The wind howled, like a tiger in the mountains and forests. The yellow sand swept across the sky tirelessly flew up and down in the wind, making Xiao Shizhu's visual visibility even lower.

The archway standing in the wind and sand beside them, the muddy water between the stone pillars, no matter how strong the wind is, is still undisturbed.

The rumbling claws and hooves of the beast soul were getting louder and louder, and the shadows behind the yellow sand were getting closer and closer.

The sudden killing of these ghosts did not surprise the ghosts of the Nine Shadows Kingdom. And in the depths of Xiao Shizhu's eyes, there was a faint joy.

"There are at least hundreds of ghosts, some demon spirits and the breath of divine servants, most of them divine servants. Although the national teacher Yingying couldn't see, she could clearly perceive that in the wind and sand around her, there was a ghost coming from afar and entering her perception range.

"If you come here, you will be safe, and the presence of ghosts means that our plan will not be in vain. After Xiao Shizhu replied softly, his face was happy in the whistling wind and sand: "Emperor Xudu can wash his neck and wait for me to lead the troops back to get his head." ”。

A moment after Xiao Shizhu finished speaking, a black shadow flashed in the yellow sand in front of him and landed in front of Xiao Shizhu. The earth trembled slightly under the rumbling sound, and Xiao Shizhu looked up, only to see a beast soul as huge as a tiger, but like a giant dog, already standing in front of him.

"The fire-swallowing dog recorded in the ancient books?" Xiao Shizhu looked at the beast soul in front of him, only to see that the beast soul was covered in long hairs and red like fire, fluttering in the strong wind, like a ball of flames.

And the big red nose kept spitting out a scorching heat wave, and rushed towards Xiao Shizhu. A pair of big vicious eyes were looking at him with bad intentions. And in the cracked mouth, there are two rows of interlaced red and yellow fangs, each shaped like a scimitar.

Before coming, Xiao Shizhu flipped through all the ghost books about Huangquan in the Nine Shadows Kingdom. I have a one-sided understanding of the terrain, creatures and other knowledge in the Yellow Spring.

And the beast soul named Fire Swallower in this is a kind of beast soul mentioned in the ghost book about the creatures in the Yellow Spring. It is said that it can swallow flames alive, feed on flames, and can turn the ghost qi in the body into flames and spit them out.

What's even more ridiculous is that the book records that at first, the ancient gods created this beast soul completely on a whim. Their original intention was probably to create an ignition device that could be carried around, so that ghosts who could not use fire could feel the light and warmth anytime and anywhere.

The original intention and starting point are good, but then I don't know if the manufacturing process is wrong, the fire swallower is violent by nature, bloodthirsty and bloodthirsty, it is difficult to tame, and it burns the mountains and forests at every turn, almost turning the underworld into a scorched earth. So the ancient gods threw the fire-swallowing dogs into the Yellow Spring.

Since then, there will be no more fire-eating dogs in the underworld.

The fire-devouring dog in front of Xiao Shizhu opened his eyes, and the giant dog stepped on, and dust rose under its claws. Looking up further, I saw that the rider riding on the back of the Fire Swallower was a very rugged-looking human soul man. Without a shirt, he exposed his bare back and chest, and scars of different lengths were all over the horizontal, which was eye-catching. In addition, the knotted muscles on his arms, the thick and thick beard on his face, and a pair of big copper bells and eyes all add a bit of power and domineering to this person's soul.

But there are still some differences with ordinary human souls. This ghost's ears are so big that they are completely a pair of ears with deep earnails.

More demons surrounded them, some riding fire-spitting beasts, others on foot. In an instant, Xiao Shizhu and other ghosts were surrounded.

And these ghosts not only have different appearances, but also have a variety of weapons in their hands. There is a meteor hammer with a round head or melon-shaped head, and there are three small claws at the top of the long handle, like the claws of birds, and a sharp and sharp vajrapani. There are also huge iron axes and so on.

There are even some ghosts who put on their hands iron hand armor that looks terrifying, like a sharp monster's claws, and uses that hand armor as a weapon.

Xiao Shizhu and the others looked closely, it was not difficult to find that the ghosts who surrounded them, whether they were demon souls or human souls, or divine servants who were similar to human souls, all had many scars crisscrossed their bodies, and most of them did not wear clothes on their upper bodies, and most of their clothes were made of beast soul skins;

On the contrary, it is Xiao Shizhu and them, dressed in cloth clothes and lined with soft armor, who look a little outstanding.

Xiao Shizhu looked curious, but forgot to explain the meaning. Except for Ying Ying, who was blind, the other ghosts all looked at the sturdy and strong ghost soldiers around them with curious eyes.

And those ghost soldiers have been silent, scanning Xiao Shizhu and them with vigilant eyes.

"Father. Just after the two sides were silent and confronted each other for a long time, a tall little ghost, the beast walked in front of Xiao Shizhu, and after the bearded strong man was beside him, he carried the bright and heavy giant axe in his hand to his shoulder, and said in a rough voice to the bearded man: "Sure enough, just like the great witch's divination, there will be ghosts from the underworld to break into the Yellow Spring today." ”。

After speaking, this little ghost glared at Xiao Shizhu, who was calm and calm, and couldn't help but feel a little curious in his heart. I don't know why this ghost can be so calm after being surrounded?

Immediately afterwards, this little ghost found that it was not just Xiao Shizhu. And so it was with the demons that followed him. The suspicion and curiosity in my heart are even stronger.

"Is there a ghost from the underworld?" To be on the safe side, the bearded strong man still looked at Xiao Shizhu and them, and asked again.

His son's voice was not small, and his voice was like thunder, deafening. The words were like roars, shaking the surrounding wind and the flying sand grains whirling around.

"Yes......" Xiao Shizhu nodded his head, but before he finished speaking, the other party raised his hand, and the ghost soldiers who surrounded them immediately took arrows and drew bows, and the bright arrows were aimed at Xiao Shizhu and them.

Don't give Xiao Shizhu at all, Dao Ming's purpose for coming to Huangquan.

"Execute immediately!" The bearded man suddenly opened his eyes with anger in his eyes, and after snorting angrily, he put his hand at Xiao Shizhu and waved it forward. As soon as the bowstrings in the hands of the surrounding ghost soldiers were loosened, the sharp sound of swishing resounded in the yellow sand flying in the sky.

Xiao Shizhu saw a spark of hatred burst out from the eyes of the bearded strong man......

Yin Cao Difu Yuque Palace.

In the Juexiang Garden, next to the common recital case between the ghost mother and Xiao Shizhu, a small memoranine was also set up, which was specially used for Xiao Fuling's office during the prison period.

After dinner, Xiao Fuling went out of Juexiangyuan to walk around and came back, sat down behind the recital, and began to do the work she should do.

All kinds of birds in the Juexiang Garden, no longer crying happily, turned their heads to the wings, covered their heads and fell asleep, and the main building of the Danying carved tree became much quieter. Among the strange flowers and grasses, the centipede beads inlaid on the palace lamp gradually brightened up under the darker and darker sky.

The exotic flowers and plants are still delicate under the soft light emitted by the centipede beads.

However, the work assigned to Xiao Fuling by the ghost mother is not too difficult. Most of them are things that have rules to follow, as long as Xiao Lingling reviews them according to the rules and regulations, and then sends them out, things will not go wrong.

It's not just a day when it's completely dark, Xiao Fuling finished all her work today, she stood up, stretched comfortably, beckoned to Qinglan on the side, picked up the stack of notebooks on the table, stuffed them into Qinglan's arms, and said, "Send these out immediately." ”。

After Qing Lan nodded in response, she turned around and walked out of the main building of Juexiang Garden with the stack of notebooks in her arms.

Xiao Fuling walked slowly to her mother's side, watched the ghost mother approve the performance, and sighed: "It's still a pleasure to go into battle to kill the enemy; ”。

Hearing this, the ghost mother put down the red pen in her hand, looked up at her daughter, and after revealing a gentle smile, she raised her hand and rubbed her daughter's head: "Managing a country can't just go on the horse to fight the world, but also get off the horse to rule the world." It is much more difficult to rule the world than to fight the world. ”。

"Really?" Xiao Lingling muttered, tilted her head slightly and thought about it for a while, but also felt reasonable, so she nodded slowly.

However, her personality is more like Xiao Shizhu, and she is a human soul who can't sit still. Relatively speaking, she prefers to fight the world right away. There is a little lack of patience for the matter of ruling the world from the horse.

"It's normal that you're still young, and you don't have much patience for the work of governing the world. The ghost mother smiled and said, "When you grow up a little more, you won't feel bored about governing the country when you grow up." ”。

Xiao Fuling grinned and nodded obediently.

Then she seemed to think of something again, and after a roll of her eyes, she waved her hand to Chen Ruo beside the ghost mother, signaled the other party to step back, lay down in the ghost mother's ear, and asked quietly: "Mother, I have something very incomprehensible." How did you reject Uncle Lu Wu's proposal to let a few students from the academy join the palaces under the jurisdiction of the six officials this morning, and instead let Jiang Ziwen's nomination pass?"

After saying this, Xiao Lingling removed her mouth from the ghost mother's ear, and her eyes rolled a few more times, flooding with suspicion and confusion.

When she went to school in the school palace, she knew that the ghosts nominated by Lu Wu this morning were all top students in the Nine Shadows Kingdom School Palace, who were praised by her classmates and teachers, and they were not the kind of nerds who could only memorize, but they were still very capable of doing things.

Although the ghosts recommended by Jiang Ziwen are also the same. But Xiao Fuling just couldn't understand why her mother suddenly favored one over the other.

And Lu Wu has always been her Xiao family's right-hand man, and she has always been devoted to the affairs of the Xiao family, loyal and hard-working. Xiao Shizhu has commented on Lu Wu many times, comparable to Xiao He when the Han Dynasty was founded. And for the front-line transfer grain storage, supply equipment. and Li Shanchang, who governs the rear, harmonizes the army and the people, and makes the upper and lower levels safe, and is not inferior to Zhu Yuanzhang. Xiao Fuling always felt that the ghost talent recommended by Lu Wu would definitely not be bad, so after the ghost mother rejected Lu Wu, she had doubts and stayed away for a long time.

"For checks and balances. Chen Ruo had already gone out, and only their mother and daughter were left in the main building, and the ghost mother thought about it and didn't plan to hide it, so she said it.

When Xiao Fuling heard this, she was even more confused. The incomprehensible color lingering in the eyes does not decrease but increases.

"In today's country, the DPRK and China are divided into two major factions. Before Xiao Fuling had time to think about it, the ghost mother said slowly: "One faction is the old minister who started from Shuoyue Island with me and your father, led by ghosts such as Lu Wu Chunyun and Ying Zhao. Because they have always been loyal, and they are the original courtiers, their power is second only to me and your father. And the other faction is composed of ministers and generals, and this faction is the ghost captives and Tanuki Tianying, these old ministers and veterans of the ghost country who have been destroyed by our country. The demons of this faction are also loyal, but their power is too small. Because their power is too small, the other faction will have no fear if they have time. ”。