Xiao Shizhu and the personal guards of the ghost soldiers were all over the forest on the cloud cliff, hiding in the shadows of the trees swaying in the wind, almost guarding Xiao Shizhu and the ghost mother every step of the way.

The mountain wind blew gustingly, and the sound of pine waves echoed above the cloud cliff.

These guards are still some distance away from Xiao Shizhu.

Even if there was no sound of wind and waves, these guards would not be able to hear what Xiao Shizhu and Ying Zhao said. Of course, they don't care.

Just with a vigilant and focused gaze, he looked around.

In the mountain wind, Xiao Shizhu, who was sitting in the screen, chatted with Ying Zhao for a long time about military strategic decisions before he brought the topic to home.

The two ghosts chatted for a long time, chatting happily and having fun.

Laughter and laughter came from behind the screen.

"Yingzhao, why don't you bring the shadow too. Just when Xiao Shizhu and Ying Zhao were chatting happily, the ghost mother, who had never interjected on the side, suddenly said to Ying Zhao: "I haven't seen her for many years, you should also take her to Yuque City to have a look and take a walk." ”。

"My girls ......" Ying Zhao said excitedly, and forgot to use the proper words for a while, but fortunately found out in time, and hurriedly changed his words, saying: "The insider in my family is a person who doesn't like to go out." In the past, I went to the farthest place, which was Fenglin Mountain on Shuoyue Island, and I asked her several times to ask her and me to come to Yuque City for a walk, but she was unwilling. ”。

The ghost mother's eyes rolled, and she gave Ying an idea: "Then you will say next time, I will summon her, will she still come?"

Ying Zhao had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and suddenly felt that this trick worked, raised his hand and slapped his head, laughed, and said, "Why didn't I think of it? Next time, next time I'll say that." ”。

After a pause, Ying Zhao hurriedly looked at Xiao Shizhu, and asked worriedly: "This is not a false transmission of the decree of the mother of the country, right?"

Ying Zhao also knows Xiao Shizhu, his eldest brother is moody, if he doesn't ask clearly, Ying Zhao really doesn't dare to do it.

"Of course not. Xiao Shizhu waved his hand, and said without thinking about it: "In such trivial matters, there is no need to pay attention to so many rules. ”。

With his Xiao Shizhu's words, Yingzhao is much more at ease. It was not too early to see that it was too early, and the business was done, so he got up and said goodbye.

Xiao Shizhu didn't keep him, Yingzhao came all the way, he should have a good rest.

So, let Qinglan order a few guards and a car, and Zai Yingzhao went back to Yuque City first.

Xiao Shizhu got up and walked out of the screen, and after watching Ying Zhao salute, he turned around and went down the mountain.

The ghost mother also stood up and stood beside Xiao Shizhu.

Soon, Yingzhao's figure disappeared in front of Xiao Shizhu and his wife, blending into the mountains and forests under the vast night.

After another moment, Xiao Shizhu raised his hand, and after snapping his fingers gently, in the pine forest not far away, under the shadow, a ghost slowly walked out with a crisp snapping of his fingers, came to Xiao Shizhu's side, and saluted first.

This ghost is Lin Cong, who is neither wearing an official robe nor a pipe hat. It's just a small crown on his head, wearing soft armor, and dressed like a soldier.

Today, Lin Cong is by Xiao Shizhu's side, but he has been hiding in the shadows, responsible for Xiao Shizhu's safety, and can also ensure that he can report the intelligence news from all over the world to Xiao Shizhu at any time.

"Lin Cong. Xiao Shizhu immediately put away the smile on his face, his face calmed down, and at the same time, in a calm tone, he asked casually: "Where did Ying Zhao go before he came to the Yuque Hunting Ground?"

And Xiao Shizhu's eyes still kept looking at the direction of Yingzhao's departure, and his gaze was also very calm.

According to the report of the officials, the marshal Ying Zhao went to the city to eat by himself, and then went to the mansion of Lord Lu Wu, but never entered the mansion. Then I went to the Yamen of the Heavenly Palace and met with the Lord Tianguan, and the time was about two quarters of an hour. Lin Cong recalled the information reported by his subordinates, and told Xiao Shizhu without concealment: "After coming out of the Heavenly Palace Yamen, I met Qinglan, who was sent by you, the king, and was directly brought to the hunting ground. ”。

Yingzhao's entire trip in Yuque City, Lin Cong was clear.

Now, Lin Cong has talked about them one by one, and the ghost mother and Xiao Shizhu are also clear.

"What did Lu Wuying talk about?" Xiao Shizhu thought about it, and asked without hurry.

Lin Cong told all the news and information he got from his subordinates one by one. Including how Lu Wu chatted with Ying Zhao in the main hall of the Ghost Ya, and how he tried to persuade Ying Zhao to join him and put pressure on Xiao Shizhu to establish Xiao Fulei.

Of course, Lin Cong did not have any exaggeration and fabrication, let alone any concealment. How Yingzhao rejected Lu Wu, how did he persuade Lu Wu not to do this, and how Lu Wu angrily smashed the cup after Yingzhao left, and also told Xiao Shizhu in detail.

After listening to Lin Cong's report, Xiao Shizhu sighed lightly, continued to look at the direction where Yingzhao was going, and said leisurely: "This Yingzhao is still so moralistic. If he tells me about this tonight, I'll have to guard against him. But he still didn't say it, he was still so righteous, thinking about protecting Lu Wu. ”。

Lin Cong was a little puzzled, I don't know why Xiao Shizhu said that?

Could it be that Yingzhao is hiding something, or is he loyal?

But the ghost mother knew that the reason why Xiao Shizhu didn't guard against Ying Zhao was not all because Ying Zhao was righteous, but also because Ying Zhao did not take advantage of this to stir up trouble and create estrangement and contradictions.

The key lies in this, if Ying Zhao takes advantage of this to stir up trouble, Xiao Shizhu has to beware of Ying Zhao. This kind of ghost who can provoke trouble is also what Xiao Shizhu hates the most.

The ghost mother knew that she knew, but she didn't break it for Lin Cong, leaving him confused.

"Lu Wu has to watch closely, but don't touch him for the time being. I also need an internal stability now, and there must be no division at this time. After Xiao Shizhu weighed it, he whispered to Lin Cong: "All the handle evidence is kept in your Xuanjiao in the highest secret. I'll get it from you when it's useful, so keep a little bit of it. ”。

Lin Cong no longer speculated about Xiao Shizhu's words before, and after calming down, he kept these instructions in mind.

At this moment, Xiao Shizhu had already hugged the ghost mother to his mount, and he also rode on the back of the mount, holding the reins in both hands.

The eyes stepped on the hooves, the hot breath in the nose snorted, and there was a hiss.

"Back to camp. Xiao Shizhu ordered loudly, and the beast rode forward, rushing towards the beast at the bottom of the mountain.

The command echoed in the night wind, drifting into the surrounding woods, and into the hearts of every guard.

Immediately after that, an elite cavalry on horseback rushed out from the shadow of the trees in the forest, and the beast caught up with Xiao Shizhu, followed him and the ghost mother, and rushed towards the bottom of the cliff......

The snow is falling, and the cold is overflowing.

The black snow, as black as opium feathers, fell from the sky above the capital one after another. Between heaven and earth within a radius of hundreds of miles from Yuque City, the yin qi is getting heavier and heavier.

Today's city is more lively than in the past.

The abundant yin qi makes the ghosts in the city full of energy. In all the open night markets, there are ghosts coming and going, constantly looking for entertainment that can consume their energy in the night market.

Returning to Gong Mingyi in this lively town, he had mixed feelings.

A few years ago, when he set off from here to hold the calf, he was so high-spirited. At that time, Gong Mingyi was arrogant and proud.

Now, Gong Mingyi, who has returned here, is the general of the defeated army, and the culprit who made the Beiyin Dynasty lose power and humiliate the country, and he can no longer be arrogant. Looking at the bustle of the city again, but he was lonely and declining, Gong Mingyi really couldn't raise any interest in the bustle and hustle and bustle of the city.

He followed the ghost officials and ghost soldiers step by step, and kept urging Gong Mingyi to hurry up the mountain with them and enter the Six Heavens Divine Ghost Palace.

said that Emperor Xudu wanted to summon Gong Mingyi, but he did not deliberately explain what he wanted Gong Mingyi to do this summons.

But Gong Mingyi, who didn't say a word and was always silent, had a hunch that going up the mountain this time might not be anything good.

However, Gong Mingyi didn't dare to run. Now he has no soldiers around him, and he doesn't have any friends, only the ghost officials and ghost soldiers who urge him to hurry up, and it is on the street of Xudu, Gong Mingyi can't fly.

He could only bite the bullet and walk towards Luo Yu Mountain.

The wind roared, rolling up the few snowflaps that had not yet landed, lifting them up and flying them higher.

The snowflakes that flew higher and higher finally fell and landed at the gate of the Six Heavens Divine Ghost Palace.

Gong Mingyi, who had been walking on the mountain road for a long time, finally came to the palace gate. He was out of breath, and before he could catch his breath, he was taken into the palace without stopping.

In the palace, the heavenly hall in the north yin is brightly lit.

Emperor Xudu sat in the depths of the main hall, staring at the goose feather snow falling from the sky outside the open gate.

In these years, it is rare to see clear skies. Most of the time, it's either a downpour of lightning and thunder, or a cold wind howling and snow falling all over the sky.

With such abnormal weather, even the old ghost of Emperor Xudu was seen for the first time in his life.

However, he was not too worried about this, and he didn't care too much.

Wear more on rainy days, bake on snowy days, and Emperor Xudu didn't take it seriously.

Now the same is true, the snowflakes outside the main hall are just a night scene in the eyes of Emperor Xudu.

The subtle anticipation contained in his eyes was not the flying snow rolled up in the cold wind outside.

And the eighteen generals of the inner division newly promoted and formed by the Emperor Xudu also came to the hall without any absence, and sat on the left and right sides in front of the Emperor Xudu.

The eighteen ghosts sitting on the ground were silent, and they were sitting in danger.

In the silent hall, the eighteen ghosts of the eighteen generals of the inner division, even if they were sleepy and tired, did not dare to yawn, so they could only endure and drink some strong tea to dispel the heavier and heavier sleepiness.

However, if they knew what Gong Mingyi, the human soul who was going to come here next, would bring to Emperor Xudu, maybe they wouldn't be so idle, and thus sleepiness would breed.

Several ghosts sat for a long time, and finally waited for the protagonist of today's hall, the human soul that Emperor Xudu was going to summon - Gong Mingyi.

In the wind and snow, Gong Mingyi, who was wearing regular clothes, slowly crossed the threshold and walked into the main hall.

The ghost officers and ghost soldiers who sent him here turned around and left.

Gong Mingyi, who was trembling, came to the emperor of Xudu step by step under the gaze of all the ghosts with unfamiliar faces in the hall, except for the Emperor Xudu, and after standing still in a place about a foot away, he bent his knees without hesitation and knelt on the ground.

After kowtowing suddenly, Gong Mingyi said to the Emperor Xudu with tears and sobs: "Gong Mingyi, the criminal minister, meet the Emperor." ”。

As soon as these words came out, the eighteen generals in the temple immediately cheered up.

Only then did they know that the soul of the man with a broken arm in front of them, who was not good-looking and dressed without the slightest appearance of an official, was Gong Mingyi, who had already appeared in the Beiyin Dynasty Song Bentang newspaper many times.

is also the culprit who lost the battle and made the Beiyin Dynasty lose face and lose face to his grandmother's house.

It's just that the eighteenth general of the inner division did not feel that Gong Mingyi was ashamed.

After all, his defeat was not complete, he almost knocked down Shuoyue Island, and pried open the horizontal gate between the Nine Shadows Kingdom and the Northern Yin Dynasty.

In this regard, the eighteenth general of the internal division still admires Gong Mingyi.

The gaze they landed on Gong Mingyi, who was kneeling on the ground, was more or less full of admiration.

Even if the eighteen generals of the Inner Division had never been on the battlefield, they knew how fiercely Gong Mingyi fought on Shuoyue Island.

However, in ten years, the Nine Shadows Kingdom under the leadership of Xiao Shizhu, the military strength and scientific and technological strength have advanced by leaps and bounds, and the Northern Yin Dynasty, which is already in the waning mountains, can only look up from afar, and can no longer compare with each other.

Coupled with a strong economy, vast territory, and population support, the war machine of the Nine Shadows Kingdom will be unstoppable once it is in operation, and it will definitely be able to crush all the hostile forces in the underworld today.

In the face of the powerful weapons of the Nine Shadows Country, and the well-trained Nine Shadows Army, Gong Mingyi, who only relied on ghost soldiers and magic skills, was able to defeat the British moves and lose his position one after another, and in the end, only Yuren Village and Xiaoyu Mountain City had not been occupied in the entire Shuoyue Island, which was still a bit capable.

It's just that this kind of ability can only gain a little bit of admiration.

The eighteenth general of the inner division also knows that compared with Gong Mingyi and Xiao Shizhu, there is a difference in strength and ability.

Xiao Shizhu's thinking is rare for millions of years. Its killing is decisive, its judgment is accurate, its vision is clear, etc., and few ghosts can match it.

Compared with Gong Mingyi, if he lives for a thousand more years, he may not be able to compare with Xiao Shizhu.

As everyone knows, this time Gong Mingyi's fanfare and majestic attack was completely demolished by the Nine Shadows Kingdom within half a year, and the credit was not all due to Yingzhao, and the opponent was not just Xiao Shizhu.

and the ghost mother beside Xiao Shizhu who can handle state affairs with him.

And what cheered up these eighteen old ghosts was Gong Mingyi's understanding of the Nine Hidden Kingdoms.

Gong Mingyi, who fought a big war with the Nine Shadows Kingdom, is the ghost who knows the Nine Shadows Country best in the Northern Yin Dynasty, which will also save Gong Mingyi's life.

"You can't do anything wrong, don't be so afraid, I won't kill you. Looking at Gong Mingyi, who was trembling, Emperor Xudu did not be angry, but said in a calm and gentle tone: "The strategy of this battle is correct, but we didn't expect that the rapid development of the Nine Shadows Kingdom has exceeded our imagination. ”。

The anger and ferocity of the past have never appeared in the eyes of today's Emperor Xudu.

He also needs Gong Mingyi, and Gong Mingyi is also valuable to Emperor Xudu.

Hearing this, Gong Mingyi was immediately grateful, and at the same time relieved, a sense of luck brought by grabbing the wood floating in the torrent after falling into the water flowed all over his body.

It took a long time for Gong Mingyi to understand that he was just a chess piece.

"Passing you on is actually a thing. Emperor Xudu leaned on the jade behind him, and stroked the carved dragon and hundred ghost statues on the armrests with his right hand, but he did not let Gong Mingyi flatten, nor did he give him a seat, allowing him to continue to kneel on the ground: "The army of the Nine Shadows Kingdom, what is the magic place at the bottom? Their combat methods, formations, and defensive and offensive strategies. As well as the combat thinking, style and methods of the army of the Nine Shadows Kingdom, etc., you must know. ”。

Gong Mingyi's value also lies in this.

Through this battle, Emperor Xudu found that Xiao Shizhu was not any of his opponents in the past. He simply did not understand this opponent of his own.

Therefore, Gong Mingyi needs to give him some information.

Gong Mingyi was still grateful, and after hearing the words, he hurriedly recalled the entire battle process, and also organized the language, thinking about where to start.