The wind and smoke are clean, and the Tianshan Mountains are colorful.

Outside Shizhu City, standing in the temple on the top of the mountain, the Xuanjiao disciples stationed here had already cleaned the courtyard and the temple, and after completing the spiritual and ghost practice homework and training that should have been done in the past in the basement of the temple, they went to their own places.

Xiao Shizhu has been here for some time, but it has not affected the daily life and work of these disciples. Aside from some covert heightened guards, everything in the temple was business as usual.

As for why he stayed here and didn't rush back to Yuque City? The Xuanjiao disciples in the area didn't ask, nor did they be curious.

The mountain wind rose again, blowing over the pine forest rocks on the top of the mountain, and the flowers fell on the roof of the shrine car parked under the ancient trees in the courtyard, and a few pieces flew in the wind, slowly drifting into the shrine along the open window.

Xiao Shizhu in the shrine raised his index finger, caught the oncoming petals, let it fall steadily on his fingertips, and then blew lightly to let the falling flowers rise again.

After a while, these petals gathered together with the other petals that were flying with the wind in the shrine, forming a humanoid shape in the slowly rotating breeze, and after slowly performing a blessing on Xiao Shizhu and the ghost mother, the humanoid form once again scattered a little petal, and left the shrine with the wind along the way it came.

There are many such flower demons in the mountains and wilderness of the Netherworld, and they are the same as the flower demons who dance at night in the stamens of the Yuque Palace. They belong to low-level gods and ghosts, lower than fungus people, they can't leave the flowers and trees of the body too far, not to mention, they don't even have much thinking ability, they only know how to eat, drink, and have fun all day long, singing and dancing, and their small days are quite beautiful.

But he has always maintained elegance and courtesy, and is the most polite ghost clan in the Netherworld.

Xiao Shizhu watched the petals leave, and then slowly withdrew his gaze.

"This time, it is not easy for Ying Zhao, Jiang Ziwen, and Ji Kang to ask for this compensation. Xiao Shizhu sighed, but smiled slightly, there was no trace of distress on his face, but there was a trace of pride in his eyes.

The ghost mother didn't even raise her eyes, she still looked at the notebook in her hand, but she felt the joy churning in the heart of her husband who was close at hand, so she couldn't help but say: "Isn't this what you want to see? Otherwise, how could you temporarily modify the amount of compensation?"

"Hey, hey. Xiao Shizhu shook his head with a smile and said, "You are the one who knows me." If they don't talk about it for a long time and don't spend more time bargaining, how can they grab more things?"

This is Xiao Shizhu's purpose, so that Tani Tianying and other generals of the Nine Shadows Kingdom can rob some of the materials of the Northern Yin Dynasty. At the same time, he used this to persecute the Northern Yin Dynasty and unconditionally agreed to all the conditions on the peace talks of the Nine Hidden Kingdoms.

Xiao Shizhu is like this, the Beiyin Dynasty made him suffer a loss in the Yellow Spring, and after he returned to the Yin Cao Underworld, he immediately gave the Beiyin Dynasty a backhand slap.

It is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, which does not often exist in his philosophy; Xiao Shizhu pays attention to a person who can deal with it, and never accumulates overnight revenge.

"You have revenge. The ghost mother picked up the pen, wrote the review on the notebook after reading it, put it down, put down the red pen in her hand, picked up the teacup and picked up the lid, and slowly scraped the tea powder in the cup.

"What do you want?" Xiao Shizhu was on the rise, and after a while, he turned his head and glanced at the slightly frowning brows of his wife beside him, and after a little thought, he said, "Are you worried that Emperor Xudu will set us up again?"

"Hmm. The ghost mother nodded slowly.

She took a sip of fragrant tea before she slowly spoke, and said: "The ghost generals and ghost armies that he can fight in his hands have been sent to deal with our country, and only one-tenth of them have confronted our army's ghost soldiers, and nine tenths have not yet been dispatched. Again, I'm worried that he's waiting for us to help him recover the other ghost kingdoms, and then eat us, truly unifying the ten continents. ”。

This is a cliché, and before that, the ghost mother had reminded Xiao Shizhu of this matter more than once.

Xiao Shizhu can naturally think of this layer, and he is not unprepared, he has been preparing, just to gamble with the Northern Yin Dynasty in the near future, betting on the battle of life and death.

"It's just that judging from the current situation, it seems that the capital is trying to make the Yin Cao Difu three-legged. Xiao Shizhu nodded silently a few times and said: "According to the news sent back by Poria Cocos, the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom has been co-opted by him, and the Emperor Xudu promised the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom that as long as they can help the Northern Yin Dynasty secretly yin us, Xudu can use this to give the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom independence." Emperor Xudu is trying to create a three-legged opportunity. ”。

Speaking of this, Xiao Shizhu's eyes flashed with anger.

According to Xiao Shizhu's grasp, Xiao Fuling has begun to act in the past few days, and the army has also rushed to the Howling Wind Plain, and began to arrest the masterminds behind the scenes according to the list explained by the second child.

Although the fox ghosts who were caught did not confess to Hu Lan, and there is no evidence that Hu Lan was also involved in it for the time being, the fact that the Qingqiu Fox Country has secretly reversed it has enough evidence.

The reason why Xiao Shizhu has not yet ordered the arrest of Hu Lan and attacked the Qingqiu Fox Country is nothing more than the rainy season in Dongyingzhou, and the Jiuyou National Army in Dongyingzhou is not conducive to large-scale operations in such a bad weather with continuous rain.

What Xiao Shizhu needs most now is time, he can only pretend not to know, and he can only secretly control the ghosts who have been arrested, so that they can continue to resell the smuggled ore.

In this way, he can take advantage of the fact that he is separated by thousands of calculations and poor communication, so that the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom will not be able to detect the actions of the Nine Shadows Kingdom so quickly. You can't even alarm Hu Lan, otherwise the news will soon spread back to the Qingqiu Fox Country.

But because this is very hot, Xiao Shizhu endured it on the surface, but in his heart he was still angry at the Qingqiu Fox Country.

"That's also because the Northern Yin Dynasty needs time. Just when Xiao Shizhu's anger was still subsided, the ghost mother who had been thinking for a moment said thoughtfully: "I don't know what the hell Emperor Xudu is doing, anyway, he should need time." Therefore, the Northern Yin Dynasty needs a third party to contain us and consume us. ”。

"Master plagiarism, isn't this my way to deal with him?" Xiao Shizhu was no longer angry but happy after saying this, he smiled, thinking of those remnants of the bear country who were still fighting guerrillas in Fenglin Continent and drilling in the mountains and forests.

The guns and firearms secretly transferred to the remnants of the Nine Shadows Kingdom were not the most advanced and powerful firearms in the Nine Shadows Kingdom, but they also made them call for wind and rain in the deep mountains and old forests of Fenglin Continent, and also gave the Northern Yin Dynasty a headache.

This plan is almost the same as the Northern Yin Dynasty secretly supporting the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom and secretly competing with the Nine Shadows Kingdom.

It's just that the countermeasures of the Northern Yin Dynasty can secretly drag down the Nine Shadows Kingdom without seeing blood. If they hadn't discovered it in time, and let them, the Qingqiu fox ghosts with ulterior motives, resell those rare minerals produced by the Nine Shadows Country a few times, and finally sell them back to the Nine Shadows Country after changing hands a few times, and the treasury of the Nine Shadows Country would not take long to be empty.

"But it is certain that the Northern Yin Dynasty is also in dire need of time to complete something. The ghost mother, who nodded in agreement with Xiao Shizhu's words, took a sip of tea and said, "You two are chess opponents." ”。

"That's what makes sense. Xiao Shizhu was not afraid of anti-joy, and smiled again: "This is how to find an opponent." The seesaw principle, one end is light and the other is heavy, it is boring, both sides are similar, and the opponent can play the game to the fullest. ”。

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Ruo boarded the shrine, stood in front of the main hall on the shrine, and said to Xiao Shizhu inside through the curtain: "Lord, Lord Lin Cong has arrived, and he is waiting under the shrine with the national teacher Yingying, waiting for you to meet with **." ”。

"Xuan. Xiao Shizhu didn't think much about it, and said with a slight chin on his head: "Go and bring Julong and Qinglan again, and let them bring all the secret reports sent by the Howling Wind Plain in recent days, and the blueprints of the pass that will be built in Dongyingzhou." ”。

Chen Ruo nodded and turned to leave......

Howling Wind City, in the backyard of the yamen of the county government, Xiao Lingling and the tengu raised in the county government, after doing nothing for a long time, saw the thrush hurrying towards her and stood up.

The wind was howling, and dust and sand were flying in the wind, and after sweeping in front of Xiao Fuling, the thrush had already walked quickly to stand in front of her.

Xiao Fuling swept the thrush up and down, and after not seeing the slightest panicked look, she thought that the thrush came here in a hurry, but she was afraid that she had come to report the good news.

But when the thrush looked for her, it would only be a matter of Qingqiu Fox Kingdom secretly eating inside and out, so without waiting for the thrush to speak, Xiao Lingling said: "Follow me." ”。

Before the words could be spoken, Xiao Lingling turned around and walked slowly towards her tent.

Whether this matter is happy or bad, it must be kept absolutely secret, although the backyard of the government has been controlled by Xiao Fuling and Lai Yueqi's entourage sergeants, but for the sake of insurance, Xiao Fuling still feels that it is better to go to his felt tent to talk about this matter.

The thrush had no objection and pulled his legs to keep up.

The two ghosts, one after the other, walked through the backyard and came to the Xiao Poria felt tent under the wall. Then sat down on both sides of the fire pit in the middle, Xiao Fuling did not hurry to let people serve tea, and then sent the palace maid in the felt tent down.

After staying in the entire felt tent, only she and the thrush were left, the thrush who took a sip of tea took the lead in speaking, and whispered to Xiao Fuling: "Lord Weng, according to the second child's explanation, the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom, which is involved in this matter inside and outside the city, has been secretly controlled. The Qingqiu Fox Kingdom, which is called the shopkeeper by the second child, is also under our secret control, and Fan Jinhong is in charge of this matter, and everything is under our control. In addition, the closure of the port did not arouse the suspicion of the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom for the time being. According to the reports from various ports, the merchant ships that were not in a hurry to leave the port couldn't wait to leave the port in the past few days, so it can be seen that the other Qingqiu fox ghosts involved in this matter have not yet noticed the situation on the side of Howling Wind City. ”。

"Fan Jinhong asked the second child and the murderers in Howling Wind City to send letters to the Qingqiu fox ghosts who were involved in this case in various places to stabilize them. After a pause, Thrush, who took another sip of tea, continued: "These letters are very useful, and they are a good reassurance for the murderers and participants in this case. My men have secretly reported some mines, and they are still filling or stealing mines the way they operate, and it's business as usual. ”。

At this, the thrush raised the corners of his mouth, and there was a faint joy on his face.

Now, she thinks that the overall situation has been decided, and the Nine Shadows Kingdom has taken the initiative in this case, and she can wipe out these ghosts at any time.

Xiao Fuling nodded slightly, expressing her approval, but frowned after nodding.

Now that these controls have been completed, they are scattered on the Howling Wind Plain, and it is not easy to participate in this secret eating inside and out, and there are a lot of Qingqiu fox ghosts. And in addition to the fox ghosts, there are also a handful of ghosts of the Nine Ghost Kingdom, which have also been co-opted by the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom, and it is even more difficult to control them secretly.

Fortunately, the army secretly transferred by Xiao Shizhu followed up on the Howling Wind Plain, so that Xiao Poria had enough manpower to mobilize.

It's just that Xiao Shizhu also issued a secret order, asking Xiao Fuling not to arrest these fox ghosts for the time being, so that Xiao Fuling will secretly overtake the trend of this matter in the future, which is even more difficult.