Chapter 106: Meeting of the Parties (Part 1)
Having just acquired a new magical power, Qi Xuansu was itching to show off his skills. He wanted to fight Gan Longchi again. He removed the formation and walked out of his residence, and saw Ke Qingqing standing outside the door.
Ke Qingqing breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Qi Xuansu coming out: "Master, you finally came out."
"What's the matter?" Qi Xuansu asked.
Ke Qingqing said: "The Daofu has issued a temporary notice, asking you to attend the meeting. The meeting will start in less than half an hour."
"Meeting?" Qi Xuansu was stunned.
Ke Qingqing lowered her voice: "I heard that Deputy Palace Master Qian had an accident."
Qi Xuansu immediately understood: "Deputy Hall Master Zhang is good at handling cases."
This made it all connected. The reason why Zhang Yuelu had time to find him should be that the case had come to an end temporarily, but he went to Zhili at that time and was not in the Jade Emperor Palace. Zhang Yuelu was in a bad mood and simply did not use the sutra to contact Qi Xuansu, but sat in the signing room until dawn.
Maybe Zhang Yuelu did want to share the progress of the case with Qi Xuansu at the beginning, but when Qi Xuansu came back, the two of them parted unhappily because of Qi Niang's matter. It's not that there was a problem with their relationship. After all, couples still have quarrels and quarrels. It's inevitable that there are some small awkwardness and unhappiness between the two. It's normal, but Zhang Yuelu didn't mention it.
Qi Xuansu was busy meeting Qi Niang and fusing "Xuanyu" the next day. He didn't contact other people at all and didn't know anything about this matter.
"Where is the meeting?" Qi Xuansu asked.
Ke Qingqing said: "The meeting hall."
This is certainly not an unnecessary question. Meetings are generally divided into three levels: large, medium and small. If it is the largest-scale meeting, it has to go all the way to the level of deacon, with hundreds or thousands of people, and it is generally chosen in the main hall of the Taoist Mansion. If it is the smallest-scale meeting, two or three people decide on major matters, it is generally chosen in a signing room. Only medium-sized meetings will be chosen in the meeting hall, and those who participate in the meeting are generally the real person in charge of the mansion, all deputy masters of the mansion and some principals.
Qi Xuansu asked again, "Who will attend the meeting?"
Ke Qingqing replied, "I don't have a specific list, but I heard that the real person in charge of the meeting will preside over the meeting, and there will be eight other deputy house owners and a five-member team."
"The highest level of the meeting in the Imperial Capital Dao Mansion." Qi Xuansu commented, "Letting me participate in this level of meeting is also a sign of respect for me."
Ke Qingqing smiled and said, "Now many people say that you, the master, have the hope of becoming a temporary deputy house owner."
Qi Xuansu smiled it off.
The so-called temporary deputy house owner is not the official title of the Taoist sect. Strictly speaking, it should be called the deputy house owner in the office of the master. To put it bluntly, before the formal appointment is issued, he temporarily shoulders the responsibilities of the deputy house owner, but he is still the master. There are only two results. One is to become a regular official, and the other is to continue to be the master after the newly appointed deputy house owner takes office.
The reason why Qi Xuansu didn't take it seriously is that the Imperial Capital Dao Mansion now has a five-member team, three of whom can temporarily serve as deputy house owners, so how could it be his turn. If there is no five-member team, he really has some hope.
"Okay, go back, I'll go to the meeting." Qi Xuansu told Ke Qingqing and walked straight to the meeting hall.
Jade Emperor Palace, meeting hall.
The layout here is similar to Jinque, but not completely copied from Jinque. There is a north-south passage about ten feet wide in the middle. At the end of the passage is the main seat in the middle, facing north and south. This is the position of the real person in charge of the house. There are rows of seats on the left and right of the passage. The chairs on the left sit west facing east, and the chairs on the right sit east facing west.
The meeting was convened by the real person in charge of the house, Li Ruoshui. The high standard of the meeting can be felt at a glance. In addition to Li Ruoshui himself, the chief deputy house owner Zhou Jiaoxian, the second deputy house owner Shi Bingyun, and the other six deputy house owners are all here.
In addition, the five-member team sent by Jinque is also all here.
In terms of seniority, the deputy palace masters of the Imperial Capital Dao Mansion are all seventh-generation disciples, and the three members of the five-member team are all eighth-generation disciples, but no one dares to underestimate these three people. Judging from the current situation, it is very likely that one of the three young people will become an eighth-generation master in the future.
So Li Ruoshui was not arrogant. She did not sit in the central main seat, but sat in the first row on the left, which was originally the position of the chief deputy palace master. Now she is sitting here, the people of the Dao Mansion.
The chairs on the right are naturally all members of the five-member team. Zhang Yuelu sat in the first row on the right, just facing Li Ruoshui, with only an aisle between the two.
The main seat was vacant.
The situation was very clear. The five-member team was the "imperial envoy" sent by Jinque, and they were on an equal footing with the Imperial Capital Dao Mansion. This was not an internal meeting of the Imperial Capital Dao Mansion.
When Qi Xuansu came in, the people participating in the meeting had almost arrived. Shi Bingyun, as Qi Xuansu's boss, pointed to the position on the right and motioned him to sit there.
This is not because of the relationship between Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu, but because of Qi Xuansu's special identity. If Qi Xuansu participated in the meeting as the head of the Imperial Capital Daofu, he should sit in a row of chairs behind Shi Bingyun, but now he is sitting on the right, which shows that he is participating in the meeting as the head Taoist of Ziwei Hall today.
"Let's discuss the meeting?" Li Ruoshui first looked at the people sitting in front of him.
Zhou Jiaoxian, Shi Bingyun, Zhang Yuelu, Li Changge, and Yao Pei all had no objections and nodded.
Others had no right to express opposition at all.
"Let's discuss the meeting!" Li Ruoshui did not have the tone of negotiation and inquiry when facing others.
"The cause of this discussion is the case of Gao Mingyin and the case of Qian Xiangyun, the deputy head of the Imperial Palace." Li Ruoshui's tone was a little low, "About Gao Mingyin's case, and other matters that were involved because of Gao Mingyin's case. Everyone here must be aware of the case, so I won’t repeat it.”
Many people looked at Qi Xuansu.
Everyone knows that this case was initially handled by Chief Qi. The so-called other cases that were involved in the Gao Mingyin case refer to the case of reporting Qi Xuansu as a demon from the Lingshan Witch Cult and the case of the death of monk Yanxiu. .
These three cases are closely related to Qi Xuansu, which is one of the reasons why Qi Xuansu attended the meeting today.
Half a year ago, Qi Xuansu would have been out of breath under the gaze of these serious eyes, but now he is also a celestial being, and he is not moved at all. He just looks down at the shoes protruding from the hem of his clothes, his face expressionless. expression.
Li Ruoshui continued: "After Chief Qi arrested Gao Mingyin, he was imprisoned in the Nether Prison of the Jade Palace. As a result, Gao Mingyin died in the heavily guarded Nether Prison. The method was quite clever. Finally, after a rigorous investigation by a five-person team, There is conclusive evidence that it was Qian Xiangyun, the deputy head of our Imperial Palace, who killed Gao Mingyin."
At this moment, Zhang Yuelu said: "Just when we were planning to control Deputy Palace Master Qian, Qian Xiangyun got wind of it in advance and left the Bohai Palace overnight to escape overseas."
Qi Xuansu finally raised his head and looked around quickly, taking in everyone's expressions.
He didn't expect that Qian Xiangyun escaped.
But if you think about it carefully, it's not surprising.
In the final analysis, it is still a struggle between two major factions, and it is difficult to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy. At this time, it seems that there are clear left and right, black and white, but in fact it is a Tai Chi Pisces with white in black and black in white. Shi Bingyun on the left and Shi Bingyun on the right. Li Changge is like two points in Tai Chi Pisces.
How could such a thing be concealed?
The closest place to the Imperial Capital is the East China Sea, which is the territory of Taiping Dao. It would be extremely easy for Qian Xiangyun to escape.
Zhang Yuelu said: "I have reported this matter to Jinque, and Beichen Hall will be responsible for the subsequent pursuit and escape."
Qi Xuansu lowered his gaze again.
Since Beichen Hall is in charge, there is probably no way he can be traced back.
Li Ruoshui said: "As the saying goes, there are specialties in the arts. How to apprehend Qian Xiangyun is a matter for Beichen Hall. We, the Imperial Palace, can only play a supporting role. Therefore, the main thing I am convening today to discuss is the future. How should the road go? Today there is a Qian Xiangyun, will there be another Qian Xiangyun tomorrow? This is not a small problem, how to ensure the integrity of the Imperial Palace in the new situation. ? The water in the mountain spring is clear and the water in the mountain spring is turbid. This is a big and urgent problem that cannot be ignored. "
"The five-person team is here today. They were sent by Jinque to help us rectify the atmosphere. Our Imperial Palace Taoist Office is rectifying the atmosphere in the Imperial Palace. Recently, Director Qi has been in charge of this matter. He has done a very good job and can be said to be a sharp cut. We have internal We also need self-examination and self-correction, and we also need to see the results. If there is anything we haven’t done well or something we haven’t done correctly, we need a five-person team to come up with it and help us correct it.”
Li Changge smiled and said, "Palace Master Li's words are serious."
Zhang Yuelu did not speak, but glanced at Qi Xuansu.
Qi Xuansu understood the idea, stood up, and said, "Just now, the master in charge mentioned my efforts to rectify the atmosphere in the imperial capital. I was very touched. I have a few words to say. I wonder if the master in charge will agree?"
Li Ruoshui smiled and nodded: "Don't be restrained and speak freely."
Qi Xuansu said: "If there is anything wrong, I hope you will correct me."
"Our Taoist sect doesn't pay attention to getting punished for words, so you don't have to worry about it." Shi Bingyun's attitude was gentle.
Qi Xuansu then said: "Pursuing blame afterwards can only shock people, but the losses are still caused, the harm is still caused, and when life is involved, it is irreversible. So I think that to prevent problems like Qian Xiangyun from happening, we must We need to start from two aspects: on the one hand, we should strictly hold people accountable and warn others, and on the other hand, we should take strict precautions to nip them in the bud.”
Everyone looked at Qi Xuansu.
Qi Xuansu looked at Li Ruoshui and said: "Prevention lies in supervision. There is supervision from superiors, supervision from subordinates, and supervision from peers. It's just easier said than done. How many subordinates dare to supervise their superiors? Let alone the sophistication and relationships between people at the same level, I only want to say one thing: who will supervise the real person in charge? In our Imperial Palace, only the real person in charge is the real person, and there are no peers. There is no superior."