"Rong Nushi is not here? Do you know where she went? ”

"I don't know, if you have any questions about Changshi, you can leave a message."

"It's okay, wait a little longer, excuse me."

"Yes, Long History."

A female officer bowed her eyebrows and left.

Only Ouyang Rong, who was outside the hall and looked a little surprised, was left.

I looked around.

I saw that the sun had passed the second quarter of the first month.

Today, he deliberately wore an orange sachet, wandered around the porch at the door a few times, saw no real figure, and turned to leave.

Ouyang Rong didn't go to the back door to find Ali to take a carriage, walked out of the gate of the Supervision Yuan, and walked around the pedestrian snack street not far away.

After a while, he returned to the Supervision Yuan, and he had an extra food box in his hand.

Ouyang Rong carried the food box, returned to the door of the hall, basked in the morning sun, squinted and waited for a while.

Soon, a familiar figure of a girl in a cold palace dress appeared in the distance.

Ouyang Rong patted his ass and got up.

"Why don't you sit on the threshold and not go in?" Rong Zhen frowned, then turned his gaze away and asked, "How long have you been waiting?" ”

"It's rare to get some sun. It didn't take long. ”

Ouyang Rong shook his head.

followed Rong Zhen, who took the lead, and entered the hall and sat down.

"Something in the morning." She said.

"Okay."

Ouyang Rong nodded and didn't ask more.

However, he turned his head to look at the expression of the girl sitting in the palace.

found that her eyebrows were slightly frowned, as if she was a little worried.

Ouyang Rong didn't ask.

At this time, Rong Zhen glanced at the orange-red sachet on his waist, and then at the food box in his hand that he wanted to hand back

"What is this?"

Ouyang Rong immediately put the food box on the table, took out two bowls of hot and misty Hu spicy soup, and placed them in front of the two of them.

He handed over a spoon: "Come on, come on, eat some, this spicy soup is good." ”

Rong Zhen's eyelids rolled up slightly, looked at Ouyang Rong, took the spoon, took a sip and said:

"Nothing to do."

Stopped, and did not say a word after that.

Ouyang Rong's face did not change, and he lowered his head and drank the soup.

Rong Zhen was silent for a while, took out a somewhat cold oil hemp cake from his sleeve, and handed it to Ouyang Rong.

The latter took it, broke it in half, returned to half, and took half of it.

The two tacitly cooperated with the hot soup and ate cold cakes for a while.

The atmosphere was quiet.

"In the morning, Miaozhen went back to Xunyang."

Rong Zhen put down his chopsticks, put his hands in front of his abdomen, and said softly:

"I also brought news from the prison in Luoyang."

"What news." Ouyang Rong asked curiously.

Rong Zhen did not elaborate, but was concise:

"Your Majesty is a little dissatisfied with the postponement of the Donglin Giant Buddha."

Ouyang Rong's face was not surprised, as if he hadn't heard it, and his expression remained unchanged:

"The latest official document of the Luoyang Imperial Court allows the Donglin Giant Buddha to be extended, but it also urges us to shorten the construction period as soon as possible, in addition, His Majesty has sent a Chinese envoy out of Beijing to Jiangzhou to inspect, sympathetic to the difficulties."

Rong Zhen nodded, as if he already knew, and sighed softly:

"Dissatisfaction is dissatisfaction, but Your Majesty is clear in his heart, Ouyang Lianghan, you and the Jiangzhou Hall did not mean it, the situation should be true, and there is still a master in the court to speak, so naturally you can only nod.

"It's just...... The Sacred Heart is unpredictable, and at the same time, a private envoy from the palace was sent to inspect it...... Ouyang Lianghan, this lieutenant envoy, you need to pay attention. ”

The cold and cold palace girl who has lived beside the empress for a long time stopped at the point, no longer said more, her eyes were lowered, and she concentrated on sorting out the cuffs of the palace skirt.

Ouyang Rong said in a grateful tone: "Thank you Rong Nu Shi for your advice." ”

Rong Zhen turned a deaf ear, as if he hadn't said anything just now, and he didn't understand anything.

Ouyang Rong boldly looked at her expression.

The two bends seemed to be frowning, looking out of the small blue sky and white clouds exposed on the eaves outside the hall.

"Rong Nushi still has a mind?"

Rong Zhen was quiet for a while, and suddenly asked:

"These days have been slack, and the matter of the butterfly love flower owner has not progressed for a long time. The last layout failed, and he lost his elite colleagues, and he also took a precious square face...... It's my fault. ”

Ouyang Rong glanced at the guilty and uncomfortable look on her cold face.

It is rare to see this cold and cold palace girl revealing her true feelings in front of people.

"Don't blame the female Shi, that thief is cunning."

After a pause, he asked with some concern:

"But Si Tianjian's side, there is accountability?"

Rong Zhen shook his head:

"There is no accountability, but the more this is the case, the more guilty I feel, these days of recuperation, thinking about it, this feeling is very heavy.

"This palace must catch this thief with his own hands, and regardless of past grievances, this thief is very good at concealment, if you don't get rid of it, after all, it is the biggest hidden danger that affects you and the Jiangzhou Hall to build the Buddha. Intolerable. ”

"Thank you for your concern." Ouyang Rong was a little moved.

He couldn't help sighing, rolled up his sleeves, and responded to the female historian's bitter criticism:

"It's really a vertical child, what kind of ability is hiding in Tibet? has the ability to show up in front of Rong Nushi, so I still respect him as a good man. ”

"Okay, no matter how much we scold, it's useless, think of how to catch this thief as soon as possible."

Rong Zhen shook his head, muttered to himself for a while, turned his head and asked:

"Ouyang Lianghan, do you have any new clues these days, those Yue girls haven't shown up again these days?"

"Uh, no."

As if she had expected it and didn't have any hope on his side, she didn't criticize Ouyang Rong harshly, frowning and analyzing:

"The previous paper, ink, and literary clues have been broken, and the rare ink essence has been lost, even if the palace is familiar with that literary atmosphere, it can be a huge Xunyang City, how to find it?

"He doesn't seem to be stupid enough to be self-defeating, after the last time he set up the battle, it must have been clear that we have a clue about his style, and now we should be more cunning and cautious."

"Makes sense."

Ouyang Rong nodded, and shook his head again:

"Hey, forgive me for being incompetent, even Rong Nushi and Si Tianjian are helpless, and I really can't think of anything to take it for granted."

"Normal, Ouyang Lianghan, you don't need to put too much pressure on yourself, in case you have a clue, come to this palace as soon as possible, don't be stupid, you are not the opponent of the lewd thief, remember."

"Good!"

He nodded like garlic, sighed with Rong Zhen, and asked:

"But it's a little strange below, good and decent, why is Rong Nushi worried that this thief will endanger the construction of the Donglin Giant Buddha, is it possible that our building of the Giant Buddha endangers him and makes him anxious?"

"Just saying it's possible."

With a vague sentence, Rong Zhen was silent again.

Ouyang Rong was also accustomed to it, looked at Rong Zhen's expression for a while, and suddenly asked:

"The Donglin Giant Buddha has not yet been built, you became anxious this morning, and you are anxious about this matter, is there some urging from the Tianjian side of the Luoyang Division? Could it be ...... Did Your Majesty also inquire about this matter? ”

Rong Zhen's eyes withdrew from the scenery outside the hall, looked at the weak-crowned elder beside him with a somewhat concerned face, and looked at it for a while.

Diverted the topic - anyway, after listening to it, Ouyang Rong felt that it had nothing to do with the question just now.

"Ouyang Lianghan, although they have been together for a long time, and some of them know the answer, but this palace still has to ask you a question."

"You speak. Don't be polite to me. ”

"Others say that you are a gentleman, this palace is very curious, there have been so many things in Xunyang City since these days...... Have you ever been selfish? ”

Ouyang Rong nodded without hesitation: "Yes." ”

"For example?"

"Can you be more specific?" He shrugged helplessly.

"Okay."

Rong Zhen nodded, looked directly at him the whole time, lowered his eyelids and said:

"Take the recent one, let Jiangzhou Hall promote the construction of low-rent housing on the outskirts of the city, and finally place Huang Xuan's father Huang Feihong in the past. Selfless? ”

"Yes." Ouyang Rong nodded in acknowledgement.

Rong Zhen's face remained unchanged, and he continued to ask:

"Go forward, dig the tip of the twin peaks, and push the public opinion to promote the construction of Xunyang Grottoes, can you have selfish intentions?"

"Yes." He sighed.

Rong Zhen also asked: "A little further back, did you have any selfish intentions in the original construction of the Folding Wing Canal for the benefit of the people in Dragon City?"

When Ouyang Rong heard this, he smiled and nodded:

"Yes."

"Okay, very honest."

Rong Zhen stared at his honest gaze for a while, and slowly asked:

"That'...... What about public spirit? ”

"Yes." After a pause, Ouyang Rong couldn't help but add: "I can't do without." ”

seemed to have a meaning, but Rong Zhen's eyes moved, he looked away, took a deep breath, and then asked:

"Then may I ask, are these things more selfish or public?"

Ouyang Rong's eyes looked straight at him, and he didn't answer more or less, but answered in order:

"Private first, then public."

Rong Zhen pursed his lips:

"Who's bigger and who's small?"

"Private small and public."

"Choose one or the other."

"Elect a public."

"Why?"

"The private one is temporary, and the public one is eternal."

Ouyang Rong did not pause, and his logic was clear:

"When one is one of a person, eternity is one of ten thousand.

"Between public and private, why do you choose one? Disparaging the other?

"Public and private are not always opposed, I think that selfishness is the selfishness of one person, and public selfishness is the common selfishness of tens of millions of people.

"Let the selfish desires of individuals closely follow the selfish desires of tens of millions of people and hold salaries for everyone, this is the public."

Rong Zhen didn't know when, he had already turned his head and looked at Ouyang Rong.

She listened with a somewhat stunned expression.

There seemed to be some kind of light brewing at the bottom of his eyes.

The atmosphere between the two was silent for a while.

"Isn't there a conflict between public and private...... So Ouyang Lianghan, do you want to be this kind of public? That...... What about the private? ”

She remembered something, her tone seemed to be a little low, and she asked herself:

"Is it the opposite of the opposite, taking the selfish desires of one person and one family to represent the selfish desires of tens of millions of people?"

Ouyang Rong nodded and whispered: "So the people of the world and the families of the world have become her fire." ”

"I... I see. ”

Rong Zhen stood up, lowered his head and quietly cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks he had eaten, and whispered softly:

"Take the current Xunyang Grottoes and the construction of Buddha statues as an example, your Majesty was ...... After the imperial court announced this construction, Shilin Qing was boiling, and various states and localities opposed it.

"Ouyang Lianghan, you were the first to respond to the imperial court, and even appeased thousands of scholars in the Temple of the Holy Ancestor, because you think that this selfishness can coexist with the public heart, right?

"And the premise of these, that is, the conditions that you promised to the people of Jiangzhou in public, do not work the people and lose money, and can also control the water and attract investment, which will have a lot of benefits for Jiangzhou."

Ouyang Rong nodded, and said with a little embarrassment:

"It's a pity that it has also led to the result that it must be postponed now, which makes you tired."

Rong Zhen didn't seem to hear it, and continued to talk to himself:

"There is also the matter of low-rent housing, Ouyang Lianghan, as a benefactor, exclude Huang Xuan's ingratitous stabbing of you that day, you should also want to help Huang Xuan's family before, but it is not limited to the selfishness of only helping one family, but it is popularized and benefits thousands of families, and Huang Xuan's family is just one of them...... By the way, there is also a folding wing canal ......"

The palace girl had a calm expression, and while rolling up her sleeves to reveal the bowl, she counted them one by one.

After listening silently for a while, Ouyang Rong couldn't help but ask:

"Yes, it's not bad, but ...... Rong Zhen, hearing you say this, you seem to have been too entangled in the distinction between selfishness and public heart before.

"Not only in the bottom, but also for the people around him, it seems that as long as there is a little selfishness, then it will never be a public person. Why, can you elaborate on that? ”

Rong Zhen ignored and didn't answer.

Ouyang Rong coughed to relieve the embarrassment, and after thinking about it, he took the initiative to say:

"Actually, in addition to the selfishness you analyzed, there is another point...... Special. ”

"What's special?" Rong Zhen asked.

"It's a little hard to describe, so you can understand it this way, doing these public things, can ...... It makes me happy, in a good mood, like what I've gained. ”

"Happy harvest?" She frowned and muttered.

Seeing this, Ouyang Rong reorganized his language, and said with a very sincere face:

"Hmm...... That's the case, my mother and aunt all believe in Buddhism, and I believe that doing good deeds can accumulate merit, well, that's it, that's right, people still have to accumulate merit as well, and at critical moments...... Maybe you can be blessed and save your life. ”

Ouyang Rong paused, because he found that Rong Zhen looked at him as if he was a little speechless.

As if asking, you, a Confucian scholar who reads the books of sages, still believe in this thing.

However, at present, the atmosphere of the Great Qian and the Great Zhou Dynasty is the trend of the integration of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism in the folk temples, and it is normal for some people to learn the three religions at the same time......

She didn't think much about it, nodded in acknowledgement, and murmured:

"Nanlong Ouyang Clan, it is really a family of goodness, and there will be Yu Qing."

Ouyang Rong said casually: "Your family is the same." ”

Rong Zhen suddenly frowned at him, his face a little strange.

"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with that. ”

Ouyang Rong touched his face and asked curiously.

"It's okay, borrow your auspicious words, there is something in the palace, don't send it, leave."

After packing up all the dishes and chopsticks in the food box and stuffing them into Ouyang Rong's arms, Rong Zhen turned around and left the hall.

Ouyang Rong heard that she walked out of the door against the sunlight outside the door, and coldly dropped a sentence:

"I forgot to mention it just now, the news that Miaozhen brought this morning, in addition to the ones I said before, there is another matter."

"What else?" He frowned: "How do you talk one by one?" ”

Rong Zhen's emotionless voice came from the door:

"After weighing the eunuch of the Great Si Ming and the Si Tianjian Supervisor, he selected a Lingtai Lang to send Jiangzhou to assist the palace to investigate the owner of the butterfly love flower and ensure the smooth completion of the Big Buddha!

"Lingtailang will accompany the envoy...... Arrive in Jiangzhou together, and you prepare together. ”

Ouyang Rong's eyebrows raised slightly.

"Lingtailang?"

He couldn't help but look at the indifferent back of the girl in the palace costume leaving.

In this way, it seems that a certain female historian is not very happy this morning, and it seems that it is not just because of his ......

(End of chapter)