Chapter 38: The Mysterious Bai Yu Capital

These words not only flattered and praised Lin Yu, making a full gesture, but also clarified his own position without losing the bearing of a Great Tang official and Changan County Lieutenant.

It must be said, Su Wuming is still better at speaking than Lu Lingfeng!

The corners of Lin Yu's mouth under the mask curled up slightly.

At the same time, seeing his cousin finish bowing to Lin Yu and preparing to bow to him, Su Haoming sighed in his heart, immediately sheathed his sword, and stepped forward to help his cousin up.

Su Wuming was slightly stunned, then showed joy, seemingly thinking his words had moved the two.

Little did he know, Su Haoming just didn't want to see his cousin bow to him like this!

This action was naturally not in the script.

Or more accurately, they had no script at all; everything was an impromptu performance.

This level of acting naturally couldn't stump Lin Yu.

He remained unchanged, glanced at Su Wuming, and said indifferently: "Changan County Lieutenant... could it be that you are that Di Gong disciple, Su Wuming?"

Su Wuming was stunned again, hurriedly bowed: "Correct, it is Su. Does Your Excellency have a past with my mentor?"

Lin Yu glanced at him with interest: "Can't it be that I've heard your name?"

Su Wuming laughed: "Your Excellency is joking. Although Su is the Changan County Lieutenant, I have not been in office for long and have not yet had any bright political achievements. The only thing worth knowing by Your Excellency is the identity of being Di Gong's disciple!"

"As expected of Di Gong's disciple!"

Lin Yu exclaimed, then exerted force on his hand, pinched Yuan Lai unconscious, and threw him toward Su Wuming.

Su Wuming was startled, hurriedly caught Yuan Lai with Squad Leader Jia, and pressed him to the ground.

"For the sake of Di Gong, I won't make things difficult for you today."

As he spoke, Lin Yu stepped forward and walked toward the many black-clad men in front.

The group of black-clad men remained silent on the surface, but their feet moved unconsciously, clearing a path for Lin Yu.

Su Wuming stood up straight, bowed, and said seriously: "Thank you for your fulfillment... may I ask for your name?"

"……Huan Yu, Bai Yu Capital."

Su Wuming was stunned. Is this a name?

No, it's more like a Dharma name or Daoist name!

Lin Yu didn't explain too much, just looked at Su Haoming beside him and said indifferently: "Yu Hao, why not come quickly."

Su Haoming was stunned for a moment, then reacted. This should be the code name Lin Yu gave him!

Yu Hao...

Not bad, sounds pretty good!

Su Haoming thought to himself, while squeezing out the last bit of magic power in his body, barely using half a move of stepping into the void and riding the wind.

In an instant, Su Haoming's figure seemed to melt into the wind, floating down at a speed that defied physical common sense, landing behind Lin Yu, and calmly following him toward the front.

Passing through the black-clad men on both sides, only Lu Lingfeng and the three Jin Wuwei remained in front.

"Middle General!"

The Jin Wuwei beside him whispered to him. The young and proud Middle General then reacted, immediately clearing the path, looking at the two passing by with a complex expression.

"Ssh——"

Accompanied by the sound of stone friction, the stone door opened by itself for some reason.

Lin Yu and Su Haoming stepped into it, gradually moving away in the complex gazes of everyone.

After the figures of the two completely disappeared, everyone including Su Wuming breathed a sigh of relief.

He scanned the silent black-clad men, snatched the long sword from Squad Leader Jia, held it to Yuan Lai's neck, and shouted angrily:

"Yuan Lai is here, those who surrender will not be killed!"

The rest of the group reacted one after another, shouting together: "Yuan Lai is here, those who surrender will not be killed!"

The many black-clad men had not yet recovered from Lin Yu's mental shock. Hearing the shouting of Su Wuming and his subordinates, they silently threw away the weapons in their hands, with no intention of resisting.

Seeing this scene, Lu Lingfeng and Su Wuming finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The two looked at each other from a distance, Su Wuming nodded, and waved for the Changan constables to go down and help.

Lu Lingfeng took the three Jin Wuwei to stand guard on the spot, waiting for reinforcements to arrive before going up together to collect weapons and tie up prisoners.

After an incense stick of time, Lu Lingfeng and Su Wuming finally had time to talk.

The two stood silently in front of the stone door, with their backs to the busy Changan constables.

A moment later, Lu Lingfeng broke the silence first.

"The one wearing the white jade mask admitted that he had a past with Di Gong. County Lieutenant Su, as Di Gong's disciple, having served by Di Gong's side for many years, have you ever heard of such a person?"

……Really haven't!

Su Wuming just wanted to shake his head, but suddenly remembered his cousin's encounter, and a hint of hesitation appeared on his face.

If you want to say that there were any people in the past years that even he couldn't understand, it was the expert behind his cousin!

If it were true that his mentor had indeed found that expert and made friends with him, but chose to hide the facts for some reason later, it was not completely impossible!

Looking at the hesitation on Su Wuming's face, Lu Lingfeng noticed some clues.

"Su Wuming, do you really have a clue?"

"……"

Su Wuming came back to his senses and shook his head: "It doesn't count as a clue, I just remembered some of my mentor's experiences back then. My mentor was always a man of his word when it came to important promises. Based on these memories of Su, I can't get any important information."

"Compared to this, I am more concerned about the poem they recited when they appeared..."

"The Eastern Jin Baopuzi said in 'Pillow Book', the Primordial Heavenly King, above the center of the sky, is named Bai Yujing Mountain."

"'Records of the Grand Historian: The Emperor's Annals' also records that during the time of the Yellow Emperor, there were five cities and twelve towers, to wait for the immortal at the time of the appointment, named Welcome Year."

"The so-called 'In the sky, the Bai Yu Capital, twelve towers and five cities' should come from these two allusions."

Lu Lingfeng said ghostly: "What about the last two lines?"

"……"

Su Wuming fell silent. A moment later, he sighed: "These four lines of poetry have a distant artistic conception and extraordinary charm, definitely not from the pen of a mortal. To be able to write such words, even if the person is not an immortal, at least they have the state of mind of an immortal poet!"

It was obvious that Su Wuming didn't want to answer this question directly.

Lu Lingfeng frowned: "Do you really think they are immortals?"

Su Wuming shook his head: "No, of course not. There are no immortals in this world. Su used to think so, and I still think so now."

Lu Lingfeng asked back: "Then how do you explain their methods?"

Su Wuming fell silent. A moment later, he looked up: "Middle General, you are a martial artist, what do you think?"

Lu Lingfeng shook his head: "In my opinion, their methods are definitely not martial arts. I have practiced martial arts for more than twenty years and am confident that even if I were the best in the world, I could at least exchange two moves, but these two..."

Although Lu Lingfeng didn't finish, his meaning was already very clear.

The two looked at each other and fell into silence.

"Huan Yu, Yu Hao, Bai Yu Capital..."

Su Wuming exclaimed: "The world is so big, there is nothing strange, the ancients did not deceive me!"

After speaking, he lowered his voice again: "Since ancient times, the talk of immortals and gods has been the source of chaos for the royal family. Although the Middle General is under the Crown Prince, it is best not to tell everything about today's events, especially these last two lines of poetry..."

Lu Lingfeng understood: "I naturally understand this!"

"The Middle General is indeed a pillar of the country!"

Su Wuming first flattered him, then lowered his voice again: "As for the Bai Yu Capital, if the Middle General is interested, you and I can cooperate and investigate in secret."

Lu Lingfeng frowned: "You want to form a party with me in secret?"

Su Wuming said helplessly: "What forming a party, it's just investigating a case, why make it sound so serious!"

Lu Lingfeng looked at him suspiciously, and a moment later, nodded slightly.

At the same time, on the stone platform above the cave, Lin Yu and the other, who had returned, were eavesdropping on their conversation.

Hearing Su Wuming wanted to investigate the Bai Yu Capital in secret, Su Haoming couldn't help but twitch his mouth and turned his head: "Lin Dage, our play... is it a bit overacted?"

"Over what!"

Lin Yu said with great interest: "Think about it, the most mysterious, most powerful, behind-the-scenes big boss that the protagonist group investigated for a whole season is actually the protagonist's cousin who lives with him day and night. Isn't this development classic enough?"

Su Haoming complained: "It's cliché!"

Lin Yu said seriously: "Don't talk about whether it's cliché or not, just tell me if you're interested!"

Su Haoming thought carefully and had to admit that this plot development was indeed quite refreshing for him.

However...

Su Haoming shook his head: "Even if we really want to arrange a big boss, it has to be Lin Dage. I can just be a right-hand man. Let me stand in the C position, I can't hold it!"

(End of chapter)