Pawn Crossing the River

, cross the river pawn

Qi Xuansu was looking at "Yinglong" from a distance, but he didn't know that he had fallen into the sight of another future mother-in-law.

After all, in this world, masters are almost as important as parents, especially when many people never marry or have children, the inheritance between masters and disciples is comparable to biological parents and children. If a disciple betrays his master, he will be despised and despised by everyone.

Even in many cases, the time that masters and disciples spend together is far better than the time that parents and children spend together. It is also true that many people are close to the master and alienated from their parents because of this.

From a parent's perspective, sometimes the closest thing is not the parents and children, but the master and apprentice. It is not surprising that children take the kindness of their parents as a matter of course, and disciples take the kindness of their masters as repayment.

In a sense, this is the case for Zhang Yuelu.

Zhang Yuelu has lived in Yujing for a long time, and Master Cihang also lives in Yujing. The master and apprentice often meet each other. In addition, they are both women, so they are really like mother and daughter. Zhang Yuelu's relationship with her master was much better than her relationship with her biological mother.

If Zhang Yuelu is not from the Zhang family, but from the Wanxiang Dao Palace like Qi Xuansu, then the two of them are master and disciple as much as mother and daughter. However, with the addition of the Zhang family, Master Cihang had to pay more attention to the distance between the two, so as not to get too far away from Zhang Yuelu's biological parents.

Qi Xuansu probably understood the reason, but he never thought that he would meet Master Cihang so early. After all, in his mind, Master Cihang was an unreachable big shot, and it would probably be until he became a high-quality Taoist priest that he would be able to see him. Only for Zhang Yuelu's sake did he have the chance to meet the real person Cihang.

In fact, Qi Xuansu's idea is not wrong. In fact, Cihang knew about Qi Xuansu's existence, but she was not in a hurry to see him - first, because she respected Zhang Yuelu's wishes. Unless Qi Xuansu was a character like Li Minghuang, otherwise she would not She is willing to interfere too much, and the second reason is that she has been very busy recently and has no time to care about such trivial matters.

The three deputy head masters all have their own palaces. In fact, the same is true for the three ministers with the status of "Crown Prince". Cihang Zhenren lived on Putuo Island in the South China Sea. This place was originally the Buddhist dojo of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva. It was known as the "Buddhist Kingdom of the Sea and Sky". Later, Cihang Zhenren's lineage returned to Taoist sects, and he joined Penglai, Yingzhou and Fangzhang in the East China Sea. Fairy Island is listed as one of them.

Putuo Island has Lianyang Wudu, Duangu Holy Relics, Meiwan Spring Dawn, Pantuo Sunset, Lotus Pond Night Moon, Fahua Cave, Ancient Cave Tide Sound, Rising Sun, Thousand Steps Golden Sands, Guangxi Snow Ji, Tea Mountain Sui There are 12 scenic spots in total, including Wu, Tianmen and Qingfan, which are world-famous. However, ordinary people have no chance to see them because the entire Putuo Island is the private property of Cihang Zhenren.

, just like the Zhang family's Yunjin Mountain and the Li family's Sanxian Island, if you are not invited, you are not allowed to go to the island, and naturally you will not be able to see these beautiful scenery.

Master Cihang returned to Putuo Island in the South China Sea two years ago, and then expected to return to Yujing during the Lantern Festival. This seemed to everyone to be a very reasonable thing.

However, during the time when Cihang Zhenren left Yujing and returned to Putuo Island, the Daomen and the Holy Court had some disputes over sea trade. It was not big or small, but the Holy Court was not comparable to a secret society. His status in the Western Continent is comparable to that of the Taoist Sect in the East, so he should not be neglected and should send a Master Shen Zhi to come forward.

Logically speaking, this matter should be stepped forward by the real person in charge of the Shibotang who is closely related to the trade itself, or the real person in charge of the ancestral hall that is related to etiquette and foreign affairs, or at the worst, the real person in charge of Jiangnan Province. , but it turned out that the Master personally named Cihang, who was in charge of the internal financial revenue and expenditure of the Taoism, to come forward. The reason was that Cihang happened to be on the other side of the South China Sea, and the Jiangnan Dafu was also her old subordinates, so there was no need to bother others with making an extra trip. trip.

What the Earth Master said was true, and since it wasn't a big deal, he didn't raise any objections. But I never thought that Cihang, who was always known for his shrewdness and ability, was extremely procrastinating in handling the matter. He failed to return to Yujing even after the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month.

It was not until today that Master Cihang embarked on his return journey.

At first glance, it seems like just a coincidence. But it is no coincidence that he has something to do with the Earth Master.

Among the three deputy head masters, the Earth Master ranks first in arithmetic and fortune-telling. Looking at the entire Taoist sect, no one can surpass him. It can even be said that even if the earth master is said to be the best in the world in this way, there will not be much controversy. At least on the surface, no one can overpower the Earth Master.

The Earth Master's seemingly random arrangement at the time finally came into play today. Master Cihang was not "trapped" in Jade Capital. Although it took some time to break through the numerous blockades set by the ancient immortals, she still managed to arrive and rescued "Ying Long" and some Taoist disciples, preventing the situation from unfolding. Further deterioration leaves room for change.

This makes Taipingdao seem to have succeeded, but it has not achieved full success.

As for why the National Preceptor did not immediately determine the movements of all the real people after becoming the rotating Grand Immortal, one was because the National Preceptor had many things on hand at the time and had no energy. The second is that Shenzhi Zhenren has great autonomy. They are not prisoners, nor are they low-level Taoist priests who must stay at their posts. They do not have to sit in the detention room all day long. Sometimes they leave Yujing for a period of time, or they may retreat for a period of time. Time is a common thing.

Even if the national preceptor is a real person on duty,

Without a suitable reason, it is impossible to inquire about the whereabouts of a Master Shen Zhi, let alone restrict the actions of Master Shen Zhi. He can only summon several Master Masters for discussion reasons and make them do so in a short period of time. Isolated from the outside world.

As for sending people to monitor, the most obvious feature of the Taoist sect is that the higher the status, the higher the cultivation level. If you want to monitor a heavenly being, you must send a heavenly being of comparable strength. Master Cihang is not an ordinary heavenly being. How can he let Qing Qing Master Wei went to spy on Master Cihang? Master Cihang was monitored, but what about the other Masters? It is impossible for the national master to do such a thing with the dignity of the deputy headmaster and great master. This is extremely unrealistic.

Therefore, Cihang did not show up after the Lantern Festival, and did not attract too much attention. Not only Cihang, but also the head of the Ancestral Hall and the Huasheng Hall were not in Yujing at that time. He only returned temporarily after receiving the notice of the meeting.

The headmaster of Feng Xiantang was responsible for conveying the orders of the Imperial Master. It was only at this time, with a suitable reason, that he could know the exact whereabouts of Master Cihang. Only then did he realize that Master Cihang had not yet settled the so-called dispute. But at this time, the arrow was already on the string and had to be fired. The only way was to draw the bow without turning back.

The game involved is not complicated, it is nothing more than a matter of picking and choosing. Because all the conspiracies in this world are not foolproof. The interlocking links are like a string of beads. If there are too many beads, it will look delicate. But as long as there is a problem in one link, the thread will be broken, the beads will scatter on the floor, and the whole thing will fail.

Therefore, it is not impossible for a conspiracy to come true, but it is also difficult to come true. In addition to planning, it depends on God. In a word, it depends on luck. Even if you are extremely resourceful, you cannot make a good move. Even if you were good yesterday, today is good, and tomorrow is good, you will inevitably make a wrong move in the future. Therefore, those who achieve great things in the world mainly use conspiracy and conspiracy as a supplement.

The Imperial Preceptor has reduced the number of "beads" as much as possible, but there are still flaws in the process of Cihang Zhenren. If the Imperial Preceptor had designed the entire plan to be extremely sophisticated, there is no telling how many mistakes would have been made. I'm afraid the beads would be scattered. The situation in one place.

The earth master knew all this from the beginning, after all, it was planned by himself. Master Cihang later found out that it was not the Earth Master who told her, but she guessed it herself, and everyone else was kept in the dark.

Even the dignified Imperial Master had miscalculated, not to mention Qi Xuansu, a small and low-grade Taoist priest. Even if he tried hard, he couldn't imagine that Master Cihang would appear here.

So when Qi Xuansu saw the woman in white appearing not far from him after a burst of lotus-shaped ripples, he did not realize the true identity of the woman in white and only thought that she was an ordinary second-grade Taiyi Taoist priest. .