The ghostly mist surrounded the main hall of the Central Council, flying non-stop.

In this lobby, the temperature is slowly dropping.

Chen Ruo and Qinglan, who were waiting beside Xiao Shizhu and the ghost mother, went to fetch a few oval hand stoves filled with diamond carbon and distributed them to Xiao Shizhu's ghost mother and the ministers in the hall.

The last two left, Chen Ruo and Qing Lan held in their hands.

In the ghost mist outside the hall, a little frost had already formed and spread on the ground.

Jin Lei, who was standing at the door, breathed out a white mist from his mouth.

"Wu Xiaoshen, mobilize so many elite soldiers and strong generals, aren't you afraid that the Qingqiu Fox King will do something unfavorable to me?" After listening to Wu Xiaoshen's report, Xiao Shizhu asked, "Are you afraid that he will give me a knife in the back in the hunting ground?"

Wu Xiaoshen is not a bad person, nodding directly and snorting.

He was really afraid that this would happen.

"Anyway, the soldiers have already been transferred, so let's transfer them. Xiao Shizhu smiled and said no more.

He didn't worry about any small moves of this Qingqiu Fox King, after all, this was in the Nine Shadows Kingdom, and even if this Qingqiu Fox King was burned, he would do it himself, and the price would be too great.

"The minister also transferred a few Xuanjiao teams, and today they were stationed in the hunting ground with the Xuanjiao Cloud Fu, until the king's hunting is over, and then they will be retrieved. At this time, Lin Cong also took over and reported to Xiao Shizhu.

"I'm relieved that I'll leave the security matter to you, there's no need to negotiate, you can arrange what you plan. Xiao Shizhu put down the hand stove, picked up his teacup, and took a sip of tea.

"The next thing to discuss is to deal with a few officials. With that, Xiao Shizhu put down the teacup, took out a list from his sleeve, handed it to Qing Lan, and motioned for him to give it to the thunderclouds on the side.

Xia Xing is still not in good health today, so he is recuperating at home. Lei Yun has been ordered to temporarily replace Xia Xing and take charge of the prison and law of the Nine Shadows Kingdom.

So this punishment list was naturally handed over to Lei Yun.

Thundercloud took the list and looked at it, and there were seven or eight ghost names on it. The positions are also listed and detailed one by one, either the county god or the county judge.

However, this thundercloud has always been an official in the capital of the Nine Shadows Country for many years, and he also has a little understanding of the party struggle between the DPRK and China. At a glance, you can see that the people in these lists include the Changqin faction and the Lu Wu faction.

The people of the two officialdom factions in the Nine Shadows Kingdom are half each.

He was watching, and Xiao Shizhu over there said again: "These dog officials have seized the people's girls and illegally occupied the farmland of other people's ghost houses. There are several farmlands, which are still the families of the soldiers who are on the expedition in Dongyingzhou. The evidence witnesses have been handed over to the Investigation Division tonight, and you can check it at any time to verify the authenticity. Once the charges are confirmed, they must be severely punished. ”。

Xiao Shizhu's face sank as he spoke, and anger rose on his face.

At the end, he added: "Now that the people in the place where these ghosts work have deep grievances, the judicial yamen has to give an explanation to the local ghost people." ”。

Lei Yun didn't dare to slack off, hurriedly got up and saluted, and said, "No." ”。

Changqin was not present at this time, but Lu Wu was a little flustered when he heard it.

Just now he glanced at the list, and although it was only a glance, he saw a familiar name, the name of an official he had promoted.

At the moment, Lu Wu was also a little reluctant to be an official; after all, it was his party, and punishing him would be equivalent to breaking his strength.

"Your Majesty, there should be more verification in the judiciary before sentencing. So, Lu Wu was bold and said to Xiao Shizhu: "Will any of the people on this list be framed?"

Lu Wu's words are a bit of a blind talk. He clearly knew that many of his henchmen were bullies, including the name on the list he saw, who was also a ghost who fought against others.

In the past, they were rampant in the countryside, and they did all kinds of evil.

But for the sake of his own selfish desires, he still said this with a clear conscience.

Xiao Shizhu put away his anger, also picked up the hand stove, held it in his hand, and said with a slight chin of his head: "Of course it is possible, so didn't I let Lei Yun recheck? As long as the review and inspection is completed and there is no false accusation, it must be severely punished." ”。

He didn't mean to blame Lu Wu at all, and he humbly accepted the other party's opinion.

Xiao Shizhu didn't know that Lu Wu must have wanted to keep his henchmen, but Xiao Shizhu didn't break it even if he saw through it.

He also has his own helplessness, he can't uproot Lu Wu's party or Changqin's party all at once, otherwise the entire ghost country will not be able to operate normally.

Sometimes, Xiao Shizhu can only slowly cut off his strength and party henchmen little by little, ensuring that the two parties can only compete and will not endanger the ghost country.

Therefore, today's matter, he saw through Lu Wu's careful thinking, and he did not do anything to break it.

"Lei Yun, you must carefully investigate and inspect, don't wronged any good person, and don't let go of any dog official who is a traitor. After a pause, Xiao Shizhu explained to Lei Yun again.

Lei Yun hurriedly responded and agreed to Xiao Shizhu.

"Okay, let's talk about the next thing, tonight the war has started in Dongyingzhou. Xiao Shizhu, who was holding the teacup, regained his calm face again, looked around at the ghosts in front of him, and said slowly: "But this battle is strange. According to our previous prediction, the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom will never dare to go to war during the period when the Fox King comes to our country. Although tonight, the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom did not participate in the war in Dongyingzhou, but the more I thought about it, the more I felt that something was wrong, and there was a smell of watching the fire from the other side. ”。

The officials of the Nine Shadows Kingdom present now know about the war in Dongyingzhou, and they also have some understanding of the details of the war.

Listening to Xiao Shizhu's analysis again, and thinking about it carefully, I also feel that this matter is really a bit like watching the fire from the other side.

At first glance, the whole thing has nothing to do with the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom. But when the Nine Shadows Kingdom and the local coalition forces were fighting hard. The Qingqiu Fox Kingdom on the side is recuperating and watching the fire from the other side.

Xiao Shizhu really didn't expect this hand in advance. Not only him, but many military generals and ministers of the Nine Shadows Kingdom had not thought of this layer before.

This time, it was the Nine Shadows that was negligent.

It's just that it's not too late. It is still too late to remedy.

"We have already started to increase troops in Dongyingzhou. Chunyun put down the teacup and replied to Xiao Shizhu: "Transferring troops from Dongyizhou first is the fastest shortcut." ”。

"Well, the sailor has also dispatched a fleet of warships and headed straight to the west coast of Dongyingzhou, where he can launch an air attack from the sea at any time to support the soldiers on land. Gonggong took over and said to Xiao Shizhu: "The boat ghost and the merman escorted all the way, and most of the ships were loaded with flying thunder vehicles, which were enough to deal with any rescue mission." ”。

"Of course I don't have to worry about what you do. When Xiao Shizhu heard this, he was extremely satisfied, nodded his head, and said, "But what I'm thinking about is that since the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom intends to watch the fire from the other side, why don't we show them how we lost the battle." ”。

After saying that, Xiao Shizhu turned his head and looked at Lin Cong again......

Outside the Yuque Palace, far away from the downtown area, in the post house where the Qingqiu Fox King lived temporarily, the Qingqiu Fox King and Hu Lan got up together and bid farewell to Changqin.

Since the banquet was dispersed, Changqin sent the Qingqiu Fox King to the post house, and sat here for a while and chatted a few words.

At this time, it was not early, and it was inconvenient for Changqin to stay for a long time, so as not to delay the rest of the Qingqiu Fox King, so he got up and said goodbye. Hu Lan stayed and accompanied the Qingqiu Fox King.

After watching Changqin go out, the Qingqiu Fox King looked up, and in the dark night not far away, the tall building illuminated by the lights turned around and entered the house.

"What Changqin said before that those brick watchtowers in this city that are a hundred zhang away can monitor everything in the city, is it true?"

During the previous chat, Changqin told the Qingqiu Fox King that on the towering watchtowers in the city, there were city defense soldiers and ghosts who took turns to stand guard, and every move of any ghost in the city could not escape the surveillance of the towering watchtower.

Therefore, it is recommended that the Qingqiu Fox King do not go to the Fox Lan Mansion no matter what. Otherwise, Lu Wu would have known about this matter as soon as possible.

So if the fox king has anything to talk about with the fox lan, it's in the post house. The guardianship here was personally arranged by Changqin, and it is still credible.

And the Qingqiu Fox King was still suspicious of Changqin's words, and as soon as Changqin left, he immediately asked his brother Hu Lanlai.

"Exactly, Changqin is not lying. Hu Lan, who was sitting next to the Fox King of Qingqiu, also replied softly: "Xiao Shizhuguan These high-rise buildings, called the Security Building, were built by Xiao Shizhu after he entered Yuque City. On weekdays, it is used to catch a thief and maintain law and order. In wartime, they are turrets. ”。

"On weekdays, these watchtowers are managed by Jiang Ziwen, the Jing Zhaoyin of the Nine Shadows Kingdom, but Jiang Ziwen's top boss is Lu Wu. Hu Lan, who paused, then said: "Changqin is only afraid that he is passing on a message to Brother Wang, and now the management of the watchtower has been handed over to Lu Wu." ”。

The Qingqiu Fox King picked up his teacup, and after scraping the tea with the quilt cover in contemplation, he took a sip.

"Xiao Shizhu's idea?" Immediately, the Qingqiu Fox King asked again.

"Xiao Shizhu won't care about this kind of trivial matter. He has always paid attention to employing people without suspicion, and he never said that he used credible people and meddled in such trivial matters. After thinking for a while, Hu Lan shook his head slightly, and said, "This matter must be Lu Wu's own decision, and the management is handed over to his own hands." ”。

Hu Lan is also in the capital of the Nine Shadows Country and has been living for many years. knows everything about some officialdom in the Nine Shadows Kingdom. After a little analysis, we got this answer.

But to the ears of the Qingqiu Fox King, it seems that Xiao Shizhu is not wary of him at all, and everything is the result of Lu Wu's good assertions.

Moreover, Changqin and Lu Wu are at odds, and the Qingqiu Fox King can be regarded as seeing it.

At today's banquet, there are many misalignments between the two ghosts, and the Qingqiu Fox King sees them in his eyes.

However, this Qingqiu Fox King was not in a hurry to draw conclusions, and asked Hu Lan again: "You have been in this Nine Secluded Kingdom for many years, in your opinion, are this Changqin and Lu Wu really fighting, or are they making a show?"

Standing by the door, Hu Shidou, who was listening to the movement outside the door with both ears, also looked at Hu Lan.

But Hu Lan didn't think about it, so she replied: "What else can I do here, the two ghosts have been fighting for many years, and they both want to behave in front of Xiao Shizhu, and then make themselves the ghost above ten thousand people under one person." It's really not so clear why Changqin is fighting for me, and Lu Wu is going for this purpose. ”。

Speaking of this, Hu Lan took a sip of tea and continued to say what she knew: "That Lu Wu, his ambition is not small. There wasn't so much ambition at first. But in recent years, the Nine Shadows Kingdom has become stronger and stronger, and this Lu Wu's ambition has also become bigger and bigger. Everyone can see that he says on the surface that he is not a group, a party, or a fight, but secretly he is busy with one thing - controlling the government and government of the Nine Hidden Kingdoms, and the power is tilted towards the government and the opposition. ”。

"Recently, there has been a lot of activity in secret, and they are busy wooing others and putting pressure on Xiao Shizhu with him, asking Xiao Shizhu to establish a reserve as soon as possible. ”。

The more you talk about it, the more energetic Hu Lan is, that's called a schadenfreude. For a while, he was overjoyed and happy.

He was enjoying the fun and joy of watching a play, and even if these ministers of the Nine Shadows Kingdom were fighting with their heads and bleeding, Hu Lan couldn't wait to applaud loudly.

The Qingqiu Fox King was also overjoyed when he heard this, but he still maintained a trace of calmness.

After pondering it carefully, the Qingqiu Fox King asked, "Who does Lu Wu want to let Xiao Shizhu and Lichu?"

"Xiao Fulei is Tu Yaoqing's son. Hu Lan, who was still smiling, told the Qingqiu Fox King word by word.

This time, when I heard that the Qingqiu Fox King and the Fox Shidou were all stunned.

There was an incredible look in his eyes.

Although Tu Yaoqing had been pardoned for the death penalty by Xiao Shizhu in front of the Qingqiu Fox King today, he was only punished in the Qiancheng Palace and thought about it.

But it stands to reason that Lu Wu and Tu Yaoqing have no relationship or reason.

In terms of intimacy, Lu Wu is Xiao Shizhu's sworn brother, and when there is no other ghost outsider in private for the ghost mother, Lu Wu has to respectfully call the ghost mother a sister-in-law.

It stands to reason that Lu Wu should be the one who should be the master of Xiao Ling.

"Why is this?" the Qingqiu Fox King frowned and pondered for a long time, his face was already full of confusion, and he immediately asked.

"Hey, what else can I do, who called the ghost mother's belly not angry, she just gave birth to a daughter. Hu Lan smiled lightly and said the mystery: "Mr. Xiao Poria has a Xiao Fuling, and now there is a Xiao Fu tea." The two little ghosts are both female babies. Only Xiao Fulei is the only male and eldest son. Lu Wu's reason is very simple, the girl has to marry like this, and the establishment of a female baby is equivalent to giving the country to someone else's family. This is not a house and a good field, but a ghost country. ”。

At the end, Hu Lan, who paused, added: "For this reason, Xiao Shizhu can't refute what he said. ”。

"Then did Xiao Shizhu agree?" the Qingqiu Fox King looked directly at Hu Lan and couldn't wait to ask.

Still hesitating, saying that Xiao Fulei is still young, at least he will wait until the child reaches sixteen and becomes an adult. Hu Lan shook her head slowly and said, "Xiao Shizhu has an aversion to Lu Wu in this matter. It's better if Lu Wu didn't mention this matter, but as long as Lu Wu mentioned it, Xiao Shizhu was unwilling to continue to talk about this matter, and he prevaricated in a few words. ”。

As soon as the Qingqiu Fox King heard this, after a little reminiscence, he also remembered that on the car back to the hall today, Chang Qin, who was chatting, occasionally mentioned this matter.

"I heard Changqin talk about this, and I heard a little about it. After the Qingqiu Fox King bowed slightly, he didn't say anything about it anymore, got back to business, and asked: "Hu Lan, you tell me one thing honestly, is this ghost of Changqin credible for us and for our country?"

Hu Lan didn't rush to answer, and thought about it with her long beard.

After a long time, he said slowly to the Qingqiu Fox King: "In my opinion, it was not very credible before, this ghost also has his own purpose in doing things, and he is a bit egoistic. They will do their best for their own interests and purposes. ”。

After a pause, Hu Lan continued to think about it: "But according to my observation, after this ghost returned from his mission to my country, his purpose in doing things for himself has become more obvious. He seems to want to re-establish Zhu Rongguo, according to the clues provided by the inside line I arranged in the palace, he has been on the script twice, and asked Xiao Shizhu to restore the country to him. He promised to give Xiao Shizhu and the Nine Shadows Kingdom, forever as a vassal state. But before this recital was handed to Xiao Shizhu, it was detained by Lu Wu and sent back. ”。

"And I know these few performances, I know it privately, and I asked Changqin if I wanted my help. In the past, he must have been desperate, but when he thought about it, he actually rejected me. Hu Lan, who stopped brushing his beard, continued to say to the Qingqiu Fox King: "He quietly told me not to mix with each other in private, so as not to implicate you, Brother Wang." This long piano suddenly changed, and even I didn't expect it. ”。

After listening to Hu Lan's words, the Qingqiu Fox King was relieved at this time.

And think that Changqin is really credible ghost. For Changqin, he no longer has suspicion and suspicion.

"So you have to ask him if he can be trusted, but it depends on the matter. Hu Lan, who took a sip of tea, said again: "For our fox country, Changqin is not good for us. From this point of view, he is still reliable. Brother Wang asked him to bring back the secret letter to me, but he never opened it, and he didn't know that the secret letter was just a blank piece of paper. He wants to demolish it, and there are opportunities on the way. Judging from these things, the piano is still credible. ”。

The tone of his words was firm, without the slightest panic, which made the Qingqiu Fox King believe in Changqin even more, and also firmly believed that Changqin was the credible person he had placed in the Nine Shadows Kingdom.