Xiao Shizhu just walked to the door, and saw Qinglan and Chen Ruo on the shore, blocking the imposing green beads and pothos, and explaining to them with kind words that Xiao Shizhu was discussing on the stone boat and should not be disturbed.

But the green beads and pothos still don't give up, the momentum is raging, and the tide is surging adults, and they also roll up their sleeves, and they have the potential to fight with Qinglan and Chenruo.

Xiao Shizhu sighed quietly, slowly got off the stone boat and walked to the shore, and still couldn't pretend to ask what was the matter? The green pothos and green beads that were still arguing with Qinglan and Chenruo, as soon as he saw him, he put away his previous fierce woman, pushed Qinglan and Chenruo away, lowered his head and took small steps, walked to Xiao Shizhu's side, and after standing still on the left and right, a ghost pulled up one of Xiao Shizhu's arms, shook it gently, and said in unison: "Lord, these minions really ate the heart of a lion, and the unicorn is bold, and they blatantly bully the slave family." ”。

"What a minion!" Xiao Shizhu followed their gaze to look at Qinglan and Promise, and suddenly his face showed displeasure, and he didn't even look at the two sisters, so he said bluntly: "Qinglan is the head of the lonely inner palace, and if Chen is a female official of Fengyi, the mother of the country, she has an official position, don't be a slave with a long slave and a short slave."

Xiao Shizhu, who has never claimed to be lonely, likes to call himself lone when he sees them as the loyal lackeys of the Emperor Xudu.

But as soon as these words came out, the grievances on the faces of the pothos and the green beads were a little heavier, and they all made tears in their eyes, and complained one after another: "Is the king reprimanding the slave family?"

"Where is this king willing to give? Xiao Shizhu's face was gloomy, and he also said that he would scatter, and then took them into his arms, hugged them left and right, and said softly: "You are a lonely concubine, it's too late to hurt you." ”。

After all, the other party is the ghost of the Emperor Xudu, and he must pay attention to a little relaxation and grace. You still have to pretend to be affectionate, so that you can paralyze the other party.

"Then the king, how are you going to compensate our sisters?" said Luluo, leaning her head on his shoulder, and Luzhu put her arms around his neck and asked, "Yes, these two minions...... No, what did they do to us just now? ”。

Xiao Shizhu frowned quietly, and asked calmly: "What kind of master, this king was discussing in it just now, of course you can't go in, female ghosts can't participate in politics without permission, don't you know?"

The green pothos and green beads were slightly stunned when they heard this, and then muttered their mouths, slightly displeased between their eyebrows.

"Okay, okay, let's get rid of it. Without waiting for them to speak, Xiao Shizhu said with a hippie smile: "How about going to your Shuangbi Palace alone at night and eating in your palace even for supper?"

Lu Zhu and Lu Pothos were discouraged at this time, and after laughing, they pursed their lips and smiled, and said in unison: "The king must keep his word." ”。

Seeing Xiao Shizhu nodding in response, the two female ghosts turned around happily, and when they passed by Qinglan and Chen Ruo, they didn't forget to glare at each other a few times before they could relieve their hatred.

"Alas. Xiao Shizhu looked at the backs of the two sisters leaving, and suddenly felt upset, but he still kept his face unchanged, walked forward with his hands in his hands, stood beside Qinglan and Chenruo, and after groaning slightly, he said sincerely to the two ghosts: "Let you be wronged." ”。

"My lord. Chen Ruo and Qinglan suddenly felt sincerely frightened, lowered their heads one after another, and hurriedly said: "It is the glory of our courtiers to be able to share your worries. ”。

When the words landed, Xiao Shizhu saw Yingying with Xiao Si, following the green beads and pothos, towards this side.

When the national teacher and Xiao Si approached and stood opposite him, Xiao Shizhu leaned over and touched Xiao Si's head, gently pinched her pink lazy egg, and smiled kindly: "Xiao Si, I've grown a little taller again." ”。

"Of course. Xiao Si held his head high and said triumphantly: "Recently, Xiao Si has been drinking milk every day." ”。

"Xiao Si must not be rude. The national teacher hurriedly spoke, and scolded.

"Hahaha, out of the way. Xiao Shizhu was in a good mood, every time he saw this innocent little girl, he could make him happy, and waved his hand to Yingying at the moment, and said to Xiao Si: "Milk is good, drink more and grow taller." ”。

At the moment, all the boredom he had suppressed in his heart because of the sight of the pothos and green beads before had all disappeared.

Xiao Si also grinned, and the corners of his mouth showed two shallow dimples.

"That's what you call Xiao Si. At this moment, the ghost mother was also accompanied by Lai Yueqi, got off the stone workshop, walked slowly to Xiao Shizhu's side, looked at the round-faced little girl in front of her, and said with a smile: "She looks really cute." ”。

She had heard Xiao Shizhu say that Yingying had a high-ranking apprentice, who was not very old but had a strong ghost spirit and superb swordsmanship, and it must be the clever girl in front of her at this time.

Xiao Si also turned his head to look at her, and after blinking his eyes, he turned his head to look at the national teacher and whispered, "Master, this sister is so beautiful." ”。

Her innocence and straightforwardness made Xiao Shizhu and the ghost mother laugh again.

Only the national teacher frowned, his face showed embarrassment, and he hurriedly raised his hand and gently tapped the back of Xiao Si's head impartially, and scolded: "Don't be rude, and don't salute the mother of the country." ”。

"Don't worry, I like this girl. The ghost mother shook her head slightly and laughed, and her eyes fell on Xiao Si again.

"By the way, the minister has something to ask the lord and the mother of the country to decide. In order to avoid Xiao Si's childish words, Ying Ying hurriedly took out a scroll from her sleeve and slowly unfolded it in front of Xiao Shizhu's eyes: "A few days ago, the Lord ordered his ministers to formulate military flags and national flags, and asked the Lord Principality Mother to look at them. ”。

Xiao Shizhu raised his eyes and saw that on the unfolded painting, there were three flowers with almost identical shapes, petals like dragon claws, shaped like onions, blooming bright red flowers; from left to right, the first stamen is the meniscus ring the sun, the second stamen is a vigorous and powerful "Xiao" character, and the third stamen is a big "nine" character.

"Is this the flower on the other side?" asked the ghost mother, glancing at the painted flower.

"We are a ghost country in the underworld, so naturally we have a bit of underworld characteristics. The national teacher nodded his head and slowly explained: "The stamen is the national flag for the crescent moon and the sun, the military flag embroidered with nine characters, and the military flag embroidered with the word Xiao is the military flag of the Xiao family." ”。

Xiao Shizhu nodded patiently after listening, he didn't care about these national flags or any other signs, as long as he didn't draw a dog's head on the flag; Now this, he still didn't think so, but first looked at the ghost mother with an inquiring gaze.

Seeing that he nodded with a satisfied expression, Xiao Shizhu made a decision and said, "Okay, that's it." If you have merit and deserve a reward, I will ask the household department to allocate five hundred taels of silver to you in a while. ”。

"What's the matter?" After a while, seeing that the national teacher was standing in place, and he didn't mean to leave for a long time, Xiao Shizhu asked.

"About the integration of local forces in various places, recruitment. Ying Ying's face showed a hint of embarrassment, lowered her head slightly, paused, and said slowly: "Although most of them have been recruited, a small wave of knights who have been entrenched in Yuque City for a long time before are unwilling to be recruited. ”。

After Xiao Shizhu listened, although he knew that the souls of these self-proclaimed sons and daughters of the rivers and lakes were used to being free, and it was more difficult to recruit peace, the conditions he offered were not bad. As long as these souls have no murders in their hands, they will all get positions established by the imperial court.

After a moment's hesitation, Xiao Shizhu asked curiously: "Who, is there anyone who doesn't want a job?"

"A handful of knights led by the Thunder Knife. Ying Ying replied slowly.

Xiao Shizhu was slightly stunned, his face was slightly solemn, and a trace of excitement flashed in his eyes, and he couldn't help but mutter: "Thunder Knife, Thunder Knife?" ......

Outside the south of Yuque City, there is a dilapidated courtyard in the fields of Qianmo, standing alone in the thousands of acres of fertile fields. The tall, crooked-necked tree in the courtyard leaned obliquely against the only dilapidated main hall in the courtyard.

In the temple, where the ground is full of dust and messy dry straw, the statues of the gods in the shrines have long been missing hands and heads are in tatters, who would have imagined that this is the once famous and incense-burning Wahuang Temple.

When the ancient gods were there, the ghosts built this shrine to praise the great achievements of the female snail Niangniang;

The showers stopped, and a blue-faced man with a rough and burly appearance, a fierce face, and a black cloak was sitting in the middle of the hall leaning against the stone platform under the shrine, closing his eyes and recuperating.

The three-foot bare-handled long knife in his hand was quietly guarded in the scabbard shaped like a cane.

Just when the human soul was sleeping soundly, suddenly two ghosts pushed open the broken courtyard door, walked to the courtyard and looked left and right, and their eyes fell on the male soul in the shadow of the temple.

The two ghosts looked at each other, bowed their heads slightly, and walked to the main hall in unison, standing in front of the soul of the person who was still napping, and bowed his hand with a respectful face: "Dare to ask your Excellency if it is the predecessor of the thunder knife who once cut off the thunder from the sky with a quick knife in his hand." ”。

"Exactly. The man's soul eyes didn't open, he snorted lightly and tilted his head, and said impatiently: "Zhao'an's hurry up, Lao Tzu has already said it, but I don't want to be a dog for the court." ”。

"The Thunder Knife senior misunderstood. Among the two ghosts who came, the chubby ghost stepped forward and said with a smile: "We are here to send you wealth; ”。 As he spoke, he took out a lump of gold from his sleeve.

The Thunder Knife nose moved, and after sniffing, he laughed: "Ten taels of gold?". But he still didn't open his eyes, but he guessed correctly, but his face was a little darker.

"That's right. The fat ghost nodded his head, and the burly ghost beside him stroked his palm and said: "Yuque's first fast knife is worthy of its reputation, and it really has a hand." But that's just a deposit. ”。

"Kill whom?" The breeze passed through the hall, and the Thunder Knife finally opened his eyes, glanced at the two ghosts in front of him, and finally landed on the glittering gold in the fat ghost's hand.

"Kill him, your target. The burly ghost unfolded the scroll that he had already held in his hand, and said coldly: "After the matter is completed, we will give you another forty taels of gold, which is enough for you to use for several years." ”。