Xiao Shizhu and the others followed Changqin and Wu Hui and went up the stairs to the top of the boulder.

I saw those pavilions and pavilions built on the top of the rock, connected by corridors. The reliefs on the walls emitted red glows, rising into the sky, constantly injecting energy into the Zhaoming Array that shrouded the top of the rock.

Since the battle with Ah Pang and the ghost captives, Xiao Shizhu found that his six senses had improved a lot. For example, at night, I can see farther and clearer, my ears are much brighter, and my sense of smell has improved. Now, for example, he clearly felt that those red rays contained the spirit of fire that burned all things.

Looking at those buildings again, the pavilions and halls are no different from the rest of the underworld, but the attics are different from ordinary attics. It is said that it is like an attic, but it is more like a corn-shaped stone tower, which is top-notch in the center and is piled up with Lei Lei rings. On the top, there is a stone sculpture of a red bird bathing in fire, making the shape of holding its head high and spreading its wings!

The cloister is a stone pillar door every few steps, layer by layer, looking at the door, those overlapping doors, quite the illusion of passing through, very distinctive.

Inside and outside the cloister extending in all directions, on the stone wall near the foundation, carved out one after another exquisite reliefs, the knife work is smooth and delicate, the shape is complex and round, the lines are delicate and soft, and the colors are bright and charming. Tell the people in it about the great achievements of the Fire King Zhurong.

In the open space outside the cloister is a small courtyard, and under the walls of the cloister, all kinds of fragrant flowers and plants are planted. There is a rockery fish pond built in the courtyard, and there are water droplets splashed by a clear spring on the rockery stone wall and fall into the pool. There are many banyan trees and kapok trees planted by the pool, and the aerial roots of the old banyan trees hang down from the trees, like a few thick long whiskers hanging under the jaws of the old man. It adds a bit of beauty to the surrounding stone buildings.

Xiao Shizhu and the others followed Wu Hui and Changqin, and after shuttling through the corridor for a long time, they came to the center. I saw that there is a round lotus pond of more than 10 acres of size, there are a lot of lotus flowers planted in the pond, the buds that have not opened are indeed shy, and the buds are ready to bloom; the lotus flowers that have fully bloomed are white, and the soft seven-colored light blooms from the petals, which is quite wonderful.

The surging water vapor comes up from under the lotus leaves, bringing a light lotus fragrance, which is cool and refreshing into the heart and spleen, and contaminates the lungs, which is pleasing to the eye.

There is a small island in the middle, and on top of it is a small and exquisite, delicate trapezoidal hall. On the four corners, there is a stone sculpture of Bifang bird standing facing in all directions, and on the top of the main hall, there is a sculpture of the Fire King holding a long staff and covered in flames.

The entire building and the sculptures decorated are made of red rock. On the huge gable wall, an intricately shaped flame is carved out of the door, and it stands on the square door frame, which at first glance looks like the gate is on fire. On both sides of the gate, there is a humanoid stone sculpture about a foot high, all of which are holding spears and covered with flames.

Follow the connecting gate to the nine-curved stone bridge by the lotus pond, and come to the island. After passing through the gate, they came to the main hall.

Although the gate outside is magnificent, the inside of the hall is much simpler. Eight stone pillars are divided into two rows to support the roof of the main hall, and on the four sides of the pillar base, there is a brazier, in which the flames rise, illuminating the hall with doors and windows and a little dark.

In addition, in the middle of the depths of the main hall, there is a stone case, a stone chair and a bookshelf. The surface was only polished and smooth, and no carving decoration was made.

Surrounded by several huge stone bookshelves around the bookcase, there are all kinds of books, wired, bamboo, silk books, etc., as well as many painting scrolls. For this simple hall, a lot of scholarly atmosphere has been added.

A middle-aged man with facial features similar to Changqin's appearance, but a little more domineering than Changqin between his eyebrows, sat behind the bookcase, and was looking intently at the silk book unfolded on the bookcase in front of him. His right hand rested on the arm of the table and chair, slightly bent his arm, and raised his index finger, and a flame the size of an egg was wrapped around his fingertips, dancing with the movement of his fingers gently swirling, but it could not be separated from his fingertips, which was very strange.

If it weren't for the fact that this person's soul was born with red hair and eyebrows, and a long red beard under his chin, standing with Changqin, he really looked like two brothers.

"Father. Changqin took Xiao Shizhu and the others to the middle of the main hall and stood still, and said slowly to the middle-aged man sitting behind the bookcase: "The envoy of the Ghost Mother Country brought it." ”。 It seems that this human soul is Zhu Rong.

"Thank you. Zhu Rong raised his head, and his contemptuous gaze swept towards Xiao Shizhu, King Kong and Hu Hui, and after the ghost captives swept their faces one by one, they fell on King Kong's face again, and said, "General Xiao Shizhu, is it right?" The tone was a little stiff, which made King Kong very uncomfortable to listen to.

In the previous battle, although Zhu Rong took the initiative to invade the ghost mother country, he was defeated, not to mention countless dead and wounded sergeants, and also lost a lot of warships. This made Zhu Rong feel that if he didn't take this opportunity to ridicule Xiao Shizhu, they wouldn't be able to enjoy a few words.

"Yes. King Kong also kept a straight face and replied coldly.

"General Xiao is in Xuanyanzhou, but he is very famous, I have heard that Your Excellency is young and vigorous, and he relies on the thing under his crotch to climb the dragon and the phoenix in exchange for power. It is said that the general still slept in the ghost mother's bed, is that really the case?" Zhu Rongman showed a smile that seemed to be not a smile, looked at King Kong with interest, and said jokingly.

As soon as the conversation began, Zhu Rong said some provocative words with guns and sticks to establish his authority, which made the atmosphere around him suddenly solemn.

Fortunately, Xiao Shizhu had already expected this, and had rehearsed with King Kong many times in advance, and told him not to be angry, but his words were too aggressive, so although King Kong was angry at this time, he still suppressed his anger, and after sneering, he asked rhetorically: "That's true, but the envoy thinks that this is also the ability." Otherwise, for thousands of years, why would only the envoy be able to sleep on the ghost mother's bed? After speaking, he pursed his lips and snorted coldly, quietly staring at Zhu Rong's eyes under his red eyebrows, waiting for his answer.

In a word, Wu Hui snickered in his heart, Changqin was stunned, but Zhu Rong was speechless, and the atmosphere was embarrassing again.

Anger flashed on Zhu Rong's face, and then he coughed to hide his previous embarrassment, and then asked angrily: "What are you doing all the way to my country?

"Of course not, but to bring peace and stability to the people of both countries. According to the lines written by Xiao Shizhu for him, he said unhurriedly: "I'm really sorry, there was a big war between our two countries before, and many of your soldiers were killed in order to protect the family and defend the country." After this war, our two countries also became estranged. You have forbidden our goods from entering your kingdom and cut off trade between us. But in this way, the two countries will have deeper and deeper grievances, and the hatred will spread among our two countries, which will not benefit the people of the two countries, so we want to make peace with you, and the ghost mother country is willing to form an alliance with Zhurong and resume trade between the two countries. The tone was much slower than before, and a smile slowly appeared on his face, contrary to his previous attitude of competing with Zhu Rong.

"This is a covenant drafted by our country, please look at it from the Fire King. Zhu Rong didn't say anything, but after a pause, King Kong took out a silk book from his sleeve, handed it to Wu Hui and presented it to Zhu Rong by the other party, and said: "The Fire King's soldiers are strong and strong, and they are all good at recruiting and fighting, and I have a deep understanding of the last war; The king is so wise that he should know that if our two countries do not reconcile again, one day war will break out because of hatred, and then you and I will fight to the death, but it will be other countries that are cheaper. ”。 The implication is that this other country is naturally a country of communal workers, and a few easy words have stirred up the estrangement between Zhurong and co-workers.

And when King Kong said: "If it weren't for the co-workers who fled in advance and put you together, our army would have suffered heavy casualties in front of your army." Xiao Shizhu noticed that the muscles under the corners of Zhu Rong's right eye trembled slightly. He knew that Zhu Rong was angry, and this was the real purpose of his trip.

Under King Kong's praise, Zhu Rong had slowly let go of the displeasure in his heart against the envoy of the Ghost Mother Country. In addition, he and Gonggong have been fighting for thousands of years from the human world to the underworld, and the grudge has been deep, and most of the unhappiness at this time has been transferred to Gonggong.

"So, Wu Hui, you didn't lie to me?" After a while, Zhu Rong said and took the silk book in Wu Hui's hand and unfolded it, but after seeing that it was all terms for the resumption of trade between the two countries, it was not too much, and his mood was a little happier.

"If you go back to the king, Wu Hui won't dare to lie to you. Wu Hui lowered his head slightly in front of him, and whispered: "Last time, it was the Gonggong who was shameless and fled in advance, which led to the fiasco of our army." I have already told my brother that Gonggong is an untrustworthy fellow, and he is always thinking about how to use someone else's hand to destroy our country. ”。

Hearing this, Xiao Shizhu, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly realized that the commander of Zhu Rongguo last time was that Wu Hui, and he suffered a defeat, in order not to be punished, he put the responsibility on the Communist Labor Army, which was in his arms.

In this way, the lies they have orchestrated are more convincing.

Sure enough, Zhu Rong suddenly slapped the book case after hearing this. Then the book case made a muffled sound of "pop", and Zhu Rong, who had his eyebrows upside down, also scolded angrily: "Gonggong, this old horseman, actually dares to pit this king!"

"The king is angry. Looking at his face that was instantly full of anger, Xiao Shizhu expected that this human soul belonged to the type that was more impulsive, and after doing things a little lacking in consideration, he silently asked in his heart: "How did this thing survive in such a chaotic world as the underworld?" At the same time, he smiled slightly, took out a stack of silver tickets for the underworld from his sleeve, and said to Zhu Rong: "In order to show the sincerity of the peace talks, our general also prepared a meeting gift of one million taels of silver for the king, and the king of hope and fire smiled. ”。

After finishing speaking, he took a few steps forward, stood still in front of the bookcase, bowed his head deeply, and at the same time raised his hands too high, and presented the thick stack of silver tickets with respectful hands. And the smile on his face was full of sincerity that was enough to be fake.

These silver tickets are all the treasures he collected from the Ghost Kingdom Palace, and they are a drop in the bucket after they are sold. When he heard the ghost mother say that Zhu Rong was also a greedy ghost, he thought of bringing Zhu Rong some souvenirs as a meeting gift, so it was better to give him some white silver.

"Then what's so embarrassing?" Zhu Rong looked at the silver ticket in his hand, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly put away his angry face, and said to King Kong with a pleasant face: "Your envoy is too polite." ”。 As he spoke, he did not hesitate to reach out and take the silver ticket.

Xiao Shizhu, who continued to bow his head and walked back behind King Kong, took advantage of Zhu Rong Wuhui's inattention, gently curled the corners of his mouth, and a light flashed in his eyes. It's like a fox lurking in the jungle and seeing a stupid rabbit step into its range and not even knowing it.

"Please let the envoy stay first, and as for the negotiation of peace and the resumption of trade, this king will have to consider it. After pondering for a long time, Zhu Rong said slowly, always staring at the stack of silver tickets, but waving his hand, signaling Wu Hui and Changqin, and taking Xiao Shizhu and them down to arrange food, drink, and entertainment.

Xiao Shizhu and the others knew that this matter should not be rushed, and it would be counterproductive if it was urgent, so they didn't say anything, and retreated to Zhu Rong, and followed Changqin and Wu Hui to simply walk out.