Chapter Ninety-Seven: Ivory Chopsticks
A spring rain fell in Xijing City, wisps and dense, like fine needles of cow hair, not wet. Falling on the green tiles, there is no violent sound of heavy rain, only a slight rustling sound, like the sound of cannibalizing mulberry leaves, and like the sound of the wind blowing through the trees.
There are also two cities in Xijing City, East and West. There is a lake in the eastern market, called Fangsheng Pond, which is close to Changping.
Although the release pond is called "pool", in fact, the area is not small, there are two squares in the east market, the release pond occupies one-twentieth of the area of the east market, and there is a river connecting the famous Qujiang pool.
At this time, Pan Cuiqing was leading people to stand on the shore of the release pond.
He originally reported to Tiangang Hall about the secret association according to the custom, and mentioned the killing of Wan Xiuwu by the way. I didn't really expect Tiangangtang to take over this case, after all, Tiangangtang was notoriously busy. But to Pan Cuiqing's surprise, Tiangangtang actually responded this time, and it was the real person in charge of the hall, Cihang, who responded in person.
This made Pan Cuiqing a little flattered, after all, Cihang Zhenren is one of the three real people who are expected to compete for the Great Palm Sect, and if he can be successfully elected, he will make history and become the first female Great Palm Sect since the revival of Daomen. Even if the real person in charge of the palace of Wuxu Palace saw the real person of Cihang, he had to be respectful, let alone him.
However, to Pan Cuiqing's surprise, Cihang Zhenren actually let her henchman Zhang Yuelu take over the case.
This made Pan Cuiqing think of Yue Liuli's suspicions for the first time, could it be that Wan Xiuwu's death was really related to Zhang Yuelu? If this is the case, then Zhang Yuelu's purpose for coming here is needless to say. It's just that in this way, it is too traceable.
However, Pan Cuiqing thought about it, even if Zhang Yuelu was young and frivolous and didn't know the severity, Cihang Zhenren had been a real person for many years, and he had gone through strong winds and waves without falling, how could he not understand such a simple truth, and would never let Zhang Yuelu act like this.
Could it be that Yue Liuli lost his words and publicized his suspicions?
When Cihang Zhenren heard some rumors, he sent his disciple to ask her to clarify the facts, find out the person who spread the rumors by the way, and severely punish her.
But it still doesn't make sense, after all, this incident has not happened for a few days, and it is impossible to spread to Yujing so quickly. Unless someone did it on purpose.
Could it be that someone in the Wuxu Palace wants to beat himself first through Yue Liuli, and then beat the master through himself, and wants to defeat their master and apprentice?
Pan Cuiqing thought about it, but he was always unsure of Cihang Zhenren's true intentions, but Zhang Yuelu was a resolute and resolute character, and he would never delay, and he was about to arrive at Xijing Mansion in a blink of an eye, and he could only take people to wait here.
The spring rain is still falling, and someone holds an umbrella for Pan Cuiqing, even if Pan Cuiqing's cultivation does not need to use an umbrella to block the rain, but the person holding the umbrella is not high in cultivation and cannot isolate the rain, but the result is that a big umbrella covers Pan Cuiqing tightly, and most of the body of the person holding the umbrella is already soaked.
This is about the way of man, which is not enough to give more. The Supreme Dao Ancestor has already seen the heavenly principles and human nature clearly.
Yue Liuli stood beside Pan Cuiqing with a worried face.
She always had a feeling that this Deputy Hall Master Zhang was only afraid that the person who came was not good.
From a certain point of view, the two women can be regarded as sympathetic, after all, Wan Xiuwu and Qi Xuansu are dead, but Wan Xiuwu and Qi Xuansu once had a feud on the surface. What happened back then was actually that Yue Liuli was hiding behind the scenes, and people who didn't know the inside story didn't know that she pushed Qi Xuansu out to die, but they only knew that Qi Xuansu almost died in the hands of Wan Xiuwu.
Yue Liuli, who was restless, approached Pan Cuiqing and said softly: "Chunqing, we are only afraid that this time we are burning incense to attract ghosts, this Deputy Hall Master Zhang ......"
"The soldiers will come to block, and the water will cover the earth." Pan Cuiqing quietly interrupted Yue Liuli's words, "Anyway, she was sent by Cihang Zhenren, she is the niece and granddaughter of the Heavenly Master, and she is the blue-eyed of the Earth Master, she is a poor person, we can't do anything to her, we can only see the tricks." ”
"Break the fortune and avoid disaster?" Yue Liuli said subconsciously.
Pan Cuiqing shook his head and said: "The Jiangnan case was solved by Zhang Yuelu, and she has also been known for her reputation over the years, people like her cherish feathers the most, and give Taiping money directly, and will not ask for it!" ”
"What then?" Yue Liuli asked.
Pan Cuiqing sighed: "Take one step at a time, the top priority is to find out the intention of this Deputy Hall Master Zhang." ”
Yue Liuli could only let out a soft "um".
She only felt that the heart of heaven was unpredictable.
This is just Cihang Zhenren, and there are three deputy sect masters up there.
A "Ying Dragon" landed in the release pond in the rain and fog, because the hull was too large, it occupied almost the entire water surface of the release pond, and could no longer accommodate other flying boats.
Layers of water rippled on the release pond, and even overflowed the embankment.
A gangway was lowered.
Pan Cuiqing was in good spirits, and there was already a warm smile on his face, and he walked quickly to greet him.
When he moved, the rest of the people moved with him.
Zhang Yuelu was the first to appear on the gangway, dressed in the formal clothes of a four-grade Taoist priest, neat and meticulous, and no one held an umbrella.
followed by Mu Yan and Tian Baobao, and then Sun Yongfeng, Lingquanzi, Xu Kou and others.
The second-grade spirit official who had just killed a celestial didn't show up, and he didn't think that anyone would dare to do anything to Zhang Yuelu in the Wuxu Palace, so he stayed on top of "Ying Long".
Zhang Yuelu walked down the gangway and greeted Pan Cuiqing who came to greet him according to the etiquette of the Daomen.
One is the small palm palace of the Wuxu Palace, and the other is the small palm of the Tiangang Hall, although there is a difference in the grade of the Taoist, but in fact it is the same status, and even Zhang Yuelu because of the family background, plus the unwritten rules of the nine halls and the three halls, it is slightly higher.
So Pan Cuiqing was very polite: "I have to bother Deputy Hall Master Zhang to run in person, it's a sin." ”
"Where the responsibility lies, Auxiliary Pan doesn't have to be polite." Zhang Yuelu did not refuse people thousands of miles away, but went straight to the point, "On the way to Wuxu Palace, I have already put the case file."
After reading it, I probably have an understanding. Where are the bodies? I want to see the corpse first. ”
Pan Cuiqing's face stiffened slightly, and he smiled again: "There is no need to rush the matter of the case, I have already asked people to prepare a banquet for Deputy Hall Master Zhang and a group of Taoist friends, and it is not too late to wait until tomorrow to see the corpse." ”
Zhang Yuelu is not a person who does not know how to be flexible, she herself can not care about what to pick up the wind and wash the dust, but the Taoist priests of Tiangangtang who follow her can't all be like her, she has to take care of her subordinates, so she has to nod and say: "It's okay, then thank you Auxiliary Pan." ”
"Everywhere, that's the way it should be." The smile on Pan Cuiqing's face became more enthusiastic.
This reception banquet is carefully arranged, because the release pond and the Qujiang pool, so Pan Cuiqing simply found a few high-quality painting boats, floating on the river, compared with the huge "Ying Long", these painting boats seem extremely small, but they are exquisite and elegant.
Among them, they are all ready, the banquet is based on the taste of Jiangnan cuisine, the thirty-year-old daughter safflower carving rice wine just taken out of the cellar, the main dish is a puffer fish raised in the Wuxu Palace, specially asked the master of Jinling to make it, and two dishes specially invited to the master of Wuzhou to make the famous food of Wuzhou Shangqing Mansion, and three vegetarian dishes of Putuo Island, all of which are specially prepared for Zhang Yuelu.
In addition, considering that Zhang Yuelu is a woman, she doesn't want any of those Yingying Yanyan, and the Qing people are not good, they are cheesy, but they specially hired a good family girl who is proficient in music and rhythm and has an elegant appearance to help the fun. The people who served and served on the side were also Dao Gu of Wuxu Palace, all of whom were good-looking people.
Imagine taking a boat to listen to the rain and drift down the river to Qujiang Pond. In the spring rain, Qujiang Pond is full of smoke and rain, the delicacies in the boat are delicious, the water and sky outside the boat are colorful, listen to the sound of rain, listen to the music, what a beautiful scenery to enjoy.
Even if you're drunk, don't worry, just rest in the painting boat. When the wine woke up, the rain had stopped, and the sky was full of stars, reflecting the lake.
It is "when I am drunk, I don't know that the sky is in the water, and the boat is full of dreams and the galaxy".
This is the elegance that can highlight the prosperity of the world.
In all fairness, there is no ink in his stomach, and he really can't think of these, no wonder Pan Cuiqing can be the small palm palace of Wuxu Palace, which shows that he is a person who is extremely good at serving people.
Sun Yongfeng, Xu Kou, Lingquanzi and others were arranged in another painting boat, among which there were some interesting Fengyue women, not so elegant, slightly vulgar, but they could make the men smile. Even if you don't dare to take advantage of Zhang Yuelu, you can still help the fun.
This is watching people put down dishes.
Just ask, how many people can withstand it?
It's still an appetizer.
The main drama is still to come.
So how many Taoist priests did not die from the sword light and sword shadow, but died from the warm fragrant nephrite.
Zhang Yuelu boarded the painting boat, and there was not much expression on his face, but there was a bit of disapproval in his eyes.
Can ivory chopsticks be served with coarse tea and light rice?
Accustomed to such a delicate painting boat, can you still endure ordinary Taoist temples?
It can be seen that the standing is not right.