"Could it be a trap? Deliberately leading us to become soldiers?" Lu Wu, who also read the contents of the letter, said thoughtfully: "He is also a Mohist, how could he give us a tip?".
Xiao Shizhu was also a little unsure and lowered his head in thought.
What Lu Wu said makes sense. Lin Cong is indeed a Mohist. According to common sense, it is impossible to pass a message to them. But judging from the various actions of the Mohist family now, after he has repeatedly destroyed the other party's grand plans, the other party
Now he is indeed regarded as a thorn in the flesh.
And Lin Cong is a Mohist, so one cannot believe everything he says.
After thinking for a long time, he still didn't understand that the ugly Xiao Shizhu was still difficult to tell the truth from the false, so he could only say: "It's better to believe that it is true than to believe that it is not true. We have to make preparations early."
Lu Wu thought about it for a moment and thought it was feasible. He nodded and said, "That's good. If we are prepared in advance, if it turns out to be true, we won't be at a loss when the incident happens."
"Well, even if it's fake, it won't do us any harm." Xiao Shizhu nodded and said, "Just don't say anything about it in advance. You should pay close attention to the training of soldiers, especially the feathered people and monkey demons, as well as the newly recruited two thousand
The new army. The previous reward and punishment training system will continue to be used. In addition, I and the ghost mother will also bring Li Hao, Li Chai and Yang Dingfeng to command the two thousand new troops. As secret envoys, their fighting skills are not weak.
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"Okay." Lu Wu nodded in response.
At this moment, a soldier shouted "Report!" and ran in. After kneeling down in front of Xiao Shizhu, he said: "General, there is a woman named Lai outside the camp gate. She said she has something important to ask of me."
"Just right." Xiao Shizhu looked happy when he heard this. He swept away the suspicion after reading the letter before, stood up with a smile, strode out of the tent, and said: "I'll go see her right away.
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When they brought King Kong outside the camp gate, they saw the guards stopping Lai Yuejing, who had already put on women's clothes and make-up.
"Don't be nervous, this is my distinguished guest." After Xiao Shizhu signaled the guards to be calm, he walked to Lai Yuejing and stood in front of him, and asked enthusiastically: "Have you figured it out?"
Lai Yue shook her head slightly in shock and said: "I just came to see if you are really capable." In fact, if there is a way to survive, no one wants to be a black marketeer or a pirate. For example, Wu Zhiqi, or now
Lai Yue was shocked.
If Xiao Shizhu could give her an upright job, why would she be willing to hang around in fear all day long on the black market?
"Okay, I'll take you to see the Ghost Mother now." After saying this, Xiao Shizhu strode forward. Lai Yue was surprised to see the guards saluting him one after another, and she dispelled the last trace of doubt in her heart and hurried after him.
Go up.
After arriving at the Ghost Mother's Palace, Xiao Shizhu and Lai Yuejing stood in front of the palace gate in the inner courtyard. After explaining their purpose, they stood quietly waiting for the guards who went to report back to come back.
After a while, the guard who reported the news turned back and saluted Xiao Shizhu: "General Xiao, my lord invites you to come into the inner court to speak."
"Thank you for your hard work." Xiao Shizhu said, took out a couple of pieces of silver and stuffed it into the guard's hand, then asked King Kong to go to Tengu Garden to play with Li Hao and the others, while he took Lai Yuejing to the inner court.
Arriving at the Wanxiang Palace, Lai Yuejing was full of curiosity and joy like a child. She looked left and right with excitement on her face, and her mouth was wide open for a long time but she could not speak.
After she had seen enough of these splendid decorations, she saw the Ghost Mother sitting on top. She suddenly realized that her previous performance was a bit rude, and she quickly knelt down and kowtowed, and said with sincerity and fear: "Lai Yueqi, the daughter of the people, pays homage to our lord the Ghost Mother.
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"Lai Yueqi? Isn't your name Lai Yuejing?" Xiao Shizhu, who was standing straight next to her, looked at her with astonished eyes. After a moment, he suddenly realized: "Oh, your name was a lie and not kind."
"Get up." The ghost mother looked at Lai Yueqi and smiled sweetly, then waved her sleeves. Her tone was calm, which made her appear more friendly and relieved a lot of the tension in Lai Yueqi's heart.
After Lai Yueqi stood up, Xiao Shizhu explained her situation to Ghost Mother in detail, and said: "Sister Ghost Mother, this is a treasure. Compared with the junk products in your weapons prison,
The things she makes are exquisite." As he spoke, he took out a blunderbuss from his arms, walked forward, held it in both hands and handed it to the ghost mother.
After the ghost mother took it and looked at it carefully, she found that it was indeed made exquisitely as Xiao Shizhu said, and every part was perfect. After looking at Lai Yueqi, who was still a little uneasy, with her hands lowered and her head lowered, she didn't even know where to put her hands.
, asked slowly: "Look up, Lai Yueqi, did you really do this?".
"Yes." Lai Yueqi replied softly, raising her head slightly but still not daring to look directly into the eyes of the ghost mother.
"Okay, heroes don't care about their origins. As long as you don't do anything illegal in the future, I can give you a position in the name of General Xiao - Chief of the Arms Supervision." After the ghost mother returned the Lianzhu gun to Xiao Shizhu,
He stood up and walked to Lai Yueqi, looked at the other person's face carefully, and said: "And the craftsmen under you can all work in the weapons inspection and receive a salary. But there is only one thing. You will have nothing to do with the black market in the future. You can
willing?".
Upon hearing this, Lai Yueqi raised her head, looked at the ghost mother, blinked and asked, "Really?". Her eyes were full of desire and disbelief, intertwined.
"Have you not heard Jun Wu's joke?" The ghost mother smiled calmly and said: "As the king of the country, how could I lie to you?" As soon as she finished speaking, Lai Yueqi knelt down again, kowtowed to her and said repeatedly: "Thank you very much.
Lord, thank you so much, my Lord.”
"Chen Ruo." The ghost mother turned to look at Chen Ruo and said, "Take Lai Yueqi to have something to eat, then arrange for her to have a good rest in the palace tonight, and take her to report to the Ministry of Civil Affairs tomorrow morning."
After Chen Ruo responded, the ghost mother said again: "Go, General Xiao and I have something to chat." After Chen Ruo heard this, he quietly winked at the ghost mother and said "I understand."
smile.
Then he walked off the stage, picked up Lai Yueqi who was still kneeling on the ground, and took her out of the hall.
After the Ghost Mother and Xiao Shizhu were the only ones left in the huge hall, the Ghost Mother sat back on her throne.
"So whether it's talents or ghosts, there's never a shortage. What's lacking is just the people or ghosts they find." Looking at the direction they were leaving, Xiao Shizhu sighed, then turned to look at the throne leaning on it.
On the top, the ghost mother, who was looking at him with her chin in her hands, was stunned for a moment, then stretched out her hand to wipe her cheek and asked, "Are there rice grains left on my handsome face?".
"Ah?" The ghost mother was also stunned, then she recovered and rolled her eyes at him, then quickly lowered her head slightly and said: "How handsome is he? Only you can brag so shamelessly without hesitation.
I said it." After saying that, he chuckled.
"What is that if he doesn't have a handsome face?" Xiao Shizhu replied with a smile, took out the letter from Lin Cong from his sleeve, handed it to the ghost mother and said: "Oh, by the way, I just received this."
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The ghost mother quickly calmed down, took the letter, opened it and read it, and asked with a puzzled look on her face: "Who is this Cong Shui Zhong?".
Xiao Shizhu explained it to her, and also told the ghost mother about Lin Cong. But she never dared to tell her about asking for soil and eating a ghost.
"Well, I'm really not sure whether what he said is true." After thinking for a moment, the ghost mother handed him the letter and asked, "What are your plans?".
"Actually, it's nothing. I plan to believe it first and prepare for defense." Xiao Shizhu also put away his smile, bowed his head slightly with a serious look on his face and said: "In case it is true, we should be prepared so that we won't be in danger.
The opponent was caught off guard."
"But I think it's better not to make this matter public for now." Xiao Shizhu thought for a moment and then said: "After all, the letter also mentioned that there is a traitor beside you. So you have to secretly mobilize troops to strengthen the defense of the country. In addition,
No one is allowed to know about the deployment of troops except you and me. It should not go through the hands of any minister, you can just mobilize it yourself."
"In addition, in order to train troops and strengthen the country, we will speed up the daily training and firearms equipment of each army. The financial contribution from Wu Zhiqi can be used here." Then, Xiao Shizhu added.
"Are you ready with both hands?" the ghost mother asked with her head slightly tilted, a trace of satisfaction appearing between her brows.
"Yes." Xiao Shizhu nodded his head and said seriously: "There is another thing. The border defense troops will complete the change of defense in the near future. The traitors who let the enemy pin down our side will not be able to send out the defense information. And those crystals I invented
Prisms allow craftsmen to start mass production secretly. They are placed on the rock pillars around Shuoyue Island and used as defensive facilities. Once the enemy attacks, they can allow us to catch the enemy by surprise."
"The shortest of those rock pillars are tens of feet long, and they are very dense. I have calculated that there are no cannons in the underworld yet, and they can hit the top of any rock pillar after being in the rock pillar forest. If we are in the rock pillar
If we put a crystal prism on it, enemy ships won't be able to get in during the day. As long as we don't place it too far away, the enemy won't be able to do anything to us." After he finished speaking, he saw the ghost mother once again holding her chin up and looking at him, her eyes full of admiration.
color.
"Haha, don't envy me." Xiao Shizhu laughed when he saw this and said, "I just received nine more years of compulsory education than you."
"What kind of education?" the ghost mother asked, blinking at him curiously.
"Just going to school." After Xiao Shizhu replied calmly, he scratched his head and said, "By the way, Lai Yueqi went to the weapons inspection. From now on, I will buy whatever weapons my Xiao family army wants from you. In this way, almost all the income from the cream can flow into your treasury.
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"Yeah." The ghost mother nodded her head and said teasingly: "I will sell it at the original price, so don't worry about the money then?"
"I don't feel bad." Xiao Shizhu waved his hand without hesitation and said: "What's mine is yours, and what's yours is still yours." After saying this, the ghost mother immediately looked shy and lowered her head slightly again.
Because she was nervous, she did not dare to look at Xiao Shizhu, but she always wanted to look up at him. She was very conflicted and entangled in her heart. Although she wanted to work hard to stay calm, she kept asking herself: "What should I do? What should I do?"
In an instant, the majesty and arrogance of the past disappeared, and she became at a loss like a young girl who had just begun to have an affair.
Her lovely Feixia cheeks and her charming and shy appearance made her graceful temperament vividly reflected at this moment. Xiao Shizhu's heart was filled with excitement when he saw it. So he
After swallowing, she emboldened herself and leaned down, holding the opponent's cheek with her free hand. The ghost mother, who looked panicked, raised her head and met Xiao Shizhu's hot gaze. Their eyes met and she saw Xiao Shizhu.
After Shizhu stared at her big, hopeful eyes for a second, he kissed her lips with his lips without hesitation.
Before the ghost mother could react, she didn't have time to struggle or ask him what he was doing, she was already being kissed. She struggled a little, half pushing, and then she put her arms around Xiao Shizhu's neck.
At this moment, for thousands of years, everything around her, including time, seemed to be forbidden to the ghost mother. After a while, Xiao Shizhu's lips left her cherry mouth, and time started to move again. But the ghost mother did not
He didn't recover for a long time, and looked blankly at Xiao Shizhu, who wiped his mouth with his sleeve, his cheeks red and hot.
"I love you so much. I met you very late, but I will only love you for the rest of my life!" Xiao Shizhu threw these words and left before she could recover. These words lingered in the ghost mother's mind like lingering sounds.
The sound echoed in her ears for a long time, making her face become more and more shy, her heartbeat kept accelerating, and she couldn't calm down for a long time, making her feel a little lack of oxygen, but so sweet.
After Xiao Shizhu had left for a while, she thought about the words Xiao Shizhu left, covered her face, shook her head and started to chuckle.