Chronicles of Celestial Origins

"Okay, let's not talk about this matter for the time being. In addition, Tang has another matter that he wants to discuss with your lord." Tang Ning did not want to cause too much trouble here, so she put aside the matter for the time being.

"Several Taoist friends know that the rebels previously occupied Xuantang City and caused great harm to the resources and areas under our jurisdiction. Now, although the seeds of various spiritual herbs have been re-sown, it will take a long time to mature, and The medicinal herbs in the spiritual veins of your sect have not been damaged and are growing normally."

"The headquarters hopes that your sect can sell part of it to us. Is that possible?"

Du Yuanhai pondered and said: "All the spiritual veins under our sect and the elixirs grown are purchased by the Qianxuan Chamber of Commerce. The two parties have signed a contract. Our sect cannot make the decision unilaterally in this matter, otherwise we will have to pay high price for breach of contract. In this way Come on! Fellow Taoist Tang, please ask your department and the Qianxuan Chamber of Commerce to say hello first. If they agree, our sect will be fine. "

Tang Ning sneered and said, "Young Daoist Du, couldn't you use the Qianxuan Chamber of Commerce to try to offend me? As far as I know, your sect's previous elixir sales had been mostly with the Canglang sect. Now that the Canglang sect has been wiped out, your sect is looking for someone so quickly." Joined the Qianxuan Chamber of Commerce and signed a contract with them? "

"Indeed, if fellow Taoist Tang doesn't believe it, our sect can now find out the contract signed with the Qianxuan Chamber of Commerce and show it to fellow Taoist Tang."

"In that case, forget it. As if I haven't been here today, everyone, please take your leave." Tangning stood up and said expressionlessly.

"I'll see off fellow Taoist Tang." Du Yuanhai also stood up one after another, and several people filed out of the hall.

"Fellow Taoist Tang, I'm really sorry. Our sect really can't take charge of the matter of the elixir. Let us discuss the matter of trade routes." Outside the light curtain, Du Yuanhai said with an apology.

"Forget it, since your lord doesn't want to, we can't force others to do anything, so we'll leave." Tangning replied perfunctorily, and flew away in the sky.

Seeing his figure disappear, Du Yuanhai's expression gradually turned gloomy and sank.

"Hmph, this Tang Ning came to our sect to fight the autumn wind last time and took the spirit stones for tax. Today she wants to take advantage again. She really treats our sect as a persimmon they can rub at will." Yuan Yi Dianzhang Zhang Yang looked unhappy. , snorted coldly.

Xu Chang, the master of Qingxuan Hall, frowned slightly: "Looking at this person's behavior, he can be described as arrogant, domineering and cruel. Last time, because the Mirror Moon Sect refused to exchange trade routes with them, Tang Ning and his men blatantly blocked his trade routes. , and severely injured Fang Liang, the leader of the Jingyue Sect, and he vomited blood. He is still lying in bed recovering from his injuries. I am worried that if we offended him this time, he will take action against our sect soon."

Zhang Yang said angrily: "Nowadays, it is really lawless. Tang Ning openly injured the leader of the Jingyue Sect, but no one held him accountable. He was still allowed to dominate. It is really abominable."

"Nowadays, the situation has changed greatly. Donglai County is no longer the Donglai County it used to be. The Taixuan Sect is the dominant family. The Jingyue Sect has been very docile and low-key since its surrender. Without the power to check and balance, they are not just Lawless?"

"Warn all departments, especially the disciples outside, to be careful not to offend Taixuan Sect. Even if they come to provoke you, they must endure it and not act rashly."

The three of them turned around and entered the formation, and Du Yuanhai spoke.

The two nodded yes.

In Fengji Mountain, where the Fourth Brigade was stationed, in the majestic cave, Tang Ning and Xu Yuan exchanged a few words and took their seats.

"The Liuyun Sect won't eat the toast, so it's time to show them off." Tang Ning briefly told the whole story.

"What's the order from Lieutenant Tang?" Xu Yuan is an old man in the regiment. As a new junior, he is ashamed of being commensurate with his senior brothers and always calls him "Deputy Captain".

"I want the disciples of the Fourth Brigade to cause some friction with them first, and then intervene and force Liuyun Sect to agree to our conditions."

"I understand, come here." Xu Yuan shouted, and a disciple from outside pushed the door open and bowed and saluted: "Master, what do you want me to do?"

"Call Xu Xing."

"Yes." The disciple responded and left.

Not long after, a tall and handsome man came in from outside. It was Xu Xing, the deputy captain of the Fourth Brigade.

"Disciple pays homage to Uncle Tang." Xu Xing bowed and saluted. As the grandson of Xu Yuan, he naturally would not be so open to each other, so he only saluted Tang Ning.

"Xing'er, Deputy Captain Tang is here. He has a task that needs to be completed by our headquarters. I will leave this matter to you!" Xu Yuan said.

"Yes, Uncle Tang, please give me your instructions."

"The Liuyun Sect is a bit disobedient and needs to be beaten. You go and add some trouble to them, but don't make it too big. You can control the proportion yourself. Anyway, I need an excuse to step in and give them some color."

"Disciple knows, I will take care of it immediately."

"Senior Brother Xu, I'll take my leave first. Xu Xing, if there is any progress, you can just go to the Tianniu Mountains to report to me. There is no need to trouble Senior Brother Xu."

"yes."

Tang Ning left the Fourth Brigade and returned to the Tianniu Mountains.

…

Yuanxian County, Nether Sea Branch, Xu Wenruo and Xue Jing sat opposite each other in a dark room.

"That's what happened. Ma Shouyang disappeared. Combining multiple clues, I suspect that there are high-level officials in the Yuanxian County branch involved in corruption in Xuantang City."

After hearing this, Xu Wenruo pondered for a while and said: "If it is as you speculated that Ma Shouyang killed Wei Ting, do you think he would not be on guard against the people behind the scenes and kill him to silence him?"

Xue Jingdao: "So the people behind the scenes carefully planned and designed this so-called trap of the materials left behind by the Qianjia Sect. Ma Shouyang must not have known about it. He became greedy and wanted to secretly take away the materials left behind by the Qianjia Sect, so he fell behind the scenes. In the trap of others.”

"Ma Shouyang's cultivation is not weak, but we did not find any traces of fighting near Yueming Lake, and the witnessing monks who passed by that day said that there was a trace of space tearing hundreds of feet long around Yueming Lake. Therefore, we inferred that it was a refining Monk Xu took action and killed him at Yueming Lake."

Xu Wenruo said: "How can the people behind the scenes be sure that Ma Shouyang will sneak out of Haimang Mountain? If Ma Shouyang can't afford to be greedy, wouldn't all his hard work be in vain? Once he is found out, both sides will definitely suffer."

"Besides, Xuantang City is Ma Shouyang's territory. It's not easy to carefully plan a flawless drama and hide it from Ma Shouyang."

"As you said just now, Ma Shouyang is more cautious in his actions. How could he commit a crime despite the supervision team's investigation of a corruption case?"

Xue Jing said: "Then what do you think is going on?"

"I'm not sure. There may be key clues that we have missed, so all the inferences have obvious logical loopholes. I think we still have to break through from within Xuantang City. If it is as you guessed, Ma Shouyang was tricked by the senior management of the headquarters. If it’s harmful, then there must be someone inside Xuantang City who is cooperating with this behind-the-scenes helmsman.”

"Yes." Xue Jingjing nodded: "Okay, I will continue to investigate other corruption matters in Xuantang City. We already have several clues."

"I will check who has left the headquarters during this time. Leave the matters here to me. If there is any news, I will pass it on to you. Over in Xuantang City, we must focus on investigating Ding Jianyang and Wu Chong. Wei As the person in charge of business affairs, Ting has been reselling elixirs for so many years. Wouldn't Ding Jianyang, who is in charge of finance, and Wu Chong, who is in charge of business, not notice at all? "I think there is something wrong with these two people."

"Okay, I understand."

…

In the blink of an eye, more than ten days passed by in the blink of an eye. In Xuantangli City, in front of the majestic and majestic attic, more than ten monks were arguing fiercely. One was wearing Taixuan Sect costumes, and the other was wearing Liuyun Sect costumes. They were divided into two groups. Faint confrontation.

"The slaves of the three surnames of Liuyun Sect dare to bark and talk arrogantly here. If it weren't for the mercy of this sect, your sect would have been uprooted long ago." A disciple wearing Taixuan Sect clothes said loudly.

The disciples of Liuyun Sect were all flushed, and they dared to get angry but did not dare to speak. One of them couldn't help but retorted: "What's so great about Taixuan Sect? It only bullies the weak. A few grown men bully a weak woman of our sect. Don’t you feel ashamed on your face?”

"Forget it, Junior Brother Yan, don't argue with them, let's go." Another Liuyun Sect disciple stepped forward and pulled him away.

The Taixuanzong disciple here winked, and the other person suddenly got angry and punched the man.

Everyone in the Liuyun Sect was unprepared. They didn't expect that he would suddenly attack in broad daylight within the jurisdiction of the city.

"careful."

"Be careful, Senior Brother Yan."

With a few shouts, the man flew out and a mouthful of blood spurted out.

"You dare to hurt people." Everyone in Liuyun Sect was furious.

"Don't do it, don't do it, calm down." The man headed by Liuyun Sect shouted quickly, but the situation was already out of control.

A Liuyun Sect monk turned around and attacked the Taixuan Sect disciple who was hurting someone. Soon, such movement attracted the escort team of the Chamber of Commerce in charge of the city.

After Xu Xing reported the incident, Tang Ning immediately led two teams directly under him to Xuantangli City and destroyed the shop belonging to the Liuyun Sect.