The breeze on the top of the mountain blew, but it did not disperse the mist, but only blew them around, forming a whirlpool of clouds and mist around Xiao Shizhu.

Xiao Shizhu, who had been silently observing these stone ghosts for a long time, stood still in front of an armored stone ghost dressed in a chest, back and shoulders, decorated with a total of eight flower knots, suddenly took a deep breath, and after concentrating his energy, he transferred a wisp of mystical power out of the dantian, so that it slowly traveled along the meridians, concentrated on the palm of his right hand pressed on the abdomen of the stone ghost, and then slowly gushed out along the pores of the palm, penetrating the hard rock, and penetrating into the body of the stone ghost little by little.

"In the name of the Son of God, I awaken the sleeping stone ghosts. Xiao Shizhu didn't know if he could wake them up by doing this, but he still held on to the slightest hope, slowly closed his eyes, and continued to chant silently in his heart: "I hope you will fulfill your promise back then, be loyal to the ancient gods, and be loyal to the son of the gods who tried your best to overthrow the rule of Emperor Xudu, and use your solidarity and firm belief to join hands with me to create a better future for the underworld!"

Then he urged the Xuan Li to continue to erupt from the palm of his hand, and through this touched stone ghost, the Xuan Li flowed into the earth, forming a huge network of Xuan Li underground, connecting all the stone ghosts he could perceive on the top of this mountain.

After a long time, Xiao Shizhu used most of the mysterious power in the storage dantian, but the stone ghost still did not move, standing quietly in front of him.

The hope in his heart finally turned into disappointment after looking up at the stone ghost's cheek for a moment, and he secretly cursed in his heart: "Hmph, waste my mystical power; After that, one turned around and walked towards Xiao Ling.

"Poria is gone. Xiao Shizhu turned over and rode on the rock fire bear, and beckoned to Xiao Fuling, who was still circling around the stone ghosts not far away, and was full of interest: "Let's strive to cross this mountain range before noon." ”。

"Got it. Xiao Fuling, who was reluctant to face her, waved at the stone statues, turned around and ran towards her father.

The group of ghosts moved forward again, and under the guidance of Ma Long, they drove the beast slowly in the mist, and headed towards the eastern mountain.

The refreshing mountain breeze blew and blew the mist ever-changing, and at the same time, it also made the fist-sized copper bell hanging on the neck of the rock fire bear make a crisp and pleasant sound, echoing between the mountains.

As Xiao Shizhu and their figures gradually moved away, the bell slowly became lower and lower.

After their figures disappeared in the mist for a long time, the two motionless eyes on the face of the stone ghost who stood on the top of the mountain and had been touched by Xiao Shizhu suddenly turned slowly.

Immediately afterwards, the eyes of the other stone ghosts also slowly turned, and the moss on their bodies also slid down as they moved their limbs, which had stiffened for thousands of miles, slightly......

When the thousand peaks first woke up, the cloud yarn floated out of Xiu, rising to the green Luoyu Mountain mountainside, and sprinkled thousands of soft willows like a drizzle like cow hair between the light dances in the wind.

In the depths of the palace, there is a two-story horn flying painting boat parked on the west side of a lotus pond, and its delicate posture reflects the water, delicate and elegant.

At this moment, the Emperor Xudu, with a calm face, was standing on the bow of the boat, watching the raindrops falling, one ripple after another on the water in front of him.

The filamentous raindrops, which fell on his head an inch away, were blocked by an invisible force, and could not fall for half a minute, and shot out in all directions.

Therefore, even if it is a spring rain, the clothes on the Emperor Xudu have not yet been wet.

"Five days ago, the Night Wanderer God had set out with a large army. Emperor Song, who knelt behind him, did not have such a good life; after a while, Emperor Song's court clothes were completely soaked, but he still had to kneel on the board of the ship, and reported with a wat ceremony: "Your Majesty, the 200,000 reinforcements you urgently assembled also arrived at Baoqian Pass this morning. Just wait for the fleet and supplies to arrive tomorrow, and they can be deployed. ”。

As he spoke, the thick eyebrows on his face had begun to drip water.

"Where's Xiao Shizhu?" Emperor Xudu slowly opened his mouth and asked softly, "Where is he now?"

According to the report of the secret agents arranged by the imperial court in Nanban, he captured Du Ziren's Devil's Crying Beach and was preparing to start a protracted war with him. Emperor Song quickly raised his hand, suddenly wiped the raindrops on his face, and replied: "And most of the army is pressed on Nanban, and it is impossible to return to Shuoyue Island for the time being." ”。

"Well, that's good, you are solely responsible for the supply of the Divine Army in the future. After bowing his head slightly with satisfaction, he said lightly: "In addition, inform the Night Wandering God that after taking Shuoyue Island, he will immediately advance to the hinterland of the Nine Shadows Kingdom." You don't have to care about the life or death of the people, even if you don't hear the rooster crow for hundreds of miles in the country, it doesn't matter if there is no dog barking for thousands of miles. ”。

"No. Emperor Song responded, he was very suspicious in his heart, I don't know where Xiao Shizhu offended Emperor Xudu at the bottom, so he let him die?

The mountain wind blew the whispers in the air.

At the same time, Emperor Xudu raised his head slightly, and through the rain and mist, he saw that the king of Yama was hurrying towards this side with a wat in his hand. Seeing that his expression was hurried and anxious, Emperor Xudu couldn't help frowning.

"Your Majesty, it's not good. After a while, the panting king of Yama walked quickly to the painting boat, and after standing beside the Song Emperor, he hurriedly knelt down on his knees, and exclaimed: "Today, the minister was ordered to go to the two granaries in the north and south of the capital to collect grain and grass, only to find that most of the grain in the granaries was moldy; ”。

Emperor Xudu was stunned when he heard this, his hands hidden behind his cuffs trembled slightly, and he asked in a deep voice: "What's the matter?" Ben was still happy, but his face was full of gloom in an instant.

"After an emergency investigation, the grain officials found that the mold came from a batch of grain. King Yama didn't dare to hide it, and hurriedly returned: "Last autumn, the granary was empty, Your Majesty, you asked the princes and kings who had not yet participated in the suppression of the rebellion to pay tribute to expand the granary, and at that time, Xiao Shizhu, the king of Jiuyou, paid tribute of 30 million stone corn. And this batch of corn was sent to Yudu in sealed sacks, most of which were good corn, but the middle was moldy and damp, and it was from this place that the mold came from. At that time, after the corn arrived, because the moldy was in the middle of the grain bag, it was wrapped in a ball of good corn, so no matter how the grain officials checked, they could only obtain the best corn. ”。

"Then the winter became humid, and the mold grew and spread quickly. After a pause, King Yama replied cautiously: "If it weren't for the fact that today's ministers were going to mobilize grain and grass, and the grain stored on the upper floor of the granary was taken away by the Southern Expeditionary Army, the mold staying in the lower layer might not be able to be found!"

His voice fell, and Emperor Xudu, who was facing away from him and Emperor Song, was already with green tendons on his forehead, his eyes were full of murderous aura, and he clenched his fists and let his fingertips sink into his palms.

He thought that he was going to calculate Xiao Shizhu immediately, but he never expected that Xiao Shizhu would actually preemptively calculate him.

This made him even more convinced that there were secret agents sent by Xiao Shizhu in the DPRK, so Xiao Shizhu could be so quick and accurate to take a step ahead of him and make a counterattack.

However, the top priority was to immediately solve the problem of storing grain, so Emperor Xudu forcibly suppressed the unquenchable anger rising in his heart, and asked urgently: "How much grain and grass are still intact today?" ”。

The king of Yama was silent for a long time when he heard this, and then replied in a low voice, "Less than 500,000 stones." ”。

"Damn Xiao Shizhu. Emperor Xudu, who was already in a hurry, snorted heavily, and scolded hatefully: "It actually calculated on my head; I said that why was he so kind, as soon as he heard the news of the grain requisition, he immediately sent him half a year's stock of grain in the Nine Shadows Kingdom?

"Then what now?" The nervousness and impatience on King Yama's face increased instead of abating, and he asked eagerly, "In this way, the imperial court has no more adjustable military rations to support the western expedition. ”。

was excited and dizzy in his heart, silently applauding Xiao Shizhu's wit.

Even Emperor Song, who was listening silently on the side, was stunned, and secretly admired Xiao Shizhu's boldness in his heart.

"Immediately transfer silver taels from the treasury, and let the grain officials go to all parts of my rule to buy the grain stored by the people. But after all, the Emperor Xudu is the Emperor of Xudu, and he can rule the underworld for thousands of years without the throne falling, and he also has two brushes; he groaned slightly, and has already figured out a solution, and immediately said to the king of Yama: "Then take out the hoarded grain seeds, and hand them over to the garrisons and farmers in the area of Xudu, so that they can take advantage of the spring plowing season to reclaim a large amount of wasteland around Xudu and sow all the seeds in the fields." At the very least, this autumn's harvest will make up for the loss of the granary. ”。

"This ......" King Yama was shocked when he heard this, and after he stopped talking for a long time, he said in a trembling voice with a look of embarrassment: "The grain seeds that have been hoarded in recent years have also come from the Nine Shadows Kingdom; Immediately sent his men to check the grain seeds, and found that although the seeds were full of grains, they were actually mixed with most of the seeds that had been cooked and then dried. If you don't peel off the outer skin of the seed, you won't know that it's a boiled seed. Such seeds cannot grow crops at all. ”。

"What?" the Emperor couldn't believe what his ears were hearing. The successive troubles made him a little relieved for a while.

Xiao Shizhu's step-by-step strategy dazzled the Emperor Xudu. Since he defeated the gods and completed the constitutional monarchy of the underworld, Xiao Shizhu is still the first one who can drive him to a dead end.

Over the years, Xiao Shizhu has been a loyal prince and king on the surface, and he has not refused all kinds of unreasonable requests of Emperor Xudu.

Unexpectedly, such a well-behaved little ghost would dare to disobey Yang Fengyin to this extent; in addition to taking advantage of the fact that Emperor Xudu asked him to conquer the Southern Barbarians, and asked for the silver and weapons sent back little by little, he also knew that the tribute grain and seeds he sent could not be used all at once, and he made some imperceptible hands and feet on it, which caught Emperor Xudu off guard when he wanted to use it.

Moreover, food and seeds are the most neglected links before the start of the war, but once the war breaks out, these things can make or break the war.

Xiao Shizhu grasped the greed of Emperor Xudu and the insatiable need of his own offerings to feed the Northern Yin Dynasty, and came to a beautiful counterattack!

At the same time, he also knew that once the Emperor of Xudu stretched out his hand to ask for grain, it must be stored in the two granaries in the north and south of Xudu, and the grain stored in these two granaries was generally used for disaster relief and military use in the Northern Yin Dynasty. It's okay not to fight, as soon as he fights, his grain that slowly breeds mold will be able to choke the throat of Emperor Xudu.

Emperor Xudu suddenly understood that Xiao Shizhu's bargaining over the years only asked for weapons and dark coins, and never asked for grain and grass. Just to make it difficult for him to perceive the crisis of growing up little by little in this granary.

And from this point of view, to say that Xiao Shizhu doesn't know how to deceive, it is a deception.

Thinking about these two heart-wrenching things, Emperor Xudu suddenly understood that he had been being played by Xiao Shizhu all along, and the anger in his chest increased instead of decreasing.

He was already extremely angry, and he was full of murderous awe, and asked sharply: "Which ghost was the one who received these grains and grass in the first place?"