Chapter 22: Smooth Talker
After failing to mobilize Gu Yu to see the situation on-site, Gu Qingheng could only leave disappointed.
Although Gu Qingheng really wanted to see the situation, he also knew that with his own abilities, if he encountered danger, he probably wouldn’t be able to resist.
It would be terrible if this caused trouble for his sister and brother-in-law!
For this reason, Gu Qingheng decided to go to the town’s teahouse himself to inquire about the news and see how the situation was developing.
Even though he couldn’t go to the scene, there were still other ways to get information!
Now was the time for him, Gossip Heng, to make his appearance!
After Gu Qingheng left the room, Gu Yu, lying on the bed, no longer had the idea of sleeping in. He shook his head helplessly and then reluctantly got up to wash and dress.
Immediately, Gu Yu took out a specially shaped whistle from his money bag, put it to his lips, and blew gently. A big man in black clothes appeared before his eyes.
“Lord Gu, what are your orders?”
“Go and find out about the incident at the Huali Town Mortuary, and then come back and tell me.”
“Yes!”
The big man appeared and disappeared without a trace. By the time Gu Yu finished giving his instructions, the big man in black clothes had already vanished.
Gu Yu didn’t find anything amiss. Instead, he got up, sat at the table, poured a pot of cool boiled water, and moistened his throat.
Last night was an exciting and thrilling night for some people.
For Gu Yu, it was a night of toiling.
He wondered when Little Yu and Little Yao would appear!
“Did people from the Alliance come?”
Just as Gu Yu was bringing the teacup to his lips, Gu Mengyao pushed the door open. She immediately sensed the presence of others in the room and turned to ask Gu Yu.
Gu Yu nodded.
His little wife was too amazing, able to detect that someone had been there just by their scent.
If it were him, except for setting up traps in advance, he wouldn’t have been able to find any trace of anyone having been there.
“Yes, it’s best to let them inquire about the mortuary situation!”
“If Empress Bai Qian knew, she would probably find your laziness speechless!”
“Hehe, Bai Qian sent people to follow us to protect and boss us around! We should use them when we can. I just heard Qingheng say that the corpses in the mortuary’s underground were rotten. Just hearing it made me feel a bit disgusted, let alone going to the scene.”
Gu Yu could guess the identity of the big man in black clothes with his feet. That person was sent by Bai Qian.
After all, people from the Alliance were very easy to distinguish.
Bai Qian would definitely attach great importance to the newly appointed Great General and would not allow any danger to befall him.
Even though he knew that appointing Gu Mengyao would bring her considerable trouble, she had to be appointed sooner or later, so it was better to be appointed Great General in one go now.
At most, more people would be secretly dispatched to protect her in the capital.
This would prevent those meddling guys from harming the Gu family members.
However, Bai Qian didn’t expect that Gu Mengyao and the other two would go out at such a dangerous time…
Going out now meant danger. Bai Qian naturally didn’t want Gu Mengyao to leave the capital at this time, but she couldn’t stop Gu Yu from acting in front of her.
He said that he had suffered emotional damage in Southern Frontier and urgently needed to see the beautiful mountains and rivers of Linfeng Kingdom to cleanse his soul. If he continued to stay in crowded places like the capital, his heart might become more and more uncomfortable, eventually leading to depression and even death… it was not impossible.
Listening to Gu Yu’s smooth talk, Bai Qian didn’t know what to say in response.
In the end, she could only nod and agree.
Bai Qian had never underestimated Gu Mengyao’s importance from the beginning, so she was very tolerant of this capable and beloved general.
What’s more, this beloved general was also henpecked and obeyed Gu Yu’s every word.
If anyone else had spoken to Bai Qian like this, they would have been thrown into prison to reflect!
However, Bai Qian always had some reservations about Gu Yu.
Unlike the ordinary Gu family members, Gu Yu was an anomaly. If he couldn’t be befriended, it was best to kill him with one blow, otherwise, there would be endless troubles.
The disappeared Wang Clan was the best example!
Now that Gu Mengyao was involved, Bai Qian no longer thought about killing Gu Yu, but instead prepared to befriend him.
Fortunately, Gu Yu’s preferences were simple.
Gold, silver, and jewels.
These were enough to make Gu Yu happy and to give her some face, so he wouldn’t cause trouble everywhere…
While Bai Qian, who was far away in the capital, sighed helplessly, Gu Yu here didn’t pay much attention and was discussing the abnormality in Huali Town with Gu Mengyao.
“Yu, there are rumors outside that there are many treasures in that sacred land. Aren’t you tempted at all?”
When Gu Yu announced that they would stay in Huali Town for a few days, Gu Mengyao knew that he was interested in the incident of the missing corpses.
However, Gu Yu remained very calm even until now in the face of potential treasures.
This made Gu Mengyao a little surprised.
She wondered if her little husband had received the wind in advance, which was why he was so calmly staying in the inn and waiting for news!
“Everyone would be tempted by treasures, and I am no exception! However, just listening to what the bearded man said yesterday made me feel that there was nothing good in the underground sacred land of the mortuary.”
“Nothing?”
“Yes, if there was, those people wouldn’t be trying to open the sacred land until now! The last iron lion is related to these people.”
“Oh? Is there such a thing!”
Listening to Gu Mengyao’s curious questions, Gu Yu chuckled and then said something that made Gu Mengyao even more curious.
It turned out that Gu Yu already knew what kind of people they were, so he was not flustered.
Gu Mengyao had never inquired about the origin of the iron lion, she was only interested in the treasure map hidden inside, but she did not expect Gu Yu to obtain the other party’s information in advance through the iron lion.
“I only thought of this last night. When the Alliance was helping to bring back the iron lion, they mentioned a few words… they said a group of mysterious people were causing trouble, wanting to disrupt it and snatch it away, but their strength was not as strong as the Alliance’s. In the end, the Alliance brought the iron lion back to the capital.”
“So, the people who wanted to snatch the iron lion are the ones who stole the corpses this time!”
“Yes, after the iron lion was collected by us, the price these people had to pay to obtain the treasure map was very high. However, I had never heard of using rotten corpses to open a sacred land before… such a strange sacred land made me feel that everything inside was extremely evil, and there was no need to go deep into it.”
Gu Yu would not let go of treasures.
But it also depended on what kind of treasures!
If one needed to use corpses to open the door to get the treasure map, even if there were good treasures inside, Gu Yu would not dare to take them!
