In the small space surrounded by his arms, he was sleeping soundly with the file on his pillow, and a pool of crystal liquid dripped from the corner of his mouth...

"I misunderstood you, you are not the king of rolls, you are a cabbage, both rolled and vegetables." Qi Ping felt ashamed.

Try calling: "Bajie, don't sleep, it's time to go out."

Dao Mei ignored him.

"Hong Jiaojiao? Get up, the sun is shining on your butt."

No movement.

"..." Qi Ping smacked his lips, bent down, stretched out his hand to pinch her nose, and used a murderous weapon.

"Hulu...Hulu...Hu, gah."

Hong Jiaojiao's breathing was blocked, and she frowned uncomfortably. She opened her eyes in confusion, and in her blurry vision was a man's face that was close to her.

"Ah!" Hong Jiaojiao punched out, her true energy surged, Qi Ping dodged quickly, raised her hand to block, and leaped back. Hong Jiaojiao jumped up like a female leopard, and picked up the big chopping knife, the tip of the knife was straight.

Fingers level with each other, expression frightened:

"what are you up to?!"

Then, he grabbed his collar and said sadly and angrily:

"Wow, Qi Ping! I didn't expect you to be this kind of person!"

"Why did you enter my room?! Do you believe me or not..."

What kind of person am I... Qi Ping was speechless:

"You haven't woken up yet. You need to go home and sleep. This is the Yamen."

Hong Jiaojiao was stunned for a moment, turned her head stiffly, looked around, and then remembered that it seemed to be from the Yamen, and a blush appeared on her face in embarrassment.

I was embarrassed.

At this moment, footsteps were heard outside the door, the door opened, and a group of captains came together, and they saw this scene.

silence.

The atmosphere suddenly became weird.

"Excuse me..." The captain with a loud voice waved decisively, "Brothers, retreat."

The veins on his forehead were pulsing: "Come back!"

…

When Yu Qing walked into the courtyard, he saw a group of captains sitting in a row in a meeting hall with the door open, each holding a file and reading it.

Well, it's very much like...students reading in the classroom in the morning.

Why are you so good today and don't want to fish anymore... Well, could it be that he is concerned about the case? Yu Qing was greatly relieved, and a subtle smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

After tapping his fingers as usual, Qi Ping coughed and said:

"Did anyone discover anything new yesterday?"

A famous captain reported separately and explained the work he was responsible for.

To sum up, the investigation of missing persons in the villages, towns and prefectures around Kyoto is progressing steadily, but there are no results yet.

As for the Forbidden Army, after repeated interrogations by three yamen, a bunch of suspicious objects were found, but after further investigation, they found that none of them had anything to do with the case.

Well, the case has not been advanced.

But on the side, helping the Imperial Guards to rectify military discipline is...

"Pah." Qi Ping slapped the table and said sadly, "This won't work."

Everyone was ashamed.

Hong Jiaojiao had her head buried all the time, looking very low-key. Then she looked up at him and curled her lips:

"It sounds like you have gained something."

Qi Ping glanced at the thorn head and said calmly: "I haven't made any big progress, I just did a little bit of minor work."

Then, he briefly described the information he had obtained in the academy, which made everyone's eyes brighten.

"So, today I plan to go to the Taoist temple. One is to investigate the origin of the fragment, and the other is to meet the fox girl for a while. Who is going with me?"

Scan the whole place levelly.

I raise my hand all over the place, well, the fishing masters are very motivated to get rid of people and get credit for the water.

Qi Ping thought for a while and said:

"We're not going to arrest people. It's enough to bring a few people who are familiar with the Taoist Academy. Shaoqing, aren't you studying in the Taoist Academy? Come with me, and... Hong Jiaojiao, you can come too."

Hong Jiaojiao turned away her head and said nothing, acquiescing.

Yu Qing coughed and said politely: "Actually, I am also studying in a Taoist academy..."

"The boss will stay and be the control center." Qi Ping said, then looked at him: "Uh, do you want to go?"

Yu Qing had a dark face and proudly threw out a jade token:

"I am in charge of the center, so I won't go. This thing is a token of the chief minister. You can hold it to enter the Imperial City Taoist Temple for the first time."

He explained the function of the jade tablet and finally said:

"In addition, Chief Secretary, let me tell you that after you go to Dongyuan..."

"That demon left Kyoto, I know." Qi Ping put away the jade token happily: "The boss told me last night."

Everyone's eyes widened, wondering, when did Qi Ping meet Lord Zhenfu in private? Or was it at night?

When did the colleagues around me get so close to the big boss?

…

…

After the assignment of tasks was completed, everyone dispersed, and the three of them walked towards the imperial city under the bright morning sun.

The buildings in the inner city are indeed much more elegant than those in the outer city, but at the same time, they are relatively less smoky. After all, most of the people living here are wealthy people in Kyoto.

There are many officials, merchants, nobles and so on.

Qi Ping somewhat understood why Qi Shu wanted to live in an outer city.

"It's my first time to go to the Taoist Temple. Can you tell me what's going on there?" Qi Ping asked on the way.

Pei Shaoqing explained carefully: "The interior of the Taoist academy is divided into the inner sect and the outer sect. The former is the core disciple of the Taoist sect and has a small number of people. It is composed of the Taoist sect elders and their respective disciples."

"The outer sect is more complex, and most of them do odd jobs, such as the Alchemy Department, planting and maintaining rare herbs, miscellaneous tasks during alchemy, and many trivial tasks. There are many of them.

You can also practice and learn magic. After joining the Taoist temple, you will sign a contract for a few years. After the expiration, you can stay and continue to serve, or leave, it is up to you.

Once such disciples go out, they will also be the objects of competition among various clans in the empire. Whether they are teaching their descendants to practice knowledge or serving as worshipers, they are all excellent."

Pei Shaoqing said:

“As for functions, the Taoist temple is divided into different ‘halls’, also called ‘departments’.

For example, there is the Collection Department that studies the Taoist canon, analyzes spells, the Mysteries Department that smelts magic weapons, records the territory of the dynasty, requests spells from small towns in various states, gives feedback, and allocates vitality to the Experience Department, and the Alchemy Department, the Talisman Department, the Law Enforcement Department...

…Wait, a lot.”

"Each branch is run by elders.

As for the leader of the Taoist sect, he is a divine figure who rarely appears. He is not responsible for specific affairs and frequently goes into seclusion. Even the inner sect disciples do not see him often..."

Pei Shaoqing spoke one after another, and Qi Ping listened carefully.

After everyone held the jade plaque, they passed through the imperial city and arrived outside the Taoist main altar, which occupies an extremely large area, and had a general understanding of it.

The Daomen architectural complex is magnificent.

Outside the main entrance, there is a Taoist priest in Qingyi guarding the door.

"Qi Ping, the captain of the Zhenfu Division, brings the Zhenfu envoy's order, please enter the Taoist temple and visit the Xuanji Department." The three people dismounted, Qi Ping showed the token, and the Taoist nodded: "Everyone, please follow me."

When the four of them entered the door, they saw numerous buildings inside, making it look like an independent town.

"The vitality here is so strong." Qi Ping was secretly surprised.

Hong Jiaojiao snorted and said, "In the past, the Taoist sect took action to change the distribution of vitality in the nine states and give more to their own nest. Isn't it strange?"

Is this so... Qi Ping was surprised and somewhat understood why most of the school lieutenants in the yamen applied for the Taoist Academy. This kind of writing was more generous than that of the academy.

"There is a mirror lake in the center of the Taoist temple. The various halls are distributed around the lake. The dangerous building by the lake is the first residence." The Taoist who led the way explained with a smile, and there was no lack of pride in his tone:

"The Mystery Department is on the west side of Jinghu Lake, a little far from here."

Qi Ping nodded to express his understanding, thought for a while, and asked: "This Taoist priest, I heard that there are monsters studying in the Taoist courtyard. I don't know where they are?"

The young Taoist was surprised that the young captain actually knew about this matter. You should know that this was already a secret. He hesitated slightly and said:

"On the south side, there is a separate courtyard."

That's it... Qi Ping nodded and didn't ask any more questions, preparing to solve the problem of fragments first.
To be continued...