The clear water flows around this pavilion with heavy eaves and four slopes, and the stream breeze blows, and the spring on the rock wall not far from the pavilion falls, rushing into the rocks in the clear water, making a sound like a harp.

There are a few golden lotus flowers in the water, and the petals are stretched out in the stream wind.

In the pavilion, ten lying bronze deer as the base, on the jade desktop scheme supported by the golden dragon and silver phoenix, the tray is one, and the light emitted by the centipede beads illuminates Xiao Shizhu's green face in the celadon lamp with a hemispherical shape.

Xiao Shizhu's anger came from the fact that Qingqiu Fox Kingdom repeatedly challenged his patience and bottom line, making Xiao Shizhu's anger difficult to contain.

But he endured it anyway, and now is not the time to fight.

The country needs a period of recuperation and recuperation, and it takes a while to recover.

Moreover, it is also very unfavorable to attack in the rainy season, and logistics and transportation cannot be guaranteed.

So Xiao Shizhu could only choose to endure first.

"However, in this way, the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom will only be even more arrogant. At this time, Lin Cong on the opposite side hurriedly admonished: "Take this opportunity to teach the Qingqiu Fox Country a lesson, there is nothing bad about it, and it can keep the majesty of our great power." ”。

"The assassination is not visible, how can you keep the majesty?" Xiao Shizhu immediately asked rhetorically, shook his head and said: "Only by letting him come peacefully and go back peacefully can he show peace and friendship between the two countries, and at the same time secretly hurry up preparations for war." ”。

"What the lord means is that the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom must be charged with destroying peace. Then, the ghost mother, who was already clear about her husband's thoughts, added: "And this will also make the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom throw a mouse trap and dare not attack rashly." It is always better to delay the start of a war for a period of time than to start it earlier, and it will also give us enough time to prepare. ”。

"Hmm. Xiao Shizhu had already put away his anger and anger, and bowed his head slightly, indicating that this was exactly what he meant.

"Yes. Although Lin Cong was unwilling, he pondered for a long time and felt that Mu Qingming's method was a better way, so he responded and stopped mentioning assassination for a while.

"Do a good job of protecting the Qingqiu Fox King, and don't let ghosts with ulterior motives have a chance. Xiao Shizhu pondered for a long time, and said slowly with a worried face: "If the enemy writes, directs, and acts assassination activities on his own, you must be aware of them before they occur, and nip these conspiracies in the bud." ”。

Xiao Shizhu's worries were not groundless, many small actions of the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom were beyond his imagination. Assassinating himself and blaming the Nine Shadows Country again, the Qingqiu Fox King may not be able to do it.

The Nine Shadows Country has no choice but to take precautions first.

Lin Cong nodded and responded, he was also worried about this matter, and he didn't dare to be careless.

"Then the minister will go and prepare. Lin Cong then stood up and saluted and said goodbye.

Lin Cong had to hurry up and prepare for the security work, the Qingqiu Fox King was about to come down from Qingqiu Mountain, and it wouldn't be long before he entered the realm of the Nine Shadows Kingdom.

Lin Cong's security work had to start from the time the Qingqiu Fox King entered the border of the Nine Shadows Kingdom. Put an end to the Qingqiu Fox King, stage self-harm by yourself, and then blame the Nine Shadows Kingdom.

After Lin Cong said goodbye, Xiao Shizhu and the ghost mother still had no intention of leaving here, and still sat in this place and listened, drinking tea and resting.

"The journey was tiring and it was supposed to give you a break. The ghost mother gave Xiao Shizhu a teacup, and while slowly refilling the water, she said: "But there is one thing that I call the shots on my own, and it is not good to use the fungus to transmit messages, so I have to tell you." ”。

Xiao Shizhu was not very tired, so naturally he had no objection and continued to sit in the pavilion and drink tea.

It's just that now there are no outsiders or courtiers, and Xiao Shizhu is no longer sitting upright.

He leaned back in his chair, his hands on the armrests and his head on them, listening to the ghost mother.

The ghost mother told Xiao Shizhu in detail about the recent rebellion in the south and the cause of it.

When Xiao Shizhu heard this, he yawned and asked disapprehantly: "Where did Du Ziren come from, wasn't he destroyed by me?"

The tone was contemptuous and dismissive.

The various departments of the Southern Barbarians are loyal to Xiao Shizhu, after all, Du Ziren used to oppress them too hard, and Xiao Shizhu has always treated them preferentially. Compared with the two, the various tribes of the Southern Barbarians are naturally willing to be loyal to Xiao Shizhu and the Nine Hidden Kingdoms.

Occasionally, a few people come out to rebel without knowing whether they are alive or dead, and it can't be a big deal, so Xiao Shizhu naturally didn't take this rebellion seriously.

And the ghost mother handled it very properly, since the enemy fled deep into the mountains after the rebellion, and the conventional ghost army could not enter the mountains to encircle and suppress, it was also the best way for Wu Xiaoshen to lead the ghost soldiers who are good at mountain search and jungle survival to ambush and go south to suppress thieves.

It won't be long before the rebels will be wiped out by Wu Xiaoshen and the battalion of soldiers and horses he brought with him.

All parts of the Nanban will restore stability and peace.

Xiao Shizhu is still very confident in Wu Xiaoshen's ability and the combat effectiveness of the army under Wu Xiaogray.

But Xiao Shizhu had just finished speaking, and after thinking about it, he suddenly felt that something was wrong.

He slowly sat up straight, sat upright in his chair, frowned slightly, and pondered.

He himself led troops to exterminate the rebel army, but the strength of the rebel army was certainly inferior to that of well-trained soldiers and armies, and most of them were a rabble, unorganized and undisciplined. However, it will not collapse at the first touch, and after a rush to disperse, no decent resistance will be organized.

It's anomalous.

Xiao Shizhu's keen sense of smell honed on the battlefield allowed him to smell a faint smell of conspiracy from this abnormal thing.

"You also said that not long after the rebellion broke out, all the ghost detectives of the Northern Yin Dynasty lurking in the southern region took action?" Xiao Shizhu asked ** while recalling what the ghost mother had said before, "Is it?"

"Yes. The ghost mother bowed slightly, and told Xiao Shizhu what had happened, as well as the countermeasures she had discussed with Lin Cong, and by the way.

The handling method of this matter, Lin Cong's fungus people also sent a letter to Xiao Shizhu in time to report.

At that time, Xiao Shizhu didn't feel any clues. But now, judging from the inexplicable rebellion, this seems to be a covert operation by the Northern Yin Dynasty against the Nine Shadows.

The purpose of the rebellion seems to be to deliberately guide the sergeants trained by Wu Xiaoshen to the south, exposing them to the eyes of the ghosts of the Northern Yin Dynasty.

And a long time ago, Xiao Shizhu received a secret report, and the Northern Yin Dynasty vaguely knew that the Nine Shadows Kingdom was training an all-round army.

This matter is true, Wu Xiaoshen has been in the Yuque hunting ground all these years, under the secret order of Xiao Shizhu, and he has been busy with this matter.

And there is no impermeable wall in the world, and it is normal for this matter to leak a little bit of news.

Later, Xiao Shizhu used a clever lie to hide the matter again.

It's also a kind of self-written and self-directed play.

Xiao Shizhu secretly spread the news, claiming that the Nine Shadows Kingdom had been favored by the gods, and was developing the secret technology given by the gods somewhere to strengthen the combat effectiveness of the Nine Shadows Army and use weapons.

He even told a big lie, saying that the Nine Shadows Kingdom even had technology to dismantle the gods who fell from the sky and capture ethereal creatures such as gods.

On the one hand, it makes people claim that this news is very nonsense and has no logic at all.

Xiao Shizhu secretly and skillfully used the laws in the story of the wolf, and after several propaganda and self-written, self-directed and self-acted dramas to crack the lies, most of the ghosts in the underworld no longer believe in these nonsense stories like those who were deceived by children in the story of the wolf.

Even the matter of the Nine Shadows Kingdom cultivating an all-powerful army is no longer believed in it.

The secret that was leaked out turned out to be a shameful lie.

Moreover, this is not leaked by the Nine Shadows Kingdom, the Nine Shadows Kingdom has been trying its best to deny these nonsense things, so the ghosts who feel that they have been deceived will not blame the heads of the Nine Shadows Kingdom.

However, now it seems that at least the high-level of the Beiyin Dynasty, perhaps only Emperor Xudu, did not fully believe in Xiao Shizhu's performance.

Emperor Xudu was still completely skeptical about the existence of an all-powerful elite force in the Nine Shadows Kingdom.

Xiao Shizhu thought about it, and thoughtfully told his wife ** about his conjectures one by one.

After he finished speaking, the ghost mother, who had been pondering for a long time, took over and said, "Well, I also thought of this afterwards. And when I sent Wu Xiaoshen, although I didn't think about it so deeply, but for the sake of insurance, I still called Wu Xiaoshen and went to the south as a forbidden army patrolling the security of various places. Then, when the rebels were exterminated, they could only claim to be border troops to the outside world and to the local defenders. When Shi Ben and the ghost captives asked to send troops, they also took into account the secrecy situation, and it was best to ask the imperial court to send troops secretly, not with much fanfare. ”。

When Xiao Shizhu heard this, he raised the corners of his mouth slightly: "Interesting." ”。

"Since the old ghost is so skeptical, it's better to play something more fun for him. Xiao Shizhu, who paused, said: "Catch the leaders of those rebels and interrogate how he got Du Ziren's jade pendant." ”。

Xiao Shizhu also didn't believe that Du Ziren had any illegitimate children. But the token jade pendant in the other party's hand should be real.

To get this kind of thing, it was a breeze for the Northern Yin Dynasty.

If Xiao Shizhu's guess is correct, this matter is behind the Beiyin Dynasty.

After getting the confession of the rebel leader and publicizing it to the world, the face of the Emperor Xudu must have changed color, which is more ugly than pig liver.

At that time, the fact that the Northern Yin Dynasty had destroyed the peace was placed in front of the ghosts. The prestige of the Northern Yin Dynasty and the Emperor Xudu will decline as a result, and the people's hearts will also be lost.

After Xiao Shizhu's reminder, the ghost mother also thought of this layer, and immediately blurted out: "Good idea." ”。

"Hey, hey. Xiao Shizhu smiled, cocked Erlang's legs, and shouted to the outside of the pavilion: "Someone, a fungus passer." ”。

Soon after the words landed, a fungus man walked in, stopped opposite Xiao Shizhu and the ghost mother, and after saluting the couple one by one, the fungus man said to Xiao Shizhu respectfully: "Lord, please command." ”。

"Herald. Xiao Shizhu picked up his teapot and said to the fungus man sonorously: "Order Wu Xiaoshen, if conditions permit, to capture the rebel leader alive, and then escort him into Beijing." ”......

While Xiao Shizhu was busy with various decisions, the Qingqiu Fox King was very leisurely.

He sat in a large hall at the top of the hill, idly watching the dark clouds and storms outside the main hall.

The rain and fog are in the wind, and the clouds are misty in the rain.

In a few days, he would set off from here on his journey to the Nine Shadows Kingdom.

He wants to see with his own eyes the prosperity of the Nine Shadows Kingdom. You also have to see with your own eyes whether Xiao Shizhu is the Holy Lord Mingjun at the bottom, or if he is a little comfortable, he naively thinks that the world is peaceful, and from now on he can be at ease and comfortable in the faint monarch.

If it is the latter, on the day of returning to China, the Qingqiu Fox King will not hesitate to start a war, and he will inevitably monopolize Dongyingzhou.

The Qingqiu Fox King, who was sitting on the throne, slowly withdrew his gaze, took the hot tea handed by the old palace slave beside him, gently scraped the tea powder with the lid of the cup, and asked the old fox ghost beside him: "Hu Qi, how long have you been with Lonely?"

On this vast hall, there were only two of them at this time, and they were originally deserted. However, the continuous wind and rain outside the hall made the main hall also full of wind and rain, and it was very noisy.

This old fox ghost, whose waist was slightly rickety, slightly bent, his eyebrows and beard were already silver-white, but the long hair was still very bright and red, and he silently counted the days, and said with a flattering smile: "Back to the king, it's been about two hundred years, right?"

This time is not a long time for the ghosts of the Netherworld. The lifespan of ghosts is much longer than that of human beings.

Time is no longer like an arrow in this world.

And the fox ghost waiting next to the Qingqiu Fox King has a somewhat sharp voice and is brittle, but it does not have the weakness of old age.

"In this way, have you ever been abroad?" The Qingqiu Fox King, who took a sip of tea, asked Hu Qi, an old fox ghost, "Have you ever stepped out of our country before entering the palace?"

"Huh. The old fox ghost smiled, bowed his head slightly, and returned: "The king said that he laughed, since the old slave entered the palace and before entering the palace, he didn't have much money in his pocket, where is there any spare money to wander around." Not to mention going abroad, even if you go out of the country, you don't have that opportunity near the capital. The kind of beautiful thing going abroad, the old slave can only daydream and seem to amuse himself. ”。

"It's so pitiful, then I'll give you a chance to make your dream come true. The Qingqiu Fox King, who sneered, looked at Hu Qi, the old fox ghost, the old palace slave, with disdain, and then put on a gesture of pity and charity, but sat on the throne, looked down at the old fox ghost from above, and said: "Follow Gu to the Nine Shadows Country." ”。

The old fox ghost suddenly felt a little happy when he heard this, but he didn't say anything, let alone show it, so that the joy came to his face, and he simply responded: "No." ”。

Hu Qi was just obeying the king's orders, and the joy that secretly arose in his heart soon disappeared without a trace.

As for the Qingqiu Fox King, he wouldn't care, nor would he notice these psychological changes in Hu Qi.

The Qingqiu Fox King put down his teacup and continued to look leisurely out of the main hall.

At this time, a ghost official walked in, stood in front of the Qingqiu Fox King, knelt down and saluted according to the procedure, stood up, took out a booklet from his sleeve, handed it to the Qingqiu Fox King, and said: "King, the gift list listed by the ministers and others after deliberation at this time is a generous gift that you want to bring to the Nine Shadows Kingdom. ”。

The Qingqiu Fox King took the gift list, unfolded it and looked at it carefully.

This gift list, which is so thin that it is not yet a human soul's finger, is densely filled with the names and quantities of gifts. Most of them are in pairs for auspiciousness.

There are gold and silver objects, textile embroidery, calligraphy, painting and jade. as well as lacquerware and some treasures, ivory carvings.

All of them are exquisitely made and expensive materials. It is also mostly the royal family of Qingqiu Fox, and the people have collected the fat and ointment for many years.

One of the jade carvings of a hundred birds and a phoenix is the most exquisite. In the Lechuan River of Yin Cao Difu, the special red flame blood jade is carved into a five-foot-high sycamore tree, the high branches and leaves are luxuriant, straight and straight, and the branches and leaves are connected; the peony flowers bloom next to the tree, and a fire phoenix stands here in the middle, looking back at the peony is in full bloom.

This is a generous gift from the Qingqiu Fox King in line with the principle of pleasing Xiao Shizhu and pleasing his wife first, and he wants to give it to the ghost mother.