"Weila, did I talk in my sleep last night?"

In the breakfast hall of Meiluyuan, in front of an Eight Immortals table with messy bowls and chopsticks, Ouyang Rong stood up after finishing his meal and opened his hands, letting Ye Weilai and other maids put on the aqua official uniform for him.

During this period, he suddenly turned back and asked.

Ye Weilai kept moving her hands to tie his belt and said calmly:

"It seems that I said something."

Ouyang Rong said with a stern face: "Don't tell anyone. Especially... in front of my junior sister."

"Yes, Master."

Ye Weilai nodded her little head quickly.

Dressed neatly, he took the white sandalwood target knife and put it together. Ouyang Rong patted his sleeves, thanked the maids with a smile, and stepped out to start a new day of fishing. No, he enforced the law impartially and fulfilled his duties.

However, the back of the young county magistrate paused for a moment in front of the door. He turned his face and seemed to have thought of something. He held the skirt knife in his hand and said seriously:

"Weila, it's better not to take the skirt knife to bed next time. It feels weird and I can't sleep well..."

Ye Weilai stood at the front of the group of maids. Hearing this, he was stunned, slightly turned his eyes away, and nodded cautiously:

"Listen to Tanlang... Tanlang has a safe trip."

"Um."

Ye Weilai held her hand on the threshold, silently watching Tan Lang's back disappear outside the door as he waved away.

At a certain moment, she caught a glimpse of a familiar figure in green clothes on the corridor not far away.

She is a slender mute woman.

It seems that he is also silently watching Tanlang go out early and come back late.

But... Tanlang didn't know that there was such a woman waiting for him at home.

Ye Weilai bit her lip.

She suddenly understood the complicated look in Xiu Niang's eyes sometimes when she looked at her...

After bidding farewell to his personal maid at the door, Ouyang Rong met up with the honest Liu Ashan and headed to the Longcheng Office on the same street.

On the way, Ouyang Rong rubbed his face, thought for a moment, and put his hand down from the jade handle of the skirt knife.

The little junior sister seems to feel something if he touches the handle of the knife too much... Well, he has to get rid of the bad habit of subconsciously holding the skirt knife at his waist with his palms, otherwise he can't help but touch the round jade handle even when sleeping in bed at night.

He had a strange dream last night, about his junior sister, and it seemed that he was talking in his sleep or something.

Ouyang Rong felt a little embarrassed.

He didn't dare to recall the specific dream anymore.

But when he thought that his junior sister might sense him touching his skirt knife in the middle of the night... Ouyang Rong looked a little embarrassed.

I don’t know how to explain it if asked...

Early in the morning, inside the carriage, a certain young county magistrate sighed, causing the dull man in front of him who was driving the carriage to look back.

However, Liu Ashan only said that his master was thinking about some big problem for the country and the people.

But I don’t know that someone is muttering in his heart:

"I've been sleeping a little deeply these past few nights. Maybe I've relaxed recently, but that's a good thing. I feel more and more energetic during the day, and I seem to have an inexhaustible power...

"I just woke up early and my gun went off again. That little girl is getting more and more unrestrained. She dares to touch the hilt of any knife, and asks me to treat any water... She really doesn't treat me as an outsider."

A person sitting solemnly in the carriage had a face filled with remorse and a stern look on his brow: "If you let your righteousness slip, let's remember it again."

"But it may be that Liu Ziwen and the Liu family have collapsed, and subconsciously they feel that there is not much challenge. However, Ouyang Lianghan has to be prepared for danger in times of peace. There is still the last step to control the flood..."

Ouyang Rong shook his head slightly and murmured some self-analysis.

This is called self-examination three times a day.

his routine operations.

What is the self-cultivation of a gentleman? Put your hands on your hips.

Ouyang Rong is an old gentleman.

…

"Senior brother, were they from the Liu family just now? Why are they here?"

In the lobby of Longcheng County Government Office, Xie Lingjiang entered the door and turned to look at the backs of the lame servant and others who had just passed by her and saluted respectfully. When they left, Xie Lingjiang frowned slightly and said.

"Liu Fu, you know him, he was sent by Liu Zian."

Ouyang Rong nodded calmly, stood up and left the case table, lowering his eyes to pour tea for his junior sister.

Xie Lingjiang asked curiously: "What does Liu Zian want to do?"

Ouyang Rong nodded and said:

"After the Liu family was divided, they are quite honest now. Liu Zian is now the head of the family, and he is quite obedient. He is much more sensible than his brother. Not only does he actively cooperate with the county government in official affairs, but he also reports everything to me, the parent official.

“I also offered to let the Liu family take the lead in funding and help build the second phase of the Zheyi Canal, with the help of people and efforts...

"This is even more exemplary than the model citizens of Longcheng County, which makes me feel embarrassed."

Ouyang Rong praised him, but there was no smile on his face.

After listening to this calm narrative, Xie Lingjiang couldn't help but ask sideways:

"Then the senior brother has softened his heart and changed his view of the Liu family. He wants to be merciful and not pursue the matter of pretending to be a senior brother during the ribbon-cutting ceremony and assassinating the imperial official?"

"right."

Ouyang Rong nodded with a normal expression, and said with a smile before his junior sister glared:

"That's weird."

"Elder brother, you... hum."

"Drink tea."

Ouyang Rong was skilled in making tea. He handed a cup of hot and misty teacup to him and said leisurely:

"Right and wrong are clear and cannot be offset. If an apology is useful, then what else should the government do in this world.

"However, I don't want to hit the smiling person. Liu Zian behaved so honestly and sincerely corrected his mistakes after he realized them. As a parent official, I naturally had to express my position.

"Although he is not a horse's bones, I don't spend a lot of money on him.

"The ribbon-cutting ceremony and the Jade Fairy are naturally not over yet. Junior Sister will continue to investigate. If you need any help, just ask.

"The reason why we didn't deal with Liu Zian and eradicate the Liu family completely is because someone above is protecting them... The newly arrived Jiangzhou Governor Wang is really willing to put down his face to guarantee it, and he doesn't know how much the Liu family has given him.

Aren’t you afraid of being dragged down into the quagmire and getting dirty when you buy souvenirs?”

Ouyang Rong looked out of the lobby and sneered. He turned back and sighed:

"However, Liu Zian and the Liu family now only have a sword shop and an ancestral house left. They don't have the strength to interfere with the affairs of the Longcheng County Government anymore, so they are not in a hurry to deal with them. It's not impossible to keep them temporarily."

"Senior brother, just think about it."

Xie Lingjiang showed some shame on his face:

"But it's my fault, junior sister. There has been no movement on the case here. I can't quickly solve the case and nail the last coffin board for the Liu family, so as to share the worries of the senior brother. Otherwise, even if Wang Lengran wants to intervene and offer the black gauze hat of the governor of a state, he can't keep it.

Liu family,"

Ouyang Rong shook his head and comforted:

"Don't rush, take your time. This is your first time leading a team. You've already performed better than many others and you've become a lot more mature."

After a pause in his words, Ouyang Rong couldn't help but take a few more glances at Xie Lingjiang's face.

I saw obvious light blue and purple bags under the slender eyes on her pretty face.

I don’t know if it’s because I had insomnia last night and didn’t sleep well.

However, it is very rare for this kind of thing to happen to the little junior sister. In the past, when Ouyang Rong saw the little junior sister every day, she was full of energy. For a Qi practitioner's physique, it is difficult to suffer from insomnia and lack of rest.

matter.

"Little junior sister, what's wrong with your face? Did you not sleep well last night..."

"No."

Xie Lingjiang denied it.

When she went back last night, she didn't have insomnia from tossing and turning...

Looking at the junior sister who lowered her head and silently sipped tea, Ouyang Rong's eyes were worried and he hesitated to speak.

Xie Lingjiang rolled his eyes and glanced at his senior brother's face.

"Senior brother, don't worry."

Her little face tightened and she said:

"It's just that something went wrong in the Qi refining recently. It doesn't matter."
To be continued...