Chapter 485 The prince and general, would you rather have a seed?
Calculating the zombie lineage and the witchcraft lineage is a very complicated thing, because these two lines are too strong and powerful, and their complexity is not inferior to the top sects in the world, so you must be cautious. .
Lan Qier is actually not very familiar with the patriarch of the Lan clan. After all, she was adopted by Grandma Long when she was a child.
However, the patriarch of the Lan clan is very familiar with Lan Qier. She is a person close to Grandma Long. Although she is not a disciple, she is still with Grandma Long all the year round. Therefore, in order to let Lan Qier speak good words for the Lan clan, The patriarch of the Lan clan often gave Lan Qier things, and the two parties were also connected.
So when Lan Qier sent a message to the patriarch of the Lan clan, the other party was still very surprised, because this was the first time in so many years that Lan Qier took the initiative to send him a message and arranged to meet.
The place where Lan Qier arranged to meet the head of the Lan clan was at the inn outside Miaojiang Village.
There are very few outsiders coming to the entire Miao territory, and there are even few cities. They are almost all in the form of villages.
The only few small towns were all forcibly built five hundred years ago when Dagan just entered the southwest and took control of the land in western Hunan. At that time, the Miao witchcraft lineage certainly did not dare to challenge the rising Dagan, so they could only Agreeing so humiliatingly.
However, as Daqian's influence in the southwest became weaker and weaker, Daqian's control over the Miao territory became almost zero. Now there is not even a Xuanjia guard in the entire Miao territory.
So in this case, it would be too conspicuous for Gu Cheng to directly enter the Miao villages to meet the head of the Lan clan. The inns outside these villages are specially prepared for outsiders, such as those who come to the Miao lands to purchase goods. Herbal medicine merchants etc.
Gu Cheng directly booked an inn, and when he arrived, the leader of the Lan clan had already arrived.
The current patriarch of the Lan clan is named Lan Guitian. He looks about fifty years old, with a look of vicissitudes of life on his face. He is tall but hunched over, and his face is honest and courteous, giving people a very honest and useless feeling. .
At this time, he was smoking a copper pipe. Seeing Lan Qier and Gu Cheng come in together, he was stunned: "Lan Qier, who is he?"
Gu Cheng was currently wearing an ordinary blue coarse linen suit and a bamboo hat, just like a rogue at the lowest level.
Hearing this, Gu Cheng took off the bamboo hat on his head, took out Jingyesi's token and put it on the table with a bang, and said with a faint smile: "Hello, Chief Lan, let me introduce you, Gu Cheng, who is valued by His Majesty. I was named the Chief Inspector of the four southwest counties. I think you, Chief Lan, have heard of my name."
A look of horror appeared in Lan Guitian's eyes. He stood up suddenly and almost overturned the table.
Of course he had heard of Gu Cheng's name. It should be said that since the fall of the Wu family, no one in the southwest had not heard of this name.
But now Gu Cheng, who should be at Wu's house, appears here. Lan Qier, who should have been ordered to go undercover and be beside Gu Cheng, is standing behind Gu Cheng respectfully like a maid. The meaning is not clear enough. ?
"Lan Qier! Are you crazy!?"
Lan Guitian said angrily: "If Grandma Long finds out about your defection to Gu Cheng, can you bear the punishment of being eaten by thousands of insects? Not only you, but even my Lan family will be implicated!"
Gu Cheng said calmly: "Chief Lan, please be quieter. You know this matter now and I know it. Do you have to make the whole Miao Territory aware of it?"
Lan Guitian let out a long breath, took his pipe pot and tapped it gently. Two small translucent insects like bees flew out of the pipe pot with firelight, and strangely flapped their wings throughout the room.
, Gu Cheng could feel that the vitality of the surrounding world was stagnant, like a cover surrounding the house, blocking out any sound.
Gu Cheng smiled and said, "Clan Leader Lan is overly worried. I have booked the entire inn. It is absolutely safe here."
Lan Guitian did not respond to Gu Cheng's words, but said in a deep voice: "Master Gu, what exactly do you want to do?
I, the Lan family, am just an inconspicuous low-level character in the Miao border witch and Gu lineage. Even if you want to attack the witch and Gu lineage, you have to target the three Long Mojin families. Why do you have to attack me, the Lan family?
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Getting rid of me, the Lan Sect, will not be of any benefit to your layout in the Miao territory."
Gu Cheng raised his eyebrows slightly and said: "Chief Lan, you also know that the Lan family is at the bottom of the entire Miao territory. If this is the case, why are you so loyal to Grandma Long?"
Lan Guitian did not speak, but picked up his pipe pot again and started smoking.
He has been the clan leader for decades, and the Lan family has only been able to get to where it is today thanks to his protection.
Over the years, he has been walking on thin ice in front of Grandma Long, doing things cautiously. It can be said that every day is like walking on a tightrope, and his mentality has been tempered to be extremely tough. How could he be fooled by Gu Cheng into rebelling against Grandma Long with just a few words?
Seeing his resistant look, Gu Cheng didn't take it seriously and continued: "Clan Leader Lan, I will give you a clear answer this time.
The southwest is not the most important place for Daqian, but it is not a place that can be abandoned at will.
Grandma Long and other heretical practitioners have gone too far and have aroused public outrage, so the court must clean them up.
But the Miao Territory is so big, and you are all from the Miao Territory, and only a small part of you are benefiting and doing evil. Why should you take the blame for Grandma Long and others?
I have already heard from Lan Qier about the internal affairs of Miao Territory. Your Lan clan is obviously the largest clan in Miao Territory, but you are at the bottom. Are you willing to accept this result?
On the surface, it seems that your lineage of Lan and the three surnames of Long Mojin are the same family, but in reality? They treat you like slaves!
Lan Qier is beautiful enough and very talented. She was supposed to be the pearl of your Lan family lineage, but in the end she was trained as a tool by Grandma Long and became an assassin who kills people in Israel.
You, the head of the Lan clan, are as powerful as the head of a local sect in the outside world, but in front of Grandma Long, she yells at you and shows no respect at all. Are you willing to accept this?"
Lan Guitian was still smoking there, but Gu Cheng saw that his hand holding the pipe pot was subconsciously exerting force, and it was already turning white.
Gu Cheng continued to say calmly: "Chief Lan, you are capable, but no matter how capable you are, you can only lead the Lan clan to survive.
You have been such a coward in your life. It is not enough for you to be a cow or a horse for the three surnames of Long Mojin. Do you also want your son, grandson, and the entire descendants of the Lan family to be a cow and a horse for those three surnames?
There is a saying in the Central Plains: Princes, generals, and ministers all have their own kind. No one is born noble, so why can the three surnames be superior to you?
Chief Lan, I will tell you clearly today that I want to take action against Grandma Long and I need your help.
If you choose to help, your Lan clan will definitely have a place in the Miao clan in the future. I dare not say that you will become the leader of the Miao clan, but it can ensure that your Lan clan will no longer be oppressed.
If you choose not to help, it doesn't matter. What happened today will come out of my mouth and into your ears, and no one else will know about it.
You don’t have to worry about me deliberately leaking the news to Grandma Long. Getting rid of your Lan family lineage will not help my plan at all.
Chief Lan, think carefully about the rest of the time, the future of the Lan family is in your hands."
After finishing speaking, Gu Cheng turned around and left. At this moment, Lan Guitian suddenly said: "Wait!"
Lan Guitian looked at Gu Cheng, took a deep breath and said, "Mr. Gu, how sure are you?"
He was not moved by what Gu Cheng said, but underneath his cowardly and honest appearance, he had a restless heart.
If he was truly cowardly, he could have sold the entire Lan family's interests to Grandma Long, in exchange for a profitable position that would at least make him more comfortable than he is now.
But he was cautious and walked on thin ice between Long Lao Lao and the Lan family, which showed that he had never thought of giving up on the Lan family.
A smile appeared on Gu Cheng's lips and he said: "To be honest, I'm not sure at all.
How can I say that I am absolutely sure about something that has not yet been carried out? If I say that I am absolutely sure, then I am fooling you, Chief Lan."
Lan Guitian looked at Gu Cheng and said word by word: "Master Gu, no one in the court or other leftist forces has dared to do anything to Grandma Long for so many years. You are the only one. I don't want to give up this opportunity.
So I will cooperate with you.
But this time I am betting on the future of the Lan family. If I lose, given Long Lao Lao's character, even if Miao Jiang is a river of blood, she will definitely eradicate my Lan family.
So please Sir Gu, please go all out and never let the hard work of my Lan family go to waste!"
Lan Qier, who was standing aside, looked at Lan Guitian with strange eyes.
She has always had the impression that this clan leader is very useless, even when she is around Grandma Long, she is always polite.
But now Lan Guitian is like a tiger that chooses people to devour, and even Lan Qier dare not look directly at him with that gaze.
Gu Cheng sat back at the table and laughed: "Don't worry, Patriarch Lan, I never regret anything I do, nor will I disappoint my collaborators."
Lan Guitian put the pipe pot in his hand aside and said in a deep voice: "So, Mr. Gu, what are you going to do? Although my Lan family has many people, its strength is seriously insufficient in the entire Miao territory. There is a lack of strong people.
There is no way to compete with the three surnames Long Mojin.
Not to mention that I, the Miao Territory’s sacred object God King Gu, is still under Grandma Long’s control, and other small tribes will also listen to Grandma Long’s orders.”
Gu Cheng said calmly: "So what if there is God King Gu? How many years have passed, it is just a symbol, external things can never control people's hearts.
I have a very exciting news here, which is enough to start a battle between the Miao witch and zombie lineage."
After Gu Cheng told Lan Guitian the news about Liu Yingying, Lan Guitian was also shocked. He did not expect that the Huang-browed Taoist would be so bold and even robbed Grandma Long's ancestral tomb.