This reception banquet was an ordinary one. The person in charge of hosting it was an assistant manager, also named Ning, named Ning Lingyun. Although the assistant manager did not have a very clear distinction between the first and second seats, this assistant manager Ning was almost equivalent to the second position.
.As for the chief, it is naturally Sun Hewu who can take charge of the Wanxiang Dao Palace during the absence of the great master in charge of the palace.
It’s just that Sun Hewu didn’t like these trivial matters. When the ceremony was held, it was not him who lectured on behalf of the Master of the Palace. Instead, another assistant spoke a set of Mandarin words. After all, except for the Master of the Palace, the rest of the people were not allowed to be here.
Wait for the occasion to make your own use of it, so as not to make mistakes if you say too much and be caught by others. The biggest advantage of using clichés is that you almost never make mistakes.
Sometimes, no fault is merit. So many people think that they would rather do nothing than make a mistake.
Qi Xuansu had a very good impression of Ning Lingge. After all, his former boss's former boss had given him two theater tickets, indirectly acting as a matchmaker between him and Zhang Yuelu. The key was that Zhang Yuelu had a very good opinion of his former boss.
This also made Qi Xuansu have a good impression of Ning Lingyun.
Ning Lingyun has obviously never heard of the name Qi Xuansu. Compared with Li Changge, Yao Pei, Zhang Yuelu and others who have been famous for a long time, Qi Xuansu's rise is still too fast. At this time last year, he was still dormant in Fengtai County, Huainan Prefecture, Luzhou
In the "inn", a mantis is preparing to catch the cicada and the oriole behind it, snatching food from the Qingluan Guard's mouth.
And Jiang Bieyun, the mastermind behind the Qingluan Guard plan, was just a fourth-grade wine-offering Taoist priest. Who would have thought that a year later, Qi Xuansu would also become a fourth-grade wine-offering Taoist priest, enter the palace, and sit in the palace majestically
In the upper palace of the Wanxiang Taoist Palace, there were many Taoist priests of the fourth grade offering wine, and even a Taoist priest of the second grade Taiyi, who were in the same room, drinking from the golden cup.
After all, Ning Lingyun has been in the Taoist sect for many years. He is not the kind of stupid young boy, and naturally he will not make lame tricks like looking down on Qi Xuansu. Instead, his attitude is very kind, and can even be said to be approachable, making people feel like a spring breeze, showing his superiority.
The demeanor of a person and the city.
If this were to be replaced by Qi Xuansu in the past, he would be somewhat flattered. But now Qi Xuansu has seen the world at least. Including Master Cihang, he has met many real people. He was even interviewed by Master Donghua in front of a seven-person investigation team.
I’ve been praised before, so I feel at ease.
A banquet where both guests and host enjoy themselves.
After the reception banquet, Ning Yuqing made a special matchmaking and introduction for the two of them. Qi Xuansu didn't mind getting to know a real person from the Quanzhen Tao, and Ning Lingyun was of course happy to get to know a promising young talent. The so-called connections are each other.
Being able to help each other is called a network of connections. Maybe Qi Xuansu can't help Ning Lingyun now, but it will be hard to say later.<
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However, Qi Xuansu was still thinking about the "Magic Sword", so he didn't have a long conversation. After becoming familiar with him, he took the initiative to say goodbye and leave.
Qi Xuansu went to Gen Garden, while Ning Yuqing and Ning Lingyun came to Kun Garden where the high-level officials of the Taoist Palace lived.
At this time, Ning Yuqing no longer called "Ning Fuli" very formally, but changed her name to "Uncle" and asked jokingly: "Uncle, does this Chief Qi have the appearance of a real person?"
Ning Lingyun said: "I can't tell whether he has the appearance of a real person. I only know that he is definitely not from the Qi family. Lao Qi cannot teach such a child."
The "Lao Qi" in Ning Lingyun's mouth naturally refers to Qi Jiaozheng, the real person in charge of Shuzhou Daofu, who is an old friend of Ning Lingge and also knows Ning Lingyun.
"But I think he is more like a member of the Yao family." Ning Lingyun changed the topic, "If his name is Yao Xuansu, I really think he has something to do with Yao Pei."
"Yao family?" Ning Yuqing thought for a while and said hesitantly, "No way, it's already amazing that the Yao family can produce a Yao Pei. If there is another such a young fourth-grade wine-sacrifice Taoist priest, it will be really blessed by God. Yao
The Pei family has been married for many years, and the Shangguan family and the Xu family are vassals. If there are two outstanding descendants, one can take over the position of Earth Master and the other can take over the position of Donghua Zhenren, just like the Li family's Guoshi and Qing's
If Wei Zhenren controls Taiping Dao like that, won't the Yao family become the third largest Taoist family after the Li family and the Zhang family?"
"I just said casually, the Yao family really has such a young talent, how could they hide it? Look at the Zhang family, the most important thing is boys over girls, and the most important thing is the difference between the big and the small. But when the talent is not available, even if
She is a girl from a small sect, but she has to lift her up. After all, it is better for the daughter of the Zhang family to be a Celestial Master than to have another Celestial Master with a different surname."
As a brother who knew the real person, Ning Lingyun had access to far more secrets than many ordinary real people. At this time, in his own territory and in front of his niece, he spoke freely.
"But then again, young talents and family disciples actually achieve each other's success. Taoism has never lacked geniuses. Without that key help, unless you are a super-worldly talent, it will be difficult to achieve anything, and you can achieve the level of Zhi Zhenren.
We have almost reached the top, and there are countless difficulties to go up. Of course, no matter whether it is a family or a faction, without an outstanding leader and successor, it will fall into decline, and even the youth will not be able to take over, and there will be no successors.
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"At this point, the Li family sees it very clearly. The son has no choice but to make his own choice. If he really wants to give birth to a mediocre person who only knows how to eat rouge but cannot take on important responsibilities, there is no way. He can't be stuffed back into his mother's womb. But.
Son-in-law and adopted son can be chosen by oneself, so the Li family adopted many adopted sons long before the Taoist sect was revived, and allowed the adopted son-in-law to take charge of the family. This is how the Li family is as prosperous as it is today."
"The Zhang family is a counterexample. They have always adhered to the ancestral precept that no one with the surname Zhang can become a heavenly master. They have been stubborn and conservative. Not to mention their son-in-law and adopted son, even their own branch sects have to treat them differently. No wonder they have been treated differently by Li over the years.
I'm so lucky that I didn't follow in the footsteps of Confucianism."
"As big as a country or as small as a family, if the way from the bottom to the upper level is completely blocked, there will definitely be problems. Although I don't like the Li family's style of conduct, I have to admit that the Li family has done a good job in this matter.
We need to do better and give those outstanding talents a chance to jump over the dragon's gate. To put it bluntly, we need to give people hope and light in their eyes, then the atmosphere must be positive."
"But if this channel is blocked, and the flow between the upper and lower parts is no longer flowing, but solidified, it will be serious. If you want to grasp all the benefits without missing any, what will be the result?"
Ning Lingyun casually crushed a stone into fine sand, without any need for Xuan Tong cultivation, just with a normal grip.
If you hold it empty, most of the fine sand is still in your hand, but the harder you hold it, the more fine sand will be exposed.
"Various interests are not a stone-like whole, but countless fine sands. The harder you hold it, the faster it slips away. In the end, it is likely to be in vain. Of course, this process may last for hundreds of years, or even several years.
It will take hundreds of years, but the day will eventually come. We must observe the lessons learned from Confucianism. If we observe and fail to learn from this, then Confucianism will have no time to mourn for itself and future generations will mourn, and future generations will mourn without learning from it.
It also makes future generations mourn for future generations."
Ning Lingyun was filled with emotions. Perhaps she felt that she was off topic, so she couldn't help but laugh at herself and said no more.
After listening to her uncle's comments, Ning Yuqing said thoughtfully: "Speaking of the Zhang family, I just inquired about it. When the head of Qi came to the palace, the daughter of the Zhang family personally accompanied him, and even specially invited
Master Sun takes care of you, but this treatment is unusual."
Ning Lingyun smiled softly: "The daughter of the Zhang family is the famous Zhang Yuelu. If Zhang Yuelu is really designated as the heir by the Zhang family, then unless she marries the head master, she will have no choice but to recruit a wife. In other words, this
Will the young man be the future son-in-law of the Zhang family? How can being the son-in-law of the Zhang family compare to the son-in-law of the Li family? The son-in-law of the Li family has the opportunity to take charge of Taiping Road."
Ning Yuqing said: "It's a pity that the Li family does not have such an outstanding woman as Zhang Yuelu."
Ning Lingyun said meaningfully: "For an outstanding young man, having an overly strong and outstanding Taoist companion may not be a good thing. When a couple gets along, either the east wind will overwhelm the west wind, or the west wind will overwhelm the east wind. If the two strong men fight, I'm afraid
It's a stalemate that wastes emotions in vain."
"Moreover, how many talented and ambitious people are willing to live under others? A man was born between heaven and earth, how can he live in depression for a long time? Over the years, I have seen too many things where the son-in-law and the in-law family turned against each other. Young
At that time, I had to borrow the power of my in-law's family to behave in a lowly manner and was bullied for half my life. When my father-in-law died and my son-in-law finally came to power, I began to settle the old accounts of my youth. How many of them can start and end well?"
"So this kind of thing is the most difficult to grasp the heat. Once the heat is over, things will become stale, good things will turn into bad things, and Taoist friends will become enemies. I have dealt with Mrs. Tantai, and she is not a person who can control this kind of heat.
Zhang Kuqi can do it, but unfortunately he is too soft-tempered to make the decision. If it is as you say, if this young man wants to become the Zhang family's son-in-law, the Heavenly Master will have to personally make the arrangements."
Ning Lingyun, Zhang Kuqi and other Zhang family disciples are all of the same generation. They have even been classmates and worked together, and it is reasonable for them to know each other well. Naturally, they understand each other's personality better than the younger generations.
Ning Yuqing said: "By the way, I also heard that although Chief Qi has a close relationship with the daughter of the Zhang family, the Pei family of Quanzhen Dao has been responsible for his promotion all the way. Master Pei and Master Donghua came forward one after another, but it was almost the Zhang family who
Nothing happened."
The brothers of the Pei family almost default to Pei Xiaolou when they refer to Pei Zhenren, and they always refer to Donghua Zhenren when they call Pei Xuanzhi.
"Pei family?" Ning Lingyun was startled, "This is interesting. Could it be that Zhenzhen has something to do with the Yao family? There can never be two Yao Pei."
Ning Yuqing curled up her lips: "So, the matter between these two people is still unclear, and the Zhang family may not agree. Besides, why should our Quanzhen Dao talents be given to Zhengyi Yiyi for free?"
Ning Lingyun glanced at her niece in surprise, then shook her head and said with a smile: "You."
However, he did not delve into this topic. The young people's affairs should be dealt with by themselves or by serious parents. He, as an uncle, would not interfere too much, lest he become a different person inside and outside.