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It was night, and the dark clouds covered the blue moon, plunging the Ghost Mother Palace into darkness. In the inner courtyard, which is calm on the surface, but in fact the dark tide is surging, the shadows of green bamboo and ancient cypress and pine are constantly changing their forms with the night wind, sometimes like demons with teeth and claws, sometimes like scheming monsters, and even the shadows of the rockeries look so hideous at this time.

Not far from the Vientiane Palace, in a cave under a rockery on the blind spot of the forbidden army's patrol, a young maid wearing a goose-yellow pleated skirt stood in the dark, no more than twenty-eight years old.

If there is light at this time, you will definitely see that the maid's melon seed face has a fresh temperament that is not stained by mud, and on both sides of her small and delicate nose, there are a pair of bright and moving eyes, full of innate affinity.

If Xiao Shizhu was here at this time, he would definitely be able to recognize the other party at a glance as the personal maid who followed the ghost mother anytime and anywhere - Bodhi!

After a while, I saw a black shadow cautiously avoiding the forbidden army sentry, sneaking into the inner courtyard and silently flying towards Bodhi's side. After the black shadow stood still in front of Bodhi, he looked around and saw that there was no one else except him and Bodhi, and then whispered to Bodhi, "Is the ghost mother asleep?" The hoarseness was as hoarse as the sound of sawing wood.

I saw that the person who came was dressed in black clothes and black robes, and even the face hidden under the brim of the black robe was covered with a black cloth, revealing only a pair of blood-red eyes.

"Yes. Bodhi bowed slightly, and whispered to the man in black: "Ming Yichen was killed by Xiao Shizhu's design last night, and now the ghost mother wants Xiao Shizhu to find out Ming Yichen's comrades." ”。

"What?" the man in black hurriedly asked, with panic in his tone, "Are we exposed?"

"Not really. Bodhi shook his head lightly and said, "You can rest assured, Ming Yichen, who we will not expose, did not betray us." And although Xiao Shizhu has a lot of eyes, but the ghost mother gave him the four old, weak, sick and disabled forbidden soldiers to be assistants, so they can't find out about us, and no matter how shrewd he Xiao Shizhu is, he will be dragged down by the four famous in the forbidden army. ”。

"Oh. Seeing that Bodhi said so surely, the man in black believed what he said, and after a little thought, he bowed slightly, and then asked: "Ming Yichen is so cautious, how can he be on the way?"

His mission was to recover the token and protect the lord's plan from being detected, and after learning that the token that the Heavenly King had hidden in the Tengu Garden was found by Xiao Shizhu, he went to the Tengu Garden alone. Unexpectedly, this was Xiao Shizhu's deliberate release of the token news, intended to attract us to the bait, so he landed without knowing it. While speaking, Bodhi was frowning from beginning to end, his apricot eyes were wide open, and he and Xiao Shizhu had a deep hatred.

"This kid has so many things, it seems that I have to find a chance to get rid of him!" Hearing this, the man in black also clenched his fists, and let his fingertips sink into the flesh of his palm, and said fiercely.

"You don't have to. After Bodhi sneered, he said in a gloating tone: "As long as he can't catch us within ten days, the ghost mother will naturally execute him." ”。

"Oh, there are such good things?" The man in black was stunned when he heard this, and at the same time he was a little overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "The ghost mother dares to appoint a ghost with no merit to do such a big thing, it can be seen that this little ghost is very appreciated, but why do you only give him a ten-day period?".

"Because he is a male ghost, and he had a lust for the ghost mother at the beginning, the ghost mother didn't fully trust him, it was just because Xia Xing led the troops to fight against Wu Zhiqi, and the country had no case to decide, so he made this decision. ”。

"I once secretly reported to my lord that when Wu Zhiqi attacked the eastern coastline of the ghost mother country, he sent troops to attack the ghost mother country left and right, but the lord seemed to have some concerns and did not agree for a long time. After thinking for a while, the man in black said: "Otherwise, our soldiers will come to the city of Xiaoyu Mountain, and her ghost mother will definitely hand over the soul-thirsty umbrella after besieging the mountain for several months." ”。

"This plan is not very feasible, over the years, the national strength of the ghost mother country has recovered, but we have not recovered, which is one of the reasons why the lord let us lurk. Speaking of this, Bodhi glanced at the Vientiane Palace not far from the cave, and said with a little nervousness: "I should go, so as not to be suspicious, don't come to the inner court to look for me these days." Be careful in whatever you do, and don't show anything to yourself. ”。 After finishing speaking, after seeing the man in black nodding heavily, Bo raised the cave, looked left and right to make sure that no one was paying attention to this side, and quietly left.

At the same time, in the Tiangu Garden, Wei He told Xiao Shizhu what he had heard. Xiao Shizhu took the pen and paper, and after recording them one by one, without waiting for him to speak, Li Guess Li Hao and Yang Fengfeng scolded indignantly: "It's so hateful, you actually say that we are waste!"

"Shut up! If you don't want to be called a waste, help me find out the mole. After Xiao Shizhu scolded, he licked the grease stuck to his hands, and said to Wei: "So they are a man and a woman?"

As he spoke, he tore a piece of chicken and put it in his mouth.

"You don't want to leave me some, respect the old and love the young, respect the old and love the young, don't you know?" Wei He looked at the three roast chickens on the table that had been eaten by Xiao Shizhu and them, and almost only bones remained, shook his head helplessly and sighed, then picked up the neck of the chicken and gnawed it.

"I'm buying you a separate one tomorrow, don't just eat it. Xiao Shizhu shook Wei Shi with his greasy right hand, and asked urgently: "Let me ask you, is it a man and a woman?"

"yes. Wei replied vaguely, chewed the chicken in his mouth a few times and swallowed it, and said, "Oh yes, I heard that woman's voice, it is the ghost mother's personal maid - Bodhi!"

"That's big news. After Xiao Shizhu suddenly became excited, he almost danced with his hands, and after he looked left and right at the three roast chickens with only chicken ribs and chicken feet left, he picked up a chicken foot and stuffed it to Wei Shi, and then sneered: "What about the man? Who is the man?"

Wei shook his head silently and continued to eat roast chicken.

"Don't you know?" Xiao Shizhu asked, Wei Shi nodded again, still not saying a word and just caring about eating chicken.

"Wei Lao's ears are well-known spirits, and even he can't make out the voice. When King Kong heard this, he said thoughtfully: "So maybe it's not from the palace?"

Xiao Shizhu didn't say anything, but looked at the recorded conversations, stunned. After a moment, he raised his hand and slammed the table, startling King Kong and Wei He, who was still gnawing on the bones.

"It's still from the palace. Xiao Shizhu looked at the suspicious expressions on their faces, and hurriedly pointed to the advice that Bodhi said on the conversation record: "I should go, so as not to be suspicious, don't come to the inner court to look for me these days." Be careful in whatever you do, and don't show anything to yourself. ”。

Then he said to everyone in a firm tone: "If you are an outsider, you should tell the other party to be careful not to be discovered by the forbidden army when you go back, and don't enter the palace for a few days, instead of not coming to the inner court to look for me, and worrying that the other party will do something to show your feet." ”。

"But I really haven't heard this man's voice. Wei Shi's eyes widened, looked at the records, and then looked at Xiao Shizhu, and said slowly: "His voice is so unique, if the people in the palace and I have heard it, I must know who it is as soon as I hear it." ”。

"There are so many people in the palace, it's not surprising that you can't remember it all at once. Xiao Shizhu stood up and said thoughtfully: "Sheep crazy, didn't you say that there are no big and small things in the palace that you don't know?"

"That's not what I said. Yang Fengfeng hurriedly waved his hand and said, "That's what Brother King Kong said." ”。

"Whatever, does it matter who said it? The matter of the person who inquired about this voice is covered with you. Xiao Shizhu patted his broad shoulders and said, "I'm optimistic about you! If you can find out who it is in three days, I'll buy you ten sauce elbows." ”。

"Really?" Yang Fengfeng, who was half-convinced, looked at him with shiny eyes and sucked in the saliva that flowed to his mouth. Xiao Shizhu nodded his head and said in his heart: "Sure enough, he is a foodie." ”。

After Yang Dingfeng saw him nodding, he patted his chest, making his fat chest tremble, and said, "Wrap it on me." ”。

"My lord, even if we find the man, we can't convict them. Approaching King Kong, he frowned and said, "We heard the conversation, and they can completely deny it, saying that you fabricated evidence to falsely accuse them." ”。

Xiao Shizhu naturally thought of this problem, and he already had a countermeasure, so he smiled slightly and said in a relaxed tone: "An'an, as long as we have one thing, they will definitely take the bait!"

"What?" King Kong and the others looked at Xiao Shizhu curiously and asked in unison.

Xiao Shizhu slowly spit out a word: "Umbrella!". The look of confidence on his face has increased instead of decreasing......

Early the next morning, after registering the Tengu returned by the forbidden army, Xiao Shizhu explained that King Kong and Wei looked at the Tengu, and Li Hao, Li Chai, and Yang Fengfeng went to Mingcha to secretly visit the person who talked to Bodhi last night and then left the palace. When the sun was setting in the west, he hummed a little song and twisted the roast chickens and a package back to Tenguyuan.

In the early morning of the third day, he carried the package to the Vientiane Palace again. The ghost mother separated Bodhi and the other maids and chatted secretly with him in the palace.

Bodhi paced back and forth outside the palace, although she walked slowly, but there was a faint anxiety between her eyebrows. This Xiao Shizhu has been in for half a cup of tea and has not yet come out, is he discussing some strategy with the ghost mother? This makes Bodhi puzzled at the same time, but also a little nervous.

At this moment, several maids carried snacks, fruits and fragrant tea to the front of the Vientiane Palace. Bodhi's eyes lit up, these things could just give her an excuse to find out the truth under the pretext of sending things into the palace, so she stopped the maids and said, "My lord is discussing matters, and idle people are not allowed to enter; ”。

The maids said yes and did as they did. As soon as they left, Bodhi heard the hysterical roar of the ghost mother coming from the Vientiane Palace, where the doors and windows were closed: "You shameless man, get out of here!"

Before she could recover from her incomprehensible stunned, she saw the palace gate open, and Xiao Shizhu, who was scolding and scolding, walked out of the palace in a gray manner.

"Lord Xiao. Bodhi settled down, greeted him with a smile, and asked curiously, "Are you making my lord unhappy again?"

"Your ghost mother is menopause. Xiao Shizhu didn't ask, snatched the fragrant tea in her hand, took a sip, and scolded indignantly: "Isn't it just to talk to her about being a male pet for her?

"Huh. Bodhi lowered his head and smiled, and said, "I advise Lord Xiao to take care of his own affairs, and don't always think of using this opportunistic method to climb the dragon and the phoenix." After all, you only have seven days left to catch the mole. ”。 Although this is said with a smile, it is full of provocation and sarcasm.

"This matter doesn't matter, we have found a person who speaks as ugly as the sound of sawing wood is very suspicious, and now Li Hao Li guesses that they are staring at this person, and there will be three or five days to find evidence. Xiao Shizhu looked disapproving, waved his hand at Bodhi, and said without concealment: "I have to give me a few kind words, and let the ghost mother think about the matter that made me rich." ”。 As he spoke, he took out a pair of jade bracelets of good color from his baggage, and stuffed them into Bodhi along with the teacup.

"Gone. After Xiao Shizhu said a word, he slowly walked to the outer courtyard. Bodhi looked at his back, then looked at the jade bracelet in his hand, and after snorting coldly, he put away the jade bracelet and carried the fragrant tea that Xiao Shizhu had drunk a sip of, and walked towards the Vientiane Palace.