Chapter 19 Blue Cloud Sect

Qi Xuansu and Zhang Jucheng sat in the signing room drinking tea, waiting for news.

Being in a high position, they don't have to do most things themselves, just give orders.

As for what Li Tianlan has been doing these days?

He is responsible for accompanying the Xidaomen delegation headed by Huangfu Ji to visit Jiangnan Daofu.

This is certainly not Li Tianlan's original intention, but Zhang Jucheng's intention.

The reason given by Zhang Jucheng is: Li Cixi has been in Jiangnan Daofu for the longest time among us, and is the most familiar and understands Jiangnan Daofu. It is best for Li Cixi to accompany the guests to visit.

With a legitimate reason, Li Tianlan has no room for refusal.

This is the authority of the strong master of the house.

Even though Li Tianlan knew that Zhang Jucheng's move was to delay him and make him too busy, he also knew that Zhang Jucheng must have some ulterior motives if he didn't show up in person, but he had no choice. Who made Zhang Jucheng the master of the house, and he was only the second deputy master of the house? He just had to obey orders.

This cannot be generalized with Qi Xuansu's situation. When Qi Xuansu went to Borneo, he was firstly with the identity of the Jinque Special Envoy, and was an imperial envoy. Secondly, he had the support of Lan Da Zhenren, which was different from the background backers. Lan Da Zhenren was part of the Borneo Daofu, which was exposed and could speak directly and even suppress the Zhenren of the Zhangfu. The background backers had to go through a detour to exert their influence. The county magistrate was not as good as the current manager, and it was far less direct.

Combining the two situations, Qi Xuansu had so much autonomy and could not listen to Wang Jiaohe's orders.

Later, Yao Shu was actually calculated by Donghua Zhenren. Donghua Zhenren single-handedly dominated the power structure of Borneo Daofu, including Pei Xiaolou, Xie Jiaofeng, Ji Jiaozhen and others, who were essentially his people. They naturally understood the spirit of Donghua Zhenren and obeyed Qi Xuansu's orders. Yao Shu was actually considered to be Donghua Zhenren's people, but after Donghua Zhenren and the Earth Master had a disagreement, they were no longer considered to be on the same path. .

Li Tianlan does not have such conditions now. Because after the second Jiangnan case, the power structure of Jiangnan Daofu was reshuffled, and a major change of blood took place, which also made many of Li Tianlan's plans go down the drain and greatly damaged his power.

Don't think that Li Tianlan is weak. When the first Jiangnan case happened, Donghua Zhenren advocated a strict and thorough investigation, claiming to use this as an opportunity to carve a crack in the dark curtain. As a result, after two major Jiangnan cases, Li Tianlan still stood firm. Even with the Li family as a backer, it can be seen that Li Tianlan's means are quite good. But no matter how good the means are, it is impossible to be unscathed. Li Tianlan still paid a considerable price in the two major cases and was gradually weakened.

This gave Qi Xuansu and Zhang Jucheng an opportunity.

Qi Xuansu also saw this. He thought that Zhang Yuelu would become the head of the Jiangnan Daofu in the future, and then take down Li Tianlan in the position of the head of the house.

That is also a good story. Zhang Yuelu attacked the Jiangnan Daofu three times.

But I didn't expect that Qi Xuansu would greatly advance this process and couldn't wait for Zhang Yuelu to handle the third Jiangnan case.

The person who carried out the task this time was named Zhang Qingyue, Zhang Yuelu's cousin. Although he was not as famous and talented as his cousin, he was not an ordinary person. He was a seventh-generation disciple with a cultivation level of the immeasurable stage and was now the assistant of the Great Immortal Mansion. This time, he was specially transferred from Wuzhou by Zhang Jucheng to personally carry out the task.

That's right, Zhang Qingyue was a seventh-generation disciple. Although his family seniority was the same as Zhang Yuelu's, his Taoist seniority was one generation higher, and he was the same generation as Zhang Jucheng, his uncle. In terms of age, Zhang Qingyue and Bai Yingqiong were not much different, just biting the tail of the seventh-generation disciples.

In other words, Zhang Qingyue was the youngest of the seven-generation disciples, and Bai Yingqiong was the oldest of the eight-generation disciples. The two sides were actually only one year apart.

As for why Bai Yingqiong was now rushing to the Canzhi Immortal, and Zhang Qingyue was still an assistant, it could only be said that their personal experiences were different. Realm cultivation was only a rigid standard, the most basic pass, not to say that having realm cultivation would definitely lead to a high position. Even though they are all immortals, some of them become great masters, while others are only great masters. This is also a matter of personal circumstances.

In this regard, male and female Taoists have their own advantages.

Male Taoists are more likely to aspire for the highest power, or it can be said that it is basically male Taoists who hold the highest power.

Female Taoists find it difficult to aspire for the highest power because of their lack of ability. This may sound unpleasant, but it is the fact that in front of the highest power, no one will promote gentlemanly manners, and there is no preferential treatment. It all depends on one's own real ability. If you can do it, you can do it, and if you can't do it, you can't do it.

However, under the premise that Taoism advocates equality between men and women, female Taoists can take shortcuts, because there are often certain requirements for the number of female Taoists, and many big figures jokingly call it a vase, so female Taoists are indeed a few steps faster than others at certain times and positions, saving a lot of effort.

To put it bluntly, the competition among male Taoists is too fierce. Sometimes, with the same realm and qualifications, female Taoist priests can go one step further and be used as role models and publicized, while male Taoist priests can only stay where they are and be regarded as ordinary.

This can be regarded as a correct or preferential treatment, limited to the lower and middle levels. At the upper level, it will become a disadvantage.

Whether this is an invisible discrimination or an explanation of objective facts, it depends on one's own opinion.

Bai Yingqiong also has an advantage, that is, the identity of the eighth-generation disciple. This label just corresponds to the younger generation advocated by Taoism. Zhang Qingyue suffered a great loss. He was a seventh-generation disciple. Not only was there no preferential treatment, but Taoism did not attach importance to seniority, and the significance of being one generation higher was really not great.

In short, these preferential treatments are only available to the second-grade Taiyi Taoist priests. After that, it doesn't matter whether you are a man or a woman. It all depends on your ability.

The fact is that in Jinque, male Taoist priests still occupy an absolute majority. As for Qi Xuansu, there are only three female Canzhi Zhenren, namely Cihang Zhenren, Li Ruoshui, and Ye Qingshuang.

After all, a leader must be strong to convince the people and make people feel safe. Women often like to label themselves as weak and play the role of the protected rather than the role of the protector. A man who cannot protect his wife and children will be ridiculed and blamed, but no one will blame the wife for not protecting her husband. Then who can believe that a protected person can protect the safety of others as a leader?

Some people, at an old age, still call themselves female students and regard themselves as children. How can they take on important responsibilities?

Only by tearing off the label of the protected person and taking on equal responsibilities can we obtain true equality and equal power.

The power obtained by preferential treatment is nothing but charity from others. Today I can give you something for the sake of one right, and tomorrow I can take it away for the sake of another right. .bμν.

Is it up to you?

Today I can praise you to the sky, and tomorrow I can trample you under my feet.

What, you are not convinced?

Emperor Shizong of the Great Wei said it well, no one's promise to you counts, only the things you can decide count.

It will never work if you want both. What you gain, you lose.

Back to the point, after Zhang Qingyue received the order from Zhang Jucheng, he immediately brought people to Li Tianlan's mansion.

Of course, Li Tianlan left corresponding guards here, but he couldn't send a master of the Wuliang stage to guard his house, and the realm of these guards was quite limited.

In fact, for Li Tianlan, the biggest barrier is not these guards, but the Daomen.

If people outside the Daomen want to touch his family, it means provoking the entire Daomen, which will cause the Daomen to counterattack, and the Daomen will stand up for him, and there is no limit to it. If someone in the Daoist sect wants to touch his family, it must be reasonable, otherwise they will be punished by the Daoist sect, which is like shooting themselves in the foot.

So Qi Xuansu and Zhang Jucheng spent a lot of effort and went through a lot of circles just to make it reasonable.

Zhang Qingyue knocked on the door of Li's house. The Taoist who came out to open the door had his own demeanor. He was a little scared in his heart, but his face remained calm: "Who are you? What do you want to do?"

After all, he was a third-rank official of the prime minister's doorman. Although he was just a Taoist, he was not afraid of a group of Taoist priests and spiritual officials.

Zhang Qingyue was silent. The Taoist priest beside him took out a warrant and said in a deep voice: "According to orders, please ask the mistress of your mansion to come with us and accept the investigation."

The Taoist citizen was a little unresponsive: "You want my wife to go with you? Do you know who my master is?"

"Master?" The Taoist priest smiled coldly, "Now is not the era of Confucianism, how can there be such a dross title as 'Master'?"

The Taoist citizen said: "What dross or not, the master is the master, my master is the second deputy master of Jiangnan Daofu, whose order did you obey?"

The Taoist priest said calmly: "Of course it is the order of the real person in charge of the mansion."

Until this time, the Taoist citizen was a little scared. The real person in charge of the mansion is not like before. He has such a great official power that his master has to give him three points.

What should he do?

At this time, Zhang Qingyue, who had not spoken, finally spoke: "Get out of the way!"

The Taoist priest beside Zhang Qingyue stretched out his hand and pushed the Taoist citizen aside, and then Zhang Qingyue led people into Li's mansion.

At this time, the guards in the mansion also rushed out.

Zhang Qingyue said in a deep voice: "According to the order of the real person in charge of the mansion, take Gu Ying away for investigation. Anyone who dares to obstruct is against the Dao Mansion!"

To oppose the Dao Mansion is to oppose the Dao Sect.

The guards hesitated. This hat is too big and they really can't bear it. Moreover, the situation is unclear now. If Li Tianlan really gets into trouble, then there is no need for them to be buried with him.

The leader of the guards said with a stiff face: "Who are you? I have been in the Dao Mansion for many years. How come I have never seen you?"

Zhang Qingyue said: "I am Zhang Qingyue, the assistant of the Great Real Person Mansion, and I have been ordered to assist in handling cases in other places."

Hearing the words "handling cases in other places", the faces of the crowd turned pale again. If it was not to deal with their own people in the Dao Mansion, why would they transfer people from other places?

But due to their duties, they dared not give in easily. It was not right to advance or retreat. There are some who are not afraid of the Dao Mansion, such as the people of "Heavenly Court", but Li Tianlan can't keep a group of people of unknown identity in his home all day long, wouldn't that give others a handle? These people of "Heavenly Court" always retreat immediately after doing the dirty work. These guards now all have legitimate identities. .qgν.

Just when the situation was about to break out, Gu Ying finally showed up.