Chronicles of Celestial Origins

Tang Ning took her seat and waved her hands, "No need to be polite, please take a seat!"

Everyone took their seats as instructed. There were a total of twelve people in the room, including Xu Zilong, who were in charge of various ministries and departments under His Majesty Xuande. Among them, there were three people from the Zhenfu Department, two people from the Staff Department, two people from the Palm Print Department, three people from the Supervision Department, and three people from the Punishment Department. Two people from the prison department.

Four of these twelve people hold important positions in the ministry, namely Xu Zilong, the deacon of the Town and Provisions Department, Ma Yuanze, the deacon of the Supervision Department, Liu Ang, the inspector of the Military Staff Department, and Zheng Chang, the inspector of the Penal and Prison Department.

The remaining eight people are also "outstanding disciples" of various ministries. They are either the successors of the next ministry deacon, or strong contenders for the next ministry inspector or deacon.

These people actually represent Tong Quan'an's foundation in Xuande Hall.

More than ten people were seated on the left and right sides of the long table, ranked according to their status. The first person on the left was Xu Zilong, the first person on the right was Ma Yuanze, the deacon of the Supervision Department, and the second person on the left was the inspector of the Staff Department. Liu Ang, second from the right, Inspector Zheng Chang of the Prison Department.

The rest of the people are also arranged in order according to their level of cultivation.

After everyone sat down, they all turned their heads to look at Tang Ning, who was sitting at the head of the table. There was silence in the room, just waiting for him to speak.

Tang Ning smiled and picked up the wine glass: "Today I would like to thank you all by borrowing flowers to offer to the Buddha. Without your support before, how could I have been elected to the Xuande Hall? I hope you will continue to support me in the future. I would like to thank you in advance."

After saying that, he drank it all in one gulp, and everyone followed suit and drank it all in one gulp. They all said, "I will obey Uncle Tang's order."

The banquet ended happily, and everyone returned to the cave without mentioning it.

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The next day, in the meeting hall of Xuande Hall, deacons from various departments sat in their seats, occasionally whispering to each other. Until the quarter past midnight, Tang Ning came in from the outside, and several people hurriedly stood up and saluted.

After Tang Ning arrived at the main seat, she waved her hand and motioned for several people to take their seats.

The five people present were Xu Zilong, the deacon of the Town Government Department, Ma Yuanze, the deacon of the Supervision Department, Fang Xiaoyuan, the deacon of the Warfare Department, Liu Xian, the deacon of the Prison Department, and Wang Guorang, the deacon of the Palm Print Department.

Among them, Xu Zilong and Ma Yuan are Tong Quan'an's confidants.

Fang Xiaoyuan, Liu Xian, and Guo Rang were all close confidants of Luo Qingshui.

Tang Ning said, "I am new here and I don't know much about the affairs of Xuande Hall. When you go back, please sort out the archives of your respective ministries and departments over the past ten years and give them to me."

"Yes." Several people responded.

"No matter what rules and plans Palace Master Tong made before, everything will remain the same from now on. I only ask for one thing. Any action must be reported in a clear file. Now let's talk about the situation of your respective departments."

Xu Zilong was the first to say: "There are fifty-two disciples in this sect, including four foundation-building monks. This year, they have received 80,000 spirit stones. So far, there have been a total of seven trials of sect disciples violating laws and regulations, and two more. The trial for arresting casual cultivators."

Liu Xian, the deacon of the Prison Department, immediately said: "This department has a total of forty-three disciples and four foundation-building monks. This year, it has received 70,000 spiritual stones in funding. So far..."

Everyone spoke one by one and told the basic situation of their respective departments.

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Dark clouds covered the moon and heavy rain poured down.

On a remote and uninhabited hill, a ray of light shot out, revealing the figure of a burly middle-aged man. He looked around warily and headed towards the cave ahead.

It was dark inside, and you couldn't see your fingers. Only the sound of tiny insects could be heard. There was a person sitting cross-legged on the stone wall in the corner, with a handsome face and a slightly thin figure.

"Why is it you?" The man's expression changed slightly. Although the sight here was dark, he could still see clearly with his eyesight. The person who came was none other than Tangning.

After he was promoted to the head of Xuande Hall, he took over the affairs of Xuande Hall, including some senior insiders.

Tong Quan'an has been in charge of the Secret Academy for more than a hundred years, and has been in charge of the Xuande Hall for decades. He has control over many confidential matters. There are several senior insiders whose identities are only known to him and the headmaster.

When Tang Ning was elected as the head of Xuande Hall and visited him, he informed him of all the identities and contact information of these people.

The person in front of me is named Tao Mingjie. He is a disciple of the Youmei Sect. He is in the middle stage of foundation building and is now responsible for specific matters in the western part of the Central Plains. It is worth mentioning that he was originally a disciple of the Youmei Sect who escaped from Laogang. It took Tong Quan'an a long time to instigate him. A lot of effort.

He is currently the highest-level craftsman among the members of the original Youmei Sect. Although his cultivation is only in the middle stage of foundation building, he is quite trusted by the senior officials of Youmei Sect. If he can further improve his cultivation in the future and enter the center of Youmei Sect, It will be a big help to Qian Yizong.

Because of this, Tangning came to see him in person.

The reason why he turned his back on the Youmei Sect was because the salary from the Youmei Sect was too low, which was far from enough for him to practice elixirs. At that time, he was at the tenth level of Qi refining, a critical period for foundation building, but he did not have the necessary resources to build the foundation. A corresponding item.

It happened that Xu Yunian, the son of the head of the Xu family in Longyou, had foundation-building pills and other items on his body, and he was furious.

Because Xu Yunian only has the ninth level of Qi refining, which is far from foundation building! Because the family is rich, they acquired this thing early to prepare for the foundation.

And he worked hard and practiced diligently for decades, and finally reached the tenth level of Qi Refining, but he couldn't even supply pills, let alone foundation-building materials.

He was jealous and resentful, and for his own sake, he took a desperate risk, ambushed and killed Xu Yunian, and robbed Xu Yunian of his belongings, including the Foundation Building Pill, Marrow Cleansing Pill, Yunshui Formation and other items, thus successfully building the Foundation.

But he didn't know that Tong Quan'an was planning all of this. At that time, after the Youmei Sect annexed the Corpse Puppet Sect, it made a comeback and had just occupied the western part of the Chu Kingdom. However, the Qianyi Sect knew nothing about the Youmei Sect and had no idea about it. Without any inside information, Tong Quan'an was the head of the Secret Academy, so he started this rebellion.

At that time, he instigated a rebellion against four Youmei Sect disciples. These four were former Youmei Sect disciples, and they were all at the tenth level of Qi refining. Because they had no backing in Youmei Sect, they were not taken seriously, and they did not have many meritorious deeds. , so their salaries were extremely low, so Tong Quan'an selected them to instigate rebellion.

Three of them were successfully instigated to rebel, but only one had an accident and was eventually assassinated by Tong Quan'an.

Among the three, only Tao Jie succeeded in building the foundation, while the other two died after failing to build the foundation.

The reason why Tao Jie knew that Xu Yunian had the things needed to build the foundation was because Huang Xiong told him. Huang Xiong was a former disciple of the Corpse Puppet Sect and later became a disciple of the Youmei Sect. He worked with Tao Jie at that time. The chief minister of Longyou Nannan acts under his command, and his other identity is Qian Yizong Xizuo.

He was ordered to tell Tao Jie the news, and he also tricked and hinted him to ambush Xu Yunian and rob his finances.

After Tao Jie couldn't resist the temptation and killed Xu Yunian, Tong Quan'an took action. He had already sent people to keep an eye on Tao Jie and obtained conclusive evidence that he killed Xu Yunian.

Within the Youmei Sect, those who killed the disciples of the cultivating family and robbed their finances would be punished by death. Tong Quan'an took advantage of him and successfully instigated his rebellion. Since then, he has become the Qianyi Sect's lurking member of the Youmei Sect. One of the fine works.

Over the years, Tong Quan'an spent a lot of effort on him, including providing him with many pills and spiritual stones every year.

"Let me introduce myself first! My name is Tang Ning. Palace Master Tong asked me to come and meet you. If anything happens in the future, please contact me directly. The previous contact channels remain unchanged," Tang Ning said.

"Where's Senior Tong! Why are you here instead?" Tao Jie asked warily.

"He has resigned from the position of Xuande Palace and passed away soon. Now I will take up this position. From now on, we will have a single line of contact."

"What?" Tao Jie was slightly surprised: "Senior Tong..."

"In the future, if there is no emergency or special matter, you will send news every three months. Has the Youmei Sect taken any action recently?"

"I'm not in the base camp, and I don't know many things clearly. However, there have been some unusual situations recently. As far as I know, the disciple in charge of foreign trade matters in the sect has arrived in the Central Plains on the third day of this month. This person's name is Yang Zicheng, and he is the leader. His confidant is mainly responsible for handling business transactions with Duanjishanfang City. Logically speaking, he shouldn’t be here frequently.”

"Any clues?".

"It's still unclear. I suspect that he may have been ordered to rebel against a practicing family, because I got the news that he settled in the Yingxia Mountain camp, but in just one month, he went out three times, and he went out three to four times each time. Returning from Japan, in such a short time, including the journey back and forth, he can only wander around the territory of Chu."

"If it's a matter of commodity trade, he won't be here alone, and there won't be frequent exchanges, so I think he might be here under a secret order."

Tang Ning asked, "Who do you think he is trying to incite rebellion against?"

Tao Jie said: "With his status, he comes here in person and has frequent contacts. If he really wants to instigate rebellion against the cultivating family, it can only be the Wang family."

"That's it for today. If you have any news, please let me know at any time." Tangning flipped her left hand and threw him a storage bag.

Tao Jie took it and glanced at it: "Thank you, senior." After saying that, he turned around and left the cave.

Not long after, Tang Ning also left here, and went to South China, Beiyuan and other places to meet the various cultivating families and the craftsmen in the market. Finally, she went to the Broken Ridge Mountain Market and bought several bottles of Huang Yuandan. After seven or eight days, she Return to the sect.