Chronicles of Celestial Origins

Seeing that Su Yuanhua was silent, Liu Ruhan continued: "Brother, I am doing this not only to vent my anger on my husband, but also to protect my master's face."

"Don't look at the monk's face or the Buddha's face. Even though the Sima family knew about the relationship between my husband and the master, they pursued and beat my husband fiercely. And they haven't given us any explanation yet."

"When they did this, do you think they cared about the master's face?"

"No matter how harsh it is, it depends on the owner to beat a dog. If you respect the owner, even if you beat his dog, you have to come and explain the reason. Not to mention the relationship between the husband and the master. You can not vent your anger on your husband, but you You can’t ignore the master’s face.”

"Master is far away from the mountain gate. Her face and prestige outside can only be maintained by us. If we don't take action, do we need her to go to Sima's house in person to regain her face?"

"Perhaps this matter has been spread everywhere in Yuanxian County now. What will others think? We have been suppressed and bullied by the Sima family, but we don't even dare to fight back. Hasn't the master's reputation been discredited? Has he become a laughing stock?"

"Senior brother, ask yourself, if your disciple is openly bullied, can you turn a blind eye? It is reasonable for Sima to bully her husband and disciple, and for the husband to fight back."

"This matter is the fault of the Sima family, but they still want to bully the husband, without any regard for the master's feelings. This means they do not take the master seriously at all."

"If senior brother wants to speak for the Sima family and force us to reach a reconciliation with the Sima family, then I have nothing to say, but I will lose the master's face. What should we do? Senior brother, let's decide for ourselves!"

Su Yuanhua looked at Tang Ning with sharp eyes, and his eyes were quite meaningful. He probably felt that these words were taught by him and that he controlled Liu Ruhan.

Tangning didn't know how to explain anything, and even he was a little surprised. He didn't expect that his Ruru was silent. It turned out that he had already thought of a countermeasure in his heart. These words completely caught Su Yuanhua's mind. As long as he combined it with Nangong Muxue's face was tied together, so Su Yuanhua had to express his support for them.

"Master, of course, I have to take care of my face. I wonder how my junior sister wants to regain her face?"

"Let Sima pay the price, and when they feel the pain, they will naturally show sincerity."

"Tangning, what do you think?"

"Senior Brother Su still has the final say in this matter." Tangning replied lightly and kicked the ball back to Su Yuanhua. With his status, it was actually difficult for him to give an opinion at this time. After all, the matter happened because of him. There were some things Liu Ruhan could say, but he couldn't.

For example, Liu Ruhan's words about Sima's bullying of him because he didn't want to show face to Nangong Muxue were taken as a matter of course and justified.

If he were to put it in his words, he would be ignorant of the importance and try to put money on his face. If someone just said "What do you think you are," he would be choked to death.

"Let's do this! I don't care what you do. If Sima's family comes, I'll just block it for you. Junior sister, is that okay?"

"Thank you, senior brother."

"Junior sister, I hope Brother Wei that no matter what actions you take in the future, you will communicate with Brother Wei beforehand. There is no problem with that!"

"Okay. Senior brother, if you have nothing else to do, let's take our leave now."

"Go!"

The two then got up and left.

…

In Yuhuan Mountain, where the Donglai County branch of the Sima family resides, a man pushed open the door and entered in a slightly dark room. He bowed to Sima Nan and said, "Uncle, Wei Xin's disciples are here. Bring them I received Wei Xin’s letter, Miss Wan is waiting for you, and sent me to let you know.”

"Where's Wei Xin's letter? Have you brought it?"

The man turned his hand, took out the letter and handed it to him.

The old man took the letter and opened it immediately. After reading it for a while, his brows became more and more frowned: "Have the people sent by Wei Xin left?"

"Not yet. Miss Wan asked me to ask you if you need to bring something to Wei Xin."

"I'll go there myself." The old man immediately stood up and walked out. After a while, he came to a majestic hall.

In the room, two monks, a man and a woman, were sitting separately, chatting. When she saw him entering, the woman quickly got up from her seat and greeted him: "Uncle Jiu, you are here."

"I've seen Senior Sima." The man in Taixuanzong's costume also stood up and bowed his head in salute.

"This is fellow Taoist Zhang Zifan." The woman introduced from the side.

"You're welcome, fellow Taoist, please take a seat!" Sima Nan walked to the main seat and took a seat, smiling and said: "Thank you, fellow Taoist, for running back and forth for our government. Since you are here, fellow Taoist, please take the trouble to bring me something for me." Send it to fellow Daoist Wei."

As soon as he finished speaking, the man beside him took out a storage bag and a simple and exquisite stone box: "Fellow Daoist Zhang, the contents of the storage bag are for Senior Wei Xin. This stone box is a gift from our government to Dao My friend, I have trouble traveling back and forth, so please don’t refuse.”

Zhang Zifan took the thing in his hand and smiled on his face: "Your house is too polite. I feel ashamed for this junior, but it is disrespectful. If Senior Sima has any other instructions, just ask, there is nothing that this junior can do." decline."

Sima Nan said: "Zhang Daoyou is a close confidant of Daoist Wei Xin. He must be aware of the troubles our government has encountered recently. I wonder if you have read this letter?"

"How can I dare to pry into the letter that my uncle, Master Wei, gave to my senior?"

"To be honest, Fellow Daoist Wei explained in his letter the ins and outs of our government's recent encounters. There is a very important figure here. He is Supervisor of the Fourth Regiment of the Column directly under your ministry, Fellow Daoist Liu Ruhan. The old man is very knowledgeable about the internal affairs of your ministry. I don’t know much about the personnel, so I want to ask fellow Taoist Zhang for advice. I don’t know who this fellow Taoist Liu Ruhan is. From what Taoist Fellow Wei said in his letter, it seems that he has some concerns about her. "

Zhang Zifan glanced around subconsciously: "Since the seniors are asking questions, the juniors dare not refuse to answer. Master Liu is the fellow junior sister of our column supervisor Su Yuanhua's uncle. Both of them are the disciples of the Nangong steward of the Qingxuan Hall of our sect. ”

Hearing this, the two men and women of the Sima family couldn't help but look at each other. Sima Nan also frowned slightly: "I see. Do you know, Fellow Daoist Zhang, what are the preferences of Fellow Daoist Su Yuanhua and Fellow Daoist Liu Ruhan?"

"This junior doesn't know."

"How much do fellow Taoists know about this fellow Taoist Liu Ruhan? Can you tell me?"

"Junior has not had much contact with Master Liu. She has not been in the headquarters for a long time. She has been practicing at Shanmen before. She gives the impression of a pure-hearted person in the headquarters. She has never been heard of getting angry and embarrassing subordinates and disciples, and she rarely interferes. The specific affairs of its department.”

"Oh!" Sima Nan nodded thoughtfully, and asked many trivial matters about Liu Ruhan and Su Yuanhua. The two talked for half an hour. When Zhang Zifan saw that it was almost time, he stood up and said: "Senior, if you have nothing else to do, I’ll take my leave first.”

"Okay, Watson, give one to Fellow Daoist Zhang."

"Yes." The man on the side responded: "Fellow Daoist Zhang, please."

After the two of them had gone away, the woman on the side asked: "Uncle Jiu, does the letter sent by Wei Xin explain why Taixuanzong is targeting us?"

"He said that the disciples of Taixuanzong were ordered by his disciple Liu Ruhan to act. Su Yuanhua said that he did not know about it. Wei Xin said that he would not be too involved in the matter and wanted us to solve it ourselves."

"Why does this Liu Ruhan have trouble with us?"

"This is also something I can't understand. I summoned all the disciples in the mansion to ask if anyone had offended her."

"Yes." The woman responded and left.

Sima Nan sat in the main seat, frowned and pondered for a long time, then left the hall and walked straight away.