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Chapter 73 Ask Senior Brother to Discipline

"Brother, aren't you busy with the new river?"

"I have nothing to do today, come and see my junior sister."

"It turns out that senior brother will also be lazy."

"It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I'm really busy. Besides, I haven't been idle these few days. I've been running around. I even went to Donglin Temple yesterday."

"What are you going to Donglin Temple for?"

"The matter of the broken wing."

"Broken Wing Canal? Is it a new river channel... Brother really knows how to name it."

"How do you know I took it?"

"It's very similar to my brother's style of doing things."

"What kind of style do I have... Forget it, come to think of it, I didn't expect Master Shandao to be so hospitable, sympathetic to the government, and insisted on joining the co-construction of Zheyi Canal led by the Longcheng County Government..."

"That's good. So the senior brother is really busy with everything and come here again, right?"

"That's right, little junior sister, don't worry, you haven't delayed the business."

"Oh……"

"Hey, why isn't Junior Sister talking?"

"tired."

"Then I'll retreat first, you have a good rest?"

"Wait, you... come in."

"Um, won't it be inconvenient?"

"I was in bed with all my clothes on."

"That's fine. I just brought you some grapes."

"Grape?"

In a boudoir that doesn't smell like a daughter's home, but has a bookish atmosphere.

Ouyang Rong, who was wandering in the front hall, pushed open the gauze curtain in the back room, and approached a fragrant couch with a hazy figure.

The bead curtain on the couch was half-opened and half-rolled, and the black-haired Confucian girl with a red rope bit her lips and sat on the head of the bed, hugging the quilt, covering Wei An's chest, and looked sideways at him, and when someone approached, she again Turn your gaze straight, without squinting.

"What happened to your brother's face?"

Ouyang Rong went to open the window first, and squinted to see the maid waiting in the yard.

He drew a chair, sat down by the window, took a long breath, pointed to the two small red marks on his right cheek and said:

"Is this? Last night when we were picking grapes, the grape trellis fell down. Hey, I knew Wei Lai was not allowed to climb the ladder. I almost hit her. Besides, she didn't have much strength. I admit that I was careless and sat for a long time. At the desk, my skills are a bit inflexible..."

Xie Lingjiang frowned slightly, without looking at him:

"Shouldn't senior brother reflect on why he likes to be able to do things by himself? Senior brother told me not to do things impulsively after the day, but senior brother, shouldn't these things be done by the servants? The son of a daughter can't sit down, Senior brother is free to pick some grapes."

Ouyang Rong was slightly stunned, and turned to look at the junior sister who had a slightly reproachful tone.

Why does it feel like I haven't seen you for a few days, it seems a little different.

Is this a bit mature?

Without arguing, Ouyang Rong lowered his head and took out a plate of washed grapes from the box he brought, and silently handed it to the small table beside the bed.

Xie Ling Jiang Yuguang saw it, and seemed to realize something, the words of the little sorrow stopped, and he was not willing to say any more.

Ouyang Rong pushed the plate with a smile, "Here."

Xie Lingjiang didn't turn his head, "Don't eat."

Ouyang Rong nodded and took the plate back.

"Wait...put it down."

"Don't you want to eat?"

"Give it away or take it away?"

The girl inside the bead curtain glared at him angrily.

"Oh oh oh."

Ouyang Rong smiled inwardly, and put down his hands honestly.

The duplicitous little junior sister is a little generous.

"How did senior know that I like grapes?" Xie Lingjiang asked in a low voice.

"Your father said so."

"Senior brother still ask my father this?" She couldn't help turning her head to look at him.

Ouyang Rong smiled and remained silent.

He had nothing to ask about his junior sister's hobbies and tastes, not to mention before, and now he doesn't.

In fact, it was my aunt who asked his teacher Xie Xun to inquire about it before, and only my aunt cares about such things.

My aunt raised her mouth during dinner yesterday, so at night, a certain grape trellis in Meiluyuan was murdered by a young county magistrate.

After all, when you come to visit someone, you can't come empty-handed, it's so embarrassing.

Ouyang Rong didn't explain, fearing that the little junior sister would put on a straight face and drive people away.

"Senior brother is quite clear about the investigation."

Xie Lingjiang looked away and said in a low voice.

She got her hands out of the bead curtain, stretched out towards the grape plate, stopped halfway, and retracted.

"Young junior sister won't spit out the skin when she eats grapes, right?"

"Brother, don't you vomit?"

Xie Lingjiang paused in his words, because someone in Yu Guangli had already picked up grapes and threw them into his mouth and ate them without any politeness.

"Hmm." Ouyang Rong chewed and answered vaguely, but it was as if he hadn't said anything.

Xie Lingjiang had black lines on his forehead.

Brother really doesn't treat him as an outsider.

The originally reserved and shy girl suddenly became informal, and hurriedly rescued Putao back under the clutches of her senior brother.

Outside, in the courtyard full of Jianlan, the maids on duty occasionally looked back curiously, and saw a scene of a handsome man and a beautiful woman grabbing grapes from each other through the bead curtain in the Xuan window.

A maid who served Xie Lingjiang for many days couldn't help but look at her companion in surprise.

This noble lady of the Xie family hadn't shown a smile for many days, let alone be so lively, Miss Su had never come to visit her.

Inside the house, there was a commotion for a while, and a plate of grapes was cleared away like a cloud.

Ouyang Rong looked at the little junior sister behind the bead curtain, and couldn't help asking:
"Didn't Junior Sister hurt her back, why did she sit on the head of the bed?"

Xie Lingjiang lowered his eyes, "Why don't you lie on your stomach and grab grapes with senior brother?"

Ouyang Rong was dumbfounded.

It's true, you can't meet guests on your stomach, the little junior sister is so strong.

"That's right. How's the junior sister's injury?" After a pause, he added, "It looks like it's okay, right?"

"Senior brother, don't you know what happened?"

Inside and outside the bead curtain, there was silence for a while.

The atmosphere is a bit cold.

"Sorry." Ouyang Rong said, "At that time..."

"No, it's okay, no need to apologize."

The girl inside the curtain bowed her head and whispered:

"Senior brother's discipline...was very appropriate. I was...actually very happy that senior brother didn't treat me as an outsider.

"Father once said, except for your family and... people who care about you, no one outside will explain your mistakes, let alone get angry because of you.

"So at that time, brother... my sister understood, thank you for your discipline."

Xie Lingjiang subconsciously bit her lower lip again, "If you make a mistake again next time, senior brother can...continue to discipline you."

"It was a special day."

Ouyang Rong was slightly startled, shook his head and laughed, "You can't use a whip next time..."

It was originally a joke, but I didn't expect a whisper to float from the bead curtain:
"Also...not impossible."

"..."

When Ouyang Rong lost his voice, Xie Lingjiang immediately said:

"Actually, I still can't figure out why she treats me like that."

Ouyang Rong was stunned for a while before realizing that this "she" should refer to that orchid named Zhiying.

Xie Lingjiang hugged his chest through the quilt, leaned his head on the back pillow, looked at the gauze curtain on the top of the bed, and said with a pretty face:

"I rescued her from the eagle attack, I cared about her safety, I helped her redeem her, and I brought her back to give her dignity... But why did she choose to help a bad person who humiliated her, bullied her, and despised her? If there are difficulties, coercion, or concealment, why don't you tell me, this makes me feel more uncomfortable than betrayal."

She turned her head, looked at her brother's heroic face with two red marks and asked:

"Is it like the book says, the barbarians are afraid of power and not virtuous? Maybe a little bit, but I don't think it's completely true. Even if she is not Hu Ji, it seems that things will slip like that...

"What's the problem...it's not mentioned in the book. What is the color of this world?"

Ouyang Rong turned his head to look at the bright spring scenery outside the window, and asked, "Has the junior sister figured it out now?"

The whispering Miss Xie fell silent for a moment.

She suddenly noticed that outside the window, the morning sun had come, and it just fell on the young man with his hands on his knees in front of the bed, who was listening intently.

This scene seems familiar.

That day in front of the county yamen, she was exhausted and dejected, staring blankly at her senior brother standing in the midday sun to announce a fair verdict, and then boldly unveiled the new construction that shocked the audience.

Back then, when she was young, she hid behind the door of the old house in Wuyi Lane and witnessed her father kneeling on the seat in the lobby under the crimson sunset, preferring to die rather than submit to the olive branch thrown by Wei's envoy.

In that year, the Zhou dynasty was changed, the empress was enthroned, and the royal family was slaughtered, blood was splashed all over the palace, and panic spread all over the country. eyebrow.

Only my father refused to accept, even if all the people in the clan begged him, my father still refused to enter the court and did not kneel to the Zhou court.

Why for so many years, she worked hard to study, refused to marry, and worked hard to practice Qi.

It was because of the light on her father's body that she saw in the old house in Niaoyi Lane that she felt the "qi" of a scholar for the first time, and she became one of the rare Qi practitioners ahead of all Xie's brothers and sisters.

This is the beginning of everything, this is what I have been pursuing all these years, it has almost become... a belief.

Xie Lingjiang couldn't forget it.

But now, she saw that the light on the body of senior brother and father is really similar, but they are not the same.

There is another kind of "Qi" on the senior brother, which has attracted Xie Lingjiang to approach him curiously from the very beginning, wanting to find out...

That's why she just said that she hoped that her senior brother would continue to discipline her. She was vaguely looking forward to the scenery on this road that was different from her father's, and followed him to appreciate it.

"Brother."

Xie Lingjiang whispered, opened the bead curtain, looked at him with a pair of bright eyes, and said seriously:
"I haven't fully understood it yet, but no matter what... she is definitely not right to do this, and this world is definitely not completely dark... It is different from what I thought before. I am disappointed, but... don't give up .”

After a pause, she couldn't take her eyes off:

"I always believe that there is such a light that always exists, and justice will definitely come."

Ouyang Rong was silent for a while: "Good."

……

After a heart-to-heart talk, the atmosphere was silent for a while.

This kind of serious topic is actually not suitable for chatting, especially in broad daylight.

Talking about life and ideals, you have to pick a black light, right?
Soon, the two brothers and sisters in the room changed the subject.

"correct."

Seemingly sitting for a long time, Ouyang Rong got up and paced around the room, remembering something, he turned his head and said curiously:
"Among the maids who brought me in just now, there is a little maid in light yellow clothes, do you know me?"

"The one in light yellow clothes?" Xie Lingjiang tilted his head, "Brother, do you mean the colorful ribbon? The one with baby fat?"

Ouyang Rong nodded.

He was also a little surprised when he saw the familiar little maid with a bun face just now.

"Could it be the maid of Junior Sister?"

"That's not true." Xie Lingjiang shook his head, "It's the maidservant of the little sister of the Su family in the yard next door. Aunt Wei called me to change my dressing in the morning."

"Little sister of the Su family?"

Ouyang Rong muttered and nodded.

This makes sense, it turned out to be the girl from this family.

However, Junior Sister had never mentioned the matter of the Su family before.

Moreover, he lives in Meiluyuan, the two families have been neighbors for so long, and Ouyang Rong only happened to meet a girl from the Su family once in Donglin Temple on the mountain.

I don't know if he is too busy on weekdays, or this law-abiding Su Mansion is too low-key, living in seclusion...

"Senior brother, why do you ask this?" Xie Lingjiang looked sideways.

Ouyang Rong casually talked about the borrowing of an umbrella in the pavilion yesterday.

"Looking at it this way, it is indeed destined." Xie Lingjiang nodded.

"What's the matter? The county is so small, you can't see it when you look up." Ouyang said indifferently.

Xie Lingjiang glanced at senior brother, hesitated, and introduced:
"This family... Well, I forgot to tell my brother before. The master of this family is named Su, and his name is Xian. He and my father are old friends. They can be regarded as studying together."

"A classmate?" Ouyang Rong nodded in understanding.

Xie Lingjiang didn't explain the "reading method", but chose his words carefully and said:

"Uncle Su and Aunt Wei have a son and a daughter. The eldest son is named Fu. He is three years older than his senior brother. He is honest and honest, hardworking and studious. The youngest daughter is the younger sister of the Su family. She is also... gentle and considerate, pure in nature, loved by the whole family, These days, I just live next to her... This family treats me very well."

In the Great Zhou Dynasty, ladies from rich and noble families could not disclose their boudoir nicknames indiscriminately. Even if outsiders knew about it, they could not yell indiscriminately, just call them according to their ranking in the family.

Ouyang Rong nodded, "That's good. Speaking of which, I also owe the Su Mansion a favor. I will have the opportunity to get to know each other someday."

Xie Lingjiang knew about the 1000 taels of silver donated by the Su family before the Dragon Boat Festival, and she was not surprised. She nodded and asked:

"Brother just visited, didn't you see Uncle Su and Dalang of the Su family?"

Ouyang Rong shook his head. He was dressed in ordinary clothes, and he went to pay a visit directly. After handing in a name card, he was brought in.

"It should be that senior brother came too early. Su Dalang may still be studying in the study early. Uncle Su's words... cough, it's okay. Senior brother will come to visit. They will come when they find out. Senior brother can get to know him then."

"Row."

Ouyang Rong nodded slightly. In fact, he has no interest in this kind of social interaction, but he still has basic politeness and emotional intelligence.

Seeing this, Xie Lingjiang hesitated to speak.

The letter that my father wrote to my brother in advance is still kept by her.

But before the time comes, it cannot be handed over.

But Xie Lingjiang didn't think the senior brother should make friends with this family.

On the contrary, it was the family who should turn around and win over senior brother.

So it doesn't matter if the senior brother knows, and according to the senior brother's personality that is devoted to disaster relief and water treatment, even if he knows, he probably won't care.

"By the way, and this, here you are."

Xie Lingjiang was still holding the quilt in a daze, Ouyang Rong by the window took out something from his sleeve and lightly threw it to her.

"This is……"

Xie Lingjiang took it in a daze, and there was a crystal clear round bead lying in the palm of his hand.

She is naturally familiar with what this is.

Xie Lingjiang looked a little ashamed, and tightly held the bead that still contained someone's warmth.

"Brother, I was angry at the time because of the food price, and I didn't know Zhiying was such a person, so I rashly handed over the Ye Mingzhu you gave me..."

Ouyang Rong shook his head, "You made the right choice at the time, a bead is indeed not as important as human life."

Xie Lingjiang stared at him for a while, then stretched out his hand and handed it back to him.

"Brother, take it first."

Seeing Ouyang Rong's expression was puzzled.

Xie Lingjiang said seriously:

"Senior Brother rewarded me before, but I paid by mistake. Now Senior Brother Ye Mingzhu will take it back first. If next time, Senior Brother deserves to be commended for doing something right, Senior Brother will give it to me in a fair and just way!"

"Sense of ceremony, right. OK."

The little junior sister was quite funny when she was serious, Ouyang Rong laughed and took it, and put the Ye Mingzhu away again.

In fact, only he knew that it was a strange relic, but everyone including the pawn shop said that it was a night pearl that would glow, so they followed suit.

Afterwards, the two brothers and sisters chatted about Zha Yiqu for a while.

Glancing at the sun, Ouyang Rong got up, ready to leave.

But at this moment, a little maid with a steamed bun face ran into the yard in a hurry, and after entering the door, her eyes quickly glanced at someone's face, and she saluted very ladylikely:

"Young Master Ouyang, our Da Lang is here and wants to see you."

Ouyang Rong raised his eyebrows, turned his head and looked at his junior sister.

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　Four thousand and five hundred words... Brothers must be short (hold your head).In fact, these two days are laying the groundwork, so it's a bit slow, and they are all combined into one chapter... When the plot is getting better and better today and tomorrow, the update will be accelerated and the explosion will resume!

　　
　
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