In the breakfast hall of Meiluyuan, in front of an Eight Immortals table with messy bowls and chopsticks, Ouyang Rong stood up after finishing his meal and opened his hands, letting Ye Weilai and other maids put on the aqua official uniform for him.
During this period, he suddenly turned back and asked.
Ye Weilai kept moving her hands to tie his belt and said calmly:
"It seems that I said something."
Ouyang Rong said with a stern face: "Don't tell anyone. Especially... in front of my junior sister."
"Yes, Master."
Ye Weilai nodded her little head quickly.
Dressed neatly, he took the white sandalwood target knife and put it together. Ouyang Rong patted his sleeves, thanked the maids with a smile, and stepped out to start a new day of fishing. No, he enforced the law impartially and fulfilled his duties.
However, the back of the young county magistrate paused for a moment in front of the door. He turned his face and seemed to have thought of something. He held the skirt knife in his hand and said seriously:
"Weila, it's better not to take the skirt knife to bed next time. It feels weird and I can't sleep well..."
Ye Weilai stood at the front of the group of maids. Hearing this, he was stunned, slightly turned his eyes away, and nodded cautiously:
"Listen to Tanlang... Tanlang has a safe trip."
"Um."
Ye Weilai held her hand on the threshold, silently watching Tan Lang's back disappear outside the door as he waved away.
At a certain moment, she caught a glimpse of a familiar figure in green clothes on the corridor not far away.
She is a slender mute woman.
It seems that he is also silently watching Tanlang go out early and come back late.
But... Tanlang didn't know that there was such a woman waiting for him at home.
Ye Weilai bit her lip.
She suddenly understood the complicated look in Xiu Niang's eyes sometimes when she looked at her...
After bidding farewell to his personal maid at the door, Ouyang Rong met up with the honest Liu Ashan and headed to the Longcheng Office on the same street.
On the way, Ouyang Rong rubbed his face, thought for a moment, and put his hand down from the jade handle of the skirt knife.
The little junior sister seems to feel something if he touches the handle of the knife too much... Well, he has to get rid of the bad habit of subconsciously holding the skirt knife at his waist with his palms, otherwise he can't help but touch the round jade handle even when sleeping in bed at night.
He had a strange dream last night, about his junior sister, and it seemed that he was talking in his sleep or something.
Ouyang Rong felt a little embarrassed.
He didn't dare to recall the specific dream anymore.
But when he thought that his junior sister might sense him touching his skirt knife in the middle of the night... Ouyang Rong looked a little embarrassed.
I don’t know how to explain it if asked...
Early in the morning, inside the carriage, a certain young county magistrate sighed, causing the dull man in front of him who was driving the carriage to look back.
However, Liu Ashan only said that his master was thinking about some big problem for the country and the people.
But I don’t know that someone is muttering in his heart:
"I've been sleeping a little deeply these past few nights. Maybe I've relaxed recently, but that's a good thing. I feel more and more energetic during the day, and I seem to have an inexhaustible power...
"I just woke up early and my gun went off again. That little girl is getting more and more unrestrained. She dares to touch the hilt of any knife, and asks me to treat any water... She really doesn't treat me as an outsider."
A person sitting solemnly in the carriage had a face filled with remorse and a stern look on his brow: "If you let your righteousness slip, let's remember it again."
"But it may be that Liu Ziwen and the Liu family have collapsed, and subconsciously they feel that there is not much challenge. However, Ouyang Lianghan has to be prepared for danger in times of peace. There is still the last step to control the flood..."
Ouyang Rong shook his head slightly and murmured some self-analysis.
This is called self-examination three times a day.
his routine operations.
What is the self-cultivation of a gentleman? Put your hands on your hips.
Ouyang Rong is an old gentleman.
…
"Senior brother, were they from the Liu family just now? Why are they here?"
In the lobby of Longcheng County Government Office, Xie Lingjiang entered the door and turned to look at the backs of the lame servant and others who had just passed by her and saluted respectfully. When they left, Xie Lingjiang frowned slightly and said.
"Liu Fu, you know him, he was sent by Liu Zian."
Ouyang Rong nodded calmly, stood up and left the case table, lowering his eyes to pour tea for his junior sister.
Xie Lingjiang asked curiously: "What does Liu Zian want to do?"
Ouyang Rong nodded and said:
"After the Liu family was divided, they are quite honest now. Liu Zian is now the head of the family, and he is quite obedient. He is much more sensible than his brother. Not only does he actively cooperate with the county government in official affairs, but he also reports everything to me, the parent official.
“I also offered to let the Liu family take the lead in funding and help build the second phase of the Zheyi Canal, with the help of people and efforts...
"This is even more exemplary than the model citizens of Longcheng County, which makes me feel embarrassed."
Ouyang Rong praised him, but there was no smile on his face.
After listening to this calm narrative, Xie Lingjiang couldn't help but ask sideways:
"Then the senior brother has softened his heart and changed his view of the Liu family. He wants to be merciful and not pursue the matter of pretending to be a senior brother during the ribbon-cutting ceremony and assassinating the imperial official?"
"right."
Ouyang Rong nodded with a normal expression, and said with a smile before his junior sister glared:
"That's weird."
"Elder brother, you... hum."
"Drink tea."
Ouyang Rong was skilled in making tea. He handed a cup of hot and misty teacup to him and said leisurely:
"Right and wrong are clear and cannot be offset. If an apology is useful, then what else should the government do in this world.
"However, I don't want to hit the smiling person. Liu Zian behaved so honestly and sincerely corrected his mistakes after he realized them. As a parent official, I naturally had to express my position.
"Although he is not a horse's bones, I don't spend a lot of money on him.
"The ribbon-cutting ceremony and the Jade Fairy are naturally not over yet. Junior Sister will continue to investigate. If you need any help, just ask.
"The reason why we didn't deal with Liu Zian and eradicate the Liu family completely is because someone above is protecting them... The newly arrived Jiangzhou Governor Wang is really willing to put down his face to guarantee it, and he doesn't know how much the Liu family has given him.
Aren’t you afraid of being dragged down into the quagmire and getting dirty when you buy souvenirs?”
Ouyang Rong looked out of the lobby and sneered. He turned back and sighed:
"However, Liu Zian and the Liu family now only have a sword shop and an ancestral house left. They don't have the strength to interfere with the affairs of the Longcheng County Government anymore, so they are not in a hurry to deal with them. It's not impossible to keep them temporarily."
"Senior brother, just think about it."
Xie Lingjiang showed some shame on his face:
"But it's my fault, junior sister. There has been no movement on the case here. I can't quickly solve the case and nail the last coffin board for the Liu family, so as to share the worries of the senior brother. Otherwise, even if Wang Lengran wants to intervene and offer the black gauze hat of the governor of a state, he can't keep it.
Liu family,"
Ouyang Rong shook his head and comforted:
"Don't rush, take your time. This is your first time leading a team. You've already performed better than many others and you've become a lot more mature."
After a pause in his words, Ouyang Rong couldn't help but take a few more glances at Xie Lingjiang's face.
I saw obvious light blue and purple bags under the slender eyes on her pretty face.
I don’t know if it’s because I had insomnia last night and didn’t sleep well.
However, it is very rare for this kind of thing to happen to the little junior sister. In the past, when Ouyang Rong saw the little junior sister every day, she was full of energy. For a Qi practitioner's physique, it is difficult to suffer from insomnia and lack of rest.
matter.
"Little junior sister, what's wrong with your face? Did you not sleep well last night..."
"No."
Xie Lingjiang denied it.
When she went back last night, she didn't have insomnia from tossing and turning...
Looking at the junior sister who lowered her head and silently sipped tea, Ouyang Rong's eyes were worried and he hesitated to speak.
Xie Lingjiang rolled his eyes and glanced at his senior brother's face.
"Senior brother, don't worry."
Her little face tightened and she said:
"It's just that something went wrong in the Qi refining recently. It doesn't matter."
"Would you like to see a doctor?" Ouyang Rong suggested.
"This problem... the doctor can't cure." Xie Lingjiang shook his head.
"Then who can cure it well?" Ouyang Rong blurted out.
Xie Lingjiang did not answer. He held a hot tea cup in his hand and silently glanced at the white sandalwood jade target knife on Ouyang Rong's waist with his black pearl-like eyes.
Ouyang Rong was startled and noticed the gaze of his junior sister. He followed the line of defense of her gaze and landed on the skirt knife at his waist.
Xie Lingjiang suddenly said: "Elder brother, just sleep well at night."
Ouyang Rong's expression changed.
"Ahem." He coughed twice, as if his throat was dry, and he quickly bowed his head and drank tea.
Ouyang Rong felt that his old face was hotter than the porcelain wall of the teacup in his hand.
He remembered what happened last night again.
I just thought it was because I had a strange erotic dream in the middle of the night, and my hand touched the handle of the skirt knife. As a result, the junior sister of Yilanxuan in the Su Mansion not far away was also affected, and she suffered from insomnia all night long...
"snort."
Xie Lingjiang glanced at the elder brother who seemed guilty and embarrassed, and snorted softly.
However, with her senior brother's reaction like this, most of the original anger in her heart had dissipated.
After passing another night, I was not as sad as yesterday.
It's just that the sadness of her daughter's family seems to be like the traces left by stepping on stones, the shadows left by the passing geese, lingering faintly in the depths of her heart, just like the cup of tea in her hand at this moment, leaving a sweet taste after sipping, savoring the taste.
It seems that everything is left unspoken.
The atmosphere between the senior brothers and sisters was a little awkward for a while.
No one spoke first.
Xie Lingjiang glanced at the elder brother again, who was stiff in his movements and drank hot tea frequently as if he was not afraid of the heat.
In fact, there was still a little annoying doubt lingering in her slightly trembling heart.
Didn't Senior Brother's personal maid last night say that Senior Brother liked the maid to pretend to be Junior Sister and play that... that role-playing thing in the private bed?
Later, when she was about to enter the house, she also heard her senior brother calling her name in her sleep, which seemed like some embarrassing erotic dream.
Doesn't that mean that the senior brother has no feelings for her, his junior sister... indeed, he does have some "bad thoughts" that are common to all men.
It's not that he's not completely unfeminine.
When we got along in the past, the occasional look in his eyes that made him wander to her breasts also illustrates this point.
But that day in the main hall of Donglin Temple, why did the senior brother refuse so cruelly?
Obviously, as long as you coax a little bit of woman, you can easily get her and eat her up, but senior brother, he still...
Is this a man who is not serious about small things but serious about big things? He has decided to follow the Tao and never marry for the rest of his life. He remains steadfast and does not waver even if his heart is troubled by his great desires.
Xie Lingjiang thought about it and could only come to this relatively reasonable conclusion.
As expected, Senior Brother is indeed a gentleman, and he has the legacy of ancient gentlemen.
A woman was holding hot tea in her hand, her fingers were scalding, and she was thinking silently.
It's just that the senior brother must have a crush on her... Otherwise, why would Dudu like the role-playing between senior brothers and sisters on the bed, and why would he call her name in his dream?
It is said that there is something to think about every day and something to dream about at night, it is nothing more than this.
Xie Lingjiang's long eyelashes trembled as she lowered her head and licked the rim of the cup, as if being blown by the hot air rising from the teacup.
But facing such a gentleman's senior brother, she didn't know whether to be happy or annoyed.
Xie Lingjiang suddenly put down his tea cup, put it aside, and smiled: "Let's talk about business, senior brother."
"Yes, yes, it's business."
Ouyang Rong nodded, welcomed him very much, and asked with a smile:
"Junior sister, are you here from the official residence? How is the Jade Fairy?"
"Did Senior Brother smell the smell of medicine on my body?"
Xie Lingjiang nodded and sighed:
"The situation is not optimistic. I have searched all over Jiangzhou's famous doctors, whether they are underworld or white doctors, and they have tried them all, but they still can't cure this poison.
"We can only seal the meridians of the Jade Lady Fairy to prevent toxins from attacking the heart, but this is only a temporary measure."
Ouyang Rong nodded and his face became more serious:
"We have to think of other ways to revive her. Now it seems that this should be the only witness who can identify the Liu family's entire conspiracy. If the other witnesses, like the sword shop craftsmen, were not involved as much, they would be considered ignorant accomplices.
It was not like Yuan Changli was killed and silenced.
"Liu Ziwen, Liu Ziwen, he was not at all literate in his actions, but in the end he was clever but was misled by his cleverness, and became someone else's outcast."
Xie Lingjiang couldn't help but said: "Elder brother, who do you think ordered the dead men to kill Liu Ziwen?"
Ouyang Rong glanced at her, shook his head slightly and said nothing.
Xie Lingjiang said directly without asking any more questions:
"But these days, junior sister, I haven't found anything. Although I can't unravel the strange poison on the body of the Jade Lady, I have found clues to this strange poison. It may be a strange poison that has been circulating in the world for a long time."
"Oh?" Ouyang Rong listened.
Xie Lingjiang put a handkerchief on his palm and took out two small porcelain vases that Ouyang Rong looked familiar from his sleeves. One was wrapped in green cloth and the other was wrapped in red cloth.
She gestured to the two bottles in her palm and said:
"I found a Taoist doctor who was good at poisons in Jiangzhou City. After studying this thing, I found that it was actually a rare poison, one yin and one yang. This strange poison will never be unknown in the world.
"Based on the theory of poison, I asked someone to inquire about it. If nothing unexpected happens, this poison should be called Biyiniao."
"Biwingbird?"
Ouyang Rong looked curious and reached out to take a porcelain bottle to check, but was stopped by Xie Lingjiang.
"Senior brother, be careful, you cannot be infected with these two poisons of yin and yang at the same time..."
Xie Lingjiang patiently explained and explained the poisoning methods of Biyi Bird that he had learned about.
The words fall.
Ouyang Rong looked a little solemn and nodded:
"This is all true. No wonder Liu Ziwen was so confident in the court that day. It turned out that the Jade Demon Fairy had been unknowingly poisoned a long time ago. When it came time to silence her, all she had to do was use this harmless weapon.
Just use the Yang bottle."
Xie Lingjiang nodded and added:
"Not only that, didn't Senior Brother say last time that Liu Ziwen mistook you for the Jade Fairy during the ribbon-cutting ceremony, so he gave you the Poison in the Yin Bottle...
"This is because I want the Jade Fairy to poison me at the luncheon. In this way, when the ribbon is being cut at the inner gate, the Yang Ping can be used to spread incense against me, so that the Jade Fairy disguised as you can
Successfully executed the assassination of Mr. Shen.
"This plan is vicious enough. Fortunately, my senior brother saw through it..."
Xie Lingjiang was still frightened. The main reason was that this poison was colorless and odorless. If used alone, the toxicity could not be detected. It was many times more dangerous than the cartilage powder administered by the Yuxi Fairy at that time.
Because at the luncheon before the ribbon-cutting ceremony, although she suspected the Jade Fairy, in order to gain trust, she might have accidentally fallen into this seemingly harmless poison. Then the consequences would be really unimaginable.
He will end up with the same fate as the unconscious Jade Fairy...
"Liu Ziwen's crime was so heinous that all the Liu brothers were killed, and not a single one was innocent!"
Xie Ling bit Jiang Yin's teeth into pieces. Even if she didn't care about the bronze mask in her sleeve for the time being, the malicious intent of the poison was enough for her to ransack Liu's house a hundred times.
Ouyang Ronghu said: "Wait a minute, that's not right."
"What's wrong?" Xie Lingjiang was stunned and Songya asked.
Ouyang Rong looked into her eyes and said calmly:
"Since the Jade Fairy has been poisoned by Liu Ziwen in advance and is ready to silence you at any time, then during the ribbon-cutting ceremony, what if Liu Ziwen's conspiracy succeeds and really poisons you, then once he uses Yang during the ribbon-cutting of the inner gate,
If the poisonous bottle spreads the fragrance, wouldn't it mean that the Jade Fairy will also be poisoned?
"After all, you and she are both present, so who will assassinate Lord Shen in the end? Wouldn't it be stupid to do so?"
"Hey, it seems that is indeed the case. Then what Senior Brother means is..."
Ouyang Rong nodded calmly:
"At the ribbon-cutting ceremony luncheon, Liu Ziwen not only gave the poisonous green bottle to me, who was pretending to be the Jade Fairy, but also fed me the antidote without anyone noticing while I was eating, so this bird's antidote...