The cold wind was still so biting that it swept the snowflakes into the main hall of the Junfu Yamen.
Lu Teng's face was calm, and his speaking speed was very gentle, but his eyes were full of determination, and he was determined to stay.
The cold look on Yingzhao's face has dissipated, leaving only calm.
And his eyes kept wandering on the other person's face, trying to see something different. But after looking at it for a long time, he saw Yu Xuan leaving and returning, and after serving Lu Teng hot tea, Yingzhao still just looked at him.
There was a calm look on Lu Teng's face.
"I want to stay because I see that you don't have any intrigues or intrigues. At least not with your own people." Lu Teng, holding hot tea in his hand, lowered his head slightly to avoid Yingzhao's gaze.
.It’s not that I’m afraid, I’m just looking at the ripples of water slowly rotating in the tea cup in my hand, speaking out my heart
Thoughts: "You are united like never before. For thousands of years, no ghost clan or ghost country has achieved such unity. I originally thought that the Beiyin Dynasty was already very united, but now it seems that the Beiyin Dynasty is also full of intrigues.
.I am not afraid of intrigues, but I hate killing and killing each other regardless of the feelings of my compatriots.”
Lu Teng started 'chatting' again. After talking a lot, he finally poured out all his thoughts and told Yingzhao.
After Yingzhao listened patiently, he thought to himself, nodded, and said: "Okay, but you are not necessarily a ghost soldier anymore. It is possible that you are a ghost citizen, and the court will allocate land and build a house for you, and you can still live.
Okay. If so, are you still willing to stay?".
"Yes, I am willing not to be a ghost soldier." Lu Teng seemed to have thought of everything, and immediately blurted out: "Lands and countryside, men farming and women weaving. Without the fighting of war, it is a good life.".
"Okay, I will arrange it for you as soon as possible." Yingzhao said this and gave Yu Xuan a look, indicating that Yu Xuan would take Lu Teng down to rest.
As soon as they left, Yingzhao picked up his pen and started writing furiously on the unfolded white memorial. After recording the situation of Lu Teng and this place in black and white, he called the guards and handed the closed memorial to the other party.
: "Immediately hand it over to the officials of the Quick Reporting Department and send it to Yuque City immediately."......
Wind, snow and cold are things of the underworld. After the storm in the south of Huangquan, it was a rare sunny day.
Although the weather is sunny and sunny, there are still many places in the south that are desolate. After the sandstorm, the dust everywhere revealed that what was exposed on the sand were either rocks and dead trees, or the bones of animal souls.
There are no people and no mountains and rivers. As far as the eye can see, there are only sand dunes, sand beams, coarse sand and gravel.
Xiao Shizhu led the army to walk in such a desolate place for three days. After taking the blueprint of the Thousand Miles Chariot from Keyun's frontier fortress, they continued south. They had always deliberately avoided the border town sentries of the Underworld Ghosts. Not that it was.
Xiao Shizhu noticed something and was on guard, but he wanted to take a shortcut and reach the Holy Land of Underworld as quickly as possible.
We had no choice but to let Ke Yun, who was supposed to stay at the pass to rest and recuperate, continue to lead the troops and follow them on this desolate land. Without Ke Yun and the others to lead the way and follow the road signs among the sand dunes, Xiao Shizhu and the others would not have been able to get out of the way.
Time will get lost.
The army marched day and night, until early in the morning on the fourth day, they finally arrived at the edge of an oasis surrounded by yellow sand. Surrounded by sand dunes and barren loess, this depression was shaped like a gourd, with large ends and a slender middle.
The slender part is a deep pool of clear water. On the river bed, there are white boulders lined up, and the dancing beads and jade are so beautiful. And around the pool, there is a bright stone color shaded by pines and bamboos.
There are houses interspersed in the forest, and there are many pavilions and small buildings. Surrounded by thousands of acres of fertile fields, the jade grain of the underworld ghosts is grown. On the outside of the fields are lush flowers, with graceful shadows. It is completely opposite to the endless desolation outside this place.
Like the Holy Land of Huangquan and other southern oases, this place has not been disturbed by sandstorms for thousands of years. The invisible divine power surrounding the edge has blocked all harsh environments from the oasis.
The arrival of Xiao Shizhu and the others made the place lively and crowded. Fortunately, Xiao Shizhu prohibited the ghost soldiers from entering private houses and from trampling on farmland. Although the ghost soldiers were ghosts from the underworld, they also listened to him.
It didn't bring any trouble or panic to this place, everything was still in order.
After settling the ghost soldiers, Na Ke Yun went to chat with the local ghosts in charge. Xiao Shizhu took Black Monkey, Xun Xiang, and his national teacher Ying Ying for a walk around the place, and stood at the pool in the middle.
side.
Originally, Nv Ba and Shi Jueming were also following, but these two imps slipped into the depths of the woods halfway. They told Xiao Shizhu that they were going to conduct reconnaissance and arrange a secret sentry. In fact, anyone with a discerning eye knew that these two imps were going
What was going on in the dark woods?
Xiao Shizhu didn't have anything to say, and he didn't point it out. He just called Qin Yuan and asked him to arrange a secret sentry, and then stood by the pool to watch the scene.
After traveling for a long distance, even if Xiao Shizhu possesses profound strength, there will inevitably be a hint of fatigue on his face.
Xiao Shizhu found a random stone by the pool and sat down. He looked at the water surface ruffled by the breeze and fell into a trance. The black monkey squatting next to him also looked at the fish swimming in the lake and his eyes gradually grew dark.
Flashes of excitement.
The instinct he had developed before to chase prey showed up again.
The black monkey sucked in the saliva that was about to flow out of his mouth, pointed to the fish in the pond with one hand, pulled Xiao Shizhu's sleeve with the other hand, and shouted in excitement: "Fish, fish.".
Recently, the black monkey has been following Xiao Shizhu, inseparable. Even when sleeping, he has to find a tent next to Xiao Shizhu's tent. Moreover, he never speaks to other ghosts, but only to Xiao Shizhu.
Although his speech function has deteriorated to the point where there is almost nothing left, and he can only speak out many words, he is only willing to talk to Xiao Shizhu.
Xiao Shizhu listened to his shouting for a while, and then saw the excitement on Black Monkey's face not diminishing but increasing. He probably guessed what the other party wanted to do, but still asked first: "Do you want to catch fish?".
The black monkey immediately stopped calling, nodded its head like a chicken pecking at rice, and then said: "I'll catch a fish for you."
"Go ahead, you can go into the water after taking off your clothes." Xiao Shizhu smiled and agreed to the black monkey. The black monkey was even more excited. He stood up and took off all his clothes before taking a step forward.
Taking a step, he seemed to remember something and stopped moving forward. Then he lowered his head and swept his trouser legs, bent down and rolled up his trouser legs, rolled them up to his knees, then ran forward, jumped into the pool, and swam in pursuit.
Get the fish out of the water.
The water splashed like jade beads. Xunxiang behind Xiao Shizhu was surprised to see it. He opened his lips slightly but was speechless.
She simply couldn't believe that in just a few days, Xiao Shizhu had trained a wild ghost who had no rules and no etiquette into a well-behaved person.
"You're surprised." Imperial Master Yingying, who was beside Xunxiang, noticed the emotional fluctuations in her heart, and immediately said slowly: "You think it's incredible."
Xunxiang nodded silently, speechless.
Xiao Shizhu is really capable, and this ability really opened Xunxiang's eyes. She has seen monkey tricks before, but she heard that even a professional monkey trick can't make a monkey soul obedient and sensible in three to five days.
There are rules and regulations.
"You haven't seen my lord train his mounts and pets. They are more obedient than this black monkey." Yingying pursed her lips and smiled, with a touch of pride on her cheeks: "My lord's skills are not only about killing enemies in battle and arranging troops.
He can always gather other ghosts to his side. Your old boss Fengdu old ghost can't do this, right?"
"This..." Xunxiang finally spoke, but he hesitated before speaking.
She really doesn't know if the current Emperor Fengdu still has this ability. But when she was still following Emperor Fengdu, Emperor Fengdu was indeed able to unite them and make them willingly work for the Northern Yin Dynasty. Even if it was
Even death is not a problem.
The water in the pool is constantly splashing, and the black monkeys chasing the fish in the water are having a great time. Sometimes they float and sometimes they dive, chasing the fish in the water until they panic and flee in all directions.
There were even many fish that were chased by him in a hurry. Since they jumped out of the water regardless, their tails swayed for a while after leaving the water, and strings of water droplets flew up.
If you were not careful, those fish would not be able to fall back into the water. Feifei fell onto the stone-strewn shore and struggled in the sunshine with his mouth open and his eyes wide open.
"I haven't seen the old ghost of Fengdu for thousands of years, and I don't know what's going on in the underworld now." After a moment of silence, Xunxiang slowly said: "I don't know what the old ghost of Fengdu is like now.
.But from what you said, he should have changed a lot, and he probably doesn’t have this ability anymore.”
Xiao Shizhu was watching the black monkey chasing the fish. Although he did not turn around, he also listened to the conversation between the two female ghosts not far behind him, word for word.
"He has never been able to do this, my wife said." Then, Xiao Shizhu still did not look back, with a calm and calm face, and then looked straight ahead and said: "He lied to you to work for your life. Back then, he took away
I am afraid that you, the meritorious ministers, will have a betrayal and join forces to kill Gu with a knife behind his back.
God's affairs were exposed, which made his future rule unstable, so he arranged a lie. He claimed that the followers of the ancient gods had fled into the underworld and asked you to hunt them down. But he quickly sealed the nine entrances.
Let you isolate yourself from the world in the underworld and destroy yourself. Therefore, he has never been sincere to anyone."
The lake breeze blows in, and the mysterious robe on Xiao Shizhu's body is invigorating. On the swaying cuffs, the flame pattern woven with silver thread is also swaying in the wind.
Hearing this, Xunxiang was not too surprised; they had already guessed such a purpose, but they just tacitly did not mention it. Just like ostriches in the desert, they bury their heads in the sand when they are in danger.
All turned a blind eye.
But Xunxiang was also curious, who was Xiao Shizhu's wife? After so many days together, this was the first time she heard Xiao Shizhu mention this ghost. So after thinking about it, she was still curious and asked: "My lord, I dare to ask.
"What is your surname, Madam?"
"Ghost mother." Xiao Shizhu replied with a smile without hesitation, pride and pride in his eyes.
"Yu'er?" Startled, Xunxiang's eyes widened, making her two clear and bright eyes look as if they would fall out of their sockets in the next second.
"What?" Xiao Shizhu glanced back at Xunxiang, whose face was full of shock, then turned back and expressed his suspicion: "Do you know each other?".
"Yes, when I met her, she was still a young girl. This ghost tribe is one thousand years old after adulthood. She must have grown up a lot in these thousands of years." Xunxiang recalled the past. He nodded slowly, the shock on his face not lessening but growing. The next second later, he said without thinking: "That's not right, so the old ghost Fengdu is your father-in-law, and he is still fighting with you?".
"Father-in-law? What father-in-law?" Xiao Shizhu in front frowned. (To be continued)