"Jin'er, I am Bai Mo. I am not dead. Come to the Liuyin ruins quickly and tell me the secret of the past. Don't let Your Majesty discover it. Wait for your Mo."
A note and a line of small words made Su Jin, who was in an empty state of mind, confused again.
This was Bai Mo's handwriting, she was sure of it.
Bai Mo is still alive!
Su Jin's heart was surging and she was so excited that she burst into tears.
drive!
Without any hesitation, she immediately left the Imperial City and galloped toward the Forest of Flowing Shadows, wishing she could fly over with her wings without a sound behind her back.
But not long after leaving the Imperial City, a majestic figure descended from the sky and blocked her way.
"Father, you - you -"
Su Jin was startled by Su Hanlin falling from the sky, with a look of panic on her face, because Bai Mo had told her on the note not to be noticed by His Majesty, but now she was caught red-handed.
"You're going to see Bai Mo in Liuyin Forest, right?" Su Hanlin stopped in the middle of the road ahead, looked directly into Su Jin's eyes, and asked straight to the point.
"Yes." Su Jin nodded in agreement without hiding anything, and then asked in surprise: "Do you know he's not dead?!"
"I know." Su Hanlin didn't hide it.
"Why didn't you tell me? What happened back then?" Su Jin asked incomprehensibly.
"What would you have done if your father had told you that Bai Mo was not dead?" Su Hanlin asked.
"My son will go find him."
"What would you do if you found him and found out that the life experience he told you was false, and that he was actually the prince of Dalu Kingdom in Pingzhou?"
Su Jin frowned and pondered for a moment, then replied: "I may forgive him for his deception."
"Remove the word 'possible'." Su Hanlin said.
"Yes, I will forgive him." Su Jin nodded and admitted.
She was calm and rational, knowing that with her passionate feelings for Bai Mo at that time, if it was not a principled mistake, even if she was angry, it would only be temporary, and she would eventually forgive Bai Mo.
"What if you learn that he is engaged and that he is very happy with the marriage?
What if you knew that he got married when he returned from Qingzhou and now has a son and a daughter, living a very happy life?
What would you do if you knew that the ten-man team that went into the ruins to explore was actually motivated by wealth and directly or indirectly killed seven other people in order to seize the treasure?"
Su Hanlin's successive questions made Su Jin's face gradually turn pale.
Su Hanlin sighed and said, "My father didn't tell you because I didn't want you to go all the way to Pingzhou to see couples having sex, and then be alone, feeling wronged, sad, and bullied.
If that's all it is, I'm afraid that bastard will continue to deceive you with his sweet words and play with you in the palm of his hand.
So instead of doing this, it would be better for you to think that he is dead. In comparison, you may feel better.
What I didn't expect, as a father, is that you are so stubborn and refused to let go for four years."
Su Jin's face was as pale as paper, and her heart was cramping, making her almost suffocated.
After a long while, she took a deep breath and asked bitterly: "Then why are you willing to tell your child the truth now?"
"Because at that time your feelings for him were blind, paranoid and stupid, but now you have great wisdom, reason and intelligence.
Of course, the main reason is that I still can’t hide it." Su Hanlin said helplessly, spreading his hands.
Su Jin was amused by Su Hanlin's exaggerated movements.
She felt that Su Hanlin was right. She had a deep love for Bai Mo back then. At that time, she was indeed blind and paranoid. No matter what others said, she would probably not listen.
Not to mention Bai Mo ran away to Pingzhou, she would still catch up with him even if he ran to the ends of the earth.
Perhaps, as Su Hanlin feared, Bai Mo could continue to be immersed in false love and continue to be played by him with just a few sweet words.
With this thought in her mind, she couldn't help but shake her head and smile bitterly, extremely grateful for her father's good intentions, and then asked: "Father, can I allow my son to see him again?"
"Yes, but you can just be a bystander quietly. I have arranged another 'Su Jin' for him." Su Hanlin nodded in agreement, then picked up Su Jin and flew into the sky toward the Forest of Flowing Shadows.
Deep in the Forest of Flowing Shade, there is a swamp area filled with water.
A mud bag suddenly and strangely bulged out of the bubbling mud. The mud bag bulged higher and higher and finally split open, revealing half of his head.
It turned out that there was a man hiding under the mud, and it was he who stuck his head out from the ground and pushed up the mud.
The man's body was covered with true energy, and the putrid mud could not contaminate his body.
He stuck his head out of the ground and looked to the west, with an anxious look on his face, as if he was waiting for something.
"Is it possible that Su Jin didn't take this path?"
"Wait for one more day. If Su Jin doesn't come, we will have to force our way in."
The man frowned and muttered a few words to himself, then sank his head into the mud again.
This sneaky man was Bai Mo who left a note for Su Jin, calling her to the Forest of Flowing Shadows.
But if he stood in front of Su Jin, Su Jin would not recognize him because his appearance was very different from Bai Mo's.
But Su Jin has seen him.
That night, he broke into Yunzhu Courtyard and asked about the relationship between Su Jin and Zhang Xiaozu. He also said that he knew Bai Mo. However, Su Jin regarded him as a boring person. In the end, Nan Fengtian was alarmed and was cut by Nan Fengtian with a sword. He was embarrassed.
He was the one who fled.
Rub rub rub——
At three o'clock in the afternoon, a woman with a beautiful face and well-dressed clothes walked into the swamp from the west in a hurry.
Her body was covered with dust, and her clothes were torn in several places, as if they had been scratched by thorns or branches. It was obvious from a glance that she was in a hurry.
Bai Mo heard the woman's footsteps, quietly revealed a pair of eyes from the mud, and recognized the woman as Su Jin at a glance.
But he did not show up in a hurry. Instead, he quietly observed for a while, and after confirming that no one was following Su Jin, he emerged from the mud.
"ah!"
Su Jin turned around when he heard the movement, and was frightened by the sudden appearance of Bai Mo and screamed.
"Shh!" Bai Mo hurriedly made a silent gesture towards him, and lowered his voice and said: "Jin'er, don't be afraid. It's me, Bai Mo."
"Stop, don't come over." A look of vigilance suddenly appeared on Su Jin's face, and he made a gesture to prohibit Bai Mo from approaching, and shouted: "You are not Bai Mo, who are you?"
In the folded space a hundred feet above the ground, Su Jin stared at Bai Mo emerging from the swamp, and said with a shocked expression: "Father, I have seen him before. He broke into Yunzhu Courtyard one night, and the result was——"
Su Jin told Su Hanlin what happened that night.
After hearing this, Su Hanlin's expression changed slightly, and he quickly sent a message with his spiritual consciousness to notify the fake Su Jin below to prevent Bai Mo from revealing his secret.
"——I also know that after being scolded by His Majesty when you were a child, you would secretly pluck a feather from the canary raised by His Majesty, and——"
Below, in order to make Su Jin believe that he is Bai Mo as soon as possible, Bai Mo poured beans into his mouth and told some of Su Jin's unknown secrets.
"Hmph!" Su Hanlin looked sideways at Su Jin and snorted heavily in his nostrils. Only then did he understand why the birds he raised always became bald inexplicably.
"——" Su Jin looked embarrassed and said with a smile: "I only pulled out three of them in total, and the rest were pulled out by my brothers and sisters."
"You...are you really Bai Mo?!" Fake Su Jin's acting skills were very good. Listening to Bai Mo's words, tears burst into tears and he began to sob.
"Jin'er, it's me." Bai Mo nodded happily, strode forward and took Su Jin into his arms.
"Why didn't you tell me your identity when you came to my yard that night? I thought you were a gangster with evil intentions." Su Jin asked, leaning into Bai Mo's arms.
Bai Mo smiled bitterly and said, "That night I was kicked away by you before I had a chance to say anything."
"It's all my fault, it's my fault."
"I don't blame you, it was me who was abrupt."
"Mo, I have missed you so much these past four years. I dream about you every night."
"Me too."
The two hugged each other tightly in the swamp and told each other how much they missed each other.
Hundreds of feet high in the sky, Su Jin, the real protagonist, has become a bystander, but watching makes her clear-headed.
She clearly saw that Bai Mo didn't have much joy and excitement about the reunion, and the emotions he showed were obviously all fake.
Poof!
She suddenly couldn't help laughing.
"Why are you laughing?" Su Hanlin asked in surprise.
He looked at Su Jin worriedly, thinking that Su Jin should be sad or angry now. What the hell is that silly grin? Could it be that he is angry?
Su Jin responded with a smile: "The real white ink is not as real as the fake Su Jin's emotions. Don't you think it's funny?"
"Haha, if you didn't stand above and watch indifferently, but stood there and hugged him, I'm afraid you would just cry even more." Su Hanlin said.
"Maybe." Su Jin did not refute.
"Mo, where have you been for the past four years? Why do they say you are dead? What happened back then? Why did your appearance and voice become like this?" After the fake Su Jin confided in her the pain of lovesickness, she added
The topic was brought back to the topic and a series of questions were asked.
"Hey -" Bai Mo sighed heavily and said: "Back then, a group of ten of us entered the ruins to explore, but we encountered horrific dangers not long after we entered. Everyone fled desperately, and no one could care about anyone else.
I was lucky enough to find a cave and hide in it. Unexpectedly, it was a blessing in disguise that I encountered a great opportunity in the cave and received an ancient inheritance.
Then I left the cave and was about to find my lost teammates, but I was accidentally informed that I was leaving the ruins.
Later, some unpleasant things happened, and I was forced to escape from Dasu.
It must be that they don’t want you to know that I’m still alive, so they told you that I died in the ruins.”
"What unpleasant thing happened?" Su Jin asked.
"I'm afraid you'll be unhappy if I tell you. It's better not to say it. It's all over anyway." Bai Mo shook his head and smiled bitterly.
"No, I must know. I have been deceived by you for four years. I don't want to live in confusion anymore." Su Jin said firmly with a firm look.
"Then let's make a deal first. Don't be unhappy if I tell you."
"Say it, I promise I won't be unhappy."
"When I came out of the ruins, His Majesty learned that I had obtained an ancient inheritance, and immediately sent someone to ask for it from me.
But that ancient inheritance was directly instilled into my soul, so if your Majesty wants this inheritance, it means taking my life.
After pleading to no avail, I had no choice but to resist the order and run away. Because I was endlessly hunted by the Six Doors, I was forced to find a disguise master to help me change my appearance and voice." Bai Mo told the story with a painful and angry expression.
road.
"Father, he...he...how could he do this?!" Fake Su Jin's face turned pale, speechless and choked.
After hearing the lies fabricated by Bai Mo, Su Hanlin asked Su Jin: "If you knew that he was not dead and ran to find him, and then heard his explanation like this, would you believe it?"
"No." Su Jin shook his head without thinking.
"Not necessarily?" Su Hanlin was skeptical.
"According to Erchen's understanding of his father, if his father wants to take away his inheritance, he will definitely have no chance to escape," Su Jin said.
"...This doesn't seem to be a compliment to me." Su Hanlin said depressedly.
Below, Bai Mo apologized to Su Jin: "So, please forgive me for not coming to you all these years."
"I don't blame you, how dare I blame you? You are still alive, there is nothing more important than this." Fake Su Jin replied.
"I tell you good news." Bai Mo said.
"What good news?"
"The ruins have been opened again. If I can enter the ruins and take out the original copy of the ancient inheritance and hand it over to Your Majesty, Your Majesty will definitely forgive me, and then we can be together forever."
"No, no! This ruins is too dangerous. I won't allow you to take risks."
"Don't worry, I've been in there once and I know where there is danger and where there is no danger. With my current advanced cultivation level, as long as I don't go deep into the ruins, there will definitely be no danger at all.
Jin'er, I want to be with you forever."
"I also want to be with you forever. Is there really no danger?"
"Really not, it's just..."
"Just what?"
"His Majesty has sent people to guard the entrance to the ruins and no outsiders are allowed to approach, so I need your help to send me in."
"What do I need to do to help you?"
"You are like this..."
Bai Mo whispered in fake Su Jin's ear.
The two of them whispered to each other and discussed in low voices, and then walked towards the entrance of the ruins together.
Su Jin looked at the two people leaving and couldn't help but ask Su Hanlin beside him: "Father, where did you find such a person? He acted so well, even better than me doing it myself."
"She is the enchantress, the master of the six-door Hundred-Change Sect." Su Hanlin replied.
"No wonder."
"Do you want to continue reading?"
"Of course. Father, why did he take such a big risk to enter the ruins? What is in the ruins?" Su Jin answered and asked curiously.
"There are many ancient inheritances and many rare treasures in the ruins.
However, the reason why he had to enter the ruins was because he encountered problems in his cultivation. He, Ye Mingyue, and Du Tianlu all received ancient inheritance in the ruins, but for some unknown reason, their cultivation was in the ninth level.
The world is stuck. They land on the other side, but cannot see the starry sky. They must go to the ruins to find the answer."
"So Mingyue and Tianlu have also gone in?"
"Well, we're in."
Su Jin had a worried look on his face, and couldn't help but worry about the two of them.
"stop!"
"The front is a confidential and forbidden area of the empire. No one is allowed to approach. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed!"
Fake Su Jin and Bai Mo were stopped by the guards in black who were guarding the ruins.
"Be bold!"
Su Jin gave a sharp shout, took out his identity token from his arms, waved it towards the black-clothed guard, and said: "I am Her Royal Highness the Fourth Princess, and upon Your Majesty's urgent instruction, I am leading this person into the ruins. Anyone who stands in my way is like standing in His Majesty's direction.
Why don’t you get out of the way quickly!”
"This -" the guard in black looked confused.
Su Jin raised his chin, raised his nostrils to the sky, snorted arrogantly, and said: "I have nothing to say to you. Take me to see Eunuch Feng, and I will talk to him."
"Your Highness, please come this way." The guard in black felt that Su Jin was right, and immediately led Su Jin the way.
There are two top masters, Feng Yuxiu and Nan Fengtian, guarding the entrance to the ruins. They are not afraid of anyone breaking in.
The two followed the black-clothed guards to the entrance of the ruins. After finding Feng Yuxiu and explaining the situation, Feng Yuxiu did not give any face and refused directly: "There is only an oral order without an imperial edict. I forgive the Za family for not obeying the order. Your Highness, Princess, please come back."
"The boldness of sealing Yu Xiu will delay His Majesty's important affairs. Can you afford it?!" Su Jin shouted angrily at sealing Yu Xiu.
"Whether you can afford it or not is none of your business. Your Highness has time to reprimand the Zajia here. Why don't you go back quickly and ask for an imperial edict? If you get the edict, the Zajia will immediately give way and let you go." Feng Yuxiu stopped entering the road.
"Mo, what should we do if they don't let us in? Let's implement the second plan?" Su Jin suddenly turned around and asked Bai Mo.
"——" Bai Mo's eyes twitched twice, he almost couldn't hold back his curse, and asked Su Jin if he had been kicked in the head by a donkey.
"Mo, hurry up, take it!" Su Jin suddenly pulled out a gleaming dagger from his waist and stuffed it into Bai Mo's hand in front of everyone.
Then he leaned into Bai Mo's arms and urged: "Quick, kidnap me and force them to get out of the way!"
"——" Bai Mo's brain couldn't keep up with Su Jin's rhythm.