Goddess Atlas, Starting from the Queen

Chapter 141 Fine, she'll go herself.
Such a major event had occurred in the capital, yet the Imperial Censor was in seclusion, which gave Mu Yongfeng a great headache.

Well, since the supervisor is in seclusion, we can only rely on the Zhenling Guards.

At this moment, Mu Yongfeng felt a little worried. This evil spirit was so ferocious, having slaughtered several villages in succession, that it was probably quite powerful.

This was the first time the Zhenling Guard had encountered an evil spirit that had killed so many people in such a short period of time.

Mu Yongfeng then turned and went back to his office. He was just about to summon the Zhenling Guards to deploy defenses throughout the capital when a palace maid appeared in front of him.

"Envoy Mu Zhenling, Her Majesty the Empress requests your presence at the palace."

Upon hearing this, Mu Yongfeng immediately followed the maid to the palace.

This matter is of great importance, and he should indeed report it to the Empress in great detail.

Soon, Mu Yongfeng arrived at the Imperial Study.

"Greetings, Your Majesty the Empress! Long live Your Majesty!"

Wu Wanrong said calmly, "Rise. I have already read your memorial. Tell me in detail about the evil spirits."

Mu Yongfeng replied, "Yes, Your Majesty."

"The first incident of a demon massacring a village occurred a month ago. At first, we thought that the demon was taking revenge on the villagers for some reason, so we launched an investigation into the village. However, since all the villagers were dead, our investigation yielded nothing."

In general, when evil spirits wipe out an entire family or a village, it is mostly because these evil spirits are people who have died and suffered some injustice in their lives, so they carry a lot of resentment after death.

These evil spirits stay in fixed places. After they kill those who had grudges against them in life, their resentment will dissipate to some extent. Unless there are special circumstances, they will not leave the place where they died.

Therefore, when the Zhenling Guard discovered the incident of an evil spirit destroying a village, the first thing they investigated was whether the villagers had conspired to kill someone, which caused that person to become an evil spirit and slaughter the entire village.

However, everyone in that village was dead at the time, so even if such a thing really happened, they couldn't verify whether it had occurred, which brought the investigation to a standstill.

After a brief pause, Mu Yongfeng continued:

"A few days later, a second evil spirit massacre occurred. The village where the second evil spirit massacre occurred was far away from the first village. We then realized that this evil spirit was likely different from the ordinary evil spirits we had encountered. This evil spirit would leave its place on its own."

"In the following month, there were five incidents of evil spirits massacring villages. These five villages seemed to have nothing in common, so our Zhenling Guard could not find any clues about the evil spirits. The only thing these five villages had in common was that they were all near the capital."

After hearing Mu Yongfeng's words, Wu Wanrong frowned slightly. Indiscriminate massacre of villages? Then this evil spirit is indeed quite troublesome.

Wu Wanrong then asked, "The Director of the Imperial Workers' Office should already know about this, right?"

Mu Yongfeng said, "After the first incident of evil spirits massacring a village occurred, I informed the Director of the Imperial Workshop of the matter."

Wu Wanrong continued, "Didn't he take the initiative to handle this matter?"

Wu Wanrong also knew that since the death of the old Prince Xiaoyao, Sikong Cheng had no longer cared about the affairs of Zhenling Guard. Like Emperor Zhou, he only knew how to focus on cultivating Taoism.

However, given the severity of this incident, it would be excessive for him, as the supervisor of the Star Gazing Tower, to simply ignore it.

Mu Yongfeng replied, "Sikong Jianzheng is about to break through and has been focusing on cultivation these days, so he hasn't taken on this matter."

Wu Wanrong frowned. Why did he have to break through now of all times? It seemed that Sikong Cheng just didn't want to deal with things anymore, just like Emperor Zhou.

Wu Wanrong snorted and said, "If he doesn't want to be the supervisor of the Star Gazing Tower anymore, he can give the position to someone else."

Hearing Wu Wanrong's words, Mu Yongfeng didn't pay much attention. After all, the Empress had no authority to appoint or dismiss the Director of the Observatory. Even the Zhou Emperor wouldn't dare to dismiss the Director of the Observatory arbitrarily, let alone the Empress, who was merely a regent. Wu Wanrong continued, "It's understandable that he didn't take charge of the first incident of the evil spirit massacring the village and let your Zhenling Guard handle it. But now there have been five such incidents, and even the evil spirits have entered the city, yet he's still hiding in the Observatory and refusing to come out. What kind of Director is he?"

As she spoke, Wu Wanrong released her dragon aura, which immediately put Mu Yongfeng under immense pressure. Mu Yongfeng quickly said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me! I just went to the Star Gazing Tower again. According to the guards around the Director of the Imperial Academy, he will be in seclusion for three days and should be able to break through after that."

"Once the Director of the Imperial Academy breaks through to the next level, he should take the initiative to handle this matter."

Wu Wanrong's face instantly darkened.

"Three days?"

"Who knows how many people the evil spirits will kill in these three days? Can the people of the capital afford to wait?"

Mu Yongfeng knew this was the truth, but since the supervisor was going into seclusion, there was nothing he could do.

After Wu Wanrong calmed down, she realized that the affairs of the Star Gazing Tower were not up to her, and she could not touch the supervisor of the Star Gazing Tower.

The most urgent task is to find and eliminate the evil spirits that have entered the city.

Wu Wanrong suddenly thought of something and said, "Didn't the Prince Xiaoyao's Mansion resolve the evil spirit incident that even the Zhenling Guard couldn't handle in just one day?"

"Perhaps the Prince of Xiaoyao knows some ways to deal with evil spirits. Your Zhenling Guards can go and consult the Prince of Xiaoyao."

This……

Mu Yongfeng was stunned. Although the black aura at Xiaoyao Wang Manor was treated as an evil spirit incident, the Zhenling Guards knew that it might not necessarily be an evil spirit incident.

Go and consult the carefree king? That's just grasping at straws when you're desperate.

Mu Yongfeng then said, "Your Majesty, the black aura in Immortal Lu's tomb may not necessarily be caused by evil spirits. I'm afraid the Carefree King doesn't know how to deal with evil spirits."

Upon hearing this, Wu Wanrong gave Mu Yongfeng a cold look. She thought to herself that others did not know that Lu Ming was now an immortal. She was sure they would be unwilling to let the Zhenling Guards consult the Xiaoyao King.

After all, Lu Ming had always acted like a spoiled brat, and perhaps in Mu Yongfeng's eyes at this moment, she was just grasping at straws in desperation.

She had originally planned to have Zhenlingwei consult Lu Ming so she wouldn't have to make the trip herself, but now it seems she'll have to go herself.

Thinking of what had happened during her previous visits to the Prince Xiaoyao's mansion, Wu Wanrong couldn't help but clench her fists.

After a moment, her spirits seemed to deflate, and her jade fist slowly relaxed.

Fine, she'll go herself.

She has only been in charge of the country for a short time, and she absolutely cannot allow an evil spirit to wipe out an entire family in the capital.

Lu Ming is an immortal; he should have a way to deal with evil spirits.

Thinking of this, Wu Wanrong said to Mu Yongfeng, "Summon all the Zhenling Guards near the capital to the capital. Even if we have to turn the capital upside down, we must find that evil spirit."

Mu Yongfeng replied, "Yes, Your Majesty."

Wu Wanrong then said with some annoyance, "Go down."

"I am resigning."

(End of this chapter)