Pawn Crossing the River

After all the official business was over, Qi Xuansu still had private matters to deal with, and that was Li Ping's affairs. Li Ping has nothing to do with Qi Xuansu, but Qi Xuansu suspects that the people behind Li Ping are closely related to the people who spread rumors and slandered him, or even the same group of people. Maybe they can find these people through Li Ping's line. .

However, Qi Xuansu had too little time. He had to accompany Huangfuji to the Wanxiang Taoist Palace and could not stay in Yujing for too long. Zhang Yuelu had also returned to Nanyang, which required him to find a capable and reliable person to help. Get this done.

Master Donghua and Master Cihang certainly meet the requirements. The only shortcoming is that their status is too high. There is no reason for Qi Xuansu to arrange tasks for them. Qi Xuansu can only beg them. It is not worthwhile to use favors in such an inexplicable place. .

The same is true for Jiang Daren and others. Qi Xuansu has some friendship with these big shots, and he can do some things with this friendship, but he can't waste it on it.

As early as when Qi Xuansu was a seventh-grade Taoist priest, Sun Yongfeng told him a simple but straight-to-the-point truth: have key people speak the key words for you at critical moments.

Of course Jiang Dazhen and others are key figures, but Qi Xuansu does not think that Li Ping's affairs can be related to the word "key". For him, when he is promoted to Zhizhen, he needs these key figures. , help yourself say the key words.

Qi Xuansu thought about it and thought of a candidate.

This person is also very important and has a high position of authority, and cannot be controlled by Qi Xuansu.

However, there are never only two ways to give orders downwards and to seek help from upwards. There is also another way, which is to defeat ghosts and borrow Zhong Kui.

Some people were at odds with the Li family and were worried about not being able to find a handhold. Qi Xuansu gave this handhold to them. They might even thank Qi Xuansu without Qi Xuansu asking for help.

This person is Zhang Jucheng.

He is the real master of Jiangnan Daofu. Among the real masters, he is not the first or the second. There may be Taoist mansions larger than Jiangnan Daofu, but those Taoist mansions have the real master, the real master. In fact, he became the number two person. Jiangnan Daofu does not have a master in charge, and the master in charge is the absolute number one figure.

Lei Xiaohuan is the chief deputy palace master, and Li Tianlan is the second deputy palace master.

The three people just represent the three ways.

Judging from the current three-way situation, it is possible for Zhang Jucheng and Lei Xiaohuan to cooperate, but Li Tianlan is definitely constrained. In addition, Li Tianlan has been re-elected as the second deputy palace master for many years, and his tree has deep roots. Even the real person in charge of the palace may not be able to do anything to him.

If you ask Zhang Jucheng if he wants to capture Li Tianlan, he definitely does.

Of course, Zhang Jucheng may think more about it. Even if he takes down Li Tianlan, he will replace him with another Taiping Dao person, who may be more difficult to deal with. He may choose to let Li Tianlan go and hold Li Tianlan's hand. , manipulate him, and force Li Tianlan to stop restricting him. This is called "harmony between generals and prime ministers."

However, Qi Xuansu thought about it carefully and felt that this possibility was unlikely. Zhang Kuquan's fall into Skynet is certainly due to his misbehavior and he deserves it, but the Zhang family may not see it that way. They will think that Li Tianlan and others planned and manipulated it. Although they were the soldiers of Qingwei Zhenren, they were really hurt. In the end, it was the Zhang family and Master Qingwei who negotiated with the Zhang family to clean up the mess. But to say that the Zhang family is satisfied with the result is not entirely true.

From the perspective of the Zhang family, the more the Zhang family retreats, the more the Li family steps forward. In the case of Jiangnan Daofu, all members of the Zhang family were killed by them. If they don't deal with him, he will never be able to recover.

Zhang Jucheng will also understand this truth. Li Tianlan uses Zhang Juquan of your Zhang family as a swordsman, and he is still safe and carefree. He continues to be the second deputy palace master, and everyone in the Taoist palace is watching. As a dignified leader, if you can't teach Li Tianlan a lesson, who would dare to get closer to you? After all, you can't even avenge your own brother.

Seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, everyone in the Taoist government knows that Li Cixi has the final say and moves closer to Li Tianlan. As time goes by, the authority of the real person in charge of the government will be challenged.

Don't think it's fantasy, Qi Xuansu also did this in Nanyang, and Yao Shu suffered deeply from it. The Borneo Taoist Mansion is full of people from Qi Xuansu. The head of the palace does not have the final say on matters discussed by the master. When it comes to voting, the deputy heads of the palace all listen to Qi Xuansu. Any major resolution cannot be passed without Qi Xuansu nodding. It's hard to say how much authority Yao Shu, the real person in charge, can still have.

At that time, Qi Xuansu might not necessarily be able to accomplish whatever he wanted to do, but he could definitely accomplish whatever he wanted to accomplish.

Yao Shu's way to break the situation was to use personnel power to slowly replace Qi Xuansu's people and replace them with his own people.

But in essence, these people were not transferred by Qi Xuansu, and Qi Xuansu did not have that power, but by the real person Donghua. The files at the deputy palace master level are not under the control of the Taoist government, but are under the control of Ziweitang. You report to Ziweitang What are the chances of replacing Donghua Zhenren? And they are all newcomers. When you first come to Borneo, there is no collusion of local interests or historical mistakes for you to catch. Even if you really have the intention, you don’t have the time.

Due to the time and conditions, it is basically difficult to replace it, so Yao Shu can only figure it out slowly.

Later, Qi Xuansu rose to great heights, and Yao Shu agreed very much. This was called "giving gifts out of the country." The subtext is similar to sending the god of plague away. If he can't defeat you, he will send you away. As for Zhang Yuelu, that happened later. Although Zhang Yuelu can still compete with Yao Shu, he is not as powerful as Qi Xuansu. This is also related to the fact that her new policy offended people.

Qi Xuansu can do it, but Li Tianlan can't?

Zhang Jucheng must take this into consideration. It is not easy to control Li Tianlan. "Reconciliation between generals and prime ministers" may become a delaying strategy, so it is better to replace him directly. If Qi Xuansu was replaced by Zhang Yuelu, Yao Shu could stretch his legs. If Li Tianlan was replaced by someone else, Zhang Ju would be even more successful.

And at this point, Zhang Jucheng may not have the final say on some things, and Lei Xiaohuan is not a decoration. When necessary, Qi Xuansu can also ask Lei Xiaohuan for help.

Now that Qi Xuansu is apprenticed to Master Donghua, Lei Xiaohuan is considered Qi Xuansu's elder. Of course we can discuss it in private. However, when talking about duties in public, Qi Xuansu had to call Tianshi obediently when he met Tianshi, instead of calling him Aweng. Xie Jiaofeng is still a seventh-generation disciple. When he meets two eighth-generation disciples, Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu, why don't he lower his voice and pretend to be his grandson? Li Changge's seniority is higher than Master Qingwei, but when he meets Master Qingwei, he cannot show off, but must be respectful.

As for Qiniang, she is basically not a member of the Taoist sect. The identity of the fourth-grade wine-offering Taoist priest is dispensable. There are very few official matters between her and Qi Xuansu. Most of them are all kinds of bullshit private matters, or they do bad things together. When it comes to official matters, such as dealing with Siming Zhenjun and Chen Shuhua, Qiniang is also very accurate, so naturally she will always be on the same side as Qi Xuansu.

Before Zhang Jucheng left Yujing, Qi Xuansu visited his uncle as the prospective son-in-law of the Zhang family.

Zhang Jucheng's attitude towards Qi Xuansu is also very interesting. He has never publicly opposed the marriage between Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu. He just kept silent at first. The two women, Tantai Qiong and Zhang Yuyue, were responsible for all the charging and offending. He kept watching the wind direction, and when it changed, he came out, entertained Qi Xuansu, and settled the matter.

This is the cunning nature of a veteran Taoist priest. He does not express his position easily and observes first.

From this aspect, Zhang Jucheng and Qi Xuansu have no apparent conflicts, and on the surface they have a good relationship.

Basically, with Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu accepting Xiao Yin as their adopted daughter, the so-called bulk crisis basically no longer exists. Originally, many people in the Zhang family were worried that Qi Xuansu would marry into the family and help Zhang Yuelu compete for the position of the patriarch. Later, the Zhang family discovered that

As the situation continues to change, getting married is simply a dream. Even if the Zhang family goes to ask Qi Xuansu, Qi Xuansu will not do it. He is competing for the headmaster, so how can he become a married woman?

Zhang Yuelu also had more choices. In addition to the positions of Grand Master and Heavenly Master, there was also an additional choice for the Grand Master's wife.

The key is that the two of them have no offspring yet.

All of a sudden it became a piece of cake.

Zhang Yuelu's status in the Zhang family is rising. Not only is it the intention of the Heavenly Master, but Da Zong has no scruples anymore, so he naturally supports him wholeheartedly. He can't write two characters of "Zhang" in one stroke. The most intuitive manifestation is Taiping money. Zhang Yuelu can spend more than hundreds of thousands of Taiping money to repair the house. It is all given by the Zhang family, and he can't take it without it.

Our Zhang family has always treated our son-in-law according to this standard. Qingxiao, you can't hold back and let outsiders laugh.

Arrogant at first and respectful at the end, it makes people laugh when they think about it.

If you think about people in the worst light, maybe some people in the Zhang family wish they could practice cultivation for a few more years. When Qi Xuansu becomes a pseudo-immortal and then get married, the possibility of not having children is even lower.

They are afraid that if there is a child, if the child's surname is Zhang, if the child's parents are the head masters, the Zhang family will still be surnamed Zhang, but it is difficult to say whose Zhang family belongs to it.

Do Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu know? Of course I know. how to think? Don't think about it.

There are too many things like this, and I have to worry about them one by one. I can’t finish them all, and I don’t have the energy to do them.

Huangfuji once said "the principle of yin and yang" when the six people were discussing matters. There is no need to explain too much, because everyone here understands it, and there is no need to explain.

What is the principle of yin and yang? The harmony of yin and yang, satisfaction and dissatisfaction, we have no choice but to do this, the way to compromise.

Striking a balance between Kukulkan and Ixichel is definitely not the best way, and it is definitely not the worst way.

This is true of everything in the world, and Qi Xuansu cannot escape the web of human sophistication. He can kill all his enemies, but can he do the same to his own family? There is only compromise and balance.

This is also the helplessness of the Heavenly Master.

After Qi Xuansu met Zhang Jucheng, he did not hide it and chose to get straight to the point. After all, they are all foxes for thousands of years. There is no need for Qi Xuansu to show off his cleverness, which may even make Zhang Jucheng unhappy.

He simply spread his arms and said, "I, Qi Xuansu, want to fight this old ghost Li Tianlan. Uncle Zhang, are you, Zhong Kui, willing to come forward?"

Mountain?

Zhang Jucheng did not disappoint Qi Xuansu, he was very interested.