But the evidence was overwhelming. Regardless of whether he was framed or not, she had to write a letter, summon him to meet, and inquire about the situation.
However, what she didn't expect was that it was an ordinary summons four days later that revealed a huge conspiracy!
Back to the present moment——
Even if the rebels did not mention Qi Qingyun at all, he would still not be able to escape imprisonment with Long Aojun's testimony.
The empress was grateful for the Qi family's generations of loyalty and devotion to the country, so she ordered that Qi Qingyun should not be tortured until there was sufficient evidence. Even the sky prison where he was imprisoned was covered with blankets.
The Qi family was grateful for the emperor's grace, and they handed over the tiger talisman and donated 70% of their family property to fill the national treasury to show their loyalty.
It wasn't that they were making a big deal out of nothing; on the contrary, it was the smartest thing to do. After all, no matter who was accused of "rebellion," they would be punished with death. The only difference was whether or not the entire clan was implicated.
For a time, the entire Qi family was in a panic and closed their doors to visitors.
Fortunately, the annual auction will be held in three days, and all the royal nobles and famous families in the entire continent will appear at that time, so the matter of the Qi family was temporarily suppressed and should not be known to outsiders.
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Shen Wuyou was still leisurely staying in the secret room, waiting for Qi Qingyun to send him his cultivation.
She is different now. She can absorb as much cultivation as possible and then hide it so that no one can see her true strength.
She really likes the feeling of pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, especially when those tigers are big tigers that are deep-minded and very challenging!
It’s just a pity that Qi Qingyun never came again.
Bai Yumo asked the ghost general to tell her that Qi Qingyun had been taken to the Heavenly Prison. Furthermore, through Long Aojun's efforts over the past few days, they had successfully captured all of Qi Qingyun's informants and discovered dozens of secret passages!
The secret passages are hidden and interconnected, stretching from the moat all the way to the foot of the imperial city. Such a large project would take more than ten years to complete.
This is not all, what is even more incredible and terrifying is that -
When the Crown Princess sent people to destroy the secret passage, they unexpectedly found neatly arranged corpse puppets in the underground caves of the secret passage!
Judging from the clothes of those corpse puppets, they are of different ranks and statuses, but from the worn-out clothes, it can be determined that these are the people of the Phoenix Power Kingdom.
Some died of natural causes and were secretly dug up after being buried, while others died in horrific ways, with horrific appearances. However, they all had one thing in common:
There is an evil aura emanating from his whole body!
Bai Yumo initially speculated that these people were being controlled by evil thoughts. If the evil thoughts had not dissipated before death, they would be controlled by the evil thoughts after death, transforming into soulless weapons—corpse puppets.
They are investigating step by step, but the more they investigate, the more frightening it becomes!
There are so many corpse puppets that they are spread all over the imperial city!
Moreover, because these corpse puppets had high cultivation levels when they were alive, they were controlled by evil thoughts after death, making them even more difficult to deal with.
Some soldiers were frightened by the scene as soon as they went down, and the fear in them just became the food to awaken the zombies, so a small-scale zombie riot occurred, causing considerable casualties.
Given the large number of them and the great threat they pose, they had to fight quickly and decisively, so they brought Ling Wangqing along to help them subdue the corpse puppets.
As for Shen Wuyou...
According to Bai Yumo, they had just met outsiders and discovered that Qi Qingyun had spread the news of the appearance of the Manjushage demon to various countries a month ago, and vaguely revealed that the finale item of the Shengtian Auction of the Phoenix Power Country was the Manjushage demon!
This shows that Qi Qingyun had planned to deliberately lure them here, and even predicted that he would be imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison, so he was calm and unhurried without any surprise.
His cunning may be deeper than they imagined.
And there will definitely be some of his subordinates who slip through the net and continue to carry out his flawless plan.
So Shen Wuyou can't go anywhere now. Once he goes out, he will be eaten alive by those who come from all directions after hearing the news!
Yan Qingli's suggestion was to have her perform a substitution on the day of the auction, replacing her with another flower demon with a scent and color similar to hers.
In this way, once the curtain opens and the aura of the substitute is released, knowledgeable people will recognize that it is a fake Lycoris radiata demon, and thus it will cause public resentment, and people will think that the auction is deliberately creating a gimmick to attract people.
In this way, not only will the rumors about Shenwuyou Manjushage be self-defeating, but the next time someone encounters such a similar aura, they will have a preconceived notion that this is another scam and will not believe it.
With so many stories about the boy who cried wolf, people naturally stopped thinking that there really were wolves on the mountain.
In response, Shen Wuyou said that she accepted the suggestion very comfortably.
Without saying a word, she asked Yan Qingli to take the storage ring she had placed on Long Aojun and contact Ye Yuetan who was far away in Changqing, and asked Poppy to travel light and rush over overnight.
So, two days later, as expected, one of Qi Qingyun's men who had escaped the net came to rescue her.
Shen Wuyou followed others leisurely, with a smile on his face and a relaxed expression. If you didn't know him, you would think he was going on vacation!
Although there was a small incident during this period, someone met with her before those fish, talked to her, and discussed some deals...
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Two more days passed.
Shengtian Auction is a legal business supported by the state, so the venue is an open-air circular sales hall built with gold bricks and jade.
How extravagant and lavish is the Phoenix Power Kingdom?
Even the drinks and food prepared for the guests were made of fine wines and delicacies from land and sea. The chopsticks were made of pure silver and carved with gold, the cushions were made of tiger skin and mink fur, and the tea cups and plates were made of Hetian warm jade with gold edges.
Anyone who comes here will be amazed.
The demeanor of a great country!
It was cold at night, but because this huge store was surrounded by clusters of red phoenix divine fire, the overbearing warmth dispelled the cold wind.
It's very lively and bustling here, and it doesn't feel boring or cold at all.
Shen Wuyou was the last character to appear. She looked calm and even casual as she half-lying in the golden cage, and crossed her legs in an overly comfortable manner.
With one hand supporting his head and the other on his leg, he tapped the beat intermittently, his expression peaceful and comfortable, without the slightest sadness or tension.
Seeing this, the demons nearby couldn't help but ask:
"Hey, are you really not afraid at all?"
Her voice was pleasant, soft and dependent, with a hint of trembling worry and fear in it.
Shen Wuyou listened and slowly raised her eyelids. Her beautiful eyes were full of distraction, and she looked at her slowly with a lazy, cat-like gaze, and said leisurely:
"Can you escape?"
The demon looked at the chains on his wrists, ankles and neck and shook his head.
Shen Wuyou asked again: "Can you choose your own buyer?"
The demon shook his head again, his expression downcast.
Why would she be so uneasy if she could choose the buyer?
Shen Wuyou laughed as expected, then asked her, "Since you can't do anything and can't change anything, then what are you worried about?"
"Anyway, your fear is pointless, so why not relax a little?"
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