【1111】Yun Mu.

Quiet, so quiet that one cannot hear the slightest sound of the waves.
But the words of the Fox King of Qingqiu, to Hu Shidou, were like a bolt from the blue, deafening.
Hu Shidou was stunned for a moment and blurted out, "Ah?".
Fox Lan is not only the younger brother of Fox King of Qingqiu, but also has always been wholeheartedly assisting him.
When Fox King ascended to the throne, Fox Lan played an indispensable role. Moreover, it was Fox Lan who took the lead in supporting Fox King's succession at a critical moment.
Now, in order to help her brother, Hulan is even willing to infiltrate the enemy's territory and go to the capital city of Jiuyou Country. After living there for several years, she not only actively promotes friendly relations between the two nations on the surface but also secretly gathers a lot of intelligence for the Qingqiu Fox King.
All of this, Hu Shidou not only saw it with his own eyes, but he also understood it clearly. He never thought that his lord would now be sharpening his knives towards Hu Lan. Translated: All of this, Hu Shidou not only saw it with his own eyes, but he also understood it clearly. He never thought that his lord would now be sharpening his knives towards Hu Lan.
He was about to ask Qingqiu Fox King why, but Qingqiu Fox King had already closed his eyes, leaning back in the chair, reluctant to say more.
Fox Shidou stood in place for a long time, not knowing how to approach Qingqiu Fox King. After a while, he finally chose to turn around and leave, carrying out his orders.
And the Qingqiu Fox King, with his eyes closed, showed no signs of sorrow.
Knowing that his younger brother was about to perish, he remained unfazed.
His heart remained calm and unaffected even after the entanglement subsided.
All of this is only because of the Green Hill Fox King. There is simply no way to ascertain whether, during the years when Fox Lan went to the Jiuyou Kingdom as an envoy, there was any secret agreement made with Xiao Shizhu.
Moreover, Xiaoshi Zhu's easy gesture of letting the Fox King take away Fox Lan makes the Fox King feel more and more uneasy.
In order to prevent the leakage of military information in the upcoming war against Jiuyou Country, the Fox King of Qingqiu chose the simplest and most direct method of preemptive prevention, which is to kill the wrong person rather than let anyone go.
Little did they know, all of this was already within Xiao Shizhu's expectations. Allowing him to easily take Hu Lan away was also one of Xiao Shizhu's long-planned schemes.
Firstly, he utilized the hand of the King of Qingqiu Foxes to eliminate Hu Lan and leave her arm severed. Secondly, it would make the King's confidants become wary of him, always ensuring they had an escape plan and not making any decisive moves. Translation: "Little did they know, all of this was already within Xiao Shizhu's expectations. Allowing him to easily take Hu Lan away was also one of Xiao Shizhu's long-planned schemes. Firstly, he utilized the hand of the King of Qingqiu Foxes to eliminate Hu Lan and leave her arm severed. Secondly, it would make the King's confidants become wary of him, always ensuring they had an escape plan and not making any decisive moves."
Having entered the cabin, the unsuspecting Fox King of Qingqiu finally calmed down.
With his keen sense of smell, he quickly detected a faint scent of blood drifting from the depths of the ship's hold. Translations: 1. "
The Qiongqiu Fox King, who smelled the scent of blood, knew that Hu Shidou had been ordered to begin killing. He slowly opened his eyes, stood up, and walked to the depths of his cabin. After changing into comfortable clothes, he lay down on the bed and fell into a peaceful sleep.
After a thud came from the stern of the ship, there was no more sound.
Under the silent moonlight, the grand ship of the Green Hill Fox King sailed farther and farther away.
A female ghost's soul, floating on the sea, gradually sinking, was thrown onto the sea behind by it.
After the big boat sailed far away, several merpeople and a few water ghosts surrounded the faintly breathless female ghost. After carefully examining her, one of the merpeople took out a silk gown and draped it over the female ghost. Translated content:
One of the water demons gave a signal to their comrades and turned around to leave. With webbed hands and feet, they swam vigorously in the opposite direction of the Great Ship of the Green Hill Fox King, swiftly swimming away.
In that direction, there is the flagship of Xiao Shizhu.
At this moment, on the flagship of Xiao Shizhu, most of the lights on the deck have already been extinguished. Only a few lights, specially marked and guiding, are still on, as if they are competing with the bright gloomy moon in the sky!
Under the moonlight, you can vaguely see on the deck that from time to time, winged creatures or baying demon soldiers soar into the air and fly towards the distance. You can also occasionally see this type of demon soldiers coming from afar, circling for a while, and then diving down to land on the deck.
The busy hustle and bustle of the feathered people and the jubilant tribes brought one memorial after another to Xiao Shizhu. They also reviewed the memorials and sent them out one by one, sending them to the nearest government post, and then they would be delivered to Yuxue City by other red-liveried couriers from Jiuyou Country riding fast horses.
At this late hour of the night, Xiao Shizhu is still not resting.
Even though he has the help of Gui Mu and Xiao Fuling, as well as numerous ministers from the court to share the burden, it is still inevitable to have a large number of state affairs in the Jiuyou nation that require his decision.
Sitting in his cabin, Xiao Shizhu reviewed the large pile of scores on the desk in front of him.
He didn't sleep, and Qing Lan couldn't rest either, waiting by his side and assisting him.
Taking a look at the scorebook, Qing Lan showed a pleased expression, and hastily handed the scorebook to Xiao Shizhu, exclaiming, "Lord, please take a look, it's the report from Lord Hei Wuchang."
Xiao Shizhu took it over and immediately felt very joyful.
Zou, originally from Yunmengzhou, informed that all the military supplies had been prepared and sent to Dongyizhou. Once these supplies have been received in Dongyizhou, they can be urgently dispatched to Mount Dushuo in Dongyingzhou.
Xiao Shizhu has been waiting for over a month for this report from the military.
Although we have been urging, Hei Wuchang has not responded as the allocation of resources takes time.
In warfare, logistics play a crucial role, and the Duanshuo Mountain, which is already riddled with problems, will be able to recover its vitality if we receive this batch of supplies.
More importantly, once the war with the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom breaks out, the direction of the Dushuo Mountain will also be the focus of another front, it is to expand the results of the war with it as the center.
Without a constant supply of resources, the battle will be extremely difficult.

With these supplies, Xiao Shizhu believes that Du Shuo Mountain and Yan Luo Wang will definitely achieve great results.
After looking carefully at the list enumerated by Hei Wu Chang in the memorial, he picked up his pen, wrote the three words "got it" in the blank space of the memorial, and closed it.

Just as she was about to put it down, Xiao Shizhu suddenly had second thoughts. This way of writing is too simple. So she unfolded the memorial again and added a few words: "Well done, everyone. You've worked hard."
Afterwards, she handed the memorial to Qing Lan and told him to organize it properly and send it back on time.
萧石竹随之又拿起一份没有看过奏本，展开看了起来。
这时，紧闭着的门外，响起了敲门声。
青岚听到那三长一短的敲门声，知道有急报送达的暗号，赶忙放好了奏本，走向大门。
As soon as the door opened, Qing Lan saw a breathless and sweating feathered man standing at the doorstep.
Qing Lan welcomed him in and closed the door behind him.
"My lord." This messenger feathered man quickly walked up to Xiao Shizhu, standing in front of the desk, and took out five memorial books from his pocket, placing them on the desk. "These were just delivered from Yunmeng Island."
Qing Lan also gave Yu Ren a cup of water.
"Hmm." Xiao Shi Zhu glanced at the official documents without rushing to open them.
At this moment, Feathers took the cup of water, drank it all in one gulp, wiped his mouth with his hand, and said, "On my way here, I encountered several merfolk who were leading a female ghost towards this direction. I approached them and asked about the situation. They said that the ghost was thrown off the Great Ship of the Green Hill Fox King.".
Upon hearing this, Xiaoshi Zhu became interested and looked up at the feathered person across from him, setting aside his scores and asking, "What kind of female ghost?"
"It's a solitary soul female ghost, and I don't know her," the feathered person shook his head and said, "I only heard from those few merpeople that this female ghost was already unconscious when she was thrown down. Now it's brought to you, Lord, should we kill her or keep her? Please make the decision."
"Is it a trap?" Xiao Shizhu is still pondering, while Qinglan has already made such a guess.
From the current perspective, the Fox King of Qingqiu's large ship is still within the waters of Jiuyou Country.
If there were ghosts on the ship, the Qingqiu Fox King could definitely take advantage of this for his own purposes, even making it a reason to start a war.
Qinglan's suspicion is not without reason.
"You keep an eye on them," Xiao Shi Zhu pondered for a moment before dismissing the winged creature, "Let me know when the mermaid brings the ghost girl, and I will come to see."
The winged creature took the order and left.
As soon as he left, Qing Lan once again advised Xiao Shi Zhu, "Lord, we must remain vigilant."
"No need to," Xiao Shizhu replied casually, showing no concern.
He pondered for a while and recalled the few attendants by the side of the Fox King of Qingqiu. There were only a few palace maids and that imposter queen, Yun Mu. Therefore, he concluded that there was no need to be overly cautious.
These female ghosts who accompany the Green Hill Fox King are not enough to defile the Nine Nether Country if any one of them is abandoned. Moreover, the Green Hill Fox King is bound to provoke war without any reason at all.
Moreover, since one's own whereabouts have not been exposed yet and the Qingqiu Fox King is unaware, he cannot possibly make a big fuss out of it by closely following behind.
What Xiaoshi Bamboo thought of was that the Qingqiu Fox King may be planning to eliminate any witnesses.
Moreover, he also came up with the idea that the female ghost might be Yunmu.
If that's the case, he might be able to turn Yunmu into an ally.
After Xiaoshizhu shared his analysis with Qinglan, Qinglan pondered for a while and found it reasonable. She put aside her concerns and nodded in agreement.
Not long after, a report came from outside the door: "My lord, someone has arrived."
"Let's go and have a look." Xiao Shizhu stood up, picked up a cloak and draped it over himself, and walked out of the cabin with Qing Lan. Please note that
A few ghost soldiers and black monkeys have surrounded the female ghost brought by the merman on the deck.
The unconscious female ghost lies quietly on the deck. Her body is still wet, and even her bun has come undone.
She was not caught by the merman before falling into the water, so she was soaked for a while.
One of the ghost soldiers was afraid that she would catch a cold, so he took off his own battle robe and covered her with it.
Still not seeing any movement from the female ghost, the black monkey reached out and lightly touched her wet cheek with his furry back of the hand. Seeing that the female ghost still remained indifferent, he withdrew his hand and looked towards a nearby ghost soldier, with a hint of confusion in his eyes.
It seems to be asking about that ghost soldier, whether this female ghost is dead or not.
Xiao Shizhu quickly arrived on the deck, and the surrounding ghost soldiers took the initiative to make way for him. The ghost soldier carrying the lantern moved the lantern closer to the face of the female ghost to enable Xiao Shizhu to see her clearly.
With water stains from the female ghost's body, Xiao Shizhu stepped onto her side and took a closer look. Immediately, he recognized the person as Yunmu.
She was the one who pretended to be the queen and accompanied the Greenhill Fox King on a visit to the Nine Ghosts' Country.