Tian Yuan Xian Ji

Chapter 538 Dreams Are Not Dreams

In Bianjing city, crowds come and go like a shuttle.

Singing songs, performing arts, and storytelling can be seen everywhere, and the sound of shouting, cursing, and laughing can be heard from time to time.

As the setting sun was setting, in a shop on the east side of the city, the fat shopkeeper stretched out and was about to close the shop when a handsome man walked in from outside. It was Tangning.

The shopkeeper's expression changed instantly when he saw him. Tangning flipped her hand and handed him the token, "Ask Fang Yuan to come and see me."

The shopkeeper took the token and confirmed his identity. He was startled, his fat body was panicked for a moment, he hurriedly closed the outer door, bowed and said: "Junior Zhang Quan has seen Senior Tang."

Tangning waved her hand, "Hurry up and call Fang Yuan, I'll wait for him here."

"Yes." Zhang Quan replied, leaving the shop.

Tangning went straight to the room on the second floor, sat cross-legged and closed her eyes to practice, waiting for Fang Yuan's arrival.

About one or two hours later, only the sound of gongs and drums was heard, and there was a commotion from outside.

He opened his eyes, walked to the window and saw a group of officers and soldiers walking by outside, escorting twenty or thirty white-clothed prisoners with disheveled hair, loaded in trucks, beating gongs and drums along the way.

The officers and soldiers at the front shouted loudly: "Gu Yong, the admiral of the capital, conspired against him, and the imperial decree ordered the whole family of Gu's family to be executed."

The officers and soldiers shouted loudly with gongs and drums all the way, and the people on both sides crowded shoulder to shoulder, pointing to the prisoners in the car and discussing endlessly.

Tang Ning glanced at it, and was about to go back to continue her practice. Suddenly, she saw that the man headed by Kanche looked familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen him before, but she saw that he had regular features, a fair complexion, and looked like he was in his early twenties.

He couldn't help frowning slightly, this person seemed to have known him before, but he couldn't remember who it was.

Until Kanche passed by the window, when he saw the last little girl imprisoned in Kanche.

Tangning couldn't help but her pupils shrank suddenly.

But the little girl looked five or six years old, with bright teeth and bright eyes, and exquisite facial features, just like a porcelain doll carved with jade, she was still ignorant, she didn't know what happened, she looked around curiously A woman beside her was holding her and weeping bitterly.

Tangning suddenly remembered where he had seen this little girl. When he experienced the catastrophe of transformation, he saw Gu Chengqian's family of three in the illusion. This little girl was Gu Chengqian's daughter Gu Xinyi in the illusion. The two looked exactly the same without any difference. .

He was shocked, and looked at the girl in a daze, his mind was in chaos, and he felt dizzy.

Is this reality or a fantasy?

Or have you always been in an illusion?
Infinite fear welled up from the bottom of my heart.

He could no longer distinguish between reality and fantasy.

Until the officers and soldiers left and the sound of gongs and drums disappeared, he still stared out of the window, muttering to himself: "Is there such a thing? Is there such a thing?"

After an unknown amount of time, there was a knock on the door outside. Tangning came back to her senses. He closed his eyes and took a few deep breaths. He straightened his mind and said, "Come in."

A puppet man from the outside pushed the door open, bowed and said: "Disciple Fang Yuan pays his respects to Master Tang."

"Did you see that group of prison cars passing outside just now?" Tangning asked.

"Ah?" Fang Yuan was taken aback for a moment. He thought that Tangning must have come here for the auction. Such an inexplicable question.

He was slightly taken aback, and immediately reacted, and said: "I don't know what the uncle is referring to, the disciple has never seen it."

"Go, grab the prisoner van in front of you, and take them back to their mansion to live in. I'll be there later."

"Yes." Although Fang Yuan was puzzled, he didn't dare to ask any more questions, turned around and left the room, without caring about revealing his position, he directly chased after Fei Feijian.

After only a mile or two, I saw a group of bumper cars moving slowly ahead.

He slashed down with his sword, forming seals in his hands, instantly condensed into hundreds of wind blades, and slashed towards those hurdles, only to hear the continuous clicking sound, and dozens of hurdles shattered one after another.

Everyone was shocked, the officers and soldiers saw Fang Yuan coming down with the sword, they didn't dare to resist, they all prostrated themselves on the ground, terrified.

The leading officer bravely asked, "Where did the immortal master come from? What orders do you have?"

Fang Yuan didn't even look at them, and only uttered one word: "Get lost."

All the officers and soldiers hurried away as if they had received an amnesty.

The old and the young of the Gu family looked at each other, and the leading man bowed down and said, "Thank you, Master Immortal, for your help."

"Come with me." Fang Yuan said and walked forward.

The group of people stared wide-eyed, hurriedly followed, and returned to their mansion all the way.

"Thank you Immortal Master for saving your life, please accept Gu Mou's worship." Gu Yong said, and bowed down, and the rest of the people also kowtowed.

"Hey! Mr. Gu, you don't need to be polite, I am also entrusted by my uncle." Fang Yuan said hurriedly, helping Gu Yong.

He didn't know what the relationship between the person in front of him was and Tangning, so he didn't dare to be respected by him, so he hurriedly stopped them.

"Your Grand Master, I don't know who your Grand Master is?" Gu Yong asked doubtfully.

"Does Mr. Gu know Master Tangning?"

Gu Yong shook his head in doubt, and looked at the others, all of them were at a loss.

"Let's wait here first, Master Uncle and his elders will arrive later, Mr. Gu, please sit down!"

"Okay, okay." Gu Yong responded quickly.

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In a Taoist temple a hundred miles east of Bianjing City, the iron cavalry of the Xuanjia Guards patrolled back and forth, and no one was allowed to approach this place.

In the distance, a ray of light shot out and landed in the courtyard, revealing the figure of a handsome man, it was Tangning.

As soon as he disappeared, a disciple dressed in Qianyizong's costume greeted him, bowed and said: "I don't know which uncle from this sect is here."

Tangning took out the token and handed it to him, "Is Junior Brother Zhang here?"

The man took the token and glanced at it, then returned it to him and said: "So it's Master Tang, Master Zhang is in the hall, please follow me."

When the two came to a pavilion in the backyard, the man knocked on the door.

A deep voice came from inside: "Come in."

The two pushed the door open, and there was a thin old man with gray temples sitting cross-legged inside. Seeing the two entering, he stood up to greet them, and said with a smile, "Senior Brother Tang, you are a rare visitor! Why did you come to my small temple?" , please sit down quickly."

Tangning sat down as she said, and said, "Don't bother me, I have a small matter. I would like to ask Junior Brother Zhang for help."

"Brother Tang, please tell me, I will do my best."

"When I went to Bianjing, I happened to see a group of officers and soldiers beheading the prisoner. The ancestor of this prisoner had a relationship with me, so I rescued him. I want to ask Junior Brother Zhang to mediate and pardon their death crimes, so that they can live in peace."

The old man smiled and said: "It's such a trivial matter, just send a disciple to pass on a word, why bother Senior Brother Tang to go there in person."

"I happened to pass by too. This old man has a lot to do with me, so please trouble Brother Zhang."

"Don't worry, Senior Brother Tang personally urges you, how dare you refuse to obey, I will go to see the emperor in person later, and explain the matter."

The two chatted for a while, before Tangning left, she made inquiries in Bianjing City and went straight to the Gu family's mansion.

"Uncle Tang." Fang Yuan was talking to Gu Yong, when he saw Ya Dun's light falling, he hurriedly got up and walked to him, bowed and saluted: "According to your order, all members of the Gu family have been brought back."

Seeing a figure suddenly appearing outside the house, the young and old Gu family were shocked, and seeing Fang Yuan's aloof appearance, they knew that a big man was coming, so they quickly got up and kowtowed.

Tang Ning didn't stop her, and went straight into the room, sitting on top of the main seat. Fang Yuan stood by with his hands down, like a servant.

Everyone in the Gu family kowtowed frequently.

"Get up!" Tangning said.

The members of the Gu family got up now, all bowed their heads, not daring to look directly at them.

Gu Yong said: "The immortal master is so kind and virtuous, and the villain is very grateful. In the future, we will make a straw ring to repay the great kindness."

Tangning said, "According to my seniority, I can afford such a big gift from you."

Everyone in the Gu family was shocked when they heard this, Gu Yong whispered: "I don't know where the fairy master said this, could it be because of my father and ancestors?"

"Let me ask you, who is Gu Chengqian to you?"

"Gu Chengqian, that is the villain's great-grandfather. Could it be that the immortal master has a relationship with the great-grandfather?"

Tangning smiled slightly, "It's more than just a reason. He and I... Heh, it's hard to explain in one word. Without him, I wouldn't be where I am today. Have you ever heard Lingfu Lingzu mention the name Tangning?"

Gu Yong thought for a while: "The villain has never heard of it."

"It's right if you haven't heard of it. I think he won't talk about it. What happened to him?" Tangning sighed. Gu Yong's figure and appearance were [-]% similar to Gu Chengqian. It felt like deja vu until I saw the little girl.

There is no doubt that the two have the same surname Gu, and their appearances are so similar, plus that little girl, there is a high probability that they are descendants of Gu Chengqian, so Tangning rescued them.

Gu Yongdao: "The immortal master is asking about the great grandfather? I don't know much about the great grandfather. I only know that the great grandfather finally became a doctor of imperial history and died of old age."

"That's it! This is also very good. Where are the tombs of your ancestors buried?"

Presumably, after Gu Chengqian killed Cui Yilin, he got in touch with the rich and powerful at that time, and finally rose to the top.

"The family grave is in the back mountain."

"Take me to see."

"Yes." Gu Yong quickly replied, leading Tangning for a short walk, they came to a tall tomb in the back mountain. On the tombstone was engraved with Gu Gong Chengqian's handwriting.

Tangning stood in front of the tomb, recalling every detail of the caravan in her mind. Looking at the tombstone, she sighed and said, "Chengqian, Chengqian, it's been a long time."

"Great-grandfather Ruoquan knows, knowing that the immortal master can still come to visit his old friend, he must be extremely pleased." Gu Yong whispered.

Tangning turned her head, looked at the little girl who was huddled in the woman's arms behind her and asked, "What's your name?"

Everyone turned to look at her for a moment, but the little girl lowered her head and dared not speak.

Gu Yong hurriedly shouted: "The immortal teacher asked you something! Answer quickly."

"My name is Gu Yuanya." The girl said timidly in shock.

"Gu Yuanya." Tangning nodded slightly, "Would you like to practice with me?"

(End of this chapter)