Outside the main hall, Hou stood straight outside the door with a rainstorm gun on his back and a waist knife on his waist, standing straight at his post.

Jin Lei, who was nine feet tall, came after lunch. Standing in front of the main hall, facing away from the main hall door, standing in the middle of the trail.

This general on duty personally selected by Xiao Shizhu stood motionless in the middle of the trail carved with patterns on the other side.

However, the powerful Jin Lei's appearance was majestic and serious, and the cold Jin Ge in his hand made the ghosts who wanted to have evil intentions towards Xiao Shizhu and the ghost mother dare not approach the main hall of this palace when they saw him here.

Even the few blue-and-black one-horned deer raised in this palace could bypass the golden thunder and wander away from the palace gate.

The light of the cloudy sun shone obliquely in, and found the door of the main hall, on the huge transparent jade that hung high.

The long teeth and claws carved on the jade bi, the three dragon patterns of the dragon's tail deformed and winged, glowed with a bright and dazzling golden light in the light of the cloudy sun, condensed and formed in front of the jade, turned into a golden dragon more than a foot long, flying on the clouds, tirelessly flying up and down around the layers of dougong outside the temple gate.

The vivid water waves and cloud patterns on the jade bi also show a slow flow and fluttering shape under the light of the cloudy day, and in the wonderful, it is like the cloud and mist gushing out of the jade bi in the next second, and the water waves will also tilt down instantly.

In the middle of the main hall, incense burners placed on each of the four corners were lit with incense sticks that had to be made on the day of the seventh half.

With the curling green smoke, the fragrance rises from the four spirit statues on the four sides of the incense burner and overflows to all directions.

When the hall is overflowing, the slightly cool yin in the hall becomes abundant.

The ghosts in the temple were refreshed.

The people present were all smart ghosts, and they could all see that Xiao Shizhu was a little bit of a pretext, obviously praising Qin Qiming, but in fact, he was using Qin Qiming as an example to inadvertently knock Lu Wu.

Even Qin Qiming himself knew it.

After all, he was the ghost official who had politely rejected Lu Wu.

That was only half a year ago.

Over the past year, the struggle between Lu Wu and Changqin has become more and more obvious. Secretly, the two sides unscrupulously wooed each other's ghost officials and officials from all parts of the Nine Shadows Country.

Although they will also cooperate with each other to make state affairs twice as effective. But the two sides are also cultivating their own strength, and in order to get the absolute right to speak in the court, they will also tilt each other.

Especially Xiao Shizhu was in the Yuque hunting ground, and met a wisp of ghost dream of Taishan Fujun, and suddenly fell into a coma. Then, after Xiao Shizhu went to Huangquan again, the secret fighting between the two factions decreased, and the open fighting increased a lot.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see at a glance that the two factions are rapidly expanding their respective forces.

It was only after Xiao Shizhu came back from Huangquan that the two factions converged a little.

No, Xiao Shizhu happens to be a ghost who is very good at this kind of game of thrones. He pretended not to notice on the surface, but secretly controlled the two factions very well, and would not give them too much to prosper from the other.

And although the two factions can check and balance each other, there are still many neutral factions in the DPRK and China.

Such as Wu Xiao Gray Yingzhao, and the expeditionary King of Yama, as well as Qin Qiming, who is now sitting in the main hall in a regular manner, are all authentic neutrals. They are only loyal to the imperial court, loyal to the ghost people, and loyal to Xiao Shizhu.

Moreover, most of these neutral factions hold military power, or govern important counties and counties in the Nine Shadows Kingdom, or border areas. This made Lu Wu and Changqin factions unable to turn the sky even if they fought in the dark.

Secretly, Xiao Shizhu also quietly discussed the matter alone with the ghost mother. He said that the triangle is the strongest, so since Lu Wu and the others want to fight for the party, they can't have only two factions, they can't be black and white, and they can't be either Lu (Lu Wu faction) or Changqin faction.

Therefore, Xiao Shizhu secretly also quietly supported the neutral faction.

Only the ghost mother knows all this.

Xiao Shizhu said this today, which is to warn Lu Wu not to go too far about forming gangs.

Of course, among the few ghosts present, only the ghost mother and Xiao Shizhu knew that the reason why Qin Qiming was called here to praise him was also because Lu Wu and the ghost officials of his faction did not dare to win over Qin Qiming again.

Xiao Shizhu invisibly warned Lu Wu that this was a personnel transfer arranged by him, don't think that Qin Qiming was recommended by Lu Wu, so he can act arbitrarily.

In this way, the neutral faction secretly supported by Xiao Shizhu has increased its strength, and it is also a kind of check and balance to the two factions of Changqin and Lu Wu.

Sure enough, Xiao Shizhu said to Qin Qiming again: "I hope you will make persistent efforts after you take office in Tiantong City." While governing Tiantong City well, we should also maintain a consistent style of honesty and integrity, and do not form a party for personal gain. ”。

"No. Qin Qiming hurriedly got up, faced Xiao Shizhu and the ghost mother, and replied with a slight bow: "The minister remembers the lord's advice, and he will definitely make persistent efforts." ”。

Xiao Shizhu, who had reached the point, bowed his head slightly, and said: "That day, Tongcheng is now short of city gods, so you can go and take office immediately, and your seals and documents have also been cured." ”。

As soon as Xiao Shizhu finished speaking, Qinglan took the seal and document of the Tiantong City City God, and handed it to Qin Qiming.

"Qinglan, send him to the Heavenly Palace to go through all the formalities, and then send someone to escort him to Tiantong City. Xiao Shizhu said to Qinglan again.

Qing Lan nodded in response, and after Qin Qiming also got up and saluted, he left the main hall with Qing Lan.

Before Qin Qiming left, Lu Wu was a little restless, moved his buttocks, and adjusted his sitting posture again and again, looked at Xiao Shizhu, who had drunk tea leisurely, and then asked cautiously: "Lord, did the former city god who passed through the city that day, have the trial of Tanuki Tianyun been concluded?"

Lu Wu was still more concerned about this matter, although he knew that it was already a fact that Tanuki Tianyun was assassinated, and he couldn't escape death, maybe the body would be hung on the wall of Yuque City to show the public.

But what Lu Wu cares about is not the life or death of Tanuki Tianyun, what he cares about is whether it will implicate his faction forces.

There are also some bribes given to him by Tanuki Tianyun, the amount is not large, and most of them have been secretly handed over to Xiao Shizhu and collected in the national treasury. But there are still some of them that Lu Wu himself put into his own pockets without authorization.

The Nine Shadows Country is very strict in governing corruption, which is also one of the things that Lu Wu is worried about, I am afraid that if the raccoon Tianyun is interrogated too much, this matter will also be exposed.

"The Autumn Queen asked. Xiao Shizhu pretended to turn a blind eye to the worries hidden in Lu Wu's eyes, and after taking a sip of tea, he said unhurriedly: "Considering that he once had a meritorious role in defending the land, he will not hang his body for public display." ”。

"By the way, has you recently sent the medicine that was planted in Fenglinzhou in exchange for ** iron sand?" After a pause, Xiao Shizhu changed the topic, looked at Chunhan, and asked, "What about the battle situation in Fenglinzhou?"

After that, Xiao Shizhu turned his head to look at Lu Wu: "I haven't played chess for a long time, let's have a game." ”。

Chen Ruo then walked towards the warm room on the right side of the main hall, and after a while, he took out the chessboard.

And Xun Xiang had already brought people to bring tables and chairs, and placed them in the middle of the hall for Xiao Shizhu to play chess.

Recently, Xun Xiang has known what to do when to follow Xiao Shizhu. I'm getting more and more proficient at doing things.

Xiao Shizhu sat down at the table with his own pot, and Xun Xiang helped Chen Ruo give him the chessboard on the table.

Lu Wu didn't shirk either, and walked over with his teacup.

It is also an honor to be able to play against Xiao Shizhu, who can compete with the Emperor Xudu and the Northern Yin Dynasty regime, whether he wins or loses, and Lu Wu can't ask for it.

The chessboard is vertical and horizontal, and three hundred and sixty-one intersecting points are pointed. The black and white chess pieces, representing yin and yang, lie quietly in the chess box, waiting for the gamers to use them to fight back and forth on the chessboard.

"Back to the lord's words. Just when Xiao Shizhu, who was holding the sunspot, dropped the first piece on the chessboard star, Chun Han behind him replied: "The good medicine elixir they seized this year has been delivered." The battle situation in Fenglinzhou is still a stalemate between the two sides. ”。

At this time, the ghost mother also stood up, slowly walked to her husband Xiao Shizhu and stood still, observing the chessboard without saying a word, and after the game, it was only a sporadic black and white chess piece that fell on the chessboard, and gradually became engrossed.

"Zhen Xuan and Ying Long, you don't have that capital to fight a big war, but it's still okay to fight guerrillas. After a pause, Chun Han paused his teacup, scraped the lid of the cup with the end of the tea, and said: "With our firearms, they can snatch more elixirs planted by the Beiyin Dynasty in Fenglin Continent." The minister was considering whether to support them with a few artillery. ”。

This is a decision that Xiao Shizhu has already decided, and Feng Linzhou's secret assistance has allowed Zhen Xuan and Ying Long to disturb the current situation over there for him first, and occupy a place.

When he frees his hands and attacks Fenglin Continent, he will not even have to temporarily capture a foothold.

But his aid is not free, and Zhen Xuan and Ying Long need to secretly sell the elixir they snatched from Fenglin Continent to the trading point that Ah San established in Fenglin Continent.

And these medicines were planted by the two generals of the Northern Yin Dynasty, Gan Liu, and they were originally used by the Xudu Army and the Xuan Emperor Army, and the effect was naturally better than that of ordinary ghost medicines.

There are even elixirs that can grow muscles and bones, which is a lifesaver for wounded soldiers on the battlefield, as long as there is still a breath.

With such a good medicinal material, Xiao Shizhu didn't want to give it to his rival Beiyin Dynasty for his own sake.

He just tried his best, even if he was abducted and deceived, robbed openly and secretly, he still wanted to seize some of these medicinal materials.

Of course, the Nine Shadows Kingdom will not make a move on its own.

Just as Emperor Xudu secretly instigated the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom, Xiao Shizhu can also secretly instigate Zhuan Xuan and Ying Long.

However, Chunyun said that he would support a few artillery, but Xiao Shizhu hesitated for a while.

After pondering for a long time, he neither agreed nor objected, but asked Chun Han first: "What artillery are you going to support them?"

The firearms and artillery of the Nine Shadows Kingdom have developed so far, and there are many types. The rate of fire and the range and power of many artillery pieces are not small, and Xiao Shizhu is obviously reluctant to support these powerful artillery.

"There are also some old-fashioned tiger squat cannons, which are idle and idle, so it is better to support them. Chunhan replied without thinking.

Naturally, she wouldn't take out the latest artillery of the Nine Shadows Kingdom to support Zhuan.

What's more, those new guns are not as simple as reloading and firing. The artillery of the Nine Shadows Kingdom cannot be trained systematically.

If you want to help other ghost officers with these cannons, you have to have an instructor, otherwise they won't be able to learn how to use them.

This made Chunhan also feel that the cost was too high and unnecessary.

"That's fine. Immediately afterwards, Xiao Shizhu, who was thinking about it for a while, nodded and said while playing against Lu Wu: "Anyway, it is not a way for those tiger squat cannons to be idle, and if you return to the furnace, you will only get bronze, but you can support Zhuan." ”。

With Xiao Shizhu's approval, Chun Han can also take out the idle tiger squat cannon in the arsenal and secretly support Zhen Xuan.

"Still. Immediately afterwards, Xiao Shizhu advised: "Every artillery must be registered, and it must not be lost to the people of our country." Also, don't take out all the support at once. ”。

These two admonitions, the former naturally needless to say, artillery belongs to military materials, and leaking out to live in residential buildings will only give unscrupulous ghosts the capital to stand on their own.

It is also a potential danger to the stability of the civil society.

As for the latter, of course, it cannot be all at once.

Xiao Shizhu wanted to keep more artillery reserves and give them to Zhuan in batches, and Chun Han could understand a little bit of the mystery after thinking about it a little.

It's nothing more than that they can't be allowed to have too much power in Fenglin Continent, and since they have become the hegemon of Fenglin Continent, they have broken away from their reliance on the Nine Shadows Kingdom and no longer obey Xiao Shizhu's command.

However, Chun Han could only think of this, so he accepted it happily, and nodded in response to Xiao Shizhu without hesitation.

Where could she have imagined that this was also Xiao Shizhu's decision-making after careful consideration. It's just that I'm afraid of supporting too many artillery pieces at once, which will greatly increase my strength.

Once this happens, it will fulfill the old saying: "People are afraid of being famous, pigs are afraid of being strong." ”。

When the time comes, it will be strange if the Emperor of Xudu does not shoot the first bird.

Now in the mountains, fight a guerrilla attack in the mountains, snatch the medicine fields and medicine depots guarded by the Xudu Army in Fenglin Continent, and then occasionally ambush and clean up the small unit of the Xudu Army, the threat is not great, and the Emperor Xudu will not pay special attention to it.

As long as the situation in Fenglinzhou is relatively stable, the Emperor Xudu will also recuperate, and will not attack Fenglinzhou on a large scale again, encircling and suppressing the ghost army led by Zhuan Xuan and Ying Long.

At that time, the Nine Shadows Kingdom will be hindered by the peace treaty, and it will be impossible for them to send troops to support Zhuan. In Fenglinzhou, he faced the overwhelming Xudu Army and the Xuandi Army alone, and there was only destruction.

Xiao Shizhu didn't want this nail inserted into Fenglinzhou to die out.

He needed this strength to drag a part of the Xudu army for him in Fenglin Continent, so he made this decision.

As long as the power of Zhuan Xuan and Ying Long does not die, although Emperor Xudu will not pay attention to it, nor will he take Zhuan Xuan and Ying Long in his eyes, he will not dare to easily transfer troops from Fenglin Continent and reduce the garrison there to support other battlefields.

Not only that, but even Emperor Xudu would maintain the number of garrisons in Fenglinzhou.

After the local garrison was slowly depleted and damaged, a steady stream of troops were sent to Fenglinzhou.

Then the annual military expenditure of the Northern Yin Dynasty in Fenglin Continent is not a small amount.

Economically, it can also achieve the purpose of making the treasury of the Northern Yin Dynasty unable to fill all at once.

These are all thought of by Xiao Shizhu's far-sighted decision-making, but they can't be thought of for a while.

It may be a long time before Chun Han can think about such a far-reaching problem behind this.

But since Xiao Shizhu has made such a decision, there is nothing wrong with it, Chun Han naturally acts as ordered.

Just after Chun Han received the order, Xiao Shizhu made another decision, and then said: "We still have some five-eyed eyes, right? You can take out these stocks and give them to Zhen Xuan as a buy-one-get-one-free gift." However, the iron sand ** required by the five-eyed god gun, as well as lead bullets and other things, although they can be folded in half, he still has to exchange the elixir. ”。

In the blink of an eye, Xiao Shizhu took advantage of this decision and proposed a trade project.