The ghost mother was slightly stunned and stopped moving forward, muttering to herself, "It's so fast." ”。 There was no fear on his face, and he was as calm as ever.

"Welcome them to the Tianyang Palace. After the ghost mother turned her head and told Qing Lan, she looked back at Chen Ruo and said, "Inform the fungus people, let them inform Ying Zhao of this news first, let him prepare for defense, and then inform the lord that Plan B can be executed." ”。

When Chen Ruo and Qinglan heard this, although they didn't know what Plan B was, they still didn't dare to slack off, nodded yes one after another, and quickly left to do something.

The ghost mother then left the Punishment Division and headed towards Tianyang Palace alone.

After walking a cup of tea, she entered the Tianyang Palace and sat down in the side hall, and leisurely drank the hot tea offered by the palace maid.

She was neither surprised nor anxious by the arrival of black and white impermanence, she had received a secret report about it a month ago. In addition, she has a friendship with black and white impermanence, and it is clear that the two brothers are secretly on Xiao Shizhu's side, so they don't have too much worry and defense against black and white impermanence.

After three rounds of tea, Qinglan took the two brothers to the side hall of Tianyang Palace.

"Please hand over your weapons. Without waiting for Black and White Impermanence to salute the Ghost Mother, Qing Lan glanced at the life-seeking hook hanging from Black Impermanence's waist a few times, and then moved her gaze to the mourning stick in Bai Impermanence's hand.

The black and white impermanence were stunned for a moment, and looked at Qinglan, who was neither humble nor arrogant, and looked directly at them from beginning to end, and rebuked angrily in unison: "My brothers have never disarmed a ghost other than Emperor Xudu!"

"Okay, okay, Qinglan, you go out first. The ghost mother hurriedly waved her hand and said, "These two will not harm me, you can rest assured, and there is no need to confiscate the weapon." ”。

Since the ghost mother said so, although Qinglan was still skeptical of black and white impermanence, she didn't dare to disobey her, so she hurriedly nodded, and took the palace maids who were waiting on the side, lowered her hands and bowed her head and retreated.

"Xiao Shizhu's follower. After the ghost mother watched him withdraw, she turned her eyes to the serious black impermanence and the laughing white impermanence, and smiled: "It's just loyalty, don't worry about the children of the two old friends." ”。

Black and white impermanence put away his head a little angrily, and when he saw that only they and the ghost mother were left in the side hall, he straightened his robe, and after kneeling down on the ghost mother's knees, he bowed his head and said in unison: "See the master mother." ”。

Seeing that there are no ghosts around, black and white impermanence no longer hides anything.

"Get up. The ghost mother smiled and got up to help them up, and said kindly: "Presumably old friends, you have also heard that our Nine Shadows Country does not kneel, so the two of you should follow the customs." ”。 The excitement and joy of reuniting after a long absence flashed in his eyes, and he added a little more.

"Thank you, Master. After Qi Qi answered, black and white impermanence slowly said the purpose of this trip, the three ghosts have long known, although in the past in order to avoid the suspicion of the Emperor Xudu and never communicated, but the friendship has always been strong, and they used to be loyal to the emperor, and now they are all loyal to Xiao Shizhu, so they did not pretend to greet anything, and went straight to the topic.

After finishing speaking, they also told the ghost mother that this inspection was nothing more than a pretense, and as soon as they arrived, they would send a message to Xudu, informing the Emperor that he could send troops.

"Actually, Xiao Shizhu and I already knew. After the ghost mother invited them to sit below her, she said slowly: "The Nine Shadows Kingdom was also secretly ready for battle half a year ago. ”。

Black and white impermanence was stunned when he heard this, and after staring at each other for a moment, he looked at the ghost mother with a confused gaze, and said in unison the doubts in his heart: "That Xiao Shi...... Then why did the young master still send troops to the Southern Barbarians?".

Before they came, they knew about Xiao Shizhu's southern expedition, and the troops were divided into many ways, and they even went into battle in person; they had the power of the whole country to work together to eliminate Du Ziren!

But in this way, when Emperor Xudu suddenly sent troops to attack the Nine Shadows Kingdom, Xiao Shizhu would inevitably not be able to return in time to help, so the two brothers of black and white impermanence went all the way, although their faces were still the same, but they were very worried in their hearts.

"In order to confuse the Emperor Xudu, he created an illusion that the strength of the Nine Shadows Kingdom was vacant and he would be defeated. The ghost mother smiled indifferently and said bluntly without concealment: "What my husband has done over the years must have been heard of by you from far away in Xudu, he will never do useless things at the same time, he likes to combine pranks and military tactics to play opponents, which has always been his hobby." ”。

As soon as these words came out, the black and white impermanence that I couldn't understand was stunned again, and then the black impermanence raised the black eyebrows on his forehead, and the two white eyebrows were frowned, and they all looked at the ghost mother, and shouted: "Why?"

"My husband is not stupid, and he also knows the truth that Mu Xiu will be destroyed by the forest wind. When I got the holy decree that Emperor Xudu could be conquered at will, I knew that one day Emperor Xudu would come back to find fault. The ghost mother raised the corners of her mouth slightly, and said lightly: "With his passive waiting for the Emperor Xudu to fight, it is better to prepare in advance and attract him at the right time." ”。

"Please enter the urn?" Bai Wuchang sucked his mouth, and after thinking for a moment, he asked again: "Could it be that the young master already has the strength to fight on two fronts?"

"Hmm. The face of the resolute ghost mother nodded and said, "As early as five years ago, the Nine Shadows Kingdom began various preparations, including the training of the new army, material reserves, and so on. ”

As soon as these words came out, black and white impermanence took a long breath, and they were a lot more relieved.

"And what are your plans?" asked the Ghost Mother, looking at them with a little curiosity.

"Our brother's plan is like this, ten days later, we will send a flying pigeon to the old thief of Xudu, so that it will take at least a month for the flying pigeon to reach Xudu, and it will take at least two months for him to dispatch from the army to the whole army, and it will not be until the end of summer that the Xudu army can launch an attack on the Nine Hidden Kingdom. After thinking for a while, Hei Wuchang said, "And the Nine Shadows Kingdom has three months to prepare. ”。

"Anyway, we have to turn against the old thief in Xudu, and then our brother simply won't leave, and stay in Yuque to help the young master rule the country; Bai Wuchang took over and continued: "At that time, the young master can also threaten the old thief of Xudu with us and make him withdraw from the army. ”。

"Haha. Hearing this, the ghost mother raised her head and laughed a few times, then shook her head, and pointed her fingers back and forth at herself and black and white impermanence: "Your plan to stay is okay, and we welcome you to stay, but with my understanding of Emperor Xudu, he will not be afraid that we will threaten him with you; among the human beings who believe in the cycle of life and death, you are indeed not low, but in the eyes of Emperor Xudu, you and I are small people like ants." Does he care if you live or die?".

As soon as the ghost mother said this, the black and white impermanence had a gloomy gaze, and if you think about it carefully, what the ghost mother said is true, in the eyes of the Emperor Xudu, all the ghosts except him are just grass mustard ants.

"So just blackmail. The ghost mother put away her smile and said, "Let's think about it in the long run." ”。

Black and white impermanence couldn't think of any good way for a while, so he had to nod silently.

"That's right. After a while, Hei Wuchang took out a thick yellowed scroll from his arms and offered it with both hands: "Our brothers also stole the master book of life and death, and asked the master mother to collect it for the young master first." ”......

On the Devil's Cry Beach, in the early morning of the rising sun, it was quiet again.

The mountain fire was extinguished early, the wind and rain had been extinguished, and a thin morning mist poured from Mingyue Mountain, shuttling through the messy Devil's Crying Beach, bringing bursts of blood that surged like waves.

On the sandy beach full of fine sand, at this time, you can see the iron armor of the Southern Barbarians and the black and heavy iron and green blades, scattered horizontally and vertically on the fine sand.

Under the command of Xiao Shizhu, the Jiuyou National Army was divided into three, one part went to see the prisoners, and the remaining two groups of sergeants either cleaned up the battlefield or went to repair the passes.

According to Xiao Shizhu's speculation, Du Ziren was very likely to make a quick counterattack after learning that the Devil's Crying Beach had been missed, and he would make a move to recover the military seaport of the Devil's Crying Beach, so he made the decision to stick to this place first and never rush forward. Then you have to prepare for defense in advance.

"Father. Xiao Shizhu was standing on the beach, thinking about how to strengthen the defense, Xiao Lingling rushed towards him with joy, holding a scimitar in a scabbard made of elephant skin.

Xiao Shizhu's train of thought was interrupted suddenly, but instead of getting angry, he smiled indifferently at Xiao Fuling, who was already standing in front of him, and looked at the scimitar in the other party's hand and asked, "What did you capture?"

"Of course. Xiao Fuling raised her head slightly, and replied triumphantly: "Senior sister and I found out that a general in the enemy army wanted to take advantage of the chaos to escape, and we captured it in time. ”。

After finishing speaking, he took Xiao Shizhu's hand and wanted to take him to see his prisoner of war.

Xiao Shizhu followed her to the tattered Ghost Cry Pass, and saw Xiao Si with a few Weng Lord guards, surrounding seven or eight gray-headed, blood-stained Southern Barbarian troops.

The Southern Barbarian Army led by him was very tall, with short black and five willow whiskers under his cheeks, and his arrogant and cold face was mostly gray at this time; he was wearing a black and shiny tiger head and a tattered bright armor, compared with the Southern Barbarian Army who were generally dressed in iron armor or leather armor skirts, his eyes and temperament were very different, and he knew at a glance that this ghost was undoubtedly the general here.

Xiao Shizhu stared at this ghost for a moment and then became suspicious, this human soul who was glaring at him angrily, with a fire in his eyes, actually wore Du Ziren's slave collar on his neck, like most of the other Southern Barbarian Army.

"What's your name?" After looking at it for a long time, Xiao Shizhu slowly asked, "What official position?"

"Shouguang Hou. The ghost straightened his waist and replied in a deep voice: "Captain of the Southern Barbarian Country." ”。

As soon as these words came out, Xiao Shizhu suddenly felt that this name was a little familiar, and after thinking about it carefully, he suddenly remembered that he had seen this name in the book of the world, Bao Gan's "Sou Shen Ji", and asked again: "Is it the Shouguang Hou who can be a ghost in the Yang Han Dynasty in the legend?"

"What's the matter?" the ghost stared at Xiao Shizhu's clear eyes and snorted angrily, and said coldly: "King of the Nine Shadows, you are a villain, and you are not worthy of talking to me. ”。

Xiao Shizhu was slightly stunned and then smiled dumbly, and deliberately asked with interest: "How did I become a villain?"

"You haven't done what you say, and you must do what you do!" Shouguang Hou was suddenly extremely excited, and asked almost roaringly: "The Nine Shadows Kingdom has a peace treaty with our country, and you openly tore up the treaty to launch an invasion, what is it if you are not a villain?

Seeing that he was going to bully him with his teeth and claws, the guards did not dare to be careless and hurriedly stepped forward and tied his hands.

"Bold!" Xiao Fuling was not to be outdone, raised her hand and pointed at the tip of Shouguanghou's nose, and scolded sharply: "What are you, and you are also worthy of my father's duties?"

"It seems that you have read a lot of Confucian books in the past. Xiao Shizhu suddenly raised his hand, stopped Xiao Fuling, who was about to step forward, looked at Shouguanghou and asked word by word: "Then I will test you, do you know Mencius Yun: Adults, words do not have to be believed, deeds do not have to be fruitful, but where the righteousness lies." ”。

As soon as these words came out, Shou Guanghou was stunned on the spot, and while he didn't know how to answer for a while, his face full of anger was suddenly replaced by sluggishness.

"I don't have to believe what I say, I don't have to do it. Xiao Shizhu slowly pulled out the Moon Destroying Sword at his waist, took a step forward at Shouguanghou's eyebrows, and then showed a sly smile: "But it's all for morality!"

After finishing speaking, he raised the Moon Destroying Sword above his head and slashed it down!