Cross the river pawn

The flying boat landed in the lake outside Yujing City, stirring up a fog like water and snow.

It was still late autumn when everyone left Yujing, and it was already early winter when they returned, and they spent most of their time on the road. Except for Zhang Yuelu, the rest of them didn't even suffer any injuries, at most they suffered some hardships on the way.

At the lakeside, the deer cart arranged by Tiangangtang is already waiting. This kind of deer cart is all four-wheeled. The deer pulling the cart is stronger than ordinary horses. The carriage is very spacious and comfortable, and can accommodate four people. This time Tiangangtang directly called There were nearly twenty deer carts, lined up in a row, like a long dragon.

The leaders were Sun Yongfeng and Tian Baobao, seeing Zhang Yuelu was the first to get off the flying boat, Sun Yongfeng immediately stepped forward to greet him with a smile on his face: "The deputy hall master has worked hard all the way, this time to exterminate the monsters, the journey is more than ten thousand miles, no one can do it without a hero. "

"No need to flatter or flatter." Zhang Yuelu was still so unkind.

Sun Yongfeng didn't care too much, and said with a smile: "The master of the hall has already asked several times. The deputy hall master has successfully wiped out the demons this time. The master of the hall and our Tiangang hall are also proud."

Zhang Yuelu didn't believe it at all: "I don't know, I thought I wiped out some ancient immortal."

Sun Yongfeng led Zhang Yuelu to the deer cart at the front, Zhang Yuelu signaled Lingquanzi, Qi Xuansu to go with her, plus Sun Yongfeng, the four of them happened to ride in the same cart.

The four deacons Mu Jin, Zhou Bai, Xu Zhen, and Tian Baobao rode in the second deer cart.

Mu Jin looked at Qi Xuansu with hatred in her eyes. From her point of view, she was the only fifth-rank Taoist priest and the first to follow Zhang Yuelu. She was supposed to follow Zhang Yuelu, but now she was forcibly occupied by a seventh-rank Taoist priest. Lost position, why?
However, in the eyes of Lingquanzi and others, Qi Xuansu was a well-deserved hero in the extermination of demons and killing Diswen, and it is reasonable for Zhang Yuelu to value him highly.As for Mu Jin, she didn't even participate in the siege of Fort Assassin, at most she had worked hard, so why should she be looked down upon?
This is human nature, always look at problems from the standpoint of one's own interests, so people never reason, or only speak from their own standpoints that are in line with their own interests.

The four of them rode in the same car, Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu sat on one side, and Lingquanzi and Sun Yongfeng sat on the other side.

Taking advantage of this period of time, Zhang Yuelu began to explain the final finishing work of this operation to exterminate demons. The main task was to form a written report and report it to the real person in the palm. During the holidays, during this period, there is no need to be on duty at Tiangangtang, and you can freely arrange it, while the internal affairs staff must continue to be on duty.

As for the specific written text, it is roughly divided into three parts.

The first part is to detail the process of exterminating this group of demons. Zhang Yuelu handed it over to Qi Xuansu, because Qi Xuansu was the only person other than Zhang Yuelu and Lingquanzi who participated in the whole process. After Zhang Yuelu passed out, it was Qi Xuansu who completed the final blow .

The second part is the report on the ancient immortals. This part is in charge of Lingquanzi, because it was Lingquanzi who personally rubbed the traces of the ancient immortals in the Cimut Castle. The fewer people involved in this matter, the better, and nothing will bother you. Second master.

The third part is asking for credit, and Zhang Yuelu, the deputy hall master, is personally in charge.It can be said that it is only in Zhang Yuelu's mind whether to reward meritorious deeds and whether the meritorious deeds will be stolen by the boss.But in this regard, Qi Xuansu is still very relieved, Zhang Yuelu is undoubtedly a good enough boss.

Zhang Yuelu said to Qi Xuansu and Lingquanzi: "You two don't have to be too embarrassing, if you really can't do it, you can write an outline first, ask Mr. Sun to help you polish it, and then give it to me."

Both Lingquanzi and Qi Xuansu breathed a sigh of relief.

Sun Yongfeng didn't feel embarrassed either, he was considered a well-known writer in Tiangang Hall, and this kind of official document was a piece of cake.

Zhang Yuelu said again: "You must be cautious about the part about Gu Xian."

Sun Yongfeng's face tightened, and he nodded solemnly.

Zhang Yuelu raised the curtain, and glanced at the scenery outside the car through the glass.

At this time, the deer cart had arrived at the Taixu Bridge above the Taixu River, which was enough for eight horses to walk side by side. Not far away was the gate of Yujing City, where the spiritual officials in armor were stationed to check the records.

Zhang Yuelu put down the curtain of the car and began to close his eyes to rest his mind.

These deer carts all have the logo of Tiangang Hall, so the gatekeeper Lingguan let them go directly, and the convoy passed through the city gate and walked along Shangqing Avenue towards Xuandu.

When they came to the gate of Xuandu, the four people in the car did not get out of the car, but opened the door and handed out the ultimatum.

The spirit guard's attitude was much better than usual, he simply checked the ultimatum and let it go.

The coachman drove the deer cart until he came to the gate of Tiangang Hall. There were also spirit officials in black armor standing on the left and right of the gate.

Lingguan can be regarded as a way of Shinto, the reason why it is not in the ranks of Taoist priests is because Lingguan is not a cultivation system.

The realm of spiritual officials is closely related to the status of "spiritual officials".

As we all know, the journey of Shinto requires a huge amount of incense and incense. This is also the fundamental contradiction between ancient immortals and Taoists.There is no doubt that Taoist temples of Taoist sects are all over the world, and they have an extremely large number of incense and wishing powers. However, there are almost no gods among the upper echelons of the Taoist sect, so the Taoist sect uses this part of the incense and wishing power to develop the lineage of spiritual officials.After becoming a spiritual officer, you don't need to practice. You will get the corresponding amount of incense and wish power according to your corresponding level, and then turn it into divine power through the special armor on your body. As long as you wear the armor, you are equivalent to having a realm of cultivation out of thin air, which is worth Take advantage of others’ decades of hard training.

This is why the spirit officials are all in armor.

However, Lingguan is not without barriers, and the requirements for determination and character are extremely high.

Before being transformed into divine power, the power of incense and fire is actually heterogeneous and impure, with a lot of human desires mixed in it, such as asking the Taishang Daozu for officials, money, blessings, etc. After entering the body, it is like all kinds of desires. The noise disturbs the mind. If you can't resist it and get lost in it, you will fall short.

Daomen can use various means to strengthen the body, but it is difficult to directly strengthen the heart of a person. It can only depend on talent. If you want to become a high-level spiritual official, you must be a person with a strong heart and a person with average aptitude.If you have outstanding aptitude and a tough heart, you will probably choose to become a Taoist priest instead of an inferior spirit official.

What's more, the armor of high-grade spiritual officials is not easy to make, and the cost is extremely high. Even if it is not as good as forcibly training an exiled immortal, it is also much more expensive than training ordinary Taoist priests.

Because of this, there are not many high-grade spiritual officials in the Taoist sect.

The disadvantage is that this level of cultivation is not his own after all, if the Taoist sect deprives him of his status as a spirit official, his divine power will also disappear.Or being downgraded by the Taoist sect, the cultivation level of the realm will also drop accordingly.

In this case, the Lingguan can only cling to the Taoist sect and completely obey the orders of the Taoist sect.

This leads to the status of Lingguan being naturally lower than that of Taoist priests. After all, Taoist priests have achieved their own cultivation through hard work, and even if they leave the Taoist sect one day, they will still belong to them.Therefore, at the same level, Taoist priests can control spirit officials, even if they are first-rank spirit officials, they are only equivalent to second-rank Taiyi Taoist priests, and lower than Shenzhi Daoist.

The purpose of cultivating spiritual officials in the Taoist sect is actually very obvious. For example, high-rank Taoist priests are unwilling to do tasks such as guarding the gate, guarding the city, and guarding, or have no time to do them, while low-rank Taoist priests are not capable enough and are prone to mistakes.Only Lingguan is the most suitable candidate. He doesn't need to practice, has enough time, and has enough realm of cultivation, and he can't disobey the order of the Taoist sect.

Half of the spiritual officials in the Taoist sect are under the command of Tiangangtang. In this war in the Western Regions, the reinforcements of Tiangangtang are mainly spiritual officials.

Qi Xuansu was the first to get off the carriage, pulled the door, and waited for Zhang Yuelu to get off.

After Zhang Yuelu got off the carriage, he thanked him and ordered: "You guys go to Yaoguangxuan first, and I'll go see the Master Zhangtang."

Qi Xuansu closed the car door and nodded in response.

Several people entered the heavily guarded Tiangang Hall, Zhang Yuelu went straight to the main hall, and the rest went to Yaoguangxuan.

Qi Xuansu walked side by side with the two principals.

Sun Yongfeng smiled and said: "Brother Qi has made great achievements this time, a sixth-rank Taoist priest is probably stable."

"Thank you for your good words from Master Sun, Xuansu will thank you in advance." Qi Xuansu's posture was very low.

Lingquanzi smiled lightly and said: "Tianyuan doesn't have to be too modest, this is an inevitable thing. Let's not talk about the false, just tell the truth, the silver of the sixth-rank Taoist is much higher than that of the seventh-rank Taoist, old grandson, You are in charge of this one, how much is it?"

Sun Yongfeng took over the conversation: "The basic standard silver for a sixth-rank Taoist priest is 30 taiping dollars per month. Tiangang Hall has a special subsidy, which is about [-] taiping dollars a month. Brother Qi is not yet [-] years old and has been promoted to the sixth rank. Afterwards, Taoist priests will prepare sacrificial wine, and there will be a monthly subsidy of ten taiping renminbi. If there is foreign affairs like this time, an additional subsidy will be added depending on the situation. It will be about [-] taiping renminbi a year."

Qi Xuansu was speechless and said: "Eight hundred Taiping money is not a small amount, if it is placed in some small places, it is enough to buy a house and land, and it can be regarded as a rich man."

"Where do you need to go to other places to buy a house and land." Sun Yongfeng smiled, "After a while, Duzhitang will issue a settling fee for you to settle down in Yujing. The subsidy, Brother Qi, is about [-] Taiping dollars, if you already have a place to live, then this settling-in allowance is nothing."

Lingquanzi added: "This is the Tiangang Hall. The local Taoist government and some deserted halls don't have such treatment. It's less than five hundred Taiping a year, and it's not enough to plug your teeth."

Sun Yongfeng said deeply: "The inner alchemy is for oneself, but if you want to improve your cultivation quickly, you need the assistance of various outer alchemy. The money is always spent like water, and this little money is really stretched. If Fighting with people, the loss of various talismans, and the damage of flying swords are all money."

"Isn't the wear and tear of the talisman instrument reimbursed?" Qi Xuansu was slightly surprised.

Lingquanzi laughed: "If you want to be reimbursed, you must give enough legitimate reasons. For example, our extermination of demons this time is a legitimate reason. But who doesn't have many enemies? Or other emergencies, this cannot be done to reimburse."

Sun Yongfeng said: "There are also food and clothing expenses, hiring servants, and socializing. You must always maintain a decent appearance and not make your colleagues laugh. There are countless places to spend money."

Lingquanzi said hesitantly: "It's fine for a monk like me, if you want to form a Taoist couple, that's even more..."