Volume 3 The Stars Hold the Moon, and I Walk Alone Section 18 Official Position and Power
There are a total of three magic weapons in the state of Chu, ranking the nine branches of the earth: the nine-headed mixed heaven aya, the ranking of the earth branch Hai one: the ghost and god of the Yi Fan Tianyin, and the ranking of the heavenly stem B two: the cadre Mo Xie. The magic weapon naturally must not be moved, and the Chu State spent dozens of hundreds of years of manpower and material resources to imitate these three magic weapons, and the grades are all "spiritual weapons", but this magic weapon of Weicheng Chu Shi is real.
Weicheng Chu Shisi has the rank "Earth Branch Haiyi: Ghosts and Gods Restore the Heavenly Seal", which can restore the scene within a certain period of time. The reason why this magic weapon was not taken back to the royal capital Chushi Mansion was because the magic weapon was closely related to the Weicheng Great Array and was not allowed to be tampered with.
When Hu Shandiao arrived at Youling Street, this street has been under martial law, although it is a street with a population of tens of thousands, but this street is different from Xiawei Street, and Youling Street is planned extremely strictly. The City Health Department and the Border Patrol Department only need to guard the various square posts to block the entrances and exits of each street, and the next thing to do is to search one house at a time.
Fang Sentinel will keep a record of strangers entering and leaving each square every day, and no one will guarantee it, and it is difficult for strangers to enter and exit the neighborhood outside of Xiawei Street. Of course, if you are a resident of Weicheng, you do not need a guarantee, and you can enter as long as you show your household registration book, but registration is required, and although this system is lax, it has not reached the point of being virtually non-existent.
Youling Street is an entertainment venue in Weicheng, gambling stalls, dance shops, green (flower) buildings, music courtyards, juggling, etc., all the entertainment and livelihood are in this street, and the hundreds of thousands of people living in this street are closely related to these livelihoods.
There are three major halls in Youling Street, Fuguitang, Mandarin Duck Hall, and Jingtang, and Fuguitang operates gambling stalls, boxing, usury and other industries. Mandarin Duck Hall operates industries such as green buildings, bathhouses, quyi, and servants. The hall operates song and dance workshops, flower boats, concubines and other industries.
Quyi is a troupe, a script, which is different from singing and dancing; The servant industry is to train some raw hands into qualified maids and servants, and then sell them to nobles. Nobles are either afraid of guilt or for unspeakable reasons, entrusting their second wives to the maid to take care of them, which is the concubine industry.
Captain Eagle Claw was assassinated and killed, and the place of death was on Youling Street, and the first person to be found by the Weicheng Chu Shi Division was the hall master of these three halls. At the same time, the imitation "Fantianyin" was also launched for scene playback as soon as possible, but although it came as quickly as possible, there was still some delay in time, and it could only play back the scene of Li Hongjie's ten breaths before his death.
In the playback scene, Li Hongjie was as angry as a gossamer, the right half of his body was blown up without a trace, and his head and heart were all there, which was the reason why he did not die on the spot. There were also dozens of corpses at the scene, whose identities were unknown for the time being, but it was also known from here that the power of the attack was very large, and the Yuan Force shock covered a range of nearly four zhang (16 meters).
It stands to reason that such a large yuan force shock will have a great impact on the building, that is, the courtyard where Li Hongjie is located should not be so complete, not to mention that it is completely collapsed, and it should be half collapsed. But it only caused the loss of decoration and personnel in the courtyard, but the main body of the house was not damaged, and Hu Shandiao was a little puzzled by this.
The matter of Xuan Xiu is handled by the Chu Shi Division, and the matter of chivalry is handled by the Eagle Claw Division, which is very clear.
The old man with long gray hair tied in a bunch at will, and a skin-covered face covered with old age spots is "Zong Ze", the commander of the Chu Shi Division in Weicheng. Hu Shandiao heard that this lieutenant was very "cool", but when he walked over, Zong Ze showed a smile, Hu Shandiao muttered in his heart, this smile should be given by my Liao Longji's father's face, right?
"Captain Hu".
"Captain Zongsi".
An old man and a young man did not say anything after saluting, Hu Shandiao did not let the scene become silent, he raised his doubts, he was a nine-ladder position, and he was just a dish / force who had just stepped into the Xuanjing for a few months, no matter how bizarre the question was, Hu Shandiao believed that Zong Ze would not be suspicious.
"Although the assassination was committed by one person, there is a force behind it."
Li Hongjie's work and rest time was clearly detected by the enemy, which shows that the "Eagle Claw Division" has an inner ghost, if it is just speculation at this time, after knowing that someone sent a bamboo tube letter into the Eagle Claw Division, the inner ghost will definitely exist. Li Hongjie obviously believed the early warning of this bamboo tube, and as for why he believed it, he couldn't say why everyone was dead.
Li Hongjie gave up going to Zhongwei Street on the first day of the fourth month after believing in the bamboo tube letter, because he went to Zhongwei Street to visit some people, and tonight, he invited these people to Youling Street in batches. Although the identity of the deceased at the scene is still under investigation, it can also be found that these people belong to the category of "housekeepers" from their clothing and accessories.
Zhongwei Street is an important place in Weicheng, and all the people living in it are Xuanxiu's family members and dignitaries, and not all Xuanxiu are qualified to place their families in Zhongwei Street, and only Xuanxiu who has five ladders and above are eligible. These Xuan Xiu are all from Weicheng, but their place of service is not necessarily in Weicheng, Weicheng protects their families, and when something happens in Weicheng, they can ask these Xuan Xiu who went out of Weicheng to come back to help.
Li Hongjie's banquet for these housekeepers was obviously to plan for "promotion", and the reason why he gave up going to Zhongwei Street was because he was afraid that the assassination would affect the sense of the "nobles" he relied on. Li Hongjie climbed step by step from the bottom to the position of lieutenant, but he did not strengthen his defense when he entertained others tonight, which shows that he believes that the bamboo tube letter is a real warning.
The bamboo tube letter is the key clue, but Chu Shisi did not find this warning letter in the Eagle Claw Division's lieutenant hall, Hu Shandiao speculated that this letter should have another mechanism, and Li Hongjie should have believed it after cracking the mechanism. can make Li Hongjie trust, Hu Shandiao thinks it is "Taiyi Sect", think about what is the real situation of Taiyi Sect?
Hu Shandiao suddenly wanted to laugh, no matter how careful the layout of the three saints in the world is, it is difficult to prevent people's hearts!
Hu Shandiao determined that the bigwigs of the forces behind Qu Shiying had a close relationship with the "real person" of Taiyizong, or the relationship between the immediate family. Qu Shiying's boss is a player, but his elder is a real person, and this elder obviously values Qu Shiying's boss very much, although he didn't reveal any important secrets, he will also secretly support him.
Therefore, if the letter is genuine, is it a false letter written by a real person? It is precisely because it is true that Li Hongjie will believe that in this way, Qu Shiying's boss will have enough time to arrange the assassination.
Zong Ze has already recovered the assassination process, which does not need the assistance of magic weapons, and his strength in the three echelons and decades of experience are enough to carry out such a recovery.
There are many ways to keep the building intact and control the attack within a certain range, and "array" is the most used method. There are naturally many types of arrays, but in the general direction, they are rune arrays, spell arrays, instrument arrays, and seal arrays, among them, the weapon array is the sword array, the knife array and other arrays formed by equipment, and the seal array is the array formed by the depiction of the seal.
The instrument array and the seal array are arranged for a long time and are expensive, the spell array belongs to the instant array, that is, it cannot be timed, and the rune array is used more means, so the frequency of use is very high, Li Hongjie died of the "volcano rune array".
The treasure-level "fire talisman" is buried thirteen feet underground, a total of ten, and the directions are naturally different, these ten places are the "ten squares", and the number of fire talismans in each place is "thirty". After the three hundred fire talismans are buried, take out an empty talisman, which is a "talisman" without any attribute effect, and this talisman must be at the level of "magic product", which is the talisman core of the "Volcano Talisman Array".
The rune core connects the ten fire runes to form a "controller", and when it is needed, it enters the yuan force to activate it, and the volcano rune array immediately detonates. However, the rune core cannot leave the "array", therefore, the person holding the "rune core" will definitely die, and the last thing the player is afraid of is death.
Hu Shandiao has not shown hostility towards Li Hongjie since he took office, of course, this is on the surface, and he and his relevant subordinates have alibi evidence, and the suspicion of assassinating Li Hongjie is cleared.
The reaction of the Prime Minister's Mansion of the Regent of Yingdu was extremely fast, Li Hongjie had just died for three hours, and an official document was issued in Yingdu, which was not a letter of appointment, but only to let Hu Shandiao act as the lieutenant.
Hu Shandiao did not wait for dawn to convene a meeting of 1,170 people of the Eagle Claw Division, and the first content of the meeting was the appointment and dismissal of personnel. The people appointed by Hu Shandiao are not without roots, and there are some people around them to help them, which is the reason for quieting down.
The personnel list was drawn up by Zhuang Renxuan, and the dog-headed military division is very capable, although it cannot be said that the most suitable people are put in the right position, and these people are not Li Hongjie's people, and once they take office, they will definitely be grateful to Hu Shandiao.
Hu Shandiao's ability to successfully get rid of those big and small leaders is also due to Liao Longji's early arrangement, and Liao Longji reduced the leaders of the Weicheng Eagle Claw Division to the status of supernumerary personnel, that is, informal Chu officials. In this way, Hu Shandiao has the right to be eliminated, otherwise, although Zhao Ruyi and Qian Tong are captains, they are not Hu Shandiao can be eliminated, and they must pass through Weicheng Mansion.
After the personnel appointment and dismissal is completed, all employees are encouraged, and a wave of benefits is issued first, and it is impossible to send money, and these benefits such as food, weapons, oil, salt, tea, etc. can win some people's hearts. After the welfare is issued, the flag is erected, Li Hongjie is the captain of the Eagle Claw Division, and his assassination is a provocation to the entire Weicheng Eagle Claw Division, if the murderer cannot be caught, the prestige of the Eagle Claw Division will be greatly reduced, so all the staff will be dispatched.
Backed by a big tree to enjoy the shade, although the Eagle Claw Division belongs to the jurisdiction of the Weicheng Mansion, more than half of its finances come from the royal capital Eagle Claw Mansion, which is also the norm of the divisions. This normalcy made it somewhat difficult for the Weicheng government to control the various departments, and the local government offices continued to ask for the personnel and financial aspects to be transferred to the local government offices, but Wang Du did not respond.
With all the members dispatched, the Eagle Claw Division suddenly became empty and quiet and terrifying, and Hu Shandiao used the colorful clouds as a ladder to climb the roof of the tallest building of the Eagle Claw Division. It is said to be the tallest building, in fact, it is only three floors, with a height of about two zhang, this building is located on the north side of the Eagle Claw Division, and it is the dormitory building of the Eagle Claw Division.
When the official document of the royal capital arrived and handed over to Hu Shandiao, Hu Shandiao heard the "whistling" in the Xuanfu, and he was startled and returned to the silver mist by urinating and "returning to the position". It was basically safe above the silver mist, and Hu Shandiao looked inward and found that his Yuanli Sea was boiling, and this boiling was not a raging wave, but an increase.
The Xuanfu of Xuan Xiu is not static, it will continue to change with the climb of the Xuan Xiu ladder and various cultivations, and each Xuan Xiu Xuan Mansion has both differences and fixed similarities. The place where we get along is the Yuanli Sea, the Xuan Ladder, the spirituality, the soul thoughts, and the soul.
Spirituality (circular light cluster) is like the sun hanging high above the Xuanfu, the Yuanli Sea is located at the bottom, and the Xuantai ladder is connected to the spirituality and descends to the Yuanli Sea. The soul is like a ball of thread, lightless and colorless, rotating endlessly around the Xuan Ladder, and the corpse stands in front of the Xuan Ladder, floating above the Yuan Li Sea.
Spirituality, soul, spirit, and Yuanli Sea form a "straight line", and what communicates them is the "Xuan Ladder", and the five form a cycle at all times. If there is a Xuantong, the Xuantong will form a concrete image and appear on the Yuanli Sea, and the position is not fixed, and the own spell and equipment will appear on the Xuantian ladder.
The increase in the upper limit of Yuanli reserves will not make the horizontal plane of Yuanli Sea overflow the Xuantian ladder, the Xuantian ladder will rise accordingly, and the Xuanfu will expand because of this, if you want to know the upper limit of your Yuanli reserves, you can check the Xuanfu scale. Xuanfu is actually shapeless, it seems to be boundless, but in fact there are big and small, the Xuanfu of the nine ladders is very small, but the perception feels that the Xuanfu is huge.
Hu Shandiao has no bones, which is why when he used to "climb the ladder", Yuan Li would condense into a "person" to climb up the ladder, this state is consistent with the player, and it is also the reason why the three saints in the world did not recognize Hu Shandiao. This kind of Xuanfu with the missing core is also the reason why the "player panel" can be exhaled and invisible.
Xuantong: The body of the Dao, instead of the skeleton standing in front of the ladder, its embodiment is a robe, the front of the robe is embroidered with yin and yang fish, and the back of the robe is embroidered with the gossip map. There is a small grass at the bottom of the "Dao Body", which is the "Yuan Spirit" given by Liao Longji to Hu Shan Carving, and when it grows to the same height as the Dao Body, the spirit of Hu Shan Sculpture will be cultivated.
Xuantong: Returning to its position, it is like a silver whisk of dust, which hangs on the left side of the Dao body, as if it is held in the hand.
Xuantong: Xiaoleiyin Temple, the embodiment is a simple and simple temple, it stands behind the Taoist body.
The statue of Li Yintan stands on the top of the sky, it hangs in the Yuanli Sea, above the Xuanfu on its head, and is on par with the Xuan Ladder, but the volume is thousands of times that of the Xuan Ladder. Every time Hu Shandiao looks at Xuanfu, there is a sense of "crowding", which is what Li Yindan's statue creates.
Magic weapon: fog mirror, placed in the ninth ladder, the ladder surface depicts the seal, and the seal text is formed by the word "Pro".
Magic weapon: Boundary Road, placed in the eighth ladder, the ladder is carved with "soldiers".
Magic weapon: inkstone, placed in the seventh ladder, the ladder carved is "bucket".
The sixth ladder is not treasured, and the carving is the "one".
The "spells" learned by Xuan Xiu are stored in the soul thoughts, but when the spell is cast, the Yuan Force will be poured into the soul mind through the Xuan Ladder to activate the spell, and after the spell is formed, it will reach the spirit through the Xuan Ladder, and then rush out of the Xuan Mansion to hit the target. If you want to form a "battle method", you still need a formality, and integrate the spell that wants to break out of the Xuan Mansion into the battle technique.
The increase of Yuan Li is multifaceted, and the enhancement of spirituality, soul thoughts, and spirits will increase Yuan Li, and Hu Shandiao's Yuan Li has increased from 60 to 80 Hu, which is a three-flower gathering.
In the hall of the commander of the Chu Shi Division, Zong Ze was a little surprised to report Hu Shandiao's visit but did not refuse, after listening to Hu Shandiao's account, a smile appeared on his dry face, Hu Shandiao complained in his heart that you might as well not laugh, it was scary. Zong Ze stretched out his right hand, Hu Shandiao had already made the equipment before he came, and he did not hesitate to stretch out his hand at this time.
There are many ways to probe others, and chivalrous people can only use Yuan Li to explore other people's dantian, if the spirituality of Xuan Xiu is insufficient, they can only be explored with soul thoughts, and when the spirituality is sufficient, they can be explored by "soul". If the spirit is abundant and active, you can probe the "soul", and if the soul is very strong, you can probe the "metaphysical body".
Although there are rules of heaven and earth suppressed by the ladder, when it comes to the high ladder, the cultivators will use "soul thoughts, souls, souls, and metaphysical bodies" as the strength standard. Although Zong Ze is a three-echelon position, he is still in the stage of strengthening the "soul", but when he explores Hu Shandiao, he uses "soul thoughts".
The standard of the four stages is the number of "Yuan Li", Hu Shandiao is currently 80 Hu, it stands to reason that he is still in the "soul thought" strengthening stage, but his special situation is that he entered the "soul" strength early.
"It is indeed the Eight Ladders", Zong Ze's soul thought is not really "seeing" but perceiving, what he perceives is just an ordinary Xuanfu, the Yuan Force is in 20 Hu, and the unstrengthened Eight Ladder Xuan Xiu is 20 Hu.
Hu Shandiao came to visit Zong Ze for two purposes, one was to let Chu Shifu know that he had climbed to the eighth ladder, and the other was to verify whether his increase from 60 to 80 was the reason for his promotion. But when he was promoted from a white Ding to a lieutenant, he did not increase, and the lieutenant was only an acting, and he was not promoted from lieutenant to lieutenant, so why did it increase? Something to do with power?
"Yes, it's about power," Zong Ze said.
"Isn't that everyone vying for the top?" Hu Shan carved surprised.
Zong Ze shook his head, "Entering the Xuan is entering the office, and the official also refers to the world, and the cultivator walks in the world and hides in the official, and what is determined is his ladder." ”
As we all know, the three thousand Xuanjing was formed by the Zhou Dynasty, and most of the foundation was formed by the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, and a small part was a private industry. Therefore, there is a distinction between entering the WTO and entering the office, and the Sanshan Zhengshen Bingling Gong is a mysterious path formed by an official position, and entering the office is the right way.
The right path does not mean that promotion can enhance Sanhua, the official division of virtual power and real power, the weight of officials and inferiority cannot be enhanced, the power of officials cannot be enhanced, and the matching of official position and power can be enhanced. But it is not easy to match the official position and the power, because it is difficult to climb the ladder, just as the Earth Celestial Empire often says, "There is no money when there is time, and there is no time when there is money".
"The mystery is unpredictable", Zong Ze concluded with this.
The lieutenant is only an officer in the lieutenant rank, and there is a "general" on the captain, and the lieutenant is the top level of the lieutenant officer, but it is not high to say that it is high, and there are "left auxiliary, right auxiliary, town, levy, shang, big, pillar country, upper pillar country, big pillar country". Therefore, Hu Shandiao acts as the power of the Eagle Claw Division with the rank of lieutenant, which is just in line with the matching of official position and power, and there is also the enhancement of "three flowers gathering together".
As for the promotion to the eighth ladder, Zong Ze only thinks that Hu Shandiao has completed the ladder, and Hu Shandiao's information is the nine ladders, which can be called the nine ladders, indicating that he has completed the climb, not that he is still in the completion of the ladder progress. Due to the mystery of the ladder progress, Zong Ze did not have doubts, the mystery is randomness, referring to the same path, but the ladder progress is different.