"Rong Nu Shi is not here? Does your Excellency know where she went?"

"I don't know. If you have any questions, Chang Shi, you can leave a message."

"It's okay. Please wait a moment. Sorry for bothering you."

"Yes, Chang Shi."

A female official lowered her eyebrows and left.

Only Ouyang Rong was left outside the hall, with a somewhat surprised look on his face.

I looked around.

I glanced at the sun, which had already passed the second quarter of the first lunar month.

Today, he specially wore an orange-red sachet and wandered around the porch for a few times. He turned around and left without seeing the real person.

Ouyang Rong did not go to the back door to find Ali to take a carriage. He walked out of the gate of the Supervisory Yuan and walked around the pedestrian snack street not far away.

After a while, when he returned to the Overwatch Council, he had a food box in his hand.

Ouyang Rong carried the food box in hand and returned to the entrance of the hall, basking in the morning sun and waiting for a while with squinted eyes.

Soon, a familiar figure of a cold and cold girl in palace clothes appeared in the distance.

Ouyang Rong patted his butt and stood up.

"Why are you sitting on the threshold and not going in?" Rong Zhen frowned, looked away, and asked, "How long have you been waiting?"

"It's rare to get some sunshine. It won't take long."

Ouyang Rong shook his head.

Followed by Rong Zhen who was leading the way, he walked into the hall and sat down.

"Something happened in the morning," she said.

"good."

Ouyang Rong nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

However, he turned around and looked at the expression of the girl in palace attire who was seated.

I noticed that her brows were slightly furrowed, as if she was worried.

Ouyang Rong didn't ask.

At this time, Rong Zhen glanced at the orange-red sachet on his waist, and then at the food box in his hand that was about to be handed over but was shrinking.

"This is?"

Ouyang Rong immediately put the food box on the table, took out two bowls of hot and spicy spicy soup, and placed them in front of the two of them.

He handed over a spoon: "Come on, come on, have some, the spicy spicy soup here is good."

Rong Zhen's eyelids turned up slightly, he looked at Ouyang Rong, took the spoon, took a sip and said:

"Be courteous for nothing."

He stopped and didn't say a word after that.

Ouyang Rong's expression did not change, he lowered his head and drank the soup.

Rong Zhen was silent for a while, then took out a cold sesame cake from his sleeve and handed it to Ouyang Rong.

The latter took it, broke it in half, returned one half, and took another half.

The two of them cooked the soup in tacit understanding and ate cold pancakes for a while.

The atmosphere among them was quiet.

"In the morning, Miaozhen went back to Xunyang."

Rong Zhen put down his chopsticks, put his hands in front of his belly, and spoke softly:

"I also brought news from the prison in Luoyang."

"What news?" Ouyang Rong asked curiously.

Rong Zhen did not go into details, but spoke concisely and to the point:

"Your Majesty is a little dissatisfied with the postponement of the Donglin Giant Buddha."

Ouyang Rong looked unsurprised, as if he hadn't heard anything, and nodded with an unchanged expression:

"The latest official document from the Luoyang court allows the postponement of the Donglin Giant Buddha, but it also urges us to shorten the construction period as soon as possible. In addition, His Majesty has sent a Chinese envoy out of Beijing to inspect Jiangzhou to show his sympathy for the difficulties."

Rong Zhen nodded, as if he already knew it, and sighed softly:

"The dissatisfaction is dissatisfaction, but your Majesty is clear in his heart. Ouyang Lianghan, you and Jiangzhou Hall did not do it intentionally. The situation should be true, and there is a master speaking in the court, so naturally he can only nod.

"It's just that... the Sacred Heart is unpredictable. At the same time, a private envoy from the palace was sent to inspect... Ouyang Lianghan, you need to pay attention to this envoy."

The cold and cold girl in palace attire who had been staying beside the empress for a long time stopped nodding and said no more. She lowered her eyes and concentrated on adjusting the sleeves of her palace skirt.

Ouyang Rong said in a grateful tone: "Thank you Rong Nu Shi for your kind advice."

Rong Zhen turned a deaf ear, as if he didn't say anything just now and didn't understand anything.

Ouyang Rong took a bold look at her expression.

With two eyebrows that look like they are frowning but not frowning, they are looking at the small piece of blue sky and white clouds exposed on the eaves outside the hall.

"Is Rong Nu Shi still worried?"

Rong Zhen was quiet for a while and suddenly asked:

"I have been slacking off these days, and there has been no progress in the matter of the master of Die Lianhua. The last plan failed, and I lost my elite colleagues, and also lost a precious square face... It is really my fault."

Ouyang Rong glanced at the guilty and uncomfortable look on her cold and pretty face.

It's rare to see this cold-hearted girl in palace attire reveal her true feelings in front of others.

"It's not my fault, Ms. Shi, that thief is cunning."

After a pause, he asked with some concern:

"But there is accountability on Si Tianjian's side?"

Rong Zhen shook his head:

"There is no accountability, but the more this happens, the more I feel guilty. I have been recovering from illness these days and thinking about it, I feel very heavy.

"I must catch this thief with my own hands. Regardless of past grudges, this thief is very good at hiding. If he is not eliminated, he will eventually be the biggest hidden danger that affects you and the construction of the giant Buddha in Jiangzhou Hall. It cannot be tolerated."

"Thank you, Ms. Shi, for your concern." Ouyang Rong was a little moved.

He couldn't help but sigh, rolled up his sleeves, and responded to the female historian's criticism:

"You are really a young boy, what's the point of hiding here and there? If you have the ability to show your face openly and openly in front of Rong Nu Shi, then I will respect him as a good man."

"Okay, it's useless no matter how much we scold him. Let's think of ways to catch this thief as soon as possible."

Rong Zhen shook his head, muttered to himself for a while, then turned around and asked seriously:

"Ouyang Lianghan, do you have any new clues these days? Those Yue girls didn't show up again these days?"

"Uh, no."

As if she had expected that she had no hope for him, she did not criticize Ouyang Rong harshly, but frowned and analyzed:

"The previous clues of paper, ink, and literary spirit have been cut off. I have lost that rare ink spirit. Even though I am familiar with that literary spirit, how can I find it in such a huge Xunyang City?

"He doesn't seem to be someone who would be stupid enough to commit suicide. After the last battle, we must have known that we have clues to his culture, and he should be more cunning and cautious now."

"That makes sense."

Ouyang Rong nodded and shook his head:

"Well, I'm sorry for my incompetence. Even Rong Nu Shi and the heroes of Si Tianjian are helpless. I really can't think of any reason for this."

"It's normal, Ouyang Lianghan, you don't need to put too much pressure on yourself. If you have any clues, come to me as soon as possible. Don't act foolishly. You are not the opponent of the thief. Remember."

"good!"

He nodded like a fool, and sighed along with Rong Zhen, wondering:

"But I'm a little strange. It's all right. Why is Rong Nvshi worried that this thief will endanger the construction of the Donglin Giant Buddha? Could it be that our construction of the Giant Buddha has endangered him in some way and made him anxious?"

"Just saying it's possible."

After a vague sentence, Rong Zhen remained silent again.

Ouyang Rong was used to it. After looking at Rong Zhen's expression for a while, he suddenly asked:

"The Donglin Giant Buddha has not yet been built, and you became anxious and anxious this morning. Is it because there was some urging from Luoyang Si Tianjian? Could it be that... His Majesty also asked about this matter?"

Rong Zhen withdrew his eyes from the scenery outside the hall, looked at the concerned face of the weak-headed chief beside him, and looked at him for a while.

The topic changed - anyway, after Ouyang Rong listened, he felt that it had nothing to do with the question just now.

"Ouyang Lianghan, although we have been together for a long time and know some of the answers, I still want to ask you a question."

"Say, don't be polite to me."
To be continued...