The ferry docked, and Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu ended this waterway journey and moved forward by land. After walking for another two days, he finally left the boundary of Yongzhou and entered the territory of Shuzhou.

Soon after arriving in Shuzhou, the two met several Taoist priests from the Shuzhou Provincial Government, who were about to follow the path of Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu to the Yujing Ancestral Garden, and after they learned Zhang Yuelu's identity, they were very courteous and polite.

This has nothing to do with Zhang Yuelu's rank and position, the key lies in the faction.

In the territorial division of Daomen, Shuzhou is under the jurisdiction of the Shuzhou Provincial Government.

In fact, each major Dao Mansion has its own tendency, and some Taiping Dao disciples in the Dao Mansion occupy the absolute majority, and the master of the mansion is a Taiping Dao real person, so it is called the Taiping Dao Mansion. Some of the disciples of the Quanzhen Dao occupy the absolute majority, and the master of the mansion is the true person of the Quanzhen Dao, which is called the Quanzhen Dao Mansion. Some of the disciples of Zhengyi occupy the absolute majority, and the master of the mansion is the real person of Zhengyi, and is called Zhengyi Mansion.

As the so-called power comes from below, not from above, whether the lord of the mansion can hold great power does not depend on the empty name of a mansion owner, but on whether the people below support it. If the people below are all in disobedience, even if the ancestral court forcibly appoints a mansion master, it will be set aside. Therefore, the masters of these Taoist mansions must come from the corresponding factions.

For example, in Qizhou Daofu, nine out of nine disciples are Taiping Dao disciples, and the masters of the past dynasties are all real people from Taiping Dao, and there has never been an exception.

However, there are exceptions, such as the Jiangnan Provincial Mansion, where the disciples of Zhengyi occupy half of the total, far better than the Quanzhen Dao and Zhengyi, but they do not occupy an absolute majority, and sometimes in order to balance, the Great Palm Sect will appoint a mansion master who is not from Zhengyi to form a check and balance. There are also some provincial governments, such as Zhongzhou Provincial Government, Liaodong Provincial Government, and Kunlun Provincial Government, the power of the three major factions is relatively balanced, and they take turns to sit in the village, and these provincial governments are called swinging provinces.

Shuzhou Daofu is in the list of Quanzhen Daofu, since Xuansheng, the masters of the past dynasties are from Quanzhen Dao, the number of Quanzhen Dao disciples in the Daofu is more than ninety, and the longevity Chongyang Palace of the earth master is located in Qinzhou adjacent to Shuzhou.

Although Zhang Yuelu was born in Zhengyi, she was personally named and promoted by the earth master, so in the eyes of the disciples of the Quanzhen Dao, Zhang Yuelu was half of her own person. The only thing that doesn't want to see Zhang Yuelu at all is probably Taiping Dao, one is because of Li Tianzhen's matter, and the other is because of the long-standing feud between Zhang and Li's two families, so Zhang Yuelu is also very self-aware, and he doesn't go to Jiangbei where the foundation of Taiping Dao is located at all.

Zhang Yuelu is not good at talking to people, Qi Xuansu often walks in the rivers and lakes, but he is good at this, and he soon became familiar with several Taoist priests in Shuzhou Province.

These Taoist priests from the Shuzhou Provincial Government inadvertently told an interesting story.

Shuzhou Provincial Government is located in the interior, there is Liangzhou Provincial Mansion in the north, Jingchu Provincial Mansion in the south, Kunlun Provincial Mansion in the west, and Qinzhou Provincial Mansion in the east. Even if the demon of the secret association is probably too close to the palace of the earth master, there has been no big action for a long time, so this interesting story has nothing to do with the demon of the secret association, but with a group of liars.

This gang of liars is not the head snake of Shuzhou, but from other places, and after arriving at Jinguanfu, the capital of Shuzhou, they committed several cases in a row. However, this gang of liars is also very discerning, and they didn't dare to provoke the Shuzhou Provincial Government. The main task of the Daomen is to arrest all kinds of secret association demons, or to suppress the self-confident cultivation of lawless people, like this kind of chicken and dog thief, it belongs to the local Qingluan Wei Thousand Households, so the Shuzhou Provincial Government has no intention of meddling in affairs, just as a talking point.

According to the reason, Qingluanwei of Qianhu is not only an eagle claw, but also an old Jianghu, very familiar with the roads on these rivers and lakes, it should not be difficult to solve the case, but what I didn't expect is that after so many days, there was no clue, but let this gang of liars do a few more votes under their noses, making a fuss, and making the Taoist priests of Shuzhou Province see the jokes.

Recently, it has been commonly known as the "Yamen of the Division" that has been jointly handled by the Yamen of the Procuratorate and the Qingluanwei Qianhu Office, but there is still little progress.

Qi Xuansu had heard of it, but she didn't expect Zhang Yuelu to be interested, not to solve the case, she also knew that her strength was not in this, those thousands of households and the veterans of the Sentencing and Prosecution Department Yamen had not been able to solve the case, she didn't have that ability, she just wanted to see the excitement, and see the methods of these liars, which can be regarded as enriching her own experience in the rivers and lakes.

However, Qi Xuansu saw it very clearly, although Zhang Yuelu was going home for the New Year, she was afraid that she would show flaws after a long time, so she made up her mind to delay time on the road, and it was best to stay at home for a few days, so this road seemed to be in no hurry, and she could drag it out.

Qi Xuansu is not a real son-in-law, so naturally he will not rush to Shangqing Mansion, and he has no opinion.

After saying goodbye to the group of Taoist priests of Shuzhou Daofu who planned to go to the ancestral court, the two planned to change their route and go to Jinguanfu.

Zhang Yuelu took out a map of Shuzhou, at a glance, the whole Shuzhou was divided into two, the western half of the mountains and rivers are vertical and horizontal, the terrain is complex, the eastern half is a vast plain, the terrain is flat, the Jinguan Mansion is located in the middle of the slightly plain position, the two want to go to the Jinguan Mansion, they must walk an extremely long mountain road or waterway.

After consulting Qi Xuansu's opinion, Zhang Yuelu decided to go by boat first.

Although Qi Xuan has always had a horse, the mountain road is too tortuous, and the distance is increased several times, and it may only be a few dozen miles from the map, but the actual distance is hundreds of miles, but the distance by water is shorter, and the boat ride is more labor-saving.

The only drawback of the waterway is that it is slower than running directly, but this is exactly what Zhang Yuelu wants, if she wants to be fast, it is better to take the flying boat directly.

After the two decided, they found a large boat nearby and prepared to go downstream.

Although the big ship is not as good as the flying boat of Daomen or the ironclad ship that crisscrosses the sea, it can also accommodate more than 100 people, Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu are not visible, at first glance, they look like a pair of ordinary men and women in the rivers and lakes.

In the previous fierce battle in the Relic Mountain City, Qi Xuansu's cloak was slightly damaged, which made Qi Xuansu very distressed, temporarily took it off, and was received by Zhang Yuelu into the Sumeru. Anyway, he has already reached the stage of jade void, and his blood and qi are comparable to those of martial artists in the same realm, just like a furnace, and he is not afraid of a little cold, not to mention that after entering the territory of Shuzhou, the climate has become warmer, not as cold as the Western Regions.

However, after a series of fierce battles, Zhang Yuelu's clothes were still intact.

The layout of the cabin resembles a "string", with an aisle in the middle, and rows of seats on either side of the aisle, each seat for two people to sit together.

Zhang Yuelu has not been very comfortable these days, she has no interest in talking, she looks like she is shy, leaning against the bulkhead, looking at the scenery outside the window, tightening her cloak again, wrapping herself tightly, and covering half of her face with a hood, like a delicate little lady who is afraid of the wind and cold.

Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu sat side by side, just protecting her inside, leaning against the aisle, because of the lack of cloak, the shoulder bag on her body was exposed, also next to the aisle.

Qi Xuansu whispered something to Zhang Yuelu from time to time, Zhang Yuelu just nodded or shook his head, and occasionally said a word or two. To outsiders, it looks like a young couple traveling, and the husband is whispering to comfort his wife who is not feeling well.

Just as the big ship was about to start, I heard a "knock knock" footsteps.

I saw a young man with a young face hurrying into the cabin.

The boy was dressed in a shabby shirt, like a lot of rags barely spliced together, neither good-looking nor ill-fitting, wearing a six-in-one hat with no hat on his back, carrying a shabby satchel, and his head buried low.

Qi Xuansu just glanced at it from the corner of his eye, then withdrew his gaze and continued to talk to Zhang Yuelu.

As for the content of what the two of them said, of course, it was not that Qi Xuansu was comforting Zhang Yuelu, who was uncomfortable, nor was he saying any love words, the relationship between the two had not yet reached this point, but that Qi Xuansu was asking Zhang Yuelu for advice on the supernatural powers of the Sanren Jade Void stage, after all, the Immortal was the superior replacement of the Sanren, and there were many similarities between the two.

The boy's gaze swept over the cabin, as if searching for his seat, and then walked briskly down the middle aisle.

Just as the young man passed by Qi Xuansu's side, Qi Xuansu suddenly took his satchel, took out a small tin pot from it, looked at Zhang Yuelu and asked with concern, "Are you still uncomfortable?" Would you like to drink a little? ”

The young man's face showed a look of surprise, it was fleeting, but he couldn't stay, so he could only staggered with Qi Xuansu and walked back.

Qi Xuansu put the small pot back into the satchel again, and put the satchel on the side against Zhang Yuelu.

Zhang Yuelu was a little surprised, and then understood.

That teenager seems to have something wrong, maybe a thief? However, Qi Xuansu did not expose him, but made a play, seemingly coincidentally avoiding the past.

However, Zhang Yuelu didn't care about the young man, she was more concerned about the small pot that Qi Xuansu took out, and asked, "What is in the pot?" ”

Qi Xuansu hesitated for a moment: "Wine." ”

Zhang Yuelu, who was originally not energetic, had a bright eye: "I remember that you don't like to drink, this is for me?" ”

Qi Xuansu did not deny it: "I bought it in Yishan City, and when I saw that you were exhausted, I really couldn't bear it, so I went to buy a pot of wine, which cost me two Taiping money." ”

Zhang Yuelu's eyes narrowed like a crescent moon, and she stretched out her hand and said, "Enough friends, give it to me." ”

"Nope." Qi Xuansu refused, "I think you're all right now." ”

"You asked me if I was uncomfortable just now, I can answer you now, it's really uncomfortable, hurry up and give it to me." Zhang Yuelu was already planning to take it herself.

Qi Xuansu had no choice but to give her the wine jug.

Zhang Yuelu unscrewed the wine jug and did not rush to drink, but took a sip of the wine.

At this moment, the young man just now returned the same way: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm on the wrong boat." ”

When the young man passed by Qi Xuansu's side again, he suddenly stumbled and fell towards Qi Xuansu.

Qi Xuansu grabbed the young man, didn't let him fall on top of him, and said softly: "Gai Ming grabbed it, right?" ”