Chapter 533 Two-color blessing, buy one get one free? (Please vote for me!)
In an open space surrounded by white.
Ouyang Rong was looking up at an ancient bronze bell that was trembling.
The bell body couldn't stop boiling purple mist from flowing out.
The purple mist is like water, flowing down from the ancient bronze bell like a waterfall.
In the pure white space surrounded by white clouds, it looks a bit eerie.
This new blessing was triggered by some unknown source not long after Ouyang Rong said goodbye to Rong Zhen.
He returned to the Huaiye Lane mansion from the riverside path. He immediately returned to the study, left Ye Weilai behind, and entered the merit tower to observe.
After closing his eyes and receiving the message from the Fortune Bell, Ouyang Rong nodded slowly:
"Three thousand and five hundred merits... It's not bad, it's not too outrageous."
He breathed a sigh of relief and looked back at the small wooden fish not far away.
There is a row of blue-gold fonts just above the small wooden fish: [merits: eight thousand two hundred and seventy-two]
With food in his hand and no worries at heart, Ouyang Rong turned around and continued to look up at the moving fortune clock.
He stretched out his hand to catch some of the sticky purple mist and took a closer look. He immediately discovered that the purple mist contained some faint pink and vermilion threads.
Two special colors!
Ouyang Rong's eyebrows gathered together and fell into thinking.
This is actually some of his past experiences. New blessings will cause the fortune clock to move and emit purple mist. However, occasionally there are some special blessings. In the purple mist, there will be some special color threads, which can vaguely point to this.
Categories of blessings.
Ouyang Rong had encountered it several times before, so he had verified it and gained some experience.
For example, the blessings of light pink like peach blossoms are most likely related to women.
The reddish blessings are related to life safety, and the redder the color, the more dangerous it is. By redeeming the blessings, you can relatively avoid this danger.
Only this time, two colors appeared at once.
This was something Ouyang Rong didn't expect.
"Strange, what kind of blessing is this? Two colors are drawn at once, a double yolk egg?"
Ouyang Rong looked suspicious and muttered for a while.
"Do you want to exchange it..."
Don't blame him for his hesitation. According to the principles established in the past, it is better to exchange less of these light pink peach blossom blessings, such as the misunderstanding with Li Guo'er last time.
It was very embarrassing afterwards, and I still owed Li Guo'er a favor.
But it contains the blessing of blood-red filamentous mist. For safety reasons, Ouyang Rong must redeem it again and again. This is also a successful experience in the past.
It's a good idea now, if the two sexes come together and fight on principle, how can we fix it?
Numb.
Ouyang Rong glanced at the little fortune clock that bounced in the air like a vibrating egg, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.
I don’t know what triggered it. It’s been more than half the night and it hasn’t stopped yet.
"What's this feeling of being cheated? Forget it, just tie it up, just in case..."
Ouyang Rong immediately closed his eyes.
Almost at the same time as he closed his eyes, the row of dazzling blue-gold fonts above the small wooden fish not far behind him suddenly turned into a blue-gold light ball with a vague shape like a dragon and carp. With a "swish" sound, it shot into the air.
The purple-breathing fortune clock hit it hard.
珰——!
A deafening sound of Hong Zhong Da Lu resounded in Ouyang Rong's ears, causing him to temporarily become deaf.
After a while, a green-gold light ball with a vague shape like a dragon and a carp returned to the top of the small wooden fish and transformed into a line of font again: [merits: four thousand seven hundred and seventy-two]
The boiling purple mist of an ancient bronze bell that was bundled with sales of blessings disappeared without a trace, and it hung high in the air, motionless.
The entire space within the merit tower returned to silence.
"There are more than 4,700 merit points left, which should be enough for one use... Actually, just reserve no less than 4,000 merit points..."
There was only an unknown whisper left.
Ouyang Rong's figure disappeared into the merit tower...
Open your eyes.
It's a dimly lit study.
Ouyang Rong was sitting in front of his desk, with his hands crossed and his chin propped up.
He had just left the Merit Tower, and his eyes were still in a trance.
"Based on past experiences, this kind of light pink blessing is usually associated with a certain woman... So who is it this time? Junior sister, Wei Lai, Her Royal Highness the little princess, or... Rong Zhen, Qin Ying?
"Wait, Rong Zhen."
Ouyang Rong raised his head, his eyes thoughtful.
"The blessing was triggered just now, just after I separated from her, and a while later...could it be related to her? Qin Ying is the same, but the one who is closest is Rong Zhen."
The more he thought about it, the more likely he felt that it was possible. Ouyang Rong touched his chin and analyzed to himself:
"Today I returned the sachet. Well, there is also an IOU for a poem. It is possible that these are the causal conditions for this blessing, triggering subsequent blessings...
"In addition to the light pink mist, there is also some blood-red mist inside. Does it mean that in addition to involving women, it also involves something biased toward a bloody disaster?
"Is it related to this woman? If it is Rong Zhen, what could it be..."
Ouyang Rong's expression changed slightly.
He recalled the words that a little ink-jing pointed at his nose in the evening and condemned him.
"Could it be related to the lack of poems? I will return a poem to Rong Zhen later. Is there a way for her to bypass the trap, lock in my true literary style, and then turn against me and fight to the death?"
Ouyang Rong's eyelids suddenly twitched: "What should I do? Now that the IOU has been settled, why do I regret taking it back in the middle? Why do I feel like I will be stabbed faster..."
After thinking for a long time, he rubbed his face hard:
"No matter what, the blessings have been redeemed anyway. Logically speaking, this can be avoided. This blessing clock is still reliable.
"Besides, what if it's not Rong Zhen's side but the safety of Junior Sister, Wei Lai and others is involved, it will be even worse... In short, buy one get one free, buy one get one free, this blessing is not a loss.
"
Ouyang Rong nodded and muttered to himself, tilting his head slightly and looking in the direction of Xingzifang:
"But to be conservative, I'd better not mention returning poems to Rong Zhen recently. It's best to forget about it. If she asks about it... then just say haha... At this juncture, it's better not to add anything to the matter.
."
He took a long breath.
At this time, I could faintly hear the steady breathing of the white-haired little girl in the back room, and the slight movement of a little girl turning over from time to time in the closet.
Ouyang Rong leaned back and lay on the back of the chair. In the days since he was demoted, he was used to getting up at night and sitting like this in the dead of night. Sometimes he would go out under the stars and the moon to find Yuan Huaimin and have a "
Huai Min also did not sleep."
Mainly because of the strange sound of swords chirping like cicadas.
It always lingered in his ears during the day. For example, when he was counseling the depressed Rong Zhen in the Control Council, the buzzing sound of swords in his ears was once loud, much noisier than the sound of wooden fish that he was used to.
It was only when there was silence like now that Ouyang Rong could rest a little and take a breath.
The night wind suddenly howled outside the window.
Ouyang Rong suddenly heard a soft rustle and the sound of small objects hitting the window.
He subconsciously walked over and opened the window.
Extend your palms.
A gust of evening wind carried "water droplets", slightly stinging the skin of his palms.
The ice is cold and sharp as a needle.
Ouyang Rong was slightly stunned.
It's Xiaoxuezi.
"Snowing……"
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A cold wave came and it snowed in Jiangzhou.
Autumn and winter are coming soon.
Although it is just small snowflakes that resemble ice particles, they have melted like raindrops when they fall on the ground, unlike the goose-feather heavy snow in the north.
But it still surprises many people.
Why does it feel like winter has started so early this year?
Well, maybe it’s because most people in Xunyang City are very busy this year and there are still a lot of unfinished things.
For example, near the former site of Chengtian Temple in Xingzifang, there is a huge Buddha that attracts much attention.
This morning, the construction site of the Giant Buddha by Xingzi Lake was in full swing.
Huang Feihong had a sweat towel hanging around his neck, holding two large buckets of hot water in his hands, with wooden ladles floating on the swaying water in the buckets. He was walking in the makeshift wooden passage inside the Donglin Giant Buddha.
The workers who were busy hammering nails around stopped from time to time, took the water ladle from Huang Feihong, and raised their heads to drink.
Some workers couldn't stand the cold anymore and rubbed their almost frozen palms with hot water. Huang Feihong scolded them a few times.
Although the cold wave of winter has ushered in, the busy work on the statue construction site has not stopped. Even under the instructions of Supervisor Lin, the progress has been accelerated in the past few days.
This naturally aroused some noise, but it was quickly suppressed by the smooth combo of sweet dates and big sticks.
Maybe it was because of what happened to the Wang family last time that Superintendent Lin made the right envoy like a broken pot, and he was no longer afraid of the infamy. He ignored some private discussions and concentrated on making the statue and paying close attention to the progress.
Huang Feihong has kept a low profile since he entered the construction site to create the statue, and has not raised any objections so far. In the eyes of other colleagues, he is an honest person who works hard.
Currently delivering hot water inside the Big Buddha, every time he stopped, Huang Feihong would calmly turn his head and look at the situation inside the Big Buddha.
But soon, the two large buckets of water in his hand were finished and bottomed out.
Not far away, a supervisor with an impatient expression waved his hand, and Huang Feihong had no choice but to smile and nod, pick up the empty bucket, and leave the Buddha in a hurry.
The farther back the statue construction site goes and closer to completion, the stricter the management becomes.
I don't know what I'm worried about, but Inspector Lin has set up a lot of complicated regulations.
Martial law has also begun on the construction site. Not only do workers come to the construction site every day, but they also have to be searched before being allowed in.
At the same time, they also screened and inspected the workers on the construction site, and selected people to work inside the Buddha. They also replaced workers very diligently, with one group of people removed from time to time and another group of people replaced...
Because they can work inside the Big Buddha, the treatment and wages are better, and they can avoid the wind and snow outside, naturally many people hope to be selected.
Huang Feihong's luck is not very good. He has never had the opportunity to work inside the Giant Buddha. Now he is even assigned to work in the water room.
The water room is responsible for transporting domestic water for construction site workers, and is considered a relatively marginalized construction site organization.
After delivering this batch of hot water on time, Huang Feihong and his colleagues returned to the water room one after another.
As he passed several brand-new wooden high-rise buildings, he wiped his face with sweat and took the opportunity to take a few more glances.
Several tall wooden buildings resemble watchtowers, with several figures on them, seemingly patrolling and watching.
However, its name is Wanghuo Tower.
Equipped with a variety of exclusive tools, such as buckets, sprinklers, hemp poles, fire forks, water bladders, pumps and other fire extinguishing equipment.
It was something recently built by Superintendent Lin, who suddenly ordered the workers to work overtime to build it.
This kind of fire watch tower is actually not a rare thing. It is relatively common in big cities such as Luoyang and Chang'an, and can be found in every neighborhood.
Because most buildings are made of wood, they can catch fire easily, and the consequences of a fire breaking out can be very serious.
Therefore, some urban areas have built fire-proof buildings. There will be dedicated lookouts on the upper floors, who will patrol day and night to check whether there is a fire. Once there is a fire, the fire divers will immediately take action to put out the fire...
It's just that the number of fire watch towers erected on the Donglin Giant Buddha construction site this time is a bit too large.
The right envoy, Governor Lin, seemed to be worried about the "fire situation".
At present, these fire watch towers are nominally managed by the water house. Because a fire is detected, the water house, including Huang Feihong, is required to move water to put out the fire.
Therefore, the fire watch tower and the water house were built together, but they were two groups of people. They did not affect each other on weekdays and were not allowed to visit at will.
On the fire-watching tower, the main people responsible for checking the "fire situation" were people from the Governor's Mansion, and there were also some unfamiliar and indifferent Xianbei guards who were not easy to mess with at first sight.
Huang Feihong has delivered hot water to the top several times, so he has experienced it.
In addition, Governor Lin also ordered the people in the water house to dig a channel to introduce water from the nearby Xingzi Lake to the construction site, and built several large reservoirs... and so on.
Inspector Lin's recent series of measures are somewhat confusing to people.
Huang Feihong silently withdrew his gaze, remembered what he had just seen in his heart, turned around and entered the water room, and continued working.
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After Pei Shisanniang finished her daily report, she left the hall where Wei Shaoqi, Lin Cheng, Wang Lengran and others were, and retreated.
After going out, this noble lady in purple and gold silk, accompanied by her child servants, passed by the construction site of the Donglin Giant Buddha.
The servants around her were like bodyguards, forming a human wall with their bodies to shield her.
Pei Sanniang frowned slightly and covered her mouth and nose with a lavender scented handkerchief.
On the way, she squinted at the newly built fire watch towers, and a trace of doubt flashed in her eyes.
The construction site for the Donglin Giant Buddha is all flat land. All the crowded and messy residential houses nearby have been demolished, leaving only a solitary prototype of the Giant Buddha... What kind of fire watchtower should be built?
Just before Pei Shisanniang left, she curiously asked Lin Cheng, but the latter just replied calmly, to prevent fires and to be prepared.
The noble lady wearing purple gold silk turned her head and looked.
On the nearest fire-watching tower, several eagle-eyed guards were observing the sky above the construction site with serious expressions.
It seemed that he was not only staring at the fire, but also at something else.
What would suddenly appear in the sky above the construction site of the Giant Buddha? Could it be a bird?
Pei Shisanniang looked thoughtful.
After a while, she really couldn't figure it out, so she shook her head.
He also thought about what he asked Lin Cheng during the discussion just now.
"Will it be completed within this month? Looking at the progress, it is indeed very fast. However, with such a rush and so many criticisms and dissatisfactions, Lin Cheng is really courageous. He is not afraid of the backlash from the people below... Are you really going to take all the abuse?
"Forget it, never mind it, since someone is willing to bear the infamy, then if I annex more of the Xingzifang homestead, it won't be a wasted opportunity.
"But by the way, when will the remaining Buddha heads arrive..."
Pei Shisanniang's eyes were wandering as she passed by the construction site of the Giant Buddha with her head held high and a cold face, carelessly ignoring the rough men behind her who took a peek at her plump figure.
Behind him, the headless Buddha, which was about to be completed, quietly watched the woman's back fade away.