Chapter 217 Everything Is Ready

Everything went according to plan and in an orderly manner.

Although it is difficult for Zhang Jucheng to mobilize people from Feng Xiantang, it is not difficult to pay attention to Feng Xiantang's trends.

The key to the next step is to seize the power to handle the case.

Of course, it is not Jiangnan Provincial Government and Fengxian Tang who are competing for the right to handle cases. Such a name is not justified and it is easy to be criticized, but Beichen Hall and Fengxian Tang are competing for the right to handle cases.

This is also due to Taipingdao, or simply to the Li family.

The strength of the Li family is a major feature, which is specifically reflected in three places.

The first is the expansion of the Qizhou Daofu that has been mentioned. They took away an area from the Imperial Capital Daofu and the Liaodong Daofu, forming a huge territory surrounding the inland sea.

The second is the expansion of the scope of power of Beichen Hall. In terms of the defense of Yujing, it extends its hands to the defense of Xuandu internally and the defense of Kunlun Taoist mansion externally. In terms of power to handle cases, Beichen Hall usurped Feng Xiantang's power and obtained part of Feng Xiantang's power. That's why Beichen Hall was called the Qingluan Guard of the Taoist Sect and believed that its power was too great. This is not a compliment. , is a derogatory meaning.

Nowadays, many cases are jointly handled by Beichen Hall and Fengxian Hall. If a secret association is involved, a Tiangang Hall will be added. If a high-quality Taoist priest is involved, a Ziwei Hall will be added.

Therefore, after Feng Xiantang reversed the case and confirmed that Li Mingping was innocent, the next step was to hold accountable the person who had falsely accused him. This can be regarded as another case. Not only Feng Xiantang can investigate, but Beichen Tang can also investigate.

Who can represent Beichen Hall?

Of course, it’s the master in charge, Qingwei Zhenren.

However, Master Qingwei is now in charge of the overall situation in Qizhou and cannot escape. Qi Xuansu, the chief, happened to be in Jiangnan, so naturally Qi Xuansu represented Beichen Hall.

Some people may want to say, isn't Qi Xuansu, the chief deputy hall master, mainly responsible for external affairs? Yes, Qi Xuansu is indeed mainly responsible for external affairs, but "mainly responsible" does not mean "only responsible". It just emphasizes that Qi Xuansu's focus is on external affairs, and he can also intervene in other matters. After all, theoretically speaking, he is a member of the hall master's council and the boss of the other deputy hall masters. If the master is absent, he, as the chief, is qualified to take over the daily affairs on behalf of the master. Of course, he can intervene in Beichen Hall's handling of cases.

As long as the person falls into Qi Xuansu's hands, Qi Xuansu can slowly pull the ownership of the case-handling power while intensifying the interrogation.

As long as the matter related to the Jiangnan case is found out and the nature changes immediately, Qi Xuansu can legitimately take over the case, personally supervise the case, and ask the local government to cooperate in handling the case.

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At this time, Zhang Jucheng's role was revealed. He would use the power of the Taoist government in the name of the real person in charge of the Jiangnan Taoist government to intervene in this matter.

This is also a major advantage of the two, the geographical location and the harmony.

In any case, it is very reasonable that Gu Ying is on the territory of Jiangnan Daofu and is under the jurisdiction of Jiangnan Daofu. Even if Master Qingwei asks for someone in person and Zhang Jucheng insists on not giving it, Master Qingwei has no good solution.

After all, both of them are Master Shen Zhi, and Master Qingwei has not yet taken the position of Grand Master. Others are afraid of you, Li Qingwei, but Zhang Jucheng is not. You have the Li family and I have the Zhang family; you have the national master and I have the heavenly master; you have Taiping Dao and I have Zhengdao. You are Qi Xuansu's boss, not mine. The Taoist sect does not stipulate that the real person in charge should listen to the real person in charge. If the real person in charge must obey the orders of the real person in charge, then real person Donghua would not have to expend so much effort to bring down Wang Jiaohe.

The key is that it is difficult for Master Qingwei to put too much substantial pressure on Zhang Jucheng, unless he goes to Jinque to discuss it. But wouldn't it be ridiculous to go to Jinque to discuss a small false accusation case? Master Qingwei would not do this.

In this way, the case is in the hands of Qi Xuansu and Zhang Jucheng.

This is why Qi Xuansu asked Zhang Jucheng, the "Zhong Kui", to fight ghosts. On his own, he would not be able to withstand the pressure from his superiors if Master Qingwei intervened. But with Zhang Jucheng, it's different.

This was also the reason why many people initially opposed Qingwei Zhenren's appointment of Qi Xuansu. Everything that brings benefits will inevitably lead to disadvantages. When using Qi Xuansu, it is of course good to make calculations. Qi Xuansu has done a good job and can stabilize the situation in the New World and relieve the pressure. If Qi Xuansu didn't do a good job, he took advantage of the situation and held him to account, holding back Qi Xuansu's steps, just in time for Li Changge to catch up. It seems like there is nothing wrong with it.

But in the long run, once Qi Xuansu gets a firm foothold, the situation will be like this. Qi Xuansu used the power of the chief to start to restrict Beichen Hall, making Beichen Hall no longer as monolithic as before, but rather a bit of a mutual exchange. .

As long as Master Qingwei is negligent, Qi Xuansu will immediately start to cause trouble. After all, he is the chief, and besides the leader, he is the biggest. Of course Master Qingwei can suppress Qi Xuansu to death, but Master Qingwei is a dignified master, it is impossible Just compete with Qi Xuansu when you have nothing to do, and you can't waste all your energy on Qi Xuansu. There will always be times when you can't take care of him. We can't really give Qi Xuansu

Excluded and marginalized, after all, Qi Xuansu still shoulders the task of Jinque and is responsible for a lot of things.

The best way is to send Qi Xuan Suli out of the country.

But Qi Xuansu didn't make any mistakes and still had achievements. Gifts sent out of the country could only be given out by upgrading one level, and it was unlikely that he would be promoted to the same level, let alone downgraded. The chief of Shangsantang will be promoted to Shenzhi Zhenren again. In the short term, an ordinary real person in charge of the palace is definitely not as powerful as the chief of Beichen Hall, but in the long run, this is a necessary step for Qi Xuansu to go to the palace. After passing this outlet, it is really a fish into the sea, and the future is boundless.

After Qi Xuansu contacted Ye Qingshuang, he and Zhang Jucheng began to plan the details of the next step.

Zhang Jucheng is a strong master of the mansion. Yao Shu was controlled by others in the Borneo Daofu. It was not because Yao Shu was too cowardly or too weak, but because the chief and the second seat formed an alliance. There was also a master of the mansion above, who also stood on the side of the chief and the second seat. He had no chance of winning against three people. Now, in the Jiangnan Daofu, first of all, there is no master of the mansion. Secondly, the master of the mansion and the chief have formed an alliance, isolating the second seat. Then Zhang Jucheng is in power and no one can control him.

This is also what Jinque did intentionally. Although the second major case in Jiangnan was fooled and Li Tianlan was not held responsible, Jinque was still dissatisfied. Under the operation of Tianshi, Zhang Jucheng and Lei Xiaohuan were paired up to clean up the Jiangnan Daofu and crack down on Li Tianlan's faction. Taipingdao was at fault in this matter, so it was not good to object too much.

If the blockade of Fenglinzhou had not involved other deputy palace masters, and they had a tendency to unite because of their own interests, Li Tianlan would not dare to confront Zhang Jucheng directly.

Considering that Li Tianlan has been deeply involved in Jiangnan Daofu for many years and has many eyes and ears, some people may not dare to openly disobey Zhang Jucheng's orders for Li Tianlan, but they still have the courage to secretly inform Li Tianlan. In order to prevent the news from leaking out, Zhang Jucheng specially mobilized people from Cihang and Wuzhou to secretly monitor Gu Ying to prevent her from escaping after hearing the news.

That's right, Zhang Jucheng, the head of Jiangnan Daofu, can transfer people from Wuzhou, but these people are not from Wuzhou Daofu, but his old subordinates from Shangqing Palace, and even from Dazhenren Mansion.

If Zhang Jucheng had not been lacking in realm cultivation, he should have been Feiyuan Zhenren who benchmarked Qingwei Zhenren. Of course, Zhang Jucheng is also Feiyuan Zhenren now, but he can't benchmark Qingwei Zhenren, and Cihang Zhenren is benchmarking Qingwei Zhenren instead.

Generally speaking, the real people who can have special titles are qualified to take over the position, such as Qi Jiao

Zheng, the Wanmiao real person, and Zhang Jucheng, the Feiyuan real person. If the top three real people are in trouble, they can still take over, mainly because of their age.

The great real people have no titles because they are too old.

This is why the Western Holy Court believes that the three "patriarchs" of the Eastern Holy Court have in fact abolished the Eastern Pope, because after the six generations of great masters ascended, they can either start the election of the seven generations of great masters in advance or elect a substitute master according to the principle of succession, but they did not choose, but started to take turns in governing, which became a three-person parliament in the eyes of Westerners. It was not until the three people had little time left in the world that the election of the seven generations of great masters was started.

Their hearts are worthy of death, their hearts are worthy of death!

Of course, in the perception of the Taoists, the Grand Master has not been abolished, and the rotating Grand Master is the acting Master. It's just that the three masters are a bit secretive. In essence, they are rotating acting Masters. They insist on calling them rotating Grand Masters. Those who don't know think that the three of them take turns to be the Grand Master of Pingzhang.

Let's get back to the point. The current situation is that Zhang Jucheng has made all preparations. As long as he gets the order, he can immediately take down Gu Ying.

Let Lei Xiaohuan do the small matter of blocking Fenglinzhou. Zhang Jucheng has to put all his energy on the internal struggle.

This spirit that a qualified Taoist priest should have is also the glorious tradition of the dynasties in the Central Plains.

Zhang Jucheng also prepared the place for the secret interrogation. It is not Zhenwu Temple. He can't burn Zhenwu Temple again. Moreover, Zhenwu Temple is the residence of the Western Taoist Mission, so it is not good to mix with it.

So Zhang Jucheng chose Putuo Island.

What is Putuo Island? Although it is not as good as the three Taoist holy places of Yunjin Mountain, Penglai Island, and Difei Mountain, it should not be underestimated. It is the foundation of the Cihang lineage, passed down from generation to generation, and is located above the South China Sea.

This place is the base camp of Cihang Zhenren, and it is naturally managed by Cihang Zhenren like an iron bucket. It is impossible to get a needle in, and water cannot be poured in. It is extremely difficult for ordinary people to get a glimpse of the truth, let alone put their hands in.

Zhang Jucheng specially borrowed a place on Putuo Island from Cihang Zhenren to detain prisoners. No matter how rampant Li Tianlan and others are, they dare not openly attack Putuo Island. It can be said that it is foolproof.

Now, just wait for Fengxiantang to turn over Li Ping's case and give them a reasonable reason to act.

According to the news from Ye Qingshuang, Fengxiantang directly opened a super-long-distance "Yin Yang Gate" and took the person away.