Ouyang Rong finally managed to get over this topic.

I thought to myself that I can no longer teach my junior sister everything in the future.

The junior sister may be a little naive and clumsy in her relationship, but once she learns the rules of experience, her ice-snow intelligence and her ability to draw inferences from one example are really hard to resist.

As the saying goes, if you feed your junior sister, you will starve your senior brother to death.

After a while, silence returned to the corridor.

The expressions of a certain pair of senior brothers and sisters were as if nothing had happened. Only the occasional stray glances could vaguely hint at the abnormality of the atmosphere just now.

The two of them got back to business.

Arriving at the gate of Yilanxuan, before leaving, Ouyang Rong turned around and said:

"We'll set out after dinner. I'll ask someone from the county government to send a guide later. It'll be easier for you to travel. Although Guangzhou Prefecture in the south is prosperous, most of Lingnan Road is remote and closed, and is full of poisonous miasma in Daze.

."

Ouyang Rong stopped, reached out and took off the Mohist sword box from Xie Lingjiang's back, pulled out a moonlight long sword from it as usual, and handed it out:

"Junior sister, have a nice trip."

"Um."

Xie Lingjiang made a nasal sound, took the sword and tied it on his slender waist.

"Senior brother, please pay attention to your safety."

Ouyang Rong smiled crookedly, took the sword box in his hand, shook it in the air, and turned around to leave.

From the corner of his eye, he vaguely caught a glimpse of the little junior sister standing at the door under the dusk and setting sun, not wanting to come in, with a gesture that seemed to be hesitant.

"What's wrong?" His tone was a little helpless.

"Senior Brother officially entered the mansion today, but he chose to stay in Dalang's study in Juxian Garden. What's the significance?"

"It's not a deep meaning, it's just a superficial meaning." Ouyang Rong said bluntly: "If this lineage of the deposed King Xunyang reaches the top one day, I will be the leader."

"Li Fusu is the eldest son, why should senior brother emphasize this so early?" Xie Lingjiang bit his lip:

"Besides, right now, it's all just speculation. How can Senior Brother be so sure, is the bet right?"

Ouyang Rong said with a smile: "There is no way. I developed obsessive-compulsive disorder from playing chess in the past. I am used to taking one step and watching ten."

After a pause, the young magistrate calmed his expression. Under the dim sunset, his face was as calm as a marble sculpture:

"According to our Confucian standards, a benevolent king, a wise king, a wise king, and a sage king.

"Uncle Li is indecisive, a woman's benevolence, easily influenced by people close to her, mediocre in ability, but generous and kind, and tolerant of many people. He is a good person. He is extremely indulgent to those close to him, including you and me. This is especially true.

Gaozong... reluctantly benevolent Lord."

"One step further from Fusu. He is generous and kind, respects his teachers, listens and obeys well, but is not weak. He has the bottom line of principles, can implement benevolent government, continue his career, and behave like a benevolent king. A virtuous king can be expected."

"Elder brother, your thoughts are really far-reaching." Xie Lingjiang murmured, and suddenly asked: "Then who is the monarch in Luodu right now?"

Ouyang Rong looked at his junior sister.

The next moment, he raised his hands and faced north, speaking righteously:

"Of course he is an eternal sage. He is not inferior to Taizong, and I hope he will be the best."

Looking at the serious senior brother in front of him with his eyes blinking, Xie Lingjiang burst into laughter, also cupped his fists and raised his hands, looking sideways and praising:

"As expected of the young Tanhualang who was promoted at the Xingyuan Banquet by the Holy Lord, Zhou Bangxi, Rong Youlianghan, um, he is handsome and his words are nice... After scolding Fang Qiu, he walked out of the study and became Zhou Tingzhongliang again."

Ouyang Rong didn't blush, nodded without a beating heart, and accepted the compliment.

"Eldest brother." Xie Lingjiang asked curiously: "I have one more thing. I don't understand why the eldest brother rejected the imperial edict so easily and freely."

She said softly:

"The position of Shi Yushi is placed in front of the direct descendants of our Wang and Xie families under thirty, and they are all high-ranking errands. They are not worthy of the lintel, let alone the scholars of Bailudong Academy, who flock to it like ducks.

"But why does Senior Brother not care so much during the day?

"Although Senior Brother has decided to join the Su Mansion as a counselor, but if he refuses this opportunity to be promoted back to the capital, is he really going to stay in Longcheng?"

When Xie Lingjiang said this, he frowned and thought carefully, and said worriedly:

"Elder brother said just now in the study that most of us are not wealthy people, so we have to be careful about trial and error.

"This time I finally got the opportunity to be promoted back to the capital, but this polite refusal has offended those people in Luoyang. They just followed the trend and stopped giving rewards. Wouldn't it be in vain that Senior Brother's hard work in controlling the floods was in vain?"

Ouyang Rong glanced at the junior sister who was drawing inferences again, and suddenly said:

"This position of Shi Yushi is actually a trial."

"Testing, what do you mean?"

Ouyang Rong said calmly: "Someone wants to test my quality, or in other words, test my attitude and stance."

"Who is trying, Empress Wei?"

"No, the Zhengshitang can draw up the appointment letter for the sixth-grade official on its own."

"Eldest Brother means...Master?"

Ouyang Rong didn't answer and thought to himself:

"This edict, in a sense, is the same thing as the jade jue given to Uncle Li by the Holy One.

"They all came up with a question and went around in circles with me.

"Then I'll go around too."

He suddenly smiled, turned around and said:

"Don't worry, this question is not about agreeing or rejecting the two answers. Although it seems so, after the first refusal, there will be no response from Luoyang, there will be follow-up.

"Whether I happily accepted the order and took up my post in Luoyang; or whether I resigned from office repeatedly to clear my name and raise my reputation; or whether I resigned halfway and accepted the position half-heartedly, all correspond to different answers."

"Then the optimal solution is..."

Xie Lingjiang paused mid-question. She had seen something at the county government office gate during the day and asked in a low voice:

"So Senior Brother prepared a memorial in advance, declined the imperial edict, and then handed it over?"

Ouyang Rong nodded, looked north at the divine capital, and said softly:

"Then let's see how that noble man goes around the circle."

The girl in red dress looked away and looked north together.

Not long after.

The night is getting darker.

Ouyang Rong bid farewell to Xie Lingjiang in Yilanxuan.

He took the plum forest path and returned to the plum forest courtyard.

Pushing the door open and entering the house, the sound of slightly rusty wooden bolts seemed a bit harsh in the night where cicadas were chirping.

Summer nights are lonely.

Ouyang Rong placed the Mohist sword box horizontally on the table.

This long and narrow sword box, which has a single-digit number of copies in existence, was repackaged by him a few days ago, and he hired a carpenter to cover it with a thin layer of wood.

At the moment it looks ordinary, long and narrow, like a wooden box for storing calligraphy and paintings or flutes and instruments.

The room was dark, with only the moonlight covering the floor.

Ouyang Rong did not light the lamp, but walked to the desk and sat down, tapping his fingers on the table and closing his eyes in the darkness.

After his consciousness sank, Ouyang Rong entered the Merit Tower and first glanced at the trembling Fortune Announcement Bell shrouded in purple mist.

He glanced at the blue-gold font again:

[Merits: Two Thousand One Hundred and One]

"Is it almost five hundred?"

The weak-headed counselor who returned from the study in Juxian Garden murmured.

After seeing off the emissary Song Hao and his party in the afternoon, this new blessing worth two thousand [merits] kept ringing.

Ouyang Rong was quite surprised.

Originally, I was still short of four hundred [merits], but unexpectedly, now that I have collected them all, the new blessings are still there, and they continue to this day, with no signs of fading.

"I don't know what kind of blessing it is... related to the resignation?" He muttered a little guilty.

As for the extra five hundred [merits] gained in one afternoon, most of them came from the gratitude of Li Xian's family. They were impressed by everyone's gratitude after they made suggestions with him.

Ouyang Rong was not sure whether his joining and assisting had slightly plucked the strings of fate and slightly changed the fate of the family.

In addition, there are some [merits] that come from my junior sister.

Ouyang Rong really didn't expect that feeding the little junior sister with Sushan would actually increase her [merits].

Well, I’ll continue feeding next time.

She is worthy of being a junior sister. She is an old merit extractor. I don’t know how much juice has been squeezed out by the black-hearted senior brother, but she still continues to shine in the aspect of selflessness.

I couldn't help but feel a little guilty in my heart.

At the table, Ouyang Rong smiled sheepishly.

But today was not intentional, this increase of five hundred [merits] was unexpected and by the way, it can be regarded as an unexpected blessing.

"Should I keep it or use it?"

Ouyang Rong looked hesitant, rubbed his face and muttered:

"Now, everything in Longcheng is settled, the new ferry is gradually becoming more stable, and most of the people are living and working in peace and contentment.

"Most of the merits are obtained once, and there is no new growth point at the moment. Some of them are getting harder and harder to increase. I don't know if the newly built pagoda that donated money can also contribute...
To be continued...