Pawn Crossing the River

In addition to the palace master's meeting and the Tao government's general meeting, each local government has a smaller meeting. Regardless of the special situation of the master in charge, only three people participate, namely the master, the chief deputy master, and the second deputy. The master of the palace is also known as the three-person meeting.

Although the three-person meeting is not a formal decision-making body and cannot decide major issues, but before the official meeting of the head of the palace, the real person in charge convenes the two deputies to communicate and exchange opinions in advance to determine the topic and direction of the discussion, but in fact, as long as this is The three of them have reached an agreement, and whether it is a palace master's meeting or a Taoist government meeting, it can usually pass smoothly.

This is also the reason why the first-level spiritual officials are counting on Qi Xuansu. Except for wartime situations, the spiritual officers only have a say in the three-level discussions within the Taoist government. They have no way to directly participate in the other two levels of discussions.

The second deputy palace master is different. All three levels of discussions have the right to speak. Back in Jiangnan Daofu, Li Tianlan was also the second deputy palace master, which can be said to have changed everything. Therefore, whether there is an attributive in front of the deputy palace master makes a huge difference.

Wang Jiaohe, the real person in charge of the government, held a three-person meeting on whether to hold a Taoist meeting.

Only three people participated. The three chairs were distributed in the shape of "pin". Wang Jiaohe sat in the top position with the word "kou", facing south and back to north. Chen Shuhua and Qi Xuansu sat on the left and right, facing each other.

Wang Jiaohe was the first to speak: "The occurrence of such a big event is beyond our expectation. Fortunately, the impact is not big."

Qi Xuansu glanced at Chen Shuhua and said, "I'm afraid it will take Master Lan Da to make this judgment as to whether the impact is big or not. After all, he is the person involved."

Wang Jiaohe looked at Qi Xuansu: "Qi Cixi means..."

Qi Xuansu said: "The matter is of great importance, and Master Landa is not here. I think we should report the situation to Jinque immediately and request Jinque's support. I can draft a specific official letter on my behalf, and finally the master will take the lead in reporting."

Qi Xuansu was not willing to report to Jinque, but he could use "reporting to Jinque" as an excuse to force Wang and Chen to compromise.

Chen Shuhua had to speak: "It's not that serious, right? Except for the retreat of Master Landa, there was no damage. Even Master Landa, as Qi Cixi said, only suffered a slight injury and will be fine soon. If we just report it to Jinque after leaving the customs, others will say that we are making a fuss out of a molehill."

Chen Shuhua is using Qi Xuansu's words to silence Qi Xuansu. You said it yourself. Master Lan Da's injury was not serious, but I didn't say that. You shouldn't shame yourself.

Qi Xuansu said: "It's just that the ancient immortal came to the world. Without causing huge losses, it's really not easy to make a fuss about it. But in this ancient immortal's advent, there is another point involved, and that is the leakage of Nanlong's dragon energy. The question is, this is not a trivial matter, should it be reported to Jinque?”

Chen Shuhua's face became solemn: "Where does the issue of dragon energy leakage start?"

Qi Xuansu said unhurriedly: "An ancient immortal needs a container to come into the world. Ordinary containers can only display the strength of pseudo-immortals, but why did this container display the strength of an immortal? Before the retreat, Master Lan Da once asked Xu Fuli said that because the container this time was made of Nanlong's dragon energy, it involved the leakage of dragon energy. At best, it was due to lax supervision, and at worst, it was someone secretly communicating with the ancient immortal. "

Wang Jiaohe closed his eyes and asked, "Does Qi Cixian have to report it to Jinque?"

Qi Xuansu said slowly: "The reason why I advocated reporting to Jinque is because there are various signs that there is an internal ghost in our Taoist palace, collaborating with the secret society inside and outside, and plotting against evil. The leakage of dragon energy is clear evidence. Qian Xiang, deputy master of the Imperial Palace Taoist Palace Yun's defection is a lesson learned, so it is best to report it to Jinque."

At this point, Qi Xuansu paused and changed the topic: "But then again, family scandals should not be made public. Our Taoist government is a collective. If something like this happens, it will cause uproar in the city and let other Taoist governments see our It’s a joke, no one looks good. It’s best to solve the problem internally. If you can’t report it to Jin Que, you can only hold a Taoist meeting. After all, there is only one mole in front of everyone. It is difficult to confuse the public, let alone influence the opinions of the majority of people. Most people have sharp eyes, do you think this is true? "

Both Wang Jiaohe and Chen Shuhua knew that Qi Xuansu's move had nothing to do with his sharp eyes. They were all rhetoric on the surface. Qi Xuansu's true intention was that he was alone in the palace master's affairs and was too passive. He must Only through expansion can we gain the initiative. Then he threatened to report to Jinque and forced them to compromise. This was a method.

Wang Jiaohe couldn't help but think that he had underestimated this young man. At such a young age, he was capable of such lightning-fast tactics. First he led troops into the city, forcibly took over the defense, and staged a trick of magic soldiers descending from the sky. Now he is moving around in order to advance. retreat.

Two words, awesome.

He is in a high position at a young age. In addition to his strong background, his methods are also quite good.

The future is bright.

No wonder the daughter of the Zhang family, who has high eyes on him, fell in love with him. The Zhang family did not object, and the Heavenly Master worked hard to facilitate this. In addition to the marriage between Zhengyiyi and Quanzhendao, such a son-in-law is indeed difficult to find even with a lantern. To be honest, Wang Danqing of my family did not lose unfairly.

At about the same age, people are making all kinds of noises here, scolding Fang Qiu. What is he, a madman, doing?

Thinking of this, Wang Jiaohe felt a surge of anger in his heart.

But after all, he has been in charge of the palace for many years. He is very skilled in cultivating qi. He quickly suppressed his anger and his tone was still calm: "The Taoist government is discussing."

Qi Xuansu took out the official letter he had already written from his sleeve: "This is the official letter I drafted to report to Jinque."

Qi Xuansu placed the official letter on the coffee table next to Wang Jiaohe.

Wang Jiaohe didn't look at it and was just silent for a while.

After a moment, Chen Shuhua spoke: "Since Qi Cixi said this, it is really for the good of the Taoist government, so let's hold a Taoist meeting."

She looked at Wang Jiaohe again: "Master in charge, what do you think?"

Wang Jiaohe sighed softly: "Okay, you go and make arrangements." After that, he stood up and left.

Under Qi Xuansu's repeated push, the Taoist government meeting was finally decided to be held.

As long as you are a third-grade Youyi Taoist priest, regardless of whether you hold the position of deputy palace master or not, you can participate, including Lingguan and some high-grade Taoist priests in name.

Because many people are not in Thang Long Palace at ordinary times, it takes time to send out notifications and wait for people to arrive.

During this period, Qi Xuansu took Lu Yuting and the people from Huashengtang to the palace of Dayu Kingdom in person.

The reason he gave is also very simple. As the second deputy head of the Borneo Taoist Palace, he always wants to get to know the heads of the countries. Among them, the head of the Dayu Kingdom is the first among the heads of the country, and he is the closest. He just happened to visit the King of Dayu. How is his condition? Otherwise, it would be unreasonable.

This reason is reasonable and reasonable, and it cannot be wrong even if Master Donghua comes.

Naturally, Chen Shuhua's people couldn't stop Qi Xuansu, they could only let Qi Xuansu enter the palace smoothly.

Chen Jianchou and Ke Qingqing also followed Qi Xuansu.

On the way to the palace of the king, Qi Xuansu suddenly asked: "Yuzheng, I heard from Xu Fuli that you like Princess Furui?"

Chen Jianchou's face turned red instantly: "No, no."

Qi Xuansu said: "No shame. The key is to live up to your own expectations."

Chen Jianchou hesitated and said: "She...is..."

Qi Xuansu said: "I know who she is, so it's not a big problem."

Chen Jianchou was a little shocked.

Does Ziguangshe still have no big problem? That is one of the three major secret societies.

For Qi Xuansu, it was really not that big. Not to mention that he himself could communicate with Zhenjun Ziguang, Zhang Yuelu was able to mobilize the manpower of Ziguang Society. The legendary Zhang Yuelu was more powerful than him.

Therefore, Qi Xuansu felt that Chen Jianchou and himself were very similar. They both had a foster mother, and it would be better to find a Taoist companion than him.

Chen Jianchou calmed down slightly and said, "I'm not sure about this love. She may have used some tricks."

Qi Xuansu smiled lightly and said: "Without seeds, no matter how much water you pour or how much fertilizer you apply, it won't grow into a tree, let alone flowers. The method you mentioned is nothing more than amplifying certain emotions, which were originally just a slight Having a good impression suddenly turned into a life-long commitment, which is indeed too much.”

Qi Xuansu asked Ke Qingqing again: "Where is Princess Furui?"

Ke Qingqing replied: "You should be waiting beside the king."

Qi Xuansu nodded: "We just happened to meet together."

When we arrived at the palace, not to mention the various decorations, the most eye-catching thing was a large bed with gauze curtains hanging down. In addition to the eunuchs and imperial doctors standing by, Chen Jianqiu was also standing beside the bed.

After Qi Xuansu came in, everyone in the palace saluted.

Qi Xuansu waved his hand, indicating that there was no need to be polite, and came to the bed alone.

Chen Jianqiu came up to us: "Second seat."

Qi Xuansu asked: "How is the condition of the king?"

"Thanks to the second seat, it's already much better." Chen Jianqiu said respectfully.

Qi Xuansu twitched his lips: "What does it have to do with me?"

Chen Jianqiu lowered his eyebrows and closed his eyes, stretched out his hand to open the gauze curtain, revealing a withered face.

The man who is less than sixty years old is still a celestial being. He is so old that he looks like an old man. However, between his eyebrows and eyes, he can still vaguely see some resemblance to Chen Jianqiu. This is the Lord of Dayu.

Chen Jianqiu leaned down and whispered in his ear: "Father, Qi Cixi from the Taoist Palace has come to see you."

The Lord of Dayu slowly opened his eyes, his eyes were cloudy, and he looked a bit like his old eyes were dim. His lips moved slightly, and his voice was weak: "Thank you, Qi Ci Xi, but he is really weak and cannot welcome Qi Ci Xi in person."

Qi Xuansu smiled and said: "Your Majesty, you don't have to be so polite. I have just taken office, and I should come to visit you due to circumstances and reasons. It's just that I have been busy with worldly affairs, so I have postponed it until now."

The Lord of Dayu coughed a few more times.

Qi Xuansu asked: "I heard that the king often dreams of the Blood-clothed Bodhisattva. How is it now?"

The Lord of Dayu gasped and said: "Thank you, Qi Cixi, for your concern. I am much better now. Occasionally, in my dreams, there is only an empty lake of blood. It seems that the Blood-clothed Bodhisattva has been eliminated. This is all due to the Taoist government."

Qi Xuansu smiled and said: "It's okay, just in case. But just in case, we still need to check it carefully."

Without Qi Xuansu's orders, Lu Yuting and others had already brought Taoist priests from Huasheng Hall forward to inspect the Lord of Dayu.