When King Yama heard this, his heart suddenly tightened: since the Emperor Xudu had opened the golden mouth, then Xiao Shizhu had to give this money even if he had it, and he had to give it if he didn't. If Xiao Shizhu dared to say a word, Emperor Xudu would definitely personally lead his troops to the Nine Shadows Kingdom to get it.

Although King Yama thought so, his face was still full of humility, and he opened his mouth and asked cautiously, "Then how much does Your Majesty plan to ask Xiao Shizhu?"

"Hmm. After the Emperor Xudu lowered his head and pondered for a moment, his tone was not slow or hurried, and he said slowly as it should be: "Then 30 million taels of snowflake silver." It's not a lot, but it has to be a lot. ”。

Suddenly, there was a gust of evening wind, which made his and the robes of the king of Yama hunt. The temperature in the palace also dropped slightly.

When the king of Yama heard this, he gasped a few breaths of cold air, and looked at the back of the Emperor Xudu in a daze, and did not dare to squeak; 30 million taels of silver is not a small amount for the small Nine Shadows Kingdom.

"This is probably the tax revenue of the Nine Shadows Kingdom for nearly a hundred years. King Yama, who had some understanding of the national conditions of the vassal states, blurted out and exclaimed, "Does he Xiao Shizhu have so much money?"

"Whether it's his business or not, I don't bother to care and don't want to care. Emperor Xudu's eyebrows suddenly fell upside down, and at the same time, his whole body exuded an extremely fierce murderous aura, and the icy murderous aura spread rapidly in all directions, which instantly overwhelmed the king of Yama, and frightened him to shut up in a hurry and take three steps back.

"What I want him to do is to do it as soon as the decree arrives!" After a while, Emperor Xudu put away his murderous aura and said coldly: "I will make a decree to order the Nine Hidden Kingdoms to collect three thousand taels of silver within a month and send it as a counterinsurgency military expense." ”。

"No. King Yama didn't dare to say anything more, so he had to resign himself to it. But the space brought by the previous murderous aura was like a shadow, which made King Yama still feel very palpitating after a while, and his fingers couldn't help trembling.

"Wait. Just as the king of Yama turned around and was about to leave, the Emperor suddenly stopped him again and said in a deep voice: "After the money is delivered, you will not be able to receive the hands of other kings of Yama in person, and I can trust you more in money." When the money arrived, five million were distributed to the various rebel princes, and the remaining twenty-five million were deposited in the treasury. ”。

"No. King Yama bowed his hand and bowed slowly.

"Go and draw up the decree, after the decree is a month, I will see the three thousand taels of silver from the Nine Shadows Kingdom. Emperor Xudu waved his hand, signaled the king of Yama to stand back, and stood motionless with his hands in his hands, allowing the last rays of the setting sun to quietly dissipate from him without moving.

Night fell quietly, and the palace lights in the distance had been lit up by the palace slaves and maids one by one. In the Six Heavens Gods and Ghosts Palace surrounded by night, the lanterns are like a little starlight twinkling in the dark, winding down the mountain, and converging into a tributary galaxy of light on Luo Yu Mountain.

"No. King Yama answered again and turned to leave.

After taking a few steps, he seemed to think of something and suddenly stopped, sighed after a while, turned to look at the silhouette of the figure of the Emperor Xudu not far away, immersed in the night, and asked in a hoarse voice: "Your Majesty, the minister took the liberty of asking a very disrespectful word; But there was a time when I was inadvertently tired of such days, or my heart was tired. ”。

In the dark, after Emperor Xudu heard this, his figure shook slightly, as if his body shook slightly. But he was silent and didn't talk.

After waiting for a long time, seeing that he still didn't speak, the king of Yama said, "The minister retires." Then he turned around and prepared to leave.

As soon as he turned around, a soft reply from Emperor Xudu came from behind him: "No, never have." ”。

When the words landed, a soft sigh sounded from Emperor Xudu's side, and in the thin night mist, with the smoke on the ground, it gently echoed in the palace.

King Yama stood in place, standing back to back with Emperor Xudu for a moment, and then quietly left without saying a word.

Out of the palace gate, he pinched a trick in his right hand, used the wind control technique, and flew up in the direction of the capital city under the mountain.

After a cup of tea, he came to the city, and he collected the magic and landed firmly on the ground.

After looking around vigilantly for a long time, and making sure that he had not followed, the king of Yama strode forward, and in less than a moment, he came to the mouth of the unlit alley in the north of the city.

King Yama, who was standing at the entrance of the alley, looked left and right for a long time, and after making sure that no ghost was following him again, his figure quickly floated towards the depths of the alley.

In an instant, the figure of King Yama disappeared into the dark alley.

After a while, he came to the door of the small courtyard at the end of the alley, raised his hand and gently pulled the knocker and knocked on the door.

"Who?" A moment later, a question came from the courtyard.

"Me. Outside the door, King Yama glanced back at the boundless darkness behind him vigilantly, and said in a low voice, "It's me, Lao Bao." ”。

As soon as the words fell, the door was opened, and the black impermanence head poked out of the crack in the door, and after looking at the king of Yama in front of him for a long time, he asked, "What's the matter, don't you sleep in the middle of the night?"

Although he had to complain a little, his eyes were also full of vigilance, and his eyes bypassed the king of Yama to look behind him, and he couldn't stop looking at the darkness in the alley.

"It's not a big deal, it's just to ask you for some drinks. King Yama replied lightly.

"Come on. After Hei Wuchang slowly opened the door completely, he turned sideways and stepped out of the way, saying, "Lao Xie is also drinking inside." ”。

King Yama bowed slightly, pulled his legs and stepped over the threshold to enter. After looking out of the door again, Hei Wuchang slowly closed the door.

In the main hall where the smell of wine was suffocating, Bai Wuchang sat on a chair with a wine jar, glanced at the other party's Yama King, his brows furrowed slightly and quickly expanded; I came in a hurry tonight, but I said that I was just here to drink, and I didn't believe in black and white. Something bad must have happened.

"Come on. Hei Wuchang endured his curiosity, first picked up a wine jar from the pile of wine piled up in the corner of the main hall, tore off the sealing mud on his mouth, and put it on the table beside King Yama: "Drink, the authentic drunken old white dry." ”。

King Yama glanced slightly at the wine in the wine jar, and under the reflection of the green ghost fire of the candlestick, after the green ripples of the Dao Dao emerald Mingyi, he reached out to pick up the wine jar, raised his head and drank a large sip of wine, smacked his lips and said softly: "Emperor Xudu wants me to draw up a decree and order the young master to invest 30 million taels of silver to quell the rebellion." ”。

"What?" Bai Wuchang squirted out the wine that had not yet had time to swallow in his mouth, and after his chest turned into a mist, he blurted out in unison with Hei Wuchang.

"Shhhhh

He walked back to the chair and sat down, his eyes swept over the black and white impermanence's face, sighed, and continued to whisper: "There are few little ghosts in these nine ghost countries, and this money will probably empty the young master's treasury." ”。 As he spoke, his brows furrowed again, and he didn't expand again.

"He is not short of money, what does he want to do?" Black Impermanence, whose face was full of incomprehension, looked at Bai Impermanence, and then looked at King Yama with a thoughtful expression.

He wanted to force the young master to show his loyalty. After thinking for a while, King Yama hurriedly analyzed: "But once 30 million taels of silver are sent, the treasury of the Nine Shadows Kingdom will inevitably be empty, and once there is something in the country that urgently needs money, the Emperor Xudu will go to be a good person and make an exception for the young master to allocate silver for relief, so that the young master will be grateful to him." ”。

"This trick may work for other princes and kings, but not necessarily for the young master. Bai Wuchang smiled indifferently, put away his astonishment and said disapprehantly: "Lao Fan and I have both met the young master, he has the shrewdness of the old master, and also has the calmness of the old master; ”。 Yubi put down the wine jar in his hand, grabbed a handful of peanuts and ate them.

"What can you do if you see it through? Emperor Xudu is so domineering, this money has to be given in the same way. A trace of anxiety appeared on the face of the king of Yama, and it became more and more serious: "Looking for you is to discuss a matter; I thought all the way, you can see if you can find some reliable ghosts, and rob the money halfway, so that it is not that the young master does not send the money, but that it is lost halfway after sending it, so that the Emperor Xudu will suffer a dumb loss, and then we will quietly send the money to the young master." ”。

"Lao Bao, are you going to pit the young master to death?" Bai Wuchang was stunned, looked at King Yama incredulously, and scolded in a deep voice: "If you don't have the money, the Emperor Xudu will definitely go to get it in person, and then the Nine Youguo Kingdom will be full of mourning, not to mention, the young master will have to face the Emperor Xudu in advance, what kind of bad idea do you have." ”。 After finishing speaking, he snorted heavily, and turned his head away in a huff.

"Besides, the young master has a Xiao family army, well-equipped, novel tactics and well-trained, except for the Xudu army, there is no opponent in the underworld. The one who escorted the silver two must have been the elite of this army. Black Impermanence also glared at King Yama angrily, and said in a deep voice, "Do you think those ghosts under our command are their opponents?"

"Alas. Hearing this, King Yama also calmed down a little, he put away his anxiety and thought about it for a long time, then spread his hands and said: "It's because I'm too anxious and don't think about it, but I can't watch the young master suffer like this." ”。

"Why not. After a moment of silence, Bai Wuchang's eyes suddenly lit up, and he looked at King Yama and said: "Don't forget, the old master said that he would give the young master more hardships and hone and hone his training, so that he will not be proud." ”。 Just as he spoke, a trace of unbearability inadvertently flashed in the depths of his eyes.

[It is said that Bao Zheng is the incarnation of King Yama, so King Yama calls himself Lao Bao in the text. 】