Pawn Crossing the River

A word that becomes a prophecy is mostly used for bad things, and bad things come true.

For Qi Xuansu, is it a bad thing to become a disciple of Donghua Master?

If you look at this matter in isolation, it is indeed a good thing. It means that Qi Xuansu has reached a higher level and truly has a backer. After all, Qiniang's mother clan is not a high-level Taoist clan, and Zhang Yuelu's family is just the Yue family's wife clan, not her real family. Only the Master is the real "Father".

But if you look at the overall situation, this may not be a good thing.

First of all, there are many prerequisites for achieving this. For example, there is something wrong with Qi Xuansu's original master Qi Haoran, which is not good news for Qi Xuansu. Only you know the bitterness and pain of a relationship that has been spent for many years in the wrong place.

Not to mention the various subsequent changes, why is Qi Xuansu not very optimistic about Zhang Yuelu's reforms and New Deal? One is because it is too difficult, and the other is because every good thing will bring about a bad thing. Pros and cons always go hand in hand, no matter how big or small it is. Nothing has all the advantages and no disadvantages. The New Deal will solve old problems, but it will also give rise to new ones.

The same logic applies here. Qi Xuansu's apprenticeship has advantages and disadvantages. For example, the conflict between him and Yao Pei and even the Yao family has rapidly intensified, which means that Donghua Zhenren has a showdown with the Earth Master to some extent. This is a double-edged sword, and it is by no means a one-sided thing.

If it was really a pure good thing, then Qi Xuansu wouldn't have to hesitate for such a long time, or even wait until Qiniang came to help him make this decision.

So Qi Xuansu finally used the saying that one word can make a prophecy.

On the other side, not to mention how Donghua Zhenren and Qi Xuansu prepared for the apprenticeship ceremony, the Qingluan Guard's pro-army captain's mansion exploded.

Because the pro-military captain's house suddenly received an official letter from Yujing Ziweitang, Master Donghua personally asked how the commander of Qingluan Guard was doing recently and whether he was in good health.

Very simple, very abrupt.

When it came to Master Donghua, the people below did not dare to be expert, so they directly reported it to the commander of Qingluan Guard.

Qingluan Guard Commander Tian Bannong was also shocked after receiving this official letter from the Taoist sect.

When you reach the position of Master Donghua, every move you make has its own profound meaning. Others are afraid that their spiritual understanding is not thorough enough. It is possible for Xiao Yin to just have fun when he has nothing to do, but it is absolutely impossible for Master Donghua.

In terms of camp, Qingluan Guard and even the imperial court are on the side of Taiping Dao. Even if Qingluan Guard wants to follow the footsteps of Dao Sect, it will be with Master Qingwei as the leader. Master Donghua, as the biggest opponent of Master Qingwei, will not The truth is telling Qingluan Wei what to do.

The one who comes is not good.

Assuming it has nothing to do with the Three Ways Controversy

, could it be a personal grudge?

This has to mention Tian Bannong's background. Listening to the name Tian Bannong, you can tell that he is definitely not a farmer and a commoner, but a Confucian.

Confucianism has always liked to boast that it does not seek glory and wealth, and often goes home to farm and live in seclusion. Of course, farming by Confucian people is definitely different from that of real farmers. It is agricultural production based on the large manor model. It is already great for Confucian people to plant vegetable plots themselves, and it is impossible to actually go to the fields to do farm work.

Real farmers usually choose names with beautiful and simple wishes, such as wealth, wealth, blessings, etc., or they may have a humble name so that they can make a living, and are generally not linked to the word "farmer".

On the contrary, Confucian people like to use the word "nong", which means returning to farming, accompanying farmers, or semi-farming, to show off their ethics and moral character.

Tian Bannong, as a Confucian sect member, was not a high priest and had little contact with the Taoist sect. He knew Donghua Zhenren's name but had little contact with him.

This personal grudge is out of the question.

Could it be that when he accidentally offended Master Donghua, Master Donghua warned him in this way?

Or is it just a dispute between the three realms, Master Qingwei has touched Master Donghua's people, so Master Donghua plans to use him to make amends?

That's not right. Even if you want to retaliate, the first target should be the people of Taiping Dao. There is no reason to bypass Taiping Dao and attack the court directly. This will complicate the situation and is not something Donghua Zhenren would do.

It can't just be a simple greeting.

What is his identity that allows Master Donghua to pay special greetings? It would be more like His Majesty the Emperor.

Tian Bannong would never have thought that this was a long-overdue greeting.

As for whether Tian Guinong can connect the matter with Fengtai County, if he only relies on himself, the answer is no.

Because the Qingluan Guards who participated in the incident in Fengtai County were almost wiped out, Qiniang cleared everyone in the "inn" again. The last survivors were Jiang Bieyun and one of his Qingluan Guard subordinates, Li Sanxin. The latter is Jiang Bieyun's nephew. He joined the Qingluan Guard as a wild Taoist priest and served as one of the Qingluan Guards.

Maybe some people have forgotten who this Jiang Bieyun is. He is a fourth-grade wine-offering Taoist priest and a disciple of Taiping Taoism. He was ordered to collect "Xuanyu" for the Li family. Of course, he is just one of many Taoist priests who collect "Xuanyu". There is nothing to say if the Li family loses a piece of "Xuanyu". Li Changge has too much "Xuanyu" to use up.

How can Qi Xuansu be so embarrassed? But it was this piece of "Xuan Jade" that started Qi Xuansu's journey to success.

After the incident, the pro-military Duwei Mansion sent Qianhu Zhao Guangji, the master of Luzhou Qianhu Office, to investigate the matter thoroughly. It was Zhao Guangji and Jiang Bieyun who jointly planned the matter. It was just two old foxes hiding behind the scenes. He came forward in person and thus escaped Qiniang's murderous hand.

Facing the situation where all the insiders had been silenced, Zhao Guangji had to give an answer to the above, so he could only adopt Jiang Bieyun's statement in full.

In order to shirk his responsibility, Jiang Bieyun pushed the problem to Quanzhen Taoism, and made a fuss about the words left by Qi Xuansu, intending to blame Master Donghua, because no one dared to ask Master Donghua for verification. , if it is confirmed that it is related to Donghua Zhenren, it is a fight between gods, and his guilt will naturally be small.

Now that things have reached this point, if they continue to develop, Tian Bannong should know what happened.

But something went wrong again, that is, when he reported to Yun Luo's level, Yun Luo suppressed the matter.

Yun Luo is the commander in charge of Nanzhen Fusi and the only woman among the three officials of Qingluan Guard.

At that time, Qingwei Zhenren came to Beijing, and Yun Luo was very concerned about this matter.

She knew that such a trivial matter could not have anything to do with the real person Donghua. At most, it would be serious at the level of Qi Jianyuan. It was probably the little thief who was pulling off the tiger's skin to make a fuss and confuse the public. But she also knew that if it was related to Donghua Zhenren, then they could give an explanation to the superiors, and they would not be responsible for crimes other than war.

Yun Luo finally decided to pass the blame to Donghua Zhenren, who wouldn't know anyway.

However, the fewer people who knew about this kind of thing, the better. In addition, Tian Bannong was not from Taiping Dao, but from the Confucian sect, so Yun Luo did not inform Tian Bannong.

Naturally, a big shot like Zhenwei Qingwei didn't have the time to care about such a trivial matter. Not only did he not ask about it, he didn't even come to the pro-military governor's house. Li Zhuyu only sent a Taoist priest to ask about the matter. Yun Luo and Jiang Bieyun paid for it. Open the way and pass smoothly.

Seeing that the matter had passed, Yun Luo issued a strict order not to mention it again.

Jiang Bieyun would not even mention that when it came to Donghua Zhenren, Qi Xuansu, who was still a wild Taoist priest at the time, didn't know what Donghua Zhenren meant. However, he, a fourth-grade wine-sacrifice Taoist, knew very well that for some small countries, using three words It can be described as the power of Zhenren Donghua - destroying his country. A war in the Western Region was fought, but many small countries in the Western Region were actually destroyed.

This has caused great harm to the farmers in the field. He racked his brains and couldn't figure out why Master Donghua was greeting him when he was fine.

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However, Tian Bannong can become the commander of the Qingluan Guards, and he is not a mediocre person. He is very good at grasping the main contradiction.

After thinking about it, he figured out one thing. Personal grudges were probably impossible. It involved internal fighting among the three realms, and it must be related to Taiping Dao. Yun Luo was from Taiping Dao.

So Tian Bannong immediately called Yun Luo and handed the official letter to Yun Luo, "Please help me read it carefully. What does this official letter from Master Donghua mean?"

Yun Luo took it and took a look, only to feel a cold feeling on his back, and an ecstatic feeling as if his soul had left his body.

Memories that had lasted forty-one years suddenly emerged.

Did Master Donghua really send his greetings? What's up with this belated greeting? From the forty-one years of Jiushi to the forty-five years, is there any deeper meaning?

When Tian Bannong saw Yun Luo's look, he knew that something was wrong. He couldn't help but cursed deep in his heart, "I knew you Taipingdao was trying to trick Lou Zi and asked me to take the blame for you! That's all. Why don't you guys still?" Tell me, I won’t know until the thunder reaches my head.”

"It seems that Lord Yun knows something." Tian Bannong sneered, "Exactly, I don't know how to reply to Master Donghua, so I'll ask Lord Yun to help me reply."

Yun Luo forced a smile and said with a guilty conscience, "This, this... is not good..."

Tian Bannong's smile suddenly dropped and he said sternly, "You know what you have done. Master Donghua will never come for me!"

This sentence happened to be wrong, and Yun Luo felt even more guilty. He just thought that the matter of passing the blame to Master Donghua came to light, so Master Donghua wanted to beat him up.

Generally speaking, big shots don't care about such trivial matters, but once they do, what's the point?

Looking for Qingwei Zhenren? Not to mention whether Master Qingwei would pay attention to such a trivial matter, even if Master Qingwei was willing to take action, they would have to round out the lie. First, explain clearly how they got through it back then? Does money open the way?

It's not enough to provoke a Master Donghua, but another Master Qingwei? A two-pronged approach would be a sure way to die.

What else can be done? I can only pretend to be stupid and reply that everything is fine.

, I am extremely grateful to Master Donghua for his concern, and then look for other opportunities to make amends. Maybe I can try to become the palace secretary.

At this time, Qi Xuansu neither cared about the panic of the Qingluan guards nor cared about Jinque's affairs. He had already done all he could do, which was to give a final report and then sit in to observe without any chance to express his opinions. .