"Lady Lady is all right......"

"Shut up!"

As soon as Ouyang Rong opened his mouth to break the silence, he was lightly interrupted by Rong Zhen.

At the same time, he also felt a jade hand that grabbed his thigh in a hurry.

Ouyang Rong looked back at the door, found that there was no one, breathed a sigh of relief, looked down, Rong Zhen was the same as him, and withdrew his eyes from the door.

Equally relieved.

After looking at each other for a short time, Ouyang Rong bent down to help people:

"The floor is slippery, be careful......"

Before he finished speaking, Rong Zhen suddenly let go of his hand, pushed his leg down, and moved away from him, and at the same time turned his head, coldly ignoring the palm he stretched out to support people.

"You, you carry it." Rong Zhen lowered his head and whispered.

Ouyang Rong could only see her forehead-covering bangs from a condescending angle, and he couldn't see her specific expression.

I had to withdraw my hand, turn around and take a few steps, and turned my back to the cold, cold palace girl who was on the ground with her elbows after losing his support.

Don't look at indecent acts.

After all...... This has always been a high-minded and stereotypical and decent female historian, and the posture of falling to the ground and kneeling is indeed not very elegant.

"Lord Nushi, it's okay to talk to the lower officials." Ouyang Rong stared at the door with his eyes and reminded him warmly.

Behind him, Rong Zhen was silent.

After a while, Ouyang Rong heard the sound of thin rustling, as if smoothing the fabric of his clothes, as well as the sound of moving footsteps and the sound of crutches hitting the floor.

He turned back tentatively, and looked around.

found that Rong Zhen had already stood up, leaning on crutches and moving towards the table, looking from Ouyang Rong's perspective, he saw the angle of his side face, his face was expressionless, and he looked cold and indifferent.

Under the continuous gaze of him, an outsider, this cold and cold palace girl raised her chin slightly, just like countless times in the past, she was strong and resolute in front of people, and the fall just now seemed to have never happened, if it weren't for Ouyang Rong still remembering the gaffe cry.

"Alright, come here."

Rong Zhen walked to the table and glanced at someone who was stunned.

"Okay."

Ouyang Rong nodded quickly and stepped forward to take a seat.

He breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show some smiles.

It's not because of Rong Zhen's attitude.

It's because after seeing the indecent and ugly state of this Rong Zhennu Shi, she didn't deduct any merit, which can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune.

As for the rest, don't bother to think about it.

In addition to the little sister and the child daughter-in-law who is a little indebted, he usually doesn't guess what other women think, mainly because it's a waste of time.

Rong Zhen stretched out his hand.

Ouyang Rong handed out the wire report, sat at the table, and waited for her to browse while pouring tea.

After a while, Rong Zhen covered up the online report.

Her eyelashes drooped, and she thought for a moment before asking a few questions.

Ouyang Rong's answer was like a stream.

"What's going on with the Donglin Giant Buddha?" Rong Zhen changed the subject.

Ouyang Rong didn't speak immediately, took out a handkerchief from his arms, and after opening it, he revealed a few pieces of broken mung bean cake and handed it over.

"Thanks, no." She shook her head, her eyes still staring at Ouyang Rong, not the pastry.

So someone had no choice but to twist a piece of mung bean cake by himself, put it in his mouth, and muttered:

"The Xunyang Grottoes are going well, but it may have to be postponed a little later."

Rong Zhen immediately said: "No! ”

Ouyang Rong shook his head and nodded again: "Actually, it's not a postponement, it's as scheduled." ”

"What do you mean, you make it clear."

"With the current manpower and material resources, if the current speed is maintained, it can be completed on time, but ...... It is the completion date that was issued by the imperial court at the beginning. ”

"Isn't that an extension? It's later than the date you said to Hongu before, not what the extension is. ”

"It can be understood that way."

Rong Zhen suppressed the color under his eyes and said coldly:

"Let's start with the reason."

Ouyang Rong lowered his eyes and looked at the teacup:

"First of all, because of the material of the mountain stone, the excavation of the grotto is more difficult than expected.

"Secondly, now there is a war on the front line, and the logistics all fall on the Jiangzhou lobby, not long ago, the new commander of the Chinese army battalion Shi also ran back, negotiated with the lower officials, and urgently transferred a manpower."

Speaking of this, Ouyang Rong shook his head:

"This matter has to be helped, the front-line war is also important, and now I see, after the transfer of manpower, there are indeed results, and there is nowhere to blame.

"In addition, winter will soon begin, according to the calculation of the time when the heavy snow closes the mountain after the winter in previous years, even if the snow continues to dry as soon as the snow melts, it will be stopped for half a month, which is another time loss.

"In all of this, the Donglin Giant Buddha will be later than expected."

Rong Zhen first clenched the wire report in his hand, and then released it again, maintaining a calm tone:

"How late?"

"The details are still being calculated, and it is expected to be a few months. In the past two days, the Jiangzhou lobby and the prince are planning the construction of the winter. ”

"Has the matter of the postponement been reported to the imperial court?"

"Well, not for the time being, I came today, and I also discussed with the female historian in advance, and the lower officials are going to Luoyang with the prince in the next two days, and explain the situation."

Rong Zhen stared at Ouyang Rong's eyes with composure, and pointed to the point:

"What if Your Majesty is angry."

Ouyang Rong's face seemed to be a little strange, and he asked curiously:

"Xia Guan calculated, and in the worst-case scenario, the big Buddha here in Jiangzhou will be completed at the latest, and it will be faster than the completion time of Luoyang's Great Zhou Songde Tianshu.

"And looking at the four states, well, now it is Sanzhou, Yangzhou, the lower official entrusted someone to ask, the progress is not much different from the completion date after the extension of our side, not to mention the financial and material resources are not as good as Yangzhou's Taiyuan."

Ouyang Rong shook his head:

"Anyway, our Jiangzhou is definitely not the latest to be completed, it's just not as fast as before, why are Your Majesty and the princes of the court dissatisfied?"

Facing Ouyang Rong's puzzled eyes, Rong Zhen pursed his lips and was silent, his eyes lowered, and his gaze fell on the crutches that seemed to be used by the old man.

This crutch should have been found by the imperial doctor temporarily, and it was relatively old-fashioned.

Ouyang Rong also followed her gaze and landed on the crutches.

There was silence at the table.

Ouyang Rong couldn't help but speak first:

"Is there anything hidden in the Donglin Giant Buddha that the lower officials don't know? Wasn't this Buddha built together with the Great Zhou Songde Tianshu to promote Buddhism and pray for national fortune? ”

Rong Zhen didn't look at him, he stood up again with his elbows on the table, and waved his hand to refuse Ouyang Rong's support.

She propped up her crutches towards the bed, and moved slowly, as she turned her back and dropped the words:

"There is no reason, Jiangzhou is now as early as possible, this is ...... It is His Majesty's ardent expectation, and it is also one of the reasons why this palace was specially sent by His Majesty, as long as you know this.

"Ouyang Changshi, well, looking at the fact that we have been getting along well recently, this palace has a little more mouth...... If this can be done, it will be Jane in the emperor's heart.

"Why did Guizhou Lan Changhao go crazy and pour out the state's wealth and manpower and build a statue quickly? Want to get the first flower before your other three continents? Hasn't anyone called him to know how to win that vast grace?

"Now this opportunity is in front of Ouyang Changshi, everything that this palace can say has been said, don't ask anymore, think for yourself."

Ouyang Rong suddenly said:

"But the lower official is not Lan Changhao, and the head of this brother's platform is still hanging on the head of the city gate of Guizhou."

"But you are better than Lan Changhao, more than a little bit."

Rong Zhen frowned and interrupted, and after a pause, she explained:

"That's why Bengong will be patient to talk about this now, and others, Bengong is too lazy to talk about it."

Ouyang Rong calmly said: "But the female historian still has something to say to me." ”

"What?"

Rong Zhen turned a deaf ear, stopped in his footsteps, and said with his back to Ouyang Rong:

"Think about it again, there are always more ways than problems, this palace doesn't know much about making statues, only supervises the date, whether it is completed on time, and now that you are delayed, this palace must be managed, you take the way yourself."

Ouyang Rong tilted his head: "Try your best." ”

"As much as possible?"

Rong Zhen turned around with some dissatisfaction:

"What about the heavy snow blocking the mountains, everyone is working hard, don't stop work, continue to build statues."

Ouyang Rong's face became serious:

"Lady Shi hasn't been in Jiangnan before, has she? You may not know that the winter in the south is not as dry and cold as in the north, but wet and muddy, sleet, close to the river, the wind does not stop, and the winter snow period is forced to carry out construction, to dig the mountain wall, and in the morning there will be fog on the river bank and mountains...... It's dangerous anyway.

"It's not a matter of hard work and money, infamy can't run, even if the female master wants to replace it, Your Majesty and the court can't wash it away.

"Besides, when Xia Guan was in the temple of the Most Holy Ancestor in Jiangzhou, he promised in public that the scholars of Jiangzhou and the people of the city would never build a statue that would cost the people and money, and this was a promise.

"Anyway, as long as the subordinate is in office, he won't do this."

Ouyang Rong's tone was unusually firm.

Rong Zhen was silent.

After a while, she looked out the window and said with a somewhat dissatisfied expression:

"If the Buddha statue is built in the city and a standing statue is built, how can there be so many things, the palace has long wanted to say, Ouyang Changshi wants to choose what twin peaks outside the city, what stone carved Buddha statues, I heard that there will be many Buddha statues next to the Donglin Giant Buddha......"

Ouyang Rong interrupted:

"The Donglin Giant Buddha must be built first, and the Buddha statues in the back grottoes are only incidental, in order to share the cost evenly, collect more money from the rich and rich temples, and it will not affect the progress of the former. Moreover, if the Xunyang Grottoes are built, it will be the culmination of the Buddhist statue art of the various sects of Buddhism in the south of the Yangtze River, and it can be passed down for thousands of years. Not to mention that it is also a water conservancy project. ”

Rong Zhen frowned, looked back and said:

"But the palace inquired, the statues in other states, including the construction of the Songde Center in Luoyang, are all built in the city, which is a lot easier and more convenient, and there is no need to worry about the heavy snow closing the mountain in winter......"

Ouyang Rong shook his head:

"You have also seen it, Lord Nushi, there is no place to build statues in Xunyang City, so you can't go to demolish the houses. At the moment, it is already the best plan that the lower authorities can think of. ”

Rong Zhen looked him in the eyes: "There are some things that must be given and gained." ”

Ouyang Rong was silent for a while, and pursed his lips: "Then give up some time and postpone it a little." ”

Rong Zhen's face was calm and he wanted to speak.

Ouyang Rong stood up, put his hand on the table, and said in a serious tone:

"The benefits of the grotto statue have been said a hundred times ago, Your Majesty and the court have already agreed, so the construction started, why is the female Shi raising objections and complaining now."

Rong Zhen stopped talking.

The two held their positions and stalemate for a moment.

Until Rong Zhen sighed slightly and took the lead in breaking the silence:

"The palace has almost recuperated in the past few days, go and see it first, tomorrow morning, you come over on time, go out of the city together, go to the Xunyang Grottoes to take a look, and then make a plan."

Ouyang Rong nodded, turned around and left, not dragging mud and water.

Early the next morning, Rong Zhen had just finished dressing, holding the old-fashioned cane, and went out to wait.

Soon, at the gate of the courtyard, Ouyang Rong's figure arrived.

Rong Zhen was just about to speak, when he found Ouyang Rong handing over something.

She was slightly stunned.

I saw that this was an emerald green cane, very new, made of bamboo, like jasper.

This cane, more than five feet long, the bamboo body has been scraped, and the burrs on it have been carefully ground off by the minifigures, grinding the luster, and even one end is burned with fire, and then wrapped in iron sheet from the place.

Lightweight and durable, suitable for on-the-go use.

Apparently it took a lot of thought.

She looked at the handsome man in front of her, and saw that the bags under his eyes were a little heavy.

After Ouyang Rong handed out the jasper bamboo cane, he took out a piece of flax cake bought from a stall on the road from his arms, and said casually while gnawing on it:

"When you get to the top of the twin peaks in a while, you have to walk on foot, you try to change this one, it turns out that the one is too tall, the height of the female historian, it is awkward to use, and it is easy to fall on your head."

Rong Zhen silently stretched out his hand, and after taking it, he touched the handle of the jasper bamboo cane, which was smooth and round, strong and smooth.

I tried this new bamboo cane and found that it was really easy to use, the height was just right, and she walked a little faster with it.

"What are you doing to see me, are you hungry too? Doesn't the state medical office deliver breakfast to patients...... Oh, I can only divide half of you, and the lower officials are also hungry, and this half has never been touched. ”

After perceiving Rong Zhen's gaze, Ouyang Rong painfully broke half of the oil and hemp cake and handed it out.

Rong Zhen didn't take the cake, nor did he speak, retracted his gaze, and took the lead in the front, Ouyang Rong found that she still had a cold face.

Ouyang Rong had no choice but to follow, but after a while, some familiar sounds suddenly sounded in his ears.

It was the small wooden fish in a quaint small tower that was forced to open early in the morning.

Ouyang Rong couldn't help but glance at the cold back of the girl in cold palace clothes.

That's when it happened.

"Ouyang Lianghan, don't submit your postponement first, the prince will also persuade him to slow down, and then wait......"

Rong Zhen, who was walking in front, waved his hand without looking back.

Ouyang Rong was slightly stunned: "What are you waiting for?" ”

Rong Zhen's face was expressionless.

After a short time, the two took a carriage and traveled all the way west out of the city to observe the Donglin Giant Buddha under construction......

(End of chapter)

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