On the western border of the Nine Shadows Kingdom, there are countless towering mountain ranges that rise up suddenly, and the seats are connected together, stretching from north to south.

It is connected into a natural barrier, separating the east and west, and separating the Nine Shadows Kingdom and the Zhurong Kingdom.

Lush forests, strange rocks, cliffs, and dangerous waters are all over these endless mountains that are surrounded by layers of clouds and mist all year round.

Among the many dangerous roads in the mountains, the western junction of Fengdui County and Juxing County is the most famous, which winds and extends in the mountains, is no more than five inches wide, dark and dark, and has many abrupt strange stones.

It emerges from the mountains that are surrounded by cliffs on both sides, connecting Fengdu County and Juxing County in the east of the current Nine Shadows Kingdom, and Chiyuan County in the west of Zhurong Kingdom.

Why this valley is called this name is impossible to verify because of its age, but since ancient times, this place has also been a place of contention for Zhurong and Gonggongguo.

It is said that a long, long time ago, the Gonggong also sent infantry to quietly march westward along this valley at night to raid Zhurongguo; Zhurong, who thought that the infantry of the Gonggong Army was weak and did not take precautions, was caught off guard, and in a panic, Zhurongguo lost tens of thousands of people in a blink of an eye.

Since then, Zhu Rongguo has strengthened the defense of the west entrance of this valley, so that the Gonggong State has not been able to take advantage of this dangerous road to go deep into Zhu Rongguo. It is precisely because of this battle that the three words of Moth Valley have gradually spread throughout the ten continents of the underworld with the deeds of this raid, and they have been talked about by the ghosts of the underworld.

Now, the general of the Nine Shadows Kingdom, Loess, personally led 3,000 soldiers to be stationed in the east of the valley, refusing to wish the Rong army in the west of the valley, so that it could not go further.

After Loess came here, he used Xiao Shizhu to allocate funds for him to rebuild the pass, and recruited nearby construction craftsmen and people to work overtime to rebuild the moth pass.

After staying with Xiao Shizhu for a long time, under the teaching of words and deeds, Loess also learned one or two clever ways to build a city quickly. For example, he used local materials or something, and because of this, in just one month, he not only rebuilt the Moth Pass built on the main road at the mouth of the valley, but also built a camp on the top of the hill on the north and south sides of the pass.

Both camps were built from local materials and were made of large patches of stone from the nearby mountains. Not only is the structure sturdy and mighty, but it also saves money and labor.

And it is unique, like a city wall, according to the ridge of the mountain, like a huge coiling dragon, winding along the mountain to the west.

The wall-like camp is divided into two layers, and the lower layer is stockpiled with grain, grass, ammunition, oil, rolling stones, etc. The upper garrison, every two zhang on the side of the valley, there is an arrow window. On the top floor, there are also wall buttresses and beacon towers, in addition, the loess is also between the wall buttresses, erected dozens of tiger squat cannons.

There is a trail in the east around, circling up until the east gate of the camp, the rest are precipices;

If Wu Hui dares to take advantage of this to advance eastward, this mere 3,000 soldiers can make him come and go. If the human soul dies in the underworld, it can also leave a corpse, and the loess can guarantee that the corpses of Wu Hui's army will fill this valley.

But after the completion of the rebuilding of the pass, the more the loess wondered, knowing that the defense of this place had become impregnable because of his arrival, Wu Hui had set up an army of 100,000 troops in the west of the valley. All of them are the main force of Bi Fang's army in other countries, and they have the potential to rush into this valley and compete with the loess.

This made the loess head think about it, and he couldn't come up with an ugly one. He was bored all day long, and his face naturally did not get much better, and his sergeants did not dare to ask more questions, and when they saw him, they all went around.

That day and night, after patrolling the loess camp, he returned to his command room, just took off his shoes and socks, and was about to fall asleep, when the personal soldiers guarding the door went straight inside, and after standing still in front of him, he arched his hand and said urgently: "General, there is a secret order from Marshal Chunyun." ”。

"Where?" Loess suddenly stood up, took a step forward barefoot, and said eagerly: "Don't show it to me yet." ”。

"Yes. The sergeant nodded and said, turning his palm back, and there was an extra wax pill in his palm.

Loess took the wax pill and waved his hand to signal that the sergeant could retreat.

When the sergeant turned to leave, he eagerly twisted the wax pill, took out a note from it, and opened it by the light.

After taking a closer look, Loess smacked his lips slightly, and the frowning brows that were still frowning between the slight jaws had been unfolded, and the previous sad face had also disappeared with the eyebrows.

He clenched his right hand tightly and clutched the crumpled note in the palm of his hand.

And on the note, there were only a few crosses: "The lord has an order, ordering you to recruit troops on the spot and train them, and always reconnoiter the movements of Wu Hui's army; once the army goes north, immediately send troops out of Zhurongguo." ”......

In the city of Duxi, the Marshal Mansion of Chunyun is located in the middle of the city, opposite the Yamen of the county guard. Placed in the middle of the city, the winding back garden is quiet, which is diametrically opposed to the noise outside the mansion.

In the courtyard of Baihui Hanying, the seven-colored butterflies that dare to stay in the world without permission are dancing around the flowers and plants, and the breeze is slowly falling, and the flowers and herbs are gently swaying, with bursts of refreshing fragrance.

Xiao Shizhu and the ghost mother were sitting in the thatched pavilion in the courtyard, and there were four small tea cups on the round table made of bamboo strips in front of them. It contains sugar water, vinegar, tea and chili water.

In recent days, the Shuai Mansion has not strengthened its guards because of their arrival, but everything is business as usual, but no ghost knows that Xiao Shizhu and the ghost mother live in this Shuai Mansion.

The two phoenixes raised by the ghost mother, after circling around the small courtyard, landed on the plane tree outside the pavilion, leaned over and bowed their heads, kept looking into the pavilion, curious.

From time to time, he blinked his eyes, opened his mouth and stuck out his tongue to make an elegant cry like a hole flute.

Xiao Shizhu grabbed the cuff of his right sleeve with his left hand, held the chopsticks in his right hand, put the chopsticks into the sugar water and dipped them gently, then got up and handed the chopsticks to the mouth of Poria Cocos in the arms of the ghost mother opposite: "Come, you have to taste the sweet and sour, and you can't leave anything behind." ”。

The ghost mother smiled lightly and watched quietly.

Xiao Fuling glanced at it curiously, then stretched out her head to suck on the chopsticks, and then giggled happily, dancing her white and tender little hands.

"It's sweet, let's have some sourness. Xiao Shizhu smiled, retracted his hand again, and dipped the chopsticks in the vinegar little by little.

When he put the chopsticks to Poria Cocos' mouth again, Poria thought it was sweet sugar water again, and hurriedly opened his mouth to hold it. The next second later, he suddenly frowned, choked up after spitting out his chopsticks, and then sobbed.

"Don't cry, don't cry. Seeing this, the ghost mother was anxious for a while, and her eyes suddenly flashed with distress, and she hurriedly took the tearful Poria into her arms, patted her back gently, and comforted her repeatedly. ”。

After all, he never stretched out his hand.

"That's when the sour makes you cry. Xiao Shizhu smiled disapprerovingly, and said confidently: "Then there is still bitterness and spicy in the back." ”。 But in exchange for the ghost mother's glare.

As soon as the words fell, I saw Chunyun walking past the courtyard gate not far away, and was coming towards the fast walk. Xiao Shizhu put away his smile, gave the ghost mother a look, quietly reached into the tea cup filled with chili water, dipped all ten fingers in chili water, and stood up.

"The lord, the mother of the country. At this time, Chunyun happened to come to stand outside the pavilion, and arched his hand: "Changqin came to the minister again and asked to see the lord; ”。

"Well, you're doing a great job. Xiao Shizhu nodded his head, waved his hand, and said, "Go and invite him in." ”。

"No. Chunyun answered and turned away.

Xiao Shizhu put his finger on it again, dipped it in some chili water, and wiped it on the side of his eyes without hesitation;

"Don't you want me to cry?" Xiao Shizhu instantly turned red

's eyes, hot and painful, made him gasp and instinctively compare his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "I can't cry, of course I can only do this." ”。

The ghost mother was slightly stunned, her body trembled, and her heart suddenly tightened; Xiao Shizhu was too hard, but she was speechless for a while, and she didn't know what to say.

"Go down. Xiao Shizhu, who took a few more breaths of cold air, waved his hand to the ghost mother who wanted to stop talking, and after smearing some chili pepper on his eyelids, he closed his eyes vigorously to prevent tears from flowing out in advance.

After a while, when the footsteps of the ghost mother were far away, he opened his eyes slightly, groped for those tea cups in his hands, and threw them into the flowers and grass outside the pavilion, and came to a "corpse destruction".

After another moment, Xiao Shizhu faintly heard Chunyun's voice not far away: "Prince please." ”。 Xiao Shizhu suddenly knew that it was Changqin who came. So he hurriedly brewed his emotions, raised his right hand and grabbed the placket of his chest tightly, and cried loudly: "Brother Zhurong, Brother Zhurong, you said that you are also a hero of the world, why were you framed by Wu Hui, the villain?"

While speaking, he blinked a few times quickly, and with the stimulation of chili water, tears suddenly rained down.

Changqin, who had just walked into the courtyard, stopped when he heard the sound, and hurriedly ran away, and saw Xiao Shizhu sitting alone in the pavilion not far away, beating his chest.

Changqin couldn't help but be stunned, and hurriedly turned his head and looked at Chunyun with suspicious eyes.

The prince smiled. Without waiting for him to ask, Chunyun said in a low voice: "After my lord heard that Ling Zun was murdered by Wu Hui, his mood has been unstable. ”。

When Changqin heard this, his heart warmed, and he hurriedly pulled his legs to the Maoting Pavilion and walked quickly.

As soon as he stepped into the pavilion, he saw Xiao Shizhu's red eyes shining with tears, the tears on his face were clear, and his eyebrows were full of grief and indignation, and he couldn't help but be moved again, and at the same time aroused the grief in his heart.

"It's ......" Changqin choked up, knelt in front of Xiao Shizhu on both knees, and sobbed: "Please ask the Nine Shadows King to make the decision for me." ”。