big fish tails were the upper bodies of five male and female mermaids. They stared blankly, their eyes widened, their expressions were still painful, but they were no longer breathing. .
Their faces are still so beautiful, whether they are men or women, even after death, their faces are full of strange beauty.
"Ah!" Xi collapsed and shouted, hugging the tribesman's severed tail tightly and crying loudly in the cave.
Cheng Yongfeng’s eyes turned red. He didn’t speak, and he didn’t deserve to speak. He promised that he would rescue Xi, but after so long, not only did he not rescue Xi, but he was also incompetent to let her go. Xi watched helplessly as her clan members died.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." Cheng Yongfeng squatted down with his head in his hands, his heart gradually collapsed.
Xi cried for a long time, until the cave was covered with all the pearls. Those pearls were soaked in the blood of the dead sharks and dyed into another color, gorgeous but with a sense of depression.
In the end, Xi fainted from crying. Cheng Yongfeng numbly held Xi Heng in his arms and carried her back step by step.
But at this time, the villagers were still holding baskets and came to the cave to pick up the teardrops left on Xi's day. Those beads were dyed into many different colors, and the villagers seemed to be confused again. Very happy.
"The upper bodies of these sea monsters are human. They look very scary." A villager shivered while picking up pearls, not daring to look at the shark's upper body.
Because there are so many people coming in, even if everyone is afraid, they cannot resist the temptation of money.
"Look, the pearls are stained by the blood of these sea monsters and cannot be washed away. It is such a beautiful color and can be sold at a higher price. There is so much blood here, let's put it in bottles and take it. Come and dye it."
"You are really not afraid. You are actually thinking about money at this time."
"What are you afraid of? This is just a fish, but it can become a human. After all, isn’t it just a fish? We used to go fishing every day, but we ate and killed a lot of fish.”
“From what you said, it seems right. After all, it’s just a fish.” Fish, what are we afraid of?"
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Xi went back, and when she woke up, it was already two days later.
When she opened her eyes and saw a familiar bed and a familiar house, she knew that she had returned to the place where she was imprisoned.
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She huddled on the bedside, crying silently, one after another. She seemed to be unable to do anything but cry. She could not take revenge, could not resist, and even the tears she shed for her people would be gone. Collected and sold by humans.
Cheng Yongfeng didn't come in, so he just sat at the door of the room, keeping the same posture from morning to night.
The villagers would still come to pick up pearls at the agreed time. They entered the room, ignored the woman on the bed, and put the pearls into the bucket with a small shovel.
"Cry, cry more. Your pearls were dyed with the blood of the same kind and became pearls of many colors. They are very beautiful. The village chief sold them for a good price. Our village has made money again. "A lot of money."
"You deserve it. You killed five people in the village, and one of them was the village chief's son. The village chief was so angry that he was killing all the dead sirens. Cut them open, drain their blood, collect them for dyeing, and remove all the fish scales."
The man who came to collect the pearls said these words to Xi with contempt. , and then left with a bucket full of pearls.
Xi paused and watched the man leave in disbelief, until another familiar person appeared in front of the door.
Cheng Yongfeng stood at the door. He looked very haggard, his chin was covered with stubble, and his eyes were bloodshot. He was guilty, uneasy, self-blaming, and stood in front of the door at a loss.
Xi smiled, a bit miserably. She laughed and cried at the same time, and finally looked directly into the man's eyes.
"Am I not allowed to go home in this life?"
Cheng Yongfeng was silent. He did not dare to give an answer, because everything he said beforeNone of the words seemed to come true, and he could only watch the villagers torture Xi.
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In this way, Laixian Island once again became famous in the jewelry circle because of those colorful pearls. Even the upper class people in Kyoto came to make reservations. A pearl can cost a thousand pieces of gold. Hard to buy.
Many people in the industry sent people to Laixian Island to inquire and investigate what kind of special shellfish the villagers cultivated to produce such beautiful and flawless pearls.
But all failed. The villagers were very strict, ranging from the elderly to the children. Once anyone inquired about the pearls, they all kept silent.
Every household does not even have a breeding farm. This seems to outsiders to be deliberate, fearing that other families will steal the technology of raising shellfish.
The glory of Laixian Island lasted for another year, but the number of pearls with different colors became less and less, but there were more pink pearls. The natural color was deeply loved by noble women. their love.
But what the public doesn’t know is that these pearls of different colors are dyed with the blood of the sharks, and the pink pearls are because the blood of the dead sharks that the villagers previously stored has been used up. , began to attack Xi.
Although they raised Xi more meticulously, they also brutally bled Xi on a regular basis because the price of colored pearls on the market had increased many times.
Cheng Yongfeng became the person who let out blood.
Because the other villagers acted roughly and hurt Xi, he had no choice but to take on this job. On the day of bloodletting, he would tremble with his hands and shed tears silently.
Afterwards, he carefully bandaged Xi and made some delicious chicken soup to replenish Xi's body. Day after day, he looked at Xi, who was so numb that she couldn't cry. She was so numb that she took the initiative to let out blood. , so numb that I took the initiative to take a bowl and drink soup.
Xi said: "I want to live, I want to live well."
Cheng Yongfeng turned away, with tears in his eyes, and in the end, he could only become hoarse. Said "Okay."