Chapter 41: The Middleman
From the standpoint of a power struggle, the truth never matters.
Whether Zhang Kuanquan committed suicide or not depends on the attitudes of both parties.
If both parties think that he died well, then he is committing suicide, and the king of heaven Lao Tzu is also committing suicide.
If one side does not approve, then it is up to each to rely on the means.
Communication is important if you want both parties to agree.
Since the dispute between the three roads intensified, the communication channels between the Zhang family and the Li family have been almost severed. Of course, the communication here is not as simple as meeting and talking, official words, clichΓ©s, and scene words will be said, and the key is whether you can let down your guard and carry out some in-depth exchanges on positions, bottom lines, and interests with sincerity.
If the two families want to communicate, they need a middleman to pass the word.
Since it is an intermediary, it is not appropriate to have the surname Zhang or the surname Li.
The day after Zhang Kuanquan's death, Qi Xuansu began to devote himself to his own errands, as the so-called knowing oneself and knowing that the other side will win all battles, he must first understand Suzuka Gozen. In this regard, whether it is the Fenglinzhou Provincial Government or the Toyotomi Prime Minister's Mansion, there is a lot of information.
Suzuka Gozen is the ghost girl of Suzuka Mountain, and it is said that she went to Posa Island during her lifetime and is good at supernatural powers???????????????? and swordsmanship. There are many opinions about the life of this ghost girl. In the earliest days, he was a thief who plundered the royal tribute, and was known as the "black hat". The Fenglinzhou court sent a general to conquer her, and she chose to submit to the Fenglinzhou court and helped the general crusade against Dayue Maru, one of the three demons. But she died at the age of twenty-five. After his death, he became the mountain god of Mt. Suzuka, and it has survived to this day.
As for her attitude, it's elusive. said that her heart was towards the court, and she used to be a thief "standing black hat". said that she rebelled against the imperial court, and she once helped the imperial court crusade against one of the three demons, Daigakumaru.
In the end, Daomen decided that she was a target to be fought for, and her importance was extremely high, second only to Tamamo front.
At this moment, Mu Yan came to Qi Xuansu's side: "Deputy Hall Master Qi, someone wants to see you." β
Qi Xuansu raised his head and asked, "Who wants to see me?" How could it be you who came to report? β
Mu Yan looked around and saw that there was no one else, so she said: "It's someone from the Zhang family, the other party first contacted the deputy hall master of Qingxiao through the 'Mother Mirror', and then the deputy hall master of Qingxiao asked me to invite the deputy hall master Qi to come over, and the contact of the 'Mother Mirror' has not been interrupted, and I am waiting for the deputy hall master of Qi." β
Qi Xuansu could only get up and follow Mu Yan to the mirror room, that is, the place where the "Mother and Child Mirror" was placed. Because the farther the distance, the larger the volume of the "child and mother mirror", coupled with the small number, they are all centralized placement, and it is not possible to install them in the signing room for the time being.
Coming to the separate mirror room, Zhang Yuelu was waiting here, and took the initiative to introduce Qi Xuansu: "Tianyuan, this is my uncle, the name is not high, you have seen it during the Shangyuan Festival. β
Zhang Wuliang.
Qi Xuansu naturally had the impression that he was one of the seven assistants of Taiping Qianzhuang.
The true God of Wealth.
The two major powers, one is the personnel power and the other is the financial power, and the importance of their position can be imagined. At this point, the Zhang family, the Li family, and the Yao family are all the same, and only the core real power figures in the family can be appointed.
In the bidding after the Shangyuan Festival, Qi Xuansu had a relationship with this wordless old man.
Qi Xuansu saluted to the old man on the other side of the "Mother and Child Mirror": "Xuansu has seen Zhang Fuli. β
"Tianyuan, you don't have to be so polite." Zhang Wuliang did not underestimate Qi Xuansu, it was precisely because these old men of the Great Sect saw people very accurately, and saw that Qi Xuansu was not an idle person, and with the support of the Quanzhen Dao, he would definitely have a bright future in the future, so he was worried that he and Zhang Yuelu would take away the position of the Great Sect. If Qi Xuansu was just a mediocre person, then Zhang Yuelu would be difficult to support alone, and there was no need for them to go to such great lengths.
In the environment of the Daomen, there are very few people who look down on others, ridicule others, and provoke others at every turn, and even if there are, it is difficult to climb to a high position. Generally upholds, it is easy not to make enemies, and once you have made enemies, you will not die.
Qi Xuansu glanced at Zhang Yuelu.
Without waiting for Zhang Yuelu to speak, Zhang Wuliang had already said: "Regarding Zhang Quanquan's case, Tianyuan has already heard about it. β
Qi Xuansu said: "Yes." β
"I heard that Tianyuan is in charge of this case over there?" Zhang Wuliang asked.
Qi Xuansu was stunned for a moment, and then heard Zhang Yuelu say softly: "Tell the truth." β
Qi Xuansu had no choice but to say: "I am responsible, all the people involved in the case have been detained, but it was only one round of trial, and Zhang Quanquan had an accident, so it was not retried, and the case was temporarily shelved." β
Zhang Wuliang said: "In this way,???????????????? Qingwei Zhenren still believes in Tianyuan. β
Qi Xuansu was about to defend himself.
Zhang Wuliang raised his hand to stop Qi Xuansu's next words, and said first: "I want to invite Qingwei Zhenren, can you help arrange it?" β
Qi Xuansu was taken aback, but after thinking about it, he understood.
This is exactly the situation they want, it seems that Zhang Yuelu has not done useless work in the past few days, but it has still played a role, as long as the two sides are willing to talk, the situation can be calmed down, it will not cause the situation to expand, and it will not affect the situation in Fenglinzhou.
Qi Xuansu asked, "Zhang Fuli thinks, when is the right time?" β
Zhang Wuliang said: "I'm already on the way to Fenglinzhou, and I can get there tonight, but I can't stay in Fenglinzhou for too long, so I mean that tonight is the best, and the location is set by Qingwei Zhenren." β
Qi Xuansu said: "Okay, I'll go and ask Qingwei Zhenren now, and then contact Zhang Fuli." β
Zhang Wuliang nodded: "That's it." β
After ending the conversation, Qi Xuansu immediately went to the big tent of the Chinese army and asked to see Qingwei Zhenren.
Qingwei Zhenren probably had a special explanation with the secretary, so his secretary did not let Qi Xuansu wait, but directly led Qi Xuansu to Qingwei Zhenren's signing room.
Qi Xuansu saw Qingwei Zhenren and reported the matter to Qingwei Zhenren in detail.
Qingwei Zhenren did not speak after listening to it, and there was no surprise.
Qi Xuansu's heart hung a little, if Qingwei Zhenren refused to meet, wouldn't that mean that all his previous guesses were wrong? Then the efforts of these days have become useless.
However, as soon as Qingwei Zhenren spoke, Qi Xuansu knew that he had not guessed wrong, Qingwei Zhenren wanted to make peace, and the reason why he didn't immediately express his position just now was to consider the relevant details of the specific arrangement.
Qingwei Zhenren said to the secretary: "You ask Longchen to arrange it, prepare a single-family courtyard in Xiujing, and say that I want to entertain distinguished guests, and I want the Central Plains style, not the Fenglinzhou style." Whether it is serving at the banquet or being in charge of guarding outside, arrange their own people, and be careful not to leak the news. β
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The secretary asked, "Do you need to prepare a gift?" β
Qingwei Zhenren groaned slightly: "Zhang Fuli shouldn't bring too many entourage, you ask Zhu Yu to prepare some local products from the East China Sea, and that kind of etiquette pocket flying sword or sword talisman is not bad, ask if there is any more, if there is, local products plus flying swords, one per person." As for the gift to Zhang Fuli, I prepared it myself. β
The secretary took the order and left.
Qingwei Zhenren Qi Xuan Su said again: "Tianyuan, you and Deputy Hall Master Zhang will also come over at night." β
Qi Xuansu responded: "Yes." β
To be honest, Qi Xuansu was a little surprised, as the so-called courtesy is still exchanged, Qingwei Zhenren's attention to this meeting was somewhat unexpected to him.
Qi Xuansu left the big tent of the Chinese army, first met Zhang Yuelu, and then informed Zhang Wuliang of the result.
In the evening, Zhang Wuliang's flying boat arrived.
Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu went to greet them, but only Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu were the only ones. It's not that Zhang Wuliang is lightweight, but Zhang Wuliang didn't notify anyone else at all, this is a secret visit. As Qingwei Zhenren expected, Zhang Wuliang only brought two entourage.
After Zhang Wuliang got off the flying boat, he didn't stop and went directly to Xiujing.
On Xiujing's side, Li Tiangang has already arranged it, and the location is relatively ???????????????? The secluded single-family yard, inside and out, is very clean, and there are no half idle people.
Recently, the situation in Xiujing City has been greatly reversed, most of the Zun faction has been swept away, and there are still a few that are extremely hidden and do not become a climate. And this meeting is very special, even the Daomen is rarely known, not to mention these non-our race of respectable factions, plus there are Qingwei real people in charge, so there is no problem in terms of security.
Qingwei Zhenren asked people to prepare a large round table, and there were only six people seated in the end, in addition to the two protagonists of Qingwei Zhenren and Zhang Wuliang, and then Qi Xuansu, Zhang Yuelu, Li Tiangang, and Li Zhuyu.
Speaking of Li Zhuyu, it is Qi Xuansu's old acquaintance, the first time the two met outside Yujing City, and they threatened each other about Fengbo's affairs, at that time Li Zhuyu claimed to be "the anonymous righteous daughter of the Li family, so it is not in order", until today he did not know that Li Zhuyu's father-in-law was a Qingwei real person. As for why she doesn't have a seniority model in her name, it has little to do with the identity of the righteous daughter, mainly because Qingwei Zhenren himself doesn't like this set, and naturally he won't add a generation model to the righteous girl. Seriously calculated, she is a Tianzi generation, the same generation as Li Tianzhen.
Zhang Wuliang's entourage and others were entertained by the secretary of Qingwei Zhenren in the side hall.
At the banquet, Qingwei Zhenren and Zhang Wuliang did not talk about the substance, and did not even mention the words "Zhang Quanquan", but only said some polite words and scene words, and occasionally mentioned the current battle in Fenglinzhou.
Half an hour later, Qingwei Zhenren said to Li Zhuyu: "Zhu Yu, you accompany Tianyuan and Qingxiao, and Zhang Fuli and I sit alone for a while." β
Li Zhuyu got up and responded.
Under the guidance of Li Tiangang, Qingwei Zhenren and Zhang Wuliang got up and went to the inner room.
After a while, Li Tiangang also retreated.
Li Zhuyu asked people to withdraw from the table, replace it with hot tea, and several people sat outside and talked without a pair.
Qingwei Zhenren and Zhang Wuliang talked about it for nearly an hour, and Qi Xuansu didn't know what they were talking about, but Qi Xuansu could probably guess that it was still Zhang Xuanquan's matter.
Qi Xuansu is optimistic about this conversation, the attitude of Qingwei Zhenren is one of them, Zhang Wuliang went to Fenglinzhou to meet Qingwei Zhenren in person, which is also an attitude and sincerity.