Chaos reigned inside the general's mansion, with a dozen men and women, their eyes bloodshot, wielding long swords and hacking at people!

The ghost child and the ghost bride clearly lacked the magical power to directly harm people.

However, it can possess people and use swords, clubs, and other weapons to kill living people.

Those who are possessed, regardless of gender, become incredibly strong.

Even the guards in the mansion were no match for them; in the blink of an eye, a large number of people in the inner quarters of the Sheng family were killed or wounded.

The strong smell of blood filled the air, causing the master and servant sitting on the roof of the East Garden to frown.

"Master, I wonder if Mu Rou'er has been killed yet!"

Mei Niang sat on the roof, resting her chin on her hand and gazing towards the West Garden.

"I don't know! But even if Mu Rou'er is lucky enough to survive, she'll still be severely injured!"

"That's what Chu said in a cold voice."

"Hmm! Master, I've known you for so long, and you've never been one to kill innocent people indiscriminately. Are you really just going to watch those people die? Won't you let me go and save them?"

Mei Niang asked in confusion.

"Indiscriminate killing? Heh heh heh... I didn't kill anyone, and I didn't cause any trouble, so how can you say I indiscriminately killed anyone? Besides, the entire General's Mansion, except for the East Garden, already belongs to Sheng Lingtian and Mu Rou'er!"

Chu thought of what Sheng Wanwan had said in her heart: the reason why she and her three children were in such a miserable state was because all the maids and servants she had bought had been secretly replaced by Sheng Lingtian and Mu Rou'er's people.

All of these people were sent by Consort Jin to help Mu Rou'er successfully assume the position of mistress of the General's Mansion.

In other words, those people existed solely to kill the mother and her three children.

Even if they die, none of them are innocent!

"Oh! Then let's just stay here and watch the show!"

Seeing that Madam Chu said this, Meiniang didn't say anything more, but quietly sat on the roof to watch the show!

Because of the presence of the thousand-year-old fox demon Mei Niang, none of the ghost children or ghost brides dared to come and cause trouble.

Therefore, Dongyuan is perfectly safe...

Sheng Lingtian was highly skilled in martial arts, and he killed the old Taoist priest with his sword in about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

He turned his head and glanced at the mother and daughter who were hugging each other. Mu Rou'er was obviously in a state of shock and was completely stunned.

"Mo Shi, the string of Buddhist prayer beads is gone?"

"Yes, Father!"

Sheng Moshi nodded.

"If they're gone, that's fine. You all go back to your rooms. Your grandparents are outside; I have to go save them!"

As Sheng Lingtian spoke, he headed towards Songhe Garden.

Along the way, there were many corpses of servants who had been killed by evil spirits. Sheng Lingtian's face was cold and gloomy. When he saw a servant who was possessed, he didn't care about anything else and just chopped off his head.

Sheng Lingtian exuded a murderous aura, and the long sword in his hand was even more menacing.

The malevolent energy is what these lowly ghosts fear most.

Furthermore, since the ghosts realized that the Taoist priest who raised them was dead, they were even less likely to risk their lives for him.

After emerging from the corpse, they didn't linger; instead, they transformed into wisps of black smoke and disappeared quickly.

"General! Evil spirits! How did our General's Mansion attract so many evil spirits?"

After all the evil spirits had fled, a burly man carrying a blood-stained broadsword walked over.

He was the head of the guards in the general's mansion, and his name was Zhou Biao.

"Are the old master and old lady alright?"

Sheng Lingtian did not answer Zhou Biao's question, but instead asked about his parents with concern.

"The old master and lady are fine, just a little frightened!" Zhou Biao replied.

"Is anything wrong with the rest of the Sheng family?"

Sheng Lingtian continued to ask.

"The Second Master's wife has been possessed by an evil spirit and has fainted! The Second Master's arm has been slashed by the Second Madam."

The other masters are all fine!

Zhou Biao answered truthfully.

"Are the people in Dongyuan alright too?"

Sheng Lingtian asked again.

"No, everything's fine! It's just strange. All the courtyards are haunted today, but Madam's courtyard is completely quiet, without a sound at all!"

Zhou Biao said in confusion.

"Okay! Go down!"

After Sheng Lingtian finished speaking, he glanced at the corpses of the servants who had been hacked to death and wounded all over the ground, and then headed towards Songhe Garden with a cold look in his eyes...

As dawn broke on the horizon, Sheng Lingtian emerged from Songhe Garden and headed towards the East Garden…

Chu Shi and Meiniang didn't sleep either; they were still discussing the reconstruction of Yanyu Tower.

When Madam Chu saw Sheng Lingtian enter the courtyard, she did not ask Meiniang to leave. Instead, she placed the account books of Yanyu Tower in front of her and pretended to look through them.

Sheng Lingtian frowned as soon as he entered the room and saw Meiniang inside.

"You should go back first!"

Sheng Lingtian knew that Meiniang was the manager of the dowry shop of the Chu family. When he saw her in the Chu family's room, he assumed that something had happened at the restaurant, which was why this woman had come to the Chu family's place so early in the morning.

He didn't care about the Chu family's dowry shop!

Upon hearing this, Mei Niang ignored Sheng Lingtian and instead looked at Chu Shi.

Only after seeing Madam Chu nod did Meiniang sway her hips and walk out...

Are you alright?

Sheng Lingtian looked Chu up and down, and seeing that Chu did not seem to be injured, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's nothing! What could be wrong with me? What happened?"

Chu pretended to be stupid.

Sheng Lingtian stared at Chu Shi for a while, and seeing that Chu Shi's expression was normal, he asked in confusion:

"The General's mansion is haunted today! Hasn't the Madam heard a thing here?"

"What? Evil spirits? Today isn't Ghost Festival, what kind of evil spirits are you talking about?" Madam Chu still pretended to be confused.

Seeing this, Sheng Lingtian didn't say anything more.

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