For the people of Daomen, after the Shangyuan Festival, it can be regarded as the real New Year and usher in the new year.

From the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, the Daomen officially entered the tense state before the start of the Great War.

Because of the Shangyuan Festival, Xiaoleichi's flying boat was delayed for a day, and it did not take off until the evening of the sixteenth day of the first lunar month and returned to Yujing.

Zhang Yuelu and Qi Xuansu were both on this flying boat.

For the two of them, the last time they took a flying boat from Yunjin Mountain was a not very good memory, but this time there should be no need to worry too much.

They were accompanied by several big figures of the Zhang family, including Zhang Wuliang and Zhang Kucheng.

Zhang Wuliang is the assistant of Taiping Qianzhuang, and Taiping Qian is the top priority in a large-scale war, so Zhang Wuliang must return to Yujing.

As for Zhang Kucheng, it was for him to start his activities in advance and make a foreshadowing. Many important relationships have to be brought forward by him in person, such as meeting with Donghua Zhenren and Cihang Zhenren, in addition, he also has to meet with the earth master.

As for Li Changsheng and Li Minghuang, they went directly north to the Qizhou base camp.

After Jin Que made a formal decision, the huge machine of Daomen was put into action, and countless materials were transported to Qizhou from all over the country, and then from Qizhou to the sea and transported to Fenglinzhou.

At this time, most of the high-level leaders of Taiping Road had gathered in Qizhou, and the first pre-war deliberations had already been held. Li Changsheng, as one of the seven assistants of Taiping Qianzhuang, is mainly responsible for the allocation of Taiping money in the Qizhou base camp.

And after the Shangyuan Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the high-level Taoist priests of the other two provinces, as well as the civil and military generals of the imperial court, will also go to Qizhou one after another to conduct the second pre-war discussion with the Taiping Dao.

The interior of the Daomen was full of confidence in this battle, so there was a kind of tension mixed with excitement and a festive atmosphere that had not dissipated just after the Shangyuan Festival.

In this atmosphere, Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu returned to Yujing on the seventeenth day of the first lunar month.

When they got off the boat, they dispersed.

Zhang Jicheng has known Cihang Zhenren and Donghua Zhenren for a long time, and he doesn't need anyone to introduce him, and before he came, they had already communicated, and they came directly to the door. But before that, Zhang Jicheng had to go to his mansion in Xuandu first, prepare a little, and at the same time meet Zhang Yuyue's mother.

That's right, Zhang Yuelu's mother has been living in Yujing in recent years, and rarely returns to the Dazhen Mansion that makes her feel depressed, the ostensible reason is that she is the second deputy hall master of the Huasheng Hall, and she must be resident in Yujing, but the actual reason is that the relationship between the husband and wife has existed in name only, but she is afraid of the influence, and she has not reached the step of tearing her face, and she has a daughter, so she has never been separated, and she has simply lived a long-term separation.

But having said that, it is reasonable for the relationship between middle-aged couples to fade, but the real reason for the breakdown of the relationship between the two is related to Li Minghuang. After Zhang Yuyue was abandoned by Li Minghuang, the husband and wife disagreed on how to deal with the matter.

Zhang Kucheng thinks that not many people know about this matter, the key is that Zhang Yuyue is still complete, and it is not good to make trouble all over the city, everyone knows it, not to mention the reputation of the Zhang family, his daughter's reputation must always be scrupulous, right? If you really want to spread it, nine out of ten will be rumored to be chaotic and abandoned, that is, the yellow mud falls in the crotch of her pants, it is difficult to argue, your daughter's road is still very long, you don't want her to become the second Shi Bingyun, right? So the key now is to seal the door and keep this matter down. Since it is to be suppressed, then it is not possible to retaliate with great fanfare.

Zhang Yuyue's mother believes that there is no impermeable wall in the world, and it cannot be suppressed, and her daughter's reputation has been ruined in the hands of this dog man, and she must take revenge and make him pay the price.

Neither husband nor wife could convince anyone, Zhang Kucheng felt that his wife was too impulsive and did not consider the consequences, and Zhang Yuyue's mother thought that Zhang Kucheng was too weak. This was a fuse that blew up all the contradictions that the husband and wife had accumulated for decades.

In the end, it can't be said that Zhang Kucheng was wrong, now outsiders say that Zhang Yuyue was hurt by love, and it is common for young people to be depressed for the sake of feelings, and there are no rumors that they have a big belly, so after Zhang Kuancheng saw Li Minghuang, he didn't want to mention the old things again, not that he was afraid of Li Minghuang, the junior, in the final analysis, it was to protect his daughter's reputation, which was regarded as a burden of humiliation. br>

Daughter

It has also become the last link to maintain the relationship between husband and wife.

Zhang Wuliang went to the branch hall to dock some affairs. The people in the Daomen called the Duzhitang the money-governing, the Shibotang as the money-maker, and the Taiping Qianzhuang as the money-saving, and the business contacts between the three were the closest.

Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu also have to separate, Zhang Yuelu returned to Tiangang Hall, and Qi Xuansu returned to Ziwei Hall, and each of them canceled their leave.

After canceling the leave, Qi Xuansu returned to the signing room and found that Ke Qingqing had arrived.

The two hadn't been separated for too long, and they hadn't felt strange enough, so Qi Xuansu just said casually, "Coming?"

"The fifteenth day of the first lunar month arrived, and it happened to be the Shangyuan Festival in Yujing, and the earth master personally presided over it, which was even grander than the imperial capital." Ke Qingqing chirped and said, "It's a pity that I haven't finished my job at that time, so I can't go to Zifu, so I can only watch the lights in Taiqing City. I only finished joining this morning, Lei Zhenren looks so scary, but the person is very nice and kind. I heard that Lei Zhenren is the brother-in-law of the real person in charge, is it true?"

Qi Xuansu said, "It's true, Lei Zhenren is my former boss and takes care of me. When I'm not there, if there's anything going on, you can go and ask Lei Zhenren. Also, Yujing is not as good as a place, so be careful in your words and deeds."

"Yes." Ke Qingqing said.

Regarding this, she still has deep feelings, in the past, in the Dijing Daofu, a real-level Taoist priest could be counted on two hands. But when she arrived at Ziwei Hall, she had seen as many as thirteen real people in the past two days, including two real people who were at the same level as the real people in Zhangfu, not to mention the other three-grade Youyi Taoist priests. As for the four-grade sacrificial wine Taoist, she can't be counted, but she, the six-grade deacon, has become an outlier. However, many people know that she is Qi Xuansu's secretary, but they are very polite to her, and they also take the initiative to make friends. At first, she was a little flattered, but later she also understood that people were not coming at her, but because of Qi Xuansu behind her who was so polite.

Qi Xuansu didn't forget to care about his subordinates: "Has the accommodation been arranged?"

"Temporarily arranged in Pure Yang Fang." Ke Qingqing replied.

Qi Xuansu said, "Zhongbafang, that's not bad."

Ke Qingqing asked, "Principal...... Deputy Hall Master, is there anything else you want to explain?"

Qi Xuansu sat down behind the bookcase: "There is nothing to explain, everything is as usual. By the way, I may go to Fenglin Continent, Lei Zhenren will not go, if you want to ask for leave, go to Lei Zhenren too."

Ke Qingqing nodded in response, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, if the deputy hall master Qi rises quickly, he will not be idle for a moment, he has just returned from the imperial capital, and he is going to Fenglinzhou again.

Tiangang Hall, Zhang Yuelu met Cihang Zhenren.

Cihang Zhenren retreated left and right, and said straight to the point: "I have seen Yao Qi."

Zhang Yuelu was stunned for a moment, then came to her senses and asked, "So how did Master and Qi Niang talk?"

"Speaking of which, we've known each other for a long time." Cihang Zhenren did not answer positively, "In the years when Qi Niang was a Taoist priest, she was always one step behind us people, not because she was incapable, but because she was incompatible with the Taoist sect, she was not the material to be a Taoist priest, so one day, Qi Niang said goodbye without saying goodbye, nominally saying that she was going to be a Taoist priest in Youfang, but in fact she was going to mix the rivers and lakes. As soon as she entered the rivers and lakes, she really made her famous, first as the owner of Qibaofang, and now as a high-level member of the Qingping Society, it is not an exaggeration to say that she is a giant in the rivers and lakes. However, she has also been tainted with a lot of charlatans, and her personality has become even worse."

When Zhang Yuelu heard this, she already understood a little.

Sure enough, Cihang Zhenren continued; "So our meeting this time was not pleasant, Qi Niang's resistance was very great, but she was not opposed, but she had objections. In the end, we can only take a step back, such as letting Qi Tianyuan leave the Qingping Society, let it be. I will no longer force him to withdraw, and Qi Niang will no longer force him to stay, it is all up to his own will."

Zhang Yuelu did not speak.

With her end to Qi Xuansu, Qi Xuansu had always wanted to quit the Qingping Society before, but to put it bluntly, she was afraid that people would find out. But now that he has confessed, not only does she know, but also the Heavenly Master, Donghua Zhenren, and Cihang Zhenren also know, and it seems that he didn't treat him well, and this guy's courage can't help but grow again.

The key is that she is also involved with the Purple Light Society

relationship, Qi Xuansu always has a strange psychology of equality, if you have it, I will have it, if you have the Purple Light Society, then I will have the Qingping Society, this is called equality, otherwise it is a double standard, if you want him to voluntarily withdraw from the Qingping Society, I'm afraid it's not that simple.

Zhang Yuelu also had no position to force Qi Xuansu to do so, although she did not join the Purple Light Society, she did receive the favor of the Purple Light Society. The governor can't just be allowed to set fires and not allow the people to light the lamps.

If you talk about the depth of Qi Xuansu's understanding, I'm afraid that no one can get out of Qi Niang, maybe Qi Niang just saw this point and dared to regress like this.

Qi Xuansu carried a jar of wine, a few cooked dishes, a small bundle of ordinary incense sticks, and a stack of paper money, and walked out of the city.

Outside the city, the wind and snow were still howling, and it was freezing to the bone.

Qi Xuansu braved the wind and snow to come to the cemetery under the name of Requiem and found the master's grave.

The tombstone in front of the grave is simply written with the words "Qi Haoran's Tomb", there is no payment, the font is beautiful, and it is Qi Niang's handwriting.

Qi Xuansu first put the cooked food in front of the grave, then put the jar of wine in the middle, lit the incense, the incense flickered brightly and dimly, and he didn't speak for a long time.

At that moment, there was a sound of tapping on the smoke pot.

Qi Xuansu looked back in amazement.

I saw Qi Niang leaning on a tombstone, knocking off the ashes in the cigarette pot.

At this moment, Qi Xuansu actually felt the warmth of home in a trance.

My father was asleep, and my mother was bored smoking a cigarette.

And he's a snowy night home.

"Qi Niang." Qi Xuansu only felt that there were many things to say, but he didn't know where to start.

Qi Niang casually put the cigarette stick in her waist and said, "If you go to Fenglin Continent this time, if you encounter any danger, you can't expect me to fall from the sky. I only have one word, go well, go back."