"The beast on the altar of the empire is not a fool who can be used all the time."
When Meng Ze hears this, she murmurs in a low voice and says in surprise, "He knew it when he was in the water battle in Dongting?"
"Yes."
"Then, then … when he stabbed Brother Mo and didn't stop me from taking him away, he deliberately let me find out that Brother Mo's spiritual nucleus had been eroded by the Puppet Elixir?"
The Murong Lian nods, "Most likely."
Meng Ze murmurs, "At that time, it was because I wanted to heal Brother Mo's spiritual nucleus that I could detect that Brother Mo was poisoned by the Puppet Elixir. So, I tried my best to peel it off. But I didn't report this to Junshang. I felt strange in my heart. Later, after several investigations, I knew that it was Junshang's secret plan …"
She turns to look at Gu Mang who doesn't know anything at the moment. Her face is slightly pale, "So at that time, you … you did it on purpose …"
When Gu Mang hears her talking about himself, he is confused, "What? What on purpose? "
Mo Xi shakes her head, "That's impossible. I have read the letters between Gu Mang and Junshang. He has been passing information to Junshang for five years. If he knew, why would he be willing to continue to offer the Black Demon Spell to Junshang? "
"Fireball, do you think that Gu Mang's early letters to Junshang contain a lot of secrets about the casting of the Black Demon Spell of Burning Country? But in the later period, he often only provides secret reports about the military and national conditions, but rarely talks about the Black Demon Spell? "
"…"
Hearing the Murong Lian's words, Mo Xi recalls the letters she read at that time. It is indeed so.
The Murong Lian says, "Gu Mang is very clear that if he is exposed, Murong Chen will not hesitate to kill him or give him up as a chess piece. Then, he will find someone else to continue to go to Burning Country to search for the secret spell. So even though he already knew what kind of person Murong Chen was, he still kept it in and wrote letters to Junshang as usual. "
"But after that, he was very careful. He rarely talked about the Black Demon Arts in the letters he sent to Jun Shang. Even if he did, he only wrote things that seemed very confidential but were actually not very useful."
Mo Xi: "… How do you know so much?"
The Murong Lian filled his pipe with tobacco, lit it, and took a puff. As he exhaled light green smoke, he said in a deep voice, "Because these words were said to me personally by Gu Mang."
Mo Xi's expression suddenly changed. "When …"
"The day before he was sent back to the city as a peace offering."
“！”
The Murong Lian, under everyone's astonished gazes, slowly said, "… Don't be too surprised. Jun Shang once handed the matter of dealing with Gu Mang to me. So the day before he returned to the city, I went out of the city myself and met with him in private. "
"When he was on his way back?"
"When he was on his way back, by the Darling River."
"…"
"Everyone thought that Gu Mang's memories were all dug out by Liao Country. His spiritual nucleus was shattered, and his two spirits were taken away. That's why he became like that." The Murong Lian paused. "Actually, that's not the case."
"Liao Country did destroy Gu Mang's consciousness to prevent him from leaking the secrets, but they did not destroy the memories that had nothing to do with Liao Country's secrets. So, first, Gu Mang's memories were not destroyed by Liao Country. "
The officials were shocked. "What?!"
"It's not Liao Country?!"
"That's right. Second, it's said that Gu Mang's two spirits were taken away by Liao Country. This is also false. Gu Mang's spirits were not taken away by anyone. He took them out himself and used them for himself. He donated them himself. It has nothing to do with Liao Country. "
This sentence was even more shocking than the previous sentence. If the previous sentence was just a ripple, this sentence became a huge wave.
Mo Xi took a step back. His originally thin lips were pale. "How … is that possible? Why did he … "
"Why did he do that? You should be the clearest about it." The Murong Lian glanced at the Murong Chen. "Let's not talk about this first. We still have a third matter to discuss."
"Third, Gu Mang's final memory loss was at the Darling River. All his memories were erased because of our Chong Hua Country's Monarch!"
The Murong Chen's eyes were like a vulture. "Murong Lian, when are you going to stop deceiving people?!"
The Murong Lian said calmly, "I knew you would say that. You wanted to assassinate me previously because of this reason. There's no other way. Who asked the person you sent to give him the Daylily … "
The Murong Lian paused. He raised his peach blossom eyes and said, "It's me."
The Murong Chen was speechless.
"I've always seen Gu Mang as a thorn in my side. After knowing that he betrayed the country, I felt extremely humiliated. I thought that he brought shame to the Wangshu Family and wanted to kill him. At that time, Monarch saw through my thoughts and secretly summoned me to the front of the palace. He told me that Gu Mang did not betray the country, but was a spy. "
Meng Ze said softly, "You knew that he was a spy. Why did you still hate him so much?"
"How could it be so simple?" The Murong Lian sneered. "Monarch told me that Gu Mang went out as a spy. However, halfway through, Gu Mang made a request. He hoped that Monarch would help him become the head of the Wangshu Family after he returned."
"… Gu Mang would never ask for such a price."
"But how would I know at that time?" The Murong Lian rolled his eyes. "Monarch caught my wariness and told me that he did not agree to Gu Mang's condition. Gu Mang's request to replace me was rejected by Monarch. He felt resentful and finally became a real traitor. Later, he worked for the Burning Country to take revenge on the Chong Hua. "
Everyone in the Chong Hua knew that the Murong Lian bullied Gu Mang badly in the past. Monarch made up a lie and said that Gu Mang had evil intentions and wanted to use the opportunity to pull down the former head. This was the most logical thing to do.
As the head of the Wangshu Family, how would the Murong Lian feel when he heard this news?
The Murong Lian said, "When I heard this, I was naturally angry. However, I also felt that it was strange. Since Gu Mang was a real traitor, why did the Burning Country send him back as a peace offering? "
Mo Xi glanced at Monarch and asked the Murong Lian, "What did he say?"
"He did not leak anything. He said that he could not tolerate Gu Mang's actions, so he secretly wrote a letter to the king of the Burning Country. He told the king of the Burning Country that Gu Mang's original identity was when he went to the Burning Country. He also said that Gu Mang had stolen many of the Burning Country's secrets and offered them to the Chong Hua. The Burning Country felt that this person was two-faced and had evil intentions. He could not continue to be used, so he sent him back. "
The Murong Lian took another puff of 'Floating Life Like A Dream' and continued, "Murong Chen told me that Gu Mang was a person who was afraid of death. Before the Burning Country made a move to capture him, he had already sensed their intentions. In order to protect himself, Gu Mang wrote a letter to Monarch, saying that he had already found out the secret room where the Burning Country bred the Blood Scourge. He also saw the baby of the Blood Scourge inside. He was willing to use the power of his soul to seal its power and secretly offer it to Monarch, hoping that he would not die. "
"At that time, I completely believed his words and hated Gu Mang to the extreme. In anger, I questioned Monarch, were we going to agree to this traitor's request? "
"Monarch replied that Gu Mang had been tempered by the Black Demon. If he was killed rashly, who knows what kind of unprecedented evil he would turn into? We definitely could not do that. Therefore, he did agree to Gu Mang's suggestion, and he wanted me to do two things — — "
"The first thing, he wanted me to secretly meet Gu Mang before he entered the city. He wanted me to ask him to hand over the soul box that sealed the power of the Blood Scourge."
Mo Xi asked, "What about the second thing?"
"The second thing. He gave me a pill and said that Gu Mang came from a poor background and reached such a high position. From this, one could see how cunning he was. Although he was afraid of the Black Demon's mutation and could not kill him, if he was still conscious, he would definitely try to spread rumors with the people around him — — the jailers, guards, etc. With Gu Mang's mouth, he could create anything. Therefore, he had to destroy his divine sense and memory — — this pill was made for this purpose. He asked me to give him the pill immediately after I received the Blood Scourge's soul box that Gu Mang offered. "
As Mo Xi listened, his fingertips sank deep into his palms. As the truth of the past surfaced, the spider silk that Monarch had spat out was clearly visible. It was like an inescapable net, trapping them in the middle.
Mo Xi whispered, "But after you met Gu Mang, didn't Gu Mang tell you the truth?"
"He did say a few words. He told me not to trust Monarch too much. But who do you think I would believe at that time? "
"… …"
"Moreover, when I met Gu Mang, perhaps the guards in charge of escorting him had lynched him. His consciousness was very blurry, and there was a fresh scar on his chest that was still bleeding. He did not have the strength to say much to me before he fainted."
The Murong Lian paused and continued, "But at that time, there was one thing that made me feel strange. That was, other than giving me the soul box that sealed the Blood Scourge's power, he also gave me another thing. He told me to keep it safe no matter what and then find a chance to destroy it. He also told me not to let Monarch know about this."
Murong Meng Ze asked, "What did he give you?"
The Murong Lian did not answer immediately. Instead, he looked at Murong Shen who was sitting on the high seat.
"Monarch, you painstakingly asked Mo Xi to bring you a piece of the Blood Scourge's remnant soul from Da Ze City in order to refine you into a monster with a bird's mouth and a dog's body. It must be the Blood Scourge's soul box that Gu Mang gave you back then. You haven't opened it after so many years, right?"
As he spoke, he sneered, "Do you know why you can't open it?"
At this point, Murong Shen knew that it was useless to continue pretending. Thus, he asked coldly, "Why?"
The Murong Lian exhaled smoke and said, "Because the soul box that Gu Mang used a strand of his soul to cast was different from others. He made some adjustments himself. To open it, you need a key. "
Meng Ze was shocked, "That's the thing that Gu Mang asked you to keep?"
"That's right," the Murong Lian said, "At that time, I was careful and did not mention this to anyone."
At this point, the Murong Lian looked coldly at Murong Shen.
"Monarch, you can't open the soul box that you painstakingly obtained. You must have studied it for a long time but still couldn't figure it out. Fortunately, I am naturally suspicious and know that you are a cunning person. In the end, I didn't completely believe you. Otherwise, I'm afraid that the year Gu Mang returned to the city, you would have turned all the people in Chong Hua into wooden puppets. "
Murong Shen gritted his teeth and stared at him. Suddenly, he burst into a series of cruel laughter.
"Murong Lian … Murong Lian, so you didn't believe in me or Gu Mang back then … Hahahaha …!"
The Murong Lian said indifferently, "Yes."
"Then who have you believed in your life?!"
The Murong Lian said, "I am the same as you. Murong Shen. We are both that kind of people — — we don't believe in anyone but ourselves. "
As he said this, his eyes were indifferent and distant, "It's time for your farce to end. Give up on your dream of unifying the nine regions. I have already destroyed the key that Gu Mang gave me. "
Murong Shen's laughter did not stop. After circling around for a long time, he stared at the Murong Lian with red eyes. Then, he looked at each person, from Mo Xi, to Gu Mang, to Murong and Meng Ze … and even to the officials.
Finally, his eyes were like that of a malicious spirit, and he said eerily, "Murong Lian, do you think that after studying for so many years, I really didn't find a second way to open Gu Mang's sealed soul box?"
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