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Chapter 207 I'm Out of Shape

"Mingfu morning..."

"Master Mingfu, please stay safe..."

"It's really a blessing that the Ming family recovered from a minor illness."

In the morning, Luming Street, inside the Longcheng Yamen.

The officials and servants on duty saw the young magistrate in official uniform walking out of the hall of the county government, and greeted them respectfully.

Ouyang Rong nodded with a faint smile on his face.

This was Ouyang Rong's first visit to the county office after recovering from illness, and it still had a familiar atmosphere and an orderly atmosphere.

Ouyang Rong glanced across the faces of the colleagues who were greeting him, and walked around the county office calmly.

"It seems that nothing has been seen."

Ouyang Rong looked down at the brand-new official uniform on his body, raised his hand to touch his chin, and helped his cheeks on both sides with his right hand, his eyes were thoughtful.

At this moment, Liu Ashan was holding a stack of files, passing by the corridor, turned to look at Ouyang Rong, said hello, and was about to move on, when suddenly his face froze, he turned to look carefully, and said in doubt:

"Master, why did you suddenly change your clothes?"

"Oh, it's a bit shady in the room, so I put on an official uniform." Ouyang Rong nodded and explained.

"Understood..." Liu Ashan hesitated to speak.

Ouyang Rong suddenly asked: "Is there anything different about me, even though Ah Shan is always by my side, do you notice something?"

Liu Ashan shook his head, "I just feel that compared to going out in the morning, the master seems to have less stubble and is more white."

Ouyang Rong nodded, smiled slightly, raised his hand and helped his chin habitually.

With his hands behind his back, he turned and returned to the courtroom. Before leaving, he said lightly:
"I just shaved my beard, Ah Shan is very careful, that's all right, you go about your work, I will deal with the accumulated documents."

"Yes, sir."

Liu Ashan responded dumbly, and before leaving, he took a second look at Ouyang Rong's strange back, and left silently.

It's just an illusion.

After Liu Ashan left, Ouyang Rong, who had always had a calm expression, turned his head and let out a sigh of relief when he saw the man walking away.

Ouyang Rong looked down at himself, muttered a few words, and shook his head slightly.

He turned straight into the back hall of the lobby, found a remote room, entered the door silently, turned around and locked it, and sat down on the table.

In the dimly lit room, Ouyang Rong lowered his head and raised his hands to grab the cheeks on both sides of his chin, as if picking something off, his face separated from his palms.

Vaguely, the light in the room was distorted.

The young man in front of the table is still the same young man, but it is a little different from when he just entered the door.

Ouyang Rong was dressed in a navy blue uniform, sitting leisurely on a chair, playing with a bronze animal mask with great interest.

It's a mirage mask.

Just got it off the face.

"Ah Shan is very careful, but that's right, he has been by my side all the time, so he naturally observes me carefully, and it's normal to find some abnormalities.

"But those colleagues in the county government didn't seem to find anything. That's right, normal people get along with each other, even if they are good friends, they won't get close to each other's face for a closer look. At most, they are more sensitive to clothing and hairstyles."

Ouyang Rong nodded slowly, turned around and walked to a copper basin filled with water, and looked down at the real face reflected in the water.

He had been ill in bed for a few days, and he grew a little unshaven beard on his chin.

Ouyang Rong touched the real stubble, looked down at the bronze mask in his hand, and there was some novelty in his eyes.

"Is it a mirage mask? From this point of view, it's really interesting to be able to confuse the fake with the real one, but it's less exciting to change yourself, and it's a bit weird. The uncanny valley effect..."

Ouyang Rong laughed and shook his head.

Last night, he spent [-] merits in exchange for blessings, so that this mirage mask, which originally belonged to a special type of alchemist and Qi practitioner, was transformed by the strange purple mist on the blessing clock.

Ouyang Rong not only bound this thing with Qi, but also obtained a large piece of strange and vague information, which seems to be the way to use it.

So early this morning, he couldn't wait to try it out. Just now he put on a mask and transformed himself into himself. After wandering around the county government twice, only Liu Ashan noticed something was wrong, and the others didn't notice it.

It sounds a little weird, but someone is really bored, and it's the first time he has come into contact with this kind of mythical power, so he naturally had a lot of fun playing it for a while.

Inside the room, Ouyang Rong returned to the table, holding the bronze animal face in his hand, and slightly closed his eyes.

He also sensed the message sent to his mind by this mirage mask in the dark.

He read it carefully, closed his eyes and muttered:

"So that's how it is... activate a special ritual... murder the sacrifice under the witness of the audience... you can collect the mythical spirituality of the unjustly dead... make an illusion... keep the appearance of the sacrifice... and this bronze The animal face can save multiple phantoms of sacrifices..."

Ouyang Rong suddenly opened his eyes, frowned and looked at the empty room, wondering to himself:
"Can you store multiple illusions of sacrificial offerings... But didn't the bamboo slips left by the junior sister mean that only one person can be transformed after inquiring about a mirage mask.

"Could it be that the female fairies of Yucheng are not good at learning, they are too good, or their talents are not good, so the special alchemist's path that they walked has not been dug out thoroughly, and they are half-baked?"

As if he had guessed the answer, the corner of Ouyang Rong's mouth twitched.

"Or, is this thing transformed by Ziwu?

"No matter what the reason is, the strange purple mist that came out of the blessing clock seems to be a bit overbearing, and the level is crushed. It has unlocked this mirage mask from the inside to the outside. Well, it is now in my shape gone."

Ouyang Rong was quite satisfied with the cost of the thousand and five hundred merits, as if it was not a waste.

"I just don't know, if I have the opportunity to collect the sacrifice phantom again, will I need to consume merits and blessings... I should, after all, I don't have any aura at present, and this purple mist seems to be able to replace aura, and even unlock small A mythical artifact that junior sister, a mid-level Qi trainer, can't unlock."

Ouyang Rong touched his chin again, and sighed towards the mirage mask in his hand:
"It seems that when Yuanshen just took office, he drowned and passed out in public. It was Liu Ziwen and the fairy Yucheng who made troubles and collected Yuanshen's spirituality to make illusions... I am confused, and I will repay myself in this life. Enmity?
"However, Fairy Yucheng is still in a coma, she is not dead, well, I can't let her go, and I don't know what happened to Liulang, who is in charge of the official house..."

Ouyang Rong thought for a moment, then lowered his head to study and play with the bronze animal face for a while.

Not long after, his expression was a little bit dispirited, and with a "click", he threw the bronze mask on the table.

"It's still a bit tasteless, it's meaningless to change yourself... Do you want me to find sacrifices and collect new phantoms? But planning to kill people in public is a bit perverted. If you don't go home honestly, stay in this world to deal with this world." What is it for? The live-action version of Werewolf, right? My evaluation is not as good as the postgraduate entrance examination.

"However, after this thing is unlocked by Ziwu, I seem to be able to use it for others to create a substitute... This is a way, but why do I need a substitute..."

Ouyang Rong's words stopped silently, he glanced at the mask, and then looked out of the sunny window.

After a moment of silence, Ouyang Rong suddenly stood up and put away the mirage mask.

He left the desk, and when he passed the copper basin filled with water, he paused, looked at the reflection in the water, and Ouyang Rong went to fetch a pair of utensils to shave off the stubble.

It suddenly looked younger, just like the phantom of the original body in the mirage mask, except that the skin was slightly darker, but it was not a big problem after raising it recently.

As usual, Ouyang Rong dealt with the pile of official documents in the morning, all of which were trivial matters.

Among them, what is worth noting is the official document sent by Jiangzhou Governor's Office, saying that Ouyang Rong, the county magistrate of Longcheng, has made great contributions to disaster relief and flood control, and has taken the lead in saving the gate. Wait for the Shangguan to write a letter to ask for credit for him. Wait a minute, and there should be a reward from the court.

But Ouyang Rong is not interested in this, and he doesn't hold any hope. He has no one in court, so don't expect to daydream.

Please credit this thing, the same credit, whether there is someone in the Golden Luan Hall to speak for you, the rewards you get are very different.

As for his immediate boss, Wang Lengran, would speak well for him?
Ouyang Rong was skeptical.

Fortunately, he didn't care anymore, and half an hour before noon, Ouyang Rong threw away the official documents, went out directly, left the county government office, and took Liu Ashan to the official house where the fairy Yucheng was imprisoned.

As soon as he arrived at the courtyard where the Yucheng fairy was imprisoned in the official house, Ouyang Rong saw Yan Liulang and the others, and the policemen gathered around the bed and sighed with frowning faces.

These days, the official house is under the sole management of Junior Sister and Yan Liulang. Ouyang Rong only asks occasionally, but he doesn't know much about it, mainly because he trusts Junior Sister.

"Why do you have a bitter face?" Ouyang Rong asked curiously.

Yan Liulang and his subordinates looked at each other with guilt on their faces.

"Mingfu, it's the incompetence of the subordinates and the lack of care that disrupted Master Xie's arrangement before he left..."

Yan Liulang scratched his head, explained what happened last night, stomped his feet and said bitterly:
"The prisoner finally woke up, but suddenly vomited blood and passed out. I don't know if it was because of the detoxification pill, or someone wanted to kill someone to silence him..."

The blue-clothed headhunter gritted his teeth and held the knife, showing a half-wiped blade: "Mingfu, the subordinates are investigating, who did it..."

Ouyang Rong's originally calm face changed, and he looked at the dying Yujin fairy in the direction of the bed, and asked calmly:

"The suspect vomited blood and fell into a coma... What time was it last night?"

Yan Liulang looked thoughtful, thought for a while, and told the exact time.

"Ahem." A certain person lowered his head and covered his mouth with fists.

"What's wrong with the Ming Mansion? Is it because of the wind and cold? The Ming Mansion has come out to work again."

"No...it's okay, I feel...Liu Lang is so conscientious, I believe my junior sister will not blame me, that, you guys continue, I will go back first, and I won't disturb your investigation."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Yan Liulang to be polite, a certain young county magistrate slipped away like oiling the soles of his feet.

Only the guards and police officers in the yard looked at each other curiously.

"It's still the Ming government that loves the people like a son, takes care of its subordinates, and takes good care of them."

Yan Liulang turned his face, his eye circles were reddish, and he clenched his fist and shook it violently:
"Everyone, work hard and try to find out the real culprit before Master Xie comes back."

"Yes!" Everyone cheered up.

Ouyang Rong left the official house without blushing and boarded the carriage.

on the way back.

Finding that his master's face seemed a little weird, Liu Ashan, who was driving ahead, couldn't help asking:

"Did the master find any clues about Brother Liulang?"

"Ahem, what clues can I have?"

Ouyang Rong changed the subject:

"By the way, Ah Shan, if one day I'm no longer in Dragon City, what will you do?"

"No matter how far the master is transferred to be an official, I will follow the master." Liu Ashan replied without thinking.

Ouyang Rong shook his head, "What if I stop being an official? It's useless for you to follow me."

Liu Ashan hesitated for a while, and said decisively: "Then I will go home with the master, and wherever the master goes, I will go."

Ouyang Rong still shook his head: "I said, you and Ah Qing are both free now, not my slaves, so you don't need to follow me."

After a pause, Ouyang Rong asked again: "Is there anything you want to do?"

The dull man bowed his head in silence, as if he had misunderstood something, he said in a disappointed tone:

"Master, don't you want to take me with you? Then, then I will stay in Longcheng. This is the place where I was born and raised. I won't go anywhere. I just earn a living here, take care of my mother and sister, and live an honest life."

"You still want to marry a wife and have a fat son." Ouyang Rong added and nodded again: "It's good to be with your relatives and live a down-to-earth life."

Liu Ashan was taken aback, "Master."

He couldn't help turning his head to look at the smiling young man sitting in the carriage.

The latter said softly:

"Before, I didn't let you take a post in the county government because of some other considerations, but now it's gone. Tomorrow, I will arrange for you and other brothers from the militia team to take a job in the county government.

"From now on, you'll just eat at the public house, so work hard, have a job in your hometown, marry a wife and have children, spend time with your family, and live a happy life."

Ouyang Rong suddenly smiled, and Liu Ashan, who had neat white teeth and shiny teeth, rolled his eyes, and someone muttered some jokes that he didn't understand:
"You're still smart, Ah Shan. Isn't this the end of the world if you make an iron rice bowl in your hometown? Shu Tan, you still win."

"Ah?" Liu Ashan was taken aback when he heard that.

Ouyang Rong always speaks words that he doesn't understand or awkward words, but unlike Yan Liulang who likes to get to the bottom of things and learn new knowledge, Liu Ashan just listens silently, never asks more questions, keeps his own law and speaks very strictly.

This is probably one of the reasons why Ouyang Rong is willing to joke and relax in front of Liu Ashan.

The muffled gourd Liu Ashan couldn't hold back any longer, and asked in a muffled voice: "The master hasn't said what to do in the future, maybe we will be desperate in the future, so we will go to the master."

Ouyang Rong looked out the window, was quiet for a while, and said a word without beginning and end:
"Master, I also have a place where I was born and raised."

Liu Ashan was taken aback.

In this faint farewell atmosphere like explaining the funeral, on the way back to Luming Street, the two of them didn't speak again.

Liu Ashan, who was full of doubts, didn't know that in the carriage behind him, a certain young county magistrate looked at his back and heaved a sigh of relief.

"Ashan, let's arrange it like this. An honest person has the blessing of an honest person. People are too honest. It is dangerous and prone to accidents to go out with others. I can feel Liu's mother's complicated attitude towards me before, and I am probably worried about this. Fortunately, Ah Shan and Ah Qing were fine in the end.

"As for Liu Lang, you don't have to worry about anything. This kid is very clever. Heh, he is good at meeting noble people. Taking this opportunity to help my junior sister handle the case, I happened to have accumulated some friendship with my junior sister. When the time comes, I will stay with you." A letter, let the little junior sister and the Xie family take care of him, no matter whether it is going to the rivers and lakes to dream of a hero, or to pursue a career as an official, he will be guaranteed...

"Okay, now there is one who is the most stubborn, the one with the most subjective initiative."

Ouyang Rong nodded calmly.

Back at the county government office, Ouyang Rong immersed himself in the official business all afternoon, as if finishing it, he worked extremely hard.

Before he knew it, it was evening, and Ouyang Rong went straight back to Meilu Garden. As soon as he entered the door, he called Ye Weilai, looked into her eyes, and said directly:

"Pack up, I will go back to Nanlong in the next two days, and I can catch up with the Zhongyuan Festival to worship the ancestors as soon as possible. The boat has been booked."

Ouyang Rong's tone was light, but it was a declarative sentence, and his attitude could not be questioned.

The white-haired servant girl who came running happily trembled.

The hot towel fell to her feet like it was scalding her hands. Ouyang Rong bent down first, picked it up to wipe her hands, and brushed past her with normal expression.

　Thanks to the good brother "Favorite Dong Shanqing" for the leader award!Keke is a reward for Jianniang, but here I kneel down and thank you, good brother, hehe fencing! (orz fifth day)
　　
　
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