Chapter 138 Both Sides Are Ready
When Qi Xuansu returned to the Jade Emperor Palace, it was already late at night. He looked at the time and saw that it was the beginning of the second day.
Today is the 20th day of the 12th month of the 42nd year of Jiushi. The five-member team arrived in the Imperial Capital on the 7th day of the 11th month. In the blink of an eye, one and a half months have passed. It can be said that time flies.
Tomorrow morning is the day for the "sealing" of the capital's government offices, that is, the seal is sealed and the annual leave begins. Many things must be completed before the annual leave begins. The Ministry of Revenue must settle the taxes of various states, and the Censorate must conduct performance appraisals on officials of various government offices this year, and will issue them to various departments on the 16th day of the first lunar month of the following year. Therefore, at the hour of Mao on the 16th day of the first lunar month every year, the chief and deputy officials of the six ministries and the censors stationed in Beijing must come to the lobby of the Censorate as usual. The more than 20 days in between are the annual leave for the officials in the capital.
After today, the entire Imperial Capital will enter the state of the New Year, and the undercurrent that has been surging for several months will finally reach its peak.
The most obvious feeling is that the atmosphere in the Jade Emperor Palace is not only not festive at all, but has become very tense.
Although the people in the Taoist sect do not attach great importance to the New Year, in order to cater to the general public, the local Daofu will also hold various celebrations. This year is the first time. Even the most dull people know that something is wrong.
The people who created this tense atmosphere are naturally the top leaders of the Imperial Capital Daofu, to be precise, the head of the palace Li Ruoshui and the second deputy palace master Shi Bingyun.
Since the last time Qi Xuansu was suspended, the two have torn their faces, and now the conflict has intensified, which is also expected by many people.
In theory, the head of the palace is the assistant to the real person, so in order to maintain the situation of the three-legged tripod of the local Daofu, the candidate for the second deputy palace master must be carefully selected, generally with a respected status, a deep background, strong strength, not the assistant to the real person but better than the assistant to the real person, such as Li Tianlan of the Jiangnan Daofu.
The same is true for the Imperial Capital Daofu. After all, Shi Bingyun almost became a Cihang Zhenren. She has no shortage of status, background, or realm cultivation. However, many of the things she did were a bit outrageous, so after so many years, she has not become a Canzhi Zhenren. Originally, the Imperial Capital was half of the Li family's home court, but Shi Bingyun also had the help of the dignified King Jin. In addition, there were many conflicts among the various princes of the Li family. Although they would not openly embarrass each other, they might not really help each other, so this aspect was considered a tie.
The two people competed, and the two major factions under their command also disliked each other, and the smell of gunpowder was very strong. On the contrary, the chief deputy palace master Zhou Jiaoxian did not participate in it, and his faction also generally adhered to neutrality.
Qi Xuansu was very interesting here. He had both Shi Bingyun's men and Li Ruoshui's men under his command. Both sides were also influenced by the two leaders and were ready to move, but they were quickly suppressed by Qi Xuansu. Qi Xuansu was not good at enlightening people, nor was he good at reasoning. He literally suppressed them with violent means. He has both the title of superior and the strength of a celestial being, so it is not difficult.
In addition, from the position, Qi Xuansu is Shi Bingyun's subordinate, but from the faction, he should stand on the side of Zhou Jiaoxian, who represents Quanzhen Dao. In fact, Qi Xuansu did not participate in the wrestling between the two, because he knew that Shi Bingyun was responsible for restraining Li Ruoshui, which gave Zhou Jiaoxian enough room for activities.
In this way, although Qi Xuansu realized it later, he could also infer that Zhou Jiaoxian was the "index finger" or "thumb finger". The so-called "five fingers" of the Buddha finally had a person who could come to the stage. It couldn't be that a group of juniors of the third and fourth ranks went to suppress the "heart monkey".
Qi Xuansu rarely returned to his residence, and lived more in the signing room to facilitate various affairs. As a result, he just returned to the signing room and saw Zhang Yuelu sitting in his seat again.
This time, he was not surprised, he was used to it.
Ke Qingqing is an unreliable girl with the potential to be a traitor. After seeing Zhang Yuelu, she forgot everything and responded to requests. She would take the initiative to do something even if she was not asked. She even gave Zhang Yuelu the key to the signing room, so Zhang Yuelu could open the door and come in openly every time, instead of sneaking in, let alone forcing in.
Although husband and wife are one, they are not married yet. Even if they are married, they should leave some space for each other. Can they really be like in the lyrics, kneading a ball of mud, molding you, molding me, and then breaking it, kneading you again, and molding me again? Living people are not mud. Beating one into meat paste, and beating the other into meat paste, and mixing them together to create two living people, it is terrifying to think about it.
Zhang Yuelu's face is not very good, a little pale.
Qi Xuansu put aside these irrelevant thoughts for the time being and asked with concern: "Are you injured?"
"No, that's a good thing." Zhang Yuelu used the key given by Ke Qingqing to open the isolation formation, "I followed the instructions of the Heavenly Master and went to see..."
She wrote the word "purple" on the table with her finger and then disappeared.
Qi Xuansu was not surprised, but almost blurted out "You also joined the secret society?" Fortunately, he stopped in time, otherwise the word "also" would be a confession.
Qi Xuansu paused and reorganized his words. In Zhang Yuelu's opinion, Qi Xuansu looked very shocked. She didn't expect that she, the upright deputy hall master Zhang, would also fall to dealing with secret societies.
Zhang Yuelu couldn't help but smile bitterly, not knowing what to say.
Who can stay clean in the mud after entering the world of fame and fortune?
In a sense, Tianshi is already arranging things behind his back. Letting Zhang Yuelu be responsible for contacting Ziguang Society is equivalent to Zhang Yuelu having the backing of Ziguang Society. No matter how reluctant the major forces are, they must recognize Zhang Yuelu. Even if Zhang Yuelu If you cannot inherit the position of Heavenly Master and become the Zhang family's face, you will also become the Zhang family's pride. Of course, if Zhang Yuelu has another chance, Ziguangshe can also help her and make her face.
Now that the Heavenly Master combines face and lizi, he finally gave the lizi to Zhang Yuelu. This is also the bottom line of the bulk. After all, Ziguang Society is different from Qingping Society and "Tianting". As one of the three secret societies, The Ziguang Society is even more terrifying. It is a veritable double-edged sword. The attitude within the sect is also very contradictory. If you want to hold it in your hands, but are afraid of getting burned, it is better to let Zhang Yuelu take over. Since you have an explanation for Zhang Yuelu, you can no longer say that they are not good. It was a dilemma to value Zhang Yuelu while still maintaining contact with Ziguang Society.
Zhang Yuelu also knows the difficulty of the Celestial Master. If the Celestial Master still has thirty years, or even twenty years, he does not have to be so tolerant to the large forces. It is a pity that his time is running out.
As for what the Heavenly Master was doing thirty years ago, twenty years ago, and ten years ago, why didn't he make arrangements in advance? Naturally, he was dealing with the two great masters of the fifth and sixth generations. Don't look at the evaluation of the sixth generation master. Because they are weak, it takes the three deputy heads to work together to suppress it. As long as one person is disloyal, it is the chief head who has the final say. As for the Fifth Generation Grand Master, the three deputy Grandmasters, let alone the Great Master, were not trying to suppress or even compete. They were just trying to protect themselves and wait for him to ascend. Furthermore, there was no option for Zhang Yuelu at that time. The Heavenly Master did not expect that Zhang Yuelu would be born, so naturally he could not make arrangements in advance.
Zhang Yuelu roughly told Qi Xuansu what happened.
After hearing this, Qi Xuansu smiled and said, "It is indeed a good thing."
Zhang Yuelu put his hand on his forehead: "It's just that after integrating the thunder talisman, it's still a bit too heavy for me."
"Burden?" Qi Xuansu asked doubtfully.
Zhang Yuelu said: "To put it simply, I am full. This term is very unpleasant, but I can't find a more accurate term to replace it. That's it. I can only eat two steamed buns, and I have already eaten them. I ordered two steamed buns, but they forced me to stuff a third steamed bun, but I couldn’t spit it out, so I had to endure it and wait for the three steamed buns to be digested slowly.”
Qi Xuansu came to Zhang Yuelu and pressed her belly: "When you have almost digested it, will it be the immeasurable stage?"
Zhang Yuelu slapped his hand away: "Theoretically, that's the case. But what she gave me was the 'Five Thunder Heavenly Heart Zhengfa' before Xuan Sheng summarized and integrated the inheritance of the five immortals. I wonder if it is different from the inheritance left by Xuan Sheng." conflicted."
Qi Xuansu said: "You can find an opportunity to ask the Heavenly Master."
"I think so too, but I have to wait until the incident in the Imperial Capital is over." Zhang Yuelu didn't want to talk about her own affairs, it was just an introduction. Then she changed the subject, "This is just an addendum. The key is that they The other side has agreed to take action and established contact information. What about you, what's the progress on your side? "
In Zhang Yuelu's view, it was inevitable that Qingping would attend, but he didn't know whether Yao Pei or Qi Xuansu would be responsible for liaison.
As for the claim that Qi Xuansu has nothing to do with the Qingping Society, Zhang Yuelu doesn't believe it at all. The question is how deep is this connection? Is it as simple as hers? Or did he directly become a core member of the Qingping Society? After all, she almost became a member of the Ziguang Club. Fortunately, she won the bet.
Qi Xuansu said without changing his expression: "I also met one of the leaders of the Qingping Association."
Zhang Yuelu asked: "Is it convenient to tell you the identity of this leader?"
"It's inconvenient." Qi Xuansu shook his head, "But if you really want to know, I can tell you."
Qi Xuansu has traveled to many places in recent days, not just a Xie Mansion. It is difficult for others to determine who is the leader of the Qingping Society through Qi Xuansu's whereabouts. Moreover, Qi Xuansu has no intention of betraying "Sheng Wuyou" Xie Linyuan. He intends to betray "Seventh Lady" ", who lets the mother-in-law always cheat him? It is not polite to come and go, but we are a family anyway. The ugly daughter-in-law must see her parents-in-law, and conversely, the parents-in-law must also see their daughter-in-law, sooner or later.
"Forget it." Zhang Yuelu refused, "It's about Quanzhen Tao and Master Donghua. It's better that I don't know."
This is the so-called sense of proportion. Even if Zhengyiyi and Quanzhendao are allies, they should not cross the line. Husband and wife should leave some space for each other, let alone these two giants?