After finishing the business, no matter how reluctant Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu were, they have to go home, after all, the ugly daughter-in-law still sees her in-laws.

Zhang Yuelu took out the gift he had prepared, handed it to Qi Xuansu, and carefully explained the price and origin, so that Qi Xuansu must remember it and not show flaws.

The two walked down the mountain road to Shangqing Town, which was located on the mountainside. According to Zhang Yuelu, if you climb all the way up from the Antarctic Temple, you will see a huge archway and a stone monument waiting to get off the horse, and there are even many traces of shelling.

This can be traced back to the Daomen infighting before the Xuansheng integrated the Dao Gate, the Quanzhen Dao vein attacked Zhengyi in a big way, the Heavenly Master Zhang Jingxiu was not in the Dazhen Mansion at that time, and the Earth Master Xu Wugui personally infiltrated the Dazhen Mansion and destroyed the formation, and the Quanzhen Dao disciples secretly transported artillery and bombarded Shangqing Town. At that time, half of Shangqing Town was destroyed, and later Shangqing Town was rebuilt together, and there are still many traces of shelling in order to warn future generations.

But when the two of them walked down the mountain, they couldn't see that.

Qi Xuansu said: "In this way, the Heavenly Master and the Earth Master were incompatible back then? ”

"Yes, there was a saying at that time called 'The Dispute between Heaven and Earth', after the earth master Xu Wugui attacked the Dazhen Mansion, he was attacking Beibi Mountain in order to retaliate, and forced Xu Wugui to abandon Beibi Mountain and flee. In the end, on Kunlun Mountain, the two fought to the end and flew away together. Zhang Yuelu said, "After Xuansheng integrated the Daomen, the first Quanzhen Dao Dazhen was a disciple of the earth master Xu Wugui, surnamed Shangguan, and she personally commanded the bombardment of Shangqing Town at that time, you have played the Xuansheng card, you should know." ”

Qi Xuansu nodded, and then asked, "What is the relationship between Zhengyi and the Quanzhen Dao now?" ”

Zhang Yuelu glanced at him strangely: "Didn't you study history in the Vientiane Dao Palace?" After Xuansheng integrated the Daomen, in order to eliminate the hatred of the past, he not only suppressed the dissidents of the Zhang family and the Li family, and promoted the peace talks between Zhang and Li, but also promoted a marriage, so that the then heavenly master and the then earth master formed a Taoist couple, that is, the Shangguan Dazhen person we just mentioned, and now her portrait and tablet are not only enshrined in the Wanshou Chongyang Palace of the Quanzhen Dao, but also enshrined in the family temple of the Dazhen Mansion, so even if I join the Quanzhen Dao, it is also reasonable. ”

"There is another point, after all, the Taiping Dao and the Li family are powerful, if they continue to fight with the Quanzhen Dao, I am afraid that they will let the Taiping Dao fishermen benefit and ascend to the throne of the Great Palm Sect for the third time, so those grievances and grievances in the past, let's not mention them for the time being, and when the Quanzhen Dao is powerful or the Zhengyi is powerful, it is not too late to bring it up again."

"All in all, the two big ships of Zhengyi and Quanzhen Dao have to bump and bump, but they are still good friends in the general direction, although they have not formally formed an alliance, they can also be regarded as quasi-allies, and because of this, some people feel that the earth master personally promoted me to show goodwill to Zhengyi."

Four months ago, Qi Xuansu was still wandering the rivers and lakes, and he didn't even take the identity of the seven-rank Taoist priest to heart, so he didn't pay much attention to these Taoist battles, and after listening to Zhang Yuelu's explanation, he had another doubt and asked: "Even if the Taiping Dao is powerful, it won't be so powerful, right?" I don't think there are a lot of Taoist priests in Taiping Dao, and the three Dao should be roughly equivalent. ”

Zhang Yuelu said: "Because Taiping Dao has a good relationship with the imperial court, it has the help of the imperial court. We are having a marriage with Quanzhen Dao, the same is true of Taiping Dao and the imperial court, Mrs. Xuansheng will not say it, that is the eldest daughter of Emperor Gaozu, my Daxuan has been eleven emperors to His Majesty the Emperor today, and there are six queens from the Li family, and the current Queen Mother is from the Li family, and she is the niece of the Taiping Dao Dazhen. The current emperor's late Empress Yuan was also from the Li family and was the grandniece of the Taiping Dao Dazhen. In addition, there are five princesses who have married into the Li family one after another, and many of them have become the head of the Li family. ”

Qi Xuansu was speechless: "I didn't expect the Li family to still be a descendant. However, Qingwei Zhenren has just entered the Holy ...... of Beijing."

Zhang Yuelu already knew what he was going to ask, and explained in advance: "In the past, the imperial court's support for Taiping Dao and the Li family was under the table, that is, in secret. Now the Li family wants to put this relationship on the table, and let His Majesty the Emperor openly intervene in the promotion of the Great Palm Sect as a true person of Zi Dazhen. ”

"Do you think that Qingwei Zhenren entered Beijing this time to form an alliance with His Majesty the Emperor? The Li family and the Qin family were already allies who advanced and retreated together, and this time the face saint was just announcing to the world, in order to test the reactions of all parties and explore the way for their next substantive actions. If there is no substantial alliance, could it be that a single face with the Qingwei Zhenren can make His Majesty the Emperor take a great risk to meddle in the affairs of the Daomen? Qingwei Zhenren is not a lobbyist with a lotus tongue. ”

"Therefore, Qingwei Zhenren Face Saint is a major event, a major event related to the pattern of the Daomen, maybe the Daomen will not be peaceful soon."

Qi Xuansu thought about it carefully, it was really like this.

If it is yourself, it is impossible to take risks because of a meeting, but if you change it to your uncle's family and father-in-law's family, even if you put aside the relationship between your ancestors, or even your brother-in-law's family, brother-in-law's family, or in-laws' family, it will be different. Let the wind out first, see how others react, if the reaction is not strong, just do it, if the reaction is strong, then slow down for a while.

While speaking, Zhang Yuelu and Qi Xuansu had already entered Shangqing Town. Zhang Yuelu put the hood back on to cover her face, and Qi Xuansu did the same. This avoids some unnecessary gossip.

Soon, the two came to the gate of an ordinary two-entry house.

The size of the house determined that there could not be too many rules, and because it was his own house, Zhang Yuelu pushed the door straight in.

The house is still the same, there is only one maid in the yard who is cleaning the yard, and when he saw someone coming in, he was stunned at first, and after Zhang Yuelu took off his hood, his face showed joy: "It's the young lady who is back, and there are guests, I'll go and inform the master." ”

Zhang Yuelu led Qi Xuansu, who was a little apprehensive in his heart, to the main hall.

Soon, a middle-aged man who was three points similar to Zhang Yuelu walked in, with a slender figure, elegant demeanor, and a somewhat depressed temperament.

Zhang Yuelu got up and shouted "Daddy".

This is Zhang Yuelu's father, Zhang Yuqi.

Qi Xuansu also hurriedly got up and saluted, "I've seen my uncle." ”

The man smiled and nodded, making people feel like a spring breeze.

No wonder that Mrs. Tantai chose to marry the Zhang family back then.

"You're the abyss, aren't you? Qingxiao mentioned you in the letter. Zhang Yuqi's attitude was very kind, and he stretched out his hand, "Please take a seat." Qingxiao's mother went to Xiazhen with her cousin and was not at home. ”

Qi Xuansu was still carrying the gift prepared by Zhang Yuelu in advance, according to etiquette, there should be a hostess or a decent person accompanying the guest to receive the gift at this time, but everywhere in his eyes, in addition to him and Zhang Yuelu, there was only Zhang Yuqi in the huge living room, so that Qi Xuansu stood there and didn't know where to be.

However, thinking of the hostess, Qi Xuansu had an idea, although Mrs. Tantai was not there, but Zhang Yuelu was beside him, so he handed the gift in his hand back to Zhang Yuelu's hand, and said with a smile: "For the first visit, a little courtesy is not a tribute." ”

Zhang Yuelu took the gift she had prepared with a strange expression, but she didn't know what to say for a while.

Zhang Yuqi did not refuse, and said: "I still want to let Tianyuan break the bank, I really can't help it." ”

Qi Xuan looked at this Uncle Zhang without a trace, he couldn't see through this uncle's realm, which showed that this uncle was also a cultivator at the stage of returning to the truth, as for whether he was among the heavens, it was not something he could know, he had to ask Zhang Yuelu.

I don't know what the specific reason is, Zhang Kuqi, who is still a Taoist priest of the four-grade wine sacrifice, is different from Zhang Kuping, who is already a Taoist priest of the third grade, he doesn't have too many bureaucratic habits, and he is not the kind of style that seems to have no shelf but is actually bigger than anyone else, and even reminds Qi Xuansu of the feeling when the master was alive, so the two talked very happily.

Between men, regardless of their status and status, they always have to point out a thing or two and express their opinions, if they are in the position of the person in power, how they should be, how they will not be, it is probably a common problem of men, so that many restaurants and teahouses in the imperial capital are hung with signs of "don't talk about state affairs", lest some people talk nonsense and cause trouble.

Qi Xuansu didn't care about these at first, but after entering Tiangang Hall, he paid special attention to it, and coupled with the influence of Zhang Yuelu, it was naturally not exempt from vulgarity.

So the direction of the conversation between the two gradually shifted from how Qi Xuansu met Zhang Yuelu and the development of Tiangang Hall to this aspect.

Zhang Yuqi said: "Wuzhou and Jiangzhou both belong to Jiangnan, and they are both under the jurisdiction of the governor of Jiangnan, plus one Luzhou, and the land of the three states is under the control of one person, which may not be a good thing." ”

Qi Xuansu was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but look at Zhang Yuqi with an inquiring gaze: "Why did Uncle say this?" ”

Zhang Yuqi said: "If Tianyuan is from Jiangzhou and I am from Wuzhou, we are not fellow villagers, but because we belong to the same governor, according to the rules, we will become fellow villagers." Do you think this doesn't look like the three major factions of the Daomen today? The Li family, the Shen family, and the Lu family were originally three families, but because they all belonged to Taiping Dao, they became their own family, and the others became outsiders. ”

Qi Xuansu didn't know what to say for a while, so he could only look at Zhang Yuelu.

Zhang Yuelu said: "This is not the fault of the Xuansheng, the Xuansheng set up the three realms of Zhengyi, Quanzhen, and Taiping for the sake of transition, and in the end it was necessary to completely integrate them into one, but it was only because of the rise of Buddhism that the Xuansheng plan was disrupted, and several great masters in later generations did not have the prestige of the Xuansheng and could not integrate the three realms, so that the situation of the three realms standing side by side will continue to this day." ”

However, what Zhang Yuqi really wanted to say was not this problem that had plagued Daomen for many years, and the conversation changed: "If you look at the whole world, is Daomen one of the three in the eyes of others?" ”