Pawn Crossing the River

After Qi Xuansu officially took office as the chief deputy head of the Borneo Taoist Palace, his first immediate decision was not to join forces with Zhang Yuelu to investigate the case, but to deal with the Yu royal family.

Logically speaking, it would be more appropriate for this matter to be handled by the real person in charge, but at this time Wang Jiaohe still had the idea of ​​​​taking risks to pass the test. He deliberately avoided suspicion and was also cutting off, so he handed it over to Qi Xuansu. The reason was ready. This matter was originally handled by Qi Xuansu, so it was naturally more appropriate for him to continue handling it.

Qi Xuansu did not refuse.

Regarding how to deal with the royal family of King Yu, he adhered to a principle that he should not be involved in any big way, only punish the culprits, and never ask questions about threats.

After all, times have changed. This is not the era when the Confucian sect was in power. The era of the Taoist sect began to talk about civilization and did not involve the nine tribes.

There are two remaining questions. First, how to deal with the culprit. Second, who will take over the royal family of Dayu and perform the duties of the king.

Let’s talk about the first question first. Yang E is dead, and the two people are undoubtedly the culprits. One is Chen Shuhua, who has defected. Jinque has sent Master Pingzhang to hunt him down personally, and it is not Qi Xuansu's turn to worry about him. The other one is the Lord of Dayu. Qi Xuansu did not hesitate to put himself in danger and fought a vicious battle with Zhenjun Siming in order to capture the Lord of Dayu. Hard work paid off, and the Lord of Dayu finally fell into the hands of Qi Xuansu, barely breathing.

The first is the question of whether to kill the leader of the Dayu Kingdom. If the leader of the Dayu Kingdom is retained, it can be used as bait to lure Chen Shuhua, but Chen Shuhua is unlikely to take the bait. If she really feels sorry for her brother, she will not do the trick of using him as a cauldron. . So this option was quickly adopted by Qi Xuansu

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If the leader of the Dayu Kingdom is to be killed, it must be a canonical punishment to serve as a warning, instead of being executed secretly with a glass of poisoned wine or other means like in previous dynasties.

There is a precedent for this. In the last years of the previous Wei Dynasty, the world was in chaos, blood flowed thousands of miles, and people were in ruins. At that time, the little emperor was young and could not personally govern. Therefore, after Daomen came to power, they did not do anything to the little emperor, but only ordered him to abdicate. The regent and the queen mother were in charge at that time. Both of them were executed by the Taoist sect. After being imprisoned for many days, the queen mother was finally found guilty by the Taoist sect and died at the execution ground of the West Market of Imperial Capital.

This move of Daomen is undoubtedly to dispel the sacredness of the emperor. In Daomen, the emperor can be killed, and there is no such thing as punishing a doctor.

Killing is definitely necessary. Should the Lord of Dayu be escorted to Yujing to be killed? Or execution on the spot?

In this regard, Yujing has no specific requirements. If Chen Shuhua can be captured alive, Yujing will still have to do something grand. He can choose to do it at the Demon Suppressing Platform or the Zhuxian Platform. If he was just an insignificant leader of Dayu Kingdom, then Yujing would have no interest and let Qi Xuansu make his own decision.

Qi Xuansu hadn't made up his mind yet, so he could only let Shangguanya hang himself while asking the branch of Fengxiantang to hurry up and determine the crime, so that he could be executed before the leader of Dayu died.

Not killing is not enough to correct people's hearts and not enough to warn the world.

In the end, because the condition of the leader of Dayu State worsened, Shangguan Ya said that she was almost helpless under normal means, and the cost of forcibly extending his life was too high. Qi Xuansu gave up the idea of ​​escorting the leader of Dayu State to Yujing, and decided to execute him on the spot. The location was chosen. In Shenglong Mansion, and Qi Xuansu forced

All the clan members of the Yu Kingdom must go to watch the execution.

This can also be regarded as a kind of murderous killing.

Next comes the second question, who will take over as the leader of Dayu Kingdom.

The leader of the Dayu Kingdom was guilty, and his sons were naturally deposed. The Taoist sect was not implicated, but it still had to be dealt with.

In fact, Chen Jianchou is a good candidate. In fact, the Taoist sect doesn't care whether the bloodline is far or far away. They all have the surname Chen, which is pretty much it. The royal family has no qualifications to object. Do you think you are the head of the Zhang family? Besides, didn’t the Zhang family finally give in?

It's just that Chen Jianchou is now Qi Xuansu's secretary, and his current status may be far inferior to that of the leader of the Dayu Kingdom. But with Qi Xuansu's rise, it is hard to say how far Chen Jianchou can go. One day he will return to Borneo to serve as the governor. not sure.

Taking the next best option, Qi Xuansu's second choice was Chen Jianqiu, who was the direct daughter of the Lord of Dayu. As for Western ancestry, it is not a big problem. Chen Jianqiu's identity determines that she is unlikely to marry and have children, and her nephew will most likely succeed her in the future.

As for the identity of a woman, it is not a problem. Although the Taoist sect has not yet produced a female headmaster, the Central Plains Dynasty has produced an empress of Mingkong, and Mrs. Xuansheng has also briefly served as the crown princess. precedent.

As long as there are precedents, we are following the old practices and it is not considered treason.

The only thing Qi Xuansu is worried about now is whether Chen Jianqiu has any ideological problems. After all, her biological father is still to be executed here. If she becomes resentful because of this and breaks away from the Taoist sect, this is also human nature. Qi Xuansu will understand and will not be harsh.

What to ask for. However, he has to be responsible for the Taoist sect. In this case, Chen Jianqiu will not be chosen to succeed the country's leader. If another Chen Shuhua is raised, Qi Xuansu will not be able to explain it to the Taoist sect.

So Qi Xuansu contacted Qi Muyu and asked her to come forward to invite Chen Jianqiu. Qi Xuansu's move was intended to let Qi Muyu find out the details in advance, and also to provide some comfort. After all, it was a major matter for his dead father.

In fact, regardless of various factors, Qi Xuansu felt that it was a bit outrageous. Here he killed the biological father of a murderer, and there he wanted someone to inherit the throne with a Taoist family. No matter how you look at it, it is a joke from the underworld. But once you get involved with power, everything becomes reasonable.

How many people would like to do it themselves in order to get the upper hand. If it were some people, this time Daomen would take action on their behalf, and they might even thank Daomen from the bottom of their hearts.

Otherwise, it can be said that power is the first-class poison in the world.

Immortals are not immune.

For most people, being drunk and lying on the lap of a beautiful woman is really insignificant compared to waking up and holding the power of the world.

After all, beauty is easy to come by, and there is only one country.

The meeting place was set in the water palace, because Qi Xuansu was sick and wounded and it was not easy to run around. The water palace is heavily guarded, which is conducive to his personal safety.

Zhang Yuelu said he was here to investigate the case, but he really was here. He did not stay with Qi Xuansu all the time. Especially after Qi Xuansu woke up, Zhang Yuelu often went out to learn about the case. During this period of time, Ke Qingqing stopped being on duty with Qi Xuansu and began to officially follow Zhang Yuelu and enter the role.

However, Zhang Yuelu did not care about Qi Xuansu, and still left Xiao Yin with Qi Xuansu as a guard. Don't look at Xiao Yin.

This child has a very good level of cultivation. Even Xu Jiaorong dare not say that he can definitely defeat Xiao Yin. It is enough for Xiao Yin to serve as Qi Xuansu's guard or take action in Qi Xuansu's place.

Chen Jianchou was a little curious at first. The Taoist sect prohibits excessive rejuvenation. Such a little girl is definitely not a senior expert. Seeing that she is close to Zhang Yuelu and Qi Xuansu, Xiao Yin is their junior, maybe a junior sister or niece.

But when Xiao Yin accidentally revealed that she was actually a Taoist priest of the Fourth Grade Jijiu, Chen Jianchou almost had his Taoist heart broken. Can he still play like this? If you come from a noble family, you can do whatever you want, and you can be a Taoist priest of the fourth grade of wine at a young age. Do the Taoist laws no longer exist?

However, after Xiao Yin Xiao Xiao showed his strength at the immeasurable stage, Chen Jianchou's already unstable Taoist heart stabilized. A master in the infinite stage is actually just a fourth-grade wine-provoking Taoist priest. This is not an exaggeration, but an exaggeration.

From this, Chen Jianchou also roughly guessed that this little Yin girl should not be a human, so she looked so young. For example, dragons have a lifespan of hundreds of years, and their dozens of years are naturally considered A child.

This was the first time Qi Xuansu met Chen Jianqiu after Chen Shuhua's defection.

During this meeting, there were only two people on Qi Xuansu's side, namely Chen Jianqiu and Xiao Yin, while on Chen Jianqiu's side was Qi Muyu who accompanied her.

The location is arranged in a small reception room, which is full of Western-style furnishings, not as clear-cut as Chinese-style furnishings.

Qi Xuansu didn't want to be too serious. This was just a private conversation, so it was better to be more casual.

However, Chen Jianqiu still saluted respectfully.

: "I've met Master Qi."

Qi Xuansu motioned for the two of them to sit down, and then asked, "How are you doing?"

Chen Jianqiu said: "Back to the real person, everything is fine."

Qi Xuansu nodded and continued: "You should know about your father. What do you want to say?"

Chen Jianqiu shook his head: "He broke the rules of heaven, I have nothing to say."

Qi Xuansu asked: "What do you think? Will you hate me? Or, in other words, will you resent the Taoist sect for this?"

Xiao Yin looked at Chen Jianqiu intently. After all, this little guy was the granddaughter of Mr. Yin, and he had the ability to penetrate people's hearts.

Chen Jianqiu was silent for a while and said, "I'm sad, but I don't dare to be resentful."

Qi Xuansu said: "If he can be killed or not, for the sake of your service to the Taoist sect, I will choose to keep him alive. But his sin is too great and has shaken the foundation of the Taoist sect. No one can save him."

Chen Jianqiu said softly: "I understand."

Qi Xuansu glanced at Xiao Yin.

Xiao Yin nodded.

Qi Xuansu began to turn to the topic: "You already understand the specific situation, and fellow Taoist Qi also explained it to you. They say that a country cannot be without a leader for a day. Now that the position of leader is vacant, I intend to let you be the leader. What do you think? ?”

Chen Jianqiu fell into a longer silence.

Qi Xuansu didn't rush, just waited quietly.

After a while, Chen Jianqiu said: "Is this... what the real person means?"

Qi Xuansu said: "It's my intention. The Taoist government has authorized me to handle this matter with full authority."

Chen Jianqiu then said: "I obey the wishes of the real person and follow the arrangements of the Taoist government."

Qi Xuansu finally said: "After all, he is the biological father. If he doesn't have any feelings, then he doesn't mean it."

Reality. It’s just that the reality is that if you do something wrong, you will not survive. Even if I don't kill him, he won't survive for a few days. I know this decision is a bit difficult for you, so I have no choice but to shamelessly ask you to bear with me. "