It took three full days, and on the fourth day of the first lunar month, Zhao Ran received the flying talismans from his teachers Jiang Tenghe and Xu Zhenren. The two flying talismans arrived at the same time. The teacher said that he should listen to Xu Zhenren, and Xu Zhenren said that he agreed in principle with Zhao Ran.
Ran became the abbot of Xuantan Palace and agreed with him to meet Chen Shandao.
Not long after that, Dongfang Li personally came to Baoyue Villa and had a serious talk with Zhao Ran.
Dongfang Li seemed a little tired. After meeting Zhao Ran, he sat down, closed his eyes and adjusted his breathing for a while before speaking: "I've been under a lot of pressure lately and I've been thinking about a lot of things. To be honest, I'm really tired."
Zhao Ran knew that the tiredness he was talking about was definitely not physical fatigue, but mental fatigue, so he said: "Senior Brother Li, you should give yourself a holiday and take a bath for a while. Ten days and a half, maybe you can relax."
come over."
Dongfang Li smiled and said: "Don't worry, it's not a big deal. I was even more tired when I was in Xixia Longyuan, and I can't get through it? When this case is investigated, I will rest for the first half of the year to make up for the delay."
Make up for your practice lessons." He shook his head again: "Actually, there is no such problem. What you said is very good. There are thousands of avenues. I will choose one. This may be my path. Otherwise, I would not be in retreat.
In two years, we have broken through two realms in a row. Maybe at this point, we are actually walking the same path."
Zhao Ran said: "No matter how tired you are, you still have to balance work and rest. Later I will take my senior brother to the Zongsheng Pavilion to experience the Xixin Pavilion in our building."
Dongfang Li nodded: "I've heard of Xixin Pavilion a long time ago, and I will definitely go there when the time comes. Back to the subject, Tianshi Wu, Tianshi Li, and Zhenren Zhao all agreed to what you said. They specially asked me to come over and tell my junior brother face to face, don't have too much trouble.
Too many worries, this is a signal. After junior brother becomes abbot, just do whatever you need to do. Don't think too much, don't look forward and backward, and be the abbot according to your own method. Only in this way can we understand what the other party wants to do.
.”
Zhao Ran breathed a sigh of relief: "I'm really afraid that everyone will misunderstand and think that I want to surrender to the other party. Reporting means obeying orders. If everyone doesn't agree, then I won't go. If everyone thinks that I can give it a try, then I will
Just go. Brother Li, I have one more thing to say, if I really take over this position, no matter how long I work or to what extent I work, as long as the superiors think that I can no longer continue, then I will quit without hesitation."
Dongfang Li said: "Don't worry, I'm just worried that if you have such thoughts, you won't be able to go when the time comes. It's better not to go. Wu Tianshi asked me to give you a message, 'Everyone believes in you.' Of course,
Whether you can be the abbot or not depends on the outcome of your conversation with Chen Shandao. You need to control this yourself. Wu Tianshi said that if you have any questions, you can always fly a talisman to contact him, or he may be a real person, it doesn't matter.
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After talking about this matter, Dongfang Li reported the results of the interrogation to Zhao Ran. Neither Chunfeng nor Guanyun had heard of any Taoist from Lingtai Mountain, nor did they know the monk named Gu. What happened back then, they were acting on Lan Tianyu's orders.
, as for the origin of Linghu Qingqiu, they don't know, but they say that Lantian Yu is responsible. But they heard Lantian Yu mention a man named Gu, calling him 'Gu Daoyou', maybe this ancient monk is
'Gu Daoyou'."
Zhao Ran said: "I'm afraid they are the same person... Is there any connection between the key criminal investigated by Dongji Pavilion and this fellow Daoist Gu?"
"We don't know. Of course we hope there is a connection, and we even hope that the two people are the same person, but there is no evidence yet. Dongji Pavilion has begun to think of ways to find clues about the Taoist Gu in the portrait, but it is difficult because it cannot be
The portrait is made public and can only be searched privately."
"Then, Lantian Jade..."
"There is no way to arrest him. He has not been involved in any case so far, and I am a high priest of the Third Palace Refiner level. There is really no reason to arrest him. And I don't dare to recruit him for questioning easily, otherwise
There will be worries about the news being exposed.”
Zhao Ran was a little disappointed: "Looking for someone like this is not the answer. You have to find a time to go. It has been half a month. Fortunately, it is still the New Year. I doubt that after the Lantern Festival, there will be no spring breeze or cloud-watching people in the Shangsan Palace.
I’m afraid something will be done.”
Dongfang Li said: "Those of us consider ourselves to be veterans in handling cases, but we have never seen anything like this. The two weaklings confessed to everything, but the reason why they were not invited to go to that room seemed to be really unknown.
Love. But if they really collided by accident, it would be unbelievable and unconvincing to say it."
Zhao Ran thought for a while and asked: "There has always been a question, how did Dongji Pavilion find the whereabouts of the key suspect?"
Dongfang Li said: "They are unwilling to disclose it."
"What time is it and you still don't want to reveal it?"
"It's understandable. From my experience, it was mostly caused by hidden piles. The two nunneries that were destroyed before should have come from the news of this hidden pile, but there are more and deeper information that this hidden pile is not known about.
There will be a lot of them and very few clues will be given, so that’s why we are in this situation now.”
"What now?"
"We discussed it and decided to change our strategy. In the past, we were anxious to gain time, but now it seems that Chunfeng and Guanyun have limited knowledge, so we decided to delay, to alert the snake, to see if the other party would react, and whether some people would
Jump out in a hurry."
"Aren't you afraid that Sangong Sangong will force someone to take you?"
"With the real case of Meng Yan, we can let Chunfeng and Guanyun cooperate in the investigation for a year and a half, even if they want to."
Sometimes it is not the best policy to alert the snake, because it means putting yourself in the open, but sometimes there is no other way, which is equivalent to entering a psychological war. If the other party is calm and does not make any move at all, Sanqing Pavilion
He and Dongji Pavilion can be considered a failure in this psychological war. If they survive, the two Taoists can be brought to justice. This is not necessarily true. The attempt to find the key figures is doomed to failure.
Zhao Ran was silent for a moment and suddenly asked: "I have a question. I really want to know whether our two pavilions are so focused on Xiu'an because it violates the Taoist precepts and the justice of the world, or is it because the purpose is to overthrow the upper three
Palace? Let me first explain that I am not a Qinglu monk with a strong sense of justice, nor am I opposed to taking down the filthy Shangsan Palace. I just want to know what everyone thinks. If I are really allowed to become the abbot of Xuantan Palace,
What we do next will be more targeted."
Dongfang Li nodded, with a serious look on his face, and said, "...remember what I said last time that the emperor might be practicing?"