Chapter 131 Demonstration and Retaliation

Gao Quan no longer concealed his intentions: "The fact that the Marquis is still alive and hasn't accused you of 'acting selfishly and falsely reporting a death' is already a relief. To save face for the Jin Fang Jun family, Your Highness, please return."

“You…” Mu Xi finally understood, but it was too late.

Shen Lun assessed the situation and turned to leave: "Let's go..."

Mu Xi was still unwilling to give up, and a breath stuck in her throat.

Mu Xun and Doctor Luo pulled people out together.

Even amidst countless turbulent waves, the situation is clearly stronger than people.

Mu Xi was half-carried and half-dragged out of the inner room.

As soon as he stepped out of the inner room and into the courtyard, Shen Lun stopped in his tracks: "Useless..."

"What do you mean it's useless? It's just that you're under a spell, isn't it?" Mu Xi exhaled a breath of turbid air. "Aren't you a famous shaman? Don't you have a way to break it?"

Shen Lun's expression grew increasingly grim: "That could be 'Yin Po Yu Shi' (陰魄驭尸), 'Chi Shi Zhong Gu' (赤尸冢蛊), or even 'Zhuang Tun Gu Jiao' (僵吞蛊騮)... In short, there are countless ways to write it, and any one or several combinations of them are extremely insidious. Not to mention that only the person who cast the spell can undo it, even if someone else gets even a little bit involved, it will be extremely dangerous."

Mu Xi saw the altar with flags and a table in the courtyard again, which was particularly glaring under the night sky.

Suddenly, he remembered that the white-robed immortal had mentioned before that performing such witchcraft required a large number of golden altars.

One can't help but ask, "What about destroying the altar?"

Shen Lun shook his head again: "Such evil magic cannot be performed by ordinary sorcerers, nor can it be accomplished by setting up an altar in a short time. It must have been set up for at least a hundred days. Judging from the effect tonight, it must have been set up in secret altars all around the Jun Mansion. It is not easy to destroy them in one fell swoop. But if only one or two altars are destroyed, the altars will be established. If we cooperate, we may suffer the consequences."

After all that talk, it turns out that witchcraft is inferior to that of evil sorcerers.

Mu Xi rolled her eyes inwardly, and at this moment she felt sorry for her scumbag father, Mu Zhen: "So, are you just going to watch the Marquis become a 'living dead'?"

After all, "the dead should be respected."

In the latter half of his life, Jin Fangjun Muzhen devoted himself to restoring Dayan. He suffered from illness and was burdened by responsibility. Even in death, those people did not spare his corpse.

Shen Lun, however, had already regained his normal demeanor and even corrected, "To be precise, it should be called a 'Gu person'."

"What?" Mu Xi didn't hear clearly, or rather, didn't understand.

Shen Lun glanced at the guards standing in the corridor, his thoughts unreadable, but he replied aloud, "The living dead might be able to open their eyes, but they will never make a sound, much less have a pulse. Unless a curse is cast on the corpse... But even if the King of Yu sends a witch doctor or physician, they won't be able to find any clues, at least no one can determine that it's a dead person..."

"Is there really no way at all?" Mu Xi followed Shen Lun's gaze and looked at Gao Quan's personal guard.

Shen Lun sighed softly, "Alas, we've lost this round."

"Lost?" Mu Xi watched through the window as only Gao Shi and her brother Gao Quan remained in her scumbag father's inner room, along with...

wrong……

Mu Xi suddenly realized something and turned to ask Mu Xun, "Where is Mu Chong?"

Mu Xun paused, seemingly realizing something, but replied, "When we left the fire, I didn't let the West Courtyard know. I secretly sent them back to the courtyard. Bai Wei and Bai Ji should still be watching over them..."

"Quickly..." Before Mu Xun could finish speaking, Mu Xi had already rushed out of the inner courtyard and headed straight for her own east courtyard.

The original plan for Mu Chong tonight was to keep him under our supervision at all times.

Even if Mu Chong lost an arm or a leg, he would rather take the risk of taking responsibility.

Therefore, Mu Chong was not initially invited to the birthday banquet, but was instead asked to appear during the sword dance performance.

but……

Jin Fangjun Muzhen is critically ill. How could Madam Gao not be in a hurry to let Mu Chong see his father one last time?

Unless the Gao family has made proper arrangements, they are bound to control the lord and bring him "back to life".

Once she controls Jin Fangjun Muzhen, a living dead man without free will, she can do whatever she wants in the future.

Even the position of heir apparent can be pursued gradually.

More likely, taking advantage of this opportunity, Gao Quan seized the chance and rescued Mu Chong from their clutches...

Whoosh...

Mu Xi led her group on a hurried journey, her thoughts becoming increasingly clear.

When they arrived at Mu Xun's courtyard next to the East Courtyard, it was pitch black inside and there was not a sound.

Mu Xun stood in front of Mu Xi and took out a tinderbox to put inside.

"Ah..." Tao'er screamed.

Inside the room, where the lights were on, the bodies of Bai Wei and Bai Ji lay in a pool of blood.

Apart from that, Mu Chong was nowhere to be seen.

It was too late; Mu Chong must have been rescued by the Gao family.

The divine physician Luo, who followed later, also witnessed this scene and hurriedly went to check on it.

As soon as Doctor Luo entered, Mu Xun immediately realized something and turned to leave.

Mu Xi didn't have time to ask Mu Xun where he was going, and could only cling to her last hope as she asked Doctor Luo, "Are they...are they still...?"

"They're both dead, killed with a single blow. What a swift technique." Doctor Luo diagnosed them with a single touch to their necks.

If you're going to save someone, why kill two maids?

This is clearly a demonstration combined with retaliation.

"Ah, Bao Fan..." Mu Xi had just thought of it when she remembered something else and quickly ordered Cao Pan'er, Tao'er, and Zhe Lan, "Have you seen Bao Fan? Go find him quickly..."

"No..." The group shook their heads and dispersed, searching for other rooms.

These days, since Mu Chong has been kept in the courtyard, Bao Fan has found a proper job.

Whenever Bai Wei and Bai Ji were unable to attend to each other, Bao Fan would accompany Mu Chong to eat, drink, and play, serving as both companion and guard.

They all have tasks to do tonight, except for Bao Fan, who is free. If he's bored, he'll probably go looking for Mu Chong.

Mu Xi searched all over Mu Xun's courtyard but couldn't find him. Just as she was about to turn around and go back to her own east courtyard, she bumped into Mu Xun again.

Mu Xun's face was more ashen than ever before: "They're all dead..."

"Who? Who else is dead?" Mu Xi was shocked.

Mu Xun's eyes remained calm, unusually calm: "The guards, both inside and outside the courtyard, have all been killed by them without a sound."

"Baofan, have you seen Baofan?" Mu Xi thought of Baofan again and turned to go back to the East Courtyard.

Mu Xun immediately followed up: "Bao Fan isn't here, and nowhere is safe now."

The two returned to the East Courtyard together.

The East Courtyard was also completely silent.

Upon entering the outer hall of the inner room, Bao Fan was lying diagonally by the door, with a box of pastries spilled beside him.

Mu Xi didn't see any external injuries at first glance, and stepped forward to check his breathing: "He's not dead, he's not dead..."

At this moment, Doctor Luo and Cao Pan'er and the others also came over.

"Dr. Luo, quickly check on Baofan, he's still breathing." Mu Xi felt fortunate that there was still one living person.

Mu Xun entered the inner room, and then a voice came from inside: "The inner room has been ransacked..."