Pawn Crossing the River

Speaking of the history of Qingpinghui, it can be said that it has a long history, and it was earlier than Xuan Sheng reestablished the Taoist sect. At that time, the Taoist sect was still in a state of fragmentation. The Confucian sect was the master of the world and used the contradictions among the various Taoist sect branches to balance. Therefore, the Qingping Society at that time was a "secret association" to resist the opposition from the Confucian sect, the Wei Dynasty court and the Taoist sect. power.

"Taiping Inn" and Qingping Hui are integrated. Qingping Club is the core of "Taiping Inn" and "Taiping Inn" is the periphery of Qingping Hui. They were both established by Xuansheng and later disbanded by Xuansheng.

Before Xuan Sheng passed away, someone had already rebuilt the "Taiping Inn". Because they were afraid of arousing Xuan Sheng's taboo, they removed the word "Taiping" and just called it "The Inn", and the word "Qing Ping Hui" was also missing from the title. , has a close relationship with Qingluan Guard.

After Xuansheng passed away, three generations of earth masters rebuilt the Qingping Society.

The first generation of earth masters after the reconstruction of Taoism was Shangguan Wan, and the second generation of earth masters was Yao Zu. Since Yao Zu, the position of earth masters has been firmly controlled by the Yao family. This also marks that the Yao family has become the successor to Zhang and The third Taoist family after the Li family.

Looking at the three realms, only in the Xuansheng era did there appear a deputy head master who was not from the three families of Zhang, Li, and Yao.

After that, even during the period of the Five Dynasties Chief Master, when the Five Generations Chief Master replaced the three deputy chief masters, the replacement was also within the three major families, supporting young people from the three families of Zhang, Li, and Yao to replace the old people from the previous three families. , similar to replacing Zhang Jucheng with Zhang Yuelu, and replacing Li Wugu with Li Changge, the Tianshi is still surnamed Zhang, and the Guoshi is still surnamed Li.

Only in this way can the opposition voices from the three channels be minimized.

After all, the meat rotted in their own pot, and even the three replaced deputy masters, Da Zhenren, did not have a firm will to fight, and finally chose to give in to their own interests before the interests of the family.

If the Fifth Dynasty Grand Master wanted to replace the three deputy head masters at that time with people with different surnames, it would not be that simple. To put it harshly, the three deputy head masters at that time would not abdicate obediently. The Great Master may not end well.

Since then, there has been an unwritten rule in the Taoist sect. Only the families that can control the position of the third master for a long time are considered top aristocratic families. This has established the pattern of the three major aristocratic families in the Taoist sect.

It's just that in this generation, the Zhang family has been declining, and there seems to be a trend of a second Celestial Master with a different surname, namely Master Cihang taking up the position of Celestial Master. The same is true for the Yao family. If Master Donghua fails in his bid for the position of Grand Master, he will inevitably take over the position of Earth Master.

Generally speaking, a fairly solidified hierarchy has been formed within the Taoist sect. Although it is not hereditary on the surface, the actual situation is contrary to Xuansheng's original intention.

This can be regarded as a general trend. Any means can only delay this trend, but cannot completely eradicate it, just because human nature is like this. Confucianism saw this and wanted to start from human nature, trying to use "rituals" to set rules and educate the people. If everyone knows the etiquette, the world will be unified. It cannot be said that there has been no change, but the effects have been slow. Thousands of years have passed, and the world of great harmony that the Confucian people have longed for is still not visible, let alone the edge.

Talking back to Qingpinghui, after three generations of earth masters rebuilt Qingpinghui, although the structure of Qingpinghui was still continued, the nature of Qingpinghui has changed. In fact, Qingpinghui has become

The "private army" of Quanzhen Taoism is just like "Tianting" is the "private army" of Taiping Taoism.

In this way, the leader of the Qingping Society becomes very critical, as he can compete with the Patriarch Jin Gong of the "Tianting".

In other words, the leader of the Qingping Society is most likely an immortal.

The evidence is that the meeting in the dream, when Qi Xuansu entered the Queen's Dragon Palace on the Sea, was the same as the meeting in the dream, and it materialized into reality, no different from the real world. This made Qi Xuansu increasingly suspicious that the Qingpinghui's Dream Club was actually a special divine kingdom, and the ritual of entering the Dream Club was indeed a bit like worshiping a god. If it is true as Qi Xuansu guessed, then the leader of the Qingping Society who has never shown up is most likely a god.

It's just that this guild leader seems to be subject to some kind of restrictions, or is sleeping as Qiniang said, so he never shows up or takes action. His subordinate "Qing Shi Shi" was assassinated by the "Inn". Equally indifferent. From this point of view, the restrictions may be greater. For example, if a hundred years have passed, they can only live in the Kingdom of God and cannot come to the world at will.

Of course, this is just speculation, not fact. It is not yet completely certain that the leader of the Qingping Society is an immortal. Maybe only Earth Master and Qiniang know the truth.

Qi Xuansu originally wanted to ask Qiniang, but a series of things happened afterwards, including Chen Shuhua's rebellion and the birth of Lord Siming. As a result, Qi Xuansu had no time to ask Qiniang. When everything settled, Qi Xuansu fainted again. When Qi Xuansu woke up, Qiniang had left.

However, the conversation between Qiniang and Zhang Yuelu further confirmed Qi Xuansu's guess.

Qi Xuansu couldn't help but wonder, could it be that Qiniang had left something for herself?

He had a great opportunity, and this opportunity was related to the leader of the Qingping Association. It would not be passed on to non-Qingping Association members, so he was allowed to stay in the Qingping Association.

Although this method is a bit old-fashioned and has been played badly by various senior experts, Qi Xuansu doesn't mind. The trick is not new, it just works.

However, based on Qi Xuansu's understanding of Qiniang, there is a high probability that things will not be that simple. Qiniang can always come up with some new tricks.

Putting aside the Qingping meeting for the time being, Qi Xuansu asked again: "By the way, you just mentioned the special envoy of Jinque. Who is coming this time? Do I know him?"

Zhang Yuelu said: "They are old acquaintances, they have worked with us before, but the process and results were not very good."

Qi Xuansu noticed that Zhang Yuelu used the word "we" and quickly recalled it. Unfortunately, before coming to Borneo, he had been inseparable from Zhang Yuelu most of the time. If the process and results were not very good, it was the second major Jiangnan case in Jinling Mansion, but the scope of the seven-person team was too large.

Zhang Yuelu said again: "I'll give you another reminder. People from Taiping Road are not from the Li family."

Qi Xuansu immediately had a candidate: "Lu Yushu?"

"It's her." Zhang Yuelu nodded, "Now that the national master is in charge, it makes sense for people to use Taiping Dao."

After Qi Xuansu experienced so many things, he couldn't help but think more about everything, and immediately thought of Lu Yuting beside him. The two were cousins.

However, Qi Xuansu didn't say much. There was no need for Zhang Yuelu to worry about him. He could handle it himself, and asked: "Where is the special envoy?"

Zhang Yuelu said: "I'm waiting for you. Regarding the various arrangements of the Taoist government, I will wait until you are asleep."

The explanation had already been made, and Wang Jiaohe was not publicly punished. After all, the evidence was insufficient, so he just recorded a demerit and reprimanded him. This can be regarded as a kind of comfort. Now Wang Jiaohe should still have the idea of ​​​​taking risks to pass the test. As long as he still has hope, he will have some scruples to prevent Wang Jiaohe from jumping over the wall and will not do anything to him for the time being. "

Qi Xuansu nodded to express his understanding.

When dealing with high-quality Taoist priests at the level of Shenzhen Zhenren, one must convince others, be justified, maintain the majesty and credibility of the Taoist sect, and in a word, have sufficient evidence.

This time, Wang Jiaohe did not help Chen Shuhua, but attacked Chen Shuhua at the critical moment. This was a cut. You can rely on Shi Cha, but there is a real person in charge above him, it is really hard to say. Even if the responsibility of the master in charge is cleared, this is confirmed. In the absence of other evidence, it is difficult to use this to bring down a master.

No matter what, it was an oversight, not a dereliction of duty, because supervision was not part of the responsibilities of the real person in charge of the palace. This was the responsibility of the second deputy palace master. From the perspective of the power structure, the power of supervision is meant to act as a check and balance. As the number one figure in the Taoist government, one should not have the power of supervision. This would lead to an imbalance of power, and even lead to a situation where the person in charge alone files, examines, and convicts cases. As a result, the triangular structure of the Taoist government existed in name only.

As the second deputy head of the palace, Qi Xuansu fulfilled his duties and indeed played a supervisory role, exposing Chen Shuhua's conspiracy. The key is that Chen Shuhua had been secretly planning for many years before Qi Xuansu came to Borneo.

The blame is also placed on Qi Xuansu's head, and he can only move forward to pursue the blame.

As expected, Zhang Yuelu continued: "There must be an explanation for everything. Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for the Grand Master to be held accountable. What's more, this time the Grand Master shattered the divine incarnations of two ancient immortals. Jin Que also wants to appease and reward you. Since Wang Jiaohe only reprimanded you for meritorious deeds, then the former second deputy palace master will bear the main responsibility. This is not an injustice to him. This person has done nothing in Borneo for so many years. , after someone took advantage of them, they almost became Wang Jiaohe and Chen Shuhua’s yes-men. This time they are all punished together, which is what they deserve.”

Qi Xuansu was not surprised.

When Jinque handles things, justice, law, and influence are relatively secondary matters. The first priority is balance and maintaining the balance of the power structure. The transferred second deputy palace master is undoubtedly the best scapegoat, not to mention he is not innocent.

The blame for Chen Shuhua's defection this time was placed on Qi Xuansu's predecessor. On the surface, it seemed that the matter should be stopped here, which was King An's wish. Next, if you want to overthrow Wang Jiaohe, you need to make another effort.

However, Chen Shuhua's defection also severely damaged Wang Jiaohe's faction. On the contrary, Qi Xuansu will go further, and the offensive and defensive momentum will be different.

Qi Xuansu finally asked: "What about my arrangements?"

Zhang Yuelu smiled slightly: "Congratulations."

Qi Xuansu's heart moved and he already had some guesses, but he still pretended not to know: "Where does the joy come from?"

Zhang Yuelu did not try to expose him, but cooperated: "Of course, congratulations on becoming the youngest second-grade Taiyi Taoist priest in our Taoist sect."

Although Qi Xuansu has already done something

It was expected, but when I actually heard the news, I couldn't help but be stunned.

His long-cherished wish came true.

The thunderbolts are like lightning, and the Taoist priest finally wears the sword of wisdom.