Chapter 27 Accurate

After drinking, Zhang Yuelu did not go home immediately. He went to Yuzhu Peak again. It was noon when he returned home.

Yujing City is located on Yuxu Peak. Yuzhu Peak is the sister peak of Yuxu Peak. There are 36 suspended platforms between the two peaks, and the platforms are connected by iron cables to form a suspension bridge.

If you want to go from Yuxu Peak to Yuzhu Peak, those with enough cultivation can ride the wind, while those with less cultivation need to walk on the rope to cross the bridge. However, the mountain wind on the top of Kunlun is fierce. If you don’t have cultivation, you will be frozen to purple lips and pale face. The iron chain is swaying, which is very difficult to walk.

Zhang Yuelu still remembers the first time he crossed the rope bridge. The iron chain under his feet kept shaking in the wind. Under the iron chain is the abyss. At a glance, there is no bottom at all. Only light clouds can be seen spreading and lingering at the waist of the mountain.

At that time, Zhang Yuelu was so scared that she lost her soul and attracted others to laugh at her, so she regarded crossing the rope bridge as a way to train her will and had to face the challenge head on.

At first, Zhang Yuelu was afraid and almost moved forward step by step on the rope bridge. Now, she crossed the bridge by stepping on the iron rope used as a guardrail, and there was no ripple in her heart.

As for Yuzhu Peak, there are also people living there, mostly ascetics. Therefore, Yuzhu Peak still maintains its original appearance, with only a few caves scattered around, and no formations, and the cold wind is howling, which is completely different from Yuxu Peak with its many palaces.

Zhang Yuelu wanted to visit a friend at first, but when she arrived at the door, she suddenly felt that she had no interest in meeting him, so she returned to Yuxu Peak by the same route. It was just a trip with excitement and a return with excitement.

Zhang Yuelu's parents were not in Yujing. In addition to her, there was only an old Taoist couple who were responsible for taking care of her daily life.

The couple were not slaves in the homes of the secular rich and powerful, but hired servants. The Daoist sect strictly prohibited the abuse of servants. Once discovered, they would be severely punished. Previously, a third-rank Taoist priest was found to have abused servants. As a result, he was ordered to resign from all positions and demoted from a third-rank Taoist priest to a fourth-rank Taoist priest.

Generally speaking, Taoist disciples from aristocratic families would have reliable servants sent by their families to follow them, but Zhang Yuelu was not really a child of aristocratic families. It was true that her surname was Zhang, but she was not a core descendant of the Zhang family, but a remote branch. Therefore, the Daoist sect hired people to help Zhang Yuelu deal with her life. After all, the head of Beichen Hall and the deputy head of Tiangang Hall were not idle jobs, and they did not have so much time to deal with various miscellaneous matters.

The couple were previously employed by Beichen Hall. After Zhang Yuelu was transferred from Beichen Hall to Tiangang Hall, they also transferred to Tiangang Hall. Each of them could receive a commission of three yuan of Taiping money from Tiangang Hall every month.

Zhang Yuelu was not arrogant. She could drink with Qi Xuansu, whom she had just met, and she naturally would not boss the servants around. Therefore, the three of them got along well. The childless old couple always treated Zhang Yuelu as a junior and took good care of her.

Zhang Yuelu was just about to take a nap when Aunt He came over. She could smell the alcohol on Zhang Yuelu from a distance and couldn't help asking, "Miss, have you drunk?"

Zhang Yuelu shook the glass with her hand and smiled, "A little bit."

"Where in the world is there a girl like you who goes out to drink alone at night." Aunt He still had the old-fashioned idea, "If it gets out, your reputation will be ruined."

Zhang Yuelu said indifferently, "I am a fourth-rank Taoist priest of the Taoist sect, not a rich lady who never leaves the house. It's just a drink, it's okay. There is no brothel in Yujing City, otherwise I really want to see it."

Aunt He hurriedly said, "You are getting more excited the more you talk, stop it quickly."

While talking, Aunt He helped Zhang Yuelu take off her clothes and prepared to wash them with water to remove the alcohol.

Zhang Yuelu changed into a close-fitting middle-length dress and casually covered herself with a snowflake vest.

Aunt He held Zhang Yuelu's changed clothes and said, "By the way, in the evening, when the girl was not at home, a fourth-rank official brought a booklet, saying it was the list of the first batch of candidates. I put it in the study for the girl. He also said that the second batch of names would be sent to the girl before August 15 at the latest."

Zhang Yuelu said "Oh" and walked towards the study.

Zhang Yuelu's study is not big, and the four walls are different. On one side is a bookshelf with books piled up, and on the other side is a multi-treasure lattice, where copper-gilt self-ringing clocks, telescopes, iron ship models and other items are placed. There are doors and windows on the wall facing the sun. Opposite the door, there is a horizontal table with a top of Dalbergia odorifera, a sword rack and an ancient sword placed horizontally.

In addition to the writing utensils such as pen washers, pen racks, and inkstones on the desk, there is also a thick booklet, which is the list that Aunt He mentioned.

Zhang Yuelu sat behind the desk and picked up the list and flipped through it casually.

Then her eyes suddenly focused and she saw a name.

Qi Xuansu.

Could it be the same person? Or a duplicate name?

Zhang Yuelu found the page of Qi Xuansu's file by following the index.

Standard Taoist official documents, from right to left, from top to bottom.

Name: Qi Xuansu. Note: courtesy name Tianyuan.

Age: 24. Note: The date of adoption of abandoned babies in the Nursery of Wanxiang Taoist Palace shall prevail.

Rank: Seventh-rank Taoist priest. Note: In the past three years of evaluation, the results were middle-upper, middle-upper, and middle-upper.

Origin: Wanxiang Taoist Palace, Year Bingzi, Class A. Note: Excellent graduation results.

Master: Qi Haoran. Note: Fourth-rank priest, deceased unexpectedly.

Position: None. Note: Wandering Taoist priest.

Address: No. 18, Shibei Lane, Changzhen Street, Haichanfang. Note: Does not live here, mostly travels outside.

Inheritance: Sanren.

Cultivation: Kunlun stage of Xiantian people. Note: Sanren inner alchemy realm.

Subordinate: Zhengyi Dao. Note: Has not received the talisman.

Taoist companion: None. Note: Has not become a monk, can marry on his own.

Children and disciples: None. Note: Not qualified to accept disciples.

Past punishment record: None.

Past meritorious record: None.

Comprehensive evaluation: B. Note: There are four grades in total.

The opinion of the principal: Recommended to hire.

The opinion of the deputy hall master: No.

This is the initial opinion, and the final review will depend on the face-to-face review on August 16. However, if Zhang Yuelu approves it, the face-to-face review on August 16 can be omitted.

The so-called face-to-face review, "mian" is the same as "jie", which originally means to make an effort to inspect, and later gradually evolved into the meaning of interview and face-to-face examination, that is, face-to-face inspection.

Zhang Yuelu looked at this page of the file, and a faint smile appeared on her face.

It is true that people always meet each other everywhere in life.

She took out a red pen from the pen holder and annotated the word "appropriation" under the column of "Deputy Hall Master's Opinion".

...

"A-choo!"

Qi Xuansu, who had just woken up, sneezed, feeling a little strange. After becoming a congenital person, he could not be harmed by ordinary diseases, so could he catch a cold? Or did he get sick in Fengtai County?

It couldn't be that someone was talking about him.

Could it be Qi Niang?

Qi Xuansu thought about this, took out Qi Niang's second-hand pocket watch, and checked the time.

It was three quarters after noon.

It was getting late.

Qi Xuansu planned to spend an afternoon to clean up the yard inside and out.

This was not a small project. Just looking at the countless layers of fallen leaves in the yard, the bottom layer had almost turned into mud, and it would take a lot of time.

As for the enemies.

Shen Yuwei is dead. It is said that when a person leaves, the tea gets cold. The Shen family will at most help Shen Yuwei to avenge him, and will not care about Shen Yuwei's other bad things.

Beichen Hall concluded that Shen Yuwei died at the hands of the Qingping Society. As long as Qi Xuansu did not expose his relationship with the Qingping Society, no one would link him with Shen Yuwei's case. Who made Shen Yuwei make enemies everywhere? He has many enemies. With his weight, it is not enough for the Shen family to mobilize a large number of troops to screen all the suspects.

The reason why Qi Xuansu was unwilling to come back was more because of the sadness of the scene. Just a word of poverty made people lose the qualification to be sad. To put it in a clichéd way, just being alive has already exhausted all their strength. Although this statement is hypocritical, it is not without reason.

A leisurely afternoon, a sunny afternoon.

Qi Xuansu rolled up his sleeves and cleaned the courtyard.

Zhang Yuelu sat behind the desk and continued to flip through the files boredly.

Except Qi Xuansu, the others did not attract Zhang Yuelu's attention. Even if Qi Xuansu could attract Zhang Yuelu's attention, it was because the two had met once.

Just when Zhang Yuelu was thinking about whether to go to sleep for a while, another person's file attracted her attention. Unlike Qi Xuansu's file, this person's file was two pages long.

Name: Xu Kou. Note: Nicknamed Xiao Yanluo.

Age: 30 years old.

Rank: Sixth-rank Taoist. Note: Evaluation in the past three years, middle-lower, upper, and lower.

Origin: Qingluan Guard. Note: Born in the Qingluan Guard military household for generations.

Master: None. Note: Served as a hundred households of Qingluan Guard.

Position: Former Taoist of Qizhou Daofu. Note: Recommended by Qizhou Daofu.

Address: Unknown. Note: A person from Qizhou Beihai Prefecture.

Inheritance: Warrior.

Cultivation: Yuxu stage of innate people. Note: Warrior flesh and blood derivative realm.

Affiliation: Taiping Dao.

Taoist companion: One wife. Note: Not a Taoist, deceased.

Children and disciples: None. Note: Not qualified to accept disciples.

Past punishment records: Demoted to the sixth rank Taoist priest for torturing a prisoner to death. Recorded once for disobeying orders. Recorded once for acting rashly, causing the evil spirit to escape. Demoted to the seventh rank Taoist priest for beating a fellow disciple and

fighting with a fellow disciple with weapons, causing the fellow disciple to be disabled. Demoted to the eighth rank Taoist priest for contradicting and insulting the superior. Note: This record is a brief version, and the details need to be checked in the relevant files.

Past meritorious service records: Captured a leader of the Qingping Society, recorded once "Xuan Zi Gong", and promoted to the fifth rank Taoist priest. Cracked the case of the left-handed evil spirit preaching in Beihai Prefecture, recorded once "Huang Zi Gong", and promoted to the seventh rank Taoist priest. Kill four evil spirits in the Kunlun stage, record "Huang Zi Gong" once, and be promoted to the sixth-grade Taoist priest. Note: This record is a brief version, and the details need to be consulted in the relevant files.

Comprehensive evaluation: C. Note: There are four grades in total.

The opinion of the principal: It is recommended to use it with caution.

The opinion of the deputy hall master: empty.

In addition to the annual assessment and special promotion, there is also a merit and demerit system for promotion within the Taoist sect.

The fault system is divided into demerits, major demerits, demotion, and expulsion from the Taoist sect. For example, the third-grade Taoist priest who caused the scandal of abusing servants was demoted.

The merit system is divided into four levels: heaven, earth, black, and yellow. Heaven is the highest and yellow is the lowest.

The same is that merits and demerits can be accumulated. If small merits accumulate into big merits, the grade can be upgraded. If small demerits accumulate into big demerits, demotion is imminent.

Zhang Yuelu twirled the red pen in his hand and pondered, "He's a thorn in the side, but also a double-edged sword."

Finally, Zhang Yuelu wrote a bright red "Approved" in the column of the deputy hall master's opinion.