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In the original Wu Family Dazhai, Gu Cheng had put together four maps. Zi Cheyou nodded. This was the map that was lost in his Banmian Villa.
Gu Cheng took out the map from the imperial court and put it together, and it turned out to be correct.
Mu Suifeng was standing aside, but Gu Cheng didn't mind letting him know that he was related to Zi Cheyou.
Anyway, he will enter the Everlasting Fairyland together in the future, and he won't be able to hide it when the time comes, as long as he doesn't know about the Heaven Confrontation Alliance.
Gu Cheng simply explained directly that he and Zi Cheyou also have a cooperative relationship, just like you, Mu Suifeng.
Mu Suifeng pointed to the gap in the center of the map and said, "The map in my hand is here, and it should match the surrounding lines."
Gu Cheng frowned and said, "But there's something wrong with that. Why are there two pieces missing from this map? The map in your hand is also incomplete?"
Mu Suifeng touched his nose and said, "It's not that the map in my hand is incomplete. The incomplete map should have been lost when Da Gan destroyed the Shu Kingdom five hundred years ago.
I seem to know whose hands they should be in."
"who?"
"White Lotus Sect and Luo Sect."
"Why is it in the hands of these two factions?"
Mu Suifeng said: "Because these two sects were the state religions of Shu five hundred years ago."
Gu Cheng wondered: "But the state religion of Shu five hundred years ago was obviously the orthodox sect."
Mu Suifeng shook his head and said: "That was before. My Mu family has been in Bashu longer than that of Shu, and I know more than the history books you have written.
The Zhengyi sect is in Bashu, and the original state religion of the Shu Kingdom is naturally the Taoist Zhengyi sect, just like the Everlasting Wonderland, which was previously called Manchaluo City, which is the name of Buddhism. After the establishment of the Shu Kingdom, it was called the Everlasting Wonderland. "
Gu Cheng nodded lightly. It seemed that Mu Suifeng did know a lot about the Everlasting Wonderland. He even knew that the former name of the Everlasting Wonderland was Mandala City.
Mu Suifeng continued: "But in the later stages of the Ten Kingdoms' War for Hegemony, you should also know about the strange leader of the Shu Kingdom. Under Da Gan's attack, the opponent was completely panicked and wanted to give Lady Bones to Da Gan. I can think of all the plans.
At that time, the Zhengyi faction had already seen that the national fortunes of the Shu Kingdom were declining. These Taoist priests were very thieves. When they saw something was wrong, they immediately retreated to the Zhengyi faction, saying that they would not interfere with the dynastic struggle for hegemony.
So at this time, the White Lotus Sect and the Luo Sect took advantage of the situation and both became the state religion of Shu.
Of course, these two factions have no good intentions. They simply want to deceive the leader of the Shu Kingdom and want to gain some benefits from the chaos. At the end of the day, they can take the opportunity to preach and use the power of the state religion to attract a lot of believers.
Therefore, part of the map should have been taken away by these two factions at that time."
Gu Cheng touched his chin and said, "It would be terrible if the remaining maps are in the hands of the Luo Jiao and the White Lotus Sect. We can't just call the Luo Jiao and the White Lotus Sect and ask for the map, right?"
Mu Suifeng said: "I do have an idea. If, Mr. Gu, you can tolerate the interference of the Luo Jiao and the White Lotus Sect, I am sure to persuade the Luo Jiao and the White Lotus Sect to share the map."
Gu Cheng knocked on the table and said: "It doesn't matter if there are more people, but if we provoke the leader of the Luo Sect and the leader of the White Lotus Sect, what are we going to do?"
Mu Suifeng shook his head and said: "Of course it's not these two, I'm talking about the helmsmen of the Luo Sect and the White Lotus Sect in Bashu."
Gu Cheng was slightly startled: "Is the helmsman qualified to hold such a treasure?"
"Of course the rudders from other places cannot do it, but in the land of Bashu, the rudders of these two factions are almost a sect that has shrunk by one size."
Mu Suifeng explained: "Since the White Lotus Sect and the Luo Sect became the state religions of Shu, they have actually taken advantage of the last glory of Shu to develop a lot of followers and established two powerful branches.
Although Daqian later took control of Bashu in southwest China, the roads here were difficult, so the efforts were always limited, and the people of these two sects were not completely wiped out.
Similarly, the White Lotus Sect and the Luo Sect had no time to change leaders due to the difficult and long distances, so they allowed these two sects to develop freely.
Therefore, since five hundred years ago, the helmsmen of the two sects of the Bashu lineage have been passed down from the same line, and no outsider has ever become the helmsman."
Gu Cheng nodded clearly. The nature of these two sects should be the same as the branches of the Yamantaka Monastery in Jiangnan County. They have strong autonomy due to special reasons.
After thinking for a moment, Gu Cheng nodded in agreement.
If they were just sharing the helm, then even if these two sects intervened, Gu Cheng and Zi Cheyou would still be able to compete.
Mu Suifeng nodded and said: "Okay, I will go back to Bashu to get my map and figure out the divisions between the two sects. The Shenmu Army will be left to you, Lord Gu."
Gu Cheng smiled and said, "Leave it to me to fool... no, it's to persuade."
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Before Gu Cheng went to find Lin Tengyun, Lin Tengyun had already taken the initiative to come to the door with Jin Fengqi.
Lin Tengyun is a little panicked now, he is really panicked, because this is the first time that he feels that things are not under his control.
Even if Gu Cheng destroyed the Ghost King Sect and the Wu family before, Lin Tengyun felt it didn't matter at that time. He just thought that he had underestimated Gu Cheng.
What he really relies on is the leftist forces in the entire southwest. As long as they join forces with him, he will be the true king of the entire southwest, and no one can shake his position.
As a result, just a few months later, all of his allies were gone in the blink of an eye, and Lin Tengyun began to panic and became truly confused.
In front of the Wu Family Dazhai Hall, Lin Tengyun calmed down and walked in with a peaceful smile on his face. He cupped his hands and said, "Why didn't Mr. Gu inform me about his actions on the corpse exorcism lineage and the witchcraft lineage? I, the Divine Eye Army, will Stationed in Guangnan County, if I had known about this earlier, I would have definitely helped you put down the rebellion."
Gu Cheng shook his head slightly and said, "If General Lin knew the news, I'm afraid he would not put down the rebellion immediately, but put me down right?"
Lin Tengyun frowned and said, "Master Gu, what do you mean? Just say what you want."
Gu Cheng waved his hand, raised the aura and closed the door directly, saying in a deep voice: "Well, since General Lin asked me to speak frankly, I will speak frankly.
I've been in the southwest for so long, I'm afraid General Lin has never given up on dealing with me, right? If I don't alienate General Lin from these right-wing forces, I really can't touch them with you advising them behind the scenes."
Lin Tengyun's expression remained unchanged, but Jin Fengqi beside him already had a look of horror on his face.
What does Gu Cheng want to do?
They actually knew these things secretly, but if Gu Cheng said it so openly and directly, it would be a public betrayal.
However, Gu Cheng suddenly changed the topic at this time and said: "But General Lin, there is something I have always wanted to say. Do you think I really want to investigate the Hongye Army this time? Do I really want to? Are you interfering with your Southwest interests?"
At this time, Gu Chengdu had already explained everything. Fortunately, Lin Tengyun stopped covering up and said calmly: "It's hard, isn't it?"
"of course not!"
Gu Cheng stood up and said in a deep voice: "General Lin, why don't you think carefully about how long it has been since the Hongye Army incident? Why did the court send me to the southwest now? Even if the court in the capital reacts slowly, it shouldn't be slow.
It's only right to this point.
In fact, I didn’t come to the southwest to target you, General Lin, nor did I want to investigate the Hongye Army’s rebellion. I came to the southwest just for the Everlasting Wonderland!”
"Eternal Wonderland!?"
Lin Tengyun and Jin Fengqi were both a little confused. After a while, they vaguely remembered the name from their memories.
"You must have heard about the turmoil in the capital a few months ago, right?"
Lin Tengyun and Jin Fengqi both nodded.
They had heard of such a big thing even from as far away as the southwest.
"Your Majesty's dream of immortality has not been shattered. The plan in the capital has failed. Your Majesty still has a plan in the southwest, which is to send me to find the Everlasting Wonderland.
I destroyed those leftist forces all for the sake of the map of Everlasting Wonderland.
But if I come directly under the banner of Eternal Wonderland, His Majesty is afraid of causing trouble, so he asked me to come to the southwest under the pretense of investigating the rebellion of the Red Leaf Army."
These things were originally top secrets, but they were only top secrets for Li Yuangong, and Gu Cheng had no intention of keeping secrets for him.
Besides, it doesn't matter even if Lin Tengyun and Jin Fengqi know about it, because they will keep this matter a secret for their entire lives. Dead people will not leak the secret.
After hearing this, Lin Tengyun also had a look of horror on his face. He carefully imagined what Gu Cheng had done along the way. It seemed that he really conformed to the plan he said.
After a while, Lin Tengyun asked: "Then why didn't Mr. Gu tell me at first?"
Gu Cheng said calmly: "At the beginning, I said, General Lin, will you cooperate with me? Although you and I are both members of the imperial court, in this world, the rivers and lakes actually operate under one rule, that is, who has the fist?
Big, who has the final say?
If I don't show my strength, how can you, General Lin, sit here and listen to me explain?"
Lin Tengyun was silent. Gu Cheng's analysis was good. If Gu Cheng had told him this at the beginning, Lin Tengyun would not have bothered to cooperate with him.
You, a guy from the capital, came up to destroy my reliance and allies in the southwest. Why did you use the map of the Endless Wonderland? I went crazy to cooperate with you?
On the contrary, not only would he not cooperate, he would also work harder to stop Gu Cheng.
"Then why are you saying it again now, Mr. Gu?"
"Because the threat is no longer there, and I just need you, General Lin."
Gu Cheng waved his hand and said: "I have already obtained the map of the Endless Wonderland, but the map is too different from the current terrain. I need the entire Shenmu Army to go deep into the Bashu dense forest to re-map the map for me. Only by comparison can I find the Infinite Wonderland.
The real entrance to the paradise.
No one in this world is an eternal enemy. Now that all the allies around you, General Lin, are gone, I wonder if you would mind having one more ally?"
Lin Tengyun said in a deep voice: "Aren't you afraid of His Majesty's punishment for revealing the information to me without permission?"
Gu Cheng chuckled and said: "General, military orders abroad will not be tolerated. Besides, it is the legendary Everlasting Wonderland. Isn't General Lin interested?"
Lin Tengyun was silent for a long time, and finally said in a deep voice: "Give me five days, I will lead the Shenmu Army into Bashu."