Such nonsense shows that Xie Jiaofeng is an old man and has a profound cultivation base. He will never have a clear attitude towards things that can be easily passed. He is like a loach who does not hold back.
But Qi Xuansu insisted on forcing him to take a stand, so how could he let him slip by so easily?
So Qi Xuansu said, "I came to the Lion City this time and brought five hundred spirit officers with me. I originally wanted to send three hundred spirit officers to bring these slave traders back, but I was worried about repeating the assassination during the day. Now it seems that I
His head is still worth some peace money, and it has attracted many people’s attention.”
Xie Jiaofeng originally wanted to say that Tianfu Palace is absolutely safe and Chief Qi should rest assured.
But as soon as the words came to his mouth, he suddenly woke up. He couldn't make this guarantee. It was like a military order. He made this guarantee, and it would be fine if nothing happened. If there was another assassination incident, it would be his full responsibility. And he would be guilty.
It's even bigger. If the last assassination was caught off guard and he didn't expect it, then there is no reason for the second assassination. There is even a crime of knowing his mistakes and not correcting them. He doesn't even have Qin Hengjun, a fellow sufferer, to help him share the responsibility.
After all, Thian Hock Palace is your territory, and the men in black can't get through.
Xie Jiaofeng was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat and hurriedly swallowed back the words that were on his lips. But he had to answer Qi Xuansu's words. After all, the rank of official was overwhelming, so he knew clearly that Qi Xuansu was forcing him to take a stand.
Even though I knew this was a trap, I had to bite the bullet and jump in. It was the lesser of the two evils.
So Xie Jiaofeng said, "Since we are a guard, we must naturally put our duties first and the safety of Chief Qi first to prevent an accident like today from happening again."
At this point, he paused deliberately and said in a requesting tone, "How about asking the spiritual officer from Tianfu Palace to take care of it?"
At this time, Xie Jiaofeng was still trying to avoid responsibility as much as possible. Because he was asking for instructions, whether Qi Xuansu agreed or not, it was Qi Xuansu's decision. He was just following orders. If Qi Xuansu agreed, another thing would happen.
The second assassination incident, then he also has something to say. He was following Chief Qi's order to send people to arrest the slave traders, which led to the lack of defense in Tianfu Palace. He cannot be blamed solely on him. Qi Xuansu who gave the order must be held responsible.
main responsibility.
This person is able to stand firm in the Borneo Taoist Palace under the rule of Wang Jiaohe as the fourth deputy palace master, and firmly occupy the key position of Lion City. Naturally, he has some abilities.
Qi Xuansu couldn't say he was disgusted with this kind of people. He wanted to force Xie Jiaofeng to take a public stand, not to frame and correct Xie Jiaofeng, so he didn't care about Xie Jiaofeng's behavior of evading responsibility and said, "Okay, just
Let Chief Han and Chief Lu bring the spiritual officials from Tianfu Palace there."
Seeing that Qi Xuansu had agreed, Xie Jiaofeng breathed a sigh of relief and did not dare to stay here any longer. He excused himself to summon the spiritual officials to leave first, for fear that Qi Xuansu would cause him some problems again. For Xie Jiaofeng, tonight was considered a moving day.
He shot himself in the foot and didn't make much of a difference. Instead, he almost got himself caught in it.
Qi Xuansu asked people to call Han Yongfeng and Lu Yuting to explain.
In addition to telling them the detailed address, the main thing is to ask them to go quickly and secretly, without giving Nanyang United Trading Company time to respond, and there will be no need to rush when escorting the prisoners back. They might as well make some noise, and they must
Let the concerned people in Lion City know one thing. These are the spiritual officers of Thian Hock Palace. It was the spiritual officers of Thian Hock Palace who arrested the people of Nanyang United Trading Company.
In this way, even if Xie Jiaofeng does not express his position, he is still expressing his position. Everyone will think that Xie Jiaofeng has openly sided with Qi Xuansu and is going to break up with Wang Jiaohe.
No matter how slippery Xie Jiaofeng is, he can't slide through it.
Xie Jiaofeng had already seen this before, so he tried to shirk the blame and showed reluctance in every possible way, but Qi Xuansu had no choice but to take control of him, and finally it was Qi Xuansu who took advantage of him.
After receiving the order, Han Yongfeng and Lu Yuting headed straight to the warehouse with the spiritual officials from Tianfu Palace.
Zhang Yuelu does not intend to show up. If she comes to the public, it will not have much effect. After all, she is the second deputy head of Lingnan Daofu and cannot control Xie Jiaofeng and others. No matter how high Zhang Yuelu's status is,
Neither would work, and the same would apply to Li Changge and others. Procedures and systems, rules and regulations are the key to maintaining an organization. At least the rules cannot be broken openly.
Assassinating Qi Xuansu is a bad rule, and burning Zhenwu Temple is also a bad rule. But the mastermind behind the scenes has not been caught, and there is no evidence, so it is not an apparent violation of the rules. But once caught, it will immediately lead to death.
At the very least, life in Taoism is officially over. Whether you can continue to live in another identity depends on your ability.
Nowadays, Chen Shuhua, who openly broke the rules, has become a loser. Qi Xuansu and Wang Jiaohe are still fighting within the scope of the rules. Therefore, it is not that the two of them go out to call the battle, or that Qi Zhenren and Wang Zhenren have a fight, who will
Whoever wins speaks, but two people
Focusing on Nanyang United Trading Company.
Qi Xuansu will have to deal with matters on the bright side, and Zhang Yuelu is not enough. Instead, Zhang Yuelu continues to hide in the dark, and with the help of Ziguang Society, he can play a greater role.
Moreover, Qi Xuansu was on the bright side, with countless pairs of eyes following his every move. The target was too big. Zhang Yuelu had only made the target bigger in the past. It would be better to let Qi Xuansu attract firepower so that Zhang Yuelu could use it better.
Early the next morning, everyone in Lion City knew the news.
People from Thian Hock Palace raided a warehouse of Nanyang United Trading Company, arrested three managers and more than 50 private soldiers, and successfully rescued more than 40 slaves of various colors.
The Taoist sect strictly prohibits the slave trade, which is inhumane. This is the superficial consensus. So overnight, Xie Qingtian became famous all over the Lion City. Everyone said that Deputy Palace Master Xie’s statement in front of Chief Qi was not false, it was true.
Just do it and you won't have to wait all night.
The key point is that the conflict between Master Qi and Master Wang is not a secret. Deputy Palace Master Xie is pointing the finger directly at Master Wang.
Xie Jiaofeng knows his own sufferings, and he also has his own sufferings.
But then he thought, since he has now boarded the "thief ship" and has no room to look back, he has no choice but to go all the way to death, kill Zhenren Wang and let Zhenren Qi win.
, then he is not at a loss, at least he is a hero.
Thinking of this section, Xie Jiaofeng got even more excited. He didn't even need Qi Xuansu's orders and took the initiative to send someone to summon the senior managers of Nanyang United Trading Company and order them to give an explanation to the Taoist government. If they couldn't give a reasonable explanation that satisfied the Taoist government.
Explain, then don’t blame the Taoist government for being rude. The Taoist government will arrest relevant people in accordance with the law, including shareholders of Nanyang United Trading Company.
This is exactly what Qi Xuansu wants to see. After such operations, regardless of what Xie Jiaofeng thinks, and regardless of whether Xie Jiaofeng will not hold a grudge against him, at least Xie Jiaofeng will keep pace with him.
For Qi Xuansu, this is enough.
On the other side, Qi Xuansu asked Han Yongfeng to start interrogating senior executives, Manager Sun and Manager Chen, intending to open a breakthrough for these three people and obtain conclusive evidence.
In this kind of evenly matched struggle, there are many people sitting in the middle and watching. Whoever can get a big advantage in advance can win the support of these centrists well. In the end, the advantage is converted into a victory, that is, the general trend, which can destroy everything.
If the situation remains
They are all anxious, and no one can do anything about the other, so it is very likely to end in mutual compromise.
Among these centrists, Qi Xuansu attached great importance to Taiping Bank, also known as Hu Fuli.
Hu Fuli's real name is Hu Songting. His ancestor was a famous anti-Japanese official in the previous dynasty and a native of Luzhou. Zhenren Cihang was a native of Jiangzhou. Luzhou is not far from Jiangzhou, separated by a river. Whether it is the previous dynasty or this dynasty, Luzhou
, Jiangzhou, and Wuzhou were all under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Jiangnan. From here on, Hu Songting and Cihang were considered fellow townsmen.
Because of this reason, Qi Xuansu almost won over Hu Songting last time with the help of Cihang's "Arhat in Red" painting. Hu Songting accepted the "Arhat in Red" and led Qi Xuansu into Taiping Bank Nanyang Headquarters.
In the treasury, it was a pity that the situation in Shenglong Mansion suddenly changed, causing Qi Xuansu to give up halfway and hurriedly left Lion City to return to Shenglong Mansion, resulting in the failure to complete the task.
Now that Qi Xuansu has returned to the Lion City, he naturally has to pick up the "thread" that was broken earlier.
Qi Xuansu didn't want to focus on just one point of attack, but wanted to make more flowers. The investigation of slaves was one point, and the audit of accounts was another point.
Many of Nanyang United Trading Company's accounts were taken from Taiping Bank. As long as Taiping Bank was opened, it would almost pinch half of Nanyang United Trading Company's Achilles' heel.
So Qi Xuansu visited Hu Songting's residence again, accompanied by only three people. In addition to Chen Jianchou and Xiao Yin, there was also the Jiayin Lingguan.
Previously, the Jiayin Lingguan thought that asking him to be Qi Xuansu's temporary guard was a bit of a fuss. On the Taoist territory, who else but Chen Shuhua would dare to assassinate Qi Xuansu? Even Chen Shuhua could only hide and lick his wounds now, and could not run away.
He came to kill Qi Xuansu. But he never expected that someone would really dare to assassinate him, and in the Lion City, in full view of everyone. If it weren't for the little girl beside Qi Xuansu, Qi Xuansu would have been seriously injured even if he didn't die.
Therefore, after hearing the news of Qi Xuansu's assassination, the Jiayin Lingguan did not care about many affairs of the Xuanwei Department in Jiugang. After hurriedly arranging them for his deputy, he immediately rushed to the Lion City - this is why those assassins were so anxious.
The reason for waiting is that this is almost the time when Qi Xuansu is at his most vulnerable. His cultivation is greatly damaged and the Jiayin Spirit Officer is not around yet. When the Jiayin Spirit Officer comes, they will have no chance.
After Jia Yin Lingguan arrived here, the most relieved thing was not Qi Xuansu, but Xie Jiaofeng. He could finally breathe a sigh of relief. But he had no way to turn back at this time. No matter whether Qi Xuansu would be assassinated again, he could only do one thing.