It was even more noisy outside the car, because the car had already driven into the city.

In the lively Yuque City, there is a sense of stability and peace in the noise.

But the inside of the car was dark, and when the shadow shrouded Xiao Shizhu's face, the fierce anger on his body had filled every corner of the car. But Liuyun saw a little tears and sadness in the eyes of the king in front of him.

She immediately thought that it was not Xiao Shizhu's pathos for the traitors on the city wall, but for Xiao Shizhu's own words before, those ghosts who died in vain in villages with no survivors and white bones.

And Liuyun has also read in the history books that at the beginning of the founding of the Nine Shadows Kingdom, there were strong enemies around, and in order to weaken the Nine Shadows Kingdom, these strong enemies secretly lured the ghost people in the country, so traitors emerged in endlessly. These traitorous ghosts often lead the way for the enemy, enter the hinterland of the Nine Shadows Country, and collude with the suppressed lawless heroes or green forest bandits to wreak havoc on all parts of the Nine Shadows Country.

Burning, killing and looting, countless, the scene is unbearable.

Especially when Zhu Rongguo and Wu Hui were at war with Du Ziren's Nanban, these two powerful enemies had secretly sent well-equipped squads to seize the loophole that the border line of the Nine Hidden Countries stretched for thousands of miles could not be completely guarded and infiltrated into the country.

In collusion with the traitors in the country, they carried out large-scale raids and massacres on the towns in the hinterland of the Nine Shadows Kingdom.

It is nothing more than wanting to take advantage of this to make the army of the Nine Shadows Kingdom stumble.

Even in Danshui County, there were villages outside the city that were looted during those two periods.

Rivers of blood flowed and innocent deaths occurred from time to time. Liuyun's parents were killed at that time.

Hearing Xiao Shizhu say this today, Liuyun can somewhat understand why Xiao Shizhu is so brutal to traitors.

As Xiao Shizhu said, there is no need to be merciful to lawless evil spirits.

What kind of mercy and tolerance for evil ghosts is a way to live for the victims, so that the evil ghosts will not jump off the wall in a hurry,, it will not work here in Xiao Shizhu. He has always adhered to the principle of using heavy codes to govern the country in troubled times, and when necessary, he kills to stop killing, and Xiao Shizhu did not hesitate.

It is precisely in this way that there is the prosperity and stability of today's Nine Shadows Kingdom.

Only then did the laws of today's Nine Shadows Kingdom be sacrosanct, and most of the ghosts did not dare to commit treason and violate the law again. Occasionally, there are a few outlaws who are not afraid of death, and they can't set off any strong winds and waves.

No village will be looted again, almost no lawless heroes dare to swagger again, blatantly oppress the good, no ghost people will be starved to death and frozen to death for no reason, and they will no longer be helpless because of poverty, and there are not too many ghost officials who dare to oppress the people again. The ghost people have backbone, have an unyielding heart, are not afraid of external enemies externally, are not afraid of evil officials and lawbreakers internally, work together, and unite sincerely, this is the peaceful and prosperous world that Xiao Shizhu wants.

And Xiao Shizhu has always been working towards this goal.

He can't give absolute equality to the ghost people of the Nine Shadows Kingdom, but he can give them absolute justice, which is enough.

Therefore, Xiao Shizhu has never tolerated those traitors who have turned domestic villages and towns into no-man's homes. The punishment is used on these demons, and how cruel it is.

This also made later historians leave him with the infamy of a tyrant when they wrote the history books.

also let a small group of lawless ghosts who are now ready to move secretly use this to attack Xiao Shizhu and the court of the Nine Shadows Kingdom.

It's just that Xiao Shizhu won't mind this.

After a while, Xiao Shizhu slowly put away his imperceptible sad look, stopped his tears, and never let it flow out.

After another half an hour, the car he was riding in had already passed through the lively ghost market in Yuque City and drove into the palace gate.

After passing the palace gate, the car stopped not far behind the palace gate, in front of a jade carved archway that imitates the wooden structure.

The whole archway is three rooms and four columns, all connected with mortise and tenon joints, each column and the front and back of the large and small foreheads, engraved with the pattern of cloud dragon pearls. Before and after the stone pillar, there are tall and mighty tomb beasts standing on their backs, raising their heads and looking ahead.

The central round carving of the central round carving of the archway is two human body snake tail of the ancient god, the head of the orb, the foot on the sea, each side north and south, its look is not angry and self-righteous, a face full of kindness and kindness.

The entire archway is full of royal style in the underworld.

Behind the torii is a square stone platform. The left, right, and front three sides are carved with white stone pillars. Above the four directions, there are candlesticks about one zhang high. The high round body is divided into three layers of melon petals, and the base is divided into multiple layers, and the carving is complicated and atmospheric.

The ever-bright lamps lit on the candlesticks have been burning here for thousands of years, and they have never been extinguished in the wind or rain.

Behind the stone platform is the splendid palace complex. Some are magnificent, some are small and elegant, and the scenes are myriad.

Each scene is interlocked, layer by layer.

The clear blue water passes through the heart, and the white waterfall surrounds the four directions. In the ghost fog, the halls and pavilions, the pavilions and pavilions loom in the corridors, the Xuanzhai room in the weeping rainbow, and the pavilion hall and bridge gate are wonderful.

Although it is not as huge as the Six Heavens Divine Ghost Palace on the Xudu Luo Xuan Mountain, it will never lose to the Six Heavens Divine Ghost Palace in terms of momentum and style.

All of this made Liuyun, who had just gotten out of the car with Xiao Shizhu, who was carrying a sword, immediately dazzled.

Everything in front of her was a beautiful world of flowers in Liuyun's eyes, and she couldn't help but feel a little dreamy in her heart, and in a trance she felt that everything in front of her was not real.

The ghost mother, who had already received a message from the fungus people, took Chen Ruo and Xun Xiang, as well as a few guards and Lin Cong, to wait on the stone platform.

After seeing Xiao Shizhu, he got out of the car, and the ghost mother also walked off the stone platform and greeted Xiao Shizhu with a smile: "You are finally back." ”。

Walking in front of Xiao Shizhu, the ghost mother hurriedly looked her husband on the opposite side up and down, and after seeing that Xiao Shizhu was unscathed, she was completely relieved.

The ghost mother blinked her eyes again, looked at Liuyun who was following behind Xiao Shizhu, and also looked up and down, and asked, "This is the girl you said." ”。

Liuyun hurriedly lowered his head and timidly performed a blessing on the ghost mother.

Xiao Shizhu nodded and said, "Yes, her name is Liuyun." ”。

As for Liuyun's situation, he had already asked the accompanying fungus man to send a message to the ghost mother in the Yuque Palace.

"Chen Ruo is looking for incense, come. The ghost mother looked at this girl, although she was a little timid, but she was still a polite little ghost, so she beckoned behind her and said, "Take this child to change into clean and new clothes, take her to eat something, and teach her the rules of the palace." ”。

Especially when Liuyun looked up inadvertently after the salute, the ghost mother saw her pure and clean eyes and liked it very much.

Chen Ruo and Xun Xiang responded, walked up, and were about to take Liuyun away.

Liuyun took a step back and looked at Xiao Shizhu timidly, asking for his opinion with an inquiring gaze.

"Go ahead, they'll take you to something delicious. Xiao Shizhu smiled faintly, bowed slightly, and said, "Chen Ruo, bring Liuyun to Juexiangyuan in the evening, and inform Lord Weng and Mrs. Lai that they will have dinner with us tonight." ”。

"No. Chen Ruo answered, took up the baggage of Liuyun, like a big sister, and said to Liuyun softly: "Come with me, girl." ”。

Xiao Shizhu watched Liuyun, who turned back three times one step at a time, and after leaving with Chenruo and Xunxiang, he also walked side by side with the ghost mother, walked to the stone platform, and saw Liuyun who had already gotten off the stone platform and walked into the palace again.

The ghost mother also looked at the back of Liuyun who was fading away, and said, "This girl is a little timid. ”。

"Country child, seeing such a big world at once, and a place where she is a demon god, timidity is inevitable. After Xiao Shizhu said lightly, he called Lin Cong beside him.

"In the prisoner cart behind him, there is the leader of the assassins. You arranged for someone to secretly bring the prisoner cart into the main altar of the Xuanjiao and start the interrogation. When Lin Cong walked to Xiao Shizhu's side, he said: "Before the interrogation results are out, this matter is absolutely confidential and should not be leaked." ”。

After Lin Cong nodded in response, Xiao Shizhu and the ghost mother walked down the stone platform together and walked towards the palace.

"I also said that I would take a hot spring first and rest when I came back, but seeing that you brought Lin Cong over, I'm afraid I don't have any time to rest." After not taking a few steps, Xiao Shizhu said: "Is there something important that I need to make a decision right away?"

As they spoke, they were already familiar with the way to the palace Juexiang Garden.

Lin Cong, who had arranged the prisoner cart and the prisoners, hurried up from behind them.

"Let Lin Cong tell you. The ghost mother put away her smile, and a hint of anger flashed in her eyes.

Xiao Shizhu had a hunch that this matter might be related to the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom, so the ghost mother would be angry when she mentioned it.

"Let me guess. Xiao Shizhu was not in a hurry or angry, and said slowly: "Qingqiu Fox Kingdom is dead again, right?"

Lin Cong, who followed closely behind him, nodded and said, "The lord is half right, it's not that he is dead again, but he has been dead for a long time." ”。

Xiao Shizhu listened silently and motioned for him to continue.

"According to the secret report of the marshal of the king of Yama, the source of the plague in Dushuo Mountain has been identified, and the source of the disease has been purified. As soon as the ghost medicine delivered by the national teacher arrives, the sick sergeant can be completely cured. ”。

"It's just that the source of the disease also comes from the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom. Lin Cong, who paused, continued: "King Yama found out that all the plagues were spread by the Qingqiu Fox Country through the water flow through a Tu Shan clan's soul Tu Gongjing. All the sources of disease come from the local source of drinking water. ”。

Xiao Shizhu was still silent, but his fists in his sleeves were already clenched. The green tendons on the back of his hand also slowly bulged.

Qingqiu Fox Country, repeatedly dying, made him lose his good impression and patience with this ally, and he was very angry.

If it weren't for the slightest trace of sanity, if it weren't for the Nine Shadows Kingdom to end the war, it would need to recuperate. If it weren't for the fact that the torrential rain in Dongyingzhou was still continuing, and the roads were muddy and inconvenient for logistics and transportation, Xiao Shizhu would definitely swing his sword and send troops to level the Qingqiu Fox Country.

But anger is anger, Xiao Shizhu still endured it, and kept this anger in his chest.

"Moreover, the spies under the minister secretly discovered that the army of the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom was frequently mobilized, and most of the elite soldiers and strong generals were moving towards our country's border in the rain. Lin Cong said this, and followed Xiao Shizhu to a streamside pavilion next to Gongzhong Avenue.

The palace maid and the palace people went to bring the tea and pastries that had been prepared long ago and placed them in the pavilion for Xiao Shizhu and the ghost mother to enjoy.

Xiao Shizhu, who was sitting down, asked the palace maid to also serve Lin Cong a cup of tea, and motioned for them to retreat.

After the palace maids withdrew, Lin Cong, who was holding a teacup in his hand, continued to Xiao Shizhu in the rising heat: "And we also found out that the army of the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom began to be equipped with the Nether Ghost Cannon, the Nether Ghost Cannon from the Six Heavens Continent. ”。

The muscles at the corners of Xiao Shizhu's eyes twitched slightly.

He is no longer the little ghost who is still wearing a magic stick in the world, Xiao Shizhu, who has come to the underworld and fought so many battles, is already very experienced, as soon as he hears this, he knows that the Qingqiu Fox Country is preparing for war, and the opponent who will launch a war in the future is Xiao Shizhu's Nine Shadows Kingdom.

The Nether Ghost Cannon has always been a weapon that the Nine Nether Countries have dreamed of but couldn't get. On the battlefield, this is also the deadly weapon that kills and injures the most soldiers of the Nine Shadows Kingdom.

It is also a weapon that gives the army of the Nine Shadows Kingdom, from soldiers to commanders, a headache.

Fortunately, this ghost cannon is heavy and huge, and it is inconvenient to carry. And the reload speed and rate of fire are not fast, otherwise, the army of the Nine Shadows Kingdom on the battlefield will only suffer more casualties.

At this time, the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom was sending troops to approach the border, and it was equipped with a large number of ghost cannons, which showed that the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom not only had to deal with the Nine Ghost Kingdom, but also secretly received the support of the Northern Yin Dynasty.

War is looming.

After the rainy season, no, maybe at the end of the rainy season, the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom will launch an attack on the Nine Shadows Kingdom.

In Xiao Shizhu's view, the intentions of the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom are also obvious. It's nothing more than the Qingqiu Fox King who is floating and wants to monopolize Dongyingzhou. Then there is the three-legged stand of the world, the Nine Hidden Kingdom, the Northern Yin Dynasty and the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom, which are divided into three.

However, in Xiao Shizhu's view, the Qingqiu Fox King is a pipe dream.

The abacus of the Northern Yin Dynasty, Xiao Shizhu can also see it clearly. When two tigers fight, one will be injured. The Northern Yin Dynasty wanted to take the opportunity to watch the fire from the other side so that they could recuperate.

Then, I will unite the Nine Shadows Kingdom and the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom, and then complete the unification of the entire Netherworld Mansion.

While Xiao Shizhu was pondering, Lin Cong, who took a sip of tea, said: "While the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom is actively preparing for war, it has also attracted the remaining ghost countries in Dongyingzhou, and they have also begun to prepare for war, and the goal is also the border fortresses and passes of our country in Dongyingzhou. ”。

"Does Chunyun know about this?" At this time, Xiao Shizhu, who had been silent for a long time, asked.

"I know, just her, the marshal of the king of Yama, and some of the generals in Dongying Continent, know about this. It is still under secrecy, and the matter has not been fully disclosed. After Lin Cong replied, he said: "And the minister also got a piece of news that the Qingqiu Fox King is already preparing to set off to our country to meet with the lord." ”。

Lin Cong, who paused, narrowed his eyes slightly, lowered his voice and asked Xiao Shizhu for instructions: "Do you want to do him before the Qingqiu Fox King arrives." ”。

At this moment, Lin Cong's eyes were murderous, and his gaze became fierce.

He Lin Cong believes that the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom must not always make small moves behind the back of the Nine Shadows Kingdom. If you can use the way of others and govern their bodies, you can make the Qingqiu fox ghosts jealous.

Xiao Shizhu did not rush to agree, but forcibly suppressed his anger and pondered.

After the Qingqiu Fox King set off to leave the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom, it was not bad to secretly kill the Qingqiu Fox King. But in this way, the war will not only be advanced, but also give the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom a bite back to the Nine Shadows Country and accuse the Nine Shadows Country of destroying the excuse of peace.

After all, the small actions of the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom are all carried out in secret, and few people know about them. If they Qingqiu Fox Kingdom bite to death and don't admit these crimes, in the ill-informed Netherworld Mansion, there must be a majority of ghosts who think that the Nine Shadows Kingdom is a bully.

Thinking of this, Xiao Shizhu could only swallow this breath of anger for the time being, gritted his teeth, and said: "No, let him Qingqiu Fox King set off safely, come to our country safely, and go back in good condition." ”。