Pawn Crossing the River

Qi Xuansu rarely looked at Qi Niang with such eyes, which made Qi Niang very uncomfortable and somewhat rebellious.

"Do you know or not?" Qi Xuansu said, "It means knowing but not telling."

Qi Niang stopped smoking.

Qi Xuansu turned his face away and stopped talking.

Qi Niang poked Qi Xuansu with the pipe in her hand.

Qi Xuansu did not move.

Qi Niang asked, "Are you angry?"

Qi Xuansu still did not speak.

"Look at your bear-like appearance, are you still a man?" Qi Niang said bluntly.

Qi Xuansu stretched out his hand and wiped the corners of his eyes.

"Crying?" Qi Niang said in disbelief, "The great Master Qi actually cried, how much grievance is this?"

Qi Xuansu then whispered, "It's not a grievance, I just feel so sad."

Qi Niang was seeing Qi Xuansu like this for the first time, and she was a little at a loss.

Qi Xuansu said: "I have always said that we are a family, so we should be of one mind. I treat you as my own mother, but you always hide things from me. Have you ever thought about my feelings?"

These words were very serious. Qi Niang put down the pipe in her hand and said nothing.

Qi Xuansu pretended to wipe away tears and said, "I can even give up my life for Zhang Yuelu, then have you ever thought about it, I gave my life to you, I can also do this for you, we all know that Yao Zu must have bad intentions, there must be something fishy, ​​I have gone through a lot of hardships just to find a ray of hope from the dead, I don't want to die."

Qi Niang sighed: "I never thought of letting you die, I want you to live, live as Qi Xuansu. I know you don't understand now, and it's hard for me to explain it to you clearly, but you will understand one day."

Qi Xuansu whispered: "It doesn't matter if you have thought about it or not, just let it go."

Qi Niang always felt that this was a bit familiar, as if she had heard it somewhere, but she didn't have time to think about it, so she could only say: "I know it's hard for you, but it's hard for me too, let's do it reluctantly."

Qi Xuan's hands, which had been covering his face, separated a line, revealing one eye, secretly observing Qi Niang.

Qi Niang was looking up at the sky, as if she was struggling with her heart and soul.

The corners of Qi Xuansu's mouth raised an arc like Xiao Yin.

Qi Niang suddenly came back to her senses and looked back at Qi Xuansu.

Qi Xuansu's smile froze on his face, and then turned into an awkward smile.

"You kid, how dare you use my tricks against me?" Qi Niang finally remembered that these words were the words she used to manipulate Qi Xuansu at the beginning? As a result, Qi Xuansu changed it and used it directly against her.

This is really better than the master.

Qi Niang was not polite either, and directly hit Qi Xuansu on the head with a pipe.

Qi Xuansu covered his head, feeling a little sorry, he was just a little bit away from success.

After all, he was a real person in charge of the house, so he couldn't cry and wipe his tears. In fact, he had a temporary idea to return the favor. Without some extraordinary means, Qi Niang would not tell the truth.

Now it seems that Qi Niang still said a lot of true words, but Qi Xuansu still didn't understand why she couldn't explain it clearly. With his current realm, cultivation, status and status, what else is unclear?

But Qi Niang had said so much that it was difficult for her to do so, and Qi Xuansu really couldn't ask any more questions.

Qi Niang grabbed Qi Xuansu's ear and said, "Just learn it. Don't learn the good things, learn the bad things. If you dare to learn from me today, Xiao Yin will dare to learn from you tomorrow. If Xiao Yin grows up crooked, you can't escape the blame."

Qi Xuansu said, "No, Lao Zhang is here to keep her in check. When things in the Western Regions are almost done, I'll let Qing Xiao take care of her for a few days."

Qi Niang put her pipe on her waist and was about to get up and leave.

Qi Xuansu also got up and said, "Qiniang, don't you want to appreciate the painting I mentioned?"

"No, isn't it Yao Yueyan, the fourth generation geomancer? What's so good about it." Qi Niang said without turning her head, "She can scare you, but not me."

Qi Xuansu was stunned.

Qi Niang's words revealed an important message. This painting seemed to be more targeted.

So what is the difference between him and Qi Niang? If we have to say the biggest difference, it is that he has the "Heart of the Immortality Stone".

Could it be because of the "Heart of the Immortality Stone"?

But before Qi Xuansu could think about it, Qi Niang was about to leave. Qi Xuansu said again: "Qiniang, don't rush to leave, stay for two more days."

Qiniang said insincerely: "I have to leave because I'm so sad."

Qi Xuansu followed behind Qi Niang: "Then I was wrong, okay?"

"Admit it?" Qi Niang snorted, "Okay, now take out 10,000 Taiping money as sincerity, do you have it?"

Qi Xuansu said helplessly: "No."

"That's it." Qi Niang pushed the door and walked out of Qi Xuansu's signing room.

Outside was the secretary's room. Yan Yongzhen and Ke Qingqing were originally chatting here. When they saw Qi Niang coming out, they all stood up.

Qiniang ignored the two and walked straight out.

Qi Xuansu followed behind: "It's just a joke. I wasn't angry before, so don't be angry either."

"How can it be the same?" Qi Niang turned around and made a stop gesture, "I'm not angry with you. Whether it happened or not, I should leave. I'm very busy."

Qi Xuansu was about to speak, but Qi Niang interrupted him in advance: "We don't have much time."

This time, Qi Niang was no longer casual and cynical as before, and was very serious.

Qi Xuansu was stunned for a moment.

"We." Qi Xuansu repeated softly.

Qi Niang pulled her sunglasses, revealing her eyes, and looked at Qi Xuansu deeply: "It has always been us."

After saying this, Qiniang turned around and left, never stopping again.

Qi Xuansu didn't try to persuade her to stay anymore, and he swallowed the words "take a look at Xiao Yin at least".

Qi Xuansu stood there, thoughtful.

Yan Yongzhen and Ke Qingqing were both dumbfounded and speechless for a long time. This was the first time they had seen Qi Xuansu like this. He was completely different from the usual lively person in charge, more like a living person. People.

The madam is still so powerful. No wonder the famous Chief Zhang has a headache for this mother-in-law.

Qi Xuansu glanced at Ke Qingqing and was a little surprised: "Why are you here?"

Ke Qingqing worked as Qi Xuansu's secretary, and later became Zhang Yuelu's secretary. It was inevitable to deal with Qi Xuansu. They were all old acquaintances, so they naturally spoke more casually.

Yan Yongzhen answered on his behalf: "Master, Master Zhang mentioned to you about the release of fellow Taoist Ke."

Qi Xuansu remembered that Zhang Yuelu had mentioned to him that he planned to let Ke Qingqing go to the Western Region Taoist Palace. Qi Xuansu would not object, but Qi Xuansu was full of other things at the time and did not pay attention to it.

Qi Xuansu said: "I remembered, I left this matter to Lao Hu."

It is true that the real person in charge of the palace is in charge of personnel affairs, but the real person in charge of the palace is busy with affairs and cannot cover everything. Therefore, there is also a deputy palace master as an assistant, usually the third deputy palace master, also known as the deputy palace master in charge of personnel.

In this regard, the Taoist House is similar to Jiutang. For example, in Tianji Hall, the person in charge of personnel is Deputy Hall Master Zhu. In the Western Region Taoist House, it is Hu Jiachong. He joined the team early and was involved in a series of changes in the Taoist House. Because of his outstanding performance, he was promoted and re-employed by Qi Xuansu. Although he was still the deputy palace master and his rank remained unchanged, he was proud of his success. The Taoist palace ranked fifth behind Wuniang, Qi Xuansu, Li Zhuyu, and Lu Yujue.

Qi Xuansu ordered: "Guizhen, go and invite Deputy Palace Master Hu over to discuss this matter."

Yan Yongzhen responded, turned and left.

In just this moment, Qi Xuansu had completed the role transformation from son to real person in charge, and regained his former majesty.

After a while, Hu Jiaochong arrived. When he heard that the real person in charge of the palace was in trouble, the deputy palace owner almost shrank to the ground, which was very exaggerated.

Qi Xuansu's mind was still on other things, and he did not go around in circles. After gesturing to Hu Jiaochong to sit down, he went straight to the point: "Old Hu, I asked you to consider Xiao Ke's affairs a few days ago. How do you think the arrangement is appropriate?"

Of course, Hu Jiachong didn't dare to turn a deaf ear to Qi Xuansu's words. He already had a rough idea, but he still had to seek his superior's opinion: "What do you think, Master?"

Qi Xuansu said: "Xiao Ke first followed me, and then followed Zhenren Zhang. It's been a long time. I can't always be a secretary. It's time to change positions and gain experience. So I want her to go down and work from the bottom to accumulate some grassroots experience." My experience is that it’s not okay to float on it all the time without your feet touching the ground and your soles not touching the mud.”

Hu Jiaochong understood the idea and said: "The area of ​​each of the thirty-six counties in the Western Region is as large as a prefecture in other states, or even larger, but the population is too small, so it is just a county establishment. Since the master of the prefecture wants to experience Ke Secretary, then I think Ziandu County, one of the thirty-six counties, is more suitable. It is located at the intersection of Kunlun and Daxue Mountains and is a must-pass place for ancient business roads. Let Chief Ke go to Ziandu County to build the second-class branch of Tiangang Hall. The assistant manager is also the chief official of the local area. I wonder what the palace master thinks? "

Qi Xuansu thought for a moment and said, "This is a good arrangement. Let her go to a difficult and important place. Don't let others say that she went there to get gold plating."

Hu Jiaochong said: "Okay, I will take care of this."

Qi Xuansu said nothing more.

In the past, he was always the second-in-command, or even the third-in-command. Naturally, he did not have the power to arrange whoever he wanted. Now that he is the real person in charge of the palace, he finally has this power. Appointments at this level do not even need to be discussed with the palace master. , Qi Xuansu decided it alone, and the people below didn't dare to say "no".

Ke Qingqing also felt a little complicated at this time. She didn't know what to say for a while, but she understood Qi Xuansu's hard work and wanted to work down-to-earth to achieve results so that the people above her could speak for her.

Qi Xuansu asked: "Has the successor been chosen?"

Ke Qingqing felt that Qi Xuansu was asking questions knowingly, but he still replied: "It's settled, it's Liuhu Daoist from Jiangnan Taoist Prefecture."

Qi Xuansu nodded.

This was something Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu had discussed a long time ago, asking Liu Hu to stay with Zhang Yuelu and study hard for a while.

After all, the secretarial system is an apprenticeship system in disguise.

Qi Xuansu finally said: "Qingqing, I brought you out of the Imperial Palace. Although you traveled far and wide, you still haven't been exposed to the real grassroots level. This is a shortcoming. If you want to be successful in the future, For development, this gap must be filled, can you understand?”

Ke Qingqing said seriously: "I can understand."

Qi Xuansu said: "That's good. You can prepare now, and you will have a lot to do in the future."