In recent days, various ports have been very busy because they have to prepare a large amount of supplies and transport them to Momei Prefecture, the capital of Longzhou, to supply King Fu's needs.
At a port near the sea, many people are loading ships.
A large amount of pickled fish must be transported away to serve as military rations.
The boatmen coming and going are very busy and dare not stop for a moment.
But those who were lazy or lacked physical strength would be whipped immediately by the supervisor.
The weather was a bit hot at this time. After working as a coolie for several times at the port, a supervisor wiped the sweat from his head and looked at the sky with the sun high in the sky. He felt a little unbearable.
After saying hello to several other supervisors, the supervisor took off his clothes and pants and jumped directly into the sea to take a bath.
This place is meant for diving, and the supervisor himself is very good at water, so no one would think there would be any problem with bathing here.
The supervisor felt very comfortable in the water. He thought that he would make a lot of money after completing this work, and he would definitely go to the flower boat to have a good time.
Just as I was enjoying my wonderful thoughts, I suddenly saw the supervisor shouting in pain, flopping in the water and coming to the shore, shouting as he came:
"help me!"
People on the shore were shocked when they saw this sudden behavior.
The supervisor had a few close brothers. Seeing that he seemed to be in danger, he immediately dropped the rope and let him pull him up.
Fortunately, the supervisor still had some strength and was dragged ashore by the rope.
As soon as they landed on the shore, they saw the supervisor lying on the shore in pain, shouting:
"There's something on my back."
In fact, he didn't need to say it, everyone had already seen it.
I saw that at this time, there was a gray-black thing similar to tofu skin clinging to the supervisor's back, less than a finger thick and as big as a pancake.
"It's sucking my blood, quick, tear it off, quick!"
The overseer looked pale, as if he had lost too much blood.
When several other supervisors heard this, they immediately brought pliers and clamped the gray-black thing like tofu skin.
This thing seemed to have bitten directly into the overseer's flesh, and several others could not pull it off even if they tried to tear it apart.
The overseer screamed in pain, and blood flowed from his back. He looked very miserable.
Seeing this, many hard workers around started praying silently, hoping that the overseer would die quickly and not survive.
Under the silent prayers of a group of hard workers, a few people just used pliers to tear the thing off the overseer's back.
After this thing is torn off, you can see that the overseer's back is full of tiny holes. Even if you don't have evidence of intensive phobia, your scalp will be numb and your whole body will feel uncomfortable when you see it.
The thing was torn off, but the overseer, whose back was bleeding, could not survive and lay on the ground, dying.
When the hard workers around saw this, they all secretly thought to themselves, "The sky has eyes" and so on.
The other overseers didn't know this, they just looked at the thing that fell on the ground.
At this time, this thing is on its back.
It can be seen that the side of its crawling back is covered with fine straw-like things. The blood of the dead overseer was sucked away by these fine straws.
At this time, the countless tiny straws of this thing were still twisting in the sunlight, making those who watched it feel uncomfortable all over.
Someone immediately came forward, covered it with a rag, poured some oil, and started a fire.
This thing couldn't move on the ground. It burned "sizzling" and smoked in the flames, and waves of unpleasant stench spread.
Many people who smelled it couldn't help but vomit.
Fortunately, the flames were still useful, and the thing was eventually reduced to ashes.
This incident is just a small episode in the entire seaside shipping operation, not a big deal.
It just gives everyone one more thing to talk about.
For people like them who live by the sea, it is not surprising that they occasionally encounter some strange sea creatures.
The only pity is that there are too few things that kill overseers.
It's just a supervisor who died, which is not enough.
As if to satisfy many people's thoughts, after lunch, another person encountered this tofu-skin-like blood-sucking monster in the water.
This time the man didn't live as long as the previous overseer, and he died before the things were torn off.
After tearing something off, burn it as usual.
But not long after, two more people encountered this kind of thing.
One person was lucky enough to be attached to his leg. After being torn off, although one of his legs was lost, his life was finally saved.
Another person was a little unlucky and was sucked directly into the face and died in the water on the spot.
This time, things got really bad, and neither the supervisor nor the hard worker dared to go to sea again.
The incident quickly alarmed the prefect Yuan Chi.
These supplies sent to King Fu must not be delayed. After learning the news, Yuan Chixin came personally with his people.
When Lou Fucheng and others heard about this, they were also surprised, and then they were secretly happy.
After Yuan Chixin came to the beach, the man whose face was hugged to death was still soaking in the water.
After ordering people to fish it out, they saw that the tofu skin-like thing was still on the face of the deceased.
Someone stepped forward and used tools to tear off the strange thing. After Miao Tong saw the thing, she fell into thinking and felt that she should know about it.
After everyone turned the thing over and the fine straw pointed upwards, showing it in front of everyone, Miao Tong clapped her hands and said:
"I remembered, this thing is 'blood-sucking moss', which is an evil thing in the sea...
Yes, this thing should have some connection with the shelling turtle.
Now that the shelling turtle has been killed, he probably came to seek revenge! "
At this point, she finally understood what she had overlooked before.
So that’s what happened.
Yuan Zhong drew his sword and stepped forward, cutting the "blood-sucking moss" in half with one strike.
After this thing was broken into two halves, it seemed to still be alive, with its densely packed straws still twisting and thirsting for blood.
Seeing that it seemed impossible to kill him, Yuan Zhong cut it into more than a dozen pieces with several consecutive blows.
Despite this, the things were still twisting and turning and not dead.
Miaotong said: "It's useless. This thing is not afraid of swords and axes, but it is afraid of fire. It needs to be burned with fire.
In addition, after this thing is out of the water, it cannot move freely, and it will die if it is exposed to the sun for a long time. "
After everyone listened to Miaotong's explanation, they finally felt more at ease.
People are always in awe of the unknown. Now that I know some of the details about this thing, I am not so afraid anymore.
If you burn it with fire as before, it will really burn you to death.
Yuan Zhixin asked:
"How many of these are there?"
Miaotong thought for a while and said:
"There are a lot of them. It is estimated that they are in the water along the coast now. Please don't go into the water easily.
Oh, I almost forgot, these things do not exist alone, in fact, they are all food for another thing. "
"food?"
"Yes, it seems...yes, King Mullet.
Yes, it is the food of the Mullet King. At the same time, it will be driven by the Mullet King to hunt other living creatures and suck their blood dry.
In the end, they will all be eaten by the Mullet King! "
"King Mullet?"
Someone nearby heard Mullet King, and his expression suddenly changed.
Others also looked uneasy when they heard that this matter was related to the Mullet King.
Yuan Zhixin also frowned slightly.
As a native of Longzhou, I am no stranger to the title Mullet King.
This guy is one of the few monsters that everyone knows.
As the dominant force in the Longzhou sea area, even the Nanhai Dragon Clan is afraid of him.
This guy is dominating the waters of Longzhou, and what he likes to do most is collect tolls.
No matter you are a human being or anything else, tolls cannot be reduced.
Many of the pirates now roaming the seas are influenced by this trend.
Logically speaking, such a sea monster should have been eliminated long ago.
But the strange thing is that both the Nanhai Dragon Clan and the Zhengdao Sect allow this monster to roam the sea.
Basically, as long as this monster doesn't kill innocent people indiscriminately, no one will target it.
After hearing that it was this monster, many people felt guilty and began to chant "Empress Mo Zu" and beg for blessings.
After Yuan Chixin was silent for a while, he called Ye Ming, Miaotong, Yuan Zhong and other trustworthy people to discuss secretly in a house on the shore.
Faced with this matter, Yuan Chixin's first concern was the safety of the people, and he immediately asked:
"Will the Mullet King attack the coast?"
After hearing this, Miaotong thought for a moment and said:
"Probably not. I heard Master said that that guy has a big background and is difficult to deal with directly. But at the same time, he doesn't dare to really harm the human race. He may cause some harm, but he won't directly attack the coast. "
"Then has your master revealed the true identity of this Mullet King?"
"Well, no. Anyway, judging from Master's appearance, it must be difficult to handle. Otherwise, this guy wouldn't have been so rampant."
Miao Tong also said a little depressed.
"So this time about the 'blood-sucking moss' thing, are these things spontaneously seeking revenge, or are they secretly instructed by the Mullet King..."
Yuan Chixin said, frowning and thinking.
Miaotong didn't understand it at all, so she just said:
"Who knows."
Yuan Chixin looked at Ye Ming, who had been silent.
The latter looked at him and said with a smile:
“Regardless of whether there is an instruction or not, since the problem has arisen, let’s solve the immediate problem first.
As long as the other party doesn't go any further, we can just pretend we don't know.
If there are other subsequent actions, the situation will be obvious. "
Yuan Zhixin heard what he said and felt that it made sense, and he could just use this to see the other party's reaction.
As he said that, he discussed the issue of dealing with "blood-sucking moss".
This thing is in the water. If you want it to burn to death, you must fish it out first.
In fact, this is not a problem, the problem is lack of time.
If it were normal, even if it took a few months, or even a year and a half, these things could be salvaged and eliminated.
But now we have to transport the supplies to King Fu, so it won't take too long.
"Miss Miaotong, do you have any way to quickly eliminate these things?"
Yuan Chixin asked.
Miaotong thought for a while and said:
"No, I can kill a large number of 'blood-sucking moss' individually or together.
But these things are scattered in coastal waters and are difficult to deal with. "
These words made Yuan Chixin a little disappointed, and then he looked at Ye Ming again.
This guy has always had ideas, so it shouldn’t be a problem for him, right?
Ye Ming naturally understood what Yuan Zhi wanted and said with a smile:
“Actually, this matter is not difficult to solve.
It’s hard for us to handle it ourselves, but aren’t there professionals in the South China Sea?
Just go to them directly. "
"Sir, are you talking about the South China Sea Dragon Clan?"
Yuan Chixin's eyes lit up at first, and then he said a little dejectedly,
"It's a pity that I have nothing to do with the South China Sea Dragon Clan. It may not be easy to ask them to take action."
Ye Ming smiled and said: "The so-called friendship naturally requires communication.
If you are trustworthy, Miaotong and I will make a trip to ensure that we can invite them to properly resolve this matter. "
When Yuan Zhixin heard the words, his face showed joy:
"Okay, then here's Mr. Lao!"
Ye Ming knocked Miaotong on the head and said with a smile:
"It's better to choose a different day than to hit it. Let's go now."
Miao Tong touched her head. She wanted to be angry at first, but when she thought about going to the bottom of the sea to play, she became happy again.
Yuan Chi saw that Ye Ming planned to go immediately and said quickly:
"Sir, are you going like this?"
"Yes, what else?"
"Isn't it inappropriate to have empty hands when meeting for the first time?
There are also a few decent gifts in the government office, sir, you might consider bringing them. "
Ye Ming smiled and said: "Sir, you are such an upright official, why do you think of this?"
"I am also concerned about chaos. After all, if this matter fails, many more people will die, and it will last for a long time..."
Seeing that Yuan Zhi looked a little sad, Ye Ming assured:
"Don't worry, sir, this trip will definitely be successful."
After that, he led Miao Tong away.
Seeing the two people leaving, Yuan Chixin looked at Yuan Zhong and said:
"Yuan Zhong, do you think they can make it?"
"Since Mr. Shanyuan went there in person, I think there is no reason why it won't work."
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