It has long been rumored that Mrs. Lai used to be good at disguising herself as a man, often taking off her red makeup, changing into the clothes and armor of ordinary soldiers, and going out of the city with Xiao Shizhu to inspect all parties.

At that time, all the ghosts couldn't recognize that it was Mrs. Lai, and thought that Xiao Shizhu was dyed with a habit of broken sleeves, and the officials seized this point one after another, and played Xiao Shizhu every day, admonishing him to put state affairs first, which made the Nine Shadows King cry and laugh.

Later, after the matter was clarified, the officials all shut up. But for a long time, this ridiculous thing has also become a topic of conversation among the people of the Nine Shadows Country after dinner.

However, Xiao Shizhu obviously didn't care very much, he still went his own way, anyway, everyone laughed at those officials who played blindly, and even he himself regarded this matter as a talking point, and talked and laughed with the ministers.

And since Hai Qian mentioned that the ghost he was going to visit was surnamed Lai, and he was a ghost who liked to dress up as a man, it was better to ask the Yuque Capital City first before making a decision.

So the civil official in charge of the harbor gave the guards a look, signaled them to relax, and then said to the guard who reported the news, in a soothing tone: "Go and inform Yuque City, and ask Madame Lai if she has used the name Lai Yuejing before?" If so, inform Madame about this soul, and ask her to decide what to do." ”。

"No. The guard answered, turned and left again.

"Hai exhausted, right?" Then the civil official looked at Hai Duan again, and after nodding his head when he saw that he was still a little at a loss, he smiled slightly: "Don't be impatient, you can send a message back in half an hour at most." ”。

"Oh. After Hai Qian was stunned, he was puzzled in his heart: "This place is thousands of miles away from Yuque City, how can it be possible to reply in half an hour......?"

In the Yuque Palace, Yuque City.

Xiao Fuling went backwards, and walked slowly towards Juexiang Garden with Lai Yueqi.

Along the way, Xiao Lingling muttered her little mouth, and her face was still full of faint gloom. It seemed that something had upset her.

"What's the matter, why has our little master been sullen all this time?" Lai Yueqi saw it and asked softly and tirelessly.

During this time, Xiao Fuling was basically depressed except for the time when she was concentrating on handling government affairs. Lai Yueqi also asked her a few times, but Xiao Fuling was silent about it.

It wasn't until today's question that Xiao Fuling snorted angrily and said, "Yueniang, did you say that Chunyun and Lu Wu didn't take me seriously?"

Saying this, she strode to the octagonal pavilion on the side of the road and stood still, raising her eyes to look at the stacked stone landscape not far away, and a rainbow spring flowed out of the cave, forming a small waterfall.

"Why do you say this?" Lai Yueqi followed and stood beside Xiao Ling.

"I told me not to tell my father and mother about my disfigurement, they just wouldn't listen. Xiao Fuling snorted angrily again, and said angrily: "It made my father and princess feel bad." ”。

Lai Yueqi was slightly stunned when she heard this, then pursed her lips and smiled and said disapprerovingly: "I thought something happened to them? ”。

"I proposed it, and I can't blame them. After a pause, Lai Yueqi said slowly.

"Why?" After being stunned for a long time, Xiao Fuling turned her head to look at Lai Yueqi, the face in her eyes had faded, replaced by a suspicious look.

"Didn't your father often say that a ghost who traps his courtiers for disloyalty and injustice is not worthy of being a leader?" Lai Yueqi, who smiled lightly, stretched out her hand and stroked Xiao Fuling's little brain: "You let them not report, your father and mother will naturally know when they come back, don't forget that your father is a master of lying, what you thought of before, when the time comes, tell them that they just think they are not beautiful and want to tattoo the lie, he can see the flaw in a word." At that time, he will naturally not be angry with you, but the ministers who conceal this matter with you will be charged with bullying the king. According to the law of the Nine Shadows, you should know what kind of crime it is to deceive the king. ”。

"Exterminate the three clans. Xiao Fuling was suddenly shocked, and her eyes widened.

She hadn't thought of it before, but she didn't expect that she almost killed Lu Wu and Chunyun.

"So don't trap them in disloyalty. Lai Yueqi, who nodded, turned her head to look at the green jade five-branch lamps on both sides of the waterfall not far from the pavilion, and her eyes gradually deepened: "With the expansion of the country, the expansion of power, and the fact that most of the capable ministers who once followed your father have died, few ghosts dare to speak out to him, and he has more or less contracted the problem of being suspicious." ”。

Speaking of this, Lai Yueqi's eyes were a little worried.

Planted outside the pavilion, the few straight up a few zhang without branches, on the knotted scab strips such as the car cover, the leaves are green and red, and the hope of the ban is like a splendid danqing tree, swaying in the breeze.

The breeze blew through the pavilion, blowing the hem of Xiao Ling's clothes and the hair hanging from her ears, but it couldn't blow away the consternation on her face.

"When did this start?" Xiao Lingling muttered softly after being stunned for a long time.

"I've noticed it from the time he arranged for me to hang the curtain for you. The worry in Lai Yueqi's eyes became a little more serious, and she said slowly: "But I arranged for Lu Wu Chunyun and other ghosts to balance with me, on the surface, your father only wants you to be bigger, but in fact, he doesn't believe in other ghosts except you." ”。

Raising her eyebrows, Lai Yueqi turned her head again, looked at Xiao Fuling's stunned face, and reluctantly squeezed out a light smile: "Your father is indeed a natural politician and military strategist, but he is not perfect. After years of fighting in the open and in the dark, he had lost too much, far more than he had gained, so he often told me that if it were not for the sake of a stable life, he would rather eat, drink, sleep and play as he did when he first arrived in the underworld. But for the sake of you and your mother, he had to fight, and it was not surprising that he was suspicious in such a situation. ”。

After sighing lightly, Lai Yueqi said again: "In this case, you can't let Lu Wu and Chunyun deceive your father with you, otherwise they will get into trouble, so I suggest that they report it quickly." ”。

Speaking of this, Lai Yueqi suddenly paused, only to see that Xiao Fuling had already put away her look of surprise, a faint firmness appeared between her eyebrows, and she gritted her teeth and said categorically: "Then if there is no ghost who dares to give advice to my father, let me come." ”。

"The ghost is small. Lai Yueqi, who was a little relieved in her eyes, bent her eyebrows and chuckled, and after reaching out and caressing Xiao Fuling's little brain a few times, she asked, "Are you still angry with Chunyun and Lu Wu now?"

"I'm not angry. Xiao Fuling shook her head lightly and said, "It's me who didn't think about the problem thoroughly, and I don't blame them." ”。 Then a long-lost smile resurfaced on his face.

"Then let's go back to work. Lai Yueqi took Xiao Fuling's little hand and led her slowly towards the outside of the pavilion: "What do you want to eat in a while?"

Xiao Lingling groaned and thought about it, and when she was thinking about it, a fungus man rushed towards them. After a while, the fungus man stood in front of Lai Yueqi and Xiao Ling, who had stopped.

"Is something wrong?" Seeing that the fungus man was out of breath, a trace of nervousness passed through Lai Yueqi's heart.

"On the Xuanshui Bay of Shuoyue Island, a human soul named Hai Jian was captured, and he claimed to be visiting a friend named Lai Yuejing. But the Taishou Yamen of Xiaoyu Mountain City found no such ghost. After the fungus man evened out his breath, he said in a hurry: "They suspect that this ghost is a spy, but they are afraid that they will catch the wrong one, so they specially sent a message to ask Madame if you have used the name Lai Yuejing." ”。

"Sea exhaustion?" Lai Yueqi was slightly stunned, and quickly recalled the human soul she knew in the underworld, she did use the name Lai Yuejing, but for the sake of safety, she still thought about it carefully, and said to the fungus man: "Tell the magistrate, ask what the name of the human soul's father is?"

"No. After the fungus man answered, he closed his eyes and began to send the message.

After a while, the fungus man suddenly opened his eyes and returned: "That human soul confessed that his father's name was Hai Lao Weng, and he also claimed that he had a business relationship with a human soul named Lai Yuejing, and he was also a partner. ”。

Lai Yueqi suddenly remembered at this time that when she was doing business on the black market, she did have business dealings with the black market in Liutianzhou, and the one who cooperated the most was a drunkard named Hai Laoweng.

This ghost specializes in the development of incendiary firearms, and has researched and developed many incendiary firearm technologies. One of the techniques of the Nether Ghost Cannon used by the Northern Yin Dynasty also came from the hands of this ghost.

When Lai Yueqi became the head of the weapons superintendent, he once repaired a book to Hai Laoweng, wanting to dig him up to serve the Nine Shadows Kingdom, but Hai Laoweng replied that he had 50 years before he could be reincarnated in the world, so he politely refused Lai Yueqi's invitation.

Afterwards, Lai Yueqi still sent several letters to Hai Laoweng, but the other party was unwilling to come to the Nine Shadows Kingdom to do things; Lai Yueqi also expressed her understanding, after all, it is better for the human soul to be reincarnated, and not to be involved in the struggle against the Emperor Xudu.

Subsequently, Lai Yueqi did not mention this matter. I didn't expect Hai Laoweng's child to find it today. As time passed, Lai Yueqi also remembered that when he once went to Liutianzhou to visit Hai Laoweng, he did have a son and a daughter. The daughter is married, and the son follows him to make firearms, and he is also like a fish in water on the black market.

She had seen the son of the old man, and she still vaguely remembered his appearance, and then she said to the fungus: "Send a message to the past, and ask what that soul is doing when he comes to the Nine Shadows Kingdom to find me?"

The fungus man closed his eyes again and began to send a message.

"Who is Lai Yuejing?" Xiao Fuling, who didn't know the reason, turned her head slightly to look at Lai Yueqi, and reached out and pulled the other party's sleeve.

"This is the name I used to do business on the black market before I met your father. Lai Yueqi also looked at her, smiled and said, "And the soul of Hai Qian may be the son of my business partner back then." He is also a master of firearms, and is good at making incendiary firearms, such as the incendiary canister invented by your father, as well as weapons such as the poisonous fire cannon in my country. ”。

"Oh. Xiao Fuling nodded thoughtfully, and said, "That's also a ghost." ”。

"Yes. Lai Yueqi smiled.

At the same time, the fungus man opened his eyes again and said, "He said that he was ordered by the order of Zun to come to seek refuge in this ghost, Lai Yuejing." ”。

Fang Cai was busy delivering the message, and he didn't hear Lai Yueqi say that Lai Yueqi was himself.

"Death, is Hai Laoweng dead?" Lai Yueqi was stunned for a while, and her eyes gradually widened a lot.

Judging from the narrative, it seems to be so. "The fungus man returned.

"Didn't you say how you died?" Lai Yueqi asked, the thought of whether the other party had drunk to death flashed through her mind. After all, in her memory, Hai Lao Weng was a drunkard ghost.

Hai Laoweng, who carried a wine bottle with him, was drunk at any time in Lai Yueqi's memory. Thinking of this, Lai Yueqi's eyebrows couldn't help but feel a little sad and regretful.

"I don't know, he didn't elaborate on that. The man shook his head, paused, and said, "The civil servant who manages the bay asks Madame to decide this matter." ”。

"Summoning him to Yuque, I will ask him personally. After thinking about it for a while, Lai Yueqi said thoughtfully: "Tell Ying Zhao Taishou to send sergeants to guard the whole process, and not let this soul be in any danger." ”