The raindrops in the sky are connected into a giant rain curtain, which continues to fall from the sky.

The slight chill is still diffused under the rain and fog.

And the dense dark clouds in the sky strictly covered the light of the cloudy day, and the sky and the earth were dim.

But Hu Qingping, who was in the dark, was bright in his heart.

When the Qingqiu Fox King went abroad, he handed over the important task of the accompanying guards to Hu Qingping to arrange, which was not only a glorious task for Hu Qingping, but also reflected the trust of the Qingqiu Fox King in Hu Qingping.

Such a heavy task is handed over to Hu Qingping, so Hu Qingping's status as the prince of Qingqiu Fox Country will only become more and more stable.

After that, if he Hu Qingping can complete this task excellently, his position as the prince of the Fox Country will be even more unbreakable.

Thinking of this, Hu Qingping also had a triumphant look in his eyes.

stabilized the position of the prince, and after the old Qingqiu Fox King returned to the west, the throne of the ghost king would be inherited by Hu Qingping.

After Hu Qingping was proud for a while, he slowly calmed down in the sound of the rushing rain, and seriously thought about the candidate.

After another moment, Hu Qingping seemed to have chosen a candidate, so he said to the old fox ghost who was still waiting quietly on the side: "You go and call those four brothers." ”。

After speaking, Hu Qingping turned around and walked backwards into the hall behind him.

The old fox ghost also immediately understood, turned around here, and rushed towards the rain.

The torrential rain in the wind quickly soaked the old fox ghost's undried robe again.

In the main hall, there are also colorful jade trees and good trees, and the huge pillars made of them support the high roof of the palace. The base of each pillar is made of green green stone with green grass and green and bright green stones. It is all square bases, which are raspberry-shaped, with high-relief lotus petals at the top, and a circular jack in the center that jams the giant column.

The surrounding eagle spirit fox walks through the mountains. The four sides of the square seat are bas-relief honeysuckle pattern and cloud pattern, and there is a circle carved with the fox ghost and the boy on each of the four corners of the square seat, respectively, for drumming, blowing the pipe, playing the pipa and dancing.

The whole column base is not only exquisitely carved, but also exquisite.

The floor is covered with a patterned carpet sewn with gold and silver thread and unicorn velvet, which is atmospheric and soft as a whole, and spreads all over every corner of the hall.

It's soft to step on, it doesn't hurt your feet, and it's very comfortable.

In the depths of the main hall, there is a throne made of verdant jade, very smooth Lingshou wood.

The throne is carefully carved, the texture is delicate and tight, the luster is deep and simple, and the shape is like jade. The floating clouds and patterns are majestic, the dragon is lifelike, and the overall look is magnificent.

Two nine-tailed foxes made of pure casting on the left and right sides of the throne squatted on both sides. Up and down, golden, very dazzling.

The golden statue of the nine-tailed fox, with its eyes hollowed out, is lit with a strange fragrance diffused by light incense.

Next to the nine-tailed fox statue, there is a copper furnace, which is used to make a charcoal fire for heating. In the current smoker, fine charcoal is lit.

The good charcoal is warm and burn-resistant, gray but not explosive, and does not raise ash, so it is easy to clean.

Lighting the charcoal to emit heating dispels the chill that spreads into the hall in the wind and rain, making the hall warm like spring without the slightest cold.

Hu Qingping walked into this empty hall where there was only him, sat on the throne, and the fluffy fox tail behind his thighs slowly rolled into a circle and coiled up. Hu Qingping also listened to the sound of wind and rain outside the main hall, closed his eyes slightly, and took a nap.

The centipede beads on the beams and pillars illuminate the deep hall.

No matter how loud the wind and rain outside the main hall is, it has become a lot smaller when it enters the main hall. Hu Qingping, who was sitting in the depths of the main hall, heard the sound of wind and rain outside the hall, and it was no longer noisy.

The faint sound of wind and rain made Hu Qingping sleepy when he heard it, and after a while, he curled his arm on the armrest of the throne, supported his crooked face, and fell asleep.

I don't know how long I slept, a little palace slave walked in, woke up Hu Qingping, who was dozing, and handed the small bowl in his hand that was lying on his feet unglazed, the outer wall was entwined with peony patterns, and the decoration was exquisite.

The mellow aroma of wine in the bowl diffused out, and a pool of green wine shook slightly in the bowl, causing ripples.

This bowl of green wine was used to warm up Hu Qingping's body.

Rainy days are cloudier than usual, but also chilly hit. Although the ghosts of the underworld are nourished by the yin qi, they must not be overdone.

In such weather, if you drink a sip of wine to warm your body, the ghosts will be more comfortable.

Hu Qingping picked up the wine bowl and took a sip of wine. The palace slave bowed and withdrew.

The green wine entered his throat, and Hu Qingping's body gradually warmed up, which was very comfortable.

The small palace servant left, went and turned back The old fox ghost turned back again, crossed the threshold, and entered the main hall.

This time, this old fox ghost is no longer a single ghost, and there are four fox ghosts behind him, all of whom are tall, short, fat and thin.

The tall fox ghost had a round bun on the right side of his head, and he was dressed in a knee-length shirt, with thick eyebrows and leopard eyes on a long face, a full beard, and a cold and majestic face.

The short five-foot figure, the long mane under his head flowed down to the chest. The fox's face has thick black eyebrows and deep-set eye sockets, which are very conspicuous.

The fat one is only half a foot taller than Ai, with fat all over his body, thick legs and thick hands, a bulging belly, and a pair of small eyes that can't be seen when he squints. He is cute and cute, and he has a smile on his face all the time.

The skinny one was skinny and skinny, but his face was round, and his arms were longer than his knees all the way to his chest. A pair of jade-like eyes are spinning.

These four fox ghosts lined up, followed the old fox ghost and came to Hu Qingping and stood still, they all knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Hu Qingping.

These four fox ghosts are the four brothers that the fox Qingping asked the old fox ghost to summon. It is really four brothers, born with the same surname and the same father and mother, and they are by no means sworn brothers.

The four brothers are also officials in the court of the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom, and they are the most trusted personal guards of the crown prince Fox Qingping and the current Qingqiu Fox King.

Moreover, the four brothers were also given the surname 'Lake' by the current Qingqiu Fox King because of their loyalty and countless military exploits.

Because the word lake has the same sound as the fox, these four brothers are also called the four brothers with the surname of the country by the ghosts of the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom.

After the four fox ghosts saluted, they all squatted on Hu Qingping's left leg, landed on his right knee, and lowered his head slightly to not look directly at Hu Qingping in front of him.

And the old fox ghost also stepped aside.

"Please ask the prince to command. Then the four brothers got up and spoke.

Hu Qingping took another sip of wine before he said slowly: "I called you four brothers here today just for one thing, that is, my father is about to go abroad to envoy the Nine Shadows Kingdom to meet with the Nine Shadows King. But my father travels far away, and is free to be a reliable and faithful guard. I think about it, it's the four ghosts that are the most suitable. ”......

The torrential rain in Dongyingzhou is non-stop, and it is a good sunny day near Yuque City in Xuanyanzhou. The scorching sun is shining, and the sky and the earth are bright and bright.

However, the torrential rain in the second half of last night still left traces of water and mud on the underworld outside the city that extended in all directions.

Xiao Shizhu's car is speeding on the underworld. The hand grip of the beast soul pulling the cart and the wheels swept over the stagnant water on the road one after another, bringing up splashes of water.

"Home, home, home. Xiao Shizhu in the car stretched his waist, looked at the scenery outside the curtains, and was overjoyed: "When I go back, I want to go to a hot spring, eat a good meal, and sleep beautifully." ”。

Qinglan on the side joked with Xiao Shizhu inappropriately, and said, "But lord, after enjoying those, there are piles of notebooks waiting for you." There are also endless state affairs that can never be dealt with. ”。

is used to joking with Xiao Shizhu, and it is not a joke that cannot be made, Xiao Shizhu not only did not glare at Qinglan who was still smiling angrily, but also did not get angry, but disappeared with joy in an instant, with a look of frustration and helplessness.

Xiao Shizhu will not put on the king's shelf anytime and anywhere, and when there is nothing important, he and his subordinates can still joke.

He, Xiao Shizhu, is not suitable to be a monarch with a straight face all day long, if he has to do that, Xiao Shizhu will definitely find a white silk and hang himself.

Xiao Shizhu, who was depressed, soon had a gloomy look on his face, and said to Qinglan urgently: "You make me happy and happy to die." ”。

In his tone, there was a slight complaint.

Qinglan smiled again, and didn't say more, but she mentioned the copper kettle on the case, and the copper kettle with Panlong's ears on the left and right sides of the pot poured a glass of fruit wine for Xiao Shizhu.

And Liuyun, who was sitting in the car with them, was lying on the window, looking out of the window with a curious probe, accompanied by the cool wind, looking left and right.

Every scenery is new to this little girl who has never been out of Danshui County.

The purple fruit wine slowly fell into the golden jue dedicated to Xiao Shizhu. After a full cup, Qinglan stopped. Xiao Shizhu also put away his frustration, leaned over and lowered his head, his mouth was close to the wine in the cup, and he took a small sip before slowly picking up the golden jue.

After another sip of wine, Xiao Shizhu was happy again, and his face was full of joy.

Anyway, his Xiao Shizhu's job is to deal with endless state affairs and make decisions on military operations, and he has long been used to it. Although they will complain, they will not really dislike it.

The gloom on his face before has vanished.

Suddenly, a tall tower appeared in front of Liuyun's eyes. I saw that on the edge of the underworld, the tower as high as dozens of zhang stood tall and straight, and wanted to take off.

Under the tower, the foundation is high, and above the four directions, four gilded dragons are like striding with their heads held high, as if they want to lift their feet and fly into the air, and go straight to the nine skies.

The tower is divided into ten floors, with eight square shapes, eight large windows on each floor are ringed in the middle, and there are crystal cornices on the left and right sides of the windows. The copper bells hanging high on the cornices shook in the wind, and the melodious bells, accompanied by the sound of the wind, resounded under the sky.

Liuyun had never seen such a tall tower, so he couldn't help but blurt out, "Wow." ”。

She was born and raised in Danshui County, and the lighthouse she had seen on the seaside in the county was only about ten zhang high, far less tall than the tall tower flying in front of her at this time.

The tall tower that passed in front of him made Liuyun breathtaking. But Xiao Shizhu and Qinglan only glanced at the tower outside the window, and their faces were still calm.

This is one of the towers outside Yuque City, which is specially placed for air defense, and seeing it indicates that it is getting closer and closer to Yuque City.

"Qinglan, you go and change the black monkey in, and we will enter the city through the north side gate. Xiao Shizhu put down his wine glass and said to Na Qinglan: "Tell the sergeant that the speed of the car can be slowed down." ”。

"No. Na Qinglan answered and walked towards the car door.

After a while, the black monkey was replaced.

"Monkey, eat a fruit. Xiao Shizhu picked up the table, and the shallow belly arc closed, and a fruit in the flat-bottomed silver plate was thrown towards the black monkey.

The black monkey stretched out his hand, caught the oncoming fruit impartially, nodded and thanked him, and gnawed on it.

"Liuyun, let's have dinner with me, my wife and the children today. Immediately afterwards, Xiao Shizhu said to Liuyun, who was still lying by the window watching the scene: "By the way, I will let you meet my daughter." ”。

When Liuyun heard this, he suddenly felt nervous. But Xiao Shizhu's words didn't sound like asking for advice, but an order, and the next second later, Liuyun hurriedly nodded and responded.

When Liuyun relieved his tension a little, and then looked out of the car, in the noise of the crowd, the coachman shook the hurried bell to warn pedestrians to avoid, and at the same time, the car just turned around outside the north gate of Yuque City, passing through the pedestrians coming and going in front of the city gate, and drove in the northeast direction.

The prisoner car, which followed closely behind, also turned around with Xiao Shizhu's car and went to the northeast.

The tall city tower with heavy buildings and heavy eaves, as well as the fierce stone carvings of the tomb beasts in front of the city tower, as well as the figures of the guards and soldiers who were waiting for the city on the gate tower, all flashed in front of Liuyun.

Before Liuyundu had time to take a closer look, these scenery had been left far behind.

The next scene made Liuyun frightened.

She saw that on the city wall, there were many bones hanging from ropes, and the ropes were just wrapped around the necks of each corpse. And they hung outside the wall, and in the midst of the gale, swaying slowly from side to side, like the pendulum of some table clock.

The bones were covered and hung in the wind, and Liuyun was a little frightened and nervous again.

Then, she was relieved again. Just because she saw a few conspicuous words written in red paint on the tall brick wall between the bones: "This is the fate of traitors." ”。

Liuyun, who is not a traitor, naturally will not be nervous after seeing those white bones and rotting corpses. It's just that those white bones, the hollow eyes on the skull, and the scene of corpses swaying in the wind are still a little scary for Liuyun.

It is inevitable that there will be palpitations.

"King, why are these traitors hanging on the wall?" Just when the black monkey finished eating the fruit and lowered the curtain of the car according to Xiao Shizhu's instructions, Liuyun plucked up his courage and said to Xiao Shizhu: "Isn't this too cruel?"

She could imagine that the corpses on the city wall outside the car were hanged alive on the city wall. And no one went to collect the body, and no one dared to go.

Because those demons are traitors.

Even if Liuyun knew that these traitors did not deserve pity and sympathy, she still felt that it was acceptable to directly execute the traitors, and it was difficult for her to accept such torture of corpses for the time being.

"Nations need deterrence, and civilization is not constructed by mercy for criminals, there is nothing cruel that is not cruel. Xiao Shizhu's face was very calm, and there was no trace of unkindness in his eyes: "The people hanging on the city wall are all traitors who betrayed our ghost country and the ghost people in the country. Some corpses even indirectly led to hundreds of ghost people in front of them, and their families were ruined. Such a ghost beheaded them with a knife, it is too cheap for them. Hanging high on the city wall and slowly torturing them to death can also serve as a warning to future generations. ”。

This shocked Ruyun, and she was dumbfounded when she heard it.

At this moment, Xiao Shizhu she looked at seemed to be a moody, cruel and cruel tyrant.

"You may say that I am a tyrant, but when you have seen the ghosts betrayed by these traitors, they have died a terrible death. Or when they ransack villages for their ulterior motives, you will feel that even if they are hanged, it is too cheap for them traitors. Xiao Shizhu put down Jin Jue, and his body slowly exuded a Taoist aura: "The kind of village where no one survives because of the traitor's selfish desires, and there are white bones everywhere, I have seen too much at the beginning of the founding of our country. ”。