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Chapter 658: Every person has eight hundred thoughts [ask for a monthly ticket! ]

"Governor Ouyang, the prince seems to be in the study. Would you like me to take you there?"

"No need, I know the way."

"That's right, I was worrying too much, haha. Fortunately, the prince's study is close to the inner house, so it's not convenient for me and the guards to go there."

"Yes. By the way, General Li, won't you get used to living in the palace? The climate in Xunyang City is very different from that in Luoyang. It's very humid and it rains at any time. You don't actually need to wear heavy armor all the time."

"Not really. I'm originally from the south. Although I've been in Luoyang for a long time, I often went back to my hometown in the south to worship my ancestors when I was a child. Now that I'm back, I feel very close to it.

"And the prince and princess are both very kind and welcoming. The princess even arranged for me to stay in a courtyard in the palace that is higher and less humid this morning."

"Oh? Where in the South is General Li from?"

"A person from Yuanzhou."

"I've heard of it. It's a good place."

"Your Excellency the Governor, thank you for your compliment."

It was noon and the sun was scorching. Ouyang Rong's carriage had just entered the Xunyang Palace.

They encountered a patrolling White Tiger Guard team, led by a familiar young general in a white robe.

Li Congshan, who had just returned from Xunyang Grottoes in the morning.

Ouyang Rong got off the car holding a rope of fresh bamboo shoots and chatted with Li Congshan who came up to him and clasped his hands.

He looked calm and was about to say goodbye and leave, but after a few steps he turned back:
"By the way, General Li, come and taste some fresh duck and bamboo shoot soup with the soldiers. The kitchen will deliver it to you later. You warriors have worked very hard, so you should replenish your blood."

Li Congshan was about to put on the silver tiger mask again and leave, but he was slightly stunned and clasped his fists again:

"Thank you very much, Governor."

Ouyang Rong glanced at his young and resolute face, nodded slightly and smiled.

"By the way, where is Ms. Miaozhen? Didn't she come back with you guys?"

"Uh... she seems to be resting in the courtyard. The courtyard that the princess arranged for her is quite remote. She said she likes quietness, so she closed the door and went to meditate, and asked me to patrol."

"So that's how it is. Well, General Li, go get busy. Well, it's better for General Li to go less often to the inner house and the prince's study. The prince and princess also like quietness."

Ouyang Rong half smiled and half reminded.

"Of course!"

Li Congshan nodded vigorously:
"I understand the rules. I was ordered to come here to protect Prince Xunyang's Palace, not to conduct surveillance. I will not overstep the line."

He said this seriously, and then looked embarrassed:

"However, I am a new outsider after all, and I am not aware of some of the taboos or minefields in the palace. Governor Ouyang is familiar with the palace and is favored by the prince. I hope he can give me some advice when necessary to avoid making mistakes."

"Easy to say, easy to say."

On the corridor, Ouyang Rongxu helped Li Congshan up.

The two smiled at each other, exchanged a few words, and said goodbye.

Ouyang Rong remembered that when the second agenda item was decided in the morning, that is, whether to use Wei Mi's White Tiger Guard to replace Li Congshan, the young general in white robe kept his head down throughout the whole process, looking a little disappointed.

Later, when the second issue was shelved with an equal vote, Ouyang Rong immediately observed Li Congshan's expression, and did not see him gloating or complacent.

On the corridor, Ouyang Rong turned around.

He looked at the back of the young general in white robe who was wearing the silver tiger mask again, and the White Tiger Guards who were standing guard every ten steps around him.

From the angle he was looking back.

Each of the silver tiger masks has its mouth corners facing downwards.

Somewhat unhappy.

……

Ouyang Rong divided the bamboo shoots he snatched from Li Dalang and Yan Liulang into three portions.

I only brought one copy to Xunyang Palace.

When he walked into the study door, he handed it to Princess Wei Mei with a smile.

"Princess, ask the kitchen to make some soup and send some to Li Congshan and the others later."

"Well, Tan Lang is still thoughtful."

Before Ouyang Rong came in, Wei Mei seemed to be scolding Li Dalang with her hands on her hips. After taking the bamboo shoots, her expression changed almost instantly and she nodded with a smile on her face.

Upon seeing this, Li Dalang looked at his handsome and cool friend with an extremely resentful look in his eyes.

In the study, Li Xian's family, including Ouyang Rong, Xie Lingjiang, Yan Liulang, and Lu Ya were all there.

They are all in their usual sitting positions.

"Tan Lang just stayed in Xunyang Grottoes, what was the reason?"

Li Xian couldn't wait to ask.

Everyone looked over.

Ouyang Rongjian said a few words and sat down leisurely. Just as he took a spring pear from his junior sister, he heard Li Guoer, who was petting the cat, frown and ask:
"You don'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 has bad intentions? Besides, the resolution vote failed this time, and the lady Rong Zhen didn't stand on our side. If there is something fishy going on, this woman should also be on guard."

After Li Xian and the others came back, they probably told the girls everything about the Xunyang Grottoes.

Hearing this, Ouyang Rong took a bite of the pear.

"Not only did they call Miaozhen back, but they also directly arranged for the White Tiger Guards to come over to assist in the defense. If you don't know, you would think that the prince and the palace can be manipulated at will.

"I don't know whether Li Congshan has any problems, but I'll just try to find out. Once these two topics were brought up this morning, a lot of intelligence was revealed, and we can also figure out the positions of several people.

"Now we know that Duan Quanwu and Qiu Shenji are in the same group. Even though Yi Qianqiu, Li Congshan and others from the White Tiger Guard don't have as deep a connection with Duan Quanwu, their stance is also biased towards that side.

"So transferring Duan Quanwu this time is a good thing for us. He is the easiest person to make peace with the Wei family."

After listening to this, Li Guoer suddenly asked:
"Are you worried that Li Congshan is the same as Duan Quanwu? Has he received favors from Qiu Shenji?"

"Just in case, let's try this first and examine this person."

Ouyang Rong turned his head and carefully instructed Li Xian and Wei Mei:
"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 Miao Zhen. If they are closely related, he is probably not a good person."

Li Xian was about to speak, but when he heard the word "Miao Zhen", he suddenly didn't dare to continue.

There was a cough in the room and everyone changed the subject.

Li Guoer frowned and said:

"Li Congshan was only ordered to guard the palace, and Miaozhen was also ordered to guard the palace. They were not sent by my grandmother to supervise. No one dared to support them openly. If they did, then potential enemies would naturally emerge. If we make good use of this, there is a lot of room for maneuver.

"If it really doesn't work, we can use the Xunyang King's Seal and Jiangzhou Governor's Order to temporarily transfer them away. If they don't leave, it will be a violation of the order. Some of their intentions are obvious and untenable."

"Makes sense."

Li Dalang nodded and added: "And we have the secret help of General Wei."

Wei Mei smiled happily:

"Dad is really reliable. He found a reliable younger generation. I read in the letter that this nephew Wei Mi joined the army and became the governor of Xuanwu Guard at the age of 30.

"When he was a child, I liked him. However, although he was brave and brave, he looked like a girl and was often bullied by his peers. When he grew up, the elders of the clan arranged for him to enter the government as a noble ninth-rank secretary. He worked for two months but felt that the secretary was too idle, so he gave up his pen and joined the army. He went to the grassroots of the border army alone and fought alone, with almost no help from the clan...

"It really has the style of our Wei family's sons. Qilang, Tanlang, our Jingzhao Wei family does have some skills."

The wife was talking excitedly and glanced at him. Li Xian nodded hurriedly:

"What a good nephew."

Ouyang Rong suppressed his laughter and turned around and said:
"Oh, by the way, I met Princess Anhui today. She was still wearing mourning clothes... It seems that this blood feud will be difficult to resolve."

Everyone knew who these words were addressed to, and they all glanced at that person.

Li Dalang did not look away.

After a while, everyone dispersed.

Ouyang Rong first went to find Xie Lingjiang and Li Guoer, and then asked about the location of the peach blossom forest in Kuanglu Mountain. In the evening, he returned to the Huaiye Lane residence.

Ouyang Rong took out another third of the bamboo shoots and gave them to Ye Weilai.

"Tan Lang, this is..."

"Stew a duck and make some soup. I want to take it away tomorrow morning."

"Oh."

Early the next morning.

Ouyang Rong rushed to Xunyang Grottoes as scheduled.

I brought a box of duck and bamboo shoot soup for Rongzhen.

The latter glanced at him, took the soup and left.

Rong Zhen did not take Ouyang Rong for a stroll, as she was also a busy person.

Ouyang Rong was not annoyed. He walked around the Xunyang Grottoes alone and participated in the activities.

This went on for two days.

I bring a bowl of fresh hot soup to Rongzhen every day.

However, there were many people in Xunyang Grottoes, so Ouyang Rong brought some extra hot soup for Yi Qianqiu, Wei Mi and others to taste.

Yi Qianqiu was not polite and drank the soup as usual. His expression remained the same as before. He finished drinking and left.

Wei Mi put down the soup bowl slightly, smiled and said:
"Governor Ouyang and Ms. Rong have a good relationship."

Ouyang Rong shrugged:

"How can our friendship not be good? Back then in the Huang family courtyard, when the situation was critical, it was me who carried Ms. Rong out on my back..."

The tone was somewhat joking.

Wei Mi laughed, drank another sip of soup, and suddenly said:

"Duan Quanwu is gone."

Ouyang Rong looked at him calmly and nodded: "Yes."

Yesterday, Duan Quanwu left with five hundred White Tiger Guards.

At present, there are still 1,200 White Tiger Guards under the command of Yi Qianqiu, and 1,000 Black Tortoise Guards under the command of Wei Mi in Xunyang Grottoes. However, they are all under the general management of Yi Qianqiu.

Although the most critical position, the protection of Xunyang Palace, was taken over by Li Congshan, at least at the Xunyang Grottoes side, with the presence of Wei Mi and others, there was a lot of room for maneuver.

Just like what Li Guoer said a few days ago, if the situation is urgent, then just do it in a micromanagement way...

Wei Mi put the soup bowl back and touched his stomach:

"Is this soup cooked by Governor Ouyang's family?"

Ouyang Rong said calmly:

"It was a few days ago. Today's old chicken stewed with mushrooms was a reward from the prince. He said that it was cooked by Princess Wei herself to reward the soldiers guarding the Xunyang Grottoes."

"I see."

When hearing the words "Princess Wei", Wei Mi's expression remained unchanged, but Ouyang Rong noticed that Wei Mi's gaze lingered on his face for a long time.

Then joked:
"Back in Luoyang, I heard people say that Governor Ouyang was handsome and extraordinary. He was the third place winner selected by His Majesty at the Xingyuan Banquet. Now I see that it is indeed true. No wonder Miss Rong Zhen, who has always been a flower on the mountain, is willing to take Governor Ouyang's soup."

Ouyang Rong suddenly turned around and asked: "Ms. Rong, have you finished drinking the soup?"

Wei Mi immediately straightened his back, lowered his head and was about to slip away.

Shao Qing noticed that Ouyang Rong had a half-smile on his face.

He looked back and saw no sign of Ms. Rong.

Wei Mi was angry and laughed:

"Governor Ouyang is too unkind. We should not play this game of crying wolf too much."

Ouyang Rong asked with a smile:

"Then General Wei, please stop teasing me. It's okay for me to be laughed at, but if it gets to Ms. Rong, it will be a big deal."

"Good good."

Wei Mi waved his hands unhappily.

After a brief silence, the two looked at each other again and smiled.

A kind of tacit understanding arises spontaneously, without words.

Before leaving, Wei Mi said casually:

"Oh, there's something a little strange. On the afternoon of the day we arrived, the Black Tortoise Guard and the White Tiger Guard were originally traveling together. When they learned that pirates from Hukou County had attacked the grain transport route, Commander Yi sent some soldiers to help. He didn't bring a large army with him. After defeating the pirates, he didn't come back to join the group. He abandoned the large army and immediately brought people to the cave. I don't know why he was in such a hurry... Does Governor Ouyang know?"

Ouyang Rong narrowed his eyes when he heard this.

For no reason, I recalled the unusual scene when Yi Qianqiu just arrived at Xunyang Grottoes and took Rong Zhen and Nanny Song to discuss privately.

It was later proved that it had nothing to do with knocking and ostracizing him.

Then it can only be related to official business.

Could this strange thing be related to this inconspicuous strange thing about Weimiti?

Why did Yi Qianqiu rush over here without waiting after defeating the pirates?

Ouyang Rong was silent for a moment, reached into his sleeve, and touched the bronze dagger wrapped in white cloth.

His face looked thoughtful.

When Yi Qianqiu arrived that day, he only brought two pirate heads and the Yunmeng Order on horseback.

Could it be that the matter she was anxious to discuss with Rong Zhen and Nanny Song was also related to this Yunmeng Order?

Did Yi Qianqiu see something from this bronze dagger?
Ouyang Rong shook his head: "I don't know either. Maybe... I'm just too anxious. I'll ask Commander Yi when I get a chance."

Wei Mi glanced at him and nodded slightly:
"it is good."

After a while, Wei Mi left. Seeing that it was getting late, Ouyang Rong packed up his 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:

"That old senior also likes this bowl of stewed chicken with mushrooms. Bring some more tomorrow and we can have lunch together at noon so that we can formally get to know each other.

"By the way, you'd better bring the violin you often play..."

Ouyang Rong was delighted and nodded nonchalantly:

"Yeah, there's time for dinner."

Rong Zhen put his hands behind his back and walked away with light steps.

Ouyang Rong took a long breath.

The lady finally gave in.

He turned his head to look at the sky, left the cave and returned to Xunyang City.

When entering the west city gate, Ouyang Rong found that it was still early. He looked up:
"Go to Xingzi Lake, the old place."

"Yes, son."

Ouyang Rong lifted the car curtain and glanced at Xingzi Lake in the distance under the afterglow of the setting sun.

Suddenly I thought that the three-day abstinence period stipulated by the embroiderer seemed to have come to an end, and I didn’t know what the so-called reward was...

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