"Are you okay, Lord Governor? From yesterday to today, I am not an idler like you. When I am dealing with official duties, I can hide my beauty in a golden room. When I go to dinner, I care about everyone and never leave anyone out."

"Hurry, Xiu Niang and Mrs. Pei will be back soon."

After a pause, Ouyang Rong's voice said helplessly:

"You are not a grown-up, don't call Rong Nu Shi that way, it always feels weird."

"Oh."

The next day, at the entrance of the quiet courtyard.

There was a heavy downpour yesterday afternoon and into the night, but today the sun is shining brightly.

In the morning, Ouyang Rong and Rong Zhen came to the quiet courtyard again, stopped in an alley not far from the entrance of the courtyard, and waited quietly.

This is the appointment the two made yesterday.

Rong Zhen changed back to the plain white and monotonous palace dress today, stood with hands in the alley, and said coldly:

"Master Governor, please hurry up. Why is she holding her in your hands like a hidden treasure for fear of falling, and holding her in your mouth for fear of melting? It's so troublesome for me to even take a look at it. Is there something wrong in your heart, or do you not believe me?"

palace."

"If you don't believe it, I won't let Nv Shi come over. It's just that Xiu Niang is in a special situation and needs to rest. I'll know when I see you later."

After saying that, Ouyang Rong looked at the cold and frosty girl in palace clothes next to him, and sighed:

"Isn't Rong Nu Shi still calmed down?"

Rong Zhen immediately turned his head and spoke like a string of words:

"Angry? What are you angry about? Where am I angry? Which of your eyes can see that I am angry? I am not angry. I am not angry. I am just doing business. In my opinion, you are too selfish, Mr. Governor.

I forgot what official business is."

"I have not forgotten what I have said. The matter concerning the embroiderer is purely selfish, but it will not delay official duties and will not affect the completion of the Donglin Giant Buddha. I will always keep this in mind."

Rong Zhen lowered his eyelids and looked ahead with his sleeves: "I hope so."

Ouyang Rong also stood with his sleeves rolled up.

There are two people, one tall and one short, one is calm and the other is angry. They are wearing green shirts and white skirts. They are also in cage-sleeved postures, standing side by side.

If there were outsiders passing by the alley at this time, they would take a few more glances. The painting styles are surprisingly matched and impressive.

It's a pity that the person involved didn't know it.

After a night of review and reflection, Ouyang Rong roughly understood some things and took the initiative:

"If you think about it carefully, it's normal to feel angry. Yesterday, my junior sister did say something inappropriate. She shouldn't judge others so arbitrarily. I'm here to apologize to Rong Nu Shi. I hope that Master Rong Nu Shi will have more, so don't be surprised."

Rong Zhen asked:

"Weren't you looking for those broken umbrellas? How do you know what we talked about?"

Ouyang Rong coughed: "I learned a little bit from Mrs. Pei."

Rong Zhen glanced at him sideways.

At this moment, the two of them stopped talking at the same time and looked towards the corner of the street.

A luxurious carriage drove up and stopped in front of the quiet courtyard.

In the car, a beautiful woman wearing purple and gold silk was the first to get out of the car. She turned around and helped a young girl in the car get out of the car.

The girl was pretty and charming, with a sky-blue ribbon covering her eyes, an ice-white jade hairpin that sounded "Longling" on her head, and a jasper staff in her hand. She landed lightly. She seemed to be mute and made love to the beautiful woman with purple and gold silk.

With a gesture of thanks, the latter smiled and helped him into the quiet courtyard...

There were only about ten seconds between getting off the bus and entering the courtyard.

But Rong Zhen couldn't take her eyes away, and Ouyang Rong found that her eyelids didn't even blink.

Especially when the delicate girl stepped out of the carriage, the white jade hairpin with a pendant swinging above her head made a special sound. Rong Zhen's eyes fell on it most of the time, and of course, the jasper staff in her hand.

The blind and mute girl was sent to the hospital.

The beautiful woman in purple and gold silk returned, boarded the luxurious carriage, and drove away slowly.

The two people standing in the alley made no sound and were not noticed the whole time.

After a long time, Ouyang Rong asked:

"See you?"

"Um."

"Then there's no need to explain."

Rong Zhenzi nodded calmly: "No wonder you feel so sorry for her and don't want to bring me over to bother her."

Ouyang Rong shook his head: "It's not a nuisance, it's just Xiu Niang..." There was a slight hesitation in his tone.

Rong Zhen suddenly asked: "Does she not know your specific position?"

"It's almost the same. You only know my name, but you don't know my character."

Rong Zhen said softly:

"You should respect your name by giving it a title. When your father calls you by name, others will call you by name. You are already the governor of a state. No one except your father, the teacher, or you who are humble would dare to call your name in public."

Ouyang Rong was silent.

In the Zhou Dynasty, characters were not something ordinary people could have. They had to be acquired by people with status, status, and culture. They had to have the same qualifications. It belonged to the aristocratic scholar group, and in a sense, it was also the threshold for entering the circle.

Because after a man reaches his twenties, he has learned how to be a father, so the title is added.

After having the "word", friends of the same generation or juniors are not allowed to call them by their first names. If you call them by name or surname in public, it will be regarded as disrespectful and very offensive.

The inferior versus the superior, the humble versus the honorable, especially the name of the monarch or one's parents and elders cannot even be mentioned, otherwise it would be treason.

Ouyang Rong's nickname "Lianghan" was given by his mentor Xie Xun when he was studying at Bailudong Academy. It was taken from the sentence "Zhou Bang is happy, Rong has a good Han".

Choosing a character for a teacher is a kind of identity recognition and inheritance of cultural heritage.

Otherwise, how can you say that once you are a teacher, you will always be a father? He can directly pick a "word" for you and use it for a lifetime, which is regarded as naming rights. If you deliberately use it randomly, the person who quotes the classics will call you "goudan" or other weird words.

Then it's over...

The distant ones are like Tao Yuanming, and the recent ones are like Yuan Huaimin. They both have "surname" plus "zi".

Yuan Huaimin also had a given name, but Ouyang Rong, his best friend, didn't know it either, so he was used to calling him by that name every day.

Yuan Huaimin was sent to serve as an official, but he also went out with a "word". It is estimated that only the elders in the clan knew his name. Even Yi Qianqiu, who hated iron but not steel, didn't yell when he went into a rage and beat someone up the last time they met.

In Tao Yuanming's words, his name is "Qian". In fact, this can also be understood. When a certain lady with blond hair called him a thief, she called him by his first name and how angry he was.

"So are you afraid that if I meet her face to face, she will be aware of our identities and yours?"

Ouyang Rong frowned and said nothing.

Rong Zhen chuckled: "Your name, Ouyang Lianghan, should be quite famous. Like me, you are regarded as a court thief by Yunmengyue Nu and the rebels in Tiannan Jianghu."

Ouyang Rong shook his head: "Xiu Niang is different from them."

"Well, it's indeed different."

Rong Zhen nodded again, word for word:

"From last time, you, your child bride, taught your personal maid Ye Weilai the 'Virgin Splitting View' sword move. It seems that she should be a Yue girl at the level of a female monarch. How can she be the same as an ordinary Yue girl? What's strange is that,

Why is a female monarch who is a superior woman so miserable? Is she born like this or is she degraded the day after tomorrow? No matter what, it is really pitiful."

Ouyang Rong didn't know whether he acquiesced or didn't want to mention the matter more, so he asked:

"Is there anything else you want to ask or see about Rong Nu's history?"

Rong Zhen stared at him for a while and asked:

"What are you going to do with her?"

Ouyang Rong lowered his eyes:

"After cleaning up the city last time, there is no longer Yunmeng Jianze's eyeliner around Xiu Niang. She is blind and mute and can't contact the outside world. She can be regarded as out of contact. I will accompany her well and prevent her from wandering into the mud again.

water."

"You have indeed cut off all connections between her and that place, but if she quietly or insists on getting involved, can you stop her?"

Ouyang Rong was silent for a long time and whispered:

"I promised her that I would bring her back to the Huaiye Lane mansion to attend my aunt's birthday ceremony. I will never break my promise. Xiu Niang also promised that she will work hard."

Rong Zhen looked at him with squinted eyes and mouthed the words:

"No wonder you don't let her know your name and official position."

Her advice by drawing inferences about other cases:

"Then don't let him know the date when the Donglin Giant Buddha was built..."

Ouyang Rong said nothing and moved forward.

Rong Zhen paused mid-sentence, turned around and looked at Ouyang Rong's calm and peaceful face, and suddenly laughed at herself:
To be continued...