Qi Xuansu thought that the case of White Emperor City was the credit of sending it to the door, but it turned out to be inconclusive, and finally closed the case with sudden death immediately.

When those businessmen saw the fourth lady of the Governor's Mansion and a chief military officer come forward in person, they didn't know that the water was very deep here, and even the two Tiangang Hall Taoist priests were almost planted, so they naturally didn't dare to say anything more.

There are too many big people in Yujing City, no one can cover the sky with one hand, under the mutual control, the environment of Yujing is still quite clear, but the situation of the local Taoist government is very complicated, the various forces are intertwined, the imperial court, the gentry are strong, and the secret associations, you have me, I have you, except for the real head snake, it is difficult for outsiders to distinguish everyone's true position.

Take the case of White Emperor City as an example, of course Wang Ruyi can't support a dignified chief soldier, there is no doubt that only Wang Chuanzun, the governor of Shuzhou, can summon Zhao Fu'an, the chief soldier of Shuzhong. Although nominally speaking, the general army of Shuzhong must obey the dispatch of the chief military officer of the commander of Shuzhou, and the governor of Shuzhou controls the chief military officer of the military affairs of the governor of Shuzhou, and it is not easy to directly transfer to the next level, but Wang Chuanzun was the chief military officer of the military affairs of the governor of Shuzhou before he was promoted to the governor of Shuzhou, and Zhao Fuan is Wang Chuanzun's old subordinate. And this is a private matter, not an official business.

In other words, Wang Chuanzun is inseparable from the demons of White Emperor City.

But to say that the governor of Shuzhou, one of the nine governors, is a member of the secret society, it is absolutely impossible, the governor is not a very human minister, and it is not far away, such a big man will not and disdain to join the secret society, at most they have some kind of cooperative relationship with some of the secret associations, and even secretly support the secret society. Just as Zhang Yuelu said, the reason why the secret association is inexhaustible is because there is a real person of the Daomen standing behind it. These people behind the scenes can be real people from the Daomen or high-ranking officials of the imperial court.

Thinking of this, Qi Xuansu understood why Zhang Yuelu always said that arresting demons was just a symptom rather than a cure, if it could not be eradicated, the secret association would be a wildfire that could not be burned, and the spring breeze would blow and regenerate.

This so-called "root", one is the head of the Gu Immortal and the Secret Society, and the other is a person like Wang Chuanzun.

Now with the strength of the two of them, they want to thoroughly investigate the affairs of the White Emperor City, it is a fool's dream, Wang Chuanzun has not yet shown up, just the lackeys under his command have made the two of them embarrassed, and the attitude of the Shuzhou Provincial Government is very ambiguous.

This is different from the Jiangnan case, although Zhang Yuelu is the number one contributor to the Jiangnan case, but the premise is that the city hall, Beichen hall, and Duzhitang have decided to thoroughly investigate the deficit of the Jiangnan Provincial Government, so there is Zhang Yuelu and others going to Jiangnan.

Needless to say, the danger of the trip to Jiangnan is needless to say, until today there is still a little "aftertaste", and the key involves another important person, that is Zhang Yuelu's master Cihang Zhenren, Cihang Zhenren was once the master of Jiangnan Province, and has been operating in Jiangnan Province for many years, which can be described as a tree with deep roots, and later successively promoted to the master of Huashengtang and the master of the Duzhi Hall.

Now that the two of them have neither the will of the ancestral court, nor the assistance of a certain real person, they are naturally helpless.

After the two discussed, they did not stay in the White Emperor City for a long time, and decided to leave by boat and continue to Huzhou.

Between the white emperor and the clouds, thousands of miles of Jiangling will be returned in one day.

It's not an exaggeration, but it's a quick way to get along the water, second only to a flying boat.

Before leaving, Qi Xuansu also wanted to thank the Ji Dao man who met in Pingshui in person, but this person was a divine dragon who saw the head and never showed up again, Qi Xuansu had no choice but to give up.

Tang Yongde specially came to see him off, in addition to repeatedly apologizing, not only gave 1,000 Taiping money, but also took the initiative to arrange for the two to take the big ship of the city.

Zhang Yuelu was not angry with Tang Yongde, refused a thousand Taiping money, and boarded the big ship of the city with Qi Xuansu and went south by boat.

There are both cargo ships and passenger ships in the city. Since Tang Yongde is trying to make up for it, of course he will not let the two of them take a cargo ship, but a first-class passenger ship.

This passenger ship is in charge of a deacon of the city, a middle-aged female crown, although she is not a middle-aged person, but her temperament is elegant and tranquil, which is about the cultivation of the Kunlun stage. This is also one of the characteristics of the city, not like Tiangangtang to pay too much attention to cultivation, after all, the city is doing business with people, no matter how high the cultivation is, if you don't understand the way of business, it is also in vain.

Tiangang Hall is just the opposite, if you want to fight with the demons, if you don't cultivate enough, you can only die, so it is only the Kunlun stage of cultivation, except for special cases like Qi Xuansu, it is difficult to be a deacon in Tiangang Hall, which can be regarded as a specialization in the art industry.

The two were placed in a first-class cabin, an ensuite with one bedroom on the left and one on the left, connected by a small living room in between, located on the third floor, where they could enjoy the surrounding scenery from a high vantage point.

At this time, Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu sat in the living room, looking out the window.

The two went down the river and left Shuzhou to enter Huzhou, and the junction of Shuzhou and Huzhou is the famous "Badong Three Gorges Wuxia Chief". Wuxia starts from the Daning River in the east of Wushan County, ends at the official ferry port of Badong County, with a total length of 90 miles, and is called the Great Gorge.

Wuxia is beautiful and deep, and it is famous for its handsomeness. The gorge is long and the valley is deep, the strange peaks are abrupt, the mountains are stacked, the clouds and fog are around, the river is tortuous, and there are a hundred turns and thousands of times. In the meantime, on both sides of the gorge river, the green mountains are continuous, the peaks are like a screen, the boat travels in the gorge, sometimes the mountains are current, and the stone plug is doubtful; Suddenly, the peak turns around, and the clouds open a different day.

As the saying goes, "put the boat down the Wuxia, and the heart is in the twelve peaks." The twelve peaks of Wushan on the north and south banks of Wuxia are extremely magnificent, and among the twelve peaks, the Goddess Peak is the most beautiful.

Zhang Yuelu pointed to the Goddess Peak that could be seen in the distance and asked, "Tianyuan, do you know who the 'Goddess' is?" ”

Qi Xuansu thought about it, shook his head and said, "I don't know."

Zhang Yuelu prompted: "Think about it again, why are the twelve peaks called 'Wushan', and why is this place called 'Wuxia'?" ”

Qi Xuansu was stunned for a moment, and hesitated: "It shouldn't have something to do with the Lingshan Witch Sect." ”

Zhang Yuelu said: "It is indeed related to the Witch Cult, but it is not the Lingshan Witch Sect that arose later, but the orthodox Ancient Witch Sect." Seriously speaking, when the three religions did not arise, the witch religion was the orthodoxy of the world, and the eleven great witches were respected as goddesses. Later, the witch religion was in civil strife and declined, the three religions arose, Xuandu and Zifu were the preaching places of the Taishang Dao Ancestor, and the ancestral heavenly master worshiped the Taoist system taught by the Taishang Taoist ancestor to establish a righteous Heavenly Master Sect, and led the law of the Taishang Taoist ancestor, conformed to the general trend, and destroyed the witch religion. At that time, the witch religion had been greatly weakened, and the remnants of the forces gathered in the area of the Three Gorges of the Great River, among which the Wuxia was derived from the name of Wuyang, and the Goddess Peak also referred to Wuyang. ”

Qi Xuansu suddenly remembered that dream.

On the dark mountain, ten tall figures were shrouded in a shadow that was so thick that they could not be dissolved, standing behind the fire and lined up one after another, only a vague outline could be seen, and only two blood-red lights lit up at the place of their eyes.

Then out of thin air appeared a maverick figure, very small compared to the ten tall figures that seemed to be giants, and kicked over the fire, and laughed loudly.

It's eleven figures in total.

Now Qi Xuansu can be roughly sure that the eleven figures he saw are the eleven great witches of the Ancient Witch Sect, and the last slender figure to appear is Wu Yang, she kicked over the fire probably means that the enlightened six witches have betrayed the ten witches of Lingshan.

As for the dark and dreary mountain, it is naturally the legendary spiritual mountain.

Wuxia is actually related to Wuyang, in the words of Daomen, is this the dojo of Wuyang back then?

Qi Xuansu took the opportunity to ask, "Wuyang...... What is the relationship with Gu Immortal Wuluo? ”

After all, Zhang Yuelu is a member of the Zhang family, and the witch cult was destroyed by the ancestor of the Zhang family, plus she has dealt with the Lingshan witch cult over the years, so she knows the secret of the witch cult very well, and explained: "Strictly speaking, they are colleagues. According to legend, the Ten Witches of Lingshan and Wuyang were both vassals of the Emperor of Heaven. ”

Qi Xuansu asked again: "Then what is the relationship between the Supreme Dao Ancestor and the Heavenly Emperor?" ”

Zhang Yuelu thought for a moment and replied, "It's about similar to the relationship between the Great Palm Sect and His Majesty the Emperor. ”

"It's a very simple analogy." Qi Xuan was clear, "The ancestral heavenly master is like a real person from the Daomen, and the ten witches are the feudal officials left by the Emperor of Heaven in the world, and then the real people of the Daomen killed the feudal officials......"

"Be careful!" Zhang Yuelu glared at Qi Xuansu, "It was the Ten Witches who killed each other in the front, causing turmoil in the world, and the Ancestral Heavenly Master was in turmoil, and the extermination of the witch sect and the rise of the Dao Sect was just a matter of taking advantage of the trend." ”

Qi Xuansu also felt a little outrageous, and didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore.

Zhang Yuelu unfolded and said: "The Classic of Mountains and Seas, the Classic of the West of the Sea" contains: There are Wu Peng, Wu Di, Wu Yang, Wu Xu, Wu Fan, and Wu Xiang in the enlightened east. The Wu Peng of the Ten Witches is the Wu Peng of the Six Witches. The witch of the ten witches is the witch of the six witches. The witch ceremony is the witch track, and the righteousness of the ceremony is also. Wu Pan is Wu Fan, and the sound of 'Pan' is close to 'Fan'. Wu Xie is Wu Xiang, 'Xie' and 'Xiang' turn around. Only Wuyang is not among the ten witches of Lingshan, but only among the enlightened six witches. ”

"According to ancient legends, Wuyang once honored the order of the Emperor of Heaven to summon the soul of the King of Chu. Most of the methods of conjuring spirits that are circulating in our Dao Sect today come from this great witch. ”

"He was the son of the ancient god Candle Dragon, who was killed by his own men. The Emperor of Heaven could not bear the pain of the loss of his son by the candle dragon, so he ordered his body to be sent to Lingshan and let the Ten Witches come to the rescue. The Ten Witches of Lingshan used the medicine of immortality to wake up the kiln, who knew that his temperament changed greatly, becoming a monster with the body of a dragon head and a cat, eating people everywhere, and was finally shot by the order of the Emperor of Heaven. ”

"It can be seen that the Ten Witches of Lingshan and Wuyang are all subordinates of the Emperor of Heaven."

"My master once said that Emperor Xuansheng and Emperor Gaozu also received the favor of this great witch back then, so the reputation of this great witch is completely different from that of Wu Luo, and the names of Wu Gorge and Goddess Peak have been retained. It is said that there are statues and temples of Wuyang on the Goddess Peak, which do not belong to obscene shrines. ”

Qi Xuansu was a little regretful, if he was the only one, then he really wanted to go to the Goddess Peak for a trip, maybe there would be some gains and discoveries.