Chapter 495: Female King and Child Bride (please vote for me! QAQ)
On the third floor of Yunshui Pavilion, in the Qinghe box.
The atmosphere was silent.
Under Rong Zhen's expressionless gaze.
Ouyang Rong turned his head, looking at the tea on the ground with a somewhat lost expression, and then looked at the cold and cold girl in palace clothes sitting in front of him.
"Why is Rong Nu Shi here?" he asked.
"Who is Ouyang Changshi waiting for?"
Rong Zhen asked reluctantly.
Ouyang Rong came back to his senses, frowned and asked:
"How did you know I was...wait, couldn't you have been at Yunshui Pavilion all afternoon? Did you follow me here? Why didn't you come in before? Waited all afternoon?"
Rong Zhen said calmly: "Didn't you wait all afternoon? Who are you waiting for?"
Ouyang Rong looked hesitant:
"This is different. I...I thought it was Brother Qin or his people who came back."
"Brother Qin?" Rong Zhen narrowed his eyes and looked at him.
"Yes. General Qin Heng, the former captain of Guoyi in Zhechong Prefecture."
Ouyang Rong nodded and admitted, but his face turned red and he looked away cautiously:
"It may be a bit awkward to say it, Rong Nu Shi is not joking... Actually, Brother Qin and I have a very good relationship. I knew him when I was the county magistrate in Longcheng.
"Now we are working together in the same place, and later we agreed on some signals that only two people know.
"Isn't he going on an expedition now? But today my people discovered that there is a new signal coming from over there..."
Rong Zhen listened, his face a little stunned, and then he showed a dubious expression.
She frowned and stared at Ouyang Rong's face as he came slowly, looking at his face intently, not missing any subtle expression.
At this moment, Rong Zhen saw Ouyang Rong looking around and sighed:
"So I took half a day off and came to this old place to wait for someone, but no one came... Um, why on earth did I get to be here? By chance?"
Rong Zhen didn't answer.
Ouyang Rong looked at her with a curious face, frowning.
He stood up and walked over, squatted down and picked up the tea cup, then took out a new tea cup and poured a new cup of hot tea for the cold and cold girl in front of him.
Rong Zhen didn't go to take the tea cup, his handcuffs were still in his sleeves, and he was vaguely alert.
Ouyang Rong carefully pushed the teacup in front of her and asked:
"The relationship with Qin Heng is my personal relationship. General Qin Heng has actually never met anyone from Prince Xunyang's palace.
"Although the prince and the prince have known about this matter for a long time, the two of them have never exchanged letters. It should not be considered as the feudal king colluding with the generals, right?"
Rong Zhen saw Ouyang Rong's hesitant expression and sighed:
"If I insist on telling you, I won't hide it from Rong Nvshi, because he wrote a letter to the garrison returning from the north before the rebellion to plead for mercy. General Qin was indeed very grateful to the prince and me. It can be regarded as an unknown friendship.
"But General Qin has never disclosed the frontline confidential military information to us from the beginning to the end. I, Ouyang Lianghan, can vouch for this with my personality. If you don't believe Rong Nu Shi, you can also investigate thoroughly.
"In addition, General Qin no longer has any entanglements with the garrison soldiers who returned to the north, including Cai Qin. Now that national affairs are more important, he will not miss his old friendship..."
Ouyang Rong, who was sitting behind the coffee table, adjusted his posture, straightened his back, and said seriously:
"Actually, the signal warning we agreed on is more for other reasons. It has been prepared a long time ago. It is too boring. Rong Nushi, you should also know clearly about the relationship between the Prince Xunyang Palace and me and certain people.
not too good……"
"Of course, there is one thing that I must face squarely, and I will not escape this mistake."
He raised his right hand as if swearing, like raising his hand to admit a mistake in class, and continued to say:
"As the governor of Jiangzhou, I should only be in charge of civil affairs and logistics, and should not have too much contact with the military leaders. I don't have the corresponding military power like the governor. This is my fault. I don't blame Rong Nvshi for investigating.
Come here today to investigate!"
Rong Zhen suddenly said:
"Do you think this is why I'm here?"
Ouyang Rong was slightly stunned:
"Ah? Otherwise? Didn't Rong Nushi just ask me who I'm waiting for when we meet..."
He paused before speaking and said with a wry smile:
"Does Rong Nushi not know who I'm waiting for, or does she think I'm waiting for someone else?"
Speaking of this, Ouyang Rong looked curious:
"Who do you think you are waiting for?"
Rong Zhen frowned and looked at him without saying a word.
Ouyang Rong suddenly felt a little embarrassed. He lowered his head and looked at the tea, then looked at himself who was sitting upright and seriously admitting his mistake.
His expression became more and more embarrassed, and he hesitated:
"Rong Nu Shi, can you just pretend that you didn't hear what you just said? Let's just ignore it. Let's... let's try it again. Ahem, can you pretend that nothing happened?"
His serious advice.
"Ouyang Lianghan!"
Rong Zhen didn't know why, but he suddenly became angry and scolded him with a straight face:
"You thought it was just playing house, and you took it back?!"
Ouyang Rong closed his mouth and looked at his nose and heart.
Rong Zhen's eyebrows were raised as she stared at the person who had calmed down. The skirt of her palace skirt rose and fell around her inconspicuous but heavy breasts.
Maybe it was his unserious face that I saw, or maybe it was something that I seemed to have misunderstood today.
The cold and cold girl in palace clothes was a little angry.
She suddenly stood up and walked towards the door.
"get out."
Ouyang Rong immediately put on his boots and went out, and found Rong Zhen walking straight downstairs, so he followed him step by step.
Ouyang Rong was walking behind and could not clearly see her expression in front of her.
"Where are we going?"
"Shut up."
Ouyang Rong looked around, changed the topic, and asked with a puzzled look:
"So Rong Nushi initially thought you were waiting for someone?"
Rong Zhen ignored him and walked in front.
The two of them went downstairs and arrived at the backyard of Yunshui Pavilion.
We arrived at the place where the guests' carriages were parked.
It's almost dusk now, looking at the mountains in the distance, the last touch of the orange-red sunset cuts the sky and the earth into two halves, yin and yang.
Xunyang City is in the gap between day and day and night.
Most people's houses have not yet lit up their lights, and there is no scene of tens of thousands of lights. Most buildings in the city are still dark, including those near Yunshui Pavilion.
But when Ouyang Rong followed Rong Zhen to the backyard, he immediately saw more than twenty silent figures hidden in the darkness of the courtyard.
They are all female officials from Si Tian Jian! There are even some of them that Ouyang Rong is quite familiar with and even greets them every day.
Their positions were very particular, and they vaguely surrounded an ordinary carriage in the yard, as well as the main building of Yunshui Pavilion in front of them.
As Ouyang Rong walked out, all the female officials in the darkness turned their heads silently to look.
But Ouyang Rong's eyes fell directly on the familiar carriage in the center of the courtyard.
Looking back at his increasingly serious expression, Rong Zhen pursed her pink lips.
At this time, a middle-aged female official walked out of the darkness next to her and whispered in Rong Zhen's ear:
"Ms. Shi, Lin Cheng is also here, asking what's going on and if he needs help..."
Ouyang Rong turned his head when he heard the words and vaguely saw the figure of a certain Xia Guan Lingtai Lang wandering in the alley not far from the courtyard gate.
Rong Zhenqiangxiu walked towards the carriage and without looking back he said:
"Let him go."
"Yes, Ms. Shi."
The middle-aged female officer nodded, first glanced at Ouyang Rong who was looking around, then walked out of the backyard, and even closed the courtyard door after going out.
Rong Zhen stopped beside the carriage, turned around, and cast his cold eyes on Ouyang Rong.
The latter remained silent and continued to follow.
The two of them boarded the carriage together.
The interior of the carriage was pitch dark, no one lit a lamp, and in the darkness there were two breaths belonging to a woman, one rapid and one steady.
It's Ye Weilai and Miaozhen.
After Ouyang Rong saw it, his expression was solemn and showed no surprise at all.
Because this was the carriage that Ye Weilai took when she left in the morning.
At that time, Ouyang Rong ordered her to finish opening the box and return to the Huaiye Lane mansion immediately.
At this moment, Ye Weilai had a haggard face, and a few strands of hair fell from her forehead. When she saw Ouyang Rong getting into the car, she remained motionless and did not speak. Her mouth was tightly closed, and only her eyes could move left and right.
Miaozhen sat next to her, placing his palms on her thin shoulders.
The two of them were like statues, both motionless.
Rong Zhen sat down.
Miaozhen, who rushed back from the frontline military camp, took a deep look at Ouyang Rong, who had a normal expression. She stood up and got out of the car. Before leaving, she said:
"The little girl is quite strict."
After Miaozhen left, only Rongzhen, Ouyang Rong, and Ye Weila were left in the carriage.
Ouyang Rong didn't look at Ye Weila more, turned around and asked directly:
"Si Tianjian arranged for all the Qi practitioners in Jiang and Hong states to come. Well, except for the new Lin Cheng."
Rong Zhen didn't seem to hear. He picked up a small dagger from the small coffee table in the carriage and lowered his head to look at it.
Ouyang Rong knew that this was Ye Weilai's self-defense dagger.
But at this moment, after Miaozhen left, the white-haired girl was still sitting motionless...seemingly frozen.
The handsome young man who came without a piano case today immediately smiled and asked:
"So, who are we going to deal with? Does the female historian have clues about the thief? Why don't you catch the thief without shouting...
"But fortunately, I happened to be here to have tea, so it doesn't count as my absence."
Rong Zhen looked at him without saying a word. Under her silent sight, someone continued to nod and said:
"So, did Rong Nushi happen to meet me, or is the thief waiting for me... me?"
In the darkness, the girl in palace clothes lowered her eyes to watch the sword and answered softly:
"Waiting for those who are waiting."
Ouyang Rong frowned and asked, "Qin Heng?"
Rong Zhen turned the dagger, and the cold light shone on half of the man's face, revealing a puzzled expression on his face.
"Are you really waiting for Qin Heng and his people?" she asked back.
The expression on Ouyang Rong's face slowly calmed down, he closed his eyes and took a deep breath:
"Rong Nu Shi, please don't beat around the bush anymore. I'm... a little tired. I always have something to say. I don't want to repeat those words that I know I'm asking. One is one, two is two, why are there so many twists and turns."
"Are you angry?" Rong Zhen asked.
"No."
"You're angry." She said seriously.
"I'm just tired."
"Heart?"
On the side, Ye Weilai, who was sitting upright, glanced sideways at the two people who were talking quickly.
Ouyang Rong said without opening his eyes: "Actually, there are some things that the female historian can directly ask the subordinates."
Rong Zhen didn't seem to hear him. He stared at his expression for a while and suddenly said loudly:
"Ouyang Lianghan, if you are angry, I won't be angry. If you are tired, I won't..."
She paused in her words, and the cold light of the dagger in her hand suddenly penetrated the eyes of the white-haired girl peeping sideways.
Ye Weilai closed her eyes tightly, tears welling up in the corners of her eyes that were stung by the "light".
Rong Zhen didn't look sideways and spoke again:
"There is a very important matter that you did not tell me the truth about... about Yunmeng Yue Nu."
"Yue Nu?" Ouyang Rong nodded: "I understand, did the female historian believe what he said jokingly when the Supervisory Council was discussing the matter? Did she believe the dirty water splashed by Wang Lengran, Wei Shaoqi and the others?"
Rong Zhen lowered her eyelashes and said:
"I didn't believe them. Remember, after the last meeting, before leaving, I asked you if you still remember that our first meeting was like this. We were in the carriage outside the West City Gate, and you provided clues.
Something?"
"Remember."
"After mentioning this matter at that time, I actually remembered one more thing."
"What time"?
Rong Zhen threw Ye Weilai's dagger on the floor of the carriage and said without blinking:
"The virgin splits the view.
"Your personal maid knows how to use a sword as a jade girl.
"This move comes from the legend of the first Yue virgin in the Spring and Autumn Period, who killed Jiao Biguan. Although she only learned the basics of it, it definitely came from the swordsmanship of Yunmeng Jianze.
"So, Ouyang Lianghan, what is the relationship between your maid and Yunmeng Jianze? Do you know a Yue girl who is a female monarch? Or is she just a little Yue girl?
"You have never explained this matter to me. Do you think I have forgotten it, or something?
"In the past, that was fine. At that time, there was no sign that Yunmeng Jianze was involved in the Donglin Giant Buddha, but now..."
The cold and cold girl in palace clothes stopped talking at the last minute.
"oh."
Ouyang Rong nodded calmly and asked:
"So these days, you haven't seen me, and you haven't seen anyone in the morning. Are you trying to give me dignity and wait for me to take the initiative to speak out, or are you saying that... you have seriously suspected me and are silently looking for clues, like today, to lure the snake out of the hole and catch them all?"
Rong Zhen asked seriously: "Is this difference...important?"
"Isn't it important?"
"Is it important?"
"Maybe it really isn't important."
Ouyang Rong nodded, shook his head again, and finally sighed:
"I have always felt that I and Lady Shi are comrades who trust each other... and that together we can do well in Xunyang City and fulfill our responsibilities for the people of Great Zhou."
Rong Zhen interrupted:
"Before that discussion, I also trusted you, but I must strictly investigate any doubts. The more you trust someone, the more you must investigate thoroughly. You cannot rely solely on relationships. I am responsible for everyone."
"good."
Ouyang Rong opened his eyes, which were surprisingly quiet. He no longer called her "Ms. Shi".
"Rong Zhen, I remember someone once said that everyone has selfish motives, big or small."
"Yes."
"Rong Zhen, I do have selfish motives," he said.
"you say."
"That time at the meeting, I wasn't actually joking. I did know the maiden name of a Yue girl, so I knew her. She...may be a female queen."