[697] Make a plan
The cold was slowly dissipating, and the bright and warm light outside the lobby finally shone into the lobby. Carved into the lobby, the patterns on the upright pillars come to life.
The gluttonous pattern of teeth and claws became even more hideous in the blood-red cloudy light. The fangs in their mouths and the sharp claws on their claws add a bit of majesty to those gluttonous patterns.
But Tu Hongqi in the lobby did not have the slightest brightness on his face. No matter how dazzling the gloomy light that shone into the hall, it could not sweep away the gloom on his face and the growing surprise.
Xiao Shizhu didn't expect that the souls of the Tu Shan clan in the Qingqiu Fox Country would rebel without hesitation because of Tu Gongqi's death. But when he thought of the Tu Shan clan, he would definitely have a grudge against the Nine Shadows Kingdom because of this.
Since he thought of this, when formulating the plan for this expedition, Xiao Shizhu must have taken into account the resentment of the Tu Shan clan and the many changes brought about by it.
He insisted that the Qingqiu Fox King hand over most of the military power, not only so that he could mobilize the army in a unified manner, but also because the Tu Shan clan would not be able to set off strong winds and waves. As long as most of the ghost soldiers of the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom are in the hands of the Nine Shadows Kingdom, then no matter how much the Tu Shan clan resents the Nine Shadows Kingdom because of Tu Gongqi's beheading by Xiao Shizhu, then it will never turn the sky upside down.
But the Tu Shan clan didn't expect Xiao Shizhu to come to such a hand at all. I didn't expect that the Qingqiu Fox King would happily hand over most of the military power.
The blockage of the news made him not know at all that since the Qingqiu Fox King signed an alliance with the Nine Shadows Kingdom, the huge Ghost Kingdom had become a vassal state of the Nine Shadows Kingdom.
As long as he doesn't take away the throne of the Qingqiu Fox King and the glory and wealth he enjoys, the Qingqiu Fox King won't think too much. What's more, he and his younger brother Hu Lan both knew that handing over the military power was to allow the Nine Shadows Kingdom to better command the battle.
As long as they can save their ghost people from the flames of war, the Qingqiu Fox King doesn't mind.
As a result, the Tu Shan clan was only caught off guard. The strategy they had planned before, when the army of the Nine Shadows Kingdom entered the Qingqiu Fox Country, launched a rebellion, and sneaked up on the army of the Nine Shadows Kingdom to snatch the opponent's weapons, came to naught before it began.
Tu Hongqi was standing under the light of the bright cloudy sun, but at this moment, he was really stunned, and his heart was half cold.
He looked at the clansman opposite him in a daze, and the panicked look on his face became heavier and heavier.
When he was stunned for a long time in silence, anxiety appeared again in his facial features.
"Go and get our elders and generals here. Under anxiety, Tu Hongqi's eyes widened, and he ordered the clansman beside him.
At the sound of the order, the tribesman answered and turned and walked away quickly.
Looking at the departing clansman, Tu Hongqi's trembling eyes were already full of panic. The hot sweat oozing from his forehead slowly slid down his cheeks.
Tu Hongqi turned around anxiously again, still walking briskly in the lobby. Every time he took a step, there were bursts of yin wind that suddenly appeared, flying around Tu Hongqi's feet, whirring.
In the lobby, which is no longer dark, the sound of hurried and fast footsteps is constantly recalled, and it does not disperse. Time slowed down again in the eyes of Tu Hongqi, who was anxious and uneasy.
At the same time, a little confusion arose from Tu Hongqi's heart, and his heart seemed to be filled with haze, and he was about to suffocate.
In just a moment, the soul of the departed Tu Shan clan turned back quickly, followed by many souls of old and young, and poured into the lobby with him, surrounding the anxious Tu Hongqi, three layers inside and three layers outside.
The lobby, which was still very spacious, suddenly became crowded. The lobby was also a little stuffy after it became crowded.
Those souls who surrounded Tu Hongqi were all ghosts of the Tu Shan clan, and the faces of each soul were furrowed with frowns and anxious expressions. When he surrounded Tu Hongqi, he asked in a hurry: "Tu Hongqi, what's going on? Is it true that I heard that the expeditionary force of the Nine Shadows Country has arrived?"
"I heard that they have arrived at the Qingqiu Fox Cave, why haven't we received any news?"
"Who is the boss? Tu Hongqi, have you inquired clearly......?"
The gossip and noisy series of questions made Tu Hongqi, who was already upset, more anxious, even more upset, and the anger in his chest was courageous along with the impatient emotion. At that moment, his eyes widened angrily, and he looked around at the ghosts around him, and roared angrily: "What are you talking about?"
Angry voices echoed through the lobby, making the floors and beams tremble.
The horizontal beams on the lobby have not been cleaned for a long time, accumulating a lot of dust and covering a thick layer of gray. Under the trembling of the beams, the dust fell and flew with the wind that surrounded the lobby.
Above the gray hall shrouded in flying dust, those gossiping voices came to an abrupt end with this roar.
The ghosts stood in place, and under the gaze of Tu Hongqi's eyes full of anger and cold murderous intent, the atmosphere did not dare to breathe.
Silence hung over the lobby, and deathly silence permeated every corner of the lobby.
Tu Hongqi saw an imperceptible look of fear on the faces of the ghosts around him, and he was a little satisfied, and the anger on his face gradually faded.
"Yes, the Nine Shadows Army has quietly entered our national capital and entered the Qingqiu Fox Cave City without us knowing. Not only that, but our king has now handed over many ghost soldiers to the commander of the Nine Shadows Kingdom to command. Tu Hongqi, who snorted angrily, clenched his fists angrily, and then looked around at the ghosts around him who were dumbfounded after hearing the words, and said in a deep voice: "So I brought you here, not to listen to your questions." I'm going to talk to you about reworking on my old plan......!"
Like a beam of sharp arrows breaking through the clouds, the dazzling yin sun shone into the Yuque City, and poured into the Yuque Palace along the top of the Yuque Mountain.
All palaces and pavilions made of warm and cool jade. Ambilight flows in the delicate and moist jade bricks and jade tiles, and the exquisite colored light emanates from the well-defined jade pillars and jade beams.
In the huge Jade Que Palace, only the dazzling beauty remains.
The aura flowed back and forth between the palace talismans, urging those talismans to emit a faint soft light. This piece of jade palace group with a radius of dozens of miles is even more gentle and elegant.
Behind the main hall of Tianyang Palace, there are three lined up in one line, all of them are made of red blood jade door posts, there are ridges and bucket arches on the top, full of yellow yellow dragon jade arches.
Each archway is not only tall and straight, but also solid. Neither nails nor rivets, the ingenious combination between stones and stones has been undefeated for thousands of years.
After passing these three majestic and magnificent archways, walk forward half a mile along the avenue paved with jade bricks, you can see a white jade carved high platform, standing majestically a tall hall of nine wings.
The petals planted in the underworld in front of the main hall are all black as ink peonies, and there are grimace lines on the trunks of the back rows, and the strange ancient pines that are vigorous and upright are green, and the shade covers the sun. Under the tree, there are all kinds of rare birds caged among the flowers.
The palace has stood here for thousands of years, since the time of the Old Gods. But time has passed, and the plaque of the palace is gone, and no one knows what its name used to be.
But it had a new name, and soon after Xiao Shizhu entered the city, he named the palace - Scenery Jiyue. There is no other reason, just because the first time Xiao Shizhu arrived at this time, it was when everything was clear after the rain, and the main hall and the high platform under the great hall were washed by the rain.
And this place is in a quiet place in the Yuque Palace, and it belongs to the inner court, under the strict protection of the forbidden army, most of the ghosts in the palace can not enter and exit at will. Since then, this place has become a place for Xiao Shizhu and the decision-making team composed of his cronies to discuss secretly.
Many of the major decisions of the Nine Shadows Kingdom were discussed and decided here, and then sent out and conveyed to all parts of the Nine Shadows Kingdom.
Several high-ranking officials of the Nine Shadows Kingdom were rushing to this side of the hall at this time.
The sky over Yuque City, which was still sunny a moment ago, suddenly became cloudy. The sudden wind howled incessantly, swept in and out.
A torrential downpour of rain followed, and a curtain of water was hung between heaven and earth that could obscure everything. The sound of raindrops falling and crackling water echoed across the earth.
The few high-ranking officials of the Nine Shadows Country who were rushing to the scenery of Jiyue obviously didn't expect the rain to fall as soon as they said it, and they didn't have umbrellas with them, so they could only speed up their pace and rush towards the scenery and Jiyue.
The mist brought up after the rain landed, like a white and flawless tulle, dispersed in the Yuque Palace. The entire Yuque Palace was soon shrouded in a vagueness and ambiguity.
The ministers hurriedly crossed the agate threshold of the Scenery Jiyue Palace, and stepped into the main hall step by step.
The darkness brought by the sudden heavy rain without warning did not plunge the hall into a dim and lightless place. The centipede beads of the dragon balls in the dragon's claws, which are inlaid on the pillars and are in the dragon claws with a flying dragon pattern, are flashing with soft light, illuminating every corner of the main hall.
In front of the jade screen in the depths of the main hall, two are placed side by side, each with intricate carvings, and neatly and neatly gorgeous cloud dragon and flying phoenix patterns on the throne, Xiao Shizhu and the ghost mother are sitting on it.
The two thrones are made of natural blue agate, the backrest and armrests are three screens, the ruyi cloud head is on the brain, and the floral pattern is trimmed. Although the volume is small, it is far less majestic than the treasure chair on the Tianquan Palace, but it also has a magnificence. And luxurious and elegant, beautiful and solemn.
On the left and right sides in front of the treasure chair, there are also a pair of copper deer, copper crane and copper incense pavilion. With the exception of the Treasure Chair, these things were brought from the island of Shuoyue, but they were also golden and luxurious.
Several high-ranking officials led by Lu Wu and Ying Ying hurriedly stood in front of the treasure chair, and in the middle of the main hall, Lu Wu saw that Xiao Shizhu and the ghost mother were surrounded by Qing Lan and Chen Ruo, in addition to the two familiar human souls, there was also a demon soul.
The demon was similar in shape to a human, but with a broken tiger tail and only one arm. Lu Wu recognized it at a glance, this ghost was Taifeng.
He was about to salute, and he wondered why Tai was by Xiao Shizhu's side, Xiao Shizhu had already smiled indifferently, waved his hand and said, "Okay, don't salute, if you have something important to talk about today, you can avoid those courtesies." ”。
Before she could say that, the ghost mother had already clapped her hands. The crisp applause sounded under the sound of the rain falling to the ground, and then a palace person carried a circle chair inside, placed it in front of her and Xiao Shizhu, and retreated silently.
"Everyone here knows about the fact that I am going to enter the Yellow Springs. When Xiao Shizhu sat down with Lu Wu and the other ghost officials, he said again: "That place is an unknown place where the plan can't catch up with the changes, but you still have to make some plans. ”。