The Human Emperor (1-200)

C181: Threading on Water, White-hoofed Shadow!

“Sigh, Lu Ting, you foiled my plans!”

When Su Zhengchen finally left, Wang Chong stomped his feet and sighed. It hadn’t been easy for him to guard this secret for the past few months.

Even Shen Hai and Meng Long didn’t know the true identity of Su Zhengchen despite having met him.

In the end, Lu Ting ruined everything as soon as he appeared.

“Plans? What plans? Wang Chong, tell me first. How did you meet Su gong Su Zhengchen? Furthermore, to be playing chess with him!”

Lu Ting stood up and grabbed Wang Chong in agitation.

Lu Ting grew up listening to the legends of the great war god Su Zhengchen, and there was even a painting of him in Lu Ting’s residence.

There were many rumors going around that Su gong had already passed away, and thus, Lu Ting never thought that he would meet Su Zhengchen here.

To think that the war god Su Zhengchen was still alive, and on top of that, for him to be as strong and healthy as before; this was something that had never crossed Lu Ting’s mind before.

This was a miracle!

Even though Su Zhengchen didn’t even look at Lu Ting in the eye throughout the entire encounter, Lu Ting didn’t harbor any resentment against him. Instead, he thought that it was completely natural.

After all, that was Su gong; the man who ruled the battlefield, the proud war god! If Su gong had spoken to him amiably instead, Lu Ting would doubt whether he was seeing a double or not.

Wang Chong sighed. It seemed like Lu Ting was a fan of Su Zhengchen. Even though his plan had been foiled by the other party, there was nothing he could protest about.

“You’ve already been coming here since a couple of months ago?”

After the duo calmed down, Wang Chong summarized the rough outline of the events to Lu Ting.

“Un. If it wasn’t for you, we might have been able to continue on like this for a few more months.”

Wang Chong said. Lu Ting’s presence here today was truly beyond his expectations.

“I’m sorry. I didn’t expect you to be meeting Su gong here.”

Lu Ting said apologetically.

It had been a few decades since Su Zhengchen had closed the doors of the Su Residence, turning down all guests and visitors. This was a known fact to all.

Back then, before the news of Su gong‘s demise started spreading, even the royal offsprings were denied entry to the Su Residence, lest to say, others of lower standing.

If others were to learn that Wang Chong had earned Su gong‘s favor and was able to play chess with him here every day, it would definitely scare most of them to death. Even a fool could tell that this was a huge opportunity.

However, it seemed like Lu Ting’s unintentional arrival had foiled Wang Chong’s opportunity.

For this, Lu Ting felt extremely apologetic.

“Forget it, let’s not talk about this. Rather, I’m more interested to know how you knew that I was here.”

Wang Chong said.

Lu Ting revealed the truth without hiding anything.

As King Song had just been reinstated to his prior positions, he had to deal with the various mess that King Qi had caused in the Bureau of Military Personnel and Bureau of Punishments so he hadn’t been able to meet Wang Chong at the palace gates.