After Tang Ning returned to the column, she first met with the commander of the regiment, Shi Shou, and then returned to the headquarters group.

After the last war, the rebels retreated to Luzhi County. Both sides suffered heavy casualties and entered a rest period, so the war temporarily came to an end.

The days in Qianyuan City were as peaceful as water, and a few months passed by in the blink of an eye.

In front of the meeting hall of the Fourth Wing, a ray of light came out, revealing the figure of Shi Shou, and sitting inside was an old man with slightly white temples, wearing the costume of the Xingyue Sect.

"Fellow Daoist Shi, I take the liberty of disturbing you." The old man stood up and bowed his head.

"Friend Zhong Dao wants to see me, but I don't know why?" Shi Shou walked to the top and sat down.

"Our sect has a case that we would like to ask your Taoist friend Tang Ning to cooperate with in the investigation. I wonder if I can invite him to come over and have a meeting?"

"Case? What case?"

"It's like this. A casual cultivator of Shao Hui killed Zhang Yang, a disciple of our sect. When we were arresting him and taking him away, we were rescued by a mysterious man. During the fight, we also destroyed a Xuanling vessel.

The boat injured several disciples of our sect. Through investigation, we learned that Shao Hui has many contacts with fellow Taoist Tang Ning, so I came to find out more."

Shi Shou frowned slightly: "Do you, Daoyou Zhong, suspect that Tang Ning is that mysterious person?"

"We are simply here to understand the situation. Before that, our sect had sent someone to contact Taoist Hao Jianren, the director of Guizong's Xuantangcheng branch. He said that Taoist Tang Ning was working in your department and was temporarily

It is not at their disposal, so our sect sent me to negotiate with your department."

"Come here." Shi Shou called out, and a monk came in from outside: "Senior, what are your orders?"

"Go and summon Tangning."

"Yes." Male

The disciple left in response. Not long after, Tang Ning came to the meeting hall and saw the Xingyue Sect's God Transformation monk sitting below. He had a calm expression on his face and bowed to Shi Shou: "Disciple pays homage to Master."

"Tang Ning, this is Fellow Daoist Zhong Xuan, the head of Xingyue Sect's branch in Qianyuan City. He has something to ask you about."

"I wonder what's wrong with Senior Zhong?"

Zhong Xuan gestured to the Xingyue Sect disciple who was accompanying him, and the man stepped forward and said: "Fellow Taoist Tang, this is Zhuang Zijian. Our sect has sent me to investigate the case of Shao Hui, a casual cultivator in Xuantang City, who killed Zhang Yang, a disciple of our sect. I have several questions.

I would like to ask. As far as we know, fellow Taoist and Shao Hui have a close relationship. They have known each other since early in Jingyuan Pavilion, and he was in the alchemy hall. You also provided him with herbs for alchemy. Is this true?"

"yes."

"Then what is your relationship with Shao Hui?"

"It doesn't matter. When I was the director of Jingyuan Pavilion, he was an alchemist under the headquarters industry. I happened to be in charge of that industry, and we got to know each other from time to time. Later he found me and hoped that I would provide him with some alchemy herbs.

, he paid me a portion of the alchemy proceeds. Until he found a new partner, we had no contact."

"We inquired and learned that fellow Taoist Tang realized a magical power of heaven and earth when he advanced to the realm of Nascent Soul. At that time, a golden sun rose and covered the sky. I heard that you were participating in the banquet competition of the seniors of Guizong Baijintang in Yuanxian County.

At that time, he relied on his strong physical ability and this magical power to defeat the heroes, is it true?"

…

"What do you want to say, fellow Taoist Zhuang?"

"Shao Hui was rescued by a mysterious man. This man had a late Yuanying cultivation level. During the fight, he also used

He has a powerful magical power called the Golden Full Sun, and his body is extremely tough, and he can smash the magic weapon to pieces with his bare hands. We just went to your guard hall to find out, you left here on the tenth day of July, and you left here on August 23rd.

Come back, and the disciple came specially from Xuantang City to meet you here on the tenth day of the seventh lunar month."

Tang Ning's face was expressionless: "Let's not talk about whether what you said is true or not. There are countless magical powers in the world of spiritual practice. Just because someone else's body is tough, he used the Golden Full Sun technique. There is no human or physical evidence. Only the noble sect

Based on the oral description of the fight by several disciples, your sect concluded that it was me who rescued Shao Hui. Isn't it ridiculous?"

"According to Guizong's reasoning, if there is a murder case in our sect, and there are witnesses who see the other party using the flying sword magic weapon, my sect will go to your sect to find a random person who has the flying sword magic weapon, and slander him as the murderer.

Is it reasonable?"

Zhuang Zijian said: "Fellow Taoist Tang is really eloquent. Since Taoist friend believes that he is innocent, can you tell me where you were from the tenth of July to the twenty-third of August?"

"If you have evidence, please bring it out directly. As for my personal matters, I have no comment."

"Fellow Taoist Tang, paper cannot hide fire. Although you are very cautious, since we have found you, we will definitely find out the truth of the matter. If you can take the initiative to tell Shao Hui where he is hiding, we can still discuss it.

room."

Tang Ning sneered and said: "What a great prestige. The Xingyue Sect is so capable, why don't they dare to go to the front line to fight with the rebels with real swords and guns? They only show their prestige on these stupid things, or do you think you are ready at any time?"

Ready to defect

Are you ready? I would like to advise your sect that people on both ends of the spectrum will not end well in the end."

As soon as he finished speaking, Shi Shou suddenly said, "I know about this. The reason Tangning went out some time ago was because the headquarters had a private mission that was entrusted to him to complete."

"I would like to ask, senior, what mission has been assigned by your department? Is it a mission in this city or a mission to Xuantang City?"

Shi Shou slammed the table, with an angry look on his face, and shouted sternly: "You Xingyue Sect are too presumptuous. Do I need to report any tasks to you? Who do you think you are? Do you want me to explain the secret tasks of our headquarters to you? Fellow Daoist Zhong, do you want me to report to you?"

The disciples of the sect are really ignorant of the world. I don’t care if you are treated as a guest. You can leave! You are not welcome in this headquarters. Please don’t bother me again next time.”

Zhuang Zijian's expression changed slightly, while Kui Xuan stood up and strode out expressionlessly.

It wasn't until the two of them left the main hall and disappeared into the distance that Tangning said, "Thank you so much, uncle, for speaking up to defend your disciple."

Shi Shou would help him cover at this time, which really surprised him.

"It's a small matter. I have been patient with the Xingyue Sect for a long time. What do they think they are? They dare to come here to question the disciples of our sect. Hmm, if I hadn't been worried about looking bad, I would have taught that boy a lesson.

You don’t have to worry, you are a disciple of the sect and you serve in the headquarters, so even if they have the guts, they won’t dare to do anything to you.”

…

"With the protection of the sect and the master uncle, the disciples don't have to worry about the Xingyue Sect."

"What happened to the Shao Hui they were talking about? Did you really do it?"

"Shao Hui had a wife who was raped by Zhang Yang, a disciple of Xingyue Sect. Shao Hui was angry and executed her.

Kill." Tangning did not directly answer whether she did it.

Shi Shou nodded and did not ask any more questions: "Go ahead! If the Xingyue Sect still comes to harass you, you don't have to pay attention."

"Yes, disciple, take your leave." Tang Ning left the hall and left.

He had already expected that the Xingyue Sect would find him, but he had no fear at all. With his status as a Taixuan Sect disciple and no evidence, the Xingyue Sect could do nothing to him.

Just to take a step back, even if the Xingyue Sect has conclusive evidence, so what? He didn’t kill the Xingyue Sect’s disciples, so how dare the Xingyue Sect to deal with the Taixuan Sect’s disciples privately? At most, it would be through pressure from the sect.

, punish him.

Nowadays, the relationship between the sect and the Xingyue Sect is very bad. Even if the Xingyue Sect has conclusive evidence to sue the sect, the higher-ups may not take it seriously.

As long as he doesn't get stolen by someone on the spot, with his current status and connections, he doesn't have to worry about Xingyue Sect finding trouble.

…

"Uncle Master, let's just forget it?" Zhuang Zijian was unwilling to give up.

"You have seen that Shi Shou clearly intended to protect him just now. You also know our relationship with Taixuanzong now. Besides, this son has a certain background in Taixuanzong. Without conclusive evidence, we should not act rashly."

"Perhaps we can ask the sect to put pressure on Taixuan Sect."

"For Shao Hui who was rescued, do you think it's possible without direct evidence? Stop thinking about these things and catch Shao Hui first."

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