At noon, the hall on the first floor of Xunyang Building was chartered.

It was used to receive the newly arrived Luoyang lieutenant envoy and eunuch Khufu.

This dinner was prepared by Wang Lengran, who was the nominal governor of Jiangzhou, and Khufu, who had just arrived in Jiangzhou, did not refuse.

Wang Lengran, who is the assassin of history, has a bad relationship with Ouyang Rong, who is the deputy of Changshi, and it is almost a semi-public matter in Jiangzhou officialdom.

I just don't know if Khufu knows it.

Anyway, the lieutenant envoy's participation in the luncheon also made many people who didn't want to come change their minds.

For example, Ouyang Rong, for example, Lifusu, who came on behalf of King Xunyang, and a certain girl in cold palace clothes.

Anyway, Wang Lengran must have been invited, but usually they refused and didn't join in the fun.

So today, as the personal envoy of the Son of Heaven, Khufu still has a lot of face.

In other words, officialdom dinners throughout the ages have been a bit artistic.

Talking about many things at the dinner table and wine table is different from talking about it in public at the public office outside.

Maybe he was selfless outside, and he sandwiched his favorite dishes at the semi-private dinner table, talking a little more, and his feelings deepened? The original aggressive or closed-mouthed attitude can also be investigated......

Anyway, Wang Lengran is deeply in harmony with this.

Ouyang Rong and the others are naturally clear.

The envoy gave face like this, and Wang Lengran, who had been "the overlord without tigers and monkeys in the mountains" these days, couldn't help but stiffen his waist, and when he passed by Ouyang Rong's side, the mustache was arrogant and cocked a lot.

When Ouyang Rong arrived at Xunyang Tower in his regular clothes, the luncheon had already begun for a short while.

After picking up people from the dock with everyone, he and his little sister went back to the Huaiye Lane Mansion together, changed out of their official clothes, and went to the banquet lightly.

Walking into the building, he turned his head and looked at Li Fusu, Wang Lengre, who were drinking with Hu Fu at the main table, as well as Yan Liulang, Chen You and other subordinate officials who were at the top of the Jiangzhou lobby.

Over there is the focus of the audience, and they are drunk.

Among them, close people such as Dalang noticed him and made a gesture in his eyes.

Ouyang Rong shook his head, didn't go over, looked around, turned around and walked to a corner of the hall on the first floor, a seat by the window.

In front of a few chatters, he sat down unceremoniously.

In front of this secluded table, several people had already been seated.

Rong Zhen and several leading women of the Supervision Yuan.

There is also a figure that is just familiar, the slightly chubby young man Lin Cheng.

Everyone looked towards Ouyang Rong, who was seated.

"You're not going to stay at the main table?" Rong Zhen asked sideways.

Ouyang Rong shook his head:

"Auntie told me not to drink, forget it, they accompany it, and there is no shortage of a little long history in the next one, besides, I don't like to be too lively."

looked at the expressionless Rong Zhen again:

"Why don't you go? Listening to what you said when you met in the morning, didn't you know the Chinese envoy very well? ”

Maybe in front of his colleagues, facing Ouyang Rong, Rong Zhen's face was cold and cold, and his tone was also:

"All the same, I don't like to be lively."

Ouyang Rong smiled.

From Ouyang Rong coming over and sitting down and chatting with Rong Zhen, Lin Cheng next to him turned his head to look at him with interest.

At this time, he waved his hand and interjected:

"Ouyang Changshi, that's the case, we are Si Tian's supervisor and Qi Practitioner, we are considered to be from the palace, and Hu Zhong's envoy is also from the palace, but we are from the province.

"One prison and one province, all loyal to Her Majesty the Empress.

"As for the excessive contact...... Well, there are some unwritten rules, and it's better for people on both sides to have less intersection.

"If we and Rong Zhennu's history pass, the envoy will not be able to eat and drink."

Rong Zhen didn't look at the slightly chubby young man next to him who was talking and smiling, but he didn't say anything, and he didn't say anything.

"I see."

Ouyang Rong nodded suddenly, turned his head and arched his hand towards Lin Cheng, and asked Rong Zhen with a smile:

"This brother, don't you want to introduce Rong Nushi?"

"I heard him say that you two met at the ferry in the morning."

Ouyang Rong nodded, and lowered his eyes:

"Yes, there is such a thing. Lord Lingtailang is quite familiar. ”

Lin Cheng raised his glass and said with a smile:

"Well, Ouyang Changshi is too, and his self-introduction is quite unique and impressive."

Rong Zhen's tone was a little curious: "How did he introduce himself." ”

Lin Cheng thought for a while and concluded:

"Tell the truth, don't hide it, and treat others with the same sincerity as I do."

A boast of a two.

Ouyang Rong smiled, put down his chopsticks, and raised his glass to touch him in the air.

The two drank it all at the same time.

Everyone around looked at each other.

Ouyang Rong put down the cup and immediately asked:

"Rong Nushi is very familiar with Lord Lingtailang?"

Lin Cheng, who was similar to Ouyang Rong and was dressed in a simple soap suit, waved his hand:

"Adults are not counted, Ouyang Changshi can call me Xiaolin, or Ah Cheng, usually the teacher in the prison calls me like this."

Ouyang Rong smiled and nodded, but his gaze turned to Rong Zhen again.

The cold and cold palace girl who had been about to speak for a long time swallowed back her words after seeing his expression.

Instead, she asked lightly:

"Why don't my colleagues know each other? Does Ouyang Changshi feel unfamiliar with this palace? ”

Ouyang Rong was dumbfounded.

Lin Cheng looked at Rong Zhen with a somewhat flattered expression.

"Cooked, of course cooked, all cooked."

Ouyang Rong smiled and nodded.

Rong Zhen said coldly:

"Lin Cheng, Xia Guan Lingtailang, one of Si Tianjian Five Senses Lingtailang."

"Lingtailang with facial features?"

Rong Zhen was silent, Lin Cheng smiled, and a female historian next to him interjected:

"The chief subordinate officer of Si Tianjian has spring officials, summer officials, autumn officials, winter officials, and Zhongguan Lingtailang, collectively known as Wuguan Lingtailang, which was originally established to observe celestial phenomena."

Ouyang Rong nodded, he didn't know anything, but he turned on the boasting mode first.

"Amazing, at a young age, he is Xia Guan Lingtailang, and Brother Lin's future is limitless."

Lin Cheng looked at the sincere young man in front of him who was already in the fifth grade, and the corners of his eyes twitched slightly:

"Ouyang Changshi is talking about himself, right?"

"No, sincerely."

"Miao praised, not as powerful as Ouyang Changshi."

"I'm average."

"Modest."

"When you go out, you give your identity."

“……”

After chatting a few words, there may be Lin Cheng present, but Ouyang Rong and Rong Zhen didn't say much.

Soon, the luncheon ended.

sent away Hu Zhong's envoy, and everyone dispersed.

Rong Zhen, Ouyang Rong, and Lin Cheng are also at this table.

Rong Zhen threw off his subordinates, did not leave, and walked to the riverside balcony at the back door to breathe and blow the wind.

Taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, Ouyang Rong followed and stood side by side with Rong Zhen, looking at the river.

"What to say."

"What do you say?"

"Where did this Xia Guan Lingtailang come from? Come to assist you, or is it Si Tianjian's side...... Want to replace you? ”

"No, I'm not very familiar with him, but I've heard some of this son's deeds...... He's not as simple as he seems, don't underestimate him. ”

"Bad comer?"

"The good don't come."

"People are not good at it, but sometimes it depends on who is right, after all, no matter how fierce the dog is, he has to grovel in the face of his master. So it's not good for us. ”

"Don't dare to this palace, ...... to you Not necessarily. ”

"Seeing that you are unhappy, I thought you were a mortal enemy. It's okay, I've converged on him. ”

Ouyang Rong said with a smile.

Rong Zhen squinted at him: "It's a confrontation?" In Xunyangdu. ”

"Nope."

He shook his head and replied truthfully:

"Instead, I invited him to eat a piece of osmanthus cake."

"Then why did this guy converge?"

Ouyang Rong nodded:

"When you see people of the same kind, of course, you must be restrained, you can't underestimate it, just like a tiger, when you come to the other party's territory, you naturally can't take it lightly."

"People of the same kind?"

"You can understand it as a smart person."

Hearing such a mystery, Rong Zhen looked at Ouyang Rong's expression, frowned and said:

"Your mouth, pretending to be a ghost is also the head of the way."

She nodded:

"Then the two of you are indeed similar, both owe a beating, but there are also differences."

"What's different?"

"Attitude in front of this palace."

"Oh?"

"He is indeed a wise man, and he is respectful in front of this palace."

"What about me?"

Rong Zhen turned his back to him, as if looking at Jiang Jing:

"You hypocrite is not serious, you don't have a proper shape in front of this palace, you ...... You're damned more and more. ”

After speaking, she immediately turned around and left, and Ouyang Rong couldn't see her specific expression.

Before leaving, Rong Zhen dropped a sentence:

"The official rank of this Lingtailang with five senses is actually not high, as for the seven grades, but the current Lingtailang with five senses, all of them are not simple......

"Lin Cheng is Xia Guan Lingtailang, the Yin and Yang family's six grades of cultivation, ranking third among the facial features, second only to Zhongguan and Chunguan Lingtai, but ...... His teacher was a deputy supervisor of Si Tianjian. ”

Ouyang Rong raised his eyebrows, chased after him, followed behind Rong Zhen, and asked:

"Si Tianjian Deputy Supervisor? How powerful? ”

In order to avoid being heard by pedestrians on the promenade, he asked in a low voice.

"A senior who is more powerful than this palace." Rong Zhen didn't look back.

"That's not sure, after all, the deputy superintendent, as soon as you hear it, you are a lot older, how can you be young and beautiful, young and promising."

"If you pat yourself again, I won't tell you."

"Then you speak first. I'll boast later. ”

"It's about cultivation."

"That deputy supervisor is a high-grade qi practitioner?"

Ouyang Rong was thoughtful.

At this time, the people in the hall on the first floor were almost scattered, and the two of them crossed the hall and walked out of Xunyang Tower.

Outside the main entrance of the building, the dazzling sky light and the noise of the market rushed together, making the people who walked out of the door squint and had to adapt for a moment.

Ouyang Rong, who was following behind Rong Zhen, was about to ask again, but in the next second, he saw the cold palace girl in front of him stop at the door.

"What's wrong?"

He asked curiously.

Rong Zhen was silent, his eyes staring straight ahead.

Ouyang Rong stretched out his head and followed her line of sight, his face suddenly changed slightly.

I saw that at the door, the carriage driven by Ah Li was parked on the side of the road, and Xie Lingjiang was standing by the carriage, with his hands in front of his abdomen, carrying a small wooden box.

Xie Lingjiang seemed to have been chatting with Ali before, and his eyes fell on the gate of Xunyang Building from time to time.

As Rong Zhen and Ouyang Rong's figures appeared at the door one after another, Xie Lingjiang suddenly quieted down, provoking Ah Li to follow her calm gaze and look curiously......

When the two girls met this time, Ouyang Rong had no warning.

It was obviously the critical moment when the early warning radar sounded, but all his attention was divided into some of the tension, and he didn't forget to fall on a chubby young man not far away.

Lin Cheng didn't leave after the luncheon, and stayed at the door, as if waiting for something.

When he saw Rong Zhen and Ouyang Rong walking out of the gate, he stepped forward to greet him, but he didn't take a few steps before he noticed that the atmosphere at the gate was faintly wrong, and he couldn't help but stop curiously, and followed Rong Zhen's gaze to look at a beautiful woman beside the carriage on the side of the road......

At the gate of Xunyang Building, a cold girl in palace clothes and a little girl in red clothes with a fairy posture and jade color both stood quietly in place.

Two eyes collided in the air.

Faint confrontation.

The atmosphere was somewhat silent.

I don't know why, Ouyang Rong's scalp subconsciously felt a little numb.

After looking at each other for a while, Xie Lingjiang took the lead in looking away, and his gaze fell on a certain senior brother who was following behind Rong Zhen like a dog.

"Little Sister......

Ouyang Rong immediately straightened up, stepped forward, looked around, and said:

"Eh, didn't you say you were tired before, and you were going back for a lunch break, why did you wait until now......"

Xie Lingjiang didn't speak, and his eyes didn't look at him.

Ouyang Rong turned around and introduced:

"This is Rong Nushi, I often mention to you, you should have seen ...... at the West City Gate half a year ago"

"Rong Zhen."

The girl in the cold palace costume ignored Ouyang Rong, directly introduced herself to Xie Lingjiang, and then asked:

"The girl is Ouyang Lianghan's little junior sister, right? The daughter of his mentor, Mr. Xie? ”

Ouyang Rong took a step forward and faintly blocked in the middle:

"Ahem, junior sister, I have mentioned some ...... with Rong Nushi"

Like Rong Zhen, Xie Lingjiang didn't pay attention to someone in the middle, stared at Rong Zhen with a pair of starry eyes for a while, and tapped his head:

"Xie Lingjiang. I have long admired the name of the female historian. ”

"The same, Ouyang Lianghan often mentions you."

"Really, Tanro?" Xie Lingjiang finally turned his gaze.

"Yes, yes, little junior sister!"

"How many times have you said it, called that name?"

Ouyang Rong was stunned: "Wan...... Wanwan? ”

"Hmm." She smiled lightly.

Rong Zhen turned his head and asked, "Tan Lang?" ”

Xie Lingjiang pursed his lips politely, and did not admit to calling the intimate nickname of the senior brother, but he seemed to have said everything.

Rong Zhen's eyes changed slightly, and he tilted his head to look at Ouyang Rong.

The latter is helpless:

"Little junior sister, don't shout like that outside. You, you shouted as much as you wanted......"

"Oh, forgot, I'm used to it at home."

The food box was changed to a handheld, Xie Lingjiang stepped forward, grabbed Ouyang Rong's arm casually, and smiled:

"I originally wanted to go back and wait for you, but I was afraid that you would have a lunch party and get drunk and have a headache, so I came over to send some sobering soup."

She turned her head and asked Rong Zhen again:

"Is the female master drunk or not, do you want to taste the sobering soup that Tan Lang loves to drink together?"

Ouyang Rong asked in a low voice:

"Senior sister, you don't need the sobering soup, but I don't think Rong Nushi has eaten anything, and so do I, why don't we go to Huaiye Lane and sit down and let my aunt cook something to eat?"

"Thanks, no need."

Rong Zhen turned his head and left, without dragging his feet, and when he passed by Xie Lingjiang's side, he dropped a sentence:

"The girl is worthy of being a virtuous woman."

Xie Lingjiang did not stop him, and said politely with a sideways look:

"The female historian will not send it slowly."

Ouyang Rong wanted to speak, but Xie Lingjiang turned his head.

He looks at his nose and nose and his heart.

Lin Cheng, who was not far away, immediately followed Rong Zhen's back, and before leaving, he couldn't help but look back and look at Ouyang Rong with some admiration.

Ouyang Rong didn't have time to pay attention to him, and glanced at the little junior sister next to him with an ancient expression.

The little junior sister didn't look at him, and silently watched Rong Zhen's back gradually move away.

Ouyang Rong, who was waiting on the side, secretly swallowed his saliva......

(End of chapter)