The charcoal in the fire pit made a series of crackling sounds.

After Da Hong said this, he still had a smile on his face, but his somewhat cloudy eyes flashed with a cold chill.

"However, before setting out on the expedition, the old ghost of Xingtian had already sent a sincere letter of alliance and a meeting gift of five carts of gold, silver and jewelry to the Nine Shadows Kingdom, and publicized his willingness to cooperate with the Nine Shadows Kingdom to overthrow the Emperor Xudu and the Northern Yin Dynasty. After a moment of silence, Qi Xing's eyes flashed with a faint concern.

Xiao Shizhu's glorious deeds in Shuoyue Island's battle against the million-strong army have been spread by his officials who are dressed as black market merchants in the past month or so.

The ten continents of the underworld are almost all ghosts and ghosts, and they all talk about it with relish, and feel that the Beiyin Dynasty has begun to decline, so many of the vassal states that rebelled against the Beiyin Dynasty have rekindled their fighting spirit, and they are happy to fight again with the besieging Xudu army, as well as the armies of the other vassal states that cooperate with the Beiyin Dynasty.

Among them, there are many vassal states that were once neutral, and they have also become restless and anti-minded, and they are even more willing to be friends with the newly rising thigh of the Nine Shadows Kingdom.

Xingtian is one of these princes and kings.

"So what? Da Hong smiled disappreciatively, snorted lightly and said: "Take 10,000 steps back, even if the Nine Shadows King agrees to form an alliance, it is impossible for the Nine Shadows Kingdom to immediately learn about the sudden changes in your country; Everything is a certainty, what can he do to you?".

When Qi Xing heard this, the confusion and faint concern that were still lingering in his eyes before also disappeared as the last word of his mouth landed.

What followed on Qixing's face was a burst of excitement and excitement.

Xingtian was indeed not thin on him in the past, and he was also the righteous son of the headless king Xingtian, but he just felt that the headless country was too small. And he has always advocated the truth that heroes come out of troubled times, no matter how he looks at it, he feels that his position as a general and the status of Xingtian Yizi are smaller.

The condition that the Yellow Emperor gave him was to help him usurp the throne and seize the power of the headless ghost, and after sending troops to attack Mashou, in the end, the bear country and the headless country divided their common territory - the land and people of the Mashou country equally.

This condition is a very tempting condition for a very ambitious Qixing. Qixing wanted to find a reason for refusal, but after thinking about it seriously, he couldn't come up with a reason that would allow him to refuse this condition.

The little thumb of Qi Xing's right hand trembled a few times, and after his empty neck swayed left and right a few times, he squinted at that Dahong and smiled: "I have long heard that you are a wise general, and when I saw it today, it was really extraordinary, and your plan was several times better than the stupid way I thought of storming the palace and seizing power." ”。

Yu Bi raised his head and laughed.

When the hearty laughter echoed in the hall, Da Hung continued to say slowly in a flat tone: "Everyone is a human soul, and we all have human nature to some extent, and in the face of human nature, family is always greater than heaven. As long as you control the families of those ministers, he will agree to anything. ”。

In his heart, he secretly cursed: "Another brave and unscrupulous horseman." ”。

"Okay!" Qi Xing slapped his palms a few times excitedly, and shouted outside the hall, "Someone." ”。

Then the headless ghost who opened the door for Dahong entered.

"Go and prepare a sumptuous table of wine. Qi Xing stood up and said proudly to the headless ghost, "Go and gather all my generals again." Remember to be quiet, don't let the ghost notice. ”。

"No!" the headless ghost replied with his head bowed and withdrew......

Nine Secluded Country, in the Yuque Palace of Yuque City.

Xiao Shizhu sat alone in the attic of the birds and flowers in the Juexiang Garden, looking at the deep pool in the attic, floating up and down, and sometimes spitting a few bubbles in the mouth of the Henggong fish was stunned.

After Xiao Shizhu returned to Yuque City, he mourned Wu Qiu Shou, and then approved the implementation of the recital written by the other party one by one, and has been waiting for the Henggong fish to turn into a human form.

But I don't know if it's all liars in the legends, or if these horizontal fish admit that they are shy, Xiao Shizhu waited for four days and five nights, but he still couldn't see them turn into human forms, but he waited for his dark circles to come out.

"Alas, you've been waiting for four or five days, and you're not going to give up. When it was nightfall, the ghost mother who had finished reviewing the folds in Tianyang Palace turned around and returned to the Absolute Fragrance Garden, and saw Xiao Shizhu still sitting on the edge of the pool in a daze, staring at the clear water surface in the pool, and couldn't help but sigh softly, and said, "It's really persistent." ”。

After speaking, the ghost mother walked quickly to Xiao Shizhu's side and stood still, gently put her hand on the other party's shoulder, and said softly: "Do you know? ”。

In all the school palaces of the Nine Shadows Kingdom, all homework and exams are divided into five grades, that is, A, B, C, D, E, where A is the highest score, C is qualified, and E is the lowest score.

"Got it, Chunyun told me privately once. Xiao Shizhu said lightly, never taking his eyes off the pool in front of him.

The daughter is studying in the Military Academy, so the results must be reported to the Xia official Sima, who is in charge of the military affairs and military endowment of the Nine Hidden Kingdoms. And Chunyun is this Sima.

Therefore, when Xiao Fuling's results were placed in front of her, she came to report to Xiao Shizhu ecstatically for the first time.

"Then you don't praise her?" the ghost mother gave him a blank look, and said with some complaint.

"I praised it, I immediately asked people to call Poria cocos, and told her that Ah San smuggled a batch of smuggling from Xuanming Prefecture, and asked her to choose a favorite one to use as a mount. Xiao Shizhu shouted.

"Really?" the ghost mother was slightly stunned, then nodded and said, "It's still a good father." ”。

"What do you mean, am I good? In the huge underworld, I can't find a few good fathers like me. A hint of pride flashed on Xiao Shizhu's face, then he stood up and looked at the ghost mother with a smile on his face, and said softly: "Come and let me take a good look, I haven't seen you for a month or two, but I miss you." ”。

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and grabbed the cheeks of the ghost mother whose cheeks were slightly red, and looked at each other with affection in his eyes.

But then the ghost mother saw Xiao Shizhu's dark eyes around his eyes, and suddenly felt that Xiao Shizhu was a little less calm and confident than before, and a little more naïve, and the words he said with affection immediately changed his taste. So I finally couldn't help laughing, and while covering my mouth and laughing, I said, "You look like an iron-eating beast." (The ancients called the panda an iron-eating beast, and the ghost mother was saying that Xiao Shizhu resembled a panda.) ）。 ”。

After saying that, he bent over with a smile.

"Huh. Xiao Shizhu's eyebrows jumped, and he pretended to plead and asked the ghost mother: "Please, wife, I'm very tired of sensationalism, can you respect my efforts and the fruits of my labor?"

"Okay, okay. The ghost mother, who was laughing a little awkwardly, suppressed her smile and slowly straightened up. But Fang Cai looked at Xiao Shizhu, who had a solemn face, and after seeing the other party's dark eye circles again, he couldn't help laughing again.

"Oh my God, why are you smiling so low now?What about my former goddess of coldness?" Xiao Shizhu, who frowned, couldn't help but look up at the top of the attic, raised his hand and slammed his head a few times.

"You make me laugh, I haven't seen you look so cute and cute!" The ghost mother, who was out of breath with a smile, took out a letter from her sleeve and handed it to Xiao Shizhu, and said intermittently: "You take a look at this first, maybe you can laugh too." ”。

Xiao Shizhu snatched the letter angrily, walked to the side and sat down on a chair, crossed Erlang's legs, tore open the letter and took out the letter, and looked at it carefully in the laughter of the ghost mother.

After a while, the ghost mother held back her laughter, and Xiao Shizhu raised her eyebrows and pondered.

The letter was borrowed by Xingtian, the head of Fenglinzhou, as early as when he was in the world, Xiao Shizhu had heard a lot of legends about Xingtian. After coming to the underworld, the name of the first god of war in Fenglin Continent was even more thunderous.

Unexpectedly, I never expected that Xiao Shizhu would receive an alliance letter from the other party today. The words above all showed Xingtian's attitude and sincerity, and expressed that the Headless Country was willing to form an alliance with the Nine Shadows Kingdom.

Xiao Shizhu got up suddenly, silently walked to the map shelf and stood still, raised his eyes to look at the "Complete Map of the Ten Continents of the Underworld" hanging on the shelf, his eyes fell on Fenglin Continent and moved quickly a few times, and he quickly found the headless country located on the southeast edge of Fenglin Continent, northwest of Heilong County of the Nine Shadows Country.

Xiao Shizhu visually measured for a moment and estimated that the distance between the two places was no more than a hundred miles of sea, and there was no obstacle except for two seas in between.

Not even a single island or reef.

And the distance between the two is not too far, just a hundred miles of sea road. If it is said that the alliance with the headless country can not only enhance the strength of the Nine Shadows Kingdom and promote the economic development of the two countries, then it is that the northwest of the Nine Shadows Kingdom will have an additional barrier and outer edge from now on.

Although the terrain of Heilong County is dangerous, and in recent years, Xia Xing has cultivated grain on the island, strengthened the fortifications on the island, and also cultivated a powerful sailor. This makes Black Dragon County easier to defend and more difficult to attack.

But with an extra barrier, it will only make Black Dragon County even more impregnable.

Heilong County is impregnable, and the northwest of the Nine Hidden Countries is stable.

Mu Qing, who was groaning, thought about this layer, and immediately felt that this alliance was feasible. I couldn't help but nod silently at the map, and mumbled.

"Headless Country Punishment Heaven, the god of war of Fenglin Continent. The ghost mother walked to her husband's side with light steps and stood still, a pair of beautiful eyes and eyes flowed, and she also looked towards Fenglinzhou on the map: "If we want to implement Wuqiu Shou's plan to take Dongyi and Yizhou first, then the west must be stable." Forming an alliance with Xingtian is the best policy. ”。

"He who knows me says that I am worried, and you are the ghost who knows me. Xiao Shizhu smiled indifferently, turned his head to look at the ghost mother, quickly turned his head and continued to look at the map in front of him, and said leisurely without hesitation: "I will personally reply to Xingtian and inform him that I am willing to form an alliance with other countries." ”。

The ghost mother didn't say much, just looked at the map with a faint smile.

"Oh much, this Xingtian is quite polite, and sent us five carts of jewelry. After a while, the ghost mother suddenly remembered this time, and said to Xiao Shizhu: "I took the time to take a look, this Xingtian is also very sincere, and every car is worth a lot of money." ”。

After staying with Xiao Shizhu for a long time, the ghost mother also became a little miser, and when she mentioned those carts of jewelry, her eyes suddenly lit up. It's like an old cat seeing a salted fish.

[矔 Shu - a mythical beast in ancient Chinese myths and legends, a horned horse, a fire-repelling beast. 】

[Henggong Fish - Henggong Fish is a strange fish in ancient Chinese mythology. Born in Stone Lake, this lake does not freeze. It is seven or eight feet long, and it is shaped like a carp and is red. The thorn is inaccessible, the boiled is not dead, the boiled with two black plums is dead, and the evil disease can be removed by eating. It is said that at night, the fish jumps on the shore and sheds its heavy shell, and its appearance is somewhat human-like. That's why there is a saying that 'the night turns into a man'. 】