"Holy crap, how many people have been killed here?"
Seeing that the talisman on Qi Xiao's body had turned completely black, a young guard couldn't help but voice everyone's thoughts.
As everyone just saw, the talisman only turned gray on that veteran general who had been on the battlefield. That veteran general had killed hundreds of people on the battlefield!
The talisman on the Crown Prince Qi Xiao's body had turned completely black, which meant that the Crown Prince Qi Xiao had killed at least hundreds or thousands of people!
But the eldest prince was not a veteran of the battlefield, and those who died at his hands could not be blamed on the enemy.
Since they're not enemies...
Everyone had a terrible idea in mind.
They were all so frightened that they trembled all over.
The head guard reacted the fastest, shouting, "What are you all hesitating for? Let's take him down right now!"
After spitting out a mouthful of blood while standing on the roof, Qi Xiao felt much weaker, but the loyal bodyguard beside him still supported him.
"Go!" Qi Xiao pushed them aside and coldly ordered, "Go down and stop them!"
Without hesitation, those men jumped down and began fighting with the guards.
Seeing his appearance, Qi Sichen guessed that he must have a backup plan, so he reminded Lin Wanyue, "He probably wants to run away."
"Don't worry, godfather, he can't get away!" Lin Wanyue said with a confident smile.
Qi Xiao naturally heard their conversation as well. His lips twitched, and he tapped the ground with his toes, playing the flute again.
But this time the flute sound was very sharp.
"Wanwan, do you have any ideas?" Qi Sichen couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
Lin Wanyue did not answer him, but instead took out a small bell from her sleeve.
The seemingly unremarkable bell swayed slightly, but the sound couldn't even drown out the flute music played by Qi Xiao.
But with just that gentle touch, everyone felt a cool breeze blow by, taking away the last bit of heat from the summer night, and a faint coolness crept up from the soles of their feet.
Although the men Lin Yanping brought were not as skilled as the assassins under Qi Xiao, they had more people and more strength. After some effort, they managed to take care of all the men. Some were unwilling to surrender, while others had their jaws dislocated by the quick-witted guards, leaving them with no strength to commit suicide.
Qi Xiao, standing on the rooftop, suddenly changed his expression, because he realized that no matter how he played the flute, he couldn't bring out his final killing move.
After dealing with the assassins he had sent to cover the rear, the guards jumped onto the roof to capture him.
Qi Xiao also possessed some martial arts skills, but ever since he learned witchcraft at the age of sixteen or seventeen, he had become overly reliant on Gu worms and paid little attention to his fist and foot techniques, which gradually declined.
He was subdued by the guards in no time.
Qi Xiao struggled desperately, his head pressed against the bricks and tiles, his eyes filled with resentment as he stared at Lin Wanyue, "Why, why! Why didn't my Huan come!"
The others in the courtyard were also quite curious about this, but they didn't dare to ask directly. They just secretly glanced in Lin Wanyue's direction.
Now that the people have been caught, Lin Wanyue no longer needs to hide anything, so she simply explained frankly: "You used such cruel methods to take away their souls, which was really too vicious. I wanted to help my older brother accumulate some good karma, so I removed the evil energy from their bodies for you."
Upon hearing this, Qi Xiao felt his blood surge again, his eyes rolled back, and he fainted.
Lin Wanyue says she's helping him, but she's clearly harming him!
The reason why those poisonous creatures obeyed him was, of course, because he controlled those sinister and resentful energies.
Then, Lin Wanyue used the bell given to her by Uncle Black and White Impermanence to dispel all the ghostly energy. Naturally, the Gu worms that he had previously manipulated and controlled would no longer obey him.
Qi Xiao, the mastermind behind it all, has been captured and taken away. He will naturally face questioning from the Dali Temple.
However, after Qi Xiao collapsed, Consort Xiao, who had been expressionless, also collapsed on the pile of poisonous insects, her face pale and unresponsive.
Although Lin Wanyue had never had much affection for Xiao Yuehan, she didn't hate her to the point of wanting to kill her. Now, seeing her lying on the ground lifeless, she found herself in a dilemma.
Logically speaking, Xiao Yuehan should have died after consuming the poison that Xiao Yuehan prepared for Lin Wanyue.
However, Qi Xiao originally intended to turn Lin Wanyue into a corpse gu for his own use, but due to unforeseen circumstances, his mother, Xiao Yuehan, has instead become a corpse gu.
Although the person was dead, Xiao Yuehan's soul was trapped in this body. Therefore, the body could not sense that the person was dead and could still move freely with flexible limbs.
Just like Liu Shuhua, who had been lurking in the palace for many years.
So many people lived under the same roof as her, yet they never discovered that the taciturn Liu Shuhua had long since died and turned into a monster.
Lin Wanyue didn't know what to do with her, so she turned to her godfather Qi Sichen and asked, "Godfather, what should we do with her?"
“It is the father’s fault if the son is not taught. Now that my brother has passed away, we can’t go to the imperial mausoleum to settle accounts with him. This debt must be borne by her, the mother!” Qi Sichen said coldly.
Lin Wanyue couldn't help but speak up, "Godfather, is it really necessary to make this so serious? After all, she's a first-time mother. Even if she wanted to raise her son well, she probably doesn't have the ability. Please don't kill her."
Qi Sichen was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter, "Why does Wanwan think I'm the kind of person who kills indiscriminately? Don't worry, I won't kill her, I'm just going to let her go to the imperial mausoleum to fend for herself!"
Since Xiao Shuhua is already dead, even if she could still move around, sending her to the imperial mausoleum would be the best option.
The imperial mausoleum is also guarded by troops, and the area is sparsely populated, so any incidents can be suppressed immediately.
However, there were many people in the palace, including His Majesty, so Qi Sichen certainly dared not let such a monster remain in the palace.
If it were up to him, he would be more than happy to send all those freeloading concubines in the palace to the temple to pray for the late emperor's well-being.
Unfortunately, in order to show His Majesty's filial piety and virtue, some people still had to be left behind as mascots.
Knowing that Qi Sichen did not want to kill anyone, Lin Wanyue felt relieved and stopped paying attention to Consort Xiao.
She wasn't a diligent person, so naturally she had no interest in helping people break free from curses.
On the contrary, Hu Jiuyuan, who had come along, was very interested in the matter of Gu poison. He wandered around Qi Xiao's study several times and only found a hidden compartment in the wall, where he discovered some medicinal powders with different effects.
But nothing else was found.
Hu Jiuyuan was unwilling to give up, so he followed Qi Sichen, wanting to go and find out about Qi Xiao.
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