The night was vast, the stars in the sky were dim, and a gray ghost mist gradually rose on Luo Yu Mountain, dancing around the mountains and forests, seeing grass, trees, mountains and rocks.

The nocturnal beast spirits disappeared in the mist, and could only see groups of green lights and vicious eyes shuttling through the mist.

The night wind outside the Vast Pavilion howled endlessly, blowing in through the cracks in the doors and windows, blowing the candle flame on the lampstand beside the Emperor of Xudu, and it swayed violently.

The king of the city was tense up and down, his hands were dripping and his heart was sweating. The joy and smugness that had lingered in my heart before had disappeared at this time, and I was completely gone.

"Don't be nervous. Emperor Xudu slowly got up, slowly paced to his side, paused, and then raised his hand and slapped the other party's shoulder heavily.

The city king trembled again, and the consternation and fear in his eyes increased instead of decreasing.

"I'm not an unreasonable ghost. Emperor Xudu did not get angry unusually, but said slowly with a smile: "Your city king is so capable, he cut through the chaos with a quick knife, and quickly pulled out the strongholds of several spies of the Nine Shadows Kingdom, which is also a fact that cannot be denied. As long as you solve the current panic in the city, the credit is still yours. ”。

The city king breathed a sigh of relief slightly, but he still didn't dare to be complacent, but he didn't dare to breathe, so he resignedly responded.

"Let's go down. Then Emperor Xudu waved his hand and said, "Remember, you only have five days to calm the panic in the city. ”。 The king of the city answered again apprehensively, and slowly retreated.

Although Emperor Xudu did not point out what would happen if the panic in the city had not subsided after five days, the king of the city knew that he was only afraid that he would die without a corpse at that time.

The door was open, and the king of the city stood at the door of the pavilion, and after a salute, he turned around and walked away quickly. Seeing his back disappearing into the night, Emperor Xudu snorted coldly with a gloomy face, and scolded angrily: "Self-righteous fool!"

Immediately after that, a ghost slave came from a distance and hurried forward, and when he stood at the door, the ghost slave saluted and said, "Your Majesty, the Wheel King asks to see you." ”。

"Xuan. Emperor Xudu turned around, walked to the throne deep in the pavilion and sat down again, and put away the anger on his face.

The ghost slave got up and left, but returned with the Wheel King a moment later. After luring the Wheel King into the pavilion, the ghost slave pulled the knocker and closed the door.

The flickering candle flame settled, and after a crackling sound on the wick, the rising green light made Emperor Xudu's face turn blue.

"Your Majesty, the minister received a secret report from the flying pigeon, the Nine Shadows Kingdom had completed the complete blockade of the coast of Xiazhou Country more than twenty days ago, and our supplies could no longer enter the Xiazhou Kingdom, and even the Yin Tian Lord who went to the command of the Xiazhou Kingdom from the sea route had to return to the Escape God Plain because the coastline was blocked. The Wheel King, whose face was full of anxiety, didn't have time to kneel, but wiped the hot sweat oozing from his forehead with his sleeve, and said in a hurry: "And the corpse of Haobi has also turned his face, and in the middle of the negotiation, he suddenly became difficult, and he caught the king of Yama off guard." The Xudu army in the Valley of the Winds suffered heavy casualties, and the king of Yama and the commander of the army, Bei Shu, were both wounded. ”。

Emperor Xudu was only slightly stunned when he heard this, and then a burst of uncontrollable anger suddenly surged in his heart, and then Emperor Xudu Huo Ran stood up, and at the same time, there were several clicks, and the solid throne under him had been torn apart, and a pile of broken wood fell to the ground.

Although the Emperor Xudu tried his best to restrain the anger churning in his chest, the cold yin wind around him, and he was full of ghostly anger, but in the next second, he let out a roaring roar: "The negotiation was proposed by him extravagantly, and he still dares to turn his face?"

The roar shook the earth, and the Wheel King could clearly hear the creaking sound of the roof beams trembling, and he could clearly see the ice on the floor around the feet of Emperor Xudu, and the cracks in the fine lines suddenly appeared.

The yin wind that followed the roar rampaged through the pavilion, blowing the robes of the Emperor Xudu and the Wheel King.

"Gather the army in the eastern part of the Six Heavens Continent. After a long time, Emperor Xudu put away his awe-inspiring ghostly aura, the anger on his face did not decrease but increased, and he said in a deep voice: "The warship sailor is on standby, and the five million troops in the eastern ghost soldiers will be sent to Dongyizhou in batches. ”。

Sure enough, as expected by King Yama, Emperor Xudu was furious. This god, who started by betrayal and secretly made a family, hates betrayal the most in his life. The behavior of the extravagant corpse completely made him a thorn in the side of the Emperor Xudu.

At this time, the Emperor Xudu was like a raging lion, eager to pour out all the churning anger to the corpse country of Dongyi Continent.

"Five million?" After being slightly stunned, the Wheel King cautiously asked, "Is this a little more, since the Huaishan granary was destroyed by the Nine Shadows Kingdom, our military rations have been scarce. As the saying goes, before the soldiers and horses move the grain and grass, the five million army will need 50,000 stone of grain and grass a day. ”。

Not only the Huaishan granary, but also the two major granaries in Xudu were also secretly destroyed by Xiao Shizhu a few years ago. Therefore, over the years, the military rations of the Northern Yin Dynasty have not been abundant.

Most of the military rations that were previously transported to Dongyizhou were either sunk or robbed by the Gonggong when they were also at sea. This has made the Northern Yin Dynasty still in the embarrassment of lack of military food.

If it weren't for the fact that some ghost countries were still forced by the pressure and the deterrence of the Emperor Xudu, they continued to pay tribute to the Beiyin Dynasty with grain and grass, and the Beiyin Dynasty also began a large-scale reclamation of wasteland immediately after the granary was destroyed;

Launching a large-scale war at this time invisibly brought a heavy burden to the Northern Yin Dynasty.

The Wheel King's words calmed down the Emperor a little, and he thought in silence, maybe there was no need to be so stirring up the crowd by beating a corpse.

After pondering for a long time, Emperor Xudu raised his eyes and looked at the Wheel King: "Then the 800,000 army will be assembled immediately, and then go straight to the country of corpses; ”。

Although Emperor Xudu was brutal, he was a tyrant rather than a faint monarch, and he also had a detailed account in his heart, how many materials and grain and grass the Beiyin Dynasty had, and how much materials and grain and grass could be added to the Beiyin Dynasty by annual tribute and taxes, these were clear to him. The idea of sending 800,000 troops was also decided by him after careful consideration.

No matter how embarrassed the Beiyin Dynasty was, the grain and grass of the 800,000 expeditionary force was still more than enough.

After silently calculating in his heart, the Wheel King boldly bargained with Emperor Xudu and said, "At most, six hundred and fifty thousand, so that we can have some grain in store for emergencies." ”。

Seeing that Emperor Xudu frowned and didn't answer, the Wheel King added: "After all, we still have more than 100,000 troops of the Xudu Army and the Surrender of the Divine Kingdom on the Plain of the Hidden Gods, and there are also 800,000 troops in the Black Tooth Country who are also under the city of the Corpse Country. ”。

Emperor Xudu frowned and thought for a moment, then slowly stretched his brows: "Okay, it's only 650,000, but it needs to be mobilized from the eastern part of the Six Heavens Continent, and none of the ghost soldiers in other regions can move." ”。

"No. The king of the wheels bowed and said, "The minister will do it immediately." After that, one turned around and was about to leave.

"The three thousand Nether Ghost Cannons that the Ordnance Supervisor has recently made. Just as he walked behind the door, Emperor Xudu suddenly stopped him again, and hurriedly admonished: "There are still a million rounds of karmic fire bombs, all of which will be handed over to these 650,000 troops." ”。

The Wheel King responded, silently noted these and walked away.

After watching his fading back disappear into the night, Emperor Xudu clenched his fists in his sleeves again and gritted his teeth......

The night is quiet, and the lights in the Yuque Palace are bright. The ghost fire flickering in the stone lamp illuminated the surrounding halls and pavilions with brilliance.

The forbidden soldiers in Tianyang Palace, standing at their respective posts with heavy rain guns in their hands, standing straight like a strong pine, guarding this majestic palace.

After a while, Ji Kang walked out of the Quick News Division with more than a dozen copies in his hand, and swaggered towards Tianyang Palace.

It has been a month since he arrived in the Nine Shadows Kingdom, and he was arranged to do some chores in the Tianyang Palace. For example, tidy up the books and clean up the furnishings. In the past month, he has not been treated unfairly, but he is much more idle than when he was in the calf holding pass before.

Sorting out books in Tianyang Palace every day, he soon discovered a secret. There was a locked box in the Tianyang Palace, and the key was still in his hands. Before the ghost mother came back, Xiao Lingling often locked the recital with the words top secret in the box.

And after the ghost mother came back to take charge of the government, the same was true.

In addition, Ji Kang also found that many books in the hall contained some letters. Listening to the palace people who cleaned Tianyang Palace, these books are generally only opened by Xiao Shizhu. Ji Kang also found out when he accidentally looked through a book when he was sorting out books.

From then on, he had always wanted to see the top-secret books in the box and the letters contained in those scrolls, but he had been on an errand during the day. At that time, he was not the only palace person in and out of Tianyang Palace, and he had no way to start.

It was not until tonight that he was sent on a night errand. Here's the opportunity, and the night errand is usually only arranged for a ghost to do it.

The guards guarding the gate of the palace hurriedly stopped him and asked in a deep voice, "Why did you enter Tianyang Palace at night?"

"This is a Category B recital for the Mother of the Nation tomorrow. Ji Kang smiled indifferently after standing still, glanced down at the notebook in his hand, and said to the forbidden army: "Tonight it has to be classified and placed on the bookcase of Tianyang Palace." ”。

According to the priority, the recitals of the Nine Shadows Kingdom are divided into four categories: A, B, C, and D. Although this Category B recital is not the most urgent thing, it is also necessary to reply as soon as possible.

The forbidden army naturally didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly asked: "Show me the cards on duty." ”。

There is a complete system in the Nine Shadows Kingdom, and the messengers and sergeants on duty are all listed to work, which is convenient for verifying their merits and deeds, and at the same time, it can also prevent some confidential departments from being mixed with internal ghosts.

Ji Kang smiled and stopped the notebook in his arms and raised his right hand, but seeing that he did have a red rope tied to his wrist, with a long wooden sign strung on it, and the four ghost words "on duty tonight" were written, the forbidden army got out of the way and explained: "Go and go back quickly." ”。

Ji Kang nodded, secretly happy in his heart, and walked towards Tianyang Palace with his mouth in response.

Arriving at the main hall, he quickly sorted the books into books on the bookcase, looked out the door, and quietly took out a key made of jade from his waist.

But after seeing that the guards outside the temple gate did not look into the room, Ji Kang quickly inserted the key into the box on the table, and the hanging one was a golden cicada lock lock with two golden toads engraved on its back that were only about to jump.

At this time, Ji Kang could even clearly feel his short breathing and distant heartbeat. After taking a breath, he gently twisted the key.