"Qinglan. ”

On the apse that was obliquely illuminated by the light of the cloudy sun, Xiao Shizhu, who had been pondering for a moment, beckoned to Qinglan beside him.

After Qinglan came over, she leaned down and attached her ear to it.

Immediately after, Xiao Shizhu muttered a few words in Qinglan's ear.

Except for Qinglan, the ghost mother and Chen Ruo didn't hear anything.

I don't know, what Xiao Shizhu said to Qinglan. Naturally, I didn't ask much.

And Qinglan waited until Xiao Shizhu finished speaking, answered, and walked out of the main hall.

After Qinglan left, Xiao Shizhu, who had taken a sip of tea, suddenly opened his mouth wide and yawned long. As the yawn echoed across the apse, a somewhat tired look gradually appeared on Xiao Shizhu's face.

"Sleep for a while, you read the notebook last night. Saying this, the ghost mother stood up and pulled Xiao Shizhu up from the throne.

And Chen Ruo took the first step and went to the outside of the hall.

The ghost mother and Xiao Shizhu also left the hall silently, and followed Chen Ruo towards the side hall.

On the side hall next to this apse, there have already been beds and bedding for Xiao Shizhu and the ghost mother to rest here.

Sometimes they will be here after the pilgrimage, squinting and resting.

Chenruo, who entered the side hall first, walked to the bed in the depths, and after tidying up the bedding, he turned around and walked to the side, and lit the incense in the incense burner on the ground on the left and right in front of the bed.

Xiao Shizhu and the ghost mother walked in, Chen Ruo retreated silently, and stood with a few other palace maids outside the side hall away from the gate, and by the way, after the guards closed the gate, let the guards also stand with them away from the gate.

The green smoke curled in the side hall, and the sweet smell emanating from the smoke incense made Xiao Shizhu take a breath, and his sleepiness became even stronger, and he yawned twice again before he took off his robe.

Then he kicked his shoes on the edge of the bed, and when the long sword stood on the side of the bed, he immediately lay down on the bed and yawned again.

The ghost mother who followed Xiao Shizhu picked up the robe he threw on the ground and hung it up, and after putting Xiao Shizhu's shoes away, she took off her clothes and put down the curtains, and then she lay down next to Xiao Shizhu, and at the same time pulled the quilt and covered Xiao Shizhu.

Although the movements were as light as possible, Xiao Shizhu, who was half-asleep and half-awake, had slowly closed his eyes, suddenly opened his eyes wide, staring straight into the air.

"Sleep, recuperate. The ghost mother whispered softly and tucked the quilt for Xiao Shizhu.

Xiao Shizhu was silent, and after pondering for a moment, he asked, "Did you say that Changqin could arrange a banquet very extravagantly tonight?"

To be honest, Xiao Shizhu is the Hades King who can treat himself the most. Since he became the King of the Nine Shadows, he has not been extravagant. Even if it is a major festival and a banquet for the ministers, it will not be extravagant and wasteful, and it will not be extravagant. It's just that the materials and utensils are more luxurious.

This Nine Secluded Country is a ghost country that is constantly to be built and developed, and where money is used everywhere, where it can not be wasted, Xiao Shizhu will never waste it.

These are for the banquet of the Qingqiu Fox King, and they are just for show, not really extravagant. It's just a show, so that the Qingqiu Fox King mistakenly thinks that he has taken advantage of the temporary peace, and he is dizzy.

It was precisely because it was pretended that Xiao Shizhu was suddenly a little worried, can Changqin, the person in charge, complete this task?

After all, what is fake is what is fake.

"You and I have seen this plan, isn't it a problem?" The ghost mother lay on her side, stared at Xiao Shizhu's side face, and continued to whisper: "In all fairness, Changqin's ability in this area is still worthy of recognition. ”。

Xiao Shizhu thought about it, and felt that this was really the case, anyway, it had been handed over to Changqin to be fully responsible, so he didn't have to worry about it.

So he closed his eyes and continued to recuperate......

In the south of the city, there is a secluded compound surrounded by the yamen of several ministries and divisions of the Nine Secluded Kingdom.

This blue brick walled compound is deep, and the layers of small courtyards are connected together, and it is very quiet.

The courtyard is also flat and open, with flowers and trees, and stacked stone ponds dotted in between. Walking in the courtyard, you can get the fun of the mountains and forests without trekking.

Grass, trees, landscapes, small bridges and flowing water, all of them are the four seasons of morning and dusk, all of which have different tastes.

This was originally Xiao Shizhu's palace, but after entering the Yuque, he never came again. It was simply made a place for receiving foreign guests for foreign envoys from all over the world to live in after entering Beijing.

It's just that these countries are forced by the pressure of the Northern Yin Dynasty, or look down on Xiao Shizhu, and rarely have contacts with the Nine Shadows Kingdom. In this courtyard, there have not been many foreign guests.

Now, Changqin has arranged this place as the residence of the Qingqiu Fox King.

Under the requiem tree full of courtyards, the originally deep and quiet courtyard is lively today.

All the ghost officials and guards brought by the Qingqiu Fox King were arranged to go in.

And the Qingqiu Fox King was arranged by Changqin to live in the main house of the compound.

It is said to be the main house, because it used to be the relationship between Xiao Shizhu's palace and the palace, but it is also majestic.

The whole main house sits in the north and faces south, and the topaz tile rests on the top of the mountain, and the front porch. The decoration is also exquisite and gorgeous, surrounded by crystal stone railings, carved with unicorns, lions and plum, sunflower, lotus and other ornaments. The ridge of its roof is inlaid with the dragon dragon ball, which is colorful under the light of the cloudy sun, and the jewels burst out.

Changqin sent the Qingqiu Fox King here, and after a while at the small table in the house, he got up and took his leave.

He still had dinner to prepare and had to go. However, before leaving, he quietly told the Qingqiu Fox King that most of the ghost officials arranged here were actually subordinate to the forbidden army of the capital of the Nine Shadows Kingdom, so that the Qingqiu Fox King wanted to whisper something, don't publicize it loudly, it is best to have someone to do the best, so as not to be listened to by these forbidden troops.

The Qingqiu Fox King was naturally very grateful to Changqin, and asked the fox Shidou to personally send Changqin to the gate of the courtyard.

"Lord Fox Shidou, please go back. Changqin, who was standing at the door, saluted Fox Shidou and said, "I will come in the evening to personally welcome you into the palace for a banquet, please have a good rest." ”。

Fox Shidou returned the salute, watched Changqin board the sedan chair carried by the ghost of the strong mountain, and after walking away, he slowly turned around and returned to the courtyard.

The long piano in the sedan chair was silent, closed his eyes and recuperated.

And the ghosts of the strong mountain carried the sedan chair all the way to the north, and after walking through the streets and alleys, they sent the long qin to the gate of the palace before falling off the sedan chair.

"Your Excellency. The strong mountain ghost carrying the sedan chair said to the long qin in the sedan chair: "We have arrived at the palace gate." ”。

The long qin in the sedan chair slowly opened his eyes, stepped off the sedan chair, took out a full robe, took out the palace waist card, and showed it to the guards. After sending the sedan chair drivers home, he accepted the waist card handed back by the guards and went to the palace.

When I walked into Changqin in the palace, I saw several officials surrounding me.

These are the officials under his Changqin, and they belong to the Spring Palace in charge of the Bangli, which he is in charge of.

"Master Zongbo, this banquet is a bit too much. The ghost official at the head was a money cabinet ghost who was born to be good at financial management and keeping money, he was white and fat, and his big oil belly had been upright, and he said to Changqin when he greeted him: "The expenses this time are bigger than any previous banquet, and the money and material resources are more." ”。

There is a lot of complaining in this tone, and you can hear it when you hear it. And this ghost couldn't wait to open the thick account book in his hand, and he also wanted to show it to Changqin.

"Okay, I won't read the account book for the time being, and the lord will make it up to us afterwards. Changqin's eyes were quick, and he stretched out his hand to stop his subordinate from continuing to turn over the account book, and said: "You only need to be responsible for recording all the accounts clearly, and make sure that every account is clear." ”。

"But with such a way of eating, the lord has already begun to live a luxurious life. is so extravagant and wasteful, and a year's financial income can't withstand a few such luxurious banquets. The money cabinet ghost still refused to give up, and continued to say to Changqin: "Isn't it okay to reduce this banquet?"

"No, I can't. Changqin gave him a categorical answer, and walked forward with the other ghost officials.

This Changqin is not afraid of a deficit in the account book at all, Xiao Shizhu has already said that after the banquet is over, let Qinglan come over to reconcile. Then, most of the expenses were funded from Xiao Shizhu's own private treasury, and he would never let Changqin's department pay all of it out of his own pocket.

However, seeing that the ghost official was so worried about Xiao Shizhu's mediocrity, and since then he has been obsessed with a luxurious life, Changqin secretly felt that this scene was still very successful.

Everyone has a feeling that Xiao Shizhu is starting to be mediocre, and he only knows that he has enjoyed it. If the Qingqiu Fox King saw this feast, eighty percent would have such thoughts.

Thinking of this, Changqin asked the ghosts who were following him as he walked, "Are you ready for tonight's chime?"

"Ready, it's all the chimes of the Old Gods. The liturgical musicians are all ready to play hundreds of pieces of fairy music throughout the night, and there will be no repetition. ”。

"Where's the drink?".

"Kunlun Soup, Pranya Soup, are all thousands of years old, and they are all ready. In addition, there are a lot of cold spring syrup and underground cave brew. ”。

The cashier ghost sighed and shook his head when he heard this.

He was in charge of the ledger and accounts, and knew that although these wines did not cost money to buy, they were all stored in this Jade Que Palace in the era of the ancient gods. But they are all priceless things, thousands of years of aging, countless, so they can be taken out in one go to eat and drink, isn't it extravagant and wasteful?

Changqin heard his sigh, didn't say much, pretended not to know, just nodded with satisfaction, and asked the other officials around him: "Tableware and wine utensils must be made of gilt or chalcedony left over from the era of the ancient gods, chopsticks must be horned, and spoons must be made of gold and silver." ”。

"It's all according to your commands, and that's how it was arranged. Among the other ghost officials and ghost officials, the ghost official in charge of these hurriedly said: "They have also been registered, and they will be returned to the treasury according to the booklet after the banquet." ”。

"Hmm. Changqin didn't say anything more, since everything was ready, let's wait for the banquet to begin.

As they spoke, they had already walked past the side of the Tianquan Palace, in front of a high platform.

This high platform is more than 10 zhang high, square in all directions, the platform is flat and wide, the width is 100 zhang, there are five zhang high building in the middle, the outer circle is square inside, 16 double open gates, facing the surroundings, and the roof of three layers of heavy eaves is overlaid. The magnificent building is surrounded by more than 100 cases. It is a place to entertain foreign guests and hold a state banquet in the Nine Hidden Kingdom.

There is a pair of 15 zhang high jade stone ques on the south side below the stone platform, surrounded by streams.

The entire stone platform, as well as the tall buildings on top, were built in the time of the old gods. Although there were many repairs after that, the appearance and style basically did not change.

It's just that it's been a long time, and it's impossible to know what the ancient gods used to make such a high platform back then.

Anyway, now, Xiao Shizhu uses him for banquets.

Today, the vicinity of this high platform is even more lively, and the palace maids are busy laying out the red carpet for the jade steps to the top. Busy putting up and down lights on the high platform.

The musicians and musicians are already moving their instruments into the tall building above, making final preparations for tonight's music.

After Changqin stopped in front of the stone gate in front of the high platform, he sent the other officials to go their separate ways, leaving the still worried cash cabinet ghost.

After the other officials left, Changqin called the money cabinet ghost aside and said, "Old Qian, do you think that this banquet of the lord can be regarded as the beginning of the road of luxury?"

The money cabinet ghost surnamed Qian nodded without hesitation, snorted, and said, "Isn't it? It's not that he won't be given enjoyment, he is a king, and the enjoyment he deserves is okay. However, he can't slide further and further in the direction of luxury, right?"

After listening to it, Changqin smiled faintly.

He was proud to have such an official under his command. There are such officials who are not afraid of power, and they are also discovering the problem of Xiao Shizhu, and they immediately raised it, Changqin also felt proud and had a long face.

"No, I have to give the king a lesson and give him a warning about this. After a pause, the money cabinet ghost said without thinking: "Doesn't any ruined country start with extravagance and waste? Don't we ordinary people also have a saying that the gold and silver mountains will also be ruined? Isn't it just a Qingqiu Fox King? Is he so extravagant and wasteful for the sake of saving face?"

Changqin couldn't give the old money to the cash cabinet ghost for a while, explaining the reason for this. I can't tell him that these didn't cost the treasury a penny, and in the end, Xiao Shizhu himself would make up for it.

I had to let the old money go to this book.

So he also sighed and said, "I see, you can write this book, but can you live happily today." After today, it's not too late for you to write this notebook again, and hand it in again. ”。

After a pause, Changqin added: "Now that everything is ready, let's help the king complete this face project first." After that, if you put this notebook on again, it's not too late, isn't it?".

Lao Qian frowned, and after thinking for a while, he replied helplessly: "It's only like this, what else can I do?"

As he spoke, he spread his hands.

[Smoked land incense - "Southern Grass and Trees" records: smoked land, out of the Great Qin Kingdom, its wood is born on the sand by the sea, and the wood gum flows out in midsummer. The people of Shazhongyi took it and sold it to Jiake. That is, there are big trees with branches and leaves like ancient pines on the seaside of the Great Qin Kingdom, which grow in the sandy land, and in the middle of summer, the resin flows out of the trees, and it overflows on the sand, and it can be collected. 】