Pawn Crossing the River

The upper palace is still the same, with seven gardens, one gate and eight areas, named after Qian, Kun, Kan, Li, Zhen, Gen, Xun and Dui respectively.

Zhenyuan is located in the east and is the residence of the Taoist priests who offer wine at the fourth level.

Duiyuan is located in the west and is where the high-ranking teachers of the academy live.

The south gate is the main gate, called Limen, and is connected to the Mingtang Hall through a long bridge of more than 300 feet.

Kanyuan is in the north and is the main teaching area.

The northeast location is Genyuan, where the "Tianshui Yixin Tower" is located.

To the southeast is Xun Garden, which is only connected to Zhen Garden and has been developed into a residence for candidates and preparations for sacrificing wine.

To the northwest is Qianyuan. In addition to an extremely open white jade square, there is also a huge auditorium where various ceremonies are held.

To the southwest is Kunyuan, which is only connected to Duiyuan and faces Xunyuan through Limen. This is the residence of the great master of Zhanggong and the high-level officials of Daogong.

The newly promoted second-grade Taiyi Taoist Priests are not just cabbage on the roadside, and they are definitely not comparable to the fourth-grade Taoist priests who offer sacrifices to wine. There are only twenty of them this time, and they are not from the same year. Some of them are similar to Xu Jiaorong, who were promoted in the same year. I really couldn't get away, so I had to postpone it, from last year and the year before to this year. This is also reasonable. If there are too few people, then save up and wait until there are more people. You can't let a bunch of Taoist masters teach two or three people. That would be too wasteful.

Because the number of second-grade Taiyi Taoist priests is too small, there is no need to open a special park. They can be directly arranged in Kunyuan where the Master Zhang Palace is located.

All the way into the upper palace.

The gate is connected to a long straight bridge that is as wide as the steps outside, with railings half a person's height on both sides. Looking from the railing, under the bridge are continuous roofs and tree canopies, as well as roads like a chessboard. You can see people walking among them, which is the lower palace.

Viewed from above, the entire Wanxiang Taoist Palace is like three "kou" words nested together, that is, there is another "kou" outside the word "hui". The innermost "small mouth" is the Mingtang, and the "middle" wrapping the Mingtang The "mouth" is the upper palace, which is connected to the second floor of the Mingtang by a bridge. The outermost "big mouth" is the lower palace. Because it is not a suspended building, a bridge is omitted and is directly connected to the first floor of the Mingtang.

Because of this, if viewed from the front, the Wanxiang Dao Palace looks like a mountain divided into three levels.

Qi Xuansu had already expressed emotion once when he came here last time, but this time he had no emotion at all. It's just a pity for Xiao Yin that she could come in, but she could only go to the Taoist priest of the Fourth Grade Jijiu to study. She hid as soon as she heard about it, and would rather go home and go to a private school with her grandfather than follow him to study.

At the end of the bridge is the main building of Wanxiang Taoist Palace, Mingtang. It is three hundred feet high, three hundred feet from north to south and three hundred feet from east to west. It has three floors in total: the four sides of the lower floor correspond to the four seasons, namely spring, summer, autumn and winter; the middle floor is dedicated to the twelve hours, and the top is a round cover held by nine dragons; the upper floor is dedicated to the twenty-four solar terms. It is also a round cover with a golden phoenix on it, one foot high. In the middle of the Mingtang, there is a huge wooden central stake, which serves as the main trunk on which the Dougong beams are attached. It runs up and down and signals everything.

Generally, when freshmen register, they have to register in the signature room in the southwest corner of Mingtang and receive a jade pendant, which is used to prove their identity and open the door to the residence. They need to hand it in when they leave.

It's different now. The second-grade Taiyi Taoist priests all have sutra urns, and they can just authorize them directly on the sutra urn.

Zhang Guyan is Zhang Guyan's brother. When Zhang Guyan let Zhang Wuhen go, he himself died as a result. How to deal with the matter still needs to be communicated with the Zhang family. I don't know whether Shi Daren and the Celestial Master are the same. After some discussion, Zhang Guyan was eventually transferred over to take over Zhang Guyan's position.

Zhang Guyan was in a complicated mood at this time. Zhang Guyan died indirectly at the hands of Qi Xuansu. At that time, Qi Xuansu had just been promoted to the fourth grade wine-offering Taoist priest. But in the blink of an eye, Qi Xuansu not only replaced the Taoist priest who also died in the Wanxiang Taoist Palace. Qi Jianyuan, and has gone far beyond that, becoming the youngest second-grade Taiyi Taoist priest, even surpassing the three Taoist priests.

In the past, Qi Jianyuan was the "big Qi" and Qi Xuansu was the "little Qi". Now there is no longer a big Qi and a small Qi. There is only one Qi, Qi Xuansu's Qi.

In the past, when it came to Zhenren Qi, there was only one, and that was Zhenren Qi Jiao Zhengzhen. Now when Zhenren Qi is mentioned again, one cannot help but ask, which Zhenren Qi? We couldn't separate Master Lao Qi and Master Da Qi, so everyone changed their minds tacitly. When they mentioned Qi Jiaozheng, they meant Master Wanmiao, and Master Qi specifically referred to Qi Xuansu.

By the way, Xiao Yin’s name is Wan Miao. If Xiao Yin also becomes a real person in the future, I am afraid that Qi Jiaozheng will not be able to keep the name of Wanmiao Zhenren and will change his tune again.

It would be more interesting if Xiao Yin followed Qi Xuansu and changed his name to Qi Wanmiao.

Master Lao Qi, Master Da Qi, Master Xiao Qi.

Zhang Guyan originally had some opinions about Qi Xuansu, but it had nothing to do with Zhang Yuelu, but the matter of Zhang Wuhen and Zhang Guyan was difficult to explain in one sentence. But now it’s hard to say anything no matter how much he has an opinion. The Heavenly Master will not support him, and the gap in status is there. What can he do to this future Shenzhen Zhenren?

Soon, under the leadership of Zhang Guyan, Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu arrived at the residence of the Master Zhang Gong in Kunyuan. Because the Taoist sect advocates frugality, it was either a majestic palace or an ordinary residence.

Ning Yuqing happened to come out of it and was startled when she saw Qi Xuansu.

It has just been a few years since we last met. Qi Xuansu has not changed much. He has just moved his Qi to support his body. Qi Xuansu's Qi has changed a lot. The past cautiousness has been replaced by majesty and decisiveness, and he is even more fierce. .

This kind of ferocity is not the murderous spirit that was derived from killing people in the past, but the temperament honed by manipulating cities and conquering territories on the battlefield, and deciding the lives and deaths of thousands of people in temples. It is far from comparable to the ferocity of the Jianghu people who kill a few people.

Ning Yuqing almost didn't dare to recognize her. It wasn't until Qi Xuansu took the initiative to say hello that she was sure that the person in front of her was Qi Xuansu.

In the past, Qi Xuansu only seemed to have a bright future, but now Qi Xuansu has begun to gradually realize these four words.

The difference is huge.

In the past, Ning Yuqing had some ideas about Qi Xuansu, but now she no longer dares to ask for it too much. After all, Zhang Yuelu is by Qi Xuansu's side, and anyone who wants to call her a godly couple should call him a god.

Ning Yuqing stepped aside and invited the two of them to come in - Master Shi Da was waiting for them in the study.

The last time Qi Xuansu came to the palace, Master Shi Da happened to be away. This time he finally saw him in person.

However, for the current Qi Xuansu, the great master Pingzhang is no longer mysterious. After all, he has met three of the seven great masters of Pingzhang, namely: Zhang Qihan, the master of Fenglinzhou Daofu, and the master of Zixiao Palace. Jiang Hedao, the great master of the palace, and Lan Hexu, the great master of Borneo Taoist government. Now there is another great master of the Wanxiang Dao Palace, Shi Hesheng.

Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu came to the study door and knocked on the door.

A strong voice came from inside: "Come in."

The two pushed the door open and entered. There was an old man sitting behind the desk, facing the study door. The desk was piled with various files.

To be fair, because of the orders of the five great masters of the Five Dynasties, all the great masters of Pingzhang in Dao Sect seem to be carved out of the same mold. They are all old men with white beards and hair. Even their auras are not much different. They are not overly majestic or overly impressive. Chen, with a little kindness and fireworks at the same time, looks approachable, more like a human being than a fairy. If you don't look carefully when you meet for the first time, you really can't tell who is who. In other words, the differences between the three divisions are quite large.

Of course, this is an unfamiliar situation. If you really get familiar with it, if you distinguish it carefully, you will find that the people of Pingzhang Dazhen are different. For example, the indifferent Lan Dazhen and Jiang Dazhen who are responsible for putting out fires are completely different. extreme.

Master Shi Da motioned the two of them to sit on the two chairs opposite him and said, "Qingxiao, we haven't seen each other for a while, right?"

Zhang Yuelu said: "The last time I met the Great Master was at the Hungry Ghost Festival Three Religions Conference."

Qi Xuansu remembered that it was during the Ghost Festival that Shi Bingyun took advantage of the lantern viewing opportunity to ask for someone from Donghua Master due to lack of manpower, and finally sent him to the Imperial Palace.

Master Shi Da then said to Qi Xuansu: "Tianyuan, this is the first time we have met, but you are from the Wanxiang Dao Palace, so you are one of my own family."

Qi Xuansu responded: "Yes."

Master Shi Da asked: "How do you feel about coming here for further training this time? If you have any requirements or any problems that I need to solve, you can tell me."

Qi Xuansu said nothing.

Zhang Yuelu said: "Da Zhenren, we have no requirements."

Master Shi Da nodded slightly and changed the topic: "You are the future and pillars of the Taoist sect, so you are different from ordinary second-grade Taiyi Taoist priests. You have no requirements, but I have to make some requirements for you."

Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu both straightened their expressions.

Master Shi Da said: "Qingxiao, I heard that you are still unwilling to learn the language of Westerners?"

Zhang Yuelu responded calmly: "Master, I think a language contains power, not just symbols, but also a whole set of thinking logic. If you learn the language of Westerners, you will unconsciously be influenced by it. Its influence is more biased towards Western thinking and logic. The deeper you study, the greater the impact, which is very detrimental. "

Master Shi Da's face turned solemn: "Then do you know the principle of 'know yourself and the enemy and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles'? If you don't learn the language of Westerners and don't know their logic of thinking, how can you understand them? If you don't understand them, how can you defeat them? There is a The cardinals of the Holy Court can write beautiful articles in classical Chinese, but can you write a dossier in Western languages? The Confucian sage said that among three people, I must be my teacher. Why are you so arrogant and arrogant? ?”

Zhang Yuelu was wilted - she also knew that she was being unreasonable.

Master Shi Da said: "I hope you will learn a Western language well during your further studies, and then write me a report in Western when you graduate."

Zhang Yuelu could only respond.

Master Shi Da looked at Qi Xuansu again.

Taking a lesson from the past, Qi Xuansu put his position in a very correct position, which can also be said to be slippery, and took the initiative to say: "Master Shi Da, please tell me, I will make corrections seriously."

Master Shi Da said: "Your problem is not big. You are very skillful in administering government in Borneo, which is worthy of praise. The main thing is to strengthen the study of traditional culture. You can not ask for a deep understanding, but you can't be ignorant, and then come up with something like "Jianxiu Mountain Master He" If people's jokes spread, you are not afraid of being embarrassed, but our Wanxiang Taoist Palace will be embarrassed!"

Qi Xuansu suddenly withered like Zhang Yuelu.