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Chapter 196 Who Am I (Part [-])
The old Qian Dynasty, the first year of Tongming, 44 in the Gregorian calendar, [-] years ago.

The reigning emperor, Emperor Tongming.

Emperor Tongming issued a secret edict, ordering Yue Daozhengsi, ordering the government offices of all prefectures, counties and prefectures to cooperate with the temples of the true Taoist sects in various places to prepare for the establishment of Yin Yang Yamen...

The masters of the Taoist temples or Gao Gong in each prefecture and county will concurrently serve as patrol inspectors of the yin and yang yamen.

Either directly order the servants in their own Taoist temples, or directly recruit local martial arts masters to act as yin and yang servants, specializing in evil spirits and evil things.

The yin and yang yamen do not belong to each other, but only obey the orders of the Taoism they belong to, and the Taoism they belong to obeys the orders of the local governors, and the local governors obey the orders of the emperor.

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"This is probably the history of the second anti-smuggling team that the seniors in the team told you when you first joined the second anti-smuggling team?"

Wu Qing nodded. This was what Sha Pingguang told him, "What's the problem?"

Xi Xuanyue's slender eyelashes trembled, and she said slowly, "In the beginning, I really preached the Taoism and the Yin-Yang Yamen under my jurisdiction. I didn't specialize in any evil things, and I never killed demons and ghosts. Even a ghost , a monster, I have never killed any seniors in the Taoist sect. At that time, what we did for Emperor Tongming was to find the elixir for him."

"[-]? Looking for the elixir of life?" Wu Qing just thought it was absurd.

Things that happened in the same year: Qianguo had its first Chinese-run newspaper; the alliance of Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Tsarist Russia was established; Leprosy bacillus was discovered by a Western doctor; the worldwide financial crisis; and the Vienna World Expo.

Under such a background, the emperor of the old Qian Dynasty was still looking for the elixir of life, and he had no other mood except absurdity.

However, Xi Xuanyue felt that Wu Qing didn't pay attention to the key points, and continued, "When you first came to the second anti-smuggling team, you handled a case, the dog demon case in Hezhuang Township, do you remember what was written in the file you recorded?"

She reminded, "That dog demon was born seven years ago, and he said that he admires those legendary monsters very much, but he has never seen it before."

Xi Xuanyue had a strong bite on the word "seven years", so Wu Qing easily connected several time nodes together and fell into deep thought.

Why was it that when the Yin-Yang Yamen was first established, the True Sect did not kill demons and ghosts? Could there be anyone more suitable for slaying demons and ghosts than the True Sect?
Not only has the dog demon never seen the legendary monsters, in fact, Wu Qing has never seen any more powerful monsters for so long... The original explanation of the salt police is that because it is the age of the end of the law, the Qi trainers are not strong enough, and the big The monsters are naturally gone.

And where did the salt police's explanation come from?True preaching.The Salt Police are also the window of the true preaching to the outside world. Through their mouths, the entire mystical world knows that this is the Dharma-ending era.

Wu Qing asked: "Then 44 years ago, did you find the elixir of life?"

Xi Xuanyue showed an incomprehensible smile, "Not only did I not find it, but Emperor Tongming died of illness at the age of 19."

Sick and dead?Wu Qing's pupils constricted and her lips were a little dry.

In fact, a bad old man like Li Jieming can live more than 70 years. It doesn't make sense that an emperor is sick, but there is no real medicine for him.The elixir of the true preaching sect can cure four incurable diseases!

unless……

Wu Qing's eyes instantly became as obscure as Xi Xuanyue's.

Unless the true preaching sect didn't have such a mysterious elixir at that time, it seems that the true preaching sect didn't kill ghosts at that time, maybe not because they didn't kill ghosts, but because there were no ghosts at that time!
But now there are ghosts, monsters, and Qi practitioners.None of these three are considered strong. The lack of strength can be because they are at the end of the mysterious age, or it can be because they have just set off.

If you are a native of Qianguo, it may not be so easy to change your thinking. I am afraid that the connection between the two old events told by Xi Xuanyue may also be confusing, but Wu Qing is not a native of the country. The ability to accept is stronger than that of everyone in the country.

Wu Qing breathed heavily, and licked her chapped lips, "Now we can understand why it has been so many years, but it wasn't until the last few days that the military found out that you are better than they thought."

Because she still had some concerns about Wu Qing, Xi Xuanyue actually spoke very cryptically, so she was a little surprised that Wu Qing guessed it so easily.

She shook her head and said, "On the one hand, there are reasons why our Taoist priests were not so strong before, but it is also because the Republic of China is a new regime, and they have only been in power for less than six years, so we didn't hide it for many years, but it was less than six years That's it. To be honest, it exceeded our expectations.

Probably because the military is too preoccupied with fighting wars and power struggles to care about anything else.Except for our true preaching sect, all other mysterious associations are not popular, and no one will believe them. "

Wu Qing once heard from Sha Pingguang that the True Evangelism School held two National Zhaijiao Conferences, the kind that all the True Evangelists participated in.It took a lot of hard work for the true preachers in all parts of the country to reach a consensus in a certain aspect.

There is only one last question left, Wu Qing can confirm the guess in his heart, he asked,
"So, there were no monsters seven years ago, right?"

When this question was asked, Xi Xuanyue was completely sure that Wu Qing understood what she said, so she nodded slightly under Wu Qing's gaze.

Wu Qing has never seen stronger and more monsters, maybe it's not because they disappeared, but because they haven't appeared yet.

Wu Qing was not happy when he got an answer far beyond what he wanted.

He took a deep breath,

"So the purpose of you letting me in is neither to think of friendship nor to mobilize the old relationship network to rescue Chang Ying, but just to tell me that you can endure a moment of anger and never be bored for life?"

"Victory and defeat are unpredictable, and you are a man who bears shame and shame... I am very optimistic about you, so I hope we will have the opportunity to work together in the future."

"What about the regular team?" Wu Qing looked at her.

Xi Xuanyue sighed, "Don't be stupid. Compared with your life, the strength in your heart is actually nothing important. We Taoist priests are strong, but not strong enough, and so are you.

If you move Gu Zhenshan, you don’t need to call any troops, the Nuo camp is enough to deal with you. You are not afraid of one or two Nuo masks, but if you are really arrested, there are more than a dozen, how many can you kill?Inevitably, relatives and friends will be involved.

You are young, so you don't know the difficulties of the world.If you want to swallow your breath, do you swallow more than me?After all, they are targeting my Tianzhu Temple, me, and you are just a pawn who was affected.I can bear it, what can't you bear?
If I endure it, the military won't do anything to me. After all, I still rely on me to produce supplies, so they won't do anything to me for at least half a year.Also because I put up with it, they won't do anything to you, maybe someone else has already offered you an olive branch, right? "

Wu Qing pondered for a moment, then pursed her lips, "Half a year?"

Xi Xuanyue didn't answer, got up and took out two bottles of pills from a small cabinet, Xisui Pill for treating tuberculosis and Wujue Pill for protecting five internal organs, and said with a smile,
"I wish you a bright future. If it's free, it's just a gift."

Wu Qing lingered on Xi Xuanyue and the pill bottle, but finally smiled,
"May I ask what your age is this year?"

"36."

Wu Qing took the elixir, took out a 4000 silver dollar bill, put it on the ground,

"I'm twenty-six. Young people have shallow eyelids and just stare at the eyes. They don't have such lofty ambitions. If they don't have much affection, they can do big things. Your Excellency kindly accepts it."

After finishing speaking, turn around and leave.

Xi Xuanyue was stunned. After Wu Qing's figure completely disappeared in the room, her sigh sounded in the room.

"Hey, if you want to die, you can't blame me."

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In the next few days, there were many conflicts between the old salt police and the new salt police, but Wu Qing forcibly suppressed them all. Of course, the old salt police were the ones who forced their anger down.This seemed to be a signal.

The time came to October NO.14, which was the Double Ninth Festival and the birthday of the Taoist god Doumu Zhenjun. Wu Qing was looking forward to it, but his subordinates still did not bring good news to Wu Qing.

Lan Jidao was still missing.

But at noon that day, a black car parked obliquely at the gate of the No. [-] anti-smuggling team building, just two steps away from the entrance steps. When Wu Qing came back from lunch, the driver stopped him.

"Ok?"

The driver leaning on the car responded to the doubt in Wu Qing's eyes,
"Adjutant Gu's car."

Wu Qing's eyes flickered, and she got into the back seat of the car.Nothing to worry about.

Solicitation is just the same as that of men and women. First, the eyes meet, to see if your man is affectionate, to see if my concubine is interested, and then you can make a date and make a preliminary intention.

Sure enough, Adjutant Gu's driver took him to a restaurant.

Jincui Building.

The driver took Wu Qing to the box on the fifth floor, but there was no Gu Zhenshan on the big red table full of delicacies, only a man in military uniform, quite impatient with Wu Qing's arrival.

This man had a thin face, deep-set eye sockets, a high nose bridge, and a tightly closed mouth, which looked like a scar. Seeing Wu Qing coming up, he sat on a chair, and opened his mouth indiscriminately, and said,

"You are Wu Qing? What a big air."

Wu Qing glanced at him, "Haven't asked for advice yet?"

The thin soldier's tone became more and more severe, "You little deputy salt policeman, when you are favored by Adjutant Gu, you think you won't die with the Shangfang sword, right?"

Wu Qing couldn't see a trace of smoke and fire on his face, but his mouth was pursed, and he was about to speak.

The thin soldier at the table stood up, and Gu Zhenshan came up from the stairs behind Wu Qing, holding a white towel in his hand to wipe off the water on his hands, he glanced at Wu Qing,

"The old salt policemen have been suppressed these days, and there is no right or wrong. I thought you were smart, but I didn't expect you to be smart enough."

Wu Qing replied, "I have ordered the pill before."

"Ellite?" Gu Zhenshan's eyes were stern, and he snorted heavily, "I thought you saw the situation clearly, but now it seems that you either didn't see it clearly, or you did see it clearly, but you still took chances! This It's just that you can't see your identity clearly, you are taking death! Just because of your meeting with Xi Xuanyue, I can deal with you just like Chang Ying!"

Gu Zhenshan stared blankly, and his voice drifted into the box for three or four seconds. The thin soldier from earlier eased his tone, came to Wu Qing's side, grabbed Wu Qing's arm,
"What is Adjutant Gu's identity? When he got angry with you, he regretted your ability at that time. He treated you as one of his own. He said these things to you because he didn't want you to make mistakes. You should be grateful to him, and apologize to Adjutant Gu soon. "

Wu Qing didn't think it was disobedient, since some things have been decided, there is no need to be tough in person.

"Thank you, Adjutant Gu, for your kindness."

Gu Zhenshan paused for two or three seconds, squinted at Wu Qing, and finally sighed,
"Nostalgia for the past is not a bad thing, it's just that you have to go through your mind more or less before doing things."

"Adjutant Gu said so."

"Okay then, sit down."

During the meeting, Wu Qing probed a few words about Chang Ying's recent situation, but was reprimanded again and again, and Wu Qing admitted his mistake.

After a meal, the guests and hosts had a good time, Wu Qing said to Gu Zhenshan in a dignified way,

"I made my lord laugh. The humble official is reckless. I had some troubles with Mr. Kuixing of the Nuozi camp before, so I want to invite my lord to be a gentleman and invite him to come. The humble official will also hold a banquet in this Jincui building. I will invite my lord at that time." ..."

Wu Qing cupped his hands at the thin soldier from the beginning again,

"Battalion Commander Lu must also give you credit."

Finally, he turned back to Gu Zhenshan, "The time is determined by the adults."

"Good to say."

It wasn't until it was almost night that Wu Qing was able to get away and go out to the corridor, the smile on his face faded, and he looked pale in the half-bright light.

But when he went down to the fourth floor of Jincui Building, Wu Qing saw an unexpected figure, Zhang Ziqi.

The two looked at each other with surprise in their eyes.

Wu Qing was surprised by Zhang Zaiqi's long gown of piled blue silk, gray velvet hat on his head, and a soft rattan cane in his hand.

If Wu Qing and Zhang Zaiqi were not familiar with each other, with this attire, most people would think that this is a progressive and wealthy young man with a good background.

Considering Zhang Ziqi's previous activities, Wu Qing thought it was a business again, so she didn't recognize his relatives immediately.

Zhang Ziqi was surprised why he hadn't seen him for a few days, Wu Qing looked gloomy, and he went straight to Wu Qing.

Wu Qing had no scruples anymore, and went up to meet him first and asked, "Cousin, who are you?"

Zhang Ziqi didn't know Wu Qing's situation during this time, so he winked and said, "Didn't Qiuyu's father want to see me a few days ago? I didn't expect good things to happen. Her father was enlightened and didn't separate us, but how could Pan Gaozhi be so rude?" easy."

He laughed at himself, "Her father wants me to study hard, no, eating with them is also a learning, I am so bored inside, come out to take a breath."

Wu Qing glanced at the bustling box behind Zhang Ziqi, and then looked at the fatigue in Zhang Ziqi's eyebrows, and knew that it must not be as relaxed as Zhang Ziqi himself said.

But at this time, Wu Qing himself was also a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, so without further ado, he took out the marrow washing pill from his pocket,

"Tuberculosis medicine, one pill a week, four pills a course of treatment, the medicine will cure the disease. I'm looking for you too."

"what happened?"

Wu Qing whispered,
"It's inconvenient for me to go back to the countryside now. I want you to go back to the countryside and take all my family members away and hide them. You don't need to tell me where you hide. You can figure it out."

Zhang Ziqi looked at Wu Qing in a daze, "You fucking..."

At this time, Gu Zhenshan's driver came down from upstairs, saw Wu Qing and Zhang Ziqi chatting, and asked casually,
"Officer Wu, who is this?"

The driver is generally a confidant, Wu Qing did not offend,
"A friend."

Gu Zhenshan's driver didn't doubt it either, so he said to Wu Qing,

"Master let me take you back."

"Okay." Wu Qing nodded, said "see you" to Zhang Ziqi, and went down with the driver.

From this day on, at least the treatment of the old salt police officers has recovered a lot.

　soon, soon
　　
　
(End of this chapter)