Chapter 17: Insect Fairy

Everything went on in an orderly manner according to the plan.

Although it was difficult for Zhang Jucheng to mobilize the people of Fengxiantang, it was not difficult to keep an eye on the movements of Fengxiantang.

The key to the next step was to seize the right to handle the case.

Of course, it was not the Jiangnan Daofu that competed with Fengxiantang for the right to handle the case, which was not justified and easy to be criticized, but the Beichen Hall and Fengxiantang competed for the right to handle the case.

This was also attributed to the Taiping Dao, or simply to the Li family.

The strength of the Li family was a major feature, which was specifically manifested in three places.

The first was the expansion of the Qizhou Daofu, which had already been mentioned. It took away an area from the Dijing Daofu and Liaodong Daofu, forming a huge territory surrounding the inner sea.

The second was the expansion of the power of the Beichen Hall. In terms of Yujing’s defense, it reached out to Xuandu’s defense internally and Kunlun Daofu’s defense externally. In terms of case handling power, Beichen Hall has encroached on Fengxian Hall's power and obtained part of Fengxian Hall's power, so Beichen Hall is called the Qingluan Guard of Taoism by others, and it is believed that its power is too great. This is not a compliment, but a derogatory meaning.

Now many cases are jointly handled by Beichen Hall and Fengxian Hall. If a secret society is involved, Tiangang Hall is added, and if a high-level Taoist priest is involved, Ziwei Hall is added.

Therefore, after Fengxian Hall reversed the case and proved that Li Mingping was innocent, the next step is to hold the person who falsely accused him accountable. This can be regarded as another case. Not only Fengxian Hall can investigate, but Beichen Hall can also investigate.

Who can represent Beichen Hall?

Of course, it is the head of the hall, Qingwei Zhenren.

However, Qingwei Zhenren is now in Qizhou to preside over the overall situation and cannot get away. Qi Xuansu, the chief, happens to be in Jiangnan, so Qi Xuansu naturally represents Beichen Hall.

Maybe someone will say that Qi Xuansu, the chief deputy hall master, is not mainly responsible for external affairs? That's right, Qi Xuansu is indeed mainly responsible for external affairs, but "mainly responsible" does not mean "only responsible", it just emphasizes that Qi Xuansu's work focus is on external affairs, and he can also ask about other things. After all, in theory, he is a member of the hall master's meeting and the boss of other deputy hall masters. When the hall master is not there, he, as the chief, is qualified to replace the hall master to preside over daily affairs. Of course, he can intervene in the case handling of Beichen Hall.

As long as the person falls into Qi Xuansu's hands, Qi Xuansu can slowly pull the ownership of the case handling power while stepping up the interrogation.

As long as the matter related to the Jiangnan major case is found out, the nature will change immediately. Qi Xuansu can take over the case legitimately, supervise it personally, and ask the local prefecture to cooperate in the case handling.

At this time, Zhang Jucheng's role is reflected. He will use the power of the prefecture in the name of the Jiangnan prefecture master to intervene in this matter.

This is also a major advantage of the two, the geographical advantage and the harmony of people.

In any case, Gu Ying is in the territory of the Jiangnan prefecture and is under the jurisdiction of the Jiangnan prefecture, which is very reasonable. Even if Qingwei Zhenren personally asked for someone, Zhang Jucheng refused to give him, and Qingwei Zhenren had no better solution.

After all, both of them were Canzhi Zhenren, and Qingwei Zhenren had not yet taken the position of the Grand Master. Others are afraid of you, Li Qingwei, but Zhang Jucheng is not afraid. You have the Li family, I have the Zhang family; you have the national teacher, I have the heavenly teacher; you have the Taiping Dao, I have the Zhengyi Dao. You are Qi Xuansu's boss, not my boss, and the Taoist sect does not stipulate that the Master of the House must listen to the Master of the Hall. If the Master of the House must obey the orders of the Master of the Hall, then Donghua Zhenren would not have to spend so much effort to overthrow Wang Jiaohe.

The key is that it is difficult for Qingwei Zhenren to put too much real pressure on Zhang Jucheng, unless he goes to the Jinque for discussion, but it is ridiculous to go to the Jinque for discussion because of a small case of false accusation? Qingwei Zhenren will not do this.

In this way, the case is in the hands of Qi Xuansu and Zhang Jucheng.

This is exactly why Qi Xuansu wants to ask Zhang Jucheng, the "Zhong Kui", to fight ghosts. If he is alone, if Qingwei Zhenren intervenes, he can't withstand the pressure from his superiors. But with Zhang Jucheng, it's different.

This is also the reason why many people opposed Qingwei Zhenren's appointment of Qi Xuansu. Everything has its disadvantages. When using Qi Xuansu, it is better to calculate. If Qi Xuansu does a good job, he can stabilize the situation in the New World and relieve pressure. If Qi Xuansu does not do a good job, he will be held accountable and hold Qi Xuansu back, just in time for Li Changge to catch up. It seems that there is no loss.

But in the long run, once Qi Xuansu has gained a firm foothold, it will become the current situation. Qi Xuansu uses the power of the chief to start to hinder Beichen Hall, making Beichen Hall no longer as iron as before, but a bit of a left and right hand fighting each other.

As long as Qingwei Zhenren was negligent, Qi Xuansu would immediately start to stir up trouble. After all, he was the chief, and he was the most powerful person besides the head of the hall. Qingwei Zhenren could certainly suppress Qi Xuansu, but Qingwei Zhenren, as a head of the hall, could not compete with Qi Xuansu for no reason, nor could he waste all his energy on Qi Xuansu. There would always be times when he could not take care of him. Qi Xuansu could not really be marginalized. After all, Qi Xuansu was also responsible for the task of Jinque and had to be responsible for a lot of things.

The best way was to send Qi Xuansu out of the country with courtesy.

But Qi Xuansu did not make any mistakes and had achievements. Sending him out of the country with courtesy could only be sent out by one level. It was unlikely to be transferred horizontally, let alone demoted. The chief of the upper three halls would be promoted to the rank of Canzhi Zhenren. In the short term, ordinary palace masters would definitely not have as much power as the chief of Beichen Hall, but in the long run, this was a necessary step for Qi Xuansu to go to the head of the mansion. After passing this outlet, it would be like a fish entering the sea, with a promising future.

After Qi Xuansu contacted Ye Qingshuang, he and Zhang Jucheng began to plan the details of the next step.

Zhang Jucheng is a strong master of the mansion. Yao Shu was controlled by others in the Borneo Daofu. It was not because Yao Shu was too cowardly or too weak, but because the chief and the second seat formed an alliance. There was also a master of the mansion above, who also stood on the side of the chief and the second seat. He had no chance of winning against three people. Now, in the Jiangnan Daofu, first of all, there is no master of the mansion. Secondly, the master of the mansion and the chief have formed an alliance, isolating the second seat. Then Zhang Jucheng is in power and no one can control him.

This is also what Jinque did intentionally. Although the second major case in Jiangnan was fooled and Li Tianlan was not held responsible, Jinque was still dissatisfied. Under the operation of Tianshi, Zhang Jucheng and Lei Xiaohuan were paired up to clean up the Jiangnan Daofu and crack down on Li Tianlan's faction. Taipingdao was at fault in this matter, so it was not good to object too much.

If the blockade of Fenglinzhou had not involved other deputy palace masters, and they had a tendency to unite because of their own interests, Li Tianlan would not dare to confront Zhang Jucheng directly.

Considering that Li Tianlan has been deeply involved in Jiangnan Daofu for many years and has many eyes and ears, some people may not dare to openly disobey Zhang Jucheng's orders for Li Tianlan, but they still have the courage to secretly inform Li Tianlan. In order to prevent the news from leaking out, Zhang Jucheng specially mobilized people from Cihang and Wuzhou to secretly monitor Gu Ying to prevent her from escaping after hearing the news.

That's right, Zhang Jucheng, the head of Jiangnan Daofu, can transfer people from Wuzhou, but these people are not from Wuzhou Daofu, but his old subordinates from Shangqing Palace, and even from Dazhenren Mansion.

If Zhang Jucheng had not been lacking in realm cultivation, he should have been Feiyuan Zhenren who benchmarked Qingwei Zhenren. Of course, Zhang Jucheng is also Feiyuan Zhenren now, but he can't benchmark Qingwei Zhenren, and Cihang Zhenren is benchmarking Qingwei Zhenren instead.

Generally speaking, the real people who can have special titles are qualified to take over the position, such as Qi Jiaozheng, the Wanmiao real person, and Zhang Jucheng, the Feiyuan real person. If the top three real people are in trouble, they can still take over, mainly because of their age.

The great real people have no titles because they are too old.

This is why the Western Holy Court believes that the three "patriarchs" of the Eastern Holy Court have in fact abolished the Eastern Pope, because after the six generations of great masters ascended, they can either start the election of the seven generations of great masters in advance or elect a substitute master according to the principle of succession, but they did not choose, but started to take turns in governing, which became a three-person parliament in the eyes of Westerners. It was not until the three people had little time in the world that the election of the seven generations of great masters was started.

His heart is worthy of death, his heart is worthy of death!

Of course, in the perception of the Taoists, the Grand Master has not been abolished, and the rotating Grand Master is the acting Master. It's just that the three masters are a bit secretive. In essence, they are rotating acting Masters. They insist on calling them rotating Grand Masters. Those who don't know think that the three of them take turns to be the Grand Master of Pingzhang.

Let's get back to the point. The current situation is that Zhang Jucheng has made all preparations. As long as he gets the order, he can immediately take down Gu Ying.

Let Lei Xiaohuan do the small matter of blocking Fenglinzhou. Zhang Jucheng has to put all his energy on the internal struggle.

This spirit that a qualified Taoist priest should have is also the glorious tradition of the dynasties in the Central Plains.

Zhang Jucheng also prepared the place for the secret interrogation. It is not Zhenwu Temple. He can't burn Zhenwu Temple again. Moreover, Zhenwu Temple is the residence of the Western Taoist Mission, so it is not good to mix with it.

So Zhang Jucheng chose Putuo Island.

What is Putuo Island? Although it is not as good as the three Taoist holy places of Yunjin Mountain, Penglai Island, and Difei Mountain, it should not be underestimated. It is the foundation of the Cihang lineage, passed down from generation to generation, and is located above the South China Sea.

This place is the base camp of Cihang Zhenren, and it is naturally managed by Cihang Zhenren like an iron bucket. It is impossible to get a needle in, and water cannot be poured in. It is extremely difficult for ordinary people to get a glimpse of the truth, let alone put their hands in.

Zhang Jucheng specially borrowed a place on Putuo Island from Cihang Zhenren to detain prisoners. No matter how rampant Li Tianlan and others are, they dare not openly attack Putuo Island. It can be said that it is foolproof.

Now, just wait for Fengxiantang to turn over Li Ping's case and give them a reasonable reason to act.

According to the news from Ye Qingshuang, Fengxiantang directly opened a super-long-distance "Yin Yang Gate" and took the person away.