[087] One singing and one harmony
The ghost mother who doesn't know the reason is naturally suspicious. But because of this, although she was angry and punished him to go to the Tengu Garden to do some rough work, she also secretly told the ghost slave in the palace not to touch Xiao Shizhu, so that he was never castrated, otherwise at this time, she would be even more remorseful.
Xiao Shizhu looked at her tearful appearance of pear blossoms, and she was also distressed. He had seen this strong woman disdain no one, and he had seen her arrogance, anger, and worry, but he had never seen her cry so sadly. He didn't know what to do for a while, and finally he was a little at a loss, so he had to comfort the other party softly for a while.
After a long time, the ghost mother stopped crying, wiped the tears on her face, looked up at Xiao Shizhu with a firm gaze, and said sonorously: "Husband, please tell me when you want to take revenge, I will fight side by side with you to avenge my in-laws!"
"Hahaha, my dad is right, you are indeed a good daughter-in-law. Xiao Shizhu took her into his arms again, and after a pause, he squeezed out two words from his mouth: "Thank you." ”。 A warm current poured out of his heart and flowed throughout his body.
The two of them hugged each other tightly like this, and they didn't let go for a long time, like conjoined babies.
It wasn't until half an evening later that Xiao Shizhu comforted the ghost mother a few more words and told her a few little jokes, which amused the ghost mother. The two of them sat on the chairs, kept talking warm love words, sometimes playing for a while, sometimes playing a little, and laughter spread to every corner of the hall.
After a long time, Xiao Shizhu put away his smile, looked at the wet placket of his clothes, and said: "It is said that women are made of water, and so are female ghosts, look at my clothes and cry." Don't cry like that next time!". It sounds like a complaint, but it's actually full of concern, for fear that the ghost mother will cry too sadly and harm her health.
"Take it off in a moment, I'll wash it for you. The ghost mother nodded her head and whispered.
"Do you still do laundry?" Xiao Shizhu's face flashed with disbelief when he heard this, and then his shameless character was exposed again, and he pulled his clothes and said unashamedly: "Why don't I take it off for you now?"
"What are you doing?" the ghost mother was startled, hurriedly stopped him, and whispered: "This is the Vientiane Palace, not the dormitory." ”。
At the same time, Chenruo's coughing sound came from outside the door of the main hall, and the two of them hurriedly sat down.
"Chenruo, what's the cough?" Xiao Shizhu put on a whole robe, looked at Chenruo who was slowly walking towards him and the ghost mother, put on a serious look, and asked, "Something to say." ”。
"No. Chen Ruo stood still under the high platform, and after making a blessing ceremony, he reported loudly: "General Xiao, my lord, the envoy of Danzhu, the king of Danshui of the head country, asks to see him." ”。
"Change the head country?" After hearing Xiao Shizhu's hurried question, he said thoughtfully: "I know Danzhu, the books in the world say that he is the son of Yao, and he is also a Go saint. But what kind of country is this change of head?".
As soon as the ghost mother saw him frowning, she knew that he had heard something wrong again, so she took his hand, used her onion white jade lotus-like fingers, and wrote the word "讙" in his palm, glanced at him, and scolded quietly: "Stupid." ”。
Xiao Shizhu scratched his head with a smile and said, "Okay, I made a mistake." ”。
"My lord, General Xiao. Chen Ruo watched them flirt with no regard for him, and then asked again: "To see or not to see?" ”。
"Didn't he say what he was going to do?" Xiao Shizhu, who had a lot of ghost eyes, asked without waiting for the ghost mother to speak.
Chen Ruo shook his head slightly and said, "I didn't say it." ”。
"Do you have a relationship with the head country?" Xiao Shizhu asked, turning his head to look at the ghost mother. The ghost mother was slightly stunned, and after thinking about it for a while, she said: "I sold some weapons to them, and I can't talk about too deep friendship." ”。
"Forget it. Xiao Shizhu smacked his lips, and he couldn't ask anything, so he had to say to the ghost mother: "Why don't we meet?" ”。
"Hmm. The ghost mother nodded her head and said to Chen Ruo: "Xuan!"
Chen Ruo left in response, taking advantage of this gap, the ghost mother gave Xiao Shizhu a brief lecture about Touguo and Danzhu. It turns out that this country is a small country located in the northeast of the Communist Labor Country, with ten counties in the country, and in addition to the human soul people and a human face, there are two wings in the country, and there are also demon soul people with a bird's beak. Unlike the Feathermen, their wings are larger and covered with black and gray feathers.
And there is a river outside the capital city of Danshui, which is called Danshui. Therefore, Danzhu's title is Danshui King.
After her reminder, Xiao Shizhu also suddenly remembered that there was a record of Danshui in "The Chronicles of the Netherworld", and after a little recollection, he asked: "In the book "The Chronicles of the Netherworld", it is mentioned that although Danshui is a freshwater river, there are seahorses and sea dragons growing in it. Among them, the seahorses in the river are the same as those in the sea, and the female seahorses come to lay eggs, and the male seahorses raise children, which is a model of yin and yang inversion.
"yes. The ghost mother nodded her head, looked at Xiao Shizhu's interested look, and said slowly: "This is the wonder of Danshui. ”。
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Chen Ruo walking in with two demon spirits. The two demon spirits are both human bodies, but they have bird-shaped beaks on their faces, and a pair of winged hands on their backs, the first finger is not wrapped in the wing membrane and is very short, and the three claws of the finger are very developed, hook-shaped, and the cold light is very sharp. Between the limbs and the tailbone is covered with a thin, tough wing membrane, covered with black fluff, which allows them to fly like birds.
It's better to say that they are like birdmen than to be batmen with four hands.
Xiao Shizhu saw that this was very much recorded in the books of the world, but he saw that their winged hands and wing membranes were well developed, and they seemed to be better at flying than Yumin. So it suddenly occurred to him that if he could win over the people, he would be able to strengthen his air force.
"Dan Zhu, the king of the Dan Water of the head of the country, envoys and ministers of Tanuki Tianying. The demon spirit at the head, holding a scepter, came to stand under the high platform, and after reporting to the door of the house, he knelt down and shouted in front of the ghost mother's robe, "Meet the lord of the ghost mother country." ”。 As he spoke, he glanced at Xiao Shizhu, who was sitting on the throne with the ghost mother, and asked secretly in his heart: "Could it be that the husband of the ghost mother, Xiao Shizhu, who destroyed the ghost kingdom?"
"Get up and speak. The ghost mother said. Xiao Shizhu was curious, the name of this demon soul was so strange.
"King Danzhu has sent an envoy to greet you on his behalf. Then the envoy thanked him and stood up. He took the list of gifts from the palm of his entourage, unfolded it slowly, and read aloud: "I heard that the ghost mother king was newly married Yan'er, and King Danzhu prepared a small gift to congratulate him, and ordered me to send you a pair of blue glazed lamps, a pair of jade bottles with divine beast patterns, two gold and silver Boshan furnaces, a pair of bronze mirrors with four holy beast patterns, ten horn seats, two green jade mandarin duck buckles, a pair of blood dragon wood carved golden toads and a pair of moonstone wrenches, please smile at the ghost mother." ”。
After speaking, he closed the list and handed it to Chenruo, and then the other party handed it to the ghost mother.
The ghost mother took the list, unfolded it, and swept her eyes on it, and was about to close it, but was stopped by Xiao Shizhu, and whispered in her ear: "Are these things valuable?"
"The horn mat and the blood dragon wood carved golden toad are priceless. The ghost mother covered her mouth with her hand and whispered in his ear.
"It's hard work. After finishing speaking, she turned her head, looked down at the envoy under the high platform, and said with a pleasant face: "Please thank King Danzhu for this king." ”。
"If you give such a big gift and don't come to our banquet, I'm afraid you have something to ask for?" Xiao Shizhu squinted at the envoy and asked slowly.
"This lord, it must be the famous General Xiao, right?" came to make Tanuki smile at him, and after bowing and saluting, since it had been broken, he no longer concealed it, and said bluntly: "Sure enough, he is a talent, and his eyes are like torches." I can't hide it, this envoy came, and there was one more thing to ask for. ”。
Tanuki Tianying said this, and after a pause, he frowned slightly, and said, "I want to ask the Ghost Mother King to send troops to assist my country in repelling the invasion of the Gonggong." ”。 After speaking, a look of nervousness and expectation appeared on his face.
Xiao Shizhu was thinking about cleaning up the ghost kingdom, and his next target was Gonggong, who had long coveted the large aircraft carrier-class warships that Gonggong had coveted. But he never thought about it, and he didn't give him a breath, so the co-workers were sent to the door. Although it was not the ghost mother country that was invaded, the country invaded by the Gonggong came to ask for help, and as long as they promised to send troops to help, they could wage a reasonable war against the Gonggong.
It's just that he is also very embarrassed, and now that the ghost mother army has just ended the war, the army needs to rest and replenish the troops, not to mention, the domestic economy also needs a certain amount of recovery time. In addition, the initial decision of Heilong Island requires troops to be stationed on the island in order to maintain local stability.
As a result, the domestic forces were also dispersed to various places, and it was not easy to gather a large army to attack the communist country in a short period of time. And once the army is assembled and sent out for battle, the territorial defense will become weak, and it will be easy for the enemy to take advantage of it. In addition, the Gonggong country is not Heilong Island, not to mention the vast land, there are many rivers and lakes, high mountains and dangerous peaks, and many natural dangers to defend, and it is by no means a small country that can be destroyed in a few days.
For a while, Xiao Shizhu felt a little stretched. Obviously, the opportunity is in front of him, but because he takes care of the overall situation, he has to watch the opportunity slip away, which makes Xiao Shizhu very uncomfortable, and his heart is like being scratched by a cat's claws, and he is a little restless.
Under Tanuki Tianying's begging gaze, he turned his head to look at the ghost mother. I saw that the other party also looked embarrassed, and turned to look at him, and when they looked at each other, they both saw the concern in each other's eyes.
Seeing that they hesitated, Tanuki Tianying's heart also chuckled, and his throat and eyes were raised, and a layer of fine beads of sweat suddenly oozed from his head.
"It's up to you to decide. A moment later, the ghost mother asked Xiao Shizhu. Seeing that Xiao Shizhu did not shirk it, after nodding her head, the ghost mother looked at Tanuki Tianying again, pointed to Xiao Shizhu beside her and said, "All military operations in my country are determined by my husband. As for how, you talk to him in detail. ”。
"Please, General Xiao. Tanuki Yingru saw the life-saving straw of the man who fell into the water, knelt down suddenly in front of Xiao Shizhu, and kept kowtowing: "Please, General Xiao, please show mercy and save the people of our country." ”。 Seeing that he was so nervous that sweat broke out on his forehead, Xiao Shizhu suddenly knew that the opportunity for the lion to open his mouth had come, and for a shameless human soul like him, he would not be polite in the face of such an opportunity.
And the anxious look between Tanuki Tianying's eyebrows, as well as the increasingly heavy expectation in his eyes, naturally did not escape the eyes of the ghost mother.
"If you want us to help you, it's not impossible!" So Xiao Shizhu pondered for a moment, and said with a solemn face: "You can't help in vain, right?"
"No, not in vain. Seeing that he began to negotiate the conditions, like seeing a glimmer of light in the dark, he hurriedly raised his red head, waved his hand again and again, and said, "We are willing to sacrifice the land of the two cities to the ghost mother country." ”。
"No, I don't want it. As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Shizhu said something that made both Tanuki Tianying and the ghost mother puzzled: "Keep the land for yourselves, I want your people." ”。
"You don't want land, what are you doing as long as some people come?" The ghost mother gently tugged on Xiao Shizhu's sleeve and asked softly: "At that time, there will be tens of thousands of more mouths in the country, how to solve their food and housing problems?" After spending a long time with Xiao Shizhu, the ghost mother has become very cheeky.
After winking at Xiao Shizhu playfully, she added without hesitation: "You should ask for the people and the land together." Otherwise, it is equivalent to helping them in vain. ”。
After finishing speaking, she turned her head to look at Tanuki Tianying again, and asked rhetorically, "What do you say?" ”。
The husband and wife sang and harmonized with each other, as if they were talking about double reeds, but it made Tanuki Tianying even more nervous and anxious.