Chapter 517 True and false, everyone has their own agenda
Ever since he first heard Zhuang Zhiming's name at the presbytery meeting, Wei Changtian felt as if he had seen him somewhere before.
After learning that the former was the leader of Changwu Hall today, Wei Changtian once thought that he had accidentally seen it on a list of "leaders of major forces in Daning" before.
After all, Chu Xianping did give him such a list, so there was no guarantee that Zhuang Zhiming's name would be on it.
But just now, Wei Changtian suddenly remembered.
He didn't see "Zhuang Zhiming" in that roster, but the special "Peak of Martial Arts"!
[...This man's name is Zhuang Zhiming. He is broad and fat. Sometimes he is sinister and vicious, and sometimes he looks like a servile and wretched villain. 】
[However, this person who seems to have two faces turns out to be one of the elders of Kuilong...]
【......】
Damn it!
Zhuang Zhiming turned out to be Kuilong’s elder!
In the original work, he only appeared in one chapter, and he was a minor supporting character.
So although Wei Changtian looked familiar, he had never thought of it before.
And now...
You must know that the "Kuilong Council of Elders" was never mentioned in the original work, otherwise Wei Changtian would not have sought information from Canhun.
But various previous signs have shown that the structure of this world is completely consistent with all the details in the original work.
So since the original book says that Zhuang Zhiming is Elder Kuilong, even though this may just be written casually by the author, it also means that Zhuang Zhiming must be Elder Kuilong.
And this means... among the four people in the Kuilong Presbyterian Church besides himself, one is Zhuang Zhiming???
Green, red, white, yellow.
Which one is him?
In his mind, he kept recalling what everyone said during the meeting that night. Wei Changtian's first reaction was that Elder Qingtai, because all the information at that time was given by Elder Qingtai.
But not necessarily.
The rules of the Kuilong Presbyterian Church are a bit like the five permanent members of the Security Council in its previous life. The "rotating chairman" must be changed every ten years.
During these ten years, if any major event happens in all Kuilong branches that needs to be decided by the elders, any helmsman can send a letter to the "rotating elders", who will then convene an elders' meeting, and finally the elders will
The resolutions of the meeting are passed to each branch for execution.
It is obvious that the current "rotating chairman" is the Qingtai elder.
Therefore, it is also possible that Zhuang Zhiming passed Qin Zhengqiu's information to the Qingtai elders as the "rudder", and then had to pretend that he knew nothing about it during the elders' meeting because of the rule that "elders are not allowed to reveal their identity"
Know.
No matter what the situation is, two things are certain.
First, Zhuang Zhiming indeed has the dual identities of Kuilong’s “Bingsan Rudder Leader” and “Elder of the Presbyterian Church”.
Second, Zhuang Zhiming's disguise ability is indeed good.
No matter if he is Elder Qingtai, Elder Chitai, Baitai or Huangtai.
At least Wei Changtian didn't notice anything unusual during the meeting, and everyone reacted as they should after learning the news for the first time.
Moreover, the suggestions put forward have no selfish motives, as if they are all making suggestions for Kuilong as a whole...
Thinking of this, Wei Changtian couldn't help but have a deeper understanding of Zhuang Zhiming, and also understood that this person was definitely not easy to deal with, and his scheming was probably even more terrifying than that of You Wenzong.
Um?
So, are there any flaws in my words and deeds today?
Especially the moment when I heard Zhuang Zhiming announce his name, was my abnormal reaction caught by the former?
I think should not be......
After all, if I remember correctly, Zhuang Zhiming had his head lowered at that time...
The more Wei Changtian thought about it, the less confident he became, but he had no choice but to go back and work with Chu Xianping to perfect the response plan as much as possible.
Besides, even if Zhuang Zhiming notices something abnormal, it shouldn't be a big problem.
He couldn't possibly have no reason to suspect that he had sneaked into the Presbyterian Church.
As long as this matter is not exposed, everything else is easy to talk about...
"Zhang San, go to the entrance of the Masonic Hall."
The sudden appearance of Zhuang Zhiming immediately implicated a series of problems, so Wei Changtian lost interest in going home and playing mahjong, and was going to go to the Freemasons immediately to discuss countermeasures with Chu Xianping.
"Qin'er, I suddenly remembered that I have one more thing to do. Please go back later."
"good."
Liang Qin first responded in a low voice, and then asked with some worry: "Brother Changtian, what's wrong? Nothing happened?"
"No, it's just a small matter."
Wei Changtian smiled: "Don't worry."
"Um......"
Liang Qin nodded and didn't ask any more questions.
The two of them turned to look out the window at the same time. The afternoon sun was warm and the street was bustling with people coming and going.
However, just beyond their sight, someone was silently watching the speeding carriage. Every time his body swayed, he could move dozens of feet away, and he was never noticed.
There are actually secret sentries deployed around Wei Changtian at all times, but now even the secret sentries have not discovered the existence of the stalker.
This is really not because they were careless.
It's because the level of the people they are following is much higher than them.
The second-level realm, the top combat power in the world.
For such a master to be used to keep an eye on Wei Changtian, such an approach would be too "rich".
And of course only Kui Long can do this.
And although Wei Changtian didn't know this second-level master, Li Wutong was very familiar with it.
Because this person was one of the seven second-grade masters who sent her back to Shuzhou.
...
A quarter of an hour later.
"Master, Wei Changtian did not return home, but turned around and went to the entrance of the Masonic Hall halfway through the journey."
In a quiet room of Changwu Hall, the man who had been watching was standing in front of Zhuang Zhiming. He reported in a deep voice: "You said before that it is not advisable to alert the snake, so I did not take the risk to follow him."
"Well, I understand."
Nodding slightly, Zhuang Zhiming seemed to be a different person at this time. Although he was still as fat, his overall appearance had undergone earth-shaking changes.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! He responded and stopped talking, and the person who was following him also quickly exited the room.
"Squeak~"
The ordinary wooden door slowly closed, and a thoughtful expression slowly appeared on Zhuang Zhiming's face.
As the helmsman of the Bing San rudder, he naturally knew about Remnant Soul's two deployments of Kui Long's men.
Hmm...that's not rigorous enough.
It should be said that Zhuang Zhiming did not know the existence of Xuantian Sword and Remnant Soul, but he received instructions from the "Presbyterian Council" twice in succession.
To be clearer, he actually received two instructions in succession from the "rotating chairman" of the Presbyterian Church, Elder Qingtai.
One time, he ordered himself to send five second-grade masters to Shuzhou to obey the orders of a man named Xiao Feng.
Once, he ordered himself to send seven second-grade masters to Fengyuan to bring a princess named Li Wutong to Shuzhou.
Obviously, Zhuang Zhiming cannot order himself, so he cannot be the Qingtai elder.
And since he is also an elder, he naturally knows that these two orders have not actually passed the resolution of the Presbyterian Council at all, but were issued by Elder Qingtai in the name of the Presbyterian Council.
This is actually the only drawback of the Kuilong Presbyterian Church system - the "rotating elders" may use their private power to mobilize Kuilong's power at will.
Of course, when the identity of the elder is extremely confidential, such behavior is actually difficult to detect.
If Zhuang Zhiming was not an elder, he would definitely think that this was just a resolution of the elders' meeting, and then he would execute it meticulously.
But by coincidence, Zhuang Zhiming happened to be one of the elders, so he knew very well that Elder Qingtai was "abusing his private power."
However, Zhuang Zhiming did not expose the latter, but still followed the order.
There are two reasons for this.
First, once this matter is exposed, his own identity will face the risk of being exposed.
Second, he wanted to use this to find out the identity of Elder Qingtai, and then use this to threaten the latter into "alliance" with him.
After all, there are only five seats in the Presbyterian Council, so if two people form an alliance, they will most likely be able to influence all decisions of the Presbyterian Council, which is equivalent to indirectly controlling Kui Long.
For this reason, Zhuang Zhiming first went to check Xiao Feng.
But Xiao Feng died, at the hands of Wei Changtian, and Wu Tianqing and the other five people never returned.
In this case, Zhuang Zhiming certainly would not think that Wei Changtian had anything to do with Elder Qingtai.
After all, no matter how you look at the whole thing, it's a situation like "Elder Qingtai wanted to help Xiao Feng avenge him, but he was killed by his enemies."
Therefore, Zhuang Zhiming simply checked Wei Changtian and gave up after finding nothing unusual. The focus has been on tracing Xiao Feng's various interpersonal relationships.
Until more than a month ago, he received another order to "take Li Wutong back to Shuzhou"...
When both orders were related to Wei Changtian, Zhuang Zhiming finally realized that the problem lay with Wei Changtian.
However, before he could mobilize his manpower to launch a comprehensive investigation into the latter, Qin Zhengqiu suddenly appeared again.
The appearance of a quasi-first-grade master is a top priority, and Zhuang Zhiming naturally does not dare to neglect it.
In addition, he also wanted to test Elder Qingtai's reaction, so he immediately passed the information on.
Elder Qingtai held an elders' meeting according to the rules.
But Zhuang Zhiming found nothing unusual.
More importantly, when he met with Wei Changtian today, Zhuang Zhiming could see that Wei Changtian did not recognize him.
This means that Wei Changtian is not an elder of Qingtai, otherwise he would not have reacted like that when he heard his name.
So...Elder Qingtai is someone close to Wei Changtian?
But it's not right either.
Because last year Elder Qingtai ordered to help Xiao Feng kill Wei Changtian.
How come we were enemies last year and are friends this year?
Could it be that Elder Qingtai has been replaced...
The quiet room was extremely quiet, and Zhuang Zhiming sat on the futon and meditated for a long time.
In his hand, he was playing with a Kuilong Token that was almost identical to Wei Changtian's. The candlelight reflected on it, reflecting a weak yet complex red light.
...
...
At the same time, there is a space as dark and deep as the universe.
"who is it?!"
"who is it?!!"
"I hid the token so well! Who found it?!"
"Could it be that boy named Wei?"
"No, no! That guy is a black man!"
"So...who is that on Qingtai?!"
"Why does that person know where I hid the token? And why does he know the secret method of sending messages?!"
"Wow! I'm so angry!"
"When I regain my physical body, I will definitely cut this sinister villain into pieces!!!"
"Alas, I have to rely on that boy to recover my physical body..."
"Forget it, let's talk to him about it."
"Otherwise it would be bad if he really died..."
"..."
...
Half an hour later.
When Wei Changtian stood in the secret room of the Freemasonry, he was dumbfounded after listening to Can Hun's words, and he didn't come back to his senses for almost five minutes.
WTF?!
The remnant soul actually has the token of the Presbyterian Church??
Or the elder Qingtai???
He used to rely on "forging" the resolutions of the Presbyterian Council to mobilize Kuilong's people??
Then...the token actually dropped???
The person who stole the token held a meeting of elders a few days ago???
No wonder you were so surprised when you heard there was going to be a meeting!!!
"..."
"No! Why didn't you tell me such an important thing earlier?"
Wei Changtian, who finally regained his composure, didn't even bother with "senior" and cursed directly: "Also, you didn't put the token in the Xuantian Sword???"
"The Xuantian Sword cannot be stored, how can I put it in?!"
Remnant Soul's answer was equally strong: "Of course I hid it somewhere else!"
"How did you deliver the message when it was hidden elsewhere??"
Wei Changtian looked confused: "Can it still be operated remotely??"
"Um?"
Obviously, Remnant Soul had never heard of the term "remote operation", but that didn't stop him from quickly understanding the meaning.
"Humph, of course you can't do it, but I have great powers but you can."
"..."
No, it sounds like you are quite proud???
"Nima..."
Wei Changtian blurted out another curse.
Although Canhun knew he was in the wrong, he still argued unhappily:
"Boy, you don't have to be so panicked!"
"As long as Zhuang Zhiming doesn't tell me that I used the name of the Presbyterian Church to pass orders, who will know?"
"Now that the token is lost, I can no longer mobilize Kui Long's people. It's not a big deal to you!"
"Anyway, you now have a token. It will be your turn in another twenty years..."
"Shut up!"
Finally, Wei Changtian couldn't bear it any longer and choked back Remnant Soul's words.
Yes, from the perspective of the remnant soul, it is really not a big deal.
At most, the token was lost, and the person who stole the token "impostered" and became the new Qingtai elder.
but......
"Do you know?"
The angry roar echoed in the secret room, deafening.
"Zhuang Zhiming is also a fucking elder Kuilong!"
"..."
"ah???"
...
...
Zhuang Zhiming is also an elder, so he must know that Remnant Soul is giving orders under the guise of the Presbyterian Council.
Both orders were related to him, so Zhuang Zhiming's approach to him must not have been just for Qin Zhengqiu, but had a larger purpose.
When Remnant Soul finally confessed the truth, Wei Changtian understood this almost instantly.
This is exactly why he is so impatient and angry now.
I originally thought about confronting Zhuang Zhi and even taking advantage of him.
As a result, in the end, people have probably found out everything about themselves.
This is crazy...
Under the double impact of the fact that Zhuang Zhiming was Elder Kuilong and the information provided by Remnant Soul, Wei Changtian was now full of thoughts on how to deal with Zhuang Zhiming, and temporarily ignored another matter that was actually equally important.
That is who stole the token from Remnant Soul?
Why does this person know the location of the Remnant Soul's hidden card? And why does he know the secret method of transmitting messages that only members of the Presbyterian Church can understand?
This problem seems very complicated.
But as long as Wei Changtian thinks about it for a moment, he should be able to easily come up with the answer...
"..."
"Da da da, da da da..."
Outside Longzhou City, two carriages drove out of the city gate one after the other and headed towards Lingkai Mountain where Fulian Temple is located.
The horses' hoofbeats are beating fast and the carriages are jolting. The official road in Longzhou is still so difficult to walk.
Pulling back the car curtain and looking up at the sun above his head, Xu Suisui suddenly smiled softly for no reason.
"After so many days, they should all know."
"Then it's time for everyone to meet again..."
"..."
A quarter of an hour later.
Changwu Hall, Freemasonry.
Zhuang Zhiming and Wei Changtian, who were located in two places in Shuzhou City, looked at the tokens in their hands at the same time.
[Three days later, at midnight, we have important matters to discuss]