The wind and rain outside the ship were still the same, but a little lighter than before, and the thunder and lightning that had tirelessly tore the night before were gone.

In the vast sea, the turbulent waves and huge waves that were still roaring became relatively calm as the wind and rain gradually decreased. It's just that the world is still gray, filled with a strong yin and evil aura, which makes the hundred ghosts feel very comfortable.

The lush vegetation on the island is still swaying from side to side under the wind and rain, dripping non-stop. The drops of water fell to the ground, landing on each of the bluestone roads on the three islands, making a crackling sound.

Within a few years, it had grown into three densely populated towns. On each island, you can see a cascading high-rise courtyard on the slopes of the island's various peaks and hills. Thousands of hectares of fertile land under the mountain allow the three islands not only to be self-sufficient, but also to provide military rations for the rest of the Nine Shadows Kingdom.

In the harbor surrounded by three islands, the flagship of the common abyss is still parked in it, but it is no longer so shaky after the wind and rain have subsided.

In the cabin, the centipede beads embedded in the tree-like bronze lamp emitted a faint soft light, sprinkling to every corner of the cabin. After Xiao Shizhu finished speaking, he took his eyes off Qiu Shuang's face and landed on Dong Yue's small face.

Dong Yue, who had been silent, couldn't help but raise her eyes, and after glancing at Xiao Shizhu, she slowly looked away.

"But Longju Pass is not a dispensable place, Duula is back, and he has to take over the place of her. At this point, Xiao Shizhu paused, but his eyes were still rolling back and forth on Dongyue's face.

He had already planned in his heart, it was to transfer Du Ula from Dongyi Continent for another purpose, so that at the same time, the other ghosts would feel that he had punished Du Ula and would not dare to disobey his military orders again.

But after Du Ula left, Longju Pass always had to be taken care of by his ghost. The little ghost who just graduated from the school palace can't afford this heavy responsibility. Only an old minister like Dongyue, although his face has gone through thousands of years, he still has small facial features, and he still has a little childish appearance on his face, but Dongyue's heart has long matured, not only doing things cautiously and carefully, but also considering the problems thoroughly, and always being able to handle the tasks in hand in an orderly manner. Only such a ghost official can shoulder the burden of guarding Longju Pass.

Seeing that Xiao Shizhu's gaze did not take his eyes off his face for a long time, Na Dongyue secretly thought and said, "Didn't the lord ask me to guard the pass?"

She was not afraid to guard the border passes, nor did she want to shirk this task of leaving her homeland that required a long journey to a distant place, but she just guessed with a little curiosity.

"Dongyue, you go. Sure enough, but in a moment, Xiao Shizhu spoke again.

Dongyue, whose face was still calm, also secretly said in her heart when she responded: "Sure enough, this errand fell on my head." ”。

After that, a faint pride rose in my heart.

"Longju Pass is a border fortress in my country, and it is also the planting base of my country's dragon grass. The dragon grass has the effect of strengthening the muscles and bones of the beast soul, and can strengthen our cavalry mounts, and I really don't feel at ease to leave such a place to the little ghosts who don't have any battlefield experience and governance experience to take care of. His gaze softened a little, and Xiao Shizhu, who was no longer so sharp, paced to the cabin and sat down behind the high-headed bookcase, then looked at Dongyue, and said slowly: "This is also the reason why I sent you from Danshui County on purpose. ”。

Dongyue nodded her head silently, and a little pride and pride appeared on her face.

There are not many ghosts who can get Xiao Shizhu's trust, especially after he has experienced many assassinations and conquests, Xiao Shizhu's suspicion in his heart has increased instead of decreasing. The fact that he was able to hand over such a side plug as Longju Pass to Dongyue to take care of was a sign of trust. It is also the reason for the winter moon to be proud and proud.

"Danshui County is now fully stable, and it would be useless to keep you in Danshui again. Although the area around Longju Pass is a war zone and there are many dangers, only a capable minister like you can take on this important task. Speaking of this, Xiao Shizhu, who paused, finally slowly looked away and looked at Qiushuang beside Dongyue: "I wanted to let Qiushuang go, but Sanxing Island is also the top priority, and Shuoyue and Heilong Island have formed a mutually echoing trend, which is the north gate of my country, and it must also be handed over to my trusted, capable ghosts to guard, so Qiushuang still continues to stick to Sanxing Island." And over there in Longju Pass, you will get rid of Dongyue. ”。

"No. Winter Moon and Autumn Frost responded in unison.

"Early tomorrow morning, Dongyue will go to Dongyizhou with Gongyuan's fleet. Land from the mountain bay in the south, and Lin Cong will arrange for the ghost soldiers to escort you to Longju Pass. But still don't cross the border to fight, as for how to deal with and retaliate against the country of Lei Ze, I am free to arrange. Having said this, Xiao Shizhu groaned slightly, his eyes rolled, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

After a while, he then said categorically to Qiushuang: "At the same time, you arrange for me to leave Sanxing Island early tomorrow morning, and Fox Ji asked her to leave two days later." ”。

Xiao Shizhu has arranged everything that should be arranged, and he should leave to return to the capital. It's just that he has never had the slightest interest in Tu Yaoqing, and he still doesn't want to walk with him anymore......

Fenglinzhou, outside Xuanyuan City.

A heavily armed army of Xudu was marching out of the city in a row among the black snowflakes falling from the sky, silently heading south.

The sky was full of snowflakes, and the banner of the Beiyin Dynasty standing in the army was rolling and rolling in the cold wind whistling like a tiger.

And in front of this army, it was Ji Meng who led the team. With a solemn face, he rode on the back of a tiger-like looking beast soul with a colorful body but a pair of wings on its back, holding the reins in one hand and the hilt of the long knife hanging from his waist in the other.

In the middle of the night on this snowy night, he led his army out of the city, ostensibly to inspect other places, but in fact he had another mission.

Since the fall of the bear country, the remnants of the bear country army have been reduced to pieces, hid in the deep mountains and old forests, and guarded the mountain stream and became the 'king of the mountain'. ’。

Today, we will ambush the supplies of the Xudu army and rob the supplies of the Xudu army every day. Although the threat is not great, it also annoys the Xudu army.

What makes Ji Meng even more troublesome is that the existence of these remnants makes the survivors of the bear country still have a stubborn belief in their hearts.

They are always unwilling to be obedient people of the Northern Yin Dynasty, and Ji Meng can still see it.

For this reason, Ji Meng wants to give these dead people and those remnants of the erratic bear country a sense of despair. And to do this, it is necessary to slaughter all the remnants of the bear national army, leaving nothing alive.

Including those ghosts who support and secretly shelter the remnants of the Xiong Army, they have to kill him cleanly if they don't leave any of them.

In this way, he will make an example of killing one by one, fiercely deterring the dead people of the bear country, and the other ghost people in Fenglin Continent, and at the same time, he will also convey a message to them: If you don't be a obedient citizen of the Northern Yin Dynasty, you will die!

But it is not easy to catch these hidden in the deep mountains and old forests, and the dragons are still broken into pieces, and the target is not obvious.

After thinking about it, the clever Ji Meng thought that he was a thorn in the flesh in the eyes of these remnants of the Xiong National Army, and always wanted to deal with him quickly, so he could use himself as a bait to attract the remnants of the Xiong National Army.

So, half a month ago, he inadvertently let the wind out, claiming that he had received a holy decree from the Emperor of Xudu, and he would patrol the heavens in the near future and patrol all parts of Fenglin Continent.

He firmly believed that the news would reach the ears of those who had the remnants of the bear country in a short time. However, in order to ensure that this news is not suspected by opponents, he did not announce the specific time.

It wasn't until a few days ago that he asked some of the Xudu troops in Xuanyuan City to pack up and make a gesture of going out for a long journey.

Ji Meng is worthy of being the world's famous general of the Northern Yin Dynasty, and he knows that it is better to do what he says. As long as some of the sergeants start to pack up, coupled with the news that they were deliberately released before, then the remnants of the Xiong National Army will definitely move.

Sure enough, not long after his sergeants began to pack up, there were some bears in the city who broke the news.

Ji Meng, who was secretly observing, knew that the time was ripe, so he could suddenly leave the city with his troops tonight.

The Xudu army, which had left Xuanyuan City, advanced with Ji Meng in the snow. This snow in early winter is not too big, and the march is not very difficult. It's just that the cold snowflakes are falling on the iron armor of the sergeants, and some sergeants can't help but shiver.

However, most of these Xudu soldiers couldn't figure out why Ji Meng had to go out of the city in the middle of the night, couldn't they even wait until dawn?

Thinking of this, and listening to the whistling north wind in their ears, they began to miss the stove and warm quilt in the barracks.

Ji Meng, who was walking at the front of the team, didn't have so many distractions in his heart.

His dragon's eyes looked through the snowflakes falling in the north wind and looked south ahead.

In the darkness in the distance in front of him, there was a north-south mountain gorge. In this valley that is more than ten miles long, the gorge walls on both sides are steep and precipitous; the forests and flowers in the valley are luxuriant, the streams form rivers and stalagmites stand in a forest, so the terrain is complex, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is a natural danger in the south of Gongwei Xuanyuan City.

Ji Meng got the information, and said a lot about the remnants of the Xiong National Army who gathered in that place, and the ghost who was the leader was the one who escaped from Xuanyuan City in one step.

And according to some rumors, it was Ying Long, the general of the Bear Kingdom, who was following Ji Meng who was looking for him.

This valley is the first stop of Ji Meng's plan.

If the information is true, then at this time, there should have been a lot of remnants of the Xiong National Army gathered in the entire valley, hiding behind the grass and trees in the darkness of the night, waiting for the arrival of the Xudu Army and Ji Meng.

Thinking of this, Ji Meng was not only not frightened, but also did not panic at all, and his face was still calm.

After taking a few steps forward, Ji Meng slowly turned his head and looked at the army behind him. By the light of the torches in the sergeant's hand, he could see the winding convoy of the army.

Every car in the convoy is surrounded by iron walls and boxy. It looks like an iron box!

And what is contained inside is the despair that makes the remnants of the bear army.

[Centipede beads - pearls that can shine at night; the fifth volume of the "Jian Gu Collection" records: During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, there was a bridge in Wujin, Jiangsu, and people would get sick and die when they rested on it. The inhabitants were panicked and puzzled. Later, a few Hu people came, and found that poisonous insects were entrenched under the bridge, so they made an iron cage with a mechanism inside, and the cage was covered with silk brocade and cooked chickens. Carry it under the bridge in the evening. People stayed away for fear of offending poisonous insects. The Hu people are secretly watching. When the poisonous insects come at night, the momentum is like wind and rain, and the momentum weakens after a long time. When the cage was opened at dawn, there was a large centipede several feet long coiled in the cage, and its hundred feet were entangled in silk brocade. The Hu people cut open its head with a knife, took out a huge pearl, and then cut a hundred feet, with a pearl on one foot. These one hundred and one beads have become a rare treasure, that is, centipede beads. 】