The Yuanminglou dinner was led by Wang Caozhi and several big grain merchants, and it was specially held for the young county magistrate.

There are also a number of Longcheng village gentry in addition to the Liu family.

The participants were all participants in the new construction of the Folding Wing Canal.

Originally, Ouyang Rong would not participate in this kind of banquet communication in the past.

Either let Diao County Chengdai participate, or let Liulang go through the motions and give him a substitute for wine.

Don't look at the delicious wine and delicacies in the restaurant, but generally can't clip a few chopsticks, unless you sit at the child's table to eat and drink peacefully, otherwise, honestly go back to Merlot Garden for dinner, isn't it fragrant, after eating, you can go back to the study, check Wei Lai's tea ceremony skills, and maybe by the way, you can also study the water treatment in depth......

But today, Ouyang Rong not only came, but also brought his little junior sister with him.

After all, tonight is special, and there are fish to be baitted.

Xie Lingjiang also rarely participates in this kind of entertainment between men.

However, at this dinner, I don't know if there was a noble five-surnamed concubine like Xie Lingjiang present, or Wang Caozhi and other grain merchants and squires who misunderstood something when they saw Ouyang Rong bringing her here.

After a dinner party, no one toasted Ouyang Rong too much, and they all stopped at the same time.

Ouyang Rong was so happy.

The Xie girl bit her lower lip lightly, looked down at the purple-red liquid swaying in the luminous cup, and turned a deaf ear to the smiling glances cast by the people around her from time to time, and did not explain more.

Occasionally, she couldn't help but quietly raise her head and look at the young man who was surrounded by Wang Caozhi, Shopkeeper Li, Cheng Yuanwai and others and chatting and competing to curry favor.

The young man is neither humble nor arrogant, he is familiar with the old fritters, turning his head from time to time, looking at a guest, smiling confidently to reply to some problems, and the atmosphere of the banquet is becoming more and more harmonious.

Xie Lingjiang looked at it silently, and his pretty face couldn't help but be a little fascinated.

In this incident of the Broken Wing Canal, she, the nominal master's staff, naturally knew the final result.

Under the operation of the elder brother, the Longcheng County Government not only bought all the more than 300,000 grain reserves in the hands of the Wang family's younger brother and a group of grain merchants and squires in the form of debts, but also used the new construction of the Folding Wing Canal and the new ferry port to recover all the debts in the hands of these debt-holding merchants.

It's really half an empty glove white wolf.

And not only that, the latter also posted a lot of money behind it, invested in the new construction, to help Longcheng County Ya build together, now they are busy with the folding wing canal, these days in and out of Longcheng County, transporting materials, searching for craftsmen, so that the progress of the folding wing canal is much faster.

In addition, the start of construction means that a large number of jobs have appeared, making full use of the idle young and strong ...... in the disaster relief camp

Several parties take what they need, and the effect of cash-for-work is remarkable, and she saw that Longcheng County and outside are in full swing.

In the entire county, everyone was busy in a circle drawn by the senior brother, but only one was excluded.

And Xie Lingjiang knew that Senior Brother came over tonight to recover the remaining family.

In the large box on the second floor of Yuanming Building, the cup was pushed and changed, and after the plan was missed, the dinner was coming to an end.

Ouyang Rong learned from Wang Caozhi and them that the progress of finding a sluice repair craftsman outside the county was not very smooth, but when he heard this time, he didn't rush too much, and just did what he could.

After three rounds of drinking, Wang Caozhi blushed drunk, leaned next to Ouyang Rong, and reminded in a low voice:

"Brother-in-law, you have to be careful of the Liu family lately...... We have moved the cake of the Liu family, but they haven't moved until now, which is very wrong......"

Ouyang Rong smiled, not much, but also nodded in response, accepting kindness.

At the moment, as the backbone of proposing and promoting the new construction of the Folding Wing Canal, the squires at this table certainly did not want anything to happen to him.

Ouyang Rong knew this.

And then, a few grain merchants and squires supported the wine, and came with a wave of "true feelings", asking Ouyang Rong to be careful of the Liu family's dog jumping off the wall in a hurry.

Seeing this scene, the corners of anyone's mouth couldn't help twitching.

The people at this dinner table were obviously fighting with Ouyang Rong for half a month.

However, as the banquet ended, soon, Wang Caozhi and other grain merchants and squires were surprised to find that the reminder they had just given to a young county magistrate seemed to be redundant.

Diagonally opposite, the door of a luxury box opens.

Liu Ziwen, and a lame middle-aged servant.

He was standing diagonally at the door of the van, as if he was waiting respectfully.

The former was dressed as an ordinary rich family member in a round-necked brocade robe, but the grain merchants and squires who went out of the house still recognized the young head of the Liu family at first sight.

"Lord of the county order, the grass people have been waiting for a long time, and please give your face to the seat."

Ouyang Rong's face was calm, and he passed by Liu Ziwen, who was saluting respectfully, and after taking a few steps, he seemed to have just taken out some attention and glanced at Liu Ziwen and the others.

He didn't speak, nodded imperceptibly, and led Xie Lingjiang to turn around and walk into the luxury box.

Liu Ziwen's face was a little embarrassed, and he didn't look at the grain merchants and squires who looked around him or were surprised or playful, he immediately turned around with his servants to follow up the box and closed the door tightly.

Outside the door, which of the people who were cut off from sight was a confused person, and when they saw the scene that had just happened in front of them, they immediately understood most of them, and they couldn't help but look at each other and show a narrow smile.

……

This box faces the street, the windows are closed, and the space is large, but there are very few people seated, so it looks a little empty.

Ouyang Rong took Xie Lingjiang to sit down.

In the middle is a large round table, filled with delicacies.

Opposite the two, Liu Ziwen also sat down, followed the lame servant at the door, and stood quietly behind him.

Ouyang Rong and Xie Lingjiang didn't touch the drinks and food on the table.

The former said directly:

"Master Liu asked the official to come over, but what advice do you have?"

Liu Ziwen shook his head:

"I don't dare to give advice, today Liu Mou set up this table to apologize, and respectfully asked the county magistrate, just to apologize."

His tone was quite sincere:

"My third brother is arrogant and domineering, I don't know what to do, I have repeatedly offended the county commander, and the grass people, as the elder brother, have no way to discipline him, which not only disgraces the Liu family, but also causes trouble to the county commander."

Speaking of this, Liu Ziwen did not reply and ordered: "Go and bring that evil beast up." ”

The lame servant opened the door and walked out, and after a while, he entered the door again, and behind him was honestly followed by a sturdy Kunlun slave, who carried a certain pale and weak young man on his back.

Obviously, the three young people of the Liu family, who were arrogant and domineering in the past, have not yet recovered from the seventy boards that almost killed people, and they are very "quiet and honest" at the moment.

Liu Ziwen looked ahead, didn't look at the third brother, and his face was serious:

"Kneel down and apologize to the county magistrate and Miss Xie."

Kunlun Nu put down Liu Zilin and walked out the door.

Liu Zilin's body was like a lump of mud, spread on the ground.

This unbeatable, perverse and domineering third young man of the Liu family, after the beating of life, seems to be gloomy and quiet.

Under the gaze of his brother, he got up with great difficulty, knelt down in front of the table, lowered his head, and made it difficult to see his face, only a weak and hoarse voice:

"Lord Prefectural, thank you...... Miss Xie, how offended, that day was ...... It's me who is too loud, and it's ...... Looking at Haihan, adults have a lot of ......"

In the next few words, the kneeling low-headed young man almost trembled and squeezed out one by one.

This wave bowed his head and admitted his mistakes, and it is estimated that the blow to him was no less than kowtowing to the lowly orchid on Luming Street that day......

However, the three people sitting at the dinner table didn't care too much about the feelings of the kneeling youth.

Liu Ziwen smiled, pulled up his right cuff and got up, lifted the wine jug, and poured a glass of wine himself.

He pinched the cup in both hands, leaned forward, handed it to Ouyang Rong, and said sincerely:

"Caomin respects the county and orders the adults to have a cup, and I hope the adults will have a lot of Haihan."

Ouyang Rong's gaze moved away from the kneeling young man with a blushing face in front of him, and glanced at the white porcelain slim cup on the table with a relatively clear liquid.

Xie Lingjiang stretched out his hand and picked up the wine glass and looked at it for a while, but he didn't know how she could tell it, anyway, he didn't take out any silver needles or hairpins to test the poison...... Xie Lingjiang quickly turned his head and nodded slightly at Ouyang Rong, indicating that it was not poisonous.

Ouyang Rong still didn't reach out to touch the toast.

He didn't speak, as if he were wandering.

Suddenly, Liu Ziwen was a little embarrassed.

The atmosphere in the box fell silent for a while.

Liu Ziwen's face was not annoyed, he squinted slightly, he turned his head, looked at Liu Zilin, who was still kneeling on the ground, and said coldly:

"Look at the good things you did, the county magistrate still hasn't forgiven you."

Liu Zilin trembled, and wanted to speak again: "I ......"

Liu Ziwen ignored him, looked at Ouyang Rong who was motionless, he smiled apologetically, and then ordered without looking back: "Go, bring that slut up for a toast." ”

The lame servant went out silently, and after a while, he brought in another person.

See who comes.

The young county commander's face remained unchanged.

And beside him, the long eyelashes of the Xie girl, who was originally sitting precariously and not squinting, trembled.

It's the tall orchid named Ori Ying.

Liu Ziwen tilted his head slightly, but his eyes were fixed on Ouyang Rong's white porcelain thin cup that had never moved, and he said lightly to the kneeling Hu Ji with a calm face:

"Go and toast the county magistrate and Miss Xie, everything is because of this slut, if the lord and Miss Xie don't drink your wine, then ...... Apologize for your crimes. ”

As soon as these words came out, the audience fell silent.

Yingniang trembled and fell to the ground.

Ouyang Rong saw that under the table, the little junior sister's bare hand resting on her lap was clenched.

(End of chapter)