Chapter 127: Cleaning up the mess
After Zhang Yuelu came to the Vientiane Dao Palace, she was received unusually. After all, he is the successor of Cihang Zhenren, and he is expected to be among the ranks of the real people in the future, and it is not good to be lazy in the Vientiane Dao Palace.
The exception here is not a material standard treatment, Vientiane Dao Palace will not easily leave this kind of handle, mainly a matter of who will come forward to receive it. Although the real person in charge of the palace did not show up, it was the second deputy palace master who came forward in person.
The Vientiane Dao Palace is also the only one among the many Dao Palaces that has the position of deputy palace master.
Zhang Yuelu consulted Qi Xuansu's relevant files here and learned about the dusty past.
To summarize simply, it is the Dragon and Tiger Club of that year, Yue Liuli took revenge for personal gain, and Qi Xuansu was calculated by Yue Liuli and almost died at the hands of Wan Xiuwu.
This confirms some of Zhang Yuelu's guesses.
But there are many things that cannot be explained.
Just when Zhang Yuelu was about to continue the investigation, Zhang Yuelu received an official letter from Tiangang Hall.
The two principal Taoist priests of "Tianle Taoyuan" were killed and imprisoned, and Jin Que suspected that there were demons from a secret association involved, and ordered a thorough investigation by Tiangangtang, and it happened that Zhang Yuelu was nearby, so Tiangangtang decided that Zhang Yuelu would preside over the case.
Zhang Yuelu immediately set off for Zixian Mountain.
From the eighth day to raise a note to the Daomen in the name of the 7,000th household of Qingluanwei, to the Daomen to report layer by layer, and finally to Yujing to form a resolution, it took a long time.
When Zhang Yuelu arrived at Zixian Mountain, it was already the third day after the incident.
At this time, the "Tianle Taoyuan" has been suspended, and no one is allowed to enter or leave.
Now the one who controls the situation of "Tianle Taoyuan" is actually the eighth day to raise this outsider. In the past three days, it is not that the deacon of the Daomen has raised objections, but on the eighth day, he went back with a word.
He has already reported to the door, and it won't be long before the Daomen will send someone to deal with this matter, considering that the two main Taoist priests are involved in this murder case, and Zixian Mountain has repeatedly obstructed the case before, so before that, all the Taoist priests of "Tianle Taoyuan" are not allowed to act rashly. If you can't wait even three days, you have to wonder if it has something to do with the case.
No one wanted to be involved in the situation when the situation was unclear, and the eighth day of raising only blocked the exit of the "Tianle Taoyuan", Tianle Palace, treasury and a few other places, and did not imprison anyone, so they also recognized the practice of the eighth day of raising.
As for Liu Futong, who was imprisoned, it was not raised and locked up on the eighth day, but Su Ran was locked up.
After Zhang Yuelu saw the eighth day of raising, he quickly took over the "Tianle Taoyuan" and got a preliminary understanding of the case from the eighth day of raising.
Although he didn't know that Zhang Yuelu was tracking down Wei Wugui on the eighth day, out of the righteousness of his friends, he deliberately downplayed Wei Wugui's existence, and replaced it with a very vague "colleague in black", and it was no longer Wei Wugui who killed Su Ran alone, but the strength of everyone.
When Zhang Yuelu first arrived here, he was not familiar with the situation, but he did not think deeply. After she had a preliminary understanding of the case, she didn't care about Liu Futong, who was imprisoned in Tianle Palace, but first went to check Su Ran's body.
When Zhang Yuelu saw the huge white fox in the warehouse, he was also taken aback, and then thought of what the eighth day raised said, and couldn't help but be silent for a long time.
Her mentor, Cihang Zhenren, once mentioned a phenomenon that probably meant that the newly converted Protestants were more fanatical and more religious than the original old believers.
The reasons for this are not complicated, one is the psychology of "atonement", and the other is to redouble the favor in order to gain the approval of the new group, and want to draw a line with the past, so they do not want the past group to "live well".
And this phenomenon is not limited to religion, but also applies to the tribe-to-clan, between countries, in the past there have been Central Plains people defected to the Golden Horde, they treated their own people more ruthlessly than the Golden Horde, and treated the Khan King more loyal than the Golden Horde, so they were favored and relied on by the Khan King of the Golden Horde, but became a great disaster for the Central Plains Dynasty.
Qingqiu Mountain, which was absorbed into the Daomen by Xuansheng and became a recognized member, has been more than 200 years, which is really not short, but compared to the thousands of years of history of the Daomen, it is a little not worth mentioning, and it probably fell into such a trap.
However, there are no absolutes in everything, such as the three major yin creatures of the Ghost Country and the Cave Heaven, these three are also alien races who have returned to the Dao Gate, so they don't care about these at all, and have already begun to plan their own back path.
Thinking of this, Zhang Yuelu couldn't help but feel emotional.
In fact, at this point, there is nothing to check, Su Ran is a conservative in the Daomen, and regards the "Tianle Taoyuan" as a stain on the Daomen, and after coming here, he took drastic measures and took down Liu Futong, the scum of the Daomen. As a result, Qingluanwei discovered what Su Ran had done through clues, and Su Ran decided to kill people, but he was killed by mistake.
This makes logical sense, and there are no glaring loopholes.
Zhang Yuelu agrees with some of Su Ran's ideas, but does not approve of her approach.
Morality and law can not be confused, when Taoism and Confucianism competed for the world, they criticized Confucianism's etiquette and cannibalism, indulged lynching, if Taoism encourages lynching in order to clear the rules and precepts, it is a slap in the face.
If you take 10,000 steps back, even if these people are really guilty, they will definitely not die for their crimes. Xuan Sheng criticized the set of "unknowable punishment is unpredictable", and clearly asked Daomen to put everything on the bright side, if these people who sold their hue and flesh in the "Tianle Taoyuan" are guilty, then the Daomen behind the "Tianle Taoyuan" is even more guilty.
Su Ran felt that these people were guilty and killed these people at will, if the Dao Sect recognized this, then it meant that it was right for the Gu Immortals to attack the Dao Sect because there was not much difference between the two in essence.
So Su Ran is wrong.
This is about where Zhang Yuelu is smarter than Qi Xuansu, Qi Xuansu just instinctively feels that something is wrong, but Zhang Yuelu can clearly point out what is wrong.
However, Zhang Yuelu had no intention of debating with Su Ran's opinion, after all, Su Ran was dead.
The challenge is how to clean up the mess.
In any case, Su Ranming's identity on his face is that of the Daomen's Sipin Sacrifice Wine Daoist, if there is a scandal of the Sipin Sacrificial Wine Daoist mutilating the innocent, it will undoubtedly seriously damage the reputation of the Daomen, no matter who wants to make this matter public, the real people above will not agree.
As for Qingluanwei and the imperial court, there is no need to worry, the interests of the two in this regard are actually the same, His Majesty the Emperor just wants to master the Daomen, not destroy the Daomen, and the Li family is also a member of the Daomen.
If it is concealed, it will undoubtedly promote this kind of atmosphere, which is also what the Daomen do not want to see, if no punishment is imposed, and some people will follow Su Ran in the future, then it will be okay?
How to handle this matter properly will test Zhang Yuelu's political wisdom very much.
It was only at this time that Zhang Yuelu suddenly realized that the suspicion that there was a secret association involved in it was just an excuse, and it was actually a test for her.
After all, Zhang Yuelu is about to be promoted to a third-grade Youyi Taoist priest, and to really step into the upper echelons of the Daomen, not only depends on the realm cultivation, but also on the ability and wrist.
In the eyes of the true people of the Daomen, after the two main Taoist priests were killed and imprisoned, many Daomen disciples were leaderless, and the situation of the "Heavenly Paradise" had tended to get out of control. In this time of coming and going, most of Su Ran's affairs have spread all over the "Heavenly Paradise", and even rumors are flying all over the sky. The situation is quite serious, and how to quickly calm the situation and prevent it from deteriorating further is a difficult challenge.
But what they didn't expect was that because of Qi Xuansu's explanation in advance, the eighth day of raising quickly controlled the situation of the "Heavenly Paradise", except for the eighth day of raising and a few of his henchmen, no one else knew about Su Ran, at most vaguely knew that Su Ran was dead, as for the others, they didn't know.
In fact, the situation is far better than the Daomen people expected.
Zhang Yuelu didn't know that Qi Xuansu had inadvertently cleared many difficulties for her, and after she learned about the situation specifically, she found that the difficulties she had to face were not as big as she imagined.
The sophistication of this Qingluanwei deputy Qianhu named the eighth day of raising was really a little unexpected to her.
Zhang Yuelu initially had an idea in his heart, on the one hand, regarding Su Ran's death, he should deal with it in a low-key manner externally, but internally, he should pay attention to it, deal with it harshly, and warn the disciples of Taoism. On the other hand, Liu Futong was dealt with strictly and severely, and the results were made known to the world, and Liu Futong's case was used to downplay Su Ran's case, and efforts were made to minimize the adverse impact.
Next, Zhang Yuelu carefully inspected Su Ran's body and found traces of "Dragon Eye Yier", which is not surprising, after all, it is Qingluanwei. But some of the wounds on Su Ran's body that had not had time to heal made Zhang Yuelu's heart move.
This seems to be a trace of the "Great Yan Spirit Knife".