Chapter 566: Replacement
After Mu Yu mysteriously disappeared, he searched everywhere but to no avail. It happened that the previous leader of Tianyun Sect left office and the power was transferred.
After many unsuccessful searches for Mu Yu, he had to compromise for the position of leader and became a Taoist partner with Wu Zhongze, the daughter of the previous leader who admired him.
With the help of Wu Zhongze, he finally became the leader of Tianyun Sect without much background.
In the Central Plains, the strength of Tianyun Sect is almost second only to the seven super sects. He became the leader of Tianyun Sect and was in the limelight.
But in his heart, he could not forget his beloved Mu Yu.
Even after many years, Mu Yu had become a married woman and returned with her young daughter Xue Wanyun, he still could not let go of his feelings for Mu Yu.
It was because of this that the rift between him and Wu Zhongze arose and intensified day by day.
Even his son Wu Qiming took his mother's surname and had little contact with him.
At this point, he and Wu Zhongze, who was already the vice-head of Tianyun Sect, were basically strangers.
Moreover, a force headed by Wu Zhongze had formed in Tianyun Sect, posing a threat to his position as the head of the sect.
Recently, Wu Qiming and Wu Zhongze had reached an agreement with Huangyun Sect in Huangzhou without telling him to marry Huang Shi of Huangyun Sect.
Wu Zhongze only informed him of this matter after he had reached an agreement with the people of Huangyun Sect.
He knew very well that Wu Zhongze's alliance with Huangyun Sect was nothing more than an attempt to further increase his power and suppress his influence in the sect.
Although he had some complaints about this, the two sides had already reached an agreement, and for the sake of the sect's reputation, he could not interfere.
He could only turn a blind eye and follow Wu Zhongze to widely send out invitations to invite forces that were friendly with Tianyun Sect to come to participate in the ceremony of marriage.
He thought that this matter was a foregone conclusion, but after meeting the people of Zuo Family under the introduction of Xue Wanyun, he learned the inside story.
It turned out that Huang Shi was not willing, but was coerced.
He was furious at the time.
Although Qing Yunzi's life was not fair and upright, he was also a decent person. He had his own bottom line. How could he allow such a thing to happen under his nose?
In the contact with the Zuo family, the purpose of the Zuo family was very clear, that is, to help Zuo Muxiu and Huang Shi.
He agreed with this. After all, it was his Tianyun Sect that was wrong first. Wu Qiming threatened Huang Shi to marry him, and his means were so despicable.
However, there was one thing he had to take into account, that is, the reputation of the Tianyun Sect.
If this matter was made public directly and Huang Shi was allowed to decide whether to stay or leave, then his Tianyun Sect would be discredited and criticized by thousands of people.
As the head of the Tianyun Sect, he naturally did not want to see this happen.
After a consultation, he and the Zuo family finally came up with a win-win plan.
That is to replace the prince with a cat.
In this couple ceremony, Wu Zhongze wanted to publicly announce Huang Shi's identity and the news of the alliance with Huangyun Sect at the couple ceremony to enhance his and Wu Qiming's momentum.
Therefore, the news that Wu Qiming's Taoist partner was Huang Shi of Huangyun Sect was not announced in advance.
Even within Tianyun Sect, only a very small number of people knew about it.
And this gave him an opportunity.
According to his and the Zuo family's plan, Zuo Wanqiu, the sister of Zuo Muxiu, will replace Huang Shi to complete today's couple ceremony and become a Taoist partner with Wu Qiming.
As for why it was Zuo Wanqiu, there are two reasons.
One is that time is urgent. There is less than a day before the couple ceremony, and there is no time to find someone else to replace.
When a force of the level of Tianyun Sect holds a couple ceremony, people from both the male and female forces must be present.
Therefore, the person who replaces him must either come from the force participating in the couple ceremony or be someone within his Tianyun Sect, so as not to arouse suspicion.
However, whether it is from the Tianyun Sect or from the forces participating in the Couple Ceremony, it is too late to operate.
For no reason, who would sacrifice themselves to help others!
Therefore, Zuo Wanqiu, who accompanied the Zuo family to attend the Couple Ceremony, is the most suitable choice.
The second reason is due to Zuo Wanqiu's status.
This time, his Tianyun Sect sent out so many invitations and invited many forces to participate in the Couple Ceremony. It must be very important for this matter. It is not necessarily to pull a mountain village girl out to replace Huang Shi!
At that time, his Tianyun Sect will become a joke!
And Zuo Wanqiu, as the daughter of Zuo Nian, the head of the Zuo family, the Sword God of Huangzhou, has a noble status that is not inferior to Huang Shi. She can fully bear this momentum and will not arouse suspicion from others.
Doing so can be said to be the best of both worlds.
The Zuo family achieved its goal and helped Zuo Muxiu and Huang Shi.
And he also stopped Wu Qiming's evil deeds and reached an alliance with the Zuo family.
At the same time, it also destroyed the relationship between Wu Zhongze and Huangyun Sect.
Most importantly, it would not affect the reputation of his Tianyun Sect.
After this incident, it would not be so easy for Wu Zhongze to shake his position as the leader.
Of course, it was a pity for Zuo Wanqiu, the biggest victim in this matter.
For the happiness of his elder brother Zuo Muxiu, he sacrificed his second half of his life in vain.
In fact, he was a little reluctant about this.
But Zuo Wanqiu insisted on doing so, so he had to acquiesce.
Under his secret arrangement, Zuo Wanqiu successfully exchanged with Huang Shi and successfully walked across the Tiandi Bridge with Wu Qiming.
At present, Zuo Wanqiu and Wu Qiming only need to drink the cup of wine to officially become Taoist couples.
At this point, even if Wu Zhongze and Wu Qiming found that he had set them up, they were unwilling to accept it. Under the watchful eyes of the public, they had no choice but to proceed with the ceremony of becoming a couple.
After all, both of them are members of the Tianyun Sect. Even if they disagree with him as the Sect Leader, it is an internal matter.
This is related to the reputation of the Tianyun Sect. He believes that the two of them will know how to make a choice.
Just like he knew that Wu Zhongze promoted Wu Qiming and Huang Shi to become Taoist couples in order to use the power of the Huangyun Sect to shake his position as the Sect Leader, but he still acquiesced.
Sure enough, after Wu Zhongze and Wu Qiming found out that the woman in red makeup in front of them was Zuo Wanqiu, they just looked different, but did not expose her in public.
Wu Qiming glanced at his biological mother Wu Zhongze in a panic. After getting her affirmative answer, he raised his hand holding the wine glass with some trembling.
"My wife, I toast you a glass!" Wu Qiming forced a smile on his face.
In stark contrast to Wu Qiming, Zuo Wanqiu's expression at this time was very calm.
She stared at Duan Qing at the front of the bluestone square for a moment without any expression.
Then he raised his glass calmly, crossed his hands with Wu Qiming's, and drank the wine in the glass happily.
When will I see Xu Xi to comfort my wandering, and not being able to fly makes me perish.
Wanqiu is destined to have no chance with you in this life!