At the end of the forty-first year of long-term viewing, the Zanzhi Zhenren Qi Sect is leading 36 high-grade Taoist priests to visit Yunjin Mountain, including many second-grade Taiyi Taoist priests.

The Shuzhou Daofu Zhenren Qi Sect is presenting gifts and greetings from the Earth Master to the Heavenly Master, and on behalf of the Quanzhen Dao, he went to the family temple of the Dazhen Mansion to worship Shangguan Guan, the first earth master after the Xuansheng Zhongxing Daomen, and she is also the wife of the first Heavenly Master after the Xuansheng Zhongxing Daomen. In this regard, the whole true path and the righteous one can also be regarded as the same ancestor.

On the night of the eighth day of the lunar month, the Heavenly Master personally held a banquet in the Dazhen Mansion to entertain a group of high-grade Taoist priests from the Quanzhen Dao.

Because the earth master is a rotating real person, acting as the great ruler of the church, sitting in Yujing, he can't come in person. And Cihang Zhenren and Donghua Zhenren served as the head of the Duzhi Hall and the head of Ziwei Hall respectively, and they respectively held the financial power and personnel power of the Daomen, and they were both on duty in the Yujing City, and they could not come forward, so these two Zhengyi and Quanzhen Dao No. 2 people were not directly involved in this matter.

There is also the war in the Western Regions Daofu, which has not completely ended so far, and it is not easy for the lord of the Western Regions Daofu to leave easily. The head of the Qinzhou Provincial Mansion replaces the local master to sit in the Wanshou Chongyang Palace, so that Qi Jiaozheng, the head of the Shuzhou Provincial Mansion, can only come forward.

On the ninth day of the lunar month, Qi Xuansu had just finished a night of qi practice when he found that Zhang Yuelu was already waiting outside his door.

"What's the matter? So early? Qi Xuansu couldn't help but ask after opening the door.

Zhang Yuelu was carrying a food box in his hand, which contained a bowl of porridge and a basket of steamed buns. Zhang Yuelu has always been ten fingers do not touch the spring water, after all, you can't expect a person from Bigu to cook, this is too difficult for a strong person, this is Zhang Yuelu bought from the Taiping Inn in the town, saying that it is an inn, and at the same time taking into account the function of a restaurant and restaurant, it is the function of the hospital.

Zhang Yuelu walked into Qi Xuansu's room and put the breakfast in his hand on the table. The small steamer with overlapping cage drawers is steaming, it seems simple, but it is a big saying, Xuansheng liked this kind of food very much, you can see six xiaolongbao with different shapes and colors from the first drawer: white is fine noodles, black is fine buckwheat, yellow is glutinous millet, fine grains and coarse grains, meat stuffing and vegetarian filling, omnivorous treasures, it is really exquisite.

Qi Xuansu was already accustomed to eating Zhang Yuelu by himself, and he was not polite, and after cleaning his hands, he took the chopsticks and put a vegetarian stuffed bun in his mouth.

Zhang Yuelu took the opportunity to look at Qi Xuansu's palm, which had completely recovered as before.

Qi Xuansu didn't have the habit of eating and sleeping silently, and after swallowing the bun in his mouth, he asked again: "I always feel that something is wrong with you, is something wrong?" ”

"Something is true." Zhang Yuelu doesn't like to sell Guanzi, so she gets straight to the point, "I just heard a news that the thirty-six high-grade Taoist priests of the Quanzhen Dao led by the head of the Shuzhou Provincial Mansion have arrived at the Dazhen Mansion yesterday. ”

Qi Xuansu, who was about to clip the second bun, suddenly froze, and slowly looked up at Zhang Yuelu: "The lord of the Shuzhou Daoist Mansion led the thirty-six high-grade Taoist priests of the Quanzhen Dao to visit the Dazhen Mansion, and on the other side, the Qingwei Zhenren led the thirty-six high-grade Taoist priests of the Taiping Dao to the emperor's capital to face the saint, all of them are thirty-six, I'm afraid it's not a coincidence, right?" ”

"Of course it's not a coincidence." Zhang Yuelu said, "Taiping Dao wants to test the reactions of all parties, and this is the reaction given by Quanzhen Dao and Zhengyi. ”

Qi Xuansu didn't have the heart to eat, and said: "The potential meaning of this is that if Taiping Dao and the imperial court join forces and forcibly let His Majesty the Emperor interfere in the internal promotion of the Great Palm Sect, then Zhengyi and Quanzhen Dao will join forces." ”

"Yes, it's a quasi-alliance." Zhang Yuelu nodded.

"In this way, wouldn't the Daomen ...... Is it split? Qi Xuansu hesitated.

Zhang Yuelu said: "So in my opinion, now it's a hemp pole beating a wolf, and I'm afraid of both ends." ”

"What do you mean?" Qi Xuansu asked.

Zhang Yuelu tapped the table with her fingers: "It's not just that we are afraid of the division of the Daomen, but Taiping Dao is also afraid of the splitting of the Daomen. After all, Taiping Dao is also a member of the Daomen, and the Taiping Dao is constantly moving, in order to dominate the Daomen, not to destroy the Daomen, what good is a divided Daomen for them? If the Daomen could not maintain the balance of yin and yang with the imperial court, even if the Taiping Dao won the position of the Great Sect Leader, it would only be reduced to a vassal of the imperial court, and for them, it would be better to maintain the status quo, at least to maintain a relatively detached position. ”

Qi Xuansu suddenly said: "I understand, everyone doesn't want the Dao Sect to split, and they all want the position of the Great Sect, so Taiping Dao wants to force the Quanzhen Dao and Zheng to retreat together through the outer court, and the Quanzhen Dao and Zheng together are putting on a posture of preferring to be a broken jade rather than a complete tile, swearing not to retreat, and letting the Taiping Dao throw a rat bogey." Now it depends on whose concentration is deeper, whether the Quanzhen Dao and the Zheng will take the initiative to soften, or the Taiping Dao will take the initiative to give in. If they don't give in to each other and keep on their heads, it's inevitable that they will go wrong. ”

"That's probably what it means, but if you can't grasp it, the result is unpredictable." Zhang Yuelu did not hide his worries, "If there is a war, who will benefit the most?" It is the imperial court, so the imperial court hopes that the Daomen will be in turmoil the most, and those secret associations will also take the opportunity to stir up trouble and add fuel to the fire. Imagine, if the imperial court arches the Taiping Dao while creating tension between the three Daos, or even ends up in person, for example, if someone disguised as the Taiping Dao takes the initiative to attack the Taiping Dao and Zhengyi, what will be the result? ”

Qi Xuansu was silent for a moment before he said slowly: "If such a thing happens, Quanzhen Dao and Zheng are in a dilemma. If you don't fight back, you will be under pressure from within, and if you fight back, the situation will be completely out of control. Whether it was the three deputy head of the sect, or anyone else, they couldn't stop it. ”

Zhang Yuelu sighed: "Xuan Sheng said that it is easy to start a war, but it is difficult to end a war. I'm sure the three deputy heads of the sect understand this simple truth, but it's one thing to understand, and whether the situation will develop the way they envision it is another. ”

Qi Xuansu started eating steamed buns again, eating quickly, regardless of the meat and vegetables, one bite at a time, and after drinking the bowl of white porridge again, he said: "This reminds me of the Jiangnan case you said, everyone understands one thing, you can take the opportunity to fill your pockets, but you can't go too far, at least you have to be restrained." These teachings are extremely simple, but the problem is that everyone expects others to practice them. ”

"Those who were executed by the ancestral court, after the shipwreck, they knew that the situation was already very dangerous, and the Duzhitang, Shibotang, and Beichentang had all noticed the Jiangnan Provincial Government, and they still refused to spit out some goods to pass through the customs. As long as they pass this level, the people of Duzhitang and Beichen Hall are gone, and this Jiangnan Provincial Mansion is still their world. But these people were stunned and did not let go, even if they died in the end, they did not pay out of their own pockets to survive. They all expect others to spit out some, just as they expect others to be less greedy when they start to pass through the lard. ”

"Do you say that today's Zhengyi, Taiping Dao, and Quanzhen Dao will also be like this, even if the Dao Gate is split in the end, none of them will regress, they all expect others to regress, and eventually the jade will be burned."

Zhang Yuelu looked at Qi Xuansu in a daze.

Qi Xuansu said: "Although some masters feel that the difference between them and the people at the bottom is greater than the difference between humans and demons, but in terms of the most fundamental human nature, how much higher can those big people be? ”

Zhang Yuelu said "ah" softly after a long time, as if she agreed, but also seemed to be helpless.

Qi Xuansu sighed: "You and I are soft-spoken, too far away, it's useless to say this." ”

"Then let's talk about something closer to us." Zhang Yuelu changed the subject.

Qi Xuansu asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Zhang Yuelu said: "Even if there is really a war, it is not a matter of a moment and a half, it will take time to integrate internally, transfer materials, mobilize before the war, and even join the vertical and horizontal. Back then, Xuansheng suppressed Buddhism and raised the power of Taoism, which was still prepared four years in advance. What I am about to say is already close at hand, and this is one of the reasons why we are responding so quickly with the Whole Truth Path this time. ”

"What the hell is going on?" Qi Xuansu became more and more curious.

Zhang Yuelu said: "After the six generations of the Great Palm Sect soared, the throne of the Great Palm Sect was vacant, and the three deputy masters of the Great Sect took turns to make the Great Palm Sect authority, and the Great True Persons in power were called the Great True Persons on Rotation. This year is the 41st year of Jiushi, and in the first half of the year, from the first day of the Lunar New Year to June 30, the Heavenly Master will act as the Great Teacher, and in the second half of the year, from the first day of July to the 30th of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the Earth Master will act as the Great Teacher. Today is the ninth day of the lunar month, and there are only twenty years left before the Chinese New Year's Eve, and the next from the first day of the first lunar month to the first day of the seventh lunar month, it will be the national teacher who will become the rotating great true person and exercise the authority of the great master. ”

Qi Xuansu had to admit that this was indeed a matter related to the fate of the two of them, and they all said that once the son of heaven and a courtier, in such a situation, the upper echelons of the Daomen should usher in a personnel change.

At the beginning, as soon as the Quanzhen Dao Dazhen became a rotating Dazhen, he appointed Zhang Yuelu as the deputy hall master. Although it is impossible for the Taiping Dao Dazhen to take the initiative to embarrass a junior like Zhang Yuelu, there are no absolutes in the world, and it is not impossible to depose Zhang Yuelu when making personnel changes because of Li Tianzhen. Even if she doesn't depose Zhang Yuelu's deputy hall master and transfer her to the Requiem Division of the ancestral hall, her future will be bleak.

At that time, even if the earth master wants to promote Zhang Yuelu, he will have to wait until the earth master serves as the rotating real person, or he can only be a deputy mansion master in the local provincial government.

Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu can be said to be both prosperous and lossy, if Zhang Yuelu leaves Yujing, then Qi Xuansu will most likely follow and leave, after all, Qi Xuansu has offended Li Tianzhen in a sense, and it is difficult to get ahead.

After all, the grand propositions of the three disputes, the rise and fall of the Daomen, and the general trend of the world are too far away, but personnel changes are a major event at hand.

Qi Xuansu was a layman, and he suddenly became a little nervous.

Zhang Yuelu sighed: "Let's take one step at a time." ”