In a certain high pavilion, three people were chatting secretly.
"Ouyang Lianghan? It sounds familiar. Is he a gentleman respected by scholars?"
After listening quietly to Boss Li's story for a while, he took out a piece of densely written information and flipped through it. Wei Shaoxuan suddenly looked up and asked.
"This man is quite interesting. He manipulated the Liu family and the local squires in Longcheng. He was very interested in me... So, Liu Ziwen died in his hands?"
"Well..."
Boss Li hesitated for a moment and said something from his heart:
"Sixth Young Master, Liu Ziwen's death seems a bit complicated to me, and there may be a hidden secret behind it."
"Ouyang Lianghan didn't do it, then who did it?"
Wei Shaoxuan paused and asked with a smile: "Is it Wang Lengran or Shen Xisheng? Wait... Liu Zian?"
"My servant has passed by Jiangzhou several times before and asked about it. It doesn't seem like Master Wang did it." Boss Li shook his head: "I don't know whether Shen Xisheng or Liu Zian is the one."
"Before this, Liu Ziwen was in charge of the Liu family and contacted us. My father sent someone to investigate Liu Ziwen. He was very knowledgeable about current affairs and his needs and desires were very clear. After so many years of cooperation, we have trust and guarantee. But now he died suddenly. Let Liu Zian lead the Liu family to cooperate with us... This is not a good change."
Wei Shaoxuan glanced at Boss Li and muttered:
"How is this person Liu Zian?"
Boss Li was silent for a moment, "He has a very cautious and patient personality. You can tell by watching him and Ouyang Lianghan and Zhou Xuan... As for the Wei family, it seems that he is quite honest at the moment."
"Being honest now does not mean being honest in the future. Let's investigate it together with the death of his eldest brother Liu Ziwen."
Wei Shaoxuan interrupted Boss Li's words and waved his hand casually:
"You can use the chess piece buried in the Liu family to check if there is any murder of brother. Before taking the tripod sword, you must make sure that all hidden dangers are eliminated...
"I don't know why, but I always have an intuition that Liu Ziwen's death has a lot to do with Liu Zian. I hope I'm wrong, tsk tsk. Speaking of which, I have this inexplicable intuition. I don't know if it's because I understand Liu Zi very well. It's like being a younger brother, after all, I have several harmonious brothers."
Wei Shaoxuan chuckled.
"Yes! Sixth Young Master." Boss Li said in awe, cupping his hands.
He completely pretended not to hear what Mr. Wei Liu said next.
In fact, in the Wei family, the Persian businessman also heard about some complicated situations between the legitimate children of King Wei and King Liang. However, this was not something he was qualified to discuss. It was best to be deaf.
Qiu Qi, who was looking coldly at the window, turned around and glanced at Wei Shaoxuan.
"Father, anyway, I took the palace envoy's car and boat this time and arrived at Longcheng in a few days." Wei Shaoxuan turned around and explained with a smile: "I just have time, I will check carefully to see if there are any hidden ones. Interesting and tricky.”
Qiu Qi crossed her chest and nodded:
"Rokuro just needs to be measured."
There was some faint movement in the street downstairs outside the window. Wei Shaoxuan walked to the window and took a look, and the originally interested expression on his face disappeared.
"It's boring. Sister Miaozhen is still not good at it. She was intimidated by a weak scholar. Now the fun is gone... However, Your Majesty actually gave Li Xian a piece of jade. It seems a bit particular..."
Standing by the window, Wei Shaoxuan thought carefully, and took a look at the movement outside the door of Su Mansion. He shook his head in boredom.
Then, the sixth young master of the Wei family seemed to turn his head and say something to Qiu Qi.
The man carrying the box took off the sword box from his back and handed it to Wei Shaoxuan.
The latter caught it with one hand, placed it horizontally in front of him, put his two fingers together, and carefully stroked the warm body of the box. Even though he looked at the sword box more than once, he still showed some admiration and admiration on his face.
This box seems to have a mechanism inside, which is very delicate.
Wei Shaoxuan used a complicated technique, and with a "click" sound, it was like an iron chain slowly lowering the city gate of some great gate in the world, and the sword box opened in response.
The sword light rushed out of the box like a bullfight.
Immediately attracted the attention of the three people in the pavilion.
It is said that the Mohist sword box is one of the top items for sword cultivation among sword cultivators in the world. The material of the box body naturally gathers Qi, and it is also equipped with ingenious mechanical techniques to achieve the wonderful functions of warming the sword Qi, cleaning the sword body, and restraining the sword light. effect.
Even if it is a green blade of an ordinary sword, if placed in it and warmed, it will become very different, unlike an ordinary soldier.
At this moment, I saw a sword inserted sideways in the box.
After Wei Shaoxuan took out the sword and turned it over and placed it in front of the window under the setting sun, people saw clearly that it turned out to be a short sword similar to a dagger.
The short sword is luxurious.
The hilt of the sword is inlaid with emerald agate, pearls and gems, and is decorated with an exquisite tassel intertwined with colorful ribbons.
The sword blade lying in the sun reflected the cold light into the room. As the sword holder turned and moved, the cold light flashed around the room.
Boss Li looked at it curiously, showing an expression of sudden reaction.
This sword was the last trust sword that Liu Ziwen had asked him to send to Prince Wei's Mansion in Luojing. Kaifeng drank blood, which was also a signal to take the sword.
At present, Qiu Qi and Wei Shaoxuan were the only two people who went to fetch the sword. Naturally, they brought it along with the Mohist sword box as agreed.
Wei Shaoxuan leaned on the railing by the window, playing with the short fiber sword in his hand, and he raised his hand to throw it away:
"Go and inform Liu Zian that I am here. Take it and return it to Liu Zian. This short sword is good and kills people without spilling blood. I hope that the tripod sword he handed over in the end can also satisfy me... "
Wei Shaoxuan chuckled and looked out the window casually, but he stopped abruptly in the middle of his words.
Boss Li, who lowered his head to prepare for the order, raised his hand to catch the sword. After waiting for a long time, Wei Shaoxuan's letter of sword was not handed over.
"Sixth Young Master? Sixth Young Master?" He couldn't help shouting twice in succession.
Still ignored.
Wei Shaoxuan's mouth seemed to be blocked.
After a while, Boss Li raised his head cautiously and found that Mr. Qiu also turned to look at Wei Shaoxuan like him.
I saw that the sixth young master of the Wei family, who was originally leaning against the railing by the window, changed to a standing position with his hands hanging down. He stretched his head out of the window and stared at the street in front of the Su Mansion below.
His body remained motionless, as if he was in a trance.
Boss Li and Qiu Qi followed his gaze.
It was a plain-faced little girl with plum blossom-shaped bright red forehead makeup. She was sitting obediently on an embroidery stool, clutching the purple veil she had just taken off. Not far in front of her, there was a palace painter solemnly Painting…
A daughter has grown up away from home.
The air fell silent.
Wei Shaoxuan suddenly turned his head and said seriously to Qiu Qi:
"How about we exchange a little gift. After all... we are all relatives and adoptive fathers. I still feel obligated to go with him as a birthday gift."
Qiu Qi:?
Boss Li: ...
Not long after, the painting in front of the Su Mansion came to an end.
In the high pavilion, Wei Shaoxuan lowered his head and wandered around in place for more than a dozen times. At a certain moment, he stopped and murmured to himself: "How could there be such a stunning girl in the world? The most important thing is, is she still similar to Her Majesty the Queen? Or even more... …”
Wei Shaoxuan glanced at the Xinjian in his hand, straightened his clothes seriously, turned around and went downstairs.
On behalf of the Wei family, he came to give gifts.
…
Under the setting sun.
The fishermen sing late.
Penglang Ferry, which was bustling during the day, became deserted, like a red hot coal extinguished by water.
There were docked ferries returning one after another, as well as passenger ships passing by and temporarily docked by merchants.
However, in the past, the ferry was crowded and berthed, but now there was a large area of empty space in the center of the pier.
There was also a large crowd gathering on the shore beside the pier.
Several fishing boats laden with fish returning late slowly docked at this strangely vacant "prime spot" on the pier. The fishermen on the boat, who had worked hard for a day, looked happy. In the past, these "golden boat spots" had long been occupied. It was their turn to come back late.
Several boatmen who had just returned couldn't help but curiously turned their heads to look at the huge sail slowly moving away on the river.
I saw that majestic and unfamiliar official ship breaking through the sparkling golden water waves under the setting sun and heading away from Longcheng County without looking back. The red sun was in the background.
Ouyang Rong, like the fishermen, watched as the fleet carrying Miaozhen and other Luoyang court envoys went further and further away, and stood at the front of the farewell crowd standing on the shore of the pier.
"Eh."
A sigh suddenly sounded from the front row of the crowd, causing the atmosphere among the county government officials to freeze.
Ouyang Rong stood quietly with his sleeves in his sleeves, his face calm, and he did not turn his head to look at Diao County Cheng, who was sighing.
Yan Liulang, who hurried from the official residence in the afternoon, turned his head and frowned:
"Why is the county magistrate always sighing? Is it because he is dissatisfied with the Ming Dynasty? Just say so."
"How can a lower official be dissatisfied with the Ming government? The main reason is today's matter... eh."
Diao Xian Cheng frowned and couldn't help but said: "Why didn't the Ming Palace retain the female envoy? The banquet for the lower officials was prepared. The Ming Palace asked them to stay for a meal, rest in Longcheng for a few days, and visit the mountains. The water is also excellent…”
Ouyang Rong looked at the dark dots on the river in the distance that were getting smaller and smaller, but did not speak.
In the afternoon, at the entrance of Su's mansion, after a skilled old palace painter finished tracing Su Guo'er's portrait without makeup, Miaozhen took the painter and the maids and left without saying a word.
Just get on the boat and leave without stopping.
I don't know if it was because of Ouyang Rong's intervention, but Miaozhen's face didn't look very good.
In the end, after boarding the bow deck, he turned around slightly, his eyes drooped, and he glanced at Ouyang Rong on the pier below, and said: "I'll see you later, Magistrate Ouyang."
What a "see you later".
At that time, Ouyang Rong just stood there, slightly bent at the waist, bowed his hands and saluted, but said nothing in reply.
Then he watched the official ship leave the dock quietly.
At this moment, Yan Liulang looked sideways and said:
"Master Diao, haven't you seen it yet? This sixth-grade female official is all about business and is merciless. It's useless to eat and give gifts. Master Diao, stop playing with these bells and whistles. It will make others look down on the Ming Palace and us."
"It's better to look down upon than to offend. At worst, we'll be treated like fools. They say the seven-rank official in front of the prime minister, not to mention that this is the sixth-rank female official in front of His Majesty. I don't know how many ranks should be added. What should I do now? That’s good.”
Diao County Magistrate looked worried and muttered dejectedly:
"For the sake of the deposed King Xunyang's family, we ended up offending the Luoyang envoys. I don't know what they will say about us in front of the Holy Master..."
As if he had completely confirmed that the official ship had entered the river and left and would never come back, Ouyang Rong, who was squinting, nodded slightly, turned his face, and looked at the deadwood-like wrinkles on Diao Xian Cheng's dark face, which was full of past difficulties. Living at the grassroots level of bureaucracy and wasting years of vicissitudes.
"Master Diao."
Ouyang Ronghu said.
"The official is here."
Ouyang Rong sighed slightly:
"It's not completely unreasonable for Mr. Diao to still be the county magistrate here after all these years."
Diao County Cheng:......
Well, you are noble and great.
Not knowing what Ouyang Rong meant, Diao County Prime Minister almost shattered his molar teeth and looked at the young county magistrate who was born as a Jinshi and started as a seventh-grade magistrate in a decentralized area with tears in his eyes.
He couldn't help but choke up a little, and felt sad for a moment... Hey, it's okay if he doesn't do this as an eighth-grade official!
Ouyang Rong gently patted the old county magistrate's skinny shoulder, took the lead and left, leaving behind:
"Let's go, it's okay. Let's go back to our homes. We will be on duty as usual tomorrow. As for the Su Mansion on Luming Street...just pretend you didn't see it. It's just a commoner. You don't need any special treatment."
Everyone in the county government who gathered around the dock looked at each other, reluctantly obeyed, and filed away.
Yan Liulang quickly caught up with Ouyang Rong, followed him, slowed down step by step, held the sword in his arms, and sighed:
"I really didn't expect that Dalang's family turned out to be the family of the former King Xunyang who was demoted to common people. Doesn't that mean that Dalang has the blood of Emperor Taizong Wen?
"My dear, my sixth son actually went whoring and drank wine with Emperor Taizong Wen's great-grandson! This encounter is enough to brag to my grandson."
Yan Liulang raised his head and looked at the moon, thought hard for a moment, and frowned:
"Mingfu, I still call him Dalang. Isn't it a bit too much?"
Ouyang Rong, who was walking in front, nodded: "Six."
Just one word passed back behind me.
"Ah? I'm here."
Yan Liulang was stunned and stepped forward to report:
"What did Mingfu ask me to do? What are your orders?"
The corners of Ouyang Rong's mouth twitched slightly.
Not long after, Yan Liulang, who was muttering around Ouyang Rong, was driven back to the official residence. Last time, it seemed that the strange purple mist in Ouyang Rong's merit tower had erased the mark on the mirage mask. Xian's vomiting of old blood seemed to be a bit serious, and he is still in coma and breathless.
On the night road back to Meiluyuan alone, Ouyang Rong stopped from time to time and glanced at the brightly lit Su Mansion in the distance.
What happened today was indeed beyond his expectation.
The identity of Su Dalang and Su Xiaomei's family was exposed, which made Ouyang Rong a little confused under the dark lamp. After realizing it later, he suddenly realized.
He began to understand the subtle abnormalities that his junior sister, mentor Xie Xun, and the Su family had shown previously.
Ouyang Rong was very suspicious that when the junior sister followed her mentor Xie Xun to Longcheng County to worship Buddha, and finally stayed to assist him, it was actually mainly to protect the Su family.
After thinking about this, he became a little silent.
But there was no intention of blaming the younger junior sister. After all, she had just arrived at that time and the senior brother and sister were not very familiar with each other yet.
As for why he didn't say anything after getting acquainted... Ouyang Rong thought about it in hindsight and found that the junior sister had actually hinted at it all along, but he had ignored it.
As soon as Ouyang Rong arrived at the entrance of Meiluyuan, he met two familiar figures guarding the door.
It's Li Xian and Su Dalang.
"Liang Han!", "Liang Han's wise nephew..."
Seeing him, the father and son were immediately overjoyed and sincerely invited Ouyang Rong to go to the Su Mansion for dinner as usual. In addition, Weber's mother was cooking today.
But Ouyang Rong silently pulled out his arm, his face calm, and he shook his head.
Li Xian and Su Dalang immediately looked at each other.
Ouyang Rong said goodbye politely and walked into Meilu Garden.
Looking at the different figures of Ouyang Rong and Wong Wu when they came to help, Lijia's father and son frowned and sighed...
Turning his head to look at the closed door, Ouyang Rong shook his head slightly and muttered something.
Not long after, he returned to the Meilin courtyard, pushed the door open and entered under the setting sun.
In an instant, Ouyang Rong paused and stopped where he was.
There was movement in the study.
Ye Weilai is not here.
He frowned slightly, turned around and saw a vague figure of a pink beauty in the study.
She was tiptoeing through books in front of Ouyang Rong's bookshelf.
It's Su Guo'er, the younger sister of the Su family.
No, it's time to ask her to leave, or...
your Highness?
I got home safely, Xiaorong is exhausted...
(End of chapter)
