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Chapter 494 Rong Zhen: Who are you waiting for?

"Tan Lang, what's the sign of winter over there on Zhenguang Street?"

Before going out in the morning, Ye Weilai asked curiously while dressing Ouyang Rong.

Ouyang Rong paused while adjusting his cuffs and replied:

"It's also a flower pot. You don't have to put flowers, but the flower pot must be on the wall of the yard. If there is no flower pot, let me know when you come back, and it will be the same as now."

Ouyang Rong said calmly.

Ye Weilai nodded: "Slave, I understand, it's just like the flowerpots where chrysanthemums are placed every day in autumn. If there are no more, you have to notify Tan Lang, right?"

"Ah."

Ouyang Rong lowered his eyes.

This was a crisis warning signal that he and Qin Heng had agreed on a long time ago.

If there is something wrong with the flower pots on the wall of Qin Heng's house on Zhenguang Street, it is an early warning of something and they need to meet in a private room in Yunshui Pavilion.

However, some flowers do not bloom in different seasons, so signals for different seasons were originally agreed upon.

When it was spring and summer, the agreement was to switch between azaleas and crabapples, but now it is the golden autumn season, and it was about the presence or absence of potted chrysanthemums.

This early warning signal had helped Ouyang Rong a lot in the matter of Meng Shouguang's false messenger.

Later, he kept it. Ouyang Rong would ask Ye Weilai to take time out every day to check the signal on Zhenguang Street in Xingzifang. Sometimes he would also ask Banxi to wait for the maid to do it for him.

Although Qin Heng was currently selected by General Qin as the vanguard for the expedition, the two of them still kept this agreement by default, so that they were prepared.

"If there are any changes...even if it's just a change of flower pot type on the wall, you have to notify me as soon as possible."

Ouyang Rong did not forget to give another warning before leaving.

"Yes, Tanlang. But this season, besides chrysanthemums, there are no potted plants."

Ye Weilai nodded and looked back in the direction of the closet.

"Tan Lang, where is that little guy?" she asked in a low voice.

"Sent to my junior sister."

Ouyang Rong said without raising his eyelids.

Miaosi was recently sent to his junior sister and hid in Jingyi Ting. However, in the past two days, he heard the junior sister complain that this female fairy was about to pluck the bald geese raised in Jingyi Ting.

Moreover, Ouyang Rong heard from his junior sister that Miao Si had given these geese nicknames. The one whose hair was most completely plucked seemed to be called "Little Rongzi" from his proud murmur.

Ouyang Rong didn't say anything after listening to it at that time. He just decided to wait for the next time he came back, so that he could take care of the fairy lady.

In a trance, Ouyang Rong turned around and went out after finishing dressing.

……

Jiangzhou lobby, inside the main hall.

Ouyang Rong summoned Yan Liulang and dismissed everyone. He asked directly:

"What's going on with the Central Envoy Khu Fu and Lin Lingtai Lang in the past few days?"

Yan Liulang whispered;

"Hu Zhongshi has been listening to Zhuxuan and doesn't go out much. Except for occasional banquets... for the sake of defense, he has been staying with Hu Zhongshi in his humble position.

"As for Mr. Lin Lingtai, what our people can find out about his whereabouts is that he often goes to the Twin Peaks Room recently. Compared to Ambassador Hu, he seems to be more concerned about the progress of the Donglin Giant Buddha.

"In addition, our people found Lin Lingtai Lang on the ferry at Xunyang Ferry the day before yesterday. After checking, we found that the ferry was bound for the south, passing by Longcheng and Jishui.

"Later, I sent someone to confirm that he had indeed gone to Longcheng. Magistrate Diao also sent a letter immediately, saying that Lin Lingtai had visited Longcheng County and personally visited Zheyi Canal and Dagu. Shandong Lin Temple, the ruins of the ancient Yue Jianpu, and..."

"What else?"

Ouyang Rong, who was listening silently, turned to ask Yan Liulang, who was hesitant to speak.

The latter took a deep breath: "There is also a memorial hall on Xiaogushan in memory of Brother Ashan. Lin Lingtailang went in and burned a stick of incense."

Ouyang Rong nodded: "I understand."

Yan Liulang couldn't help but said:
"Mingfu, what does he mean by this? Is he going to inquire about the situation and investigate the case, or... to show his favor to Mingfu?"

Ouyang Rong whispered: "Maybe both."

"Both?"

Yan Liulang thought thoughtfully: "It seems that last time, Da Lang and Miss Qin went to him to drink tea together, and they didn't drink in vain."

Ouyang Rong interrupted and asked, "So he said he came back yesterday morning? As soon as he came back, he went to Yunshui Pavilion for tea."

Yan Liulang nodded: "Yes, I have seen him go there often before."

"it is good."

Ouyang Rong nodded and asked again:
"By the way, where is Rong Zhen?"

"We have almost no trace of this female historian, and no one below has reported where she has been seen." Yan Liulang shook his head: "These Yin Yang family qi practitioners are somewhat elusive."

Ouyang Rong shook his head: "Isn't that Lin Cheng? He also came from Si Tianjian."

Yan Liulang was stunned and scratched his head:

"Hey, that seems to be the case. Why is there any trace of Lin Cheng? Wait, Mingfu means that this Xia Guan Lingtai Lang deliberately exposed some of his whereabouts to us? He could have disappeared without a trace? He is like this Is it to mislead us, or to make us feel at ease by exposing it in good faith?”

Ouyang Rong shook his head and did not answer:
"Continue to keep an eye on it and report the situation, especially... pay attention to Xia Rongzhen's side."

"Yes."

Yan Liulang clasped his fists heavily, but before leaving, he glanced at the morning Qiu Yang on the corridor and asked curiously:

"Didn't Mingfu go to the Supervisory Yuan every morning? Why didn't you ask for it yourself? I remember there was still gossip in the past few days..."

Under Ouyang Rong's narrowed eyes, Yan Liulang coughed and ran away, leaving the main hall.

Before Yanrokuro left, he did not forget to leave a new information report for today.

Ouyang Rong looked at the new information report on the table that he personally sent to the Supervisory Yuan every day, and was silent for a moment...

He dealt with urgent business for a while, then stood up, straightened his appearance, and walked out of the main hall.

Two quarters of an hour later.

Ouyang Rong came to the Overwatch Council as usual.

However, he did not go in immediately. Instead, he sat down at the breakfast stall outside the Control Yuan and ordered food.
After eating a bowl of spicy soup and two pieces of sesame cakes, Ouyang Rong took out the broken silver and put it on the table. While joking with the stall owner, he walked into the Supervisory Yuan.

Ouyang Rong arrived at the Supervisory Yuan on time with the new information.

Rong Zhen is still not there.

He stood outside the door of the hall whose floor was covered with sunlight, looking around the empty hall.

After a while, Ouyang Rong, who looked unsurprised, walked in, came to the table and chair at the top that belonged to Rong Zhen, and put down the new information report.

Turn around and leave.

Ouyang Rong passed by a few familiar female historians, chatted for a few words, and then walked out of the Overwatch Council.

From what they said, the female historian seems to have been occupied in the mornings these past few days, and only came to the Overwatch Council in the afternoon to deal with new reports and other accumulated official duties.

Ouyang Rong boarded the carriage and returned.

On the way, he opened the car curtain and looked outside. His face was calm.

After the last secret meeting attended by Wei Shaoqi and Wang Lengran, Rong Zhen was like this now.

Ouyang Rong came here every day to deliver new reports and never met her again.

Rong Zhen should know that he comes on time every morning, but he didn't go to see him in the afternoon.

Of course, if you think about it carefully, it doesn't seem necessary.

Ouyang Rong placed it on the car curtain and sighed softly.

"You can't say that I only found out that she knew Shuang's nickname after I surrendered Xue Zhongzhu's sword. Even if I told you seriously, you wouldn't believe it. No one in the world would believe it.

"As for... Xiu Niang, I'm not even sure if she is a hidden queen. Even if she is, I have no way of knowing her title."

After a pause, sitting alone in the carriage, he rubbed the right side of his face:
"Can't you just smile and look down on me like Wei Shaoqi and Wang Lengran did?"

...Xingzifang, Zhenguang Street.

Not far from a courtyard with a chrysanthemum pot on the wall, in an inconspicuous alley, there was a cold figure of a girl in palace clothes standing.

Occasionally, traffickers and lackeys passed by the dark alley, but they did not notice the silent girl hidden inside.

Rong Zhen raised his head and glanced at the sky.

Just after morning, the morning market in Xingzifang was particularly lively, and the noise from the street could be heard from time to time.

I heard from Ouyang Lianghan before that there are many delicious breakfast stalls on the streets here in Xingzifang, which are even more delicious than the one in front of her Overwatch Council.

But Rong Zhen hasn't eaten in the past few days, and he hasn't eaten today either.

She couldn't eat it.

Rong Zhen's face was expressionless, with a face that looked like a fairy who owed money.

She quietly looked at the pot of chrysanthemums on the wall of the yard not far away.

This pot of chrysanthemums is ordinary, but it is carefully cared for, watered and placed by the mistress of the yard every day.

At the same time, at a certain time every morning after the sun rises, a low-key purchasing carriage from the Huaiye Lane residence in Xunyangfang will pass by here.

It was a carriage for the women's family who came out to buy melons, fruits, cakes and other items. The maids of the mansion should be sitting on it.

Every time it passes by this Zhenguang Street, it will happen to open a corner of the invisible car curtain and pass by like a white horse passing through the gap.

Rong Zhen's sharp eyes saw that in the car curtain opened at the corner, there was always a touch of familiar silvery white that she had seen before...

Rong Zhen knows her.

Seeing that the time for a certain carriage to pass by again had not come yet, it came too early today, Rong Zhen stood quietly and looked at the yellow flowers on the wall that had not changed for many days.

Suddenly, she didn't want to wait any longer.

A gust of autumn wind blew by, and the figure of the girl in palace clothes disappeared in the alley.

After a while, the girl in palace clothes reappeared in the house with chrysanthemums on the wall. She passed by the living room, wing room, kitchen, backyard and other places.

The housewife surnamed Zhao and several maids in the house were eating, washing dishes, arranging flowers and other daily activities as usual. Rong Zhen was like a cloud floating by without attracting anyone's attention.

This is not the first time Rong Zhen has come in.

In fact, when she first came in, she didn't do as she pleased now. Instead, she took cautious steps, paused from time to time, and was very wary of the Yue Girl's Sword emerging from behind a certain curtain...

Rong Zhen moved forward silently. She now knew the identity of the owner of this house very well.

This woman surnamed Zhao is the female dependent of Qin Heng, the captain of Guoyi in Zhechong Prefecture, and this private residence on Zhenguang Street belongs to him.

But at the moment, Qin Heng, as the vanguard general of the conquering army, is following Qin Jingqin, the general manager of Jiangnan Road's march, on an expedition. Without the male host, the courtyard suddenly became quite empty...

After a while, Rong Zhen's figure appeared silently in the wall where the flower pots were placed.

She turned around and looked around the yard.

In addition to the chrysanthemums on the wall, there were seven pots of chrysanthemums placed in the yard.

There are no other designs and colors, and the models of these flower pots are almost the same as those on the wall. At least Rong Zhen, who is as careful as his hair, can't tell any clues.

Rong Zhen pursed his lips.

I looked again at the chrysanthemums blooming in the wind on the wall.

After a while, a gust of autumn wind blew through the courtyard, and the cold figure in palace clothes disappeared against the wall.

At the same time, the autumn wind also blew over the wall.

The pot of conspicuous chrysanthemums that bloomed in late autumn fell down and hit the dirt floor inside the wall.

This small movement, which seemed to be an accident, did not attract the attention of the woman named Zhao and the maids in the main hall. The female relatives in the hall were talking and laughing.

……

When Ouyang Rong received this urgent news, he had just returned from the Supervisory Yuan.

Jiangzhou lobby, at the back door.

Ouyang Rong silently boarded the carriage and glanced at the white-haired girl wearing a silk hat opposite.

Under the white gauze, her oval face was extremely serious.

Ouyang Rong patted Ye Weilai's small shoulder with his big hand:

"I know, thank you for your hard work."

"Tanlang, what should we do now?"

Ouyang Rong thought for a moment, raised his head and ordered:
"No rush, you go to Yunshui Pavilion first, open an empty box as a private person, then leave, go directly back to the Huaiye Lane mansion, and don't come out again... Go ahead and do as I say."

"Yes, Tanlang."

Ye Weilai nodded nervously and prepared to leave.

"Weila."

Ouyang Rong turned around and called her.

"What's wrong Tanlang?"

Ouyang Rong looked at her for a while, pursed his lips and asked:

"I must have read a lot these days."

"Ah."

"Then you should have calmed down a bit." He nodded: "No matter what happens, you can no longer be impulsive. The main thing is to protect yourself. No matter what happens, you must remember...wait for Tan Lang to come. ”

Ye Weilai was startled and nodded vigorously.

"OK."

Watching Ye Weilai's low-key carriage leave in a hurry.

Ouyang Rong turned around and returned to the main hall. He briefly explained the official matters first, then took a half-day leave, changed into regular clothes, and left the Jiangzhou lobby.

Ouyang Rong's carriage made several rounds before stopping at Yunshui Pavilion.

On the third floor, Ouyang Rong walked into a familiar box and sat down calmly.

He lowered his head to pour tea and waited quietly for Qin Heng's people.

At the same time, he didn't forget to fill the tea cup on the seat opposite him with seven percent full of hot tea.

A long time passed.

No one came yet.

Ouyang Rong refilled the cold teacup on the table several times with hot tea.

During this period, he frowned slightly and looked at the closed door of the box from time to time with doubts in his eyes.

Ouyang Rong stood up, walked around the box several times, and finally sat down.

continue waiting.

I don’t know how long it took.

The sun rises to the middle of the sky and sets slowly down the mountain.

Guests from Yunshui Pavilion came one after another, and the sounds downstairs changed from lively to silent.

In the box, Ouyang Rong sat alone with his head lowered, just refilling the cup of hot tea on the empty seat in front of him.

at last.

The box door in front of him was pushed open.

A cold girl in palace clothes walked in, sat down in front of Ouyang Rong, picked up the hot tea cup and poured it on the ground next to her.

The tea leaves fell to the floor.

With a calm face, she asked the handsome young man in front of her who looked particularly surprised:

"Ouyang Lianghan, who are you waiting for?"

(End of this chapter)