Chapter 760 If you don’t return home with a beauty, a gentleman will die with a tree in his arms [Please vote for me!]
Rong Zhen finished the question with "Is it good?"
Ouyang Rong, who was smiling at the red and gold invitation from the two kings of the Wei family, fell silent for a long time.
In full view.
Rong Zhen, who had always been cold and unsmiling, asked him again in a soft tone that no one in the room had ever heard before:
"Okay, Lianghan?"
Even the title omitted his last name and called him by his given name.
The young man in Confucian shirt became quiet inside and outside.
He raised his head and looked at the dome of the cave directly above their heads.
On the stone wall of the dome, there is a circle of newly carved lotus inscriptions.
Ouyang Rong's eyes jumped past the date of "the third year of Tianyou's reign" and landed on the words "Prince Shi Ouyang Lianghan" and "Female Shi Rongzhen".
The attention of everyone around him was also focused on his face.
But I can't understand the emotion on his face at this moment.
"Rong Zhen, thank you. I like this gift."
Without waiting for Rong Zhen to smile because of his changed title, Ouyang Rong pointed to the river filled with white mist and said openly:
"Please prepare a boat for me. I want to cross the river and return to the city."
Everyone couldn't help but look sideways at the young man in scholar's shirt with a serious expression.
Wei Wu and Duan Quanwu exchanged glances, but did not dare to show any dissatisfaction. Together with Yi and Song, they looked at the noble back of the princess in the center of the high platform.
"You like this gift, and I also like it. It can leave a mark on the career you have worked hard for. This sense of accomplishment is what you taught me."
Rong Zhen suddenly said seriously;
"Ouyang Lianghan, you are not allowed to get angry with me."
Ouyang Rong shook his head:
"I'm not angry."
"You have."
"Really not." Ouyang Rong's eyes were calm, he looked directly into her eyes, and said: "You said your surname was Wei because of your greatest selfishness..."
Rong Zhen interrupted: "It is not my greatest selfishness, at least not at this moment. At this moment... it is something else."
Her nose was a little sore and blocked.
Ouyang Rong nodded and said calmly:
"Well, it's not the biggest, but at least it's selfish. You're afraid of my selfish selfishness, but I'm not too angry. Do you still remember what we talked about outside Xiu Niang's yard that day?"
Without waiting for Rong Zhen to speak, Ouyang Rong continued:
"Rong Zhen, I remember your words. I don't have the memory or take your words seriously as you complained...
"You personally said that day that you can temporarily tolerate my selfishness of hiding the embroiderer, but you also want me to promise you that I will also have to tolerate some of your selfishness in the future. This is called not owing anything."
Ouyang Rong stood in a green shirt and nodded gently:
"I remember, I'm not angry, I will do whatever I promised you."
Rong Zhen was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect that someone who was always "laughing" would take the initiative to bring it up.
She stared at Ouyang Rong intently.
When they heard about the "Tibetan Embroidery Lady", Yi, Song, Duan and others on the side were a little confused, but Wei Wu's expression remained unchanged.
Ouyang Rong turned his head and looked at Wei Wu, who had his head down and said nothing, and asked calmly:
"But I'm curious about something. The day you found Xiu Niang's yard, it shouldn't have been discovered by some female officer of the Supervisory Yuan who stayed behind. Was it someone from the Wei family who reported it?"
He sighed: "Is it because of this incident that they started to stir up dissension again, so you decided to help them? Your delay in telling me the specific defense of the Buddha, including today, is holding me back again."
Rong Zhen did not answer, his tone could not conceal his excitement, and he said sincerely:
"I did not help Wei Jisi to set up the situation, bribe Senior Song, and command Yi to do these things. They were all done without authorization and in private, as was the case of the water thieves in Hukou County.
"Wei Jisi, Wei Sixing and the others have no control over me, and they are not qualified to order me around. Apart from my mother's surname, I don't want to have anything to do with them."
After Rong Zhen finished speaking, he took a deep breath and tried hard to soften the coldness in his voice:
"Lianghan, let's not talk to them anymore, okay? Don't mention their affairs anymore. Let's go back to Beijing together until the Buddha's event. The saint once said, allow me to decide some private matters... The saint will definitely like you.
Yes, I will reuse you. Being a bachelor of Xiuwenguan is just a starting point... As for the Liwei family, even if the fight turns into darkness in the future, it is none of our business."
Duan Quanwu's expression changed when he heard Rong Zhen calling King Wei and King Liang by their names and treating the Wei family as if they were worn out shoes. He turned around and found that Wei Wu's face was as usual and he was silently watching the situation on the field.
, and she was not dissatisfied with Princess Zhenxian's cold and willful tearing of the red and gold invitations from King Wei and King Liang.
Rong Zhen didn't care at all about the little calculations and thoughts of others on the court.
She stood in front of Ouyang Rong, with a hint of longing and longing on her face, and whispered:
"From now on, I am in the palace and you are in the court. We can go on duty together at Yingtianmen in the imperial city every day. When we are tired, we can go to Luohe for a night tour. When we are free, we can go to the White Horse Temple to offer incense.
"From now on, we can focus on seeking the welfare of the Zhou Dynasty and doing practical things for thousands of people, just like our tacit cooperation in Jiangzhou these days.
"From now on, I will peel as many pears as you want with my own hands... Lianghan, okay?"
Ouyang Rong looked directly into her eyes, his eyes sharp and tenacious:
"Rong Zhen, you didn't help, but you didn't stop either. Silence is the biggest accomplice. Rong Zhen, like Yi Qianqiu and others, you became an accomplice. If I nod and stay, I will also be an accomplice, even if I follow you back to Beijing.
I will have a bright future in the future, and I, Ouyang Lianghan, will be ashamed for the rest of my life.
"Rong Zhen, it's impossible not to be moved by what you said, but I am now the governor of Jiangzhou and a staff member of Prince Xunyang's palace. I want to go back both for personal affairs and for justice. I cannot condone the Wei family's true and false behavior.
The thief extends his butcher knife to the people of the city and the royal palace. The former cannot become an insignificant victim in the conflict, and the latter cannot die in these despicable and dirty conspiracy.
"Rong Zhen, I want to go back. Since you don't care about them, I also ask you to leave me alone and prepare a ship for me. No matter what the outcome is today, I won't blame you."
Rong Zhen listened and gradually lowered his head, not looking at him. But when Ouyang Rong said the last words, the girl in palace clothes said nothing, quickly reached out and grasped his sleeve tightly.
Ouyang Rong repeated firmly: "Please let go, prepare the ship, prepare the ship."
Rong Zhen raised his face and closed his eyes, shook his head firmly and said:
"I don't care about them; I definitely care about you; how can you do the same? No matter whether you blame me or not, you can't leave. Ouyang Lianghan, you promised me to stay. You just said,
You must do what you promised me, and you can't go back on it, you can't."
"But you promised me not long ago that if there was a situation in Xunyang City, you would immediately arrange a ship for me to go back without trying to dissuade me. This is one of the two conditions for me to agree to stay, and you are not allowed to return either.
."
"Ouyang Lianghan, there is no danger... in the city." She took a deep breath and continued to say word by word: "Innocent people will not be harmed, and so will your female relatives. Do you remember that at the birthday dinner, I gave you
That string of beads for your aunt, as long as you hold it, no one can hurt them.
"Also, do you still remember the confidant female officer who was sent to Xunyang City by me when we were in Nan'an just now?
"Relax, your junior sister and the embroiderer girl, no one will harm them. As for their identities, I will guarantee them... Today, if there is any danger to the people around you,
, I will kill Wei Wu first, and then find Wei’s heir. I will personally apologize and let you do whatever you want.”
As Rong Zhen spoke, he held on to Ouyang Rong's sleeves tightly, his little hands turning white, as if he was afraid that he would run away if he let go.
Although the entire main grotto is now hers, the young man in Confucian robes in front of her is destined to be unable to leave since he walked into the Twin Peaks this morning.
But until this moment, Rong Zhen still stayed close to her, never letting him out of her sight.
No why.
Sometimes, people cannot accept even a one in ten thousand possibility because they are afraid of the consequences of the "one in ten thousand" possibility, even if it is one in ten thousand.
Ouyang Rong stared at Rong Zhen for a while, and at a certain moment, he smiled:
"Rong Zhen, you are well prepared, but what if I force you to leave?"
Rong Zhen sniffed and stared at the floor without saying a word.
Yi Qianqiu, Nanny Song, Duan Quanwu and others around him were also silent, or were looking away in trance, or looking elsewhere.
The trusted female officers and generals around the high platform also remained silent and stood guard, guarding the Donglin Giant Buddha in the grotto.
The meaning is obvious.
Leave? No way.
At this time, Wei Wu, who had been silent all this time, looked up at the dazzling sun at noon and spoke hoarsely:
"Prince Ouyang, the time has arrived. In fact, it has arrived a long time ago. While you were talking to the princess just now, the water thieves from Hukou County sent by the Tiannan Jianghu rebels have arrived at Xiushui Fang and raided the palace. General Li,
Unfortunately, the reinforcements led by Miao Zhennvshi arrived late and defeated the water thieves. The thieves either escaped or were killed, but King Xunyang's family was unfortunately killed..."
As if reading a script from a script, he read this, nodded, and said to Yi, Song, Duan and others around him:
"Okay, let's send a team of people over now to investigate the tragedy and make final conclusions, but just in case, well, just in case, let's wait another quarter of an hour before sending people over... to try our best to rescue King Xunyang
."
The man with the Chinese character's face turned back towards Ouyang Rong, with a calm look of relief on his face:
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"If there is bad news, Governor Ouyang would also like to express his condolences. The princess and all of you have tried their best."
When everyone heard this, they thought Ouyang Rong would look angry, but unexpectedly, he tilted his head and looked past them to someone not far away from the stage.
There seemed to be an incense burner standing quietly there.
But they didn't know that Ouyang Rong's eyes fell on one of the incense plants that was about to burn out, and he watched quietly.
When everyone looked confused, a female officer and a general suddenly came outside and hurriedly walked onto the stage.
When he came to them, the former reported with a sullen face:
"Oops, something went wrong with the white mist formation on the river. General Wei, who was in charge of the formation, has disappeared and is suspected of escaping."
Rong Zhen turned around and asked, "Escape?"
Everyone frowned, and Yi Qianqiu said in confusion:
"He was running the formation well, why did he run away? Is he sick?"
"I don't know, but this is something our people picked up on the ship where he disappeared. It seems to be the material of an official uniform, or a high-grade crimson official uniform."
The female officer took out a crimson rag stained with blood.
Everyone looked at it carefully and saw that it looked vaguely familiar.
Rong Zhen suddenly looked at the blue Confucian shirt on Ouyang Rong's body, and then at the red scar on his right hand.
This is half of the fabric of the imperial uniform worn by Ouyang Rong not long ago.
Aunt Song suddenly said: "There are words on it!"
Everyone looked closely and saw a big, scrawled word in blood on this half of the official uniform:
【escape】
Among the crowd, someone immediately recognized carefully that it was Ouyang Rong's handwriting.
Rong Zhen suddenly spoke:
"Did you ask Wang Caozhi to deliver the message? You had made an agreement with Wei Mi a long time ago and asked him to prepare a retreat? Run away after receiving your signal?!"
Ouyang Rong lowered his eyes and did not answer.
Yi Qianqiu's eyes narrowed and he turned his head sharply:
"The White Mist Formation cannot be stopped, and the people who have been selected can not be delayed because of Wei Mi!"
"Yes, Commander!"
A young general took the order and hurriedly retreated.
Apparently, in addition to deliberately sending Wei Mi away to prevent him from being on the high platform today, they also had a secret plan to prepare someone to replace him at any time.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief for the time being.
Duan Quanwu smiled and said:
"It's okay, it's just a small character who ran away. He didn't have time to go to Xunyang City."
Aunt Song asked Ouyang Rong loudly:
"Ouyang Lianghan, where is Wei Mi? Do you know that if he runs away today, he will be treated as a deserter? His future will be ruined, and it will also affect Jingzhao Wei."
Ouyang Rong remained calm and did not answer. He looked at the girl in palace clothes in front of him who was staring at the fragments of the crimson official uniform.
At this moment, another female historian came quickly to report:
"Ms. Shi, before General Wei disappeared, he issued a strange order to raise an iron chain on the river. Now the iron chain is still there and is being controlled by Xuanwu Guards. What should we do?"
Aunt Song, Duan Quanwu and others looked at the young man in Confucian shirt with a calm expression in confusion.
Yi Qianqiu frowned and asked:
"Ouyang Lianghan, build an iron chain across the river. What are you going to do? It can't be to block ships, right?"
Ouyang Rong turned a deaf ear and lowered his head to straighten his clothes.
Rong Zhen suddenly raised his head and asked:
"Ouyang Lianghan, where is the other half of the official uniform? Tell me, who did you give Wang Caozhi to?"
Aunt Song was a little impatient, pacing in circles and turning her head sharply.
"Looking for death! I really can't let him escape."
The old woman with white eyes looked gloomy and wanted Yu Feng to chase her.
Yi Qianqiu suddenly reached out and pulled: "Wait a minute, the deputy supervisor cannot leave the Buddha, the time is coming..."
Before she could finish speaking, a dusty Xianbei guard ran out again and said anxiously to Wei Wu;
"Master Wu, there is news from Xiushui Fang. As soon as our people arrived at the palace, a fire broke out in the palace. The fire was very strange. It was green and burned without mist. It spread quickly and burned in a short time.
After searching the inner house, our people couldn't get in. After controlling the scope of the fire, we searched the outer house and found Li Xian's family. We didn't know whether the bones were in the inner house or not.
"In addition, a maid from the palace saw that a quarter of an hour before our people arrived, a carriage transporting ice cubes hurriedly left the palace and seemed to be heading towards Kuanglu Mountain..."
Wei Wu's always calm and composed expression suddenly changed.
Duan Quanwu and others also changed their expressions.
Rong Zhen held the palm of the sleeve of the man in front of him and slipped it down.
She looked at him in confusion.
"So you don't have much anger? Because you expected it before you came?"
Everyone's eyes also turned to Ouyang Rong.
The young man in Confucian robes looked up at the sky, gently patted the dust off his clothes, tilted his head, and said slightly apologetically to Wei Wu and others:
"The time has indeed come. I'm sorry to bother you all to waste so much saliva and chatter with you here."