The blood mist originated from the cold palace.

From a very long distance away, the shrill cries of countless women could be heard from afar.

In addition, within the imperial city, the sound of women crying could also be heard coming from the wells.

The Imperial Palace had always been the dirtiest and most dangerous place in the world. Living in the deep palace was not easy, and countless concubines, noble ladies, and palace maids had either died of old age in the cold palace or fallen into a deep well for unknown reasons.

The city of Haojing has gone through eighteen dynasties.

This imperial city has also experienced eighteen changes of regimes.

Just take the fact that Dayin has been established for 1,800 years. The number of palace maids who died in the cold palace or in deep wells, regardless of their status, is more than 100,000.

The inexplicable force stirred up the evil, foul, yin and murderous spirits that had accumulated in the imperial city for countless years. The bloody cold fog swept towards the lakeside like an overwhelming force. Wherever it passed, the Buddha statues collapsed and the statues of gods fell to pieces.

In the lake, in the Xianyu Pavilion, Qi Lu, Liu Wu, Anlefang Ling He Jun, Liu Wu's seven brothers-in-law, sisters, and a group of elders from Liujiazhuang, in short, all those who had been associated with the female ghost whose identity had been exposed in the previous haunted incident, were all locked up in the Xianyu Pavilion.

They saw the bloody cold fog sweeping in, and they screamed in fear. They leaned out of the window, waving and roaring towards the lake.

Especially He Jun, who looked pale and weak, and who knew where he got the strength from, he jumped three feet high, and his high-pitched voice was clearly heard by the shore: "I am loyal to Dayin, and my loyalty is clear to all. If I die here tonight, it would be cruel to kill me without warning!"

"I have made great contributions to Dayin!"

"I am loyal to the emperor!"

"I cannot die here...I am unwilling to accept this!"

He Jun screamed, "Why? Why?"

As the bloody cold fog rolled over, He Jun's cries gradually became a little panicked: "Yes, I have a stake in the human tooth industry... but who hasn't done this? Who doesn't do this?"

"It's not just me. There are more than a hundred largest pawnbrokers in Gaojing City, and they sell millions of slaves and maids every year... Am I the only one? All the officials in the court have a share too!"

Yinyuan wrapped his fur coat tightly around himself and moved closer to Lu Yi.

He was so scared that his face turned pale, but when he heard He Jun's crying, he was still in the mood to say something naughty: "All the nobles in the court have been involved in the human trafficking... But you are the only one who is unlucky. You sold a green bird and someone came to your door."

"Ah, it turns out that he is unlucky. The Anlefang commander must be replaced!"

Yinyuan was smiling quite happily.

He Jun was a typical disciple of culture and education, a standard scholarly gentleman, and especially close to the Bai family. He was the type of official that Yinyuan disliked the most.

Whether He Jun is a good person or a bad person.

Anyway, officials who are not to Yinyuan's liking will die, which is pleasing to the eye... Well, he can still make good use of it. He will be a powerful second-rank official in the market town. Tsk, if this position can be sold, it is still quite valuable.

However, a second-rank ward commander with real power is different from those honorary positions. If one wants to appoint such an official, one has to give the empress dowager a share, otherwise the appointment will not be approved.

Yinyuan glanced at Lewu.

The ghost energy attacked him in front of him, and at the critical moment, Le Wu also had a telepathic thought and glanced at Yin Yuan.

The two looked at each other deeply, and Yinyuan made a "seven three" gesture.

Le Wu shook his head firmly, stretched out his hands, and made a "five-five" gesture.

Yin Yuan hesitated for a moment, then nodded and pointed at Le Wu, meaning that a 50-50 split was fine, but Le Wu had to make a certain contribution.

Le Wu glanced at the row of young men in armor behind him and blinked at Le Shan.

Le Shan picked up a strong bow with an expressionless face, lifted the curtain and walked out.

Yin Yuan and Le Wu smiled at each other, with a tacit understanding in their hearts.

Very good, even if those female ghosts failed to kill He Jun, our Anlefang Ling is dead tonight. With Le Shan, the youngest generation of the Le family, personally taking action, a mere civil servant who is powerless will surely die.

Alas, poor gentleman of culture and education!

But, then again, if He Jun was really a gentleman, would he be visited by a female ghost?

Therefore, Yinyuan and Lewu did not feel the slightest bit of guilt for "unjustly killing a loyal minister" - He Jun was obviously not a gentleman, and killing him would be a way to eliminate a traitor for the country!

Lu Yi was standing next to Yin Yuan and saw Yin Yuan and Le Wu flirting with each other.
In the blink of an eye, the two men completed a dirty and bloody deal. Lu Yi and the people nearby, except for the silent Yu Sandou who raised his eyebrow and the kind-faced Yu Changle who grinned, even the Queen Mother was unaware of it.

All of Le's attention was focused on the blood-colored mist that was rapidly sweeping across the lake.

She grabbed a tall maid beside her and said in a hoarse voice, "Here she comes, here she comes. I shouldn't have spared the life of Concubine Qi, that bitch... She bewitched the king when she was alive, and even after her death she wanted to cause chaos in the world... She is truly..."

Gritting her teeth, Le said sternly, "She must have killed her entire family. Otherwise, I will definitely wipe out her entire clan, considering her viciousness in causing chaos in the country after she turned into a ghost!"

Outside the curtain, the monks and Taoists standing beside the Buddha statues and deities stared at the rapidly approaching blood mist with dull expressions.

Some monks and Taoists were so frightened that they were frozen, their minds were blank, and they had no idea what to do.

Some monks and Taoists still had some concentration. They chanted various scriptures and mantras over and over again, holding various Buddhist beads, bells and other magical instruments, and waving them towards the blood mist, but it had no effect at all.

Some monks and Taoists were experienced. They took off their cassocks and Taoist robes, threw them away, and then turned around and left.

Many of these monks and Taoists who escaped actually had very good cultivation levels. Peiyuan Realm was the mainstream, and there were quite a few in Tuomai Realm as well.

They displayed various unique martial arts skills such as crossing the river with a reed, chasing away cicadas in eight steps, turning over like a lazy donkey and rolling like a turtle. In a few "shuas, shuas, shuas", they quickly flew far away, leaving the Buddha and god statues and were about to rush into the woods behind.

"How dare you barge into the Imperial City?"

A gruff voice rang out from the woods: "The general has ordered that if you masters cannot liberate those ghosts, you should return to your positions!"

The sound of rapid clappers rang out, and in the woods, countless imperial guards drew their bows and shot arrows. The dense arrows were like a violent storm, sweeping across the lakeshore that was more than ten miles long in an instant.

The religious community of Haojing encountered a bloody disaster today. Countless masters who held great status and weight in the hearts of the common people screamed in agony and were shot to death on the spot by dense rain of arrows.

King Yinqi of Lancang came out from nowhere. He clearly knew Lu Yi's special identity. He rushed to Lu Yi and leaned against him tightly.

He was also wearing an extremely thick fur coat, and together with Yin Yuan, they were like two furry bears, leaning on Lu Yi, one on the left and one on the right.

"Lu Yu, you have protected me well today, I will not let you down in any benefits..." Yinqi tightly held the lotus secret treasure snatched from Liu Wu, and tremblingly promised Lu Yu all kinds of benefits.

When the blood-colored mist rushed from the direction of the cold palace and was still twenty or thirty miles away from the Fish-Watching Terrace, Yinqi promised Lu Yi ten thousand acres of fertile land in a seventh-grade market in the city of Haojing.

When the blood-colored mist was only a dozen miles away from the Fish-Watching Terrace, streams of blood rushed out from deep wells, and the entire imperial city was echoing with the shrill cries of countless women.

Yinqi's reward price was 100,000 acres of fertile farmland, several tea mountains, etc.

When the blood-colored fog approached the Fish-Watching Terrace within ten miles, the Taoists on the rafts on the lake fell to the ground one after another, their bodies frozen by thick ice crystals. The monks on the pier also had blood gushing out of their seven orifices and quickly turned into mummies and fell to the ground. Yinqi, who was trembling with fear, offered Lu Yi a million acres of fertile land and a mansion in Wuyinfang.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The air was extremely cold, and green light flashed in Lu Yi's eyes. He clearly saw countless blood-red lights that were invisible to ordinary people covering half of the imperial city. The terrible cold air hit the Buddha statues and gods, which continued to emit low roars.

Those Buddha statues and god statues are really mysterious.

Many of the seemingly gray Buddha statues and gods, which are just ordinary wood carvings and clay statues, have a faint, moist glow emanating from them.

These lights and the blood-red cold mist collided with each other, continuously splashing out brilliant flames like fireworks.

The monks and Taoists who were sitting cross-legged near the Buddha and god statues were all surrounded by water-wave-like light. The blood-colored mist could not invade their bodies for a while, so they were temporarily safe.

Some Buddha statues and deities are inlaid with gold and jade, while some are completely forged with precious materials such as gold, silver and gemstones. Although the materials are expensive, they have no spirituality at all.

As the blood-colored mist rushed in, the Buddha statues and god statues either cracked or shattered, and some even melted like candles in fire.

No matter how the monks and Taoists nearby chanted scriptures, chanted spells, or waved various magical instruments, they were washed away by the bloody cold fog and turned into mummies and fell down.

Graceful translucent figures emerged on the lake.

At first glance, there were at least thousands of bloody figures looming in the fog.

Concubine Qi's clear and sweet voice came from afar: "Sister, you have arranged a great event... You asked me to come out today, so I came out... Hee, we haven't had a heart-to-heart talk as sisters for more than ten years."

"Ah, when the emperor was still alive, sister was so close to me... I didn't expect that the emperor had just had an accident and you had just sat on the throne of the empress dowager, and you immediately turned hostile..."

"I don't blame the emperor. He has been kind to me. I will remember his kindness to me for the rest of my life."

"He got into trouble for the sake of his ambitions. I don't blame him. I feel bad for him."

"But you... old bitch surnamed Le, how do you want to die?"

Concubine Qi suddenly changed her tone and started cursing at the Queen Mother like a shrew.