Imperial City Investigative Department

"Back there, did you take the pills he took?" Wu Chen looked at the Queen Mother and asked Xing Yun.

Xing Yun reacted and said: "Eat."

"How many times have you eaten?"

"Let's eat together with my brother."

"She never came to you for medicine again?"

"Originally, she said she would come, but... you left in a hurry, and she never came to see me again."

"Old Liu! Get a bowl, pour some warm water and bring it in." Wu Chen shouted, and suddenly stretched out his hand to pinch the Queen Mother's neck: "Where is Aunt Ping?"

The Queen Mother seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw and struggled hard and said: "You, if you want to see Aunt Ping alive..."

"Is Aunt Ping older than you? If she dies, why are you still bothering?" Wu Chen approached the Queen Mother and asked sadly.

The Queen Mother opened her mouth and felt the hand on her neck slowly tightening. She could no longer even see the candlelight in the palace, and there was only darkness in front of her eyes.

"Went to...Anping County..."

I don't know which soul in the Queen Mother's body didn't want to die like this, so she stubbornly took over the right to speak.

Wu Chen let go of his hand, and the Queen Mother covered her neck and coughed desperately, and couldn't help but curse a few times.

Wu Chen looked at Li Heng and said, "Order people to prepare some soil. I'm going to go on a killing spree. Stay away from me in a while and light more torches. If you don't want palace lanterns, just stand by the torches."

At this time, Liu Jinzhong came in with a trembling bowl of water. Wu Chen walked over and took the bowl. Li Heng had already ordered: "Go and bring some soil quickly, the sooner the better!"

"Just the soil used to grow flowers in the imperial garden will do."

As he spoke, Wu Chen reached out and touched Ling Yun who was tied to his waist, and then quickly dropped the blood into the bowl. After a few drops, Wu Chen stirred the blood in the bowl with his injured finger and handed it to Xing Yun.

Xing Yun subconsciously showed disgust, Wu Chenhan said with a face:

"Just like your brother, there are many other people's souls in your body. For a while, your own consciousness can still have the final say. As time goes by, you will no longer be you. Drink this bowl of water, and those souls will disappear. The soul will come out and you will be fine."

Li Heng said anxiously: "Drink quickly! It's not like I haven't drank before!"

Wu Chen glanced at Li Heng but said nothing.

Xing Yun took the bowl and drank it in one gulp. He held the bowl and didn't know where to put it. Liu Jinzhong had already gone to lead people to move the soil. There was a small table on the couch, but it was reserved for officials and could only be placed there. This bloody bowl?
Xing Yun was still hesitating, but suddenly his body began to twitch.

With a 'pop' sound, the bowl fell to the ground and shattered into pieces. Xing Yun also fell to the ground and curled up into a ball.

The Queen Mother giggled again.

"Why are you laughing?" Wu Chen pulled out Ling Yun, who made a buzzing sound in excitement.

"If there's anything else you haven't said, just say it quickly. I'll see you off when the soil arrives." Wu Chen said, looking above Xing Yun's body, where four souls were already floating: "Don't worry, I'll be there soon." I’ll send you away.”

Li Heng walked sideways for several steps.

Wu Chen looked at the Queen Mother again and said:

"I guess there are a lot of them in your body. Do you know there is an old man in Shuangxi Village who looks like tree bark? There are a lot of them in his body..."

"What did you do to him?" the Queen Mother asked in horror. "I didn't do anything to him. It was Ling Yun who dealt with him. I know you are secretly collecting souls. The ones you need will be kept in your body. The ones that are not of much use will be made into water ghosts, mummies, and steel. Oh, you still have Yin soldiers..."

Li Heng said "Ah" in fear.

The Queen Mother slumped in her chair. If she didn't believe Wu Chen's words about razing Shuangxi Village to the ground before, she believed it now.

"What do you want with so many ghosts? The Ghost King can do nothing, right?" Wu Chen looked at the Queen Mother with a smile.

"Ghost King?" Li Heng blurted out in surprise.

"When you hear this name, you know that he is a wanted criminal in hell. He found an opportunity to come to the earth and refused to go back. While I was drunk, he wanted to steal the sky and change the world into another underworld. I can understand that you want to find Ximo. I miss the world. Invincible, I think no one can stop you, but why do you want to meet Xiantu?"

The Queen Mother was really confused, even her expression was dull.

"You said that Pinggu went to Anping County, that means she wanted to understand something. She thought that the picture of encountering immortals was a picture, and she thought that Brother Big Tou was just Brother Big Tou. By the time she deduced something, I am no longer something you can stop. A worthy character, so..."

At this time, Liu Jinzhong said breathlessly at the door of the palace: "Some soil luck has come."

Wu Chen ducked to the door, grabbed a handful and sprinkled it in the air above Xing Yun's body. The soil fell to the ground and a beam of light appeared.

Wu Chen didn't even look at it. He went back to the door, grabbed a few handfuls of dirt and shouted, "Stay away, everyone else!"

For the first time, Li Heng had a question: Am I considered an idler?
Regardless of whether he counted or not, Li Heng walked directly out of the palace gate.

Wu Chen suddenly appeared next to Li Heng and whispered: "She is not your mother. I must kill her, otherwise your court will not be stable."

"I see!"

Li Heng stood outside the hall, looking at the dark night sky, with mixed feelings in his heart.

A shrill scream came from the hall, and Li Heng trembled all over, only to hear Wu Chen shout: "I'm going! You're not afraid of being strangled to death!"

Li Heng was consoling himself in fear when Wu Chen appeared next to him and said, "Just order people to clean up the soil in the house later. I will put her on the couch. After all, she has the title of Queen Mother. After a while, Xing Yun Then it will be fine, you can let him handle it, there will inevitably be killings in the palace tonight, you'd better think of a good excuse."

Wu Chen said as he put a few handfuls of soil into his arms and disappeared.

Li Heng took a deep breath and then realized that he had been under the supervision of the Queen Mother these past few days and could not even go to court. Tonight, the Queen Mother and those people had gone to unknown places, leaving only the Queen Mother to watch over him. Wu Chen said that he would go to court. The killing spree should be to kill all the demons arranged by the Queen Mother in the palace.

Li Heng exhaled and thought to himself: It's great to have Wu Chen!

Liu Jinzhong stood aside and could hardly stand. Is this something that only a slave of his could see and hear?Thinking that he was not going to die soon, Liu Jinzhong collapsed on the ground.

At this moment, Xing Yun, who was chasing Wu Chen, appeared in front of Li Heng out of breath. Li Heng was stunned for a moment and then asked: "You are not much slower than Wu Chen. Come in and see your brother. Wu Chen said it was very difficult." You will be fine soon. After you are fine, the two of you will clean up the palace and bury...the Queen Mother. She suddenly contracted a cold and there is no way to save her!"

"Where is Wu Chen?" Xing Yun asked after bowing to listen.

"He went to clean up all the demons in the palace."

Xing Yun saw a pile of dirt outside the palace and said, "I will clean up the inside of the palace first. If my brother recovers, it will be enough for one person. I will go and deliver the soil to Wu Chen."

Li Heng frowned and asked, "You didn't ask how your brother was doing? But what would happen if you knew your brother?"

Xing Yun bowed and replied: "Wu Chen will save us."

... (end of this chapter)