When Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu came out of the restaurant, they saw a man dressed as a servant walking quickly, offering a child talisman with both hands.

Zhang Yuelu subconsciously reached out to pick it up.

The servant shrank his hand slightly and said, "I hope that Miss will forgive her sins, this is for Daoist Qi." ”

Zhang Yuelu frowned slightly and didn't say anything.

Qi Xuansu took the talisman, and the servant said goodbye and left.

After a short time, Qi Xuansu felt a burst of warmth from the sub-talisman in his hand, turned into a deserted alley next to him, injected the true qi into the sub-talisman in his hand, and used the talisman as a firewood to burn a flame, which was not scorching and hot, only to see a slightly vague middle-aged man's upper body phantom in the firelight, only the size of a palm, slightly twisted with the beating of the flame, as if watching people through the fire.

Then a mellow voice came, straight to the point: "I'm Qingxiao's uncle, I heard that Qingxiao brought a young man back, I'm a little curious, if you don't mind, let's meet tomorrow." ”

Of course, Qi Xuansu had no reason to refuse, and asked, "Please also ask the seniors to tell us the meeting place." ”

The middle-aged man smiled: "I'm in Shangqing Palace, you can come directly." ”

After that, the middle-aged man didn't give Qi Xuansu a chance to raise objections, and directly ended the call.

Qi Xuansu looked at Zhang Yuelu.

Zhang Yuelu said helplessly: "My clan uncle Zhang Yuping, a three-grade Youyi Taoist, serves as an assistant in the Shangqing Palace. As for the resume, I won't say much about it, it's flat and straightforward, and it's steadily climbing. ”

In addition to the nine halls and local Taoist mansions, there are also some special institutions with transcendent status, such as the Dazhen Mansion, the True Realm Courtyard, the Wanshou Chongyang Palace, the Vientiane Dao Palace, the Shangqing Palace, the Qingling Palace, and the Wuxu Palace.

In addition to the three deputy masters of the Great True Mansion, the True Realm Annex, and the Wanshou Chongyang Palace, the rest of the palaces are equivalent to the Nine Halls, which are in charge of a Counselor Zhenren, called the Palm Palace Zhenren, which is equivalent to the real person in charge of the Zhangtang and the Zhenren of the Zhangfu, and the responsibility is to assist the Deputy Leader of the Great Zhenren to take charge of the three realms.

The assistant is to assist the assistant palace master to handle various affairs, which is equivalent to the deputy hall master and the deputy house master. The only difference is that there are high-level chief and secondary positions for the deputy hall master and deputy hall master, which are held by Taiyi second-grade Taoists, while the position of assistant does not have a high-level position, only third-grade Youyi Taoists.

Qi Xuansu was a little worried.

Whether it is Zhang Yuyue or Su Ying, including Zhang Yuelu's cousin Zhang Zhiyue, they are all within the scope of the Four Grades Wine Daoist, as long as they have never served as a deputy hall master at a low level like Zhang Yuelu, they are not considered to be high-ranking and powerful. After all, Sun Yongfeng and Lingquanzi are also four-grade sacrificial wine Taoists, not talking about grade treatment, only talking about positions, and they are only one level higher than Qi Xuansu, and they are somewhat middle-level.

But the Sanpin Sacrifice Wine Taoist is different, he has already stepped into the ranks of the high-level of the Daomen with one foot, and can be called a high-ranking and powerful person.

With such a thing, Zhang Yuelu was not in a hurry to go home, she happened to accompany Qi Xuansu to Yunjin Mountain, Qi Xuansu went to Shangqing Palace to see Zhang Yuping, she happened to go to Dazhenren Mansion to report about the Li family. She was a little worried about Su Ying, but she decided to go on her own, and the Dazhen Mansion and the Shangqing Palace were neighbors.

The two stayed at the Taiping Inn in Shangqing County for a night, and the next morning, they checked out and left the county seat and went to Yunjin Mountain.

There are two roads in the north and south from ascending Yunjin Mountain, one road has to pass through Shangqing Town, you can enjoy the beautiful scenery of Yunjin Mountain, and the other road does not have to pass through Shangqing Town, it is very steep, but the distance is shorter. Because the flying boat will land in the Shangqing Palace, many non-Zhang Taoist priests who travel to and from Wuzhou will choose this road, so as not to disturb the purity of Shangqing Town.

This time, Zhang Yuelu chose the second way and took the hanging basket up the mountain.

The hanging basket of the Daomen, Qi Xuansu has seen it in Taiping Mountain and Kunlun Mountain, it can be described as a sharp weapon for going up and down the mountain, but the hanging basket of Yunjin Mountain is slightly different, not straight up and down, but an inclined angle, obliquely up and down through the noose.

The reason why this is so is because more than 200 years ago, there was a great battle in Yunjin Mountain. Under the anger of Xuansheng, he interrupted part of the leylines of Yunjin Mountain, causing a large-scale ground movement, many peaks collapsed directly, and even a corner of the Dazhen Mansion collapsed, which greatly changed the topography of Yunjin Mountain.

Although Zhengyi has been repaired afterwards, it still cannot completely restore the original appearance, which leads to the terrain of Yunjin Mountain is very complicated, in the case of straight up and down, it is impossible to climb to the top directly as Taiping Mountain, it must be divided into several sections, and it is necessary to transfer to the hanging basket halfway, and Zhengyi is simply directly stretched into a hypotenuse, from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain.

Dazhenfu has a South Pole View at the foot of the south mountain of Yunjin Mountain, which is located on the only way to Shangqing Town, and there is a North True Temple at the foot of the north of Yunjin Mountain, which is to take the hanging basket from here.

Zhang Yuelu took Qi Xuansu to Beizhenguan, and after showing the basket, he took the hanging basket to Yunjin Mountain.

The gondola went diagonally up along the steel cable, and at first it was unnoticeable, but after a while, the fog became thicker, and even clouds and mist could be seen drifting around.

Qi Xuansu leaned out and looked out, he knew a little bit about simple and basic feng shui, the landform of Yunjin Mountain was indeed very strange, with the shallow knowledge he learned from the Vientiane Dao Palace, he couldn't see too many doorways.

Zhang Yuelu said: "The terrain here is very strange, right? It is the result of nearly 100 years of restoration. This is the fate of angering Xuansheng, that time, the Zhang family died a celestial master, and there are countless ordinary Zhang family disciples. ”

"Is it the Wasted Heaven Master in the Xuansheng Card?" Qi Xuansu asked curiously.

Zhang Yuelu nodded.

After a while, the hanging basket completely entered the clouds, looking down at the bottom of the basket, the morning fog was very heavy, but I saw that it was white and vast, and I couldn't see anything.

When the hanging basket arrives at the top of the mountain, it is already a round of red sun jumping out of the sea of clouds, shining brightly, the sunlight shines from the east, shining on a huge archway of white marble, the four golden characters on the archway "Zhengyi Mengwei", shining golden light in the sun, can not help but make people awe-inspired.

The two walked out of the hanging basket.

Zhang Yuelu was familiar with the road here, and led Qi Xuansu straight past the archway and walked in the direction of the Shangqing Palace.

The Shangqing Palace is naturally extremely magnificent, far superior to the government office of Tiangang Hall.

Qi Xuansu stood in front of the main gate of the three-person height, looking up at the plaque of "Shangqing Palace" hanging high, which is said to have been inscribed by the ancestor Tianshi himself.

Underneath the plaque is a couplet, each the size of a human head.

The upper link is: Dao Gao Dragon Tiger Fu. The next link is: Dezhong Ghost God Qin.

Zhang Yuelu said: "There is also a couplet on the main gate of the Dazhen Mansion, which is similar to this couplet, and it is also boasting of itself." Shanglian is: the unparalleled land in the south. The next link is: the first in Xijiang. ”

Qi Xuansu sighed: "What a big breath." ”

Zhang Yuelu patted Qi Xuansu's shoulder: "You go by yourself, I still have to go to the Dazhen Mansion, so I won't accompany you." ”

Qi Xuansu nodded and walked alone to the main gate of the Shangqing Palace.

Two spirit officers in black armor stretched out their arms to block Qi Xuansu's way.

Qi Xuansu said: "I have an invitation from Zhang Gaogong. ”

A spirit officer said angrily, "Wait a minute. ”

A moment later, a six-rank Taoist priest hurriedly came: "Is it Deacon Qi?" Please come with me. ”

Under the leadership of this six-grade Taoist priest, Qi Xuansu entered the Shangqing Palace, twists and turns, all the way except for a few main halls and living rooms, it is the same signing room and confidential room, and there are all kinds of signs hanging outside the door, showing that this is not an ordinary Taoist palace, but the highest power center of Zhengyi. After all, the Dazhen Mansion has the functions of a residence, a cave sky, and a cardinal of the formation, and its symbolic meaning is even greater.

The relationship between the Dazhen Mansion and the Shangqing Palace is probably similar to the relationship between the Emperor's Bedroom and the Cabinet, or the relationship between the Zixiao Palace and the Golden Gate. The highest center of power in the imperial court was the cabinet, not the emperor's bedchamber. The highest center of power of the Dao Sect is in the Golden Gate, not the Zixiao Palace, where the Great Palm Sect resides.

The True Realm Courtyard and Qingling Palace of Taiping Dao, and the Wanshou Chongyang Palace and Wuxu Palace of Quanzhen Dao are also roughly the same.

The two walked for a quarter of an hour, crossed a long corridor, and finally arrived at Zhang Kuping's signing room, only to see that the door number said "Zhengyi Liaison Division".

Qi Xuansu waited quietly, and the six-rank Taoist priest knocked lightly on the door: "Assistant, Deacon Qi has arrived." ”

A mellow voice came from inside the door: "Please come in." ”

The Taoist priest pushed the door open halfway, and stretched out his other hand to Qi Xuansu politely: "Deacon Qi, please come in." ”

Qi Xuansu's expression was warm, and in the face of this very polite Taoist priest, he did not rush into the signing room, but took out a valuable jade pendant from his sleeve pocket, smiled and quietly handed it to the Taoist priest: "Thank you for leading the way." ”

The Taoist priest behaved politely, but there was no expression on his face, and the hand of "please enter" gently pushed the jade pendant: "Not in accordance with the rules, Deacon Qi's kindness, I understand it, Deacon Qi is not polite." ”

Qi Xuansu's face remained unchanged, and he retracted his sleeve happily: "Shangqing Palace is really different from other places. ”

The Taoist priest didn't say anything more, leaned over and let Qi Xuansu walk in through the halfway door that had been pushed open, and then gently closed the door outside.

Inside the house is Zhang Jiping's signing room, which is divided into two rooms, inside and outside. The outer room was a place to meet guests, a small living room, but it was empty at this time, so Qi Xuansu had to go to the inner room.

The inner room is a thorough study layout, with bookshelves and bookcases, but there are no chairs to receive guests.

The bookcase is piled with various files, and the cover is stamped with the word "top secret" in red. In the space between the papers, the head of a middle-aged man was revealed, and he was writing at his desk.

There was no chair, and the master did not greet him, Qi Xuansu could only stand there and wait quietly for him to ask.

"Have you seen Zhang Yuyue and Zhang Zhiyue?" The man who bowed his head took the time to ask in his busy time.

"I've seen it." Qi Xuansu replied.

"Do you want to know what the two of them say about you?" The man finally stood up from a pile of documents and files, dressed in a neat Taoist suit, his half-white hair was not messy at all, the corners of his mouth were smiling, but there was no smile in his eyes, he was the assistant of the third grade of the Shangqing Palace, Zhang Yuelu's uncle - Zhang Yuping.