In the depths of the clouds, there is a piece of palace in the sky, count carefully, there are three upper halls, and the lower halls and side halls are more than ten.

These three upper halls are named Shangzhen, Shangfa, and Shangshi, which are the 'three halls' that Taisumen often say in the mouth of the prime minister's sect.

Among them, it can be said that the Shangshi Hall is the matter of the Prime Minister's sect, the Shangfa Hall is the thing of the Prime Minister's sect, and the Shangzhen Hall does not need to say much, it represents the will of the real person, and generally speaking, it can also be said to be the will of the real person.

But having said that, the three halls are not actually independent.

For example, the Taisu Zhengzong now holds a great competition of the sect once every ten years, which is supposed to be in charge of the Shangshi Palace, but the manpower and material resources required to hold the big competition, and the magic weapons and magic objects allocated by the sect to the Dabi, naturally cannot go around the Shangfa Palace, so when the Shangzhen Hall cannot be lowered, the affairs of the sect are discussed and handled by the Shangfa Hall and the Shangshi Palace.

As for the rest of the side halls, they are all the lower halls of the two halls of the upper law and the upper affairs, each with its own ability, such as the good gong hall, the Tiangong hall, the Danxia courtyard, and the general affairs hall in the Taisu Gate, are all under its jurisdiction.

On this day, there is a golden bridge, stretching out from the edge of the heavy clouds, on the bridge, there is a heroic Taoist man, the hairpin is tied with hairpins, the plain white robe, the crane is draped outside, there is no wind blowing the sleeves here, but it shows an elegant fairy posture.

Except for Xu Zhuang, there is no one else.

Xu Zhuang's trip was to rush to the Third Hall to take office, and he had delayed this matter for a long time, and it was indeed not appropriate to delay it.

So today, in the morning, he was not in a hurry to take care of other affairs, but put up the jade plate that Daochen Zhenren gave him the appointment of the three halls, and a golden bridge was erected and brought him here.

Escape through the heavy clouds, as soon as he enters here, Xu Zhuang will feel refreshed, although the spirit in the air here does not appear, but it is as condensed as the spirit of truth, obviously the place of the three halls, in addition to the center of the sect, is also a first-class cultivation treasure land.

Before Xu Zhuang thought about how long, Jinqiao had come to a large hall, and took Xu Zhuang to settle down, and naturally dispersed, Xu Zhuang looked up, and saw the golden book on the plaque 'Shangshi Palace'.

There was already a boy waiting in front of the hall, and when he saw Xu Zhuang coming, he hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, saying: "Uncle Xu, the little boy has been waiting here for a long time, please follow me into the palace." ”

Xu Zhuang was not surprised, he activated the jade plate, and it must be impossible not to be known to the three halls, and it is reasonable to be prepared to greet him.

Xu Zhuang's face did not change, stepped into the palace, there are many people in the hall, the first seat on the hall is no one, only next to the first seat there is a crane hair old Taoist holding the dust standing, there is a child next to him, holding a jade plate, there is a roll of gold silk on the plate, a seal letter.

The rest of the people are seated in different seats on the left and right rows according to the seat, and their faces are old and young, but they look good and have a good momentum, and there are several familiar noodles among them, Zhang Tingxian, Feng Yuanliu, Han Wang, and Nangong Yang are among them.

There was a vacant seat between the two rows of seated people, and it was not known whether they had not yet arrived or had not yet taken their seats.

As soon as Xu Zhuang entered the hall, Tong'er immediately sang: "Venerable Dao Miao has arrived." ”

All of a sudden, the eyes on both sides looked down, Xu Zhuang calmly walked into the hall, and waved in all directions, and suddenly there were people who bowed their heads or returned the salute, and there were also people whose expressions were faint and did not respond.

Xu Zhuang walked to the middle of the main hall, only to see the old Taoist of Hefa next to the first seat preaching: "The Tao is wonderful." ”

Xu Zhuang heard the proclamation in response, Hefa Old Dao nodded slightly, picked up the golden silk from the jade plate held by the Taoist Tong, and read: "Respect the decree of the True Palace, and the true disciple Dao Miao will serve as the elder of the Supreme Palace, and concurrently serve as the hall master of the Jade Ding Palace." ”

There is no distinction between the elders of the upper hall, but there is a difference in duties, that is, they are in charge of each lower hall, naturally, depending on the different jurisdictions of the lower hall, the power and responsibility are also divided into large and small, and at the same time, a lower hall also has the position of the main and deputy hall masters.

Under the jurisdiction of the Jade Ding Palace, the Taoist Soldier Palace, the Lux Hall is in charge of the cultivation and scheduling of Taisu Authentic Taoist soldiers and wrestlers, not to mention the dispatch of conquests, all halls and courtyards in the door must be patrolled by Taoist soldiers, and the wrestlers help the merit, in a sense, it can be said that the power is in hand.

Although all the responsibilities of the Shangshi Hall are deployed by the Shangzhen Palace, such a powerful position is naturally indispensable to be noticed, who expected that it would fall on Xu Zhuang's head after being vacant for so long, and it was the master of the main hall, which caused all parties to look at it for a while.

Xu Zhuang clearly heard a soft snort coming from the right rear, Xu Zhuang still did not change his face, bowed to the elders of the hall, and responded: "Disciple Dao Miao, receive the decree of the true hall." ”

The elders of the hall said goodly, put the decree back on the jade plate, and the Taoist boy walked down the hall, held the jade plate in front of Xu Zhuang, and said: "Please Venerable Dao Miao accept the decree of the Shangzhen Palace and the seal letter of the Jade Ding Palace." ”

Xu Zhuang took the decree and the letter, and after the good life put it away, the elders of the hall saw that the handover had been completed, so he stepped down from the hall, waved his hand, and said: "Now that the decree and the letter have been handed over, the old way will not bother." ”

Xu Zhuang waved his hand back and thanked him, the elder nodded with a smile, and then led the boy out of the palace gate, and returned to the Shangzhen Palace.

The Shangzhen Hall is different from the Shangshi Palace, representing the will of the real people, although there are elders in the hall, but they are not in real power, and they are all larger in class, and the Shangshi Hall is different, usually they are in the prime of life of the Yuanying three major monks, the number is not very much, but now there are a number of true transmission into the temple to serve, it seems to be a little weather.

After the elder of the Shangzhen Hall left, a middle-aged Taoist on the front seat got up, walked in front of Xu Zhuang, and said with one hand: "The master of the Jade Ding Palace, Wang Chong of this seat, is in charge of the Tiangong Palace." ”

"It turned out to be the master of the Heavenly Palace." Xu Zhuang's heart moved, and he responded: "I don't know what to advise." ”

"You and I are working together in the Shangshi Palace, so what can we say?" The lord of the Tiangong Hall smiled and said: "There is no agenda in the Shangshi Hall today, this seat is just here to watch the ceremony, since the handover ceremony has been completed, there are still affairs to be taken care of in this hall, so I want to retreat first." ”

"I see, please take care of the hall master." Xu Zhuang returned the salute, and the master of the Tiangong Hall bowed his head lightly and walked out of the hall.

After the master of the Tiangong Hall left the table, then two hall masters stepped forward to take a picture with Xu Zhuang, and some people just gestured to Xu Zhuang and left.

There were not many people in the hall watching the ceremony, and after a while, there were only two people left, both of whom were familiar noodles, one was Han Wang, and the other was Zhang Tingxian, who had been in front of Zhang Tingxian outside the Dongzhen Palace, as for Feng Yuanliu, he had quietly left the table.

Seeing that the two of them were still here, Xu Zhuang also showed a smile on his face, and when he walked in front of Han Wang, Han Wang spoke first: "Senior Brother Xu, I didn't think that the Lord of the Jade Ding Hall was left for you, congratulations." ”

Xu Zhuang and Han Wang were old acquaintances, so they thanked him casually, and asked, "Senior Brother Han, you haven't introduced this senior brother to your junior brother yet." ”

Han Wang only smiled slightly when he heard this, and Zhang Tingxian said first: "Senior Brother Xu, you may not know me, but I have admired your name for a long time. He immediately arched his hand slightly, and said with a smile: "Zhang Tingxian, I am the master of the Hall of Merit." ”

Xu Zhuang was surprised when he heard this, the Hall of Merit has a wide range of jurisdiction, and the Hall of Good Merit is under the jurisdiction of the Hall of Merit, which is also a position of real power.

Xu Zhuang raised his hand and said: "Senior brother said that he was joking, in fact, the senior brother's big name and younger brother have already heard of it, but he has not officially made friends, so he expects Senior Brother Han to introduce him." ”

Zhang Tingxian smiled, and Xu Zhuang asked again: "I don't know what Senior Brother Han has either?" ”

Han Wangxiang shook his head helplessly, and said, "As a brother, he is also the master of the Hall of Merit. ”

"Huh!" Zhang Tingxian disagreed: "It's the deputy hall master." ”

Xu Zhuang suddenly understood, no wonder the two acted together, chatted a few words, Xu Zhuang suddenly moved in his heart, and asked, "Senior Brother Han, do you know who the hall master of the Dharma Hall is?" ”

The Fa-rectification Hall is the hall that is in charge of the sect's laws and regulations, and the Law Enforcement Yuan, the Punishment Court, and the Bitter Prison are all under the jurisdiction of the Fa-rectification Palace.

Han Wang raised his eyebrows and said, "Senior brother is looking for the hall master of the Dharma Rectification Palace?" The main hall master of the Dharma Hall is an uncle called the eldest grandson Lu, not a true disciple, but the deputy hall master is the senior brother of Fengyuan Liufeng. ”

"Feng Yuanliu?" Xu Zhuang thought quietly, he also had the impression that he had taken a picture outside the Dongzhen Hall with Zhang Tingxian, and he was also watching the ceremony in the Shangshi Palace, but he left the table without saying hello to Xu Zhuang.

Xu Zhuang pondered for a moment and asked, "Senior Brother Han, I still have to go to the Jade Ding Palace, why don't you go to the palace with my junior brother?" ”

"Oh?" Han Wang sighed for a moment and said with a smile: "That's fine, there is not much affairs in the Hall of Merit today, and it is enough for Senior Brother Zhang to deal with it." ”

Zhang Tingxian smiled when he heard this, and responded: "In this case, I will go back to the Hall of Merit first." Privately, he compared the number with Han Wang, and said, "Remember to serve good wine tomorrow." ”

Han Wang was too lazy to take care of it, so he called Xu Zhuang and left, Xu Zhuang also smiled when he saw this, and said goodbye to Zhang Tingxian, before walking out of the hall side by side with Han Wang.

Xu Zhuang took the seal letter and shook it, and a golden bridge suddenly rose in front of him, extending to a temple below, which was the Jade Ding Hall of the hall master of Xu Zhuang.

Xu Zhuang looked at Han and said, "Senior brother, please." ”

Han Wang was also not polite, he stepped onto the golden bridge, Xu Zhuang only set up the bridge, and the golden bridge shrank towards the Jade Ding Palace, Han Wang suddenly remembered something, and said: "Senior Brother Xu, you have just arrived, and you don't know what the attitude of the deputy hall master of the Jade Ding Hall is. ”

"Oh?" Xu Zhuang raised his eyebrows and asked, "What is the origin of this deputy hall master?" Could it be that you will be embarrassed by me? ”

Han Wang frowned and said, "I haven't taken a few photos of the deputy hall master of the Jade Ding Palace, I am not a true disciple, it seems to be an elder of the Yun clan, and he has been in office for hundreds of years. ”

"Originally, after the abdication of the hall master of the Jade Ding Palace, he should have taken office, but the Shangzhen Hall suddenly issued a decree, ordering me and other true disciples to take up the three halls, and the hall master of the Jade Ding Hall has been empty for more than ten years, and this deputy hall master is not allowed to be promoted, and I don't know if there will be any resentment."

"I see." Xu Zhuang nodded thoughtfully, and said with a smile: "It's okay, even if you have complaints, can you still disobey the decree of the Shangzhen Palace?" ”

"It can't be." Han Wang shook his head and said, "But if he goes against you, with the power of the years, he will still give you a headache." ”

Xu Zhuang only smiled slightly when he heard this: "Ranking Elder of the Upper Hall, if you are so unwise, it will really disappoint the junior brother." ”

Han Wang laughed instead, and responded, "What the junior brother said is very true. ”

(End of chapter)