This time, the border was victorious, and Daliang occupied the three states on the north bank in one fell swoop. With Zheng's case in hand, General Qin couldn't do anything. All the records of Duan Xu's military exploits were submitted to the higher authorities, and everyone said that it was unknown what kind of honors Duan Xu would receive after returning to the capital. The generals who had originally excluded Duan Xu also had a vague intention to get close to him.
However, Duan Xu was not too polite. He bowed to Qin Shuai and said that he had some friends in the martial arts world to meet, so he would not go with him. They would meet in Nandu when the time comes. Then he disappeared without a trace. Zheng An was shocked by such a frivolous behavior. He thought that he was a young man under 20 years old, but he was a little proud of his military achievements.
Duan Xu, who disappeared so quickly, was now sitting face to face with his curse-maker, His Majesty the Ghost King He Simu, in an inn in Yunzhou.
He Simu was wearing a red and white three-layer gown with a curved hem. Her hair was swaying with silver hairpins in the shape of flying clouds, and the tassels were hanging down to her shoulders. She supported her chin with one hand and handed a sugar pill as big as a pigeon egg to Duan Xu with the other hand: "Eat it."
Duan Xu took off his armor and official uniform, wearing a black round-necked robe with a high ponytail and a black headband with silver patterns on his forehead. He looked like a handsome young man, and no one could tell that he was the famous General Duan Shunxi.
He glanced at the sugar pill in He Simu's hand, then reached out to take it and put it in his mouth.
He Simu raised his eyebrows and said, "Why don't you ask me what this is?"
Duan Xu swallowed the unknown object and said with a bright smile: "You won't hurt me."
After a pause, he added: "If you want to harm me, I can't do anything about it."
Duan Xu obviously had a deep understanding of the saying that a man who knows the times is a hero.
He Simu smiled, she snapped her fingers, pointed at his abdomen and said: "What you ate is the Ghost King Lamp wrapped in sugar."
Even though he was mentally prepared, Duan Xu still opened his eyes wide when he heard the answer. He asked, "Ghost King Lamp?"
"The supreme spiritual treasure of the ghost world, which can increase magic power by more than ten times, is the symbol of the ghost king, and is something that every evil ghost covets and fights for with their lives. Now it is in your stomach."
He Simu introduced him smoothly, then put her right index and middle fingers together and tapped his abdomen. A circle of red runes spread along her fingers, and the Ghost King Lamp in Duan Xu's abdomen glowed accordingly.
Duan Xu showed a little bit of pain, but fortunately the pain disappeared quickly. When he looked up again, he was stunned.
The world suddenly became very different from before. He Simu was surrounded by some white silk threads floating in the air. The sunlight had a texture as sticky as honey. Behind her, there were many phantoms floating around, like dead branches and white bones.
"These threads..."
"It's the wind."
"These figures..."
“It’s a wandering soul.”
He Simu smiled slightly, opened his arms, and his red sleeves brought up sections of white silk threads: "Little fox Duan, welcome to the world of evil spirits."
After being implanted with the Ghost King Lamp, the powerful ghost energy of the Ghost King Lamp covered Duan Xu's aura, and he looked like a real evil ghost who could see the ghost realm. He Simu even left a spell in the Ghost King Lamp, connecting Duan Xu, the Sword of Breaking Delusion and the Ghost King Lamp, so that the spiritual power of the Sword of Breaking Delusion could stimulate the Ghost King Lamp and be used by Duan Xu.
Duan Xu said, "You have lost your magic power and become like a mortal, so why don't you just let me pretend to be a ghost to protect you?"
"I guess so." He Simu handed over the pearl.
Duan Xu smiled slightly and placed his hand on the pearl: "Shun Xi will definitely do his job and live up to your trust."
This time, what He Simu wants to change is his sense of smell.
When a red dot appeared between He Simu's eyebrows, she opened her eyes and looked at Duan Xu.
Duan Xu blinked and looked at her, and she suddenly moved closer to him, just like the first time she felt his touch. She sniffed at his neck, the silver tassels in her hair brushing against his face, and she asked, "What... is this smell?"
Duan Xu understood and said, "Agarwood, amber, storax, mint leaves, white hyacinth, benzoin. My sister likes to make perfumes, and my clothes are all fumigated with spices by her every day."
"Agarwood, amber, styrax, mint leaves, white hyacinth, benzoin." He Simu repeated it softly. She took a deep breath from Duan Xu's neck almost greedily and said softly, "It smells really good."
Duan Xu dodged slightly, and He Simu looked up at him, smiling and said, "I suddenly remembered something."
He lowered his eyes and looked at He Simu, and saw that red lips slightly opened, and he said word by word: "You are ticklish, aren't you?"
This made Duan Xu feel more like he was in big trouble than when he heard the enemy attack. He Simu reached out to touch his neck, but Duan Xu quickly turned sideways, supported the table, and stood by the wall while the man in black spun around. He smiled and said, "It was a long time ago. Your Highness, the King of All Ghosts, shouldn't be so..."
He Simu rubbed his ears and raised his hand: "Come here, do you want me to scratch you now, or wait until I recover my magic power and then hang you up and torture you for three days and three nights."
"… "
Is His Majesty the Ghost King really vindictive
Duan Xu stood there, hesitated for a moment, sighed, walked to He Simu and sat down, and simply opened his arms.
"Your Highness, please show mercy."
He Simu did not answer. She breathed lightly into her palm and began to imitate him in the past, tickling all the ticklish places around his waist and neck. At first, Duan Xu bit his lip and tried to hold back. As He Simu's actions became more and more excessive, he finally couldn't help laughing. He couldn't stop laughing and raised his arms to avoid it, but he didn't leave the chair, which made the chair creak and the rich and clear scent of sandalwood filled the air.
“Hahahaha… I was wrong… I was really wrong… I won’t do it again next time… Your Highness… Simu! Forgive me… Hahahahahahahahahahahaha”
He Simu ignored him and tried his best to get revenge. But when he looked up by chance, he saw Duan Xu's smiling face. His eyebrows were curved and his eyes were full of tears. The boy who had always been stubborn and even a little crazy looked heartless and happy at this moment.
It was as if he was a young boy who had always been protected very well and grew up ignorant of the world.
He Simu's hand that was tickling him paused.
When did she become so childish, arguing with a person who is less than 20 years old, and even getting revenge for such a small matter.
Just like she was when she was only in her teens.
He Simu's eyes flickered and looked elsewhere. She slowly put down her hand.
But Duan Xu grabbed her wrist.
He Simu looked up at him and saw the young man's burning eyes. He smiled and said, "Don't show that expression. I won't hide anymore and let you have fun to your heart's content. How about that?"
He Simu raised his eyebrows, pulled back his hand and said, "Expression? What? Expression."
Duan Xu shook his head. He thought for a moment and said seriously, "An unhappy expression."
He Simu silently looked at the young man who was shrouded in ghostly aura, then smiled without commenting, and sighed: "Forget it, I'll let you go, little fox."
It was not known whether his words were intentional or unintentional, but in any case, there was always a way to make her let him go.
On the second day, Danzhi Youzhou Fujian City.
Youzhou is a place surrounded by mountains and rivers, and is a strategic location. It is a transportation hub, and has a dense and prosperous population. On the streets of Youzhou Fujian City, amid the bustling crowd, a flowery-dressed evil ghost that looks like a six-year-old child was fleeing out of the city in panic, running through the crowd.
Another child who looked a little older was chasing the flowery-clothed ghost, shouting, "Don't run, little bastard!"
The chase between the two ghosts in the downtown area could not be seen by ordinary people, as people were just minding their own business, strolling around and selling their wares.
The evil ghost chasing behind finally caught up with the evil ghost in flowery clothes. He kicked the evil ghost in flowery clothes to the ground, stepped on him and said, "You little bastard, you have been hiding for so many days, and I finally caught you. You are committing a capital crime and you are still chasing me away!"
A child who looked ten years old called another child who looked six years old "little brat". This scene was really strange. The evil ghost who caught the fugitive was proud for only a moment, but when he looked up, he found another evil ghost standing not far away, looking at them.
The evil ghost looked like a tall man, wearing a veiled hat with shoulder-length black gauze, on which were two silver pine and cypress embroidered. He had a simple high ponytail and was holding an ebony sword inlaid with silver. When the wind blew up the black gauze, his bright eyes with a smile could be seen through the gap.
Judging from the aura of this evil ghost, it should be quite strong.
The evil ghost, who looked like a ten-year-old boy and whose nickname was Maizi, glared and said, "I am performing my duty. What are you looking at? Look!"
The man in the veil turned his head slightly and said, "Official business?"
Before Maizi could answer, the flowery evil ghost under his feet suddenly stood up, broke free from Maizi's restraints, and was about to pounce into the body of a child on the road. Maizi knew that he was going to possess a child, and thought it was not good, so he shouted: "Hey! You..."
Before he could finish his words, he saw the man in black holding a sword not far away suddenly appear in front of the man in flowery clothes. Two bright silver lights crossed and hit the man in flowery clothes' neck. His movements were so fast that it was dazzling.
"Don't move." The man threatened calmly.
Maizi took a breath. It turned out that the man was using two swords, and they were actually very powerful spiritual weapons!
The evil ghost uses a magical weapon. The scene is no less than a tiger taking Wu Song as its accomplice, or a chicken standing by the stove waving a spatula to cook chicken stewed with mushrooms.
Huayi's intention to possess a person failed, and he looked at the man angrily. Maizi clapped his hands and walked over with a bit of fear and a bit of excitement, looking at the two swords in the man's hands: "Amazing... How did you do it, old man? You can actually control the spirit sword with your ghost body?"
The man laughed and changed the subject, "My dear brother, you should arrest your prisoner as soon as possible."
Mai Zi heard a hint of teasing in the man's words, snorted, took out the shackles and locked up Hua Yizi, saying, "You have been a ghost for a short time, right? I tell you, in the ghost realm, seniority is not judged by appearance. I have been dead for more than 600 years, so it is not too much for you to call me brother."
The man put away his sword and said obediently, "I see. Please give me some advice. You arrested this kid? What law did he break?"
"The thirty-second Golden Wall Law, the crime of killing without reason."
"Thirty-two? Golden Wall Method?"
Mai Zi stared, thinking how new this evil ghost was that he didn't even know what the law was. After becoming an evil ghost, wasn't the first priority to learn the law? I don't know which unlucky ghost temple this guy came from.
Maizi pointed at the struggling figure in flowery clothes on the ground and said, "This guy has just become an evil ghost for a short time. A few days ago, he killed a family of sixteen in Youzhou City, but he didn't do it for the soul fire."
"Why is that?"
"For fun - I'm young and don't know much."
Mai Zi, stepping on the flowery clothes, sighed, "Killing a living person without reason is a serious crime. I was ordered to hunt him down for several days, and I finally caught him. Oh... by the way, you look unfamiliar."
"I came from the south and just settled down here." The man said with a smile.