After a while, everyone dispersed.

Ouyang Rong first went to find Xie Lingjiang and Li Guo'er, and then asked about the location of the peach blossom forest in Kuanglu Mountain.

In the evening, I returned to the Huaiye Lane mansion.

Ouyang Rong took out the other third of the bamboo shoots and gave them to Ye Weila.

"Tanlang, this is..."

"Stew the duck and make some soup. I'll take it away tomorrow morning."

"oh."

Early the next morning.

Ouyang Rong rushed to Xunyang Grottoes as scheduled.

I brought a box of duck meat and bamboo shoot soup to Rong Zhen.

The latter glanced at him, took the soup, and left.

Rong Zhen didn't take Ouyang Rong for a stroll, she was also a busy person.

Ouyang Rong was not upset and walked around the Xunyang Grottoes alone to participate.

This went on for two consecutive days.

Every day, a bowl of fresh hot soup is brought to Rong Zhen.

However, there were many people in Xunyang Grottoes, so Ouyang Rong brought some more hot soup for Yi Qianqiu, Wei Mi and others to try.

Yi Qianqiu was not polite. He drank the soup as usual and his face looked the same. After drinking, he left.

Wei Mi put down the soup bowl slightly, smiled and said:

"The relationship between Governor Ouyang and Rong Nushi is quite good."

Ouyang Rong shrugged:

"Isn't it bad to have a life-long friendship? Back in Huang's courtyard, at the critical moment, I recited the history of Rong Nu..."

The tone was a bit joking.

Wei Mi laughed, took another sip of soup, and suddenly said:

"Duan Quanwu is gone."

Ouyang Rong looked at him calmly and nodded: "Yes."

Yesterday, Duan Quanwu had left with five hundred White Tiger Guards.

At present, there are still 1,200 White Tiger Guards in Xunyang Grottoes, commanded by Yi Qianqiu, and 1,000 Xuanwu Guards, commanded by Wei Mi. However, they are all under the control of Yi Qianqiu.

Although the most critical position, the protection duty of the Xunyang Palace, was taken over by Li Congshan, at least there was Wei Mi and others at the Xunyang Grottoes, so there was a lot of room for maneuver.

As Li Guoer said a few days ago, if the situation is urgent, then micro-manage...

Wei Mi put the soup bowl back and touched his belly:

"Is this soup stewed by Ouyang's family?"

Ouyang Rong said calmly:

"What happened a few days ago is that today's old chicken stewed with mushrooms was a reward from the prince. It was said that Princess Wei stewed it herself to reward the soldiers guarding the Xunyang Grottoes."

"I see."

Upon hearing the words "Princess Wei", Wei Mi's expression did not change, but Ouyang Rong noticed that Wei Mi's eyes lingered on his face for a while.

Then he joked:

"As early as when I was in Luoyang, I heard people say that Ouyang, the governor, was very handsome. He was the concubine appointed by His Majesty at the Apricot Garden Banquet. Now I see it, it is true. No wonder Rong Zhennvshi, who has always been a flower on the high mountain, is willing to take over.

Governor Ouyang’s soup.”

Ouyang Rong suddenly turned his head: "Have you finished drinking Rong Nu Shi's soup?"

Wei Mi immediately straightened his back, lowered his head and was about to run away.

Shao Qing saw Ouyang Rong's expression that looked like a smile but not a smile.

He looked back and saw that Rong Nushi was nowhere to be seen.

Wei Mi was angry and laughed:

"Prince Ouyang is so unreasonable. We can't play this kind of game of crying wolf too many times."

Ouyang Rong asked with a smile:

"General Wei, please stop teasing me. It doesn't matter if you laugh at me, but it will matter a lot if you pass it on to Rong Nushi."

"Okay, okay."

Wei Mi waved his hands angrily.

After a brief silence, the two looked at each other again and smiled.

A certain tacit understanding emerged spontaneously, without words.

Before leaving, Wei Mi said casually:

"By the way, something a little strange is that on the afternoon we arrived, the Xuanwu Guard and the White Tiger Guard were traveling together. When they learned that the water thieves in Hukou County were attacking the water transportation route, Commander Yi sent some troops to help.

He didn’t lead a large force. After defeating the water thieves, he didn’t come back to join up. He left the large force behind and immediately led people to the grotto. I don’t know why he was in such a hurry...Does Governor Ouyang know?"

When Ouyang Rong heard this, his eyes narrowed.

For no apparent reason, I remembered the unusual situation when Yi Qianqiu had just arrived at Xunyang Grottoes and dragged Rong Zhen and Aunt Song to have a private discussion.

Later facts proved that it had nothing to do with beating him to exclude him.

Then it can only involve official business.

Could this strange thing be related to Weimiti’s inconspicuous strange thing?

Why after Yi Qianqiu defeated the water thieves, the entire army stopped waiting and hurried over...

Ouyang Rong was silent for a moment, then reached into his sleeve and touched the bronze dagger wrapped in white cloth.

His face was thoughtful.

When Yi Qianqiu arrived that day, he only rode on horseback and brought two heads of water thieves and the Yunmeng Token.

Could it be that the matter she was anxious to discuss with Rong Zhen and Nanny Song was also related to this Yunmeng Token?

Did Yi Qianqiu see something from this bronze dagger?

Ouyang Rong shook his head: "I don't know, maybe... I'm impatient. I'll ask Commander Yi if I have the chance."

Wei Mi glanced at him and nodded gently:

"good."

Shao Qing and Wei Mi left. Seeing that it was getting late, Ouyang Rong packed up the soup bowls and food boxes and was about to return to the city. At this time, Rong Zhen hurried over and returned a few empty soup bowls.

She handed the bowl to Ouyang Rong and suddenly said:

"The old man also likes this bowl of old chicken stewed with mushrooms. You can bring some over tomorrow and see if we can have a meal together at noon. This will be considered a formal acquaintance.

"By the way, it's best to bring over the piano you often play..."

Ouyang Rong felt happy and nodded lightly:

"Yeah, I have time to eat."

Rong Zhen put his hands behind his back and walked away lightly.

Ouyang Rong took a long breath.

The female historian finally relented.

He turned to look at the sky, left the grotto, and returned to Xunyang City.

When he entered the west city gate, he realized that it was still early. Ouyang Rong raised his head:

"Go to Xingzi Lake, our old place."

"Yes, sir."

Ouyang Rong opened the car curtain and glanced at Xingzi Lake in the distance under the afterglow of the setting sun.

Suddenly it occurred to me that the three days of abstinence prescribed by the embroiderer seemed to have arrived, and I didn’t know what the so-called reward was...

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