A spring rain falls on Xijing City, with strands and strands densely packed, like fine needles of cow hair, which are not wet on clothes. When it falls on the green tiles, there is no violent sound of a rainstorm, only a slight rustling sound, as if the mulberry leaves are being eaten away.
The sound was like the sound of wind blowing through the woods.
There are also two markets in the Xijing City, the East and the West. There is a lake in the East Market, called Fangsheng Pond, which is close to Changpingcang.
Although the Free Life Pond is named "Chi", it is actually quite large. It is as big as two squares in the East City. The Free Life Pond occupies one-twentieth of the area of the East City. There is also a river connecting the famous Qujiang Pond.
At this time, Pan Cuiqing was leading people to stand on the shore of the release pond.
He had reported the secret association to Tiangang Hall as usual, and mentioned the murder of Wan Xiuwu by the way. He did not really expect Tiangang Hall to take over the case. After all, Tiangang Hall was notoriously busy. But it was unexpected.
To Pan Cuiqing's surprise, Tiangang Hall actually responded this time, and it was the headmaster Cihang who responded in person.
This makes Pan Cuiqing a little flattered. After all, Cihang is one of the three real people who are expected to compete for the Grand Master. If he can be successfully elected, he will make history and become the first female Grand Master since the Tao Sect's resurgence. It is Wuxu Palace.
The master in charge of the palace must be respectful when meeting the master Cihang, let alone him.
However, to Pan Cuiqing's surprise, Cihang actually asked her close successor Zhang Yuelu to take over the case.
This made Pan Cuiqing immediately think of Yue Liuli's suspicion. Could it be that Wan Xiuwu's death was really related to Zhang Yuelu? If so, then there is no need to say more about Zhang Yuelu's purpose. However, it would be too obvious.
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However, Pan Cuiqing then thought about it, even if Zhang Yuelu was young and frivolous and did not know the importance of it, how could Master Cihang not understand such a simple truth and would never let Zhang Yuelu behave like this because he had been a spiritual master for many years and had survived through great storms.
Could it be that Yue Liuli made a mistake and spread his suspicions?
When Master Cihang heard some rumors, she sent her disciples to clarify the facts, find out those who spread the rumors, and punish them severely.
But it still doesn't make sense. After all, it happened only a few days ago, so it couldn't have spread to Yujing so quickly. Unless someone did it deliberately.
Could it be that someone in Wuxu Palace wants to use Yue Liuli to fight against him first, and then fight against the master through himself, and wants to defeat them both, master and disciple?
Pan Cuiqing thought about it, but still couldn't figure out the real intention of Master Cihang. However, Zhang Yuelu was a resolute person and would never delay. He was about to arrive at Xijing Mansion in a blink of an eye, so he could only wait here with his people.
The spring rain was still falling, so someone held an umbrella for Pan Cuiqing. Even though Pan Cuiqing's cultivation level did not require an umbrella to protect her from the rain, the person holding the umbrella was not very cultivated and could not block the rain. But in the end, Pan Cuiqing was covered by a big umbrella.
It was so tight that most of the body of the person holding the umbrella was soaked.
This is probably because the way of man does not do enough harm but more than serves. Taishang Daozu has clearly seen the principles of nature and human nature.
Yue Liuli stood next to Pan Cuiqing with a worried look on his face.
She always had a feeling that Deputy Hall Master Zhang was just coming with bad intentions.
From a certain point of view, the two women have sympathy for each other. After all, Wan Xiuwu and Qi Xuansu are both dead, but Wan Xiuwu and Qi Xuansu once had an open feud. What happened back then was actually caused by Yue Liulizang
Behind the scenes, people who didn't know the inside story didn't know that she pushed Qi Xuansu out to die. They just knew that Qi Xuansu almost died at the hands of Wan Xiuwu.
The restless Yue Liuli approached Pan Cuiqing and said softly: "Chun Qing, we are just burning incense to attract ghosts this time. This Deputy Hall Master Zhang..."
"When soldiers come to block it, water comes to cover it." Pan Cuiqing calmly interrupted Yue Liuli's words, "Anyway, she was sent by Master Cihang, and she is the grand-niece of the Heavenly Master. She was favored by the Earth Master.
She's on a bad job, we can't do anything to her, we can only try to deal with her at first sight."
"Loss of money to avoid disaster?" Yue Liuli said subconsciously.
Pan Cuiqing shook his head and said: "Zhang Yuelu participated in solving the Jiangnan case. She has been well-known over the years. People like her cherish feathers the most and will not take money from Taiping directly!"
"What should we do?" Yue Liuli asked.
Pan Cuiqing sighed: "Take a step at a time, the most urgent task is to find out the purpose of Deputy Hall Master Zhang."
Yue Liuli could only say "hmm" softly.
She just felt that Tian's heart was unpredictable.
This is just Master Cihang, there are three deputy head masters above him.
A "Yinglong" landed in the release pool in the rain and fog. Because the hull was too large, it almost occupied the entire water surface of the release pool and could no longer accommodate other flying boats.
The water in the release pond rippled and even overflowed the embankment.
A gangway was lowered.
Pan Cuiqing perked up, a warm smile appeared on his face, and he hurried forward to greet him.
When he moved, the others also moved with him.
Zhang Yuelu was the first to appear on the gangway, dressed neatly and meticulously in the formal attire of a fourth-grade Taoist priest, with no one holding an umbrella.
After that came two women, Mu Jin and Tian Baobao, and then Sun Yongfeng, Ling Quanzi, Xu Kou and others.
The second-grade spiritual officer who had just beheaded a heavenly being did not show up. He didn't think anyone dared to do anything to Zhang Yuelu in Wuxu Palace, so he stayed behind on "Yinglong".
Zhang Yuelu walked down the gangway and greeted Pan Cuiqing who came to greet him according to Taoist etiquette.
One is the Xiaozhang Palace of Wuxu Palace, and the other is the Xiaozhangtang of Tiangang Hall. Although there is a difference in Taoist priest grades, they are actually of the same status. Even Zhang Yuelu, because of his family background, plus Jiutang Gao
Half a class, the unwritten rule of attending the third class and being a class higher, is even slightly higher.
So Pan Cuiqing was very polite: "It's a sin to trouble Deputy Hall Master Zhang to make a trip in person."
"It's your duty, Assistant Pan. You don't have to be polite." Zhang Yuelu did not reject the man who was thousands of miles away, but he got straight to the point, "On the way to Wuxu Palace, I already read the case file and I have a general understanding. Where is the body? I want to start with
Look at the body."
Pan Cuiqing's face froze slightly, then he smiled again: "There is no need to rush the case. I have already had a banquet prepared for Deputy Hall Master Zhang and all the fellow Taoists. It won't be too late to see the body tomorrow."
Zhang Yuelu is not a person who doesn't know how to adapt. She herself doesn't care about receiving the wind and washing the dust, but the Taoist priests of Tiangang Hall who follow her cannot all be like her. She has to take care of her subordinates, so she has no choice but to nod and say: "That's fine, thank you Assistant Pan."
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"Everywhere, this is what it should be." The smile on Pan Cuiqing's face became even more enthusiastic.
This reception banquet was carefully arranged. Because the Freeing Pool and Qujiang Pool were together, Pan Cuiqing simply found a few high-quality painted boats and floated them on the river. Compared with the huge "Yinglong", these painted boats
It seems extremely small, but it is exquisite and elegant.
Everything has been prepared. The banquet is mainly based on Jiangnan cuisine. The thirty-year daughter's red Huadiao rice wine was just taken out. The main course is a puffer fish raised in Wuxu Palace. It was specially made by a Jiangnan master. There are also two
The famous Wuzhou Shangqing Prefecture delicacies specially requested from Wuzhou masters, as well as three vegetarian dishes from Putuo Island, were specially prepared for Zhang Yuelu.
In addition, considering that Zhang Yuelu is a woman, she doesn't want any of those Ying Ying Yan Yan, nor the pure courtesans, which are tacky. Instead, she specially hires girls from good families who are proficient in music and elegant in appearance to add to the fun and serve them on the side.
They are also Taoist nuns from Wuxu Palace, and they are all good-looking people.
Just imagine, riding a boat and listening to the rain, drifting down the river to Qujiang Pond. In the spring rain, Qujiang Pond is covered in mist and rain, delicacies inside the boat, the water and sky outside the boat are the same color, listening to the sound of rain and music, what a beautiful scenery it is to enjoy.
It didn't matter even if I was drunk, I just rested in the boat. When I woke up, the rain stopped, and the sky was filled with stars and the lake was filled with reflections.
It is precisely "when you are drunk, you don't know that the sky is in the water, and the boat is full of clear dreams that overwhelm the stars."
This is elegance and can show the prosperity of the world.
To be fair, I really can't think of these things without any ink in my stomach. No wonder Pan Cuiqing can be the little master of Wuxu Palace, which shows that he is a person who is very good at serving others.
Sun Yongfeng, Xu Kou, Lingquanzi and others were arranged on another boat. Among them were some interesting and romantic women. They were not so elegant and a little vulgar, but they could make the men smile. Even if they were worried about Zhang Yuelu, they would not dare to
It can also be used to entertain you.
This is just looking at what other people are doing.
Let me ask, how many people can withstand it?
This is still an appetizer.
The real drama is yet to come.
Therefore, many Taoist priests did not die from the light of swords, but died from warm, fragrant and soft jade.
Zhang Yuelu boarded the boat, not much expression on his face, but there was a bit of disapproval in his eyes.
Can ivory chopsticks be paired with plain rice?
If you are used to such exquisite paintings, can you still tolerate ordinary Taoist temples?