The forbidden army guarding in front of the palace gate, after looking Gong Mingyi up and down, stretched out his hand to take the holy decree and unfolded it to look at it carefully, and then quickly rolled up the holy decree and handed it back to Gong Mingyi, his eyes moved down to the sword hanging from Gong Mingyi's waist, which was very long and looked slightly heavy: "Hand over the sword, the palace slave will take you into the palace." ”。

When the forbidden soldier said this, a sergeant had already turned around and entered the palace to report.

Gong Mingyi put the holy decree in his hand into his sleeve, and after taking off the sword at his waist without saying a word, he held it in both hands and handed it to the forbidden army.

The forbidden army took the sword and suddenly felt a sinking hand. He gripped the hilt of the sword with one hand and the middle of the scabbard with the other, and slowly drew his sword.

After a flash of cold light, the long sword was unsheathed about two inches, revealing the blade with a wide groove in the middle, which shimmered in the light of the cloudy sun.

Then the forbidden army put the long sword into the sheath again and handed it to the sergeant beside him: "We will keep it for you and return it to you after leaving the palace." ”。

Gong Mingyi nodded silently, and then stood in front of the palace gate, waiting quietly.

Half an hour later, a palace slave wearing a sunflower chest and back collar shirt embroidered with ghost fog patterns on both shoulders followed the forbidden army after a long time of leaving and stood opposite Gong Mingyi.

"Follow me. After this palace slave recognized that the ghost was Gong Mingyi, he took him and walked slowly towards the palace.

Came to the familiar Six Heavens Gods and Ghosts Palace again, looking at the tall palace walls, the stout golden pillars and those majestic palaces, exquisite pavilions and pavilions, Gong Mingyi couldn't be happy.

The deep and compact hall and exquisite attic, the majestic stone carvings and the tall and heavy palace walls, the high platform of white marble and the gold bricks on the ground all silently tell the humiliation that Gong Mingyi endured here in the past.

It was in this deep palace, under these resplendent splendor, that he was forced to lose his male roots, and his body not only became disabled from then on, but he couldn't even do many things that male ghosts could do, leaving only sorrow, shame and distortion of his heart.

When I stepped into the palace again, I felt nothing but humiliation.

It's just that Gong Mingyi has suppressed the sense of humiliation in his heart from beginning to end, and his face has always been filled with a natural smile.

"One day, the world and these splendid palaces will be mine. After saying this secretly, Gong Mingyi continued to smile and followed the palace slave towards the east of the Six Heavens Divine Ghost Palace.

After walking for a long time, they came to the east of a hand-dug lake. However, the lake with a width of hundreds of zhang has sparkling water and winding embankments, and the lake and mountains reflect each other. Strange rocks of different shapes are placed in the lake, and the upper end of the lake is full of countless large and small stone caves.

The wind is rolling in, and when the strange rocks blow across the lake, there will be bursts of crying sound on the lake, and the ears are endless. Like the cry and cry of a tragic ghost, miserable and miserable.

On the island in the middle of the lake that is less than 100 zhang, there is a circular pedestal with a diameter of 33 zhang, which is two layers up and down, and the white marble is surrounded by a railing. In the middle stands a three-storey pavilion in the style of a four-out pavilion, and the glazed tiles on the heavy eaves shine in the cloudy light.

On the dougong of various groups of colorful paintings and the cornices carved with ghost cars and birds, the white-bottomed banners hang down and sway in the lake breeze.

Gong Mingyi followed the palace slave to the shore and boarded a small boat and headed towards the lake. After landing on the island in the middle of the lake, the palace slave led him to the pavilion again.

In the depths of the first floor of the pavilion, behind and to the left and right of the fan-shaped stone platform, there are nine stone carved screens, and on each screen are carved all kinds of ghosts and ghost fog yin wind.

Emperor Xudu was sitting on the throne in the middle of the stone platform surrounded by screens, and Han Zhu, who was inseparable from him, was lying on the ground napping on the side.

After Gong Mingyi came in, he only opened one eye and glanced at Gong Mingyi, and continued to nap.

"Slave Gong Mingyi, knock to see Your Majesty. Gong Mingyi, who stood still in front of Emperor Xudu, knelt down without hesitation, and was reluctant to raise his head after kowtowing, keeping his forehead close to the cold floor tiles in front of him.

Although Gong Mingyi has become a feudal official with hundreds of thousands of ghost soldiers in his hands, he still calls himself a minion, which makes the Emperor Xudu suddenly feel happy and his sense of superiority doubled.

He waved his hand to signal the palace slaves to stand down, and when the palace slaves retreated, and only he and Gong Mingyi were left in the pavilion, Emperor Xudu said to this little ghost for the first time: "Get up and speak." ”。

Gong Mingyi was suddenly stunned, and a trace of consternation passed through his heart. In a flash of light, a thousand thoughts had flashed through his mind, and he had speculated dozens of consequences of getting up and not getting up from Emperor Xudu's inexplicable and sudden actions. The conclusion is that he is okay to get up as required now, which makes Gong Mingyi secretly relieved.

But in view of the moody personality of Emperor Xudu, Gong Mingyi still didn't dare to be careless, and he slowly opened his mouth in a moment, pretending to be a little afraid and replied in a trembling voice: "The slave doesn't dare." ”。

"Get up, if you don't get up, you're protesting. Emperor Xudu leaned forward slightly, and after the color of the joke swept up and down Gong Mingyi's body, he suddenly asked coldly: "Resisting the decree is death, do you want to die?"

Gong Mingyi, who was trembling all over, hurriedly replied: "The slave doesn't want to." ”。 Yu Bi slowly stood up, looking very cautious, which made Emperor Xudu feel a little more good for his humble gesture.

The Emperor Xudu, who remembered to eat and not to fight, forgot that Xiao Shizhu a long time ago was also so groveling, every time he played a greeting, the words were full of sincere humility and humble compliments, so that the Emperor Xudu did not have much defense against Xiao Shizhu. By the time he found out that the other party was in danger, Xiao Shizhu, who was expanding his territory everywhere and secretly recruiting troops, had become the number one mortal enemy of the Northern Yin Dynasty, and the Nine Shadows Kingdom had the strong strength to compete with the Emperor Xudu.

"Does the Hugging Calf Pass now have the ability to resist the invasion of the Nine Shadows Kingdom?" After Gong Mingyi got up and still stood below with his head bowed, Emperor Xudu asked straight to the point: "Once the Sailor of the Nine Shadows Kingdom comes to attack the border again, can the Hugging Calf Pass be as solid as gold?"

"After being equipped with Ten Thousand Flames Flying Sand and Nether Ghost Cannons on a large scale, the calf holding pass is already impregnable. This time, Gong Mingyi didn't think about it anymore, he didn't hesitate to put his head a little bit, and said confidently: "Unless the army of the Nine Shadows Kingdom raises the whole country to attack, it is impossible to easily capture the calf pass." ”。

As soon as Gong Mingyi finished speaking, a look of satisfaction appeared on Emperor Xudu's face.

"Since you've sworn so much, I'll give you another task to continue the expansion. Emperor Xudu bent his right hand and threw a pestle on the armrest, and his clenched fist was fully attached to his cheek, supporting his slightly tilted head. With great interest, his eyes once again fell on Gong Mingyi, who was standing not far in front of him, still bowing his head and hanging his hands: "Within a year, the garrison of the calf pass will be expanded to more than one million, and the air cavalry and water division will be established, can you do it?"

Emperor Xudu wanted to establish a complete army at the Baoqian Pass, in order to prepare for the war with the Nine Shadows Kingdom in the future.

This army will become the backbone of the decisive battle between the Northern Yin Dynasty and the Nine Shadows Army. Moreover, Emperor Xudu hoped to use Gong Mingyi, who had a deep hatred with Xiao Shizhu, to command and train this army.

Hatred is also a kind of motivation, which will drive Gong Mingyi to do his best in training sergeants.

"Of course there is no problem, as long as the money is in place, there is no problem in building such an army. Just after a little thought, Gong Mingyi, who was hanging his head, slowly replied......

In the southern part of Dongyizhou, the torrential water flowing from the bamboo mountain and the sandalwood water, which is rich in purple snails, flow into the clear mountain bay.

Under a clear sky, a steady sea breeze blows across the bay, bringing the tide over and over again to wash the white-sand beaches in the bay. Seagulls fly under the sea, and the white sails in the harbor echo with the white clouds in the sky.

A Haicang ship with the flower flag on the other side of the Nine Shadows Country on the middle mast and eight poisonous fire cannons slowly sailed into the mountain bay with heavy scales.

The warship shuttled between the ships under the command of the soldiers in the bay, sailed into the harbor, docked, and slowly lowered the sampan.

There was not a single soldier on the deck, only Lin Cong, who had been waiting on the shore for a long time, saw the sampan put down, and immediately boarded the warship alone.

When he came to the deck, one of the ship's captains came up and led him to the cabin. (On the battleship of the Naval Division of the Nine Shadows Kingdom, every twelve soldiers are arranged as a sentry, and each commander is in charge of twelve ghost soldiers of the Navy, and each ghost soldier performs its own duties.) ）

Lin Cong followed Captain A without saying a word and came to a cabin deep in the cabin. Captain A then left, and the guards guarding the door pushed open the hatch and invited Lin Cong in.

Lin Cong raised his feet and stepped into the cabin, and saw Xiao Shizhu sitting in the depths behind the flat surface of the case and the wide foot.

The bronze lampposts standing on both sides of the recital slowly swayed slightly from side to side a few times with the slightly swaying hull.

When the hatch slowly closed, Lin Cong had already walked to the front of the recital, and after wearing a whole robe, he saluted Xiao Shizhu.

"It's been a long time since I've seen Lin Cong. Xiao Shizhu asked Lin Cong to sit down under him and greeted him, and after looking Lin Cong up and down for a while, he said slowly: "Do you feel tired of staying in Aoki County?"

"Not really, Aoki County is very good, the rain is abundant, the yin is abundant, and it is quite comfortable to live. Lin Cong replied with a smile.

"That's good, you might have to spend a little more time in Aoki-gun, and I have a secret order for you. Xiao Shizhu nodded and said this, slowly stood up, walked around the bookcase to the side, and stood in front of the complete map of the Ten Continents of the Underworld hanging on the bulkhead.

"I remember that there are hundreds of Xuanjiao disciples, all of whom are still dormant in Dayi's Fusang Kingdom, right?" Xiao Shizhu beckoned to Lin Cong behind him, his eyes always staring at the Fusang Kingdom on the map, the only Fusang country east of Dongyizhou.

Lin Cong walked over, stood beside him, and looked as far as his eyes could see.

"Yes, I remember that it was also a secret order approved by the Lord at the beginning, allowing these hundreds of Xuanjiao disciples to infiltrate the Fusang Kingdom, only to hibernate and not to use. After Lin Cong's eyes swirled on the map for a while, he nodded and said, "They are all trained by the deceased Lord Wuqiu, and the current Lord Hu Hui, who are extremely loyal and professional. ”。

After a pause, Lin Cong turned his head to look at Xiao Shizhu, and asked suspiciously, "Does the lord want to use them?"

"Yes. Xiao Shizhu did not hesitate to put his head a little heavier, turned around when he retracted his gaze, walked slowly to the back of the case and sat down again, and then said, "It's time to activate them." ”。

"The secret order given to you is to secretly command these members of the Xuan Sect and secretly provoke the hatred of the Fusang ghost people and the heavens. Let Dayi and Fusang ghost people turn against the water one after another, and turn against the Zhutian and Xudu army. Having said this, Xiao Shizhu, who was staring at Lin Cong, curled the corners of his mouth slightly and smiled slyly.