Chronicles of Celestial Origins

Tangning left the cave and waited outside for a long time before he saw Liu Ruhan coming out. He hurriedly greeted her and asked impatiently: "Ruru, what did your master say?"

Liu Ruhan lowered her eyes and said softly: "Master kept me mainly to talk about senior brother. She said a lot of good things to senior brother, wanted me to understand him, and asked me to visit him."

"Then did she talk about me?"

"Master said that your relationship with your senior brother is a matter between you. He advised me to keep it separate."

"I told you a long time ago that it's useless to tell your master about this! Your master has never treated me well, how could he blame your senior brother for me, an outsider? Maybe she thinks I'm instigating you behind your back. What’s the relationship between them?”

"If the master doesn't do it for us, we will just ignore our senior brother from now on."

"That's not good. You should still interact with him as usual. Let's just be careful about him in the future. Since your master asked you to visit him, just go! In this case, let's go now."

"Going now? Will my husband go too?"

Tangning smiled and said, "If I don't go, what if you get into a fight with your senior brother? I can help you scold him on the side. Even if we can't beat him, it's better to scold him with two people than alone, right?" !”

…

Yunyi Valley is located in the northern part of Donglai County. Its peak reaches into the clouds. From a distance, it looks like a stone pillar connecting the sky and the earth.

It was already night when the two came to this valley. A guard on duty took the two to a vast palace and knocked on the stone door.

Soon, the stone door opened, and Su Yuanhua looked pale with a smile on his face: "Junior Sister and Junior Brother Tang are here, please come in quickly."

The two of them entered the inner room and sat down indoors.

"Brother, master asked me to come and see your injury. Are you feeling better now?"

"Junior Sister You are worried. My brother's injury is not serious." Su Yuanhua glanced at Liu Ruhan and looked at Tang Ning. "I feel relieved to see that Junior Brother Tang is fine."

Tangning looked at the gentle smile on his face and replied lukewarmly: "I can't take Senior Brother Su's concerns seriously. Fortunately, I was lucky and didn't die at the hands of the enemy."

Su Yuanhua still had a warm smile on his face. Hearing this, he smiled lightly: "Junior Brother Tang, do you blame me for placing you in the Merchant Alliance team?"

"Senior Brother Su, as the column leader, has his own considerations for what he does. How dare I blame you?"

"Actually, I wanted to have a good talk with Junior Brother Tang about this matter. I made such a decision at that time out of helplessness. Everyone in the column knew about my relationship with Junior Brother Tang. To prevent Wei Yiyuan and others from becoming suspicious, I Only then did he bear the pain and ask Junior Brother Tang to go to his warship in the name of supervisor to clear up his doubts. Otherwise, if he becomes suspicious, the whole plan will fall apart."

"Brother, if you want to make them feel at ease, there is no need to hide it from your husband! Besides, there are so many people in the column, and you chose your husband as the scapegoat. Have you ever considered me in doing so?" Liu Ruhan said coldly.

Su Yuanhua sighed: "What I regret, junior sister, is that I didn't think much about my brother at that time. I only thought about how to complete the plan smoothly. Fortunately, junior brother Tang is safe and sound, otherwise I would really feel guilty."

Seeing his apologetic look, Tang Ning sneered inwardly. He had already seen through his personality and would not be fooled by his fake attitude.

"Senior Brother Su, there is no need to apologize. The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly. The situation was critical at that time. No one can say what will happen at the next moment. You should act cautiously. Besides, I am safe and sound now. On the contrary, it was Senior Brother Su who was injured because of this, so there is no need for this. Feeling guilty."

"It's great that Junior Brother Tang can understand my difficulties. To be honest, I have always been worried that you would hold a grudge because of this. Now that I hear your words, I feel relieved. How is our tenth column doing now?"

"After evacuating from Qianyuan City, the headquarters retreated to Yuanxian County. Later, it was besieged by Mubei demons and was defeated in Yuanxian County. There were less than four monks out of ten. The coalition then arranged for the headquarters to return to Donglai County for rectification. It is now stationed in Mangyue. Shan, new troops have not been replenished yet.”

"Hey! I've also heard about the defeat in Yuanxian County. I didn't expect it to be such a defeat. The most pity is that even the master of Qingwu Camp, Mo Heng's uncle, was killed, causing the Qingzhou Allied Forces to lose another pillar. Yes. Okay, how are the fellow Taoists in our column doing now?"

"In the tenth column, I only know the whereabouts of Fellow Daoist Zhu and Fellow Daoist Kong, but I don't know the whereabouts of the others."

Tangning had a perfunctory conversation with him. After chatting for a while, the two stood up and said goodbye.

…

The sun is shining brightly, there are no clouds in the sky, the breeze is blowing, and I feel relaxed and happy.

In Luzhi County, warships flying the flag of Mubei were meandering.

On the deck of the Leizi ship, Xiao Zhangyuan, commander of Mubei's Fourth Army, stood on the bow of the ship, looking at the mountains in the distance. He pointed at the vast land with high spirits and said: "This land and everything will belong to this headquarters from now on." ”

"Fellow Daoist Xiao, there are still many troops guarding Cangyuan City. We must not underestimate the enemy." An old man with a gray beard behind him said, stroking his white beard.

"Fellow Daoist Wu still doesn't know enough about people like Qingzhou Xuanmen!"

"What do you mean, Fellow Daoist Xiao?"

Xiao Zhangyuan smiled and said: "I have been in Qingzhou for many years, and I know these people's factions very well. The Qingzhou coalition army was defeated by Yuanxian County, and even the chief of Qingwu Camp of Taixuanzong was beheaded. At this moment, he was already as panicked as a lost dog. How could he still think about resisting? ? Fellow Daoist Wu, would you like to make a bet with me?"

"What do you want to bet on, Fellow Daoist Xiao?"

"Believe it or not, our army can capture Cangyuan City without losing a single soldier."

"Oh? What's your clever plan, Fellow Daoist Xiao?"

"I expect that the defenders of Cangyuan City have retreated at this moment, and there is only an empty city left inside. Do you believe it?"

"Does Fellow Daoist Xiao have some information?"

"No."

"Then why are you so sure?"

"If you don't believe it, let's wait and see!"

Not long after Mubei's army marched, a ray of light came from a distance, and they boarded the Leizi ship directly. They came to a few people and saluted: "Senior Xiao, according to the spies' report, the defenders of Cangyuan City stayed up all night yesterday. Everyone has evacuated, and now there is no enemy in Cangyuan City."

"Hahahaha." Xiao Zhangyuan laughed when he heard this: "How is it? Fellow Daoist Wu, Xiao is right!"

"I admire Daoist Fellow Xiao's clever plan. How did Fellow Daoist know that the enemy would hand over this city?"

Xiao Zhangyuan smiled and said: "It's very simple. When I learned about the personnel of the Cangyuan City defenders, I knew that our trip would be effortless. In addition, the advance of the vanguard was too smooth and we did not encounter any decent resistance at all. , I guessed that the other party was going to withdraw without a fight.”

"The Cangyuan City garrison is not the main force of the Qingzhou Allied Forces. Its garrison commander is Yu Zijian, deputy commander of the Qingzhou Fifth Army, who is a disciple of Shangyuan Sect in Jinan County. Most of the monks in the Fifth Army were transferred from Jinan County , including the senior leaders of his army, most of them are local monks in Jinan County."

"Think about it, if a team composed mainly of monks from Jinan County goes to fight in Donglai County and defend Donglai County against the enemy, how can they do their best?"

"What's more, their military strength is insufficient, and the defeat in Yuanxian County has caused people to panic. Under such circumstances, it is impossible to hold on to the isolated city, so I predict that they will flee in panic as soon as the army arrives."

"My dear fellow Taoist Xiao, I admire you." The old man surnamed Wu stroked his beard and said with a smile.

While the two were talking, several more rays of light came from the distance, and several human figures appeared.

"Well, who is this person?" Xiao Zhangyuan asked, looking at a delicate-looking woman sandwiched in the middle by several people.

Among the few people, this woman was the only one not wearing Mubei Allied Army uniforms, so she was very conspicuous.

"Senior, this woman claims to be Wei Yi, the daughter of the head of the Wei family in Luzhi County. She wants to see you for something important." The leader responded.

"Junior Wei Yi pays homage to Senior Xiao." The woman stepped forward and bowed her head.

"What's the matter with you?"

"This junior is here on my father's orders, and I have a secret message to report." The woman turned out a paper file in her hand.

Xiao Zhangyuan took the file and unfolded it and read it for a while, then raised the corner of his mouth slightly: "Your house is quite aware of current affairs."

"As long as senior gives the order, all our people will obey your orders."

"Let me consider this matter. You can take fellow Taoist Wei Yi down to rest first."

"The juniors respectfully await the orders of the seniors and retire first." (End of this chapter)