When Gu Cheng first heard about Li Shanchang, he did find it a bit funny.
However, after the investigation, Gu Cheng felt that there was something sinister about it.
It is absolutely abnormal to have the same dream for three consecutive months.
But even with such an obvious abnormality, after the examination by Gu Cheng and Yan Beigong, it turned out to be completely normal. This is the biggest abnormality.
It’s okay if Yanbeigong failed with Jingyesi’s method. After all, Jingyesi’s people from Jiangnan County also failed before.
But Gu Cheng even used the power of the black jade space, but the result has not yet been seen. This is very abnormal.
Li Shanchang was not disappointed. He said directly: "It doesn't matter. I'm used to this kind of thing. No one sees anything strange in me. In fact, except for dreams, I don't feel anything is wrong."
, my body is still in great shape.
You two, please follow me back to the palace first. I suspect there is something wrong with my palace.
When I was in the palace, I would dream almost every day, but during the time I left the palace and came to Mojiang Mansion, the interval between my dreams extended to every three or four days."
Gu Cheng and Yan Beigong looked at each other and shook their heads slightly.
If there is a problem in the palace, then the dream will not continue after leaving the palace, and once the dream occurs, it means that the problem is still there, and they should be able to check out the problem. But it is still like this, so the problem should still be with Li Shanchang.
But at the moment, they have no other choice but to go to his palace with Li Shanchang to see what's going on.
After arriving at Li Shanchang's palace, Gu Cheng was immediately shocked. He finally knew how much Li Yuangong loved his uncle Wang.
Li Shanchang's palace is actually not a palace to be precise, but a city, Yongling City.
The size of this city is no less than that of some large state capitals, and almost 50% of the people in the city work for Li Shanchang.
There are those who raise horses for the palace, those who grow vegetables for the palace, some who raise pigs and sheep for the palace, and the iron carpenters of the palace, etc., and others spontaneously gather here to do business for the people who work for the palace, so
Yongling City slowly developed to its current size.
Yongling Prince's Mansion is located in the center of Yongling City. It can even be said to be a smaller imperial city. Inside, there are pavilions, pavilions, mountains and flowing water, and artificial landscaping everywhere, even integrating the scenery of Jiangnan and the heroism of Jiangbei into it.
There was a small fountain among them. Gu Cheng took a closer look and saw that it was maintained by a formation. It was simply luxurious.
After taking Gu Cheng and Yan Beigong into the palace, Li Shanchang ordered people to prepare the banquet and said: "Come, go find Taoist Priest Qingsong and the others to meet Master Gu."
After a while, before the banquet was fully served, a group of people dressed in various costumes walked in.
They are all the disciples invited by Li Shanchang, but Li Shanchang is very disciplined. The people he invites are not the kind of masters and strong men. In fact, most of them are low-level and heretical cultivators who know some weird and mysterious techniques. They look like they are very powerful.
The powerful appearance is actually of no use. It is just to make Li Shanchang happy.
Of course, this is just Gu Cheng's opinion. In Li Shanchang's opinion, he still has experts under his command.
For example, at this moment, Li Shanchang waved his hand and called the two of them over to introduce Gu Cheng and Yan Beigong.
"This Taoist master is named Qingsong Zhenren. He is an unborn Taoist senior and a descendant of the Danchen sect, an ancient branch of the Taoist sect. It is said that he is a major Taoist sect that can rival the Zhengyi sect.
Last time, I suffered from back pain for several days and was physically weak. It was Master Qingsong who made me feel energetic with just one pill. Ye Yu... was also very energetic at night."
Li Shanchang had great respect for Master Qingsong, who indeed looked like an immortal. He was wearing a dark green Taoist robe, with a pale and ancient face, and three long beards. He looked up at the sky and nodded very reservedly.
nod.
But in Gu Cheng's view, this guy Dingtian is a Taoist cultivator with some Taoist cultivation, and he also sells quick aphrodisiacs.
Li Shanchang's sore waist and back pain are simply due to excessive sexual intercourse. Some Qi refiners with a background in the great sect will not refine things like aphrodisiacs. That's so embarrassing!
But some left-leaning practitioners have no such concerns, and their moral integrity has no lower limit.
And what he talked about about the Danchen Sect was just nonsense.
Although there are many Taoist sects, the total number of branches that can be considered as branches does not exceed ten fingers, and they are comparable to the Zhengyi sect, which is almost a joke.
Li Shanchang pointed to another strong man with a majestic and rough appearance and said: "This is a green forest hero whom I recruited in Jiangnan County, Ma Shixiao, the former leader of Qingfeng Village in the Eighteen Green Forest Villages in Jiangnan Province.
Because I was tired of living in the green forest, I put down the cottage I built and joined the king's army as the instructor of the palace. I am a good man."
Gu Cheng glanced at Ma Shixiao and shook his head slightly.
What kind of crooked melons and cracked dates are Li Shanchang recruiting?
I'm tired of living in the green forest, it's just bullshit.
The Eighteen Villages of Jiangnan Green Forest were originally some unworthy bandits. Before the imperial court could eradicate them, they themselves continued to fight among themselves all day long.
This Ma Shixiao was obviously kicked out because of the failure of the internal fighting in the village, but he just said that he was tired of living in the green forest, but he was not tired of being a member of the palace?
Li Shanchang pointed at Gu Cheng and Yan Beigong and said: "These two are elites from Jingyesi, and they were invited by me this time to investigate the strange things happening to me.
You guys should get closer, and if Mr. Gu wants any help, you should try your best to cooperate."
Master Qingsong and Ma Shixiao both nodded indifferently, and their attitudes towards Gu Cheng and Gu Cheng could not be said to be good.
Master Qingsong even said calmly: "Your Majesty, according to Pindao, this is an external evil entering your body. As long as you keep your mind pure and have few desires, follow Pindao's fasting, bathing, and recite Taoist scriptures, it will naturally be relieved in time.
The people from Jingyesi in Jiangnan County haven't been able to solve the problem, so what's the use of calling in the people from Jingyesi now?"
It's normal for Master Qingsong and others to have a bad attitude towards Gu Cheng. After all, coming here is equivalent to stealing food from them.
They are all the retainers that Li Shanchang spent a lot of money to keep. But now that this kind of problem arises, they can't solve it. Li Shanchang needs to find someone from outside to solve it. Isn't this a slap in their face?
Although the inability to solve the problem is their own problem, they will not look for their own problems, but for other people's problems.
When Li Shanchang came to find people from Jiangnan County Jingyesi, they were a little panicked. They were afraid that people from Jiangnan County Jingyesi would solve the problem, and then Li Shanchang would blame them for not having the ability to do things poorly.
As a result, the people in Jiangnan County Jingyesi were helpless, and they heaved a sigh of relief.
Anyway, the problem has not been solved, so they can continue to lie.
When they heard that Gu Cheng and others were also from Jingyesi, Qingsong Zhenren and Ma Shixiao thought they were the same as the people from Jiangnan County, and also did not take them seriously.
Gu Cheng glanced at the other party indifferently, not intending to meet these half-charlatans.
These guys all rely on Li Shanchang for their livelihood, so they must ensure their strength and status in front of this prince.
Gu Cheng originally didn't want to investigate this cuckold king thing. He was invited by Li Shanchang. Wouldn't it be nice to go back to the capital to practice in seclusion at that time?
If you approach a dog while it's eating shit, he'll grin at you thinking you're trying to steal it from him. If you grin too, you'll really be competing with the dog for food, and you'll lose your identity in vain.
Li Shanchang waved his hand and said: "You can't say that, Master Gu is different from those guys in Jiangnan County.
You have all followed me for so many years, and you all know my preferences and temper. If I could be pure and ascetic, could I still be like this?
I won’t go into details. Mr. Gu, you were invited by me. Even though you have Jingyesi’s documents here, I can’t treat you badly.
The same goes for you, all of you should work harder to help me solve the problem, and I will put all the benefits in front of you."
As he spoke, Li Shanchang clapped his hands and took out two boxes.
Opening the first box, there was an irregular round bead inside, which exuded bright Buddha light and made everyone feel warm all over.
Li Shanchang said: "This is the vajra relic left by Master Wuhui, a Buddhist monk who fought against the ghost tide five hundred years ago and saved an entire city. It was given to me by His Majesty. If I want this thing, I can only treat it as a gift."
It is only used as a heating lamp, but it should be very beneficial to practitioners."
Gu Cheng's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this. Not only was it very beneficial, it was simply a huge benefit!
Relics are also divided into levels. Most of them are ordinary relics. Only under special circumstances will some special relics with extremely powerful effects be born. This is the case with this Vajra relic now.
It is said that five hundred years ago, when the world was in war, someone massacred the city, causing it to become a dead city. There was a rogue cultivator who was blinded by lard and dared to practice ghosts there. As a result, a wave of ghosts broke out. This man was at the time
Master Wuhui, who was not well-known but was just a casual cultivator, stood in front of a city that was about to suffer disaster, resisted thousands of ghosts with one person's power, and finally died under the wave of ghosts.
However, his relics were not destroyed after being devoured by all ghosts. Instead, they bloomed with Buddha's light to purify their resentment, and finally turned into this vajra relic.
For practitioners who practice Buddhist techniques, as long as they are refined, they can condense the power of vajra, and their physical strength will not be inferior to those who practice physical training.
Gu Cheng had already felt the power and terror of body-refining practitioners when he fought with Yun Xing before. To a certain extent, these types of practitioners were more restrained than Gu Cheng.
Gu Cheng's physical body is definitely not weak, but it is not strong either. It is also a shortcoming for him.
If he could obtain the power of this vajra at this time, Gu Cheng would be able to make up for his own shortcomings, and his combat power would definitely be much stronger.