After a rain in Xiaoyu Mountain City in the second half of last night, the temperature dropped this morning, and the sudden warmth and coldness caught all the souls in the city off guard. It also made Xiao Shizhu want to nest in the warm quilt like this and sleep until he was old.

However, he couldn't resist the ghost mother's kissing and coaxing, so he yawned and slowly got up from the bed, and after washing and eating breakfast, he put his hands in his sleeves, followed the ghost mother to sit in the warm sedan chair, and went to the foot of Nancheng Mountain.

"I really didn't die of cold in the winter, but I froze into a dog in the spring. After sitting in the sedan chair, it was a little warmer, but Xiao Shizhu still couldn't help but complain to the ghost mother beside him.

"Come and see me. The ghost mother smiled, reached out and touched the back of his thigh, and laughed: "You don't have a long tail?"

"Wow. Xiao Shizhu learned from the vicious dog, and after barking at the ghost mother a few times, he glanced at the ghost mother and said, "I'm going to have a really long tail, so I can't scare you to death." As he spoke, he looked at the basket-shaped porcelain that the ghost mother was holding, and asked, "What is this?"

The body, bottom, lid and handle of that thing are all made of ceramic, and the hollow carved lid has a pattern of five butterflies holding longevity. Through the openwork, you can see the hollow inside of the porcelain, with a few shimmering dark red shimmers inside.

Coming out of the dormitory, this thing has never left the ghost mother's hand.

"Huh?" the ghost mother followed his gaze, looked at her hand, and said, "Hand stove, is there no hand stove in the world?" As he spoke, he took his hand and gently placed it on the porcelain.

The body of the porcelain hand stove was warm, and when the cold hand was put up, I suddenly felt a warm current rising from the palm of my hand, and slowly spread to the whole body.

"Everyone in the world uses hand warmers, but don't say it, this thing is really warm. Xiao Shizhu's eyes rolled, and he immediately showed a flattering look, and smiled at the ghost mother and begged: "Wife, dear Di, can you give me your hand stove?" ”。

"You haven't painted anyone lately. Although the ghost mother complained like this, she didn't want to think about it, and after handing him the hand stove, she put her hands into her sleeves. Xiao Shizhu took the hand stove, held it in the palm of his hand, and warmed it in his heart, but after looking at the ghost mother again, he said, "I'm joking with you, I'm not cold at all." With your husband and me, I can go down to the river to catch fish for you now, do you believe it?" As he spoke, he handed the hand stove back to the ghost mother.

"My husband still loves me. The ghost mother smiled and rested her head on his shoulder, but she didn't reach out to take the stove. As soon as he leaned in, Chen Ruo, who was outside the sedan chair, knocked on the window and shouted to them: "My lord, general, there is an edict from Emperor Xudu." ”。

Xiao Shizhu and the ghost mother glanced at each other, hurriedly handed the hand stove to the ghost mother, lifted the curtain, and said to Chen Ruo: "Bring it to me and take a look." ”。

When Chen Ruo heard this, he hurriedly handed a delicate wooden long locket to Xiao Shizhu. But I saw that there was an oblique seal pasted on it, and the seal read: "Fly immediately" four big characters.

"Hey, what's the urgent letter?" Xiao Shizhu said as he tore open the seal and opened the wooden box, took out the silk book placed in it and took a look at it, frowned, and muttered, "Why does the Emperor of Xudu want so many weapons?" Doubts flashed in his eyes as the words rang out.

"War. The ghost mother also glanced at the contents of the silk book in his hand, pondered for a moment, and thought: "Isn't there a secret report that Dongyizhou Yin Lingzi has been reversed?"

"Really?" Xiao Shizhu thought about it for a while, and also felt that her speculation had some truth, so after bowing his head slightly, he shouted to Chen Ruo outside the sedan chair: "Chen Ruo, send someone to the military department to ask, if there is any information sent by the secret agent recently, focus on asking Dongyizhou." ”。

"Yes. In Chenruo's response, the ghost mother also asked him, "What are you going to do?"

"Give it to him, isn't it just a cold weapon?" Xiao Shizhu smiled lightly and said, "Even if the number is doubled, then give it to him." ”。 As he spoke, he threw the silk book to the ground, and after stomping on it with his foot, he said with a fierce light in his eyes: "It's not time yet." ”。 And when he spoke, his face was already gloomy, and he clenched his fists hard.

"Hmm. The ghost mother nodded, and saw that he was angry when he mentioned the Emperor Xudu, so she leaned her head on his shoulder again, and comforted him softly: "Husband, calm down." ”。 At the same time, he gently placed his right hand on the back of Xiao Shizhu's left hand and patted it.

"Well, don't worry. Xiao Shizhu slowly let go of his clenched fists and squeezed out a reluctant smile at her.

"My lord, General, we have arrived. At this moment, Chen Ruo shouted outside the sedan chair again.

The two got up and walked out of the sedan door, and when they stood outside the sedan car, they saw that they had come to a garden with twelve garden gates. But see that the garden is only ten miles in size, although it is not big, but after stepping into it, you will find that the terrain here is complex and changeable, and there is extremely rich natural vegetation and artificially planted Qionglin jade trees. The wind sound wood, laurel branches are luxuriant, and the dry clouds of Luan tree and maple cover the sun.

There are also many ponds and marshes among the trees, all kinds of animal stone carvings are placed in the pond, and buildings such as viewing and platform are built nearby, forming a forest garden scene.

Walking through the garden, you can see hundreds of beasts running among the flowers and plants, elk and red deer bowing their heads and drinking water by the pond.

This is the ghost mother's summer garden, and because there are twelve garden gates and called the twelve chapters of the palace, at this time has been provided to the Yingzhao, here to train the air riders, raise the air horse mounts. Today, the ghost mother and Xiao Shizhu are here to inspect the results of Yingzhao's work.

When I came to the middle of the garden, I saw Yingzhao holding a horsewhip and standing on a bluestone in the middle of the garden. In front of him, under him, eleven beast souls stood, neatly lined up. There are five Bai Ze on the left, five fire unicorns on the right, and standing in the middle is a dragon. Riding on the back of the dragon was Zuo Fan, the commander of Nanchengwei, who had a relationship with Xiao Shizhu.

"I will only say one important thing; in addition to being steady, accurate, ruthless, and flexible, air combat also pays attention to the unity of man and beast. He didn't notice the heroic moves of Xiao Shizhu and the ghost mother who were quietly approaching, raised the whip in his hand, looked down at the eleven empty horses in front of him, and reprimanded loudly: "So in addition to training, you also have to take care of your mounts with your hearts, so that you can be one with your beast soul mounts." Whoever does not treat his mount well will be court-martialed!" It was said sonorously and loudly.

"Bang bang. Xiao Shizhu, who was standing not far away and watching him, suddenly stroked his palm when he finished speaking, attracting the attention of Yingzhao and the soldiers.

"Well, that's a good point, I didn't understand a word, but it sounds like a very good one. Xiao Shizhu cheered and praised Ying Zhao loudly: "And after listening to your words, I always feel that you are now a bit of a commander, and you are no longer completely a puppet." ”。

"Big brother, why did you come here without saying a word?". Ying Zhao was overjoyed when he saw that it was Xiao Shizhu.

"I came to see you. Xiao Shizhu said, took the ghost mother to the bluestone, stood beside Yingzhao, looked around at the eleven energetic air riders below, waved to them, and said Yuese: "It's useless to say more, there is a saying in the world that you don't practice fake tricks, now show everything you have learned so far to this general." ”。

But his voice landed for a long time, and those empty riders were all timid, you look at me, I look at you, and they didn't move for a long time. After all, they have only just started training, and they have only learned so little, and they really can't do it in front of their bosses.

"Are you new aunts coming to the door?" Ying Zhao was a little embarrassed when he saw this, so he hurriedly stepped forward and scolded those empty riders in an almost roaring tone: "Pretend to be a boy to go to the Qinglou and move Lao Tzu." ”。

After he finished speaking, those empty horsemen responded in unison, and with a short whip, they whipped the mounts under their crotches, and then those beast souls roared in unison, raised their front hooves high, jumped up, swept over Xiao Shizhu's head, and brought gusts of wind to the air.

After a while, they scattered in the air, and then gathered in an orderly manner, shuttling between the white clouds like a lightning speed, neatly aligned.

In terms of flight speed, Hamin is definitely not as fast as an air ride. Their speed is comparable to that of Qin Yuan. He saw hope and a future in this team, which was still very weak at this time. Just as when he stood in the black market, Lai Yueqi's small building, he saw those exquisite firearms.

"If you want to govern the army, you must first choose a general. Looking up at the air riders who can not only fly in formation in the air, but also form a mandarin duck array, Xiao Shizhu stroked his palm again, and was very pleased with Ying Zhao and said: "It seems that it is right to let you form and train the air horses." ”。

"Big brother, they've just started learning, so they don't know much, don't be surprised. Ying Zhao said proudly, but his tone was much softer than before: "But I'm confident, I will help you train the empty rider, you can rest assured." I believe that these eleven beast souls and these eleven riders are all good. ”。

"I have never conceived of your abilities, but you must not only train them eleven, but expand the empty horse. Xiao Shizhu nodded to him and said solemnly: "In the future, I will form an air cavalry in the Xiao family's army." Although you are my brother, there is only one way to get promoted and make a fortune, that is, if you can teach a hundred empty riders, I will let you be a hundred households, and if you teach a thousand, that is a thousand households. If you hand over 10,000, then you are the conductor. You don't have to worry about the mount, I've already asked Hu Hui to handle it. Your mission is to discover riders, recruit riders, train riders, and teach your riders the air-riding tactics you learned when you were the captain of the Old Guard. In half a year, you don't have any other tasks, just do the things I said before. ”。

As far as knowing people to make good use of this, Xiao Shizhu is in today's underworld, and there are no ghosts to reach. Not only can he condense the power of ten thousand ghosts, but he can also assign them to suitable positions and exert his greatest strength.

This is also the introductory kung fu when he learned a thousand arts--knowing people and knowing people. At this moment, he is used by him to govern the army and the people, so that he is no longer just a street liar.

"Yes!" Ying Zhao's heart warmed, and he cast a grateful glance at him.

After a while, the empty rider landed and stood neatly in front of the bluestone. Xiao Shizhu cleared his throat and praised them a few words, and a messenger carried a wooden box into the garden, rushed to Xiao Shizhu and knelt down in front of him, presented the wooden box with both hands, and said: "General, the minister of the head country, Tantian, should send this thing to the general, please take a look at it." ”。

"Today is really lively, and it will be the Emperor of Xudu for a while, and it will be a tanuki for a while. Xiao Shizhu said, took the wooden box, waved his hand to the messenger, and motioned for him to stand down. But he muttered: "I look at this underworld, or it's not too peaceful." He said it with a sense of schadenfreude, as if he was still happy about the chaos in the underworld.

When the ghost mother heard his thoughts, she immediately asked, "What's the matter?"

"Why am I not happy that heroes emerge in troubled times?" Xiao Shizhu smiled, slowly holding a wooden box with more than a foot in his hand, but after seeing that there was no letter in it, only a rolled up painting, he suddenly felt suspicious, but he still took out the painting, handed the wooden box to Ying Zhao, unfolded the painting and looked at it carefully.

However, after seeing the pictures and texts in the painting, and the straight lines and curves crisscrossing the country, I was even more puzzled. He looked at the painting in a daze, but no matter how he looked at it, it looked like a graphic design. For a while, even the goblin couldn't understand what Tanuki was going to say?

"City Defense Map?" The ghost mother was slightly stunned after taking a closer look, and said, "Isn't this the Zhang City Defense Map?" As he spoke, his eyes fell to the bottom of the picture, and he saw that there was a river drawn outside the city on the map, and after indicating that it was Danshui, he added: "The city defense map of Danshui City." ”。 After finishing speaking, he raised his head and looked at Xiao Shizhu with suspicious eyes. And Xiao Shizhu was also turning his head to look at her, and his eyes were also suspicious.

"I had a bad feeling. After a moment of silence, Xiao Shizhu slowly spit out a sentence from his mouth: "Something happened to Danshui City; ”。 The panic first appeared between his brows, but it quickly subsided.

Before Ying Zhao and the Ghost Mother could be surprised, a soldier rushed towards him, causing Xiao Shizhu's heart to chuckle suddenly. The soldier ran up to the bluestone, and after bowing his hand to him, he shouted breathlessly: "General, great, big, big thing, big thing is not good, and a soul has found King Kong Senhu on the beach by the southern harbor, and he is dying." ”。

"I'll bet a hundred taels of gold with you, Danzhu is backwater!" Xiao Shizhu, who was trembling, gritted his teeth, clenched his fists, his chest was burning with anger, and then he scolded angrily: "Danzhu, who was raised by a bitch, Lao Tzu must tear you with his own hands!"

"Send the best imperial doctor immediately, bring the best healing medicine to the port, fast!" Xiao Shizhu, who was furious, waved his hand to the soldier, and then pulled his legs and walked out of the garden!