The name Zhao Tuo feels a bit familiar, and it seems to be a species in "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" that I heard about in my previous life.
Although he vaguely remembered the name, Zhao Tuo couldn't remember the exact appearance. After all, there were too many weird things in that book, and no normal person would be able to keep it in mind.
Fortunately, there were knowledgeable people among the First Emperor's accompanying ministers.
The Prime Minister of the Left, Wang Wan, who had learned a lot, thought for a moment and said: "I once heard that Ho Luo's fish has ten bodies in one fish. It is a strange beast in the world. It must be this thing."
"It's true what you said. The strange beast I presented is exactly the ten-bodied Ho Luo fish in the legend."
Xu Shi opened his mouth with a smile and cupped his hands towards Wang Wan.
Everyone looked surprised.
One head, ten bodies.
Is there really such a strange creature in the world?
Hu Hai's big eyes shone, and children were most curious. He immediately took the emperor's hand and said, "Father, let's go and have a look. I have never seen such a strange thing before."
The First Emperor was also very curious and waved to Xu City: "Lead the way, I will see what this ten-body Ho Luo fish looks like today."
"only."
Xu Shi cupped his hands, turned around, and strode forward to lead the way.
At the same time, the many guards who followed the First Emperor to the island immediately dispersed, and a group of people followed Xu Shi to check the safety situation. Although the island was already guarded by county soldiers sent by the Jiaodong County Sheriff, the emperor's safety was still high.
Must be careful and cautious.
Seeing the First Emperor's father and son and many ministers, they all became curious. Lu Sheng, Han Zhong and Shi Sheng who followed looked at each other with smiles in their eyes.
It seems that they really made the right move in connecting Xu City.
After being delighted with each other, Lu Sheng's eyes turned to Zhao Tuo, the martial lord among the ministers.
During this trip to Zhifu Island, he was about to test this "disciple of the immortal".
When the clinker Lu Sheng turned to look at Zhao Tuo, he found that those bright eyes had been staring at him, and the light in his eyes seemed to see through everything.
The red-faced scene of being asked by Zhao Tuo that day flashed through Lu Sheng's mind again. He didn't dare to look at him, and turned away after laughing awkwardly.
Zhao Tuo smiled faintly.
The Ho Luo fish with ten bodies in one song.
What could this be?
Before seeing anything, Zhao Tuo didn't say much and followed the curious officials to the island.
Zhifu Island is not big, and they arrived at their destination soon.
This is a flat area on the island, not far from the sea. There is a pond dug out by manpower in the middle. There is also a ditch that connects to the sea level in the distance. Sea water is poured into the pond to raise these so-called exotic animals.
beast.
"Your Majesty, please look, the strange beast Ho Luo Yu is here."
Xu Shi walked to the pond, with a smile on his round face, and pointed to the pond.
Although the ministers were extremely curious, this kind of thing had to be done in an orderly manner and the emperor and his son had to see it first, so they all stopped.
The First Emperor took a few steps to the edge of the pond and looked up into the pond.
After seeing it clearly, his face instantly became serious, and his eyes were fixed on the strange beast in the water.
After a long time, the First Emperor sighed: "There are really such mysterious things in the world."
Hu Hai next to him screamed in shock, and at the same time stretched out his chubby little hands to count: "One, two, three... ten! This Ho Luo fish really has ten bodies!"
The words of the emperor and his son almost confirmed the identity of the strange beast He Luoyu, which made everyone feel itchy.
Fortunately, the emperor quickly asked them to come forward and watch.
Alas……
This time, the sound of gasping for breath could be heard endlessly.
The old Prime Minister Wei Wei shook his head and said: "I have lived for nearly seventy years and have never seen such a mysterious thing. Now it is an eye-opener."
Although Wang Wan, the Prime Minister of the Left, was born as a scholar from Guandong, his home was not near the seaside. At this moment, he was amazed to see the strange beast in the pond.
Tingwei Li Si and his son looked at each other and sighed.
Ziying exclaimed in Zhao Tuo's ear: "One song with ten bodies is really a rare thing in the world. It is indeed a strange beast."
Amid everyone's surprise, Zhao Tuo looked at the "exotic beast" that was nearly two meters long in the pond.
A pointed head, a pair of big shimmering eyes, and ten long "bodies" below.
Zhao Tuo was not surprised.
Just a picture appeared in his mind.
Cut this "holuo fish" open, then run a bamboo skewer through its body, marinate it with various seasonings such as chili powder, Sichuan pepper powder, MSG, etc., then sprinkle with a thin layer of cumin powder, and then put it in
Place it on an oiled iron plate on the stove...
What kind of strange beast is this fish? The fish caught in Xu Market are what later generations would call squid!
And it’s a very big squid.
Gudong.
Zhao Tuo's Adam's apple rolled up and down.
He has been on a light diet for eight years.
Seeing this big squid in the pond at this moment, Zhao Tuo couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and he couldn't help imagining the wonderful taste of eating this thing in his stomach.
This scene happened to fall into the eyes of Lu Sheng, who was peeping at the "immortal disciple".
They, a group of alchemists, secretly guessed Zhao Tuo's identity before, but because they were just speculations, they were not sure.
So Lu Sheng decided to observe quietly first, and see Zhao Tuo's reaction during the emperor's eastward tour of Zhifu Island, so as to confirm whether it was really what they suspected.
When they arrived at Zhifu Island and saw the strange beast Heluoyu captured by Xu Shi, everyone including the emperor marveled that there could be such a strange species in the world. Only the martial arts lord Zhao Tuo did not say a word and looked calm.
It was as if he had seen this Holuo fish before and was not surprised at all.
What's more important is that Lu Sheng actually saw Wugong Hou swallowing saliva at He Luoyu!
It seems that Wu Gonghou knew that Ho Luo fish could be eaten and was very delicious.
With Lu Sheng's venomous eyes honed from traveling around the world for many years, one could tell at a glance that the appearance of the martial arts lord Zhao Tuo was definitely not fake.
Zhao Tuo had seen Ho Luo fish and even tasted the meat of Ho Luo fish himself.
"Could it be that when Marquis Wu Gong was young, he was taken to the Immortal Mountains overseas by an immortal to learn military strategies and the art of creation there? The immortal gave Marquis Wu Gong the meat of such a strange beast to eat!"
Lu Sheng completed Zhao Tuo's experience in his head, and his heart suddenly became hot.
At this time, the First Emperor had already withdrew his gaze from He Luoyu, looked at Xu Shi who presented such strange beasts, and asked: "Where did you come from this thing, and why do you say it was guided by an immortal?"
Hearing this, Zhao Tuo also temporarily suppressed the idea of eating squid and turned his attention to Xu Shi. He wanted to see how this guy would answer.
I saw Xu Shi's face calm and said to the emperor: "Just a few months ago, I had a dream in Langya. I dreamed that the sun was rising from the west and coming straight to Jiaodong. But I couldn't help myself in the dream.
I was sailing on the sea in my boat. Not long after I went out to sea, I saw a misty fairy mountain in the sea of clouds. I saw that there seemed to be a figure walking on the fairy mountain, and threw a ray of light into the sea."
"After I woke up, I thought this dream was unusual. Later I heard that Your Majesty left the Pass and came east, which corresponded to the dream of the sun coming from the west. I dedicated this dream to the county governor, and with the support of the county governor, I got the dream.
The ship went out to sea and cast the net at the place where the immortals threw things in the dream, and found this strange beast and fish."
"From what I can see, this is the immortal in the sea who knew that Your Majesty was coming east, so he guided me to capture these strange beasts and present them to Your Majesty!"
By this point, Zhao Tuo had completely understood the alchemists' plan.
People in Guanzhong have never seen a giant squid to prove the existence of fairy mountains and immortals!