Pawn Crossing the River

The content of the letter continues.

The third case occurred on an isolated island. The southern continent is too big and there are too few people. This isolated island has no official name. The locals call it Kamakayi, which means a place to rest on the way.

As sea trade prospered, ships on long voyages often stopped here to replenish fresh water. As a result, the originally uninhabited island gradually became populated. Some people opened hotels and restaurants here, brothels also became popular, and even merchant ships began to exchange trade here. Markets were formed, and towns were formed.

No matter how you look at it, it is thriving. But one night, a shadow fell on this small town. Strictly speaking, it was a shadow that enveloped the entire island, including the ships docked on the island. This is why we don’t know the specific time. It wasn’t until many days later that a passing merchant ship discovered the anomaly here and reported it to us. But it just so happened that at that time, the Steam Gospel soldiers were approaching, and we had no time or energy to investigate the anomalies on a remote island. ??

When the war ended and we went back, the power of the shadows had not faded. We temporarily broke through the isolation of the shadows and entered the interior of the island. We found that no one survived here, and everyone was drained by the shadows. The situation was even worse than before. The Sun Temple is even worse. Probably because the Sun Temple is protected by the Sun God, the erupting shadow power is not strong, but the shadow power of this remote island is more than ten times that of the Sun Temple. Everyone's corpses turned into servants of the shadow. , causing the investigation team we sent to lose some manpower.

However, the investigation team still tried their best to bring out some of the corpses. These corpses also had black sun tattoos on them, even the corpses of the investigation team members we sent were no exception.

It shows that these black sun tattoos are not original, at least not all of them. A considerable part of them only appear on the corpse after death. In other words, there are both, some are present during life, and some are present after death, making it difficult to distinguish.

Besides, this kind of tattoo is more like a special mark than a tattoo. In this way, our previous speculation about the struggle between the two factions within the temple has been overturned, and the involvement has become wider.

For this reason, we named this series of cases "The Shadow Cases."

Because the special tattoo mark is in the shape of the sun, we believe that whether it is a frame-up or other reasons, the Sun God is inseparable from it. However, we are unable to investigate the Sun God. Although no new war broke out in the northern and southern continents for a period of time, the situation is still tense. The secret confrontation under the table has entered a new peak. We, the Absolute Holy Church, must fully deal with the Gospel Ministry We really don't have the energy to investigate the "Shadow Case" anymore.

Of course, there are not only these three cases, but also several other cases that are more or less related. However, due to space limitations, I cannot describe them one by one, but I have compiled these cases into the dossier. , please read it, Chief Qi.

The signature is Tantai Ying, the chief deputy head of Xidaomen Juesheng Church.

Just by looking at this name, we know that Tantai Ying must be from the Tantai family. After all, Xidaomen is the worst of the Zhang and Li families in some aspects, such as focusing on blood relationships and personal dependence. In any case, in the Taoist sect, people with foreign surnames like Qi Xuansu can still stand out, but they have not yet completely solidified.

On the other hand, Tantai Ying is not very afraid of Huangfu Ji. For example, he joked in the letter that Huangfu Ji is not as good as Qingwei Zhenren, and Qi Xuansu launched a Taiping Qian offensive that forced Huangfu Ji to submit. It seems that the relationship between the two is Yes, and Tantai Ying also has enough confidence. This confidence undoubtedly comes from the family behind him.

Qi Xuansu put away the letter and asked Huangfu Ji, "Brother Huangfu, is this Tantai chief a woman?"

"She is the eldest granddaughter of Master Tantai. Of course, she is not a relative. You also know that it is difficult for immortals to have heirs, and their nieces and nephews are also granddaughters." Huangfuji responded.

Among the three giants of Xidaomen, Tantai Zhenxiao is the eldest, followed by Gong Fu, and Huangfu Zhao is the youngest. As Huangfu Zhao's son, Huangfuji's age is just between Tantai Zhenxiao's children and grandchildren. He is said to be an uncle, but he is a little younger, and he is said to be a brother, but he is a little older. In addition, Huangfu Ji was not very arrogant in private, so Tantai Ying was not so respectful to him, nor did he regard him as an elder.

Qi Xuansu expressed his understanding, "Qingxiao is not the granddaughter of the Heavenly Master."

Yao Pei? It's hard for him to comment. God knows what the relationship between Earth Master and Yao Pei is.

Huangfu Ji met Zhang Yuelu at Qi Xuansu's apprenticeship ceremony and spoke highly of Zhang Yuelu. In fact, few people spoke low of Zhang Yuelu. As long as Zhang Yuelu did not "bring harm" to him and stood in a neutral position, they would They all recognized Zhang Yuelu's ability and character.

"My deputy can't compare with Qingxiao's sister-in-law. She has an eccentric personality and is not generous. If you offend her, I dare not say that she will remember you for the rest of her life. Remembering you for more than ten years is still simple." Huangfu Ji commented like this, "But it doesn't matter to me for a long time. I don't have to worry about too many debts, and I don't have to worry about too many lice. As for personal matters, let her go as she pleases. If she delays the official business, I won't be polite at all."

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Xin Huangfu was not joking. He was somewhat similar to Qi Xuansu. Public and private were two different faces. He was usually very amiable and not aggressive, but when it came to Xidaomen affairs, he became an extreme person. It can be seen from Tantai Ying's letter that she often has to transfer her energy to the gospel ministry. It can be seen that Huangfu Ji is in charge of Juesheng Church. No matter how much she holds a grudge, she lacks the strength to take revenge and can only complain and ridicule. , Dare not disobey Huangfuji's will.

Of course, what Huangfuji did was right.

Maybe these shadows are indeed harming the foundation of Xidaomen, but the priorities are prioritized. No matter what the shadows’ intentions are, they will not be able to truly threaten Xidaomen in a short time. However, the steam gospel in the north is really related to Xidaomen and Tawan. Ting's life and death depended on it. With one careless move, the country was destroyed by the Steam Gospel, and everyone was finished together.

Westerners are never civilized when dealing with foreigners. After the Steam Gospel returned to the Southern Continent, it had no worries. It killed people, blew up temples, and apostles destroyed the Kingdom of God. Give you a stone to pass the knife, grass to burn, people to change species, and a scalp to exchange for it. For one pound, it doesn’t matter what conspiracy you have.

investigation? Investigate shit.

Shadow casts shadow over the island? Then just wipe out the entire island and all the creatures on it. Is the sea water polluted? Then use the method of the Holy Court to pollute it again. All sewage and wastewater will be discharged into it, fighting poison with poison. I can't use you and don't even think about cultivating any weird things in it. At worst, you will withdraw from the Southern Continent. I'm afraid you won't be the steam gospel sweeping the New World.

From a certain perspective, internal conflicts can only involve one's own people. Once outsiders come in, this will not be a problem at all.

At that time, the gentry cried in the temple every year, and they always wanted to carry out the most holy teacher. The Confucian courts of all dynasties were helpless and could not beat or scold them. After the Taoist sect came to power, the Confucian Temple was demolished for you, the academy was changed to the Taoist Palace, and the Most Holy Master became the Supreme Taoist Ancestor. cry! cry! cry! If you cry again, your Confucian crown will be ripped off, your legs will be broken, and you will have to pay taxes and perform corvee service. Let you know what it means to be polite and sweep the floor, what it means to be free from Confucianism, and what it means to unify the three religions with Taoism as the mainstay.

Therefore, the gospel ministry of Steam Gospel has always been the primary target of Juesheng Church.

However, now that the war is temporarily over, Xidaomen wants to seek development, and this kind of case cannot be left alone. Therefore, even if the opinions of Xidaomen and Daomen are not completely unified, Qi Xuansu agreed to launch a secret investigation and asked Ben to participate in this case. The Juesheng Church fully cooperates.

For the next period of time, Qi Xuansu read the files in his room.

Tantai Ying's letter is just a summary, giving Qi Xuansu a general idea

What happened. The summary of the dossier is an outline, which allows Qi Xuansu to understand some hidden contexts and fills in the background and premises. As for more details, you have to go to Juesheng Church to know.

Tantai Ying only introduced three more representative cases to Qi Xuansu in the letter. In fact, there were other cases, which were summarized in the files. One of the cases was related to the Royal Guards.

Tawanting has been transformed into the Central Plains by Xidaomen, and all official positions have been imitated by the Daxuan court. Especially in the military, the system of large and small ministers is implemented. The highest level is the admiral-general military affairs officer, which is equivalent to a Western general. Then there is the garrison commander, who is equivalent to a Western lieutenant general. Then there is the Deputy Chief Military Officer, who is equivalent to a Western major general. The general who does not have a permanent seal is equivalent to a marshal.

The leader of the Royal Guards is a guard general and a person whom the royal family absolutely trusts. He is not from the Central Plains, but he has accompanied the royal family to learn the Central Plains culture since he was a child. He is considered to be Huangfu Zhao's disciple and Huangfu Ji's senior brother, so he also has a Central Plains name, Huangfu Zhu.

The compound surname Huangfu must have obtained the consent of the Huangfu family, which somewhat means giving a surname. It can be seen that Huangfu Zhu has a close relationship with the Huangfu family.

When building Xin Paititi, it was influenced by Xidaomen and referred to Xijing of the Li Dynasty to a certain extent.

Therefore, the Royal Imperial Guard also followed Li's example in setting up the North Ya Imperial Guard and the Southern Imperial Imperial Army.

To sum up, the Beiya Imperial Guards are the army that guards the palace and are responsible for guarding the emperor. The Nanya Forbidden Army is the army that guards the city and is responsible for guarding New Paititi.

If the Nanya Forbidden Army is a serious national army, then the Beiya Forbidden Army is the emperor's personal guard, that is, the emperor's personal army.

Throughout the history of Daqi, as the emperor's personal armed force, the Beiya Forbidden Army had an unparalleled influence on Daqi politics. From Gaozu, Taizong, Zhongzong, and Xuanzong, the Xijing Palace became mortal four times, all with the gains and losses of the Xuanwu Gate. The direction of the imperial troops stationed at the North Gate is the key to success or failure. It can be said that whoever wins Beiya wins the world.

This is similar to the inheritance law of the Imperial Guard in the Western Qin Empire.

Learning from the past, it is natural that these two forbidden armies cannot be placed in the hands of one person. Therefore, Beiya was in charge of two deputy general military officers who supported each other to check each other. Nanya is less threatening and is under the control of the garrison general.

Therefore, Huangfu Zhu was mainly responsible for the Nanya Imperial Army. Because he was responsible for city defense, many cases

It was also handled by the Nanya Forbidden Army. In order to deal with the endless "chivalrous chaos of the forbidden", Huangfu Zhu spent a lot of effort to form a special elite team called the "Condor Guards".