After entering Xiaoyushan City, I saw that due to the geographical reasons, most of the houses here are bamboo buildings, and there are almost no deep houses and courtyards. The bluestone roads surrounding the mountain are interspersed among them, slowly rotating from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain.
There are also many houses hanging directly on the knife-cut cliffs, surrounded by corridors on three sides. The houses and pavilions intersect with each other at different heights, and the planks fly to connect them. Some people even have their own houses.
It was built directly on top of the giant trees in the mountains and between the branches, which formed the characteristics of this place.
From time to time, you can still see a lot of turrets standing on the edge of the cliff; red and blue silk threads are hung on the roofs, and a black flag with a crescent moon surrounding the sun is embroidered in the middle, flying in the wind.
"The flag of the sun and the moon." When Lu Wu saw Xiao Shizhu looking at the flag curiously, he said to him: "This is the totem of the ghost mother, symbolizing the union of yin and yang which is the true meaning of life."
Continuing to go higher, you can see stick soldiers and people carrying sliding poles in twos and threes everywhere on the road, shouting and soliciting business on the roadside, and the small merchants and hawkers in the city have set up stalls on both sides of the mountain road. Seeing the mountain road
As it got steeper, Xiao Shizhu smiled and joked to Yingzhao and the others: "Buy an apple in a place like this and hold it in your hands. If you accidentally drop it, you don't have to chase it. Just go to the foot of the mountain to pick it up."
This made Yingzhao and the others laugh, and even Lin Cong also laughed.
They walked like this, talking and laughing for half a stick of incense, and finally arrived halfway up the mountain. Xiao Shizhu was sweating profusely and panting, so everyone had no choice but to stand on the mountainside, which was supported by countless giant trees and extended to the cliff.
Stop and rest in the square outside.
After they stood on the edge of the square and looked at the scenery below the mountain for a while, Xiao Shizhu took out some gold ingots and handed them to Lu Wu and Yingzhao. Then he turned and looked up at the top of the mountain, which was not far away, and whispered to Yingzhao and the other demon spirits:
"Next, please stop following me and follow my previous plan.".
Yingzhao and Lu Wu nodded their heads, put the Yuanbao into their arms, and said to him: "Brother, be careful in everything." Xiao Shizhu smiled faintly, waved to them, and said nonchalantly: "Don't worry.
, go and do your business.”.
Then Yingzhao and Lu Wu said yes, turned around and left with Tulu and Qinyuan. Lin Cong, who didn't understand why, looked at it for a while, but still couldn't bear it shortly after Yingzhao and the others left.
Zhu asked Xiao Shizhu curiously: "Master Xiao, what did you ask them to do?".
"Haha." Xiao Shizhu smiled slightly and said to him pretending to be mysterious: "I asked them to help me open the line between heaven and earth." After saying that, he took off his legs and walked slowly towards the top of the mountain.
"Ah?" Lin Cong was stunned when he heard this, and a look of confusion suddenly appeared on his face. He obviously didn't know what the line between heaven and earth was. It wasn't until Xiao Shizhu had walked four or five feet away that he recovered from his stupor and hurriedly followed.
Xiao Shizhu just asked Yingzhao and them to live in Xiaoyushan City and open a bar.
As early as on the ship, he thought that there must be no beer in this backward underworld, which would be a big business opportunity. So he drew pictures and texts on how to make bar swivel chairs and how to brew beer and wine, and gave it to Yingzhao and the others.
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Then he asked Yingzhao and the others to find a shop in a good location as soon as possible after arriving in Xiaoyushan City, buy it, and then turn it into a bar according to his requirements.
If he wants to stay in this place, he can't rely only on the ghost mother. Xiao Shizhu must have his own power. Therefore, in addition to making money from his own money, opening a bar also has another purpose, which is to let Ying recruit them.
Get to know the local civil society better so that these people can become your helpers in the future.
Of course, it was impossible for him to tell Lin Cong this. After all, Lin Cong was Mo Zhai's man, and it was still unclear whether Mo Zhai was an enemy or a friend, so he said a word that even Lin Cong didn't understand, making the other party completely confused.
I don't know what he is going to do.
After walking for half a stick of incense, Xiao Shizhu and Lin Cong arrived at the gate of the Ghost Mother Palace on the top of the mountain. Due to geographical restrictions, the Ghost Mother Palace is obviously not as large as the Liutian Palace in Fengdu, nor as large as the Liutian Palace.
It is magnificent and majestic. But the biggest feature of the Ghost Mother Palace is that every brick, tile, beam and column is made of brass. Even the palace gate is the same.
When the sun shines, the entire Ghost Mother Palace shines with golden light, like a golden palace.
The palace's facade is nine rooms wide and three rooms deep. In front of the door are four bronze tripods and a pair of bronze lions, a male on the left and a female on the right. They are powerful and fierce, showing the majesty of the princes.
Lin Cong took out the documents, waist badges and other items and showed them to the Yin soldiers guarding the palace gate. After proving his identity, the hundreds of Yin soldiers had a sullen face and cursed at them: "What's wrong! Fifteen!"
Among the ghost slaves, we have been here all morning, why did you only arrive at noon?" But he still didn't get out of the way, and he had no intention of letting Xiao Shizhu in.
"Master, calm down." Xiao Shizhu didn't wait for Lin Cong to speak, then walked forward, took out two taels of silver from his belt, handed it to the hundred households, and said with a smile: "It's a long journey, I was delayed.
Sir, please forgive me."
The hundred households looked at the money in their hands, then at Xiao Shizhu, and finally turned from anger to joy and said: "You are quite sensible." He waved his hand and let his men go.
Xiao Shizhu smiled on the surface, but cursed in his heart: "Are all the underworlds full of powerful ghosts? Everyone is greedy for money."
"Master Xiao, I can't go in with you." Lin Cong handed the document to Xiao Shizhu and said, "Young man, I have to go back to pay my errands, so let's say goodbye. We will meet again in the future if we have the chance."
Xiao Shizhu didn't expect that he would leave too. The separation came so suddenly that he suddenly felt empty, just as uncomfortable as when he left Fengdu that day.
Moreover, although Lin Cong was from Mo Zhai, he did not cheat him along the way, which made Xiao Shizhu somewhat fond of him.
At this time, Xiao Shizhu didn't know what to say. He just froze for a moment and forced a smile to Lin Cong. Then he turned his back to the underworld soldiers and quietly took out a ten-tael ingot, and then quietly
He stuffed it into Lin Cong's hand and said: "Go back, be careful on the road."
Xiao Shizhu didn't expect that his casual words, which he didn't know what to say, made Lin Cong moved for a moment after being startled. During the days when he was a spy for the Mo family, Mo Zhai did not praise him when he had merit, but he did when he made mistakes.
He was going to be scolded by Mo Zhai. Although Xiao Shizhu had not been with him for a long time, he was able to give such thoughtful advice, which Lin Cong never expected. He opened his lips but could not speak, and slowly lowered his head.
Yes, my eyes are a little red.
In the days that followed, he helped Xiao Shizhu save the day from danger many times. He even put on the label of a traitor and cooperated inside and outside to help Xiao Shizhu eradicate the Mo family, all in order to repay the other party for his casual remarks today.
After finishing speaking, without waiting for Lin Cong to say anything, Xiao Shizhu turned around and strode towards the Ghost Mother Palace without looking back.
After entering the palace gate, Xiao Shizhu saw himself standing in a square with an area of about ten acres. The square was paved with white marble slabs, and a river meandered through it from west to east. There were five copper bridges across the river. And the square
To the north, there is a main hall with a width of nine rooms and a depth of five rooms. There is a broad platform in front of the hall. On the platform are a sundial, a pair of bronze basalts and a pair of white tigers, and ten bronze tripods.
There are neatly arranged corridors on the east and west sides of the square, and in the middle of the square there are fourteen male human souls of different heights, short, fat, and thin, standing in a row with their heads bowed. Around these human souls, there are also several people wearing
A man in a blue raccoon suit holding a whisk.
Looking at his clothes, he looks like a eunuch from the feudal era.
One of the older eunuchs, after seeing Xiao Shizhu, waved to him and said: "Hey, who is that? Why are you standing there stupidly?" Upon seeing this, Xiao Shizhu hurriedly walked to him and stood still, holding his hand.
After handing the ultimatum to the other party, he said: "Little Xiao Shizhu was sent by King Qin Guang to be a ghost slave."
"Stand over." The eunuch looked at the document, snorted, raised his fly whisk and cursed: "You're late, why don't you realize it."
"Yes." Xiao Shizhu responded and stood at the west end of the ghost slave team. To his left stood a human soul with a tiger's back and a wolf's waist. The opponent's face with a thick beard was full of flesh.
He looks very much like a bandit who occupies the mountain and becomes the king.
When he saw Xiao Shizhu standing next to him, he raised his orchid finger and said angrily to Xiao Shizhu: "So you are the little devil who is late. I thought you were some old ghost with a backstage?" The voice was shrill and high-pitched.
It's thin, as if you are holding your throat while speaking.
Xiao Shizhu was shocked when he heard this, and quickly looked him up and down, and then he couldn't help complaining in his heart: "It turns out that there are sissies in the underworld. They are tall and thick, but I didn't expect them to be hermaphrodites." However, he still smiled dryly at that person.
The man cupped his hands and said, "Yes, I'm late because of the long journey. Sister, don't be surprised."
"What are you talking about?" The man was not happy when he heard what he said. He immediately turned around and glared at him angrily, cursing: "I hate it, I'm just a man."
I had to hold back and not vomit out the buns I had eaten in the morning.
"Oh, what do you call this old pure man?" After a moment, Xiao Shizhu asked with a smile. But in his heart, he said: "You are a damn hermaphrodite, how dare you call me a pure man?".
"My surname is Ming and my name is Yichen!" As he said that, the strong man raised his orchid fingers again. Xiao Shizhu nodded and said nothing.
At this moment, a shout came from the door of the main hall to the north of the square: "The Ghost Mother has arrived!" Then Xiao Shizhu and others saw a row of palace maids in gorgeous clothes walking out of the main hall to the north, carrying a phoenix
The chariot is coming this way.
A woman wearing a red nine-phoenix crown, a phoenix crown on her head and a yellow ribbon around her waist, and an exquisite paper umbrella was sitting on the chariot. Looking at the clothes and treatment, Xiao Shizhu knew who was sitting on the chariot.
Nine times out of ten, a woman is a ghost mother.
Xiao Shizhu looked up at the sky and muttered: "I'm sick, and the sun isn't too hot. Why should I use an umbrella?" Before he finished speaking, the older eunuch gestured at them and scolded them in a deep voice: "Kneel down quickly.
Get off." Then he straightened his robes, knelt down towards the woman holding an umbrella, and shouted: "Welcome my Lord."
Xiao Shizhu and the other ghost slaves hurriedly followed suit, knelt down and weakly shouted: "Welcome my lord."
The woman's phoenix chariot immediately came to a stop in front of them. The woman sat high on the chariot, looking down at the people kneeling on the ground, showing a faint look of satisfaction.
Xiao Shizhu quietly raised his head and took a look, only to see that this woman was born graceful and luxurious, with eyebrows of black and white, apricot face and rosy cheeks. Her black hair was silky black, her skin was as smooth as jade, and she had a pair of bright eyes under her eyebrows.
The cherry lips under her nose are as delicate as drops, and the two strands of black hair beside her cheeks are dancing in the wind at this moment, adding a bit of alluring beauty to this woman.
Just one glance and it lasts thousands of years.
"There is really no such beauty in the world. She is either a demon or a fox." Xiao Shizhu, whose heart was pounding, secretly sighed in his heart: "Yingzhao didn't lie to me, she is indeed a beauty!".