Chapter 195: Leaving Home When Young and Returning When Old

Zhang Yuelu's answer perfectly solved the problem given by Zhang Jucheng, and the effect was naturally immediate.

After receiving Zhang Yuelu's reply, Zhang Jucheng went to see the Heavenly Master again.

He agreed to serve as the head of the Jiangnan Daofu, and also agreed to let Zhang Yuelu serve as the second deputy head of the Wuzhou Daofu.

Although these personnel adjustments must be arranged after the end of the Fenglinzhou war, it is necessary to unify opinions as soon as possible, so that preparations can be made in advance.

After all, personnel changes at this level are not that simple, and it is not a matter of a word. It involves a lot of compromises and transactions. Even if the Heavenly Master is in charge, it will take some time.

Xuansheng does not like one person to make decisions arbitrarily, so the power structure of the Taoist sect is led by multiple people, from the Jinque meeting to the deputy head of the Daofu.

Jinque is the highest authority of the Taoist sect. It is a whole, not a single person. It is impossible for the Heavenly Master to give a word and Zhang Jucheng can become the head of the Jiangnan Daofu. It would be fine if the Grand Master spoke instead. Putting aside the factor of the rotating Grand Master, the Heavenly Master can only be regarded as one-third of the Grand Master.

Xuansheng underestimated the ability of later generations to exploit loopholes. The Grand Masters of all generations used the power of the Grand Master to appoint and dismiss personnel to let the Nine Hall Masters concurrently serve as the assistants of Zixiao Palace, and then gave orders to the assistants of Zixiao Palace as the Grand Master of Zixiao Palace instead of the Grand Master, so as to bypass the Golden Palace. Unless the Golden Palace directly promotes the procedure of deposing the Grand Master, it will not be able to restrict the Zixiao Palace at all. This is also the reason why Zhang Yuelu believes that only by becoming the Grand Master can the Taoism be changed.

The Heavenly Master agreed with this in principle. Zhang Yuelu's handling method made the Heavenly Master very satisfied.

Participating in political affairs, compromise and concession are things that must be learned. Blindly moving forward may be suitable for the rivers and lakes, but it is definitely not suitable for the temple.

Since Zhang Yuelu intends to reach the top of the Taoism instead of being a free and easy immortal, then she can only break the situation in this way.

The Heavenly Master indicated that Zhang Jucheng could meet with Zhang Yuelu. The old, middle and young generations had already talked, and the old and young generations had also talked. Now it was the turn of the middle-aged and young generations to talk.

As long as the three generations could reach an agreement, then the Heavenly Master's arrangement for the Zhang family would be roughly successful. At least the framework was set up, and the rest was to fill in the details in the framework.

As for the rest, he didn't care, and he couldn't care.

As the old saying goes, children and grandchildren have their own blessings, so don't be a horse or a cow for them.

Xuansheng couldn't even take care of the hundred years after his death, so he could only be a paperhanger with a clear conscience. In his life, he had let down many people, and perhaps even had to bear a bad name, but the only thing he deserved was the word "Zhang".

On the other side, Qi Niang staggered down the flying boat and looked up at Yujing in the distance.

To say that Qi Niang walked swayingly did not mean that she swung her waist like some coquettish bitches, but that she swung her sleeves when she walked, with a huge amplitude. If I were to describe her in two words, it would not be coquettish, but arrogant.

Arrogant enough to get beaten up on the street.

Perhaps someone would say, this is Yujing, the place with the most immortals in the world, why are you so arrogant?

That being said, immortals would not walk into Yujing on foot, they would go directly to Zifu or Zixiao Palace, not to mention immortals, even pseudo-immortals and heavenly beings in the stage of creation would not walk into the city like this, and would not live in Yujing, but in Xuandu.

From this perspective, Qi Niang is still unique and has the right to be arrogant.

Qi Niang pulled the sunglasses on her nose down slightly, revealing her eyes behind the lenses, looking at everything around her.

Qi Xuansu once asked Qi Niang specifically why she liked to wear a pair of large sunglasses.

Qi Niang's answer was that when she first walked in the rivers and lakes, she was far from being as carefree as she is now. She was always afraid of being recognized, so she wanted to find something to cover it. Sunglasses are actually the same as veils, the difference is that one covers the upper head and the other covers the lower head. Too many women like to wear veils, and they make them half-revealed, covering nothing, just like sex toys. In short, they are vulgar. She didn't want to go along with the crowd, so she had to choose to wear sunglasses. Over time, it became a habit, as if sunglasses were already a part of her.

To be honest, she hadn't been to Yujing for many years.

However, Yujing has not changed much, but it has not changed at all.

It was the same decades ago, and it is still the same decades later.

Even many people in it have not changed. After all, birth, aging, illness and death are not very common things for Yujing, where everyone lives a long life or even immortality.

Such a place is naturally not strange, nor is it the same as before. It is more about being moved by the scene and feeling nostalgic for one's lost youth.

When she left, she was still the age of Zhang Yuelu, and when she came back, she was already the age of Su Yuanyi.

She came back this time, naturally, for the sake of the child.

Thinking of this, Qi Niang staggered to the city gate.

The gatekeeper had already noticed this old lady. Not to mention her arrogant attitude, her attire did not look like that of a Taoist. After all, since the fifth generation of the Great Master, there have been very few people with strange clothes and unique ways of doing things.

So the gatekeeper stopped Qi Niang and asked her to show her certificate.

Qi Niang searched in her bag for a while and actually pulled out a certificate.

It was marked that the Taoist rank was a fourth-grade priest, the identity was a wandering Taoist, and the name was Yao Qi.

Although it is not difficult to forge a certificate with Qi Niang's means, this certificate is indeed real, which is the certificate she used in the past, and her real name is really so casual.

This is the style of the Yao family. Influenced by the witch culture, the Yao family strives to keep the names simple. For example, Wu Xiang, Wu Yang, Wu Gu, Wu Xian, Wu Luo and others can be understood as their surnames are Wu, or they can be understood as Wu is their identity. Their names have only one character. The Yao family is the same, all single names, without generational characters, such as Yao Pei.

Qi Niang is unexpected and not in the plan. It happens that she is the seventh, and Xiao Qi sounds better than Liu Zi, so just call her Yao Qi.

"Master Yao." The spiritual official read it repeatedly and did not find any problems. He just felt that this certificate was too old. When this certificate was issued, the head of Ziwei Hall was not the current Donghua Zhenren Pei Xuanzhi.

Yao Pei snatched the certificate back and said with a frown: "Have you finished reading it?"

The spiritual official was frightened by Qi Niang's momentum and did not dare to raise any objections. He even stuttered: "I have finished reading it."

Yao Pei put away the certificate and said: "Don't look at me as a fourth-rank Taoist priest at such an old age, but my son and daughter-in-law are both third-rank Taoist priests, and they are also deputy hall masters. My in-laws are second-rank Taoist priests. I came to see my in-laws this time."

Taoists are higher than spiritual officials. Those below the fourth-rank spiritual officials and the fourth-rank spiritual officials themselves are not as good as the fourth-rank Taoist priests, and the third-rank spiritual officials cannot Being here to guard the gate, the gatekeeper could only agree to it in a submissive manner, but he couldn't help but complain in his heart: "At your age, your son is only 30 years old at most. A 30-year-old third-rank Taoist priest and deputy hall master? And a daughter-in-law who is almost the same? Who are you kidding? It's not that there are no such people, but they are all from big families. How could the mistress of a big family be just a fourth-rank Taoist priest?"

"I left home when I was young and returned when I was old. My accent has not changed, but my hair has turned gray. Children meet each other without knowing each other, and ask the guest where he comes from with a smile."

Qiniang chanted the poems of the predecessors and walked along Shangqing Street to Taiqing City.

When she arrived in Taiqing City, Qinniang first visited several shops without spending a single Ruyi money, and then went to Fenghuang Tower, where she booked a room and ordered a table.

From the perspective of a fourth-rank Taoist priest, this table is not bad. But from the perspective of Qinniang's wealth and the identity of the guests she invited, it is a bit simple.

But this is Qinniang's style. In addition to being greedy for money, she is also stingy.

Qi Niang took out a mother-child talisman and said, "I'm at the Phoenix Tower. Please come down."

The other side simply responded and ended the conversation.

Soon, a woman in white clothes came to the private room.

The woman waved her hand and signaled the waiter who led the way to go down.

Qiniang also took off her sunglasses for the first time and stood up to greet them.

Neither of them brought an entourage, which meant that this was a rather private meeting.

"Zhisheng, how many years have we not seen each other?" Qi Niang spoke first.

The visitor was Su Yuanyi, the Taoist Priest Cihang, whose courtesy name was Zhisheng.

"About thirty years. What should I call you? Master Yao? Or something else?" Taoist Priest Cihang joked.

Qiniang said, "Just call me Qi Niang, everyone calls me that."

No one except the geomancer knew what Qi Niang's courtesy name was. Over time, everyone called her Qi Niang.

"Okay, Qi Niang." Taoist Priest Cihang smiled slightly.

The two sat down separately.

Judging from their appearance alone, Cihang Zhenren and Qi Niang are not the same kind of people. The former can satisfy people's imagination of female immortals. Even at an old age, she is still graceful and full of immortal spirit. The latter is just ordinary people. After looking at her for a long time, you may even feel that she is quite similar to the yellow-faced woman at home.

But the two of them were sitting together on an equal footing at this time.

Qi Niang said straight to the point: "You know, with my identity, it is not easy to come to Yujing casually. This is when the earth master is the rotating great immortal. If Li Changgeng is in charge of Yujing, I really dare not come. What if I am arrested and executed? Then the happy event will become a funeral. According to the rules of Confucianism, you have to wear hemp and mourn for three years."

Cihang Zhenren said: "You are here to discuss the marriage of your child."

"It is normal for men to get married when they are old enough and women to get married when they are old enough." Qi Niang said as a matter of course.

Cihang Zhenren said: "I agree to this in principle. I have only one request."

Qiniang asked: "What request? Is it a betrothal gift? You can rest assured about this. I have accumulated some property over the years. I dare not say that I am rich enough to rival a country. It is not difficult to buy a house in Taishangfang and take out 100,000 Taiping money as a betrothal gift."

Cihang Zhenren said: "Don't play crazy and stupid. I never care about betrothal gifts. You know what I mean."

Qiniang's expression gradually disappeared: "What kind of master will have what kind of apprentice. In the final analysis, you two just want to take him away from me and make him yours. I worked hard to water and fertilize, and saved a dying sapling and raised it up, and you pick the fruits."