Inside the carriage, Ouyang Rong was stunned when he heard this:

"What, does it matter?"

Ah Qing's fingers silently pulled the baggage belt, lowered his head and said:

"The flower that the master folded for me."

"So that's it."

Ouyang Rong breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "It's not important, you just don't fall behind." ”

Ah Qing whispered: "It's very important, this is ......"

As if sensing the eyes of the beautiful big sister in the carriage who was stressing her a lot, she paused and explained softly:

"It's a birthday gift...... My mother said that the birthday gift is someone else's heart, and no matter how small things are, they must be kept and cherished. ”

Ouyang Rong waved his hand: "It's okay, I'll give you another one tomorrow." ”

Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered the merit value that had suddenly skyrocketed in the morning, as well as the speculation not long ago.

Is that really the case?

Ouyang Rong turned his head and asked directly:

"Wait, Ah Qing, how did you get the origami flowers?"

Ah Qing hugged the warm burden in his arms, looked into his eyes, and said truthfully:

"I work in a breakfast shop in the morning market every day, and I know an old craftsman, I help him bring wine every day, and for a year or two, the old craftsman gives me a lot of errand money.

"In the morning, he saw the old man's folded flowers, and he seemed to like it very much, and asked me to ask for it, and I was not too embarrassed to shirk it, so I borrowed him, and then I was in a hurry to go to the workshop to work, and he was still looking at the flowers, I was not embarrassed to urge people, so I left first, and asked him to return me tomorrow."

The delicate girl with a red forehead looked up and asked:

"Master, I'll go over again tomorrow, just one trip, I'll go and get the blue butterfly flowers back, and then give all the wine stored in the back kitchen to the old craftsman, and say goodbye to him, by the way, there is also Sister Cheng who opened the morning shop......"

Ouyang Rong shook his head silently.

"No, I can't go again." After a pause, he comforted softly:

"Ah Qing, not all separations have to say goodbye, you are still young, don't miss the old, look forward."

Xie Lingjiang glanced at the senior brother with a gentle voice.

The latter continued to speak:

"Ah Qing, this old craftsman who borrowed your flowers, do you know what he does in the sword shop?"

"He should have forged a sword, he wore a craftsman's clothes, and like many of his guests, he should be a sword-forging craftsman."

"Do you know what kind of sword furnace the sword was forged?"

"I don't know, but it shouldn't be those big sword furnaces by the lake."

"Then does he have anything special, such as identity, such as before?"

Ah Qing saw the serious expression on the old man's face, she pursed her lips and thought hard, and then shook her head helplessly:

"It doesn't seem to be, it's just that the character is a little lonely, I guess...... It should be that there is no wife, and he lives alone. The old craftsman didn't say a few words to me, and the one time he talked the most was to borrow flowers this morning. ”

"Is that so?"

Ouyang Rong was thoughtful.

He was actually quite suspicious that it was this strange old man who borrowed flowers who saved A-Qing intentionally or unintentionally, or received some kind of help from paper flowers.

This is also the possible source of that large amount of inexplicable merit in the morning.

Subsequently, Ouyang Rong asked A Qing about the characteristics of the old craftsman's work, but he didn't gain much, but he kept it in his heart.

Ouyang Rong introduced Ah Qing to Xie Lingjiang again, and one big and one small looked at each other for a while.

"Miss A-Qing's eyes are so big, very good-looking." Xie Lingjiang said seriously.

"Sister Xie too!" Ah Qing said with a raised face.

The latter sentence made Ouyang Rong want to be a little crooked, and his eyes glanced at the little junior sister's broad mind.

After reacting that Ah Qing couldn't mean this, he quickly withdrew it.

About a quarter of an hour later, the carriage stopped outside a simple farmhouse, and Ah Qing said goodbye and got off.

The carriage continued.

There were only two people left in the carriage, and Ouyang Rong asked directly:

"Senior sister, I remember that you mentioned a thing called the Ding Sword before, does its casting need to be sacrificed by a living person or something?"

Xie Lingjiang immediately shook his head:

"Ding Jian is not an evil thing, how can it be sacrificed, senior brother, please remember that all the evil ways of killing and sacrificing in this world come from the group of magicians."

Ouyang Rong smiled and said, "I haven't seen it yet, but I feel that why are these magicians shouted and beaten?" ”

Xie Lingjiang nodded, "This is the consensus of the rivers and lakes, and that group can't be said to have no good people, but it's mixed." ”

Ouyang Rong bowed.

……

Early the next morning.

County office.

Ouyang Rong rubbed his face and walked into the office.

"Hey, why is my sister so early today?"

He said to the little junior sister who was looking down curiously at his paperwork behind the desk.

Xie Lingjiang wore a red dress today, inserted the book in his hand back into its place, and smiled lightly:

"Why, am I so lazy in the eyes of my senior brother?"

Ouyang Rong smiled, didn't answer, and walked to the back of the table.

Since that day, Xie Lingjiang has been working with him every day, in the name of protecting safety.

"Have you thought of the little wish that junior sister said last time?" Ouyang Rong lowered his head and asked.

"Not yet, what's the matter, senior brother is in a bit of a hurry?"

"I'm not in a hurry, as long as my junior sister doesn't give me a problem."

"What do you think is a problem?"

"And then the junior sister will follow suit, right?"

"Uh-huh."

Xie Lingjiang couldn't help but glance at it again: "Why is the left side of Senior Brother's face red?" ”

"Is it red?" Ouyang Rong touched the left side of his face and nodded helplessly:

"Recently, my aunt hired a new chef, and the dishes were a little spicy, and I accidentally ate too much, and I felt spicy on my face when I woke up in the morning."

"Senior brother, wash with cold water."

"Okay."

The two didn't take it seriously, changed the topic, and when the scribes in the hall arrived one after another, they began their business in the morning, until Xie Lingjiang came back from outside the office to report the news:

"Senior brother, someone from the Liu family is here, and Diao Xiancheng will receive it in the lobby."

"Let's go, let's see."

Ouyang Rong, who wanted to take advantage of the office break to fold another butterfly flower for Ah Qing, got up and said.

After a while, Ouyang Rong took Xie Lingjiang to the county hall with him.

As soon as they entered the door, the people from Diao County Cheng and the Liu family, who were originally drinking a cup of tea, got up and saluted.

"Haha Mingfu came just in time, Xiaguan will introduce you to you, this is Liu Fu, the big butler of the Liu family, and the Ming Mansion may know him.

"This is Uncle Chen of the Guyue Sword Shop, a famous sword-casting master in Longcheng County, and he is highly respected in the Guyue Sword Shop.

"Mr. Chen is also the leading craftsman sent by the head of the Liu family to assist the county government to rebuild the Di Gong Gate, and he has also helped the county government repair the Di Gong Gate once, which can be described as experienced.

"Ming Mansion, the Liu family is really full of sincerity this time."

Ouyang Rong was noncommittal, glanced at the familiar lame middle-aged servant, skimmed it, and then turned his gaze to another thin old man with a felt hat and a gray beard present.

Master of Swordsmithing?

He took a closer look and found that it didn't match the old craftsman described by Ah Qing yesterday.

However, there are many famous craftsmen in the Guyue Sword Shop, and there is more than one such sword-casting master.

Ouyang Rong nodded lightly, and said hello:

"It's going to be hard work for you guys."

The lame butler named Liu Fu clenched his fists and said respectfully:

"Lord of the county order, the young family owner sent the villain to send the money, it was all negotiated that day, and the young family master attached great importance to it. The one in the courtyard is the first stroke, five thousand runs, with the first phase of the Folding Wing Canal; The remaining 5,000 will be delivered on time before the start of the second phase of the Folding Wing Canal. ”

"Good work."

"I don't dare to do it hard, it's a matter of duty."

Ouyang Rong bowed his head, he was more concerned about Di Gongzha at the moment.

The Liu family's 10,000 yuan is just the icing on the cake for the county government.

Di Gongzha is half of the snow at the moment.

The old swordsmith known as Mr. Chen also stepped forward and chatted with Ouyang Rong about Di Gongzha.

Among the craftsmen, only the skilled and respected craftsmen will be honored as Mr.

However, Ouyang Rong pondered, the Liu family should not be so honest and directly send the most core and powerful craftsmen, this kind of existence is the most valuable core asset of the sword shop.

But this Mr. Chen in front of him, it should be more than enough to repair the Di Gong Gate.

Diao Xiancheng saw this scene of harmonious coexistence in the lobby, and couldn't help but smile.

When Ouyang Rong sat back with him to drink tea, Diao Xiancheng came over and whispered:

"Before, I was an official, and I dared to blindly teach the Ming Mansion to 'play chess', but now I see that the Ming Mansion is still clever in its means, and this trick is perfect for boiling eagles...... Now with the cooperation of the Liu family, they sent silver and sent craftsmen, and the Di Gong Gate and the Folding Wing Canal both started construction...... There is no need to be afraid of the follow-up floods, the Ming Mansion is amazing! Xiaguan's admiration for the Ming Mansion ......"

Ouyang Rong lowered his head and sipped his tea, read the sluice gate drawings handed over by Mr. Chen, and listened to the sycophants of the county next to him as ears, well, invalid nonsense.

However, Diao Xiancheng has a good point, from the poverty and whiteness when he first came to the county government to the current Liu family to bow their heads and cooperate sincerely, it is indeed not easy to go all the way.

It's just that it's not yet time to think about the bittersweet ones.

Xie Lingjiang didn't join the chat in the lobby, she pulled out a chair, sat not far behind Ouyang Rong, took a pear from the fruit bowl, wiped it, and took a bite.

From time to time, she glanced at Liu Fu and Mr. Chen.

Xie Lingjiang's focus is different from others, always paying attention to the potential dangers around his senior brother.

Like at this moment.

She glanced at the lame butler's palm on the chair handle, and his right foot, which was wearing a cloth shoe, which he took half a step forward.

The craftsman surnamed Chen is not dangerous, but this lame housekeeper named Liu Fu is a practitioner.

However, Xie Lingjiang was sure that he could put the bitten pear in his hand on his head wearing a butler's hat at the moment when he broke out and threatened his senior brother's safety.

On the other side, Ouyang Rong didn't know the intimate little padded jacket behavior of his junior sister, he supported the armrest with his right elbow, lowered his eyes to read the finished drawings, and handed them back to the old craftsman opposite, who asked:

"Lord Prefectural, if there is no problem, the villains will start repairing according to this plan, and construction will start tomorrow."

"Okay." Ouyang Rong bowed his head: "Next, I have to work hard for Mr. Chen and all the masters." ”

"Your Excellency is gracious."

"Is there an approximate construction period?"

"If the rain is less...... Mr. Chen said carefully, "it should be within two decades." ”

Ouyang Rong raised his eyebrows, this is much faster than the first phase of the Folding Wing Canal, which has not even dug a third of it yet, and this is only the shallow digging of the first phase.

When the matter was finalized, the young county magistrate let out a sigh and took a cup of tea, Diao County Cheng saw this, seemed to have received a signal, and got up to send Liu Fu and Mr. Chen out of the lobby.

Just as everyone was about to go out, Liu Fu suddenly stopped and turned around, and under Xie Lingjiang's calm gaze, the lame steward took out a neat paper roll from his arms and presented it with respectful hands:

"One more thing. The county magistrate, this is the head of the family ordered the villain to bring, so that the villain must be handed over to the adult, and the head of the family said that the adult must be satisfied. ”

The young county commander, who was lowering his head and sipping the rim of the cup, looked up slightly, looked at the lame middle-aged steward and the roll of paper in his hand, and did not speak for a while.

Xie Lingjiang took the thing, looked down, looked at it with a slightly strange expression, and handed it to Ouyang Rong.

"Huh."

Ouyang Rong looked at it, smiled, turned his head to Liu Fulang, who hung his hand respectfully, and said:

"Go back and tell your master, the sincerity of the Liu family, the official has received it, and the official also has the sincerity to give it, the ribbon-cutting meeting proposed by the head of the Liu family that night, the county government will hold it, and the adults over there in Jiangzhou City, the official will also send someone to invite."

"Understood, my lord, the villain said goodbye."

Liu Fu and Mr. Chen were sent out by Diao County.

In the lobby, only a pair of brothers and sisters remained.

Xie Lingjiang couldn't help but say:

"Senior brother, this Liu family is quite upright, and before we can do it, they sent Ah Qing's redemption voucher."

"On the way? It's just a boat after the mind is disappointed. ”

Ouyang Rong's face faded with a smile, and he shook his head and said:

"In this way, I have been staring at Ah Qing for a long time. If we're any later, we might have some kind of moth. ”

Xie Lingjiang nodded thoughtfully.

"But it's easy to deal with smart people." Ouyang Rong laughed and said suddenly, "Go and call Ah Shan." ”

"Okay."

About half an hour later, Liu Ashan, who had gone out to run errands, hurriedly returned and walked into the lobby.

"Master, what's going on?"

Ouyang Rong handed Ah Qing's redeemed city voucher to the tall and thin man, who was stunned:

"Master, this is ......"

"It's A-Qing's redemption contract, sent by the Liu family, you don't have to do it anymore, A-Qing will be a free body with a good nationality in the future."

"The Liu family?" When Liu Ahsan heard this, he was not happy at all.

"That's right, the Liu family. The people we picked up yesterday, they prepared their things today, and they were very sensible. Ouyang Rong nodded with emotion, squinted his eyes and whispered: "Go and withdraw all the other eyeliners of Gu Yue Sword Shop, and settle down in the county government to do some other things." ”

Liu Ashan's face suddenly turned grim: "What does the master mean ......"

That's what it means. You have to be careful in the future, and this time you should learn a lesson. ”

"I see, sir." Liu Ahsan bowed his head.

"By the way, you go to Liulang now, and go together to get out the 'rats' in the county office, and you don't need to keep them anymore."

"Didn't the master say that he wanted to keep it?"

Ouyang Rong bowed his head lightly and sighed:

"Since the Liu family is so sincere, then if we don't have some sincerity, wouldn't it seem too petty?"

"Yes, sir."

Liu Ashan's face was serious, and he turned around to retreat.

"Wait, keep one of the 'rats' and clean up the rest."

Ouyang Rong changed his mind and paused, and his face was serious:

"One more thing. You go and bring your sister and aunt to live in Merlot Garden, Luming Street is safer, the yard on the outskirts of the city is too far, I don't worry. ”

"Thank you, sir, I'll go now."

Liu Ashan was a little moved and walked out quickly.

After the person left, Xie Ling Jiang E frowned slightly and said:

"This kind of ground snake is really annoying, and you have to guard against being bitten at any time. Senior brother, what should we do now? ”

"What to do? The old rules do, he beats him, I beat mine. ”

The young county magistrate gently spit out four words:

"Repair the gates, dig the ditches."