【066】Night Wanderer
"But big brother, this requires a lot of manpower, material and financial resources. When the other generals heard this, they were all gearing up, but Lu Wu frowned and asked: "Judging from the strength of the current ghost mother country, it is okay to take the ghost kingdom, but to start a war against the vassal states of Xuanyan Continent, is it too hasty." What's more, once it is too powerful, it is easy to provoke the Emperor of Xudu. ”。
"The poor have their way of living, and the rich have the tricks of the rich. As long as we cannibalize step by step, we can grow slowly. First weak and then strong, distant and close attack, border regiments and other countries to build high walls, and accumulate grain. Moreover, there has been no major war in the ghost mother country for a hundred years, and the financial resources are abundant, and a poor person is randomly pulled on the street, and the family also has more than ten taels of silver in savings, so financial resources are not a problem; Xiao Shizhu waved his hand, smiled contemptuously, and said: "Besides, the countries of Xuanyan Continent are not invincible in the world, and the same is true of Gonggong; As for Emperor Xudu, I have studied the history of the underworld and found that as long as you attack on time and in accordance with the amount and do not claim the title of emperor, he will generally not do anything to you. ”。
"Do you have a detailed plan?" Lu Wu heard this, and after thinking about it, he nodded slightly, and then asked very cautiously.
"Not at the moment, because our priority is the Ghost Kingdom and nothing else. Xiao Shizhu shook his head and said, "And I want you to train the Xiao family's army into a stronger and more terrifying tiger and wolf army before they set out on the expedition, which is one of the indispensable conditions for fighting for hegemony." ”。
"Yes!" the generals stood up again, and shouted to him in unison.
"Then big brother, when are we going to the Ghost Kingdom?" After a while, Ying Zhao rubbed his hands and stepped forward, and said to Xiao Shizhu in a rather complaining tone: "You didn't take me last time, and you can't leave me behind this time." ”。
"This time the whole army is attacking, without you, the vanguard general, who will give Lao Tzu to play the vanguard?" Xiao Shizhu laughed, and laughed at the generals: "Look at the Ying Zhao is in a hurry, this is not to eat or enter the cave room, and to keep him busy." ”。
"Hahaha. The other generals laughed in unison, while Ying Zhao scratched his head in embarrassment and asked, "When will you leave?" Although Yingzhao is more than brave and cautious, he also knows the hard truth of taking advantage of your illness to kill you. At this time, the Ghost Kingdom's sailors and ports were destroyed, and only the Heavenly Soul Army of the main army still existed, and the others were either wiped out in the last war or captured by the Ghost Mother Army. This is when the ghost kingdom is at its weakest, and it is also the best time to conquer it.
"Don't worry, wait a few days. Xiao Shizhu naturally knew that this was the best time, but he still raised his hand and made a gesture, motioning for everyone to sit down first, before turning his head to look at Ying Zhao and saying, "You have to wait for your eldest brother and me to get married, and after helping you marry a sister-in-law, I will take you to the Ghost Kingdom." ”。
"Marriage?" The generals were stunned when they heard this, and a series of doubtful eyes shot out of their eyes, and they all threw them on Xiao Shizhu's face, and after a while, they asked him curiously: "With whom?"
Xiao Shizhu cocked Erlang's legs, played with the antler wrench on the thumb of his left hand, and said proudly: "Ghost mother." ”......
Fifteen days later, Xin Si Day, it is appropriate to get married, sacrifice, and pray for blessings. Xiao Shizhu doesn't know the reason, this is a trick in the world, how can all the ghosts in the underworld believe this?
But today, Shuoyue Island is celebrated by the whole country, and you can see the lights everywhere, which is festive. Today, the ghost mother of the country lord of Shuoyue Island is really getting married. This is not just something to celebrate, but also a novelty on Shuoyue Island, and even in the entire underworld.
Almost everyone has only heard of the marriage of the lord of the country, but has never heard of the marriage. In addition to the celebration, this marriage has also become a topic of conversation among the people after tea and dinner.
Everyone speculated one after another, who was so capable of capturing the ghost mother's iron-like heart? But after learning that it was Xiao Shizhu, the "god of war" who was the commander of the Xiao family's army and protected them from being slaughtered by the enemy, they all gave a thumbs up, and after being amazed, they all said that this was a talented woman!
This morning, the ghost mother got up at dawn, and after bathing with the help of Chen Ruo and other palace maids, she dressed up carefully.
Chen Ruo pulled up her long hair and put on a solemn and delicate phoenix crown for her. The phoenix crown is decorated with nine dragons and four phoenixes, and there are twelve trees with large flowers and small flowers. The rest of the hair hangs down in front of the forehead, combed into neat bangs, and hangs a forehead under the hair, which is rectangular, decorated with a golden cloud dragon pattern, and is decorated with twenty-one brilliant pearls at the bottom edge, with a tie on each side;
On her body, she wore a double-layered red brocade wide-sleeved blouse, and the body was woven with gold silk with twelve rows of gorgeous Zhai patterns, each of which was decorated with four small wheels of golden flowers, and each golden flower bud was inlaid with a pearl. The collar is woven with thirteen black patterns, and the edge of the cuffs is decorated with a gold phoenix pattern. Then he wore a red straight-necked cardigan-style wide-sleeved gown, and between his shoulders and backs, he wore a xia veil embroidered with nine phoenixes, and those phoenixes spread their wings and raised their heads as if they were alive.
Under the waist, he wears a long skirt embroidered with flower and bird patterns, and inlaid with gold threads on both sides, and embroiders a dragon and phoenix flying in the sky in the middle of the front of the skirt, playing with beads in the auspicious clouds. There are dozens of fine pleats at the waist, and there are twelve skirts, embroidered with water lines, and the skirt is decorated with countless small bells.
Outside the skirt, Chu waist is decorated with a pair of two-color ties, half green and half red, and the end of the vertical belt is pure red, which is integrated with the waist part, and the waist has a pair of emerald buttons at the opening. There are two groups of jade pendants hanging on the upper system, which are fat white and slightly bluish, the texture is delicate and moisturizing, the oil is good, and there is almost no cracking; The dragon and phoenix are engraved with auspicious pictures, the composition is balanced, symmetrical, and very decorative.
Finally, put on a pair of delicate embroidered shoes, and all this is neatly dressed. After Chen Ruo drew her eyebrows again, she took a light sip of the lipstick paper, although it was light makeup, it was also an almond eye shining silver star, and the moon-like appearance was pretty, very charming.
With her graceful posture, she is matched with those glamorous brocade jade clothes, which makes her more graceful and luxurious, with a smile and a smile, with endless beauty, and the country and the city.
And Xiao Shizhu today, he also changed into a dark wide-sleeved shirt and silk clothes made for him by the Shangyi Supervisor, wearing a nine-fold crown on his head, a leather belt around his waist, carrying a moon-destroying sword, a brocade yellow knee cover on his lower body, his feet are bare, and the belt is a pair of jade pendants with auspicious pictures of dragons and phoenixes, the material is exactly the same as the pair of jade pendants on the waist of the ghost mother, and it is also a good mutton fat jade.
In the way of embroidery, the sun, moon and dragon patterns are woven on the shoulders of the Xuanyi with various silk threads, the stars and mountains are woven on the back, and the fire, Chinese insects and Zongyi patterns are woven on the sleeves. He also weaved algae, pink rice, and two patterns of black and black on the silk clothes.
Although these layers of clothes made Xiao Shizhu very uncomfortable, since he put on this, he sighed more than once that the suit for the human wedding was light, but at this time, he was in the outer courtyard, commanding the ghost slaves to decorate the exterior of the Tiande Palace.
Xia Xing, who was neatly dressed, walked over with a beautiful girl who was not tall, with a pair of Danfeng eyes like water, and was wearing a breast-length skirt, and said anxiously to Xiao Shizhu: "General, today is your big day, why are you playing here?"
"Just pass the time. Xiao Shizhu turned his head, looked at her and asked in a daze, "Isn't it that the auspicious time has not yet arrived?"
"It's the auspicious time of the ceremony, not to welcome relatives. Xia Xing stomped his feet, hurriedly turned his head and said to the girl beside him: "Dongyue, quickly, send the general into the inner court to welcome my lord." ”。
"No. After the girl, or Dongyue, one of the four female officials, answered, she walked to Xiao Shizhu's side in broken steps, and after leaning over and saluting him first, she said, "General, please!"
"Can't she come out on her own?" Xiao Shizhu complained, turned around and walked in the direction of the inner courtyard; Dongyue glanced at Xia Xing, hurriedly followed, and said to Xiao Shizhu in a hurry: "General, it is you yourself who declared in front of hundreds of officials in the Tiande Hall a few days ago that you will not be the lord of the country, but only the general of my lord. If you want to be the lord of the country, it is time for my lord to take the initiative to walk out of the inner court. ”。
"Okay. Xiao Shizhu smacked his lips, a little helpless, and then turned his head to glance at Dongyue who was following behind him, and said, "I didn't find that you were quite able to say it before." ”。
Dongyue pursed her lips and smiled, silent and did not answer.
The two of them came to the Vientiane Palace one after another, and saw that the ghost mother had already dressed up, holding a peony hydrangea tied with red silk in her hand, waiting for her Ruyi Langjun in the main hall.
When Xiao Shizhu saw it, he was stunned. Today's ghost mother is even more beautiful than when he first met each other. The flowers and jade are full of charm, and the fairy jade color reveals the dignified atmosphere of the lord of a country, such as flawless whiteness.
"Look stupid?" Seeing him standing not far in front of him dumbfounded, the ghost mother didn't come forward to greet her, so she was angry, then spun around in place, winked at Xiao Shizhu gently, and asked in a coquettish voice: "Is it good-looking?"
"Good looking. Xiao Shizhu came to his senses, and after taking a sip of saliva, he strode forward and stood still in front of the ghost mother, took her hand, and looked deeply at the ghost mother who was looking at him with a smile.
"General!" Dongyue chased after him, and without saying anything, he pulled his hand out of the ghost mother's hand, and scolded: "According to etiquette, you have to pull the red silk on the other end of the hydrangea." ”。
"Hey!" Xiao Shizhu glared at her, smacked his lips and said angrily: "Eldest sister, we are a legal husband and wife, what's wrong with pulling down your hand?"
"Not right now. When the ghost mother heard this, she sneered, and Dongyue did not back down, her eyes met his eyes full of dissatisfaction, and she said sharply: "You have to sacrifice to heaven and earth, worship the tablets of the ancient gods, and edict the ministers and people, you can be regarded as a legitimate couple." ”。
"Trouble! I would have known that I wouldn't have let you be the main marriage. Xiao Shizhu reluctantly pulled up the red silk, and then changed into a flattering smile, and begged Dongyue: "Sister, discuss something, let's go into the cave room now, can we go into the cave room now?"
When the ghost mother heard this, she covered her mouth and bent over and giggled, but Xiao Shizhu's words were exchanged for a cold sentence with a stern face in Dongyue: "No." The wedding of the lord of the country cannot be sloppy, everything must be done according to etiquette. ”。
Just when Xiao Shizhu went to the inner courtyard to greet the ghost mother, an uninvited guest also came to Xiaoyu Mountain City with a three-foot long gold pole and a scepter decorated with nine-fold unicorn tail hair, and was heading towards the Ghost Mother Palace.
The person who came was a human soul, and his appearance was a middle-aged man of about thirty or forty years old, about four feet tall, with a pointed nose and triangular eyes on his small cheeks with a wide upper and lower points and a high convex frontal bone, and his green hair was scattered, and his skin was as red as fire. He was followed by fifteen men who looked exactly like him, and at first glance they really looked like sixteen twins.
Behind them were two groups of soldiers, each as tall as a head, and more than seven feet tall. Dressed in heavy armor, he wears a phoenix-winged helmet, a long black cloak, and a green tung demon mask on his face. They are all armed with halberds and waist and crotch knives, and they are majestic. The first two soldiers held a yellow rectangular flag, decorated with dragon hair, and nine dragons were embroidered with nine-colored silk thread.
When this group of ghosts came to the Ghost Mother Palace, they were stopped by the guards and forbidden soldiers. The little man holding the scepter suddenly scolded angrily: "Blind your dog's eyes, don't you see Lao Tzu carrying the scepter of Emperor Xudu in his hand?"
The hundred households of the forbidden army looked at it, and it was indeed the nine-fold unicorn tail hairy scepter of the Emperor Xudu, but they did not order it to be released, but asked without humility or arrogance: "Dare to ask to make the name of the honorable surname?"
"Night Wanderer!" the little man shouted arrogantly, pulled up his legs, and led his own people forward to break away from the forbidden army, and was about to break in.