Chapter 1897

"Second Elder, what do you need me to do?" Ye Xiao asked solemnly.

Last time, Gao Qimei and the War Department launched a surprise attack and made statements without any warning, but now there are still a few days before the Consecration Ceremony, so it's still not too late for him to do something.

This is probably the biggest reason why the Second Elder contacted him directly!

Hearing that Ye Xiao did not reject his assignment as he did in the past, the Second Elder was very pleased. It seems that this kid still knows what is right and wrong.

"Xiaoye, the inland and Penglai are closely connected, and many things are inherited from the same source. The relationship between the two sides can be eased, and civil groups and religious forces have played an indispensable role in this."

"Take the Grand Consecration Ceremony as an example. It has played a very positive role in the past. Moreover, the Grand Ceremony is not only watched or participated by Taoist believers in the inland and Penglai, but also by Taoist believers in the entire Asian continent."

"If the Tianshi Mansion joins hands with Gao Qimei to do something, the impact will be extremely bad."

"Before that, we also used the inland The Taoist Association of Lu has communicated with the Tianshi Mansion, but to no avail. Now we still don't know what the Tianshi Mansion's intention is. "

"So I hope you can unite the Wu family and even the Gu family to try to change the mind of the Tianshi Mansion, and don't let them be used by people with ulterior motives to do things that damage the friendly relations between the two places."

The Tianshi Mansion has a strong cultural appeal in the minds of the people in the inland of Longguo and Penglai. This is also the reason why the Chang family forced the then Tianshi to move to Penglai when they retreated to Penglai.

So even though the senior officials of the War Department where the second elder is located judged that the ceremony held by the Tianshi Mansion is likely to be detrimental to the peaceful unification of the two places, they do not want to use force to intervene.

Ye Xiao, who heard the words of the second elder, suddenly felt a headache. It was quite difficult to meet the requirements of the second elder.

For Ye Xiao, it is not difficult to mess up this so-called Dharma Assembly, but if he wants to persuade Tianshi Mansion to change its ways by words, it will be as difficult as ascending to heaven. After all, looking at the current practices of Tianshi Mansion, it may have leaned towards Gao Qimei's faction.

This is probably the reason why Gao Qimei and Penglai War Department dared to release the trend before the Dharma Assembly officially started!

After a few seconds of hesitation, Ye Xiao still agreed.

Whether he is standing from the perspective of a Dragon Countryman or as a subordinate of the Second Elder, he has no way to refuse. Even if it is really as difficult as ascending to heaven, he has to bite the bullet and do it.

At the same time when Ye Xiao and the Second Elder were talking on the phone, two old men were sitting opposite each other in a seemingly ordinary teahouse room somewhere in Penglai.

These two people are Wu Guozhang, the old man of the Wu family, and Gu Changqing, the head of the Gu family.

"Brother Wu, don't look at the simple conditions here, but I would like to call the Kung Fu tea made here the best in Penglai." Gu Changqing picked up a cup of tea that the waiter had just brought in and said with a smile.

The meeting between the two today was actually initiated by Gu Changqing, but unlike the last time, he did not visit the Wu family in person, but invited Wu Guozhang to this teahouse.

After all, the two sides are of equal status, and Gu Changqing doesn't want people to think that he is inferior to Wu Guozhang.

Wu Guozhang also took the teacup and took a sip gently, then nodded and praised: "Brother Gu, you really have a good eye! This tea is really good."

"I really didn't expect that Brother Gu, who was entangled in government affairs in the first half of his life and constantly worked hard for his children and grandchildren in the second half of his life, actually had the leisure and elegance to find such a good place to drink tea. Guozhang is ashamed of himself!"

After hearing what Wu Guozhang said, Gu Changqing couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. How could he not hear that Wu Guozhang's words were a hint of something.

A few days ago, Gu Xingjie was kidnapped and extorted 1.2 billion. Although the Gu family has made great efforts to cover it up, how can they hide it? The Wu family is as powerful as the Gu family.

But soon, Gu Changqing smiled again: "Brother Wu, it is reasonable to say that children and grandchildren have their own blessings. We should not worry about it when we are old, but if there are talented seedlings among the children and grandchildren, we can't help but help them, right?"

Since Wu Guozhang used Gu Xingjie to ridicule him, Gu Changqing was not to be outdone. His Gu family was able to produce an outstanding junior who ran for the leader of Penglai, but the Wu family had no successors.

Wu Shouzhuo was weak. Although Wu Huiru inherited some of Wu Guozhang's character, she was just a woman. How could she compare with the flourishing branches and leaves of his Gu family?

"Haha!" Wu Guozhang smiled.

Of course, he could refute what Gu Changqing said. Among the second-generation descendants, he also believed that the Wu family was not as good as the Gu family. However, among the third-generation descendants, Wu Guozhang felt that his granddaughter, better than anyone in the Wu family.

In the previous Wan family incident, Gu Xinglong's failure, and now the three generations of the Gu family are carrying out the matter of winning over the Xing family, were taken over by their side, and they didn't even know it, and they could compete with each other.

However, this kind of ridicule should be stopped at a certain point. If you are too obsessed with winning or losing, it will affect the subsequent conversation between the two sides.

So Wu Guozhang changed the subject and said, "Brother Gu, you invited me to drink tea this time, it should be for the blessing ceremony!"

Not only the senior officials of Longguo noticed Gao Qimei's impure motives, Wu Guozhang also made a judgment on this. He believed that Gu Changqing, who was not inferior to him in ability, must have also seen this.

Hearing Wu Guozhang take the initiative to lead the topic to the main business, Gu Changqing couldn't help but curl up his mouth slightly. In his opinion, it was because he had just gained the upper hand that Wu Guozhang had to change the topic.

"Yes, Brother Wu, Gao Qimei's move this time is as powerful as the last time!"

"If we can't handle it well and can't break the situation he set, it will be very disadvantageous for both you and me!"

The three families are running for election. The campaign manifesto of the Gu family is to maintain the current friendly relations with the inland. The Gao family is just the opposite, advocating independence from the inland, and the Wu family is not relying on either side, but only working on people's livelihood issues.

Now Gao Qimei is making a lot of noise, almost earning the attention of most voters. In comparison, what the Gu and Wu families have done is a bit lackluster.

Of course, this is not the fault of the two families. Gao Qimei only needs to shout slogans to stir up an uproar in the tense situation between the inland and Penglai, while the Gu and Wu families will have to spend a lot of effort to do this.

Wu Guozhang nodded, "Brother Gu, you are right. Although Gao Qimei's means of manipulating public opinion seem simple, they have been tried and tested. I wonder if you have any countermeasures, Brother Gu?"