The depths of winter have passed, and Mushi City ushered in the first spring rain of the year.

The rain silk, which was as dense as cow's hair, shrouded the sky and the earth like a light veil with the soft spring breeze, causing a haze. The crystal rain and dew blow the green trees that sprout outside the city, gather into beads on the branches and leaves, and slowly slide down the tail of the tender green leaves.

Lin Cong, who was sitting behind the big tent marshal's case, looked at the military report in his hand, his brows stretched, and joy appeared between his eyebrows, sweeping away the depression accumulated in the past few days.

The military newspaper wrote that the Battle of Longju Mountain had ended, and the Nine Shadows Army had only paid the price of sacrificing more than 400 ghost soldiers in exchange for a complete victory. Now the army of Xiazhou has suffered heavy casualties and has withdrawn from the territory of Aoki County.

"Vulture. He put down the military report, took out a red fire stick made of red fire copper from the signing cylinder in front of his hand, and turned to look at the person standing on the right side of him, who was dressed in barrel sleeve armor made of stainless steel, with a round white face, and a three-toothed black mustache on the cheeks of his mouth. ”。

The human soul named Condor strode forward, answered the fire stick handed by Lin Cong, turned around and strode towards the outside of the tent.

After the young general left, Lin Cong picked up another military newspaper and read it, and after reading it, Lin Cong was even more overjoyed. This military newspaper recounted that the 30,000 troops urgently transferred to him by Xiao Shizhu had arrived at Daoshan Island in the early morning of this day, and after a short rest, they were carried by the sailors, and traveled west along the Huangquan Sea to the middle of the mountain bay and landed in Dongyizhou.

At the same time, the military newspaper also mentioned that Xiao Shizhu approved the recruitment of troops on the spot, and the amount of the establishment was an army. It just so happens that the hairy ghosts in this Aoki County have recently surrendered to the Nine Shadows Kingdom in good faith, and many of the local released souls and ghost slaves are also eager to repay the grace of the release of the Nine Shadows Country, which is a great opportunity to recruit troops.

So Lin Cong, who put down the military report, took out another fire stick, and said to the person on the left below, who was also wearing short-sleeved armor, but was born with long arms and a wide waist, and red hair and round eyes: "Hai Dongqing, immediately notify the battalion generals from all over the country to recruit troops on the spot, and the head of the army will be responsible for training the new army." ”。

"The last general commanded. The young general strode forward, and also took the fire sign and turned to leave.

Haidong Qingcai picked up the curtain and strode out, and the fungus people who were accompanying Lin Cong came from outside the tent and rushed in the rain.

After the fungus man covered in raindrops entered the tent, he rushed to Lin Cong and jumped on the handsome case, and after standing still on the desk, he clasped his fists and said: "Lin Taishou, the Gonggong Governor reported that the Northern Yin Dynasty sent a number of fleets to transport supplies for the Xudu Army in Xiazhou at the same time. It was difficult for the co-workers to attack all the troops, and only one convoy was intercepted. And ask me to inform Lord Taishou that the Northern Yin Dynasty seems to have secretly increased troops against Dongyizhou, so let your lord be careful. ”。

After listening carefully, Lin Cong thought slightly. After a long time, Lin Cong got up and walked to the map on the side, and after raising his eyes to look around the mountains and rivers and cities on the map for a long time, his eyes fell on the Moro Mountain west of the Retreat God Plain on the map.

After just looking at it for a moment, a plan for the remnants of the Mo family to attack and disturb the armies of the Northern Yin Dynasty stationed in Dongyi Continent gradually took shape in Lin Cong's mind......

On the Huozhi Mountain, which is full of fireflies, the mountain wind blows through the fireflies all over the mountains, blowing the purple firefly flowers swaying. In front of Yu Huarui's courtyard in Yinghuozhi Village, Xiao Shizhu, who had always been calm and composed, was slightly stunned, and then looked down at himself a few times.

Xiao Shizhu has always been troublesome and does not like to wear the crown dress of the Hades. Unless there is a solemn event, such as when he has to lead a hundred officials to sacrifice the soldiers who died in battle, he will wear it. What he was wearing today was nothing more than a deep coat woven by silkworm silk, and it was not as gorgeous as Su Su and Qinglan who were following him, Xiao Shizhu couldn't understand for a while, how Yu Huarui could see at a glance that he was the King of the Nine Shadows.

Just when he was puzzled, the little ghost who led the way had already put the silver at Xiao Shizhu's feet, ran towards the way he came, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

"King of the Nine Shadows, it is your identity that I recognize with that momentum that looks at the world and is proud of the whole hero. Yu Huarui, who smiled Yingying, looked at the faint confusion in Xiao Shizhu's eyes, as if he could see through the other party's mind at a glance, and said slowly and confidently with a faint and confident face: "And Yu'er is with you again, what ghosts in the world don't know, your Jiuyou King relied on the means of a little white face, went to Yu'er's bed, and married her as a wife before starting a family, so you must be the King of Nine Shadows." ”。

"Hua Rui, your mouth is still so vicious!" The slightly shy ghost mother glanced at Yu Huarui with red eyes, and was angry.

"It's amazing, and sure enough, it's the same as the rumors say, not only a talented girl, but also a female ghost who observes nuances. Xiao Shizhu didn't mind Yu Huarui's words, but laughed a few times and then stroked his palm, and then Yu Huarui welcomed them into the small courtyard, and after a while, the small table placed in the courtyard gave Xiao Shizhu and them tea and snacks, Yu Huarui sat down next to the ghost mother, holding each other's hands like sisters, and pulling up the family routine.

Counting it, these two ghosts are also old friends.

In fact, as early as when the ancient gods were taking care of the underworld together, Yu Huarui, who had absorbed the essence of the underworld, had already taken on human form and had already known the ghost mother.

"If you do the math, we haven't seen each other for thousands of years. After a conversation, the ghost mother put away her excitement and smiled at Yu Huarui: "Back then, you left angrily from the Six Heavens Divine Ghost Palace, and when I bid you farewell on the bank of the Lechuan River, I never thought that I would be able to see you again today." ”。

"I remember that you were ordered to kill me, and I am alive today thanks to the fact that you did not kill me on the banks of the Lethe River. Yu Huarui also said with a smile, and the past of the year came to mind again.

At that time, the Emperor Xudu was in charge of the underworld at the beginning, and heard that Yu Huarui, a flower demon, was very talented, so he sent a ghost to invite Yu Huarui to the palace to enable her to be a high-ranking official of the Beiyin Dynasty. But in a few words, Yu Huarui said that Emperor Xudu was a tyrant of a generation, and rejected Emperor Xudu's invitation, indicating that he would never become an official and left.

Emperor Xudu gritted his teeth in anger, and immediately sent the ghost mother, who was still a divine servant at that time, and was by no means a prince, to hunt down and kill Yu Huarui alone. The ghost mother was ordered to go down the mountain, and chased it until it reached the Lechuan River before catching up with Yu Huarui. In view of the friendship between the two ghosts, the ghost mother couldn't bear to kill Yu Huarui, so she let Yu Huarui go privately. After returning to Xudu, the ghost mother lied to the Emperor of Xudu that she had failed to catch up with the other party.

From then on, Emperor Xudu also became suspicious of the ghost mother. And the ghost mother is also a smart ghost, taking advantage of the fact that the underworld was vast and ghostly at that time, and the Emperor Xudu urgently needed to accept the ghost ministers, the ghost mother took the opportunity to propose that she was willing to defend the land for the Emperor Xudu, and since then she has stayed away from the temple and retreated to Shuoyue Island to become a prince of the underworld.

And in order to avoid the pursuit of the Northern Yin Dynasty, Yu Huarui also sneaked into the vast mountains of Xuanyan Continent and lived in seclusion. This seclusion is thousands of years of time.

"Xiao'er, you have a good eye. After a while, Yu Huarui glanced at Xiao Shizhu, who was drinking tea, and smiled at the ghost mother, and said, "Your man is a hero." ”。

"What? isn't he a hero?" asked the Ghost Mother unconvinced.

"In the underworld, heroes should be selfless and selfless, brave and admirable ghosts who fight bravely for the benefit of the ghost people. Yu Huarui was fearless, shook his head slightly with a faint smile on his face, and said slowly: "But your husband killed too much, and he fought with the princes of the Quartet at every turn, causing the blood of the Quartet to flow into rivers, and it is really difficult to be regarded as a hero." ”。

"What are you talking about?" Qing Lan suddenly showed displeasure when she heard this, and slapped the table angrily and scolded: "Good you demon girl, dare to insult the lord!"

As this curse blurted out, the surrounding air instantly froze.

Xiao Shizhu's eyes were unusually calm, but he put down the teacup and grabbed Qing Lan, who was eager to try and was about to roll up his sleeves to beat Yu Huarui, and asked Yu Huarui lightly: "Then according to Mr. Nu's opinion, shouldn't this cruel Northern Yin Dynasty and the Emperor who is attached to the Emperor of Xudu, and the ghost countries who are doing evil with him?"

Yu Huarui kept his mouth shut and didn't answer, and after a moment of silence, he slowly spoke, and said innocently: "You should be beaten, but you can't beat it badly!" The King of the Nine Shadows should be both powerful and powerful when attacking and crusing, instead of first threatening and then gracious; in addition, the Nine Shadows should not take the initiative to provoke a war, and should wait until the enemy comes to the door to fight back, so that they can surrender the army without a fight and reduce bloodshed and casualties." ”。

As soon as this absurd remark came out, Xiao Shizhu's heart full of expectations immediately cooled, and even the ghost mother cast an incredible look at her old friend.

I thought that this female ghost could give him some clever advice, but I also thought that if the other party was really talented, I sincerely asked her to go out of the mountain to assist her. Even if he is like Liu Bei, put down the shelf and look at the thatched house, Xiao Shizhu is willing.

never thought that the other party would say such pedantic words like useless scholars, which made Xiao Shizhu secretly feel ridiculous.

If he hadn't ordered the army of the Nine Shadows Kingdom, but every big battle would have to be powerful before grace, then every time there was a big war, the soldiers of the Nine Shadows Kingdom would not know how many casualties they would have to be killed.

"All the ghosts in the world, they are all raised by their mother's biological parents, and the King of the Nine Shadows should also have mercy on the enemy. At this moment, Na Yu Huarui spoke again: "The Nine Shadows King must avoid the army from using firearms on a large scale to fight every time there is a big battle, so as to give the enemy a chance to live, so that he can be regarded as a hero." ”。

As soon as these words came out, Xiao Shizhu, who was stunned for a while, suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed. The laughter echoed over the small courtyard for a long time, and Xiao Shizhu held on to the laughter and asked her rhetorically: "According to Mr. Nu's words, our army should not use firearms, and should go to fight with the enemy's real swords and guns, and fight to break the blood and bleed?"

When he finished speaking, Xiao Shizhu was already contemptuous, looked at Yu Huarui with mockery in his eyes, paused, and asked in a deep voice: "May I ask Mr. Woman, if you have compassion and pity for the enemies of the Nine Shadows Country, don't you have pity for the soldiers of the Nine Shadows Kingdom? In your eyes, the enemies are raised by your mother's father, so isn't my soldier of the Nine Shadows Kingdom?"

"Do you know how many soldiers our army will die in every battle if we don't use firearms? Do you know how much selfish the selfish desires of those enemies who are eyeing each other will swell if they blindly wait for the enemy to come to the door and not take the initiative to attack? How many ghost people will they slaughter in our country?" After a series of rhetorical questions, Xiao Shizhu said again: "If the hero is to sacrifice our military and civilians, then I would rather not be this hero, but also be a tyrant who kills too much." ”。

As soon as he spoke, Xiao Shizhu had already decided in his heart that the banshee in front of him was talented and talented, but she was too pedantic and stupid, and she was definitely not a talented ghost, and immediately dispelled the idea of inviting her to go out of the mountain and join the ranks.

"Hua Rui, why have you become so pedantic now?" even the ghost mother asked in a daze after being surprised. And the incredible color that lingered in her eyes looking at Yu Huarui did not decrease but increased.