Chapter 545 Idiot and Drama

Zhang Qingxi has been practicing Taoism for almost fifty years, but he looks like he is only thirty years old. Although his own strength has just entered the fourth level, it does not prevent him from having a transcendent status in the Tianshi Mansion.

All this comes from his father, Zhang Chongyuan, one of the three third-level "great Tianshi" in Longhu Mountain.

That's why he was ordered to go down the mountain and become a noble figure in charge of hundreds of Taoist officials in Guangxin Prefecture. He got this good job that countless eyes on the mountain and below coveted and envied.

According to common sense, Zhang Qingxi only needs to take over the county government offices step by step and maintain the general stability of the entire basic plate. That would be a great achievement. It would be a natural thing to move his earthly immortal ranking up by two digits afterwards.

With Zhang Qingxi's mind and character, it would not be too difficult to complete this task. As early as a few months ago, he began to plan to expel Confucian officials and how to eliminate the influence left by the court as soon as possible. Therefore, there was an order to withdraw the treasure notes and spread the immortal yuan overnight.

The progress of the matter was indeed as Zhang Qingxi expected, and it was very smooth overall.

However, it is normal that things don't go as planned. Now the Confucian officials expelled from Shangrao County have not even left Guangxin Prefecture, and the newly appointed Taoist officials were killed by people who broke into the government office.

Without even connecting to Huangliang Cave Heaven, Zhang Qingxi could guess that the news must have spread throughout Longhu Mountain.

Now in the entire Guangxin Prefecture, and even in Jiangxi Province, there are countless Taoist officials waiting to see their jokes.

Originally, it was a good thing to wait for rewards based on merit, but now it has a tendency to change, and it may even make his father be ridiculed by opponents in the Tianshi Mansion.

This is something Zhang Qingxi doesn't want to see and can't tolerate.

"This is a slap in my face, and it's also going to cut off my road."

In a specially modified extended car, Zhang Qingxi sighed, raised his hand and pointed at the slightly gloomy sky outside the window, and whispered to the Taoist sitting opposite.

"The sky looks at people's hearts. If people's hearts are not right, even the sky will become ugly. Don't you think so? Junior Brother Yang Long."

The Taoist is a burly man with a full beard. He is Yang Long, who was promoted to the Heavenly Master's Mansion because of his good performance in the Japanese District Trial.

"It is really unexpected that someone dares to commit a crime in the territory of Longhu Mountain."

Yang Long's expression is solemn, and his tone is neither humble nor arrogant.

"Yang Long, the person who broke into the Shangrao County Government Office and killed people, could it be that traitor?"

"Brother, are you referring to?"

"Of course it was the former Doubu Tianshi, our good junior brother, Chen Qisheng."

Zhang Qingxi joked: "Besides him, are there other traitors in Longhu Mountain in recent years?"

Yang Long pondered for a moment after hearing this, and slowly said: "When the tragedy happened, the Huangliang Dream within a hundred feet of the Shangrao County Government Office was completely blocked, so there was no picture of the murderer transmitted back, so it is not certain that it was Chen Qisheng who did it. But no matter who the other party is, he is probably not a small character to have the courage to make trouble on Longhu's head"

"Brother, are you worried that we will encounter danger on this trip?" Zhang Qingxi asked back.

Yang Long said in a deep voice: "I just want to remind Brother Qingxi that you must not take it lightly. Now the mountains and rivers are in turmoil, and all kinds of demons and monsters may jump out. I even suspect that the other party is hiding in the dark, waiting for us to fall into the trap."

"You also said that this is Longhu Mountain. Even Ruxu can only leave in disgrace with his tail between his legs. Do you think they dare to stay here after getting into trouble? Is there a Taoist watching over our heads?"

Zhang Qingxi looked at Yang Long who was about to say something, and smiled indifferently: "Brother, don't worry, I don't have the time to eliminate demons and defend the Tao. Our trip to Shangrao County this time is just a formality. I have arranged for people to prepare a few scapegoats, and then kill them at the gate of the government office to control the situation. As for who the real murderer is, naturally there will be others to track it down."

Sure enough, reincarnation is the first step in practicing Taoism.

As long as you have a good father, no matter what happens, there will be someone to help clean up your ass.

Yang Long was full of emotion, but his face was expressionless. He nodded and said, "Brother, you have planned everything. I was overthinking."

"In fact, there is no need for us to be so restrained among brothers."

Zhang Qingxi smiled and said, "Qinglu and Qingsheng have always been good friends with me. Although they have now dispersed, I still treat you as my own. Otherwise, there are so many people who volunteered in Tianshi Mansion, why would I choose you to go down the mountain with me?"

"Brother, you are so thoughtful, Yang Long is grateful."

Yang Long showed a grateful expression at the right time, which made Zhang Qingxi smile with satisfaction.

"You were fearless and unyielding in the Japanese trial. You were willing to die to maintain the dignity of the sect. Not only I, but also my father admired you very much."

Yang Long certainly knew who the "father" Zhang Qingxi was talking about.

He also understood why Zhang Qingxi chose him to go down the mountain to help him manage the Taoist officials.

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes. This is true at the foot of the mountain and on the mountain. This is true for mortals and immortals.

In Longhu Mountain, in addition to the current "Zhang Tianshi", the master of Longhu Mountain, Baiyujing Tianxian Zhang Chonglian, there are two of the three Tianshis, Zhang Chongyuan and Zhang Chongcheng, who are competing against each other.

Zhang Qingxi is Zhang Chongyuan's only son, and his words and deeds naturally represent Zhang Chongyuan's forces.

The current show of goodwill is also to win over himself and the "formation department" behind him.

In the Taoist order of the Ming Empire, there is a saying with rather vicious intentions: monks on the mountain are members of the Dragon, Tiger and Zhang family.

Of course, there is no need to say what the thoughts behind the people who spread this sentence are.

But there is no smoke without fire, and there is no doubt about the respected status of the Zhang family in Longhu Mountain.

Even in Yang Long's own opinion, the Nine Dragons and Tigers are just the outer servants of the Zhang family. People with foreign surnames like himself who enter the Tianshi Mansion are no more than housekeepers at best.

Therefore, he had no room to refuse Zhang Qingxi's offer.

"'The ancestral court is dust-free', this is the decree personally issued by Zhang Tianshi, and it is naturally the most important event in our Longhu Mountain at the moment. The current expulsion of Confucian officials by Taoist officials is just the beginning, and there will definitely be more in the future. There are more and more difficult things we need to do.”

Zhang Qingxi looked at Yang Long and smiled softly: "Junior brother, you must help me share more."

"Senior brother, please rest assured. If you can give me this opportunity, I will naturally appreciate it."

The previous behavior of being neither humble nor overbearing was just to give the other party a good impression. Now that Zhang Qingxi has personally pierced this layer of window paper, Yang Long will naturally not continue to hold up the airs.

"It's just senior brother. Now that we suddenly take over all the government offices in Guangxin Mansion, there is no guarantee that the New Donglin Party will be angry. Should we take some precautions in advance?" Yang Long said with a worried expression.

"Don't worry, the New Donglin Party will not say anything. He has already taken the second step in Zhang Fengyue's temptation. Now we are just responding a little bit. We have given the other party enough face. What else can he be dissatisfied with?" ? And this 'ground country' is not only done by our family, but also by Ge Zaoshan next door. "

Zhang Qingxi's tone suddenly worsened and he said coldly: "But these gangsters are really shameless. They actually copied us and used immortal yuan to redeem treasure banknotes. If my father hadn't agreed, I would have sent people to Yuanzhou Mansion to chop them up with treasure banknotes." A layer of skin came off.”

As the saying goes, there is no room for two tigers in one mountain, but Jiangxi Province is a rare place where two tigers coexist. Tianshi Dao in Longhu Mountain and Lingbao Dao in Gezao Mountain face each other from east to west, and they have always had a grudge against each other.

The history of Longhu Mountain predates the establishment of the Ming Dynasty by a thousand years, and the ancestor it is enshrined is Zhang Daoling. Because initiates must offer five buckets of rice as a Taoist gift, it is also called the "Five buckets of rice". And because the Taoists in the sect respectfully called Zhang Daoling the Celestial Master, he was also called "Celestial Master Tao".

After Chongzhen Zhongxing, the emergence of sequences made "becoming an immortal" no longer a mythical story that only existed in Taoist classics, but actually had traces to follow and a path to follow. Therefore, after the war, the number of believers in Taoist temples in the empire increased rapidly.

After all, not even the emperor can resist the temptation of immortality, let alone ordinary people.

As the undisputed Taoist ancestral court at that time, Longhu Mountain naturally enjoyed the prosperity of the Taoist sect for hundreds of years, overwhelming other Taoist celestial mountains and enjoying infinite scenery.

As for Gezaoshan, which respects Ge Xuan as the founder of the sect, in addition to having a shorter history than Longhushan, it also absorbed a large amount of Buddhist teachings during its development. The teachings changed from saving oneself to saving the world, and advocated the practice of Taoism. People must do good deeds and accumulate virtue, so that they will be looked down upon by Taoists in the world.

Longhushan, which is close to water, would go to Gezao Mountain to cause trouble every now and then. If Gezao disciples met people from Longhu Mountain outside the mountain, they would always stay away to avoid innocent people getting into trouble.

There are even very few immortal masters with a history of more than a hundred years in Gezao Mountain, and even the most important Ancestral Hall has been renovated many times.

This situation lasted until the "Dividing of Forces" broke out.

During the battle to encircle and suppress Wu Xu, Gezao Mountain suddenly emerged, and various genius disciples and mysterious methods emerged in endlessly within the sect. Coupled with the 'Taoist civil strife', Gezaoshan's comprehensive strength after the war surpassed Longhushan in one fell swoop, becoming the leader of the Taoist sect in the entire Jiangxi Province.

Logically speaking, Ge Zaoshan, who has finally turned around, will definitely not live in peace with Longhu Mountain. Revenge is a matter of course.

However, the strange thing is that in recent years, apart from taking over Nanchang Prefecture, Gezao Mountain has not put Longhu Mountain in too much danger, and continues to maintain the situation of two tigers coexisting.

"Ge Zaoshan has been doing these despicable things like cheating and plagiarism for a day or two. Senior brother, you don't have to worry about it at all."

Yang Long complimented Zhang Qingxi's words and said with an excited expression: "It seems that our Taoist order will finally start to fight back. I have been waiting for this day for a long time!"

"Have Longhu ever bowed his head to others? Counterattack is only a matter of time. Right now, 'Daoting Wuchen' is just our first step, and there will be a second step soon."

Zhang Qingxi's tone was calm, but there was a hint of pride in his eyebrows: "Junior brother, have you heard any rumors in the mountain gate recently?"

Yang Long tentatively spoke: "Brother, are you talking about Zhang Tianshi?"

"That's right, Zhang Tianshi is currently in the process of 'hedao'. As long as he crosses this threshold, he can be promoted to the second rank. At that time, he will go down to the capital to make up for the lessons that the little emperor has missed over the years. I used to often I heard the old man say that he was unworthy of the late emperor's trust, and even if he lost the dragon and tiger, he would never allow the emperor to be manipulated by treacherous ministers. "

Zhang Qingxi looked at Yang Long, whose face suddenly turned red and his eyes were filled with fascination, and said with a smile: "So maybe at some point, Beizhili will become the basic base of our Longhu Mountain. By that day, if nothing happens, Junior Brother You can at least be assigned a place to control Longhu Mountain."

"Thank you, senior brother!"

Yang Long was immediately grateful and shed tears. He hurriedly clasped his hands and clasped his fists. His waist straightened up and his head almost hit the roof of the carriage.

At this moment, the yellow-turbaned strongman driving in the front row reminded Zhang Qingxi that Shangrao County Government Office was approaching.

It was clearly noon when the sun was shining brightly, but the street where the government office was located was closed and even quieter than midnight.

The wheels rolled over the smooth stone slabs worn by years and slowly stopped in front of the blood-red government office.

"I have proposed to the Tianshi Mansion before that nowadays, practicing Taoism is all in the dreamland, and there is no need to make the basic base into the old and dilapidated appearance it is now. But Yang Long, guess what? My father rejected me with a sentence "The Tao can be new, but the human heart cannot be new". I don't know what he thinks."

Zhang Qingxi pushed the door and got out of the car while talking and laughing, but the moment the soles of his shoes stepped on the bluestone street, the sudden bone-chilling coldness completely froze his limbs.

His eyes passed through the door and the eaves. Zhang Qingxi saw it clearly.

In the hall full of corpses, a man with a face immersed in shadows was sitting in the chair with his legs crossed.

His temperament was calm and composed, like an experienced old hunter who had dug a trap and was waiting for the prey to fall into the trap.

"Why are you still here?!"

Zhang Qingxi blurted out subconsciously, and the fear that surged in his heart gripped his heart. Fear, regret, unwillingness, and a series of complex and intense emotions made him gasp and blink.

In the moment of light and dark, a fist with bony knuckles kept magnifying in Zhang Qingqing's eyes. He could not feel the pain without the pain, but the color in his eyes was quickly withdrawing, and the endless darkness surged like a tide.

In the moment before fainting, Zhang Qingxi saw a sharp-edged profile in a trance, but it was not the Chen Qisheng he knew.

"Who attacked me?"

The yellow turban warrior who reacted on the side was about to rush forward to avenge his master, but was blown up in the head by Li Jun's fist.

Li Jun pulled Zhang Qingxi out of the car by the collar, and looked down at the car. He saw the burly Yang Long with his legs together, his hands on his knees. Facing Li Jun's surprised eyes, he forced out a smile that was uglier than crying.

"Lord Yan Jun, long time no see."

"You two? No one else?"

"No one." Yang Long shook his head quickly.

Li Jun showed a regretful expression on his face, and raised his chin at Yang Long: "Then what should we say, fight?"

"I surrender."

In the Shangrao County Government.

Yang Long explained Zhang Qingxi's identity and the purpose of their trip, but found that Li Jun was still sitting leisurely in his original position, with no intention of running away.

"You clearly knew that someone had just bloodbathed here, and you just chased me like this? Are you really not afraid of death?"

Who would have thought that you were here? Who would have thought that you would wait for someone to come after killing someone?

Yang Long was complaining in his heart, and smiled bitterly: "Lord Yan, Guangxin Prefecture is the seat of Longhu Mountain after all."

"Oh"

Li Jun pretended to be surprised: "So you never thought you would be killed by a surprise attack?"

"Lord, Longhu Mountain is in Guixi, not too far from here. If you have calmed down, it is better to..."

"It is better to escape early, right?"

Li Jun continued what Yang Long had not finished saying, and said with a smile: "But I just arrived, and you Longhu Mountain didn't even give me time to rest. Isn't it a bit too overbearing?"

"He is not light."

Yang Long pointed at Zhang Qingxi who was under Li Jun's feet, and said earnestly: "The Taoist order is not the Confucian order, and it is not likely to care about the gains and losses. Killing will cause endless troubles."

"You beg for mercy for him, but not for yourself. Yang Long, you have really become loyal after entering the Tianshi Mansion."

Li Jun's voice was full of teasing.

It's no wonder that Li Jun is like this. When they were in the Japanese area, Yang Long had performed a double act of "loyalty and courage" with him, and deceived the favor of the Tianshi Mansion, so Li Jun knew very well what kind of person Yang Long was.

"If you insist on killing him, can you give me a chance to live?"

Yang Long said anxiously: "Master Xuan Dou's affairs have nothing to do with me. I even secretly passed the news to Junior Brother Yang Xuan Chen. He can testify for me!"

"Old Chen told me, but his original words were that you and he used each other."

Yang Long's expression was stiff, but he heard Li Jun change the subject: "But I can hear that he is still grateful to you, so I can keep your life for you."

"Thank you, Lord Yan!"

"Don't worry." Li Jun tapped Zhang Qingxi on the ground with his toes: "If this person dies, can you still go back in one piece?"

Yang Long lowered his eyes and instantly understood what the other party meant.

He was appointed by Zhang Qingxi to go down the mountain, and in the eyes of the Tianshi Mansion, he was naturally Zhang Qingxi's man.

Now that the 'master' is dead, how can he, as a 'servant', be unscathed?

It seems that only the death of the soldier can barely make sense.

Yang Long hesitated for a moment, and it seemed difficult to make the decision to die.

"You only have one way to die. When you wake up in the mountain, it's hard to say whether everyone will recognize you. Why don't you talk more now?"

Li Jun lifted Zhang Qingxi's body with his toes, and a mechanical arm suddenly stretched out from behind, with five fingers clasping Zhang Qingxi's face, and the armor extended to wrap the entire head.

"We should have a lot of time now."

Li Jun pointed to the top of his head and asked with a smile: "You should not be able to see it now, right?"

"When you have been away for three days, you should look at it with new eyes. You have changed a lot, Li Xinzhu."

Yang Long sighed, and the cowardice on his face faded away like a tide, and a smile slowly appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"I am just a good doctor after a long illness. But Yang Long, you are still the same as before."

The current Yang Long is the "Array Department" Tianshi in Li Jun's memory, who played Zhang Qinglu, Zhang Qingsheng and other Longhushan direct descendants in the palm of his hand!

"It's all for survival." Yang Long laughed at himself.