Ouyang Rong came to the quaint merit pagoda in the clouds again.

He didn't really want to set foot in it until he succeeded in controlling the water.

And at the beginning, Ouyang Rong didn't plan to exchange for this new blessing, he didn't lack anything at the moment, and the progress of water control was smooth, but now he just wanted to save enough 10,000 merit points and go to the Pure Land Palace to exchange for the big blessing that might send him home, and there was no need to waste merit points to exchange for others.

But unfortunately, the new blessing inexplicably triggered on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival has been accompanied by the slight buzzing of the blessing bell in his ears.

It's like a buzzing phone on the desk with the sound turned off — and it's from your girlfriend.

Ouyang Rong deliberately delayed it for two days and ignored it, but it turned out that it was still buzzing, and the purple blessing clock in his mind persistently reminded him: Dead ghost, it's time to answer the "girlfriend's call".

Pick you up.

You're on me, aren't you?

Ouyang Rong was helpless.

Or I am afraid that the new good fortune will block the exchange of the old good fortune, or I want to verify the power of the next good fortune bell.

It just so happened that the overall situation outside had been decided for the time being, and tonight, he took the time to enter the Meritorious Pagoda in the Sea of Knowledge.

It's an old place again, with an endless white mist, a small wooden fish that has been titled, and oh, and the blessing bell like a vibrator in the three gears above.

Ouyang Rong first glanced at the line of blue-gold official books above the small wooden fish:

[Merit: 9,361]

"It's coming."

His face softened slightly, and he looked up at Gu Zhong, who was unwilling to be lonely and wanted to arouse the interest of his master, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but pull.

You weren't like this before, you were cold before, motionless, and you didn't squeak once with all your might, why are you trembling like this now? Do you want the host to be satisfied?

Ouyang Rong looked at the dark purple qi that slowly overflowed from Zhong's body with a strange look, and reached out to grab it, the purple qi was formless, but immediately, a divine message from nowhere surged in his heart.

Eh, as long as a thousand merit points can satisfy you?

"It's so easy to satisfy your ...... now"

Ouyang Rong sighed, "I still like the way you ignored me before." Then ...... Let's recover. ”

As if feeling the command, the line below was full of brilliance, and the merit value originally displayed was rapidly reduced from "nine thousand three hundred and sixty-one" to "eight thousand three hundred and sixty-one", and at the same time, a cluster of the same color flew out of the blue and gold official characters, turning into a vivid "one tail swimming carp" and shooting towards the blessing bell!

This time, instead of being bounced back, the "one tail of swimming carp" exploded into a ball of brilliant fireworks, and at the same time, the Fortune Bell stopped all tremors...... It rang.

Clang~

This is the first time that the bell of good fortune has been struck.

It is also the first blessing exchanged.

The bell in my ears is not loud, but it is dull and melodious, as if it has penetrated time, penetrated space, and spread into the boundless void.

Ouyang Rong stood in the white space in the tower, waiting expectantly for a while, until the bell ringing in his ears was far away, and then he looked around in a slight stunned manner.

Silence regained from the Pagoda of Merit.

Small wooden fish, blue and gold Lishu, and a blessing bell...... All back to the original state, and it is eternal tranquility.

After waiting for a while, it was still quiet.

"Is it exchanged in real life?"

Ouyang Rong thought for a while and muttered, turned around and left the Meritorious Tower, returning to reality.

Merlot Garden, the back room of the study, on the dark bed, the young county commander propped his hands back, got up with the quilt, and looked curiously at the left and right.

The house was quiet, only the insects in the courtyard were screaming, and it became more and more silent through the cracked windows.

"Well, I don't feel like anything has changed."

Ouyang Rong frowned suspiciously, lifted the futon and got out of bed and wandered:

opened the window for a while, pushed the courtyard door for a while, and even in the middle of the night, he ran to the door of the mansion in clothes and looked around, which attracted Zhen and others to visit curiously at night, and asked Tan Lang if he had an appointment with a girl who had a private meeting over the wall in the middle of the night.

“……”

Ouyang Rong prevaricated for a while, and before dawn, he returned to the room with a stomach full of doubts.

What about my good fortune, my great good fortune? Where did it go?

But stay until this difficult night is over, the morning is over, the morning is over, the afternoon is over...... The day was over, and Ouyang Rong finally stopped wondering.

Be confident, remove the "feeling", there is no change!

On the second day, on the eighth day of the morning, the young county commander was expressionless and walked into the gate of the county government.

"Senior brother...... Why do you have such deep dark circles? The waiting little junior sister asked.

"No, it's fine." He shook his head, "I'm fine. ”

It's just that he was deceived by the slag clock and made a thousand merits......

Wait, is it going to cheat another 10,000 another day!?

Ouyang Rong suddenly became bored.

……

"Tan Lang, has the price of this rice dropped a lot? Isn't it still twenty dollars a bucket before the Dragon Boat Festival? ”

"It's like... Right. ”

Someone who was brought to shop was not interested today, but the beautiful woman next to him didn't seem to notice it, and continued to laugh:

"Tsk, this twelve dollars is really cheap, fortunately I didn't buy it before the Dragon Boat Festival."

The Silla maid who followed behind the beautiful woman and the handsome Langjun said happily:

"Big lady, the current price of rice is one mile a day!"

"Oh?"

"I heard that every morning when the East Market opens, there are people who sell grain at a low price, and a bucket of rice only costs five yuan."

"And this kind of good thing, could it be that the old grain is sold cheaply?"

"No, it's good white rice."

Ban Xi shook his head, and said: "But I heard that this 'five-money rice' is only sold for one hour every morning, and each household is only limited to buying half a stone every day." Nowadays, many people go to squatting every day. ”

"It's like charity, but it's really powerful."

Zhen shook his head and chuckled: "No wonder the price of rice in these grain shops has fallen, one price a day." ”

"Big lady, do we want to let the next person squat tomorrow?"

Zhen didn't bother to reply:

"What kind of family are we, don't you want to be decent when you line up to grab rice? Besides, Tanlang is the order of a county, how can he compete with the people for profit and give it to the people in need. ”

Half stunned: "Oh, it's still a big lady who is thoughtful and generous!" ”

Under the black gauze hat covering his face, Zhen shook his head gently, and the evaluation of the Silla maid behind him in his heart, in addition to "Mu Qiang and timid, clever and unbroken", there was also another "see small profits and forget the great righteousness".

But if you think about it carefully, a foreign female slave who came from Dongyi to admire the king, and she has never read a book, and it is normal for her to have long hair and short knowledge, is it possible to expect her to be knowledgeable and well-informed? It's not the princess of Goguryeo in Romance......

So as long as you are well-behaved and good-looking, you will be done, because the most important thing is to please the male host.

This is also the minimum standard in Zhen's heart, just please Tan Lang like it.

It's a pity that his baby Tanlang habit seems to be a little remote, and in addition, he is lukewarm and polite to the maids at home...... Isn't that just dislike? If you like it, where do you need to be polite? Just 'deceive' and it's over.

Zhen became more and more convinced of the necessity of today's trip to the West Market.

She said casually: "One price a day, then don't buy too much, today I will bring five buckets of rice back to Merlot Garden, and then buy it after eating." ”

Where did Ban Xi know that he had deducted a big point again, but he was happy because he could go shopping with Lang Jun, who he hadn't seen for many days.

"Okay, Lang Jun, eldest lady, wait a minute."

Half of the busy nodded, and took the rice shop guy into the door to order rice.

Leaving Zhen, Ouyang Rong, and Liu Ashan waiting at the door.

This rice shop is located not far from the archway of the West Market, next to the street, in the morning, the traffic is busy, very lively, still immersed in the festive atmosphere of the Dragon Boat Festival.

This Dragon Boat Festival Dragon Boat Festival is not just held for one day, but lasts for half a month, the whole city is happy, even the surviving Zhen family, who has always lived in a simple place, wears a hat and black veil, and takes the maid and slave out to watch the dragon boat race, and catches Tan Lang to go shopping.

Originally, on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, Zhen wanted to call Ouyang Rong to go shopping together, and later called Xie Lingjiang to call him over.

However, the young county magistrate who loves the people like a child also works overtime during the holidays, and the organization of the Dragon Boat Festival is busy, so the little junior sister refuses in the past.

In the next few days, Ouyang Rong was busy greeting Wang Caozhi and other foreign grain merchants...... After a while, I was just free today, and I was caught by my aunt.

Right now, walking all the way from the East Market to the West Market, almost all of them are Zhen and Ban Xi talking.

Liu Ashan is an old man, and it is normal not to speak, while Ouyang Rong seems to be in a bad mood, and his face is a little ...... There is no love in life.

Zhen and Ban Xi and the other maids actually carefully observed his face openly and secretly all the way.

Ouyang Rong may not know that as the only male and pillar of the family, a little change in his face can affect the cloudy atmosphere at home.

Outside the rice shop, Zhen's fingers lifted a little black veil, revealing a pair of bright Danfeng eyes, staring at him without blinking.

The kind of hat she wears, made of soap yarn, has a wide brim around it, and there is a sagging thin silk under the eaves, which is long to the neck to cover her face, also known as "shallow exposure", which is very popular among the boudoir women and girls in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and is often worn when traveling on the street.

At present, Zhen is wearing this kind of light black gauze material, which is very good-looking, consistent with the identity of the widow, and has the temperament of the deceased, especially with Ouyang Rong, who is dressed in slender white clothes and gentle as jade, and is very popular with pedestrians on the street.

The woman whispered, "Tan Lang is tired of shopping?" ”

Ouyang Rong nodded truthfully: "It's a little bit, but it doesn't matter." Auntie, you can have fun, nephew is casual, just come out for a walk and relax. ”

Zhen sighed, his face was very distressed, he lifted the black veil, put two fingers on the gardenia-scented red handkerchief, and touched Ouyang Rong's somewhat deep eye bags, and the latter helplessly leaned back to dodge.

"The county government is busy, you let your subordinates do it, don't you just work with money to support them, Tan Lang is dedicated to the public, but you don't have to do anything, you are a laborer, let them work hard to ......"

Uncle and aunt nagged, Ouyang Rong nodded obediently, and replied, but in fact, the aunt told a lot, and she didn't talk about the real idea at all, just like the wind in her ears.

Because she didn't know the specific facts, the advice she gave was either because of this or that, and he couldn't take it. And if Ouyang Rong wanted to explain his thoughts to Zhen carefully, it was not very practical, and he was not so patient.

What to do? For this kind of family care, Ouyang Rong only understands one mantra for the time being: calm down and don't argue.

"Hmph, every time I am diligent and honest, but when I look back, it hasn't changed at all, are you coaxing your uncle as a little girl?"

Zhen grinded his teeth in annoyance, and poked Ouyang Rong's shoulder with his index finger.

The latter laughed and said nothing.

At this time, Ban Xi went out with the guy carrying rice.

"How much?" Zhen asked casually.

"Courtesy, sixty dollars."

The guy in the rice shop put down the rice bag, reported the number with a smile on his face, and went to take out the purse, Ouyang Rong reached into his arms, took out some spare money, and handed it over quickly.

He turned his head to the curious Zhen and smiled:

"The ten yuan that my aunt gave me last time, in addition to the banquet in Yuanminglou and the ransom money for Ah Shan, there happened to be sixty yuan left...... Just use it cleanly and comfortably. ”

Zhen couldn't help laughing, "It turns out that Tan Lang is so housekeeper. Okay, this rice money Tan Lang is coming, wait for the money later, my aunt will come. ”

Ouyang Rong, who was about to bend down to carry rice, was stunned, "What kind of money will you wait for a while?" ”

Zhen didn't answer, turned his head to the tall thin man wearing a forehead scarf behind him, and tilted his chin to signal.

Liu Ahan immediately stepped forward and carried a bulging rice bag containing five buckets of rice.

"Auntie, Ah Shan is not from our family, he is a free body."

Ouyang Rong frowned and stopped, and Zhen smiled and nodded.

Ouyang Rong stretched out his hand to pick up the rice, but Liu Ashan was stubborn.

Zhen suddenly asked: "Why didn't Tan Lang sleep the night before and go out to toss?" ”

Ouyang Rong wanted to speak, but this was not a question and answer question she gave, it was a fill-in-the-blank question.

Zhen nodded firmly, and asked himself:

"It should be a long night, an empty room and a lonely room. Let's go, I have to pick a warm bed maid to go back today, Tan Langshang replied. ”

"......" Ouyang Rong.

Auntie's map of Yan Country is getting shorter and shorter.

(Big chapter, a little late...... Now it's two chapters a day to base upon. Also, don't wait, good brothers in the next chapter, go to bed early, and get up tomorrow to read it...... can't survive Xiao Rong's woo woo)

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