These words turned out to be quite logical, and for a while, neither Qi Xuansu, Ke Qingqing, nor Han Yongfeng could refute it.

Han Yongfeng glanced at Qi Xuansu, for fear that he would be angry, but Qi Xuansu was not abnormal, and then asked: "The people below are doing nonsense, don't the real people above know anything about it?" ”

The Taoist probably felt that Qi Xuansu's question was a bit naïve, so he smiled hard and lowered his head directly: "If it is said that the little emperor who was born in the deep palace and grew up in the hands of a woman does not know it and is deceived by the people below, it is reasonable." But which of these real people didn't climb up from the bottom, they have rich experience and deep experience, and they flew away one by one, knowing five hundred years before and five hundred years later, saying that they didn't know at all, did Gongzi believe it? ”

Qi Xuansu didn't answer positively: "You have some understanding of the Daomen, and you also know that all the real people have experience at the bottom. Then let me ask you, since these real people know, then they don't want to care? Still don't dare to care? ”

The Taoist finally couldn't help but smile: "Childe is from the Central Plains, right?" Not at all like the people of Borneo. If you want me to say, if you dare to do this, you must not want to care. ”

Ke Qingqing looked at Qi Xuansu seriously, and found that his expression was very grim, and he was not at all as relaxed as when he first got off the flying boat, and she couldn't help but feel a pang in her heart.

Qi Xuansu didn't look at Ke Qingqing, but looked at Han Yongfeng: "Old Han, you have more time below, what do you think?" ”

Han Yongfeng was stunned, he didn't expect Qi Xuansu to ask himself, but he still immediately replied: "I think it's true that real people have been in contact with the bottom, but that was a long time ago, and it is easy to make mistakes that are taken for granted. ”

Qi Xuansu laughed: "Self-deception, right? As long as I don't see it, I can assume that it doesn't exist. ”

There was a lot of irony in this laughter, and Han Yongfeng couldn't help but look pale.

Qi Xuansu continued: "This reminds me of a joke, saying that there is a great good man, who let out the words that no poor people are allowed to exist within a radius of twenty miles from his residence, so the people below drive away all the poor people within twenty miles, this is the kindness of the great good people, and they can't see the poor." ”

Ke Qingqing wanted to laugh a little, but he felt that it was out of place, so he could only hold back.

But the Taoist was so shocked that he didn't dare to speak.

In fact, this Taoist still does not understand the Daomen, although the Daomen claim to be equal, but the Daomen are very tolerant of some objections from the upper elites, even including the Daxuan court, Confucianism, Buddhism, and Tianmen elites who are in the same camp as the Daomen. In other words, the higher up you go, the freer speech becomes, and even encourages this kind of self-criticism.

This approach may not be all right, but there is some truth to it.

Because criticism itself is a kind of power, and at the same time a mechanism for self-healing and improvement. At some point, in order to show justice, there is also a need for the critical voice itself, and as for whether it is right or wrong, it is secondary.

Crucially, criticism is based on an understanding of its own mechanisms.

Don't talk about others, let's just say Qi Xuansu, Qi Xuansu in the past was rolling in the quagmire of the rivers and lakes, and he didn't even touch the threshold of heaven and man, the Taoist priest of the Four Grades of Wine is a big man for him, and he is not even worthy of talking to a real-level Taoist priest, let alone understanding the mechanism of the Daomen, he is facing the pressure of survival, not the pressure of struggle, what advice can he put forward? Or rather, the people above don't want to hear his opinion at all.

Now Qi Xuansu, his realm is high, his knowledge is wide, he has dealt with various secret associations, participated in the Fenglin Continent war, and has gradually entered the high-level, his opinion is naturally important, even if it is an opposing opinion.

Under normal circumstances, it is important to pay attention to the occasion and the object of criticism, as long as it is not to criticize specific people by name in public, or to go against the will of the people or incite the will of the people to cause a bad impact, there is no big problem.

With Qi Xuansu's current status, of course, these words are nothing, and they are not taboos, let alone cautious. Even Han Yongyan and Ke Qingqing were not shocked.

To put it bluntly, under the equality framework of Taoism, the dishes are still divided into three classes and the clothes are divided into five colors, but they are not like Confucianism and often put the hierarchy directly on the surface, or how to say that the key to self-proclaimed equality lies in self-pride, not equality.

This is undoubtedly a regression in ability, causing and exacerbating the separation between the upper and lower levels.

Qi Xuansu finally asked the man, "What's your name?" ”

The Taoist replied honestly: "The villain's name is Zhang Quande. ”

Qi Xuansu said: "Are you Shangqing Zhang?" Or is it Taiping? ”

The Taoist sneered: "There are thousands of people surnamed Zhang in the world, maybe five hundred years ago they were a family, but now they have nothing to do with it, and they don't dare to have a relationship with these Taoist immortals." ”

Qi Xuansu said again: "Your name is Quande, but you came to do this kind of roadblock robbery, but you can't bear this name." ”

Qi Xuansu pointed at Zhang Quande: "Take him and go into the city." ”

Han Yongfeng glanced at Zhang Quande, and Zhang Quande hurriedly said: "If you don't work your hands, if you don't work your hands, I can go by myself." ”

……

A young man and woman walk side by side on the shores of Guijian Lake.

Chen Jianqiu collected his thoughts, tried not to look at the woman next to him, and told his general speculation.

Chen Jianqiu listened very carefully and nodded occasionally.

Chen Jianqiu said: "The county lord ......"

"Don't call me the county lord, it's too raw." Chen Jianqiu interrupted her, "You are older than me, and you are a family, you can call me Qiu'er, and I will call you Brother Qiu." ”

Chen Jianqiu was flustered again, and frankly, for a moment, he almost thought of the child's name.

Not all men have Qi Xuansu's determination, don't look at Qi Xuansu's support all the way, it seems that he has relied on Qi Niang's support all the way, in fact, there are more families who can't help him, if he is mud, then no matter how much support he has, it will be in vain.

For a young man like Chen Jianqiu, the lethality of the woman who makes his heart move is even greater than that of the Sword Immortal Flying Sword. After all, a flying sword can only cut the flesh, but this woman's sword is a heart-snatching god.

Chen Jianqiu said: "According to what Brother Qiu just said, you suspect that something went wrong during the New Year's Festival. ”

Chen Jianqiu nodded and said, "That's right, the last time Chief Chen returned to the palace was five years ago, and this sudden return was too abrupt. Didn't the county lord also suspect that this matter had something to do with Chief Chen? So I want to know what happened on the day Chief Chen returned. ”

Chen Shuhua is also the county lord, but the identity of the county lord is obviously not comparable to the chief deputy mansion master, so even when people in the clan mention her, they will call the chief, and the surname is added in front of it to distinguish it from other chiefs.

Chen Jianqiu fell into memories: "On the day of the New Year, my father was very happy, not only because of the New Year's Festival, but also because of a relief on his mind. I heard from my father's attendants that my father had talked with Chief Chen alone for a while, and during the conversation, my father withdrew all his attendants, so these attendants didn't know what they were talking about, so they could only guess. ”

Chen Jianqiu hurriedly asked, "What speculation?" ”

Chen Jianqiu hesitated for a moment: "They guess that it should be my father who reconciled with Chief Chen." ”

"Reconciliation?" Chen Jianqiu was stunned.

Chen Jianqiu continued: "In fact, for a long time, my father was worried that his position was unstable, and the reason was very simple, that is, Chief Chen, not to mention her high position, and she also had a close relationship with the real person in charge, if she really moved her father's position, it was not impossible. ”

Chen Jianqiu nodded slightly, maybe the Dao Sect can only influence but cannot decide the candidate of the Great Xuan Emperor, but the Dao Sect will definitely be able to decide the Great Yu??????????????? The specific candidate of the lord of the country, and even the kings of various countries have to seek the approval of the Daomen after succeeding to the throne, and some years ago, there was also a trend of pilgrimage to Yujing, that is, the king and queen walked to Yujing step by step from the Kunlun Pass to show sincerity, although the Daomen quickly stopped this behavior, but it can also be seen that the huge influence of the Daomen, so the concern of the lord of the country is not unreasonable.

Chen Jianqiu said: "For a long time, my father has been very anxious, and he has also done a lot of coping measures in advance, in addition to constantly showing favor to this aunt, he has also strengthened the connection with the Daxuan Imperial Court, and tried to make good friends with the real people of Jinque, and the most important thing is to have a good relationship with the big real people of the Zhangfu, after all, the big real people of the Zhangfu are the people who hold the highest power in the Borneo Daofu." It's a pity that the real people in charge of the mansion don't care about the world, and it is unattainable, and many of my father's efforts have yielded little results. ”

Chen Jianqiu has some understanding of the real people in charge of the mansion from the mouth of his stepmother, and he doesn't seem to be so unkind as Chen Jianqiu's mouth, he is an old man who is quite easy to talk to. It's just that he forgot a little, what is Xu Jiaorong's identity, he can be regarded as one of the closest people around Da Zhenren, and Da Zhenren naturally treats her with easy-going. Just like Qi Xuansu, will Qi Xuansu in Ke Qingqing's eyes and Qi Xuansu in Master Gao's eyes be the same person?

Chen Jianqiu said slowly: "Because of this, when Chief Chen took the initiative to express his willingness to reconcile, the lord of the country immediately agreed, and he was happy about it. ”

Chen Jianqiu nodded: "It should be like this." ”

Chen Jianqiu said thoughtfully: "In the past so many years, Chief Chen has no intention of reconciling at all, why did he suddenly decide to reconcile?" And half a month after Chief Chen met the lord alone, the lord of the country was sick, and there must be a demon when something goes wrong, and the problem must appear here. ”

Chen Jianqiu bit his lip lightly: "It seems that I can only ask my father in person, but now my father is in a trance, and he often can't distinguish between dreams and reality, and he may not be able to fully recall what happened that day." ”

Chen Jianqiu said: "It's okay, there is also the case of the Transformation Hall, maybe there can be any clues over there." ”

Chen Jianqiu smiled: "Then there is Brother Laoqiu." ”

At this moment, Chen Jianqiu only felt that the heavens and the earth had lost their color, and there was only the girl standing by the water in his eyes, dazzling.