Chapter 203 August

Zhang Yuelu is not yet thirty years old, and Tan Taiqiong is not too old either, and is about the same age as Qi Niang.

In terms of achievements, Tan Taiqiong cannot be compared with Qi Niang. But there are also some objective factors. Qi Niang is backed by the Earth Master and the Yao family, while Tan Taiqiong is not backed by the Heaven Master, but a declining Confucian family.

The resources of the two are too different, so their achievements are naturally incomparable.

To be fair, Tan Taiqiong's ability is not bad. She almost achieved the status of a third-rank Taoist priest by herself - although she is the daughter-in-law of the Zhang family, Zhang Juqi's branch is a small clan and cannot be compared with the big clan. Zhang Juqi himself can't get much resources, let alone Tan Taiqiong.

You know, Xu Jiaorong was only a third-rank Taoist priest before he became the second deputy palace lord. This level of Taoist priests is still very valuable.

Tan Taiqiong is also a strong person, which can be seen from the fact that she dared to go to the Heavenly Master for the question of Zhang Yuelu's surname. Before Zhang Yuelu became successful, this small family was mainly supported by her. Zhang Juqi and Zhang Yuelu had to listen to her and she was the only one who had to say it. This also led to the mother-daughter conflict between Zhang Yuelu and Tan Taiqiong.

Such a person is naturally not likable.

Qi Xuansu doesn't like her very much, and Qi Xuansu never hides this fact. In fact, it can be seen from here that Qi Xuansu is not afraid of his wife. I have never heard of a man who is afraid of his wife daring to turn against his mother-in-law. It is not that Qi Xuansu is snobbish. Qi Xuansu's attitude towards Cihang Zhenren is not close either. It is more of a subordinate's respect and caution towards his superior. He did not rush to please Cihang Zhenren through this relationship.

This is certainly due to the fact that Qi Xuansu is too busy, and there are also problems with Qi Xuansu's own personality.

Of course, Tan Taiqiong also doesn't like Qi Xuansu.

A strong woman with a good man is definitely not destined to be a fairy couple. In any case, it is best for a couple to be evenly matched. If one is strong and the other is weak, there will definitely be many conflicts. This kind of evenness does not necessarily mean equal status. Even if one party does not have a very high status, as long as the other party can be inseparable from him/her and is willing to talk on an equal footing, it is also an evenness.

In many cases, Tan Taiqiong was very frustrated.

Based on her own experience, she did not believe that a strong woman and a weak man could have a bright future.

What was the situation at that time? Zhang Yuelu, the youngest deputy hall master, has a promising future. Qi Xuansu, a mere seventh-grade Taoist priest, relied on Zhang Yuelu's appreciation and was considered a half-secretary-like role. How could two people like this match?

She would rather believe that her daughter was temporarily obsessed and confused. If she intervened now, her daughter would hate her for a while, but in the long run, her daughter would eventually find that she was right.

However, Tan Taiqiong never expected that the boy she didn't think highly of would actually stage a so-called "reversal" drama. Every time he came to the Zhang family, he had a different identity. The most recent time, he was already a third-rank Taoist priest, on par with Zhang Yuelu.

Facts have proved one thing: in terms of vision, she is far inferior to her daughter Zhang Yuelu.

In the past, people said, why did Zhang Yuelu fall in love with Qi Xuansu? Now people say, how can Zhang Yuelu see at a glance that Qi Xuansu has unlimited future prospects?

Maybe some people say that Qi Xuansu didn't rely on his background to get to the top, what can he say. This is indeed true. Without a background and a backer, Qi Xuansu would never be able to get to his current position, but Li Tianzhen and Wang Danqing also have backgrounds, why can't they rise like Qi Xuansu?

Li Changge's background is greater than Qi Xuansu's, and Yao Pei is even more of a direct descendant of the Yao family, much more powerful than Qi Xuansu, an outsider, so why is he suppressed by Qi Xuansu? It's not that he has a background but doesn't use it?

To put it bluntly, it's a matter of opportunity and ability. There is a saying that mud cannot be supported on a wall. If you have ability but no background, you will be buried easily. If you have background but no ability, you will not be able to climb too high. If your father is a Canzhi Zhenren, you cannot promote a Pingzhang Da Zhenren. Background can only guarantee the lower limit, and ability can determine the upper limit.

This is like the princes' fight for the throne. The background can guarantee that the princes will be a king no matter how useless they are. Whether they can become emperors depends on their own ability.

Take Lan Da Zhenren's retreat as an example. If Qi Xuansu had not acted decisively and stabilized the situation with strong means, and finally forced Chen Shuhua out, it would be hard to say what the subsequent development of Nanyang would be.

What is being looked at at this time? It is ability, courage, and means and strategy. Qi Xuansu can't bring out the background and say, who is my backer, Wang Jiaohe, Chen Shuhua, you should surrender quickly. Qi Xuansu can't stop Chen Shuhua, why does Donghua Zhenren speak for him? Why did he get promoted to the second-grade Taiyi Taoist priest? Is the Golden Palace opened by Donghua Zhenren? Do you really think that the Golden Palace is a harmonious group?

In the final analysis, there are many people with backgrounds, but resources are limited. Who can get the resources? There are many people who get the support of resources, but only one can make it to the end.

This requires a choice.

In fact, Donghua Zhenren's attitude towards Qi Xuansu is very similar to Tianshi's attitude towards Zhang Yuelu. They both wait and see first, and if they are talented, they will start to cultivate them vigorously.

So Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu have similar experiences. The early stage was difficult, there was no background to speak of, and there was not much help.

Similar experiences and instead made Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu resonate with each other, and thus they became friends.

Tan Taiqiong watched Qi Xuansu rise step by step, the head of the Imperial Capital Daofu, the deputy head of the Ziwei Hall, and the second deputy head of the Borneo Daofu.

Until the chief deputy head, the youngest second-grade Taiyi Taoist priest.

This is no longer on an equal footing with Zhang Yuelu, but against Zhang Yuelu. This time, Qi Xuansu is the undoubted core of the annihilation of the Borneo rebel party headed by Wang Jiaohe. Zhang Yuelu, Li Changge, Yao Pei and others have all become Qi Xuansu. auxiliary.

What a grandeur this is.

Both Jiang Daren and Lan Daren both spoke highly of Qi Xuansu.

If Qi Xuansu was not too junior and promoted too quickly, then it would not be impossible for him to succeed Wang Jiaohe as the real person in charge of the Borneo Taoist House.

But it was only a matter of time. Qi Xuansu is now the acting chief deputy palace master. After working for a few years and completely stabilizing the situation in Borneo, he returned to Yujing as the chief deputy palace master, accumulated qualifications, and finally went to Borneo. It was logical. Become the real person in charge of the Borneo Taoist House, become the real person of Shenzhi, and enter the Golden Palace.

Judging from Qi Xuansu's age, if nothing unexpected happens, he will definitely not stop at Zhenzhi Zhenren. At the very least, the Pingzhang Da Zhenren will not be able to escape. The next step is to become the deputy head master, or take over as the master of the Zixiao Palace. Real person. It is even expected to compete for the eighth generation master.

At this time, Tantai Qiong's mentality was very subtle.

Make her bow to her prospective son-in-law?

For her who has always wanted to be strong, that would be more uncomfortable than killing her.

But if you don’t bow your head, what will you do?

A few days ago, Zhang Yuelu received a letter. Apart from the routine reports of safety and greetings, he only said one thing.

When the situation in Borneo initially stabilized, the big exam was approaching. Those Taoist boys took the exam and sought to become official Taoist priests. A group of high-level Taoist priests would not be idle. As the saying goes, live to learn, and the newly promoted second-grade Taoists Taiyi Taoist priests will participate in the last Taoist palace study under normal circumstances.

If you think about it later, you will have to wait until you make a mistake.

The specifications this time are completely different. Casual teachers are naturally not qualified to teach these real people. All those participating in the teaching are Da Zhenren, Shenzhi Zhenren, and Pingzhang Da Zhen. If you are lucky, the three deputy heads will teach Da Zhenren. I will also teach in person.

Although Zhang Yuelu is only a job-level person, he is still considered among the newly promoted real people. Qi Xuansu, the youngest second-grade Taiyi Taoist priest, is no exception. In this case, the two of them will go to the Wanxiang Taoist Palace together.

Xu Jiaorong has to wait for another year. There is already one less master in charge. If the first and second chiefs all go to the Wanxiang Taoist Palace to study, not to mention the big head of Master Lan Da, the Borneo Taoist Palace will be in chaos.

Jinque has officially approved the leave, because both the person teaching and the person attending the class are in high positions and busy with work, and it is impossible to spare too much time to spend on it, so this semester is very short, with only two students in total. eleven days. However, Jinque had been granted a month's leave in total, and the extra few days were mainly used for handovers and chores.

It just so happened that Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu could use these few days to go back to Yujing, visit their senior bosses, take a look at the new house, and also go back to Yunjin Mountain.

After Tantai Qiong saw this letter, she had mixed emotions.

If there was anyone she didn't want to face the most right now, it was undoubtedly this prospective son-in-law.

In fact, Tantai Qiong was also secretly angry. She was not a fool. How could she object to their marriage at this time? It was just that she couldn't lose face and get off the stage. Just give her a step and she will come down.

Qi Xuansu was naturally the most suitable person to give him this step, but Qi Xuansu seemed to be stupid and refused to give him the step.

It would be fine to say that Qi Xuansu is a slow and stupid boy, but judging from Qi Xuansu's performance in Borneo, it is clear that he is a smart man, and the reorganization of Nanyang United Trading Company has taken good care of everything. Few people say anything bad about him, how could he? Don’t understand the logic behind this? It can be seen that he did this on purpose.

This made Tantai Qiong even more angry.

But Tantai Qiong forgot to compare her feelings with others. If she hadn't taken the initiative to plot against Qi Xuansu, how could Qi Xuansu treat her like this? Qi Xuansu has always been someone who respects me a foot, and I return a foot to others. Qiniang was like this, and so were Pei Xiaolou, Lei Xiaohuan, and Ji Daoren. If he has trouble with Qi Xuansu, Qi Xuansu will not retaliate with kindness and will always get it back.

Qiniang taught that if you lose, you will hold a grudge, and if you win, you will counterattack and calculate.

Wang Danqing's verdict has been handed down, and he was sent to the Kunlun Taoist Mansion to build a Taoist temple, or perhaps to build a statue of Taishang Taozu. It is said that the Kunlun Taoist Mansion plans to build an entire mountain into the image of Taishang Taozu. This is a big project. The construction period is expected to last a hundred years.

Tantai Qiong slammed the letter on the table, then leaned back weakly on the chair and murmured: "Both ancestors were wronged in the previous life."