Xie Lingjiang tried her best to remember, and after thinking about it for half a cup of tea, she suddenly smiled sweetly, clenched a small fist and raised it towards the distance:

"Humph, my father's opinion is better. It seems that you can't get too close to your senior brother, just like a follower.

"My father said that this is called 'watch from a distance but not play with it'. My mother used to trick him like this before, but my father only kept pestering my mother more and more..."

"Men, there is always a turmoil in the heart when it comes to things that are hard to get, things that are far away, and a certain person should be no exception. Let's see how long he can endure it. I don't believe it..."

Xie Lingjiang left lightly, leaving behind a sigh:

"Listening to your father's words is worth ten battles."

…

Ouyang Rong "reflected" in front of the door for a while, then turned back home.

It was still early, so he went to the lobby first, sat and chatted with Zhen Shuyuan for a while, and listened to some matters about his hometown.

Half an hour later, Ouyang Rong said good night, stood up and left.

"Tanlang..."

Zhen Shuyuan suddenly stopped Ouyang Rong, handed over a gold-gilt name card she had received during the day, and told him about giving way in the morning.

Ouyang Rong's face was calm. After listening, he comforted softly: "Nothing, just accept it. If there is another 'accidental encounter' later, aunt remember to tell me."

Zhen Shuyuan agreed in relief, and Ouyang turned around and left the main hall.

On the corridor back, he opened the name card. The gilded paper exuded a faint gardenia-like fragrance. Ouyang Rong lowered his eyes and took a look:

"Pei Shisanniang..."

Ouyang Rong had some impression of this name. He seemed to be the talker of a large chamber of commerce in Xunyang City. That group of wealthy businessmen spent money like water.

Xunyang City in Jiangzhou is an important commercial port where boats and cars come together and merchants gather.

There are many merchants from Jiangnan Province and Lingnan Province, and many of them have gathered together in the form of hometown chambers of commerce and formed interest groups. Moreover, these foreign wealthy businessmen are very enthusiastic about making friends with the leadership team of Jiangzhou officialdom.

Otherwise, where do you think the money for the most expensive Xunyang Tower in Jiangzhou Fucheng, which stands on the bank of the river, where people are singing and dancing, reveling in life and staying up all night, comes from?

He shook his head slightly.

In the more than half a month since he took office, Ouyang Rong has received many similar invitations to banquets, mostly from businessmen, and the name of Pei Shisanniang seems to have been seen many times, and the invitations are quite frequent.

Moreover, during the day today, when Ouyang Rong, as the chief officer, went to inspect the city department in Xunyangdu, one of his subordinates mentioned this name unintentionally.

"Ah."

He casually stuffed the name card into the gap of a passing screen wall and asked a maid who was destined to clean it.

The Zhulin Yayuan where Ouyang Rong lived was called Yinbingzhai. His mentor Xie Xun took it from him and he did not change it.

On the way back to Yinbingzhai, Ouyang Rong bumped into the figure of a Silla maid carrying a bowl.

"Haixi, come here."

Ouyang Rong called Banxi to a waterside pavilion on the roadside and looked up at her.

He seemed to have a clear understanding, his face turned red: "Mr. Lang, the matter of binding was not spread among the slaves. It was... the lady guessed it."

"..."

Ouyang Rong was speechless:

"I won't mention my hobbies today... No, it's not my hobbies. Anyway, I won't mention the matter of bondage." He said with a straight face: "Let me ask you, when you were in Longcheng earlier, you went to Yunshui Pavilion to hire the person who was hired by your aunt.

Cook, do you still have any impression?"

He was stunned for a moment and nodded vigorously: "Yeah."

As the evening wind blew in his face, Ouyang Rong turned his head and whispered softly: "Tell me about it and tell you what you know."

No matter how small or small it is, tell the whole story.

After about a cup of tea, Ouyang Rong left the waterside pavilion with a thoughtful expression.

Returning to Yin Bing Zhai, he opened the door and saw the silent figure of a white-haired girl lying on the bed in the back room making the bed.

Ouyang Rong said hello, and Ye Weilai's face suddenly became happy, and she obediently ran to boil hot water for him to take a bath.

After bathing and changing clothes, Ouyang Rong, dressed in a snow-white inner shirt, came to the desk, sat down in a chair, took a long breath, and murmured:

"It seems that it is really her, the mute girl named Xiu Niang. Does she know that this is my home? Did she come here intentionally or unintentionally?

"If it's the former and it's not a coincidence, then what exactly is she trying to do? Also, is the woman who was bitten by me also her..."

Ouyang Rong pursed his lips.

It would be great if I had a chance to meet her again.

After a while, he came back to his senses, rested his chin on his hand, stared at a candle in front of him, and thought for a while.

Suddenly he reached out and took out a letter from a thick book.

It was Xiufa they sent from Luoyang, the capital of the gods.

The little novice monk revealed an important event in advance in his letter.

"Will Your Majesty build a Lian Sect Buddha in the south of the Yangtze River? It will probably be located here in Xunyang City?

"If this is the case, the imperial court estimates that 80% of the time the government will ask Jiangzhou Prefecture to provide the money... I don't know how much silver it will cost this time.

"Several counties in the state have just experienced floods and major corruption cases in Jimincang at the beginning of the year. Recently, I checked Jiangzhou's annual expenditures through year-end accounting and accounting statistics. Except for Longcheng County, which was slightly better,

It was almost a total loss, it was simply too terrible to look at.

"Although Xunyang City is prosperous in commerce, it is only regarded as a transit place. The merchants are cunning and shrewd, and there is not much money to keep to nourish the finances."

"Building Buddha statues...can't afford to bother anymore, so don't waste your life and money."
Chapter completed!