[583] County City God
Outside, the cool night breeze howled, blowing off the bamboo leaves, and then rushed towards the back hall. The night breeze poured in through the cracks in the window, blowing the large ribbon of silk thread woven around Xiao Shizhu's waist and the wide cuffs embroidered with ghost fire patterns.
The female girl stared at Xiao Shizhu tightly, holding her breath suddenly, a drop of sweat oozing from her forehead under her bangs, pausing and slowly sliding down from the center of her eyebrows.
What kind of promise was it? made her both expectant and a little nervous.
"Your father will give you to me and make me a concubine in exchange for a promise from me. After a pause, Xiao Shizhu, who had a normal complexion, gently put the silk book on the table at hand, and said unhurriedly: "I promise to give you a stable place to live and help your family avenge; ”。
When the female leader heard this, she was stunned and speechless for a while, sat motionless on the chair in a daze, and the dragon liver melon slices that had gnawed two or three mouthfuls in her hand fell off her hand and fell on the table.
"Your father is such a clever ghost, he knows that if you are young and beautiful to deliver a silk book, the odds of my refusal will be very low. Xiao Shizhu's face flashed with anger, and then asked in a deep voice: "Or is he too scheming?"
Nulu was in a very complicated mood at this time, not to talk about joy or sadness, but more to be stunned; she was busy running for her life all the way, and she didn't have time to read the content of this silk letter, she never expected that her father would hand her over to Xiao Shizhu in order to avenge the death of the country.
The female girl, who was stunned for a moment, stood up suddenly, reached out and grabbed the silk book, and quickly unfolded it to look at it carefully, wanting to confirm whether what Xiao Shizhu said was true.
At first glance, her eyes widened, the content of the silk book was consistent with what Xiao Shizhu said, Ji Xuanyuan really wanted to dedicate the female to Xiao Shizhu. In exchange, Xiao Shizhu must help Youxiong destroy the Jimeng army and kill the anti-water Chiyou.
And the letter also specifically mentioned that even if the bear country is destroyed, as long as Xiao Shizhu marries a female girl, this promise must be made and realized!
The female girl, who had been stunned for a long time, raised her head and saw a faint look of displeasure on Xiao Shizhu's face. Nulu thought that it was her hesitation that caused Xiao Shizhu to be displeased, so she hurriedly got up, knelt on the ground beside Xiao Shizhu, lowered her head and said, "Nulu is willing, I will willingly serve the Nine Shadows King for the rest of my life." ”。
"You want to, I don't. Xiao Shizhu stood up and walked straight to the window to stand still, the displeasure on his face did not decrease but increased.
"Why?" The somewhat surprised Nulu raised her head, looked at Xiao Shizhu's tall and majestic back with confusion in her eyes, and said in a hurry: "Could it be that the Nulu was born ugly?"
At this moment, the female lu was anxious in her heart. As long as Xiao Shizhu can really help her kill Ji Meng and Chi You, and avenge the death of the country, what does it matter if she marries Xiao Shizhu?
What's more, the other party is the famous Hades King in the underworld today, and his strength is extraordinary. The military and financial strength of the Nine Shadows Kingdom is also far ahead among the countries of the underworld. Married to this rich prince who holds a heavy army and dares to fight head-on in the Beiyin Dynasty without losing the wind, the female Lu will not suffer a loss and have face.
It's just that Xiao Shizhu's sentence I don't want to, which makes the female Lu feel incomprehensible, but also gives birth to a little inferiority.
"No, you're pretty, at least in my opinion, pretty good-looking. But I already have two wives, and when I am in the palace, I am busy enough, and I will have to die of exhaustion if I have a few more. Xiao Shizhu, who put his hands behind his back, continued to look at the pane of the three crosses and six lintels in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "And I don't like this kind of transaction with compulsion, I hate him the most for coercing me!"
Outside, the bamboo sifted through the wind and the moon, and sprinkled swaying black shadows on the windows.
The female lu was even more anxious, moved her knees and took two steps forward, and said urgently: "My father has no intention of coercing the king, but just wants to promote the marriage of you and me." ”。
"But it's easy for me to give you and the retinue you brought a place to live, so that you can live in peace and stability in the Nine Shadows Kingdom, and continue to live a life without food and clothing. Xiao Shizhu, who had been thinking about it for a long time in silence, finally put away his displeasure, regained his calm complexion again, and said slowly: "As for Ji Meng and Chi You and other ghosts, and the army under the command of the Beiyin Dynasty, I will definitely not let go." But don't talk about our marriage again. ”。
The look of loss came to the woman's face as his sonorous words landed.
However, as a deceased, she is not qualified to make any more demands. Now that Xiao Shizhu has made up his mind, it is difficult for the female to say anything.
Fortunately, Xiao Shizhu still agreed to take in them, the dead people who were hunted down and killed by the Northern Yin Dynasty, so that they could live a stable life. And Xiao Shizhu also agreed to settle accounts with Ji Meng and Chi You, which can be regarded as benevolent and righteous.
The female also felt that she was asking too much, but she seemed greedy. Although there is a loss at the moment, Xiao Shizhu is not to blame.
"Get up. Xiao Shizhu, who turned around, walked to the round table again and sat down, raised the teacup and took a sip of tea, and then had an idea.
I heard that the female is good at fighting and has extremely rich battlefield experience, so it is really a waste to let such a ghost talent go away like this. So, Xiao Shizhu, who advocates that waste is a great crime, immediately thought of a place where the female slug could make the best use of things, and then smiled lightly: "My daughter doesn't like female red needlework, just a sword, gun, sword and halberd, if you want me to hire you as her military teacher, how about it?"
Xiao Shizhu can't be by Xiao Fuling's side all the time, and it's not a good thing to let her daughter learn how to fight with her mentor and follow the other party to learn how to fight.
"Teacher?" Huo Ran, who had been bowing her head since she stood up, raised her head, stared at Xiao Shizhu with a light smile with wide eyes again, and asked, "Is it for the master of Yuque Weng?"
"Yes, have you heard of her?" Xiao Shizhu asked casually as he nodded.
"Yes. The female leader also nodded, with a little admiration in her eyes: "When I was not in the country, I often heard the merchants in the country say that the lord of Yuque Weng went out with the king to conquer the Southern Barbarians before he was ten years old, and he was still in charge of the country after the age of ten, and he took care of the Nine Shadows Kingdom in an orderly manner. Even when I was ten years old, I wasn't as majestic as she was. ”。
Xiao Shizhu didn't need to dig deep to know that most of those so-called businessmen were Ah San's subordinates.
And hearing that a ghost praised his daughter, Xiao Shizhu instantly changed from a Hades King to an ordinary father, and laughed heartily, and his smile was also full of pride and pride.
"Yes, that's her. After a while, as the laughter echoed, Xiao Shizhu looked at the female leader again and asked, "Would you like to?" ”。
The female girl frowned, and after thinking about it seriously, she finally nodded heavily and answered......
Fenglinzhou Xuanyuan City is miserable.
In order to vent their hatred, the massacre of the Xudu army lasted in the city for nearly half a year before stopping. However, Xuanyuan City has lost the prosperity and magnificence of the past, and ten rooms and nine empty rooms can be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys.
In the Yin Mansion where no ghosts live, it naturally became the barracks of the Xudu army. It is rare to see ghosts in the city, but there are many ghost soldiers who do evil and do nothing in the city all day.
In the palace of the Yellow Emperor behind the city, the tall and majestic palace of the past was also demolished with the demise of the bear country, and lost its former glory. Most of the treasures and exquisite beams and pillars in the palace were packed and transported back to the Six Heavens Continent.
As for the bricks and tiles of these palaces and pavilions, they were also dismantled and sent to various parts of Fenglinzhou to build barracks and passes for the Northern Yin Dynasty that could garrison troops, as well as forts and dock barriers.
Among the tall palace walls, only patches of desolation and dilapidation remained.
And in the middle of the palace, the hall that has not yet been demolished has become Ji Meng's ghost marshal mansion. Sand table maps, swords, guns, swords and halberds are all over the hall.
Originally, there was no trace of the solemnity in the hall, and all that was left was a fierce and murderous aura.
After the meeting, Ji Meng, who asked his subordinates to retreat, dragged his tired body, slowly walked to the chair covered with hideous skin in the depths of the main hall and sat down, leaned back on the chair, looked around the empty hall where he was the only ghost, and took a long breath.
Although in today's Fenglin Continent, under the massacre and violent deterrence of the Xudu Army, there is no longer a ghost country that dares to call the Northern Yin Dynasty, and there are constantly troops in the Six Heavens Continent who come here. With the growth of the Xudu army in the continent, there will be no more large-scale rebellions, but Ji Meng is more tired than when he fought in the previous war.
It is not easy to rebuild and expand the fortifications in various places, as well as to break up the armies of the Hades in the continent in the past and reorganize and rebuild.
Ji Meng slowly closed his eyes and took advantage of the rare free time to take a nap.
The breeze blows into the temple, and the coolness makes Ji Meng comfortable and reassuring. Unconsciously, sleepiness hit, and Ji Meng's snoring echoed in the hall.
After a while, a ghost trotted into the temple. The sound of the ghost's hurried footsteps immediately woke Ji Meng up.
The ghost general stood still below Ji Meng and replied: "Dashuai, Maqi Mountain has arrived. ”。
"Bring him in. Ji Meng, who said this, pinched the center of his eyebrows a few times with two fingers, and the fatigue on his face had disappeared.
Ji Meng, who was cheering up, was sitting on a chair, his eyes looking straight out of the hall in front of him.
After a while, I saw the ghost general walking in with Ma Qishan. After bringing Ma Qishan to him, the ghost general bowed and turned away.
The main hall fell silent.
Facing Ji Meng, who seemed to be smiling but not smiling, Ma Qishan chose to remain silent.
He advocated surrendering to the Northern Yin Dynasty and kept his glory and wealth, but he was also subject to the ghost officials of the Northern Yin Dynasty. In front of Ji Meng, he didn't even have the right to speak first.
However, there is no dignity or shame under Ma Qishan's old face, and as long as his glory and wealth are still there, there will be no dignity without dignity. As for what he once said righteously and awe-inspiringly, accepting Zhao'an was for the sake of the people, it had already been thrown out of the clouds.
He put on a respectful appearance, stood in front of Ji Meng with his hands down, and gradually waited for the other party to speak.
"Ma Qishan, do you know what you were asked to do?" Ji Meng stood up and walked slowly to the left.
"I don't know. Ma Qishan, who shook his head, then swore an oath: "But no matter what it is, as long as it is a task issued by the marshal or the imperial court, he will do his best to do it." ”。
Ji Meng stood in front of the bookshelf placed next to the wall, raised the corners of his mouth and smiled slightly, and then raised his hand to rummage through the bookshelf for a while.
After a while, he turned around with a silk book and a large brass seal in his hand, walked to Ma Qishan and stood still, handed the two things in his hand to Ma Qishan, and said with a smile: "It's not a big task, it's just that Your Majesty ordered you to be the county god of Mangshan County, are you willing?"
What Ji Meng handed over was the letter of appointment written by Emperor Xudu himself, and the big seal of the city god of Mangshan County.
Ma Qishan put on a whole robe, took the silk book seal with both hands, knelt on the ground and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty is wise!"