No, gentlemen also guard against

Chapter 211 Yujue
"It seems that I'm quite famous."

Ouyang Rong put down the documents and token, looked around, and said with a smile.

He apologized again:

"It's a pity that I don't know Your Excellency, I'm disrespectful and disrespectful."

"A lowly court lady is not worth talking about."

"Your Excellency's ostentation is not as simple as being a lowly court lady."

"It's just that I came here by order. How can Ouyang County Magistrate be famous?"

Miaozhen nodded and said:
"Admonishing the princess directly and offending His Majesty, you can still live well. The magistrate of Ouyang County is known as an upright gentleman, and everyone in the capital of the gods doesn't know it? I have heard of it a little in the palace."

"Thank you, thank you." Ouyang Rong smiled sheepishly and waved his hands.

Miaozhen said in a leisurely tone:

"His Royal Highness Princess Changle said, 'This son is a straight-forward man' and 'a hypocrite'."

Ouyang Rong raised his eyebrows, before he could speak, Miaozhen changed the subject and smiled slightly:
"Magistrate Ouyang County, don't get me wrong, Her Highness the Princess said this in front of His Majesty to protect you.

"That day, the imperial court will imprison your imperial staff. His Majesty was angry and wanted to kill you directly, but when he heard His Highness's words, he waved his sleeves and said, 'The coffin is ready? Do you want to leave a name in history? But this wish is not fulfilled. , If you want to be Bigan, a widow is not King Zhou!'.

"Thanks to His Royal Highness Princess turning the corner and several veteran courtiers pleading for mercy, Ouyang county magistrate was spared from being killed. This reputation is really not easy to earn."

Miaozhen smiled slightly.

Ouyang Rong also laughed, and took a look at Miaozhen. The sixth-rank female officer in front of him was turning a corner and scolding him.

Princess Changle, who was admonished by him, escaped for him in turn, and let Longyan's furious Empress Wei stop her murderous intent... If Ouyang Rong nodded in gratitude and agreed with Miaozhen's statement, wouldn't it be more confirmed with sideways glances? Is he trying to gain fame, or is he biting like an ignorant mad dog?
Ouyang Rong sighed and shook his head with regret.

Miaozhen looked sideways: "What's the purpose of Ouyang county magistrate shaking his head and sighing?"

Ouyang Rong didn't speak immediately, and handed the documents, tokens and other things back to Miaozhen, and at the same time pointed to the documents and tokens calmly and said:

"It's no wonder your Excellency is only a sixth-rank female official. It seems that this life will stop here. I just feel a little pity."

Miao Zhen frowned slightly: "Why did you say that?"

Ouyang Rong shrugged:

"Your Excellency doesn't even understand His Majesty's intentions. Fortunately, you are still serving His Majesty. I suggest that Your Excellency not serve His Majesty in the morning or evening, and try to catch up at noon."

"Why not in the morning or at night?"

"Because it will be over sooner or later."

"..."

There was a faint burst of laughter from the surrounding crowd, and they couldn't help laughing.

Miaozhen's expression dropped, and she said coldly, "Is it funny?"

There was an immediate silence on the field.

Ouyang Rong smiled and said, "It's not funny, it's a bit cold, but it's the truth."

Facing the direction of Luoyang in the north, he cupped his hands slightly and said:
"If the Holy Majesty really wanted to kill someone, who in this world would be able to survive? The method of aggressive generals can do it? Princess Changle is just a mother-in-law, Mo Ruo Nu, who understands the mind of the Holy Majesty's guarantor, so she handed out the ladder to let the Holy Majesty go downhill on the donkey.

"Where would Princess Changle want to keep her subordinates? Luxurious banquets and competing for profits with the people are all self-defilement means to keep her over-the-top grace in the government and the opposition, but she was taken seriously by her subordinates, sued before the imperial court, and put on the scale. It is well known in the world and notorious, and Her Highness the Princess has my heart raw, no matter how you look at it, the scolding is the truth."

Ouyang Rong smiled embarrassedly, nodded and said:
"The next thing I want to thank is also to thank the Holy Lord Rongen, why should I thank her?"

Miaozhen's complexion changed slightly, she stared at Ouyang Rong without squinting, and said word by word:

"The magistrate of Ouyang County just believes that he is in the emperor's heart, and His Majesty is reluctant to kill you? Is there such a sacred favor? Could it be that he is an official and confused in this poor country, and has some hallucinations?"

Ouyang Rong sighed again:
"What does this have to do with whether you have the grace or not? It seems that you really don't understand, and it's not just pretending."

The cold-tempered woman in palace costume became more and more serious as she listened to Ouyang Rong's words. She scolded:

"Don't play tricks, delay time, speak directly if you have something to say, don't beat around the bush, just step aside if you don't have something to say, if you delay what your majesty ordered, you can't afford it."

Ouyang Rong seemed to have a very good temper in response to the scorching and aggressive tone, and he was not angry at all, but nodded cheerfully:
"I can't afford to delay the matter of the Holy One, but if I accidentally misunderstood the meaning and ruined the matter of the Holy One, can you afford it?"

He glanced at the noon sky above his head, and added warmly: "It will be over sooner or later."

Miaozhen narrowed her eyes suddenly: "Say."

With his hands behind his back, Ouyang Rong paced back and forth leisurely in front of Miaozhen, Su Xian, his wife and everyone in the audience, raised his chin slightly and said:
"Your Excellency, you don't know that the Holy Majesty loves fame right now? He has already passed the stage of thunder and bloodthirsty. If you don't believe it, go and see for yourself. Those famous cruel officials when the Great Zhou just established the court are still active in the court now?
"Those who stand against the Great Zhou Dynasty with a clear-cut banner, kill those who kill, exile those who exile, no need to use sharp knives..."

Ouyang Rong paused, and his tone was a little more tactful:
"Well, now the Holy Majesty is chanting Buddha's name, caring for feathers very much, and is a wise and wise monarch well known in the world.

"So you have to be careful, don't continue to use the previous thinking, you will make a mistake in the holy will, and you will get a name indiscriminately. When the time comes, you will spoil the great affairs of the Holy One and ruin the name of the wise king of the Holy One. It will be difficult for me to help you understand."

Ouyang Rong was obviously talking to Miaozhen, but he looked sideways at the brocade box in the hands of the Tsing Yi palace man not far away, showing a smile that was not a smile.

Miaozhen looked at Ouyang Rong's expression and was silent for a while, then she suddenly said:
"Naturally, my concubine will not miss the Holy Majesty's important affairs. Everything is enforced impartially, and everyone is watching. How can I make arbitrarily asserted opinions, and how can I be wrong? The meaning of the Holy Majesty is the meaning of the concubine, and I will resolutely implement it."

After a pause, she said in a pointed tone:
"It's Ouyang county magistrate, huh, I heard that when you were imprisoned by His Majesty's court staff, many senior officials in the court wrote to plead for mercy. Later, by coincidence, you came to Longcheng County to be an official. It seems that Ouyang The county magistrate also has something to do with it, and it happens to be here now..."

Ouyang Rong shrugged:

"Longcheng county government office is on this street. Your Excellency brought people here with great momentum, and you couldn't enter the government office, and you didn't even say hello. I naturally doubted it. I came here to verify your identities. If you didn't arrive in time, it would be a Dereliction of duty."

He smiles:
"As for those grown-ups who pleaded for me, heh, do you really not know or are you pretending not to know? It's just a coincidence that I became a bird in the early days. The barometer in the eyes of the court princes, as long as your majesty does not kill, it means that your majesty Now it is true that the heart of reciting Buddha's name has become compassionate, and it is very concerned about virtuous names.

"Your Excellency is in Luojing, haven't you noticed that since I left the capital safe and sound, there have been more upright ministers in the imperial court, have you started to persuade the admonishing sage?"

Everyone looked sideways, and saw that the woman in the crimson palace dress who had been scorching until now was standing still with her hands up, her face changed slightly, and she fell into silence.

Obviously, the young county magistrate's seemingly casual words were at least half right.

"Oh, what a sharp mouth, Ouyang county magistrate is so good at guessing the holy will, do you want to guess what gift is in this box?"

Miaozhen nodded: "That's right, the concubines will tell you the truth when they go back, maybe even the Holy Majesty will look at you with admiration, isn't the Holy Grace here?"

"How can I dare to speculate on the Sacred Heart? From the beginning to the end, I just firmly believe that the Holy Majesty is a wise monarch with a heart for the common people. He has eaten fast and recited Buddha all these years, and he must be compassionate."

Ouyang Rong missed the killing words, cupped his hands towards the northern sky, and said lightly:
"The abolished family of King Xunyang are the direct relatives of the sage. Even though the son was unfilial at the beginning, the sage, as a mother, is still magnanimous. He sent people from thousands of miles to send congratulatory gifts. I really can't figure out what it is if it's not the mother's kindness and licking the calf. If you have other understandings, you can tell everyone."

Miaozhen lowered her eyes and said, "Master County Magistrate, don't put a high hat on my concubine...Have you finished checking, Sir? Are you trying to defy the imperial decree by standing here?"

"I finished the inspection earlier. Isn't this a happy meeting with Your Excellency? Is it a long talk for a while, how dare you disobey the imperial decree?"

Ouyang Rong looked as usual, turned his head to the Li Xian couple who were staring at him in a daze, and said solemnly:

"Su... the common people are away from leisure, please open the gift box personally, thank the Lord for your kindness."

"Good good."

Li Xian came to his senses and nodded quickly, his originally pale face recovered a lot of blood after hearing Ouyang Rong's eloquent words just now.

I don't know if it was a psychological effect, but the latter stood between him and Miaozhen, like a mountain, resisting the invisible pressure before.

Li Xian cast a grateful look at Ouyang Rong.

Ouyang Rong stood still with his long sleeves, and for some reason, he slightly avoided his gaze.

It made Su Gu'er, Wei Mei and others who were always paying attention to him feel a little strange.

Without thinking much about it, Li Xian walked up to the palace man in Tsing Yi, grabbed the sleeve with his palm, and wiped it quietly.

hand out.

The crowd held their breaths.

With a slight "click", the gift box opened.

Li Xian with shrunken pupils and the open gift box in front of him immediately became the focus of attention.

However, Ouyang Rong didn't even look at it. His back was already soaked quietly, and his eyes immediately turned to Miaozhen's face.

Looking at it intently, it seems that even a small detail is not willing to let go.

Ouyang Rong quickly noticed that Miaozhen was also concentrating on Li Xian's expression.

This woman doesn't even know what's in the gift box!
Ouyang Rong withdrew his attention, walked quickly to Li Xian, and looked into the carved brocade box.

Not empty boxes, white silk and wine jugs.

He frowned.

But after seeing the gift clearly, he frowned.

Then let go again.

Ouyang Rong smiled brightly, facing the audience, pointed at the items in the brocade box, and said loudly:
"Your Majesty's gift is a pure white jade ring!"

He turned his head and cupped his fists towards Li Xian and said:
"Congratulations, Your Majesty, the jade ring is the property of a gentleman. As the old saying goes, the one who is bestowed by the Confucianists on the jade ring will end when things come to an end! Your Majesty's gift of the jade ring to you probably means that after you wear it, you must be a gentleman when making decisions. Hope Your Highness Don't forget to teach!"

Li Xian stared blankly at the jade ring lying quietly on the woolen fleece in the box.

I saw that it was milky white all over, moist and lustrous, but there was a small gap on the body of the round jade.

Jue, the ring is not round.

"Yes Yes!"

Li Xian came to his senses and quickly picked up the pure white jade ring, ready to thank him.

Miaozhen suddenly took a step forward and interjected:
"Oh? Really? But how come I heard another saying with a bad meaning.

"It is said that when recruiting a person, you use a pen, when you ask a scholar, you use a wall, when you call someone, you use a yuan, when you reject a person, you use a ring, and when you reject someone, you use a ring!
"Giving a Jue to someone, in most cases, isn't it a sign of decision, a sign of severance!

"Even my concubine has heard this sentence before, Ouyang county magistrate was born as a Jinshi, and he is the seed of Confucianism, how could he not know these meanings?

"This is definitely inconsistent with Ouyang County Magistrate's tact just now. Was it intentional or careless?"

Miaozhen pointed out and questioned in public.

Everyone cast their eyes away when they heard the words, but saw that Ouyang Rong's face remained unchanged, and he took it lightly:
"Of course I know that Yu Jue has this intention, and she will use Jue as the Jue to reject others, but Yi Huan instead. But hasn't Her Majesty the Empress announced long ago that she has severed the mother-child relationship with King Xunyang, and has not seen each other for more than ten years.

"But now, what's the use of His Majesty suddenly gifting a jade ring and emphasizing the meaning of severance?"

After a pause, Ouyang Rong said to the audience:
"After the family relationship is decided, the jade ring is given more to encourage His Royal Highness Xunyang King to have a gentleman's temperament. At the same time, he also emphasized the fact that the family relationship was severed at the beginning, emphasizing that it is unforgivable. Calf love."

He answered fluently, and the more he spoke, the smoother he spoke, with a firm tone:
"Besides, there is only a corner difference between the jade ring and the jade ring. Although His Royal Highness Xunyang Wang was unfilial in the past, he has sincerely repented over the years. He has received this jade ring and raised him personally. The jade is psychic, so it cannot be said that it is sincere As far as gold and stone are opened, filial piety moves the sky and the earth, and the jue turns into a ring?"

"The jue is the jue, and the ring is the ring. One is the same!" Miaozhen still clung to it: "Your Majesty gifted the jue, emphasizing the meaning of decision again, doesn't it mean that there is no further decision?"

Ouyang Rong asked back:
"Do you think so?"

"Ouyang county magistrate thinks so?"

"I'm asking you."

"The concubine is also asking you!"

"You go back to me first."

"You answer my concubine first!"

The audience was silent, only the voices of the young county magistrate confronting the woman in palace attire.

Ouyang Rong suddenly said: "Since your Excellency thinks there is, then quickly carry out the will that you think exists."

He glanced at the sky, nodded calmly and said:

"Then hurry up, Your Excellency, while it's still just past noon, and it's not morning or evening yet."

Seemingly understanding the cold joke that Ouyang Rong was referring to, Miaozhen stared at the young county magistrate for a while, then suddenly asked:

"Are you threatening me?"

Ouyang Rong raised his eyebrows coldly: "I dare not."

Obviously there is no wind in the street at the moment, but Miaozhen is dancing wildly in a crimson palace dress with sleeves and skirts, like a hot flame.

Ouyang Rong's body swayed slightly, but he could still stand upright.

The atmosphere froze, and I don't know how long it took.

Ouyang Rong suddenly felt the mountain-like pressure disappear.

Miaozhen suddenly turned around and said:
"Okay, the county magistrate seems to understand your majesty better than the concubine who has been with him for many years, so let's follow the county magistrate's explanation, but..."

She said every word:
"What you said today, the concubine will be verbatim, and I will tell His Majesty the truth, and the county magistrate is ready."

"Your Excellency, do as you please."

Ouyang Rong nodded calmly.

I couldn't help laughing in my heart... Laughing to death, anyway, he is going to resign and run away, and he is no longer serving, what else can he do?
Miaozhen snorted coldly, ignored him, turned to the palace man behind and said calmly:

"Go and present the little princess' gift."

With her back to Ouyang Rong, where the former could not see, Miaozhen lowered her eyes, and the persuasive expression she had just had disappeared without a trace.

If she really wanted to do it, how could she be easily overwhelmed by a weak scholar, even if the latter has the title of "honest gentleman" who is famous all over the world, and there is another one that she finds extremely annoying and has to admit that she has Somewhat reasonable eloquence, but this is at best indecision.

What really made Miao Zhen honest was the birthday present that His Majesty gave to this little granddaughter named Bao'er.

Your Majesty is indeed unpredictable, but these two gifts must be seen together... When Miaozhen was quiet, no one on the field spoke.

After a short while, another palace official in Tsing Yi held a long gift box and stepped forward respectfully.

Gently pushing away his elder brother Su Dalang who was standing in front of him, Su Gu'er hid his face in a tulle, and walked out of the gate of the Su Mansion alone, facing the eyes of the audience calmly.

Unlike her father Lixian who was hesitant, Su Gu'er opened the long gift box without saying a word.

Take out a long scroll from it.

She spread out the scroll in public, only to see...the scroll was empty, with no ink marks on it.

Su Gu'er frowned slightly, and said to the calm Miaozhen:
"This is……"

It looks like an empty painting scroll.

Everyone was curious.

Ouyang Rong also looked sideways slightly.

(End of this chapter)