Now let’s talk about our side.
There was a lot of space inside the paper cart shed, and four people could sit there, including me, Lady Magu, Zhu Xinglong, and Zhang Rong.
Zhu Xinglong seemed very excited to be able to sit with Magu, while Zhang Rong seemed a little silent.
Magu looked at us and asked me after a while, "Yang Tianyi, I am surprised that you can break the trap set by the ghosts this time. But I think it is unrealistic to break the trap with your level of Taoism. I want to know what method you used to break the trap?"
"Zhu Xinglong just said that the bodies of the ghost officials who died in the trap have disappeared. I want to know where those bodies have gone?"
My heart tightened. I didn't expect Magu to ask this question. I thought I had gotten around this issue with my vague explanation before I was trapped in the formation. I didn't expect Magu to still be thinking about it.
I thought about it and said to Magu, "Master Magu, I think everyone is an independent individual and has his or her own secrets. You just need to know that I broke the trap and saved the ghost officials under your command."
"As for what method I used, I think you don't need to ask. It's not that I don't want to tell you, but it's my own secret. So I don't want to say more."
Magu's thin eyebrows wrinkled slightly, and anger appeared on her pockmarked face.
"Yang Tianyi, is this how you talk to me? Don't forget where you are. This is the territory of the Netherworld's Gongyang Pavilion. And I am the owner of the Gongyang Pavilion. The ghost officials of the Gongyang Pavilion were trapped in the trap and died. Their bodies disappeared. I have to know why."
I didn't expect Magu to get angry with me. In my opinion, she has a pretty good temper.
But I still can't tell you about the red lacquered coffin.
The red lacquer coffin is a means of saving my life, but at the same time, the red lacquer coffin itself contains many secrets that I don’t want others to know.
I smiled bitterly and said, "Master Magu, please don't make it difficult for me. After all, I am helping the Support Pavilion. Besides, your daughter still needs my pure yang blood. I'm afraid it's not good for you to treat me like this."
After hearing what I said, Magu's face immediately drooped. She said angrily: "Yang Tianyi, you dare to threaten me?!"
Zhu Xinglong, who was standing by, saw Magu getting angry, and hurried to smooth things over for me, saying, "Ms. Magu, please don't be angry. Young Master Yang, he just made a slip of the tongue, a slip of the tongue... I don't think he meant it that way, don't you think, Young Master Yang?"
Zhu Xinglong touched my arm secretly.
He meant for me to say something nice about Magu.
I didn't listen to Zhu Xinglong. I slowly raised my head and said to Magu, "Master Magu, I'll say it again, that's my secret, I don't want outsiders to know it!"
My voice was low, full of seriousness and solemnity.
But what I didn’t expect was that after a moment, Magu actually shook her head and laughed.
"Not bad, not bad... Good boy, Yang Tianyi, although you are not Jiang Jiuzhen's apprentice, your personality is very similar to Jiang Jiuzhen. Even when facing someone you are no match for, you will not lose your aura."
"Okay, I won't ask about you then!"
Magu has given me a way out, I can't be shameless.
I quickly clasped my fists towards Magu and said, "Thank you, Master Magu, for your understanding."
Then I looked at Zhang Rong who was lowering his head, and said to Magu, "Oh, Master Magu, I actually have another important matter that I want you to know. This matter is related to the interests of the Gongyang Pavilion, and it is also related to you."
The smile on Magu's face faded
He stood up, looked at me seriously, and asked earnestly, "What's the matter?"
I didn't answer immediately. Instead, I took out a silencing talisman from my cloth bag and burned it.
In this way, the ghost officials outside will not be able to hear our conversation inside the paper cart shed.
At this time, Zhang Rong may have realized what I wanted to say.
He quickly stood up from his seat.
He knelt down before Magu and said in a trembling voice: "Master Magu, I am guilty, I am guilty. I joined them because I was bewitched by Zuo Weiran."
"But I swear, I have never done anything to let down the Gongyang Pavilion. I hope that Master Magu will forgive me and not punish me!..."
Magu was surprised by Zhang Rong's reaction.
Later, when Magu questioned him, Zhang Rong told her everything about Zuo Weiran and his plan.
What I didn’t expect was that Zhang Rong also revealed some secrets that I didn’t know.
It turns out that the Reward and Punishment Hall originally had a hall master, and that hall master was Feng Fei, a female ghost official. However, during another mission to punish ghosts, Feng Fei was besieged by ghosts and died.
And this matter is also related to Zuo Weiran.
"What? Feng Fei's death is related to Zuo Weiran?! ... Zuo Weiran, that bastard, actually wants to occupy the Gongyang Pavilion and seize my position as Pavilion Master!"
Magu was both shocked and angry.
A layer of dark energy appeared on her right hand, and she slammed it hard on the window frame of the paper cart. The body of the paper cart shook violently for a few times, and then it stopped after being damaged.
Outside, a ghost official asked respectfully, "Master, do you have anything to order?"
Magu tried her best to control her emotions and said in a low voice: "It's okay, keep going and return to the Offering Pavilion as soon as possible!"
"Yes, I obey your command!"
Then the paper horses and paper carts were on the road again, a little faster than before.
In fact, what I didn't know was that Lady Magu and Feng Fei, the former Palace Master of the Reward and Punishment Palace, had a very good relationship. Both of them were women and had a very good personal relationship. This was in the underworld. If they were in the world of the living, they could be called "besties."
It was because of Feng Fei's death that Magu became very irritable during that period. She not only killed many ghosts in the wasteland, but also issued many bans to the ghost officials in the Reward and Punishment Hall. This made many ghost officials in the Reward and Punishment Hall complain.
Seeing that Magu was in a very unstable mood, I hurriedly tried to comfort her, "Ms. Magu, it seems that Zuo Weiran was really responsible for Feng Fei's death. However, you are the head of the Gongyang Pavilion, and you need to consider everything for the Gongyang Pavilion."
"So, our top priority is to guard against Zuo Weiran."
"Otherwise, if Zuo Weiran really wants to overthrow the Gongyang Pavilion, then the entire Gongyang Pavilion will be in turmoil. It will also be very disadvantageous for you. After all, there are many ghosts in the wasteland. If there is no Gongyang Pavilion, then there will be trouble in the underworld."
Magu looked at me and her gloomy expression faded a little.
She said to me in a gentle voice: "Thank you, Yang Tianyi, you are right. As the head of the Gongyang Pavilion, I really cannot act on impulse."
At this time, Zhang Rong, who was trembling with fear, spoke again: "Master Magu, in fact, the four captains of our Reward and Punishment Hall have all surrendered to Zuo Weiran, and he has issued a sound transmission tool to each of us. Just now, he sent me a message saying that in three days, he will lead the ghost officials of the Reward and Punishment Hall to attack the Offering Pavilion!"
"He also told me to cooperate with him, and then he would give you... give you a heavy blow!"
This news was shocking. There were many ghost officials in the Gongyang Pavilion. If they really turned against the Gongyang Pavilion, it would be a disaster for the Gongyang Pavilion.
It was a big disaster.
There was an undisguised murderous intent in Magu's eyes.
She said angrily, "Damn it, Zuo Weiran has been following me for decades, but he has always had ulterior motives, and I never noticed. He is really a sinister guy."
Indeed, Zuo Weiran really has ulterior motives.
"Oh my God, Master Zuo, no... Zuo Weiran actually wanted to overthrow the Gongyang Pavilion and kill the Pavilion Master. This... This is simply treason. The Pavilion Master is an official of the underworld. If he does this, he is betraying the underworld!"
"No, no, Master Magu, we can't let Zuo Weiran succeed. If that happens, our Gongyang Pavilion will be in trouble!"
Zhu Xinglong said urgently.
I noticed a layer of cold sweat on his forehead. He was really a bit timid.
"Lady Magu, do you have any countermeasures?" I asked.
Magu showed a sly smile on her face, and she slowly said: "Zuo Weiran is not worth mentioning in my eyes. He wants to overthrow the Gongyang Pavilion, which is just a stupid act. The Gongyang Pavilion is the tenth station in the underworld. He thinks that he can really overthrow the Gongyang Pavilion with the power of a few hundred ghost officials! Humph, that's impossible!"
Hearing what Lady Magu said, it shows that she is very confident in dealing with Zuo Weiran.
After several hours, the paper cart finally returned to the offering pavilion.
Magu invited me, Zhu Xinglong and Zhang Rong to go into a closed space on the second floor of the offering pavilion.
The house number of that space is "34". The space is not big, but a very mysterious method is required to open the space.
The space was filled with a whitish air, similar to mist, colorless and odorless.
As soon as she entered the space, Magu took out a porcelain bottle from her hand, and then she poured out two pills from the bottle.
The two pills were purple-red in color and gave off a rancid smell.
Seeing that the three of us were staring at the pill, Magu explained, "This is called the Evil Corruption Pill, a poison pill. Once a person takes it, within a month, if there is no antidote, the body will fester, stink, and die. And when the poison takes effect, the body will sometimes feel like freezing, and sometimes feel like burning. In short, it is extremely painful."
After listening to Magu's introduction, Zhu Xinglong and Zhang Rong's expressions changed.
Even I think that the "Evil Corruption Pill" is too poisonous!
Before Zhu Xinglong and Zhang Rong could react, Magu shook her palm, and the two evil and corrupt pills, wrapped in the dark energy, flew towards Zhu Xinglong and Zhang Rong.
Under the panicked gaze of the two men, the Corruption Pill fell lightly into their hands.
Magu chuckled and said, "You two are also ghost officials and members of my Gongyang Pavilion, but I don't trust you. Now the Evil Corruption Pill is here. As long as you swallow the Evil Corruption Pill, you will be considered my real people, and I will believe you. Otherwise, I will kill you directly!"
"But don't worry, I have a lot of antidotes for this Corruption Pill. As long as you work hard for me, I won't treat you unfairly. I will give you the antidote every month. And if you perform well, I don't mind helping you completely eliminate the toxicity of the Corruption Pill!"
After hearing what Magu said, I was a little surprised, thinking that this old woman was indeed cruel enough. However, I was also secretly glad that I was not from the Gongyang Pavilion and had no interest in anything with Magu and Zuo Weiran.
Otherwise, I'm afraid I will inevitably get a Corruption Pill.
"Okay, both of you think carefully. Do you want to swallow the 'Evil Corruption Pill' and completely submit to me, or do you want me to kill you right now?! ... ... I'll give you two one minute."
(to be continued)
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