Pawn Crossing the River

Qi Xuansu forced Zheng Jiaohe to drink. This matter is both big and small.

Taking it a step further, this is a conflict between the second deputy palace master and the deputy palace master. It can also be said that Qi Xuansu does not follow the rules and has a bad habit.

To put it mildly, it's just a slightly over-the-top joke at the wine table, and it doesn't need to be formalized.

After all, on Zheng Jiaohe's territory, he took the initiative to host a banquet and offered a toast, but he was backhanded and drank half to death.

No matter how you look at it, it cannot be regarded as Qi Xuansu's provocation.

As for why Qi Xuansu acted like this, the reason is very simple. He was not having a fight with Zheng Jiaohe, but a disguised move to establish his authority. The first thing a new official does when he takes office is to burn out a few blind people. Only when he has established authority will others know how to be afraid, and only then can his words be effective.

Zheng Jiaohe, like Tian Yongfen, is short-sighted.

Another point is that Qi Xuansu is not the real person in charge of the overall situation, but the second deputy palace owner in charge of the law. He does not have to preach from a high altitude, nor does he have to take charge of the overall situation. The second position is an offending position. This kind of establishment of authority is just right.

To put it bluntly, the show between the two has just begun. This is the first round.

After Zheng Jiaohe sobered up, the two of them had to go to the Taoist government to continue the lawsuit.

Speaking of sobering up, "Drunken Life and Dreams of Death" claims to be a wine exclusively for real people. You get what you pay for, and even heavenly beings will be drunk. Zheng Jiaohe was already drunk, and Qi Xuansu force-fed him a full drink. Altar, it won't take three or four days. I'm afraid he won't wake up. Even if he wakes up, he won't be able to say "clear". He will still be confused for a few days. He may forget some things. When he fully recovers, , Qi Xuansu's half-month trip was almost over, and he just returned to Sheji Palace to slowly calculate and start the second round.

Of course, Zheng Jiaohe was drunk, but his subordinates were still sober. They would definitely report the matter to Wang Jiaohe, the real person in charge. However, Lan Hexu, the real person in charge, would have to play a role at this time. Let the two The boss slowly pulled it away, and Qi Xuansu still did what he should do.

In fact, it was never the real person in charge of the palace, Wang Jiaohe, who was the benchmark for Qi Xuansu. It should be the chief deputy palace master, Chen Shuhua.

Therefore, the condition of the Lord of Dayu involves Chen Shuhua, and Qi Xuansu must investigate thoroughly.

Having said that, Qi Xuansu's original intention in coming to the mansion was not like this. He actually wanted to beat them with all kinds of chaos inside and outside the city and put it in order immediately. But he didn't expect that a deputy palace master and a principal had already revealed their true colors before he could beat them. So he didn't need to talk about it. He had to wait until he returned to Sheji Palace to talk about it slowly in the Taoist government affairs.

Qi Xuansu didn't want to stay too long in Funan Kingdom and decided to go to the next stop - crossing the sea to the Lion City of Java Kingdom.

Today, the Funan Dao Palace is leaderless and in chaos. Naturally, no one dares to stop Qi Xuansu. They can only watch Qi Xuansu lead Tian Yongfen away.

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After Chen Jianchou realized the strange crux of the king's condition, he read many books that ordinary people could not see.

After Taoist monks established the Borneo Taoist House, they built a large library in Thang Long House, which was open to the outside world. Thanks to the development of printing technology, Daomen can print books on a large scale, and the cost is not too high. Therefore, this library has a rich collection of books, claiming to have a million volumes of books. Of course, there are no unique or rare books in this library, and some of the books have even been deleted. However, in order to facilitate Taoist priests to check books, there is a rather mysterious second floor in the library. To put it bluntly, it is a place where some "***" or unabridged books are stored.

Ordinary people are not qualified to enter this so-called second floor. When Chen Jianchou wanted to enter the Taoist school, Xu Jiaorong opened a back door for him and allowed him to enter the second floor, which gave Chen Jianchou the opportunity to read all the books. However, It was also a group of books that harmed him. After reading too much, he naturally had some ideological problems. The Taoist sect is only tolerant of the speeches of the upper class elites, but it is another matter for the lower class. Who do you think you are, should you be able to arbitrarily comment on the Taoist sect's government orders? Chen Jianqiu naturally lost his reputation to Sun Shan.

In other words, some words of Qi Xuansu, Zhang Yuelu, Li Changge and others can be said to be childish words without restraint, but loyal words that are offensive to the ears. Chen Jianchou cannot say that he has ulterior motives and is treasonous. Zhang Yuelu is ambitious in wanting to change the Taoist sect. Chen Jianchou wants to change the Taoist sect. Do you want to rebel?

Because of this, Qiniang advocated for Qi Xuansu to return to Taoism. In Qiniang's words, there will never be a big future in the world. In other words, the era of Jianghu has passed. Jianghu is in the past and may be in the future, but not now.

After Chen Jianchou failed, Xu Jiaorong did not take back this authority and still allowed him to freely enter and exit the second floor, which facilitated his investigation.

Although the content is *** or deleted, it is not necessarily against Taoism. It is more that many contents are not suitable for ordinary people to watch. For example, "The Rise and Fall of Eleven Witches", in addition to recording the history of ancient witchcraft, it also introduces in detail The underlying structure and logic of the ancient witchcraft religion, which includes many witchcraft rituals, spells, and magical powers, are usually very barbaric and accompanied by human sacrifices and other contents, so they had to be deleted.

Chen Jianchou read a story in the unabridged "History of the Rise and Fall of Eleven Witches".

At that time, Wu Luo once created the Kingdom of God in the human world. Anyone who believed in Wu Luo could enter Wu Luo's Kingdom of God through the bridge built by "spiritual art" in his sleep. As long as he could pass through the various bridges set by Wu Luo Through this test, you can obtain a witchcraft called "Zhuyoushu", which Taoists call "hypnosis" and Westerners call "hypnosis", which can make others obey your orders in a state of confusion. , but the believer's mind was also controlled by Wu Luo using the "Zhu You Technique". Although it seemed that there was no change in memory and emotion, as long as Wu Luo thought about it, he would immediately become Wu Luo's puppet.

After many people have obtained this method, although they cannot deal with those who have achieved cultivation, they are more than enough to deal with ordinary people. They may take advantage of the opportunity to make money and kill others, or take advantage of the opportunity to rape other people's wives and daughters.

As a result, these people become more and more pious towards Wulu, and more and more people believe in Wulu.

At its peak, Wu Luo had millions of believers and dominated one side. He was the most powerful among the great witches. Unfortunately, Wu Luo met the Ancestral Master who was a disciple of Taishang Taozu. "Sword" broke the golden body, and the Tianshi Sect quickly wiped out the remaining forces of the Witch Sect, making Wu Luo enter the first level of death of the gods and was on the verge of the second level of death.

However, Wuluo has not completely disappeared. Over the past thousands of years, people have still inexplicably obtained the "Zhuyoushu" from time to time and started to make waves. Now, they have made a comeback and established the Lingshan Witchcraft, ranking among the three major secret societies. one.

The story about entering the kingdom of God from a dream reminded Chen Jianchou of the strange dream of the king. Maybe what the king saw in the dream was not the Blood Bodhisattva, but the legendary ancient immortal Wu Luo.

As for why Chen Jianchou thought of reading "The Rise and Fall of Eleven Witches", it was because he had read this story when he was preparing for the exam. After seeing the king's medical records, he had an association with it, but it was just so far away. It's been a long time, and I can't remember some of them, so I came back and read it again.

However, Chen Jianchou still felt that something was missing, and there were still a few points that were not connected.

The most critical point is that as the chief deputy palace master, Chen Shuhua is unlikely to have any collusion with the secret society.

In fact, there is a very strange point in Taoism. There are some Taoist priests at the bottom who cannot see hope and defect to secret societies. Taoist priests at the highest level, such as the level of the Third Master, have long been deeply tied to the Taoist sect. They are inseparable and cannot betray. They are the ones who make decisions and have some contact with secret societies, involving some very macro issues. aspect. Only Taoist priests who are neither above nor below are unlikely to have in-depth contact with secret societies unless they want to apostatize. Especially the Taoist priests who don't have a strong background and support, they don't dare to be contaminated at all.

Maybe someone wants to make an issue with Zhang Yuelu, Qi Xuansu, Li Tianzhen and others. They have also been in contact with secret societies. Why are they okay? To put it bluntly, they have a backer, which means they have a guarantee. .

Needless to say, Zhang Yuelu and Li Tianzhen represented the Zhang and Li families respectively and obtained the permission of the Celestial Master and the National Master. They actually represented the Celestial Master and the National Master, rather than acting on their own initiative. Let's talk about Qi Xuansu. Behind him is Qiniang, and behind Qiniang is Earth Master. In fact, it is still the same. This is the fundamental reason why Cihang finally gave in and compromised.

If the Earth Master endorses Qi Xuansu, the problem can be big or small.

More importantly, as both are three major secret societies, the Ziguang Sect does not do much evil. In addition, due to the special relationship between the Zhang family, it is a target that can be fought for, similar to the Qingping Society, while the Lingshan Witch Sect and the Zhiming Sect are the most evil. There is an essential difference. Looking back, there should be four major secret societies, and there is also the Xuanyin Sect. However, after being recruited by the Taoist sect, it is not impossible that it will become two major secret societies in the future.

Although Chen Shuhua holds a high and powerful position, he lacks a strong backer after all. If he gets involved with the Lingshan Witch Cult, not only will his future be lost, but his life will also be in danger.

Chen Shuhua can be the chief deputy palace master, so he is certainly not a fool and cannot fail to understand this truth.

From this point of view, Chen Jianqiu's guess is unfounded.

However, an idea still popped up uncontrollably in Chen Jianchou's mind, what if it was true?

Then wouldn't he be involved in a huge whirlpool? No wonder the adoptive mother said that if you are not careful, you will be doomed.

If you say you are not afraid, that would be a lie.

When gods fight, mortals suffer.

The reason is simple. This incident didn't just happen today. The adoptive mother didn't care about it in the past, so why should she intervene now? Because Qi Cixian is here.

Why should Qi Cixi care about this matter? Is he concerned about the safety of the leader of Dayu? Was it Chen Jianqiu's pleading that made him soften? No, it's because this matter involves Chief Chen.

That makes it very clear. It is said that Qi Cixi came to Borneo with a special mission from Jinque, and Chief Cha Chen is in line with Qi Cixi's mission.

Sooner or later, the two sides will have a collision on this matter.

This is the fight between gods.

He got involved and was a cannon fodder.