Pawn Crossing the River

After Li Tianlan was dismissed, Zhang Kucheng personally accompanied the Xidaomen delegation to visit Jiangnan Daofu.

After a few days, the tour was almost done, and the Xidaomen delegation was ready to head to Qizhou Daofu, the last stop of the trip.

Qi Xuansu will naturally accompany him, and then go directly to the sea from Qizhou and return to the southern continent. But before that, Qi Xuansu still had to deal with some tails.

One is the matter of Shi Luosi.

After all, he was a representative of the Holy Court, and with this identity to protect his body, even though Qi Xuansu "invited" him back, he couldn't do anything to him.

Fortunately, there were very few insiders, so Qi Xuansu finally had an in-depth talk with him. Both parties had their own shortcomings and each took a step back. Qi Xuansu let Shi Luosi go back and did not pursue Shi Luosi's interference in the internal affairs of the Taoist government. Shi Luosi also did not report to the Holy See the experience of his representative being detained by the Taoist sect.

Just pretend this didn't happen.

In short, the matter is still unresolved, and it is finally settled.

The other is Gu Ying's treatment.

It has to be said that this woman is very stubborn. Even though the Taoist government has informed her about Li Tianlan, she still only insists on one thing. She admits that she was the one who slandered Li Mingping, and everything was for the sake of her son. As for the rest, she had no idea what Li Tianlan had done or what crime he had committed.

I'll enjoy the blessings, and I'll take the blame for you. Talking about things here and there, avoiding the important and taking the easy.

This is probably her mentality.

Marry a man, marry a man, dress and eat.

This is such a simple truth. The predecessors have made it clear long ago, but later people still can't understand it and always have some unrealistic and extravagant expectations.

I wonder what Li Tianlan will think when he finds out?

He probably wouldn't think too much about it. He's already wearing a cuckold. Do he still expect Gu Ying to share the difficulties with him?

However, Qi Xuansu did not let Gu Ying go easily, because Gu Ying had a large amount of property in her name. Gu Ying asked Li Tianlan for these properties, and Li Tianlan gave them to her for the so-called sense of security.

Now Qi Xuansu wants Gu Ying to explain the origin of these properties. How can Gu Ying explain? It can only be said that it was a gift from Li Tianlan.

There is a flaw here.

If you say you don't know, that's fine. Do you know what the legal income of a second deputy palace lord is? You should know this by now, right?

The property in your name far exceeds the normal income of a second deputy palace master.

If Li Tianlan took the initiative to donate it, wouldn't you wonder where he got so much money?

If you took the initiative to ask for it, how did you know that Li Tianlan could come up with so much money?

You still said you didn't know?

Naturally, Gu Ying could not explain that these huge amounts of property, which brought her a sense of security, eventually became her life-threatening talisman.

Even if Gu Ying doesn't admit it, Qi Xuansu still lists Gu Ying as an important participant in Li Tianlan's case. Coupled with the false accusation case and the two crimes, this beauty will probably be gray-haired when she comes out - if If she still has that day.

After handling these two matters, Qi Xuansu and the Xidaomen delegation left Jiangnan Daofu and headed for Qizhou Daofu.

Qizhou Daofu is different from Qizhou. The latter is just a state of the Daxuan court. The former is a behemoth that owns the inland sea and manages part of Silla. It is also the leader of Fenglinzhou trade. Qingwei Zhenren personally went to Qizhou Daofu. The government is presiding over the discussion and has not left yet.

It seemed that Master Qingwei was specifically waiting for Qi Xuansu to give an explanation or give Qi Xuansu a warning.

What could Qi Xuansu do? He could only bite the bullet and go ahead.

In Qizhou, the situation is more complicated. This is the hometown of the Supreme Master and the Yasheng. Sheji Academy, one of the three university palaces, is located here, and the residence of the saint is also here. Although the Confucian sect has lost power, Sheji Academy is the only one. The surviving academic palaces, Wanxiang Academy and Tianxin Academy, were transformed into Taoist palaces.

This made the Qizhou Taoist Prefecture very dissatisfied. Why could the Jiangnan Taoist Prefecture use the Tianxin Academy, but they couldn't use the Sheji Academy? There was no other way. This was something Xuan Sheng decided to reserve for Confucianism. , Qizhou is the birthplace of Confucianism, so the school in Qizhou is preserved.

Taipingdao is known as Xuansheng's most loyal subordinate, so naturally they cannot oppose Xuansheng. As a result, where to locate the center of the Taoist government has become a problem. Qingling Palace and Zhenjing Villa are not suitable. First of all, they are located on Sanxian Island overseas, not on land, and the transportation is inconvenient. The second is that both of them belong to the highest cardinals of Taiping Dao, not the first cardinals of Qizhou Daofu.

So Qizhou Taoist Prefecture initially selected three candidate locations as the seat of the Taoist Cardinals, namely Taiqing Palace in Taiqing Mountain, Bixia Palace in Dongyue, and Taixu Palace in Qixia Mountain.

Among them, Mount Taiqing was once the gate of the Donghua lineage. The "Donghua" name of the real Donghua came from this. This can also explain why the Pei family, a family from Lanling Prefecture in Qizhou, turned out to be members of Quanzhen Taoism. , because they are very close to each other, and can even be said to be neighbors.

Later, the Donghua lineage moved away to Difei Mountain, and Taiqing Mountain became part of Taiping Road.

Taiqing Mountain stretches from Lanling Prefecture and Langya Prefecture to the coast of the East China Sea. The mountains and seas are connected, and the mountains and seas are beautiful. It faces Penglai Island, one of the Three Immortal Islands, across the sea.

Taiqing Mountain

The building is also divided into three parts, namely the Danxia Peak part located in Lanling Prefecture, the Juxian Peak part located in Langya Prefecture, and the Jin'ao Peak part near the sea.

Among them, Giant Immortal Peak was once the location of the ancestral hall of the Donghua lineage, similar to the ancestral residences of many wealthy families. Although it has extraordinary meaning, they do not live here, and they still do. Before moving to Difei Mountain, the core of the Donghua lineage had always been located on Jin'ao Peak near the sea, where the Taiqing Palace was located.

In the end, Qizhou Prefecture chose Jin'ao Peak. Firstly, it is very close to Penglai Island. Secondly, the scenery here is very beautiful. It is famous for its sword peak Qianren, strange rocks and sunrise on the sea. , looking at the sea in the distance outside the mountain. There is a layer of light mist covering the sea, which is faintly connected with the sea of ​​clouds hanging down in the sky. The sea and sky are the same color, magnificent and gorgeous, like a fairyland on earth. If it is spring and summer, sometimes there will be mirages. If you are lucky, Penglai Island can be vaguely seen, which is more suitable as the face of the Taoist government.

Jin'ao Peak is close to the sea, with the port below. A huge stone disk that can float in the air is used to move up and down the peak. The view is better when standing on the disk.

The "Sun Boat" of the Xidaomen Mission landed on the sea, and the shore was already filled with dignitaries from Qizhou Province.

The Taoist sect still provided a high standard of reception. Although Qingwei Zhenren did not show up, the head of the Qizhou Daofu Mansion did so in person.

The real person in charge was naturally surnamed Li, and his name was Li Changlu. He was of the same generation as the Imperial Preceptors Li Changgeng, Li Changsheng, Li Changge and others, and was the real elder of the Li family. Before that, he had served as the headmaster of Beichen Hall, but later he was swapped with Master Qingwei, and he barely took a back seat.

If Zhang Qihan hadn't occupied Taiping Dao's position as Pingzhang Dazhen, then Li Changlu should have taken advantage of the situation and been promoted from the position of Pingzhang Dazhen of Beichen Hall to Pingzhang Dazhen, instead of going from the headmaster to the headmaster in a similar way to demotion. But this is not too bad. After all, Qizhou Daofu is the real Daofu. It has a high position and is not much worse than Pingzhang Da Zhenren.

Such a Taoist elder and six generations of disciples have different weights.

Huangfuji showed great respect for his elders.

Although Huangfu is very interested in betting on Qi Xuansu, it does not mean that he will offend Taiping Dao. It is now widely rumored that Qi Xuansu will enter Jinque after serving as the chief of Beichen Hall. He will first be the master of the Wanxiang Dao Palace and supplement his resume in retreat. , and then become the real person in charge of a local government, the real person in charge of the government, and the official of the border.

Because all the great masters of Pingzhang are approaching their age, some of the masters in charge will be promoted to great masters of Pingzhang, which will naturally leave a few positions vacant.

If Zhang Jucheng can be promoted to the head of the hall,

Then Qi Xuansu is likely to take over Zhang Jucheng's position and take charge of Jiangnan Daofu. If Zhang Jucheng remains unchanged and Qi Jiaozheng is promoted to the head of the palace, then Qi Xuansu will take over Qi Jiaozheng's position and take charge of the Shuzhou Taoist Office.

It is unlikely that Qi Xuansu will be in charge of the Borneo Taoist House. Firstly, Yao Shu is not qualified enough. He jumped from the chief of Ziweitang to the real person in charge of the palace, which is already an exception. There is no reason to break the rule twice. Secondly, the Taoism does not Will let Qi Xuansu turn Borneo into his own back garden.

However, this does not mean that the Taoist sect does not trust Qi Xuansu. Whether it is Jiangnan Daofu or Shuzhou Daofu, they are both Daofu. Jinque's attitude towards Qi Xuansu is very obvious.

This is certainly a good thing.

But who will take over Qi Xuansu's position? This is also a problem.

Most of them are from the Li family, maybe even Li Changge. Even if it's not Li Changge, at most it's just a transitional candidate who will then be handed over to Li Changge.

Therefore, the relationship still needs to be improved. At least some of Qi Xuansu's policies must be continued. If the next president completely denies Qi Xuansu and abolishes Qi Xuansu's established policies, won't Huangfu Ji be busy in vain?

After the two sides exchanged polite greetings, Li Changlu introduced the senior officials of the Taoist government who came to greet them this time. Because sealing off Fenglinzhou was a big project, the chief and second-in-commands were not here, and there were only a few deputy masters. The Li family made no secret of their absolute control over Qizhou Daofu. Most of the deputy palace masters were named Li, and the most impressive one was Li Tianba.

When Qi Xuansu heard the name, he almost laughed.

This name is quite domineering.

Qi Xuansu has come into contact with quite a few people from the "Tian" generation of the Li family. Li Tianlan, Li Tiangang, Li Tianzhen, etc. are not as straightforward as this Li Tianba.

However, the attitude of the Li family towards Qi Xuansu was very subtle. After all, Qi Xuansu had just sent Li Tianlan in. At the same time, there was no airtight wall in the world. The story of Gu Ying slandering Li Mingping had also spread to some extent among the top management of the Li family. Li Minghuang was originally the adopted son. , and such an incident happened, which harmed Li Tianlan, a direct descendant, and many people were angry with Li Minghuang. On the contrary, it makes Qi Xuansu less annoying. After all, the most hateful thing is

Stabbed by one's own family.

Qi Xuansu didn't care about this, and the Li family couldn't do anything to him. They deceived him into Qizhou Daofu and killed him? It's not yet to the point of flipping the table over, no.

What gave Qi Xuansu a headache was the summons from Master Qingwei.

Just when Huangfu was being polite to Li Changlu, Shen Yuqing appeared among the deputy palace masters and walked straight towards Qi Xuansu.

Qi Xuansu knew that he couldn't escape.