Chapter 24

The deafening loud noise was like a thunderbolt from the blue, shaking everyone on the street out of their wits.

For a time, the entire Ghost Market fell into a weird silence.

The crowd kneeling on the street stared blankly at the 'immortal' falling in the sky, seemingly unable to believe the scene they saw.

The immortal who attained the Dao and ascended was tragically struck by thunder... Could this be divine punishment?

This is of course not divine punishment!

Su Wuming, who had been staying by his cousin's side, saw it very clearly. It was the 'truth' in his cousin's hand that shot down Yin Vice Minister!

But with Su Wuming's current wisdom, he still couldn't understand why this thing could have such power.

He only knew that Su Haoming just simply raised it, and a fire light sprayed out from the front end of the refined iron, like thunder, shooting down the so-called immortal above his head!

Sensing the gazes of the people around him mixed with astonishment, shock, and awe, Su Haoming, who was very proud just now, immediately began to regret it.

He had a fever in his brain for a while and shot Yin Vice Minister. He was happy, but the consequences were no joke...

No way, who told this guy to be so arrogant? Arrogant is fine, he was still floating at a low altitude of about ten meters, and his speed was like crawling. He was simply a living target. Who could resist it?

Su Haoming first comforted himself, and then his brain turned rapidly, thinking about the next countermeasures.

The next second, he suddenly turned around and knelt on the ground, opened his arms in Su Wuming's confused eyes, and shouted fanatically:

"The demon way is immoral, falsely claiming to ascend, the immortal manifests, and gives divine punishment!"

"Cousin! General Lu! This is a real immortal manifesting!"

As soon as this statement came out, everyone on the street was attracted.

"The immortal manifests, and gives divine punishment!"

"The immortal manifests, the immortal manifests!"

The eyes of the crowd gradually became fanatical, and they all got up and rushed toward the mansion, seemingly intending to go in and see the true immortal.

They were all kneeling and worshiping Yin Vice Minister who was 'ascending' just now, only knowing that the loud noise came from this direction, and did not see Su Haoming shooting.

Taking advantage of this information gap, Su Haoming transferred the sound of the gunshot to the mansion behind him. The masses who did not know the situation saw him doing this, and naturally thought that the god enshrined in the mansion was manifesting.

The crowd rushed over crazily, and before they got close, they began to perform the three-kneel and nine-bow ceremony.

Su Wuming's heart tightened when he saw this, and he hurriedly pulled his cousin to avoid it, whispering: "What are you doing?"

Su Haoming didn't respond, just turned his head to Lu Lingfeng and said: "General Lu, why are you still stunned? The demon way has been shot down by the immortal, hurry up and catch the person!"

"..."

Lu Lingfeng finally came back to his senses.

He looked at Su Haoming with a complex expression, then gritted his teeth, waved his hand, and took the other three Jin Wuwei to run in the direction where Yin Vice Minister fell.

Seeing this situation, Su Haoming breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly whispered: "Cousin, let's take advantage of the chaos and slip away!"

Although Su Wuming had many things he wanted to ask, looking at the current situation, he could only follow the trend.

Not long after, the three masters and servants of the Su family finally escaped from the Ghost Market and returned to the County Magistrate's mansion.

After entering the room, Su Wuming gave Su Qian a wink.

The latter nodded slightly, looked at the young master with worry, then turned and exited the room, closed the door, and guarded in the courtyard.

Seeing this scene, Su Haoming knew it was time to show his cards.

Sure enough, looking at his cousin with a calm expression, Su Wuming said with a complex expression:

"Su Haoming, do you know what you have done?"

"Of course." Su Haoming said with a smile, "I saved you."

This sentence actually refers to more than just what happened just now.

According to Big Brother Lin Yu, in the near future, Uncle Qian will die at the hands of that Yin Vice Minister.

The reason why Su Haoming shot Yin Vice Minister, besides having a fever in his brain, was also worried about this future.

But it is impossible to tell Su Wuming about this kind of thing, so he can also understand his cousin's performance.

Su Wuming frowned and whispered: "Although I don't know how you got it, but an innocent man is innocent, but he is guilty of carrying a jade. You carry such a big killer, how dare you show off in front of Lu Lingfeng?"

"He is from the Fan Yang Lu clan and is a person of the Crown Prince. Who knows what he will do?"

"Yin Vice Minister ran away, I can catch him again, but you used this thing, how can I help you hide it?!"

"Yansheng, you'd better give me a reasonable explanation, otherwise, I can only choose to send you back to your hometown and live a low-key life without asking about world affairs from now on..."

Yansheng is Su Haoming's milk name, taken from the incident of catching an inkstone when he was a child.

Su Wuming used to call him this, but in recent years he grew up, so Su Wuming changed his address, and generally only called his milk name when there was no one around.

"How can it be so exaggerated!" Su Haoming said with a smile, "Cousin, you underestimate your wisdom too much, and overestimate the IQ of those Jin Wuwei, right?"

"Do you think they can think as deeply as you?"

Su Wuming shook his head and said slowly: "Caution is the best policy in everything."

Su Haoming smiled: "When I fired, I had already confirmed that only you, cousin, saw me fire. They only heard the gunshot. As long as I make up some reasons, it is no problem to deceive them."

Su Wuming frowned: "Gun?"

Su Haoming explained: "Not that kind of long gun, it's a firearm."

"Firearm?"

Su Wuming immediately blurted out: "Could it be related to gunpowder?"

Su Haoming was a little surprised, then praised: "As expected of cousin!"

Gunpowder actually appeared as early as the Tang Dynasty. The "Dan Jing" written by the Medicine King Sun Simiao has the earliest records about gunpowder. Because this thing was accidentally obtained by medical practitioners when refining alchemy, some people crowned it with the name of fire 'medicine'.

In order to solve cases and perform autopsies, Su Wuming read many medical classics, and "Dan Jing" was also a must-read.

Coupled with the fact that he was closest to Su Haoming at that time and clearly smelled the sulfur, it is not strange that he would associate firearms with gunpowder.

Su Wuming frowned: "But I still don't understand, what is the principle of this thing..."

Su Haoming smiled: "If you talk about the principle, it's simple. Cousin, do you know blowpipes?"

Su Wuming nodded: "Of course I know."

Su Haoming explained: "Blowpipes use air to push arrows. This thing is the same, but it replaces air with the explosive force of gunpowder to push objects heavier than arrows."

"Of course, this kind of thing is simple to say, but it is not so easy to realize it..."

Su Wuming nodded thoughtfully.

He could imagine that if there was an explosive force to push arrows, it would indeed be a more powerful weapon than a blowpipe.

However, making this kind of weapon must be extremely difficult. At least in Su Wuming's cognition, the blacksmiths of the Great Tang could never build something that could perfectly utilize the explosive force.

"How did you get it?"

Su Wuming asked this key question.

Su Haoming thought for a while and whispered: "Do you remember what I said when I was a child?"

Su Wuming frowned: "Are you referring to the immortal teaching the method?"

After speaking, without waiting for the other party to respond, he shook his head and said: "The talk of immortals is ethereal. I didn't believe it back then, and I still don't believe it now!"

Su Haoming said helplessly: "You don't believe in immortals, but you should believe in the teaching of the method, otherwise how to explain the knowledge that popped out of thin air?"

"..."

Su Wuming fell into contemplation, and after a long time, he nodded slowly: "I believe this!"

Su Haoming didn't have much hope, but when he heard this, he was a little surprised.

Su Wuming said calmly: "My teacher once said that there are no ghosts and gods in this world, only people who pretend to be ghosts and gods."

"Therefore, the knowledge you learned when you were young must have been taught by a master in secret!"

"Although I don't know where this master is hiding, and how he avoided the guards around my teacher and taught you every night, this knowledge of understanding all things in the world can never be fake."

Su Haoming said speechlessly: "So you have believed it for a long time?"

Su Wuming shook his head: "Not me, it's my teacher. I didn't believe it at the time, but my teacher firmly believed that you had a master behind you. The reason why he refused to accept you as a disciple back then was also out of respect for that master..."

"Wait!"

Su Haoming stared wide-eyed, incredibly: "You mean, Di Gong refused to accept me as a disciple back then because he felt that I already had a master?"

Su Wuming looked at him strangely: "That's for sure, you were a prodigy that my Su family had never seen before when you were a child. If there was no such reason, why would my teacher be unwilling to accept you as a disciple?"

"..."

Su Haoming stared blankly at his cousin.

This is a big loss!

(End of chapter)