Qing Wu pinched Madam Luo with one hand and snatched the bronze mirror from her hand with the other.
Lowering her eyes, she met the original owner's tear-streaked, wronged ghost eyes.
She immediately found it too disgusting to look at.
"You're really something!" she cursed.
She was given a chance to get revenge herself, but after only half a night, she was captured.
The Judge's Brush let out a surprised sound, "Can this bronze mirror eat ghosts? Besides Yun Qingwu, there are so many ghosts hidden inside?"
"Madam Luo used her own essence blood to open the mirror, wanting to release these ghosts to kill you. Is her brain full of holes?"
"Using this kind of evil object costs lifespan every time!"
Qing Wu's face was full of mockery as she muttered to herself, "Yeah, using her own lifespan to release ghosts to harm people, even a pig wouldn't be this stupid."
Madam Luo's eyes widened in disbelief; she wanted to say it was impossible.
Seeing this, Qing Wu became even more amused.
"Hahaha, this idiot really didn't know."
"Was she sold and didn't even realize it?" Qing Wu tasted a hint of something, "Let me guess, was it that Demonic Daoist Wushuang who gave you this mirror? Or Wuji?"
Madam Luo's lips trembled violently. She was too shocked to speak, but her reaction already gave Qing Wu the answer.
Qing Wu sneered inwardly, and a doubt in her heart was resolved.
The Judge's Brush said, "The ghosts in this mirror are full of hatred towards Madam Luo and the people around her. It seems Madam Luo killed them!"
"Those two demonic daoists and Madam Luo must have colluded long ago. When they gave Madam Luo this mirror, weren't they planning to silence her!"
"Hahaha, this idiot, she thought they gave her this mirror for protection!"
Qing Wu's smile turned ice cold, and one sentence sent Madam Luo plunging into an ice cellar, "I'm really curious, how could an inner-court woman have so many human lives on her hands, and all of them children's lives."
Madam Luo's pupils trembled violently, as if struck by thunder, her voice shaking, "Wh-what do you know?"
Qing Wu didn't answer but smiled instead, "Didn't you want to use this mirror?"
"I'll teach you how it's supposed to be used."
As Qing Wu's voice fell, cracks spread across the bronze mirror in her hand.
Illusory shadows rushed out of the mirror one after another.
The moment Qing Wu let go, ghost hands took over and pinched Madam Luo.
She was deathly cold, and a scream escaped her lips, but soon, she couldn't even scream anymore.
Those ghostly shadows then madly crashed into the Steward and the other guards.
The red rope broke, and evil ghosts possessed them.
For a time, it was a dance of demons.
Lu Qiao and Hong Rui stood frozen, not daring to move. The two little girls who had been fighting fiercely now appeared weak, pitiful, and helpless.
Especially when they saw the Steward pulling out his own teeth one by one and then lunging to bite Madam Luo with his bloody mouth, their breathing almost stopped.
Seeing Qing Wu approach, both women subconsciously recoiled, then mustered their courage to speak:
"Pr-Princess Consort... he, they..."
Qing Wu blinked, "This spectacle, is it good to watch?"
Lu Qiao's face was deathly pale, and Hong Rui swallowed a mouthful of saliva, "V-very good." It just cost a lot of life.
"Do you want to see more clearly?"
The two women, after all, had some courage and couldn't resist their curiosity, so they nodded.
Qing Wu raised her hand and tapped the left eyelid of each of the two women, opening half of their Yin Yang Eyes.
She didn't open them completely, so as not to scare them to death the first time they saw ghosts.
Instantly.
The door to a new world opened before the two women's eyes.
They saw that Madam Luo and her group were all entwined with ghostly shadows, some on their backs, some wrapped around them. They couldn't see the appearance of these ghostly shadows clearly, only their forms.
They all looked to be the size of children.
The only one resembling an adult female ghost was attached to Madam Luo, tearing Madam Luo's hair out strand by strand.
"S-so many ghosts! Why do they all look like little ghosts?"
"Were they all trapped in the mirror before?"
Qing Wu hummed in agreement, "Mirrors can connect to the profound and the Netherworld, and they do have the effect of capturing and suppressing ghosts. However, that bronze mirror was refined into an evil object that eats ghosts."
"How can one drive an evil object without paying a price? Do you really think it's so easy to take advantage of evil spirits and ghosts."
Lu Qiao, looking both timid and bold, couldn't help but ask, "So Madam Luo is suffering a backlash now? Are these little ghosts obeying the Princess Consort and dealing with them?"
"The backlash is real, but I didn't tell them to act."
Qing Wu's voice was lazy, her eyes exceptionally cold, "Blood debt must be paid with blood. Whoever killed them naturally has to pay with their life."
Lu Qiao and Hong Rui's faces changed drastically.
There were probably hundreds of little ghosts in this courtyard, which meant Madam Luo and her group were responsible for hundreds of lives, all children?!
The two women immediately thought of a possibility, their blood boiling, wishing they could go up and slash Madam Luo a few times.
The most likely reason for so many children's lives to be involved was: flower snatchers!
But ordinary flower snatchers kidnap children for money, and Madam Luo was clearly not just after money!
"This woman deserves to die!"
"How could someone like this become a Minister's wife? Yun Houxing must also be involved!"
Hearing the name of Old Dog Yun, Qing Wu also remembered.
She clapped her hands, and the lively scene in the courtyard suddenly stopped.
Everyone present, human or not, looked at her uniformly. Lu Qiao and Hong Rui felt a chill run down their spines; the scene was too bizarre and terrifying.
Qing Wu beckoned to Madam Luo.
At this moment, Yun Qingwu possessed Madam Luo and walked over, her posture extremely respectful.
"Don't play favorites. How can you forget your closest relatives during such a lively event!" Qing Wu instructed with a serious expression, "Do you understand about sharing the spoils?"
Yun Qingwu nodded frantically, "Yes, yes, yes! It's my fault for being a ghost for the first time and not knowing the rules!"
Qing Wu waved her hand, "Go, these little ghosts are at your command. Continue the carnival, continue the dance!"
Whoosh~
The courtyard gate, which had been nailed shut from the outside, was directly smashed open. At this moment, the evil ghosts were released from their cage, and the Minister's Manor's lively event began!
Qing Wu was also overjoyed, hands behind her back, humming a little tune, "This whole manor's excitement, you brought it upon yourselves~"
You reap what you sow, so enjoy it thoroughly for your grandma!
Want to stop it? Not a chance!
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