Chapter 766 It’s hard to tell the real fake, clues to the new tripod sword [Happy New Year! Please vote for me]
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.
Ouyang Rong pursed his lips and said: "Actually, when I learned that Qian Chen was hooking up with the water thief, I only confirmed that the water thief was related to the Wei family, but I'm not sure whether he was in a trap, mainly...
It’s true, but no one has to be selfish and can’t believe everything. Besides, there is also the report letter received by the palace this morning. This letter does not seem to be written by Rong Zhen... so I have to give it a try."
"Give it a try?"
"That's right, they will know if it's a trap or not." Ouyang Rong nodded lightly: "There is actually a simple logic to the water thieves issue. It is unlikely that the Wei family will really collude with Tiannan Jianghu. It's not that they don't have the courage.
, but it’s not necessary. The risk is too great. Even if the Prince Xunyang’s Mansion is successfully destroyed, there are still some people who can’t clean it up.
There is some dirty information. These Hukou County water thieves are probably all their own dead men in disguise. Even if the saint becomes suspicious later, the matter is now at this point and he may not investigate further... If I were Wei Jisi,
This is the best way to do it, just take advantage of the opportunity created by the anti-thief turmoil in Tiannan Jianghu and take advantage of the chaos to kill people.
"But I just want to pretend that I don't know. I want to expose the Wei family's move in public, and then accuse it of colluding with the rebels. The dirtier the better, and then let's see how everyone reacts: If the main grotto is not the mastermind, there is irrefutable evidence.
Rong Zhen and the others have no reason not to support my investigation. If it is really a well-crafted scheme, they will hesitate and get angry and show their flaws. The results of this move... have all been seen. Wei Wu was deceived and killed.
."
Ouyang Rong finished speaking softly.
"Brother-in-law is so good at throwing stones and asking for directions."
Wang Caozhi's face was full of admiration, his eyes were very moved, and he asked with some choking:
"The brother-in-law tore off his official uniform, asked me to carry it with him, ran away early, and even asked me to swallow the weird talisman... Was the brother-in-law afraid that I would encounter any danger on the way to report the message? Did he also expect that the embroiderer girl would
Are you stubborn and don’t want to leave? Do you want to go there and persuade me in person?”
Ouyang Rong hesitated for a moment and then told the truth sincerely: "This is one of them. I am worried that you will be intercepted and unable to escape. If there is a game here and there is the sound of the piano, I want to use the spirit to persuade the embroiderer to leave. She
Stubborn, I only listen to myself, but really
After the trance passed and I saw her crying, I understood even more that my persuasion was useless. She would definitely stay and wait for me, because if the positions were changed and she was in this situation, I would not leave and would wait for her.
I will go to her and compare my feelings with her.
"There is another reason why I want you to swallow a red and black talisman in advance: in case it is not a plot over there, and Rong Zhen and others are willing to support me in returning to the city to eradicate the water thieves and kill all the dead men of the Wei family, then I will have to continue hiding
The identity of the sword holder, but there is something called [Emperor Wen] Zhenyin
It's quite troublesome. I'm worried about this. I'm afraid that the other backup plan is not safe, and I will have no choice but to descend on you. Your side is certain, and you can run away on my behalf, but this doesn't count.
If you take the blame, you can probably run away, as long as you can get the sword box in the hands of the embroiderer."
Wang Caozhi:......
Seeing his cheap brother-in-law who exuded the aura of a deep harem, Ouyang Rong waved his hand: "Anyway, you have to make two preparations. No matter which way you go, it's always right for you to take the red and black talisman in advance. The spirit trance, the tripod sword, the sword.
I won’t hide these things from you anymore. I’ve known you for so long, and I trust you.”
Wang Caozhi was suddenly moved, and his emotions alternated between sad and moved. He just felt that his brother-in-law was simply a congenital scumbag... After Ouyang Rong finished speaking, he once again thought of the [Emperor Wen] Sword Art.
In fact, another reason why he ran away and left the main grotto directly with the threat of the Big Buddha was that he noticed that the sound of the old musician's piano had disappeared. According to the information revealed by Rong Zhen before when he refused the beads, the old musician was using Rong Zhen.
The Buddhist beads preside over the Great Buddha Dharma Formation, which should be extremely powerful and can also protect high-ranking officials at fixed points.
Rong Zhen is on the stage, which means that the old musician has the possibility of mobilizing a large formation to trap him and [Craftsman]. The sound of the piano has stopped, which means that the old musician is wary of the sword secret being leaked. If he continues to delay the time, wait for the old musician to slow down.
, it would be difficult to turn around and deal with him. As the same sword holder, Ouyang Rong certainly knew how dangerous his kind was.
He has been paying attention to the sound of the piano because he wanted to secretly learn the [Emperor Wen] sword technique.
I just didn't expect that Senior Yu would be so vigilant, so now I can only find another way.
Ouyang Rong tilted his head silently, looked at Zhao Qingxiu, and suddenly asked: "Xiu Niang, do you still remember when we met at Chengtian Temple?"
Zhao Qingxiu, who had been looking down in thought, said "hmm".
Ouyang Rong placed his palm on the Mohist sword box and asked: "Xiu Niang, when you were hiding in the temple that day, did you notice its scent and then got up to look for the sword in the morning? But how did you notice it? I still remember that it was just right at that time
When I pretended to fall into the water and fished for my sword from the bottom of the lake, you showed up at the right time to search for my carriage. This was such a coincidence that even though we met, I have always been a little confused."
Zhao Qingxiu had a complicated expression on her little face as she wrote stroke by stroke: [I am looking for this tripod sword in the hands of Xuntan Lang. I have the red lotus sword mark on my body, which can be sensed]
Ouyang Rong subconsciously asked: "Can you sense the tripod sword? What is this?"
Zhao Qingxiu carefully took out something from her arms and handed it over. Ouyang Rong took a closer look and saw a simple small seal with the word "Red Lotus" engraved on the bottom.
[Tanlang, this object is a token of the Lotus Pagoda Alliance. There are only three in the world. Just inject the sword energy of the tripod sword into it, and it will make the corresponding tripod sword appear, and provide guidance to track the tripod sword... But
There are restrictions. This tripod sword must be made from the Mei Deer sword-making skills of the Longcheng Mei family. The new tripod sword in Tanlang's hand should be from Longcheng, using the lost Merit deer sword.
fencing】
Ouyang Rong was stunned for a moment. He knew a little about the Merlot Sword Forging Technique and the Alliance of Lotus Pagodas, so he was not stunned by this.
Ouyang Rong felt vaguely that Fang Xiaoyin looked very familiar.
He immediately turned around and rummaged through the sword box, and soon took out an old small seal that had been left for a long time. After a closer look, he saw that there was also the word "Red Lotus" on it, so it was undoubtedly the same thing.
This seal was given to him by Master Shandao when he returned to the Pure Land Palace of Donglin Temple to activate the "Night Pearl" before leaving. It was said that it was found next to the body of Master Zhongma and was the only relic.
"As long as there is corresponding sword energy, can the tripod sword be revealed?"
Ouyang Rong murmured and looked at Ye Mingzhu with thoughtful eyes.
At this moment, he felt Zhao Qingxiu take the initiative to hold his hand and write.
Ouyang Rong felt it carefully.
[Tanlang, I am not afraid now. I want to go back and find the second senior sister again]
"Where is your second senior sister?"
[Over there at Xingzi Lake, but she might also take the initiative to come to Huaiye Lane to look for me, because she was delayed a lot of time]
Ouyang Rong looked thoughtful and nodded:
"Okay, you can go back to Huaiye Lane first..."
He reached into his sleeve, touched the string of cracked beads that said "avoid death once", and suddenly said:
"Xiu Niang, when you go back, go and bring me the string of Buddhist beads that Rong Zhennu Shi gave to your aunt."