Nine Yin Sect, secret room.

The air cocoon rolled, Duan Fangyu curled up in it, humming softly.

On the altar, under the statue of the Nine Yin Ghost Mother, two blood-red embroidered shoes suddenly fell to the ground with a "click, click".

A cold female voice sounded faintly: "A useless man... He is actually dead? That Treasure Flame Yunxing Pill might as well be fed to the dogs."

The embroidered shoes flew up and landed next to Duan Fangyu.

A wisp of green smoke rose up, and a pair of extremely beautiful translucent eyes, which revealed a hint of evil and madness in their bones, slowly emerged in the green smoke, looking down at Duan Fangyu from above.

"The more handsome a man is, the more likely he is to lie. Haha, haha!"

"But, for now, we can still use them."

"If you don't have enough strength, you can make up for it with external things. Let me think, there seems to be something that I can use right now!"

An embroidered shoe rolled over, and a small jade bottle sprayed out from the shoe. The stopper at the mouth of the bottle flew out, and a thumb-sized drop of sticky black plasma slowly squirmed and slid down from the mouth of the bottle bit by bit.

The plasma fell into the air cocoon outside Duan Fangyu's body. The air cocoon instantly turned black, and then gradually merged into Duan Fangyu's body.

Duan Fangyu groaned in pain.

His body twitched slightly, and black and gold scales slowly emerged from beneath his fair skin. Soon his entire body was covered with scales, and a single horn slowly grew out from his forehead.

"Men are still unreliable."

Embroidered Shoes muttered in a low voice: "A woman, a woman, a woman with extreme resentment. Where can I find her?"

"Um?"

“I feel it.”

"Not far away, twisted, jealous, and filled with deep hatred... and pregnant?"

The two embroidered shoes tumbled and danced rapidly, and evil laughter filled the entire secret room: "What good material, what fun, huh?"

Wisps of green smoke flew out from the embroidered shoes, quickly outlining a large number of complex runes in the air.

A soft and graceful fairy sound came out from the rune, and the faint fairy sound set off a small whirlwind in the secret room. The green smoke rune flickered, and the void was torn apart bit by bit, and a small crack with a diameter of an inch appeared.

A snow-white jade flute with only a little bit of bright red at the mouthpiece flew out from the crack while being played by itself.

The embroidered shoes flew rapidly: "Hehe, sister, you are here?"

Yu Xiao spun in the air: "Here I come."

Yu Xiao's voice was extremely cold, revealing a sense of complete disregard for everything: "You, how are you doing?"

Just as Embroidered Shoes was about to speak, a hairpin with an exquisite shape and composed of seven beautiful and exotic flowers flew out from the small crack with a hint of blood.

"Hehehe, there's a man? Kill him!"

The hairpin with a strange flower, which had a wonderful texture, like jade but as transparent as glass, suddenly flew up, and the sharp point was aimed at Duan Fangyu in the air cocoon, and it turned into a streak of blood and fell straight down.

The embroidered shoes blocked the hairpin. With a muffled 'bang' sound, cold air spread out and the thick stone wall of the secret room cracked into thousands of tiny cracks.

"Little sister, listen to me."

The sound of embroidered shoes rang out faintly.

Three objects that exuded a cold and evil aura were put together, and a constant chirping sound was heard.

In the Jiuqu Garden, in broad daylight, in a large hall, in a white jade pool that could accommodate a hundred people bathing together, Yin Yuan and several of his favorite concubines were soaking comfortably in the boiling hot spring water.

While soaking in the hot springs and drinking fine wine, the palace maids around him kept stuffing various fruits produced in the greenhouses into their mouths.

Yin Yuan was so comfortable that he shivered all over: "Oh my, this is the life that an emperor should have... Going out to catch ghosts in the middle of the night, don't ask me to do this kind of thing again."

"Well, the weather is good, the country is peaceful and the people are safe. What else can I do except eat and drink?"

"Hey, Lao Yu, Lao Yu, the commander of Anlefang, have you negotiated the price with the general?"

Yu Changle quietly entered the hall, stood behind a curtain, and said with a soft smile: "Your Majesty, I have agreed on the price with the general, and now the general is looking for interested buyers all over the world."

Just as Yu Changle finished his words, a young eunuch in a purple robe rushed in carrying a delicate brass tube.

"Your Majesty, Lord Supervisor, this is the news from Lord Tianyang."

"You little monkeys, you are still so restless." Yu Changle glared at the little eunuch, grabbed the brass tube, took out the small paper roll inside, and unfolded it bit by bit.

"News about Lord Tianyang? What's going on?" Yin Yuan took a sip of wine and asked comfortably, "He hasn't been active these days. Has he caused any trouble for Bai Changkong?"
"Hey, I heard that Bai Changkong is marrying his granddaughter today. Didn't Yu Sandou list his granddaughter's name in the collection book a few days ago?"

"I also plan to have people spread the news of his granddaughter's pregnancy when her identity is verified."

"If Bai Changkong marries Bai Lu, how is Bai Changkong going to explain to me, the Queen Mother, and the world about the list of concubines?"

Yu Changle laughed and said, "Your Majesty, forget about letting Bai Lu enter the palace. The general probably accepted money from Bai Changkong, and Bai Lu's name has been changed to Bai Shuang, saying that she is Bai Changkong's distant niece."

Yin Yuan cursed.

There was a splash of water, and Yin Yuan stood up in a rage: "My uncle is really good at making trouble instead of doing good... Eh? Eh? He accepted money from Bai Changkong? Bai Changkong has money to make him change his words? This is not right, Bai Changkong is famous for being incorruptible..."

Yu Changle replied with a smile: "I heard that it was Bai Changkong who emptied the family fortune. After all, he has earned a lot of legal income from selling calligraphy, writing books, and lecturing over the years. He has several small manors in Yanzifang, Gaojing City, which are the fortunes he has accumulated through hard work over the years. He also mortgaged them to the pawnshop. All of this is well documented."

As he spoke, his pupils shrank slightly and he stared at the contents on the note.

After carefully reading the information on the note three times, Yu Changle slowly said, "Your Majesty, Luozhou Shepherd Wuyou is actually the leader of the Nine Yin Sect. He sneaked into the Yushunfang Investigation Office to assassinate Lu Yi, but was killed by Lu Yi. His head and the Nine Yin Sect Leader token were both seized by Lu Yi."

Yinyuan stood in the white jade pool and was stunned for a moment.

"What? What did you say?" Yin Yuan suddenly flew into a rage and slapped the white jade pool, causing a huge splash. "Send people to Luozhou, send people as quickly as possible, and arrest the entire Wuyou family. I want to execute them all... No, arrest them, torture them severely in Luozhou, and force them to confess!"

Yu Changle responded hurriedly, and with a wave of his hand, several young eunuchs ran out.

"In addition, Lu Yi may have found the place where Bai Changkong hid the stolen money - uh, the money that Bai Changkong sent to the General's Mansion a few days ago was transported from there."

Yu Changle's expression became extremely strange.

"Bai Changkong is very careful and his cultivation is unpredictable. We have many good stalkers in the Palace Guards, but they all suffered losses from him. Some of them lost him, some didn't find anything, or he simply disappeared without a trace."

"Lu Yu, is he relying on his physical skills to track down Bai Changkong himself?"

Yin Yuan shouted, "What did Lu Yi say?"

Yu Changle said in a deep voice: "He brought people with him, and was going to take out all his stolen money while Bai Changkong was holding the 'Xian Ju Yahe' ceremony for his granddaughter and had no time to take care of other things!"

Yin Yuan's eyes lit up and he laughed, "Great! Come on, change your clothes. I want to go and watch the fun."

With his cultivation level soaring, Lu Yi, who was in high spirits, put on the Palace Guard General's Mansion and covered himself with a large cloak with a dark purple background and silver Kunpeng pattern. He left three hundred elite guards to guard the backyard, and with a full set of ceremonial guards, the thirty-six divine generals and about two thousand guards came out in full force.

By the way, when Lu Yi was granted the title of Duke, the emperor granted him three thousand Yulin Army guards. On the day he went to Yushunfang to investigate the government office, the backyards of dozens of his neighbors were forcibly requisitioned by the Palace Guards.

Three thousand Yulin soldiers, along with three thousand Blood-hoofed Black Horses, have been stationed in the backyards of these neighbors for the past two days.

Most of these neighbors are officials. Who would be willing to give up their backyard to outsiders for settlement?

But Lu Yi is so powerful, who dares to disobey him?

The horse team galloped eastward along the street, passed Mo Yun Tower, and went directly onto the large stone bridge over the canal. Crossing the stone bridge was Wu Yinfang. The horse team turned north and ran along the street for less than a quarter of an hour before arriving at the home of the student that Bai Changkong had visited that day.

Zhao Yao, the supervisor of the Guanglu Temple, was a minor official of the eighth rank. In Haojing, there were so many minor officials like him that you didn't know how many you would step on with one step.

Zhao Yao has been working diligently in the Guanglu Temple for nearly thirty years.

With his qualifications, especially as Bai Changkong's disciple, there were many third and fourth rank officials among his fellow disciples in the court. As long as he made a little effort, he could easily be promoted to the sixth rank, or even the full sixth rank.

But Zhao Yao has been sitting in the position of supervisor honestly and dutifully over the years.

He never makes mistakes in any task assigned to him.

But don't ever expect Zhao Yao to take the initiative to do more.

Therefore, for thirty years, Zhao Yao has been an eighth-rank supervisor, and even his house is not his own property, but a public house rented from the Guanglu Temple.

Lu Yi's cavalry rushed to Zhao Yao's gate.

There was a cry of cranes in the sky, and a large group, at least three or four hundred huge white cranes spread their wings, flew over in an overwhelming manner, and then landed in a disorderly manner on the street next to the horse team.

Yin Yuan took the lead and jumped down from a white crane, and excitedly shouted to Lu Yi: "Lu Yi, stop talking nonsense, where is the money... no, where is the stolen money?"

Yinyuan was wearing casual clothes, rubbing his hands together, looking at Lu Yi with shining eyes.

It was because he was born handsome and strong. Otherwise, if he were given a torch and a big knife, this emperor would be no different from a bandit.

Seeing Yin Yuan like this, Lu Yi shook his head helplessly and waved his hand forward: "Go in and fight quickly and decisively. Don't give them a chance to resist or escape!"

With a loud roar, Ah Hu rushed out with the demon-subduing pestle.

Holding the demon-subduing pestle in both hands like a battering ram, Ah Hu hit the door of Zhao Yao's house hard. The whole door and the door frame, as well as the seven or eight feet long wall, were shattered. Broken bricks and tiles blasted into the front yard of Zhao Yao's house like a rainstorm.

A large group of palace guards and personal cavalry under Lu Yi whistled and rushed in with Ah Hu.

Suddenly seeing Ah Hu, Yin Yuan's eyes lit up, and he clapped his hands and exclaimed: "What a mighty man... But I wonder if he is still a virgin?"