The rainstorms continued, and endless raindrops formed rain and mist, covering all things on the earth; mud and water continued to splash on the muddy path.
The 50,000 army followed the Gushu Goddess and the Rakshasa ghost who led the way and headed the way all the way northward on the muddy path.
The accumulation of water and mud made them marching a little slower even if they were struggling desperately.
"General, look at the map. If we continue to march urgently, we can reach Mount Huan for one more day." Hu Hui stepped forward and walked side by side with the Gushe Goddess who were still alert to the increase of the increase.
After looking up at the raindrops flying above my head, I said, "But the rain seems to be unable to stop for a while, maybe it will take us a longer time."
Speaking of this, Hu Hui looked back at the soldiers who followed closely behind him and did not fall a single step.
Through the rain curtain, you can vaguely see the fatigue of the soldiers.
From this morning to now, noon has passed. They have been marching for several hours. It is raining again, and the soldiers need to rest.
The goddess of Guzhe naturally knew it, so she called the Rakshasa ghost who had been in front of her and said, "My lieutenant, my sergeant needs a place to rest. What can I get water nearby, replenish water sources, and be able to give birth to it.
Fire place to cook?”.
The goddess of Gushe was too anxious to know; since there were people who came to greet him and the rainstorm continued, the goddess of Gushe felt that it was better to let the soldiers rest and ask them to go in.
"Not far ahead, there is a Taishan Mountain. There is a pass at the entrance of the valley, and there is a well in the military camp at the pass." The county magistrate had already made arrangements and came to the side of the goddess Gushe and said, "If the general wants to have a short rest,
You can follow me to that pass.”
After saying that, he continued to walk side by side with the goddess Gushe, waiting for the other party's reply.
The goddess of Guzhao turned to look at Hu Hui; after thinking about it, Hu Hui remembered that the map was indeed marked with a barrier and nodded to the goddess of Guzhao.
It is better for a large army to enter the pass than to disturb the people in the town.
What's more, the actions of their army are temporarily kept confidential. The reason is that the military facilities under construction in the destinations they are heading are also temporarily kept confidential.
In this case, it is best not to go through the town in a swagger, nor to stay in it, so as not to attract the attention of his ghosts and expose the purpose of this trip.
If the army only enters passes or military camps, it seems that in the eyes of the unknown ghost, it seems that it is just a change of defense.
The goddess Guzhe didn't think much, nodded and responded, and said to the county lieutenant: "Okay, then there will be the commander of the county lieutenant Lao County."
The heavy rain continued, the strong wind became tighter, the yin energy around it overflowed and rose, and the chill did not decrease but increased.
The nodded Rakshasa ghost rushed forward and sent two more cavalry to take the lead to inform the pass guards. After asking the accompanying fungus man to send a message to King Yama, he led the army to the nearby pass.
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Hu Hui, who was behind, had already said to the gangster who was hiding under his collar and sitting on his shoulder: "Transmit the letter to King Yan Luo, the army will enter Taishan Pass. At the same time, he sent the letter to the Lord or Lord Chunyun, tell them we
I am about to enter Taishan, and because of the rain, I requested a few hours to rest."
The fungus man poked his head out of it. After listening to Hu Hui's words, he concentrated his mind and spread the news...
There are heavy rainstorms in Yingzhou, but the sky is clear near Shizhu City.
There is no moisture in the air, but it is filled with the heat caused by dryness.
The warm sunlight shines on the lake outside the city, and the lake surface is sparkling.
There is also a lake breeze by the lake, but it is a bit cooler.
The car Xiao Shizhu was riding in was now parked under the official road on the shore of the lake in the south, right next to the lake.
Xiao Shizhu in the car ate some dry food he carried with him and got out of the car. He stood by the lake, facing the sparkling lake surface, and weighed the stones in his hand.
After riding the car for a long time, he felt a pain in his waist.
At this moment, the north bank of the lake was where he almost died. For this reason, the angry Xiao Shizhu also massacred the Shuihu clan and killed him directly to the death of the clan.
kind.
Nowadays, the other ghost country historians were all derogatory terms such as tyrants and cruelty when recording and evaluating this matter.
However, Xiao Shizhu didn't care; he knew that leading a ghost country could be close to the people and be kind, but he would definitely be fierce to the enemy.
It is better to have blood on your hands than to protect your people.
Just a tyrant, it doesn’t matter if Xiao Shizhu is.
Now, he simply stopped to rest for a while, in his eyes, there was only the beautiful scenery in the lake.
At the same time, staying again will allow the sergeant and Qing Lan, who are responsible for driving the car for him, to rest.
The reeds drip green on the edge of the blue waves. The reeds sway and the cranes dance in the deep and roars, and hundreds of birds fly together.
Sometimes there were a few fishermen who were rowing and singing, driving the boat through the reeds and throwing the fishing nets to the lake among the reeds.
Xiao Shizhu held the stone in his hand, turned to look at the black monkey who had already picked up the stones from the ground, and asked, "Are you ready?"
After nodding, the black monkey stood up, hurriedly raised his arms, and rushed out the stone in his hand towards the open water among the reeds in front of him.
The stones spiraled continuously, and the wind blew up and down at the same time, and sometimes they lit water and jumped up. In a blink of an eye, the stones lit up five or six times on the water surface, and flew out two or three meters, and finally fell into the water with a plop.
inside.
The stones fell into the water, and the water splashed up. There were ripples echoing on the lake where the stones passed.
After Xiao Shizhu taught him that the black monkey was drifting, the black monkey became very interested in it.
"There is progress." Xiao Shizhu looked at the ripples where the black monkey stone fell into the water, praised it, and stopped weighing the stone, pinched the stone with his thumb and middle finger, and pressed the stone behind him against the edge of the stone.
Then he raised his hand and knocked out the stone.
Unlike the black monkey's stones that are thrown out by brute force, Xiao Shizhu's stones rotate more quickly. The wind blows violently wherever they pass, and the water surface wherever they pass is suddenly wrinkled, and the reeds on both sides are tilted.
And the more it turns, the more it becomes, the strong wind brought about is like a blade, easily cutting off some tiny reed branches and leaves one by one.
The stones were thrown away one after another, and although they were ups and downs, the span was quite large.
The stones hit the lake eight or nine times in a row, flew straight four or five feet away before they fell into the water under the lake, and sank and didn't help them up.
The black monkey was stunned when he saw it. After a while, he stomped his feet and turned his head, and hummed in discontent.
His black monkey's mind is just the mind of a little devil who is only three or four years old, so he naturally cannot get rid of the temper of a little devil.
Xiao Shizhu still didn't give in to him, which made the black monkey angry for a moment.
If nothing unexpected happens, he may not be willing to deal with Xiao Shizhu for one or two hours, and he will be angry.
"Go away, get in the car."
After having fun, Xiao Shizhu saw that the soldiers, Qing Lan, and the beast soul who was pulling the cart had enough food and drink, he rubbed the black monkey's long-haired head and walked towards the cart.
The black monkey still said that she was dissatisfied, but her feet kept following her.
"Lord." Seeing that there were no outsiders around, the imperial guard who was driving the car did not deliberately conceal Xiao Shizhu's identity. He met Xiao Shizhu and said, "We have been walking in the underworld, so
The speed will be faster. At this time tomorrow, you will be able to rush to the edges of Yankong County and Fengmu County.”
Xiao Shizhu stood by the side of the car, roughly calculated the speed and distance, and nodded.
"Qinglan said that there is a construction of Xiancha Port in Yankong County, and it has been completed. The same is true in Danshui County. Do you think you should transfer to Xiancha from this place to Danshui County after you arrive in Yankong County?"
The imperial guard then asked again.
He also thought about Xiao Shizhu; if he was rushing to go, Xiancha would be faster than the car he was driving.
Now Jiuyou Kingdom has seized a lot of Kongsang wood and started to build a lot of civilian immortal rafts; that is, small immortal rafts that are not equipped with cannons and Jiuxiao Mirrors.
These small fairy rafts are used to scatter among the people, carrying ghosts and people from all over the country. They also accelerated the transportation speed of materials in various places in the Jiuyou Kingdom.
The Xiancha Port area, which is specially used to dock in Xiancha, is naturally the area around Chutian County where the capital Yuque City is located, and the surrounding areas.
Most of these counties have completed the construction of Xiancha Port, and they have started to be put into use after the Xiancha route is officially opened.
Under such circumstances, Xiao Shizhu can indeed take Xiancha to Danshui County.
However, after thinking about it, he still rejected the proposal of the imperial guards and said, "Forget it, it's rare that we will still travel around and play. As for the fairy raft, the ghosts are now experiencing novelty, so we won't go
I'm fighting for opportunities with them."
After saying that, Xiao Shizhu jumped into the car without hesitation, lifted the curtain and got into the car. Qinglan and Heihou also followed.
Xiao Shizhu was just sitting down when a gang man in the car said to him: "Lord, I just received the news that the magistrate Luo had already received General Gushe and others. However, it was raining and the army was exhausted for a long time.
I was tired, so General Gushe also asked to let the army go to the nearby Taishan Pass and rest for a few hours."
While the fungus man was talking, he pretended to be the coachman's imperial guard and drove the beast soul, pulled the cart away from the lake and came to the underworld again, and continued to drive eastward.
Xiao Shizhu in the car also pulled out a rolled-up map from the pile of books at hand and expanded it to see.
It was a map of Dongyingzhou; Xiao Shizhu spread it on his knees, looked carefully, and found Taishan on the map, and then found Wulianshan.
Then he looked at the proportional notation in the lower right corner of the map, then used his two fingers to measure the distance between the two places, and silently calculated the real distance in his mind, then rolled up the map and said to the ganger:
"Let her and the sergeant have a good rest. If the rain is too heavy, you can move forward tomorrow."
Xiao Shizhu put down the map and added: "Tell Chunyun, and said that I approved this matter."
After the gangren nodded and responded, they began to send messages.
"There is one more thing." Another fungus man spoke and said to Xiao Shizhu: "It was the news from Lord Changqin."
After a pause, the fungus continued to tell Xiao Shizhu and the news came from Changqin.
It was nothing more than the situation that Changqin encountered in the last few hours of the Fox Kingdom in Qingqiu, and the fact that Hu Qingping gave Changqin a letter to Hu Lan before leaving.
Although there was not much, Junren still talked for a while before he finished the matter.
After saying that, the gangster paused again and conveyed Changqin's words: "Master Changqin asked for instructions, should you open the letter privately and see what was written in it?"
Xiao Shizhu didn't say anything when he heard this, but leaned forward and backward slightly, reached out and picked up the curtains on the car window, and looked outside the car.
The section of the underworld that they are walking on is the Dark Path that has been refined with slag and stone powder in Jiuyou Kingdom, paving the road surface.
It is straight and flat, and it will not be muddy when it rains, and it will withstand high temperatures. It is durable and has good load-bearing properties.
Therefore, Xiao Shizhu's carriage ran much faster.
The beautiful scenery on the roadside flew past his eyes.
In addition to the heavy shadows, Xiao Shizhu couldn't see some of the scenery outside clearly.
However, he continued to lift the curtains and stared at the scenery outside the window in the wind, but fell into deep thought.
In fact, when Xiao Shizhu heard this news, he felt a sense of vigilance and couldn't help but fall into his heart.
To be honest, he didn't believe it from the bottom of his heart, and had always been cunning and secretly betrayed the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom. He gave Changqin a letter that seemed to be so simple.
After all, these fox ghosts are not only cunning, but also suspicious. Judging from their tireless temptation of Changqin and their showing that they want to win over Changqin, it is not difficult to see their fox ghosts' suspiciousness.
Judging from this situation, Xiao Shizhu was also unable to get it for a while. Could this letter be another temptation by the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom?
If it is really the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom, and it is time to test again, it is better not to open the letter.
If it is just a test, it can be seen that Qingqiu Fox Kingdom is waiting for Changqin to secretly spy on the content of the letter.
Qingqiu Fox Kingdom must have taken a series of measures to see whether the letter has been opened from the clues on the letter.
Once it is opened, Changqin is not trustworthy, and his previous performance will be burned and no longer useful; it will also make Qingqiu Fox Kingdom alert to Jiuyou Kingdom.
In this way, Xiao Shizhu's previous complicated secret arrangements would have failed after all, and it would not have achieved any unexpected results.
Thinking of this, Xiao Shizhu suddenly felt that opening a letter was an absolute loss of money. No matter how Qingqiu Fox Kingdom was doing, was it another tempting test? Jiuyou Kingdom could not take risks because of this.
Xiao Shizhu felt that it would be better to not open this letter; as for the contents, if you must be curious, you can get many other channels.
However, it was not easy for Changqin to reach this point and not yet be abandoned by Qingqiu Fox Kingdom to win over him; Xiao Shizhu could not issue a wrong order at this time to make everything fail.
Xiao Shizhu, who made up his mind, turned to look at the gangster who was quietly waiting for his order, and said slowly: "Send the order Changqin, don't be curious about the content of the letter, nor can you open the letter."
The gangster responded, began to concentrate his energy, and passed Xiao Shizhu's orders out.
Xiao Shizhu immediately looked away from the fungus man, looked at the fungus man named Shenchi, and said, "Tell Lin Cong that he can order his spy lurking in the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom to be the first to be a spy who is lurking in the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom.
We are here. All the chess and cold pieces who are still dormant in the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom have emerged, and the other spies lurking beside the Qingqiu Fox King and Hu Qingping. The others can already start to take action. The goal is to collect all the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom
and give the front-line general King Yama to read and view these information."
Not opening a letter is just the beginning. Xiao Shizhu never lacks his strength in doing things. Behind a purpose, there are always various more purposes.
Since the Qingqiu Fox King has shown obvious rebelliousness, Xiao Shizhu will prepare endless means to start dealing with the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom.
"In addition, tell Lin Cong about the matters on the Giant Ghost. In addition, we also inform Julong who is still in Yingzhou, so that he can hurry up and build fortifications." After a pause, Xiao Shizhu ordered again:
"Tell Chunhan, who is responsible for recruiting soldiers in Dongyingzhou, ask her to speed up the training of the recruits." (To be continued)