Xiao Shizhu and the others followed Changqin and Wu Hui and climbed up the stairs to the top of the giant rock.
I saw the pavilions and pavilions built on the top of the rock, connected by corridors. The reliefs on the walls emitted red light, rising into the sky, constantly injecting energy into the Zhaoming Formation that enveloped the top of the rock.
Since the battle with A Bong and Gui Lu, Xiao Shizhu found that his six senses have improved a lot. For example, he can see farther and clearer at night, his ears are much sharper, and his sense of smell has also improved. For example, now, he clearly understands
I feel that those red lights contain the essence of the flames that burn all things.
Looking at those buildings, the pavilions and halls are the same as those in other places in the underworld, but the attic is different from ordinary attics. It looks like a attic, rather like a corn-shaped stone tower, all with a pointed center.
It is made of rings. On the top, there is a stone sculpture of a red bird bathing in fire, with its head held high and its chest raised and its wings spread!
In the cloister, there is a stone pillar door every few steps, one layer inside another. Looking at the overlapping doors, it gives the illusion of traveling through time; it is very distinctive.
Inside and outside the corridor that extends in all directions, and on the stone wall near the foundation, there are exquisite reliefs carved one after another. The knife work is smooth and delicate, the shapes are complex and round, the lines are delicate and soft, and the colors are bright and charming. They tell the people inside about the great achievements of Zhu Rong, the Fire King.
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In the open space outside the cloister, there are small courtyards. Under the walls of the cloister, various fragrant flowers and plants are planted. There is a rockery fish pond in the courtyard, and water droplets splashing from the rockery stone wall fall into the pond.
There are many banyan trees and kapok trees planted beside the pool. The aerial roots of the old banyan trees hang down from the trees, like a few dense long whiskers hanging under the jaws of an elderly man. They add a bit of beauty to the surrounding stone buildings.
Xiao Shizhu and the others followed Wu Hui and Chang Qin and walked through the corridors for a long time before arriving at the center. There they saw a round lotus pond of more than ten acres in size. There were many lotus flowers planted in the pond, with unopened buds.
It is indeed shy and ready to bloom; the fully bloomed lotus is green and white, and the soft seven-color light blooms from the petals, which is quite magical.
The water vapor rises up from under the lotus leaves, bringing with it the light fragrance of lotus. The coolness penetrates the heart and spleen, dyeing the lungs and heart, making people happy.
There is a small island in the middle, with a small, exquisite and exquisite trapezoidal hall built on it. On the four corners, there is a stone sculpture of a Bi Fang bird standing facing all four sides; on the top of the hall, there is a statue holding a long staff and covering his body.
Sculpture of the flaming fire king.
The entire building and decorative sculptures are made of red rock. The huge pediment is carved with ancient flames, which stand on the square door frame. At first glance, it looks like a door on fire.
Generally. On both sides of the gate, there is a humanoid stone sculpture about one foot high. They are all warriors holding spears and covered with flames. They are majestic but lifelike. The flames engraved on their bodies seem to be moving with the wind.
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Follow the nine-curved stone bridge that connects the gate to the lotus pond and arrive at the island. After passing the gate, you arrive at the main hall.
Although the door outside is majestic, the inside of the main hall is much simpler. Eight stone pillars are divided into two rows to support the roof of the main hall. On the four sides of the pillar base, there is a brazier, and the flames rising from it are illuminated.
The brightly lit main hall, which has doors and no windows, looks a little dark.
In addition, in the middle of the deep hall, there is a stone table, stone chairs and bookshelves. The surface is only polished smooth without any carving decoration.
There are several huge stone bookshelves surrounding the bookcase, filled with various collections of books, wired, bamboo slips, silk books, etc., as well as many scrolls. This adds a lot of scholarly atmosphere to this simple hall.
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A middle-aged man whose appearance and facial features are somewhat similar to Changqin's, but whose eyebrows are a bit more domineering than Changqin's, is sitting behind the desk, concentrating on looking at a volume of silk book unfolded on the desk in front of him. His
His right hand rested on the armrest of the table and chair, he bent his arm slightly and raised his index finger. A ball of flame the size of an egg was wrapped around his fingertips, dancing gracefully as he gently rotated his fingers; but he could never break away.
His fingertips are very wonderful.
If it weren't for the fact that this man's soul had red hair, red eyebrows, and a long red beard under his chin, standing with Chang Qin, he would really look like two brothers.
"Father." Changqin took Xiao Shizhu and the others to the center of the hall and stood there. Then he said slowly to the middle-aged man sitting behind the desk: "The special envoy of the Ghost Mother Kingdom and his party have brought here." It seems that this person is here.
The soul is Zhurong.
"Thank you for your hard work." Zhu Rong raised his head and glanced at Xiao Shizhu, Jingang and Hu Hui with contempt. After Guilu's face was scanned one by one, it fell on King Kong's face again and said: "Xiao Shizhu, General Xiao, right?"
". The tone was a bit harsh, which made King Kong feel uncomfortable.
In the previous war, although Zhu Rong took the initiative to invade the Ghost Mother Country, he was defeated. Not only did he lose countless soldiers, but he also lost a lot of warships. This made Zhu Rong angry and felt that he would not take this opportunity to ridicule Xiao Shizhu and the others.
Enjoyable.
"Yes." King Kong replied coldly with a straight face.
"General Xiao is very famous in Xuanyan Continent. I have long heard that you are young and energetic, and you rely on that thing under your crotch to gain power and position. It is said that General, you even slept on the bed of the ghost mother. It's true.
Is that so?" Zhu Rongman showed a half-smiling expression, looked at King Kong with interest, and said jokingly.
As soon as the conversation started, Zhu Rong said some provocative words to establish his authority, making the atmosphere around him suddenly tense.
Fortunately, Xiao Shizhu had already expected this, and had rehearsed with King Kong many times in advance, and told him not to get angry, and not to speak too harshly. Therefore, although King Kong was angry at this time, he still suppressed his anger, and just sneered, and then asked in a neither humble nor overbearing manner.
Said: "It is true; but I think this is also a skill. Otherwise, for thousands of years, why is it that I am the only one who has been able to sleep on the bed of the ghost mother? I would like to ask all of you here, do you have this ability?" He said
Wan curled his lips and snorted coldly, staring quietly at Zhu Rong's eyes under his red eyebrows, waiting for his answer.
In one sentence, Wu Hui chuckled inwardly, Changqin was stunned, and Zhu Rong was speechless, making the atmosphere awkward again.
Anger flashed across Zhu Rong's face, and then he coughed to cover up his previous embarrassment and asked angrily: "Why did you come all the way to our junior high school? Show off your skills in bed?"
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"Of course not, but to bring peace and stability to the people of the two countries." After King Kong's previous nervousness gradually disappeared, he also began to get into the act; according to the lines written by Xiao Shizhu for him, he said unhurriedly: "Really
Sorry, there was a war between our two countries before. In order to protect our country, we killed many of your soldiers. After this war, there was also a gap between our two countries. Fire King, you banned our products from entering your country, and you also banned our products from entering your country.
Cut off the trade between us. But in this way, the resentment between the two countries will become deeper, and the hatred will spread between our two countries, which will be of no benefit to the people of both countries. Therefore, we want to have peace talks with you. The Ghost Mother Country is willing to
Form a permanent alliance with Zhu Rong and restore trade between the two countries." His tone was much gentler than before, and a smile slowly appeared on his face, contrary to his previous confrontational attitude with Zhu Rong.
"This is the covenant drafted by our country. Please take a look at it, Lord Fire." Zhu Rong didn't say anything, but King Kong paused, took out a silk book from his sleeve, handed it to Wu Hui, and the other party presented it to Zhu Rong, and then said: "
The Fire King has strong soldiers and horses, and each of them is a good soldier who is good at fighting. I have experienced this deeply in the last war. If Gonggong had not escaped in advance and acted with you, our army would have suffered heavy casualties in front of your army. Your Majesty, this is so
You should know wisely that if our two countries do not reconcile, a war will one day break out because of hatred. At that time, you and I will fight to the death, but the winner will be the other country." The implication is that this other country will naturally be the Communist Party of China.
; A few simple words aroused the estrangement between Zhu Rong and Gonggong.
And when King Kong said, "If Gonggong hadn't escaped in advance and acted with you, our army would have suffered heavy casualties in front of your army." Xiao Shizhu noticed that the muscles under the corner of Zhu Rong's right eye trembled slightly.
He knew that Zhu Rong was angry, and this was the real purpose of his trip.
After King Kong's compliments, Zhu Rong has slowly let go of his displeasure with the messenger from the Ghost Mother Kingdom. In addition, he and Gonggong have been fighting for thousands of years from the human world to the underworld, and their grievances have been deep. At this time, most of the unhappiness has been transferred to Gonggong.
On the body.
"So, Wu Hui, you didn't lie to me?" After a moment, Zhu Rong took the silk book from Wu Hui's hand and opened it to read; but seeing that it contained terms for resuming trade between the two countries, it was not too much.
Feeling a little happier.
"Your Majesty, Wu Hui would not dare to lie to you even if he died." Wu Hui lowered his head slightly towards him and whispered: "Last time it was Gong Gong who was shameless and escaped early, which led to the disastrous defeat of our army. I have already
I told my brother that Gonggong is an untrustworthy guy. He is always thinking about how to use other people's hands to destroy our country."
Hearing this, Xiao Shizhu, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly realized that it turned out that the coach of Zhu Rongguo last time was the Wu Hui; and he suffered a defeat, and in order not to be punished, he passed the responsibility to the Communist Army, which played into his plans.
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In this way, the lies they concoct will be more convincing.
Sure enough, after hearing this, Zhu Rong suddenly slapped the desk. Then the desk made a muffled sound, and Zhu Rong, with his eyebrows raised, also cursed angrily: "This old man Gonggong actually dares to trick me!
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"Your Majesty, please calm down." Looking at his face that instantly became filled with anger, Xiao Shizhu concluded that this person was more impulsive and did things with a little lack of consideration, so he asked silently in his heart: "What's wrong with this guy?"
Survive in such a troubled world like the underworld?" At the same time, he smiled slightly, took out a stack of banknotes commonly used in the underworld from his sleeve, and said to Zhu Rong: "To show our sincerity in the peace talks, our general also prepared one million taels for the king.
I hope the Fire King will accept the gift of silver."
After finishing speaking, he took a few steps forward, stood in front of the desk, lowered his head deeply, and at the same time raised his hands to respectfully present the thick stack of banknotes. There was a smile on his face.
, but full of sincerity that can be confused with the real thing.
These banknotes are all the treasures he collected from the Ghost Kingdom Palace, and were sold for a drop in the bucket. When the ghost mother said that Zhu Rong was also a money-greedy ghost, he thought of bringing some local specialties to Zhu Rong as a meeting gift.
It's better to give him some free money.
"Then why are you so embarrassed?" Zhu Rong's eyes shone when he looked at the banknotes in his hand. He quickly put away his anger and said to King Kong kindly, "Your Majesty is too polite." When speaking, he stretched out his arms without hesitation.
He went and got the banknote.
Xiao Shizhu, who continued to walk back behind Jingang with his head bowed, slightly raised the corners of his mouth when Zhu Rong, Wu Hui and the others were not paying attention, and a light flashed in his eyes. It was like a fox dormant in the jungle, seeing
The stupid rabbit stepped into his own attack range and didn't even know it.
"Please, your envoy, please stay here first. As for the peace talks and the resumption of trade, I still have to think about it." After pondering for a long time, Zhu Rong slowly said; always staring at the stack of banknotes, he waved his hand to signal Wu Hui and Chang.
Qin, take Xiao Shizhu and the others down to arrange things such as eating, drinking, and having fun.
Xiao Shizhu and the others knew very well that it would be counterproductive to rush this matter slowly, so they didn't say anything. After bidding farewell to Zhu Rong, they followed Chang Qin and Wu Hui and simply walked out.