Chapter 766 It’s hard to tell the real fake, clues to the new tripod sword [Happy New Year! Please vote for me~]

The interior of the Gongde Pagoda still looks the same.

A bright, pure white space.

Returning to a familiar and peaceful environment, Ouyang Rong let out a long breath.

The fortune bell has not sounded for a long time, but at the moment, Ouyang Rong does not want it to ring suddenly.

Because there are not many merit points, they are needed for the divine order. The current situation is critical and cannot be spent randomly.

Ouyang Rong came to the little wooden fish and looked down.

[Merit: five thousand five hundred and twenty-eight]

Ouyang Rong breathed a sigh of relief.

It's enough for him to use the command of seance once.

Before coming to Xunyang Grottoes today, his merit score was over six thousand.

If Ouyang Rong remembered correctly, on the high platform, he had publicly rejected Wei Wu, Aunt Song and others' attempts to win over him, which made him a great success. Later, he righteously rejected Rong Zhen's arrangement and did not choose to be an accomplice.

, returning home with a beautiful woman in his arms brings another wave of merit.

Along the way, a wave of merit increased inexplicably, and the amount was quite large, nearly a thousand.

Finally, when he escaped from the main grotto's dragnet, retrieved the tripod sword, and left with Xiu Niang and Wang Caozhi safe and sound, he still felt a little relieved.

Ouyang Rong remembered that there were roughly four waves of significant growth in merit during the process.

However, Ouyang Rong did not reject Rong Zhen, Wei Wu and others because of merit. After all, before he made his choice, he did not expect that this mysterious little wooden fish would return merit.

As for the logic of the last merit increase, it is not difficult to understand. It should be the merit reward he obtained for delaying time and letting Wei Mi, Wang Caozhi and Xiu Niang escape in advance.

And the inexplicable increase in merit in the middle, combined with the time of its appearance, and the subsequent bad news that Wei Wu received from Xiushui Fang... If you guessed it correctly, it should have come from the Xunyang Prince's Mansion.

Ouyang Rong stroked the skirt knife in advance, which was the promised signal to the junior sister, reminding them to drink ice.

According to his arrangements and the news he heard from Wei Wu while hibernating on the high platform, King Xunyang's family should be safe and sound now.

The timely feedback on the growth of merit also illustrates this point.

This is why Ouyang Rong still has time to enter the Gongde Tower to rest and count, and is not in a hurry to leave Zhao Qingxiu, Wang Caozhi and the others and rush back to Xiushui Fang.

Follow the ice drinking plan he designed.

If he went back to look for them too early, he might get into trouble.

Ouyang Rong took a deep breath.

After reviewing it and confirming that nothing was missing, he turned his attention to the blue-gold font above the small wooden fish.

Right now, it’s close to 5,600 merits.

Originally, with the growth of merit in the previous four waves, his total merit should be more than nine thousand.

However, in the middle of the journey, I discovered two considerable merit expenditures.

One time, the spirit descended on Wang Caozhi, which consumed three thousand merits and an extra red and black talisman.

Another time, he beheaded Duan Quanwu in public and secretly used Mirage Mask to collect his phantom body, which cost more than a thousand.

But Ouyang Rong thought it was worth it.

Extraordinary times require extraordinary treatment.

In the past, I worked hard to collect merit points by "sparing on food and expenses", wasn't it just to be able to spend extravagantly at critical moments?

It is true that the distance from the woods on the south bank to the high platform at the foot of the Buddha does not actually require a trance to relay the [Tripod Sword].

However, the reason why Wang Caozhi swallowed the red and black talisman's talisman water and ran out with the magical power of transubstantiation was not just for the purpose of wielding the sword.

It was the optimal solution based on the multiple preparation plans he had made in his mind at that moment.

Ouyang Rong pulled out his thoughts and escaped from the Tower of Merit.

Opened his eyes.

Wang Caozhi and Zhao Qingxiu were waiting for him quietly.

Ouyang Rong said nothing, stretched out his hand to open the Mohist sword box on the embroiderer's lap, and rummaged through it skillfully.

The sword box has now become his small portable warehouse.

Ouyang Rong paused with his palm and took out the incomplete "Zhen Gao" from it.

However, he then looked through it again and couldn't find Miao Si's spiritual ink.

Previously, Miaosi "generally" gave him three tubes of spiritual ink. Ouyang Rong secretly gave it to Xie Lingjiang before leaving the palace this morning, and before saying goodbye to everyone, Xiaomo Jingmiaosi also placed it with her.

The junior sister is a Confucian Qi practitioner, so Lingmo is of great help to her, while Ouyang Rong is only used to make runes.

Because he had extra red and black talismans on him at the time, he gave them all to his junior sister.

In the ice-drinking plan of King Xunyang's family, what the junior sister is going to do is indeed risky. Ouyang Rong is naturally worried about her the most, even if it is only a one-in-a-ten thousand chance.

Without spiritual ink, there is no way to make talismans.

Ouyang Rong pondered for a moment and decided to go back to Xiushui Fang first. After finding his junior sister and Miao Si, he got the Lingmo Talisman and replenished it first.

Having an extra red and black talisman on your body can avoid a lot of risks.

For example, this time, if he did not expose the identity of the owner of Die Lianhua, but followed his original plan to use the divine order to avoid the sound of the piano, if there was no alternative route of Wang Caozhi swallowing the red and black talisman and running away,

, once the invitation to Tao Yuanming failed, wouldn't he be embarrassed?

Later facts also proved that Tao Yuanming was indeed not invited over, and the so-called authentic copy of "Returning to the Garden" that he swallowed with Fu Shui was his mother's fake.

Thinking of this matter again, in the carriage, Ouyang Rong's eyelids twitched as he was in a much calmer mood.

Was it intentional or accidental?

For some reason, the Prince Xiang's Mansion always gave him a feeling of embarrassment, a slight conflict with him and Prince Xunyang's Mansion.

Maybe it’s because the position of Prince Xiang’s Palace and Prince Xunyang’s Palace are the same? In a sense, they both continue the true dragon energy of the Li Qian Dynasty? So in a metaphysical sense, it is a relationship between two dragons competing?

It's just that right now, the two dragons are being suppressed by the empress above, and there is also the "slutty snake" Wei next to them, so they have to cooperate?

Ouyang Rong temporarily retracted some thoughts.

He lowered his head and took out an authentic copy of "The Peach Blossom Spring" from the sword box, which he got from Brother Huaimin.

It stands to reason that this authentic work cannot also be fake, right?

In fact, Ouyang Rong asked "Master Taoist" Li Guo'er to browse and authenticate these two authentic paintings of Tao Yuanming, including the "Authentic "Returning to the Garden and Living in the Fields"" which has been falsified, and the answer he received was that they were highly likely to be authentic.

But handwriting can be forged.

Unexpectedly, these days, fakes are all just like the real thing, which is very harmful to people.

But the benefits are indeed huge.

Tao Yuanming was a famous figure in the Eastern Jin Dynasty for more than 300 years. His reputation was so great that his authentic works are naturally valuable.

The genuine product is the only one in the world.

It is not surprising that counterfeit goods are naturally rampant and even fake goods can be mistaken for real goods.

This is also the reason why Ouyang Rong is not sure whether it was an accidental mistake on the part of Prince Xiang's Mansion or a careful design.

Anyway, things like this are uncomfortable and jarring.

Taking advantage of the dim light in the bumpy and tightly closed carriage, Ouyang Rong opened "The Story of Peach Blossom Spring" and his eyes fell on it.

Check out the correct version one by one!

This authentic work of Tao Gong comes from the secret treasury of the Jingzhao Yuan clan and is a collection of the Northern Wei royal family. Judging from the fact that Wu Daozi took away the bronze shaft, it is highly likely that this item is authentic.

There’s no way this is a fake, right?

Ouyang Rong frowned and put away "The Story of Peach Blossom Spring".

No matter what, let's go back first and meet up with King Xunyang and the junior sister.

On the other side of the Shuangfeng Peak, Ouyang Rong experienced a certain degree of "betrayal", and Ouyang Rong felt a little silent.

At this moment, Ouyang Rong's palm touched a round object in the sword box.

Ouyang Rong lowered his head and glanced at the luminous pearl in the corner of the sword box.

Just when Ouyang Rong was lost in thought, a deeply moved man's voice came from next to him:

"Brother-in-law, when you tore off your official uniform in the bamboo forest, did you guess that something was wrong with Sister Rong and the others?"

Ouyang Rong glanced at Wang Caozhi. On the road just now, he and Wang Caozhi briefly talked about what happened on the high platform.

Wang Caozhi was still immersed in the shock that his brother-in-law was the sword holder. The descendants of the Langya Wang family naturally knew what it meant to be an orthodox sword holder, because an orthodox sword holder must have a tripod sword at his side.

For a moment, Wang Caozhi even felt that Chen County, where Sister Xie was located,

The lineage of the Xie family in Jinlingfang was very lucky. Compared with the orthodox sword wielders equipped with tripod swords, their status as a so-called humble scholar was simply not worth mentioning. However, at that moment, Wang Caozhi learned about what was going on at Gaotai.

, temporarily suppressing his excitement, his attention was drawn to it.
To be continued...