Yuque Palace, opposite the Tianquan Palace, opposite the square where the sacred tree stands is a fossil forest that has existed at the bottom of this sinkhole since ancient times. The forest is full of millions of years of tall ancient cedars parasitic with wild vines, like a giant fan, which is very magnificent. However, from the branches and trunks of the ancient cedar trees to the wild vines parasitic on them, they have all been assimilated with stone, and they are no different from jade.

The forest is gloomy, with purple mist rolling between the ancient cedars in the early morning, and smoke filling the forest in the evening, wandering and drifting in the forest. Flickering light and darkness, the changes are endless, and the jade trees in the forest are also changing in the mist. At other times, as far as the eye can see, only a patch of emerald remains in the quaint and quiet forest.

Long before Xiao Shizhu set foot here with his army of the Nine Shadows Kingdom, the Gonggong ghosts of the Gonggong Country regarded every tree in this forest as a sacred tree. Every time the seventh half comes, they will be allowed to enter the Yuque Palace in batches, and worship each giant tree and ancient cedar in this forest.

Of course, there is no spiritual response to worship and worship. It's a fossil, and it has no divine powers. As for the special mist in it, of course, it was just a whim of the ancient gods when they created the world.

Compared with the unique mist in the forest, the Hidden Yuan Hall built by the ancient gods in the forest is even more magnificent and magnificent.

The diameter is nearly thirty-three zhang, and the round pedestal of the upper and lower layers rises from the ground in the forest, and the jade carved from the delicate and moist pure white sheep fat jade surrounds the edge. It is engraved with lifelike patterns such as landscapes, stars, ancient gods and exotic flowers and plants.

Every morning when the purple mist fills the forest, the patterns on these railings come to life. Suddenly, the mountains are still and the water moves, the stars twinkle, and the patterns of strange flowers and plants dance with the fog, which is very wonderful.

On the four sides of the pedestal, there is a stone step made of jade, from the bottom to the top of the pedestal. At the top of the stone steps, there is a memorial arch made of yellow dragon jade, which is horizontal behind the stone steps.

In the middle of the pedestal surrounded by the archway and the jade railing, it is a three-storey pavilion with a four-out Xuan style of holding the jade carving of the ancient god on the cornice, and that is the Yinyuan Palace.

Because of its splendor and dignity, Xiao Shizhu specially set it up as a special place for state banquets to receive foreign guests and envoys.

On this day, starting from early in the morning, the ghost officials and ghost officials of the Spring Palace, who were in charge of the ritual system, sacrifices, calendars, and other matters, were mostly sent here to start arranging state banquets in the Yinyuan Palace.

The large and small tables, in the first floor of the Yinyuan Palace, were arranged among the jade pillars embedded with gold, silver, and precious stones, and various tableware were also moved out of the warehouse, washed one by one, and neatly placed on the table.

There are fine porcelain, pottery, gold, silverware, and bronze ware, as well as chopsticks made of elephant bones and spoons made of white jade.

The chefs in charge of food in the palace are busy cooking all kinds of delicacies. It was originally black, but it was poured with sizzling meat fat and mixed with various ingredients to form a ghost rice with 24 colors and 24 flavors, and it was filled with a four-eared bronze rice bowl. After cooking for several hours, the five-colored dragon meat that melts in the mouth and the fragrant golden phoenix eggs are put into a bird-shaped tripod filled with anchovy soup. The crispy and refreshing soft intestine made by pouring the bone marrow of Lu Shu and other accessories into the large intestine of Qingyu is placed on a plate in the cloisonné enamel antique gluttonous pattern. As for the cut dragon liver melon and purple pear, they are put into the longevity word cover bean made of blood jade.

There are also long-lived porridge, stuffed bird meat rolls and crystal dragon and phoenix cakes, as well as soufflé carved jade dew balls and other snacks, and there are also indispensable red eyes of cooked crows, and black ghost eggs soaked in dark green soup, I don't know what kind of beast soul it is, all of which were handed over to the little faces with white faces, blue eyes, and even long red tongues with long red tongues open and long blood-colored red sleeves to be brought into the Yinyuan Hall one by one and placed on the table as soon as the cooks finished cooking.

That is, it is extremely luxurious, but it has the weirdness of the underworld.

A few strong mountain ghosts, holding the tall and exquisite, quite magnificent Jin Zun into the house. Among these long-necked gold statues with exactly the same style, all of which have oblong bellies and high hoop feet, they contain the wine left over from the era of the ancient gods - the crimson Kunlun Qi.

This is a fine wine that can only be drunk at state banquets.

The palace maids who followed the ghosts of Dali Mountain placed the jade cups decorated with Kowloon cups and beautifully embroidered napkins on each table one by one.

The people of the Palm Lantern Palace were busy bringing a green jade five-branch lamp seven feet five inches high with a luminous centipede bead embedded on it and placing it next to each table.

As the sky darkened, the centipede beads lit up, casting patches of eerie and cold faint blue light on the main hall, which also illuminated every corner of the main hall.

In the depths of the main hall, the stairwell leading to the second floor on the left and right has also been set up next to the wall, with two treasure chairs in the form of curved legs and inverted horseshoe, which are stable and generous. It was the special throne of Xiao Shizhu and the Ghost Mother.

At the beginning of the unitary period, the yin wind swirled on the brightly lit Yinyuan Palace, the ghost fire was flying, and the sumptuous state banquet had been arranged. Following Xiao Shizhu, in addition to the ghost mother, there is also the tengu big flower he raised.

Originally, at the state banquet, there should not have been cats and dogs and other beast spirits, but Dahua is Xiao Shizhu's pet and is qualified to enter the house. When the ghost officials of the Spring Palace in this place saw it, even though they always talked about the number of rituals in the past, they didn't dare to say anything.

He could only look sideways at the big flower with a tiger's head and a tiger's brain, and followed Xiao Shizhu into the main hall with his head held high, walking towards the depths of the main hall.

That look, very angry.

The pipa ghost musicians on the left and right sides of the main hall began to play the guqin, beating the chimes and cymbals, wooden fish, gongs, small drums, touching bells, blowing flutes, xun, suona and other musical instruments, playing a tragic music, with endless sadness, echoing between the exquisite beams and pillars of the main hall.

This is a state banquet, and it is really inappropriate to use this sad ancient music in the world, and it is too bad for the scenery, which is very inappropriate. But in the Netherworld, this is the best courtesy.

Xiao Shizhu's family, after sitting down on their respective seats in the depths of the hall, the ghost officials and ghost generals of the Nine Shadows Kingdom who were invited to participate in the state banquet strode into the hall under the leadership of Lu Wu, and sat down in order under the guidance of the palace people and palace maids in the palace.

And the thunderclouds and the hill sandpiper, as well as the king of Qin Guang, Jiang Ziwen and the king of Yama, are also among them.

After they sat down, the sorrow and joy returned, and the brother of the Qingqiu Fox King took Tu Gongqi and his ghost officials into the hall slowly, and after saluting Xiao Shizhu and the ghost mother, they also entered the main house under the guidance of the palace people.

At this point, the joy stopped, and the musicians withdrew.

"Come, let's raise a glass. Xiao Shizhu lifted his hand, turned his head slightly to look at the younger brother of the Qingqiu Fox King below, and said loudly: "For the Qingqiu Fox Country, it is also for the hard-won peace between the two countries." ”。

As he spoke, he couldn't help but glance at Tu Gongqi, who was sitting next to the fox king's younger brother. The old man's soul who slowly raised his glass was his father-in-law Taishan, although it was the first time they met, Xiao Shizhu was extremely disgusted with him. It just didn't show it.

He really wanted to take Tu Gongqi at this time, but he still had to eat a full meal to kill the head, and Xiao Shizhu, who had some human feelings, hoped to let Tu Gongqi eat first.

And Tu Gongqi also glanced at Xiao Shizhu as he raised his glass, and then a jealousy flashed in his eyes, and his eyes quickly moved away and looked towards his daughter.

But after seeing his daughter Tu Yaoqing, Tu Gongqi's gaze was only certain, and then he quietly looked around left and right, as if he was looking for something. didn't notice at all, Tu Yaoqing's vague preoccupation and slightly frowning brows.

Xiao Shizhu, a ghost with no weak insight, naturally did not ignore Tu Gongqi's small action when he was drinking, he knew that his father-in-law was looking for smoke and dust.

Judging from the smoke and dust memories reported by the ghost officials of the Investigation Division and the Punishment Division, the smoke and dust who was clearly a maidservant was actually Tu Gongqi's concubine.

A father-in-law who can sacrifice his daughter for his own interests has already disgusted Xiao Shizhu; at this time, when Tu Gongqi saw his daughter, his eyes actually bypassed as if he had crossed an obstacle, looking for his concubine, which really made Xiao Shizhu hate him even more.

But Xiao Shizhu still didn't show it, he just continued to raise a glass with the ghost envoys and ministers frequently, and drank happily.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Hu Lan, the younger brother of the Qingqiu Fox King, stood up, held a wine glass and bowed slowly to Xiao Shizhu, and said: "The Nine Shadows King is eloquent and strategic, governing the country in a good way, governing the country in a good way, and is full of the world. I salute the king alone for this glass of wine. May the king live a long life and live forever, and may there be no calamity of swords and soldiers between our two countries, and may peace exist forever. ”。

After finishing speaking, this fox Lan was about to drink the wine, but Xiao Shizhu, who was carrying it, raised his other hand, stopped him, and asked slowly with interest: "Come on, is what you said about peace forever true?"

Hu Lan didn't know why Xiao Shizhu asked like this, and after a moment of stunned, the wine glass paused in front of him, he nodded blankly, and replied affirmatively, "Of course." ”。

"But among your mission, there is a ghost who once destroyed the peace between our two countries and sent him to sneak into my palace and poison my daughter!" Xiao Shizhu, who was still kind and pleasant, blurted out angrily when he was on the ground, his face was pale, and his eyebrows were upside down.

Hearing this, Hu Lan's eyes widened, and she was stunned for a while, and only after a while did she come to her senses, but she couldn't help but ask in a daze: "Who?"

"My father-in-law, Taishan, your deputy envoy Tu Gongqi. Xiao Shizhu replied slowly, the voice was not loud, but when the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom Ghost Envoy heard it, it was like thunder, and their ears were buzzing, Xiao Shizhu said another sentence, which made the ghosts of the mission suddenly blank in their minds: "My good father-in-law, actually sent a ghost into the palace to secretly assassinate my daughter Poria Cocos, it is really a crime that deserves death!"

Above the main hall, there was silence. Dozens of pairs of eyes looked at Tu Gongqi in unison. In those eyes, there was surprise, surprise, and hatred, and the hatred that was like tearing apart Tu Gongqi came from the ghost officials and ghost generals of the Nine Shadows Kingdom.

"Take it!" Just before the ghosts of the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom's mission could react, Xiao Shizhu had already put down his wine glass and clapped his hands.

Applause broke the silence, and more than a dozen forbidden troops of the Nine Shadows Kingdom and a few ghosts rushed in menacingly, and surrounded Tu Gongqi in a blink of an eye.

Tu Gongqi had already recovered from his surprise, and quickly calmed down again. Between the knives and guns, he leisurely raised his wine glass and took a sip of the mellow wine in the glass.

Then Tu Gongqi smashed his mouth, and when the ghosts of the Nine Shadows Kingdom took out the shackles and wanted to bring them to Tu Gongqi without hesitation in front of the ghosts, Tu Gongqi, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly looked at his son-in-law Xiao Shizhu, and said very calmly: "King of the Nine Shadows, you won't deliberately arrange such a crime for me in order to take advantage of tomorrow's negotiation table." ”。