The morning mist had lifted, and the light of the overcast sun shrouded the land, covering every corner.

The blood-red glow shines through the screen behind the antique shop, casting bits of light in the room, and many of them are slowly sprinkled on the delicate and lifelike painting.

Suddenly, the mist that had been hovering between the turquoise rocks in the painting gradually dissipated, and a faint red halo appeared on the surface of the clear stream, as if the weather in the painting was also changing with the weather outside the house. Anyone who sees it has to exclaim that it is magical.

In the shopkeeper's mouth, the words "soul in the painting" were just out of her mouth, and Yingying was a slight change in complexion, and a look of surprise and surprise flashed in her eyes.

Since entering the door, she noticed that the yin qi in the painting was extremely heavy, which was in line with the characteristics of the soul in the legendary painting, and after listening to the boss, she was already seven points sure in her heart, that painting was an ancient spirit in the underworld.

"This is an ancient spirit in the underworld, whose soul cannot be separated from the painting, and lives on the yin qi of the underworld. Xiao Shizhu was slightly stunned, and just before she turned her head and asked Yingying what was the soul in the painting, she had already stepped forward and whispered in Xiao Shizhu's ear in a soft voice that only Xiao Shizhu and she could hear: "But the strange thing about this painting is that although she is a ghost, she can be immortal and immortal without being destroyed in the painting." And her ability is to preserve the memories of every soul that dies in the underworld, and is the preservation and witness of history; when the ancient gods were alive, the spirits such as painting souls and book ghosts were all internal servants who specialized in providing effective strategies for the ancient gods, discussing all kinds of important matters, and also providing them with opinions and suggestions. It is said that the original idea of opening up the human world and creating human beings was put forward by the spirits in these paintings. It wasn't until Emperor Xudu came to power that they were driven out of the Six Heavens Ghost Palace because they were the inner servants of the ancient gods; ”。

Xiao Shizhu was even more pleased when he heard this, and after observing for a while, he smiled at the shopkeeper and asked, "How much does this painting cost?"

The shopkeeper smiled and didn't say anything, just raised his right index finger and shook it lightly in front of Xiao Shizhu's eyes.

"One hundred taels?" Xiao Shizhu asked happily again.

When the shopkeeper heard this, the corners of his mouth immediately rose, and after revealing a disdainful smile, he shook his head and said softly, "No, it's a hundred gold leaves." ”。

"You're poor and crazy, aren't you?" Xiao Shizhu shouted, in the underworld, this gold leaf was equivalent to a hundred taels of silver. The shopkeeper's lion opened his mouth widely, and a painting cost 10,000 taels of silver, which made Xiao Shizhu stunned for a while.

In fact, after listening to Ying Ying's whispers in his ear, he also knew that this painting was worth it, and a hundred gold leaves were indeed worth it. But now he only carries 10,000 taels of silver tickets with him, and if he uses them all to buy this painting, he will not be able to buy gifts for his wives.

"Then send something?" After thinking for a while, Xiao Shizhu had a plan and asked, "Like a bracelet or something?"

The shopkeeper was very puzzled when he heard this, it was the first time he had seen someone come to an antique shop to buy something, and he had to buy one get one free. At the moment, he was unhappy, but he still shook his head with a smile, and then looked Xiao Shizhu up and down, looking at the coarse cloth on the other party's body, and there was disgust hidden in his eyes.

If it weren't for the fact that he had been doing business all year round and had honed his ability to talk about people and ghosts, he really wanted to scold Xiao Shizhu immediately: "You poor ghost, you can't afford to get out!", to get rid of the resentment in his heart.

"Shopkeeper, as far as I know, this painting is a forbidden thing" Xiao Shizhu's eyes flickered, remembering what Ying Ying mentioned just now, this kind of spirit ghost was driven out of the Six Heavens Divine Ghost Palace after the reign of Emperor Xudu, and became an exiled ghost, and he had a plan, and simply said: "Although things are rare and expensive, but you are so blatantly raising the price of forbidden things, isn't it okay?

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the shopkeeper's gloomy face turn iron-blue, and the disgust that had been hidden in the depths of his eyes gradually turned into fear.

Xiao Shizhu suddenly knew that he had hit the nail on the head, so he hurriedly hit the railroad while it was hot: "I don't want you to send more, just give me a pair of bracelets with better color." ”。

After finishing speaking, he squeezed his eyebrows and smiled cheaply, and his face was full of pride.

Hearing the words "forbidden" and "government", the shopkeeper with the horse's face said no more, and secretly gritted his teeth and turned around and walked to the shelves by the counter.

How did he know that he met the owner of the goods today, and he knew that it was a forbidden item, and he dared to buy it, presumably the other party was the owner of some backstage. The shopkeeper had no choice but to consider himself unlucky, so as not to set himself on fire, and it was nothing more than to earn a hundred taels of silver less, and he endured it.

After a while, the shopkeeper took two sandalwood lockets from the shelves.

Xiao Shizhu took the box, opened it one by one and looked at it, but saw that on the brocade cloth in the box, there was an emerald jade bracelet, and the delicate and transparent bracelet had a finely carved double phoenix pattern; So Xiao Shizhu no longer had to make an inch, and nodded with satisfaction.

After handing the box to King Kong, he casually took out a silver ticket of 10,000 taels from his bosom without hesitation.

After seeing clearly that the silver ticket was the silver ticket used in the ten continents of the underworld, the shopkeeper was immediately overjoyed, and swept away the gloom on his face before; his golden eyes stared at the silver ticket, and then his lips trembled, and he rubbed his hands at Xiao Shizhu and smiled again: "From the moment you entered the door, I felt that you were a willing to spend money. ”。 It's really no treacherous business, and turning a book is faster than turning your face.

Xiao Shizhu didn't pay attention to him, but just said to Yingying: "Go and take down the painting." The silver ticket in his hand was never handed to the shopkeeper.

After Yingying went to get the painting and rolled it up, Xiao Shizhu handed the silver ticket to the shopkeeper and turned to leave.

"I see that you are also a master who is willing to spend money for his wife, madam, you are really blessed. After checking the authenticity of the shopkeeper, he hurriedly put away the silver ticket, and looked at Ying Ying, who had turned around, with a smile: "If you need anything in the future, I will definitely give you a discount." The face was full of flattery.

Ying Ying's cheeks flushed when she heard this, and she hurriedly lowered her head, and chased after Xiao Shizhu quickly and silently......

Zhu Rongguo, Bi Fangcheng.

Like most of the vassal states of Xuanyan Continent, Bifang City, which is located in the wilderness, is still windy and dry in winter, and the sun is scorching.

Over time, rain and coolness have become a luxury for the people in the city.

A large number of craftsmen were summoned to the city, and they did not dare to complain in the face of the swearing and whipping of the sergeants and overseers. He had to work under the scorching sun, repairing the ruined houses and roads in the city.

The potholes on these streets, as well as the dilapidated houses that can be seen everywhere in the city, are the result of the fierce battle between Changqin and Wu Hui a few days ago.

On that day, under the protection of the guards, Changqin fought his way out of the palace and escaped from death; he never thought that when he came to the palace, he saw that the soldiers he brought back had been surrounded by the army urgently mobilized by Wu Hui.

After experiencing the battle of the Gonggong Country, and the change he experienced in the palace just now, Changqin has grown a lot. Seeing that the situation was not good, he gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, and shouted to his soldiers: "Kill the rebels, and you are doing the right thing!"

Those soldiers were still wondering how they were surrounded for no reason, but when they heard this, they turned their heads and ran away, and saw Changqin and the guards covered in blood, rushing out of the palace, and immediately guessed that something had happened in the palace.

So he couldn't help but say, raised his weapon and fought with Wu Huijun.

The two sides fought for a whole month inside and outside Bifang City, each with their own strange moves, killing the world in the dark, and almost turning this thousand-year-old city into ruins. It wasn't until five days ago that the fighting stopped, but both sides were defeated.

As soon as the fighting stopped, craftsmen from all over the country were summoned to the national capital by those in power, and those who built roads and houses began to work overtime to repair roads and houses, and those who forged weapons began to forge without stopping, each performing their duties and not daring to be lazy.

Even if the sun is blazing, you can only obediently obey orders.

And because of the blessing of the Fu Seal Forbidden Bright Palace, the Xuanhuo Palace.

Although it was not hot, but cool, Wu Hui, who was in it, still kept pacing back and forth, his face was full of anxiety and irritability, and his rough and majestic lion eyebrows were also tightly wrinkled.

As time passed, his face became more and more anxious and irritable, and he was sweating profusely on his forehead. It's as if those cooling charms and refinements in the palace have all failed.

It wasn't until a young man, who was also a heavy complexion, with big eyes and thick eyebrows, strode in from outside the hall that the anxiety on Wu Hui's face faded a little, but he couldn't help but walk up quickly, and asked eagerly: "How is it, Changfeng." ”。

"Everything is under the control of my father. The face of the human soul named Changfeng was much calmer, and after he stood still in front of Wu Hui, he smiled indifferently and said, "My cousin Changqin really fled to the north. It seems that he really wants to go to the Nine Shadows King. ”。

Wu Hui's frowning brows finally unfolded slowly when he finished speaking, and said in a loud voice: "That's good, that's good." ”。

"I don't understand, father, why did you want to let him go?" Changfeng looked at Wu Huixi's cheeks with a puzzled look: "The Xuanhuo Order has not been obtained yet, and if you fight for another ten days, Changqin will be defeated!"

"If he doesn't escape, how can this king have an excuse to send troops to the Nine Shadows Kingdom?" Wu Hui smiled meaningfully, turned back, and slowly sat down on the throne where Zhu Rong sat in the past, leaning his head on the back of the chair, staring at the burning man and firebird pattern engraved on the ceiling above his head: "And if he doesn't escape to the Nine Shadows Country, our treachery will be confirmed." ”。

"Father, you are saying that in this way, we will have a reason for the Nine Shadows King to hand him over. After Changfeng thought for a while, a puzzled look appeared on his face, and it faded a little: "And if the Nine Shadows King doesn't hand him over, can we blatantly tear up the alliance treaty?"