"Right. Wu Hui's eyes flashed with relief, and after he found out that his son was also very smart, he immediately lowered his head and looked at Changfeng, and when he looked at each other, he asked with great interest: "But the friendship between the Nine Shadows King and him is not trivial, do you think he will hand over Changqin to me?"

Changfeng hurriedly shook his head and said lightly: "Naturally not." ”。

After a pause, he added thoughtfully: "Probably not." ”。 In this matter, Changfeng, who doesn't know Xiao Shizhu very well, is not sure.

It is said that this person is very shameless, and he loves to brag, and he didn't say anything about the loss of a black dragon island back then, and he was ashamed to leave a word on the black dragon island saying that he brought a million troops.

Therefore, Changfeng didn't know whether Xiao Shizhu would immediately hand over the Changqin under the condition of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages; if the other party immediately handed over the Changqin, Wu Hui's carefully planned situation would inevitably be self-defeating.

Thinking of this, Changfeng couldn't help but be a little worried, worried that Xiao Shizhu really did what he thought.

"Absolutely not. Judging from the matter of the alliance between the two countries, he clearly saw that there was something wrong with this king, but he did not inform Changqin and Zhu Rong, which proved that he was a human soul with a gambler's mentality; Let him think that he can fight, after all, he is small and big, but his forte, just like a few days ago, he knew that Changqin's return would make him fall into the passivity of shortage of troops, but he still put Changqin back without complaint. Wu Hui laughed out loud, with an arrogant and proud look on his face, and said excitedly: "But if he doesn't hand over the long qin, then he will already meddle in the affairs of other countries, and he will definitely be at a loss at that time; The Gonggong country has just been taken over by Xiao Shizhu, and the country is not stable, and after the war, there is also a shortage of soldiers, and most importantly, the main fleet of the Gonggong has been destroyed by Xiao Shizhu. At that time, our army will inevitably be like a bamboo, and we will be able to get the land of the five counties before the Gonggong, and we will be able to seize Changqin, and we will be able to drive Xiao Shizhu back to Shuoyue Island, wouldn't it kill three birds with one stone?"

After finishing speaking, he looked up to the sky and smiled.

He can analyze the situation so clearly, it can be seen that he is not only clear about Xiao Shizhu's temperament, but also knows every move of the other party well.

"Father is wise. Changfeng suddenly realized, and the remaining worries in his heart were instantly dispelled, and he hurriedly bowed his hand and flattered: "Maybe my father can capture Xiao Shizhu alive and force him to hand over the Nine Shadows Kingdom! At that time, we will let him return to his old business and be his dog supervisor." and then sell the ghost mother to the Qinglou, so that Xiao Shizhu will live in guilt and sorrow for the rest of his life!"

"Yes, kill four birds with one stone!" Wu Hui, who was quite excited, laughed again when an evil color flashed in his eyes.

"Then notify Changshan. Changfeng rolled his eyes, quickly calmed down in Wu Hui's laughter, and pondered for a moment: "Let him secretly provoke the hatred of the Gonggong clan towards Xiao Shizhu, leading to civil strife in the country?"

"Yes, yes. Wu Huiyan put away his smile when he heard this, got up and paced a few laps, and said thoughtfully: "But you must be careful, Changshan is not such a reliable ghost." It is best to select a few more reliable clansmen from our clansmen who Changqin left to Xiao Shizhu to do this. ”。

As he spoke, he remembered some of Changshan's unusual behaviors in recent years, such as the fact that the ghost was often not at home, or that he could not be found.

No ghost knows where he went, what he saw, or what he did.

Wu Hui pondered and walked to the back of the hall gate, standing with his hands in his hands, and after looking at the lotus pond outside the hall in a daze for a moment, he said leisurely: "Let Changsheng do this." ”......

Xiao Shizhu and his party walked for half a month before they came to Shizhu City in Fengdui County.

Since Lu Wu was transferred to Yuque City, this place has been handed over to Qin Yuan to take care of. Although Qin Yuanyuan was originally a military general, he had followed Xiao Shizhu and Lu Wu for a long time, and he also knew a little about governing the people under his words and deeds. In just one month, Shizhu City was governed by him.

In the city, there are rows of peach and willows, and the high-rise tiled houses are red and green. It has been expanded from two main streets in the early construction period to four main streets. Half of the houses have been replaced with brick and tiles.

Cars and horses are sparkling, and there are shops on both sides of the road full of people. All kinds of banner curtains are fluttering in the wind. There are all kinds of lanterns on both sides of the door, such as white hat square lamp, red gauze round lamp, six-color dragon head lamp, horse lantern, butterfly lamp and two dragon play bead lanterns, etc. In the city of caryophyllus, it is embellished with shengping.

Business travelers from all over the country also come from all directions, in an endless stream, making this city even more lively, no less than Yuque City and Xiaoyu Mountain City.

On the slope of the southern foot of the Yumai of Meiziling in the north of the city, after walking through a short winding path surrounded by maple forests and fragrant grass and flowers, we came to a clear spring in the middle of the mountain. The water is covered with round and smooth pebbles, and against the backdrop of the seven-colored water, it looks like a pearl falling apart. The clear spring water gushes out from under the pebbles, and it sings in a low voice.

There is a small courtyard with three entrances built by the spring, and the garden builds a platform according to the terrain, and then builds a house on the platform; this is the government of Shizhu City.

But in this courtyard, there is no magnificence and no magnificence that a government should have; apart from simplicity, the rest is still simple.

The gate was only painted with a layer of red paint, and not even a single nail was struck, and there were two large stone statues at the door, with the "Xuanyi List" posted on the left side and the drum on the right.

As soon as you enter the courtyard behind the door, there is only the public hall of the middle hall of the government office, and there are side rooms on both sides, one side is the torture room for the criminal, and the other side is the storage of data files. Behind the public hall is the officials' lounge, and then behind is the Fuzhong Garden, which is where Qin Yuan used to rest.

Some houses, except for the storage is better, the others are built with ordinary wood, and the bricks and tiles are also made of ordinary green tiles. Even the courtyard walls are made of adobe.

Xiao Shizhu only arrived in Shizhu City and lived in the mansion, looking at this simple mansion, he was secretly annoyed, and couldn't help but check the account book;

It turned out that the simplicity of the government was not because Lu Wu and Qin Yuan had embezzled the funds for the construction of the city, but because they knew that the five counties were initially decided, and they needed money everywhere, so they were embarrassed to reach out to Xiao Shizhu again, so they set aside half of the money for the construction of the government to build roads and houses for the people in Shizhu City;

Xiao Shizhu felt guilty, and secretly ordered Yuque City to allocate some more money.

After writing the warrant and sealing it into the wax pill, and then handing it to King Kong, and asking him to pass it to the post station quickly, Xiao Shizhu paced up in the house. The woman in the painting hanging on the wall of the room raised her head slightly, glanced at Xiao Shizhu, who was walking back and forth in front of her eyes, and then said softly: "King of the Nine Shadows, are you worried about money?"

When the soul in this painting was bought, he was indeed afraid of Xiao Shizhu. She feared that she would be sold again and again, and that one day she would end up with the fate of being thrown into the firewood, just like her other siblings.

Therefore, after she was bought by Xiao Shizhu, she didn't talk much. Most of the time, he just buried his head in the books in his hands.

But soon after, she found out that Xiao Shizhu didn't seem to be the kind of human soul who liked the new and hated the old, and he was also very easy to get along with, and he didn't have a frame at all. The previous worries in my heart were gradually dispelled a lot.

Slowly, she also became acquainted with Xiao Shizhu, and after many long conversations, Xiao Shizhu not only increased a lot of knowledge of the history of the underworld, but also knew that the name of the soul in the painting was Ruyu.

And Ruyu also knew that the soul of the man in front of her, who was dressed in short brown but could make a move with 10,000 taels of silver tickets, was the current King of the Nine Shadows in the underworld.

But this title did not make Ruyu afraid, but made her and Xiao Shizhu good friends who talked about everything. Since then, Xiao Shizhu has taken her with him and used her as an attendant.

"You peep into my mind?" Xiao Shizhu asked as he stopped in front of her and looked at her.

"Nope. Ruyu, who was sitting on the bluestone by the stream in the painting, shook her head slightly: "But you have been in this city for a day, and you are always checking the accounts, and you will inadvertently sigh when you are still looking at the account books." When I saw you writing down a warrant for the transfer of money, I guessed that you must be worried about money. ”。

"Do you have any solutions?" Since they are friends, Xiao Shizhu will not be polite to her, and will say whatever she wants, without hiding his emotions at all.

"Nope. She shook her head lightly again, and said with some dejection.

At this moment, Qin Yuan strode towards the room where Xiao Shizhu was, and without reporting or knocking on the door, he walked in directly and said, "Master, the patriarch of the fungus clan asks to see you." He said that there was something urgent to do, so I brought him without permission. ”。

As soon as he finished speaking, a fungus man crawled out of the feathers on the wings on his back. As soon as he saw Xiao Shizhu, the fungus man raised his hands full of roots and made a bow to Xiao Shizhu: "Meet the Nine Shadows King." ”。

"Tell me, there's something urgent. Xiao Shizhu's attention was suddenly focused on this grim-faced ghost.

"Changshan has acted. The fungus man bowed his head slightly, and said, "According to your request, we are keeping an eye on Changshan, and he received a flying pigeon earlier today. After reading the book on it, he hurried out of the city. The old man hurriedly went to keep an eye on him and found that he was heading to Xuanwu Lake ......".

"He's going to work with him, isn't he? Xiao Shizhu interrupted him, since the Gonggong moved out of the Yuque Palace, he set up a grass house on the north shore of Xuanwu Lake, and he was more sad than a fisherman.

When the fungus mentioned Xuanwu Lake, Xiao Shizhu had already guessed that Changshan must have gone to see Gonggong.

"Yes. "The fungus man nodded his head.

A trace of nervousness flashed on Xiao Shizhu's face, and he hurriedly asked, "Which direction did the carrier pigeon come from?"