In fact, Qi Xuansu still has some guesses about the identities of the others. According to Xie Linyuan, members of the Qingping Society are limited to two identities, which means that "Meng Xingyun", "Taichang Yin" and others are most likely to live in the Imperial Capital or
Zhili and other places.
There are also those subordinates of Qiniang, needless to say, "Drunken Whip", who is basically certain to be from the Imperial Guards of God, there are also "Tian Xianzi" who can monitor Xuanhuiyuan, and "Xi Xianzi" who is related to members of Ziguang Society.
"Hongyi" is probably also a local snake in the Imperial Capital.
If you want to find out the reality of Five Elements Mountain, you need the help of these people.
Qi Xuansu glanced at the sky, then looked at "Sheng Wuyou" beside him.
Xie Linyuan said slowly: "The reason why I didn't return to the Imperial Capital directly was because not long after I escaped from danger, the imitation 'Shebi Corpse Poison' broke out, causing my Qi to almost lose control, and I had to hibernate on the spot and suppress it.
'Shebi Corpse Poison'. After removing 'Shebi Corpse Poison', I still haven't recovered all my cultivation, but my Qi is no longer out of control. It's like a person who has just recovered from a serious illness, but still has weak Qi and body, at least he won't be all over the body.
I'm trembling. In the next period of time, I will take good care of my illness. I'll leave this kind of errand to Qiniang."
Qi Xuansu nodded.
The two discussed for a while and decided to return to the Imperial Capital from the West City. At this time, the gate was not opened, so of course they had to go back over the wall. For the heavenly beings, as long as the Imperial Capital did not open the city defense formation, they could climb over the city wall and ordinary people at night.
It doesn't make much difference if you climb over your own low wall.
After all, the main purpose of expanding the outer city is to prevent troops from approaching the city, not to protect against heavenly beings.
The inner city is the imperial capital in the true sense, which is another way of saying it. Tianchensi is in charge of it. However, both of them have official status and can enter the inner city openly.
The subsequent entry into the city went without any accidents. Although the King of Liao did strengthen the alert of the Imperial Guard, there was no high-level general to personally take charge, there was no cabinet decree, and no formations were activated, so naturally the two of them could not be discovered.
The relationship between the emperor and the cabinet is naturally that the emperor is greater. However, after the cabinet became the prime minister's agency, it was actually equivalent to an indirect restoration of part of the prime minister system. The emperor controlled personnel power, and the cabinet controlled administrative power. All decrees came from the cabinet, and the emperor
If you want to implement your own will, you can replace obedient people through personnel appointments. However, for the sake of balance in the court, cabinet ministers cannot be replaced at will in many cases, which forms a certain check and balance on the imperial power.
It is said that this was done intentionally by Xuansheng. Although Xuansheng did not directly participate in the establishment of the Daxuan Court, Xuansheng still indirectly influenced the Daxuan Court in the initial period, and even influenced many decisions of Emperor Gaozu.
Emperor Gaozu had a son in his later years. For a long time, he only had an only daughter, and Xuansheng was his son-in-law. Therefore, people often said that all major events in the world were decided by Weng and his son-in-law.
It’s up to people to discuss it.
This naturally caused great criticism from the later emperors of the Daxuan court, because it was the ancestral law and they did not dare and could not change it easily.
After entering the city without any danger, Qi Xuansu and Xie Linyuan changed back to their original faces and costumes, exchanged their child and mother talismans, and left separately.
Even if there is no talisman, as long as you know the identity of the other person, it is not difficult to contact him.
Qi Xuansu naturally wanted to return to the Jade Palace located in Xuan Shang Beifang, while Xie Linyuan's official residence was located in Duxian Beifang.
There was no curfew in the Jade Palace, so Qi Xuansu returned to the Jade Palace unimpeded. Because it was almost dawn, he did not go back to his residence and simply went to his pledge room.
When Qi Xuansu walked not far from his signing room, he found that the signing room was brightly lit. He couldn't help but feel a sudden shock in his heart. Logically speaking, he didn't need anyone to stay on duty here, and Ke Qingqing wouldn't come here so early.
Su Li has her own mortgage room, and will not appear here.
Who is in there? Never forget to turn off the lights.
Qi Xuansu hesitated for a moment and quietly walked into the signing room.
There was no one outside. Qi Xuansu went to the reception room inside again, but there was still no one.
Qi Xuansu had no choice but to open the door of the study room and saw Zhang Yuelu sitting in his seat, reading a volume of "Taiping Guangji" by candlelight.
Hearing the sound of the door opening, Zhang Yuelu raised his head and looked at Qi Xuansu.
The two looked at each other and fell into silence.
Qi Xuansu's feeling at this time was as if he had sneaked out of the Taoist Palace when he was a boy, and when he came back, he found the Taoist Palace's teacher sitting in his room. The "surprise" was difficult to describe in words.
After a while, Qi Xuansu took the initiative to break the silence: "Qingxiao, why are you here?"
Zhang Yuelu put down the "Taiping Guangji" in his hand, stood up and made way for Qi Xuansu, and sat down at the guest's seat. Then he said: "I have been very busy these days and I have neglected you."
Qi Xuansu coughed lightly: "I'm also very busy."
"Yes, I was so busy that I didn't see anyone in the middle of the night." Zhang Yuelu's tone was calm, making it hard to tell whether he was happy or angry.
Qi Xuansu was about to defend when he heard Zhang Yuelu continue: "Last night, I finally had some free time, so I wanted to have a few drinks with you, but your Taoist priest told me that I haven't seen you for several days.
Yes, I thought you were too busy with errands and had been living in the rented room.
I came here to look for you, but to my surprise I was in vain. I asked Director Su, who is your partner, and Director Su said that you had left all the follow-up work for Qiuhuayuan to her, so she shouldn’t be busy, and neither was she.
I know why you stayed away all night, so I sat here waiting for you to come back."
No matter how dull Qi Xuansu is, he can still hear the dissatisfaction hidden in Zhang Yuelu's words, not to mention that he is not dull at all, but in this moment, he has stabilized his mind and sat next to Zhang Yuelu: "Blame me, blame me for letting you sit there.
One night.”
Zhang Yuelu is not the kind of character who likes to let others guess his thoughts, so he goes straight to the point: "Where were you last night?"
Qi Xuansu didn't want to deceive Zhang Yuelu, but couldn't tell the truth, so he made a trick: "I'm going to see Qiniang."
Zhang Yuelu was startled for a moment. This was a bit unexpected. She didn't think that Qi Xuansu went out in the middle of the night to flirt with women or drink wine. In this regard, Zhang Yuelu still trusted Qi Xuansu. She was afraid that Qi Xuansu would be involved with secret societies.
Relevantly, she is not an innocent girl. She is aware of many things, but she just deliberately does not think deeply about it. Otherwise, how could Yao Pei say that she is deceiving herself and others.
It's just that when we are about to talk about marriage, we have to think deeply even if we don't want to.
"Is Qiniang also in the Imperial Capital?" Zhang Yuelu asked.
Qi Xuansu shook his head and said: "Qiniang usually sees the dragon but not its tail. If I want to see her, I usually have to contact her in advance using the Zimu Talisman. Then she comes to see me, or she tells me a place and asks me to go see her."
Zhang Yuelu nodded and asked, "Have you conveyed my words to her?" ??
Qi Xuansu said: "I went to see her just for this matter. After all, there are many things that cannot be explained through the Zimu Talisman, so it is better to talk in person."
There was some unnoticeable worry in Zhang Yuelu's eyes: "What did Qiniang say?"
Qi Xuansu said truthfully: "Qiniang said that now is not the time. When it is time to meet, she will meet you. And she not only wants to meet you, she will also meet Master Cihang. As for Mrs. Tantai, forget it, she only talks to you.
People talk about it, and she also said that this day will not be too far away."
Zhang Yuelu fell into silence and frowned slightly.
Qi Xuansu deliberately stretched out his hand to smooth Zhang Yuelu's brow.
"Don't make trouble." Zhang Yuelu slapped Qi Xuansu's palm away.
Qi Xuansu didn't say anything and just continued to smooth her brow.
Zhang Yuelu had no choice but to take the initiative to relax his brows: "I'm afraid of you. What do you think Qiniang means?"
Qi Xuansu asked back: "Why do you suddenly want to see Qiniang?"
<
br> "I asked you, but you asked about me instead." Zhang Yuelu said slightly angrily.
Qi Xuansu said: "Only if I know what you mean, can I infer Qiniang's thoughts. You two are fighting, and I am caught in the middle. Isn't this request too much?"
Zhang Yuelu was silent for a long time and said seriously: "What I am going to say may make you unhappy or even angry, but you must listen to what I have to say."
Seeing her serious expression, Qi Xuansu straightened his expression and said, "Okay."
Zhang Yuelu said slowly: "There is no love without reason in this world, and there is no hatred without reason. If you were still in your infancy, Qiniang picked you up and raised you out of compassion for a moment.
After many years of getting along and loving each other as mother and son, everything she does now is reasonable and I won't have the slightest doubt."
"But according to what you said, when Qiniang rescued you, you were already very old and not a child, so why would she save you at all costs? Even if there are factors such as the epidemic, is she not too kind to you?
...Is it too much? Unless I judge a gentleman with a villain's heart, my mother may not be able to treat me as wholeheartedly as she does."
"Every time I think about this, I can't help but wonder, what does she want to do? Does she have another plan for you? Do you have to pay back many times for what you have done today? I have no intention of sowing your relationship.
I just want to see her and explain things clearly."
Qi Xuansu was silent.
However, to Zhang Yuelu's surprise, Qi Xuansu was very calm. Not only did he not get angry, he did not even have any emotions such as pain, entanglement, or inability to accept it.
She immediately understood that Qi Xuansu had already thought about this, and his emotions had been vented or suppressed by him.
Qi Xuansu's silence did not last long, and he said softly: "I believe in Qiniang. To put it another way, even if Qiniang has some conspiracy, what can I do? Do you want me to dig out the 'Heart of the Immortal Stone' and return it?
Give it to her? Could the final result be worse than my death at the hands of the 'Inn' assassin? In any case, my current life was given by her, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a gift of renewal."
Zhang Yuelu also fell silent.
She was deceiving herself, and so was he.
Qi Xuansu's voice became lower and lower: "I didn't know who my parents were when I was born. The more a person lacks something, the more he desires something. So I cherish everyone who is kind to me."
Zhang Yuelu looked at Qi Xuansu and said softly: "Tianyuan, I am not trying to snatch you away from Qiniang, nor am I trying to make you deny Qiniang. I just don't want to see you being forced to a dead end one day.
In the end, he ended up with an irreversible end..."