Chapter 189: Dream within a dream, plan within a plan
Liu Mang slowly opened his eyes, his face as gloomy as water.
It’s a dream!
He is not unfamiliar.
He also set up a similar dream on the first floor of Liu's study.
The biggest trap of this dream is that it will generate a perfect ideal world through people's subconscious memory.
Just as he thought, Lin Zhiqing copied his ideas and imitated his method to create the same dream he had just had.
Even though he knew it was just a dream, Liu Mang was still quite angry.
The scenes in his dream were like a knife stabbing his heart.
He came from a farming family and was formerly known as Liu Wuliang.
As the name suggests, there was no food at home when his mother gave birth to him.
Because of this name, he was also ridiculed a lot.
After he became rich, he quickly changed his name.
Liu Mang.
Because he met that noble man in a place called Mangshan in Zhongzhou.
This is one of them.
Secondly, the name Liu Mang is quite special, which can lower other people's guard against him and make it easier for him to do certain things.
After he changed his name to Liu Mang, the name Liu Wuliang was never heard again.
Until just now, the dream brought Liu Mang back to his not-so-good memories.
His father died early, and his mother worked in the dirt all her life, so she sent him to school for a few years.
He was extremely talented and won first place in the provincial examination.
But in the imperial examination, he did very badly, and instead an uneducated fellow villager passed.
That fellow countryman was the nephew of a centurion under the Marquis of Changning, and was very respected in his hometown.
Liu Mang knew there must be something wrong, but he had no money and no place to appeal.
Plus, my mother is old and in poor health.
In order to make a living, he had to work as a teacher in the county academy.
This job was quite respectable in the countryside, and with the help of a matchmaker, Liu Mang became engaged to a woman named Yulan.
Everything seemed to be getting better, but after that fellow villager returned home in glory and became a county magistrate, everything took a turn for the worse.
Yulan despised his poor family and hooked up with the county magistrate.
Liu Mang's mother witnessed this scandal and was so angry that she died.
He wanted to take revenge, but instead lost his job and was humiliated by Yulan and the county magistrate every day.
It was during this period that Liu Mang comprehended the secret technique.
After he used his secret technique to get rid of Yulan who betrayed him and the incompetent county magistrate, he aroused the suspicion of the government.
He fled all the way to Zhongzhou and was almost dying.
In this situation, he met the noble man, who just waved his hand and all the charges against him were cleared.
From then on, he began to study the art of being an official.
Because he realized that only by being an official could one gain power and decide a person's life and death.
Just like now, he got rid of the name Liu Wuliang and the low-end life, and transformed himself into one of the most noble people in the world.
Thinking of this, his emotions slowly calmed down.
It's just a dream. The dead are far less scary than the living.
He tried to wake up several others.
But the effect was not optimistic. Among the other six people, only four were awakened.
There are two more who insist on staying in the dream and refuse to come out.
The outcome of this would be death. Liu Mang was afraid that they would waste time, so he made a prompt decision and left the two men on the side of the road, and then continued forward with the others.
This approach was truly too cruel, but no one else dared to say anything.
Walk quickly through the residential area of Xishi, pass Xuanwu Gate, and walk a distance to the entrance of the vegetable market.
Liu Mang, who was inside the carriage, was silently planning the route in his mind.
He knew that the road ahead would definitely not be smooth.
Amidst this suspicion, they soon went to the residential area of Xishi.
The streets here are very narrow, just wide enough for a carriage to pass through.
Perhaps it had been a while since we had seen such a grand event as beheading, and everyone had gone to watch the excitement, so there were very few people here.
The further you go inside, the more the damp smell unique to the people sweeps over you.
Liu Mang couldn't help but cover his nose.
He was familiar with the smell because he had once had it on him.
He couldn't tell what it tasted like.
If I have to find an adjective, it would be - the taste of poor people.
The dampness of sweat mixed with the dryness of the sun brought Liu Mang back to his memories before he became an official.
He had finally gotten rid of the damp, dark smell of poverty, and now that he had sat on this high position, he didn't want to get down.
Thinking of this, his eyes became more determined.
"Search everywhere first, and kill anyone you meet without mercy!" His voice was very clear.
The guards around immediately dispersed.
Soon, the area became chaotic.
As the guards probed deeper, their noses were stained with the dark, damp smell.
Liu Mang sat in the carriage and felt that the smell was getting stronger and stronger.
Soon, the two guards came back one after another: "Reporting to the lord, nothing unusual was found."
Upon hearing this, Liu Mang frowned even deeper.
The greatest danger is the absence of danger.
He didn't believe that Lin Zhiqing would miss such a great position and set a trap for him.
"Be alert at all times. Anyone who is suspicious must be killed immediately." Liu Mang's eyes were vicious.
The driver swallowed and said, "If there were common people passing by..."
Before he could finish his words, he felt a sharp gaze.
Feeling the adult's anger, the driver immediately kept silent.
The others said in unison: "Yes!"
However, the coachman's worries were obviously unnecessary.
Because the further the carriage went inside, the fewer residents there were around.
When they reached the center, there was no one there.
This is obviously abnormal.
Liu Mang quickly ordered his men to stop.
He has realized that something is wrong.
Several people observed the surrounding scene, feeling a little uneasy.
"Sir, this is..." The guard's eyes showed a confused look.
Liu Mang quickly got out of the carriage and looked around.
But no matter how I looked at it, the house was still the same house, without any change.
But there was no sign of anyone.
The Lin family obviously does not have the ability to attract everyone in West City.
There is only one possibility before our eyes, that is... Liu Mang narrowed his eyes, they have been hit by the secret technique again.
Yes.
Only secret techniques can cause hallucinations. There must be people in this area, but Liu Mang and the others can't see them.
But when did they fall under the spell?
Liu Mang was a little confused. After what happened just now, he was very careful along the way and did not give Lin Zhiqing and others a chance to attack.
But now the facts are before our eyes. What went wrong?
What are the images that can make people fall into illusions?
Flowers, plants, trees, and landscape paintings.
As long as it is used well, everything can become an image expressing the secret technique.
Liu Mang had no idea, so he had to ask the guards: "Did you see, hear, or smell anything else during your journey?"
The others immediately started answering in unison.
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