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Everyone is drunk even before they are drunk.
After years of concealment and planning, Gao Gu could only plan silently by himself. Before this dawn, he needed an audience with whom he could speak freely without worrying about the news leaking out.
Hu Xiuwu listened carefully to every word of Gao Gu. He seemed to know a secret that had been hidden in the long river of history, the cause of death of the Queen of Jingjue.
There was a peerless strategist who was hiding in the dark, watching her every move, magnifying her loopholes in every step, and magnifying a small mistake like losing a horseshoe into a trigger for destroying the empire.
Originally, Hu Xiuwu had been hesitating along the way whether or not to tell Gao Gu about the Zhuchen Pearl, but he was always worried that it would change history and cause Shirley Yang's life trajectory to change, and she would no longer be able to know his elder brother.
Hu Xiuwu was worried that if Shirley Yang was gone, Hu Bayi would have to live the rest of his life alone with Wang Kaixuan. Hu Xiuwu was worried about this troublesome elder brother.
But now it seems that he was worrying too much. Gao Gu already had his own plan and there was no need for him to intervene. Even without him, Gao Gu could still get clues about the Zhuochen Pearl.
Chapter 134: About How I Accidentally Became the Lord of the Cave Heaven
Gao Gu thought the same as Hadili. He also felt that the Snake God would not issue an oracle for no reason. There must be something that He values about Hu Xiuwu and Chen Duo. You know, a month ago, Hu Xiuwu and Chen Duo found him first and hoped to go to the Western Regions with him.
Did the Snake God know in advance that Hu Xiuwu would come to the Western Regions, so he wanted the Queen of Jingjue to take the opportunity to kill him; or did Hu Xiuwu come for Jingjue, and the Snake God issued an oracle specifically for this purpose?
The meaning of this is worth pondering.
Gao Gu talked so much to Hu Xiuwu. In addition to the desire to talk that he had hidden for a long time, he also had another purpose, which was to show his strength to Hu Xiuwu and win him over.
The Zaklama tribe has no strength, and without a complete plan, how can they attract others to cooperate? Even if they want to ask for investment, they should at least have an attractive PPT.
On the other hand, by winning over Hu Xiuwu, they could also pull Prince Gumo to their side.
Just like he had just used the King of Kucha as a bargaining chip to mobilize Hu Xiuwu, if he could get Prince Gumo to join them through Hu Xiuwu, then he would have the confidence to really persuade King Zheluo of Kucha to rebel against the Kingdom of Jingjue.
The strength of each of the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions is different. Some countries may not even be as big as a village of the Han Dynasty, and can only act as fence-sitters in the Western Regions.
Excluding the out-of-spec Jingjue Kingdom, the top five countries combined are able to match the remaining thirty countries.
As long as they can pull the largest countries to their side, the other small countries will be swept away by the trend and follow them.
Gao Gu has been planning for a long time and has thoroughly studied every person in the Western Regions who can influence the overall situation. Once his plan begins, people's hearts will help him advance his plan without the need for human manipulation, and the war will spread throughout the Western Regions.
His plans were ruthless and efficient, but he never considered the inhabitants of the Western Regions.
That’s right, the people of the Zaklama tribe can barely protect themselves, so how can they have any extra sympathy to give to others?
Just as Gao Gu had thought, the Western Regions were plagued by endless fighting and became a land of war, with countless lives lost. The Jingjue Kingdom had strong soldiers and horses, and even if the other countries united to defeat the Jingjue, they would still suffer heavy casualties.
Although Hu Xiuwu is emotionally indifferent, he is not anti-human and has some compassion in his heart. He can't help but feel sorry for seeing such a tragedy. Besides, he doesn't have so much time to accompany the people of the Western Regions in fighting with the Queen of Jingjue.
He and Chen Duo were still teenagers and growing very fast. He had already noticed that he had grown a little taller. If he stayed with the big man for too long, how would he explain to his parents when he returned?
Dad, Mom, look, your son has been away for more than ten days. He has grown more than ten centimeters taller by drinking yam milk. He can go to high school now!
Even if I drink a ton, it won't take that long. It's not a game where I can trade my liver for time.
Hu Yunxuan knew a little about the strange people, so he might be able to withstand it better, but Hu's mother would still faint.
Just as it was originally written in history, the outcome must be decided in one battle!
Seeing Hu Xiuwu deep in thought but silent, Gao Gu knew that Hu Xiuwu had some thoughts. He should not persuade him too much at this time, as it would be worse than too little:
"It's getting late, sir, you can go back to your room to rest and think it over slowly. We'll talk tomorrow."
In the current Western Regions, the Zaklama tribe is the weakest. The dozens of people in the caravan are no match for Gao Gu alone, so they can only be cautious and try to please both sides.
After parting with Gao Gu, Hu Xiuwu went to his room. He had just taken a bath in the room before going to the market. He was not unfamiliar with the place and could barely be said to be familiar with it.
In the yard next to his was Chen Duo's house. At this moment, her room was pitch dark and Chen Duo had already gone to bed.
Hu Xiuwu did not disturb her again. He pushed the door and entered his room. Without turning on the light, he sat down in the darkness, tilted his head slightly and closed his eyes, as if he was communicating with something in the void.
The moonlight that soothed the earth in the darkness shone into the room from the window, covering Hu Xiuwu with a layer of silver gauze, as if he had melted into the moonlight.
The next second, the full moon was covered by dark clouds, and the moonlight in the house disappeared, along with Hu Xiuwu.
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When Hu Xiuwu opened his eyes again, he had already appeared in the Ghost Tomb. The ghost tomb now could no longer be called a tomb.
Under Hu Xiuwu's feet was the sticky and cold netherworld. When he looked up, he saw no longer the low tomb roof, but layers of thick clouds and a cold and murderous blood moon.
This land is thirty thousand miles in circumference, as big as two forty-nine cities, dry and desolate, with nothing in it. Only behind Hu Xiuwu stands a tall, majestic and magnificent capital city.
The city wall is dozens of feet high, made of black bricks, and looks simple and solemn. On the plaque in the center of the city gate are two large characters:
Fengdu.
This is Fengdu. Are you kidding me? The word Fengdu in your house is written in Tang Kai?
Also, this handwriting looks very familiar. Why does it look so much like the handwriting of a certain Taishi Ling named Li?
Ghost Tomb, no, it’s Fengdu, and that’s not the right place where Fengdu is, it should be Luo Fengtian.
The blood moon above Luo Fengtian gave Fengdu a bloody hue, making the atmosphere of this capital city seem a little weird.
The empty city was silent, with gray satin-like mist floating on the streets. Standing in the cold and quiet city gate, one could only hear the sound of one's own footsteps, and the subtle sounds of one's breathing and heartbeat were amplified.
The Fengdu of today is more like a scene from a horror movie. The surrounding atmosphere is gloomy, but Hu Xiuwu, standing at the city gate, is abnormally not panicking or alert. Instead, he feels as safe and peaceful as when he was a child on Mount Mao, snuggling up to Wu Dechang.
At the same time, Hu Xiuwu also felt energetic, as if he had drunk a strong tea that refreshed his mind, but he did not feel tense, but rather comfortable.
The black fog floating in the city can nourish the soul and has the ability to weaken the soul fragrance.
This shows that the current Fengdu has the conditions for the soul to reside in. From this point of view, the name Fengdu is well-deserved.
Suddenly, a black shadow flashed across the city and headed towards Hu Xiuwu.
Yu Jingzi and A'man sensed that Hu Xiuwu had entered Fengdu and rushed to meet him.
When he was shopping in Yancheng and met Prince Gumo and Gao Gu, he couldn't carry his sword with him, but he was also worried about leaving it somewhere else. So Hu Xiuwu sent them both to the Ghost Tomb before going shopping.
Yu Jingzi controlled the Three Corpse Needles and flew towards Hu Xiuwu like wind and lightning, while A'man forcefully hung Zhegui on the Three Corpse Needles and took a ride with him.
Having just seen them a day ago, the two little guys didn’t miss them too much. Instead, they felt a sense of surprise and excitement as if their parents suddenly came to see them at school.
Hu Xiuwu was walking in the quiet Fengdu, leaning on a laurel stick, with a crystal jade rabbit on his shoulder and a colorful snake surrounding him.
Fengdu is much larger than Yancheng. The main road that Hu Xiuwu is walking on now is a hundred meters wide. It took him nearly fifteen minutes to walk half the way from the city gate. He estimated that the road was at least five kilometers long.
There are neat houses on both sides of the road, with many buildings, winding pavilions and streets connected to each other. There is a teahouse every ten steps, a restaurant every five steps, and countless shops.
I don’t know if it’s because this Fengdu was transformed from a ghost tomb, but Hu Xiuwu always has a familiar feeling about it, and the feeling becomes stronger as he goes deeper.
At the end of this spacious road is a towering city tower with five doorways. The tower is tall and magnificent, showing a prosperous atmosphere. The solid gate that is dozens of feet high is closed.
The dim moonlight in Fengdu only highlights the mysterious and terrifying atmosphere of this inner city, like a giant dragon lying in the abyss.
And on the city gate tower in the center, there is a plaque hanging, just like the Fengdu city gate.
Suzaku Gate,
When Hu Xiuwu stood in front of the Suzaku Gate, the city gate opened wide with a low roar, and the heavy and solid doors moved to both sides, like silent and loyal guards, welcoming their master on both sides.
But Hu Xiuwu did not rush in. He just looked at the familiar words on the Suzaku Gate, and finally found out why he always felt that this Fengdu was very familiar.
Ah Man grabbed Hu Xiuwu's hair with her short little hand on his left shoulder, and pointed at the city gate with her other hand, chirping excitedly.
It was also the first time for Ah Man to come out of Fengdu’s warehouse, but she was not excited because she saw Fengdu, but because she had seen this style many times before.
"I know I know."
Hu Xiuwu took Ah Man from his shoulders and held her in his arms. He rubbed her head and said with great sorrow:
"That's too much, too much. Li Chunfeng, even if you are my ancestor, I still have to say you, you are calling a horse a deer!"
"Is this Fengdu? Isn't this Chang'an? Li Chunfeng, you pointed at Chang'an and insisted that it was Fengdu. Aren't you worried that Yuwen Kai will cause trouble for you?"
Chapter 135 Fengdu
The square city has a cross street and is dotted with numerous markets.
Hundreds of thousands of houses are like a Go board, and the twelve streets are like vegetable plots.
This so-called Fengdu was carved by Li Chunfeng based on Chang'an as the blueprint, the ghost tomb as the chisel, and the snake god's body as the raw material.
If a snake bites a man, I can also bite a snake.
The snake god attempted to swallow up the world, replenish himself and prolong his life. Li Chunfeng also wanted to completely eliminate this disaster foreign god that threatened the world for the mortal world.
But the life level of the snake god is beyond the cognition of mortals. Although according to his life cycle, he is already at the end and is very old. This old and dying snake was beaten up by a few young men thousands of years ago, and the "medicine" to treat his body was stolen.
His physical condition worsened, and he only had one last breath left. A normal person's dying breath would last for an hour at most, but He lasted for thousands of years.
In Li Chunfeng's time, He only had the strength to lift his eyelids and move his fingers, but this was a very slight force for Him, and it was still not something that Li Chunfeng and Ghost Tomb could resist.
So he buried the ghost tomb, made adequate preparations, created a favorable location for Hu Xiuwu and others in the tomb of King Xian, and left behind the Zhuchen Pearl to lead Hu Xiuwu to face the snake god directly.
Give this old and immortal Outer God, who still entangles the mortal world, a final blow, and give Him an ending that he has delayed for thousands of years.
death.
At the same time, Li Chunfeng also recycled waste, using the debris torn off the snake god's body in the Ghost Tomb as building materials, sublimating the essence of the Ghost Tomb and making it truly called a blessed place.
No wonder Li Chunfeng specifically told him not to let his enemies enter the Ghost Tomb. Not only because the Ghost Tomb has endless uses, but also because he was worried about accidents when dealing with the Snake God. When dealing with such an alien god, it is never too careful.
However, Hu Xiuwu didn’t understand why Li Chunfeng wanted to turn the Ghost Tomb into Fengdu. Wouldn’t it be better to directly expand it into Chang’an, which would be more convenient? Why did he have to give it a layer of skin?
Hu Xiuwu was standing in front of the Suzaku Gate with a lot of thoughts in his mind. Suddenly, he felt an itch on his cheek, which woke him up from his immersed thoughts.
It was Yu Jingzi who was lingering on him. Seeing that he was in a daze in front of the door for a long time, she gently touched Hu Xiuwu's face with her head, and like a child, she couldn't wait to show Hu Xiuwu his room and told him to go in quickly.
The tip of Yu Jingzi's tail stretched straight, like an arrow leading the way for Hu Xiuwu.
In fact, Hu Xiuwu knew more about the situation inside Suzaku Gate than Yu Jingzi. This place was built based on the template of Chang'an during the reign of Emperor Taizong, and Hu Xiuwu had traveled through Chang'an during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong in Pei Min's memory.
The Chang'an outside the Suzaku Gate during the reign of Emperor Taizong was different from what Hu Xiuwu remembered. During the reign of Emperor Gaozong, Empress Wu killed a group of aristocratic families. In addition, the political structure of Chang'an had already changed drastically.
A hundred years later, Chang'an during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong had changed drastically. It was more prosperous, with many mansions and hotels. This was the reason why Hu Xiuwu felt familiar with it but did not recognize it before.
However, due to ritual reasons, the imperial city within the Suzaku Gate has not changed much in the past hundred years, such as the two government offices on the left and right of Hu Xiuwu.
Don't be fooled by the fact that one of the two mansions is called Zongling Qifei Palace and the other is called Gansi Lianyuan Palace. There is also a picture of a Yin God suppressing evil spirits painted on the door. It is full of gloomy and majestic aura.
But Hu Xiuwu was very familiar with these two palaces. One was formerly called Taichang Temple and the other was called Honglu Temple.
You little brat, do you think I won’t recognize you if you change your username?
If I remember correctly, the one ahead is the Jiangzuojian, and the one behind is Chengtian Gate.