The arrogant imperial concubine arrives, the favorite of the regent

It had already gotten dark, and Liu Wu, with a gloomy face, personally led people to search near the eastern city gate, trying to find the missing head.

He didn't want to show up in person to look for a mere head, but his subordinates had been searching for so long and couldn't find a complete body, so he, as a new official, had to make some gesture. Moreover, the emperor was watching him. If his subordinates didn't do their job well, would they have a good ending? The left prime minister Yun Boliang, the former junior official of the Dali Temple Xu Houshan, the captain of the Dragon Staff Guard Zhao Guang, and other people were all tragic examples before our eyes.

Liu Wuzheng didn't dare to think too much about the tragic plight of his predecessors. He just tried his best to tell himself that he must do what the emperor ordered. At least the most important thing he should do now is to find the intact body first.

Liu Wu was the emperor's man, so he naturally knew the true identity of the corpse. The reason why he wanted to find the head was, firstly, to pretend that they did not know the deceased, and secondly, to piece together a complete corpse to facilitate finding more clues to the incident, especially to explore the current situation of the ninth level of the underworld.

It’s a pity that Liu Wuzheng and his group of imperial guards still couldn’t find anything!

What a hell!

In fact, there is nothing wrong with the expression "seeing a ghost". It is actually a very appropriate expression.

That’s right, what they “encountered” was a ghost, wasn’t it? Nether Nine Layers had always been known as a ghost or a demon in the martial arts world.

As the sky darkened, a figure flashed past the eastern gate of the capital...

The city gates had been closed by then, and soldiers were patrolling the city walls and the gates. Outside the capital, teams led by the emperor and Biluo were dispatched in the four directions of southeast, northwest, and northeast. The search in the deep mountains east of the capital was the most severe.

The emperor and others did not leak the location of the Underworld Palace to the common people. After all, the important clue that the Underworld Palace was located in the east outside the capital was only known to the emperor and some people in Biluo.

Moreover, they only knew a rough location. If they really investigated in detail, the possibility of finding out the specific location of the Underworld Palace stronghold was very slim.

As for asking other people for help?

It’s impossible.

The spy who had given the Dragon Staff Guards some clues about the route to the Underworld Palace had long been dead.

That night, several Dragon Staff Guards who had managed to survive the clutches of Nether Nine, several Blue Sky Killers, and several killers from other factions joined together and called for corresponding reinforcements. They circled in the mountains all day, and once again began searching near the deep mountain where Nether Nine was first discovered.

That night, the moon was hidden behind the clouds, and the mountain was shrouded in mist in the deep and dense forest.

Zhao Guang led a team, holding torches, and searched for a long time, and finally made a discovery.

Whether it was a surprise or a shock, only they themselves knew better.

...

Early the next morning, after Yun Mujiu woke up, he first thought of Ye Xiaohan who had not returned yet, and then thought of the Netherworld Nine Layers whose whereabouts were unknown.

There has been no new news from Xiang Gen, but outside, news is still circulating that something might have happened to the Netherworld Ninth Layer.

Yun Mujiu knew that the news that the Netherworld Nineth Layer might be attacked was originally known to only a few people, but now it is known to the whole city. She didn't believe that there was no one behind the scenes to promote the spread of the news.

Suixi asked: "Princess, who leaked the news? The Emperor?"

Yun Mujiu shook his head: "It can't be the emperor and others. Even if they succeeded in their sneak attack on the Netherworld Ninth Layer, it doesn't matter. It's not certain whether the Ninth Layer is completely in trouble. They dare not celebrate in advance."

The emperor and Biluo's gang would not open champagne at halftime. Nether Nine was not dead yet, so how could they dare to make a hasty conclusion?

Suixi asked again: "Who could that be?"

Yun Mujiu thought for a moment and replied, "It is the Ninth Layer of the Netherworld."

Sui Xi was surprised, but Yun Mujiu said calmly: "Even if it wasn't spread by the Ninth Layer of the Netherworld, it was spread by people from the Mushi Jiuyou Pavilion or the Nether Palace." In short, it must be related to the Ninth Layer of the Netherworld.

Mushi and Minggong took some actions to spread the news that Nether Nine Layers was about to be killed. In addition, there was a case where Mushi killed a killer in a tragic way. Yun Mujiu could basically conclude that Nether Nine Layers was still safe and sound. At least, he was not seriously injured and died, but was still able to manage things clearly and take some measures to fight back against the enemy.

Not long after, Yun Mujiu received new news from Xiang Gen.

Another farce occurred at the eastern gate of the capital.

A hideous head was hung high on the city wall at some point last night.

This practice is exactly the same as the last time the killer's body was hung.

The patrolling officers and soldiers were knocked unconscious again, and some of them only received some severe blows to the head but were not in danger of death. No one died.

And according to the examination by the coroner brought by Liu Wuzheng, the Chief Justice of Dali Temple, this time the head was exactly the head of the original corpse, and the marks of the wound matched perfectly.

At this point, Liu Wuzheng had nothing to hide and chose to announce the true identity of the deceased.

The deceased was a 28-year-old orphan from the capital, with no name but a nickname "Donkey Egg". More than three years ago, he entered the Mushi Jiuyou Pavilion and worked at the bottom of the society. Later, he was transferred to the Hades Palace, and there has been no news of this person's whereabouts in the world since then.

After listening to his subordinates' report, Yun Mujiu grasped two key points throughout the whole report. One was that the identity of the deceased was clear. The other was that the deceased was indeed a member of the Mushi Jiuyou Pavilion.

Somehow, Yun Mujiu felt as if he realized something, but he didn't have a clearer intuition to express it.

Before noon, new news came back from Xianggen again.

Rumor has it in the city that last night in the deep mountains east of the capital, the mixed team was basically wiped out. All the remnants who participated in the sneak attack on the Ninth Layer of the Netherworld were killed, and the reinforcements that came later were also basically wiped out. Only Zhao Guang was left with some Dragon Staff Guards and Imperial Guards who escaped in defeat.

As for those Jianghu people, especially Biluo's killer, they were all dead, and their deaths were miserable. It can be seen that they had experienced a great battle last night and how terrifying their opponents were.

However, these people had no obvious external injuries from weapons. Most of them just had bruises on their chests, as if they had been attacked by internal forces and suffered serious internal injuries.

What was even more terrifying was that most people had a bloody hole in their chests. Their hearts had been dug out alive. The marks didn't look like they were dug out with an instrument, but rather like they were dug out by hand.

Yun Mujiu couldn't help but be shocked when she heard this. Digging out a heart with bare hands reminded her of the mythical novels where monsters dug out human hearts and ate them.

How could someone dig out a person's heart with his bare hands? How powerful was this person's martial arts?

Yun Mujiu looked at the breakfast in front of him and instantly felt bored.

As I thought about it, the intuition in my mind became clearer...

Is it the Ninth Layer of the Netherworld? !