Chapter Four: The Land of Dreams in the Secret Realm of Liangshan
Chapter 4 The Secret Land of Liangshan and the Land of Dreams
"Nalan Yuandie, this name is rare. There are a total of 368 people with this name in the national household registration records, but it matches the characteristics you are looking for, young master, one-eyed, female soldier, and there is only one person left who matches the characteristics.
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After the fun was over and it was time to get down to business, Xiang Ling reported the information she had investigated to Sun Wu.
"The eldest daughter of the famous Nalan family in Kyoto was born as a commoner. She showed her talents from a young age and was good at poetry, calligraphy and painting. Her orchid paintings were well-known in the art world, but she was not loved by her father in the family.
When he was six years old, he joined the military academy. After that, his official career was prosperous, and he was promoted to the imperial guard directly under the emperor, and was promoted to colonel."
"As for the Feiyun ship you mentioned, young master, after checking various official registrations, there is no such ship. However, according to the extremely confidential information in Wanzi Tower, the Dawu Army does have one such mysterious warship. There are three of them.
The cutting-edge ship just left the factory a few months ago, the details are unknown, it is currently affiliated with Longya, and its first captain is Nalan Yuandie."
"Nalan Yuandie's first order after taking over as Captain Feiyun seems not to be a military mission, but more like some kind of idle job, because she was assigned to go out to hunt for treasures and search for the legendary secret land of Liangshanbo. The information ends here
So far, judging from the current intelligence, I believe Captain Nalan has learned nothing. Huh? Master, your expression is so strange."
After Xiangling finished the briefing, she unexpectedly noticed that the young man had a solemn expression and looked restless, so she curiously asked.
"This...this...I have some other questions I want to ask."
Xiangling mentioned Liang Shanbo's name, which made Sun Wu muster up the courage to ask the question that he should have asked long ago.
The reason for leaving the village was to find the Buddha's blood relic, but before that, I felt a little uncoordinated and confused about the calm Liangshanbo. This confusion was broken by Nalan Yuandie's Feiyun Ship
, the secret of Liang Shanbo finally emerged under the sun. After I left the village, I have always wanted to know what kind of existence Liang Shanbo is in the eyes of outsiders.
You can't ask Xiao Shang this question, nor can you ask anyone at random, because if you ask someone who doesn't have enough weight, you will only get a half-hearted answer that makes you even more 'confused'.
Xiang Ling is undoubtedly a person of great importance. She has seen a wide range of the world and her words are fair and trustworthy. She is the best person to resolve her doubts. While she is raising questions herself,
When he arrived at Liangshan Po Sanzi, Sun Wu pretended to be curious and asked her for relevant information.
"Master, are you talking about the legendary Liangshan Po... Well, as you heard, it is just a legend among people, but I think it should exist."
Mentioning the name of Liangshanbo, Xiangling laughed softly, her expression looking very yearning.
"The existence of Liangshan Bo has been a legend so far. No one can prove that it really exists, but no one can prove that it does not exist. This legend did not last long, and it probably only gradually spread after the fall of the Taiping Army.
Therefore, in the earliest days, what Liang Shanbo represented was the lost treasure of the Taiping Army."
Xiangling slowly sorted out the thoughts in her mind, and she could see that the various rumors about Liang Shanbo were too complicated and scattered, so she had to recall them one by one in order to effectively sort out a system.
"Many dynasties in history have hidden treasure secrets, and even this dynasty is no exception. There have always been rumors that when the Dawu royal family founded the country, they hid a large amount of treasures collected somewhere to prepare for the decline of the dynasty one day and the descendants of the descendants.
The capital can make a comeback, even if it doesn't work, it can still survive. Compared with this theory, the theory of the Taiping Army's hidden treasures is even more attractive."
When Tianjing, the capital of the Taiping Army, was breached, the generals of the Dawu Army who were ordered to search and plunder took the lead in opening the royal treasury in Tianjing. However, they only saw an empty grotto, and countless priceless treasures inside had long since disappeared. The furious
The generals of the Dawu Army tortured the prisoners, even used magic weapons that could read brain waves, and used all means to trace it, but in the end they got a strange answer.
All the treasures had been quietly transported away before the city of Tianjing was destroyed. The entire operation was extremely confidential. Even most of the top brass of the Taiping Army were kept in the dark. It was later revealed that it caused an uproar among the senior officials in Tianjing.
But no one knows the exact whereabouts of these treasures. Only one operation codename has been handed down: Liangshan Bo.
This inexplicable code confused everyone, and even made the general of the Dawu Army who was responsible for the torture furious. After getting no answer no matter how hard he tortured him, he ordered all the prisoners to be buried alive in pits and killed. Of course, he himself did not have a good ending.
The current Emperor Dawu was not a benevolent monarch, and he also did not believe that he had gained nothing from the torture, so he was imprisoned in the sky prison.
When the general took his last breath in prison, there was not a single intact piece of flesh on his body. With his death, the clues to the Taiping Army's treasures were cut off, and countless more were added among people's whispers.
Mysterious color.
During the heyday of the Taiping Army, the mysterious disappearance of magical weapons and weapons was also a major mystery in history. The value of this mystery was even greater than that of the huge batch of treasures. I don’t know when, there began to be such a legend in the world.
The huge batch of treasures that disappeared from Tianjing, as well as the top magic weapons of the Taiping Military Kingdom at its peak, were all hidden in a secret place, waiting for its destined emperor to come and collect it, and use it to rebuild the military kingdom's hegemony, and the name of that place is
Liangshan Bo.
"...Above the nine heavens, in the sea of ten thousand clouds, there is an island floating in the air. Its name is Liangshan. Liangshan is also the place of forgiveness of sins. It hides the greatest treasures in the world and collects the sinners in the world. They are sealed here forever and float in the sky without any trace.
The road is passable, but only the brave can ride on the wind and step on the clouds, and enter the Liangshan Mountains by walking on the cloud road and the ladder to heaven..."
Xiangling recited a passage, which was the most widely circulated description in the world. It described the location of Liangshanbo: a small island floating in mid-air.
To make a small island float into the sky, the huge energy and sophisticated technology involved behind it were something that even the Taiping Army could not achieve at its peak. This sentence sounds too ridiculous, but it still has a knack for money.
People believe that they have spent many years tracking Liangshan Bo and developing the so-called Cloud Road Ladder. It is a violent storm unique to a certain valley in the northwest and an unparalleled natural disaster.
Being swept up into the sky by a huge tornado and thrown into the clouds, if you are lucky, you may enter Liangshanbo. If you are unlucky, you may fall to death, or even die in the tornado before that. The mortality rate in the whole process is as high as 99%.
, the way to reach heaven pointed out in the ballad is indeed difficult and difficult, but there are still people who are willing to risk their lives to explore it and die for it.
"There have been many people who dream of getting rich and think they can go up Liangshan in one step for more than ten years. However, there are many people who have dreams of getting rich, but none of them can come back successfully. No one has ever been able to survive a tornado.
Come back and tell the world about Liang Shanbo."
Xiangling shook her head as she spoke, seeming to be annoyed with the ignorance and greed of these people, but she also seemed to be somewhat fascinated by Liang Shanbo. Seeing her like this, Sun Wu felt even more embarrassed to say what he said. If he told others at this time,
Being from Liangshanbo, Xiangling might really think of herself as a lunatic.
However, in such a situation, there are only two types of people who will look for Liang Shanbo, one is a fool who is obsessed with money, and the other is a sinner who is chased to the point of despair. In addition to treasure hunters, there are many people who are obsessed with money.
Criminals who are forced to have no place to stay will simply go to the northwest mountainous area, wait for the ladder to rise on the cloud road, and jump in to take the adventure of a near-death experience.
They will be chased until they have nowhere to go. These criminals must have many enemies, but no one will follow them into the tornado. Therefore, there is an unwritten rule in the world. As long as someone ignores life and death and climbs the Cloud Road Ladder
If he does not come back again, all the sins he has committed will be automatically forgiven. Even the imperial court's Ministry of Punishment recognizes this rule and never sends people to pursue criminals who climb the Cloud Road Stairway, because in people's minds, these criminals are equal to
Dead people.
"These criminals brought their most cherished things and had consciousness before jumping into the tornado. If the people had not died, all the magic weapons and belongings would have fallen into Liangshanbo. Therefore, the list of Liangshanbo treasures will be updated every month.
version, seriously speaking, Liangshanbo is really a dream within a dream, the city with the greatest treasure in the world."
However, although treasures are treasures and magical treasures are also rare treasures, so many things flowing into Liangshanbo are also divided into grades. Among the treasure legends of more than ten years, the most interesting ones are a few of them.
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The royal treasure of the Taiping Army! The gold and silver jewelry stored in the Tianjing Treasury at that time were priceless, enough to cover the Taiping Army’s military salary expenses for more than half a year. It was an astronomical sum of money. If you can get your hands on this treasure,
Being as rich as a country is definitely not a boast.
The alluring beauty who is known as the most beautiful woman in the martial arts world! After the end of the Taiping Rebellion, there is a saying among the people. It is said that there is a stunning beauty with an alluring appearance who assisted the Dawu Dynasty in developing magic weapons, so the Dawu Army was able to develop magic weapons.
A breakthrough was made. The most beautiful woman entered Liangshan Po for some unknown reason, and her whereabouts are unknown since then. She also became the inevitable target that the Dawu Dynasty was searching for.
The invincible magic power of the peerless sky demon! The reason why the sky demon was invincible in the world at that time was the supreme magic power "A Nose Blood Tribulation", which still makes the warriors in Middle-earth change their color after hearing about it. After the death of the sky demon, this magic skill
There is no successor to this skill, but it is rumored that the secret book of this supreme magic skill is also stored in Liangshan Bo.
Buddha's blood relic! This relic is said to come from the deepest part of the sea. It has been passed down from ancient times to the present. It has gone through a long period of time and has been snatched away from many people's hands. Its whereabouts are also disappearing and reappearing.
The specific effect of this relic bead is unknown, but it is rumored that the bead contains extremely strong energy. If you can successfully absorb it, you can become a peerless master overnight.
Huge treasures, stunning beauties, priceless magic skills, peerless martial arts, these are the things that the world dreams of. As long as you get these things, let alone be powerful, you can even start an army, just like the Taiping Army.
Competing for the throne and creating an imperial hegemony are the reasons why Liangshanbo's treasures are so attractive.
There were so many huge treasures that made Sun Wu shocked by what he heard, but Xiang Ling seemed to have remembered something and clapped her hands and said: "By the way, there is also a rumor that the biggest secret treasure hidden in Liangshan Boli is...
The rumor related to the Dawu royal family..."
There are rumors about Liangshanbo's secret treasures, and they may sound more amazing than the previous treasures. Sun Wu listened attentively, but Xiangling seemed to find it funny, waved her hand and said with a smile: "Forget it, this is too ridiculous, boring
Just forget about the rumors. Rumors should stop with the wise... In short, in the end, these are just rumors. If these things really existed, wouldn't the Lord of Liangshan Po have already practiced peerless magical skills, used invincible magic weapons, and led the army?
Are you out to destroy the city and plunder the land?"
Xiangling smiled and said: "It's just that if there is really someone in Liangshan Po, and there really is a master, then the owner of Liang Shan Po must be a very scary person."
"Why?"
Sun Wu was very surprised, because there was only one person who could be called the Lord of Liangshanbo, and the image of that person in his mind had nothing to do with the word "terrible", although Ju Yang Martial God
His behavior was a little ridiculous, but it wasn't so terrifying, so when he heard such a statement, his only feeling was that it was extremely ridiculous.
"Because those who can pass the test of the Cloud Road Ladder and enter Liangshanbo are the most cruel and cunning first-class strongmen in the world, Liangshanbo should have become a criminal place that gathers the world's most serious criminals. These criminals are not only individuals
All of them have unique skills, and their schemes are even more vicious and cunning. If anyone can really subdue these inhumane criminals and bring them under management, this person... I can only say that he is too scary."
Xiang Ling's last words were very serious, but she didn't notice that Sun Wu's expression on the other side was unusually astonished.
The excessive psychological impact made the young man feel as uncomfortable as a cold or a fever. After asking for relevant information about Liang Shanbo, he excused himself to rest and lay alone in the room, quietly thinking about everything Xiang Ling said.
Xiangling's description was consistent with Nalan Yuandie's statement, and further proved what he had seen with his own eyes. Liangshanbo was indeed a sinful den where the world's most ferocious criminals hid, and the villagers had been kind and polite to him for more than ten years.
People are probably just oppressed by some kind of force, so they pretend to have such a false image.
No one sincerely retreats, and every sinner still has a crazy animal nature in his heart. They have not repented, and they never regret their past crimes, because they do get supreme comfort from these sins. If they are satisfied, what's the use?
Redemption?
On the Feiyun ship that day, when he saw the villagers killing each other like crazy, Sun Wu realized this fact, but he was still unwilling to admit it, because as long as he admitted it, the world he had known since childhood would be destroyed.
Will completely collapse, so even though the facts are before his eyes, he still has to go outside to find the "truth".
Now, the truth seems to have come out, but more confusing clues have confused Sun Wu...
What kind of treasure, what kind of most beautiful woman, Sun Wu didn't know these things, but there was at least one thing that was right, and that was the Buddha's blood relic that he had seen with his own eyes.
People in the outside world have not misunderstood. Liangshanbo is indeed a place of sin. There are extremely vicious criminals inside, waiting to break out of the prison at any time, choosing people to devour, but they are restrained by some kind of force, and then they become what they are.
The familiar look.
But I have lived in Liangshanbo for fourteen years. If this power really exists, how come I can't feel it at all?
Could it be that the world I grew up in is really a completely false world? The seemingly peaceful pastoral mountain village is actually a huge stage, with all the actors appearing on stage, playing the roles of kind-hearted villagers, and acting together.
This good show that lasted for more than ten years?
Liangshanbo is the stage and the villagers are the actors. So, who is the audience enjoying this play? Is it you? Is it just you? Are Uncle Hu, Uncle Li, and Dad all actors? Also, my sister is in this play again
What role does it play? Could it be that all the loves in the past fourteen years are...
The spinning feeling made Sun Wu extremely uncomfortable while lying on the bed. It seemed as if his whole world was silently collapsing. Everything he knew was false. There was nothing real around him. He didn't know what else he could believe in.
"... At this time, the young man was very hesitant. He wanted to go back to Liangshanbo immediately and let his sister tell him that all this was not true. However, he knew very well that it was because of his refusal to say such things that Sister Fengjie
, so I let him go outside to find the truth."
"What is the truth? There are a thousand truths for a thousand people. There are truths about murderers and there are truths about crybaby and crybaby. The boy is now experiencing an important moment in his life and is beginning to change from a childish mentality.
Maturity, although there is still a long way to go before he becomes a real man, but no one has expectations for him anyway, so let him grow up slowly and leisurely, damn country bumpkin, yeah!"
Even the cheers shouted out were flat and indifferent, and hearing it felt like a bucket of cold water was poured over the head. It echoed in every corner of the room, as if the source of the sound was everywhere, but it was difficult to find the speaker.
From the second he heard the sound, Sun Wu jumped up from the bed as if he was electrocuted. He ran around in the room, searching for every hiding place. He even shook the pillow vigorously, jumped up and looked at the top of the bed, looking for every
A seemingly unbelievable corner, but nothing was found. It was not until the voice stopped that Sun Wu gave up.
"Xiao Shang, come out. What are you doing? Stop hiding."
"Hide and seek is the best education for training children's brain power. Do you want a crybaby who can't catch ghosts to admit that he is more incompetent than ordinary children? You can't even see it in such an obvious position?"
"Obviously? Where is it? I've searched the whole house, but I can't find it. Where are you hiding? I'm very worried. Stop playing."
"……here."
With a soft "yeah" sound, the door was pushed open, and a little girl dressed in expensive fox fur walked in under the sunset light that filled the room, and raised her hand to greet her dumbfounded companion.
"Is this an obvious location?"
"Hey, how can anyone hide outside while playing hide and seek in the house? This is simply a foul!"
"Is there any rule that says you can't hide outside the house in hide-and-seek? You didn't even open the door to take a look. The crying country bumpkin is really simple-minded."
The depressed mood felt a lot better after being teased by Xiao Shang. The boy let Xiao Shang in and wanted to say something to her, but he felt that there were so many things and he didn't know where to start. Finally he asked
What came out was a sentence that even he didn't expect.
"Xiao Shang, what kind of person is dad...?"
Compared with his sister Fengjie, Sun Wu cares more about the village elder. This sunny old man who is always full of energy, after the boy left Liangshanbo, he gradually came into contact with his unknown side, especially when he heard about the iron-blooded cavalry group.
After his voice escaped, Sun Wu felt that his father was far more powerful than he knew.
But this level of power is not enough to control Liangshanbo and firmly control all the evildoers. To let the evildoers in Liangshanbo suppress their original beastly nature and put on a mask of peace, it requires more than just "
"Awesome", but the strongest and deepest "horror".
Is this terror hidden deep in the darkness the father? Sun Wu didn't want to believe that in his heart, his father would always smile so cheerfully, pursue the sunshine and dreams with vigor, and have nothing to do with darkness.
, as long as he stands there, there will be no darkness in the world.
However, the Juyang Martial God who kicked the belly of a pregnant woman to get married in Xiangling's mouth is another undeniable fact. The old man who cruelly stepped on the belly of a pregnant woman to force her to get married, no matter how it sounds, he is the father. Is it right?
Can a person have two different temperaments?
"That's not certain. There are two-headed snakes in the world, and there are probably two-faced people. If you want to know who dad is, why don't you just ask him yourself? Forget about the direct method, just be here alone.
I was thinking dully, what’s the point of doing this?”
Talking calmly, Xiao Shang didn't seem to be irritated by his father's various deeds. Sun Wu thought that she might have known it for a long time. After all, although his father and himself had a good relationship, he always kept secrets only to Xiao Shang. There was something between them.
A lot of personal secrets.
However, what Xiaoshang said was right. Sun Wu decided that after finding the Buddha's blood relic, he must return to Liangshanbo to find out more about it from his father.
"Well...if Xiao Wu really wants to know, I can tell you at least one thing. Dad is a little different at night and during the day. He will often come in the middle of the night to check whether everyone is talking in their sleep."
At the end of the topic, Xiao Shang provided a meaningless piece of information. Sun Wu felt powerless just thinking about his father hiding by the window and listening to people talk in his sleep. This behavior has nothing to do with whether it is dark or not, it is simply like
He's an old pervert...
"Hey! Xiaoshang, people in the village have been randomly checked, so you... you also live in the village..."
"I'm a child. I usually go to bed very early and I don't have the habit of talking in my sleep."
"Oh, that's better..."
"But dad came here while I was sleeping."
Sun Wu was shocked when he heard this, fearing that his companions had been frightened by this, but Xiao Shang could stand here intact now, so there must be nothing wrong with him. He wanted to ask but it was difficult to ask, so in the end Xiao Shang said it himself.
"When dad was in the village, he would occasionally come over at night. If the quilt was messed up, he would help me cover the quilt, then close the door and leave."
"Oh, that's not bad."
"But in order to prevent us from kicking the quilt again, he would tap our acupuncture points and make us unable to move until dawn. Now you should know... why for a while you often had ghosts pressing down on your bed while you were sleeping."
"Yuan, is this the truth?"
When Sun Wu and Xiao Shang were together, Sun Wu often didn't know whether to be angry or convinced because of Xiao Shang's actions, and would kneel down with all his limbs weak. This phenomenon has been like this since before leaving Liangshanbo, and it seems to have happened again recently.
There is a trend of intensification, and there are more and more opportunities for this phenomenon to occur.
For example, at this moment, Sun Wu once again tasted the mixed feelings. What kind of thoughts did his father have towards himself and Xiaoshang? There should be love, but his father's way of loving people was very eccentric.
, which is unacceptable.
Shaking his head, Sun Wu didn't want to think too much about this matter. It would be more practical to solve the immediate problem first.
Taking advantage of the master's break, Xiangling went out shopping in order to buy some clothes for Sun Wu and Xiao Shang. There was no point in just staying in the room now, so Sun Wu and Xiao Shang went to the lobby on the first floor for a walk.
There were many guests in the lobby, many of whom were businessmen. They gathered in groups and talked loudly. Sun Wu heard that what they talked about was nothing more than another civil uprising somewhere in the south, or that the chief of some place in the north was guilty of corruption.
, the whole family was copied and beheaded.
The content of the conversation was very messy. After hearing it, Sun Wu was sure of only two things: the south was really in chaos, and everyone was afraid of the current emperor.
The cause of the rebellion in the south should be poverty. People who don't have enough to eat will naturally rebel. However, the economic environment in the north is not much better. Why is it that the same thing is much less common in the north, but rebellions occur every day in the south?
Where's the chaos?
It should not be as simple as economic factors, and from people's conversations, Sun Wu found that they seemed to look down on the southerners, and kept calling them "untouchables." If the speaker was a noble, this attitude of looking higher than the top is not surprising, but
These people seem to be neither rich nor noble, they are just ordinary people, but they actually talk about being untouchables and untouchables. This is difficult to understand.
(Could it be that... there is a social class in the South that is lower than ordinary people and is called an untouchable?)
This unexpected discovery made Sun Wu feel uncomfortable. There was no class distinction in Liangshan Bo, and there were no slaves. Everyone lived equally, so why do people have to be divided into classes?
"Human life is not created equal. Everyone's abilities are different. There are inherent levels of hierarchy among the superior and the inferior." Xiao Shang said, "Having no slaves does not mean that the world will be unified. You are the only one who thinks that all living beings in Liangshanbo are equal."
Xiao Shang's words were obviously sarcastic, but Sun Wu didn't think it was his fault that he grew up on the stage, so he naturally didn't respond. At this time, a group of new guests came to the door. There were quite a few, more than a hundred people.
The size of the group was larger than that of an ordinary business traveler, and more than half of them were armed with swords, guns, and weapons. Judging from the posture, it seemed that a wealthy businessman from a certain place was migrating with his family, and they were surrounded by bodyguards.
"It's not a small show, Xiao Shang, I don't know where he is from."
"Even if you know it, what's the point? Your geography has never been good. Do you know the location just by telling it?"
I really don’t know this, but Sun Wu observed it and found that the equipment of this group of guards was probably not very good. Even the weapons they used were wooden sticks, spears, etc., and there were not even half a beam weapon. Unless they were not
The inconspicuous wooden sticks, swords and guns are first-rate magic weapons. Otherwise, apart from resisting some small-scale bandits, this group of useless guards might not even be able to stop a stronger lone bandit.
In addition, those bodyguards had raised eyebrows and fierce eyes, and they didn't look like good people. They seemed to be more hooligans than professional bodyguards. If they waited a moment and shouted robbery with knives, Sun Wu would be a bit different.
It won't be a surprise.
Whether the bodyguard is strong or not, and what his character is, it is none of Sun Wu's business, but there is a girl who looks like a rich lady in the team of the wealthy businessman. She seems to be a few years younger than Xiao Shang. After seeing Sun Wu, his eyes suddenly light up.
, rushed over in three steps and two steps, and regardless of the young man's surprised eyes, he grabbed him by the waist and hugged him.
"Little brother, you are so good-looking, play with me... play with me!"
The little girl's sudden movement startled everyone present, but what troubled Sun Wu was not just the shock.
This little girl is not tall, just half as tall as me. After hugging her from the waist, her cute little face can just touch the end of her thigh. It would be okay if it was just like this, but she shook her head vigorously while talking.
, the feeling of dawdling... is really embarrassing.
The situation was bad enough, but someone else added insult to injury. Xiao Shang, who was next to him, showed an ambiguous smile and whispered: "Xiao Wu is really destined to be a little girl. How about it? Isn't it very refreshing?"
"Xiao Shang...if you use your thumb and index finger again to make that impure move, I will definitely retaliate later."