Pawn Crossing the River

Zhang Yuelu paced back and forth with his hands behind his back.

It is impossible for Pan Cuiqing to know the old affairs of Wanxiang Taoist Palace. Even if he investigates the case, he will not find it so far back at the first time. The normal situation should be to slowly investigate it as the case progresses.

Who immediately provided Pan Cuiqing with the information that Qi Xuansu and Wan Xiuwu had an old grudge?

Thinking of Yue Liuli's past relationship with Wan Xiuwu, and Yue Liuli's current relationship with Pan Cuiqing, the answer is already obvious.

It was Yue Liuli who told Pan Cuiqing about the old grudge between Qi Xuansu and Wan Xiuwu.

Why did Yue Liuli do this? Why was her first reaction to Qi Xuansu? A person who is already dead.

Zhang Yuelu thought it was a guilty conscience, and recalled the scene when the two met in Wuxu Palace. Yue Liuli was indeed a little unnatural. Zhang Yuelu didn't think much about it at the time. Looking back now, Yue Liuli seemed a little afraid of him.

This makes it very clear that Wan Xiuwu and Qi Xuansu had an old grudge, and Yue Liuli was also involved, so after Wan Xiuwu died, Yue Liuli was more panicked than sad. He immediately suspected Qi Xuansu, and even because of her She was suspicious of her relationship with Qi Xuansu.

So what happened that year?

Although she and Qi Xuansu were life-and-death friends, they had only known each other for a short time and could not say that they knew everything about them. She only knew a rough idea of ​​many things.

Zhang Yuelu came to his senses and ordered: "Mu Jin, in the name of Tiangang Hall, write a letter to the Wanxiang Taoist Palace, requesting access to the relevant files of the Bingzi Nianjia Department of the Wanxiang Taoist Palace."

Mu Jin responded and left quickly.

Zhang Yuelu came to the desk again and began to write down his many speculations.

Whether it was Qin Wubing, Pei Xiaolou, or the three evil objects in the cave of the Ghost Kingdom, she could not investigate them rashly now. She could only report them to her master Cihang.

However, since it was all speculation without concrete evidence to support it, Zhang Yuelu did not intend to send it to Master Cihang in the form of an official letter, but instead wrote a long letter.

Then Zhang Yuelu handed the long letter to Tian Baobao and told him: "Don't send the Tiangang Hall's 'Message Array', send the Zhangtang Master's private 'Message Array', remember it."

"Yes." Tian Baobao solemnly agreed.

As Zhang Yuelu's status rises and his affairs increase, he will inevitably need someone to assist him and share some of the paperwork and chores. Now Mu Jin and Tian Bao Bao are taking on this role, with Mu Jin as the main one and Tian Bao Bao as the supplement. The court and Taoist sects Called "Secretary", the name comes from the secretarial province in ancient times. It is more convenient that all three of them are women.

After doing this, Zhang Yuelu began to rethink Wei Wugui's problem.

Now, Wan Xiuwu's case involves more than just Wan Xiuwu. She will pursue it no matter what.

Next, she

Will go to Longmen Mansion.

One is to go to the Wanxiang Dao Palace to check the relevant files.

Second, there are various signs that Wei Wugui went to Longmen Mansion after leaving "Ghost Pass".

In fact, she also thought about arresting Wei Wugui directly through Zhongzhou Daofu, or simply sending people to search for Wei Wugui, but after thinking about it, she gave up this idea.

She is not a pedantic person, and the lack of evidence is just one of the reasons. The key is that she wants to see Wei Wugui's next move, which is to take a long-term approach to catch the big fish.

As for Wei Wugui himself, or Qi Xuansu, he still didn't know that he had been targeted by Zhang Yuelu.

At this time, he had taken Liu Hu to Shi'an County, where the Sunless City among the four cities in Zhongzhou was located.

The Tao Sect is known as the Three Thousand Avenues and Eight Hundred Side Sects. There are ways to control swords, talismans, elixirs and cauldrons, divination and calculations, raising ghosts and raising corpses, yin and yang prophecies, etc. .

In addition, there is also a branch of Fangzhongshu in the Taoist sect, which deals with skin and flesh business, also known as prostitution.

The prostitution is in this Zixian Mountain, or Zixian Mountain itself is a huge court, even more so than in prosperous places such as Jiangnan and Imperial Capital.

As early as the Ming and Yong years of the previous dynasty, before the Taoist sects were unified, they were still fragmented. The prostitutes spent countless manpower and financial resources to hollow out the entire Zixian Mountain and built a city in it. In addition to a group of prostitutes, there are countless musicians, tailors, craftsmen, and servants in Music, making it possible for people to have everything they need without leaving home.

The owner here is like a self-reliant king, known as the "Tianle Cult Master" and the "Purple Immortal King".

This huge courtyard was named "Tianle Taoyuan" by him.

As the name suggests, for guests from all over the world, this place is a paradise that is enough to make them forget about Shu. However, for those who are miserable, it is a place that is inaccessible and inaccessible. It is easy to get in, but it is difficult to get out.

Among them are not only women, but also men, who are specially responsible for receiving female guests. Some were cruelly sold by their parents because of poverty at home, and some were trafficked. There were even rumors that many handsome men and women in the world were also murdered and kidnapped here. No matter what your origin is, after you come here, you will only have one identity, and you will never see the light of day again in this life.

After Xuansheng Zhongxing Daomen, he banned this place and ordered the proper placement of the men and women there.

However, to Xuansheng's surprise, many people were unwilling to leave Zixian Mountain and even begged Xuansheng not to ban Zixian Mountain.

Some people do it because they are alone and have nowhere to go. There are also some people who have become accustomed to the life in Zixian Mountain. Not only do they have no worries about food and clothing, but they also earn a lot of money. On the contrary, after leaving this place, they don't know how to establish themselves.

And how can the simple meals outside compare with the fine clothes and fine food here? self-reliance

How can rebirth be compared to being cared for here?

Coupled with various entanglements of interests, many Taoist elders also held objections. In the end, Xuan Sheng made a certain compromise and still retained the Purple Fairy Mountain, but added various rules. They were not allowed to use deception, coercion, etc. to force girls into prostitution, and they were free to come and go. If anyone violated the rules, he would be severely punished once discovered.

Strangely enough, Zixian Mountain has not declined because of this, but has become more and more prosperous. Every year, many handsome men and beauties come to Zixian Mountain voluntarily, and there is no resentment at all.

Just because Zixian Mountain is generous enough, these men and women are from ordinary families. The peace of mind earned here in one year is worth a lifetime outside. While you are still young, you can earn enough money to wear clothes. Who knows?

Ordinary people don't have the money to come to places like this, so they naturally have no way of knowing what's going on here.

The man marries a woman from a good family and is rich and respectable. The woman finds an honest man to marry, and from then on she takes care of her husband and raises her children.

That's a serious person.

If you are lucky, you can become the kind of aristocratic courtesan or actor who can only be seen from a distance but not played with. Then there will be no idle contacts, and all the people you will come into contact with are first-class powerful people, and you will be rich and powerful just around the corner.

There is a poem "Pipa" by Shi Mo. In it, after the Pipa girl married a merchant, she was considered a good person, but she was full of complaints and longed for the past. She just lamented that time was fleeting, and there were few horses and horses in front of the house. She did not feel that she had fallen into the world. bad thing. It can be seen that from ancient times to the present, in troubled times and prosperous times, people have laughed at the poor but not at prostitution.

This is the reason for the existence of Zixian Mountain.

In Qi Xuansu's view, it is true that such a place is full of fish and dragons, and it is also the focus of the Taoist sect. If a large group of people moves, it will immediately attract the attention of the Taoist sect. If a few people take action secretly, he can handle it by himself. So Qi Xuansu decided to leave from Shimen County so that those hiding in the dark could not attack.

After all, this matter is shady. It can be seen that the people hiding behind the scenes don't even dare to send their own troops to take action.

However, as soon as Qi Xuansu arrived in Shimen County, he realized that he seemed to have made a wrong calculation.

Because a large number of Qingluan Guards and police officers gathered in Shimen County at this time, the Qingluan Guards temporarily blocked Shimen County and were investigating a series of serial cases.

Qi Xuansu and Liu Hu were also detained here.

Fortunately, Qi Xuansu also found an old acquaintance.

On the eighth day, Qingluan Guard Deputy Qianhu had an encounter with Qi Xuansu at the Feilong Inn in Yanze. The two teamed up to kill two masters of the "Tianting". Later, they parted ways in Xiping Mansion, and Qi Xuansu went to Cuo Western Gobi in Wenbu.

I didn't expect that Yang Yang would be transferred here again on the eighth day to investigate the case, but after thinking about it, it was reasonable. If you want to be promoted quickly, you have to "move". If you always stay in one place without moving, it will be very difficult. Difficult.

There was no other way, Qi Xuansu could only reveal his true appearance and go to see the Eighth Heaven Yang.