Chapter 20

Of course, no matter how terrifying Lin Yu's essence is, on the surface, he is still a human.

For the three group members in the chat group, he is just an older brother with a long life and profound knowledge...

The next morning, Tang Gui world.

The morning drums had just stopped, and the autumn dew of last night was steaming on the vermilion street paved with bluestone.

As early as the fifth watch, the imperial road had already been swept, and there was sparkling water everywhere. If you looked closely, you could still find a few pieces of Persian gold foil left by Hu merchants in the cracks of the bluestone.

Sophora leaves fell in swirls on the bright armor of the patrolling Jin Wuwei.

Between walking, the armor plates collided, and the sound of the collision startled a group of gray pigeons on the wall of the Daozheng Ward.

In the new residence inn on Vermilion Street, a young scholar in a green shirt stood by the window, admiring the scenery of the early morning outside the window.

To be honest, leaving aside the undercurrents of the court, this era is indeed one of the rare prosperous ages in Chinese history.

Being able to walk into the poem and personally experience the prosperous scene of the Great Tang is also a blessing for Su Haoming, who has recited the Three Hundred Tang Poems since childhood.

"Speaking of which, Li Bai should be ten years old this year, right?"

Just as Su Haoming was thinking this in his heart, footsteps suddenly came from outside the guest room door.

Su Haoming's expression tightened, he hurriedly moved away from the window, returned to the table, and pretended to hold the book in front of him.

"Knock knock—"

"Please come in."

The door was pushed open, and the inn waiter walked in with white porridge and pickles, smiling and saying: "Scholar Su, reading so early, I believe you will definitely pass the provincial examination next year!"

"... Thank you for your kind words!"

Su Haoming replied with a smile, and then looked at him suspiciously: "Liu Er, why are you here today? Where is Uncle Qian?"

While putting the tray on the table, Liu Er smiled and replied: "You are talking about the old servant who lives next door to you, right? He went to the office with the County Magistrate last night and hasn't returned yet."

"Went to the office?"

Su Haoming was slightly startled, then frowned.

There were two people who accompanied him on this trip to Chang'an, namely his cousin Su Wuming, and Su Qian, who raised the two brothers and was an old servant in name but an adoptive father in reality.

Before coming to Chang'an, Su Wuming actually didn't mind his cousin living with him.

But after arriving in Chang'an, Su Wuming suddenly changed his attitude, preferring to spend more money to let his cousin live in an inn, and kept Uncle Qian by his cousin's side to take care of his daily life.

Su Haoming didn't know the reason for this before, just felt that his cousin's attitude was too strange.

Until Lin Yu joined the group yesterday, he knew that the previous Chang'an County Magistrate Wu Daqi died in his own mansion.

After Su Wuming moved into this mansion, he found many suspicious clues in it. Out of consideration for his cousin's personal safety, he never dared to let his cousin move in.

"Need Uncle Qian to give a hand, it is estimated that the case has made progress and is performing an autopsy again."

Su Haoming thought to himself.

Just at this time, Liu Er suddenly patted his head, lowered his voice and said: "Oh yes, speaking of the County Magistrate, a few Chang'an County catchers came to the shop just now. When the little one was serving on the side, he vaguely heard some news, which seems to be related to the County Magistrate and the Ghost Market..."

"Ghost Market?"

Su Haoming was startled, then frowned slightly.

Chang'an City was designed by Yuwen Kai of the former Sui Dynasty, combining the six high slopes in the city and using the image of the six lines of the Qian hexagram.

The position of Nine Two is in the palace city where the Son of Heaven lives, the position of Nine Three is the imperial city where ministers work and stay, and the most noble position of Nine Five is built with Xuandu Temple and Xingshan Temple to suppress it.

But no one expected that during the end of the Sui Dynasty, the low-lying land near Xuandu Temple sank deeper and deeper, and finally evolved into a complex underground world in a violent earthquake.

This place is deep underground, with many secret passages, and is a place extremely suitable for hiding.

Coupled with the strict curfew since the founding of the Great Tang, in order to avoid the curfew, some homeless black households and businessmen doing evening business began to gather here gradually.

Gradually, this place developed into a prosperous night market, commonly known as the Ghost Market.

Because the Ghost Market is suitable for hiding, many criminals wanted by the imperial court and murderers who kill for money also hide here.

If it were in another location, the imperial court would only need to mobilize the army to easily wipe out these criminals, but the Ghost Market is located in the low-lying land near Xuandu Temple, and its geographical location is of extraordinary significance.

Whoever dares to mobilize the army to charge in this position, the one sitting on the dragon chair will be the first to disagree.

Therefore, the Ghost Market gradually became a lawless place in Chang'an City, and even the Chang'an County Government and Jin Wuwei avoided it.

Such a place of three-no-care naturally breeds many conspiracies and tricks.

If Su Haoming remembers correctly, that Big Brother Lin Yu clearly said that the mastermind behind the Chang'an Red Tea Case is inextricably linked to the Ghost Market...

"Has cousin already found the Ghost Market?"

Su Haoming thought for a moment, took a few Kaiyuan copper coins from his bosom and rewarded Liu Er.

Liu Er was overjoyed, thanked him repeatedly, and then left the guest room happily.

After the door was closed, Su Haoming immediately opened the chat group in his mind:

【Su Haoming: @Lin Yu, is Big Brother there?】

【Lin Yu: What's the matter?】

Su Haoming told Lin Yu everything he knew, and then asked impatiently: "Big Brother, think about it quickly, what step has the plot developed to?"

【Lin Yu: Judging from the information you said, it should be when Su Wuming visited the Ghost Market for the first time.】

【Su Haoming: I'd like to hear the details!】

【Lin Yu: Didn't I say before, the Chang'an Red Tea Case is just a collective name when the case is finally closed. What your cousin took over when he took office is actually the Bride Disappearance Case and the strange drowning case of the former Chang'an County Magistrate Wu Daqi.】

【Lin Yu: There is nothing to say about Wu Daqi's case, it's just that he drank Chang'an Red Tea. This thing is called immortal tea, but it actually has strong hallucinogenic and addictive properties. Wu Daqi drank this thing, had hallucinations, and then drowned.】

【Lin Yu: As for the Bride Disappearance Case, it involves the real inside story of Chang'an Red Tea.】

【Lin Yu: Your cousin should have found Yin Vice Minister of the Ghost Market in the process of investigating this case, but because the previous County Magistrate died after going to the Ghost Market, the catchers in the County Government were a little scared and shirked one after another, not daring to go to the Ghost Market with him to investigate—what the inn waiter heard in the shop might be this matter.】

【Su Haoming: So he took Uncle Qian, and the two of them went to the Ghost Market together?】

【Lin Yu: According to the original work, Su Wuming originally wanted to go alone, but your Uncle Qian was unwilling and insisted on following.】

【Su Haoming: I think so too...】

【Su Haoming: Even the Chang'an County catchers are full of fear, isn't this Ghost Market quite dangerous?】

【Lin Yu: For your cousin, it's just a narrow escape, but I seem to remember that one of the Jin Wuwei who went to the Ghost Market died.】

Seeing this sentence, Su Haoming's heart tightened, and he hurriedly asked: "Why is there still the matter of Jin Wuwei?"

【Lin Yu: It's not just your cousin who is investigating the Chang'an Red Tea Case, but also another male lead of Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty, that is, Lu Lingfeng, who is from the Fan Yang Lu clan and is currently a General of the Golden Guard.】

【Lin Yu: When your cousin investigated the Ghost Market for the first time, Lu Lingfeng also disguised himself and sneaked into the Ghost Market with three Jin Wuwei.】

【Su Haoming: So that's it!】

【Su Haoming: Big Brother, I have another concern. After all, there is no me in the original plot. In the world with me, will there be any butterfly effect because of my existence—for example, the person who died changed from Jin Wuwei to my cousin?】

【Lin Yu: This... shouldn't be, right?】

(End of chapter)