"Gah!"

After an extremely unpleasant bird cry, the vulture almost fell flat on the ground.

Lu Yu jumped off the bird's back trembling, and glared fiercely at the big vulture that was twisting its neck and glaring at him with the same fierceness.

From the northeast corner of Yushunfang, it is only about two hundred miles to fly to the imperial city.

Along the way, Lu Yi and the big bird were disgusted with each other, and both had the urge to kill each other.

Lu Yi complained that the mount was flying too bumpy, sometimes up and sometimes down, and flapping its wings and making strange noises, as if he, Lu Yi, was doing something to it. His internal organs were about to be shaken out. How could he have such an unreliable mount?

And what about this big vulture?

It wished it could use its big mouth like a butcher's hook to bite Lu Yi hard in the vital and fatal parts.

It had never carried such a heavy passenger in its life.

Alas, those little eunuchs in Jiuqu Garden are still better. Each of them is beautiful and pretty, and has a petite body, as if they are weak and boneless. Carrying them on the back is as light as a feather. It saves so much energy!

"This way, Lord Lu, this way." The young eunuch in purple robe smiled brightly, and easily jumped off the back of his big white crane. He gently patted the white crane's graceful long neck and exclaimed: "Lord Lu has a mighty aura, and he matches the temperament of this red-capped general perfectly!"

Lu Yi and the old vulture were both stunned, looked at each other, and turned their heads away at the same time, too lazy to pay attention to each other.

The northeast corner gate of the imperial city is the bridgehead of the canal bridge leading to Jiuqu Garden.

A long piece of purple brocade formed a windproof curtain beside the woods. More than two hundred tall and strong men, each holding seven or eight iron chains and leading a group of fat and strong mastiffs, were guarding outside the curtain.

There are more than a thousand fierce dogs, of quite complex breeds.

There were wolfhounds that were mixed with wild wolves, mastiffs of noble pedigree, greyhounds that were good at high speeds, and the oldest and most traditional native dogs. In addition, there were some exotic fierce dogs that had been carefully bred or had the blood of exotic beasts integrated into them, and Lu Yi could not recognize all of them.

But no matter what their height, weight, or size were, there were more than a thousand or nearly two thousand mastiffs, and they were all completely black, without even a single strand of colored hair.

The corners of Lu Yi's mouth twitched. He remembered the story that King Lan Cang boasted about at the palace banquet in Jiuqu Garden the day before yesterday, about how he used a mixture of black dog blood and boy's urine to severely injure a female ghost.

Black dogs are used to ward off evil spirits... There are nearly two thousand black dogs here. Are they preparing to draw blood on the spot?

In addition to these big men leading the fierce dogs, there were nearly 10,000 Yulin soldiers standing around the woods, who were over eight feet tall, wearing heavy armor and holding long spears and halberds.

What made Lu Yi speechless was that the weapons of these Yulin Army soldiers were all smeared with blood.

As the cold wind blew, the blood had frozen into blood ice.

Tsk…

I'm afraid this blood is all black dog blood?

The windproof curtain and the door curtain were opened, and the chubby Yu Changle poked his head out with a smile on his face.

"Hey, Lu Yi is here, come in, come in, have a few more cups of hot tea before you go. Your Majesty, I've been waiting anxiously."

Lu Yi hurriedly walked into the windproof curtain, and sure enough, in the brocade-circled curtain, Yin Yuan was wrapped in a thick silver bearskin coat and a thick high-top bearskin round hat. He was sitting on a brocade cushion and drinking tea, surrounded by a group of eunuchs and palace maids.

There were four huge braziers inside the curtain, with charcoal carved into the shapes of various exotic beasts burning red. There was not a single chill in the curtain, and one could even feel the oppressive heat of late spring.

Lu Yi hurriedly walked up and saluted Yin Yuan: "Your Majesty!"

Yin Yuan pointed to a brocade cushion beside him and said, "Sit down, Lu Yu, I have something to ask you!"

Lu Yi sat steadily on the brocade cushion, took the teacup handed to him by a young maid with a shy smile, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, if you have any questions, just ask."

Yin Yuan blinked rapidly and stretched out his voice: "This question is related to my safety tonight. You can't hide anything and must answer truthfully. Well, have some tea first."

Lu Yi's heart sank slightly. He quickly picked up the tea dregs and took a sip, then stood up and said, "Your Majesty, just ask me. I will tell you everything I know and will never hide anything."

Yin Yuan nodded in satisfaction: "Well, a few days ago, when you went to search the two coffin shops in Fengtiaofang, you shot and injured a female ghost... You told Luo Qingzhou that you were a virgin, and you used your virgin blood to smear the tip of the gun to severely injure the female ghost? Uh, drink tea, fill it up!"

The little palace maid hurriedly filled Lu Yi's cup with tea.

Lu Yi laughed dryly, took another big sip, and nodded, "Yes, yes, I did so. I smeared the tip of the spear with my own blood, so..."

Yinyuan's gaze became extremely subtle.

Inside the curtain, Yu Changle, the young eunuchs, the palace maids, and several heavily armored generals of the Yulin Army all looked at Lu Yi with strange expressions.

Yin Yuan took a sip of tea and pursed his lips: "So, now or not? Oh, don't stay there, drink tea, drink tea, this tea is good."

Lu Yi's face was slightly hot, and he laughed dryly: "Minister, it's still the same now."

He took another big sip, and the maid filled his glass again.

"It's settled!" Yin Yuan put down the teacup and clapped his hands excitedly: "I said, no matter how corrupt the social order is in our Great Yin, no matter how extravagant and licentious the nobles are, no matter how absurd and unruly the soldiers are, there really is not a single good person in such a huge capital, Haojing? Well, have some tea!"

Lu Yi drinks tea.

Yinyuan stood up and walked around the Jinxiu Cushion excitedly: "Oh, Lu Yu, I didn't misjudge you. Wow, the whole Gaojing, such a huge Gaojing! Fill up, have some tea."

Lu Yi drinks tea.

"There are 42 dukes' mansions at the beginning of the country, 26 dukes' mansions later, and 375 marquises in total, thousands of earls, viziers, and barons' mansions, plus so many princes' mansions and dukes' mansions of the royal family, and even the mansions of married princesses...Drink tea, drink tea. It's freezing in this cold weather, drink more."

Lu Yi drinks tea.

"Oh, yes, this also includes the Palace Guards and Imperial Guards that I can control. Hmm."

Lu Yi drinks tea.
"Let's not talk about the Palace Guard. I don't dare to bet whether Lao Yu and the others are virgins. Drink."

Lu Yi drinks tea.

"I have investigated the gangsters recruited by Shougongguan these past two days. As expected, none of them are clean! Hey, don't just stand there, drink."

Lu Yi drinks tea.

"Yulin Army... I never expected that more than a million Yulin Army would actually... I gave them military pay so that they could support their parents and families, not so that they could go whoring and gambling! Drink tea."

Lu Yi drinks tea.

"Haojing is so huge, with so many nobles, and the guards and soldiers I can command, but you are the only one I can use! Fill it up."

Lu Yi drank.

"I never expected it, I really never expected it, that I had secretly checked the bottom of the matter. Among all the princes', dukes', nobles' and other nobles' mansions that I mentioned before, among the direct and collateral clansmen who have reached the Tuomai realm, no, no, among the males over the age of thirteen, you are the only virgin! Drink more."

Lu Yi...

"I thought that in such a huge city like Gaojing, we could always pick a few people from the nobles' sons who could be used tonight! Oh, have some tea."

Lu Yi...

"I never expected this. It really disappoints me. I'm so disappointed! Well, let's have another drink."

Lu Yi shook the teacup in his hand and looked at Yin Yuan with a distorted face.

Is this a compliment to him?

Is this a compliment to him?

Also, his belly is a little bloated. No matter how good his martial arts skills are, or how magical his visualization diagram is, his belly is only this big!

"You are the one and only eccentric among all the noble families in Gaojing City! Have tea!"

Lu Yi took a sip.

Yin Yuan turned around, looked at Lu Yi with warm eyes, and said with a very happy smile: "Among so many nobles, you are the only one who has reached the Tuomai realm and is still a virgin! Have some tea... Oh, this pot is gone? Keep boiling!"

"There are so many noble children, but they are too young and not strong enough. What's the use of them?"

"Those who are older and have reached the level of expanding meridians are no longer virgins. What's the use of them?"

"Only you, Lu Yu, you are the only seedling in Gaojing City. From now on, you must keep it well, remember? You must keep yourself clean, and don't go to those places like brothels, flower boats, and half-closed doors."

Yin Yuan smiled brightly: "When you are older, I will help you choose a good princess from the royal family. Before that, you must keep yourself clean and keep what you should keep!"

The corners of Lu Yi's mouth twitched. He always felt that what Yin Yuan said was wrong!

"Your Majesty, you summoned me here today just to..." The boy Lu Yi pondered over Yin Yuan's words, but always felt that something was not right.

"Well, the Queen Mother has set up a big show tonight to catch ghosts." Yin Yuan's face twitched. He put his hands behind his back, looked up at the sky, and said faintly: "She catches ghosts, so let her catch ghosts. I guess she is too timid when the time comes, so she wants me to sit with her."

"What are you talking about? Use the energy of the Son of Heaven to help her suppress the evil creature!"

"I myself am trembling with fear. Do I have the aura of a Son of Heaven? I haven't noticed it. Can anyone of you see the aura of a Son of Heaven in me?"

Yin Yuan complained in a low voice: "I feel that she is thinking that if she can catch those female ghosts tonight, then the world will be at peace. If she fails to catch them, she wants her whole family to die together, right?"

Yu Changle coughed dryly: "Your Majesty!"

Yin Yuan shrugged his shoulders and curled his lips in disapproval: "So, tonight, Lu Yu, you are my personal bodyguard, don't leave me even a step. If there is a ghost, immediately escort me away."

"Well, drink tea, drink tea!" Yinyuan smiled and pointed at the teacup in Lu Yi's hand.

A pot of freshly brewed piping hot tea was served.

Lu Yi took a sip of tea.

Yin Yuan hurriedly ordered the maid next to him to fill Lu Yi's cup again, and then continued to persuade him: "Drink tea, drink tea. This tea is a wild mountain tea produced in the Daze Mountain in Nanmanzhou. It is quite rare and has the effect of strengthening the body. I drink it often, and the concubines in Jiuqu Garden all say that the effect is quite significant."

"Drink more, drink more. Here, there's a big pot. Drink it all."

Lu Yi looked at the teacup in his hand and felt a little uneasy. He looked at Yin Yuan and laughed dryly, "Such a big pot of tea? Your Majesty, this is..."

Yin Yuan looked at Lu Yu and said bluntly, "Drink more tea. If you feel something in your stomach, hold it in!"

"Come with me to the palace later. If you see a female ghost, you should give her a bath in front of you. The fresh and hot boy's urine is effective. The emperor's uncle has personally experienced it and it is obviously effective."

“There are still so many black dogs out there, ha!”

Yin Yuan looked at Lu Yu's gradually distorted face and said hurriedly, "Haha, it's just to be prepared for any eventuality... What if the female ghost is particularly fierce tonight and Black Dog Blood can't stand it?"

"My uncle has had dozens of jars of boy's urine prepared, but I think freshly prepared urine is more potent than pre-collected urine, right?"

Yinyuan smiled rather awkwardly.

Lu Yi also felt quite embarrassed.

If what Yinyuan said really happened, Lu Yi would have collapsed in the palace in front of countless nobles... This is unprecedented and probably won't happen again, right?

I don’t know how it will be recorded in history books.

The northeast corner gate of the imperial city slowly opened. Yinyuan looked at the open palace gate with a distorted face, sighed heavily, and then walked towards the palace gate dejectedly, like the leader of a defeated army.