According to legend, there are sharks outside the South China Sea. Their tears turn into beads, which are extremely valuable. Eating their meat will have the effect of immortality.
In the early years of Tianhua, the emperor was obsessed with the art of cultivating immortals and immortality. He ordered the powerful Wu Zhenyang to lead three thousand magicians into the South China Sea three times to search for traces of the sharks, but found nothing.
The third prince volunteered to go to the South China Sea and found the shark two years later.
Moreover, the hunted sharks were transported back to the imperial city alive.
Therefore, the third prince who was originally a concubine gained the emperor's respect and was established as a prince.
In the ninth year of Tianhua, the emperor suddenly died, and the prince ascended the throne and changed his reign to Dayin.
When the new emperor succeeded to the throne, his first order was to publish a list throughout the country. This list had nothing to do with taxation and people's livelihood, but only to find a beautiful girl. Because of this, he was criticized by the people.
strange disease
Grandma has a strange illness and cannot see the light for many years. She hides in the house on the west side of the backyard all day long. Grandma has been taking care of her for many years.
But there was a rumor in the village that it was my grandma who put a "cover" on my grandma.
"Cover" means magic.
Ah Nai was originally a famous goddess in eight villages in Shili, but since I was born, she has stopped looking after others.
The aunt in the village kept talking and said that Grandma had a guilty conscience.
As for the reason, we have to start from fourteen years ago.
Grandma lost her husband at an early age and had four sons in total. My father was the youngest. The first three sons all died one after another when they were born. In the end, only my father was left.
People in the village said it was caused by Grandma's karma, and because her father was a lame man in his forties, no family in the village was willing to marry their daughter to him for fear of being implicated.
Because of this, Dad became resentful of Grandma and drank heavily all day long.
Until later, a woman came to the village. To be precise, a sister-in-law came. The sister-in-law was a nun. She was wearing plain clothes, with a bare head, and fainted from exhaustion at the entrance of the village.
There was no doctor in the village at that time, so the village chief invited grandma to come, and grandma took the girl home. In the end, for some unknown reason, the girl got married to my father and gave birth to me.
Although I was frail and sick when I was born, I was blessed to have a baby.
But those aunts in the village felt that there must be something fishy in it, and they liked to gossip in front of me.
"How could your mother-in-law marry your father if she is so handsome?"
"Miao girl, your grandma must have been "hooded", right?"
After hearing this, I went back to ask Grandma, what they said was true. Every time Grandma heard me ask this question, she would say with a gloomy face: "Who said that? Carefully, Grandma cut off her tongue!"
Actually, there are some things that I never dared to ask Grandma. Some people in the village said that Grandma gave birth to me less than six months after she entered the family. They concluded that I am not my father's child.
Moreover, on the day I was born, it rained red and all the animals in the village died. They all thought I was unlucky and an evil fetus.
"Grandma, am I unhappy?"
"Nonsense! Your grandma's illness will be cured soon. When she recovers, you can see her!" Grandma said and put a piece of meat into my bowl.
But there was something clearly hidden behind her cloudy and gloomy eyes.
Grandma didn't know that a few days ago, I went against her wishes and secretly went to the house on the west side of the backyard. Standing in front of the door of that house, I smelled an indescribable fishy smell.
Moreover, there was a "squeaking" sound coming from the house, like a scratching sound.
I lay down in front of the crack in the door and looked in. I saw a large wooden barrel in the dark room. In the barrel sat a woman with disheveled hair. She had her back to me and was constantly scratching her skin.
The "squeaking" sound is the sound of scratching.
I squinted my eyes suspiciously, trying to get a closer look. The woman in the room seemed to be aware of the prying eyes outside the door, and suddenly twisted her body and turned around.
The moment she turned her body, I saw a large piece of something that looked like fish scales on her body.
The green scales shone strangely under the candlelight in the room, and her sharp nails were covered with bright red blood.
I took a few steps back in shock and ran back to the front yard in panic.
Vaguely, I seemed to hear her calling me, her voice weak and hoarse.
That night, I carried Grandma on my back and hid under the quilt, crying with tears streaming down my face. I knew that Grandma must be lying to me and that Grandma must have contracted a serious disease.
Although I have never been close to my grandma since I was a child, as long as she is here, I am still a child with a mother. What if she dies? This chapter has been completed!