Chapter 9 Quetzalcoatl
Qi Xuansu roughly sorted out what Qi Jiaozheng said. .
The first generation of "Qingping Diao" Zhou Shuning married Shen Changsheng, the head of the Shen family. They were both famous people in the Taoist sect and had been awarded the Xuansheng card.
Later, Xuansheng abolished the Qingping Society. There was no second generation of "Qingping Diao". Zhou Shuning, as the first generation of "Qingping Diao", did not object to this. However, Zhou Shuning's son Shen Qingchen was very angry about this, because he had always regarded himself as the successor of the Qingping Society. If the Qingping Society was abolished, he would suffer the greatest loss. However, he was intimidated by the prestige of Xuansheng and did not dare to show it.
After Xuansheng passed away, the Taiping Dao headed by the Li family supported Xuansheng the most. Any decision made by Xuansheng could not be violated in the slightest. This was the greatest correctness of the Taoist sect. Shen Qingchen saw that the Taiping Dao would not help him, so he colluded with the third generation of geomancers of Quanzhen Dao and began to secretly prepare to rebuild the Qingping Society.
It is worth mentioning that the third generation of geomancers are not the third generation of disciples.
The Taoist sect counts one generation of disciples every 24 years, but this system was actually implemented only from the third generation of disciples. The first two generations of disciples involved too many elders who rebuilt the Taoist sect, and their ages were still quite confusing. For example, although Master Hengbo was a second-generation disciple, he was actually much older than Yao Zu. Some second-generation disciples were first-generation disciples who accepted disciples in their later years and were very young, so these two generations of disciples basically cannot be counted as one generation every 24 years, which is basically a mess.
Also, Xuansheng replaced the deputy headmaster during his term of office. For example, in Taiping Dao, Donghuang replaced Lady Xuansheng, who was a brother-in-law and sister-in-law. Another example is in Zhengyi Dao, where Yan Feiqing replaced Zhang Luanshan, and the two were brothers. There is no need to talk about Quanzhen Dao. The three masters of the first two generations were all of the same generation, so the third-generation earth master was actually a second-generation disciple. In other words, the headmaster and the three masters were not synchronized. The headmaster may have only been the seventh, and the three masters were far more than seven.
To rebuild the Qingping Society, three generations of geomancers contributed manpower and material resources, but they could not show up and could only hide behind the scenes. Shen Qingchen took over the Qingping Society. In order to show his legitimacy, Shen Qingchen changed his name to Zhou Qingchen, which was equivalent to betraying the Shen family and Taiping Dao, and became the second generation of "Qingping Diao". This is the origin of the Zhou family.
The Shen family has always been a member of Taiping Dao. Zhou Qingchen cooperated with the geomancers of Quanzhen Dao, and was naturally regarded as a traitor to the family and the Dao, so there were various things later.
At that time, the Li family did not have a "heavenly court". Among the three Daos, they were the most self-disciplined and firmly occupied the moral high ground. In the end, a resolution was passed to define the Zhou family, which was also the origin of the Zhou family's historical problems.
Zhou Mengyao is the descendant of Zhou Qingchen, and he also bears this historical problem. The Dao sect does not practice collective punishment only in terms of killing, and other aspects should still be punished.
The current policy is relaxed, but it does not mean that previous things can be turned over.
Zhou Qingchen's biggest problem is not that he is involved in a secret society, nor that he betrays the Taiping Dao, but that he violates the decision of Xuansheng, and even has the intention of openly opposing Xuansheng. This big hat cannot be taken by the three generations of geomancers, and they can only hide behind the scenes. So even if they start to overturn the case now, it will be difficult and difficult to pass.
Even if the Qingping Society is normalized and becomes a normal association, the charge of opposing Xuansheng may not be eliminated. These are two different things, and this is also a matter of principle.
So when it comes to Zhou Mengyao's generation, although the Taoist identity is retained, it can only be a wild Taoist. This is different from Qi Niang. Qi Niang wants to be a wild Taoist by her subjective will. She wants to take the orthodox route, and no one stops her. Zhou Mengyao can only be a wild Taoist, and has no choice. Of course, Zhou Mengyao can also throw away the Taoist identity, but it is difficult to get it back. This is their opportunity to overturn the case. The Zhou family still wants to return to the temple of Taoism.
In Zhou Mengyao's case, Qi Haoran's career will definitely be cut off if he touches her.
Because the Taoist sect has background checks, which is a mechanism established by the ancient immortals after they infiltrated Yujing, to prevent external forces from infiltrating the Taoist sect. This power is not in the hands of Beichen Hall, but in the hands of Ziwei Hall. In other words, Ziwei Hall focuses on prevention, while Beichen Hall focuses on remediation. The two do not overlap and are considered two lines of defense.
When Qi Xuansu entered Tiangang Hall, he was checked, including his master, spouse, parents' background, and past experiences, which were clearly listed and handed over to Zhang Yuelu.
Zhang Yuelu really saw a clue from this background check, and almost scared Qi Xuansu at the time.
Don't forget that Qi Xuansu was only a seventh-rank Taoist at the time, and he just went to Tiangang Hall to be a soldier. This is just the most basic background check. The higher you go, the stricter the background check will be.
In this regard, the children of aristocratic families have a huge advantage. When they see the background check, their parents, brothers, spouses and elders are all high-ranking Taoists. Otherwise, how can they be called "righteous"? This is also the reason why many heirs of large families will not do dirty work. They want to have clean files, and the dirty work is taken over by those children of families who have no hope in the path of Taoism.
As for why Qi Xuansu did not encounter the problem of review later, it was because he went to Ziwei Hall and Donghua Zhenren took over. Ziwei Hall is responsible for background review. As the head of the hall, Donghua Zhenren wanted to modify Qi Xuansu's file, which can only be said to be easy. Donghua Zhenren said there was no problem, then there was no problem.
Of course, this is also related to the fact that Qi Xuansu was a small figure at the time. No one paid attention to him, so it was naturally easy to operate. When someone paid attention to him, they could only see his new file.
But the Zhou family is different. This is a public case, which can be said to be known to everyone. Not to mention Donghua Zhenren, even if the headmaster came, it would be difficult to operate in private, and it must be brought to the table.
When it comes to the table, it involves Xuan Sheng. If it weighs a thousand pounds, it's hard to say.
Because of this, Qi Haoran's affairs were very complicated, and Qi Jiaozheng could not help him. He could only watch this brother drift away, and all his efforts were in vain.
After Qi Xuansu cleared his thoughts, he asked: "How did the two of them meet?"
Qi Jiaozheng replied: "Tianyuan, you should know that our Taoist sect attaches great importance to the experience of the grassroots. If I want to promote him, I have to send him down for training first. It can also be called 'gilding'. The best place is of course Shu Zhou Mengyao, but in order to avoid suspicion, I still let him go to Zhongzhou. It was during this period that he met Zhou Mengyao. I don’t know how he met him. Is it someone else who approached him intentionally or was he really like him. As I said, it was just an accidental acquaintance, and I still can't be sure. By the time I knew about it, the matter was already done, and the news about them had already spread. "
Qi Xuansu could hear the deep helplessness in Qi Jiaozheng's tone.
This is understandable. If it were him, he would send Xiao Yin to Jiangnan Daofu for some training. After not seeing her for a while, Xiao Yin would take back a character similar to Wu Guangbi, and he would go crazy.
Who can bear this?
If Zhou Mengyao really entered the Qi family's home, there would also be problems with the background checks of the rest of the Qi family.
It’s not that your parents are dictatorial. The family is for me, and I am for the family. I have to consider it from the standpoint of the family. I don’t ask you to revive the family, but at least don’t hold it back.
Qi Jiaozheng sighed: "I talked to him several times and advised him to break off this bad relationship and correct his mistakes. I can help him mediate and maybe there will be some improvement. But he is stubborn and wants to follow Zhou Mengyao was together, and I even approached Yao Yi and Yao Shu to ask them to take care of the Zhou family, but in the end it was nothing. So, the two brothers completely broke up, and I expelled him from Qi in anger. He also changed his name. Quanzhen Taoism couldn’t accommodate him, and Taiping Taoism wouldn’t want him, so he went to Zhengyi Taoism.”
Qi Xuansu can probably understand why Zhengyiyi took Qi Haoran in, because the Zhang family also had historical problems. In order to solve this problem, Zhang Wushou paid a huge price. He had no Taoist companions, no children, and even his own sister was killed with one sword. The real The lonely person.
In this way, many things can be explained.
Why does Qi Jianyuan think Qi Haoran is in the wrong? From the perspective of the Qi family, Qi Haoran has indeed failed the family.
Why do the Qi family want to say that Qi Haoran is dead? Because this incident is too bad and may also affect other people in the Qi family. They should simply remove Qi Haoran and pretend that this person does not exist.
Why was Qi Jiaozheng so secretive about this before? It was only a matter of one party that the family scandal should not be publicized. More importantly, his mother-in-law might affect his career.
But there are still some things that cannot be explained.
Qi Xuansu asked again: "In that case, where did Qi Haoran's immortal cultivation come from?"
If Qi Haoran had achieved immortal cultivation early on, it would be impossible for few high-level people in the Taoist sect to know about Qi Haoran, and it would also be impossible for him to be expelled immediately, let alone Qi Jiaozheng's turn to promote Qi Haoran.
Moreover, Taoism is very tolerant towards immortals. Master Lan Da has always been indifferent, Wang Jiaohe is in power, Lingshan Witch Cult and Zhiming Sect colluded with Buddhism to cause trouble. If we look closely, they are all inseparable from Master Lan Da. But is Master Lan Da of Taoism a crime of negligence and dereliction of duty? ? Finally, when it comes to rewards for merit, Master Landa not only did nothing wrong, but actually achieved merit.
The key is that Master Landa is not greedy for power, stays away from high-level struggles, and has the highest combat power. No matter who is the leader, he likes such an immortal. A small mistake, what does it matter? That was a Taoist senior who worked hard and had high moral standards. What happened to a small mistake? So there is no room for people?
There is a lot of room for so-called strict standards, it all depends on how you say it. The same standard applies to people rather than things. The same thing, different people, will have different results.
If Qi Haoran was an immortal, then Zhou Mengyao's matter wouldn't have been so ugly, and there would be plenty of room for change.
It can be seen that when Qi Haoran broke with Qi Jiaozheng, he was not an immortal or a pseudo-immortal, and his cultivation level was only mediocre.
So what was the opportunity that allowed him to suddenly become a suspected corpse-resolving immortal in such a short period of time?
What happened during this time?
This is the key to solving the mystery.
Qi Jiaozheng smiled bitterly: "I also want to know what happened, but it must have nothing to do with the Qi family. If the Qi family has such ability, wouldn't it be better for me to be an immortal myself? I can also compete with Taoist Brother Xuanji. The great master is honored.”
Qi Xuansu said thoughtfully: "In other words, Qi Haoran only gained immortal cultivation after leaving the Qi family, and it is probably related to Zhou Mengyao."