Under the fluttering candlelight, Song Zhiyuan and Zhao Ran were burying their heads in a secret discussion.

Zhao Ran said: "I asked Zhao Zhixing about the number of people attending the meeting, and those who will be present tomorrow to participate in the public promotion, together with Li Jian Yuan and Zhao Duguan, have a total of three hundred and twenty-seven votes, and we must get one hundred and sixty-four votes." I have carefully studied the trust book in the past two days and have a clear understanding of the situation. Of the eighteen state capitals in Sichuan Province, the capital and Chongqing are the largest, with 34 votes and 29 votes, which is 63 votes. These two provinces must be taken!"

Song Zhiyuan said: "The Lu Supervision Institute of the capital should be fine, the Tianhe Palace was originally his, but it was robbed by Jing Zhimo." ”

Zhao Ran said: "I'm afraid he wants to nominate himself." ”

Song Zhiyuan said: "This will not be, it is too late to avoid suspicion at the moment, how can it hit up? The appearance is too ugly! I know him, he can't do this kind of thing." ”

Zhao Ran nodded, and asked again: "Over there in the Liu Supervision Institute of Yufu, what can Senior Brother do?"

Song Zhiyuan said: "I can only try, this is hard to say." Anyway, do your best, plus the twenty votes from my Boryeong Mansion, that's eighty-three votes. ”

Zhao Ran nodded: "Maybe you can add eighteen votes from Long'an Mansion." ”

Song Zhiyuan added: "Qingyang Palace, Kuizhou Mansion, hmm...... How many votes?"

Zhao Ran said: "The Kuizhou Mansion has twenty votes to rely on Senior Brother. There are twelve votes in Lizhou, I'll find a way,"

Song Zhiyuan pondered: "There are still thirty-one votes left. ”

Zhao Ran didn't have a good way, so he could only say: "We should believe that Zhao Lao is in charge, at least the votes of Xuanyuan Guan are ours!"

At the moment, the two divided their work with each other and prepared to act separately, and there was only one night, which was too hasty.

Song Zhiyuan was a little worried: "Will there be a problem with your candidate?" Do you want to tell Zhao Laodu in advance?"

Zhao Ran shook his head: "Prison Li and Zhao Lao definitely don't want to know if they want to know...... But I've thought about it carefully, and if I want to be recognized by the general view, this is the most suitable person now, and nothing else. Otherwise, even if we succeed in jumping the ticket, we will not be able to put it on the other side, but it will cause trouble for Supervisor Li. Unless you are willing to go, brother, then we will definitely fight hard, but you don't want to go...... Supervisor Li and Zhao Lao are smart people, and they will not object. ”

Song Zhiyuan sighed: "I really didn't expect that I was busy working to fulfill this one." ”

After the two separated, Zhao Ran first went to Jing Zhimo's house and listened to the movement inside, it seemed that Jing Zhimo was reading a book, and the friction sound of the pages reached his ears, which was very clear.

Zhao Ran quietly laid out a few guardian talismans to form a magic circle barrier, isolating the sounds and movements inside and outside the Jingzhi Mo house.

This courtyard is not big, they are going to visit a lot of people tonight, and once they come and go, it is difficult to ensure that the scenery is not suspicious.

After laying out the magic circle barrier, Zhao Ran quietly slipped to the fourth room next to the east flower bed, and saw that there was no one left and right, so he gently pushed the door. The door was not closed, Zhao Ran was unceremoniously and flashed into the house.

The one on the bed got up suddenly, saw the person who came clearly in confusion, and his face suddenly darkened: "Zhao Zhiran?"

"Abbot Du has always been okay?" Zhao Ran hugged his fist and shook his head.

Du Teng's face turned cold: "What do you mean by trespassing without knocking?"

Zhao Ran sat down at the table by himself: "Don't knock on the door, of course, I'm afraid that others will hear and see it, especially the Jingjian Courtyard diagonally across the door, if he sees me coming to you, it will not only be bad for me, but also bad for Abbot Du." ”

Du Teng will say: "What are you talking about, I don't understand!"

Zhao Ran said: "Abbot Du is angry, I don't want to make the relationship between us very stiff, so I came to visit the abbot, why put on a posture of rejecting people thousands of miles away? After all, you are still my boss, I am also your subordinate, and my subordinates care about their bosses, which is also the meaning of the question, and it is understandable." ”

Du Teng's anger subsided slightly, and his face slowly calmed down: "Do you still know that I am a subordinate of the Xizhen Martial Palace?" I thought you had entered the pavilion and had forgotten about it a long time ago. ”

Zhao Ran said sincerely: "Then where can I forget? It has always been engraved in my heart, and I will never forget it!"

Du Teng looked at Zhao Ran suspiciously: "What do you care about me?"

Zhao Ran said: "I'm here to care about the future of my old boss!"

Du Teng would sneer: "Ha, you better take care of yourself, I need you to care about my future?"

Zhao Ran nodded: "Of course my affairs are not good, Abbot Du has been so close to Jing Jian Yuan in the past two days, he must have known?"

Du Teng smiled and said with a serious attitude: "Between us, there have been unhappiness before, but after so many years, I don't want to worry about it, you are a junior, I call you a voice, okay?"

Zhao Ran nodded: "Of course it's good." ”

"So, now that I've come to this point, in my capacity, it's hard to say who is right and who is wrong, but I think you still have a way back. You are a monk of Huayun Pavilion, as long as you resign from your Taoist position and return to the mountains to cultivate, no one can give you anger, don't you say? Why do you have to stir up this troubled water?"

"Abbot Du is telling the truth?"

"This is natural, the matter of the year, in my opinion, is just a trivial matter, to put it in my heart, I don't need to fight with you a monk with a good future, don't you say? If you don't believe it, you can ask Xu Tenglong, or even ask Dong Zhikun, the supervisor of your Wuji Academy, I said this in front of them. ”

"I see, then I have to thank Abbot Du. ”

"What do I think, you are really a monk who came out of the jungle of the ten directions of our Long'an Mansion, after all, you are still a family, what difficulties will we have in the future, you and I can take care of each other. Of course, the premise is that you don't go all the way to the dark again, as long as you quit the road and go back to the mountain, over there in the Jingjian Courtyard, I will go and tell him, wouldn't it be beautiful for the two of you to turn the war into a jade silk?"

Zhao Ran smiled: "Thank you Abbot Du for your kindness, but I still want to work harder, but I really can't say it." I came here today to ask the abbot, do you think it is interesting to sit in the position of the abbot for five years?"

Du Teng was a little unhappy, and said, "Is it interesting, what do you say? Besides, you're going to Songfan soon, right? I need you to worry about my business?"

"Oh, Abbot Du, I'm talking straight, don't you go to your heart, let's sit down and talk calmly, okay? Come, don't sit on the edge of the bed, sit uncomfortably, sit opposite me. With that, Zhao Ran moved the chair to the side of Du Tenghui, stretched out his sleeves and dusted it: "Abbot, come, sit down!"

Seeing Zhao Ran's calm and calm demeanor, Du Teng became more suspicious, got out of bed with his shoes, and sat opposite Zhao Ran.

In the jungle of the Daomen of this world, the abbot is at the same level as the prison court, and his status is slightly higher.

But as long as it is not the case of the disparity in identity and prestige, such as Shi Yuncheng, the old abbot of Wuji Academy, and Zhong Tenghong, the prison court, generally speaking, the prison will firmly hold the power in its own hands, and there will be no "big indecision" when the three capitals are deliberating, and the abbot will be hollowed out because of this, such as the Xizhenwu Palace back then.

Therefore, the position of the abbot is still quite embarrassing, in most places, the abbot has become a decoration, and even the abbot of some palaces has been short for a long time. Du Tenghui is a little better, now Xu Tenglong, the supervisor of Xizhenwu Palace, has an old relationship with him, he is more convinced of him, and he discusses major matters with him, but after all, he can't directly meddle in specific affairs, and he still feels a lot worse.

That's why Zhao Ran asked him, is it interesting to be an abbot?

For Du Tenghui, who is just in his fifties, being an abbot is certainly not as interesting as a prison, if he is in his sixties, he may accept his fate, but being an abbot in his fifties, although his status is respected, is a little embarrassing for him.

He is a person who likes to seize power, otherwise he would not have had such a big contradiction with Zhang Yunzhao back then, let alone run to Wuji Courtyard to support Dong Zhikun, who was unable to get on the stage, so that he would be disgraced and unable to get off the stage.

Zhao Ran's question pointed to the deepest part of Du Tenghui's heart, making him want to hear it.

"What the hell are you trying to say? Who told you to come? Is it Song Zhiyuan?"

Zhao Ran said: "Abbot Du, who asked me to come, it doesn't matter, I only represent myself, and I have nothing to do with others." I just want to ask Abbot Du, do you want to be the supervisor of the Song Domain's Tianhe Palace?"

Du Tenghui's heart jumped, and when he saw Zhao Ran looking at him with a smile, even if he knew that the other party was selling Guanzi, he couldn't help but urge: "Isn't it already set up above that Jing Zhimo will go to the Song Domain?"