Chronicles of Celestial Origins

A few days passed by in a flash. Today was the time for the ministry to discuss matters. Tangning left the cave and came to the Zhongzhi Peak Meeting Hall.

Because of Lu Guang, Liu Miao went to the front line of the camp, and Xu Cuiyao was transferred to Jining Island. Currently, the only people who are still in the sect are Zhu Xu, Tang Ning, Zhao Liheng, and Zhang Yan. Chen Xuan took the position a few years ago. Become dead.

Several people took their seats and chatted a few things about the sect.

Not long after, Zhu Xu came, walked to the main seat and sat down, and said: "Junior brothers are all here, let's get started! There are two main things today."

"This is the first thing. Junior Brother Tang has returned to the sect. At present, our department is short of manpower. Junior Brother Tang, you will be responsible for the intelligence liaison of the department and the summary of the intelligence room! It is your old job. This will facilitate your affairs. Also familiar."

Tangning nodded and said hello.

"The second thing is that news came from the Jiangdong Intelligence Station that a disciple of his station disappeared after tracking and investigating a monk of unknown origin. It is now confirmed that he was killed. After the third team of operations went to investigate, the captain Qian Wenzhong was killed again. Junior Brother Zhang, you Just go there and find out the details.”

Zhang Yan nodded in agreement.

"Junior Brother Zhao, for the two disciples who were killed this time, check whether they have wives and children in the sect, and provide appropriate subsidies."

Zhao Liheng said: "Yu Ziwen, the head of the Jiangdong Intelligence Station, received news from Xuan Ying yesterday that the disciple Xu Qiang who was killed in their station had a son outside, who was born to a female casual cultivator. His name is Xu Hengsheng. He is still young. This A famous female cultivator made a request, hoping that her son could join the sect."

Zhu Xu nodded and said: "Then wait until the next time the sect makes a big move! Then go and say hello to the Academic Affairs Section of the Foreign Affairs Academy."

"Okay." Zhao Liheng responded.

"Junior brothers, if you have nothing else to do, let this discussion end here!"

Zhao Liheng and Zhang Yan stood up and left. When Zhu Xu saw that Tang Ning hadn't left yet, he asked, "Junior Brother Tang, is there anything else you can do?"

"I have a small matter to discuss with Senior Brother Zhu. Does Senior Brother Zhu know about the disciple Xu Qiyuan?"

"Xu Qiyuan?" Zhu Xu said, "I remember him. Didn't you recommend him to join the Information Department?"

"Yes, he came to see me last night." Tangning immediately told the whole story of last night.

Zhu Xu frowned and said, "What do you suspect?"

Tang Ning said: "I just think something is wrong with him, so be careful! I have turned many Demon Sect disciples against me, so I am more sensitive to this aspect than the average person."

Zhu Xu nodded and said: "I received news that in recent years, the Demon Sect has set up an intelligence team specifically to target the infiltration of our sect."

Tang Ning remained silent. He didn't want Xu Qiyuan to be a chess piece planted by the Demon Sect. After all, he personally recruited him. However, his reaction was indeed too abnormal. He wanted to get into the Silver Fox Intelligence Station, but he hesitated. I can't explain why.

If it was really a trick of the Demon Sect, Xu Qingwan would have no choice but to apologize.

"Come here." Zhu Xu shouted.

As soon as he finished speaking, a man walked in from the door. He was a disciple of the aircraft support team on duty. He bowed and saluted: "Uncle, what are your orders?"

"Go and summon Wei Hua, the captain of the first team."

"Yes." The man took the order and left.

About a stick of incense later, a man with a square face and a broad mouth strode in from outside, saluted Zhu Xu and said, "Disciple Wei Hua pays homage to Senior Brother Zhu. I don't know what the Master has to do with calling this disciple here."

"Xu Qiyuan is a disciple of your first action team! What do you think of him?"

"I wonder which aspect Uncle Master is referring to?"

"Tell me about his usual behavior! Is there anything unusual?"

Wei Hua said doubtfully: "He is quite normal on weekdays. The disciples didn't notice anything unusual."

"How's your relationship with him?"

"It's just an ordinary relationship. It can't be said to be good, so it's certainly not bad."

"Has he ever asked you about departmental trends or operational details?"

Wei Hua replied: "Well, it doesn't seem to be the case. Is Uncle Master doubting him?"

"From now on, you have to keep a closer eye on him. If you find any abnormal behavior on his part, report it directly to Junior Brother Tang."

"yes."

Tang Ning said: "We are just taking precautions before they happen. We are not convinced that there is something wrong with Xu Qiyuan. Only you and I know about this matter. We must not leak it. You can only investigate secretly and secretly. Don't let anyone know about it."

"Yes, disciple knows."

"Go ahead!"

"Disciple, please leave." Wei Hua turned around and left the hall.

Tangning also left one after another and returned to the cave.

Life in the sect has been uneventful. Since Tang Ning took charge of intelligence collection and summarizing affairs, she went to the office every day to send and receive messages from various intelligence stations, and then went to the intelligence room to compile them into a book.

Several years passed in a flash. During this period, the Xuanmen and the Demons were relatively calm. No major war broke out, but small-scale battles continued. Occasionally, the Demon Sect plundered a resource under the Xuanmen, or the Xuanmen pulled out a piece of the Demon Sect. industry.

On this day, Tang Ning was sitting cross-legged in the cave, with little white snakes surrounding him. Suddenly, the storage bag around his waist trembled. He opened his eyes, took out a little of the formation plate, and took a picture of the talisman floating in the thick fog in his hand. , his spiritual consciousness entered, and a voice sounded in his mind.

Tangning stood up and patted the little white snake on the head. The little white snake understood, shrunk and got into the spirit beast bag. He flashed out of the cave.

Outside the thick fog, Tao Yong saw him disappearing and falling in front of him, and he quickly bowed and saluted: "Uncle Tang, master, please come to the house to have a talk."

"Let's go!"

The two of them came to Zhu Xu Cave Mansion one after another and entered the inner room. Zhu Xu sat cross-legged inside and smiled slightly: "Junior Brother Tang is here, sit down!"

Tang Ning took her seat as instructed and said, "I wonder what Senior Brother Zhu wants to do when he calls me here?"

Zhu Xu said: "You must have read the last intelligence report from Junior Brother Du! I communicated with Uncle Tong through Xuan Ying and received his reply today. He means to ask you to make a trip. Secret resolve the matter."

"Is this something about Beiyuan Cao's family?" Tang Ning asked.

Half a month ago, the Silver Fox Intelligence Station submitted a dossier with intelligence information about the Beiyuan Cao family.

The incident began with a piece of news coming from Youmei Sect's Xisaku. A disciple within the Youmei Sect who was responsible for affairs in Beiyuan was ordered by the elders of Youmei Sect to instigate rebellion against a certain family in Beiyuan, but the specific identity of that person was unknown. It's not very clear.

So the Silver Fox Intelligence Station launched a secret investigation into various families in Beiyuan. According to information from the Cao family in Beiyuan, Cao Ruixian, the head of the Cao family, has been out frequently recently. Combined with the intelligence information carefully compiled by the Youmei Sect, Du Yuankai concluded that the Demon Sect was instigating a rebellion against the Cao family.

Cao Ruixian's recent frequent outings should be to meet with the rebel disciples of the Demon Sect. The Cao family may change its banner at any time and directly defect to the Demon Sect.

Now, almost half of Beiyuan is occupied by the Demon Sect, and the Cao family's sphere of influence spans the east and west parts of Beiyuan, bordering the Demon Sect.

Therefore, it is very likely that he is the target of rebellion by the Demon Sect.

Tang Ning and Cao Ruixian also had a relationship. Back then, he was ordered to go to Beiyuan to escort supplies. It was the Cao family who relied on their local power and a large family to delay the delivery of the training materials.

He and others went to visit him, but they waited outside the house for a quarter of an hour. His arrogant attitude left a deep impression on him.

Zhu Xu said: "Now it is basically certain that Cao Ruixian and the Mo Sect have been secretly communicating. It is only a matter of time before he changes his ways and joins the Mo Sect. Moreover, based on his recent movements and frequent meetings with the rebel disciples of the Mo Sect, it is extremely possible. , he will soon turn his back on Xuanmen.”

"Junior brother Zhang Yan should be responsible for this matter. Considering that Cao Ruixian is a late-stage foundation-building monk, his cultivation is insufficient and his strength is insufficient, so Uncle Tong named you to handle this matter."

Tang Ning asked, "When should I leave?"

"We will set off tomorrow and report to Master Tong first."

"Okay." Tang Ning responded, said goodbye, and went to the intelligence room that night to carefully read all the information about the Cao family that the intelligence station had collected over the years.

The next day, he left the sect and walked for more than a day before arriving at the Yingxia Mountain camp. He waved his hand and handed the talisman inside.

Not long after, the light curtain melted to create a gap, and Tang Ning flashed into the inner room. She came to Tong Quan'an's room behind the stone hall and handed the talisman inside.

The stone door swung open and he quickly stepped inside. He sat cross-legged on the futon and Tong Quan'an bowed and saluted: "Disciple pays homage to Master."

Tong Quan'an nodded slightly and said with a smile: "I felt a little sorry when I heard that you were killed. Then I heard that you were not dead. I guess you must have experienced a lot of disasters in life and death. Being able to turn danger into safety shows that you are a blessed person! Blessing is the most rare thing for us monks, and it is more precious than any treasure in the world."

"Thanks to my uncle Hongfu, I'm lucky to be alive."

Tong Quan'an said: "I can leave the Cao family's affairs to Lu Guang, but just in case, for the sake of caution, I decided to choose you to solve the matter. First, your personal strength is definitely better than Lu Guang, so if he If so, you may not be able to deal with Cao Ruixian. On the other hand, you are familiar with intelligence work and have worked at the Silver Fox Intelligence Station. This time you are back to your old job. How do you plan to handle this matter? "

Tang Ning said: "I dare to ask my uncle, is this matter going to be carried out secretly and only for Cao Ruixian personally, or is it going to be done in a big way and collude with the Demon Sect's clan to kill the Cao family."

Tong Quan'an said: "The situation is no longer what it used to be. Although Cao Ruixian is guilty of collusion with the Demon Sect, the Cao family has not openly betrayed the sect. It is not appropriate to cause a storm in the city and panic among the people."

Tang Ning said: "In this case, we just secretly assassinate Cao Ruixian and re-elect one of the several foundation-building monks of the Cao family to be the head of the family. As long as we control this person, we can control the Cao family not to defect to the Demon Sect."

Tong Quan'an nodded and said, "What's the plan?"

"Yesterday, I looked through all the files about the Cao family in the intelligence room and thought that Cao Ziyuan is the most suitable candidate. There has always been a rift between him and Cao Ruixian, and Cao An and Cao An are uncles and brothers, and they have a very close relationship. "

"Cao An is a disciple of the sect. You can send him to lobby. As long as you can convince Cao Ziyuan and push him to the position of head of the Cao family, you don't have to worry about the Cao family's betrayal."

Tong Quan'an nodded and said: "Let's do it like this! I will talk to Cao An and let him assist you."

"Yes, disciple, take your leave."