Maids brought towels, hot water, and other necessities to help Tang Changsheng wash and change.
At that moment, the steward Yang Qi said, "It will be dark soon. Mage, please go to the Inner Abode and drive out the evil spirit!"
"The Inner Abode? Is there really something evil haunting Marquis Wu's Residence?"
By rights, that should have been impossible. Marquis Wu was a marquis, but he also ruled over people and had the bearing of a Flood Dragon. Hundreds of soldiers and civilians served under him. He wielded great power, with life and death in his hands.
That was nothing like an empty title. He was a true feudal lord, a regional power!
The place where such a man lived was where the hearts of millions of soldiers and civilians converged. Divine powers protected it and suppressed all evil. By rights, no Demon and Ghost Monsters could cause trouble there.
Even a cultivator like Tang Changsheng could vaguely feel a suppressive force when he entered the residence.
But that force had grown exceedingly faint. The reason hardly needed saying...
Tang Changsheng was merely asking a question he knew the answer to, hoping to draw out some information.
Yang Qi waved the maids and servants away. It was not that the matter had to be kept secret from everyone...
Since they had invited Tang Changsheng to deal with the evil, there was no harm in telling him.
But the inner quarters always held their share of secrets, and it would not do for too many people to know. No matter how the servants and maids gossiped in private, outward appearances still had to be observed!
Once the servants had withdrawn, Yang Qi said, "There have been... some disturbances in the Inner Abode lately. They say servants who died years ago