Bai Jin looked around at the mess in the valley, and the already red eyes on both sides of the bridge of his nose were a little redder. As everyone knows, in front of Taniguchi in the distance, a one-horned three ghosts have drawn their longbows, and the arrows are pointed directly at the back of his head.

He was about to turn around with his sword and kill a few more enemies to avenge the dead, when a cold light pierced the air like thunder and lightning and shot towards him. Platinum heard the sound of breaking the air from far and near, and before he could make any movement, he felt something pass through his throat from the back of his neck.

A clogging sensation ensued, and a whimper sounded with arrows bursting from his Adam's apple.

When the last rays of the sun set and darkness was coming, Platinum knelt on the ground with his knees bent towards the valley, his head bowed slightly, as if to apologize to the dead sergeant.

Zuo Fan, who was riding on the dragon, looked back with the cold light, and just saw the boss kneeling on the ground, and the phoenix feather crossbow arrows used by the enemy army carried out splattered blood beads through the neck of the platinum gold, stunned, and his heart was filled with anger!

"General. The next second later, Zuo Fan roared angrily, but Bai Jin didn't respond, just lowered his head a lot.

There was a brief silence on the battlefield, and the soldiers of the Nine Shadows Kingdom suddenly stopped, and most of the sergeants turned their heads one after another, taking a look at the platinum whose bodies were gradually turning into dust. There was consternation in his eyes, followed by anger!

"What a god!" Zuo Fan, who was experienced on the battlefield, came back to his senses in an instant, anger rose in his chest, he raised his knife and roared, and the dragon under his crotch also raised his head and roared: "Follow me and avenge the general!" After speaking, he stepped forward with tears in his eyes and killed the enemy army who took advantage of the few breaths they had stopped to stabilize their position.

The wind howled, and the dark valley resounded with killing and screaming.

Just as Platinum's body was all turned to dust, the cloak that should have been draped over him was covered with blood, and flew high with the wind, drifting slowly towards the north......

In the past few days, Xiao Shizhu has lived in the Moon Wall Palace, not far from the Ghost Mother's Juexiang Garden, where Lai Yueqi lives. In addition, the Juexiang Garden was expanding, and the Ghost Mother and Poria had temporarily moved to live on the stone boat, so he didn't plan to go back to live for a while.

After breakfast, Xiao Shizhu slowly walked out of the Moon Shadow Hall, the main hall of this palace, and walked towards the rockery standing in the northeast of the main hall, which was made of Taihu Lake stones of various shapes and rose from the ground along the wall.

In front of the mountain, on the stone pedestal under the pair of Huanglong jade carved by the whole piece of yellow dragon jade, there is a stone carved dragon head respectively; the mountainside is secretly set up to store water in the water tank, which is connected by pipes, and the water is diverted to the dragon's mouth and spouts out a water column that is as high as three zhang or more, day and night, the water splashes are very spectacular.

Xiao Shizhu followed the water column, the path that twisted and spiraled to the top of the mountain behind the stone lion, climbed the steps, stood in the square pavilion with the four corners of the spire built on the top of the mountain, took a deep breath by the railing, overlooked the four directions, and took in the scenery of the inner courtyard of the entire Yuque Palace.

The cool morning breeze passed by, making Xiao Shizhu, who was squinting slightly, suddenly look comfortable.

As long as he stays here in Lai Yueqi, Xiao Shizhu will go to the pavilion covered with jade ghost tiles and yellow glazed tiles every morning to watch the scenery for a long time.

A few of the beast soul moon soul rabbits raised by Lai Yueqi, who specialize in eating moonlight, jumped into the pavilion with him, sniffed around Xiao Shizhu's feet, and quietly ran away after a while.

After a while, Xiao Shizhu turned to look at the north again, the national teacher Yingying had been gone for two months, and winter was about to go to spring, and I don't know if the other party succeeded in assassinating Mo Zhai?

When he was thinking about it, Lai Yueqi brought him a good tea cooked by himself. When Fang entered the pavilion, he saw that he had long black hair, untied and draped on the back of his head and draped on his shoulders, and he was barefoot, and he couldn't help frowning: "King, you ran out without shoes or combing your hair, which makes the courtiers see, what kind of body has become?"

"They can look at it as much as they like!" Xiao Shizhu still went his own way, he smiled disapprerovingly, took the teacup, and said, "I asked Qinglan to cut my hair short, preferably one inch long." This thing actually said, not to mention the parents of the body hair, just said that my hair is noble, and he didn't dare to move, he was really timid. ”。

As he spoke, he shook his head gently, scraped the tea powder with the cover, took a sip of fragrant tea, and subconsciously smashed his mouth.

"You are a prince, you can cut your hair, but you must cut it short to an inch, they naturally don't dare. Lai Yueqi pursed her lips and smiled, turned her head and said to the personal maid who was following behind her and was snickering: "Bailing, go and bring the lord's shoes." ”。

"Excuse me. Xiao Shizhu didn't wait for the maid to respond, then raised his hand and interrupted: "It's so cool." ”。

He has a mysterious power, and the soul energy in his body is more balanced than his ghost, so he is not afraid of cold and heat, even in this cold sinkhole, he takes a sip of hot tea, and he suddenly feels warm and hot, and it is not as comfortable as barefoot.

At this moment, Xiao Shizhu somewhat understands that in the murals of human mythology, some of the immortals and ancient gods painted do not wear shoes, and they are barefoot not because they are poor and have no shoes, but because they also have mystical power.

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Shizhu, who was condescending, saw Qinglan, who was in a hurry, walking briskly from a distance, and after entering the Moon Wall Palace, he went straight to this rockery, and after a while, he climbed to the top of the mountain and stood outside the pavilion.

Xiao Shizhu saw that he looked a little flustered, and he expected that something must have happened, so he couldn't help frowning.

However, he has long been accustomed to it, in the chaotic world of the underworld, it is really not normal to have some bad things every once in a while, so he just frowned, and then immediately opened up again, and asked in a calm tone: "What's wrong Qinglan?"

"The mother of the country asked me to come and invite the lord to go to the stone boat to discuss matters. Qing Lan didn't care about the beads of sweat on her face and forehead, and hurriedly saluted him and Lai Yueqi one by one, her eyes looked left and right, and when she saw that there were no ghosts here, she hurriedly said, "Something happened in the south." ”。

Xiao Shizhu was stunned for a moment, and without hesitation, he handed the teacup back to Lai Yueqi, and pulled his legs down the mountain; Qinglan hurriedly saluted Lai Yueqi and hurriedly caught up.

Xiao Shizhu strode forward, and Qinglan had to trot all the way to barely keep up.

The south direction was stable, and he was a little flustered when something happened suddenly, but he quickly forced himself to calm down, after all, that was Du Ziren's territory, and as the general of the town of Emperor Xudu, Du Ziren could not send troops privately.

"Maybe it's just a small thing, and it has nothing to do with war. Thinking like this, Xiao Shizhu was even calmer, but he also subconsciously accelerated his pace.

When I arrived at the stone boat, I saw Chunyun, Lu Wu and Wu Qiu Shou were all present, and even the soul in the painting was like jade, and I came to the stone boat with Chen Ruo.

Even the patriarch of the fungus people, Shen Ji, is there.

Xiao Shizhu walked to the ghost mother and sat down, his eyes swept over the faces of the ghosts who lowered his eyebrows and drooped his head, seeing that their faces were heavy and he felt bad, but he still smiled calmly and asked, "Why are you depressed one by one?"

After finishing speaking, he turned his head, and saw that the ghost mother was the same, and his smile froze instantly, and he took the tea offered by Chen Ruo, but he didn't rush to drink it in his hand.

Lu Wu and Chunyun looked at each other, then looked at the sad Wu Qiushou, sighed lightly and raised his head, and met Xiao Shizhu's slightly anxious gaze: "Du Ziren sent 70,000 troops to invade Chongshan Pass, although the enemy has repulsed, our army has won a heavy victory; ”。

"What?Du Ziren?According to the rules of Emperor Xudu, isn't he not allowed to be a private soldier?" Xiao Shizhu, who was stunned, slowly turned his head, and his puzzled gaze fell on the face of the ghost mother: "Could it be Emperor Xudu's suppression methods?"

"No!" The ghost mother shook her head slightly, and lamented: "It was we who underestimated the enemy's courage, and it was Du Ziren who rebelled." ”。

"It's true. Seeing Xiao Shizhu looking back at himself, Shen Ji nodded heavily: "News came this morning, Du Ziren announced to all parts of the underworld that he would break away from the Xudu regime, name the country as barbarian, and call himself the Red Emperor!"

"How can this be reasonable!" Xiao Shizhu trembled with anger, the anger in his chest rose, the green tendons on his forehead bulged, he slammed the teacup in his hand, slapped the armrest and stood up, and said coldly: "If he wants to rebel, he will kill my soldiers and punish my general, what kind of bullshit and crookedness?"

As soon as the words fell, the throne behind him had already turned into a pile of powder!

In the stone boat, there was a sudden silence.

The veterans of the Xiao family's army, who were brothers and sisters with Xiao Shizhu, suddenly came with bad news, making him lose his mind in an instant.

"It's impossible for him not to cut us, after all, we are the public enemies of the Mo family. After a while, the ghost mother got up and grabbed his sleeve: "Dissipate your anger, the most important thing at the moment is to choose a general to enter the customs and replace Platinum to prevent the enemy from coming back." ”。

Xiao Shizhu shook off his robe, broke free from the ghost mother's hand, his eyes widened angrily, and said: "Lao Tzu has never been interested in defense, and those who commit the Nine Shadows Kingdom will be punished even if they are far away!

"No!" the anger of the ministers was also instantly ignited by his words, and their emotions were high.

"What a promise!" At the critical moment, the ghost mother, who still remained calm, stepped forward and looked around at the ghosts: "With today's national strength and military strength, it is impossible to launch a large-scale war;

She paused, her face gloomy and hideous, raised her hand and pointed at the ministers, and scolded: "What crime should you be guilty of not giving the lord reasonable and feasible advice, and instigating him to act impulsively?"

The ministers didn't dare to squeak anymore, and hurriedly lowered their heads, and the anger in Xiao Shizhu's chest suddenly subsided, and he calmed down a lot.

"Zuo Fan has temporarily taken over the border defense of Chongshan Pass, and the county Taishou is also fully cooperating with strengthening border patrols. After a while, Wu Qiu Shou raised his head and said with some embarrassment: "But after all, Chongshan Pass is the southern gate of our country, and it still needs a battle-experienced general to defend it." ”

"Recall the ghosts!" Xiao Shizhu said suddenly after pondering for a moment.

[Ghost tile - shovel-shaped tile carved with ghost face, commonly found at the end of the ridge and the end of the vertical ridge of the ancient buildings of the Tang and Song dynasties, is the part of the stacked tile, which gradually disappeared in China's architecture after the Song Dynasty. 】