Following the two ghosts out of the capital city, Xiao Shizhu once again set foot on the Huangquan Road, where the loess was flying and the road was uneven.

A few days ago, he went to a bookstore in the ghost market and bought a book dedicated to the customs of the underworld, called "The Chronicles of the Netherworld". After reading this book, he knew that today's Yin Cao Difu is like the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in China.

After the successful rebellion of Emperor Xudu, he found that he was unable to rule the entire Eight Desolations and Ten Continents of the Underworld, because the area of the Underworld was too large.

So after pondering for a few days and nights, he decided to implement the feudal system, dividing eight out of ten continents into many small countries. Then he selected some ghosts from the human souls and demon spirits who were willing to be loyal to him, and made them princes, so that they became the lords of these small countries.

And today's Emperor of the Northern Yin Dynasty, just like Zhou Tianzi back then, only the Xuanming Continent in the north and the Six Heavens Continent in the middle are directly under his rule. But what is better than Zhou Tianzi is that no matter how powerful the other vassal states are, they dare not argue with him, and they pay him tribute on time and in accordance with the amount every year, which is probably because he is the last god soul in the underworld.

And the ghost mother country that Xiao Shizhu is going to is a small country in the Xuanyan Continent that is thousands of miles away from the sea in the south of the Six Heavens Continent. It is said that it is a small island country with an area of only 5 million hectares, which is equivalent to about 330,000 square kilometers.

It is recorded in the "Chronicles of the Netherworld" that the rivers on this island are longitudinal and horizontal, there are many swamps, and the trees are high and dense. The national capital, Xiaoyu Mountain, is located in the middle of the island and is a small mountain town. As far as the environment is concerned, this kind of place should indeed be clean air. But it is also true that this place is a small island country with underdeveloped transportation and poverty and backwardness.

According to Mo Zhai, this ghost mother country, the ghost mother, was the number one hero who assisted the Emperor of the Northern Yin Emperor to kill all the ancient gods who returned to the underworld, making the Emperor Xudu naturally become the number one hero of the biggest boss in the underworld.

But judging from the "Chronicles of the Netherworld", the location of this ghost mother country seems to be a poor county in the underworld. Xiao Shizhu estimated that the ghost mother didn't expect that after the victory of the rebellion, when it came time to reward the land and divide the power, the Emperor of the Northern Yin Yudu gave this number one hero such a small piece of land, and it was a broken place where birds don't lay eggs and rabbits don't.

Thinking about this, while Xiao Shizhu felt worthless for the ghost mother, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "This Emperor of the Northern Yin Emperor is really worthy of the yin character in his title." ”。 But at this time, how did he know that all this was requested by the ghost mother herself.

At that time, the ghost mother knew that the Emperor was extremely ambitious and suspicious, so after the victory of the rebellion, she took the initiative to ask to settle on a remote island in the south, away from the center of power, which is one of the important reasons why she can live until now. If she had dared to take the initiative to ask for the best fief at that time, she would definitely not live to this day.

Xiao Shizhu followed the two ghosts to the Lechuan River at the end of Huangquan Road, and got on a ferry boat that was the same as the sampan he had taken when he first arrived in the underworld.

Then the demons took him and drove the boat towards the south bank of the Lechuan River. Only this time, the sampan's route always avoided the white mist drifting on the river.

After a stick of incense, their ferry finally reached the south bank of the Lethe River. After getting off the boat, Xiao Shizhu glanced back at the river that was so wide that it was difficult to see the opposite bank, and then followed the two ghosts to the south.

Along the way, Xiao Shizhu gradually found that the further south he went, the more rugged the surface became, and there were mountains all around, and the peaks and peaks overlapped, the mountains were high and wooded, and the mountains were so numerous that they were too many to count.

The roadside is full of strange trees recorded in ancient books, such as pearl trees, Xuan trees, and immortal trees. There are countless sand begonias, Lang Jue, and countless red trees (red jade trees), green trees, and Yao trees. Even the Lost Valley Tree, which shines brightly at night, can be seen everywhere.

From time to time, you can see macaque-like fathers and foxes swinging around in the trees, making a crisp and loud ape cry. Phoenix, Qu Ru and other strange birds hovered in the air. Mythical beasts such as chirophys and unicorns run and jump happily in the mountains and forests. All of this dazzled Xiao Shizhu, and he felt as if he was in the Garden of Ten Thousand Beasts.

The three ghosts sometimes trekked through mountains and rivers, and sometimes walked through the city and town along the pipeline, walking for more than 20 days, and they still failed to reach the ghost mother country.

It was only in the evening of the thirtieth day that the three demons came to a high mountain that ran east-west.

This mountain is steep, low in the middle, high in the east and west, and gentle in the south and steep in the north. The valley in the mountain is narrow, the surface is broken, and there are many rain cracks and gullies, and it is called Baoqian Mountain. In the middle and low depression of the mountain range, there is a majestic and magnificent fortress. Gusts of sea breeze with a little salty taste, rolling the sound of waves, blowing from outside the gate to the inside of the pass.

The plane of this pass is square, the circumference of the city wall is eight miles, one hundred and thirty-seven steps and four feet, and the moat is five zhang wide and two zhang and five feet deep. The exterior of the city wall is covered with blue bricks and filled with rammed earth, with a height of about 14 meters and a width of 7 meters. There is a door in the north and south, and there is a stone plaque on the door in the north, which is engraved with three big characters of "holding the calf pass". Long wall defense buildings extend from both sides of the city pass, like a long dragon, extending infinitely at both ends of the city pass, winding along the mountains on the east and west sides of the gate, towards the farther distance. It's like the Great Wall of the world.

Xiao Shizhu vaguely remembered that the author of "The Chronicles of the Netherworld" called this pass of the southern sea as the first pass in the underworld, and claimed that it was the strongest defensive structure in the underworld.

He stood outside the gates, surveying the fortress. Seeing that this city really lives up to its name, the north is high and the south is low, and the east and west sides are surrounded by cliffs. The steepness of the mountain and the majesty of the pass are integrated here, forming a place where the situation is dangerous and easy to defend and difficult to attack.

There is a city tower on the city gate platform, the height of the building is 15 meters, the width of the building is about 10 meters from east to west, and the length of the north and south is 19 meters. The building is divided into two floors, covered with gray tile single eaves rest on the top of the mountain, upstairs and downstairs two floors, 68 arrow windows are opened on the north, east and south sides, although it is closed at this time, it can be opened at any time when it is used.

And in the middle of the eaves on the north side of the city tower, a huge plaque with black characters and a white background is hung, and the five big characters of "the first pass of the underworld" are written on it, and the handwriting is vigorous and vigorous, revealing a domineering spirit!

Xiao Shizhu looked up at the cannons on the city wall, and after roughly counting the number of cannons, he couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart: "It is worthy of the first level of the underworld, it is indeed majestic and magnificent, and even the cannons are more than the ones on the head of the capital city." ”。

After a while, he put away his curiosity and followed the two ghosts, and slowly walked into the city. Tonight, they're going to spend the night in this city.

And tomorrow, after passing the city, he will go out of the realm of the Six Heavens Continent. Then take a boat across the sea of beyond, and then you will arrive at the ghost mother country on the boundary of Xuanyan Continent.

After entering the city, I saw that this military fortress really had the appearance of a military fortress. In addition to countless barracks and soldiers, there are granaries, stables. In addition, there is not a single house and no people.

Xiao Shizhu followed the ghosts to the door of the only post station in the city, and the tall and fat ghost took out the document from his arms and showed it to Yi Cheng, who took them into the post station and opened a room for them to live in.

After a while, Yi Cheng went out again to find some food and drink to give to them, and then left silently again.

Xiao Shizhu hastily ate a few bites, drank a sip of wine to moisten his throat, and then came to the kang in the corner of the room by himself, lay down and leaned against the wall to doze.

In the past thirty days, he and these two ghosts have not had much to say. First, these two ghosts were just busy burying their heads in the road and didn't bother to talk to him, and second, Xiao Shizhu was very wary of them.

It's not that these two ghosts embarrassed him on the road, but that on that day in the ghost judgment hall, King Qin Guang's impatience made him have more eyes. On that day, King Qin Guang didn't give him a chance to say a few words, so he hurriedly asked him to draw a picture and go on the road.

Just to be a ghost slave, not to rush to eat a banquet or go to reincarnation, why is King Qin Guang so anxious? This question has been lingering in Xiao Shizhu's heart a few days ago.

After thinking about it, he found that although King Qin Guang was smiling that day, there was a trace of imperceptible greed hidden in the depths of his eyes. And there is only one thing that connects his friendship with King Qin Guang, and that is money. So Xiao Shizhu came to a conclusion in his heart: King Qin Guang's words and deeds that day were only afraid that they were eyeing his money.

The other party hurriedly rushed him on the road for no more than two reasons: one was to let Xiao Shizhu leave the capital quickly, so that his plan to kill people and oversell goods would be implemented quickly, and at the same time, let his death be outside the territory directly under the jurisdiction of King Qin Guang, so that Xiao Shizhu's death would have nothing to do with King Qin Guang. The second is that after the plan is successful, his money can be placed in front of King Qin Guang earlier.

And if he wants to die, these two ghosts must be sent to do it before he reaches the ghost mother country.

After figuring out these points, Xiao Shizhu was a little more wary of these two ghosts, and he slept half asleep and half awake every day, not daring to be too careless. At the same time, I blamed myself in my heart, believing that money can make ghosts grind, but I didn't expect that this underworld is the same as the world, and there are no absolutes in the world. And I didn't discuss with Yingzhao in advance.,Prepare a B plan or something.。

At this time, Xiao Shizhu, who was sleeping against the wall, quietly opened a little slit in his eyes, and after seeing that the two ghosts were still drinking and eating meat, he slowly closed his eyes and gently inserted his right hand into his arms along the placket of his robe.

He hadn't rested well for the past few days, and he fell asleep in a daze after a while.

I don't know how long I slept, Xiao Shizhu woke up suddenly and found that the room was very quiet at this time. The chewing sound of the two ghosts eating and clinking the bowls drinking before is gone.

Xiao Shizhu suddenly became vigilant, and the only remaining little sleepiness disappeared in an instant.

Just as he was about to open his eyes to see what was going on, he suddenly felt his collar grabbed and pulled forward, and the force was so great that he immediately sat up from the bed.

He hurriedly opened his eyes, and saw the tall fat ghost standing in front of him, holding him by the collar in one hand and a dagger in the other, the tip of which was pointed straight at his heart.

Although the ghost was stunned when he thought that he had actually woken up, the tip of the dagger was only a foot or two away from his heart at this moment. And the other ghost was already drunk by the dead fat man, lying on the table opposite the bed and falling asleep, completely unaware that the fat ghost was going to poison Xiao Shizhu.

He looked at the dagger in the ghost's hand, and then at the evil smile on the ghost's face, and his heart trembled. A few days ago, he was mixed with Yingzhao and them, and Xiao Shizhu also knew that ghosts would also be born, old, sick and die, and their souls would be scattered. And unlike the human world, people will leave behind corpses after death, and souls will only leave dust after death. At this time, the dagger of the ghost will first pierce directly into his heart, and he will probably die.

But he also quickly calmed down, although his life in the world was short, but he also experienced a lot of storms and waves, and he cultivated another advantage of him, that is, he was not afraid of any danger.

Before the fat ghost could make any moves, his right hand in his arms was quickly pulled out of his arms, and at the same time he brought out something from his arms, which was none other than a beaded gun. The next second, before the onicha could recover from his shock, he had already put his mouth on the onicha's eyebrows.

"Come on. Xiao Shizhu gritted his teeth, and after his index finger lightly buckled on the trigger of Lianzhu, he said in a deep voice: "Bibi is faster than your knife, or Lao Tzu's gun is faster." ”。