Chapter 658: Eight hundred minds per capita [Please vote for me!]
"Prefect Ouyang, the prince seems to be over there in the study. Would you like me to take you there?"
"No need, I know the way."
"That's right. It's the general who is worrying too much. Haha. It just so happens that the prince's study is close to the inner chamber, so it is inconvenient for the general and the guards to go there."
"Hmm. By the way, won't General Li get used to living in the palace? The climate in Xunyang City is different from that in Luoyang. The humidity is very heavy, and the rain comes at any time. In fact, you don't have to wear heavy armor all the time.
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"That's not true. The general is originally from the south. Although he has stayed in Luoyang for a long time, he often went back to his hometown in the south to worship his ancestors when he was a child. Now that he is back, he feels very friendly.
"Moreover, the prince and the princess are very kind and enthusiastic. The princess also arranged a courtyard for the general in the palace with higher ground and less humidity in the morning."
"Oh? Where in the south is General Li from?"
"People from Yuanzhou."
"I've heard of it, it's a good place."
"The governor is so complimentary."
The sun was shining at noon, and Ouyang Rong's carriage had just entered the Prince Xunyang's Mansion.
They met a patrolling White Tiger Guard team, and the leading figure was a familiar young man in white robes.
Li Congshan just returned from Xunyang Grottoes in the morning.
Ouyang Rong got out of the car, carrying a rope of fresh bamboo shoots, and chatted for a few words with Li Congshan, who came up to him and hugged his fists.
He looked calm and was about to say goodbye and leave. After walking a few steps, he turned back:
"By the way, General Li will try something new with the soldiers later. The duck meat and bamboo shoot soup will be delivered by the kitchen later. You warriors have worked really hard, so you should replenish your blood."
Li Congshan was about to put on the silver tiger mask again and leave. He was slightly startled and clasped his fists again:
"Many, thank you, Lord Governor."
Ouyang Rong glanced at his young and resolute face, nodded slightly, and smiled.
"By the way, where did Miaozhen's daughter go? Didn't she come back with you?"
"Um... she seems to be resting in the courtyard. The small courtyard arranged for her by the princess is quite remote. She said she liked peace and quiet, so she went to meditate behind closed doors and let the general patrol."
"So that's it. Okay, let's go and do some work, General Li. Well, it's better for General Li to go to the inner house and the prince's study as little as possible. The prince and princess also like to be quiet."
Ouyang Rong half smiled and half reminded.
"Of course!"
Li Congshan nodded vigorously:
"You must understand the rules. This time I was ordered to protect Prince Xunyang's Mansion. It is not a surveillance. I will not violate the rules."
When he said this seriously, he showed an embarrassed look on his face:
"However, the general is a newly arrived outsider after all. He is unaware of some taboo matters or minefields in the palace. Governor Ouyang is familiar with the palace and is favored by the prince. I hope he can give some advice to the general at the necessary moment.
sentence to avoid making mistakes accidentally."
"Easy to say, easy to say."
On the corridor, Ouyang Rongxu helped Li Congshan up.
The two looked at each other, smiled, exchanged a few words, said goodbye and dispersed.
Ouyang Rong remembered that when the second issue was decided in the morning, that is, whether to use Wei Mi's White Tiger Guard to defend Li Congshan, the young man in white robe lowered his head the whole time and looked a little disappointed.
Later, when the second issue was shelved with a draw, Ouyang Rong also immediately observed Li Congshan's face, but saw no gloating or pride in his misfortune.
On the corridor, Ouyang Rong turned around.
He looked at the back of the young man in white robe who put on the silver tiger mask again, and the white tiger guards who were standing around him.
From the perspective of him looking back.
There are tiger faces made of silver, with the corners of the mouth facing downwards.
Somewhat unhappy.
…
Ouyang Rong divided the bamboo shoots he snatched from Li Dalang and Yan Liulang into three parts.
I only brought one portion to Prince Xunyang's Mansion.
When he walked into the study door, he handed it to Princess Wei Mei with a smile.
"The princess asked the kitchen to make some soup and will send some to Li Congshan and the others later."
"Okay, Tanlang is still thoughtful."
Before Ouyang Rong came in, Wei Mei seemed to be lecturing Li Dalang with her hands on her hips. After taking the bamboo shoots, her face changed almost instantly and she nodded with a smile on her face.
When Li Dalang saw this, his eyes suddenly looked extremely sad and he looked at his handsome and handsome friend.
In the study, Li Xian's family, Ouyang Rong, Xie Lingjiang, Yan Liulang, and Lu Ya were all there.
They are all in their usual places.
"Tanlang just stayed at Xunyang Grottoes, why?"
Li Xian couldn't wait to ask.
Everyone's eyes turned towards him.
Ouyang Rong said a few words briefly and sat down leisurely. As soon as he took a spring pear from his junior sister's hand, he heard Li Guo'er, who was playing with the cat, frowning and asking:
"You can't trust Li Congshan? Is there something wrong with this guy? Wasn't he arranged by Yi Qianqiu? Could it be that this female general also has bad intentions? In addition, this resolution vote failed, and the female historian named Rong Zhen did not side with us.
If there is something fishy about it, this woman should also be vigilant."
After Li Xian and others came back, he probably told several girls everything about the Xunyang Grottoes.
Hearing this, Ouyang Rong took a bite of the pear.
"Tiao Miaozhen came back again, and directly arranged for the White Tiger Guards to come over to help with the defense. Those who didn't know it thought that the prince and the palace could be manipulated at will.
"I don't know if Li Congshan has any problems, but it's a matter of course. As soon as these two issues were raised this morning, a lot of information was revealed, and I was able to figure out the positions of several people.
"Now I know that Duan Quanwu and Qiu Shenji are in the same group. Even if Yi Qianqiu, Li Congshan and others of the White Tiger Guard do not have as deep a relationship as Duan Quanwu, their positions are still biased towards that side.
"So it is a good thing for us to transfer Duan Quanwu away this time. This person is the easiest to make peace with the Wei family."
After Li Guo'er listened, he suddenly asked:
"Are you worried that Li Congshan is like Duan Quanwu and has received favor from Qiu Shenji?"
"Just in case, let's try this first and examine this person."
Ouyang Rong turned his head and warned Li Xian and Wei Mei carefully:
"Your Majesty, Princess, try to win over this person these days and see how he reacts."
Wei Mei also nodded:
"Okay, let's take a look at the relationship between this young man and that Miaozhen. If they have a close relationship, it's probably not a good thing."
Li Xian was about to speak, but when he heard the word "Miao Zhen", he immediately didn't dare to answer.
There were also coughs in the room, and everyone changed the topic.
Li Guoer frowned and said:
"Li Congshan was just ordered to protect the palace, and so was Miao Zhen. Grandma was not sent to supervise them. No one dared to support them openly. If they did, possible enemies would naturally appear.
Make good use of this, and there is a lot of room for maneuver.
"If it doesn't work, we will use the Xunyang King's Seal and the Jiangzhou Governor's Order to temporarily transfer them. If they don't leave, it will be a violation of the order. Some of their thoughts are obvious and untenable."
"That makes sense."
Li Dalang nodded and added: "And we also have the secret help of General Wei."
Wei Mei smiled happily:
"My father is reliable and has found a reliable junior to come over. I read the letter and said that my nephew Wei Mi joined the army and became the Commander-in-Chief of the Xuanwu Guard at the age of thirty.
"When I was a child, I liked him. However, although he was brave in character, he was as beautiful as a girl. He was often bullied by his peers in the clan. When he grew up, the elders in the clan originally arranged for him to be a noble ninth-grade man.
Secretary Lang became an official. He took office for two months, but he felt that Secretary Lang was too idle, so he decided to join the army and went to the grassroots level of the frontier army alone. He worked hard alone and hardly relied on the help of his clan...
"You really have the demeanor of my Weishi son-in-law. Qilang, Tanlang, I, Jingzhao Weishi, still have some abilities."
The wife was talking happily and glanced at him. Li Xian nodded hurriedly:
"What a great nephew."
Ouyang Rong suppressed a smile, turned around and said:
"By the way, I saw Princess Anhui today, and she was still wearing that mourning dress... It seems that this blood feud will be difficult to resolve."
Everyone knew who the words were addressed to, and they all glanced at someone.
Li Dalang does not squint his eyes.
After a while, everyone dispersed.
Ouyang Rong first went to find Xie Lingjiang and Li Guo'er, and then asked about the location of the peach blossom forest in Kuanglu Mountain.
In the evening, I returned to the Huaiye Lane mansion.
Ouyang Rong took out the other third of the bamboo shoots and gave them to Ye Weila.
"Tanlang, this is..."
"Stew the duck and make some soup. I'll take it away tomorrow morning."
"oh."
Early the next morning.
Ouyang Rong rushed to Xunyang Grottoes as scheduled.
I brought a box of duck meat and bamboo shoot soup to Rong Zhen.
The latter glanced at him, took the soup, and left.
Rong Zhen didn't take Ouyang Rong for a stroll, she was also a busy person.
Ouyang Rong was not upset and walked around the Xunyang Grottoes alone to participate.
This went on for two consecutive days.
Every day, a bowl of fresh hot soup is brought to Rong Zhen.
However, there were many people in Xunyang Grottoes, so Ouyang Rong brought some more hot soup for Yi Qianqiu, Wei Mi and others to try.
Yi Qianqiu was not polite. He drank the soup as usual and his face looked the same. After drinking, he left.
Wei Mi put down the soup bowl slightly, smiled and said:
"The relationship between Governor Ouyang and Rong Nushi is quite good."
Ouyang Rong shrugged:
"Isn't it bad to have a life-long friendship? Back in Huang's courtyard, at the critical moment, I recited the history of Rong Nu..."
The tone was a bit joking.
Wei Mi laughed, took another sip of soup, and suddenly said:
"Duan Quanwu is gone."
Ouyang Rong looked at him calmly and nodded: "Yes."
Yesterday, Duan Quanwu had left with five hundred White Tiger Guards.
At present, there are still 1,200 White Tiger Guards in Xunyang Grottoes, commanded by Yi Qianqiu, and 1,000 Xuanwu Guards, commanded by Wei Mi. However, they are all under the control of Yi Qianqiu.
Although the most critical position, the protection duty of the Xunyang Palace, was taken over by Li Congshan, at least there was Wei Mi and others at the Xunyang Grottoes, so there was a lot of room for maneuver.
As Li Guoer said a few days ago, if the situation is urgent, then micro-manage...
Wei Mi put the soup bowl back and touched his belly:
"Is this soup stewed by Ouyang's family?"
Ouyang Rong said calmly:
"What happened a few days ago is that today's old chicken stewed with mushrooms was a reward from the prince. It was said that Princess Wei stewed it herself to reward the soldiers guarding the Xunyang Grottoes."
"I see."
Upon hearing the words "Princess Wei", Wei Mi's expression did not change, but Ouyang Rong noticed that Wei Mi's eyes lingered on his face for a while.
Then he joked:
"As early as when I was in Luoyang, I heard people say that Ouyang, the governor, was very handsome. He was the concubine appointed by His Majesty at the Apricot Garden Banquet. Now I see it, it is true. No wonder Rong Zhennvshi, who has always been a flower on the high mountain, is willing to take over.
Governor Ouyang’s soup.”
Ouyang Rong suddenly turned his head: "Have you finished drinking Rong Nu Shi's soup?"
Wei Mi immediately straightened his back, lowered his head and was about to run away.
Shao Qing saw Ouyang Rong's expression that looked like a smile but not a smile.
He looked back and saw that Rong Nushi was nowhere to be seen.
Wei Mi was angry and laughed:
"Prince Ouyang is so unreasonable. We can't play this kind of game of crying wolf too many times."
Ouyang Rong asked with a smile:
"General Wei, please stop teasing me. It doesn't matter if you laugh at me, but it will matter a lot if you pass it on to Rong Nushi."
"Okay, okay."
Wei Mi waved his hands angrily.
After a brief silence, the two looked at each other again and smiled.
A certain tacit understanding emerged spontaneously, without words.
Before leaving, Wei Mi said casually:
"By the way, something a little strange is that on the afternoon we arrived, the Xuanwu Guard and the White Tiger Guard were traveling together. When they learned that the water thieves in Hukou County were attacking the water transportation route, Commander Yi sent some troops to help.
He didn’t lead a large force. After defeating the water thieves, he didn’t come back to join up. He left the large force behind and immediately led people to the grotto. I don’t know why he was in such a hurry...Does Governor Ouyang know?"
When Ouyang Rong heard this, his eyes narrowed.
For no apparent reason, I remembered the unusual situation when Yi Qianqiu had just arrived at Xunyang Grottoes and dragged Rong Zhen and Aunt Song to have a private discussion.
Later facts proved that it had nothing to do with beating him to exclude him.
Then it can only involve official business.
Could this strange thing be related to Weimiti’s inconspicuous strange thing?
Why after Yi Qianqiu defeated the water thieves, the entire army stopped waiting and hurried over...
Ouyang Rong was silent for a moment, then reached into his sleeve and touched the bronze dagger wrapped in white cloth.
His face was thoughtful.
When Yi Qianqiu arrived that day, he only rode on horseback and brought two heads of water thieves and the Yunmeng Token.
Could it be that the matter she was anxious to discuss with Rong Zhen and Nanny Song was also related to this Yunmeng Token?
Did Yi Qianqiu see something from this bronze dagger?
Ouyang Rong shook his head: "I don't know, maybe... I'm impatient. I'll ask Commander Yi if I have the chance."
Wei Mi glanced at him and nodded gently:
"good."
Shao Qing and Wei Mi left. Seeing that it was getting late, Ouyang Rong packed up the soup bowls and food boxes and was about to return to the city. At this time, Rong Zhen hurried over and returned a few empty soup bowls.
She handed the bowl to Ouyang Rong and suddenly said:
"The old man also likes this bowl of old chicken stewed with mushrooms. You can bring some over tomorrow and see if we can have a meal together at noon. This will be considered a formal acquaintance.
"By the way, it's best to bring over the piano you often play..."
Ouyang Rong felt happy and nodded lightly:
"Yeah, I have time to eat."
Rong Zhen put his hands behind his back and walked away lightly.
Ouyang Rong took a long breath.
The female historian finally relented.
He turned to look at the sky, left the grotto, and returned to Xunyang City.
When he entered the west city gate, he realized that it was still early. Ouyang Rong raised his head:
"Go to Xingzi Lake, our old place."
"Yes, sir."
Ouyang Rong opened the car curtain and glanced at Xingzi Lake in the distance under the afterglow of the setting sun.
Suddenly it occurred to me that the three days of abstinence prescribed by the embroiderer seemed to have arrived, and I didn’t know what the so-called reward was...