Ouyang Rong didn't suspect that there was something strange in Gu Yuejian's shop at first.

Until several things were recently connected by him:

Yun Mengze's strange water.

The Liu family's previous floods were unpredictable and prophetic preparations in advance.

The legend of the Ding and Ding swords, which contain mythical powers, may have the ability to induce floods.

The west bank of Butterfly Creek was once a precedent for casting a tripod sword.

The Folding Wing Canal may damage the unknown core interests of the Liu family.

and the Liu family's surprising patience and sincerity these days.

There are also doubts revealed in the matter of picking up Ah Qing a few days ago.

Strange old craftsman.

The inexplicable sword washing ceremony of the Jiasan sword furnace and the missing female spike worker.

The Qi Practitioner of the Warlock Dao Line......

The little junior sister may be affected by habitual thinking and inherent experience, but Ouyang Rong is a foreigner, habitually detached from the constraints of the things in front of him, and flies to some kind of God's perspective to watch and think.

His instinct was to have a vague sense that something was brewing around him.

And in the entire Longcheng County, Ouyang Rong has been to almost all of them, except for one place: Guyue Sword Shop.

This is also a blind spot that he and the forces of Longcheng County cannot be involved for the time being.

It was like a small map covered with the fog of war, almost explored by him, but there was still a small area in the center, and the gray fog was always haunting.

How not to make people want to move.

So on that day, after the Liu family sincerely returned A-Qing's deed of sale, Ouyang Rong agreed to Liu Ziwen's previous request, and personally wrote a letter to Jiangzhou City, inviting Lord Shen to patronize Longcheng County to participate in the ribbon-cutting ceremony of Di Gongzha.

Then he turned his head and asked Yan Liulang and Liu Ahan to step up their preparations.

On the west bank of Butterfly Creek, there is a suspicious sword shop.

Ouyang Rong's search was confirmed.

Only by going in and finding out once can he leave with confidence.

Ouyang Rong, who was on the back chair, opened his eyes.

Looking at the empty hall, he muttered:

"It seems that the merit value has increased a lot in the past few days...... Gotta check it out. ”

Since the morning before yesterday, a series of crisp wooden fish sounds have sounded in Ouyang Rong's ears, and a sum of merit has been credited one after another.

At first, he was quite vigilant, reflecting on whether it was something similar to Ah Qing, but later he found that this wave of merit value increased in an endless stream, from morning to night.

Although the frequency is not intense, the amount of each time is not too large, and some are short, but it is better to last.

A long stream of water is king.

This wave is somewhat similar to the period of merit growth after Ouyang Rong built a disaster relief camp on the outskirts of the city.

Later, Ouyang Rong roughly determined the source.

Combined with the Di newspaper I received a few days ago, there is also a letter of gratitude from the Xingzi County Commander who visited Di Gongzha.

It should be the more than 160,000 stone grain he raised, and Yuguan arrived in Jiangzhou City and the disaster-stricken counties, and began to play the role of life-saving food.

Ouyang Rong was at ease.

Then he concentrated his attention and faded away the noisy effect of the continuous crisp wooden fish sound in his ears, which was a method he had accidentally figured out before, which could reduce the movement in his mind, and it could be regarded as entering the Do Not Disturb mode, which would not interfere with Ouyang Rong's daily office and life, and could receive timely feedback.

But in fact, he is also a little accustomed to hearing the sound of wooden fish, after all, he is a man who can sleep peacefully while listening to the Great Compassion Mantra......

This wave of long-lost large amounts of merit into the tower made Ouyang Rong a little refreshed.

It has only today slowed down the pace of growth.

Right now, while the little junior sister seemed to be in a daze on the porch outside the door, she didn't come in to disturb.

Ouyang Rong closed his eyes and once again entered the old ancient tower above his heart.

It's still the same.

The tower is silent.

The Blessing Bell was quiet and there was no fever.

The blue-gold font above the small wooden fish rests silently on a line of numbers:

[Merit: 12,081 thousand]

A new high.

Previously, the highest merit value was only "11,631".

As a result, he later exchanged for a good fortune of 3,000 merit points in Yunshui Pavilion, which fell below the bottom line of his heart of 10,000 merit points.

At the moment, it finally rose back again, and even slightly superseded.

The more than 160,000 stone of grain that was produced was not donated in vain.

Ouyang Rong's expression was pleased, and he felt a little clear when he looked at the little wooden fish in front of him.

I couldn't help but reach out and touch the quiet and well-behaved it.

Not to mention, it feels round, warm, delicate and smooth in texture, and it's really good.

He let out a long breath and relaxed.

This is called having "food" in your hands and not panicking in your heart.

With a minimum of 10,000 merits, Ouyang Rong can go to the Pure Land Palace at any time.

The initiative is in his hands.

Besides, there are so many more, it is estimated that no matter how you deduct it, there will be a surplus.

Ouyang Rong thought about it carefully, and he didn't have any merit deducted recently.

Occasionally, I took a carriage or the bow of a boat, and the bumps on the road were too big, and I couldn't help but glance at the little junior sister all the way with concern, as if she had not deducted merit points.

I don't know if it's because the little junior sister didn't find out the whole process, or because the righteous gentleman can try it for free.

What? Can't help but look at it? Honestly?

Ouyang Rong is not a saint.

He has spoken to people since the Pure Land Palace.

Even if it integrates the memories of the righteous man and gentleman in this life, it is still dominated by the thinking of the previous life.

And these days, in order to go back, I try my best to suppress myself and strive to be a good gentleman, so there is only this reserved program of "junior sister is not guarded" on weekdays.

But the real situation is that the "Haoran righteousness" in his body is about to overflow.

After all, the guy who was able to join a strange graduate school entrance examination group and silently saved the album when he saw the group friends posting pictures, what else could he be too serious?

So let the child go, it's almost irrepressible...... Ouyang Rong cleared his thoughts and turned around to leave the Meritorious Pagoda.

Before leaving, he seemed to remember something, and couldn't help but glance back at the Fortune Bell that seemed to be in the time of a sage.

"I almost forgot, the good fortune of 3,000 merit points doesn't seem to have come yet...... It's been so many days, why hasn't there been any movement? ”

Ouyang Rong shook his head, muttered a few words, and turned his head to leave.

Behind him, a certain bronze ancient bell did not move at all.

……

The bright moon is like frost, and the wind is like water.

At night, the evening style from Oe is cool, blowing away the dampness of the day.

Just when Ouyang Rong took Xie Lingjiang to return to Merlot Garden for dinner for a day.

At the other end of Longcheng County, there is also a family having dinner.

In the dining room of the Liu family's mansion, the three brothers Liu Ziwen, Liu Zi'an and Liu Zilin, together with Liu Ziwen's wife, Xu, sat around a small round table and ate with their heads immersed.

The table was quiet, only the sound of dishes and chopsticks touching.

Liu Ziwen ate in silence.

Liu Zi'an and Liu Zilin didn't speak first.

The eldest sister-in-law, Xu, is familiar with the two brothers-in-law.

Since the last trial on the street outside the county yamen, Liu Zilin's personality has been a lot lonely after recovering from his injury.

It is estimated that it was because he was beaten all the times in his life under a young county commander, and later he was forced to kneel down and apologize to the young county commander and the noble daughter of the Xie family in Yuanming Building.

A certain Liu family san estimated that it should have been rectified, and it was a little broken.

The arrogant arrogance on his body before was extinguished by a basin of cold water, or silently hidden.

Anyway, the Liu family's dinner table is quite quiet recently.

One less character who likes to be arrogant and babble.

In the hall, halfway through dinner, a maid suddenly came and whispered a few words to the Xu family, it turned out that the young son was crying and wasting food, and the Xu family told the three Liu brothers, and then took the maid and left quickly.

Liu Ziwen and Xu have a flat relationship, the former is dedicated to the family business, but the husband and wife have a son, named Chuanzhi.

"Big brother, do you want to take a look?"

Liu Zi'an silently withdrew his gaze from the back of his eldest sister-in-law's departure, took the lead in breaking the silence at the dinner table, and tried to ask the eldest brother.

Liu Ziwen lowered his head to eat, his eyelids did not rise, he reached out to pick up the vegetables and said, "The woman's business." ”

At this moment, a lame butler came to the hall, his hands hanging at his side, and he stopped respectfully and waited

After eating the rice in the bowl, he took the white handkerchief handed by the slave maid and wiped his mouth, and said lightly:

"Say."

Liu Fu said solemnly:

"The head of the family, about the ribbon-cutting ceremony of Di Gongzha, the county order has a reply, and the county order said that the supervisor Lord Shen was invited to come, and Lord Shen replied and agreed, and he will participate as promised."

"Not bad." Liu Ziwen bowed his head.

Liu Zi'an put down the bowl, and Liu Fu and the others saw their eyes and retreated.

Only the three Liu brothers were left in the house.

Liu Zi'an groaned:

"Big brother, how did this Ouyang Lianghan agree so happily, and he really invited someone, will there be fraud?"

Liu Ziwen looked at him: "If there is fraud, you have to have a life to do it." ”

Liu Zi'an was thoughtful.

Liu Zilin, who was cooking next to him, couldn't help but stop chopsticks and ask:

"Big brother, second brother, didn't you say you want to be beheaded? Directly let the swordsman who eats and drinks on, and what kind of ribbon-cutting ceremony are you preparing for later? ”

Liu Zi'an frowned:

"Who said that a 'sword' must be used for decapitation, no matter how sharp the sword is, there is a risk of backlash. If there is a four-tael method that can have the same effect, why do you want to use a 'sword' to dirty your hands? ”

Liu Zilin was stunned for a moment, "Second brother is saying that you will prepare with both hands?" One trick doesn't work, and then another trick? ”

He paused, and suddenly realized:

"So Di Gongzha's ribbon-cutting ceremony is also a decapitation? It can also make Ouyang Lianghan's dog head fall to the ground! Can you save a 'sword'? ”

Liu Ziwen and Liu Zi'an didn't answer when they heard this, as if they were too lazy to say more, and didn't care about Liu Zilin, whose face was excited.

Liu Zi'an's face turned to show some worry, and he said in a hesitant tone:

"Big brother, that's the inspector sent by the imperial court to investigate the disaster relief case, will it be ...... if we do that?"

"What does it have to do with our Liu family?"

Liu Ziwen suddenly tilted his head, and he asked with a 'curious' expression:

"Isn't the Di Gong Gate built by the county government supervision, our Liu family is just paying for it, everything is only Ouyang County Decree and Longcheng County Ya Ma are the first to look forward, what do we have to do?

"Besides, the Di Gong Gate is not without a precedent for collapse."

The young head of the Liu family said lightly:

"And the people of the county all said that there was a dragon king under the water, and the dragon king was dissatisfied with the county's parents and officials who had demolished the temple for a long time and did not worship it, so he was angry and crashed into the Di Gong Gate, and as a result, he accidentally died a county magistrate or other officials, which is quite reasonable, isn't it...... This is a natural disaster, a natural disaster.

"No matter what, it has nothing to do with our Liu family, and no one wants to splash dirty water."

Liu Zi'an frowned slightly:

"Big brother, it's not that I don't dare to do it, I'm just afraid of the follow-up impact...... If someone above wants to say that it is a 'man-made disaster' and wants to investigate it to the end, it may be troublesome, after all, it is the imperial court official......"

Liu Ziwen preemptively said: "Then clean up your hands and feet, Di Gonggong has collapsed many times, and I haven't seen anyone suspect anything...... Moreover. ”

He paused, his face was meaningful, and he said to the sick young man in brocade clothes opposite:

"Second brother, we are not without people, why do you think I want to ask the inspector to come over? Just a whim? Killing one Ouyang Lianghan is actually enough for us, why provoke an inspector if we have nothing to do? ”

Liu Zi'an sighed: "I thought that the eldest brother was worried that this supervision envoy in Jiangzhou would interfere in Dragon City and affect our major affairs. ”

"Maybe it's possible, but it's not the main reason."

Liu Ziwen also sighed:

"Second brother, there are some things that our family can not decide, since we have been protected by the Wei family, we must also try our best to assist with some of the instructions from above."

Liu Zi'an said quietly: "For example, the family's affairs?" ”

Liu Ziwen didn't answer, reached out and took out a letter that had been opened once from his arms and handed it to Liu Zi'an.

Liu Zi'an and Liu Zilin, who was next to him, lowered their eyes and read the letter together.

After browsing and understanding the explanation of "above", Liu Zi'an inhaled slightly:

"This Jiangzhou New Thorn Shi Wang, is the backer that Boss Li invited for us?"

Liu Ziwen bowed his head and smiled:

"I have already invited Lord Wang, on the day of the ribbon-cutting ceremony of Di Gongzha, he will come with Shen Xisheng, and when the time comes......

"Ouyang Lianghan and the Longcheng County Ya cut corners for the water conservancy project to make the superintendent Shen and Ouyang Lianghan himself both killed, and there will be a Jiangzhou Assassin King to stand up, perform his duties, and thoroughly investigate the accident.

"Our Liu family is a good citizen of Longcheng, and we will cooperate well, and we will expose the perverse behavior of Ouyang Lianghan, the former commander of Longcheng County, who has caused anger and resentment since he took office in Longcheng, as well as the cronies and henchmen who have been planted in the county government, all of which will be completely swept away by Lord Wang, and thousands of people in Longcheng County will be given a good future.

"Second brother, third brother, what do you think of this big scene?"

Liu Zilin's face flushed with excitement, Liu Zi'an was thoughtful, and finally relaxed a little regardless of the look in his eyes.

Liu Ziwen's second brother Zhengse, who has always been thoughtful and thoughtful, said:

"Don't worry, the sky is falling, and there are tall people on top, Wei will not let us have an accident. Besides, all this will be dealt with by Lord Wang when the time comes, let's finish cooperating with Lord Wang's investigation, we will be honest and continue to forge swords, the date is approaching, don't worry about anything. ”

Liu Zi'an nodded slightly, as if he remembered something, pointed to the letter paper, and asked with a puzzled face:

"By the way, big brother, Wei asked Lord Wang to cooperate with us, what is the gift list that you want to find from Shen Xisheng? Is it important to Wei's to set up such a killing game. ”

Liu Ziwen didn't look at him, lowered his head and picked up the teacup, took a sip of hot tea, and said lightly:

"It has something to do with that family, let's not ask too much, just take care of the sword. These things belong to the king...... Dispose. ”

"Yes, big brother."

Liu Ziwen suddenly raised his head and put down the teacup:

"By the way, how is the thing that you told the Jade Maiden to prepare? If you want to hold a 'grand and splendid' ribbon-cutting ceremony, you can't do without it. ”

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(End of chapter)