054 Contradictions intensify
Today's Zhongzhou Mountain is a rare sunny day. On the spiraling mountain road, a group of people is heading towards the Great Hall of Creation in the mountain.
Flowing fire walked in the front, today was the day he went to the senate to hand in the task, and there were sixteen large wooden boxes behind him, containing the water jade to be handed over this time. The waiter carrying the box was tired and sweating profusely.
Along the way, Liuhuo met a lot of classmates who were familiar with each other in the library, and the students looked at Liuhuo's formation, and knew that his task had been completed smoothly, and they stopped to congratulate.
The Flowing Fire came out early today, and the Council of Elders had just been convened when the boxes were placed in the square outside the main hall.
After waiting for a full meal, the waiter came out to summon the flowing fire into the temple.
When Flowing Fire entered the main hall, all the elders looked up and looked carefully.
"I haven't seen you for a few months, this kid's temperament has changed greatly?" Hou Tianhang looked at Liuhuo and thought to himself.
Yu Fei sat in the chief position, and secretly thought to himself, "Confident, it's really not a vulgar thing, it's only been a few days, and the temperament of the wild boy in the country has almost been washed away..."
Thinking of this, Yu Fei smiled and spoke.
"Look at the nephew's complexion, I think the mission has been completed very well, right?"
Flowing Fire smiled and bowed to the elders and said.
"Fortunately, the three carts of water jade have all been recovered, and one more cart has been brought back, and now they are all placed in the square outside the hall..."
Flowing Fire's answer made Lan Ji's eyes light up, and it seemed that Flowing Fire's answer surprised him a little.
Hou Tianhang asked with feeling.
"Tell me more..."
Liuhuo cleared his throat and briefly introduced the situation of going down the mountain this time, especially focusing on the fact that Tian Fei was an internal thief, and said that Elder Lan Ji had a strong fever on his face.
Of course, the matter of the poisonous knife Liu was a lie, just saying that he fled after defeating and disappeared. Regarding the Red Dragon's hiring of a murderer and the attack on the official road, Liu Huo was full of grief and indignation, and asked the Senate to severely punish the murderer.
Yu Fei saw that Liuhuo was emotional, and hurriedly persuaded him.
"Master and nephew rest assured, the Senate will issue a wanted warrant, and Chilong will definitely not be spared..."
Li Xiao also said.
"That's... Is that... The villain is so mad that he dares to challenge the dignity of the Creation Gate, if he is not severely punished, I am afraid it will be even more rampant..."
Liuhuo saw that the two of them sang and harmonized, and kept sneering in his heart. Just as everyone was watching the idealistic performance of the two of them, Elder Lan Ji suddenly spoke.
"So, you've already formulated a new set of rules for the water jade mine, and you've even chosen a new mine supervisor?"
Lan Ji's words were cold, like a gust of the north blowing away the noise of the whole hall.
Before Flowing Fire could answer, Elder Lan Ji's accusations had already been smashed.
"As a disciple of Liu Lao, you won't be ignorant of the rules of the Creation Sect. The creation of the Gate into the Chu State has always been to the officials and not to the people, and to manage the affairs of the mortal people, we should not interfere..."
"If all the awakened people in the world abuse their magic power to interfere with the rules of the secular world, wouldn't it be a great chaos in the world..."
"Besides, without the consent of the Senate, you set up a mine supervisor privately, I don't know what kind of heart you have..."
Lan Ji's words were frowning, although Liuhuo was a good temper, but he was not a soft egg.
"I don't agree with Elder Lan's words, the loss of the three carloads of water jade has already affected the construction period of this year's Yuan Qi Great Array, and I temporarily changed the rules of the mine to ensure the supply of water jade from the Creation Gate this year..."
"As for the things that caused chaos in the world, Elder Lan was too careful, the rules I set for the mine not only did not cause chaos, but actually tripled the output of the mine, isn't this true?"
"As for asking me what my heart is, of course it's kind... If I'm not mistaken, Tian Fei is a candidate recommended by Elder Lan, and now he is still fleeing with a cart of water jade..."
Lan Ji didn't wait for the Flowing Fire to finish speaking, she was already angry, stood up violently, pointed at the Flowing Fire and reprimanded.
"That's how Senior Brother Liu taught you the rules? The top of the main hall actually dared to accuse the elders? No wonder outsiders said that the inner disciples were domineering, look at you like this, you dare to be so arrogant in the main hall, wouldn't it be against the sky when you go outside..."
Lan Ji's words made the flow of fire angry. I thought to myself, you actually say that I am domineering?
In the face of Lan Ji's pressure, Liuhuo actually took half a step forward and was about to refute when he opened his mouth. At this time, Master Tongxuan suddenly spoke.
"Drift fire down..."
Master Tongxuan looked at the two cockfighting cocks in front of him, and said with a slight smile.
"Why be so angry. The junior sister sat down first, is Liuhuo a child after all? As for the matter of the water jade mine, it is also an expedient measure, and if I bring a message to the royal family of Chu State, it shouldn't be a big problem..."
Elder Lan Ji stepped back into his chair and gasped for breath.
"It's really audacious, if you don't punish it, I think the Senate will be scattered..."
Hou Tianhang hurriedly explained.
"Senior sister, don't be angry, Liuhuo was also ambushed outside, and she was angry. It's understandable that I didn't control my emotions for a while..."
"Anyway, the task of the Flowing Fire has finally been completed, and it is still very successful, as for the rest, it is just that the generals will not be subject to military orders abroad..."
Some people don't like to listen to Hou Tianhang's words, Li Xiao took over and said.
"Merit is merit, fault is fault, don't mix it up. The nephew of the Drifting Fire Master took the initiative to change the mine supervisor, and also violated the agreement reached between the Creation Gate and the Chu State a hundred years ago, if it is not punished, I am afraid that it will be difficult to deal with it if it sets a precedent..."
Just as everyone was arguing about how to deal with the stray fire, Shi Zhongxing spoke.
"Nephew of the Flowing Fire Master, let's go home and recuperate first, and then notify you when the Senate has the results..."
Seeing Elder Shi speak, Liuhuo didn't dare to refute, bowed and bowed and turned around and left the main hall. When Liuhuo walked to the square, he faintly heard the sound of a quarrel in the main hall.
Flowing Fire sneered to himself, turned and went home.
It took three days for the senate's reply to arrive, and of course it was Hou Wen, who couldn't hold on, to report the news.
"Okay, don't worry. The water jade mine is yours, and the appointment of the iron abacus has finally come down..."
Before Hou Wen finished speaking, Liuhuo felt and asked.
"Didn't the Senate hold me accountable?
"Haha, Elder Lan Ji is mad, and after discussing for a long time, he finally decided to deduct the reward of your mission as a punishment... Haha, a few hundred taels of gold, a few pieces of water jade, you will exchange it for a water jade mine..."
"You really have a way, you actually made Elder Shi clear, my father later told me that the trouble of the flowing fire is also beneficial, and directly cut the Senate in half, Yufei, Li Xiao, Lan Ji and the three of them got together, and the remaining three resisted together. This is a clear banner..."
Liuhuo didn't know that it was precisely because he came to the inner gate of creation that the contradictions between the various factions in the inner gate were ignited in advance.
In the original Creation Sect, the two elders Li Xiao and Yufei had a close relationship, and the world said that they were one faction. But at that time, Elder Lan Ji, Elder Shi, Hou Tianhang, and Master Tongxuan were all relatively independent, and even faintly competed with the Li family and the Yu family, for fear that his two families would monopolize the rights.
As a result, as soon as the flowing fire came, it was all chaotic, the flowing fire offended Elder Lan at the Hundred Flowers Meeting, and later Elder Liu's madness in the Senate pushed Elder Lan to the opposite side of the flowing fire.
Yu Fei and Li Xiao, seeing the rare opportunity, hurriedly extended an olive branch to Elder Lan Ji, and an iron triangle was faintly formed.
This water jade mine incident has further intensified the rift in the Senate, and the iron triangle has advanced and retreated together, and the offensive and defensive alliance has been clearly demonstrated.
Shi Zhongxing, Hou Tianhang and Master Tongxuan are not fools, they can't see the little Jiujiu here, there is no need to discuss, the three families will naturally get together.
At this point, the situation of the two opposing parties in the Senate was formed.
Hou Wen slowly explained the current situation to Liuhuo, and finally told Liuhuo.
"At present, it seems that your position is already very safe, under the condition that the balance of forces between the two sides is not broken, they will not dare to deal with you openly, you can operate your water jade mine with peace of mind..."
"In addition, your mine is close to the Great Snow Mountain, which is my family's territory, and the day before yesterday I specially ordered the construction of a liaison post at the junction of our territory, and you can contact the storm guards at any time if you have any situation..."
How can Liuhuo thank Hou Wen, let's not mention it. At the same time, on Zhongzhou Mountain and the Moon Viewing Platform, Yu Qilin and Li Feiyang were sitting together to discuss countermeasures.
"Damn, Old Monster Liu still made a move in the end, sent a stupid apprentice to fight the front station, and encouraged the Hou family and the Shi family to oppose us behind his back, and connected Xuan Du leaned over..."
It was Li Feiyang who complained.
Jade Qilin said with a smile.
"Actually, Senior Brother Flowing Fire is just a fuse, and sooner or later the Creation Gate will be in this situation. The loose Senate can only bring chaos to the Creation Gate..."
"Now the Orcs of the South are on the move, the power of the Dark Ones is rising, and we're still arguing over trivial matters..."
"For a water jade mine, it can be noisy for three days..."
Li Feiyang looked at the remnants of snow on the mountain and said faintly.
"Isn't that what we're looking for..."
"It's a pity that it backfired, there are always some people who don't know whether they are alive or dead and run in to stir up the situation, it seems that it will not work if you don't be ruthless..."
The Jade Qilin glared at him fiercely and said.
"You can't act rashly, there are things that you can do before, but you can't do now..."
"The Flowing Fire Force has been recognized by everyone, and the Shi family and the Hou family have already made their attitudes clear, if there is any accident at this time, the Senate must be a situation of civil war..."
"And Liu Lao, you have to think about it. Just because he doesn't like rights doesn't mean he doesn't have them..."
Jade Qilin's words really made Li Feiyang block his heart, but blocking his heart was blocking his heart, and he didn't dare not listen to Jade Qilin's words.
"That's all you can do with it?"
The incident at the water jade mine did not cause a big sensation, maybe the gossip about this matter was not high, maybe it was deliberately suppressed by those in the know, anyway, there were not too many people talking about it.
It should be said that the entanglement of the elders' rights belongs to the typical high-level top secrets, and ordinary outer disciples are qualified to investigate. But the people who are in the whirlpool must take it very seriously.
No, even Liu Lao sent a letter to Liuhuo.