Chronicles of Celestial Origins

"He is the head of the Dou family, and every word and deed represents the Dou family. Isn't his collusion with the Demon Sect the same as the Dou family's collusion with the Demon Sect? He is just one person."

Dou Xiao said: "Uncle Master, I don't know. Our Dou family has been established in Qinchuan for hundreds of years. From the second and third generation onwards, we are no longer close to each other. Intrigue and deceit are commonplace. Until now, the Dou family has been divided." For the three factions.”

"In terms of close blood relationship, they are divided into the eldest brother, the second brother, and the third brother. It is difficult to describe the grievances and hatreds between each other for a while. The internal divisions occurred early, but they are rarely mentioned in front of outsiders. It is not so much a family, but a family. Community of interests."

"Now the head of the family, Dou Wen, is from the second house, and his disciple is the eldest brother, so he has very little contact with him. The disciple did communicate with the Dou family, but he only reported to the eldest house master, Dou Bolun, and never communicated with Dou Wencai. I hope my uncle will find out if there is any intelligence information."

Lu Xingxian said: "Even if what you said is true, you are in the same boat after all. Dou Wencai has an affair with the Demon Sect, and Dou Bolun is also involved. They are all in the same boat. Telling Dou Bolun is no different from telling Dou Wencai. "

"Disciple really doesn't know, please give me some advice on how to survive." Dou Xiao kowtowed. Now he had a clear understanding in his heart. Lu Xingxian said such words in a roundabout way, and the purpose was definitely not to come here to give him a special gift. Cheng, otherwise he would have been killed earlier. There must be something that requires his service.

"Since you are begging for mercy, and since you are a disciple of my Intelligence Department and have done a little bit of bad work over the years, I will teach you a way. After the matter is completed, I will openly argue for you in front of the headmaster and the master of the three halls. I just don’t know if you are willing to cooperate?”

"Uncle Master, I have an order. This disciple will go through fire and water, even to death." Dou Xiao quickly expressed his loyalty.

"It's not that serious. Do you know why the Dou family is so eager to ask for information about you?"

"Disciple doesn't know."

"The Dou family has a guilty conscience and is suspicious of Junior Brother Tang's real purpose. Because you yelled about the injustice at the intelligence station, they became suspicious. They were afraid that someone was setting up a trap, so they are so eager to inquire about your information."

"What does Uncle Master need from his disciples?"

"I will arrange for them to meet with you, and you will take on all the matters, and then write a letter to the Dou family to explain the root cause of the matter, and ask them for help so that they can find ways to help you escape the sect's punishment. "

"Yes, disciple knows."

"This is your only chance to prove your innocence and cleanse yourself of colluding with the Demon Sect. I will keep an eye on you in the dark. If you persist in your persistence, I will inform the Dou family through code words or secret codes in letters. You will know the consequences."

"Disciples don't dare."

"Afterwards, I will openly argue for you to the Headmaster. The Headmaster is always kind and will definitely not hold you accountable. Once the Dou family matter is over, you will regain your freedom."

"Uncle Master, I dare to ask, what will be the punishment if the disciple admits to stealing intelligence information to the family?"

"You violated the sect's laws and leaked information to the Dou family. This section must not go unpunished. If you sincerely repent, the punishment will be light. You will only be banned for three years, and you will still be a disciple of the Intelligence Department after that."

"What about the Dou family?"

"The matter of the Dou family is still under investigation. If it is Dou Wencai's personal behavior and it has nothing to do with the eldest brother and the third brother, if they are willing to abandon the dark side and turn to the light, they will not hold the other two brothers responsible. If the third brother is deeply involved, they should be killed. "

"Yes, thank you, uncle, for informing me. This disciple is aware of it."

Lu Xingxian walked out of the room, Dou Xiao stared at the roof and fell into deep thought.

At about noon the next day, the door opened and Lu Xingxian came in: "Someone is coming soon. You should know what to do?"

"Yes, disciple understands."

Lu Xingxian nodded, turned out a blue talisman with his left hand, and patted his body. His figure gradually blurred, and after a while, his figure completely disappeared.

Dou Xiao sat by the bed and felt uneasy. About an hour later, the guard disciple's voice came from outside the door, as if he was talking to someone. After a while, the door opened and a man with a wide mouth walked in.

"Brother Xiao, are you okay?" the man asked, closing the door.

"It's nothing. I'm just restrained. I'm under house arrest in this room. Why are you here?" Dou Xiao calmed down and pretended to be surprised. The man who came in was none other than the second brother of the Dou family, named Dou. Lang, who entered the mountain gate in the same batch as him, was elected to the Discipline Department after his transformation.

"My uncles at home are very worried about you. Since you were taken away, they have tried every means to find out about you. Uncle Wencai sent a message to me, asking me to visit you more often."

Dou Lang said: "How did you get in? Are the guard disciples outside the door willing for you to come see me?"

"Originally I refused, but I found a senior brother from the department who had a good relationship with me. He and the guard disciple were old friends. The two families were family friends and had a close relationship. He persuaded me to let me in, and only gave me It takes me a stick of incense.”

"It's good if you come. Tell Uncle Bolun for me and ask him to find a way to save me outside, otherwise I will be dead. Now they don't have any conclusive witness or material evidence, so the three-department trial has been delayed. , if I am convicted, I will be finished.”

"Just as I was about to tell you about this matter, the elders in the family are trying their best to mediate for you. Uncle Wencai asked me to tell you not to be anxious. They have already thought of a good plan. Also, what is going on? Isn't that right? Someone set you up?"

"Hey!" Dou Xiao sighed: "It's hard to explain this matter, so let's do this! I'll write a letter and you take it out and give it to the elders of the clan."

"I also have this idea. The time for visiting is limited. It would be best if you can bring a letter with you. Just write everything you have to say in it." Dou Lang said, turning his left hand and taking out a pen and paper from his storage bag. , handed it to Dou Xiao.

Dou Xiao took the paper and pen and wrote quickly. In a short time, he wrote a full page and returned it to him.

Dou Lang put away the letter and said, "Brother Xiao, do you have anything else to say?"

"It's all in the letter."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a knock on the door outside the house.

"It's time for me to go." Dou Lang said, walked out of the room, thanked the guarding disciples, and left with his sword.

"Uncle Master, I did everything you asked."

Watching Dou Lang go away, Dou Xiao said

A virtual figure slowly appeared next to him, gradually turning into reality.

Lu Xingxian nodded and was about to leave.

Dou Xiao quickly asked: "Uncle Master, what are the restrictions on the disciples?"

"After the three-department review, the restriction on your spiritual power will be lifted, but you will still be grounded. You will not be allowed to have private contact with anyone. You can only practice here until the Dou family matter is completely resolved."

"Yes, disciple knows."

………

Tang Ning was sitting cross-legged in the wooden house. Jiang Youzhi's shouts came from outside, and he went out to greet her.

Jiang Youzhi said with a smile: "Junior brother Tang, Brother Yu came here to talk to you. How about we go to Wangxichuan and have a drink and talk?"

Tang Ning knew that Jiang Youzhi's intention to look for her at this time must be from the Dou family, and it must be about the civet cat for the prince mentioned last time.

So he nodded and said, "Okay! Senior Brother Jiang is here in person, how dare you disobey."

The two flew all the way to the Wangxichuan Pavilion. Dou Yanyu and Dou Bolun had been waiting for each other in the inner room. Seeing the two people arriving, Dou Yanyu stepped forward and said, "I knew you two were coming, so I was already prepared. It's the same courtyard as last time." , Senior Tang, are you satisfied?"

Tang Ning smiled and said, "As long as you have wine."

The four of them crossed the hall and came to the courtyard, pushed open the door and entered. The sound of silk and bamboo orchestral music came intermittently, and several people took their seats one after another.

After a long conversation and drinking, Dou Bolun took out a scroll and said, "Thank you, fellow Taoist Tang, for your advice the day before yesterday. This is the confession of my nephew Dou Chong. After my interrogation, he confessed that your intelligence station stole the secret scroll information." His actions were all done by one person and had nothing to do with Dou Xiao. Fellow Taoist Tang, please read this."

Tang Ning took the scroll, unfolded it, read it carefully and said, "In that case, I will report this book to the sect tomorrow. Where is Dou Chong now?"

"I have ordered him to go to the intelligence station to confess the matter to the new director Fangyuan. He should be at the intelligence station now."

Dou Bolun clapped his hands, and several women from behind the crystal bead curtain filed in with trays and placed them in front of several people's cases.

Tangning opened the red lid and put the storage bag away calmly.

"Senior Tang, I leave my brother Dou Chong to you. I wonder what punishment he will receive?" Dou Yanyu asked after seeing him accept the storage bag.

"This is not something I can decide. Senior brothers from the Supervision Department will come here to investigate and interrogate. We have to discuss the punishment with them and can only decide it with their approval."

"Please speak kindly to fellow Taoist Tang and save his life no matter what," Dou Bolun said.

"I know about this, and I will try my best to protect him when the time comes."

"Thank you, Fellow Taoist Tang."

Several people exchanged glasses until late at night. Tang Ning returned to the wooden house drunk, and saw Fang Yuan waiting outside the door. He escaped from the light and stopped next to him.

"Uncle Tang." Fang Yuan bowed and saluted.

"What's the matter with you waiting here so late?" Tang Ning opened the door of the wooden house and walked in. Fangyuan followed closely behind, closed the door and whispered, "Uncle, at the end of the day, Dou Chong suddenly found us. I said that he was responsible for the incident at our intelligence station, and the disciple was afraid that there was fraud, so I came here to report it to my uncle."

When he heard that Dou Chong took the initiative to confess his crimes, he was completely confused. He knew very well the whole story and it had nothing to do with Dou Xiao. He had been thinking hard for the past few days and nights, what was the purpose of the sect's doing this, and how would it be solved in the end? Dou Xiao’s matter.

I never thought that there would be someone who took the initiative to surrender. He was vying to take the blame. He also talked about his motives, purposes, and actions. At first glance, there were no loopholes.

Something unusual happened, and he was shocked and suspicious, so he hurried to look for Tang Ning. Unexpectedly, she had already gone away, so he waited until now.

"I know about this, and I am planning to go find you tomorrow." Tang Ning took out a scroll and handed it to him: "This is Dou Chong's confession. You should present it to the sect immediately."

"This." Fangyuan took the scroll, unfolded it and read it again, just like Dou Chong dictated: "Uncle Tang, what are they doing?"

"It's just abandoning the troops to protect the generals. There's nothing to make a fuss about."

"But, this matter has nothing to do with them! Didn't Uncle Tang say that Senior Brother Dou will be fine?"

"Yes! Isn't it okay now? With this confession, can the sect still convict Dou Xiao?"

Fangyuan was stunned, speechless for a moment, not knowing what to say, and his mind was in confusion.

"Don't think too much, just do your work. You will know what you should know when the time comes." Tangning saw his dumbfounded expression and advised him.

"Yes." Fangyuan responded, exited the wooden house, and left with his sword.