On the green hills, the cool breeze blows gently, bringing with it a long-lost sense of ease and comfort.
Gu Chen woke up from meditating and opened his eyes. On the edge of the cliff in front of him, a beautiful and refined figure was standing there, looking at the rolling mountains in the distance.
Green mountains, green waters, and stunning beauties complement each other perfectly.
Gu Chen stood up and walked towards Ji Lanchu.
Several days have passed since they narrowly escaped death in the Valley of the Wild Gods. They escaped from the Middle-earth Empire and finally did not have to be hunted down all day long, so they had a few days of leisure.
The continuous battles, especially in the Wild God Valley, had caused heavy losses, and the two of them had been silently recovering from their injuries in the past few days.
Gu Chen's injuries have almost healed, but there are still some residual effects from the "Spiritual Decryption" secret method, and he is still a little mentally exhausted.
Ji Lanchu is now more than half recovered, and it's time for the two of them to discuss what to do next.
Snoring.
The white ape was sleeping, hugging a small colorful tree he found from the Valley of the Wild Gods, snoring like thunder.
Gu Chen passed by it, and Ji Lanchu immediately noticed that he was awake, turned around and smiled.
That smile was like a hundred flowers in full bloom. The wild flowers all over the mountain could not reflect the temperament of this young girl who brought disaster to the country and the people.
"What are you going to do next?"
Gu Chen walked to her side, and the two stood side by side.
The breeze blew across his face, making his black hair messy.
Although Ji Lanchu fled Kyushu, the influence of the Middle-earth royal family and the Huangfu family spread across the entire continent, so for her, things were not over yet.
What's more, it's not easy for a girl to live alone at home.
"The sky is high enough for birds to fly, the sea is wide enough for fish to jump, the world is so big, I want to go for a walk."
Ji Lanchu smiled sweetly.
"oh."
Gu Chen looked disapproving.
It seems that although the two of them had a heart-to-heart talk in the Valley of the Wild Gods, the princess still had reservations about herself after getting out of danger.
Ji Lanchu turned her head and stared at Gu Chen with a disapproving look, a little disappointed in Qiushui's bright eyes.
"Next I plan to take a walk in the Eastern Wasteland." She said.
"Why?" Gu Chen asked casually.
"You also know that I have always believed that the Huangfu family's ambitions pose a great threat to our royal family, so I have been investigating in secret."
"After my investigation, Donghuang is a special place. The Huangfu family seems to be particularly concerned about this area."
Gu Chen's pupils shrank slightly, "For example?"
"On the surface, Huangfu's family is from a prominent family in Kyushu, but privately Huangfu Wuji is rumored by everyone to be the God of Hades in the Hades Palace."
"In the past few years, the killers from the Hades Palace have been moving very frequently in the Eastern Wasteland. To take a recent example, a year ago they wiped out thirteen sects of the Fenglin Mansion for no reason. This was very strange."
"Four or five months ago, it was rumored that the important branch of Hades Palace in Beluga Mansion was destroyed by the Heavenly Court."
Ji Lanchu said it carelessly, but Gu Chen was surprised when he heard it.
As expected of a princess of the empire, she is so well-informed.
It’s not surprising that she knew that the God-making Pavilion was destroyed, but the thirteen sects of Fenglin Mansion were destroyed, and not many people knew that the Underworld Palace was responsible for this.
"There is another thing that concerns me the most. About three years ago, Huangfu Wuji's fourth son, Huangfude, led a large number of people to the Eastern Wasteland suddenly. After that, except for him who came back alive, everyone else died."
"The Huangfu family suffered huge losses, but strangely, no one knows who did it. They were so strong in the past that they didn't pursue the matter afterwards."
"There are even hints of the Shen family in this matter, which makes me curious about what is so fishy about this matter."
Ji Lanchu continued to speak, and when Gu Chen heard this, his face couldn't help but ripples appeared!
Three years ago!
Three years ago, it was the time when his father Gu Tianming disappeared.
According to what my mother later said, my father left resolutely because he had awakened the Cangtian Bagu and in order to avoid the pursuit of the Huangfu family and not to drag down their mother and son.
Is it just a coincidence that Huangfude happened to bring a large group of people to the Eastern Wasteland at this time?
"By the way, I'm afraid the Huangfu family won't be safe if they don't hand over such an important matter to Cangtian Ba Gu's awakening to their own people. There is a high probability that Huangfu De went there for his father three years ago."
"Wait a minute, the Shen family? Isn't my mother's family named Shen?"
Gu Chen remembered the night when he escaped from Feng Lin Mansion. His mother asked him to leave first, and he didn't trust her. Elder Nangong told him that his mother's family was not simple, and the Huangfu family did not dare to touch her easily.
Everything was so hasty at that time, Gu Chen didn't think about it carefully, leaving many doubts.
Hearing what Ji Lanchu said now, when his father disappeared three years ago, the Shen family had a shadow in it, he couldn't help but feel turbulent in his heart.
Could this Shen family be mother's natal family?
When the Huangfu family went to arrest their father, what role did they play?
"What is the origin of the Shen family you are talking about?"
Gu Chen couldn't help but ask.
His expression changed obviously, and Ji Lan was surprised when she saw it for the first time.
After spending many days together, Gu Chen seemed to her to be a guy who was far more introverted than his peers. Even when faced with the immortal king who was chasing after him, he could calmly and rationally kill him, which made her She was so impressed that she fell into disbelief.
But now I just heard a few rumors from her casually, and my expression actually changed.
She thought about the connection between Gu Chen and this matter, and answered truthfully.
"I told you before, one government, two courtyards, three families, four holy places and five holy sects, these are the fifteen strongest forces in the Middle-earth Empire besides my royal family."
"In addition to the Ming Jia, there are also Confucians and Buddhists among the three schools, and the Confucian schools are headed by the Shen family."
Gu Chen listened carefully and frowned. "Is this Confucianism very strong?"
"If we simply talk about combat power, there are very few Confucian masters. Most of them are scholars who have no strength to restrain themselves."
Ji Lanchu smiled and said, "But Confucian ideas have always been the foundation of our rule in the Middle-earth Empire. Their ideas have penetrated deeply into the people of Li, and their influence is extremely huge."
"The Confucian family is headed by the Shen family, and there are a large number of Confucian scholars serving as officials in the imperial court. Most of them are full of awe and righteousness, and dare to fight for the people of Li and the emperor."
Gu Chen had been living in a wild land before. This was the first time he heard that there was such a force, and he couldn't help but feel strange.
"Since they have no fighting power, how can they be the opponents of the monk sect? They should be easily exterminated, right?"
Ji Lanchu shook her head, "The Middle-earth Empire has a vast territory, and there are tens of billions of people in Kyushu. For such a huge territory, it will be difficult to maintain stability and prosperity without a mainstream and appropriate ideology to guide it."
"The core concepts of Confucianism, such as benevolence, justice, etiquette, wisdom and trust, are in line with the requirements of the imperial court. Therefore, at the beginning of the establishment of the Middle-earth Empire, our royal family respected it as a national art."
"After countless years of development, Confucianism's thoughts have long been integrated into the entire Jiuzhou. They are tied to the people of Li and they believe that water can carry a boat and capsize it. Do you think they are strong?"