When Qi Xuansu arrived at Huainan Mansion City, it was already the evening of the second day.

He went to the market first, according to the prescription written by Qi Niang to catch the medicine, the pharmacy has a decoction business, saving Qi Xuansu a lot of effort, after drinking the medicine, Qi Xuansu wandered around the street, after a big circle in the city, to make sure that there was no tail behind him, and then turned into an inaccessible alley.

At this time, it was getting late, and it was very dark in the alley, Qi Xuansu walked quickly to a small door at the end of the alley, knocked lightly, first three times, paused for three breaths, and then knocked four times.

After a while, a voice came from inside the door: "People are worry-free, and there is nothing to do in all directions." ”

Qi Xuansu said in a low voice: "The world is decided, and the eight directions will come to the New Year." ”

As soon as the words fell, the door opened from the inside, and there was no lamp inside, but it shone dimly against the crescent moon.

Qi Xuansu entered the door, and the person who opened the door closed the door again.

Behind the door is a large mansion with winding paths, and it turns out that this small door is just a back door.

The Qingping Society is very powerful, and Qi Xuansu has only seen the tip of its iceberg so far, and it is difficult to imagine what the master behind it is going to do.

It's just that Qi Xuansu doesn't care much about this, he cares more about himself, he hopes that he can leave the Qingping Society safely one day, instead of becoming a chopping wood for the fire, and die silently like Zhuge Yongming.

Therefore, over the years, he has been accumulating meritorious deeds, which is also the condition for him to join the Qingping Society, as long as he accumulates enough meritorious deeds of 9,000 people, he can leave the Qingping Society. It's just that 9,000 meritorious deeds are so easy to accumulate, Qi Xuansu only has more than 300 meritorious deeds now, and he is far from leaving Qingping.

The owner of this house was a middle-aged man dressed as a wealthy businessman, and after seeing Qi Xuansu, he didn't ask him about his specific tasks, but just arranged for him to stay, sent someone to help him boil water, prepare food and change clothes.

Qi Xuansu took off his muddy clothes, took a comfortable bath, changed into a brand new robe, and turned into a seven-grade Taoist priest of the Daomen, instead of the "chaotic party" in Qingluanwei's mouth.

Qi Xuansu stayed here for one night, and at noon the next day, Qi Niang also returned.

The owner of the mansion had prepared a separate room for the two of them, without any servants, for them to converse.

The room was in the style of a study, Qi Xuansu took out the "Xuanyu" from the satchel and handed it to Qi Niang, Qi Niang glanced at the "Xuanyu" that looked like a knife coin, and asked, "You didn't take the opportunity to study it?" So many people are vying for this thing, which shows its preciousness. ”

Qi Xuansu said truthfully: "I've studied it, but I don't have a clue." ”

Qi Niang nodded, put the "Xuanyu" into her Sumeru, and then put on a businesslike expression, and said: "The people who participated in the snatching of the 'Xuanyu' this time have a total of one four-grade wine Taoist priest, one fifth-grade Taoist priest, one six-grade Taoist priest, and a number of Qingluanwei. ”

Qi Xuansu was taken aback: "There are also four sacrificial wine Taoist priests involved?" ”

"You're in luck." Qi Niang habitually took out her long cigarette, "Taiping Dao seems to have some scruples, the four-grade wine Taoist did not come forward in person, but sent his subordinates to secretly attack in the name of Qingluanwei, the so-called case is actually a 'cover-up', if someone investigates it afterwards, it will end with Li Sanxin, and it will not involve the people behind the scenes, this is the role of 'blocking'." As a result, I don't know which link leaked the news, and attracted the Taoist priests of the other two major factions, and now the Taiping Dao is bitter and can't say, and the carefully prepared 'covering' is not to say, and I haven't gotten the 'Xuanyu'. ”

Qi Xuansu frowned slightly and asked, "Could it be that Qingluanwei leaked the news?" ”

"I don't rule it out." Qi Niang pondered for a moment, "Now that the two parties in the court are fighting each other and setting off a big case, Taiping Dao's calculation should be to take down Li Hongwen, the magistrate of Fengtai County, through the current party dispute, take away the 'Xuanyu' from him, and then find a reason to kill Li Hongwen and extinguish the mouth, in this, Qingluanwei is the key player, and all things can't get around Qingluanwei." ”

Qi Xuansu suddenly understood seven or eight points in his heart.

After Qingping got the news of "Xuanyu", he sent him to fight for "Xuanyu", because he had a special compass of Qingping Society, which could accurately locate the location of "Xuanyu", so there was no need to play tricks on Xuanyu, and he didn't need to fight too much.

At the same time, Taiping Dao also got the news, Taiping Dao did not have a special compass of the Qingping Society, so it was impossible to accurately find the location of the "Xuanyu", let alone directly steal the "Xuanyu", so it could only turn the Li family up and down. So Taiping Dao staged a drama through Qingluanwei, which seemed to involve the party struggle of the imperial court, but in fact, he took advantage of this matter to raid Li Hongwen's house, and found "Xuanyu" by copying his home.

It is precisely because the key to this matter is not the party dispute, so they dare not really send Li Hongwen to the imperial capital and put him in Zhaojiao, so as not to overturn the case in the future, they can only kill Li Hongwen, and there is no proof of his death, the result is that Li Sanxin did not find "Xuanyu" for a long time, and was succeeded by Qi Xuansu, and the news leaked out, attracting other people from the Daomen, and the so-called "covering" became a joke.

To sum up, there is no big problem with the plan of Taiping Road, but there are some problems with the execution.

Qi Xuansu asked, "Isn't it okay for Li Hongwen to hand over the 'Xuanyu' directly?" Why bother dragging the family to death. ”

"It's not surprising that people die for money, and birds die for food." Qi Niang said slowly, "I'll give you 10,000 Taiping money now, and then a Taoist priest of Taiping Dao wants you to give him this 10,000 Taiping money, will you agree?" Most of the Taiping Dao came to the door to ask for it, and even threatened it, Li Hongwen must have refused, but Li Hongwen didn't expect that this four-grade sacrificial wine Taoist would be so ruthless that he would directly kill him. When Qingluanwei comes to the door, Li Hongwen's hand over will also be a death, and if he doesn't pay, he will also die, it is better to hold on to it and not pay it, betting that Qingluanwei will not dare to kill, maybe there will be a turnaround. ”

Qi Xuansu nodded clearly.

Qi Niang spit out a smoke ring and continued: "I have a hunch about this matter, and it is probably due to the instruction of a certain Taiping Dao real person. There are nine real people in Taiping Road, no matter which real person it is, its reputation cannot be tarnished, so it is necessary to make such a cover. That four-grade Taoist priest is just a small pawn in front of them, which is considered the second layer of shielding, then again, a small pawn has such energy, if it attracts the attention of a real person, you and I have a few small lives will not be enough to compensate. ”

Qi Xuansu's face was grim and he nodded.

Qi Niang continued: "You have overfulfilled the errand this time, I can give you two rewards within your authority, you can choose one of them." ”

Qi Xuansu was overjoyed in his heart, and only felt that Zhuge Yongming's punches were not in vain.

Qi Niang took out a wooden box from her Sumeru treasure, put it in front of Qi Xuansu, and said: "This is the 'Shenlong Handcuff' produced by the Shenji Battalion in the thirty-sixth year of Jiushi, with an ivory grip, a brass gun, a fire hat decorated with the shape of a dragon's head, a reloading reload, a small flint machine, rifled, an effective range of one hundred steps, and within fifteen steps, it can break through the body protection of the innate person, whether it can hurt the body Another matter, the key is to improve the firing gunpowder, the fire at the bottom and the projectile, making it a fixed ammunition with a one-piece structure, and a bonus of twenty rounds of copper reloading, The black market price is about 800 taipings. ”

Qi Xuansu opened the lid of the box, only to see a gorgeous handcuff lying in the velvet, with beautiful curves and exquisite decoration, not like a murderous weapon, but like a fine handicraft, and there were twenty pointed fixed ammunition next to it, with many strange patterns engraved on the warhead, which seemed to be some kind of talisman, which was indeed different from common firearms.

Qi Niang was also admiring this expensive handcuff, and added: "This handcuff is not only valuable, but also symbolizes status, even among the people in black, only guerrillas and above can wear it." ”

The Daxuan court started in the north, it is for the water virtue, because there are green wood, platinum, vermilion, loess, and Xuanshui in the five elements, so the Daxuan court advocates black, and the clothes and armor of the soldiers are mainly black, and they are called "black-clothed people" by the world. The Shenji Battalion mentioned by Qi Niang earlier is a member of the imperial army, mainly firearms, not only good at using firearms, but also good at developing and manufacturing firearms.

Qi Xuansu asked, "What about the second reward?" ”

Qi Niang said unhurriedly: "The development of Daomen to this day, the strength is the most in the world. For Daomen, unless it is a stunning genius, it doesn't make much difference, even if it is a waste person who doesn't know everything, Daomen can also use resources to pile up into a flying celestial, the key is how to allocate resources. As a result, the nine-grade Taoist system came into being, and the promotion of grades within the Daomen became the top priority. ”

Qi Niang asked, "You are still a seven-grade Taoist priest, right?" ”

Qi Xuansu nodded and said, "Yes, after the death of the master, I was stuck on the threshold of the eighth grade, and until now, it is only a seventh grade." ”

Qi Niang said: "The seven-grade Taoist is not low, but it depends on who you compare with, if you want to one day walk to the position of the fourth-grade Taoist, you have to climb high step by step, and if you can't keep up with one step, you can't keep up with step by step." ”

"Today's young people, after coming out of the Vientiane Dao Palace that unified the teachings of the law, just happened to be the year of the crown, entered the Daomen, and changed their identity from a Taoist child to a nine-grade Taoist priest, and there will be a three-year assessment period. If you can be favored by the four-grade sacrificial wine Taoist priest and the third-grade Youyi Taoist priest during the assessment period, and accept him as a disciple, he will have a backer to rely on, and the road will be much smoother in the future. If it is directly favored by the second-grade Taiyi Taoist, it is a step to the sky. If you don't get favored, don't be discouraged, there is still a chance. ”

"Because Daomen felt that Confucianism was old and weak in power, and had always advocated the reuse of young people, age became the key. After the three-year assessment period, in any case, you must become an eight-grade Taoist within two years, and if you are twenty-five years old, you are not even an eight-grade Taoist, and this life will end here. ”

"Then you must be promoted to a seventh-grade Taoist priest in the next five years, if you reach the age of thirty, you are not even a seventh-grade Taoist, and you are about to lose your play, and you will be marginalized in the assessment and promotion every year, and the mosquito legs will not have your share."

Qi Xuansu already somewhat understood what Qi Niang was going to say.

Qi Niang continued: "If you can become a six-grade Taoist priest before the age of thirty, you will be included in the ranks of 'preparing sacrificial wine' by the Daomen. If you can become a five-grade Taoist priest before the age of thirty-five, you will be listed as a 'candidate for sacrificial wine' by the Daomen. As long as there is a vacancy in the four-rank Taoist priest, priority will be given to promoting the alternate sacrificial wine. In the same way, vacancies for alternate sacrificial wine will also be prioritized for the promotion of pre-sacrificial wine. ”

"Of course, if you can become a fourth-grade wine Taoist before the age of thirty, you will have embarked on the road of Qingyun, a real young and promising, and the future is limitless, and the second-grade Taiyi Taoist is also in the bag."

Qi Niang looked at Qi Xuansu with a smile and asked, "Do you understand what I mean?" ”

Qi Xuansu muttered: "I understand, Qi Niang is here to let me go further." Cheongpyeong will even be able to work with this? ”

Qi Niang made a fool of himself and said: "Qingping will have great powers, Qingping will be omnipotent, even if you want to be a big master, Qingping will have a way." ”

Qi Xuansu laughed at it, only thinking that Qi Niang was telling a joke.

In fact, Qi Niang was indeed deliberately joking.

Who is the Great Palm? Standing at the highest place of the entire Daomen, also known as the Great Palm Sect, located in the super grade, living in the Kunlun Ancestral Garden, leading the entire Daomen, is the leader of the Daomen, the representative of the Taishang in the world.

Want to be a big teacher? I'm afraid it's easier to ascend to immortality.

After laughing, Qi Niang said: "With my authority, of course, there is no way to directly promote you to a six-grade Taoist priest by crossing Ziwei Hall, but I can give you a chance, it depends on whether you can grasp it." ”