Ouyang Rong came to the Merit Tower.

The fortune clock and the little wooden fish stayed silently in the tower as always.

If no one visits this tower, its furnishings and furnishings would seem to have remained unchanged forever.

Ouyang Rong raised his head and stared at the ancient bronze bell in the middle of the tower.

These days, he has actually been waiting for the vision of the Blessing Bell.

It's a pity that the vision never came.

This blessing bell is like a stone sculpture of a god, hanging high in the air, silently looking down at the tiny figures of mortals below.

It's like asking him, why don't you seek for yourself?

"Don't ask outside, don't ask outside..."

Ouyang Rong murmured a few words, rubbed the right side of his face in a daze, turned his head, turned his back to the fortune clock, and cast his eyes straight on a certain meritorious little wooden fish.

Above the small wooden fish, there is a long series of green and gold fonts.

The amount was a bit large, which surprised Ouyang Rong a little.

But after thinking about it, it makes sense.

In the days since he had obeyed the imperial edict, the crisp sound of wooden fish had been ringing in his ears frequently, day and night.

Especially during the golden time of gossip after meals and tea.

However, in the past few days, Ouyang Rong had deliberately not entered the Merit Tower to check it out. He was not in the mood to care about it. He always wanted to wait for a blessing to make him feel at ease.

Now, he seemed to understand something, and he didn't wait any longer.

"More than 8,100 merits... excluding the 3,000 merits accumulated before, this wave can be considered as an increase of 5,000 merits. Can it be considered a blessing in disguise?"

Ouyang Rong shook his head and said to himself.

His reputation of refusing to obey the imperial edict, confronting the Wei family head-on, and willing to surrender rather than surrender in a series of incidents has now spread all over the country.

According to what Zhen Shuyuan, Ye Weila, and Banxi were talking about, in addition to the nickname of being a gentleman and refusing to be a Beijing official, he now has another famous name.

If you refuse to obey the imperial edict, Yang Lianghan will die.

Well, Ouyang is a compound surname. During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, there was a trend of anti-Hu people among the people in the south of the Yangtze River. The compound surnames of the Hu people were also affected, and one word of the title was omitted. Therefore, his name Ouyang Lianghan can sometimes be shortened to

Yang Lianghan.

Ouyang Rong was not interested in these false names before.

Because a false reputation cannot be used as food, building the Broken Wing Canal and the Twin Peaks is the real thing.

This is indeed the case. According to his experience, the merit value increased by a good reputation is greatly reduced compared to directly doing good deeds and benefiting people, because there are very few people who can be truly affected by this "good reputation".

few.

But now, even this greatly reduced increase in merit has increased by about 5,000 in one go.

Ouyang Rong stared at the merit little wooden fish in silence for a while.

Turned around and left the Merit Tower.

There are no lights in the study.

After emerging from the Tower of Merit, Ouyang Rong put his chin on his hands, sat in front of the dark table, and fell into deep thought.

The sword box has been put away.

Because not long ago, when Ouyang Rong was watching swords under the moonlight, Ye Weilai rubbed his eyes and got up to go to the toilet at night, interrupting him.

The little girl likes to drink water before going to bed, so she often wakes up at night to pee. No wonder her skin is so white.

The room was silent now, and Ye Weilai had fallen asleep again.

Ouyang Rong pulled away from his thoughts, walked over, took out a few things, and placed them on the desk.

A bronze mask named "Mirage Mask", and a golden ominous mask named "Fang Xiangmian".

A sandalwood elixir box contains a top-quality qi-replenishing elixir called Mojiao.

A red and black talisman can be used to cast the Supreme Purity's secret skill "God's Absolution Order" once.

A Taoist booklet that can be used as high-quality talisman paper.

Plus a luminous pearl from the Pure Land Palace.

Except for the [Craftsman's Work] in the sword box and a moonlight sword, this is all I have now.

Ouyang Rong checked the items around him.

He closed his eyes again and felt the eighth-grade dark blue aura flowing through his meridians.

Lin Cheng should be wary of the owner of Dielianhua hidden in Xunyang City.

Even after the incident of Ouyang Rong refusing to obey the imperial edict was over and Ouyang Rong was demoted by the saint, Lin Cheng remained elusive and did not appear in public.

Perhaps in addition to being on guard against Prince Xunyang's palace and Ouyang Lianghan being "angry", he was also on guard against the owner of Dielianhua.

Ouyang Rong felt that in addition to the known enmity between the owner of Dielianhua and the Wei family, it might also be related to the Donglin Giant Buddha.

Ouyang Rong had always wondered why Rong Zhen, Lin Cheng and others were so sure that Li Zhengyan and other Kuangfu Army rebels would unite with Yue Nu to destroy the Donglin Giant Buddha.

However, since I learned that a golden Buddha head would be shipped from Luoyang, and that Rong Zhen and other Yin Yang family Qi practitioners might be promoted through the completion of the Donglin Giant Buddha ceremony.

He then roughly made some guesses.

The Sifang Buddha statues, including the Donglin Buddha, and other projects such as the Songde Tianshu are definitely not just cosmetic projects.

Including this time, His Majesty in Luoyang chose Lin Cheng and other plans just to complete the construction of the Donglin Buddha without delay or even ahead of schedule.

There are various signs that Songde Tianshu of the Great Zhou Dynasty is involved in the Qi refining of the Yin and Yang family, which can make all the rebels in the world, including Li Zhengyan, feel fearful.

It is probably a "ritual vessel" that exceeds Ouyang Rong's imagination...

In view of this speculation, Lin Cheng's cautious attitude is understandable. He probably wants to wait until the construction of the Donglin Giant Buddha is completed. It is impossible to say that at that time, he can directly find Die Lian like he did when he set up the Yuexiachi Formation in the old courtyard.

The flower master comes.

Ouyang Rong crossed his hands, rested his elbows on the table, and supported his chin on the back of his hands. He calmed down and his eyes became a little bright...

The next day.

Ouyang Rong went to Jiangzhou lobby for duty.

Yuan Huaimin was not late today, but judging from the dark circles under his eyes, it seemed that he was not living a good life these days.

"Rong Nu Shi, why are you here?"

At the door, Yuan Huaimin called out in surprise.

"Yuan Changshi, I have something to ask you, so I stopped by to save you from running over..."

As Rong Zhen spoke, he looked into the main hall from the corner of his eye.

She looked at Ouyang Rong in the corner of the main hall.

After a while, after discussing the matter with Yuan Huaimin, Rong Zhen turned around and went to the back door of Jiangzhou Hall.

Ouyang Rong also stood up and followed.

The junior sister is not here today. She told him about this yesterday and seemed to want to pick someone up.

Ouyang Rong and Rong Zhen came to the back door.

In front of Dongmei's stable, the two looked at each other silently for a while.

Ouyang Rong said while feeding the horse:

"Rong Nu Shi is here well."

"I am OK, you?"

"I won't do that."

Ouyang Rong shook his head and asked again:

"Ms. Shi, do you have any business here today?"

Rong Zhen was silent for a moment, lowered his eyes and said:

"Your Majesty ordered me to continue to serve as the supervisor of the Xingzifang statues."

Ouyang Rongduo glanced at her:

"Rong Nvshi is still great. No matter how hard Lin Cheng builds relationships, he can't take away your position."

Rong Zhen's sleeves were long and silent.

After a while, he pursed his lips and said:

"I really don't want to take this position, but where Your Majesty's decree and responsibility lie, the Buddha is really important..."

She didn't say any more, but said seriously:

"Ouyang Lianghan, I have never hated the word 'involuntarily' as much as I do now, and I am also somewhat...envious of your freedom and recklessness."
To be continued...