The mountain on the top of Xiaoyu Mountain City is windy, hula hula.

However, the wall of the government is more than one foot high, blocking a lot of mountain winds, and the courtyard is not noisy.

After Yu Xuan left in response, the ghosts of the Nine Shadows Kingdom, who were already waiting in the courtyard, began to listen to the wind.

For a general like Yingzhao, listening to the wind is also a kind of exercise. According to him, there is a lot of information in the rumors of the battlefield.

What kind of rumors can tell where the enemy is coming from? Whether there are firearms, whether there are many cavalry or infantry, whether there are ambushes, and so on.

This skill was learned by the ancient gods when they fought with the demon gods in the past. Later, Ying Zhao was taught to other generals in the Nine Shadows Kingdom.

Of course, there is one in a hundred generals who can learn this skill. But if you learn it, you will practice it occasionally, and it has become a pastime for the generals of the Nine Shadows Kingdom.

As for the others, Jiang Ziwen and Ji Kang and other scribes and ghost officials just passed the time and waited silently.

"Ying Zhao Dashuai, I'm sorry, I waited too late for Shengge to have fun last night under your arrangement, and I wasn't the leader of you who smelled the chickens and danced, and I slept a little more today, so I was late. After a while, Lu Zhidao waited for the Beiyin Dynasty to bring it to the ghost envoy door.

As soon as he entered the door, Lu Zhidao gave his hand again and again, accompanied him, and respectfully seemed to be greeting the New Year with his predecessors, and said with a face: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry everyone, I've kept you waiting." ”。

None of the ghosts of the Nine Shadows Kingdom at the negotiation table moved, not even their buttocks.

Ying Zhao, Ji Kang, Jiang Ziwen and the other three ghosts did it straight, and their eyes did not squint, it can be said that they didn't even look at Lu Zhidao and Wei Zheng.

Wei Zheng was still blushing, and the hospitality of the Nine Shadows Kingdom to their guests in the past few days was full of enthusiasm and novelty. The eating, drinking and entertainment that you couldn't enjoy in the Beiyin Dynasty in the past have all been enjoyed in these few days.

But in Wei Zheng's opinion, this is the sugar-coated cannonball of the Nine Shadows Kingdom.

In fact, it's not just random speculation, in fact, after the reception in the past few days, some of the ghost soldiers and shipwrights brought by Wei Zheng and them have already bred some thoughts of yearning for the Nine Shadows Kingdom.

This is not only good for eating, drinking and having fun, but also the living atmosphere of the Nine Shadows Kingdom, which also makes the ghosts from the Beiyin Dynasty yearn for a lot.

They see an atmosphere of cohesion, but also a sense of fairness and freedom.

There are no ghost slaves, no oppression, and no high and low. All the ghosts only have different positions, and each has its own responsibilities.

Xiao Shizhu's way to do this is that all the ghosts are as noble, as long as the ghosts of the Nine Shadows Kingdom are noble.

In the Northern Yin Dynasty, it should be said that no ghost country can do it except for the Nine Shadows Kingdom, and I don't want to do it at all.

It is precisely because of what he has seen and heard that Wei Zheng has never given Jiuyouguo a good face. It's Lu Zhidao, this old fox-like soul always hides a knife in his smile. He didn't keep pulling his face like Wei Zheng.

He smiled all the time, smiling at the ghosts of the Nine Shadows Kingdom.

This is where Lu Daodao is powerful, and he can show an illusion that the Northern Yin Dynasty is not terrible. Although it has not worked so far, it is better than Wei Zheng's iron-faced face, which makes the ghosts of the Nine Shadows Kingdom full of hostility.

Yu Xuan invited Lu Zhidao and Wei Zheng to sit down, and sat opposite Ji Kang and Jiang Ziwen, and then after the scribes of the Northern Yin Dynasty also sat down, Jiang Ziwen and Ji Kang's personal guards stood behind them in a line, and there were only a few, seven or eight ghosts.

In the territory of the Nine Shadows Country, it is useless to bring as many guards as you want. If the Nine Shadows Kingdom had the intention of harming them, no matter how many guards there were, it would be useless.

After both sides sat down, the ghost officials of the Nine Shadows Kingdom came in and sent a peace talk letter to the two ghost officials of the main negotiation parties.

This peace talk is the one that Xiao Shizhu drafted at the beginning.

"Then let's get started. Just when they all let go of the terms of the peace talks, Ying Zhao said slowly.

"The Beiyin Dynasty destroyed my holy land and slaughtered my Baimin soldiers first, which is unkind and unjust. Today, my Nine Shadows Kingdom has captured Gong Mingyi, the marshal of the Northern Yin Dynasty, and he has been properly placed and has not been abused. The two of you have seen this. Ying Zhao looked ahead, didn't even glance at Lu Zhidao and Wei Zheng, and also stretched out his hand to open the terms of the peace talks at hand, and continued: "Your Beiyin Dynasty is unkind and unrighteous first, so if the Beiyin Dynasty wants to return Gong Mingyi, calm the war between the two countries, and return the peace of the two countries, you need to compensate me 90,000 taels of silver in the Nine Hidden Kingdom." This is the first article. ”。

Lu Zhidao nodded slightly, they did go to the dungeon to see Gong Mingyi before, safe and sound, eating and drinking well. In addition to the fact that he lived in a poor place, he was not abused.

Enjoying the same treatment, there is also Zhong Kui.

"However, now we have not only Gong Mingyi in our hands, but also Zhong Kui, so this compensation has to be changed. Immediately afterwards, Jiang Ziwen, who was opposite Lu Zhidao, said with a smile.

"How has it changed?" Lu Zhidao immediately asked.

"My lord is sympathetic to the money of the ghost people of the Beiyin Dynasty, and it is not blown by a strong wind, so the amount has been halved, and 90,000 has been reduced to 50,000. Ying Zhao stopped talking, asked Jiang Ziwen to speak for him, and said to the ghost envoys of the Northern Yin Dynasty: "But it's not the silver of the underworld, we are looking for gold." ”。

"What?" After being stunned for a moment, Wei Zheng's face was full of anger, he slapped the negotiation table with his hand, and stood up quickly: "Are you all hooligans and scoundrels in the Nine Shadows Kingdom?"

The teacup on the table trembled slightly when it was patted.

Wei Zheng knew that one or two taels of gold could be exchanged for ten taels of silver, and it looked like the price of the Nine Shadows Kingdom had been reduced, but it was actually blackmail and blackmail in disguise. Relying on the fact that they still had a Wei Zheng imprisoned in their hands, so the lion opened his mouth again.

The faces of the ghosts of the Nine Shadows Kingdom present did not change, and they all looked at Wei Zheng who was looking at them angrily with a smile, and remained silent.

In their eyes, the current Wei Zheng is like a clown with no quality.

"Wei Zheng, don't call it, this is not a barn, and you are not an unfed livestock, what are you calling?" After a while, Ji Kang sneered: "Peace talks, we can make a counteroffer." Get angry at every turn, do you think this is the Six Heavens Continent?".

Speaking of this, Ji Kang pulled his face, and anger flashed across his face.

With a cold gaze, he looked at Wei Zheng's angry eyes, and his eyes were facing each other, and neither of the two ghosts looked away first.

It's a head-to-head battle.

"Old Wei, sit down. Ying Zhao didn't care about it, and let Ji Kang and Wei Zheng stare at each other, but Lu Zhidao pulled Wei Zheng's prison uniform sleeve and said to Ying Zhao: "Lord Ying Zhao, you Jiuyou Kingdom is a bit ruthless, you want to extort 50,000 taels of gold when you open your mouth, do you know what such a large sum of money means?"

"Hehe, Lord Lu, that's 50 steps and 100 steps to laugh. Back then, when our country was still a small island, we had to pay tribute to the Beiyin Dynasty for one million taels of gold a year, wasn't your country ruthless at that time?" Ying Zhao smiled, leisurely stroked his long beard under his chin and asked: "At that time, the ghost country, don't you think it was blackmail?"

"At that time, the whole world was not the king's land, and my Emperor Yudu was the co-master of all the ghosts in the world, and all he asked for was the tax money he deserved, so where did he come from?" At this time, Wei Zheng sat down, still angry, and looked at Ji Kang angrily, but Lu Zhidao raised his hand, bowed in the direction of Xudu, and said in a loud voice: "And the lord of your country, wasn't he also the king of Hades personally appointed by His Majesty of our country back then? In this way, even if it is a reason to punish your country for being disrespectful, the compensation is reduced to 10,000 taels of gold, and it can be regarded as our Beiyin Dynasty giving pensions to the ghost people who died in the war. ”。

Lu Zhidao is worthy of being a smiling tiger, and he slashed the price with a smile, not to mention, and ridiculed the Nine Shadows Kingdom.

"Lord Lu, Lord Lu, my lord has risen up in order to prevent the ghosts of the world from being enslaved, which is a righteous act. If you say that you have committed the following crimes, do you still want the ghost people in the world to be enslaved?" Ying Zhao was silent, and Jiang Ziwen retorted again: "Isn't this nonsense? In order to punish the ghost envoy's nonsense, this compensation cannot be less. ”......

Outside Shizhu City, in the ancient temple, Xiao Shizhu explained a few words to Chen Ruo, and then turned around and boarded the shrine.

Early in the morning he went outside for a ride in the mountain stream, and in his own words, he went to get some fresh air. It was only now that Xiao Shizhu, who had had enough, returned to the temple. When he went out for a walk, he naturally left the ghost mother herself on the shrine to review the manuscript that was sent urgently.

In the vast Nine Shadows Kingdom, there are many ghosts that Xiao Shizhu completely trusts, but for the work that requires decision-making, he can only rest assured that he will hand it over to his wife and ghost mother.

Because there weren't many playbooks, Xiao Shizhu didn't say anything when he came to the ghost mother for a long time, but while continuing to stare at the playbook in his hand, he said to her husband who had entered the shrine and walked towards her: "There is news from the fungus people, and the negotiations on Shuoyue Island have begun. ”。

Xiao Shizhu snorted, walked to the edge of the basin, washed his face carefully, washed his hands again, and asked the palace maid to take the water out and pour it.

"How's the situation?" Xiao Shizhu paced to the ghost mother and sat down, asked casually, lifted his teapot and drank tea leisurely.

He was very calm and steady, as if he was not worried about Yingzhao's bargaining power at the negotiation table, nor was he worried about the loss of the Nine Shadows Nation.

Perhaps, he had already expected the outcome.

"There was a quarrel. On the other side, the ghost mother was also very calm, still looking at the notebook in her hand, and said casually: "After listening to the report of the fungus man, I started to talk about the first compensation, and the two sides quarreled with each other. Ying Zhao didn't say much, Jiang Ziwen and Ji Kang bit to death and asked for 50,000 taels of gold, as for Lu Zhidao and Wei Zheng, they only planned to compensate 10,000 taels. ”。

"Haha, 10,000 taels, the way to play is called Hanako. Xiao Shizhu, who put down the teapot, laughed loudly a few times, and said, "Or does he want to keep those little cubs under the gold and silver in the Northern Yin Dynasty?"

He knew that the Beiyin Dynasty could come up with such a large sum of money, and for thousands of years, the Beiyin Dynasty had exploited and collected money from many ghost countries in the six seas and ten continents, and he knew it very well.

Therefore, after getting Zhong Kui's second bargaining chip, the amount of compensation was temporarily changed. Even if it is 50,000 taels of gold, it is only a drop in the bucket for the Northern Yin Dynasty.

This is also very clear to Xiao Shizhu.

The reason why the Northern Yin Dynasty competed with the Nine Shadows at the negotiation table, and bargained with the Nine Shadows with the spitting stars, was nothing more than that they didn't want to give the Nine Shadows Kingdom these money.

Because Emperor Xudu knew that giving the Nine Shadows Kingdom these money was equivalent to indenting the funds of his Northern Yin Dynasty, and it was also equivalent to giving the Nine Shadows Kingdom the capital to be able to grow itself.

This large amount of compensation may become a weapon for the Nine Shadows Kingdom to blow up the gates of the Northern Yin Dynasty in the near future.