Zhao Ran wanted to cry but had no tears. He felt that he was involved in a huge whirlpool and slid into the abyss involuntarily.
After returning home, he sat on the bedside and thought for a long time. He felt as if there were ropes that tied him tightly and he couldn't get rid of it. However, passive response was never a good way, so he decided to do something.
After walking out of the bedroom and coming to the desk in the outer hall, Zhao Ran lit the oil lamp and looked at the weak but everlasting light for a long time. Then he spread out a piece of Nanping white paper for writing, took a pen and rubbed ink on the white paper.
I wrote down the names one by one: Song Zhiyuan, Jiang Zhibiao, Zhang Zhihuan, Liu Zhiguang, Chen Zhizhong, Ma Zhili...
Staring at these names with his eyes, for a while, he suddenly realized something. He took another piece of white paper, transcribed these names on the left side of the page, and then wrote in the corresponding blank space on the right side of the page.
Their respective duties: patrol of the dormitory, high-functioning in the dormitory, dianzao in the dormitory, master of the dormitory, quiet master of the dormitory, and Taoist boy in the dormitory. After thinking about it, he wrote his own name at the bottom of the left hand side.
For the name, add "Prison Court" at the top of the right side, add "Living Room Door Head" and "Warehouse Head" at the bottom of the right side, and then start to draw lines and connect them.
The line arrows of Song Zhiyuan and Jiang Zhibiao both pointed to "Prison Court", Zhang Zhihuan pointed to "Seattle Patrol", Liu Zhiguang pointed to "Jingtang High Gong", Chen Zhizhong did not clearly covet him, Zhao Ran hesitated for a moment, and combined his name with "Dian Zao".
"Fang Dian Zao" is connected to one place, and the remaining Ma Zhili rows to the "front door of the living room", and he is connected to the "Jingzhu of the Sutra Hall".
Zhao Ran discovered that in this correspondence table, except for the overlapping goals of Song Zhiyuan and Jiang Zhibiao, the rest of the people had their own corresponding positions and there were no differences between them.
An exciting idea came to mind, and Zhao Ran leaned on his cheek and began to think hard. After thinking for a long time, he had to admit that maybe this idea had a certain possibility of being realized, but if he wanted to realize this idea, he had to
As long as this main contradiction between Song Zhiyuan and Jiang Zhibiao is solved, the rest will not be a big problem.
Zhao Ran decided to go see Jiang Gaogong. He must talk to Jiang Gaogong face to face!
Jiang Gaogong has not been in Wuji Mountain these days. According to Liu Jingzhu, Jiang Gaogong asked for leave from the prison because of family affairs. But Zhao Ran felt that at such a critical moment, Jiang Gaogong was not in Wuji Mountain, but instead took leave to go down the mountain. Zhao Ran was very surprised.
He doubted whether he really went down the mountain to go home. He guessed that Jiang Gaogong, like Yu Zhiyuan, might have taken the high-level route, and he might have gone to places like Xizhenwu Palace for help in the past few days. This speculation made Zhao Ran very worried.
Song Xunzhao and Jiang Gaogong had a fierce conflict over the position of Supervisor, and the next thing would be very difficult.
In addition to morning and evening classes, Zhao Ran squatted at the gate of Wuji Mountain for three consecutive days, becoming more and more anxious. In the afternoon of this day, Zhao Ran had finished his evening classes, went out of the gate again, and squatted at the foot of the mountain again. After waiting for a long time,
Before Jiang Gaogong could wait, he bumped into Jin Jiu coming down from the mountain.
Jin Jiu walked down the steps quickly, barely gave a salute in front of Zhao Ran, put his hands on his waist and panted: "Taoist Master Zhao, we have found the Taoist Priest!"
With the lawsuit on his head, Zhao Ran had no time to talk about recommending Jin Jiu Shou. He looked at the road outside the mountain and said impatiently: "What's the matter? Is it to recommend a quota? Don't worry, I will try my best."
Jin Jiuxi said: "Thank you so much, Taoist priest! Haha, there will be generous rewards when things are done! Well... there is one more thing..."
Zhao Ran interrupted: "I'm very busy these days. If I have anything to do, I'll talk about it later..." Suddenly he remembered that this guy is the son of the county captain. Wouldn't it be nice to let him help find someone? So he grabbed Jin Jiu.
Question: "Do you know the whereabouts of Jiang Gaogong? I have something urgent to look for him."
"Uh... I don't know..."
"Then help me find it quickly. Well, isn't your father a county lieutenant? Can you send some police officers to investigate together?"
"This is easy. I'll go to Guyang County to find someone for help..." Jin Jiu said, patting his chest.
"Well, first go to Jiang Gaogong's layman's house to inquire. If he is not there, then go elsewhere... also ask at Luqiao Station, which leads to the official road of Long'an Mansion... If you have any news, please tell me immediately. I have an urgent matter to see Jiang Gaogong! Yes.
Horse? That’s good, hurry up!”
Looking at Jin Jiu riding away from the dust, Zhao Ran felt a little more at ease.
With Jin Jiu, a local snake, coming forward, things went much smoother. In the evening, Jin Jiu sent back the exact news that Jiang Gaogong was in his farm in the northeast of Guyang County. The detective who inquired about the news said that he saw Jiang Gaogong going out to deliver goods.
We are sending you two Taoist priests whose origins are unknown.
Zhao Ran thought to himself that these two Taoists were probably related to Jiang Gaogong's attempt to obtain the post of Supervisor, so he had to hurry up. Jin Jiu was very clever and had brought a horse for Zhao Ran when he came. Zhao Ran complimented Jin Jiu casually and turned over.
Mount your horse and follow Jin Jiu and the policeman as they drive away to Jiang's farm.
Jiang Gaogong's house occupies a large piece of land at the foot of Mugu Mountain in the northeast of Guyang County. The people living in villages around it are all tenants of the farm. In fact, with Zhao Ran's current financial resources, it is not impossible to buy such a farm, but he
He is alone in this world and has no real blood relatives, so there is no need. When Zhao Ran looked at this village, he also thought that maybe in another twenty or thirty years, he would have accumulated a certain amount of wealth and power.
Climbing to a certain height, building a village, and marrying several beautiful concubines are also good choices, but at least for now, he doesn't have much energy to buy real estate.
The servant guarding the gate heard that the visitor was a Taoist priest from the Wuji Temple Sutra Hall, and did not dare to neglect. While informing the master, he introduced Zhao Ran and Jin Jiu into the gatehouse to watch tea. After a while, Zhao Ran was introduced into the inner courtyard again and passed through several cloisters.
He and Shuixie arrived outside Jiang Gaogong's study.
Jiang Gaogong was already waiting in front of the steps of the study, and with a smile, he invited Zhao Ran into the room to serve tea. This courtesy was naturally exceptional, but it made Zhao Ran more confident in the next conversation.
"I can't see Gao Gong these days. Junior brother, I have no choice but to come to the village to visit you. I hope Gao Gong will forgive me for disturbing you."
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say. What's the trouble between you and me, brothers and sisters? There are some secular affairs at home that require my intervention, so I have to take a few days off... What's the matter, is there something urgent in the hospital?"
"Well...actually there are some things that have nothing to do with me, a junior like me, but...Senior Brother Gao Gong, you know...I am in a Taoist sect, and I can't help myself, so I have to take the liberty to come here. Senior Brother Gao Gong taught me the knowledge of scriptures
, I respect my senior brother as a teacher. If there is any nonsense, I hope senior brother Gao Gong will not care about it." He started with very vague words. Zhao Ran had thought of it on the way, and the purpose was to make Jiang Gaogong think that he represented
Others, otherwise he is just a little Taoist boy who chants sutras. Why would Jiang Gaogong have to talk to him about the important matter of promotion and job transfer?
As expected, Jiang Gaogong became more interested, and his face became a little more solemn.
"I heard that the Bell Supervisory Academy is going to raise the price of Xizhenwu Palace?"
Jiang Gaogong nodded to indicate that he knew the news, and Zhao Ran added: "So, there is a shortage of supervisors in the Wuji Academy... I wonder what Jiang Gaogong has in mind?"
Jiang Gaogong leaned back on the yellow pear wood chair, tapped the fingers of his left hand on the table a few times, and asked slowly: "Junior brother, are you asking on behalf of someone else?"
"yes."
"For whom?...Senior Brother Song?"
"Uh... not entirely..."
"Oh? Who else? Could it be..."
"Haha, congratulations, senior brother!"
Jiang Gaogong tapped a few cases with his fingers, closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, and suddenly smiled: "Junior brother, please reply to Senior Brother Song. He started before me and has more seniority than me. I have no intention of quarreling with him. Please don't bother him and be at ease."
That is, if Senior Brother Song is in any difficulty, I am willing to help him and I will never break my promise!"
Zhao Ran couldn't believe what he said. He remembered that Liu Jingzhu had said that Jiang Gaogong wanted to free up his position of Gaogong for Liu Jingzhu, but what he heard today was obviously not the case. Could it be that Jiang Gaogong was setting a trap for himself? No.
That's right. Now that you've reached such a status, you can choose to remain silent, but you can never lie to your face!
"But I heard that Senior Brother Gao Gong seems to be leaving the Sutra Hall?" Zhao Ran must understand this question. At this juncture, he cannot be fooled by someone's casual words.
Jiang Gaogong pondered for a moment and suddenly said: "Junior brother, I heard that you have a close relationship with the immortal elders in the Pavilion..."
Thanks to yangzhigang\大爱小梦\Brother Bobo for the reward.