After the two Hades received the order, after kowtowing to him again under the wave of Emperor Xudu, they stood up and slowly retreated.

Seeing their figures, after disappearing at the door of the main hall, Emperor Xudu rolled up his right sleeve in front of him, and rolled up the recital on the ground and put it in his sleeve.

Then he also stood up, turned around, and walked slowly towards the ivory screen behind him carved with a hundred ghost patterns dancing in the yin wind under the clouds.

When he stood in the apse, his right sleeve flicked in front of him, and the gold brick on the ground in the middle was lifted up by an invisible force, flying into the air, slowly spinning.

Under the golden bricks, a square hole that could only be passed through by a ghost was revealed, and a stone staircase that started from the hole and slowly descended was also revealed in front of his eyes.

Emperor Xudu stepped forward, stepped up the stone steps, and walked slowly down the depths of the tunnel that it stretched downward.

When his figure fully melted into the darkness of the tunnel, the suspended floor tiles slowly descended, blocking the entrance to the tunnel without leaving it.

The sound of dull footsteps echoed through the tunnels. After walking in the darkness for only a moment, Emperor Xudu came to the end of the stone steps.

Not far in front of him, a double-open vermilion lacquer gate full of nails stood up, blocking his way. Through the green ghost fire emitted from the stone lamps carved on the stone doorposts carved with small ghosts of different shapes on both sides of the door, you can clearly see that each gold lacquered door nail installed on the door door is depicted with forbidden sigils.

On the left and right of the gate, there are also two Hercules ghosts armed with giant axes standing guard.

"Open the door. The two strong mountain ghosts were about to salute Emperor Xudu, and Emperor Xudu was the first to speak.

"No. After answering in a deep and powerful voice, the Hercules turned around and pushed open the two tall and heavy doors in front of them.

The doorway slowly turned, making a dull gurgling sound.

As the gate gradually opened, a corridor that stretched straight forward slowly appeared.

I never thought that in this gate behind the gate, which was only guarded by two strong mountain ghosts, the security would be extremely tight.

In the square corridor, which is no more than two zhang high and less than one zhang wide, every five feet or so of the wall, there is a bronze lamp with a forbidden ghost head engraved on the lamppost.

The green light emitted from the prohibition spread in all directions, covering the walls and up and down of the entire Yongdao, making this Yongdao indestructible.

Under the lamp, there was a ghost with a soul rope floating around him, standing with his head held high and his back to the wall. As far as the garrison is concerned, the security here is no less than the hell under the Luo Yu Mountain.

Stepping on the smooth bluestone slab, he walked through the road about 100 zhang long, and the eyes of the Emperor of Xudu suddenly brightened.

A huge natural cave appeared behind the tall jade gate that opened at the end of the tunnel. The wide and magnificent cave winds and streams, and the sea flowers and corals in the water are all over the place, which is full of dazzling. On both sides, flowers and trees compete for strangeness, and countless vines hang down from the top, echoing the exotic flowers and plants. There are also thousands of phosphorus and phosphorus stalagmites that remain unchanged at four o'clock, also standing among the grass and trees.

Each stalagmite has been hand-carved into its body, and countless boxes have been carved out of it. And in each grid, there are bamboo scrolls and ancient books.

The fluttering fireflies are flying up and down around the stalagmites and the ancient books placed in them. The scribes in the cave were busy sorting out and cleaning the books in the stalagmites.

Such a beautiful cave mansion used to be the blessed land of Lang Huan where the ancient gods collected books, but now it has become the hiding place of the Emperor Xudu and a ghost. What is hidden are all books from the underworld that he confiscated in the name of banning books after he came to power. The content is all-encompassing, from the cultivation of ghost qi in the underworld to the manufacture of weapons, to the formulas and techniques of gods and ghosts, etc., it is everything.

As the jade gate at the entrance closed, Emperor Xudu continued to walk forward, towards the circular altar made of gold bricks in the middle of the cave.

Follow the steps directly south of the altar, come to the top of the altar on the third floor, only to see that there are twelve fifteen consecutive bronze lamps around, in the middle of the top on the ground, a roll of half a zhang long bamboo scroll is spread out, each bamboo stick is engraved with ancient ancient god characters.

In the underworld today, there are no more than eight people who can read these words.

The old ghost sitting cross-legged in the middle of the scroll was already white, his hair was white, and his scrawny back was bent, and his robe was wide because of it. His wrinkled face was bloodless, and his pale complexion was full of sickness, coupled with his stiff back and skinny physique, no matter how you look at this old ghost, he looks like he is about to die.

Emperor Xudu stood in front of the old ghost and coughed twice.

The ghost slowly raised his head, and when he looked at the Emperor Xudu with his cloudy eyes in the deep sockets, he lightly opened his chapped lips and said weakly to the Emperor Xudu: "You are here, little ghost." ”。 As soon as the words came out, a gleam flashed in his eyes.

At this moment, there are only two ghosts on the top of the huge altar, this old ghost and the Emperor Xudu, if there are still other ghosts, he will definitely be shocked by the old ghost's words and his jaw will fall to the ground.

The dignified lord of the underworld, the Yin Tianzi who rules over the ten continents and six seas, was called a little ghost by a dying old ghost, which was enough to make him dumbfounded, and he wondered who gave this old ghost so much courage to dare to be so disrespectful to the Emperor of Xudu?

However, Emperor Xudu not only did not have any disgust with the old ghost's 'disrespectful words', but a faint look of admiration appeared on his face, and he replied casually: "Yes, old ghost, have you calculated that I will come to you today?"

"Of course. The old ghost spat out the two words, and gasped a few times, as if it was a difficult task for him to speak.

Immediately after that, he raised his skinny hand again, waved it gently, and motioned for Emperor Xudu to sit down, and slowly asked, "For Xiao Shizhu's business?"

"You're miscalculated this time. Emperor Xudu treated him like an old friend who had known him for a long time, and after sitting down, he smiled indifferently, changed his serious or expressionless look in the past, and joked with a smile: "As the first scholar ghost in this world, you will also have a miscalculation?"

The breeze in the cave suddenly rose, swirling lightly over the altar and bringing a piece of coolness. The old ghost didn't mind, just smiled and muttered, "It's old, it's old, it's normal to make occasional mistakes." ”。

"Actually, I'm here for the heavens. Emperor Xudu put away his smile and said slowly to the old ghost: "Here's the thing. ”......

In the big lonely city, in the main hall of the city god's yamen, the ground trembled because of the sound of guns outside the city, and the beams on the top also shook, sprinkling pieces of dust.

The sound of guns and cannons came from the defenders of the Nine Shadows Kingdom in the city, fighting with the Corpse Soul Army.

Since the second half of yesterday night, the Corpse Soul Army has launched many turbulent charges against the large and small lonely cities, trying to break through the trenches dug by the Nine Shadows Army outside the city, and kill into the city to capture Xiao Shizhu alive.

This battle was fought from last night to today, and the Corpse Soul Army failed to step into the city. Every time he approached the trench outside the city, he was heavily killed and injured by the guns of the Nine Shadows Kingdom.

Xiao Shizhu sat steadily behind the long case in the middle of the depths, with a calm face, he leisurely covered the quilt and scraped the tea powder in the cup. He blew the hot air rising from the cup slowly, and after taking a sip of tea, he raised his eyes to look at the two fox ghosts sitting below him.

These two fox ghosts arrived in Yuque City first, and were escorted by the water master of the Nine Shadows Kingdom to the ghost envoys of the Qingqiu Kingdom in Dongyi Continent.

At this moment, the two fox ghosts listened to the sound of gunfire and cannons in the world outside the house, as well as the sound of fighting and heart-rending screams, and their faces were a little frightened.

The hands carrying the teacup kept trembling slightly, and the tea in the cup kept splashing and falling out of the cup.

Xiao Shizhu looked at their slightly pale cheeks, smiled lightly, and asked knowingly, "Are you two not used to hearing the sound of gunfire?"

As the words fell, several loud thunderous cannons rang out, and the beams above their heads shook suddenly, shaking off dust again.

"The King of the Nine Shadows, this is more than the corpse country's army pressing the realm, listening to this earth-shaking killing sound, presumably the other party has already besieged the city. One of the fox ghosts turned a little paler, looked nervously at the door, turned around again, stared at the calm Xiao Shizhu with anxious eyes, and asked in a slightly trembling voice, "Why don't we talk in another place?"

After speaking, the fox ghost sneered, and there was a bit of horror in his smile.

"Peace of mind, you two, it's not the army besieging the city, it's my army bombarding the Corpse Soul Army. Xiao Shizhu put down the teacup, the calm on his face did not decrease but increased, and the corners of his lips showed a smile: "We don't have to change places, just talk here; although there is no pleasant sound of the piano, but there is a roaring cannon to help the fun, it is just right to talk about things." ”。

Seeing that he was so calm, the two ghost envoys were no longer worried after thinking about it for a while. Since a person as big as Xiao Shizhu is not worried about his safety, this place is naturally safe.

Then of course, they had nothing to fear, and now their faces were no longer white, and their hands were not shaking, so they carried their cups and drank tea leisurely.

After the three ghosts tasted the fragrant tea in the cup, Xiao Shizhu put down the teacup again and said slowly to the envoy: "This marriage event is not a child's play, so I thought about it for a long time before making a decision. ”。

When the two fox ghosts heard this, they were a little overjoyed.

It was not once or twice that Xiao Shizhu had met with them, from Manjiang City to this big lonely city, every time the two ghosts saw Xiao Shizhu before, the other party did not give them a clear answer, just kept playing haha.

It seems that today, Xiao Shizhu is going to give them a positive answer.

But when they thought of this, they were a little apprehensive. They were all afraid that Xiao Shizhu would tell them that he would not agree to this family affair in the next second, and that the alliance between the two countries would come to naught.

The sound of artillery outside the city was even more intense, and the gunfire was like the sound of torrential rain, crackling and crackling. Under the explosion of artillery fire, the two fox ghosts' hearts beat faster, and they were so nervous that cold sweat broke out in their palms, and their eyes were always fixed on Xiao Shizhu.

"I've made up my mind. Xiao Shizhu looked at their nervous appearance, and not only wanted to laugh secretly, but also wanted to play tricks on these two fox ghosts. So after the words 'I have made up my mind', he immediately fell silent.

Then he slowly lifted the teacup, scraped the tea powder leisurely with the quilt lid in his hand, slowly lifted the teacup and took a sip of tea, smashed it and smashed his mouth, stared at the two fox ghosts with the word nervous written on their faces and smiled indifferently, and said slowly: "I have made up my mind, I am willing to marry Tu Yaoqing, the daughter of your minister Tu Shigong, as a concubine, so as to promote the alliance between our two countries." At the same time, he also promised to provide you with 10,000 three-eyed guns developed by China every year, as well as 5 million special sub-guns. The ghost country wants to provide our country with 3 million stones of grain and grass and 2 million stones of upper iron ore, and the two sides can have trade exchanges. ”。