Pawn Crossing the River

Qi Xuansu interrupted Qi Haoran slightly: "Master Wanmiao, since Qi Haoran is your cousin, why doesn't Fellow Daoist Qi know who Qi Haoran is?"

Qi Haoran said: "The reason is very simple. Qi Haoran's real name was not this. He changed his name to Qi Haoran after leaving the Qi family and entered Zhengyi. Only a few people know about this. The Qi family has always announced that he is dead, so Mu Yu I don’t know that Qi Haoran is her brother. Since his name has been changed, I’ll just call him Qi Haoran.”

Qi Xuansu nodded: "That's it."

Qi Haoran continued: "The reason why it is said to be a vulgar story is that it is the same old story, where the hero has a hard time passing the beauty test. Although Qi Haoran is not a hero, he can't pass the beauty test either. He met a woman by chance."

When Qi Xuansu heard this, he felt an inexplicable fear in his heart.

Could this woman be Qiniang? After all, Qiniang also used the pseudonym Qi Jiayao.

That's really vulgar.

"This woman's name is Zhou Mengyao." Qi Jiaozheng's next words made Qi Xuansu breathe a sigh of relief. It would be better if she wasn't Qiniang, otherwise it would be so interesting to go round and round and have the master become a godfather.

Qi Xuansu asked: "Who is this Zhou Mengyao? I have never heard of him."

Qi Jiaozhengdao: "You are young after all, and you may not know all the things about Chen Sesame and Rotten Millet. Strictly speaking, this Zhou Mengyao is a seventh-generation disciple of the Taoist sect, but like Qiniang, she was born a long time ago She left the Taoist sect, so her rank in the Taoist sect is not high, and she has no specific position. She is a wild Taoist priest. "

This situation is not surprising. Not only Qiniang, but also Patriarch Jin Gong were all wild Taoist priests.

Patriarch Jin Gong once said that when he was young, he went to Jinling Mansion and lived in Zhenwu Temple. But just after staying for two days, I was invited out by the Taoist temple, saying that a spiritual master was coming. Around evening, a group of spiritual officers came to inspect the interior of the Taoist temple, and then set up various formations. Finally, a flying boat came and landed in Zhenwu Lake. In such a large flying boat, there was only one Master Shenzhi and his Several attendants. Master Shenzhi walked down the ramp of the flying boat, and everyone saluted him. It was really impressive. At that time, Patriarch Jin Gong determined that a true man should be like this.

Due to some historical issues, Patriarch Jin Gong found it difficult to get ahead in the Taoist sect, so he created the "Heavenly Court", which is better than knowing the true person instead of knowing the true person.

It is precisely because of the existence of people like Patriarch Jin Gong that others dare not underestimate wild Taoist priests. Every time a Taoist sect expands its staff, the first thing it targets is wild Taoist priests. The disadvantage is that wild Taoist priests are unorganized, undisciplined, and are used to being unorganized. The advantage is that wild Taoist priests are really capable. After all, wild Taoist priests do not have a Taoist sect to support them. They are like waves washing through the sand, experiencing the wind and wind. In the rain, those who were not capable were eliminated early, and the rest were elites.

This is also one of the reasons why Taoist sects have begun to try to normalize some secret societies in recent years, and wild Taoists play a very important role in this.

Qi Xuansu initially followed the path of a wild Taoist priest. He only had the rank of a seventh-grade Taoist priest and no position. Later Qiniang changed her mind and asked him to apply for the Tiangang Hall. After spending hundreds of money, he became a first-grade Taoist priest. A glorious Tiangangtang Taoist priest was able to serve the Taoist sect.

From this perspective, Zhou Mengyao is a wild Taoist priest, so it seems that the problem is not that big. After all, the wild Taoist priest is also a Taoist priest, and he is not a cult monster, so he will not cause Qi Haoran to run away from home.

Qi Jiao seemed to see Qi Xuansu's doubts, and then said: "Tianyuan, you should know about the Qingpinghui."

Qi Xuansu didn't show it on his face, but his heart was tight.

He was too familiar with Qingpinghui. A few years ago, he was still fighting against the Daomen and the Qingping Society, and he had to be tough with both hands. However, in the past two years, Qi Xuansu has become more developed, so he has completely shifted his focus to the Daomen side and no longer cares about the Qingping Society.

To this day, he is still a member of the Qingping Association.

When Qi Jiaozheng suddenly mentioned the Qingping Meeting, Qi Xuansu was not surprised. He thought Qi Jiao was ordering him.

It's just that Qi Xuansu couldn't reveal anything on his face, and remained calm: "Of course I know that some secret societies have been normalized this time, and the Qingping Society is among them."

Qi Jiaozheng said: "It has become normalized now, but at that time, the Qingping Society was still a taboo, and Zhou Mengyao was the senior leader of the Qingping Society. Unlike the Taoist sect, the Qingping Society has nine or twelve levels, only four levels: A, B, C, and D. The first-class members are the top leaders of the Qingping Association, excluding the president. The Privy Council consists of six first-class members, each with one vote, who decide various major matters within the Qingping Association. The Council supervises and assists the Privy Council in managing various affairs of the Qingping Council. The six members of the Privy Council do not appear together. They often elect one person to preside over various matters on behalf of the six-member Privy Council. "

Qi Xuansu thought to himself: "If others don't know, how can I not know? Qiniang is now representing the Privy Council and presiding over the daily work of the Qingping Conference."

But thinking of this, Qi Xuansu couldn't help but feel a move in his heart.

Sure enough, after going around and around, we finally reached the Qingping Meeting.

Many things that were originally shrouded in fog gradually revealed their outlines.

Qi Xuansu said: "What Wanmiao Zhenren means is that Zhou Mengyao is one of the members of the six-person Privy Council. As far as I know, the six-member Privy Council all use the name of Cipai as their code name. For example, the current Cipai name of the person in charge is Qiniangzi , I wonder what the name of Zhou Mengyao’s Ci brand is? Maybe I’ve heard of it.”

It cannot be said that everyone knows about Qiniang, at least it is not a secret among the higher-ups of the Taoist sect. Qi Jiaozheng must know it, and Qi Xuansu does not need to cover it up and pretend that he does not know. It would be a lack of sincerity.

Qi Jiaozheng said: "Her Ci brand name is Qing Ping Tiao."

Qi Xuansu was startled.

As a senior member of the Qingping Association, Qi Xuansu certainly knows the name "Qingping Diao". In some cases, this name represents the leader of the association. In other cases, this name represents the future leader or deputy leader.

If we take Buddhism as an example, the leader is the current Buddha, then "Qing Ping Tiao" is the future Buddha.

Qi Jiao Zhengdao: "It seems that Tianyuan knows about it. The Qingping Society was first established by Xuansheng with the purpose of fighting against Confucianism, so it is not surprising that many senior Taoists were members of the Qingping Society. At that time, the name of the word brand used by Xuansheng was Qing Ping Le, the so-called Mr. Qing Ping's title also comes from this, and there are others, such as Mrs. Xuan Sheng, whose name is Jin Cuo Dao. The situation at that time was complicated and the future was unpredictable, so Xuan Sheng was prepared for a long-term struggle. He was prepared and even considered the unexpected situation, so he appointed Qingping Diao as his successor.

"Normally speaking, after Xuan Sheng, no one would use the name Qing Ping Le anymore, and all future guild leaders should use the name Qing Ping Tiao Ci. But you also know what happened later. The Taoist sect defeated the Confucian sect, and Xuansheng believed that the Taoist sect We are on the right track and there is no need for secret associations like the Qing Ping Hui and the Inn. However, the interests involved in such an important organization must be very serious, and there will definitely be people who are dissatisfied with the abolition of the Creation Project. Among the Eight Tribes, it would not be that simple to abolish the Qingping Association and the Inn, so after Xuan Sheng passed away, the Inn and the Qingping Association reappeared. "

Qi Xuansu remained silent.

Of course he knew that it was three generations of earth masters who rebuilt the Qingping Society, which again connected with the Yao family.

Although after three generations of earth masters, the Yao family gradually faded out of the Qingping Society, the return of Qiniang to power seems to mean that the Yao family has never relaxed its control over the Qingping Society.

In this way, the secret association power of the Three Ways was actually the last of the Li family. It was not until the period of the fifth generation disciples that the sixth generation disciple Jin Gong established the "Tianting". The Zhang family was the earliest, and the Ziguang Society can be traced back to the Xuansheng era. The Yao family happened to be between the two families.

Xuansheng said that Taiping Road is the most loyal, and it is not unreasonable.

Qi Xuansu asked: "As far as I know, the first generation of Qingping Diao also had the surname Zhou. What does this have to do with Zhou Mengyao?"

"You guessed it right." Qi Jiaozheng gave an affirmative reply, "Zhou Mengyao is the descendant of the first generation of Qingping Diao. Of course, I know what you want to ask Tianyuan. This first generation of Qingping Diao married Shen family, her descendants should be named Shen."

"However, our Taoist sect is very civilized. Looking around the world, women must take their husband's surname after they get married. But in our Taoist sect, women do not need to take their husband's surname. Not only do they not need to take their husband's surname, but their children do not need to take their father's surname. . For example, the descendants of Grandmaster Shangguan are divided into three branches, namely Zhang, Xu and Shangguan.

"But Zhou Mengyao's surname is Zhou, not Shen. It really doesn't mean the first generation of Qingping Diao, but Xuansheng abolished the Qingping Society, and her descendants were dissatisfied. When Xuansheng passed away, he changed his surname back to Zhou to emphasize his own His mother's family was nothing more than emphasizing the inheritance rights of Qingpinghui. In the end, he reached an agreement with three generations of earth masters to jointly rebuild Qingpinghui. The earth master was the owner at the back, and the Zhou family was the shopkeeper at the front. Mr.Zhou."

"This incident caused some turmoil within the Taoist sect. At that time, the third generation of Earth Masters was hiding behind the scenes. Firstly, few people knew about it. Secondly, even if they knew, they did not dare to directly point their swords at the second generation of Earth Masters. The Shen family's view of their own family The rebellion was particularly infuriating. The Li family stood up for the Shen family and took advantage of this to include the Qingping Society, an organization established by Xuan Sheng, on the list of secret societies, and launched a large-scale encirclement and suppression campaign. Although with the secret support of the Earth Master, the Qingping Society finally survived. After that, the Zhou family still retained their identity as Taoists, but they still had problems left over from history.”

Qi Xuansu probably understood that this Zhou Mengyao was a bit similar to Zhang Wuhen and had historical issues, so Qi Haoran and Zhou Mengyao being together would naturally cut off Qi Haoran's career in Taoism.

As mentioned before, Qi Jiaozheng valued his brother Qi Haoran very much and invested a lot of resources and energy in him to pave the way for him. As a result, his official career was cut off. You can imagine Qi Jiaozheng's anger.

This would probably be the case if Qi Xuansu was placed in Qi Jiaozheng's position.

Then it would be logical for the two brothers to fall out and Qi Haoran to leave the Qi family.