The long whistling sound of the wind penetrated through the long and wide sky pavilion, and the sound of the wind became a little sharper.
Xiao Shizhu's body had armor and black robe cuffs, and the red ribbon hanging from the leather belt around her waist, all raised slightly in the wind.
The keel bone hairpin with a tight hair crown fixed on his head was still motionless in the wind.
This time, the wind wandering in the sky pit, and the wind that was wandering in the Yuque Palace was colder than before. The dark clouds in the sky were denser, and the temperature between the palaces and pavilions dropped sharply. It seems that this weather is either going to rain heavily or go down to the underworld.
, the unique black snow.
Not to mention the changeable weather in the underworld, there are also many extremely strange weather. It comes as soon as you say it. Not to mention the snow in late summer and early autumn, even in the hot summer, the wind will suddenly change, the cold wind howls, and the snow and frost are accompanied by
Lightning and thunder fell from the sky.
Today, even if it suddenly snows heavily in Yuque City, there is nothing to make a fuss about, but it is a good thing.
As long as there is heavy snow in the Yin Realm, the Yin Qi diffuses and breeds between the world in the snowy area and is dozens of times more intense than sunny days. All crops shrouded by heavy snow can be nourished and it is easier to harvest.
Xiao Shizhu was looking forward to snow, so that the fertile fields around Yuque City will surely be harvested this year; and while expecting, Qinglan's soft words also drifted into Xiao Shizhu's ears with the wind.
"Yes, yes." After calming down, Xiao Shizhu said this. He originally planned to do this, but he humbly accepted Qinglan's suggestion, "You are right, be careful, there is no big mistake."
Qinglan nodded and said no more.
He never said much about Qinglan's words. He shouldn't have heard anything. Qinglan also had his left ear and right ear. Otherwise, Xiao Shizhu wouldn't have been able to keep him by his side and send him to listen.
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But at this moment, Xiao Shizhu was more willing to listen to Qing Lan talk, so he asked again: "Have you ever dealt with fox ghosts in the past?"
Qing Lan behind Xiao Shizhu shook her head silently without thinking, and said bluntly: "The small past has mostly lived on Shuoyue Island, while Shuoyue Island is far away from Dongyingzhou, separated by three vast oceans. Most of the Qingqiu fox ghosts are
I was unwilling to travel so far to trade before, so I never saw a fox ghost."
"But the fox and ghost are cunning and good at deceiving. This is known to everyone in the underworld." After a pause, Qinglan then carefully reminded Xiao Shizhu, saying: "This kind of ghost is naturally good at confusing his ghosts.
I think if the Fox King of Qingqiu is willing to deceive the king, then the king should not believe it all, as long as ten words are believed in five words."
Qinglan knew that the Qingqiu Fox King would soon be Xiao Shizhu's guest, and he didn't dare to say a lot of things.
While the two of them were talking, snow began to fall in the sky.
The clouds are misty, and the snow is drizzling like floating catkins. The yin energy ghost fog in the Yuque Palace slowly rises. For a moment, the Yuque Palace in broad daylight is also misty.
"Qinglan, you still speak the same as before, leaving room for anything, be careful. Let me be honest and I don't want to believe anything about the Qingqiu Fox King now." Xiao Shizhu smiled,
The laughter was filled with contempt and contempt.
It is not the contempt and contempt that Qinglan showed, but the Qingqiu Fox King.
In the square below, the imperial guards standing above the four sides have begun to change shifts.
In the snow and wind, teams of neatly arranged imperial guards came marching in an orderly manner, each of whom stood at his post and replaced his comrades who had been standing guard around the square for several hours.
Under neat steps, the sound of powerful and dull footsteps echoed in the square.
The sergeants who had changed their guards lined up in the middle of the square and left in an orderly manner.
The military discipline of Jiuyou Kingdom is strict. Whether in war or in idle time, whether sitting or walking, there is no laziness or laziness. The eyes are always firm like iron, and there is no distraction.
This is not only the imperial guards, but also the local army and other standing troops.
If the ghosts in Jiuyou Kingdom look at them, they will have a lot of confidence in them. They will unswervingly believe that these soldiers will surely ensure the safety of the ghost people and the safety of the ghost country.
Xiao Shizhu, who had watched the change of duty, finally turned around slowly and coughed twice.
But I endured it and tried to prevent the cough from being too loud.
Qinglan hurriedly turned to the side, lowered her head slightly, and advised softly: "Master, let's go back. It snowed again this day, but it was getting colder and colder."
"It's not intrusive." Xiao Shizhu held the biting cold and felt uncomfortable, and said indifferently that his slightly trembling lips slowly turned blue as the wind and snow drifted.
If it were the past, he wouldn't care about this coldness at all, and he could withstand this chill completely.
However, after returning from Huangquan, his body became weak, and then he began to fear the cold and cold. His appetite was not as good as before, and his physical strength and energy were getting worse and worse.
But Xiao Shizhu insisted on holding on, hiding these physical disadvantages from his ghosts one by one, and never easily manifested them in front of outsiders and ghosts; he could not reveal his weakness in front of his ghost ministers.
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This is because now, the great cause of Jiuyou Kingdom has not been achieved, and Xiao Shizhu's children are still very young, so he can't completely shock the old ghosts who are officials and generals in the court. If he shows a little bit of it
The signs of weakness and life are almost over, and many ghosts with ulterior motives are inevitably caused by the generals of the ghosts.
The human heart is unpredictable, and the ghost heart is the same.
Xiao Shizhu will never allow the situation of being divided, and it will happen in the Nine Nether Kingdom now.
It snowed today, and Xiao Shizhu was still standing here without any obstacles, with only carved railings on both sides and tiled roofs on the top. It can be said that it is a sky pavilion with air leakage on all sides, not only for the ease of taking a break from your busy schedule, but also for the
Let the soldiers and officials from the lower corners see his tall figure. There are also many officials from various departments and departments who come and go to and from all ghosts when passing through this square and see him safe and sound, it will make him feel at ease.
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Therefore, today's coldness did not begin now. It was early in the morning, and the coldness began to spread around Yuque City and the areas outside the city, but Xiao Shizhu didn't even wear a cloak, but just covered her with a thin piece.
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"What's the worry? It's a rare time to have some leisure time. It's also good to have a good look at the snow scene." Xiao Shizhu said this, walked to the side, on the other side of the pavilion, and looked ahead again.
The wind and snow are getting heavier and heavier, and the black flying snow is getting bigger and bigger, becoming denser and darker.
The temperature around was getting lower and lower. Every bone on Xiao Shizhu's body was as painful as countless needles.
Qing Lan, who was beside her, felt a little painful in her heart.
Xiao Shizhu endured the discomfort caused by the cold wind, but the soldiers and officials who came and went to see it, but Qing Lan beside him could see it.
When it hurts so much, although Xiao Shizhu's face was calm and calm, he would clench his hands while pressing the railing tightly and hold the railing tightly. Several blue veins suddenly bulge on the back of his hand.
After all, Qinglan followed Xiao Shizhu for a long time and was loyal. He didn't expect Xiao Shizhu to suffer again. He hurriedly advised him: "Master, let's go back."
This was a persuasion, but it was more like begging. Qinglan's eyes showed a look of unbearable expression, and it appeared little by little from the bottom of her eyes.
In the dark snow, there was a cold and cold air blew over with the cold wind. The roaring cold wind passed through the pavilion with a bone-permeating coldness.
Xiao Shizhu held his hands tightly on the cold stone railing again, and the veins on the back of his hand reappeared.
Xiao Shizhu opened his lips and breathed a white heat between his teeth. His eyes were still filled with a bitter aura, and his eyebrows were still domineering with a look of the world.
But he never agreed to Qinglan.
At this moment, a female ghost climbed onto the pavilion and took unhurried and slow steps towards Xiao Shizhu.
This young female ghost is a palace maid in Juexiangyuan. At the level of palace maids, she is only at Chen Ruo's level. She was responsible in the past to pass on some ordinary words to the ghost mother and manage Juexiangyuan.
Environmental sanitation in the main building.
"King, ** has moved to the central courtyard." The palace maid came to Xiao Shizhu and slowly walked with great blessings: "The ministers of the inner courtyard center are also on the way to the central courtyard. ** Let the younger one come, please come.
The king is going to discuss matters now."
These words made Qing Lan feel relieved; he knew Xiao Shizhu's stubbornness and let him get rid of his mouth, so Xiao Shizhu might not leave here immediately.
Now that I am going to discuss matters, Xiao Shizhu has to leave even if he doesn't leave. When he arrives in the central courtyard, he will definitely be warmer and Xiao Shizhu can feel more comfortable.
"I understand." Sure enough, after hearing what the palace maid said, Xiao Shizhu decided to leave, and at the same time sent the palace maid to take the lead: "You go back and tell my wife first, and I'll go there right away."
"No." The palace maid took another blessing and turned around and left.
After watching the palace maid leave, Xiao Shizhu also took Qinglan and the people who were in contact with him and walked slowly down the pavilion.
There was heavy snow falling between heaven and earth. The square in front of the pavilion was located in the middle of the Tiankeng, facing the entrance of the Tiankeng. Soon the ground was covered with a black black snow.
There is still heavy snow falling in the sky. The wind blows heavily, and the snowflakes fly, rotating and dancing in the air. Most of the snowflakes have not yet fallen to the ground, and when the cold wind blows, they will fly in all directions.
After going down the pavilion and walking down the high stone steps in front of Tianquan Hall, Xiao Shizhu took Qinglan and turned around and headed towards the east of the square.
The inner center, the most core department of Jiuyou Kingdom, is called the brain of Jiuyou Kingdom. It is a department specially designed for some important national affairs and is used to decide and discuss countermeasures. Most military and national affairs are basically
These ghosts and Xiao Shizhu and the ghost mother agreed and discussed them privately.
The office location set up in the inner courtyard center is on the east side of Tianquan Hall.
It was a small palace surrounded by a hall and a lobby. The entire courtyard was less magnificent and domineering, and a little more quiet and unique.
The gate of this palace garden has no magnificent momentum and extraordinary spirit, and is incompatible with the surrounding halls; it is just a small door that is not wide and has a moderate height. There are no carved patterns on the door posts, but only a few vines of purple rosy entangled
, covering the talismans that bless it. There is no stone carving in front of the door post with the foundation of the banana leaf column of the cirrus-shaped mountain flowers, but there are a few blooming blood-colored azaleas.
Black snow floated by, and the cuckoo bloomed in the blood, and the bright red color was even more beautiful, as if blood was about to drip.
Xiao Shizhu walked through many palaces and attics and pavilions with ease. When he came here, he nodded to the imperial guards guarding the gate and then walked straight in.
Behind the door is a small courtyard. This courtyard has been deserted for many years and is basically used to pile up debris. Later, Xiao Shizhu entered the Yuque and soon ordered people to clean up. He planted countless bamboo trees in the courtyard, some of which were
It was planted by Xiao Shizhu himself. The wind blows the bamboo, and the sound of nature is heard from afar.
Surrounded by bamboo forests, the east side of the courtyard is a hill made of huge rocks, which is only a few feet high. Although it is artificially created, it is full of rugged cliffs.
The small waterfalls in the stone mountain flow between the stones and fall into the pool that is connected to the canals on the edge of the mountain and the palace, secretly connected.
There are hundreds of brocade scales in the pond, swimming among the stones in the water, shuttled through the rugged caves in the stones. There is plenty of yin energy in the falling snow, and the fish in the pond are even more happy.
Follow the path through the bamboo forest, and suddenly you will see the main hall in the middle of the courtyard. This main hall is not a magnificent building, but it is just a small hall, but it is exquisite.
The base of the small hall is not high, as square as the small hall. Under the bamboo forest, the four corners of the small hall on the double eaves and four slopes on the top of the small hall are flying up to the sky;
The golden bell, when the wind blows, its sound is crisp and melodious.
The white jade tiles coated with walnut oil are shiny even in the darkness under the dark clouds.
In front of the small hall of the main hall, there was a look of anger, with a wide-headed and wide-breasted stone carvings of lapis lazuli standing on the left and right, looking forward with his head raised. A pair of stone carvings of unicorns with five claws on the ground, with a large head and a long neck.
There are two wings on the back, with scales and long feathers, curly like cloud patterns, living alone and extraordinary demeanor.
Jin Li, the general of Xiao Shizhu's palace, stood in front of the door holding a long spear. Seeing Xiao Shizhu coming towards him, he lowered his head slightly.
Xiao Shizhu nodded slightly to Jin Li again, passed between the two unicorns, crossed the threshold and entered the house, and a warm feeling came towards him.
On the ground in the middle of the main hall, the diamond charcoal piled up in the golden lacquer stove with small top and large bottom, square and three layers, stacked layer by layer, has been lit.
The fire rose, and the fire cover stood proudly spreading its wings and was about to fly. Red light burst out in both eyes, making it appear vividly.
The design is exquisite and the production is so clever that the golden-winged black is like a living thing.
In the dense small holes, there were fire scattered and wisps of heat flowing across the whole house, and there was no coldness in the cold air. Xiao Shizhu's body was cold due to the coldness of the yin
The bone pain was relieved and it felt much more comfortable.
On both sides of the stove, there are twenty gloomy wooden ring chairs arranged in two rows of ten rows, opposite to each other, and placed on the left and right side of the small hall.
In the middle of the depth, there is a three-sided screen facing the wall. The middle side is facing the door, and it is dotted with jade and plain biscuits with a surface of light and patternless and three feet in diameter.
Around the jade bi, there are relief flames and patterns of flowers on the other side. Seven fire dragons are interspersed with exquisite carvings and gorgeous decorations.
The left and right sides of both sides are diagonally open, guarding the two thrones in front of the screen.
Originally, there was no embellishment on it, and it was a blank space. Later, Xiao Shizhu wrote an inscription on it, and the craftsmen in the palace cast sixteen golds according to his handwriting.
The one on the left is "Great wisdom and enlightenment, and the weight is as light as light as you can." The one on the right is "Great masters, indifferent and quiet."
Xiao Shizhu deliberately put these words here, in order to tell the ministers and generals who entered the central courtyard to pay homage to them day and night, and always remember to keep in mind the indifferent desires and not pursue fame and fortune, so that they can do something well.
A practical thing.
At this time, there were only ghost mothers and Chen Ruo in the hall, and the ministers had not arrived yet. Xiao Shizhu walked deep into the ground and sat next to the ghost mothers.
"Chen Ruo, go and get your lord's velvet shirt and change it to him." The ghost mother saw some snowflakes falling on Xiao Shizhu's shoulders and head, and reached out to dust it off: "It's snowing, why are you still staying outside?
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On the left and right of the throne, the palace lantern of the bronze Tianlu Divine Beast facing the gate, which looks like a deer and has a long tail, has also been lit. The blue flames of the outer flames illuminate the entire house.
But it also looks gloomy.
"Just as the Yunmeng Tian Silkworm brocade, there is no need to take velvet." Chen Ruo, the leader of Xiao Shizhu, explained, took off the armor on his body, and handed it to Chen Ruo.
Which piece of Bijia was stained with snow? As soon as I entered the house, I drew it, but it was soaked Bijia, so I asked Chen Ruo to take it out for washing.
Xiao Shizhu's green lips began to return to normal and no longer turn green.
Chen Ruo looked at the ghost mother and walked away for a long time.
It was not until the ghost mother gave her a slight tip and signaled her to do so that Chen Ruo responded and turned around and left.
When you go out, you can also pull the door up so that the cold wind will roar into the hall again.
The ghost mother handed her hand stove to Xiao Shizhu.
Xiao Shizhu held the hand stove and held it in front of his chest. The heating lingered in front of him. When his chest warmed up, his whole body felt comfortable; the faint pain in his bones subsided one after another.
"How long will it take for the national teacher Yingying to come back?" A trace of worry appeared in the ghost mother's eyes. She looked up at Qinglan and asked anxiously: "Have all the matters in Dushuoshan been solved?"
Looking at the entire Jiuyou Kingdom, only the national teacher Yingying has a solution.
Looking at Xiao Shizhu's uncomfortable appearance, the ghost mother looked forward to the national teacher Yingying and returning to Beijing quickly.
Qinglan didn't know this. She shook her head a few times in silence, like a shaking peddler's drum.
"I will set off next month and return. The message told me that the epidemic in Dushuoshan has been completely cured, and the nearby areas have also begun epidemic prevention and anti-epidemic work." Xiao Shizhu, who was comfortable, straightened his back and narrowed his eyes slightly.
He said, "Precisely because the epidemic in Dushuo Mountain has been completely cured, today's issue is to send troops out of Dushuo."
The sound has returned to its former full energy.
But the ghost mother didn't listen; she didn't care about the soldiers coming out of Du Shuo or something for the time being. Many times, she cared about Xiao Shizhu's body, and now she still did, so she asked in a low voice: "I see the one who treated Yue Yatou
Doctors also have some medical skills, why don’t you ask him to show you.”
After all, the journey is vast, and the national teacher Yingying will not leave for the next month to return to Beijing. It will take more than a month at the earliest to rush back to Yuque City from Dushuo Mountain. (To be continued)