Pawn Crossing the River

The Taiping Inn in Longmen Mansion is very large, comparable to many dignitaries' mansions. Not only does it divert water into the mansion, creating a small lake, but some areas are also shaped into an open garden structure with sparse vegetation and winding paths, making it suitable for guests to spend time here. walk.

After Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu left the guest room area, they came to a quiet and deserted place. Zhang Yuelu reached out and wiped his face, took off the white fox mask, and restored his original appearance.

Zhang Yuelu looked at the mask and said softly: "This is the relic left by Su Ran."

Qi Xuansu nodded.

Zhang Yuelu sighed: "Don't go to extremes in everything, otherwise a good thing will turn into a bad thing."

After that, Zhang Yuelu threw the white fox mask to Qi Xuansu again: "You better take it, my hero Wei."

"I still remember what happened in Jiangling Mansion." Qi Xuansu smiled and put the white fox face mask into the Xumiwu.

Zhang Yuelu rolled his eyes at him: "You seem very proud?"

Qi Xuansu said: "Marshal Lei is no match for you, and Pan Cuiqing is no match for you, but I can be evenly matched with you, how can I be dissatisfied?"

"Then let's compete again? Right here." Zhang Yuelu said with a smile.

Qi Xuansu quickly waved his hand and said: "No fight, no fight. If I win, I will be a coward who beats my wife. If I lose, I will be a coward who is afraid of my wife. I won't make any money."

Zhang Yuelu asked knowingly: "Where did you get your wife? Your file says you have never been married."

Qi Xuansu said boldly: "It's far away in the sky, but it's close before your eyes."

Zhang Yuelu was neither angry nor shy, but slowly moved closer to Qi Xuansu.

Qi Xuansu subconsciously took a few steps back and put on a symbolic defensive posture: "We have something to talk about."

"What are you afraid of?" Zhang Yuelu asked.

Qi Xuan said without changing his expression: "I'm not afraid, who is?"

Having said that, Zhang Yuelu took a step forward, and Qi Xuansu took a step back. Zhang Yuelu stopped, and he also stopped, pulling as hard as he could.

Although Qi Xuansu is not the kind of henpecked person who likes to kneel down and speak proudly, he is a self-aware person and should avoid his sharp edges when he is unable to defeat him.

Seeing him like this, Zhang Yuelu was angry and amused, and stopped approaching Qi Xuansu: "Next time you say such inappropriate things, I won't forgive you."

Qi Xuansu smiled and said: "There is nothing more serious than a life-long event."

Zhang Yuelu wanted to refute, but after thinking about it carefully, she found that there was some truth in it. She was not a person who liked to argue with strong arguments, but as a woman who had not yet left the government, she could not face it completely calmly, so she had to say: "It doesn't matter whether it is serious or not. Regardless, if you keep saying these things with this attitude, then I won’t go to Difei Mountain with you.”

Qi Xuansu had no choice but to surrender: "Okay, okay, I won't say it, I won't say it."

After all, Zhang Yuelu's attitude is very clear. It's not that he can't mention life-long events, but he can't mention them in such a joking manner.

Qi Xuansu thought about it and thought it made sense. Since it was a big deal, of course he had to take it seriously. Then he thought that Qiniang was responsible and blamed her for joking about starting a family and marrying a wife all day long. He was influenced by this.

Qi Xuansu took out the "Voice Talisman" and asked: "Which assistant in Wanshou Chongyang Palace is more reliable?"

Within the jurisdiction of Quanzhen Taoism, the Wanshou Chongyang Palace is undoubtedly the highest institution. Each Quanzhen Taoist government is under dual leadership. It must obey the orders of Jinque and be controlled by the Wanshou Chongyang Palace. This is why Pei This is the basis for Xiaolou to inspect various Taoist prefectures as the assistant manager of Wanshou Chongyang Palace.

The Taoist temples are divided into four levels: county temple, prefectural temple, state palace, and Taoist palace.

Bishan Temple and Qingbai Temple are both county-level temples, Zhenwu Temple is a prefecture-level temple, Taiping Palace, Summer Palace, and Daxueshan Palace are state-level temples, Qingling Palace, Zhenjing Villa, Dazhenfu, and Shangzhen Palace are both at the state level. Qing Palace, Wanshou Chongyang Palace, Wuxu Palace, Zixiao Palace, and Wanxiang Dao Palace belong to the first level of Dao Palace. Among them, state palaces such as the Summer Palace and the Snow Mountain Palace only represent themselves and cannot represent the entire Taoist government.

At the level of Tao Palace, there are masters and slaves. In terms of Quanzhen Taoism, Wanshou Chongyang Palace is the master, and Wuxu Palace is the slave. The biggest difference is that Wuxu Palace has the position of Master Palace Master, while Wanshou Chongyang Palace is the slave. The palace is under the personal control of the Earth Master, or in other words, the Earth Master is also the master of the Wanshou Chongyang Palace. Under him are nine assistants, who assist the Earth Master in handling various affairs, and Pei Xiaolou is among them.

Such a trivial matter would naturally not alarm the Earth Master, but when it came to Pan Cuiqing, it couldn't be dealt with by just any Taoist priest in charge, an assistant manager had to be involved.

If Pei Xiaolou is still there, then he is undoubtedly the best candidate, but now that Pei Xiaolou is being questioned by Jinque with others at Yujing Jinque, he needs to choose one of the other eight assistants to handle the matter.

Generally speaking, if the Earth Master does not take the initiative to intervene, and Qi Xuansu takes the initiative to find the assistant manager to report the case, the assistant manager will be responsible. Before making a choice, the initiative and choice are still in Qi Xuansu's hands. However, after the case was formally filed, the initiative fell into the hands of the assistant counsel. The outcome of the case and whether the process is fast or not are all within the assistant manager's control.

Quanzhen Taoism is the largest, but is overtaken by Taiping Taoism. This is because Quanzhen Taoism has too many internal factions and cannot be integrated into one place, which is far less united than Taiping Taoism.

Quanzhen Taoism is not monolithic. Several assistants in the Wanshou Chongyang Palace have their own factions. Naturally, some people have friendships and relationships with the Wuxu Palace lineage. If the wrong person is found, there may be some twists and turns.

It is true that Qi Xuansu is a disciple of Quanzhen Tao, but he has only been transferred to Quanzhen Tao for a month, and he really has no understanding of the factions within Quanzhen Tao.

On the contrary, Zhang Yuelu, although not a Quanzhen Taoist disciple, has a close connection with Quanzhen Tao and should have some understanding of it.

Zhang Yuelu did not disappoint Qi Xuansu, and gave the answer after just a moment's thought: "Among the assistants, there is a Xu Zhenren, who is from the same clan as the deceased deputy hall master Shangguan Jing Shangguan. Seriously speaking, he is the same as us. The Zhang family are still distant relatives.”

Qi Xuansu immediately thought about it: "Shangguan Wan, the first earth master after the Taoist sect's resurgence, is married to a heavenly master from your Zhang family."

"That's right." Zhang Yuelu nodded, "It's strange to say that both of them are very high-level people, but they can give birth to a pair of siblings. Because the two have high status, they cannot be compared with ordinary people, so After the two discussed, the elder brother took his father's surname of Zhang, and the younger sister took her mother's surname of Shangguan. They were the ancestors of our Zhang family and Shangguan family. Later, another branch of the Shangguan family was named Xu, inheriting the incense of Xu Wugui. "

Qi Xuansu said thoughtfully: "Your Zhang family is quite enlightened. I remember Tantai... My aunt wants you to take her surname as Tantai. You also have the alias 'Tantai Chu'."

Zhang Yuelu rolled his eyes at him: "Are you envious?"

Qi Xuansu thought of Qiniang's suggestion about "Yao Xuansu" for no reason. She felt guilty and waved her hands: "I don't have a master's wife, so I can only take my master's surname."

Zhang Yuelu joked: "You can take my last name."

Qi Xuansu immediately became energetic and said with a wicked smile: "Who are you to let me take your last name?"

As soon as Zhang Yuelu said something, he realized that he had made a mistake. He immediately raised his eyes to the sky and did not look at Qi Xuansu. As for Qi Xuansu's question, he just pretended that he had not heard it.

If this were Qiniang, Qi Xuansu would definitely not dare to do this, because Qiniang would most likely say "I am your ancestor" in reply. After all, Zhang Yuelu was young, and compared to older women, she was still a bit thin-skinned.

Qi Xuansu added: "If you have two children in the future, you can follow suit."

Zhang Yuelu wanted to ask, "Where did the two children come from?" But then he realized that it was Qi Xuansu who was saying inappropriate things again, so he pretended not to hear him.

Qi Xuansu observed her words and decided to stop teasing her, and brought the topic back: "Can this Mr. Xu you mentioned help us?"

Zhang Yuelu then lowered his head, coughed slightly, and said seriously: "Because of the ancestral relationship, this Master Xu has the best relationship with our Zhengyi. As far as I know, he has never had any contact with Wuxu Palace. He should be impartial. deal with."

After Qi Xuansu thought for a moment, he nodded and said: "Then I will go find this Shangguan Zhenren."

Zhang Yuelu took out the "Taiyi Cloud Clothes" from the Xumi object and handed it to Qi Xuansu: "Zhongzhou is not far from Qinzhou, let's fly there."

Qi Xuansu took the "Taiyi Cloud Clothes" and put it on his body, and walked out of the inn with Zhang Yuelu.

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