Sure enough, as the Oriental Heavenly Master said, the next morning, Leng Tengxing, the abbot of Xuantan Palace, personally rushed to Chunfeng Langyuan in a carriage to "congratulate" Zhao Zhiran. He was holding an urgent document that the general view had sent directly to the Jingshi with a flying talisman.

In this document, the general view of the three sides of the general view of the three decided that because Zhao Zhiran "has outstanding talents, harmonious character, and outstanding contributions", he was removed from the post of abbot of Xuantan Palace, and suggested that he should be the candidate for the abbot of Wenchangguan, and asked Wenchangguan to immediately convene a public recommendation meeting to elect the new abbot of Nanzhili.

The documents were sent to the Xuantan Palace and the Wenchang Temple, and were announced in the Daomen Mansion newspaper, and at the same time published in the latest issue of "Dragon and Tiger Mountain".

According to the understanding of the Cold Supervision Yuan, this is a breakthrough for the monk to enter the provincial view of the first-level abbot, which is of great significance, so the general view of the lower view will be so solemn and impatient.

If it was before, Zhao Ran would definitely accept the congratulations happily, and then happily wait for the public recommendation, and finally take over the final appointment documents with satisfaction.

But this time, he really had mixed feelings.

Pointing to the comments praising himself on the paperwork, he smiled: "One more sentence, it's not easy." ”

Leng Tengxing joked: "The abbot's great work can't be concealed, and the people who wrote the essay in the General Guandian Institute didn't dare to save trouble and be greedy for ink anyway." ”

Zhao Ran said: "Thank you for the cold prison hospital, and you came all the way to congratulate me." ”

Leng Tengxing said: "Why did the abbot say this? My life, the lives of my fellow Daoists in the courtyard were all saved by the abbot, and when I encountered the abbot's major events, how could I not come to tell him? Besides, the abbot is in poor health, what is it for me to come and visit the abbot? In fact, the fellow Daoists all want to come and congratulate the abbot in person......

Zhao Ran waved his hand: "I'm like this, my legs and feet are not good, so please forgive me." ”

Leng Teng hurriedly said: "Yes, that's what I mean." I was afraid of disturbing the abbot's health, so I didn't answer them. Although I didn't come, my colleagues all asked me to bring a word: after the abbot is promoted, please rest assured that my old subordinates will continue to do a good job in the sermon affairs of Yingtian in accordance with the abbot's preaching ideas, and the rules drawn up by the abbot will never exceed half a ......step."

After Leng Tengxing finished expressing his determination, Zhao Ran asked: "Early in the morning, didn't you have breakfast, why don't you use some here with me?" Of course, I only have coarse tea and light rice here, and if you are not used to it in the cold prison, you can also go back to eat." ”

Leng Tengxing said with a smile: "Where can I be, I will definitely disturb the abbot for a meal today, and it will be rare to have this opportunity in the future." ”

Zhao Ran accompanied Leng Tengxing to eat a very simple breakfast, meat cakes, mung bean cakes and rice porridge, and sent him back.

Leng Tengxing said before leaving: "Tomorrow in Qixia Mountain, I will see the abbot at the ceremony." ”

As soon as he walked on the front foot, Gu Tengjia arrived on the back foot, Wenchangguan was on Qixia Mountain outside the city, and it was calculated that Gu Tengjia's departure time was no later than Leng Tengxing, or even earlier.

Zhao Ran has great respect for this Provincial Observation and Supervision Institute, not only because of his identity and Taoist position, but also because he raised the flag and stood in line at the critical moment, which saved Zhao Ran a lot of follow-up trouble, so Zhao Ran personally came to the gate and took Gu Tengjia in.

Needless to say, Gu Tengjia definitely didn't have a good breakfast, Zhao Ran directly accompanied him to eat another meal, and after eating, Su Chuanyao pushed the cart and walked along the shore of Mochou Lake.

Zhao Ran asked, "What about the old abbot?"

Gu Tengjia said: "Abbot Zhuang has been angry since the last time, his body and bones are not good, and he submitted his resignation to Lushan last month, preparing to return to his hometown to recuperate." After waiting for a month, it was finally approved yesterday, and it was sent to the view together with your public recommendation document. Abbot Zhuang said, tomorrow after participating in your public promotion ceremony, I will go down the mountain and return home. As a result, I heard that you are the abbot, and the colleagues in Wenchang Guan are all elated, and now they are all busy preparing for tomorrow's public ceremony, just waiting for you to go up the mountain. ”

Whether it is the Changguan or the Xuantan Palace, the colleagues in the two places do not know the mystery here, Zhao Ran believes that they are all looking forward to their appointment with great enthusiasm, and they did not expect so many twists and turns in it.

What can Zhao Ran do? He can't tell everyone, in fact, I don't plan to go to Wenchangguan to become the abbot, what I want is the Daolu Division, so don't be so excited, put off the public push, and wait for the clues to be sorted out here.

What's more, judging from the current progress of events, his hopes of taking the helm of the Daolu Division have almost been dashed. In the deliberations of the True Master Hall the day after tomorrow, no matter which side wins, it is impossible for him to serve as the secretary of the Daolu.

The key issue is that if you want to keep Yuanfu Palace, you must also hope that Xu Yunxuan and Wu Yangzhong will win and abolish their proposals, so that they can retain the right to speak in the affairs of Yuanfu Palace.

It suddenly occurred to me that Sanqing Pavilion and Dongji Pavilion were still "close comrades-in-arms" in April, but now they have become two sides on opposite sides because of the control of an overseas casual cultivator.

Since the Daolu Division has no relationship with him, let's take down Wenchangguan first, the meat sent to the mouth, it is impossible not to eat it, not to mention that this is what I deserve.

But Zhao Ran was very unwilling, I worked hard to make a big meal, but you pushed me to another table to eat - well, although this table of dishes is also good, but your food is too ugly, right?

Thinking about it, Zhao Ran was angry: After I finished eating this table, I had to destroy the table I made, so that you couldn't eat it! ”

A few years ago, Song Tianshi gave Zhao Ran the contact information of the flying talisman and promised him to say anything clearly, but this time the matter was not a private matter, and I don't know if Song Tianshi would help him.

I waited for a moment with apprehension, and waited for Song Yangshi's reply: "Got it, wait." ”

Zhao Ran didn't know what to wait for, but he knew that he had won a vote for Xu Yunxuan, Wu Yangzhong and Dongfang Ming, and he had done everything he could, and the rest was left to fate.

The colleagues of Wenchangguan completed the preparations for the abbot's public promotion ceremony with great efficiency, and when Zhao Ran arrived the next day, everything was ready.

Zhang Yuanji, Dongfang Ming, Wuyang Zhong, Yang Yunmeng, and Li Junyang all came to Qixia Mountain to watch the ceremony in person, and even Guo Hongjing also came, of course, Guo Hongjing's purpose to come to Qixia Mountain was mainly to visit Chen Shandao.

Half of the true master in the sitting hall of the Beijing division came, and he specially participated in the public promotion of the abbot of a provincial view, which is probably the first time in more than 600 years in the jungle of the ten directions, it is really unprecedented, and there will basically be no one in the future.

This is the case in the True Master Hall, and even more so in the Sanmao Pavilion, which is the landlord, Li Dayin led all the monks of the Shimen to return to Qixia Mountain, plus the eight disciples who stayed in the mountain to cultivate, a total of thirty-eight people, all present.

The crown prince, who has been corrected, led all the three or more dignitaries in Beijing, including three scholars and various scholars, etc., more than 60 people, all of whom attended.

In addition, there are dozens of Taoist priests on duty in the Xuantan Palace. As for the local gentry, they really don't have the ability to hear in advance, and even if they hear the rumors, they don't have time to operate, and they can't squeeze into the viewing list.

Zhang Luo, who was still ordered to guard the Beijing Division, did not dare to be careless, and arranged a guard guard guard from the bottom of the mountain, and more than 2,000 Longtan guard soldiers surrounded Qixia Mountain.

With Zhao Ran's prestige in Beijing, of course, there was no suspense in this public election, and no one dared to say "I have objections" in court, and when the votes were counted, Zhao Ran received 168 votes in favor, and not a single vote against or abstained.

Because there are many big people watching the ceremony, they simply combine the public push and the ascension together, and strive to complete it in one day. So, Zhao Ran sat in a bamboo wheelchair and was carried to the seat by the Taoist priests of Wenchang Temple, becoming the first person to eat crabs in the provincial Taoist Temple of the Ten Jungles, and officially met the world as the abbot of Wenchang Temple.