Pawn Crossing the River

After Qi Xuansu left from Master Donghua, he hurriedly met with Zhang Yuelu, who happened to have just returned from Master Cihang.

Master Cihang has already informed Zhang Yuelu of Jinque’s decision, and Qi Xuansu is about to become the acting head of the Taoist House in the Western Regions, so Zhang Yuelu’s first sentence was: “I know that Jinque believes in you, whether it’s ethics, It’s still ability. But this is reasonable, you have never let Jin Que down in these years.”

Qi Xuansu waved his hand: "If you don't talk about this, I will return to the Wanxiang Taoist Palace for handover soon, and then prepare to go to the Western Region Taoist Palace. How about Tiangang Hall?"

Zhang Yuelu said: "Master has communicated with me, and it is mainly divided into two lines: the inner and outer lines. The outer line is mainly Tiangang Hall, which wipes out foreign enemies. The inner line is mainly Beichen Hall, which eliminates traitors. This time, although the real person in charge will not go there in person , but we also attach great importance to it, and the Tiangang Hall sent the chief deputy hall master, that is, me, to the Western Region Taoist Palace. "

Qi Xuansu joked: "The last time we went to the Western Regions together, you were the boss. I didn't expect that when we go to the Western Regions again, I will become the boss. This is really thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi. Don't bully young people to be poor. Zhang Qingxiao listens to orders? Zhang Qingxiao obeys the order!”

There is no problem with this. If Master Cihang goes to the Taoist Mansion in the Western Regions in person, then Master Cihang must be the main one. But Zhang Yuelu is not Master Shenzhi. Of course, he must obey the orders of Master Qi Xuansu, the master of the mansion, regardless of whether it is true or not. The agent in charge, the real person in charge, will ask you if you are Zhenzhi Zhenren.

Zhang Yuelu rolled his eyes and said, "You have a good idea. The master in charge is responsible for the military affairs. I am mainly responsible for Wuniang's side. It has nothing to do with you, the master."

Qi Xuansu said: "I understand. The real person in charge is responsible for the outside line, connecting with Tiangang Hall, and I, the real person in charge, is responsible for the inside line, connecting with Beichen Hall. But Li Yongyan is far away in the Southern Continent now, so we can't transfer Li Yongyan back, right? Could it be? Shen Mingxin, the second seat of Beichen Hall?”

Zhang Yuelu said: "Maybe it's Li Zhuyu, who can be considered an old subordinate of yours."

Qi Xuansu said: "Li Danjin, your impression of me may not be very good, but it doesn't matter, just obey me. By the way, there is one more thing, Xiao Yin is also going to the Western Region this time."

Zhang Yuelu thought for a while and said: "Although no one expected that there would be chaos in the Western Regions when we asked Xiao Yin to be Wu Niang's secretary, things have already happened. We must not do anything special, and Wu Niang and I both I will take good care of her."

In fact, Qi Xuansu's original idea was very simple. The reason why he sent Xiao Yin to be his secretary, although it was paternalistic, was really for the sake of Xiao Yin's future.

Because in a sense, a secretary is like an apprentice.

It is said that three years of study leads to two years of service. When you are an apprentice, you have to be a cow and a horse, and the master will teach you something.

A secretary is somewhat like this. She usually mainly serves her boss, just like a son. However, by staying with her boss, she can not only use her boss's power to manage her own network, but also learn a lot. Finally, she can go out and make further progress. . It's just that what you learn may be good or bad. It may be your ability to govern a party, or it may be your ability to be greedy and amass money.

Qi Xuansu asked Xiao Yin to follow Wuniang, which was essentially an apprenticeship.

It's just that this time is different from the past. Even the real person Shenzhi in the pseudo-immortal stage is dead. Xiao Yin's mere creation stage is really not enough. In the past, whether it was the fight against tigers in Fenglinzhou or the internal fighting among the ancient gods in the Southern Continent, it was all internal conflicts, fighting within the rules of the Taoist sect, but this time it was a conflict between ourselves and the enemy, and there were not so many human feelings to talk about.

Qi Xuansu said: "I think so too. When I return to Wanxiang Dao Palace this time, I will bring Xiao Yin with me."

Zhang Yuelu still has a lot of things to do. This time he is dispatching a large army to the Western Region. Tiangang Hall will soon discuss matters with the Lingguan Mansion. Zhang Yuelu, as the chief deputy hall master of Tiangang Hall, is going to attend the discussion.

After the two separated, Qi Xuansu did not stop and immediately returned to the Wanxiang Dao Palace.

On the way back, all kinds of news kept coming. After the Jinque meeting, the entire Taoist sect’s senior officials already knew about the shocking changes in the Western Region. Some well-informed people even knew that Qi Xuansu would be the acting governor. Many of them People came to Qi Xuansu to inquire about the news.

Qi Xuansu just dealt with it in a cursory manner and didn't mention much.

After returning to the Wanxiang Taoist Palace, Qi Xuansu met with Master Shi Da immediately. Sun Hewu happened to be there, so Qi Xuansu informed the two of them in detail about the relevant matters.

Master Shi Da immediately stated that Qi Xuansu could leave immediately, and Xiao Yin's further training course could also end early. This is to follow the right of emergency.

As for the handover work, it's easy to say that Sun Hewu can take over directly. Originally, Qi Xuansu, as the real person in charge of the palace, did not have many important matters, so the Wanxiang Dao Palace could remain as before.

Qi Xuansu's return this time is mainly to "point generals". In addition to Xiao Yin, Lu Yujue and Long Xiaobai will also go together. They are all Qi Xuansu's team. He can't be parachuted in and become a polished military officer. He doesn't have so much time. Let Qi Xuansu slowly centralize power.

Cheng Lixue stayed behind in the Wanxiang Dao Palace. After all, Qi Xuansu would also serve as the master of the Wanxiang Dao Palace for a long time in the future, so it was still necessary to leave one of his own in the Dao Palace.

Qi Xuansu went to see Lu Yujue first. Because the situation was urgent, Ziweitang did not have the usual conversation, and Qi Xuansu conducted the conversation on behalf of Ziweitang.

When Qi Xuansu informed Lu Yujue of the news, Lu Yujue felt mixed emotions.

Although Qi Xuansu had hinted it a long time ago, Lu Yujue still felt a little uneasy. After all, making a promise was one thing, but actually fulfilling it was another.

Even if Qi Xuansu tried his best to plan, it would still take several years.

But who would have thought that after the sudden change in the Western Region, Qi Xuansu directly acted as the real person in charge of the government. He also followed the chicken and dog to ascend to heaven, and took advantage of the opportunity to cross the threshold of second place.

Generally speaking, with the exception of special cases like Pei Xiaolou, Ji Jiaozhen, and Lin Yuanmiao, the Deputy Palace Master Jiuxue is also the threshold for second-grade Taiyi Taoist priests. At this point, he will join the ranks of real people and become a real person. Directly managed Daomen high-level officials.

Lu Yujue lamented that not long ago, he was cuckolded by a Taoist monk and had a falling out with the Li family. His future was bleak. However, after deciding to follow Qi Xuansu, the culprit Li Minghuang was demoted to the Female Taoist Joint Mutual Aid Association. The real Qingshui Yamen gave him a bad breath. Then he passed the key threshold and his future was bright.

More importantly, if he remembered correctly, Zhou Xiaosong was demoted by Tiangang Hall and demoted to the Taoist Palace of the Western Regions because of his affair with Li Minghuang.

Isn't this a coincidence?

It really fell into his hands.

Don't tell him anything about Westerners' bullshit gentlemanly behavior. He was the most gentlemanly behavior before he killed anyone.

Lu Yujue wanted to understand a truth. In terms of force, most of the time, male Taoist priests are better. Therefore, in order to protect female Taoist priests, many laws will favor female Taoist priests in order to achieve a dynamic balance.

That is, male Taoist priests plus force is equal to female Taoist priests plus rules. This is a balance.

If the means of violence are restricted and female Taoists still have the advantage of the rules, then male Taoists are the vulnerable group. Take this incident as an example. Lu Yujue and Li Minghuang fought to the death, but Zhou Xiaosong had no impact at all except being demoted.

Lu Yujue decided to be equal for once and go all out to respect his opponent.

But instead of fighting directly, he wants to retaliate in the same way.

To be honest, as the second deputy palace master, he has the right to interpret the legal provisions.

He wanted Zhou Xiaosong to experience the power of rules. As the saying goes, justice may be late, but it will never be absent.

Following procedural justice and cost justice, there is delayed justice.

Qi Xuansu told Lu Yujue that the process still had to go through, so Lu Yujue was only at the job level now.

Lu Yujue knew full well that when Qi Xuansu removed the word "generation", he would be able to change his job grade into a formal grade. He has been completely tied to Qi Xuansu's chariot. He will be both prosperous and devastated.

If he wanted to stab Qi Xuansu in the back, he wouldn't be able to get a favor from him.

Qi Xuansu could help him up or hold him down to death.

Then Qi Xuansu went to see Xiao Yin again and informed her of the affairs of the Western Region Taoist House in a very serious manner.

Xiao Yin is a person who is afraid of chaos in the world. After hearing this, he was not surprised but happy.

In her opinion, studying in the Wanxiang Dao Palace is almost like going to jail. How can it be compared to going to the Western Regions to fight? And in her mind, fighting means having dragon meat to eat. Doesn’t Buddhism have some kind of eight-part celestial dragon? It sounds delicious.

Xiao Yin asked: "Lao Qi, Lao Qi, will Wu Niang go to the Western Regions?"

Qi Xuansu said: "If you serve as Wu Niang's secretary, of course she will go. To be precise, wherever Wu Niang is, you will be there."

Xiao Yin asked again: "Lao Qi, Lao Qi, Lao Zhang, are you going?"

"Lao Zhang is also following Wu Niang. You two listen to Wu Niang. You are on equal footing."

"Lao Qi, Lao Qi, Lao Lin, are you going?"

"Go, he will go with Lao Zhang."

"Lao Qi, Lao Qi..."

"Where do you get so many problems?"

"Ask what's wrong, you still owe me Taiping money and haven't paid it back! If you keep doing this, I'll tell Wu Niang that I'm Wu Niang's secretary now, so I'm not reporting beyond the level, right? It's legal and compliant! I also know, Wuniang is the real person in charge, and you are the real person in charge. Wuniang is older than you, just like Master Landa is older than Yao Shu."

"Okay, okay, just ask."

"Will Qiniang go?"

"I shouldn't go, but I might go. You can ask Qiniang yourself."

"Where's Xiaoyan? There's also Xiaolong and Lao Lu."

"Go, everyone goes."

"Okay, let's go to the Western Regions to fight!"

Qi Xuansu couldn't help but give Xiao Yin another lesson.

Soldiers are a major matter for the country, a place of life and death. It is a very serious matter and a very cruel matter. It must be taken seriously and seriously. Now Xiao Yin makes it seem like the whole family is going out for an outing. How can this be done? Do you want to repeat the mistakes of the first generation of Emperor Liu and the second generation of Emperor Liu?

After Qi Xuansu's serious criticism, Xiao Yin temporarily lost her happiness.

Long Xiaobai is easy to say, because of this incident, her fellow Taoist priests were quickly approved.

Now everything is giving way to the war in the Western Region.