The two-headed snake crawled on the branch of the locust tree in the small courtyard, and the three-legged black fell from the sky and landed on the locust tree, grabbing the two-headed snake with its claws, and screaming and spreading its wings and flying high.

Chen Ruo walked out of the side room in this small courtyard with a fruit plate, and saw the anxious Qinglan, walking back and forth under the shrine.

"ADHD, you?" Chen Ruo greeted him and said jokingly, "Do you want to find a powerful ghost doctor and prescribe some medicine for you?"

Qing Lan stopped her rapid journey, pulled Chen Ruo to the side, and said urgently: "Chen Ruo, maybe it's not good, a Xuanjiao disciple came an hour ago, and handed the lord a secret letter under the gods, and the lord's face suddenly changed, and he was shocked and angry. Now that he has gone back to the shrine for an hour, he won't let us go into the shrine, saying that he wants to talk to **, do you think something will happen?".

"What can happen?" Chen Ruo was heartless, and said disappreciably: "** With the lord, what's wrong with chatting about some whispering and intimate words?"

Qing Lan stomped her foot anxiously: "No, I suspect that the secret letter is the death of the little master." ”。

"Impossible, right?" Chen Ruo was stunned for a moment, frowned and said, "Didn't you say it?

"It's in vain to tell you, now there is no rebellion at home and no invasion abroad, and the lord is furious when he sees the secret letter, I guess he can only see the death of the little master. And I woke up this morning with my eyelids jumping non-stop. Qinglan didn't stop walking again, circling back and forth around Chenruo.

Chen Ruo thought about it along his lines, and felt that it was very likely that this would be the case, and he suddenly felt that it was not good.

also followed Qinglan outside the shrine, like an ant on a hot pot, walking back and forth anxiously.

In the midst of the gods, the ghost mother looked at her husband who sat up from the bed, and asked cautiously, "Who are you going to cut with a thousand knives?"

"Tu Yaoqing. Xiao Shizhu, who was saying word by word, narrowed his eyes after stopping his tears, and his eyes were full of murder.

The ghost mother's heart skipped a beat when she heard this, this was what she was most worried about before.

Tu Yaoqing couldn't be killed, and at first, the ghost mother was not angry, and she couldn't wait to cut Tu Yaoqing with a thousand knives and chop it into meat puree. But after calming down, she thought about it carefully, this Tu Yaoqing was not only Xiao Shizhu's concubine, but also a bridge connecting the Nine Shadows Kingdom and the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom. From the very beginning, this political marriage was destined to make Tu Yaoqing have such a talisman.

It should be said that it is more appropriate to say that the iron roll is not to die.

If Xiao Shizhu had to kill Tu Yaoqing at this time, it would not be impossible to kill Tu Yaoqing regardless of everything, but it would give some radicals in the Qingqiu Fox Country an excuse to provoke a war.

This is Tu Yaoqing's fault, but these radicals will not care.

And it's not that the Nine Shadows Kingdom is afraid of the Qingqiu Fox Country, it's just that this will ruin the reputation of the Nine Shadows Kingdom. How those radicals would slander the Nine Shadows Kingdom, the Ghost Mother didn't have to think hard to know that these radicals would do this first.

The Nine Shadows Kingdom is at a critical juncture in negotiations with the Northern Yin Dynasty, and this kind of extraneous branch is no better than having it.

"You get rid of your breath first. The ghost mother grabbed Xiao Shizhu's hand clenched into a fist. The nails had penetrated deep into the flesh of the palms, and wisps of ghost blood oozed from between the fingers.

The ghost mother looked distressed and convulsed, broke Xiao Shizhu's fingers hard, and shouted urgently: "Ghost doctor, ghost doctor." Come on. ”......

The wind howled incessantly, blowing through the scattered vermilion trees and ganhua trees on the yellow earth.

The red branches of the vermilion wood swayed in the wind, and the cyan petals on the flowers fell with the wind.

The Ganhua tree, which has red branches and stems, has golden leaves before autumn. The golden leaves in the cloudy light are like yellow waves.

Today's Howling Wind Plains is no longer a desolation as far as the eye can see. After completely taking over this land from the Nine Shadows Kingdom, Xiao Shizhu asked Julong, the son of Gonggong, to come up with a plan to green this place.

And Julong's method is to plant several suitable trees in this dry land with little rain. One is the vermilion wood that does not decay easily after death, and has the saying of "born for a thousand years, dead for a thousand years". So that the Nine Shadows can use this to build more oars and masts.

There are also hard and practical furniture.

One is the sweet tree and ganhua tree that can nourish the body after the fruit is eaten.

These trees were suitable for growing on the Howling Plains, and with the fact that the Spiritual Canal was subsequently built over the Plains, the wilderness was no longer as desolate and barren as it had been.

The curse set by the old gods in the past has been broken.

Later, with the irrigation of the Ling Canal, the local ghost people were also able to grow a kind of rice from the Yin Cao Difu on a large scale, and the color was yellow rice like golden grains.

The taxes are not high, the local ghosts are no longer hungry, and the ghost people who live here have also pledged their allegiance to the Nine Shadows.

In addition, the mineral veins here are abundant, even if you don't farm, you can go to the mines of the imperial court to be a miner, and your pockets are not suffocated. Law and order has also improved, and the local ghost people have become more loyal.

There are also ghosts from other places who are willing to move here, and the whole plain is more lively than before.

On the underworld path leading to Howling Wind City, the capital of Howling Wind County, a team of guards guarded a chariot and slowly moved forward on the straight underworld.

It was not his ghost sitting in the car, it was Xiao Shizhu's concubine Lai Yueqi. Accompanying her was Xiao Fuling, who looked left and right, and was curious about everything.

When she followed Xiao Shizhu on her personal expedition, she walked to Shentou County, but she saw the Howling Wind Plain through the big trench. At that time, the Howling Wind Plains were still desolate.

Now it is an oasis, and the plain is no longer only gray-yellow barren, but Xiao Lingling is overwhelmed. In particular, the variety of trees and the yellow rice farmland that are connected together always open Xiao Poria's eyes.

After walking for a long time, the cloudy sun overhead had already set in the east, and another scenery appeared in front of Xiao Fuling's eyes.

Not far in front of her, on the edge of the underworld, there was a shaft, neatly arranged on the side of the road. There is a roller horizontally on each wellhead, but it is no rope and no pocket.

This is exactly what is not uncommon in the Howling Wind Plains.

Since entering the Howling Plains, such mines are not uncommon. Square, round, all of them.

In addition, there are some various cavernous mines carved out of the sand dune rock walls, as large as urns and as small as small windows.

In short, along the way, what Xiao Lingling saw the most was not the yellow rice farmland that was a local specialty, but these various mines.

But now the mine that Xiao Fuling saw was a little strange. Not only were there no sheds, no miners, no officials and no guards, but even the wells were filled with sand and gravel, piled up on the top of the wellhead.

"Mother. Xiao Fuling, who had been watching for a long time, looked at the open car window, looked at Lai Yueqi who was sitting by the window, frowned and asked, "Why are these mines different from what I saw before?"

As he spoke, he looked at the road around him, a mine with sharp sand and gravel clods piled up on the wellhead.

Lai Yueqi also looked as far as Xiao Fuling's eyes could see, and also saw those strange mines.

At this moment, Xiao Fuling then frowned and said, "Look at those mines, they seem to be filled. ”。

"Hmm. Lai Yueqi nodded and said, "These are the mineshafts that have been filled, and they have been abandoned." ”。

"It's a good mine, why did it get landfilled?" Xiao Lingling asked again.

Lai Yueqi smiled faintly, Xiao Lingling really couldn't ask her about this matter. Lai Yueqi has been in charge of the Ordnance Supervisor for many years, and although the Ordnance Superintendent does not care about the minerals, the minerals needed to make weapons come from these mines. Lai Yueqi knows a thing or two about the mine system of the Nine Shadows Kingdom.

smiled at his daughter at the moment, and explained: "According to China's regulations, all mines on the veins, whether they are government-run or private, must have a diameter of no more than five feet for small wells and no more than one zhang for large wells. The distance between small wells shall not be shorter than one zhang, and the large wells shall not be shorter than three zhang. As for the depth, the depth of the small well shall not exceed 50 zhang, and the depth of the large well shall not exceed 120 zhang. ”。

Speaking of this, Lai Yueqi paused, and took advantage of this to look at the roadside mines passing by. After visually inspecting the size and distance of the wellheads without violating the rules, he added: "These mines are filled, or the internal construction of the mines is not in accordance with the rules, and they have been found and sealed by the inspection officials sent by the Winter Palace of Water and Soil Affairs." But there are no seals and notices nearby, so it won't be an internal violation, but I'm afraid that it has been dug to the specified depth and is forced to stop. ”。

"But in order to prevent the demons from plotting to make huge profits from the minerals, they took the risk of opening the mine again. Officers and soldiers would transport earth, rock, and sand, and fill it in. After handing the kettle to Xiao Fuling outside the window, Lai Yueqi added: "In this way, this is what we see now." ”。

"Oh. Xiao Fuling, who suddenly realized, bowed her head slightly.

She then opened the lid of the kettle, took a sip of the water, and said, "I haven't heard my father and princess say that at this time, I still followed my mother out today, but I have gained knowledge." ”。

"My mother only understands this, and if you ask again, my mother will be asked by you. Lai Yueqi said and smiled.

"But why are there such cumbersome rules?" Xiao Fuling didn't give up, her curiosity seemed to be endless, and she asked after thinking about it.

"You're going to ask me before you stop. Lai Yueqi smiled unabated, looked at Xiao Fuling and said, "Ask until I can't answer?"

Xiao Fuling immediately blinked mischievously and stuck out her tongue, and said with a smile: "Mother, I am called learning endlessly, my father and mother have not educated me, if I don't understand, just ask." I've already asked, don't hesitate to give advice. ”。

"Okay, okay, just ask if you don't understand. Lai Yueqi was also very patient, and said to her daughter Xiao Fuling at the moment: "Because if you dig down, the soil and rocks above will loosen." The safety of ghost workers in the mine is difficult to guarantee. Although some construction technologies in China can still ensure that the mine at a depth of 100 zhang does not collapse. But if you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what if, so your father and the officials of the Winter Palace, the technical Baigong and Sikong Julong discussed this depth together. At that time, you were still a child who had to be supported to walk, so naturally you didn't know this. In addition, you are in the school palace, majoring in self-cultivation and governing the country and leveling the world, without involving engineering and water conservancy, it is not strange if you don't know, and there is no need to learn these. ”。

"My mother said that you don't have a lot of skills, and it's good to have a long experience. Xiao Fuling grinned, and saw more than a dozen carriages coming from the other side of the underworld.

The carriage of the car is not capped, and you can see that the car is carrying earth and rock, and it came to the edge of the mine and stopped.

Xiao Fuling watched the carriages, and when the carriages stopped, the groom and the strong men accompanying them grabbed shovels and flat baskets and jumped down, opened the back of the carriage, and began to shovel the earth.

After Xiao Lingling ordered the team to stop for the time being, she headed towards the iron fence in the middle of the underworld.

After standing on the edge of the iron fence, she asked curiously to the busy ghosts on the opposite side of the iron fence, "What are you going to do?"

"Fill the well. One of the ghosts replied.