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(bica) "Ah Xiu, your uncle is currently in this Jade Immortal Temple,"
Zhao Yuan comforted him, saying, "Once you see him, you will surely know the whereabouts of your family. Don't worry about the fortune-telling just now."
"Brother, do you think Ah Xiu was thinking about family matters when she drew the divination sticks just now?" Liu Huiniang suddenly asked.
"Isn't that right?" Zhao Yuan asked instinctively.
"Humph,"
The girl rolled her eyes at Zhao Yuan, then looked at the young Taoist boy.
"Young Taoist priest, please lead the way."
........
This Thunder Ancestor Temple enshrines the Heavenly Venerable of Universal Transformation through Thunder Sound of the Nine Heavens.
This Celestial Venerable is the highest deity of the Thunder Department, headquartered in the Divine Thunder Jade Palace.
It is composed of "thirty-six inner courts, the East and West Huatai, the Xuanguan Miaoge, the four prefectures and six academies, and various departments and bureaus".
The Nine Heavens Thunder God General, the Eight Directions Cloud Thunder General, the Five Directions Barbarian Thunder Envoy, and the Thunder Department Commander-in-Chief are all subordinates of the Heavenly Venerable.
Among the various departments, there are also thirty-six Thunder Gods who act as deities to strike thunder on behalf of Heaven, following the orders of the Heavenly Venerable.
In the Chronicles of Suppressing Bandits,
Chen Xizhen and his group were rumored to be generals from the Thunder Department descended from heaven to punish the Liangshan heroes who had descended to earth.
Zhao Yuan and his two companions waited outside the Thunder Ancestor Hall. The young Daoist Qingfeng was about to go in and report when...
Unexpectedly, at this moment, in the teahouse earlier,
The girl disguised as a boy who fought fiercely with Gao Kan
They actually walked out of the Thunder Ancestor Hall.
Upon seeing the girl's appearance, the young Taoist priest Qingfeng shuddered in fright.
Without saying a word, he turned and ran away in a panic.
"Hey, Qingfeng!"
The girl called out,
The young Taoist priest, however, paid no heed and only focused on running away.
The girl snorted and stomped her foot in anger.
Only then did they notice Zhao Yuan and the other two at the entrance of the palace.
"Aren't you that spineless coward from the teahouse who couldn't even protect a girl? What are you doing here at the Thunder Ancestor Temple?"
The girl had just finished speaking to Zhao Yuan when Liu Huiniang angrily retorted,
"You haven't seen my brother's abilities, so how do you know he can't protect me!"
"Even if you hadn't intervened, with my brother here, I would have been safe and sound!"
"Oh? From what you're saying, little sister, your brother is also a martial artist?"
The young girl ignored Liu Huiniang's unpleasant tone and, after realizing that Zhao Yuan was also skilled in martial arts,
She immediately exclaimed excitedly, "Then come and have a match with me!"
"Young lady, we've come here to find someone..."
Zhao Yuan had not finished speaking when
The girl, however, had already raised her fist and attacked.
"If you can beat me, I'll help you find someone!"
Impulsive, highly skilled in martial arts, and a descendant of the Thunder Ancestor...
The girl has already made it so obvious.
By this point, how could Zhao Yuan not guess her identity?
Faced with the girl's challenge,
Zhao Yuan did not refuse, but instead began to mimic the gestures.
Although this girl was brave and skilled in martial arts, her fighting ability was also quite remarkable.
But how could they possibly be a match for Zhao Yuan?
After only about twenty rounds, he was already at a disadvantage.
The two exchanged another ten or so moves.
Seeing that the girl was already panting heavily, yet still refused to give up,
Zhao Yuan was also getting impatient, so he took advantage of their unpreparedness...
He circled around to the girl's side, his right hand forming a knife, and struck towards her fair and slender neck.
"Brave warrior, please don't harm my son!" someone suddenly shouted.
Zhao Yuan's right hand stopped instantly beside the girl's neck.
He looked up toward the source of the sound.
A middle-aged man dressed in a Taoist robe was standing at the entrance of the Thunder Ancestor Temple, looking at them with concern.
This Taoist priest had eyebrows like green peaks, eyes like autumn water, a height of over eight feet, red lips, and a long, flowing beard with five strands.
He wore a jujube wood seven-star crown to tie his hair up, a goose-yellow crane cloak, a nine-strand silk sash around his waist, and a pair of light cloud-patterned shoes, giving him a graceful and ethereal demeanor.
"I lost."
Although the girl was stubborn, she was ultimately willing to accept defeat.
"Tell me who you are looking for, and I will go find them for you!"
"No need,"
Zhao Yuan chuckled softly.
He cupped his hands in greeting to the Taoist priest at the entrance of the Thunder Ancestor Temple.
"Master, is your secular name Chen Xizhen?"
Chapter 255 Chen Xizhen and Chen Liqing
"Brave warrior, how do you know my name?"
The Taoist priest standing at the entrance of the Leizu Temple, Chen Xizhen, asked in bewilderment,
"We should not know each other, should we?"
Zhao Yuan replied, "Master Chen, my sister is related to you. I learned your name from her."
Liu Huiniang stepped forward and gave a slight curtsy.
"Uncle, I am well. My name is Liu Huiniang, and my nickname is Axiu. My father is Liu..."
Before she could finish speaking, Chen Xizhen exclaimed in delight,
"You...you are Ah Xiu, the daughter of Liu Guang, my brother-in-law?"
Liu Huiniang nodded, and asked somewhat nervously,
"Uncle, Ah Xiu got separated from her parents and brothers in Chuzhou. When they parted, Ah Xiu only knew that they were going to Bianliang, the capital of the Eastern Capital, to stay with her uncle. She didn't know how her parents and brothers were doing now..."
"well,"
Chen Xizhen suddenly sighed.
This terrified Liu Huiniang, turning her face pale and causing her to sway precariously.
Zhao Yuan couldn't bear to see her fall, so he quickly reached out to help her up.
Liu Huiniang asked in a trembling voice, "Uncle, have something happened to Ah Xiu's parents and brother?"
"Don't worry, niece,"
Chen Xizhen also realized that her sigh had caused the misunderstanding.
He quickly explained, "Your parents and brothers are all safe and sound."
"call......"
Liu Huiniang breathed a sigh of relief.
But the fright she had just experienced still left her feeling somewhat weak.
He could only stand up by leaning on Zhao Yuan.
Chen Xizhen frowned immediately upon seeing the intimate scene between Zhao Yuan and Liu Huiniang.
Chen Liqing, standing to the side, spoke without restraint.
Seeing that Liu Huiniang showed no restraint towards Zhao Yuan,
She then asked...
"Sister Ah Xiu, could this be your fiancé, Yunlong, the son of your uncle's best friend? His martial arts are truly superb; no wonder your uncle speaks so highly of him..."
Upon hearing this, Liu Huiniang's face turned pale again.
The girl bit her lip, not daring to look at Zhao Yuan.
He just kept his head down, silent and not saying a word.
Zhao Yuan's expression was also somewhat strange.
This Yunlong was Liu Huiniang's husband in the novel *The Tale of the Suppression of Bandits*.
In terms of martial arts skills, he was far inferior to Chen Liqing.
When the two first met, they agreed to have a contest.
The result was only about twenty rounds.
Yunlong was no match for Chen Liqing.
Fortunately, Chen Xizhen ordered his daughter to stop in time, which prevented him from suffering a crushing defeat.
......
Chen Liqing realized the atmosphere was a bit awkward halfway through her sentence.
Although this female guard was hot-tempered and reckless, comparable to Li Kui,
But he was still a clever person.
Upon seeing Liu Huiniang and Zhao Yuan's expressions, he immediately realized that he had said the wrong thing.
"Isn't he Yunlong? Then who is he? How could he be with you, sister..."
"alright,"
Chen Xizhen stopped her daughter from asking further questions, then looked at Liu Huiniang helplessly and said,
"Ah Xiu, your uncle sighed just now because you were late."
"If you had come ten days earlier, you could have reunited with my brother-in-law and been reunited with your family."
"Uncle, what exactly happened?"
Liu Huiniang asked in surprise, "If Ah Xiu's parents aren't in Bianliang, then where have they gone?"
"Sigh, it's all because of you,"
Chen Xizhen sighed and said, "My brother-in-law and his family, even though they have arrived in Bianliang, I have found them a place to stay."
“But your mother cried day and night because she lost her daughter, your father blamed himself every day, and your two older brothers were also depressed all day long.”
"They stayed in Bianliang for about ten days. Some merchants from Shandong said that the plague had been almost completely cured by the Liangshan bandits."
"Your father immediately had an idea and planned to go back to Shandong to find you."
"Your mother and your two older brothers also wanted to go with you. After discussing it, they decided to move the whole family back to Shandong again."
"Go to Jingyang Town first and seek refuge with your father's close friend, Yun Tianbiao, the military commander of Jingyang Town, who is also your future father-in-law!"
As Chen Xizhen finished speaking, his gaze swept over Liu Huiniang and Zhao Yuan.