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Chapter 749: Male and female enemies, breaking the window paper

Chapter 749: Male and female enemies, breaking the window paper

When Ouyang Rong and Rong Zhen were arguing heatedly, Song, Yi, Duan and others around them remained silent.

Just as Ouyang Rong finished speaking, Rong Zhen was speechless.

Yi Qianqiu spoke for the first time.

The nose under the white armor mask trembled slightly.

I don’t know if it’s some kind of empathy.

"Governor Ouyang, you can yell at anyone you want, but not at Ms. Rong Zhen. Do you know that you are one of the people who benefited the most from this celebration? How high is your name ranked in the celebration report? Do you know who secretly helped you get all this?

"It's true that the celebration ceremony was originally intended to lure out the rebels in the Tiannan Jianghu, but if it was just a simple lure, why would Ms. Rong go through so much trouble? And why would she go all the way to Xunyang City to invite you and ensure that you must be present today? Look at the others, did she invite them like that? You can come if you want."

She glared at Ouyang Rong with some indignation in her tiger eyes:
"Also, the defenses at Shuangfeng Peak have been ready long ago, and they are linked together. You just heard it yourself. It doesn't matter whether you come or not. It's just right if you don't come, and it can also save Ms. Rong Zhen some energy in protecting you.

"So Miss Rong Zhen went to invite you here early in the morning. Do you really think you are indispensable to the situation? Do you want your advice? Do you really think you are a master of strategy? Can't do without you? Isn't she afraid that this celebration ceremony for someone will not be held, and it will be difficult to report to Luoyang to ask for credit if that person is not present? In addition, if you stay by the big Buddha and get through this wave, you can also get more credit for jointly fighting against the rebels, right?

"Governor Ouyang, think carefully about whether your attitude towards Ms. Rongzhen just now was too much. You want both. There is no such thing as perfect. Even if you are a scholar of Xiuwen Academy, you are not qualified to speak to Ms. Caishang who is beside the saint in this way."

Rong Zhen didn't expect that Yi Qianqiu's words were like a sharp blade, splitting the silent air so sharply.

In addition, it seems that a certain layer of window paper is about to be broken.

She stared blankly at the female general with a tiger face and a fierce look, and her two small hands under her palace sleeves unconsciously clenched together.

Ouyang Rong also turned his head, looked at Yi Qianqiu with a sharp tone for a while, and suddenly said:
"Commander Yi, you may be saying this to someone else, but please forgive me for being blunt. If Brother Huaimin wasn't timid and afraid of being beaten, he really wouldn't want to come."

He nodded:

"Well, there is a saying that goes, when a scholar meets a soldier, he cannot explain his reason clearly. The ancients were not deceiving."

"you!"

Yi Qianqiu was like a cat whose tail was stepped on, his fur stood on end and he was furious.

Rong Zhen promptly stopped Yi Qianqiu, who was about to roll up his sleeves to beat someone. She grabbed the latter's arm, pulled it behind her, and tried to comfort him.

"Alright, Commander Yi, don't be impulsive. Leave this to me. There are some things that I did not do properly."

She whispered, her ears turned red as if they were engorged with blood, and for the first time in her life she blamed herself.

"What's wrong? You're right!"

Yi Qianqiu waved her hand. She was very tall, and although she was a woman, she was tall and strong. Rong Zhen's petite body could not block her, and instead seemed to be leaning in her arms.

The tiger-faced female general easily passed Rong Zhen, stretched her head covered with white armor, and said to Ouyang Rong in a sullen voice:
"Governor Ouyang, I have little education and have not heard many words from saints, but I understand a very simple truth: even if someone has committed many evil deeds, as long as she treats you well, you should still be considerate of her!"

Ouyang Rong looked straight ahead, silent.

On the other side, Duan Quanwu held his sword and said nothing, staying out of the whole process;
Nanny Song's face was as wrinkled as an orange peel, and she said in a somewhat cold tone:

"Mr. Ouyang, regarding the Donglin Buddha, the saint values ​​and admires you, and I respect you a little, but this is not a reason for you to be willful and hypocritical now. The Buddha has been built, what's the point of you still talking about this? I don't know what you are struggling with.

"Are you blaming the Saint and the King of Wei for not informing you, the Governor of Jiangzhou, about the secrets of Tianshu and the Buddha statue in advance? This is a bit ungrateful.

"You are the parent official, but the sage is your king and father. You are shepherding the people on behalf of the emperor. The sage cares more about the people than you do. The construction of Tianshu and the Great Buddha was done with the sage's own painstaking efforts.

"State affairs that concern the country and the people are also weighed and decided by the saints and the princes of the Political Affairs Hall. If you are worried about state affairs, you should first gain experience and wait for a chance to enter the Political Affairs Hall in the future. If you are not in it, don't say too much and disrupt the discussion between the monarch and his subjects. I don't know where you got these bad habits of complaining about government affairs from the literati.

"The saint and the court ordered you to build the statue, so you just built it and it's done. No matter what its purpose is, let me put it bluntly. If you don't come, there will be others who will. The saint treated you exceptionally last time, so you should be satisfied. Stop while you are ahead, and repay the emperor's kindness with your life. Then I will still call you a scholar."

"It doesn't matter what Deputy Supervisor Song calls me."

Ouyang Rong stood there with his sleeves rolled up. His face was sharp and angular in the sunlight, giving people a sense of determination. He said in a resounding voice:

"If the arrangements made by the higher-ups were all correct, why did the Southwest Rebellion and the destruction of the Buddha in Xingzifang happen, causing so much suffering?"

Nanny Song frowned gloomily: "What do you mean? Are you dissatisfied with the Saint?"

"Deputy Supervisor Song is very good at labeling people. He always mentions the word 'saint'. If you don't know him, you might think he runs a hat shop. He seems quite happy to be so generous."

The lines on Nanny Song's face twitched:
"I won't argue with you, kid. I'm not as hypocritical as you Confucian scholars. I only know that the whole world belongs to the king, and all the people are his subjects. The saint coordinates all directions and governs millions of people. He takes the overall situation into consideration. Some sacrifices and turmoil are only temporary, but what we get in return is the long-term stability of our Great Zhou, and the prosperity of all nations. This is the righteousness, and everything else must serve it."

Ouyang Rong raised two fingers and said calmly:
"It is better not to sacrifice small righteousness in exchange for greater righteousness.

"As for the prosperous times, it depends on whose prosperity it is. Is it the prosperity of a small group of people, or the prosperity of everyone? Is it the prosperity of the nobles and wealthy families in the two capitals within the Great Wall, or the prosperity of the tens of thousands of families in the ten directions of the world? This is a question that requires all the promising people in the world to think carefully about."

He put down one finger and raised only one, and while Nanny Song was speechless, he spoke:

"Also, I hate doing multiple-choice questions the most. It's like I have to choose one thing for everything, like sacrificing the small to keep the big; giving up this to get that. Bullshit, can't I have them all?
"Forgive my crudeness, but I want them all, whether it's Longcheng or Jiangzhou, whether it's a small family or a big family, no one is born to be a victim of others."

"Ridiculous, can you do it?"

"Being able to do something is one thing, and whether or not to do it is another. If you think you can't do it, then why not do it? You are a really smart person, but there are too many smart people in the world. It would be better if there were more stupid people."

Ouyang Rong shook his head:

"So I'm different from you. I'm stupid, and I want it all."

Nanny Song asked, "Are you blaming the Saint?"

Rong Zhen immediately raised his head and interrupted:

"Senior Song, Ouyang Lianghan didn't mean that. You misunderstood. He is concerned about the country and the people, and is worried that someone above is deceiving the emperor."

Nanny Song snorted coldly and waved her sleeves, not wanting to argue anymore. When it came to quarreling, she couldn't beat these literati.

Rong Zhen raised her head again. The red blush on her face had faded a lot, as if some things had never happened.

She stared at Ouyang Rong and said:

"I understand what you mean, but the matter of the Donglin Buddha is a national policy that has been decided and must be implemented in Xunyang City. I am also following orders and cannot change it. Neither can you. Instead of fighting, why not take it into our hands and manage the risks? As you just said, this is also a kind of 'all-inclusive' and we will do it.

“Also, before coming here, the Si Tian Jian had no intention of bringing the war to Jiangzhou, nor did it have any intention of clearing up the Tiannan Jianghu.

"Because before this, the secret of the Buddha was kept strictly confidential, and only a few people knew about it. It was also planned to be built in secret. We didn't expect that people in Tiannan Jianghu would know about it. The Xingzi Lake Buddha incident happened when we were not prepared."

She sounded sincere.

Ouyang Rong looked at her for a while, took a deep breath and said:
"So how did they know about Emperor Wen and the formation?"

"It's possible that the golden Buddha head that was lost in Guizhou leaked this information. Judging from the words spoken by the two female monarchs of Yunmeng Jianze when the Xingzi Lake Buddha incident occurred, it is likely that the news was spread by the people of the Kuangfu Army, using the Tiannan Jianghu as a pawn."

Rong Zhen's pretty face tensed and said:
"The Tiannan Jianghu has always been unruly. Once the Buddha is built, they will have the power of life and death. Of course, they will not be happy."

Ouyang Rong frowned: "The power of life and death? Is the range of the formation involving Tianshu and the Great Buddha so large? Can it make everyone in the Tiannan Jianghu feel insecure?" Rong Zhen lowered his eyes and said:
"It is the magical characteristic of Emperor Wen."

"They must have known the power of this formation and felt powerless to resist it, so they wanted to destroy the Buddha statue before it was completed. Isn't that what happened with the Xingzi Lake Buddha?"

Nanny Song interrupted and said unhappily:

“When Tianshu and Donglin Buddha were first built, they were not actually for them. The sage wanted to pacify the four directions, bring peace to the world, and bring prosperity to the world for all eternity.

"But it just so happens that since they jumped out to be troublemakers at the first opportunity, we should help them. And then the incidents of the Kuang Fu Army happened one after another, so the construction of Tianshu and the Four Great Buddhas became even more necessary."

Rong Zhen also pursed his lips and continued the words of the old woman with a white eye:
"Originally, when the King of Wei and his men were pushing for this, there were objections in the Imperial Observatory. However, the subsequent changes in the situation increasingly highlighted the necessity of the Tianshu and the Four Great Buddhas. It was only then that Luoyang began to fully promote this matter..."

Rong Zhen showed a serious expression, pointed at the golden head of the Buddha behind him, and said:

"But fortunately, with your help, it was successfully completed, Ouyang Lianghan. In fact, the situation today is not as critical as imagined. As long as the Buddha stands there, they will not be able to cause any trouble.

"Plus the thorough preparations I just mentioned."

She shook her head and said:
"They showed up to stop us because they were afraid of the Buddha's might, but the funniest thing is that they probably didn't know that the Donglin Buddha had already been secretly built, and the formation was ready, just waiting for them to jump in."

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Ouyang Rong nodded:

"I understand. Ms. Rong now controls the Buddha and can mobilize Emperor Wen. She can kill gods and Buddhas. After dealing with the rebels in Tiannan Jianghu today, Ms. Rong can control the entire Tiannan Jianghu. So, I am being too sentimental. There is no need for me to stay here. I will leave first."

Rong Zhen spoke anxiously:
"Wait, don't go."

Ouyang Rong said calmly:

"Anyway, we are not short of people here. I really want to go back to the city. As the governor of Jiangzhou, I should go to the place that is most appropriate for me. I want to protect the people in my territory. You guys can go and fight your own battles."

Rong Zhen pointed at the ground below and said, "This is the place you should be right now. Trust me."

Ouyang Rong still shook his head: "I just want to go back now. I am not needed here. Please help me prepare the boat, Ms. Rong."

Rong Zhen suddenly said to Yi Qianqiu and others:
"I want to talk to Governor Ouyang alone. Please wait for a moment."

Having said that, Yi Qianqiu and the others temporarily withdrew.

There were only two people left on the platform.

Rong Zhen had the same habit as Ouyang Rong, standing there with her hands in her sleeves.

The first thing she asked was:
"Ouyang Lianghan, have you forgotten what we talked about before?"

"What?"

"If you want to go higher, we have to go higher too... Commander Yi's words just now are not wrong. We have to take the credit for the Buddha's achievements today. I will help you get it. Let's go higher together. This is... This is the friendship between colleagues. It is also for the sake of more people, isn't it?"

Ouyang Rong was suspicious: "When did I say this?"

Rong Zhen stared straight into his eyes and said word by word:
"Have you forgotten? We agreed that we would continue to be colleagues in the future. We also agreed to return to the capital together to do something for the people of the world. We also agreed to work together at Yingtian Gate in the Imperial City in the future."

Ouyang Rong frowned, as he vaguely remembered that it had been mentioned before.

Rong Zhen sniffed, swallowed, and looked to the side with dark eyes:
"I have a good memory. I remember everything you said. But you are the opposite. You forget a lot of things you said and don't take them seriously. It's always like this..."

Ouyang Rong's temples were slightly bulging, and he felt a little dizzy.

He searched his memory and vaguely remembered that this seemed to have happened. He had promised it, but he forgot what happened that day... He felt it was difficult to deny it.

When Ouyang Rong hesitated, Rong Zhen spoke again and said:

"Then do you still remember that you promised to do your best to help me capture the rebels in Tiannan Jianghu? Do you still remember? You didn't forget it, did you?"

Ouyang Rong's eyes narrowed slightly.

After a moment of silence, he tilted his head to look at the white mist on the river and said calmly:
"Yes...I remember that happened."

"Are you going to break your promise?"

Ouyang Rong shook his head reluctantly.

Rong Zhen tilted his head:

"A gentleman's word..."

After a moment of silence, Ouyang Rong reluctantly continued:
"It's hard to chase a horse."

The girl in palace dress stood with her sleeves rolled up. On her originally icy little face, a smile bloomed like snow melting into spring, but she quickly hid it and said in a crisp voice:
"Okay, you stay at the Twin Peaks and help me catch that rapist."

Ouyang Rong immediately raised two fingers and made his conditions:
"You can stay, but you have to promise two things."

"Just say it?"

"First, since I'm here to help you catch the owner of the Butterfly Love Flower, you have to tell me everything about the plan to capture this person. You are not allowed to hide it like you did with the celebration. This way... I can help you with your advice."

Rong Zhen nodded decisively.

"it is good."

Ouyang Rong's expression remained unchanged. He put down a finger and continued:
"Second, if there is any situation in Xunyang City, you must immediately arrange a ship and let me go back. You are not allowed to dissuade me."

Logically, this should be a simpler condition, but Rong Zhen looked a little hesitant.
After a while, under Ouyang Rong's gaze, Rong Zhen nodded reluctantly:
"Row."

"it is good."

Ouyang Rong let out a long breath, then walked forward with his hands behind his back:

"Then what are you waiting for? Let's go."

The girl in palace dress followed with brisk steps.

Both of them walked forward with their sleeves rolled up as usual, one tall and one short, the man in front and the woman behind, as they walked down the platform.

They called back Yi, Song, Duan and others who were waiting.

Yi Qianqiu was getting a little impatient waiting, and as soon as he came back, he asked casually:

"Have you two finished your private conversation?"

The air around them suddenly became silent.

(End of this chapter)

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