Chapter 1375 - 1382: Cai Lian’s Pain (6)
Guards dared not answer. Master Lei Da thoughtfully said, "Queen Consort, last time when you spoke of the hair, you mentioned its owner had been dead for a long time and was about to reincarnate. This time, you say the owner of the returned hair has already reincarnated and escaped. Do you think there’s a connection here?"
Queen Jia was momentarily stunned and then began to ponder...
Master Lei Da waved his hand. The guards on the ground, as if granted amnesty, started to rise and quietly retreated outward. Two guards next to the Chief Guard took action and dragged out the Chief Guard, his head bloody and battered.
The hall was eerily quiet, Queen Jia’s face clouded with gloom like a witch from hell. Suddenly, as if struck by a thought, she cried out, "Come here! Bring me my human skin drum!"
As soon as the words were out, a disheveled child came in holding a human skin drum the size of a soup bowl. The drum, a brownish-yellow color, still displayed the nerve fibers of the skin, and its stand was made of human bones, emitting a faint stench.
This drum would emit a dull sound when there was wind, said to be the crying of vengeful spirits. However, Queen Jia could deduce omens from the spooky whining sound!
"Thump, Thump, Thump—"
Queen Jia beat the drum with her hand, chanting audibly as she performed her rituals. First mumbling words, then humming and buzzing like mosquitoes, followed by roars like thunderous storms, leaving the Great National Teacher Liaodan staring in bewilderment...
Half a Shi Chen later, a sweaty Queen Jia finally stopped. Master Lei Da hurriedly asked, "How did it go? Is there a problem with Empress Mu?"
Queen Jia scoffed hoarsely: "Empress Mu? She is not the real Empress Mu at all, but a wild ghost from somewhere, possessing her body!"
"What?!"