Qi Xuansu originally thought that the case in Baidicheng was another one of his own, but it turned out to be nothing, and the case was finally closed with Ma Feng's sudden death.
When those businessmen saw the fourth lady of the Governor's Palace and a chief military officer coming forward in person, they didn't know that the water was very deep. Even the two Taoist priests of Tiangang Hall almost fell into trouble. Naturally, they did not dare to mention it any more.
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There are too many big figures in Yujing City, and no one can cover the sky with one hand. Under mutual restraint, the environment in Yujing is still quite clear, but the situation in the local government is very complicated. Various forces are intertwined, including the imperial court, the government, and the gentry.
, a secret society, you have me, you have me, except for the real local snakes, it is difficult for outsiders to distinguish the true position of each person.
Take the case of Baidi City as an example. Of course Wang Ruyi cannot command a dignified military commander. There is no doubt that only Wang Chuanzun, the governor of Shuzhou, can command Zhao Fuan, the commander-in-chief of Shu. Although in name, the commander-in-chief of Shu is
You must obey the dispatch of the Commander-in-Chief Military Affairs Officer of Shuzhou. The Governor-General of Shuzhou controls the Commander-in-Chief Military Affairs Officer of Shuzhou. It is not easy to directly dispatch the Commander-in-Chief Military Officer. However, before Wang Chuanzun was promoted to the Governor of Shuzhou, he was the Commander-in-Chief Military Affairs Officer of Shuzhou. Zhao Fuan
He is regarded as an old subordinate of Wang Chuanzun. Moreover, this is a private matter, not official business.
In other words, Wang Chuanzun is inseparable from the demons in Baidi City.
But it is absolutely impossible to say that the Governor of Shuzhou, one of the nine dignified governors, is a member of the secret society. The governor is not a very popular minister, but he is not far away. Such a big shot will not and does not bother to join the secret society.
At most, they have some kind of cooperative relationship with some secret societies, and even secretly support secret societies. As Zhang Yuelu said, the reason why secret societies are endlessly suppressed is because there is a Taoist master standing behind them.
Because of this. These people behind the scenes can be real people from the Taoist sect, or they can be high-ranking officials of the imperial court.
Thinking of this, Qi Xuansu finally understood why Zhang Yuelu always said that arresting demons was just to treat the symptoms rather than the root cause. If the roots could not be eradicated, the secret society would be burned out by wildfire and reborn again with the spring breeze.
One of these so-called "roots" is the ancient immortal and the leader of the secret society, and the other is someone like Wang Chuanzun.
Now the two of them want to thoroughly investigate the affairs of Baidi City, which is a fool's dream. Wang Chuanzun has not yet shown up, and just his lackeys have made the two of them miserable, and the attitude of the Shuzhou Taoist Office is extremely ambiguous.
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This is different from the Jiangnan case. Although Zhang Yuelu is the number one contributor to the Jiangnan case, the premise is that Shibotang, Beichentang, and Duzhitang have decided to thoroughly investigate the deficit of Jiangnan Province. This is why Zhang Yuelu and others went to Jiangnan.
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Needless to say, the dangers of the trip to the south of the Yangtze River are still a little "aftertaste" to this day. The key involves another
An important figure is Zhang Yuelu's master, Master Cihang. Cihang was the previous head of Jiangnan Daofu. He had been operating in Jiangnan Daofu for many years and was a tree with deep roots. Later, he was promoted to the head of Huasheng Hall and became the head of Huasheng Hall.
Although the head of the branch hall has left Jiangnan Daofu, he still has many old subordinates. Without her help, Zhang Yuelu would be in trouble.
Now that the two of them have neither the will of the ancestral court nor the help of a certain master, they are naturally helpless.
After discussion, the two decided not to stay in Baidi City for long and decided to leave by boat and continue to Huzhou.
The White Emperor's farewell speech is among the colorful clouds. Thousands of miles of rivers and mountains are returned in one day.
Although it is not so exaggerated, traveling by water is indeed extremely fast, second only to taking a flying boat.
Before leaving, Qi Xuansu wanted to thank the Taoist Ji whom he had met by chance in person, but this person turned out to be a mysterious dragon and never showed up again. Qi Xuansu had no choice but to give up.
Tang Yongde specially came to see him off. In addition to apologizing repeatedly, he not only offered a thousand peace coins, but also took the initiative to arrange for the two of them to take a boat in Shibotang.
Zhang Yuelu did not vent his anger on Tang Yongde, but declined a thousand Taiping coins, boarded the ship hall's ship with Qi Xuansu, and sailed south.
Shibotang has both cargo ships and passenger ships. Since Tang Yongde wanted to make up for it, of course he would not let the two of them take the cargo ship, but a first-class passenger ship.
This passenger ship is in charge of a deacon from Shibotang. She is a middle-aged female crown prince. Although she is not a middle-aged woman, her temperament is elegant and calm, which is about the cultivation level of Kunlun. This is also one of the characteristics of Shibotang.
Like Tiangangtang, which places too much emphasis on cultivation. After all, Shibotang is doing business with people. No matter how high your cultivation level is, if you don't understand the way of business, it will be useless.
Tiangang Hall is just the opposite. If you have to fight against the demons, if you don't have enough cultivation, you will have to die. Therefore, with only the Kunlun stage of cultivation, except for special cases like Qi Xuansu, it is difficult to be a deacon in Tiangang Hall. This can be regarded as
Industry specializing in surgery.
The two were arranged in a first-class cabin, which was a suite, with a bedroom on the left and right, connected by a small living room in the middle. It was located on the third floor, where they could enjoy the surrounding scenery from a high position.
At this time, Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu were sitting in the living room, looking out at the scenery outside the window.
The two of them went down the river, leaving Shuzhou and entering Huzhou. The junction of Shuzhou and Huzhou is the famous "Badong Three Gorges and Wu Gorge". Wu Gorge has been
It starts from the Daning River in the east of Wushan County and ends at Guandukou in Badong County. It is ninety miles long and is known as the Grand Gorge.
The Wu Gorge is beautiful and deep, and is famous for its beauty all over the world. The gorge is long and deep, with strange peaks and abrupt peaks. There are many mountains, clouds and fog, and the river flows twists and turns, turning thousands of times. During the boat trip, on both sides of the gorge river, there are endless green mountains and the peaks are like a screen.
When the boat is sailing in the gorge, sometimes there are mountains in front of us, and there are stone blocks blocking the way; sometimes there are twists and turns, and the clouds clear and there is a different sky.
As the saying goes, "When you put your boat down the Wu Gorge, your heart is set on the Twelve Peaks." The Twelve Peaks of Wushan, which line the north and south sides of the Wu Gorge, are extremely spectacular, and among the twelve peaks, Goddess Peak is the most majestic.
Zhang Yuelu pointed to the Goddess Peak visible in the distance and asked: "Tianyuan, do you know who the 'Goddess' is?"
Qi Xuansu thought for a while, shook his head and said, "I don't know."
Zhang Yuelu reminded: "If you think about it again, why are the twelve peaks called 'Wushan' and why is this place called 'Wuxia'?"
Qi Xuansu was startled and said hesitantly: "Isn't it related to the Lingshan Witch Cult?"
Zhang Yuelu said: "It is indeed related to witchcraft, but it is not the Lingshan witchcraft that emerged later, but the orthodox ancient witchcraft. Seriously speaking, before the rise of the three religions, witchcraft was the orthodoxy in the world, and the eleven great witches were honored
She was a goddess. Later, the witch religion declined due to civil strife and the three religions rose up. Xuandu and Zifu were the places where Taishang Taozu preached. The Ancestral Heavenly Master worshiped the Taoism taught by Taishang Taozu here and established the Zhengdao Tianshi Sect.
Following the decree of Taishang Taozu, he followed the general trend and eliminated the witchcraft religion. At that time, the witchcraft religion had greatly declined, and the remaining forces gathered in the area of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River. Among them, Wu Gorge was named after Wu Yang, and Goddess Peak also referred to Wu Yang.
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Qi Xuansu suddenly remembered that dream.
On the dark mountain, ten tall figures were shrouded in a layer of shadow that was so thick that they could not be removed. Standing in a row behind the fire, only a blurry outline could be seen, and only two eyes lit up.
A little blood red light.
Then a maverick figure appeared out of thin air. Compared with the ten tall figures that looked like giants, this figure was very small. He kicked over the fire and laughed with his hands on his hips.
There are eleven figures in total.
Now Qi Xuansu can be roughly sure that the eleven figures he saw are the eleven great witches of the ancient witch sect, and the last tiny figure that appeared was Wu Yang. Her kicking over the fire probably meant that the six enlightened witches rebelled.
The Ten Witches of Lingshan.
As for that dark mountain, it is naturally the legendary Lingshan Mountain.
Wu Gorge is actually related to Wu Yang. In Taoist terms, is this the Taoist temple of Wu Yang?
Qi Xuansu took advantage of the situation and asked: "What is the relationship between Wu Yang... and the ancient immortal Wu Luo?"
After all, Zhang Yuelu is a member of the Zhang family, and the witchcraft religion was exterminated by the ancestors of the Zhang family. In addition, she has been dealing with the Lingshan witchcraft religion for many years, so she knows the secrets of the witchcraft religion very well. She explained: "Strictly speaking,
He said they were colleagues. According to the legend, the ten witches of Lingshan and Wu Yang were both subjects of the Emperor of Heaven."
Qi Xuansu asked again: "Then what is the relationship between Taishang Daozu and the Emperor of Heaven?"
Zhang Yuelu thought for a while and replied: "It is roughly similar to the relationship between the Grand Master and His Majesty the Emperor."
"This analogy is very simple and clear." Qi Xuansu understood clearly, "The Ancestral Heavenly Master is like a real person from the Taoist sect, and the Ten Witches are the high officials of the border left by the Emperor of Heaven in the human world, and then the real people of the Dao sect killed the high official of the frontier..."
"Be careful!" Zhang Yuelu glared at Qi Xuansu, "It was the ten witches who killed each other in the first place, causing turmoil in the world. The Ancestral Heavenly Master calmed down the chaos in the back. He just followed the trend by destroying the witchcraft religion and raising up the Taoist sect."
Qi Xuansu also felt that it was a bit outrageous and did not dare to talk nonsense anymore.
Zhang Yuelu unfolded and said: "The Book of Mountains and Seas: The Western Classic of the Sea contains: In the Kaiming East there are Wu Peng, Wu Di, Wu Yang, Wu Lu, Wu Fan, and Wu Xiang. Wu Peng among the ten witches is Wupeng among the six witches.
Wu Dai among the ten witches is Wu Dai among the six witches. Wu Li is the witch's shoes, and the righteous shoes of the rites are also. Wu Pan is Wu Fan, and the pronunciation of "pan" and "fan" are close. Wu Xie is Wu Xian,'
"Xie' and 'Xiang' are in harmony. Only Wu Yang is not among the ten witches of Lingshan, but only exists among the six enlightened witches."
"According to ancient legend, Wu Yang once respected the order of the Emperor of Heaven and summoned the souls of the King of Chu. Most of the soul-calling methods circulated in our Taoist sect today come from this great witch."
"Yaoyu was the son of the ancient god Zhulong, who was killed by his subordinates. The Emperor of Heaven couldn't bear the pain of Zhulong losing his son, so he ordered his body to be sent to Lingshan and let the ten witches come to rescue him. The ten witches of Lingshan used the power of immortality.
The medicine awakened Yaoyao, but his temperament changed drastically from then on, and he became a monster with a dragon head and a cat body, eating people everywhere, and was eventually shot to death on the order of the Emperor of Heaven."
"It can be seen from this that the ten witches of Lingshan and Wu Yang are all subordinates of the Emperor of Heaven."
"My master once said that both Xuansheng and Emperor Gaozu were favored by this great witch, so this great witch's reputation was completely different from that of Wu Luo. The names of Wu Gorge and Goddess Peak have been preserved. It is said that the name of Goddess Peak is
There are also statues and temples in Wuyang, which are not temples of obscenity."
Qi Xuansu felt a little regretful. If he was the only one, then he really wanted to go to the Goddess Peak. Maybe he would gain something and discover something.