Chapter 127 Cleaning up the Mess

After Zhang Yuelu arrived at Wanxiang Dao Palace, he received an exceptional reception. After all, he was the successor of Cihang Zhenren and was expected to join the ranks of Canzhi Zhenren in the future. Wanxiang Dao Palace could not neglect him.

The exceptional treatment here was not material standard treatment. Wanxiang Dao Palace would not easily keep such a handle. The main issue was who would come forward to receive him. Although the master of the palace did not show up, it was the second deputy palace master who came out in person.

Wanxiang Dao Palace is also the only one among many Dao Palaces that has a deputy palace master position.

Zhang Yuelu checked the relevant files of Qi Xuansu here and learned about the dusty past.

In short, it was the Dragon and Tiger Society of that session. Yue Liuli took revenge for personal reasons, and Qi Xuansu was calculated by Yue Liuli and almost died at the hands of Wan Xiuwu.

This confirmed some of Zhang Yuelu's guesses.

But there are still many things that cannot be explained.

Just when Zhang Yuelu was about to continue the investigation, Zhang Yuelu received an official letter from Tiangang Hall.

The two Taoist priests in charge of "Tianle Taoyuan" died and the other was imprisoned. Jinque suspected that there were demons from a secret society involved, and ordered Tiangang Hall to conduct a thorough investigation. Zhang Yuelu happened to be nearby, so Tiangang Hall decided to let Zhang Yuelu preside over the case.

Zhang Yuelu immediately set off for Zixian Mountain.

It took a long time for the Eighth Tianyang to notify the Taoist sect in the name of the Seventh Thousand Households of Qingluan Guard, and then for the Taoist sect to report to the higher levels, and finally to Yujing to form a resolution.

When Zhang Yuelu arrived at Zixian Mountain, it was already the third day after the incident.

At this time, "Tianle Taoyuan" had suspended business, and no one was allowed to enter or leave.

Now the Eighth Tianyang, an outsider, is in control of the situation in "Tianle Taoyuan". In the past three days, it was not that no Taoist deacon had raised objections, but the Eighth Tianyang fought back with just one sentence.

He has already reported to the sect, and it won't be long before the Taoist sect sends someone to deal with the matter. Considering that the two Taoist priests in charge are involved in this murder case, and Zixian Mountain has repeatedly obstructed the investigation before, all the Taoist priests in "Tianle Taoyuan" must not act rashly before this. If they can't even wait for three days, people will doubt whether it is related to this case?

No one wants to be involved in the situation when the situation is unclear. In addition, the Eighth Tianyang only blocked the exit, Tianle Palace, warehouse and other few places of "Tianle Taoyuan", and did not imprison anyone, so they also recognized the Eighth Tianyang's approach.

As for the imprisoned Liu Futong, it was not the Eighth Tianyang who imprisoned him, but Su Ran.

After meeting the Eighth Tianyang, Zhang Yuelu quickly took over "Tianle Taoyuan" and got a preliminary understanding of the case from the Eighth Tianyang.

Although the Eighth Tianyang didn't know that Zhang Yuelu was tracking down Wei Wugui, out of friendship, he deliberately downplayed Wei Wugui's existence and replaced him with a very vague "colleague in black". It was no longer Wei Wugui who killed Su Ran alone, but everyone worked together.

Zhang Yuelu had just arrived here and was not familiar with the situation, so she didn't think deeply. After she had a preliminary understanding of the case, she ignored Liu Futong who was imprisoned in Tianle Palace, but went to check Su Ran's body first.

When Zhang Yuelu saw the huge white fox in the warehouse, she was also surprised. When she thought of what the Eighth Tianyang said, she couldn't help but be silent for a long time.

Her teacher, Cihang Zhenren, once mentioned a phenomenon, which roughly means that the newly converted new believers are more fanatical and more pious than the original old believers.

The reasons are not complicated. One is the "atonement" mentality, and the other is to double the goodwill in order to gain the recognition of the new group and to draw a clear line with the past, so they don't hope that the past group will "live well".

This phenomenon is not limited to religion, but also applies to tribes and countries. In the past, people from the Central Plains defected to the Golden Horde. They treated their own people more cruelly than the Golden Horde people, and were more loyal to the Khan than the Golden Horde people. Therefore, they were trusted and relied on by the Khan of the Golden Horde, and became a great trouble for the Central Plains Dynasty.

The Qingqiu Mountain lineage was absorbed into the Taoist sect by Xuansheng and became a recognized member for more than 200 years, which is really not short. However, compared with the thousands of years of history of the Taoist sect, it is somewhat unworthy of mention, and probably fell into this rut.

However, nothing is absolute. For example, the three Yin objects in the Ghost Kingdom Cave Heaven, these three are also foreign races who surrendered to the Taoist sect, and they don’t care about these at all, and have begun to plan their own retreat.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yuelu couldn’t help but sigh.

In fact, at this point, there is nothing to investigate. Su Ran is a conservative in Taoism. He regards "Tianle Taoyuan" as a stain on Taoism. After arriving here, he took extreme measures and took down Liu Futong, a Taoist scum. As a result, Qingluanwei discovered Su Ran's actions through clues. Su Ran decided to kill him to silence him, but he was killed by mistake.

This makes sense logically and there are no obvious loopholes.

Zhang Yuelu agrees with some of Su Ran's ideas, but does not approve of her approach.

Morality and law cannot be confused. When Taoism and Confucianism competed for the world, they criticized Confucianism's etiquette and indulgence in lynching. If Taoism encourages lynching for the sake of clear rules and precepts, it would be a slap in the face.

Taking a step back, even if these people are really guilty, they are definitely not guilty of death. Xuansheng once criticized the idea that "if the punishment is unknown, the power will be unpredictable", and explicitly required the Taoists to put everything on the table. If those who sold their bodies and bodies in "Tianle Taoyuan" were guilty, then the Taoists behind "Tianle Taoyuan" were even more guilty.

Su Ran thought these people were guilty and killed them at will. If the Dao Sect recognized this, it means that the ancient immortals were right to attack the Dao Sect because they thought the Dao Sect was guilty, because there is not much difference between the two in essence.

So Su Ran was wrong.

This is probably where Zhang Yuelu is better than Qi Xuansu. Qi Xuansu just instinctively felt that something was wrong, but Zhang Yuelu could clearly point out what was wrong.

However, Zhang Yuelu had no intention of debating Su Ran's point of view, after all, Su Ran was dead.

The difficulty of this matter lies in how to clean up the mess.

In any case, Su Ran's public identity is a fourth-grade Taoist priest of the Dao Sect. If a scandal of a fourth-grade Taoist priest killing innocent people is caused, it will undoubtedly seriously damage the reputation of the Dao Sect. No matter who wants to make this public, the real people above will not agree.

As for the Qingluan Guard and the court, there is no need to worry. The interests of the two are actually the same in this regard. His Majesty the Emperor just wants to control the Dao Sect, not destroy it, and the Li family is also a Taoist.

If it is concealed, it will undoubtedly encourage this trend, which is what the Taoist sect does not want to see. If no punishment is imposed, someone will imitate Su Ran in the future. What will happen?

How to handle this matter properly is a great test of Zhang Yuelu's political wisdom.

Until this time, Zhang Yuelu suddenly realized that the suspicion of the involvement of a secret society was just an excuse, and it was actually a test for her.

After all, Zhang Yuelu is about to be promoted to a third-grade Taoist priest. To truly enter the upper echelons of Taoism, it depends not only on the realm and cultivation, but also on ability and skills.

In the eyes of the Taoist masters, after the death and imprisonment of the two main Taoist priests, many Taoist disciples were leaderless, and the situation in "Tianle Taoyuan" has become out of control. In this period of time, Su Ran's affairs have probably spread throughout "Tianle Taoyuan", and even rumors are flying all over the sky. The situation is quite serious. How to quickly calm the situation and prevent it from getting worse is a difficult challenge.

But what they didn't expect was that because of Qi Xuansu's advance instructions, the Eighth Tianyang quickly controlled the situation in "Tianle Taoyuan". Except for the Eighth Tianyang and his several confidants, no one else knew about Su Ran. At most, they vaguely knew that Su Ran was dead. As for more, they didn't know.

In fact, the situation was much better than the Taoists expected.

Zhang Yuelu didn't know that Qi Xuansu had inadvertently cleared many difficulties for her. After she learned about the situation in detail, she found that the difficulties she had to face were not as big as she imagined.

The sophistication of the deputy thousand households of the Qingluan Guard named the Eighth Tianyang was really beyond her expectations.

Zhang Yuelu had a preliminary idea in her mind. On the one hand, regarding Su Ran's death, she should handle it low-key externally, but internally, she should pay attention to it, deal with it severely, and warn the Taoist disciples. On the other hand, she should deal with Liu Futong severely and severely, and make the results known to the world, using Liu Futong's case to dilute Su Ran's case, and strive to minimize the adverse effects.

Next, Zhang Yuelu carefully examined Su Ran's body and found traces of "Dragon Eye B2", which was not surprising, after all, he was a Qingluan Guard. But the wounds on Su Ran's body that had not yet healed made Zhang Yuelu's heart move.

This seemed to be the traces of "Dayan Spiritual Knife".