Chapter 505: Xie Family's Plot

"But father, the claim that the little princess of Pu State is a mermaid is just our guess and has not been confirmed.

If we really take this path, Father, our Xie family will have no way out and can only live out the rest of our lives on an isolated island in the sea."

Xie Shen's face was solemn. Although this was a method, it was only a way to escape. Their Xie family had been prosperous for nearly two hundred years, so how could they be willing to be stranded on an isolated island?

And the mermaids were just speculations made by my father based on various information transmitted by the secret agents of Pu State. It is not certain whether mermaids really exist in the world.

Even if she really is a mermaid, what can she do?

If there really was a safe place to live in seclusion, why would Pu State surrender to a big country?

Prime Minister Xie saw through his son's thoughts at a glance, and sighed in his heart that the Xie family's generation was getting worse and worse. If his sons and grandsons could be as wise as their ancestors, why would he need to plan so carefully?

After a moment of silence, he stood up and walked to the bookshelf, flipped on the switch of the secret room, and said to Xie Shen, "Come in."

Xie Shen always knew that there was a secret room in his father's study. He had been there a few times, but he only looked at what his father told him to look at and never dared to look or move around too much.

"Take a look." Prime Minister Xie handed him a long box.

Xie Shen hurriedly took it and opened it. Inside was a roll of sheepskin wrapped in silk cloth and tied with a thin hemp rope. He glanced at Prime Minister Xie and saw him nod, so he untied the hemp rope, unfolded it and read it carefully.

"Is this true?"

Xie Shen finished reading and was surprised.

Prime Minister Xie pondered and said, "The Xie family has never been one that sits and waits for death. As early as the tyranny of the previous dynasty, the clan has been seeking a way to survive.

The Xie family never missed any opportunity when going into the mountains or the sea. This sheepskin letter was left behind by their ancestors who went to the sea.

However, the Xie family did not expect that Shi Dehou, whom we least expected, would be so lucky to have two powerful generals, Wei and Du, to follow him to death, and to have Monk Yilian as his military advisor to assist him, and finally win the world.

The daughter of the Xie family became the founding queen, and the Xie family prospered more than before, and the Xie family no longer had to seek a place to settle down.

In addition, the content of the letter was very mysterious, and everyone was worried about provoking forces that should not be provoked, so the clan discussed and decided to put the content of the letter aside for the time being.

This letter was handed over to the successive heads of the family for safekeeping, so that if the Xie family encountered danger again, they could take the risk.

When I, the successor to the family head, received this letter, I felt it was absurd at first, but after Wei Qingyan came back to life, I became suspicious. After all, our people saw that Wei Qingyan was really dead.

After that, the stories about Shi Dehou and Lin Wanzhi were revealed one after another. Then our secret agents who had infiltrated Pu State brought us news about something strange happening in the Pu royal family and the news that Cao Yizhao had sent people out to sea. I then completely believed that there were spirits and mermaids who could perform magic in this world.

Shen'er, Wei Qingyan who died in battle and the eldest prince are no longer ordinary people. Their strength is probably far beyond your and my imagination.

If the two of them hadn't come out to disrupt the situation, our plan would have surely succeeded, but now that they are here, I'm afraid the plan will fail.

Therefore, your father has decided to let you take the outstanding young descendants of the Xie family and leave the capital first in the name of returning home to worship their ancestors. After your father captures the little princess, I will send someone to secretly deliver her to you.

Once she falls into your hands, you can find an outstanding young man in the tribe to take good care of her and pair her up.

Women are easily moved by emotions and cannot stand the gentle sweet words of men. As long as she is moved by the younger generation of the Xie family, she will be willing to do anything for the Xie family for the so-called love."

"But my son is worried that this alone won't be enough to control the Emperor and Empress of Pu."

Xie Shen, however, didn't have much confidence.

No matter how small Pu State is, it is still a country. Since he is fleeing, it is impossible for him to bring many guards with him. How can he compete with a country?

Prime Minister Xie looked at his son quietly for a while, and finally said nothing. He just shifted his gaze to the long wooden box. When his eyelids drooped, his eyes were full of disappointment and worry.

Xie Shen followed his father's gaze and remembered the contents of the letter.

When the previous dynasty became tyrannical, the ancestors of the Xie family went out to sea in search of opportunities in order to make a living, under the pretext of doing business. However, they were attacked by an unknown species at sea, and three of them were abducted to a fairy island.

They were thrown into a blood pool by the people on the fairy island for blood transfusion. One of them died during the blood transfusion, and the other two were forced to have sex with the women on the island for reproduction after the blood transfusion was successful.

After the woman becomes pregnant, their mission is completed and their lives will end.

One of them was Xie Hang, the uncle of Prime Minister Xie. He was smart by nature and had already seen through the clues. So during his contact with the girl, he took great pains to win her heart and finally got her help.

The woman fed him a drug that made him appear dead, and handed Xie Hang over to a mermaid slave to be secretly ferried back to the shore. Fearing that the mermaid would not be under her control, she gave him a musical instrument similar to a xiao, the sound of which could scare the mermaid. Then, he could use the instrument to control the mermaid.

Xie Hang was cautious and guessed that the secret of the fairy island would not be leaked. He was worried that the woman would manipulate his memory, so he engraved his experiences and what he knew on a parchment scroll, secretly hid it on his body and brought it ashore together with the musical instrument.

The long box contained the parchment scroll and the musical instrument that could control the mermaid.

As expected, Xie Hang lost his memory after coming ashore. Perhaps it was because his blood had been replaced on the island or for other reasons. He only lived for a year after coming ashore.

Xie Shen felt that he finally understood his father's intention, "Father means to control the little princess in his hands, and to form a marriage alliance with the Pu Kingdom is one aspect.

Using this instrument to control the mermaids and make them work for the Xie family is equivalent to the Xie family controlling the Pu Kingdom in disguise."

"It's not that easy. We don't want the Pu Kingdom either. If Chilie and other countries are defeated, the world will be unified. The small Pu Kingdom will naturally become a possession of the Wei Kingdom. What's the point of us coming here?"

Chief Minister Xie took a deep breath, and finally decided to explain, "Mermaids are an alien species and are forbidden from marrying humans. The little princess is a mermaid, which means one of her parents must be a mermaid.

Based on the information we have received, we can speculate that Queen Pu was a mermaid, but according to the content left in the letter, mermaids were slaves of the spirit tribe. Looking at the arrangements made by Queen Pu for the little princess, it can be seen that she secretly came to Pu State without telling the spirit tribe.

Since ancient times, escaped slaves have never had a good ending, whether it is humans or mermaids.

The musical instrument can control the mermaids and also attract the attention of the spirits, so this is what we really use to control the Emperor and Empress of Pu State."

He paused, his expression very serious, "My uncle went crazy after he came ashore that year. This is one of the reasons why everyone doubted the authenticity of the letter and suppressed their curiosity for many years and did not verify it.

But my uncle was lucid for a moment before his death. He left behind a few words, which were passed down orally from generation to generation by the head of the Xie family.

Xie Shen hurriedly asked, "What are you talking about?"