Early the next morning, shortly before dawn and the morning fog had not completely faded away, Xiao Shizhu and the rest of the group quietly left the inn while the postmaster was still calling the pig's head. After leaving Baodu Pass, they headed south.
Go to the seaside.
They found a civilian ship transporting goods at the port, and after giving some money, the boatman took them to the ghost motherland.
It only takes ten days for them to enter the waters of the Ghost Mother Kingdom. By then, Lin Cong will go back and hand over his errands. No matter how greedy King Qin Guang is, he can only stare at the vast sea and sigh.
Although the ghost mother does not seem to be very powerful now, she was still a servant of the gods and the number one hero of Emperor Fengdu. As long as Xiao Shizhu arrived in her old man's territory, King Qin Guang would not dare to do anything wrong. With the addition of the ultimatum
It is clearly written on it: "Xiao Shizhu, the new ghost, will be sent to the ghost mother country to be a slave for a hundred years. During this period, he will be at the disposal of the ghost mother. The other kings and officials are not allowed to interfere. After one hundred years, he will be brought back to Fengdu for reincarnation.". So.
First, unless he, King Qin Guang, knew that his ghost did not die in the sea, he would not be able to do anything to Xiao Shizhu.
This cannot be blamed on Xiao Shizhu. If we are to blame, we can only blame King Qin Guang for wanting money and killing people. He only arranged one confidant among the two escorting ghosts. Xiao Shizhu happened to take advantage of his loophole, allowing him to
Talking to himself also made him, King Qin Guang, unable to get the money and suffered the loss of being dumb at the same time.
Moreover, Lin Cong was Mo Zhai's man. Although he didn't know what Mo Zhai's ultimate purpose was in asking him to follow Xiao Shizhu, Xiao Shizhu knew that his boss was not named Qin. Not only that, Xiao Shizhu also gave him money, so Lin Cong
Neither public nor private would betray him in front of King Qin Guang.
Thinking that he could sit back and relax for a hundred years, Xiao Shizhu was a little excited. As for what will happen in a hundred years, we will tell then.
They hired a boat and sailed on the sea for nine days and nights. On the morning of the tenth day, they came to a strange sea area. The sea was dotted with many jagged limestone pillars that protruded from the sea. The rock pillars were of different heights and sizes.
It is covered with a variety of tropical plants, forming a beautiful scenery with beautiful mountains and rivers. Some rock pillars are covered with many caves, and many of the caves have waterfalls gushing out from them.
Before it landed on the sea, it was illuminated by the red sunlight in the underworld, and rainbows immediately fell across the sea, one step at a time.
The boatman and the sailors folded the sails and used manual oars instead, and carefully moved forward among the rock pillars.
Xiao Shizhu, who had been seasick and vomiting a few days ago, was now accustomed to the bumps of the wind and waves, and stood on the bow of the ship to admire the beautiful scenery on the sea.
I saw that the rock pillars here were densely packed. The largest visual distance between two rock pillars was only twenty or thirty meters, and the smallest was only a few meters. After that, Xiao Shizhu became inseparable and stood beside him. Yingzhao sighed: "These natural
The uncanny craftsmanship has actually become a natural barrier on the sea.”
"Yes." Yingzhao also looked around at the surrounding rock pillars and said: "Since ancient times, the sea around the Ghost Motherland has been covered with such rock pillars, making it impossible for warships that are too big to enter. Therefore, for hundreds of years
Except for this ghost mother country, which has never been invaded by anyone, other vassal states, large and small, are at constant war."
"So except for the continent directly under the jurisdiction of Emperor Fengdu and the Ghost Mother Country, the people in other places are in dire straits?" Xiao Shizhu smiled and asked casually. At the same time, he secretly cursed in his heart: "This old immortal Mo Zhai really has no moral integrity. In order to deceive me,
Are you collaborating with him and actually saying that life in the underworld is good even though there are constant wars all over the world without a heart beating?"
"Yes." Yingzhao nodded and said, "It's also because this is the territory of the Ghost Mother, and other princely states don't dare to come and make trouble." After finishing speaking, he leaned over and whispered in Xiao Shizhu's ear: "Actually,
The policy of Emperor Fengdu is to let the various vassal states fight against each other while he watches from the other side. He can better control each vassal state and no one will be free to rebel against him."
"Actually, this elder brother is only half right." As soon as he finished speaking, the ship's boss came over and said eloquently: "My ship often goes back and forth between the Ghost Mother Country and Baodu Pass. I know a little bit about this ghost country."
The reason why the mother country has not been attacked for thousands of years is because there is a mine called fine steel in the country. And the ghost mother has the secret recipe for making fine steel, so the weapons of the ghost mother country are all made of fine steel.
Mu. As a result, although the number of soldiers is not large, they are well-equipped, and other princely states do not dare to attack here."
"Oh, so pirates don't dare to come here?" Xiao Shizhu's eyes fell on a rock pillar not far to the right. He saw that a cave on the rock pillar was close to the sea, and he could see that the sea water was
The cave was constantly churning inside and outside, making it a good hiding spot for ships. I thought that the rock pillars were indeed a barrier, but they could also hide pirate ships.
"I heard from the old ghosts in the past that pirates were indeed rampant in this area before the Ghost Mother came, but after the Ghost Mother came, they were all wiped out." The boatman laughed and said to Xiao Shizhu: "Don't look at the Ghost Mother.
The Lord is a woman, and her methods are ruthless! Anyone who dares to attack her Ghost Mother Country will never come back. Although there are occasionally pirates who are not afraid of death and dare to attack the Ghost Mother Country, they will not end well.
". After that, he went to help the sailors again.
"Have you seen the Ghost Mother?" Xiao Shizhu asked Yingzhao after thinking for a moment.
"I've seen her before. She was still very young when she was following Emperor Fengdu." Yingzhao's eyes were always looking forward: "She is also very beautiful, one of the best beauties among the servants of the gods!".
"Second brother, you have no problem with your aesthetics. According to the records in human books, the ghost mother is also called the ghost goddess. She has tiger and dragon feet, python eyebrows and dragon eyes. She has a strange and majestic shape." Xiao Shizhu shook his head slightly, sighed and then sarcastically
He asked Yingzhao in a tone of voice: "Is this also called a beauty?".
"Although the servants of the gods are all demon spirits, the Ghost Mother is an exception. She is a demon soul in human form. What you are talking about is the human record, not the real her." Yingzhao smiled slightly, patted Xiao Shizhu's shoulder, and said: "
Brother, those maids you saw in the casino are far behind compared to her."
"Even so, she is still a thousand-year-old grandmother." Although he was so sure, Xiao Shizhu still retorted dubiously: "Now her hair must be all white and her face is full of wrinkles."
"If nothing happens to the soul in the underworld, it will last a thousand years. Today, she has just changed from the girl she was back then to a woman." Yingzhao looked at Xiao Shizhu and smiled again, and said proudly: "According to your human world
According to the age calculation method, now the ghost mother has not even reached middle age, so it is impossible for wrinkles and gray hair to appear."
"So, I really want to see this ghost mother." Xiao Shizhu said with a flash of excitement and expectation in his eyes, "I want to see how beautiful she is."
"Brother, the scenery here is so beautiful, why are you always thinking about beauties?" Lu Wu and Qin Yuan, who were more artistic than Yingzhao, walked up from behind him, and the two demon spirits shouted in unison.
He said: "With the wine provided by the boatman, let's recite a poem to cheer up the brothers!" Then he handed a wine bottle in his hand to Xiao Shizhu.
"Recite poetry." Xiao Shizhu took the wine bottle, raised his head and took a sip. After pondering for a long time while looking at the surrounding scenery, he slowly said: "Three dynasties and four dynasties, I have been tired of journeying, and I have been worried about thousands of miles back and forth. I will break up and fly.
But go back, we will go south from now on." After saying this, he raised his hand and pointed to the south in front of him.
In fact, Xiao Shizhu didn't know how to recite poetry. He just overheard Yingzhao and others talking about Emperor Fengdu's misdeeds a few days ago. One of the misdeeds of Emperor Fengdu was that after the great and famous people in the world came down, Emperor Fengdu was afraid that they would stay here.
After a long time, making one have long nights and many dreams, they will be immediately thrown into hell and tortured to death. The human souls that can survive in the underworld for a long time and do not enter reincarnation, except for some who are named princes and kings and serve him Fengdu Emperor
, the others are basically white people who can’t read.
Even if one or two talented people occasionally come down and escape punishment, they dare not show off their talents.
Therefore, there are no poems and songs in the underworld, there are no books on military strategies, and there are no modern handicrafts in the human world. It is still stuck in an ancient and ignorant era, and everything seems so primitive. In addition to going to casinos and teahouses for entertainment, people usually
Just visiting the brothels and being intoxicated all day long, this is one of the reasons why no one would turn against him.
But this policy also benefited Xiao Shizhu, so he shamelessly took other people's works and ideas as his own. Once he heard that Tu Wei, who had come to the sea for the first time, looked at the endless sea and sighed: "
Look east, it's still water, look west, it's still water." Then Xiao Shizhu pretended to be deep and chanted loudly: "When there is no wind in the sea, the waves are calm. There are no big or small scales, so they rise and fall in their own way.
." After finishing his speech, he looked at Tulu's face with his mouth wide open and said with great pride: "This is called poetry, learn from it."
From then on, he had the title of poet, and Yingzhao and the others worshiped him even more. This made Xiao Shizhu feel a little elated, and it became even more uncontrollable from now on.
At this time, after he finished reciting Li Bo's "Guilin Sighing Wild Geese", amidst the applause of Yingzhao and other ghost spirits, he raised his head boldly and took a sip of wine, then casually wiped the corner of his mouth with his sleeve, and smashed it.
Bar mouth.
Then their ship had rushed out of the rock pillar forest on the sea, and they saw an island surrounded by sea four or five miles ahead.
"The Motherland of Ghosts has arrived." The boatman at the stern of the boat shouted to them.
After a cup of tea, the boatman moored the boat at the pier to the north of the island. After bidding farewell to the boatman and getting off the boat, he saw a market outside the pier. Although it was not as big as the Fengdu Ghost Market, it was still full of goods.
, the place is bustling with huge crowds of people.
After Xiao Shizhu and the others found a shop in the market to eat, they left the market and headed towards the hinterland of the island.
Along the way, you can see streams all around, and you have to cross a bridge within a few steps. There are many mire on both sides of the road, which are filled with mangroves with well-rooted roots. Occasionally, a few bubbles will appear in the quagmire, which will expand to a small size.
It will explode, and streams of purple or turquoise gas will slowly float out from the cracked bubbles.
After walking for an hour, Xiao Shizhu and his party came to the edge of an open area. They saw a large mountain hundreds of feet high appearing at the end of the official road two or three miles ahead, shaped like a square spire, standing tall on the earth.
There are huge trees in the mountain, and in the shade of the trees there are many buildings that climb up the mountain, layer upon layer, from the foot of the mountain to the palace building on the top of the mountain.
"Xiao Yushan City." Lin Cong turned to look at Xiao Shizhu and said, "Master Xiao, we are here."