The wind and rain outside the fortress still did not stop, the black clouds turned ink, the white rain jumped beads, and the wind swept back and forth in the mountains and forests. The diffuse thick yin qi allows the mountains to be immersed in the yin qi and the plants and trees grow strongly.

The darker or damper the place, the more intense the yin qi, and the more the yin qi is moistened, the better the growth momentum of the plants.

Therefore, Dongyingzhou and Dongyizhou, where the rivers flow crosswise, and the rainwater is abundant, can be called the granary of the underworld.

Lightning appeared in the air, drawing a line of dazzling light, tearing apart the darkness between heaven and earth in an instant, followed by the dullness of thunder.

In the thunder, even the vibration in the dark tunnel with high-quality engineering quality was very slight. Under the soft light emitted by the luminous beads, Julong and Dayi did not have any worries, but seemed very calm.

The two ghosts, Dayi and Julong, are one of the few ghosts in the Nine Shadows Kingdom who know the entire plan.

Compared to just receiving the order to be stationed here, once the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom rebelled and took the lead in attacking the goddess, she knew a lot more details.

Therefore, Julong and Dayi did not have the slightest worry.

"General, you are too worried, don't worry, this is why so many ports of call for thunder vehicles have been built in the dark tunnels. The Minecart's maneuverability and long-distance running advantages keep this fortress from becoming a dead thing. Dayi smiled and explained to the goddess: "Besides, there is a reason why we chose this place to build such a huge fortress, and it is by no means a whim. ”。

"In addition to the dangerous terrain and guarding the mouth of the river, we checked all the river hydrological data of Dongyingzhou before coming. Knowing that the land of these three rivers is in the vicinity of a radius of 300 miles, only here the river is slow and not turbulent. It seems that Julong took over the words again, and continued to the goddess of Nagu shooting: "In this area, except for the section of the river in front of the Fox Mountain, there are many places where the flow is steep and the river is thrilling. The drop is large and the current is rapid, even experienced local boatmen do not dare to sail across those places, let alone approach the middle of the river. Fishing is also only allowed in waters near the river bank. The enemy had to make a detour and walk hundreds of miles to avoid the rapids. Otherwise, we have to cross the bridge, but where there is a bridge, we have already set up checkpoints, as long as the bridge is blocked, they will not be able to cross. ”。

But it has never been said that they will also build other passes and fortresses for such a huge project, and they will also be in dangerous places, connecting points with the Qiyi Mountain to form a line, connecting east and west, forming a defense line across the Nine Shadows Country and the Qingqiu Fox Country, or the northland area of Dongyingzhou.

"What's more, the passes in most areas of the rear have been formed, and the city defenses in various places have also been improved. Dayi took over again and said to the goddess: "The general doesn't have to worry too much, the enemy can't stand even if he comes in." ”。

The fact he told had been seen very clearly by the goddess all the way.

It is no longer a matter of a day or two for the Nine Shadows Kingdom to march into Dongying Continent, and the places occupied in this continent have already completed the restoration of order and other work.

And all the fortifications and garrison towns were rebuilt.

Almost even the reclamation of the Tun army has been completed, and the grain and grass reserves required by the Jiuyou army stationed in the area have been guaranteed.

After thinking about it carefully, the goddess of Gu She, who was also relieved, stretched her brows, and no longer had too many worries about it.

"I'll take the general again to visit the fortifications of the other peaks. At this time, seeing that she was no longer worried, Julong said this, and took the lead in leading the way.

After the goddess nodded, she walked side by side with Dayi, followed Julong in the dark passage, and walked forward......

Danshui County, Tiantong City.

This small Tiantong City, which was almost led by the Floating Brigade back then, has been rebuilt, and there are no traces of the war for a long time. Tiantong City, which is stronger than in the past, has now formed a huge ghost city divided into an inner city and an outer outline, with four gates in the east, west, north and south, and a wharf facing the river outside the city.

Nowadays, the city guards the banks of the great river in and out of Danshui County, and guards the water and land routes, and has become the western barrier of Danshui County.

It is also the designated military town of Jiuyou Country in Danshui County.

Back then, Wu Zhiqi fought hard against the enemy here for the sake of the people here, and finally died in the war.

Tiantong City was saved, but the heroes of the year have been buried underground. is immortal, and future generations can't help but sigh for Wu Zhiqi's early death when they talk about it.

In order to thank Wu Zhiqi for the protection of Wu Zhiqi and some of the Gonggong clans who later migrated here, in order to express their admiration for Wu Zhiqi's bravery, they paid together and invited the best craftsmen in Danshui County to erect a statue of Wu Zhiqi next to the wharf on the bank of the river.

The whole statue is carved with a large piece of complete boulder with a height of one zhang, and the craftsman of the carving carved the stone image into the appearance in front of Wu Zhiqi, which is exactly the same, its shape is like an ape, with golden eyes and snow teeth, and a stone sculpture of an evil dragon is trampled under his feet, and it is trampled under his feet. The stone carving carried a large knife in his hand and was plated with gold dust, which glittered in the cloudy light.

The whole sculpture is majestic, looking at the churning river in front of him. Everything is vivid, even the facial features of the stone carvings are so lifelike.

To this day, the local ghost people even regard their stone carvings as protective deities to express their faith and mourning.

There is a headache and brain fever at home, when the situation of running a loose stomach occurs, they will come to the stone statue to light three pillars of incense, and then bow to the stone statue piously;

If Wu Zhiqi was still alive and knew that he still had to care about whether his stomach was bulging or not, he must really not know whether to laugh or cry and laugh.

Not far behind the stone statue, there is a mountain range outside Tiantong City, and the river outside Tiantong City forms a beautiful scenery of strange mountains and beautiful waters.

Halfway up the mountainside is surrounded by terraced fields, and halfway up the mountainside are countless tall and straight green bamboos, all over the entire mountainside. As far as the eye can see, the bamboo shadow is swaying, the spring water is murmuring, the bamboo sea is miao, and the mountain flowers are splendid.

It can be seen that the army and reclamation of the Nine Shadows Country only reached the halfway point of the mountain, and did not go any further.

There is no other reason, but because the mountain road has begun to be rugged on this halfway mountainside, between the rolling peaks and mountains, the steep slope is too steep, and it is not an excellent place to reclaim, so it is certainly abandoned.

So much so that the bamboo forests in the mountains are dense, and the layers of bamboo forests form a green sea.

Under the bright cloudy sun, the tall and straight green bamboo glows with blue light.

The forest is shaded by greenery and is impermeable to the wind. Bursts of birdsong are pleasant to the ear.

The mountain breeze blows by, the bamboo shadow in the mountain is swaying, the blue waves are rippling one after another, and the halfway up the mountain is more delicate, and it is full of chic.

Between the bamboo forests, there is an octagonal spire thatched pavilion, standing by a spring in the mountain.

This is the only building that can be seen halfway up the mountain, among the plants and trees.

The pavilion has no walls on all sides, and eight mahogany columns rise from the not-so-high foundation stones, supporting the thatched ceiling.

The spring water outside the pavilion flows out from the cracks in the rock, the color is clear and the taste is sweet, and the flow is inexhaustible. Around the spring, people have built wells to surround the trickling spring.

In the middle of the pavilion, some clothes were hung on the pillars, as well as hats, as well as robes and umbrellas. There are not many objects on the floor of the pavilion, except for the spread straw mat and bedding, which are desk tables and tea sets.

More of them were books piled up in the corners of the pavilion.

At the entrance of the pavilion stood hoes and other agricultural tools, and there were two stoves by the spring outside. One has a pot on top and a kettle on top.

In this way, this pavilion does not look like a view, but is used for living.

The thatched pavilion is surrounded by dense bamboo forests, and many bamboo tips are bent and slightly drooping, and they are horizontal on the top of the pavilion, so that the pavilion is a little dark, and on the case, the luminous beads inlaid on the copper lamp post have been lit.

Behind the desk sat a demon soul with a lion's head and a human body, covered with green hair. The tall and burly demon spirit was dressed in yellow, and its limbs were thick and muscular.

This pavilion is actually the residence of this demon spirit. Apart from him, there are no other human souls or demon spirits in this vicinity.

This demon spirit is tired of the hustle and bustle of the city, but has a special love for the quiet of this mountain forest, so he deliberately set up his home in this mountain forest.

It happened that the thatched pavilion in the mountain was also ownerless, so the demon soul went to Tiantong City under the mountain, paid some money to the county god, and bought it.

Since then, I have lived a mountain life here, leisurely and very comfortable. Except when buying daily necessities, this demon spirit does not go down the mountain.

At this moment, this demon spirit was holding an unfolded bamboo scroll in his hand, and was intently looking at the contents of the bamboo scroll in his hand with the soft light emitted by the luminous beads.

The wind blows through the bamboo forest, the bamboo forest is swaying, and hundreds of green leaves are shaking to the ground with the wind.

The demon soul in the pavilion didn't listen to the outside affairs of the pavilion, and still looked at the bamboo scroll in his hand intently.

The sound of the wind and falling leaves, as well as the sound of the bamboo forest, did not distract the demon spirit. The contents of the scroll he held in his claws could attract the attention of this demon soul even more.

Just as he was watching with relish, it stretched out from the grass and bamboo forest, leading straight to the path in front of the pavilion, and suddenly a sharp voice sounded: "I said Brother Qu Xiu, why didn't you go to Tiantong City to catch the market today?"

The sharp voice came with the wind, and the green-haired demon soul that was called Qu Xiu by the ghost came to break free from the bamboo roll.

He raised his eyes and turned his head, and when he looked away, he saw two demons slowly approaching him. Immediately smiled, stood up, and prepared to meet the two ghosts who were getting closer and closer.

One of them was a demon spirit, seven feet slender, dressed in a white robe, but with an eagle's head and a pair of dragon talons on his hands, and a pair of horns on his head.

The other one is a human soul dressed in black and wearing a red curtain, with an appearance like a child, one foot and four inches long, but it is very cute, but there is no immaturity of a ghost in his eyes and face, but he is a personable and elegant little ghost.

"Pandu. Qu Xiu's green-haired demon soul took three steps and made two steps, walked out of the pavilion, met the demon soul with horns on his head, and said happily: "What kind of wind blew you here today?"

It seems that the three ghosts are all old acquaintances.

After saying that, Qu Xiu, who had already stood in front of the two ghosts who came to the pavilion, bowed to the two ghosts, turned his head to look at the short human soul, and said with a smile: "Abe is also here, welcome, welcome." ”。

After that, Qu Xiu welcomed this demon soul named Pandu and the human soul named Abei into his pavilion.

The demon soul named Pandu and the human soul named Abe entered the pavilion before they sat down, and Qu Xiu got busy.

He first found some food boxes and fruits with pastries from the groceries piled up in the corner, and sent them to the other two ghosts, and then went to make tea.

Abe's soul picked up the bamboo scroll that Qu Xiu was looking at before, took a few closer glances at the content on it, rolled it up, and read the title of the book engraved on the outside: "History of the Netherworld - The Biography of Xiao Shizhu in the Nine Shadows Kingdom". ”。

This book is from the historian of the Nine Shadows Kingdom, and it is a new book that has just been typeset, and it is selling well all over the Nine Shadows Kingdom. What is written is some things since Xiao Shizhu came to the underworld.

Although he is the historian of the Nine Shadows Kingdom, his subordinates have shown mercy, but the book still more or less writes about Xiao Shizhu's brutality to the outside world, which makes people feel that Xiao Shizhu seems to have lost a lot of benevolence.

At this time, the plate that had already picked up a piece of pastry on the side also leaned over, glanced at the title of the scroll, smiled, and said, "This little friend of ours is also in the history books." ”。

"Come on, come on, this is the new tea harvested from the tea trees I planted in the bamboo forest this year, you can taste it. Qu Xiu brought them hot tea, interrupted their chat, and sat down as well, saying, "We Danshui Sanjie rarely get together anymore. After Pandu got married, he was busy with his wife and children hot kang all day long. What about you, Abe, you've been tortured by those naughty students in the city school, and you've been too busy to come to me lately. What's the matter today, and you're invited to sit with me?"

They are the three heroes of Danshui, the learned hermits in the Nine Shadows Kingdom, and Xiao Shizhu's friends outside the Yuque Palace.

And Xiao Shizhu's purpose of leaving the palace recently was also to invite them to come out of the mountain.

Don't look at the three ghosts and monsters, and their behavior is not the same as ordinary people, but they are all full of poetry and classics, astronomy and geography, full of economy but not pedantic and old-fashioned ghosts, there are many intrigues in their chests, and they can see problems thoroughly, and they can hit the key points directly. Thinking about problems is also thoughtful and unique, and he is indeed called a handsome man.

It's just that the three ghosts have been reluctant to enter the court as officials, and they are used to the mountains and the free life.

I don't know if Xiao Shizhu will be able to persuade these three ghosts to come out of the mountain again this time?

"I did the math this morning. Abe smiled, took out a turtle shell with a few copper plates and put it on the desk, and picked up the teacup: "The hanging line shows that you have good tea to drink here today, isn't this just the Pandu brothers, who are busy drinking tea." ”。

"Hahaha. Qu Xiu smiled heartily, and said without hesitation: "God operators are God operators, this year's new tea harvest, there are indeed a lot of good tea, although you drink openly, drink enough, drink enough, when you go back in a while, I will bring you some back." ”。

The mountain wind rises again, and the surrounding bamboo forests are swaying in the wind, dancing gracefully.

"What else did you calculate?" Qu Xiu, who took a sip of tea, looked at Abe who looked like a child again.

"It's been calculated, you're all about to leave Danshui County except me. Abe, who was smiling at the corner of his mouth, looked at Qu Xiu, who was full of curiosity, and said unhurriedly.

Qu Xiu and Pan were stunned for a moment when they heard this, and they both looked at each other and saw the confused look in each other's eyes, and then said to Abe in unison: "Why are we leaving?"

They had no plans for this at all, and they had no plans to leave Danshui County, so Abe's words not only surprised them, but also made them stunned for a moment.

Pandu raised his hand, scratched the long hair near the horns on his head, and looked at Abe who was drinking tea with puzzled eyes.

Abe leisurely drank a few sips of tea, smashed his mouth, and said, "I don't know; ”。